diff --git a/src/review/auto-apply.ts b/src/review/auto-apply.ts
index d1776aea6..33e196659 100644
--- a/src/review/auto-apply.ts
+++ b/src/review/auto-apply.ts
@@ -382,11 +382,12 @@ export interface AutoApplyContext {
   baseScopeCap?: { files: number; lines: number };
   /** This project's decided-sample count from the gate eval (drives the promotion evidence gate). */
   decided: number;
-  /** This project's freshly-computed merge precision from THIS tick's gate eval (the same field
-   *  computeTuningRecommendations reads). Threaded into evaluateShadowPromotion so a shadow-queued tightening
-   *  cannot be promoted once the precision that originally warranted it has since recovered. Optional/nullable
-   *  because a project can have no would-merge samples yet (GateEvalRow.mergePrecision is null in that case). */
-  mergePrecision?: number | null;
+  /** This project's freshly-computed reversal-WEIGHTED merge precision from THIS tick's gate eval (the same
+   *  field computeTuningRecommendations gates on, #10014). Threaded into evaluateShadowPromotion so a
+   *  shadow-queued tightening cannot be promoted once the weighted precision that originally warranted it has
+   *  since recovered -- feeding the RAW number here would clear a hold the reversal-weighted breaker still
+   *  holds. Optional/nullable because a project can have no would-merge samples yet (it is null in that case). */
+  weightedMergePrecision?: number | null;
   /** The tuning advisor's recommendations for this project (only ones with an overridePayload are applied). */
   recs: TuningRec[];
   /** Current wall-clock (ms) — injected for determinism in tests. */
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ export async function runAutoApplyRecommendations(env: StorageEnv, ctx: AutoAppl
         decided: ctx.decided,
         validatedUntilIso: shadow.validatedUntil,
         nowIso,
-        ...(ctx.mergePrecision !== undefined ? { currentMergePrecision: ctx.mergePrecision } : {}),
+        ...(ctx.weightedMergePrecision !== undefined ? { currentMergePrecision: ctx.weightedMergePrecision } : {}),
       });
       if (gate.promote) {
         // Audit BEFORE the mutation — see applyOverrideRecommendation's force branch for why this ordering
diff --git a/src/review/auto-tune.ts b/src/review/auto-tune.ts
index d6cf730dd..8e27658b8 100644
--- a/src/review/auto-tune.ts
+++ b/src/review/auto-tune.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ export interface CloseAutoTuneAction {
 export function planCloseAutoTune(report: GateEvalReport): CloseAutoTuneAction[] {
   const actions: CloseAutoTuneAction[] = [];
   for (const r of report.rows) {
-    if (r.wouldClose < AUTOTUNE_MIN_DECIDED || r.weightedClosePrecision == null) continue;
+    // #10014: null-check FIRST, mirroring planAutoTune -- weightedClosePrecision is non-null iff wouldClose > 0,
+    // so once wouldClose >= 10 the old trailing `== null` disjunct was unreachable (a dead branch arm).
+    if (r.weightedClosePrecision == null || r.wouldClose < AUTOTUNE_MIN_DECIDED) continue;
     if (r.weightedClosePrecision < AUTOTUNE_CLOSE_PRECISION_FLOOR) {
       actions.push({
         project: r.project,
@@ -298,37 +300,44 @@ const pct = (x: number | null): string => (x == null ? "—" : `${Math.round(x *
 export function computeTuningRecommendations(report: GateEvalReport): TuningRec[] {
   const recs: TuningRec[] = [];
   for (const r of report.rows) {
-    if (r.decided < MIN_DECIDED) {
-      recs.push({ project: r.project, severity: "info", message: `Only ${r.decided} decided PR(s) — collect more shadow data before judging accuracy or flipping live.` });
+    // #10014: gate on wouldMerge, not decided, matching planAutoTune's documented rule -- precision is measured
+    // over WOULD-MERGE predictions, so a project of many holds + one wrong would-merge (9 holds + 1) is a
+    // statistically meaningless sample the breaker already refuses; gating on `decided` let it clear the floor.
+    if (r.wouldMerge < MIN_DECIDED) {
+      recs.push({ project: r.project, severity: "info", message: `Only ${r.wouldMerge} would-merge PR(s) — collect more shadow data before judging accuracy or flipping live.` });
       continue;
     }
     let flagged = false;
-    // The dangerous error: would auto-merge something the human closed.
