diff --git a/backend/redaction/scrub.py b/backend/redaction/scrub.py
index 92fffbd..f3c3da7 100644
--- a/backend/redaction/scrub.py
+++ b/backend/redaction/scrub.py
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ _NUMWORD = (r"(?:one|two|three|four|five|six|seven|eight|nine|ten|eleven|twelve|
             r"sixty|seventy|eighty|ninety|hundred|couple|few|several|half|a)")
 _MAG = r"(?:mm|bn|tn|thousand|million|billion|trillion|k|m|b)"   # longest-first so 'MM' isn't split into 'M'
 _AMOUNT_RES = [
-    re.compile(r"[$€£]\s?\d[\d,. ]*\d?\s?-\s?[$€£]?\s?\d[\d,. ]*\d?(?:\s?" + _MAG + r")?", re.IGNORECASE),   # $3-5M range
-    re.compile(r"[$€£]\s?\d[\d,]*(?:\.\d+)?(?:\s?" + _MAG + r")?", re.IGNORECASE),                          # $5,000,000 / $5m
-    re.compile(r"\b(?:USD|EUR|GBP|CHF|CAD|AUD)\s?[$€£]?\s?\d[\d,]*(?:\.\d+)?(?:\s?" + _MAG + r")?", re.IGNORECASE),
+    re.compile(r"[$€£]\s?\d[\d,. ]*\d?\s?-\s?[$€£]?\s?\d[\d,. ]*\d?(?:\s?" + _MAG + r"\b)?", re.IGNORECASE),   # $3-5M range
+    re.compile(r"[$€£]\s?\d[\d,]*(?:\.\d+)?(?:\s?" + _MAG + r"\b)?", re.IGNORECASE),                          # $5,000,000 / $5m
+    re.compile(r"\b(?:USD|EUR|GBP|CHF|CAD|AUD)\s?[$€£]?\s?\d[\d,]*(?:\.\d+)?(?:\s?" + _MAG + r"\b)?", re.IGNORECASE),
     re.compile(r"\b\d[\d,]*(?:\.\d+)?\s?(?:dollars?|euros?|pounds?)\b", re.IGNORECASE),                     # 5,000,000 dollars
     re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:" + _NUMWORD + r"[\s\-]+){1,4}" + _MAG + r"\s+(?:dollars?|euros?|pounds?)\b"),     # five million dollars
 ]
diff --git a/backend/redaction/test_scrub_leak.py b/backend/redaction/test_scrub_leak.py
index b035ab3..5e0faae 100644
--- a/backend/redaction/test_scrub_leak.py
+++ b/backend/redaction/test_scrub_leak.py
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ def main():
     check("Rey​es" not in out(zw, {"persons": ["Reyes"]}) and "Reyes" not in out(zw, {"persons": ["Reyes"]}),
           "zero-width-split known name does not leak")
 
+    print("\n[round-5 — magnitude suffix must not eat a following word]")
+    # A single-letter magnitude (k/m/b) immediately before a real word must NOT be
+    # consumed as a suffix: '$5,000,000 but' -> the 'b' of 'but' was being eaten,
+    # yielding '[AMOUNT_1]ut'. A \b after the magnitude fixes it. Money still vanishes,
+    # the following word survives intact, and legitimate suffixes still tokenize.
+    for raw, word in [("$5,000,000 but he hesitates", "but he hesitates"),
+                      ("committed $250,000 because timing", "because timing"),
+                      ("USD 5,000,000 but capped", "but capped"),
+                      ("between $3-5M but capped", "but capped")]:
+        o = out(raw)
+        check("[AMOUNT_1]ut" not in o and "[AMOUNT_1]ecause" not in o, f"magnitude does not bleed into next word: {raw!r}")
+        check(word in o, f"following word survives intact: {word!r}")
+        check("$" not in o and "USD 5" not in o, f"amount still tokenized: {raw!r}")
+    check(out("raised $5m but later") == "raised [AMOUNT_1] but later", "real 'm' suffix still tokenizes ($5m)")
+    check(out("about $5b in assets") == "about [AMOUNT_1] in assets", "real 'b' suffix still tokenizes ($5b)")
+
     conn.close()
     print()
     if FAILS:
diff --git a/start9/0.4/startos/utils.ts b/start9/0.4/startos/utils.ts
index 29051c2..fceee2d 100644
--- a/start9/0.4/startos/utils.ts
+++ b/start9/0.4/startos/utils.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ export const PACKAGE_TITLE = 'Ten31 Database'
 //   * 0.1.0:53 (seed v5 thesis into the Architect Workshop)
 //   * 0.1.0:54 (unification polish: LinkedIn in grid inline contact editor)
 //   * 0.1.0:55 (Architect grounding boundary: redaction/re-hydration privacy gate)
-//   * Current:        0.1.0:56 (Thesis Workshop redesign: edit/choose/delete + approve-as-current)
-export const PACKAGE_VERSION = '0.1.0:56'
+//   * 0.1.0:56 (Thesis Workshop redesign: edit/choose/delete + approve-as-current)
+//   * Current:        0.1.0:57 (redaction fix: magnitude regex no longer eats the word after an amount)
+export const PACKAGE_VERSION = '0.1.0:57'
 
