diff --git a/src/signals/settings-preview.ts b/src/signals/settings-preview.ts
index 32347b5ce0..7c434d5aa0 100644
--- a/src/signals/settings-preview.ts
+++ b/src/signals/settings-preview.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ export type RepoSettingsPreview = {
     slopGateMinScore?: number | null | undefined;
     autoLabelEnabled: boolean;
     gittensorLabel: string;
+    blacklistLabel: string;
     createMissingLabel: boolean;
     includeMaintainerAuthors: boolean;
     requireLinkedIssue: boolean;
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ export function buildRepoSettingsPreview(args: {
       slopGateMinScore: settings.slopGateMinScore ?? null,
       autoLabelEnabled: settings.autoLabelEnabled,
       gittensorLabel: settings.gittensorLabel,
+      blacklistLabel: settings.blacklistLabel ?? "slop",
       createMissingLabel: settings.createMissingLabel,
       includeMaintainerAuthors: settings.includeMaintainerAuthors,
       requireLinkedIssue: settings.requireLinkedIssue,
diff --git a/test/unit/settings-preview.test.ts b/test/unit/settings-preview.test.ts
index 23d23bfb6c..c022586c54 100644
--- a/test/unit/settings-preview.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/settings-preview.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { buildRepoSettingsPreview, decidePublicSurface, type InstallationHealthSummary } from "../../src/signals/settings-preview";
 import { REQUIRED_INSTALLATION_PERMISSIONS } from "../../src/github/backfill";
+import { RepoSettingsPreviewSchema } from "../../src/openapi/schemas";
 import type { IssueRecord, PullRequestRecord, RepositoryRecord, RepositorySettings } from "../../src/types";
 
 const FORBIDDEN_INSTALL_PREVIEW_PUBLIC_LANGUAGE =
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ describe("buildRepoSettingsPreview", () => {
     const preview = buildRepoSettingsPreview({ ...base, settings: settings(), installation: healthyInstall, sample: { authorLogin: "miner", minerStatus: "confirmed" } });
     expect(preview.decision.willComment).toBe(true);
     expect(preview.appliedLabel).toBe("gittensor");
+    expect(preview.settings.blacklistLabel).toBe("slop");
+    expect(() => RepoSettingsPreviewSchema.parse(preview)).not.toThrow();
     expect(preview.previewComment).toContain("<!-- gittensory-pr-panel:v1 -->");
     expect(preview.previewComment).toContain("Gittensory");
     expect(preview.previewComment).toContain("Confirmed Gittensor contributor");
@@ -154,6 +157,18 @@ describe("buildRepoSettingsPreview", () => {
     ).not.toMatch(FORBIDDEN_INSTALL_PREVIEW_PUBLIC_LANGUAGE);
   });
 
+  it("includes the configured blacklist label required by the OpenAPI contract", () => {
+    const preview = buildRepoSettingsPreview({
+      ...base,
+      settings: settings({ blacklistLabel: "abuse" }),
+      installation: healthyInstall,
+      sample: { authorLogin: "miner", minerStatus: "confirmed" },
+    });
+
+    expect(preview.settings.blacklistLabel).toBe("abuse");
+    expect(() => RepoSettingsPreviewSchema.parse(preview)).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
   it("uses safe defaults for an empty sample preview", () => {
     const preview = buildRepoSettingsPreview({ ...base, settings: settings(), installation: healthyInstall, sample: {} });
     expect(preview.sample).toMatchObject({ authorLogin: "sample-contributor", authorType: "User", authorAssociation: "NONE", minerStatus: "confirmed", title: "Sample pull request" });