diff --git a/scripts/capture-console.mjs b/scripts/capture-console.mjs
index cc4af30..7b67e75 100644
--- a/scripts/capture-console.mjs
+++ b/scripts/capture-console.mjs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import process from "node:process";
 import { chromium } from "playwright";
 import sharp from "sharp";
-import { isBlankFrame } from "../src/lib/screenshot-audit.ts";
+import { isBlankFrame, isExpectedPageLog } from "../src/lib/screenshot-audit.ts";
 
 const cwd = process.cwd();
 const outputDir = path.join(cwd, "public", "console");
@@ -307,7 +307,10 @@ async function runScenario(browser, scenario, theme, attempt) {
   const pageLog = [];
   page.on("pageerror", (error) => pageLog.push(`pageerror: ${error.message}`));
   page.on("console", (message) => {
-    if (message.type() === "error") pageLog.push(`console.error: ${message.text()}`);
+    if (message.type() !== "error") return;
+    // A failed subresource load is reported without saying which one; the location carries it.
+    const { url } = message.location();
+    pageLog.push(`console.error: ${message.text()}${url ? ` [${url}]` : ""}`);
   });
   page.on("requestfailed", (request) => pageLog.push(`requestfailed: ${request.url()} ${request.failure()?.errorText}`));
 
@@ -344,7 +347,10 @@ async function runScenario(browser, scenario, theme, attempt) {
     if (isBlankFrame(data)) throw new Error(`Captured frame is blank or near-blank: ${path.basename(file)}`);
 
     await context.tracing.stop();
-    return pageLog.map((message) => ({ scenario: `${scenario.name}-${theme}`, message }));
+    // Expected noise stays in the debug log written on failure, but is not a reason to hold the PR.
+    return pageLog
+      .filter((message) => !isExpectedPageLog(message))
+      .map((message) => ({ scenario: `${scenario.name}-${theme}`, message }));
   } catch (error) {
     const prefix = path.join(debugDir, `${scenario.name}-${theme}-attempt-${attempt}`);
     await fs.mkdir(debugDir, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/src/lib/screenshot-audit.test.ts b/src/lib/screenshot-audit.test.ts
index 84bd16e..3ba6908 100644
--- a/src/lib/screenshot-audit.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/screenshot-audit.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   formatComparisonTable,
   formatPercent,
   isBlankFrame,
+  isExpectedPageLog,
   REVIEW_CHANGE_RATIO,
   type CaptureWarning,
   type ScreenshotComparison,
@@ -186,3 +187,40 @@ describe("formatComparisonTable", () => {
     assert.match(table, /\| `new\.png` \| new file \|/);
   });
 });
+
+describe("isExpectedPageLog", () => {
+  const notFound = "console.error: Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)";
+
+  it("ignores the clock shim being blocked in the sandboxed email preview", () => {
+    assert.ok(
+      isExpectedPageLog(
+        "console.error: Blocked script execution in 'about:srcdoc' because the document's frame is sandboxed and the 'allow-scripts' permission is not set. [about:srcdoc]",
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("ignores the 404 for a bucket with no lifecycle or website configuration", () => {
+    assert.ok(isExpectedPageLog(`${notFound} [http://localhost:4566/some-bucket?lifecycle&x-id=GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration]`));
+    assert.ok(isExpectedPageLog(`${notFound} [http://some-bucket.localhost.overcast.sh:4566/?website&x-id=GetBucketWebsite]`));
+  });
+
+  it("still flags a 404 for any other request", () => {
+    assert.equal(isExpectedPageLog(`${notFound} [http://localhost:4566/some-bucket/samples/missing.png]`), false);
+    assert.equal(isExpectedPageLog(`${notFound} [http://localhost:4567/api/things?lifecycle-hook=1]`), false);
+  });
+
+  it("flags a 404 that names no request, since nothing shows it is the expected one", () => {
+    assert.equal(isExpectedPageLog(notFound), false);
+  });
+
+  it("still flags a lifecycle request that failed some other way", () => {
+    const serverError = "console.error: Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error)";
+    assert.equal(isExpectedPageLog(`${serverError} [http://localhost:4566/some-bucket?lifecycle]`), false);
+  });
+
+  it("does not swallow other console errors or other blocked scripts", () => {
+    assert.equal(isExpectedPageLog("console.error: Uncaught TypeError: x is not a function"), false);
+    assert.equal(isExpectedPageLog("console.error: Blocked script execution in 'http://localhost:4567/' because it is sandboxed"), false);
+    assert.equal(isExpectedPageLog("requestfailed: http://localhost:4567/x net::ERR_ABORTED"), false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/screenshot-audit.ts b/src/lib/screenshot-audit.ts
index 3d9a78b..9b6632f 100644
--- a/src/lib/screenshot-audit.ts
+++ b/src/lib/screenshot-audit.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,36 @@ export interface CaptureWarning {
   message: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Page-log entries that say nothing about the screenshot. Anything else logged by the
+ * console still holds the PR for a human, so each rule here is narrow: it names the exact
+ * message, and for a network error the exact request, rather than a whole class of failure.
+ *
+ * - Playwright's clock shim (`page.clock.install`) is injected into every frame, including
+ *   the sandboxed email preview iframe. That iframe has no `allow-scripts` on purpose, so
+ *   Chrome logs the block. The message comes from the harness; the seeded email has no
+ *   script in it.
+ * - The console asks S3 for a bucket's lifecycle and website configuration on every bucket
+ *   page. A bucket without one gets a 404 (`NoSuchLifecycleConfiguration`,
+ *   `NoSuchWebsiteConfiguration`), which is what real S3 answers and which the console maps
+ *   to "not configured". The page handles it, but Chrome logs any 404 before JS sees it.
+ */
+const SANDBOXED_SRCDOC_BLOCK = /^console\.error: Blocked script execution in 'about:srcdoc' because the document's frame is sandboxed/;
+const RESOURCE_404 = /^console\.error: Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404\b.*\[([^\]]*)\]$/;
+const ABSENT_CONFIG_REQUEST = /[?&](?:lifecycle|website)(?:[=&]|$)/;
+
+/**
+ * Whether a page-log entry from scripts/capture-console.mjs is expected noise. An entry is
+ * `console.error: <text>`, with ` [<url>]` appended when Chrome reported which resource
+ * failed to load (Playwright's `message.location().url`).
+ */
+export function isExpectedPageLog(entry: string): boolean {
+  if (SANDBOXED_SRCDOC_BLOCK.test(entry)) return true;
+
+  const failedResource = RESOURCE_404.exec(entry);
+  return failedResource != null && ABSENT_CONFIG_REQUEST.test(failedResource[1]);
+}
+
 /**
  * The fraction of the image taken by its single most common colour. 1 means every pixel is
  * identical; a real page lands far below the blank threshold.