diff --git a/browse/test/bun-polyfill.test.ts b/browse/test/bun-polyfill.test.ts
index 2de508faa..960c934b1 100644
--- a/browse/test/bun-polyfill.test.ts
+++ b/browse/test/bun-polyfill.test.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,22 @@ describe('bun-polyfill', () => {
     expect(out).toMatch(/^exit:\d+$/);
   });
 
+  // Signal-exit branch: Bun reports 128 + signal number when a child is killed
+  // by a signal (code === null). Skipped on Windows, whose kill() semantics
+  // don't produce the POSIX 128+n mapping.
+  test.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('Bun.spawn proc.exited maps a killing signal to 128+signal', async () => {
+    const result = Bun.spawnSync(['node', '-e', `
+      require(${JSON.stringify(polyfillPath)});
+      (async () => {
+        const p = Bun.spawn(['node', '-e', 'setInterval(() => {}, 1000)'], { stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'ignore'] });
+        setTimeout(() => p.kill('SIGTERM'), 150);
+        console.log('exit:' + await p.exited);
+      })();
+    `], { stdout: 'pipe', stderr: 'pipe' });
+    // SIGTERM = 15 → 128 + 15 = 143.
+    expect(result.stdout.toString().trim()).toBe('exit:143');
+  });
+
   // GSTACK_SPAWN_MAX_BUFFER caps the drain so a runaway child can't OOM the
   // server. Past the cap, the pipe keeps flowing (child doesn't block) but
   // further bytes are dropped. Set a small cap, write more than that, assert
diff --git a/browse/test/config.test.ts b/browse/test/config.test.ts
index 8d24c3f00..51da8fe41 100644
--- a/browse/test/config.test.ts
+++ b/browse/test/config.test.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ describe('config', () => {
       fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
     });
 
+    test('writes the self-contained .gitignore even when git already ignores .gstack/ (before the early return)', () => {
+      // Pins the load-bearing property: the state-dir ignore is written
+      // UNCONDITIONALLY, before the `if (isIgnoredByGit(...)) return` early exit.
+      // A git repo whose root .gitignore already lists .gstack/ makes
+      // isIgnoredByGit true, so the early return fires — moving the write below
+      // it (the exact bug the fix removed) would skip the guard here.
+      const tmpDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `browse-gitignored-repo-test-${Date.now()}`);
+      fs.mkdirSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+      Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'init'], { cwd: tmpDir, stdout: 'ignore', stderr: 'ignore' });
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tmpDir, '.gitignore'), '.gstack/\n');
+      const config = resolveConfig({ BROWSE_STATE_FILE: path.join(tmpDir, '.gstack', 'browse.json') });
+      ensureStateDir(config);
+      const selfIgnore = path.join(config.stateDir, '.gitignore');
+      expect(fs.existsSync(selfIgnore)).toBe(true);
+      expect(fs.readFileSync(selfIgnore, 'utf-8')).toBe('*\n');
+      fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    });
+
     test('adds .gstack/ to .gitignore if not present', () => {
       const tmpDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `browse-gitignore-test-${Date.now()}`);
       fs.mkdirSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/browse/test/server-auth.test.ts b/browse/test/server-auth.test.ts
index 45d6d4c77..76bd0445a 100644
--- a/browse/test/server-auth.test.ts
+++ b/browse/test/server-auth.test.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ describe('Server auth security', () => {
     expect(scopeBlock).toContain('Domain not allowed');
   });
 
+  // Test 1d: validateAuth compares the bearer token in CONSTANT TIME with a
+  // length gate. A revert to `header === \`Bearer ${authToken}\`` keeps
+  // accept/reject behavior identical (functional tests still pass) but silently
+  // reintroduces the byte-by-byte timing side-channel; dropping the length gate
+  // makes timingSafeEqual throw RangeError (500 instead of 401) on a wrong-length
+  // token. Pin both properties, mirroring the token-registry sibling guard.
+  test('validateAuth uses constant-time comparison with a length gate', () => {
+    const authBlock = sliceBetween(SERVER_SRC, 'function validateAuth(req: Request): boolean {', '// Factory-scoped shutdown');
+    expect(authBlock).toContain('crypto.timingSafeEqual');
+    expect(authBlock).toContain('got.length === want.length');
+    // The null-header guard must remain (Buffer.from(null) would otherwise throw).
+    expect(authBlock).toContain('header === null');
+    // The raw === comparison of the header against the bearer string must be gone.
+    expect(authBlock).not.toContain('header === `Bearer ${authToken}`');
+  });
+
   // Test 2: /refs endpoint requires auth via validateAuth
   test('/refs endpoint requires authentication', () => {
     const refsBlock = sliceBetween(SERVER_SRC, "url.pathname === '/refs'", "url.pathname === '/activity/stream'");
diff --git a/lib/redact-patterns.ts b/lib/redact-patterns.ts
index cb4839758..8cdea97a9 100644
--- a/lib/redact-patterns.ts
+++ b/lib/redact-patterns.ts
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ const INTERPOLATED_PASSWORD_RE = /^(\$\{.+\}|\$[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)$/;
 // case-sensitively against the raw span: the convention is ALL CAPS, and a
 // lowercase `password`/`pass` at this position is a real (terrible) credential
 // that must still block.
-const URL_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER_WORDS = new Set([
+export const URL_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER_WORDS = new Set([
   "PASSWORD",
   "PASS",
   "PASSWD",
diff --git a/test/redact-engine.test.ts b/test/redact-engine.test.ts
index e7e66bbb6..f4b56d0bb 100644
--- a/test/redact-engine.test.ts
+++ b/test/redact-engine.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   shannonEntropy,
   isPublicIPv4,
   isPlaceholderSpan,
+  URL_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER_WORDS,
 } from "../lib/redact-patterns";
 
 function ids(text: string, vis: RepoVisibility = "private"): string[] {
@@ -143,6 +144,21 @@ describe("HIGH credential patterns", () => {
     expect(ids("postgres://admin:" + "ADMIN" + "123@host/db")).toContain("db.url_with_password");
   });
 
+  // Every curated placeholder word must suppress at the URL-password position.
+  // The fix replaced a shape rule with a hand-curated EXACT set, so a typo or a
+  // dropped entry (CHANGEME -> CHANGME) would silently start blocking a legit
+  // doc placeholder with zero failure elsewhere. Loop the real exported set so
+  // the test can't drift from the source list.
+  test("db.url_with_password suppresses every curated placeholder word", () => {
+    for (const word of URL_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER_WORDS) {
+      expect(ids(`postgres://user:${word}@host/db`)).not.toContain("db.url_with_password");
+    }
+    // Guard the set stays a non-trivial curated list (catches an accidental clear).
+    expect(URL_PASSWORD_PLACEHOLDER_WORDS.size).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(8);
+    // And a real secret that merely CONTAINS a placeholder word still blocks.
+    expect(ids("postgres://user:" + "MY" + "SECRETPASS@host/db")).toContain("db.url_with_password");
+  });
+
   test("all HIGH patterns block (exit 3)", () => {
     const r = scan("AKIA1234567890ABCDEF", { repoVisibility: "private" });
     expect(exitCodeFor(r)).toBe(3);