diff --git a/biome.json b/biome.json
index 04e0d019..f01efd90 100644
--- a/biome.json
+++ b/biome.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "includes": ["src/**", "!src/cli/inputs.ts"],
+      "includes": ["src/**"],
       "plugins": ["./lint/never-throw.grit"]
     },
     {
diff --git a/lint/never-throw.grit b/lint/never-throw.grit
index ca5d038f..0fbe1379 100644
--- a/lint/never-throw.grit
+++ b/lint/never-throw.grit
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-// The never-throw rule of AGENTS.md as a Biome linter plugin: a `throw` under src/ is a BUG: invariant (a
-// programming error no user can cause) or a bare rethrow of the catch binding; anything else is a failure the
-// caller should receive as a Result.
+// The never-throw rule of AGENTS.md as a Biome linter plugin: a `throw` or a `Promise.reject()` under src/ is a
+// BUG: invariant (a programming error no user can cause) or a bare rethrow of the catch binding; anything else is a
+// failure the caller should receive as a Result.
 //
 // Reach and exemptions are the plugin's `overrides` entry in biome.json, with `includes` relative to the repository
 // root; a top-level `plugins[].includes` matches the absolute path (biomejs/biome#11082), so the checkout's parent
 // directories would decide the reach. The rule covers src/** only; .github/scripts/ stays exempt by policy, since a
 // build script may throw on a user-caused failure.
-//   src/cli/inputs.ts  -> exempt: commander's argParser can only refuse a value by throwing InvalidArgumentError
+//   src/cli/inputs.ts  -> one `// biome-ignore lint/plugin:` suppression on the InvalidArgumentError throw: commander's
+//                         argParser can only refuse a value by throwing
 //
 // GritQL has no scopes, so a second binding of the caught name anywhere in the catch body flags every rethrow in that
 // body, not only the shadowed one; the fix is to rename. The regex reads the literal's source text, so BUG: must open
@@ -16,7 +17,14 @@
 //   a function-type parameter in a cast, return type, or signature  -> a binding
 //   a name in a type alias, an interface, or a type annotation       -> not one: nothing there holds a value
 
-`throw $arg` as $throw where {
+or {
+  `throw $arg` as $site,
+  `Promise.reject($arg)` as $site,
+  `Promise.reject<$_>($arg)` as $site,
+  // No argument: a rejection with no reason is never a BUG: invariant or a rethrow.
+  `Promise.reject()` as $site where { $arg = `undefined` },
+  `Promise.reject<$_>()` as $site where { $arg = `undefined` }
+} where {
   not or {
     and {
       $arg <: JsNewExpression(arguments=JsCallArguments(args=[$first, ...])),
@@ -27,7 +35,7 @@
       $arg <: JsIdentifierExpression(),
       // A throw from a function nested in the catch body may run after the clause has ended, and one from a try
       // nested there is caught or rethrown by that try, so the walk up from the throw to its clause stops at both.
-      $throw <: within JsCatchClause(declaration=JsCatchDeclaration(binding=$arg), body=$body) until or {
+      $site <: within JsCatchClause(declaration=JsCatchDeclaration(binding=$arg), body=$body) until or {
         JsTryStatement(),
         JsTryFinallyStatement(),
         JsArrowFunctionExpression(),
@@ -54,5 +62,5 @@
       } where { $binding <: $arg }
     }
   },
-  register_diagnostic(span=$throw, message="throw outside the never-throw rule: not a BUG: invariant (an Error whose message starts with BUG:) and not a bare rethrow of the catch binding; return a Result instead")
+  register_diagnostic(span=$site, message="throw or Promise.reject outside the never-throw rule: not a BUG: invariant (an Error whose message starts with BUG:) and not a bare rethrow of the catch binding; return a Result instead")
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/inputs.ts b/src/cli/inputs.ts
index ed0472e8..d34fd093 100644
--- a/src/cli/inputs.ts
+++ b/src/cli/inputs.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ function accumulate(value: string, previous?: string): string {
 export function once(flag: string): (value: string, previous?: string) => string {
   return (value, previous) => {
     if (previous !== undefined) {
+      // biome-ignore lint/plugin: commander's argParser can only refuse a value by throwing InvalidArgumentError
       throw new InvalidArgumentError(`--${flag} takes one value and was given more than once`);
     }
     return value;
diff --git a/src/sections/registry.ts b/src/sections/registry.ts
index fee58734..3844e7d6 100644
--- a/src/sections/registry.ts
+++ b/src/sections/registry.ts
@@ -224,24 +224,26 @@ const byKeyErased: { [K in SectionKey]: SectionModule<K> } = byKey;
  *   module property read per call  -> handlers read `this`, and a test stubs the module while the engine holds this
  */
 function refusingForeignContexts<K extends SectionKey>(module: SectionModule<K>): SectionModule<K> {
-  const refusal = (ctx: PlanContext, handler: "plan" | "snapshot"): Error | null =>
+  const foreign = (ctx: PlanContext, handler: "plan" | "snapshot"): string | null =>
     ctx.section === module.key
       ? null
-      : new Error(
-          `${module.key}.${handler}() was given the context built for section "${ctx.section}"; build it from this module: ` +
-            `${handler}Context(sectionModule("${module.key}"), api, repo${handler === "plan" ? "" : ", onMissingPermission"})`,
-        );
+      : `${module.key}.${handler}() was given the context built for section "${ctx.section}"; build it from this module: ` +
+        `${handler}Context(sectionModule("${module.key}"), api, repo${handler === "plan" ? "" : ", onMissingPermission"})`;
   return {
     ...module,
     plan: (ctx, desired) => {
-      const error = refusal(ctx, "plan");
-      return error === null ? module.plan(ctx, desired) : Promise.reject(error);
+      const problem = foreign(ctx, "plan");
+      return problem === null
+        ? module.plan(ctx, desired)
+        : Promise.reject(new Error(`BUG: ${problem}`));
     },
     ...(hasSnapshot(module)
       ? {
           snapshot: (ctx: SnapshotContext<EndpointDict, GraphqlDict, K>) => {
-            const error = refusal(ctx, "snapshot");
-            return error === null ? module.snapshot(ctx) : Promise.reject(error);
+            const problem = foreign(ctx, "snapshot");
+            return problem === null
+              ? module.snapshot(ctx)
+              : Promise.reject(new Error(`BUG: ${problem}`));
           },
         }
       : {}),
diff --git a/test/lint/never-throw.test.ts b/test/lint/never-throw.test.ts
index 05764268..d0707238 100644
--- a/test/lint/never-throw.test.ts
+++ b/test/lint/never-throw.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { withTempDir } from "../temp-dir.js";
 import { lint } from "./fixture-lint.js";
 
