diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/utils/LosslessJsonParser.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/utils/LosslessJsonParser.ts
index b657d8116..8457d6f97 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/utils/LosslessJsonParser.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/utils/LosslessJsonParser.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 const MAX_SAFE_INTEGER_DECIMAL = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER.toString();
+const UNSAFE_INTEGER_DIGIT_RUN = new RegExp(String.raw`\d{${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER_DECIMAL.length}}`);
 
 function isDigit(char: string): boolean {
 	return char >= '0' && char <= '9';
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ function isUnsafeIntegerToken(token: string): boolean {
 	return digits > MAX_SAFE_INTEGER_DECIMAL;
 }
 
-function coerceUnsafeIntegersToStrings(jsonText: string): string {
+export function coerceUnsafeIntegersToStrings(jsonText: string): string {
 	let inString = false;
 	let escaped = false;
 	let i = 0;
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ function coerceUnsafeIntegersToStrings(jsonText: string): string {
 }
 
 export function parseJsonPreservingLargeIntegers(jsonText: string): unknown {
-	const processed = coerceUnsafeIntegersToStrings(jsonText);
+	const processed = UNSAFE_INTEGER_DIGIT_RUN.test(jsonText) ? coerceUnsafeIntegersToStrings(jsonText) : jsonText;
 	const parsed: unknown = JSON.parse(processed);
 	return parsed;
 }
diff --git a/fluxer_api/src/api/utils/tests/LosslessJsonParser.test.ts b/fluxer_api/src/api/utils/tests/LosslessJsonParser.test.ts
index e74b33967..845fd0071 100644
--- a/fluxer_api/src/api/utils/tests/LosslessJsonParser.test.ts
+++ b/fluxer_api/src/api/utils/tests/LosslessJsonParser.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 import {describe, expect, it} from 'vitest';
-import {parseJsonPreservingLargeIntegers} from '../LosslessJsonParser';
+import {coerceUnsafeIntegersToStrings, parseJsonPreservingLargeIntegers} from '../LosslessJsonParser';
 
 describe('parseJsonPreservingLargeIntegers', () => {
 	it('keeps safe integers as numbers', () => {
@@ -41,3 +41,103 @@ describe('parseJsonPreservingLargeIntegers', () => {
 		expect(parsed.arr[1]).toBe('1472109478688579732');
 	});
 });
+
+const CORPUS: Array<string> = [
+	'{"content":"hey","nonce":"1472109478688579732","channel_id":"1472109478688579731"}',
+	'{"message_ids":["1472109478688579732","1472109478688579733","1472109478688579734"]}',
+	'{"id":9007199254740991}',
+	'{"id":9007199254740992}',
+	'{"id":-9007199254740991}',
+	'{"id":-9007199254740992}',
+	'{"id":-1472109478688579732}',
+	'{"id":999999999999999}',
+	'{"id":1000000000000000}',
+	'{"id":9999999999999999}',
+	'{"id":99999999999999999}',
+	'{"id":123456789012345}',
+	'{"id":1234567890123456}',
+	'{"id":12345678901234567}',
+	'{"id":0}',
+	'{"id":-0}',
+	'{"id":00}',
+	'{"id":0.00000000000000012345}',
+	'{"id":1.2345678901234567890}',
+	'{"id":123456789012345678.9}',
+	'{"id":1e20}',
+	'{"id":1E+20}',
+	'{"id":12345678901234567890e-5}',
+	'{"id":-1.7976931348623157e308}',
+	'{"a":1234567890,"b":12345678,"c":9012345678}',
+	'[1234567890123456789,1,2,3]',
+	'{"12345678901234567890":1}',
+	'{"content":"call me at 15551234567890123456789 ok"}',
+	'{"content":"he said \\"1472109478688579732\\" loudly","id":1472109478688579732}',
+	'{"content":"trailing backslash \\\\","id":9007199254740993}',
+	'{"content":"0001472109478688579732"}',
+	'{"id":0001472109478688579732}',
+	'{"nested":{"arr":[{"id":1472109478688579732},{"id":15}]},"n":15}',
+	'{"content":"no digits at all"}',
+	'{}',
+	'[]',
+	'null',
+	'"1472109478688579732"',
+	'1472109478688579732',
+	'{"took":0.062,"id":1472109478688579732}',
+];
+
+type ParseResult = {ok: true; value: unknown} | {ok: false; error: string};
+
+function toResult(parse: () => unknown): ParseResult {
+	try {
+		return {ok: true, value: parse()};
+	} catch (error) {
+		return {ok: false, error: String(error)};
+	}
+}
+
+function parseWithDigitRunGate(jsonText: string, digitRun: number): ParseResult {
+	const gate = new RegExp(String.raw`\d{${digitRun}}`);
+	return toResult(() => JSON.parse(gate.test(jsonText) ? coerceUnsafeIntegersToStrings(jsonText) : jsonText));
+}
+
+function parseUngated(jsonText: string): ParseResult {
+	return toResult(() => JSON.parse(coerceUnsafeIntegersToStrings(jsonText)));
+}
+
+describe('parseJsonPreservingLargeIntegers digit-run gate', () => {
+	it('matches the ungated scanner across the corpus', () => {
+		for (const body of CORPUS) {
+			expect(
+				toResult(() => parseJsonPreservingLargeIntegers(body)),
+				body,
+			).toEqual(parseUngated(body));
+		}
+	});
+	it('exercises both the fast path and the scan', () => {
+		const gate = /\d{16}/;
+		expect(CORPUS.some((body) => !gate.test(body))).toBe(true);
+		expect(CORPUS.some((body) => gate.test(body))).toBe(true);
+	});
+	it('rejects malformed bodies identically on both paths', () => {
+		for (const body of ['{"id":00}', '{"id":0001472109478688579732}']) {
+			const gated = toResult(() => parseJsonPreservingLargeIntegers(body));
+			expect(gated.ok).toBe(false);
+			expect(gated, body).toEqual(parseUngated(body));
+		}
+	});
+	it('diverges from the ungated scanner when the gate is loosened to 17 digits', () => {
+		const broken = CORPUS.filter((body) => {
+			const loosened = parseWithDigitRunGate(body, 17);
+			const ungated = parseUngated(body);
+			return JSON.stringify(loosened) !== JSON.stringify(ungated);
+		});
+		expect(broken).toContain('{"id":9007199254740992}');
+		expect(broken).toContain('{"id":9999999999999999}');
+		expect(broken).toContain('{"id":-9007199254740992}');
+	});
+	it('agrees with the ungated scanner when the gate is tightened to 15 digits', () => {
+		for (const body of CORPUS) {
+			expect(parseWithDigitRunGate(body, 15), body).toEqual(parseUngated(body));
+		}
+	});
+});