-    if (r.mergePrecision != null && r.mergePrecision < RISK_MERGE_PRECISION) {
+    // The dangerous error: would auto-merge something the human closed. #10014: read the reversal-WEIGHTED
+    // precision the breaker gates on (weightedMergePrecision is non-null iff wouldMerge > 0), so a project whose
+    // merges are systematically reverted -- weighted at ~0 while raw stays healthy -- is flagged, not silent.
+    if (r.weightedMergePrecision != null && r.weightedMergePrecision < RISK_MERGE_PRECISION) {
       recs.push({
         project: r.project,
         severity: "warn",
-        message: `Would have auto-merged ${r.mergeFalse} PR(s) the human CLOSED (merge precision ${pct(r.mergePrecision)} over ${r.wouldMerge}). Tighten guardrails / raise the confidence floor — do NOT flip live yet.`,
+        message: `Would have auto-merged ${r.mergeFalse} PR(s) the human CLOSED (weighted merge precision ${pct(r.weightedMergePrecision)} over ${r.wouldMerge}). Tighten guardrails / raise the confidence floor — do NOT flip live yet.`,
         // Auto-applicable TIGHTENING: raise the floor to the ready bar. Strictly safe-ward (a higher floor can
         // only HOLD more would-merges, never add a bad one), so the apply path can promote it. (#275)
         overridePayload: { confidenceFloor: TIGHTEN_FLOOR_TARGET },
       });
       flagged = true;
     }
-    // The other error: would auto-close something the human merged.
-    if (r.closeFalse > 0) {
+    // The other error: would auto-close something the human merged. #10014: gate on the weighted close precision
+    // against the same floor the close breaker uses, not the raw closeFalse count (which the weighted number
+    // discounts). closeFalse is still named in the message, but no longer the condition.
+    if (r.weightedClosePrecision != null && r.weightedClosePrecision < AUTOTUNE_CLOSE_PRECISION_FLOOR) {
       recs.push({
         project: r.project,
         severity: "warn",
-        message: `Would have auto-closed ${r.closeFalse} PR(s) the human MERGED (close precision ${pct(r.closePrecision)}). Loosen the area/scope rules before going live.`,
+        message: `Would have auto-closed ${r.closeFalse} PR(s) the human MERGED (weighted close precision ${pct(r.weightedClosePrecision)}). Loosen the area/scope rules before going live.`,
       });
       flagged = true;
     }
-    if (!flagged && r.mergePrecision != null && r.mergePrecision >= READY_MERGE_PRECISION && (r.closePrecision == null || r.closePrecision >= READY_CLOSE_PRECISION)) {
+    if (!flagged && r.weightedMergePrecision != null && r.weightedMergePrecision >= READY_MERGE_PRECISION && (r.weightedClosePrecision == null || r.weightedClosePrecision >= READY_CLOSE_PRECISION)) {
       recs.push({
         project: r.project,
         severity: "good",
-        message: `Merge precision ${pct(r.mergePrecision)} over ${r.decided} decided PR(s) with no false closes — looks ready to flip live (shadow:false).`,
+        message: `Merge precision ${pct(r.weightedMergePrecision)} over ${r.decided} decided PR(s) with no false closes — looks ready to flip live (shadow:false).`,
       });
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/unit/auto-apply.test.ts b/test/unit/auto-apply.test.ts
index 131995c5e..1328582fb 100644
--- a/test/unit/auto-apply.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/auto-apply.test.ts
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ describe("runAutoApplyRecommendations (#278 — closes the loop: queue tightenin
   it("refuses to promote a stale shadow tightening once the project's precision has since recovered", async () => {
     const { env, tables } = fakeEnv();
     tables.shadow.set("g", { confidence_floor: 0.95, scope_cap_files: null, scope_cap_lines: null, validated_until: "2026-06-19T00:00:00Z" });
-    await runAutoApplyRecommendations(env, ctx({ recs: [], mergePrecision: 0.92 }));
+    await runAutoApplyRecommendations(env, ctx({ recs: [], weightedMergePrecision: 0.92 }));
     expect(tables.live.has("g")).toBe(false); // NOT promoted
     expect(tables.shadow.has("g")).toBe(true); // stays queued rather than being silently dropped
   });
