diff --git a/.github/scripts/tests/docker-disk-workflow.test.mjs b/.github/scripts/tests/docker-disk-workflow.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..414af38cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/tests/docker-disk-workflow.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+
+const workflow = readFileSync(new URL("../../workflows/docker-cloud.yml", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+const step = workflow.split("      - name: Free runner disk")[1].split("      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry")[0];
+const script = step.split("        run: |\n")[1].split("\n").map((line) => line.replace(/^ {10}/, "")).join("\n");
+const threshold = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+for (const { name, dockerFree, workspaceFree, dfStatus = "0", infoStatus = "0", cleanup } of [
+  { name: "ample free space", dockerFree: threshold + 1, workspaceFree: threshold + 1, cleanup: false },
+  { name: "exactly the headroom threshold", dockerFree: threshold, workspaceFree: threshold, cleanup: false },
+  { name: "Docker filesystem below threshold", dockerFree: threshold - 1, workspaceFree: threshold + 1, cleanup: true },
+  { name: "workspace filesystem below threshold", dockerFree: threshold + 1, workspaceFree: threshold - 1, cleanup: true },
+  { name: "invalid Docker measurement", dockerFree: "unknown", workspaceFree: threshold + 1, cleanup: true },
+  { name: "invalid workspace measurement", dockerFree: threshold + 1, workspaceFree: "unknown", cleanup: true },
+  { name: "failed df command", dockerFree: threshold + 1, workspaceFree: threshold + 1, dfStatus: "1", cleanup: true },
+  { name: "failed Docker inspection", dockerFree: threshold + 1, workspaceFree: threshold + 1, infoStatus: "1", cleanup: true },
+]) {
+  test(`cloud disk cleanup: ${name}`, () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "cloud-disk-test-"));
+    const log = path.join(dir, "commands.log");
+    // Every mutating command is a recording fixture; no real SDKs, caches,
+    // images, or directories are deleted when the workflow shell executes.
+    const fixture = `#!/bin/bash
+printf '%s %s\\n' "\${0##*/}" "$*" >> "$COMMAND_LOG"
+case "\${0##*/}" in
+  df)
+    printf 'Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on\\n'
+    if [ "$1" = '-Pk' ]; then
+      printf '/dev/docker 200000000 1 %s 1%% /docker\\n' "$DOCKER_FREE"
+      printf '/dev/workspace 200000000 1 %s 1%% /workspace\\n' "$WORKSPACE_FREE"
+      exit "$DF_STATUS"
+    fi
+    ;;
+  docker)
+    if [ "$1" = 'info' ]; then
+      printf '/docker-data\\n'
+      exit "$INFO_STATUS"
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+`;
+    try {
+      for (const command of ["df", "docker", "pnpm", "sudo"]) {
+        writeFileSync(path.join(dir, command), fixture, { mode: 0o755 });
+      }
+      const result = spawnSync("bash", ["-c", script], {
+        encoding: "utf8",
+        env: { ...process.env, PATH: `${dir}:${process.env.PATH}`, GITHUB_WORKSPACE: "/workspace", COMMAND_LOG: log,
+          DOCKER_FREE: String(dockerFree), WORKSPACE_FREE: String(workspaceFree), DF_STATUS: dfStatus, INFO_STATUS: infoStatus },
+      });
+      assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
+      const commands = readFileSync(log, "utf8");
+      if (infoStatus === "0") assert.match(commands, /df -Pk \/docker-data \/workspace/);
+      assert.equal(commands.includes("pnpm store prune"), cleanup);
+      assert.equal(commands.includes("sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet"), cleanup);
+      assert.equal(commands.includes("docker system prune -af"), cleanup);
+      assert.equal(result.stdout.includes("skipping cleanup"), !cleanup);
+    } finally { rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-cloud.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-cloud.yml
index 13e750e004..8fb2517bc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-cloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-cloud.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ jobs:
           echo "Disk before cleanup:"
           df -h
 
+          # A measured hosted cloud build started with 86 GB available.
+          # Keep ample headroom for BuildKit and image verification, but
+          # avoid minutes deleting SDKs when neither filesystem needs space.
+          minimum_free_kib=$((64 * 1024 * 1024))
+          if docker_root="$(docker info --format '{{.DockerRootDir}}')" \
+            && available_kib="$(df -Pk "$docker_root" "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" | awk 'NR > 1 { rows++; if ($4 !~ /^[0-9]+$/) invalid = 1; if (min == "" || $4 < min) min = $4 } END { if (invalid || rows != 2) exit 1; print min }')" \
+            && [[ "$available_kib" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] \
+            && (( available_kib >= minimum_free_kib )); then
+            echo "At least 64 GiB is available for Docker and the workspace; skipping cleanup."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
           pnpm store prune || true
           sudo apt-get clean || true
           sudo rm -rf \
diff --git a/doc/DOCKER.md b/doc/DOCKER.md
index f43d9a24b1..ad8be8d9dc 100644
--- a/doc/DOCKER.md
+++ b/doc/DOCKER.md
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ legacy `buildcache-cloud` fallback. This preserves reusable layers without
 letting concurrent builds overwrite one shared cache manifest. Retain recent
 cache tags if registry cleanup is configured; deleting them makes builds colder.
 
+Cloud CI skips SDK and cache cleanup when both the Docker data filesystem and
+the checkout filesystem have at least 64 GiB available. Below that conservative
+headroom threshold, or when the measurement fails, it retains the existing
+cleanup. The threshold selects the fast path; it is not a new minimum disk
+requirement for local builds or smaller runners.
+
 After the pushed image passes its Sentry and orphan-reaping checks, the workflow verifies its
 commit label and platform and adds `ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip:sha-<full-commit-sha>-cloud`.
 This address lets commit-based deployment tooling reuse the normal build.