diff --git a/changelog.d/fixed-506-netlify-ignore-bot-lane.md b/changelog.d/fixed-506-netlify-ignore-bot-lane.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3a7fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixed-506-netlify-ignore-bot-lane.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Skip Netlify deploy previews for the `bot/*` lane so the daily Hive docs
+  mirror resync PR no longer requests a deploy preview on every run
+  (hivecommons/docs#506).
diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index 40b27f9..f053641 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 # CI checks Bot-authored PR heads against this exact rule (#439). Add new bot
 # lanes here when that gate fails; prefixes also match human-authored branches.
 [context.deploy-preview]
-  ignore = "case \"${HEAD:-$BRANCH}\" in arch/*|guide/*|scanner/*|quality/*|sec/*|outreach/*|ops/*|automation/*|hive/*|dependabot/*|reviewer/*|feat/*|fix/*|generated/*|docs-rot-*) exit 0;; *) exit 1;; esac"
+  ignore = "case \"${HEAD:-$BRANCH}\" in arch/*|guide/*|scanner/*|quality/*|sec/*|outreach/*|ops/*|automation/*|hive/*|dependabot/*|reviewer/*|feat/*|fix/*|generated/*|bot/*|docs-rot-*) exit 0;; *) exit 1;; esac"
 
 # Enable branch deploys for documentation versioning
 # Version branches follow the pattern: docs/{version}
diff --git a/scripts/check-deploy-preview-ignore.test.ts b/scripts/check-deploy-preview-ignore.test.ts
index d469394..beaba83 100644
--- a/scripts/check-deploy-preview-ignore.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/check-deploy-preview-ignore.test.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ describe("deploy-preview drift gate", () => {
     "feat/topic",
     "fix/topic",
     "generated/topic",
+    "bot/hive-docs-refresh",
     "docs-rot-weekly",
   ])("accepts a Bot PR covered by the real rule: %s", head => {
     expect(main({ PR_AUTHOR_TYPE: "Bot", PR_HEAD_REF: head })).toBe(0);