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ describe("runAutoApplyRecommendations (#278 — closes the loop: queue tightenin
   it("still promotes a soaked shadow override when the fresh precision has NOT recovered", async () => {
     const { env, tables } = fakeEnv();
     tables.shadow.set("g", { confidence_floor: 0.95, scope_cap_files: null, scope_cap_lines: null, validated_until: "2026-06-19T00:00:00Z" });
-    await runAutoApplyRecommendations(env, ctx({ recs: [], mergePrecision: 0.5 }));
+    await runAutoApplyRecommendations(env, ctx({ recs: [], weightedMergePrecision: 0.5 }));
     expect(tables.live.get("g")?.confidence_floor).toBe(0.95);
     expect(tables.shadow.has("g")).toBe(false);
   });
diff --git a/test/unit/auto-tune.test.ts b/test/unit/auto-tune.test.ts
index 8df920124..df43b6c10 100644
--- a/test/unit/auto-tune.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/auto-tune.test.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ describe("planCloseAutoTune (#close-precision-breaker) — tightening-only, clos
   it("does NOT engage when close precision is null (no would-close predictions with a known outcome)", () => {
     expect(planCloseAutoTune(report([row({ project: "p", decided: 30, wouldClose: 0, closeConfirmed: 0, closePrecision: null })]))).toHaveLength(0);
   });
+  it("#10014: the reordered guard's null arm is reachable — null weighted precision with wouldClose >= 10 skips (not a crash on the <-comparison)", () => {
+    // Before the reorder the `wouldClose < 10` arm short-circuited first, so once wouldClose >= 10 the trailing
+    // `== null` disjunct was dead. Null-checking FIRST (mirroring planAutoTune) makes this arm reachable: a
+    // null weighted precision at wouldClose=20 continues (no action), never reaching the `< FLOOR` comparison.
+    expect(planCloseAutoTune(report([row({ project: "p", decided: 30, wouldClose: 20, closeConfirmed: 0, closePrecision: 0.5, weightedClosePrecision: null })]))).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
   it("does NOT engage when close precision is healthy (it only ever tightens, never loosens)", () => {
     expect(planCloseAutoTune(report([row({ project: "p", decided: 30, wouldClose: 30, closeConfirmed: 29, closePrecision: 0.97 })]))).toHaveLength(0);
   });
@@ -421,15 +427,25 @@ describe("computeTuningRecommendations (#self-improve)", () => {
     expect(recs[0]?.severity).toBe("warn");
   });
 
-  it("renders an em-dash for a NULL close precision in the loosen-warn message (pct null branch)", () => {
-    // closeFalse > 0 but closePrecision is null (e.g. no would-close predictions had a known outcome): the
-    // loosen-warn message interpolates pct(null) → "—" rather than a percentage. Exercises pct's null side.
+  it("#10014: the loosen-warn fires on a weighted close precision below the floor, not on a raw closeFalse count", () => {
+    // The close-side gate now reads weightedClosePrecision against AUTOTUNE_CLOSE_PRECISION_FLOOR (0.85), the
+    // same reversal-discounted evidence the close breaker uses -- not the raw closeFalse count the weighted
+    // number discounts. A below-floor weighted precision emits a loosen-warn naming that weighted percentage.
     const recs = computeTuningRecommendations(
-      report([row({ project: "p", decided: 15, wouldMerge: 10, mergeConfirmed: 10, mergePrecision: 1.0, closeFalse: 2, closePrecision: null })]),
+      report([row({ project: "p", decided: 15, wouldMerge: 10, mergeConfirmed: 10, mergePrecision: 1.0, weightedMergePrecision: 1.0, closeFalse: 2, wouldClose: 6, closePrecision: 0.9, weightedClosePrecision: 0.2 })]),
     );
     const loosen = recs.find((r) => r.severity === "warn" && /loosen/i.test(r.message));
     expect(loosen).toBeDefined();
-    expect(loosen?.message).toContain("close precision —");
+    expect(loosen?.message).toContain("weighted close precision 20%");
+  });
+
+  it("#10014: a NULL weighted close precision no longer triggers a loosen-warn (the raw closeFalse path is gone)", () => {
+    // Previously closeFalse > 0 with a null closePrecision emitted a loosen-warn; now a null weighted close
+    // precision (no would-close outcomes) fires nothing, so a merge-clean project reads as ready, not held.
