diff --git a/.github/workflows/mutants-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/mutants-nightly.yml
index a5d12a8c98..2c9e251686 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mutants-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mutants-nightly.yml
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ jobs:
                 }
               fi
               cargo mutants --version || { echo "::error::cargo-mutants not runnable after install"; exit 1; }
-              # the crates ci.yml workspace-test --excludes, derived from its nextest line (see ci.yml mutants)
-              EXCL=$(grep -m1 -E "^[[:space:]]+cargo nextest run --profile ci --workspace --lib" .github/workflows/ci.yml \
+              # the crates workspace-test --excludes, derived from its nextest line. That line moved from
+              # ci.yml into ci/sections.yml (#4655); reading the old file found nothing and failed every night.
+              EXCL=$(grep -m1 -E "^[[:space:]]+cargo nextest run --profile ci --workspace --lib" ci/sections.yml \
                 | grep -oE -- "--exclude [a-z0-9_-]+" | sed "s/^--exclude /--exclude-crate /" | tr "\n" " ")
               [ -n "$EXCL" ] || { echo "::error::no --exclude list found on the workspace-test nextest line"; exit 1; }
               # shellcheck disable=SC2086
diff --git a/docs/roadmaps/entries/PMAT-4715.yaml b/docs/roadmaps/entries/PMAT-4715.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..398c99140b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/roadmaps/entries/PMAT-4715.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+- id: PMAT-4715
+  github_issue: 4715
+  item_type: task
+  title: 'B2: root-cause fixes for red nightlies on main'
+  status: inprogress
+  priority: critical
+  assigned_to: aprender-wmainred
+  created: 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z
+  updated: 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z
+  acceptance_criteria:
+  - Each red or cancelled scheduled workflow on main has a root cause named in its fix PR, one PR per defect, listed on issue #4715
+  - Each fix PR changes no gate's acceptance; a threshold or acceptance change goes to the train lead's sign-off batch instead
+  - After each fix merges, the next scheduled or dispatched run of that workflow on main gets past the step that failed
+  phases: []
+  subtasks: []
+  estimated_effort: null
+  labels:
+  - kind:ci
+  notes: 'Parent #4678 (0.70.2), bar B2: no check red on main for more than 24 h. Proposed by aprender-a7, minted by cop aprender-14.'
diff --git a/docs/roadmaps/roadmap.yaml b/docs/roadmaps/roadmap.yaml
index f65016f6ce..6d12cec68b 100644
--- a/docs/roadmaps/roadmap.yaml
+++ b/docs/roadmaps/roadmap.yaml
@@ -24060,3 +24060,22 @@ Not done, pending the ruling: moving the 31 fixture files to an obviously synthe
   labels:
   - kind:docs
   notes: 'Operator C197, 2026-10-01 12:40Z: re-date via the spec''s own procedure; check unchanged; not a waiver.'
+- id: PMAT-4715
+  github_issue: 4715
+  item_type: task
+  title: 'B2: root-cause fixes for red nightlies on main'
+  status: inprogress
+  priority: critical
+  assigned_to: aprender-wmainred
+  created: 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z
+  updated: 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z
+  acceptance_criteria:
+  - Each red or cancelled scheduled workflow on main has a root cause named in its fix PR, one PR per defect, listed on issue #4715
+  - Each fix PR changes no gate's acceptance; a threshold or acceptance change goes to the train lead's sign-off batch instead
+  - After each fix merges, the next scheduled or dispatched run of that workflow on main gets past the step that failed
+  phases: []
+  subtasks: []
+  estimated_effort: null
+  labels:
+  - kind:ci
+  notes: 'Parent #4678 (0.70.2), bar B2: no check red on main for more than 24 h. Proposed by aprender-a7, minted by cop aprender-14.'