diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/__tests__/settings-default-descriptions.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/__tests__/settings-default-descriptions.test.tsx
index 2b232358fd..598ecf6b6a 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/__tests__/settings-default-descriptions.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/__tests__/settings-default-descriptions.test.tsx
@@ -308,6 +308,10 @@ const NOT_SURFACED_ALLOWLIST: Record<string, string> = {
   engineActiveSinceMs: "internal engine bookkeeping timestamp",
   engineActivationGraceMs: "internal engine tuning constant, no UI field",
   reliabilityStatsResetAt: "internal engine bookkeeping timestamp",
+  // FNXC:SettingsDefaults 2026-07-15-23:18: FN-8038 classifies PostgreSQL migration
+  // bookkeeping as engine-managed records, not user-editable Settings descriptions.
+  sqliteMigrationNotice: "startup-factory-managed PostgreSQL migration banner record, not a plain description field",
+  postgresMigrationInboxMessageSentAt: "engine-written PostgreSQL migration inbox completion-message marker, not a plain description field",
   dashboardCurrentNodeId: "dashboard session/PWA restore state, not a setting field",
   dashboardCurrentProjectIdByNode: "dashboard session/PWA restore state, not a setting field",
   daemonToken: "daemon runtime secret, not rendered as a description field",