+    const recs = computeTuningRecommendations(
+      report([row({ project: "p", decided: 15, wouldMerge: 12, mergeConfirmed: 12, mergePrecision: 1.0, weightedMergePrecision: 1.0, closeFalse: 2, closePrecision: null, weightedClosePrecision: null })]),
+    );
+    expect(recs.find((r) => r.severity === "warn" && /loosen/i.test(r.message))).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   it("says READY when close precision is also high and non-null (ready close-precision threshold branch)", () => {
@@ -444,11 +460,12 @@ describe("computeTuningRecommendations (#self-improve)", () => {
     expect(recs[0]?.message).toMatch(/ready to flip live/i);
   });
 
-  it("does NOT say ready when a non-null close precision is below the ready bar (close arm fails)", () => {
-    // Same ready conditions but closePrecision below READY_CLOSE_PRECISION (0.9) and no false closes → neither
-    // warn nor good fires, so the project yields no recommendation. Asserts the close arm gates 'good'.
+  it("#10014: does NOT say ready when the weighted close precision is below the ready bar (close arm gates 'good' on the weighted field)", () => {
+    // High merge precision but weightedClosePrecision at 0.88 — below the 0.9 ready bar yet at/above the 0.85
+    // loosen floor, so NEITHER the good arm nor the loosen-warn fires: the project yields no recommendation.
+    // Proves the ready guard's close arm now reads weightedClosePrecision, not the raw closePrecision.
     const recs = computeTuningRecommendations(
-      report([row({ project: "borderline", decided: 20, wouldMerge: 18, mergeConfirmed: 18, mergePrecision: 1.0, wouldClose: 4, closeConfirmed: 3, closeFalse: 0, closePrecision: 0.8 })]),
+      report([row({ project: "borderline", decided: 20, wouldMerge: 18, mergeConfirmed: 18, mergePrecision: 1.0, weightedMergePrecision: 1.0, wouldClose: 4, closeConfirmed: 3, closeFalse: 0, closePrecision: 0.95, weightedClosePrecision: 0.88 })]),
     );
     expect(recs).toHaveLength(0);
   });
@@ -464,6 +481,31 @@ describe("computeTuningRecommendations (#self-improve)", () => {
     );
     expect(recs.map((r) => r.project)).toEqual(["alpha", "zeta"]);
   });
+
+  it("REGRESSION #10014: the sample gate reads wouldMerge, not decided — 9 holds + 1 wrong would-merge is info-only, no overridePayload", () => {
+    // The exact shape planAutoTune's comment names: decided=10 clears the old `decided < MIN_DECIDED` gate, but
+    // it is 9 holds + 1 would-merge — a statistically meaningless sample the breaker already refuses. Under the
+    // fix it gates on wouldMerge (1 < 10) and emits an INFO rec with NO auto-applicable overridePayload, rather
+    // than a warn that queued a live confidence-floor raise off a single prediction.
+    const recs = computeTuningRecommendations(
+      report([row({ project: "o/r", decided: 10, wouldMerge: 1, mergeFalse: 1, mergePrecision: 0, weightedMergePrecision: 0, hold: 9 })]),
+    );
+    expect(recs).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(recs[0]?.severity).toBe("info");
+    expect(recs[0]?.overridePayload).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(recs[0]?.message).toContain("would-merge");
+  });
+
+  it("REGRESSION #10014: a healthy RAW merge precision with a failing WEIGHTED one still warns with a tightening overridePayload", () => {
+    // A project whose merges are systematically reverted: mergePrecision 0.98 looks healthy, but the
+    // reversal-weighted precision the breaker gates on is 0.2. The advisor must read the weighted field and flag
+    // it (with the auto-applicable tightening payload), not stay silent on the raw number the breaker distrusts.
+    const recs = computeTuningRecommendations(
+      report([row({ project: "o/r", decided: 20, wouldMerge: 20, mergeConfirmed: 20, mergeFalse: 0, mergePrecision: 0.98, weightedMergePrecision: 0.2 })]),
+    );
+    const warn = recs.find((r) => r.severity === "warn");
+    expect(warn?.overridePayload).toEqual({ confidenceFloor: 0.95 });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("T3 byte-stability pins (#8225 migration map)", () => {