diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 2d1e7f9bc..e7d05c4b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake -S . -B build -DJSON_CI=On
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build build --target ci_infer
+      - name: Archive Infer report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: infer-report
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build/build_infer/infer-out/report.txt
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
 
   ci_static_analysis_ubuntu:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.inferconfig b/.inferconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a5a36873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.inferconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "_comment": "Used by the ci_infer CMake target (#5715 item 4b). fail-on-issue makes CI fail on Infer findings; disable-issue-type is a type-level baseline for the ~174 pre-existing findings (all PULSE_UNNECESSARY_COPY*/PULSE_RESOURCE_LEAK/PULSE_CONST_REFABLE, mostly in test code) triaged in run https://github.com/nlohmann/json/actions/runs/35829411620 on commit 1054b2097, so CI fails only on a NEW issue type. Remove an entry here once its findings have been fixed or explicitly accepted.",
+  "fail-on-issue": true,
+  "disable-issue-type": [
+    "PULSE_UNNECESSARY_COPY_ASSIGNMENT",
+    "PULSE_UNNECESSARY_COPY",
+    "PULSE_UNNECESSARY_COPY_INTERMEDIATE",
+    "PULSE_UNNECESSARY_COPY_OPTIONAL",
+    "PULSE_RESOURCE_LEAK",
+    "PULSE_CONST_REFABLE"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/cmake/ci.cmake b/cmake/ci.cmake
index 63771ac80..0cb9e5e32 100644
--- a/cmake/ci.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ci.cmake
@@ -490,10 +490,12 @@ add_custom_target(ci_clang_tidy
 # Check code with Infer <https://fbinfer.com> static analyzer.
 ###############################################################################
 
+# .inferconfig (repository root) pins --fail-on-issue and the currently-triaged issue types that
+# are disabled until they are addressed separately; see #5715 item 4b.
 add_custom_target(ci_infer
     COMMAND mkdir -p ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/build_infer
     COMMAND cd ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/build_infer && ${INFER_TOOL} compile -- ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -DJSON_BuildTests=ON
-    COMMAND cd ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/build_infer && ${INFER_TOOL} run -- make
+    COMMAND cd ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/build_infer && ${INFER_TOOL} run --project-root ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -- make
     COMMENT "Check code with Infer"
 )