diff --git a/lib/review-ledger.ts b/lib/review-ledger.ts
index a4001aba3..67b975376 100644
--- a/lib/review-ledger.ts
+++ b/lib/review-ledger.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const STATED_SEVERITY = new RegExp(`(?<![A-Za-z0-9])Severity\\**\\s*:?\\s*\\**\\
  * ("1. Drops rows (q.ts:7). Severity: Low", "(t.md:3) Severity: Low", "- Severity: P0"), its label closing the clause. With one present a severity word in the body never raises the label (GST-976); prose that mentions a
  * severity ("pass 1 had Severity: Low", "filed at severity low", "(Severity: Low in pass 1)") is not a field.
  */
-const SEVERITY_FIELD = new RegExp(`(?:^(?:[-*+>]\\s+|\\d+[.)]\\s+)?\\**\\s*Severity\\**\\s*:?|(?:[.;,|()]\\s*|\\s[—–-]\\s*)\\**\\s*Severity\\**\\s*:)\\s*\\**\\s*(${LABELS})(?![A-Za-z0-9])(?=\\**\\s*(?:$|[.;,|()*—–]|-\\s|Blocks))`, 'gi');
+const SEVERITY_FIELD = new RegExp(`(?:^(?:[-*+>]\\s+|\\d+[.)]\\s+)?\\**\\s*Severity\\**\\s*:?\\s*\\**\\s*(${LABELS})(?![A-Za-z0-9])|(?:[.;,|()]\\s*|\\s[—–-]\\s*)\\**\\s*Severity\\**\\s*:\\s*\\**\\s*(${LABELS})(?![A-Za-z0-9])(?=\\**\\s*(?:$|[.;,|()*:/→—–]|-\\s|Blocks)))`, 'gi');
 /**
  * A label leading its line past list, quote, heading, emphasis and emoji marks (one mark per step, so a long divider stays linear)
  * and an optional file:line, closed by a mark or a separator, or by a space, comma or parenthesis after an all-caps word ("[P0] …",
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function parseFindings(reader: string, output: string): Array<{ label: st
   const named = (l: string) => (role === 'adversarial-native' && l.toUpperCase() === 'FIXABLE' ? 'CRITICAL' : l);
   const strongestOf = (labels: Array<string | undefined>) => labels.reduce<string | undefined>((a, b) => (a === undefined ? b : b === undefined ? a : stronger(a, b)), undefined);
   const strongest = (t: string) => strongestOf([...t.matchAll(ALL_LABELS)].map(m => named(m[1]!)));
-  const fieldOf = (t: string) => strongestOf([...t.matchAll(SEVERITY_FIELD)].map(m => m[1]!));
+  const fieldOf = (t: string) => strongestOf([...t.matchAll(SEVERITY_FIELD)].map(m => m[1] ?? m[2]!));
   const critical = (t: string) => BLOCKS_YES.test(t) || (role === 'adversarial-native' && /(?<![A-Za-z0-9])FIXABLE(?![A-Za-z0-9])/.test(t));
   const leadOf = (t: string) => { const l = LEAD_LABEL.exec(t)?.[1]; return l === undefined ? undefined : named(l); };
   const labelOf = (t: string) => {
diff --git a/test/review-dispatch.test.ts b/test/review-dispatch.test.ts
index 2b9f19979..81b372e1c 100644
--- a/test/review-dispatch.test.ts
+++ b/test/review-dispatch.test.ts
@@ -688,7 +688,10 @@ describe('gstack-review-dispatch sent, collect, judge and verify: nothing change
       ['1. The P0 pilot table drops a row\nSeverity Low', 'Low'], ['1. The P0 pilot table drops a row\n**Severity** Low', 'Low'],
       ['1. Bypass x.ts:3 is CRITICAL (Severity: Low in pass 1)', 'CRITICAL'], ['Still open: x.ts:3 is CRITICAL, Severity: Low in pass 1 understated it', 'CRITICAL'],
       ['1. lib/x.ts:42-58 CRITICAL: drops rows. Severity: Low', 'CRITICAL'], ['1. lib/x.ts:42:7 CRITICAL: drops rows. Severity: Low', 'CRITICAL'],
-      ['1. (lib/x.ts:42, 50) CRITICAL: drops rows. Severity: Low', 'CRITICAL']];
+      ['1. (lib/x.ts:42, 50) CRITICAL: drops rows. Severity: Low', 'CRITICAL'],
+      ['1. The P0 pilot table drops a row\nSeverity: Low: only the pilot', 'Low'], ['1. The P0 pilot table drops a row\nSeverity: Low because it is internal', 'Low'],
+      ['1. The P0 pilot table drops a row\nSeverity: Low/Medium', 'Low'], ['Severity: Low: only the P0 pilot table', 'Low'],
+      ['1. The P0 pilot drops a row. Severity: Low/P3', 'Low'], ['1. The P0 pilot drops a row. Severity: Low → it is internal', 'Low']];
     for (const [output, label] of p2) expect([output, parseFindings('outside-voice', output).map(f => f.label)]).toEqual([output, [label]]);
     const t0 = performance.now();
     for (const run of ['='.repeat(60), '-'.repeat(60), '|' + '-'.repeat(60) + '|', '🔴'.repeat(60), '. '.repeat(60), '-.'.repeat(60), '`'.repeat(60)])