diff --git a/render/detailed/summary.go b/render/detailed/summary.go
index 14e252c08..6b4833907 100644
--- a/render/detailed/summary.go
+++ b/render/detailed/summary.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // NodeSummaryGroup is a topology-typed group of children for a Node.
+// Skip codec-generation for this type to circumvent render/detailed/summary.go
+// codecgen: skip
 type NodeSummaryGroup struct {
 	Label      string        `json:"label"`
 	Nodes      []NodeSummary `json:"nodes"`