diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/vitest.config.ts b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/vitest.config.ts
index 7e7866d0d0..b065a4a722 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/vitest.config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ const coreSetup = fileURLToPath(
 );
 const dashboardSetup = fileURLToPath(new URL("./src/dashboard/test-setup.ts", import.meta.url));
 
+/*
+FNXC:CompoundEngineeringTests 2026-06-17-12:35:
+FN-6587 quarantines the CE broad-pnpm-test timeout flakes without timeout appeasement. Keep these excludes mirrored in scripts/lib/test-quarantine.json and remove or delete the files when the 14-day ratchet resolves.
+*/
+const quarantinedCompoundEngineeringTests = [
+  "src/__tests__/orchestrator-flow.test.ts",
+  "src/__tests__/skill-wiring.test.ts",
+];
+
 export default defineConfig({
   resolve: {
     alias: [
@@ -56,7 +65,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
           name: "compound-engineering-node",
           environment: "node",
           include: ["src/**/__tests__/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}", "src/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}"],
-          exclude: ["src/dashboard/**/__tests__/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}", "src/dashboard/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}"],
+          exclude: [
+            "src/dashboard/**/__tests__/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}",
+            "src/dashboard/**/*.test.{ts,tsx}",
+            ...quarantinedCompoundEngineeringTests,
+          ],
         },
       },
     ],
diff --git a/scripts/lib/test-quarantine.json b/scripts/lib/test-quarantine.json
index 0d4c12f453..ae9ff0d560 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/test-quarantine.json
+++ b/scripts/lib/test-quarantine.json
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
       "file": "packages/engine/src/__tests__/cli-agent-executor.test.ts",
       "reason": "FN-6492 verification observed the hard-cancel CLI session test fail only in the full @fusion/engine package lane (activeCliTaskSessions false plus ENOTEMPTY temp cleanup), while an immediate file-specific rerun passed; quarantined as a concurrency/temp-cleanup flake per the deletion ratchet.",
       "quarantinedAt": "2026-06-16"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/__tests__/orchestrator-flow.test.ts",
+      "reason": "FN-6587 broad pnpm test investigation: this CE orchestrator file was reported as timing out at Vitest's 5000ms test limit only in the broad pnpm test workflow; isolated two-file repro and loaded compound-engineering-node runs passed, and the broad command hit its external 900s workflow timeout before reproducing the named CE timeout. Quarantined per deletion-ratchet policy without timeout bumps, retries, or assertion loosening.",
+      "quarantinedAt": "2026-06-17"
+    },
+    {
+      "file": "plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/__tests__/skill-wiring.test.ts",
+      "reason": "FN-6587 broad pnpm test investigation: this CE skill-wiring file was reported as timing out at Vitest's 5000ms test limit only in the broad pnpm test workflow; isolated two-file repro and loaded compound-engineering-node runs passed, and the broad command hit its external 900s workflow timeout before reproducing the named CE timeout. Quarantined per deletion-ratchet policy without timeout bumps, retries, or assertion loosening.",
+      "quarantinedAt": "2026-06-17"
     }
   ]
 }