diff --git a/scripts/bundle-budget.mjs b/scripts/bundle-budget.mjs
index e1ba0ddc..e7523f29 100644
--- a/scripts/bundle-budget.mjs
+++ b/scripts/bundle-budget.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
-export const INITIAL_VIEW_GZIP_BUDGET = 256_000;
+// #352: the budget guards the CLASS of regression — tens of kilobytes from
+// an accidentally imported dependency or an eagerly bundled dictionary —
+// not every byte. v1.69.0-beta.1 shipped at 255 993 B gzip against a
+// 256 000 B ceiling: seven bytes of headroom turned the gate into a
+// lottery where the unlucky LAST commit goes red, not the one that grew
+// the bundle (5740324b was exactly that). The ceiling therefore keeps a
+// deliberate ~10% allowance over the measured fact; the fact and headroom
+// are printed on every run so the trend is visible long before the wall.
+// Measured fact at calibration (v1.69.0-beta.1): 255 993 B gzip.
+export const INITIAL_VIEW_GZIP_BUDGET = 282_000;
 
 export function assertBundleBudget(manifest, budget = INITIAL_VIEW_GZIP_BUDGET) {
   if (manifest?.schema !== 1 || !Array.isArray(manifest.files)) {
@@ -41,9 +50,25 @@ if (import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1] || '').href) {
   try {
     const manifest = JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve('dist/houseplan-assets.json'), 'utf8'));
     const result = assertBundleBudget(manifest);
-    console.log(`initial View: ${result.initialViewGzipBytes} B gzip`);
-    console.log(`lazy editor: ${result.lazyEditorGzipBytes} B gzip`);
-    console.log(`lazy locale: ${result.lazyLocaleGzipBytes} B gzip`);
+    const headroom = INITIAL_VIEW_GZIP_BUDGET - result.initialViewGzipBytes;
+    const lines = [
+      `initial View: ${result.initialViewGzipBytes} B gzip`
+        + ` (budget ${INITIAL_VIEW_GZIP_BUDGET} B, headroom ${headroom} B)`,
+      `lazy editor: ${result.lazyEditorGzipBytes} B gzip`,
+      `lazy locale: ${result.lazyLocaleGzipBytes} B gzip`,
+    ];
+    for (const line of lines) console.log(line);
+    // #352: the trend belongs where humans look — the run summary.
+    if (process.env.GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY) {
+      const { appendFileSync } = await import('node:fs');
+      appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY, [
+        '### Бюджет бандла',
+        `| граф | gzip | бюджет | запас |`,
+        `|---|---|---|---|`,
+        `| initial View | ${result.initialViewGzipBytes} B | ${INITIAL_VIEW_GZIP_BUDGET} B | ${headroom} B |`,
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'));
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
     process.exit(1);