diff --git a/changelog.d/gst-543-redact-diff-prefix.md b/changelog.d/gst-543-redact-diff-prefix.md
index 1b84077df..1efd77cb7 100644
--- a/changelog.d/gst-543-redact-diff-prefix.md
+++ b/changelog.d/gst-543-redact-diff-prefix.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-**`gstack-redact` now catches a credential on an added diff line (GST-543).** The env.kv rule matched from the start of the line. On a unified-diff added line, the leading `+` blocked the match, so `git diff | gstack-redact` returned no finding and exit 0 for `+API_TOKEN=<random value>`. A `diff` code block in a PR body had the same blind spot. Pregate's `secrets` check and the pre-push hook were not affected, because both strip the `+` before scanning.
+**`gstack-redact` now catches a credential on a diff line (GST-543).** The env.kv rule matched from the start of the line, so on a unified diff the leading `+` or `-` stopped the match. `git diff | gstack-redact` returned no finding and exit 0 for `+API_TOKEN=<random value>`, and for a removed line that was indented or used `export`. A `diff` code block in a PR body had the same blind spot. Pregate's `secrets` check and the pre-push hook were not affected, because both strip the `+` before scanning.
 
 ### Fixed
-- **`lib/redact-patterns.ts`:** env.kv accepts one leading `+`, so the line in the example above now reports MEDIUM env.kv and exits 2. The name-shape check and the schema-field exemption accept the same prefix, so `API_TOKEN=changeme`, `cacheKey: …` and `input_key: …` stay clean on an added line, as they are without the prefix.
-- **`test/redact-diff-prefix.test.ts`:** each pattern in `PATTERNS` has a sample. The test requires it to report bare, behind `+`, `-` and a space, and on an added line inside a real hunk. A new pattern without a sample fails the test. The audit found env.kv was the only rule with the leading-`+` blind spot. Every other rule starts at a word boundary or has no anchor.
+- **`lib/redact-patterns.ts`:** env.kv accepts one leading `+` or `-`, so the line in the example above now reports MEDIUM env.kv and exits 2. The name-shape check and the schema-field exemption accept the same marker. As a result, `API_TOKEN=changeme`, `cacheKey: …` and `input_key: …` stay clean on a diff line, as they are without the marker. An unindented YAML list item (`- api_token: <random value>`) now reports too, because it has the same shape as a removed line.
+- **`test/redact-diff-prefix.test.ts`:** each pattern in `PATTERNS` has a sample. The test requires it to report bare, behind `+`, `-` and a space, and on an added or removed line inside a real hunk, indented or not. A new pattern without a sample fails the test. The audit found env.kv was the only rule with this blind spot. Every other rule starts at a word boundary or has no anchor.
diff --git a/lib/redact-patterns.ts b/lib/redact-patterns.ts
index 75d4a5fb6..216669967 100644
--- a/lib/redact-patterns.ts
+++ b/lib/redact-patterns.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function shannonEntropy(s: string): number {
 //         (apiKey, authToken, clientSecret, stripeApiKey) — cacheKey/sortKey/
 //         monkey have no credential prefix and are rejected.
 const ENV_KV_NAME =
-  /^\+?[ \t]*(?:export[ \t]+)?["']?([A-Za-z0-9_.-]*?(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|PASSWD|CREDENTIALS?|DSN|AUTH|COOKIE|SESSION|PRIVATE))["']?[ \t]*[:=]/i;
+  /^[+-]?[ \t]*(?:export[ \t]+)?["']?([A-Za-z0-9_.-]*?(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|PASSWD|CREDENTIALS?|DSN|AUTH|COOKIE|SESSION|PRIVATE))["']?[ \t]*[:=]/i;
 const ENV_KV_SUFFIX =
   /(KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|PASSWD|CREDENTIALS?|DSN|AUTH|COOKIE|SESSION|PRIVATE)$/i;
 const ENV_KV_CRED_PREFIX =
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ const CALL_SHAPED_VALUE = /^[A-Za-z_$][\w$]*(?:\.[A-Za-z_$][\w$]*)*\(/;
  * A random key is mixed-case or one unbroken run, so it never takes this shape.
  */
 const SCHEMA_FIELD_NAME =
-  /^\+?[ \t]*["']?(?:input|output|field|column|lookup|cache|sort|partition|range|index|row|group|join|property|metric|catalog|schema|translation|idempotency|dedup)[_.-]key["']?[ \t]*[:=]/;
+  /^[+-]?[ \t]*["']?(?:input|output|field|column|lookup|cache|sort|partition|range|index|row|group|join|property|metric|catalog|schema|translation|idempotency|dedup)[_.-]key["']?[ \t]*[:=]/;
 const SCHEMA_FIELD_VALUE = /^[a-z][a-z0-9]*(?:[_.-][a-z][a-z0-9]*)+$/;
 function isSchemaFieldIdentifier(span: string, match: RegExpExecArray): boolean {
   return SCHEMA_FIELD_NAME.test(match[0]) && SCHEMA_FIELD_VALUE.test(span);
@@ -962,13 +962,14 @@ export const PATTERNS: RedactPattern[] = [
     // (cacheKey:, sortKey:, monkey:) fires a MEDIUM confirm on entropic
     // values. The value must stay capture group 1 (the engine masks group 1),
     // so name-shape checking lives in validate, not in a second group.
