diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/src/forge_notify.rs b/hive-ag3nt/src/forge_notify.rs
index 5f76608c..2a97547a 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/src/forge_notify.rs
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/src/forge_notify.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ async fn fetch_json(
     resp.json().await.ok()
 }
 
+/// Map a Forgejo notification `subject.type` to a human-readable label.
+/// Known values: "Pull", "Issue", "Commit", "Repository". Any unknown
+/// type is passed through as-is so new Forgejo types degrade gracefully
+/// rather than silently collapsing into a generic label.
+fn notif_type_label(t: &str) -> &str {
+    match t {
+        "Pull" => "PR",
+        "Issue" => "issue",
+        other => other,
+    }
+}
+
 /// Truncate a string to `max` bytes at a char boundary, appending `…` if cut.
 fn truncate(s: &str, max: usize) -> String {
     if s.len() <= max {
@@ -158,11 +170,7 @@ async fn format_notification(
             .unwrap_or("")
             .trim();
 
-        let kind = match notif_type {
-            "Pull Request" => "comment on PR",
-            "Issue" => "comment on issue",
-            _ => "comment",
-        };
+        let kind = format!("comment on {}", notif_type_label(notif_type));
         let mut out = format!(
             "[{kind}] {title}\nrepo: {repo}\nurl: {}\n\n{author}: {}\n",
             if comment_html_url.is_empty() { html_url } else { comment_html_url },
@@ -174,40 +182,41 @@ async fn format_notification(
         out
     } else {
         // Notification triggered by creation or state change of the subject.
-        let subject = fetch_json(client, subject_api_url, token).await;
-        let author = subject
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|s| s["user"]["login"].as_str())
-            .unwrap_or("?");
-        let body = subject
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|s| s["body"].as_str())
-            .unwrap_or("")
-            .trim();
-        let state = subject
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|s| s["state"].as_str())
-            .unwrap_or("");
-        let merged = subject
-            .as_ref()
-            .and_then(|s| s["merged"].as_bool())
-            .unwrap_or(false);
+        //
+        // Classification uses notif["subject"]["state"] directly — Forgejo
+        // returns "open" / "closed" / "merged" here. We do NOT rely on
+        // fetching the PR/issue detail for `merged`:
+        //   - `subject.url` points to the *issues* endpoint, which returns
+        //     `pull_request.merged`, not top-level `merged`.
+        //   - Forgejo API type is "Pull" / "Issue", never "Pull Request".
+        let notif_state = notif["subject"]["state"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
 
-        let kind = match (notif_type, state, merged) {
-            ("Pull Request", "closed", true) => "PR merged".to_owned(),
-            ("Pull Request", "closed", false) => "PR closed".to_owned(),
-            ("Pull Request", _, _) => "new PR".to_owned(),
-            ("Issue", "closed", _) => "issue closed".to_owned(),
-            ("Issue", _, _) => "new issue".to_owned(),
-            _ => format!("new {notif_type}"),
+        let label = notif_type_label(notif_type);
+        let kind = match notif_state {
+            "merged" => format!("{label} merged"),
+            "closed" => format!("{label} closed"),
+            "open" | "" => format!("new {label}"),
+            other => format!("{label}: {other}"),
         };
 
+        // Fetch subject only for body/author on new (open) items — not
+        // worth an extra HTTP round-trip for already-closed/merged ones.
+        let is_open = notif_state == "open" || notif_state.is_empty();
         let mut out = format!("[{kind}] {title}\nrepo: {repo}\nurl: {html_url}");
-        if !body.is_empty() && !state.contains("closed") && !merged {
-            out.push_str(&format!(
-                "\n\n{author}: {}",
-                truncate(body, BODY_TRUNCATE)
-            ));
+        if is_open {
+            let subject = fetch_json(client, subject_api_url, token).await;
+            let author = subject
+                .as_ref()
+                .and_then(|s| s["user"]["login"].as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("?");
+            let body = subject
+                .as_ref()
+                .and_then(|s| s["body"].as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("")
+                .trim();
+            if !body.is_empty() {
+                out.push_str(&format!("\n\n{author}: {}", truncate(body, BODY_TRUNCATE)));
+            }
         }
         out
     }