diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd05306af00..55a2ab8aade 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -190,3 +190,7 @@ infographics/
 infograficos/
 infografico/
 native/fts5_cjk/*.so
+# Runtime marker written by hermes update when a lazy dependency refresh is
+# interrupted; consumed by launch-time recovery. Never commit it (was tracked
+# by accident via 3a69e34702, removed in the #72002 salvage).
+.lazy-refresh-incomplete