diff --git a/src/review/content-lane/orchestrator.ts b/src/review/content-lane/orchestrator.ts
index 8f69392873..c1c82efeef 100644
--- a/src/review/content-lane/orchestrator.ts
+++ b/src/review/content-lane/orchestrator.ts
@@ -85,11 +85,9 @@ function appendCountCloseSummary(maxAppendedEntries: number): string {
 }
 
 /** The close summary for a duplicate appended entry (a same-PR repeat, or a resubmission of an entry already in
- *  the registry) — names the colliding url when the duplicate entry has one, for a concrete resubmit target. */
-function duplicateEntryCloseSummary(duplicate: unknown): string {
-  const url = (duplicate as { url?: unknown } | null)?.url;
-  const detail = typeof url === "string" && url.trim() !== "" ? ` (${url.trim()})` : "";
-  return `A surface submission must not duplicate an entry already in this PR or already in the registry${detail} — resubmit without the duplicate.`;
+ *  the registry). Keep it fully generic: duplicate detection runs before content safety validation. */
+function duplicateEntryCloseSummary(): string {
+  return "A surface submission must not duplicate an entry already in this PR or already in the registry — resubmit without the duplicate.";
 }
 
 // A spec with no domain-specific validator configured yet (RegistryLaneSpec.assessAppendedEntry /
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ export async function runSurfaceReview(spec: RegistryLaneSpec, input: SurfaceRev
   const existingEntries = surfacesOf(safeParseJson(baseRaw), spec.collectionField) ?? [];
   const duplicate = findDuplicateAppendedEntry(spec, appendedEntries, existingEntries);
   if (duplicate !== null) {
-    return { verdict: "close", summary: duplicateEntryCloseSummary(duplicate[0]) };
+    return { verdict: "close", summary: duplicateEntryCloseSummary() };
   }
   const assessEntry = spec.assessAppendedEntry;
   if (!assessEntry) {
diff --git a/test/unit/content-lane-orchestrator.test.ts b/test/unit/content-lane-orchestrator.test.ts
index 99ff401244..974ea4d8ba 100644
--- a/test/unit/content-lane-orchestrator.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/content-lane-orchestrator.test.ts
@@ -277,15 +277,34 @@ describe("runSurfaceReview (deterministic + decisive: merge/close, rarely manual
   it("closes a same-PR duplicate append against the metagraphed spec (removing the entry cap removed this incidental protection)", async () => {
     const copy = { ...newEntry, id: "a-copy-of-newEntry" };
     const r = await review([SUBNET], { [`head:${SUBNET}`]: doc([existing, newEntry, copy]), [`base:${SUBNET}`]: doc([existing]) });
-    expect(r?.verdict).toBe("close");
-    expect(r?.summary).toContain(newEntry.url);
+    expect(r).toEqual({
+      verdict: "close",
+      summary: "A surface submission must not duplicate an entry already in this PR or already in the registry — resubmit without the duplicate.",
+    });
   });
 
   it("closes an appended entry that resubmits a url already present in the base document's surfaces[]", async () => {
     const resubmission = { ...existing, id: "resubmitted-existing-url" };
     const r = await review([SUBNET], { [`head:${SUBNET}`]: doc([existing, resubmission]), [`base:${SUBNET}`]: doc([existing]) });
-    expect(r?.verdict).toBe("close");
-    expect(r?.summary).toContain(existing.url);
+    expect(r).toEqual({
+      verdict: "close",
+      summary: "A surface submission must not duplicate an entry already in this PR or already in the registry — resubmit without the duplicate.",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not echo unvalidated duplicate URLs into public close summaries", async () => {
+    const unsafeUrl = "not-a-safe-url <a-fake-token-that-should-never-leak>\n### injected markdown";
+    const duplicate = { ...newEntry, id: "unsafe-duplicate", url: unsafeUrl };
+    const copy = { ...duplicate, id: "unsafe-duplicate-copy" };
+    const r = await review([SUBNET], { [`head:${SUBNET}`]: doc([existing, duplicate, copy]), [`base:${SUBNET}`]: doc([existing]) });
+
+    expect(r).toEqual({
+      verdict: "close",
+      summary: "A surface submission must not duplicate an entry already in this PR or already in the registry — resubmit without the duplicate.",
+    });
+    expect(r?.summary).not.toContain(unsafeUrl);
+    expect(r?.summary).not.toContain("a-fake-token-that-should-never-leak");
+    expect(r?.summary).not.toContain("### injected markdown");
   });
 
   it("a same-PR duplicate is still detected across trivial URL formatting differences (trailing slash/tracking params)", async () => {