 const MESSAGE =
-  "throw outside the never-throw rule: not a BUG: invariant (an Error whose message starts with BUG:) and not a bare rethrow of the catch binding; return a Result instead";
+  "throw or Promise.reject outside the never-throw rule: not a BUG: invariant (an Error whose message starts with BUG:) and not a bare rethrow of the catch binding; return a Result instead";
 
 /** A line ending in `// outside` is one the plugin must flag; every other throw here is inside the rule. */
 const OUTSIDE = /\/\/ outside$/;
@@ -296,13 +296,31 @@ export function rethrowInsideACallbackCatch(run: (cause?: unknown) => void): ()
 export function hidden(): never {
   throw new Error('prefix "BUG: hidden'); // outside
 }
+export function rejections(ok: boolean, error: unknown): Promise<void> {
+  if (ok) return Promise.reject(new Error("BUG: rejections() was handed ok"));
+  if (error === null) return Promise.reject(new Error("x")); // outside
+  if (error === 0) return Promise.reject(); // outside
+  if (error === 1) return Promise.reject<void>(); // outside
+  if (error === 2) return Promise.reject<void>(new Error("x")); // outside
+  if (error === 3) return Promise.reject<void>(new Error("BUG: rejections() was handed 3"));
+  return Promise.reject(error); // outside
+}
+export function rejectsTheCatchBinding(run: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    return run();
+  } catch (error) {
+    return Promise.reject(error);
+  }
+}
 `.trimStart();
 
 const OUTSIDE_THE_RULE = 'export function outside(): never {\n  throw new Error("x");\n}\n';
+/** The one throw the rule admits by suppression: commander's argParser can only refuse a value by throwing. */
 const CONTRACT_FILE = "src/cli/inputs.ts";
+const SUPPRESSION = /^\s*\/\/ biome-ignore lint\/plugin: .*\n/m;
 
 describe("the never-throw plugin", () => {
-  test("flags exactly the throws outside the rule, and nothing outside src/ or in the contract file", () =>
+  test("flags exactly the throws and rejections outside the rule, and nothing outside src/", () =>
     withTempDir("never-throw-", (dir) => {
       const expected = Object.fromEntries(
         THROWS.split("\n").flatMap((line, index) =>
@@ -313,7 +331,6 @@ describe("the never-throw plugin", () => {
         lint(dir, {
           "src/throws.ts": THROWS,
           [CONTRACT_FILE]: OUTSIDE_THE_RULE,
-          "src/cli/beside-the-contract.ts": OUTSIDE_THE_RULE,
           // The generated index is exempt from the formatter only, so the rule still reaches it.
           "src/generated/upstream-gaps.ts": OUTSIDE_THE_RULE,
           "test/src/fixture.ts": OUTSIDE_THE_RULE,
@@ -321,17 +338,17 @@ describe("the never-throw plugin", () => {
         }),
       ).toEqual({
         ...expected,
-        "src/cli/beside-the-contract.ts:2": `plugin: ${MESSAGE}`,
+        [`${CONTRACT_FILE}:2`]: `plugin: ${MESSAGE}`,
         "src/generated/upstream-gaps.ts:2": `plugin: ${MESSAGE}`,
       });
     }));
 
-  test("the contract file still throws outside the rule, so its exemption is not stale", () =>
+  test("the contract file's one suppression covers a throw the rule would flag, so it is not stale", () =>
     withTempDir("never-throw-", (dir) => {
-      const flagged = lint(dir, {
-        "src/cli/under-the-rule.ts": readFileSync(join(ROOT, CONTRACT_FILE), "utf8"),
-      });
-      expect(Object.keys(flagged)).not.toEqual([]);
-      expect(new Set(Object.values(flagged))).toEqual(new Set([`plugin: ${MESSAGE}`]));
+      const contract = readFileSync(join(ROOT, CONTRACT_FILE), "utf8");
+      expect(contract.match(new RegExp(SUPPRESSION.source, "gm"))).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(lint(dir, { [CONTRACT_FILE]: contract })).toEqual({});
+      const flagged = lint(dir, { [CONTRACT_FILE]: contract.replace(SUPPRESSION, "") });
+      expect(Object.values(flagged)).toEqual([`plugin: ${MESSAGE}`]);
     }));
 });