diff --git a/tests/test_release_integration.py b/tests/test_release_integration.py
index ee195d7..6837baf 100644
--- a/tests/test_release_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_release_integration.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ReleaseIntegrationTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(set(removed), set(SOURCE_COUPLED_CORE_TESTS))
         self.assertEqual([test.id() for test in filtered], [retained_id])
-        self.assertEqual(len(SOURCE_COUPLED_CORE_TESTS), 4)
+        self.assertEqual(len(SOURCE_COUPLED_CORE_TESTS), 5)
 
     def test_release_entrypoint_uses_artifact_checks_and_filtered_core_suite(self) -> None:
         meta_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
diff --git a/tools/checks/release_integration.py b/tools/checks/release_integration.py
index 6f2915f..d44e6da 100644
--- a/tools/checks/release_integration.py
+++ b/tools/checks/release_integration.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ SOURCE_COUPLED_CORE_TESTS: Mapping[str, str] = {
     "tests.test_module_system.ModuleSystemTests.test_release_catalog_generator_reads_manifest_interface_contracts": (
         "requires the sibling meta/source workspace and is retained by the normal source gate"
     ),
+    "tests.test_module_system.ModuleSystemTests.test_registry_keeps_optional_auth_modules_access_free": (
+        "requires optional Poll, Evaluation, and Scheduling source packages outside the tagged base release set"
+    ),
     "tests.test_identity_organization_contracts.IdentityOrganizationContractTests."
     "test_sql_identity_and_organization_directories_return_dtos": (
         "directly constructs the current IDM source implementation instead of using its public capability factory"