diff --git a/pilot/webhook_server.py b/pilot/webhook_server.py
index 5a7ecfd..e756cd9 100644
--- a/pilot/webhook_server.py
+++ b/pilot/webhook_server.py
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ def _fetch_current_labels(repo: str, index: str) -> list:
     opt-in is lost — the review posts without its usage block. Reading the
     labels again at review start closes that window.
     """
-    url = f"{GITEA_API}/repos/{repo}/issues/{index}/labels"
+    # GITEA_API is the bare host (no /api/v1) — every caller appends the
+    # version prefix itself; see ai_review._get / _post.
+    url = f"{GITEA_API}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/issues/{index}/labels"
     req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={
         "Authorization": f"token {BOT_TOKEN}",
         "Accept": "application/json",
diff --git a/tests/pilot/test_webhook_server.py b/tests/pilot/test_webhook_server.py
index 33d3461..fd0386a 100644
--- a/tests/pilot/test_webhook_server.py
+++ b/tests/pilot/test_webhook_server.py
@@ -162,6 +162,27 @@ def test_run_review_keeps_usage_off_when_label_absent(monkeypatch):
     assert seen["report_usage"] is False
 
 
+def test_fetch_current_labels_hits_the_versioned_api_path(monkeypatch):
+    # GITEA_API is the bare host; the /api/v1 prefix is the caller's job.
+    # Getting this wrong 404s silently and the opt-in is lost — which is
+    # exactly what shipped the first time.
+    seen = {}
+
+    class _Resp:
+        def read(self): return b'[{"name": "AI-USAGE"}]'
+        def __enter__(self): return self
+        def __exit__(self, *a): return False
+
+    def _urlopen(req, timeout=None):
+        seen["url"] = req.full_url
+        return _Resp()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ws.urllib.request, "urlopen", _urlopen)
+    out = ws._fetch_current_labels("o/r", "9")
+    assert out == [{"name": "AI-USAGE"}]
+    assert seen["url"] == f"{ws.GITEA_API}/api/v1/repos/o/r/issues/9/labels"
+
+
 def test_label_reread_failure_is_not_fatal(monkeypatch):
     # A dead API must not take the review down with it — the re-read is a
     # best-effort upgrade of an opt-in flag, nothing more.