 export const DATA_MOUNT_PATH = '/data'
 export const WEB_PORT = 8080
diff --git a/start9/0.4/startos/versions/index.ts b/start9/0.4/startos/versions/index.ts
index 2833e9e..355d0c5 100644
--- a/start9/0.4/startos/versions/index.ts
+++ b/start9/0.4/startos/versions/index.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ import { v_0_1_0_53 } from './v0.1.0.53'
 import { v_0_1_0_54 } from './v0.1.0.54'
 import { v_0_1_0_55 } from './v0.1.0.55'
 import { v_0_1_0_56 } from './v0.1.0.56'
+import { v_0_1_0_57 } from './v0.1.0.57'
 
 export const versionGraph = VersionGraph.of({
-  current: v_0_1_0_56,
-  other: [v_0_1_0_39, v_0_1_0_40, v_0_1_0_41, v_0_1_0_42, v_0_1_0_43, v_0_1_0_44, v_0_1_0_45, v_0_1_0_46, v_0_1_0_47, v_0_1_0_48, v_0_1_0_49, v_0_1_0_50, v_0_1_0_51, v_0_1_0_52, v_0_1_0_53, v_0_1_0_54, v_0_1_0_55],
+  current: v_0_1_0_57,
+  other: [v_0_1_0_39, v_0_1_0_40, v_0_1_0_41, v_0_1_0_42, v_0_1_0_43, v_0_1_0_44, v_0_1_0_45, v_0_1_0_46, v_0_1_0_47, v_0_1_0_48, v_0_1_0_49, v_0_1_0_50, v_0_1_0_51, v_0_1_0_52, v_0_1_0_53, v_0_1_0_54, v_0_1_0_55, v_0_1_0_56],
 })
diff --git a/start9/0.4/startos/versions/v0.1.0.57.ts b/start9/0.4/startos/versions/v0.1.0.57.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca965e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start9/0.4/startos/versions/v0.1.0.57.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { VersionInfo } from '@start9labs/start-sdk'
+
+// Redaction engine fix: the amount/magnitude regex no longer swallows the first
+// letter of a following word. '$5,000,000 but' was scrubbing to '[AMOUNT_1]ut'
+// because the single-letter 'b' (billion) suffix matched the 'b' of 'but'; a word
+// boundary after the magnitude restores it. Round-trips were already lossless; this
+// keeps the *outbound* (to-Claude) text from losing a word. No data migration.
+export const v_0_1_0_57 = VersionInfo.of({
+  version: '0.1.0:57',
+  releaseNotes: {
+    en_US: [
+      'Redaction fix: a dollar amount immediately followed by a word (e.g. "$5,000,000',
+      'but") no longer eats the first letter of that word when de-identifying text sent',
+      'to the Architect. Real magnitude suffixes ($5m, $5b, $3-5M) still tokenize.',
+    ].join(' '),
+  },
+  migrations: { up: async () => {}, down: async () => {} },
+})