diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 794772f..bf1669f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ UNIT_BATS     := test/init-detection.bats test/verify-init-quoting.bats test/ver
                  test/verify-bump-knobs-unit.bats test/verify-replay-unit.bats \
                  test/verify-podman-userns-unit.bats test/verify-build-hash-unit.bats \
                  test/verify-policy-ceilings-unit.bats test/verify-home-guard-unit.bats \
+                 test/verify-learn-collapse-unit.bats \
                  test/verify-drift-render-unit.bats test/verify-awk-data-unit.bats
 ACCEPT_BATS   := test/acceptance.bats test/acceptance-bump.bats test/verify-run-default.bats
 SECURITY_BATS := $(wildcard test/verify-security-*.bats)
diff --git a/bin/sluice b/bin/sluice
index f2b9ff2..bb0e30f 100755
--- a/bin/sluice
+++ b/bin/sluice
@@ -4194,7 +4194,10 @@ _learn_review() {
   local parents p subs ya; parents="$(printf '%s\n' "$hosts" | while read -r h; do [ -n "$h" ] && parent_of "$h"; done | sort | uniq -c | awk '$1>=2{print $2}')"
   for p in $parents; do
     _collapsible "$p" || continue   # never offer a wildcard equal to a public suffix (foo.github.io -> .github.io)
-    subs="$(printf '%s\n' "$hosts" | while read -r h; do [ "$(parent_of "$h")" = "$p" ] && echo "$h"; done)"
+    # `if`, not `&&`: a failed test on the LAST line leaves the while loop - and so the whole command
+    # substitution - at status 1, which this plain assignment propagates into errexit. That killed the
+    # review mid-screen, with no error text, whenever the last blocked host wasn't a child of $p.
+    subs="$(printf '%s\n' "$hosts" | while read -r h; do if [ "$(parent_of "$h")" = "$p" ]; then echo "$h"; fi; done)"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     printf '  %s subdomains of %s: %s\n' "$(printf '%s\n' "$subs" | awk 'END{print NR}')" "$p" "$(printf '%s ' $subs)"
     printf '  collapse to .%s (matches all its subdomains)? [y/N] ' "$p"
diff --git a/src/80-learn.sh b/src/80-learn.sh
index 74fc132..ff3d2f0 100644
--- a/src/80-learn.sh
+++ b/src/80-learn.sh
@@ -271,7 +271,10 @@ _learn_review() {
   local parents p subs ya; parents="$(printf '%s\n' "$hosts" | while read -r h; do [ -n "$h" ] && parent_of "$h"; done | sort | uniq -c | awk '$1>=2{print $2}')"
   for p in $parents; do
     _collapsible "$p" || continue   # never offer a wildcard equal to a public suffix (foo.github.io -> .github.io)
-    subs="$(printf '%s\n' "$hosts" | while read -r h; do [ "$(parent_of "$h")" = "$p" ] && echo "$h"; done)"
+    # `if`, not `&&`: a failed test on the LAST line leaves the while loop - and so the whole command
+    # substitution - at status 1, which this plain assignment propagates into errexit. That killed the
+    # review mid-screen, with no error text, whenever the last blocked host wasn't a child of $p.
+    subs="$(printf '%s\n' "$hosts" | while read -r h; do if [ "$(parent_of "$h")" = "$p" ]; then echo "$h"; fi; done)"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     printf '  %s subdomains of %s: %s\n' "$(printf '%s\n' "$subs" | awk 'END{print NR}')" "$p" "$(printf '%s ' $subs)"
     printf '  collapse to .%s (matches all its subdomains)? [y/N] ' "$p"
diff --git a/test/verify-learn-collapse-unit.bats b/test/verify-learn-collapse-unit.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fe167d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/verify-learn-collapse-unit.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# _learn_review's wildcard-collapse offer (unit; no engine). The offer loop builds `subs` from a command
+# substitution whose last pipeline stage is a `while` loop. When the final iteration's test fails, the
+# `&&` short-circuits, the loop exits 1, pipefail carries it out of the substitution, and the plain
+# assignment propagates it - so `set -e` kills `sluice learn` mid-screen with NO error text: the user
+# sees the header and a blank line, exit 1. Fires whenever a collapse is offered and the last blocked
+# host is not a child of that parent.
+#
+# Harness notes, all three load-bearing:
+#  1. The function is sed-extracted from the BUILT bin/sluice (the verify-hostbudget-unit pattern), so
+#     the loop under test is the real shipped text, not a copy retyped here.
