diff --git a/.github/workflows/regen.yml b/.github/workflows/regen.yml
index edbd312..2672fe1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/regen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/regen.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ jobs:
           DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
           DEST="testdata/html/snapshot_${DATE}.html"
           curl -fsSL --user-agent "go-telegram codegen scraper" \
-            https://core.telegram.org/bots/api > "$DEST"
+            https://core.telegram.org/bots/api -o "$DEST.tmp"
+          # The page ends with a "<!-- page generated in NN.NNms -->" comment
+          # that changes on every fetch. Drop it, so an unchanged API produces
+          # a byte-identical snapshot instead of a no-op update PR.
+          sed '/<!-- page generated in .*ms -->/d' "$DEST.tmp" > "$DEST"
+          rm "$DEST.tmp"
           ln -sf "snapshot_${DATE}.html" testdata/html/latest.html
           echo "date=$DATE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "dest=$DEST" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -76,7 +81,10 @@ jobs:
         id: diff
         run: |
           git status --porcelain
-          if git diff --quiet internal/spec/api.json api/ testdata/html/; then
+          # Gate on the generated surface only. A fresh snapshot file and the
+          # latest.html symlink flip every run, so including testdata/html/
+          # here would open a PR on a week when Telegram changed nothing.
+          if git diff --quiet internal/spec/api.json api/ docs/reference/; then
             echo "no_changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
diff --git a/testdata/html/snapshot_2026-07-21.html b/testdata/html/snapshot_2026-07-21.html
index 88f3946..745397b 100644
--- a/testdata/html/snapshot_2026-07-21.html
+++ b/testdata/html/snapshot_2026-07-21.html
@@ -23112,4 +23112,3 @@ removePreloadInit();
 </script>
   </body>
 </html>
-<!-- page generated in 133.23ms -->