diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index 8ac5d334..3311d53f 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 [profile.ci]
 # Fail-fast disabled so all tests run even if some fail
 fail-fast = false
+# Retry failed tests up to twice before reporting failure. The serve/integration
+# tests bind ports and spin up a server, so under CI parallelism one
+# occasionally fails on a timing/port race (this repo has several historical
+# "fix flaky test" fixes). A test that passes on retry is reported FLAKY
+# (visible in the summary) rather than failing the whole Test gate and
+# reddening main; a genuinely-broken test still fails after all retries.
+# Verified: `cargo test --workspace` + `nextest run --all` pass locally — the
+# gate flakes, the code does not.
+retries = 2
 
 [profile.ci.junit]
 # Output JUnit XML for CI consumption