diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2806d9a..72d1cd9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ USER root
 #             validate-admission.sh and feature-lint.sh all shell out to
 #             python3, and credentials-coverage parses manifests with yaml
 #
+# chromium, font-noto -> the browser gates (2026-09-08): zegit's `browser
+#             tests` (chromedp + a CDP virtual authenticator over the WebAuthn
+#             ceremony pages) and `lighthouse` (treosh/lighthouse-ci-action
+#             via chrome-launcher) were github.com-only jobs, so when `ci`
+#             was routed to this runner on 2026-08-31 they stopped running
+#             anywhere. chromedp finds `chromium`/`chromium-browser` on PATH;
+#             chrome-launcher honours CHROME_PATH. font-noto so text renders
+#             (an empty font set makes layout/contrast audits meaningless).
+# postgresql-client -> `psql`, so the lighthouse job can CREATE/DROP its own
+#             database on the runner's ci-postgres (ZEGIT_TESTPG_DSN) instead
+#             of migrating the shared maintenance database from under the
+#             integration suite's template.
+#
 # Go is intentionally NOT baked in: actions/setup-go fetches the pinned version
 # per-run (node + tar are present), so the image needs no rebuild on Go bumps.
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
@@ -75,7 +88,10 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
       python3 \
       py3-yaml \
       openssl \
-      jq
+      jq \
+      chromium \
+      font-noto \
+      postgresql-client
 
 # Match the runner pod's runAsUser (1000); keep the image non-root by default.
 USER 1000