diff --git a/src/app/api/__tests__/module-route-gate-inventory.test.ts b/src/app/api/__tests__/module-route-gate-inventory.test.ts
index 627962fe8..d3e4e7ecc 100644
--- a/src/app/api/__tests__/module-route-gate-inventory.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/__tests__/module-route-gate-inventory.test.ts
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ const EXEMPT_ROUTES: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
   // schedule + intake history intact.
   "src/app/api/medications/route.ts",
   "src/app/api/medications/layout/route.ts",
+  // v1.40 (#1041) — the person's own category vocabulary: the same row
+  // store, the same data-layer reasoning.
+  "src/app/api/medications/categories/route.ts",
+  "src/app/api/medications/categories/[key]/route.ts",
   "src/app/api/medications/compliance/route.ts",
   "src/app/api/medications/intake/route.ts",
   "src/app/api/medications/intake/bulk/route.ts",