diff --git a/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/duplication-scan.ts b/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/duplication-scan.ts
index 3549c7fd7c..3440f4f787 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/duplication-scan.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/src/analyzers/duplication-scan.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ export function extractAddedBlocks(patch: string | undefined): NormBlock[] {
       continue;
     }
     if (!inHunk) continue;
-    if (line.startsWith("+++")) continue; // file header inside the patch, not an added line
+    // NOTE: no `+++` skip here — the `+++ b/file` header only appears in the patch preamble (before the first
+    // `@@`), which the `!inHunk` guard above already drops. Inside a hunk a line starting with `+++` is an
+    // added line whose content begins with `++` (e.g. a pre-increment `++x;`); skipping it dropped real code
+    // and shifted every following added line's number down by one.
     if (line.startsWith("+")) {
       const norm = normalizeLine(line.slice(1));
       if (norm === null) {
diff --git a/review-enrichment/test/duplication-scan.test.ts b/review-enrichment/test/duplication-scan.test.ts
index 30e124a60f..9bf374aab2 100644
--- a/review-enrichment/test/duplication-scan.test.ts
+++ b/review-enrichment/test/duplication-scan.test.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,23 @@ test("extractAddedBlocks: groups consecutive added lines, breaks on context/remo
   assert.deepEqual(blocks[2].lineNos, [9]);
 });
 
+test("extractAddedBlocks: keeps an added line whose content starts with `++` (patch line `+++…`) and keeps line numbers aligned", () => {
+  // A pre-increment statement `++counterValueForLoop;` becomes the patch line `+++counterValueForLoop;`. The
+  // `+++` file-header marker only appears in the preamble (before the first `@@`), so inside a hunk this is a
+  // real added line — it must not be dropped, and it must not shift the following lines' numbers.
+  const patch = [
+    "@@ -1,0 +10,3 @@",
+    "+++counterValueForLoop;",
+    "+const secondSignificantLineHere = makeValue(2)",
+    "+const thirdSignificantLineHere = makeValue(3)",
+  ].join("\n");
+  const blocks = extractAddedBlocks(patch);
+  assert.equal(blocks.length, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(blocks[0].lineNos, [10, 11, 12]); // not [10, 11] with the ++ line dropped
+  assert.equal(blocks[0].norm.length, 3);
+  assert.ok(blocks[0].norm[0].includes("counterValueForLoop")); // the ++ line survived
+});
+
 test("decodeBase64Utf8: decodes UTF-8 blob content without globalThis.Buffer (Cloudflare Worker deployment path)", () => {
   // The production decode must not depend on Node's Buffer. Encode while Buffer exists, then remove it and decode.
   const text = "const computedScore = weight * factor + base\nconst total = computedScore + bonusAmount + café";