diff --git a/bin/reviewer-poll.ts b/bin/reviewer-poll.ts
index 5b7f590..925f73c 100644
--- a/bin/reviewer-poll.ts
+++ b/bin/reviewer-poll.ts
@@ -532,6 +532,19 @@ const PR_ACTIONS = new Set([
   "synchronize", "synchronized", "closed", "merged",
 ]);
 
+// Every drop is a 202, which the forge records as a successful delivery -- so
+// without this line a misconfigured filter looks identical to no traffic.
+function drop(forge: string, event: string, why: string): Response {
+  log(`webhook ${forge} ${event}: dropped, ${why}`);
+  return new Response("ignored", { status: 202 });
+}
+
+function watched(repo: string): boolean {
+  return config.repos.some(
+    (r) => r.repo === "*" || r.repo === repo || (r.repo.endsWith("/*") && repo.startsWith(r.repo.slice(0, -1))),
+  );
+}
+
 function verify(forge: string, body: string, headers: Headers): boolean {
   const env = config.forges[forge]?.webhookSecretEnv;
   const secret = env ? process.env[env] : undefined;
@@ -573,12 +586,12 @@ function serveWebhooks(): void {
       const repo = payload.repository?.full_name;
       // An issue_comment on a real issue carries a number too, and it is not
       // one of ours -- only the ones with a pull_request link are.
-      const number = payload.pull_request?.number ?? (payload.issue?.pull_request ? payload.issue.number : undefined);
-      if (!repo || !number) return new Response("ignored", { status: 202 });
+      // gitea marks a PR comment with is_pull; github nests a pull_request link.
+      const isPr = Boolean(payload.issue?.pull_request) || payload.is_pull === true;
+      const number = payload.pull_request?.number ?? (isPr ? payload.issue?.number : undefined);
+      if (!repo || !number) return drop(forge, event, `no pull request in payload (repo=${repo ?? "?"})`);
       // Allowlist, so an unrelated repo pointed at this endpoint does nothing.
-      if (!config.repos.some((r) => r.repo === repo || (r.repo.endsWith("/*") && repo.startsWith(r.repo.slice(0, -1))))) {
-        return new Response("not watched", { status: 202 });
-      }
+      if (!watched(repo)) return drop(forge, event, `${repo} not in the watched set`);
       const actionable =
         (event === "pull_request" && PR_ACTIONS.has(payload.action ?? "")) ||
         event.startsWith("pull_request_review") ||
@@ -588,7 +601,7 @@ function serveWebhooks(): void {
         event === "check_suite" ||
         event === "check_run" ||
         event === "status";
-      if (!actionable) return new Response("filtered", { status: 202 });
+      if (!actionable) return drop(forge, event, `${repo}#${number} action=${payload.action ?? "-"}`);
 
       // The payload only ever selects which PR to look at. Everything acted on
       // is re-read from the API in the next tick.