fix(review): re-sync the two public-surface redaction term lists

src/review/unified-comment-bridge.ts

@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ export { splitAiReviewNits } from "./ai-notes";
 // src/signals/engine.ts containsPrivatePublicTerm (drop if still present). Kept inline so this module
 // stays a pure, dependency-light renderer-mapping seam.
 const PRIVATE_FORBIDDEN_TERMS =
-  /\b(?:rewards?|payouts?|farming|estimated\s+scores?|raw\s+trust\s+scores?|trust\s+scores?|score\s+estimates?|reward\s+estimates?|wallets?|hotkeys?|coldkeys?|reviewability|scoreability|private\s+signals?|likely_duplicate|reviewability\s*\d)\b/gi;
-const PRIVATE_DROP_TERMS = /\b(?:reward|payout|farming|wallet|hotkey|trust score|raw trust|estimated score|scoreability|likely_duplicate|reviewability\s*\d)\b/i;
+  /\b(?:rewards?|payouts?|farming|estimated\s+scores?|raw\s+trust\s+scores?|raw\s+trust|trust\s+scores?|score\s+estimates?|reward\s+estimates?|wallets?|hotkeys?|coldkeys?|mnemonics?|seed\s?phrases?|cohorts?|miner[-_\s]?originated|human[-_\s]?originated|rankings?|reviewability|scoreability|private\s+signals?|likely_duplicate|reviewability\s*\d)\b/gi;
+const PRIVATE_DROP_TERMS = /\b(?:reward|payout|farming|wallet|hotkey|trust score|raw trust|estimated score|scoreability|cohort|mnemonic|likely_duplicate|reviewability\s*\d)\b/i;
 
 /** Scrub forbidden terms from a contributor-facing Nit; return null to DROP it if it still leaks after
  *  scrubbing (fail-safe: never publish a line that names private rubric/scoring/reward internals). */

src/rules/advisory.ts

@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export function buildIssueAdvisory(repo: RepositoryRecord | null, issue: IssueRe
 // for the same leak class (#7074) -- `raw\s+trust\s+scores?` stays ahead of bare `raw\s+trust` so the compound
 // still matches first.
 const CHECK_RUN_FORBIDDEN_TERMS =
-  /\b(?:rewards?|payouts?|farming|estimated\s+scores?|raw\s+trust\s+scores?|raw\s+trust|trust\s+scores?|score\s+estimates?|reward\s+estimates?|wallets?|hotkeys?|coldkeys?|mnemonics?|seed\s?phrases?|cohorts?|miner[-_\s]?originated|human[-_\s]?originated|rankings?|reviewability|scoreability|private\s+signals?)\b/gi;
+  /\b(?:rewards?|payouts?|farming|estimated\s+scores?|raw\s+trust\s+scores?|raw\s+trust|trust\s+scores?|score\s+estimates?|reward\s+estimates?|wallets?|hotkeys?|coldkeys?|mnemonics?|seed\s?phrases?|cohorts?|miner[-_\s]?originated|human[-_\s]?originated|rankings?|reviewability|scoreability|private\s+signals?|likely_duplicate|reviewability\s*\d)\b/gi;
 
 function sanitizeForCheckRun(text: string): string {
   return text.replace(CHECK_RUN_FORBIDDEN_TERMS, "[context]").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();

test/unit/unified-comment-bridge.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   verdictToRecommendation,
   visualFindingsFromFindings,
 } from "../../src/review/unified-comment-bridge";
+import { buildCheckRunAnnotations } from "../../src/rules/advisory";
 import { VISUAL_REGRESSION_FINDING_CODE, VISUAL_UNRELATED_ISSUE_FINDING_CODE } from "../../src/review/visual/visual-findings";
 import { PR_PANEL_COMMENT_MARKER as MARKER_FROM_COMMENTS } from "../../src/github/comments";
 import { deriveUnifiedStatus, type MergeReadiness, type UnifiedCollapsible, type UnifiedCommentStatus } from "../../src/review/unified-comment";
@@ -1421,6 +1422,71 @@ describe("buildDualReviewNotes — public-safe Nit scrub (privacy-critical, gate
     }
   });
 
