diff --git a/.github/workflows/audits.yml b/.github/workflows/audits.yml
index 8fcd66c..352176c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/audits.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/audits.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install faircode + pytest
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e ".[excel,parquet,proxy,mcp]" pytest pytest-cov
+          pip install -e ".[test,excel,parquet,proxy,mcp]"
 
       # One run: the whole suite with line coverage printed at the end. A test failure fails the
       # job; the coverage figure itself is informational, not a gate (#932).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3640634..9847613 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ parquet = ["pyarrow>=10.0"]
 proxy = ["scipy>=1.10"]
 benchmark = ["scikit-learn>=1.8.0", "pyyaml>=6.0", "fairlearn>=0.14.0", "matplotlib>=3.10"]
 mcp = ["mcp>=2.0"]
-test = ["pytest>=8.0", "pytest-cov>=5.0", "certifi>=2023.1.1"]   # certifi: scripts/check_external_links.py trust store fallback
+test = ["pytest>=8.0", "pytest-cov>=5.0", "certifi>=2023.1.1", "pyyaml>=6.0"]   # certifi: scripts/check_external_links.py trust store fallback; pyyaml: workflow safeguard tests
 browser = ["playwright>=1.40"]   # tests/browser; also run `python -m playwright install chromium`
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/tests/test_scheduled_workflow_safeguards.py b/tests/test_scheduled_workflow_safeguards.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c8f062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_scheduled_workflow_safeguards.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+
+
+WORKFLOWS_DIR = Path(__file__).parents[1] / ".github/workflows"
+EXPECTED_SCHEDULED_PERMISSIONS = {
+    "codeowners-access.yml": {"contents": "read"},
+    "codeql.yml": {
+        "actions": "read",
+        "contents": "read",
+        "security-events": "write",
+    },
+    "external-links.yml": {"contents": "read", "issues": "write"},
+    "traction-live.yml": {"contents": "read", "issues": "write"},
+}
+
+
+def _scheduled_workflows():
+    workflows = []
+    for path in sorted(WORKFLOWS_DIR.glob("*.yml")):
+        workflow = yaml.load(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"), Loader=yaml.BaseLoader)
+        if "schedule" in workflow.get("on", {}):
+            workflows.append((path, workflow))
+    return workflows
+
+
+SCHEDULED_WORKFLOWS = _scheduled_workflows()
+
+
+def test_scheduled_workflows_have_explicit_minimal_permissions():
+    actual = {path.name for path, _ in SCHEDULED_WORKFLOWS}
+    assert actual == set(EXPECTED_SCHEDULED_PERMISSIONS)
+
+    for path, workflow in SCHEDULED_WORKFLOWS:
+        permissions = workflow.get("permissions")
+        assert permissions == EXPECTED_SCHEDULED_PERMISSIONS[path.name]
+        assert permissions["contents"] == "read"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path,workflow",
+    SCHEDULED_WORKFLOWS,
+    ids=[path.name for path, _ in SCHEDULED_WORKFLOWS],
+)
+def test_scheduled_workflows_have_concurrency_controls(path, workflow):
+    concurrency = workflow.get("concurrency")
+    assert isinstance(concurrency, dict), path.name
+    assert concurrency.get("group", "").strip(), path.name
+    assert "cancel-in-progress" in concurrency, path.name
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path,workflow",
+    SCHEDULED_WORKFLOWS,
+    ids=[path.name for path, _ in SCHEDULED_WORKFLOWS],
+)
+def test_scheduled_workflow_jobs_have_timeouts(path, workflow):
+    jobs = workflow.get("jobs")
+    assert isinstance(jobs, dict) and jobs, path.name
+
+    for job_name, job in jobs.items():
+        timeout = job.get("timeout-minutes")
+        assert timeout is not None, f"{path.name}:{job_name} has no timeout"
+        assert 1 <= int(timeout) <= 360, f"{path.name}:{job_name} has invalid timeout"