diff --git a/api/bootstrap/app.php b/api/bootstrap/app.php
index 4f63a011..84e3489d 100644
--- a/api/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/api/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
         ]);
     })
     ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions): void {
+        // RFC-WS-7 §3.10 — bridge Laravel's exception handler into
+        // sentry-laravel so report($e) and Laravel's automatic
+        // report-before-render flow reach GlitchTip. sentry-laravel 4.x
+        // does NOT auto-register this; the README installation snippet
+        // requires the host application to wire it explicitly.
+        // Filtering happens downstream of this hook: ignore_exceptions in
+        // config/sentry.php drops Validation/Auth/AuthZ; SentryEventScrubber
+        // drops sub-500 HttpExceptions via the before_send hook.
+        \Sentry\Laravel\Integration::handles($exceptions);
+
         // Public Form Builder standardised error envelope (S2c D6).
         $exceptions->render(function (\App\Exceptions\FormBuilder\PublicFormApiException $e, Request $request) {
             $body = [
diff --git a/api/tests/Feature/Observability/ExceptionReportingTest.php b/api/tests/Feature/Observability/ExceptionReportingTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2bfd8ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tests/Feature/Observability/ExceptionReportingTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests\Feature\Observability;
+
+use App\Models\Organisation;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Database\Seeders\RoleSeeder;
+use Illuminate\Auth\Access\AuthorizationException;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
+use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
+use Laravel\Sanctum\Sanctum;
+use RuntimeException;
+use Sentry\ClientBuilder;
+use Sentry\Event as SentryEvent;
+use Sentry\EventHint;
+use Sentry\SentrySdk;
+use Sentry\State\Hub;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Regression coverage for the report() → sentry-laravel pipeline (PR-2
+ * follow-up). Captures the bug where unit tests passed (scope tagging
+ * verified, scrubbing verified) yet live exceptions never reached
+ * GlitchTip because `\Sentry\Laravel\Integration::handles($exceptions)`
+ * was missing from `bootstrap/app.php`.
+ *
+ * Strategy: install a recording `before_send` hook on a real Sentry
+ * client. Every exception that traverses the report pipeline lands here
+ * with its full event payload. Returning null prevents network egress.
+ */
+final class ExceptionReportingTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    /**
+     * Captured events received by the recording before_send hook.
+     *
+     * @var list<array{event: SentryEvent, hint: ?EventHint}>
+     */
+    private static array $captured = [];
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->seed(RoleSeeder::class);
+
+        self::$captured = [];
+
+        // Wire a real Sentry client whose before_send records events into
+        // the static buffer and returns null (drops, never networked).
+        $clientBuilder = ClientBuilder::create([
+            'dsn' => 'https://test@localhost/1',
+            'environment' => 'testing',
+            'release' => 'crewli-api@test',
+            'send_default_pii' => false,
+            'traces_sample_rate' => 0.0,
+            'profiles_sample_rate' => 0.0,
+            'ignore_exceptions' => [
+                ValidationException::class,
+                \Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException::class,
+                AuthorizationException::class,
+            ],
+            'before_send' => static function (SentryEvent $event, ?EventHint $hint = null): ?SentryEvent {
+                self::$captured[] = ['event' => $event, 'hint' => $hint];
+
+                return null;
+            },
+        ]);
+
+        $hub = new Hub($clientBuilder->getClient());
+        SentrySdk::setCurrentHub($hub);
+
+        // Test-only routes that exercise each branch of the
+        // ignore_exceptions / before_send / capture pipeline.
+        Route::middleware(['auth:sanctum', 'sentry.context'])->group(function (): void {
+            Route::get('_obs_runtime', static fn () => throw new RuntimeException('boom'))
+                ->name('test.obs.runtime');
+            Route::get('_obs_validation', static function (): never {
+                throw ValidationException::withMessages(['email' => 'required']);
+            })->name('test.obs.validation');
+            Route::get('_obs_404', static fn () => throw new NotFoundHttpException('nope'))
+                ->name('test.obs.404');
+            Route::get('_obs_403', static fn () => throw new AuthorizationException('denied'))
+                ->name('test.obs.403');
+        });
+    }
+
+    private function actAsOrgAdmin(): void
+    {
+        $org = Organisation::factory()->create();
+        $user = User::factory()->create();
+        $org->users()->attach($user, ['role' => 'org_admin']);
+        $user->assignRole('org_admin');
+        Sanctum::actingAs($user);
+    }
+
+    public function test_runtime_exception_from_controller_is_captured(): void
+    {
+        $this->actAsOrgAdmin();
+
+        $this->getJson('/_obs_runtime')->assertStatus(500);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, self::$captured, 'expected exactly one captured event');
+        $event = self::$captured[0]['event'];
+        $exceptions = $event->getExceptions();
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($exceptions);
+        $this->assertSame(RuntimeException::class, $exceptions[0]->getType());
+        $this->assertSame('boom', $exceptions[0]->getValue());
+    }
+
+    public function test_validation_exception_is_not_captured(): void
+    {
+        $this->actAsOrgAdmin();
+
+        $this->getJson('/_obs_validation')->assertStatus(422);
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, self::$captured);
+    }
+
+    public function test_not_found_http_exception_is_not_captured(): void
+    {
+        $this->actAsOrgAdmin();
+
+        $this->getJson('/_obs_404')->assertStatus(404);
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, self::$captured);
+    }
+
+    public function test_authorization_exception_is_not_captured(): void
+    {
+        $this->actAsOrgAdmin();
+
+        $this->getJson('/_obs_403')->assertStatus(403);
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, self::$captured);
+    }
+
+    public function test_runtime_exception_carries_request_context(): void
+    {
+        $this->actAsOrgAdmin();
+
+        $this->getJson('/_obs_runtime')->assertStatus(500);
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, self::$captured);
+        $tags = self::$captured[0]['event']->getTags();
+        // BindSentryContext should have set these on the scope before
+        // the exception fired in the controller.
+        $this->assertSame('api', $tags['app'] ?? null);
+        $this->assertSame('GET', $tags['http.method'] ?? null);
+    }
+}