diff --git a/src/queue/processors.ts b/src/queue/processors.ts
index 138b562334..8fbfc6d0ca 100644
--- a/src/queue/processors.ts
+++ b/src/queue/processors.ts
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ import {
 } from "../signals/focus-manifest";
 import { decideReviewEligibility } from "../review/review-eligibility";
 import {
+  loadPublicRepoFocusManifest,
   loadRepoFocusManifest,
   loadRepoFocusManifests,
   loadRepoReviewContext,
@@ -9542,9 +9543,12 @@ async function maybePublishPrPublicSurface(
   }
 
   if (decision.willComment) {
-    // Maintainer review-content overrides from `.gittensory.yml` (footer text, row toggles, intro note).
-    // Cached, so this is a DB read after the settings resolution already loaded the manifest.
-    const repoFocusManifestForComment = await loadRepoFocusManifest(env, repoFullName);
+    // Maintainer review-content overrides may come from private self-host config, but validation warnings
+    // rendered in the public PR comment must come only from the repo-published manifest.
+    const [repoFocusManifestForComment, publicRepoFocusManifestForComment] = await Promise.all([
+      loadRepoFocusManifest(env, repoFullName),
+      loadPublicRepoFocusManifest(env, repoFullName).catch(() => null),
+    ]);
     const reviewConfig = repoFocusManifestForComment.review;
     // Duplicate-winner adjudication (#dup-winner): thread the flag into the public panel builders so the
     // winner's hard-duplicate block is suppressed (they recompute the winner from their own open-only sibling
@@ -9856,10 +9860,10 @@ async function maybePublishPrPublicSurface(
           : {}),
         maxFindingsCaps: reviewConfig.maxFindings,
         commentVerbosity: reviewConfig.commentVerbosity,
-        // review-manifest validation (#2056): reuse the same manifest already loaded above for reviewConfig —
-        // unconditional (no manifest opt-in needed, a broken config should always fail clearly); no warnings
-        // ⇒ the bridge omits the section (byte-identical).
-        manifestWarnings: repoFocusManifestForComment.warnings,
+        // review-manifest validation (#2056): public PR comments may disclose only repo-published manifest
+        // warnings. Self-host private config can carry operator-only policy and raw invalid values, so never
+        // render warnings from the full/private manifest here.
+        manifestWarnings: publicRepoFocusManifestForComment?.warnings ?? [],
       });
     } else {
       deterministicBody = buildPublicPrIntelligenceComment(commentArgs);
diff --git a/test/unit/manifest-validation-collapsible.test.ts b/test/unit/manifest-validation-collapsible.test.ts
index 139ebf596c..905b113714 100644
--- a/test/unit/manifest-validation-collapsible.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/manifest-validation-collapsible.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { buildManifestValidationCollapsible, buildUnifiedCommentBody } from "../../src/review/unified-comment-bridge";
+import { loadPublicRepoFocusManifest, setLocalManifestReader } from "../../src/signals/focus-manifest-loader";
+import { createTestEnv } from "../helpers/d1";
 import type { GateCheckEvaluation } from "../../src/rules/advisory";
 import type { PublicPrPanelSignalRow } from "../../src/signals/engine";
 
@@ -43,6 +45,35 @@ describe("buildManifestValidationCollapsible (#2056)", () => {
 });
 
 describe("buildUnifiedCommentBody: manifest validation wiring (#2056)", () => {
+  afterEach(() => setLocalManifestReader(null));
+
+  it("uses only repo-published warnings for public comments, not private self-host manifest warnings", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv();
+    const secret = "OPERATOR_ONLY_SECRET_9f3c";
+    setLocalManifestReader(async () => `gate:
+  linkedIssue: "wallet hotkey reward scoreability ${secret}"
+`);
+
+    const publicManifest = await loadPublicRepoFocusManifest(env, "owner/repo", {
+      fetcher: async () => `review:
+  profile: loud
+`,
+    });
+    const body = buildUnifiedCommentBody({
+      gate: gate(),
+      panelRows,
+      readinessTotal: 88,
+      changedFiles: 1,
+      footerMarkdown: footer,
+      manifestWarnings: publicManifest.warnings,
+    });
+
+    expect(body).toContain("Manifest validation");
+    expect(body).toContain('Manifest "review.profile"');
+    expect(body).not.toContain(secret);
+    expect(body).not.toMatch(/wallet|hotkey|reward|scoreability/i);
+  });
+
   it("appends a Manifest validation collapsible when manifestWarnings is non-empty", () => {
     const body = buildUnifiedCommentBody({
       gate: gate(),