-    // GST-543: an optional leading `+` is a unified-diff added line
+    // GST-543: an optional leading `+` or `-` is a unified-diff line marker
     // (`git diff | gstack-redact`, a diff fence in a PR body); without it the
-    // line anchor stopped at the prefix and an added credential went
-    // unreported. ENV_KV_NAME and SCHEMA_FIELD_NAME take the same prefix so
-    // the name-shape and schema exemptions hold on an added line. `-` and a
-    // space already match (`-` as a name character, a space as indentation).
-    regex: /^\+?[ \t]*(?:export[ \t]+)?["']?[A-Za-z0-9_.-]*(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|PASSWD|CREDENTIALS?|DSN|AUTH|COOKIE|SESSION|PRIVATE)["']?[ \t]*[:=][ \t]*["']?([^\s'"]{8,})["']?/i,
+    // line anchor stopped at the marker, so an added or removed credential
+    // went unreported (`-` alone matched only as a name character, never
+    // before indentation or `export`). ENV_KV_NAME and SCHEMA_FIELD_NAME take
+    // the same marker so the name-shape and schema exemptions hold on a diff
+    // line.
+    regex: /^[+-]?[ \t]*(?:export[ \t]+)?["']?[A-Za-z0-9_.-]*(?:KEY|TOKEN|SECRET|PASSWORD|PASSWD|CREDENTIALS?|DSN|AUTH|COOKIE|SESSION|PRIVATE)["']?[ \t]*[:=][ \t]*["']?([^\s'"]{8,})["']?/i,
     // Only fire on credential-shaped names with high-entropy values — kills
     // `FOO_KEY=changeme` and `cacheKey: <entropic-id>` FPs. #2912: a value
     // that is exactly an environment read (`os.environ["X"]`,
diff --git a/test/redact-diff-prefix.test.ts b/test/redact-diff-prefix.test.ts
index 932622b71..f2619ba9f 100644
--- a/test/redact-diff-prefix.test.ts
+++ b/test/redact-diff-prefix.test.ts
@@ -73,12 +73,18 @@ describe("GST-543: a diff line prefix never hides a finding", () => {
     const missed: string[] = [];
     for (const p of PATTERNS) {
       const s = SAMPLES[p.id]!;
-      for (const [label, text] of [["+", "+" + s], ["-", "-" + s], ["space", " " + s], ["hunk", hunk("+" + s)], ["indented hunk", hunk("+    " + s)]] as const)
+      for (const [label, text] of [["+", "+" + s], ["-", "-" + s], ["space", " " + s], ["hunk", hunk("+" + s)], ["indented hunk", hunk("+    " + s)], ["indented removed", hunk("-    " + s)], ["tab removed", hunk("-\t" + s)]] as const)
         if (!ids(text).includes(p.id)) missed.push(`${p.id} (${label})`);
     }
     expect(missed).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  test("env.kv reports an exported or indented credential on an added or removed line", () => {
+    const v = SAMPLES["env.kv"]!.slice("API_TOKEN=".length);
+    for (const line of [`-export API_TOKEN=${v}`, `+export API_TOKEN=${v}`, `-  api_token: ${v}`, `- api_token: ${v}`])
+      expect({ line, kv: ids(hunk(line)).includes("env.kv") }).toEqual({ line, kv: true });
+  });
+
   test("git diff | gstack-redact reports an added env.kv credential and exits 2; a placeholder on the same line stays clean", () => {
     const run = (line: string) => spawnSync("bun", [path.join(import.meta.dir, "..", "bin", "gstack-redact"), "--json"], { input: hunk("+" + line), encoding: "utf8", timeout: 30_000 });
     const real = run(SAMPLES["env.kv"]!);
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ describe("GST-543: a diff line prefix never hides a finding", () => {
   test("the prefix changes nothing else: env.kv's exemptions hold on an added line", () => {
     for (const line of ["API_TOKEN=changeme", "cacheKey: 8Fk2pQ9vXz4wL7mN3rT6yB1cD5eG0hJ", "input_key: expected_media_rate_bits_per_second", 'api_key=os.environ["API_KEY"]', "TOKEN=${API_TOKEN}"]) {
       expect({ line, bare: ids(line).includes("env.kv") }).toEqual({ line, bare: false });
-      expect({ line, added: ids(hunk("+" + line)).includes("env.kv") }).toEqual({ line, added: false });
+      for (const marker of ["+", "-", "+  ", "-  "]) expect({ line: marker + line, kv: ids(hunk(marker + line)).includes("env.kv") }).toEqual({ line: marker + line, kv: false });
     }
   });
 });