diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla-assistant.yml b/.github/workflows/cla-assistant.yml
index 4b00d04..5e6c0b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cla-assistant.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cla-assistant.yml
@@ -59,9 +59,20 @@
 # was a former colleague still exempt from signing.
 #
 # Bots stay, because a bot cannot sign: it cannot post the agreement sentence,
-# so with no exemption its pull request is red forever. Only the two that
-# actually open pull requests here are listed. `github-actions[bot]` needs no
-# entry, since the action filters user id 41898282 in `graphql.ts` itself.
+# so with no exemption its pull request is red forever. Three are listed, and
+# the check reads COMMITTERS rather than pull request authors.
+# `dependabot[bot]` and `mindsdb-release-train[bot]` open their own pull
+# requests and commit them. `snyk-bot` opens none: a human opens the Snyk
+# upgrade pull request and `snyk-bot` is the committer inside it, so such a PR
+# has two committers and the human still signs.
+#
+# `snyk-bot` is also the one entry with no `[bot]` suffix. GitHub reserves that
+# suffix for the account it mints alongside a GitHub App; Snyk commits from an
+# ordinary account it owns, which GitHub types "User". Listing it as
+# `snyk-bot[bot]` matched nobody, since matching is `pattern === committer`.
+#
+# `github-actions[bot]` needs no entry, since the action filters user id
+# 41898282 in `graphql.ts` itself.
 #
 # Add a bot by editing the default below, not by passing the input. Anything
 # passed per repo drifts, which is the whole reason this moved.
@@ -85,7 +96,7 @@ on:
       allowlist:
         description: "Comma-separated logins exempt from signing. Bots only; see the header. Override only for a genuine one-off."
         type: string
-        default: 'dependabot[bot], mindsdb-release-train[bot], snyk-bot[bot]'
+        default: 'dependabot[bot], mindsdb-release-train[bot], snyk-bot'
       path-to-signatures:
         description: "Signature ledger path inside the calling repo"
         type: string
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2358e31..cea57bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -536,10 +536,15 @@ an employment agreement was in place and covered the work.
 
 Bots stay, because a bot cannot sign. It cannot post the agreement sentence, so
 without an exemption its pull request is red forever, and `lightwood` alone has
-36 Dependabot pull requests in its last 100. Two are listed, `dependabot[bot]`
-and `mindsdb-release-train[bot]`, which are the only two that open pull requests
-anywhere in the fleet. `github-actions[bot]` needs no entry: the action already
-filters user id 41898282 in `graphql.ts`.
+36 Dependabot pull requests in its last 100. Three are listed, and the check
+reads committers rather than pull request authors. `dependabot[bot]` and
+`mindsdb-release-train[bot]` open their own pull requests and commit them.
+`snyk-bot` opens none: a human opens the Snyk upgrade pull request and
+`snyk-bot` is the committer inside it, so such a PR has two committers and the
+human still signs. `snyk-bot` is also the one entry with no `[bot]` suffix,
+because GitHub reserves that suffix for the account it mints alongside a GitHub
+App and Snyk commits from an ordinary account it owns. `github-actions[bot]`
+needs no entry: the action already filters user id 41898282 in `graphql.ts`.
 
 **Never put a `*` in that list.** The action compiles `bot*` to
 `new RegExp("bot.*")` and calls `.test()`, which is unanchored and searches
diff --git a/tests/test_cla_allowlist.py b/tests/test_cla_allowlist.py
index 78ca8fb..5e98a91 100644
--- a/tests/test_cla_allowlist.py
+++ b/tests/test_cla_allowlist.py
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@
 # weight that reads like a decision.
 FILTERED_UPSTREAM = "github-actions[bot]"
 
+# `dependabot[bot]` and `mindsdb-release-train[bot]` are GitHub App identities,
+# where `[bot]` is part of the login and GitHub reserves it. Snyk instead opens
+# its upgrade PRs from an ordinary account it owns, which GitHub reports as type
+# "User" (`snyk-bot`, snyk-bot@snyk.io), so that login carries no suffix.
+#
+# The suffix therefore proves an entry is a bot, but its absence does not prove
+# the entry is a person. Every such machine account is named here so the check
+# below still fails on a human login that nobody named.
+MACHINE_USERS = frozenset({"snyk-bot"})
+
 
 def allowlist_default() -> str:
     spec = yaml.safe_load(_WORKFLOW.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
@@ -59,8 +69,14 @@ def test_every_entry_is_a_bot():
 
     Eleven of the twenty-five names in the old per-repo lists had already left
     the org and were still exempt.
+
+    An entry clears this either by carrying the reserved `[bot]` suffix or by
+    being named in `MACHINE_USERS`. Adding a person still means editing that
+    constant in front of a reviewer, rather than passing a suffix check.
     """
-    assert [e for e in entries() if not e.endswith("[bot]")] == []
+    assert [
+        e for e in entries() if not e.endswith("[bot]") and e not in MACHINE_USERS
+    ] == []
 
 
 def test_github_actions_bot_is_not_listed():
@@ -86,7 +102,14 @@ def action_matches(pattern: str, committer: str) -> bool:
     assert not any(action_matches(e, impostor) for e in entries())
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("bot", ["dependabot[bot]", "mindsdb-release-train[bot]"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "bot", ["dependabot[bot]", "mindsdb-release-train[bot]", "snyk-bot"]
+)
 def test_the_bots_that_actually_open_pull_requests_stay_exempt(bot):
-    """A bot cannot post the agreement sentence, so dropping it means a permanent red check."""
+    """A bot cannot post the agreement sentence, so dropping it means a permanent red check.
+
+    The exact login is the assertion. `snyk-bot` was listed as `snyk-bot[bot]`
+    for a while and exempted nobody, because the action compares
+    `pattern === committer` and the real committer login has no suffix.
+    """
     assert bot in entries()