diff --git a/script/todo/todo.py b/script/todo/todo.py
index e24423b..76143b0 100755
--- a/script/todo/todo.py
+++ b/script/todo/todo.py
@@ -6686,12 +6686,28 @@ class TODO:
             # sans quoi le verrou apt ferait échouer l'installation du bureau.
             if not desktop:
                 return "true"
+            # Les outils de la phase « after » vivent DANS le dépôt — la
+            # compilation mobile, l'AVD, le script Forgejo. Sans clone, ils
+            # n'existent pas ici. Les écarter en silence laissait croire qu'une
+            # case cochée avait été honorée : on la NOMME.
+            deferred = [
+                k
+                for k in (tools or ())
+                if self._QEMU_VM_TOOLS.get(k, {}).get("phase") == "after"
+            ]
+            note = (
+                f'echo "   ⚠ {t("needs the ERPLibre install, skipped:")}'
+                f' {" ".join(deferred)}"; '
+                if deferred
+                else ""
+            )
             return (
                 "set -e; "
                 + self._qemu_cloud_init_wait()
                 + self._qemu_no_auto_upgrade(prod, app_store)
                 + self._qemu_desktop_remote_cmd(desktop, app_store)
                 + self._qemu_tools_remote_cmd(tools, prod)
+                + note
             )
         if not final_cmd:
             final_cmd = f"make install_os && make {self.ERPLIBRE_ODOO_TARGET}"
diff --git a/script/todo/todo_i18n.py b/script/todo/todo_i18n.py
index 699f631..22abfc6 100644
--- a/script/todo/todo_i18n.py
+++ b/script/todo/todo_i18n.py
@@ -2260,6 +2260,10 @@ TRANSLATIONS = {
     "line": {"fr": "ligne", "en": "line"},
     "free space": {"fr": "libre", "en": "free"},
     "silent": {"fr": "silence", "en": "silent"},
+    "needs the ERPLibre install, skipped:": {
+        "fr": "exige l'installation ERPLibre, écarté :",
+        "en": "needs the ERPLibre install, skipped:",
+    },
     "Forgejo (git forge)": {
         "fr": "Forgejo (forge git)",
         "en": "Forgejo (git forge)",
diff --git a/test/test_qemu_forgejo.py b/test/test_qemu_forgejo.py
index be385af..c50bba0 100644
--- a/test/test_qemu_forgejo.py
+++ b/test/test_qemu_forgejo.py
@@ -135,6 +135,38 @@ class TestTheInstallBlock(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(0, res.returncode, f"{tools}: {res.stderr}")
 
 
+class TestDesktopOnlyVm(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Une VM sans ERPLibre : le script Forgejo vit dans le dépôt, donc nulle
+    part. L'écarter en silence laisserait croire qu'une case cochée a été
+    honorée."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.todo = TODO.__new__(TODO)
+
+    def test_it_says_what_it_skips(self):
+        cmd = self.todo._qemu_erplibre_remote_cmd(
+            None, None, False, "gnome", "", "deb", ("forgejo",)
+        )
+        self.assertIn("forgejo", cmd)
+        self.assertIn("⚠", cmd)
+        self.assertNotIn("install_forgejo.sh", cmd)
+
+    def test_it_stays_quiet_when_nothing_was_deferred(self):
+        cmd = self.todo._qemu_erplibre_remote_cmd(
+            None, None, False, "gnome", "", "deb", ("gnome_ext",)
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn("⚠", cmd)
+
+    def test_the_note_is_valid_shell(self):
+        cmd = self.todo._qemu_erplibre_remote_cmd(
+            None, None, False, "gnome", "", "deb", ("forgejo", "mobile")
+        )
+        res = subprocess.run(
+            ["bash", "-n"], input=cmd, capture_output=True, text=True
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(0, res.returncode, res.stderr)
+
+
 class TestTheScript(unittest.TestCase):
     """Le script lui-même, exécuté sur ses chemins de refus."""