diff --git a/.woodpecker/publish.yml b/.woodpecker/publish.yml
index a5ada7b1..bf6cdd3b 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/publish.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/publish.yml
@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ steps:
     depends_on:
       - build
       - verify
+      # #1411: publish-next-npm mutates workspace manifests in place during
+      # its transform window and restores them at step end. Any step that
+      # reads the pipeline workspace (kaniko COPY of manifests, later
+      # installs) must run AFTER publish-next-npm, never concurrently —
+      # pipeline 2648 raced a COPY inside the window and failed
+      # ERR_PNPM_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE despite a clean restore. This edge is the
+      # serialization invariant; add it to every new workspace consumer.
+      - publish-next-npm
 
   build-appservice:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
@@ -476,6 +484,14 @@ steps:
     depends_on:
       - build
       - verify
+      # #1411: publish-next-npm mutates workspace manifests in place during
+      # its transform window and restores them at step end. Any step that
+      # reads the pipeline workspace (kaniko COPY of manifests, later
+      # installs) must run AFTER publish-next-npm, never concurrently —
+      # pipeline 2648 raced a COPY inside the window and failed
+      # ERR_PNPM_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE despite a clean restore. This edge is the
+      # serialization invariant; add it to every new workspace consumer.
+      - publish-next-npm
 
   build-web:
     image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
@@ -503,3 +519,11 @@ steps:
     depends_on:
       - build
       - verify
+      # #1411: publish-next-npm mutates workspace manifests in place during
+      # its transform window and restores them at step end. Any step that
+      # reads the pipeline workspace (kaniko COPY of manifests, later
+      # installs) must run AFTER publish-next-npm, never concurrently —
+      # pipeline 2648 raced a COPY inside the window and failed
+      # ERR_PNPM_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE despite a clean restore. This edge is the
+      # serialization invariant; add it to every new workspace consumer.
+      - publish-next-npm