diff --git a/hive-forge/src/client.rs b/hive-forge/src/client.rs
index 62fa83f7..11670b48 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/client.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/client.rs
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ fn check_status(resp: Response, op: &str) -> Result<Response> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{owner_repo_from_git_url, split_repo};
+    use super::{index, owner_repo_from_git_url, split_repo};
 
     #[test]
     fn owner_repo_from_git_url_strips_scheme_and_creds() {
@@ -525,4 +525,19 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(split_repo("a/b/c").is_err());
         assert!(split_repo("").is_err());
     }
+
+    /// The doc comment promises "error instead of wrapping". A wrap
+    /// would not fail loudly — it would produce a *negative* index the
+    /// forge then looks up as some other issue, so the failure mode is a
+    /// wrong answer rather than an error.
+    #[test]
+    fn index_errors_out_of_range_rather_than_wrapping() {
+        assert_eq!(index(0).unwrap(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(index(3950).unwrap(), 3950);
+        // The largest number that still fits, and the first that does not.
+        let max = u64::try_from(i64::MAX).expect("i64::MAX is non-negative");
+        assert_eq!(index(max).unwrap(), i64::MAX);
+        assert!(index(max + 1).is_err());
+        assert!(index(u64::MAX).is_err());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hive-forge/src/verbs/dependency.rs b/hive-forge/src/verbs/dependency.rs
index 64a9d943..76f5a6cb 100644
--- a/hive-forge/src/verbs/dependency.rs
+++ b/hive-forge/src/verbs/dependency.rs
@@ -186,3 +186,28 @@ fn dep_meta(owner: &str, repo: &str, dep: u64) -> Result<IssueMeta> {
         repo: Some(repo.to_owned()),
     })
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// The comment above `dep_meta` records a measured failure: leaving
+    /// `owner`/`repo` as `None` made every same-repo dependency 404,
+    /// because forgejo resolves the dependency's repo from the *body*
+    /// rather than falling back to the request URL. Nothing but a test
+    /// stops a future tidy-up from "simplifying" them back to `None`.
+    #[test]
+    fn dep_meta_populates_owner_and_repo_rather_than_leaving_them_none() {
+        let m = dep_meta("hyperhive", "hyperhive", 3950).expect("in range");
+        assert_eq!(m.owner.as_deref(), Some("hyperhive"));
+        assert_eq!(m.repo.as_deref(), Some("hyperhive"));
+        assert_eq!(m.index, Some(3950));
+    }
+
+    /// Out-of-range must be an error, not a wrapped negative index that
+    /// the forge would then look up as some other issue.
+    #[test]
+    fn dep_meta_refuses_a_number_no_forge_could_have() {
+        assert!(dep_meta("o", "r", u64::MAX).is_err());
+    }
+}