diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts b/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
index 2f86f588b..f9c6bbac6 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
@@ -118,8 +118,12 @@ if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       # Filter to current branch + recent commits, then keep records for the
       # latest run_id only. (Single phase may have multiple files if the user
       # re-ran the review; aggregator takes the newest.)
+      # .commit must be bound BEFORE piping to the split commit array: a
+      # pipe rebinds jq's context, so a bare .commit after it indexes the
+      # ARRAY with a string, every line errors into 2>/dev/null, and the
+      # aggregate is empty forever — the #2018 zero-tasks bug.
       jq -c --arg branch "$BRANCH" --arg commits "$COMMITS_RECENT" \\
-        'select(.branch == $branch and ($commits | split("|") | index(.commit) != null))' \\
+        '.commit as $c | select(.branch == $branch and ($commits | split("|") | index($c) != null))' \\
         "$f" 2>/dev/null >> "$ALL_JSONL" || true
     done < <(find "$TASKS_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name "tasks-$phase-*.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | sort)
     # Reduce to latest run_id per phase
diff --git a/test/tasks-section-jq.test.ts b/test/tasks-section-jq.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78f8de9cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tasks-section-jq.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/**
+ * Regression pin for #2018: /autoplan Phase 4's task aggregator emitted zero
+ * tasks on every run, forever, for everyone.
+ *
+ * Root cause: the branch+commit filter in scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
+ * piped to the split commit array and THEN referenced `.commit` —
+ *
+ *   select(.branch == $branch and ($commits | split("|") | index(.commit) != null))
+ *
+ * In jq, the pipe rebinds the context, so `.commit` was evaluated against the
+ * split ARRAY ("Cannot index array with string \"commit\""), every input line
+ * errored, stderr went to /dev/null, `|| true` swallowed the exit code, and
+ * the aggregate was empty. A dead feature indistinguishable from "no tasks".
+ *
+ * These tests run the ACTUAL jq program extracted from the resolver source
+ * against fixture JSONL, so they were RED against the broken filter and stay
+ * red if anyone reintroduces a context-rebinding shape.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
+import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { join } from "path";
+
+const SOURCE_PATH = join(import.meta.dir, "..", "scripts", "resolvers", "tasks-section.ts");
+
+/**
+ * Extract the emitted jq filter program from the resolver source. The
+ * resolver builds bash inside a TS template literal, so `\\` in source is a
+ * bash line-continuation `\` — strip it when unescaping. We match the
+ * single-quoted jq program on the line that filters by $branch + $commits.
+ */
+function extractBranchCommitFilter(): string {
+  const src = readFileSync(SOURCE_PATH, "utf-8");
+  const m = src.match(/'([^']*select\(\.branch == \$branch[^']*)'/);
+  if (!m) throw new Error("branch+commit jq filter not found in tasks-section.ts");
+  return m[1].replace(/\\\\/g, "\\");
+}
+
+function runJq(program: string, inputLines: string[], branch: string, commits: string): string[] {
+  const out = execFileSync(
+    "jq",
+    ["-c", "--arg", "branch", branch, "--arg", "commits", commits, program],
+    { input: inputLines.join("\n"), encoding: "utf-8" },
+  );
+  return out.split("\n").filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+const RECORD = (branch: string, commit: string) =>
+  JSON.stringify({
+    phase: "ceo-review",
+    run_id: "20260814T000000Z-1",
+    branch,
+    commit,
+    id: "T1",
+    priority: "P1",
+    component: "demo",
+    files: ["a.ts"],
+    effort_human: "~1h",
+    effort_cc: "~5min",
+    title: "demo task",
+    source_finding: "demo finding",
+  });
+
+describe("tasks-section jq filter (#2018)", () => {
+  it("matches a record whose branch and commit are in the window", () => {
+    const program = extractBranchCommitFilter();
+    const matched = runJq(
+      program,
+      [RECORD("feature/x", "abc123")],
+      "feature/x",
+      "abc123|def456",
+    );
+    // The broken filter returned [] here (every line errored) — the exact
+    // #2018 symptom: reviews produced tasks, the aggregate table showed none.
+    expect(matched).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(JSON.parse(matched[0]).id).toBe("T1");
+  });
+
+  it("filters out other branches and out-of-window commits", () => {
+    const program = extractBranchCommitFilter();
+    const matched = runJq(
+      program,
+      [
+        RECORD("feature/x", "abc123"),
+        RECORD("other-branch", "abc123"),
+        RECORD("feature/x", "zzz999"),
+      ],
+      "feature/x",
+      "abc123|def456",
+    );
+    expect(matched).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("errors on no input line at all rather than fabricating output", () => {
+    const program = extractBranchCommitFilter();
+    expect(runJq(program, [], "feature/x", "abc123")).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("source does not reference .commit after a context-rebinding pipe", () => {
+    const src = readFileSync(SOURCE_PATH, "utf-8");
+    // The bug shape: split("|") piped, then a bare `.commit` in the new array
+    // context. Binding first (`.commit as $c`) is the required form.
+    expect(src).not.toMatch(/split\("\|"\)\s*\|\s*index\(\.commit\)/);
+  });
+});