diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
index 43375e669..6fc745e75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality-gate.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install frozen dependencies
         run: bun install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts
 
+      # Advisory slop scan of branch-changed files. Lived inside `bun run
+      # test` before (silently appended, up to 240s invisible in the "~90s
+      # suite" claim); decoupling it from the pre-commit loop is only honest
+      # if a per-PR path still runs it — this is that path. || true: quality
+      # signal, never a gate (/review runs it interactively too).
+      - name: Slop scan (changed files, advisory)
+        run: bun run slop:diff || true
+
       - name: Scan changed text for credentials (added lines, own redact engine)
         env:
           BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha || github.event.before }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2b94b0d60..1e0155c74 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "gen:skill-docs:user": "bun run scripts/gen-skill-docs.ts --respect-detection",
     "dev": "bun run browse/src/cli.ts",
     "server": "bun run browse/src/server.ts",
-    "test": "bun run scripts/test-free-shards.ts && (bun run slop:diff 2>/dev/null || true)",
+    "test": "bun run scripts/test-free-shards.ts",
     "test:free": "bun run scripts/test-free-shards.ts",
     "test:windows": "bun run scripts/test-free-shards.ts --windows-only",
     "test:evals": "EVALS=1 bun test --retry 1 --concurrent --max-concurrency ${EVALS_CONCURRENCY:-15} test/skill-llm-eval*.test.ts test/skill-e2e-*.test.ts test/skill-routing-e2e.test.ts test/codex-e2e*.test.ts test/gemini-e2e.test.ts test/llm-judge-recommendation.test.ts test/carve-section-loading.test.ts",