diff --git a/scripts/ci-bun-crash-census.ts b/scripts/ci-bun-crash-census.ts
index bfc6d465..c38a337c 100644
--- a/scripts/ci-bun-crash-census.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci-bun-crash-census.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ const WORKFLOW_JOB_KEY = /^ {2}([A-Za-z0-9_-]+):\s*$/;
 const WORKFLOW_JOB_NAME = /^ {4}name:\s*(.+?)\s*$/;
 const WORKFLOW_EXPRESSION = /\$\{\{.*?\}\}/;
 const WORKFLOW_BUN_VERSION = /^\s+bun-version:\s*["']?([^"'\s]+)["']?\s*$/;
+/** A YAML comment after a value: `#` preceded by whitespace, to end of line. */
+const YAML_TRAILING_COMMENT = /\s+#.*$/;
 const SHA = /^[0-9a-f]{40}$/;
 /** The runs endpoint returns at most 1000 results for one `created` query. */
 const MAX_WINDOW_RUNS = 1000;
@@ -173,21 +175,26 @@ function workflowJobNamed(opts: {
  * `jobs:` to the next one. Its display name is its `name:` template, or its
  * key when it has none, so `test shard 2/4` finds the `test-shard` matrix job.
  * A job with no `bun-version`, such as the `test` fan-in, returns null.
- * Blank lines and column-0 `#` comments inside `jobs:` are skipped; any other
- * column-0 line is the next top-level key and ends the jobs.
+ * The `jobs:` line may carry a trailing comment (`jobs: # all jobs`).
+ * Column-0 `#` comments inside `jobs:` are skipped; any other column-0 line is
+ * the next top-level key and ends the jobs. Blank lines need no skip: they
+ * start with no non-space character and match no key, `name:` or
+ * `bun-version`, so they neither end the jobs nor change a block.
  */
 export function workflowJobBunVersion(
   workflow: string,
   job: string
 ): string | null {
   const lines = workflow.split(/\r?\n/);
-  const jobsAt = lines.findIndex((line) => line.trimEnd() === "jobs:");
+  const jobsAt = lines.findIndex(
+    (line) => line.replace(YAML_TRAILING_COMMENT, "").trimEnd() === "jobs:"
+  );
   if (jobsAt === -1) {
     return null;
   }
   const blocks: { readonly key: string; readonly lines: string[] }[] = [];
   for (const line of lines.slice(jobsAt + 1)) {
-    if (line.trim() === "" || line.startsWith("#")) {
+    if (line.startsWith("#")) {
       continue;
     }
     if (/^\S/.test(line)) {
diff --git a/tests/ci-bun-crash-census.test.ts b/tests/ci-bun-crash-census.test.ts
index 78ebca9a..d6fffdc1 100644
--- a/tests/ci-bun-crash-census.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ci-bun-crash-census.test.ts
@@ -729,6 +729,23 @@ describe("workflow reads (HACK-1441)", () => {
     expect(workflowJobBunVersion(WORKFLOW, "late")).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  test("a trailing comment on the jobs: line still opens the jobs (HACK-1462)", () => {
+    const commented = [
+      "name: CI",
+      "jobs: # all jobs",
+      "  test:",
+      "    ",
+      "    steps:",
+      "      - with:",
+      '          bun-version: "1.4.2"',
+    ].join("\n");
+    expect(workflowJobBunVersion(commented, "test")).toBe("1.4.2");
+    // `#` without leading whitespace is part of the key, not a comment.
+    expect(
+      workflowJobBunVersion(commented.replace("jobs: #", "jobs:#"), "test")
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   const SHA_SHARED = "d".repeat(40);
   const SHA_OTHER = "e".repeat(40);