diff --git a/changelog.d/210.md b/changelog.d/210.md
index afd7927..ed46cf2 100644
--- a/changelog.d/210.md
+++ b/changelog.d/210.md
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@
   (#210).
 
 - A source pin forbids `has("pull_request")` on this surface, because the rule
-  was stated in a comment and violated forty lines below it (#210).
+  was stated in a comment and violated forty lines below it. It strips comments,
+  so the #188 warning that explains the trap is allowed to stay (#210).
+
+- All three sites are covered behaviourally, not only by the pin: the board
+  gather, the release-body gather through an observable window flag, and the
+  per-issue payload check (#210).
diff --git a/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh b/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
index 512658d..8dcca61 100644
--- a/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
+++ b/test/issueflow-reconcile.test.sh
@@ -1815,6 +1815,47 @@ check "...the sweep completes over it" 0 "" \
 check "...and the PR row is still excluded from the issue set" 1 "" \
   grep -qE '^issueflow: #61' <<<"$fjb_out"
 
+# release_bodies is the THIRD producer and has its own has() site. A `release`
+# issue on a forgejo-shaped board must reach the window gather, or the #292
+# flags are decided over an empty set (@codex-reviewer-andresmgsl, #210).
+printf '%s\n' \
+  '[{"number":60,"pull_request":null,"labels":[{"name":"ready"}],"title":"an issue"},
+    {"number":62,"pull_request":null,"labels":[{"name":"release"}],"title":"Release 9.9.9","body":"Blocked by #60."},
+    {"number":63,"pull_request":null,"labels":[{"name":"ready"}],"title":"a claimable non-member"},
+    {"number":61,"pull_request":{"merged":false},"labels":[],"title":"a pull request"}]' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_state_open.json"
+jq -n --arg at "$(iso_at "$INOW")" \
+  '{number:63,user:{login:"triage-one"},created_at:$at,body:"",pull_request:null,
+    labels:[{name:"ready"}],assignees:[]}' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_63.json"
+printf '[]\n' >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_63_comments.json"
+jq -n --arg at "$(iso_at "$INOW")" \
+  '{number:62,user:{login:"triage-one"},created_at:$at,body:"Blocked by #60.",pull_request:null,
+    labels:[{name:"release"}],assignees:[]}' \
+  >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_62.json"
+printf '[]\n' >"$FORGEJO_BOARD/repos_owner_repo_issues_62_comments.json"
+fjb2_out="$(forgejo_board_run)"
+# The observable effect of release_bodies being NON-empty: an open `release`
+# issue whose gate still holds an open member makes every claimable non-member
+# draw a window flag. With that gather empty there are no carriers and no flag,
+# so this row discriminates the site rather than merely reaching it.
+check "a release issue on a forgejo-shaped board reaches the window gather" 0 "" \
+  grep -qE '#63: window flag' <<<"$fjb2_out"
+check "...and the sweep still completes" 0 "" \
+  grep -qF 'issueflow: reconciled.' <<<"$fjb2_out"
+
+# The THIRD site is reconcile_issue_pass's per-issue payload check. Same key,
+# scalar rather than a list: null means issue, an object means PR.
+pass_disc() { # $1 = the payload -> the exit status the guard would take
+  jq -e '.pull_request == null' <<<"$1" >/dev/null && echo issue || echo pr
+}
+check "a forgejo issue payload (key present, null) reads as an issue" 0 "issue" \
+  pass_disc '{"number":60,"pull_request":null}'
+check "...and an object-valued one reads as a PR" 0 "pr" \
+  pass_disc '{"number":61,"pull_request":{"merged":false}}'
+check "...and a github-shaped payload (key absent) still reads as an issue" 0 "issue" \
+  pass_disc '{"number":60}'
+
 # -- the rule is pinned at the source, because a comment did not hold --------
 # `.pull_request == null` is stated in this file's own header AND at
 # issueflow-reconcile.sh:1113 — and the merge put `has("pull_request")` back 40
@@ -1830,6 +1871,23 @@ no_has_pull_request() {
 }
 check "no executable has(\"pull_request\") survives on this surface" 0 "" \
   no_has_pull_request
+# The controls, because this guard MUST tolerate the #188 comment that explains
+# why the form is wrong — a raw grep would either fail forever or pressure a
+# builder into deleting the very warning that prevents recurrence
+# (@codex-reviewer-andresmgsl, #210 review).
+DTMP="$(mktemp -d)"; trap 'rm -rf "$DTMP"' EXIT
+strip_and_find() { # $1 = file -> 0 when an EXECUTABLE use survives
+  sed 's/[[:space:]]#.*$//; s/^[[:space:]]*#.*$//' "$1" | grep -q 'has("pull_request")'
+}
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # fixture CONTENT: the literal text a scanned file would hold
+printf '%s\n' '#!/usr/bin/env bash' \
+  '# `.pull_request == null`, NOT has("pull_request") | not (#188)' \
+  'jq -e ".pull_request == null" <<<"$J"' >"$DTMP/prose.sh"
+check "the explanatory #188 comment is allowed" 1 "" strip_and_find "$DTMP/prose.sh"
+# single-quoted so the fixture holds the LITERAL form the guard looks for
+printf '%s\n' '#!/usr/bin/env bash' \
+  "jq -r '.[] | select(has(\"pull_request\") | not)' <<<\"\$J\"" >"$DTMP/exec.sh"
+check "...while an executable jq filter is rejected" 0 "" strip_and_find "$DTMP/exec.sh"
 
 # -- the OPEN-pull gather, at main() granularity ----------------------------
 # The closed/merged half above proves one REST path; this proves the other,