diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 93e80370..a41623b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   format:
     name: Format Check
-    runs-on: self-hosted
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
   quality:
     name: Clippy + Tests
-    runs-on: self-hosted
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
 
diff --git a/core/audio/streaming_recorder.rs b/core/audio/streaming_recorder.rs
index b8a81f05..d8340d15 100644
--- a/core/audio/streaming_recorder.rs
+++ b/core/audio/streaming_recorder.rs
@@ -476,6 +476,27 @@ mod tests {
         crate::config::Config::config_dir().join("transcriptions")
     }
 
+    fn is_terminal_no_speech_artifact(file_name: &str) -> bool {
+        file_name.contains("no-speech") || file_name.ends_with("_failed.wav")
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn terminal_no_speech_artifact_filter_is_name_bounded() {
+        assert!(is_terminal_no_speech_artifact(
+            "20260709_120000_no-speech_raw.wav"
+        ));
+        assert!(is_terminal_no_speech_artifact(
+            "20260709_120001_dictation_failed.wav"
+        ));
+        assert!(!is_terminal_no_speech_artifact(
+            "20260709_120002_failed-but-recovered_raw.wav"
+        ));
+        assert!(!is_terminal_no_speech_artifact(
+            "03_algorytm-ma-zlozonosc.wav"
+        ));
+        assert!(!is_terminal_no_speech_artifact("dictation_failed.m4a"));
+    }
+
     fn collect_pairs(
         root: &Path,
         date_filter: Option<&str>,
@@ -784,6 +805,11 @@ mod tests {
                     for entry in entries.flatten() {
                         let p = entry.path();
                         if p.extension().and_then(|s| s.to_str()) == Some("wav") {
+                            let fname = p.file_name().unwrap_or_default().to_string_lossy();
+                            // Terminal failed/no-speech artifacts should not be scored as VAD segmentation misses.
+                            if is_terminal_no_speech_artifact(&fname) {
+                                continue;
+                            }
                             wavs.push(p);
                             if wavs.len() >= 5 {
                                 break;