diff --git a/packages/loopover-engine/src/review/guardrail-config.ts b/packages/loopover-engine/src/review/guardrail-config.ts
index 02614de495..1277463b6d 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-engine/src/review/guardrail-config.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-engine/src/review/guardrail-config.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ export const ENGINE_DECISION_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS = [
   "src/settings/agent-actions.ts",
   "src/settings/agent-execution.ts",
   "src/settings/agent-sweep.ts",
+  // #8012: src/settings/autonomy.ts is now a 5-line re-export shim (#4879's #6203-era migration) -- the real,
+  // substantive autonomy deny-by-default logic lives at the packages/loopover-engine path below. Both are kept:
+  // the shim is still a real (if thin) file, and listing the real path is what actually protects the logic a
+  // PR edit could otherwise change without ever touching the shim.
   "src/settings/autonomy.ts",
+  "packages/loopover-engine/src/settings/autonomy.ts",
   "src/queue/**",
   "src/github/pr-actions.ts",
   "src/github/app.ts",
@@ -38,7 +43,11 @@ export const ENGINE_DECISION_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS = [
   "src/scoring/**",
   "src/auth/**",
   "src/review/safety.ts",
+  // #8012: same shim/real split as autonomy.ts above -- src/review/guardrail-config.ts (this file's own
+  // pre-migration twin) is a re-export shim; the real list edited here lives at the packages/loopover-engine
+  // path below, so a PR silently narrowing DEFAULT_HARD_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS itself must trip this same guardrail.
   "src/review/guardrail-config.ts",
+  "packages/loopover-engine/src/review/guardrail-config.ts",
   "src/review/cutover-gate.ts",
   "src/review/linked-issue-hard-rules.ts",
   "src/review/outcomes-wire.ts",
diff --git a/test/unit/guardrail-config.test.ts b/test/unit/guardrail-config.test.ts
index ffc4b3865a..febe8a3b6c 100644
--- a/test/unit/guardrail-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/guardrail-config.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   CONFIG_AS_CODE_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS,
   DEFAULT_HARD_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS,
+  ENGINE_DECISION_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS,
   resolveHardGuardrailGlobs,
 } from "../../src/review/guardrail-config";
+import { isGuardrailHit } from "../../src/signals/change-guardrail";
 
 describe("CONFIG_AS_CODE_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS", () => {
   it("guards the .loopover.* config files", () => {
@@ -14,6 +16,27 @@ describe("CONFIG_AS_CODE_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// #8012: src/settings/autonomy.ts and src/review/guardrail-config.ts (the #6203-era migration's pre-migration
+// paths, still listed above for their own sake) are now 5-line re-export shims -- the real, substantive logic
+// a contributor PR could edit lives at the packages/loopover-engine paths below. A PR touching only the real
+// path, never the shim, must still trip the guardrail.
+describe("ENGINE_DECISION_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS — post-#6203-migration real paths (#8012)", () => {
+  it("lists both the real autonomy.ts and guardrail-config.ts engine-package paths, alongside their src/ shims", () => {
+    expect(ENGINE_DECISION_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS).toContain("packages/loopover-engine/src/settings/autonomy.ts");
+    expect(ENGINE_DECISION_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS).toContain("src/settings/autonomy.ts");
+    expect(ENGINE_DECISION_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS).toContain("packages/loopover-engine/src/review/guardrail-config.ts");
+    expect(ENGINE_DECISION_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS).toContain("src/review/guardrail-config.ts");
+  });
+
+  it("a PR touching only the real autonomy.ts path (never its shim) still trips the hard guardrail", () => {
+    expect(isGuardrailHit(["packages/loopover-engine/src/settings/autonomy.ts"], DEFAULT_HARD_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("a PR touching only the real guardrail-config.ts path (never its shim) still trips the hard guardrail", () => {
+    expect(isGuardrailHit(["packages/loopover-engine/src/review/guardrail-config.ts"], DEFAULT_HARD_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS)).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("resolveHardGuardrailGlobs", () => {
   it("uses invariant guardrails when effective settings omit hardGuardrailGlobs", () => {
     expect(resolveHardGuardrailGlobs(undefined)).toEqual(DEFAULT_HARD_GUARDRAIL_GLOBS);