+  it("REGRESSION (#8322): every forbidden term is redacted by BOTH public-surface sanitizers (check-run text and PR-comment Nits)", () => {
+    // The two lists had drifted: advisory.ts scrubbed mnemonic/seed phrase/cohort/miner-originated/
+    // human-originated/rankings/bare "raw trust" while the Nit path did not (so those leaked into public
+    // PR comments), and the Nit path scrubbed likely_duplicate/reviewability<digit> while the check-run
+    // path did not. This drives one representative string per term through BOTH sanitizers via their real
+    // public entry points, so a future one-sided edit to either regex fails here. It is deliberately a
+    // behavioral test, not a string comparison of the two regex sources.
+    const forbiddenTerms = [
+      "reward", "rewards", "payout", "payouts", "farming", "estimated score", "raw trust scores",
+      "raw trust", "trust score", "score estimates", "reward estimates", "wallet", "hotkey", "coldkey",
+      "mnemonic", "seed phrase", "cohort", "miner-originated", "human_originated", "rankings",
+      "reviewability", "scoreability", "private signals", "likely_duplicate", "reviewability3",
+    ];
+
+    for (const term of forbiddenTerms) {
+      // (1) PR-comment Nit path — publicSafeNit scrubs to "[context]" or drops the Nit entirely.
+      const reviews = buildDualReviewNotes({
+        aiReview: { notes: "Reviewer assessment." },
+        warnings: [{ code: "w", severity: "warning", title: `Concern about ${term} here`, detail: "...", action: "n/a" }],
+        recommendation: "manual_review",
+        verdict: "manual",
+      });
+      const nit = reviews[0]?.notes?.nits?.[0] ?? "";
+      expect(nit.toLowerCase(), `Nit path must not leak "${term}"`).not.toContain(term.toLowerCase());
+
+      // (2) Check-run annotation path — sanitizeForCheckRun scrubs title and message.
+      const advisory = {
+        id: "a1",
+        targetType: "pull_request" as const,
+        targetKey: "o/r#1",
+        repoFullName: "o/r",
+        pullNumber: 1,
+        headSha: "sha",
+        conclusion: "neutral" as const,
+        severity: "warning" as const,
+        title: "LoopOver advisory",
+        summary: "s",
+        findings: [
+          {
+            code: "missing_test_evidence",
+            title: `Concern about ${term} here`,
+            severity: "warning" as const,
+            detail: `Detail naming ${term} explicitly.`,
+            // publicText is what actually reaches an annotation (advisory.ts skips findings without it),
+            // so the term must live here or the check-run leg would assert against an EMPTY list.
+            publicText: `Detail naming ${term} explicitly.`,
+          },
+        ],
+        generatedAt: "2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z",
+      };
+      const { annotations } = buildCheckRunAnnotations(
+        advisory,
+        {
+          files: [{ repoFullName: "o/r", pullNumber: 1, path: "src/a.ts", additions: 1, deletions: 0, changes: 1, payload: {} }],
+          collisions: { repoFullName: "o/r", generatedAt: "2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z", summary: { clusterCount: 0, highRiskCount: 0, itemsReviewed: 0 }, clusters: [] },
+          pullNumber: 1,
+        },
+        "standard",
+      );
+      // Non-vacuity guard: an empty annotation list would make the assertion below trivially true.
+      expect(annotations.length, `check-run leg must actually produce an annotation for "${term}"`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(JSON.stringify(annotations).toLowerCase(), `check-run path must not leak "${term}"`).not.toContain(term.toLowerCase());
+    }
+  });
+
   it("excludes a visual_regression_finding warning from Nits (#4111 — it renders in its own 'Visual findings' collapsible instead)", () => {
     const reviews = buildDualReviewNotes({
       aiReview: { notes: "Reviewer assessment." },