+#  2. Two mechanical rewrites, neither touching the loop: the interactive `read` is pointed at stdin
+#     instead of /dev/tty, and the "both streams non-tty" early return is forced off. Without the
+#     second, bats' piped stdout takes that return and the loop never executes - a vacuous pass.
+#  3. The function is called BARE, exactly as src/80-learn.sh:342 calls it. Calling it as
+#     `_learn_review ... || echo rc=$?` disarms errexit for the whole function body, and every
+#     assertion here would pass against the unfixed code.
+load test_helper/common
+
+setup() {
+  SRC="$(cd "$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/.." && pwd)/src"
+  SLUICE_BIN="${SRC%/src}/bin/sluice"
+  EXTRACT="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/learn_review.sh"
+  sed -n '/^_learn_review()/,/^}/p' "$SLUICE_BIN" \
+    | sed -e 's#</dev/tty#</dev/stdin#' \
+          -e 's#if \[ ! -t 0 \] && \[ ! -t 1 \]; then#if false; then#' > "$EXTRACT"
+  # Guard the extraction itself: a sed that silently matched nothing would make every test below
+  # pass for the wrong reason.
+  grep -q 'subs="\$(' "$EXTRACT"
+  [ "$(grep -c '/dev/tty' "$EXTRACT")" = 0 ]
+}
+
+# $1 = rows ("<host>\t<count>\t<bytes>"), $2 = answers fed to the prompts.
+_review() {
+  local t="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/drive.sh"
+  {
+    echo 'set -euo pipefail'
+    echo ". '$SRC/00-prelude.sh'"
+    echo ". '$SRC/10-egress-helpers.sh'"
+    echo ". '$EXTRACT'"
+    echo 'learn_apply() { echo "APPLY-REACHED"; return 0; }'
+    echo 'reload_allowlist() { return 0; }'
+    printf '_learn_review "%s" "blocked"\n' "$1"     # bare - see harness note 3
+    echo 'echo "SURVIVED"'
+  } > "$t"
+  printf '%s\n' "$2" | bash "$t" 2>&1
+}
+
+# bytes-desc, the order cmd_learn feeds in; the trailing row is NOT a child of example.com.
+_rows_trailing_stranger() {
+  local TAB; TAB="$(printf '\t')"
+  printf 'a.example.com%s1%s300\nb.example.com%s1%s200\nz.other.test%s1%s100' "$TAB" "$TAB" "$TAB" "$TAB" "$TAB" "$TAB"
+}
+
+# POSITIVE CONTROL. Proves the harness reaches the collapse offer at all. Without this, the regression
+# below could pass because the function early-returned rather than because the bug is fixed.
+@test "learn-collapse: the harness reaches the collapse offer (positive control)" {
+  run _review "$(_rows_trailing_stranger)" "$(printf 'n\ns\ns\ns')"
+  assert_output --partial "collapse to .example.com"
+}
+
+# THE REGRESSION. Unfixed, this prints the header and dies: exit 1, no prompt, no error text.
+@test "learn-collapse: a trailing non-child host does not abort the review" {
+  run _review "$(_rows_trailing_stranger)" "$(printf 'n\ns\ns\ns')"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "collapse to .example.com"
+  assert_output --partial "SURVIVED"
+}
+
+# The mirror case, which always worked - pinned so a fix cannot regress it the other way.
+@test "learn-collapse: a trailing child host still offers the collapse" {
+  local TAB; TAB="$(printf '\t')"
+  run _review "$(printf 'z.other.test%s1%s300\na.example.com%s1%s200\nb.example.com%s1%s100' "$TAB" "$TAB" "$TAB" "$TAB" "$TAB" "$TAB")" "$(printf 's\nn\ns\ns')"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "collapse to .example.com"
+  assert_output --partial "SURVIVED"
+}
+
+# subs feeds both the offer's count and the `handled` set - a truncated list would under-report which
+# hosts a collapse covers, and silently leave one blocked after the user accepted.
+@test "learn-collapse: the offer counts both subdomains, not one" {
+  run _review "$(_rows_trailing_stranger)" "$(printf 'n\ns\ns\ns')"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "2 subdomains of example.com"
+}
+
+@test "learn-collapse: accepting the collapse consumes both subdomains" {
+  run _review "$(_rows_trailing_stranger)" "$(printf 'y\ns')"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "collapse to .example.com"
+  assert_output --partial "SURVIVED"
+}