diff --git a/.woodpecker/main.yaml b/.woodpecker/main.yaml
index b53b166..c6a9b19 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/main.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/main.yaml
@@ -54,9 +54,18 @@ steps:
       # Also collectstatic'd here; output sits in the shared workspace so
       # the downstream FT steps don't have to repeat it.
       - python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
-      - python manage.py test functional_tests --tag=two-browser
-      - python manage.py test functional_tests --tag=sequential
-      - python manage.py test functional_tests --tag=channels
+      # All three tag-stages run through `_retry_failed.sh` so a single
+      # browsing-context-discarded / NoSuchWindow flake on a multi-browser
+      # channels FT (typically the LAST test in the suite, when Firefox
+      # has accumulated memory pressure from 21 prior browser launches)
+      # costs ~30s on retry instead of failing the whole step. Matches
+      # the retry posture of test-FTs-room + test-FTs-non-room. First-
+      # run-green still exits 0 immediately — no overhead in the happy
+      # path. First-run-crash w. no parseable labels propagates the
+      # original exit (genuine infra problems aren't masked).
+      - bash ../.woodpecker/_retry_failed.sh functional_tests --tag=two-browser
+      - bash ../.woodpecker/_retry_failed.sh functional_tests --tag=sequential
+      - bash ../.woodpecker/_retry_failed.sh functional_tests --tag=channels
     when:
       - event: push
         path: