diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/web_search.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/web_search.rs
index 8909e01cf4..e1ca9cf87d 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/web_search.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/web_search.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ async fn web_search_mode_defaults_to_cached_when_features_disabled() {
     );
 }
 
+#[ignore = "todo(sayan): locally disabled while investigating flake"]
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn web_search_mode_updates_between_turns_with_sandbox_policy() {
     skip_if_no_network!();