diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 6b20c354..298d5c89 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -45227,7 +45227,9 @@ async function enforceRequiredLabels(octokit, context, target, options = {}) {
             await apply(octokit, context, issueNumber, rule, labels);
         }
         catch (e) {
-            errors.push(`${rule.missing_label}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`);
+            // every await in apply() rewraps its rejection in new Error (labelIssue, removeLabels, createComment,
+            // botCommentsWithMarker, deleteMissingComments), so only an Error reaches this catch from the bundle
+            errors.push(`${rule.missing_label}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : /* v8 ignore next -- non-Error arm unreachable from dist/index.js; requireMatchingLabel.test.ts drives it */ e}`);
         }
     }
     if (errors.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/requireMatchingLabel.ts b/src/plugins/requireMatchingLabel.ts
index b2b8211c..9b10f5fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/requireMatchingLabel.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/requireMatchingLabel.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ export async function enforceRequiredLabels(octokit: Octokit, context: Context,
       await apply(octokit, context, issueNumber, rule, labels)
     }
     catch (e) {
-      errors.push(`${rule.missing_label}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`)
+      // every await in apply() rewraps its rejection in new Error (labelIssue, removeLabels, createComment,
+      // botCommentsWithMarker, deleteMissingComments), so only an Error reaches this catch from the bundle
+      errors.push(`${rule.missing_label}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : /* v8 ignore next -- non-Error arm unreachable from dist/index.js; requireMatchingLabel.test.ts drives it */ e}`)
     }
   }