diff --git a/src/analytics/analysis.zig b/src/analytics/analysis.zig
index 75767e3..4a66fec 100644
--- a/src/analytics/analysis.zig
+++ b/src/analytics/analysis.zig
@@ -605,13 +605,21 @@ pub fn analyzePortfolio(
         const mv = alloc.market_value;
         if (mv <= 0) continue;
 
-        // Find classification entries for this symbol
-        // Try both the raw symbol and display_symbol
+        // Find classification entries for this symbol.
+        //
+        // Match on `alloc.symbol` only — the canonical economic
+        // identity (priceSymbol(): the `ticker::` alias when set,
+        // else the raw symbol/CUSIP). `display_symbol` is a
+        // display-only concern (an explicit `label::`, else
+        // priceSymbol) and must NEVER be a classification key:
+        // a free-text annotation that silently changed what
+        // classifies would be a footgun. Keying on `alloc.symbol`
+        // keeps this engine, review's `bucketForSymbol`, and
+        // doctor's `classifiableSymbols` all matching on
+        // priceSymbol().
         var found = false;
         for (classifications.entries) |entry| {
-            if (std.mem.eql(u8, entry.symbol, alloc.symbol) or
-                std.mem.eql(u8, entry.symbol, alloc.display_symbol))
-            {
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, entry.symbol, alloc.symbol)) {
                 found = true;
                 const frac = entry.pct / 100.0;
                 const portion = mv * frac;
@@ -1848,6 +1856,58 @@ test "analyzePortfolio: GICS-sectored stock lands in Equity bucket" {
     try std.testing.expectApproxEqAbs(@as(f64, 50_000), result.asset_category[0].value, 1.0);
 }
 
+test "analyzePortfolio: display_symbol is never a classification key" {
+    // Regression: a note/label-derived `display_symbol` must not
+    // classify. The engine keys on `alloc.symbol` (priceSymbol())
+    // only, so a metadata entry written against the display label
+    // classifies nothing — editing a label or note can't move a
+    // single breakdown dollar.
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    const allocations = [_]Allocation{
+        .{
+            .symbol = "02315N600", // bare CUSIP: the economic identity
+            .display_symbol = "TGT2035", // human label: the would-be footgun
+            .shares = 1,
+            .avg_cost = 50_000,
+            .current_price = 50_000,
+            .market_value = 50_000,
+            .cost_basis = 50_000,
+            .weight = 1.0,
+            .unrealized_gain_loss = 0.0,
+            .unrealized_return = 0.0,
+        },
+    };
+    const portfolio = Portfolio{ .lots = &.{}, .allocator = allocator };
+
+    // Metadata keyed on the display label must NOT classify; the
+    // holding falls through to unclassified (where display_symbol is
+    // still the friendly label shown to the user).
+    {
+        var entries = [_]ClassificationEntry{
+            .{ .symbol = "TGT2035", .sector = "Technology" },
+        };
+        const cm = ClassificationMap{ .entries = &entries, .allocator = allocator };
+        var result = try analyzePortfolio(allocator, &allocations, cm, portfolio, 50_000, null, Date.fromYmd(2024, 6, 1));
+        defer result.deinit(allocator);
+        try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), result.asset_category.len);
+        try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), result.unclassified.len);
+        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("TGT2035", result.unclassified[0]);
+    }
+
+    // Metadata keyed on the CUSIP (the economic identity) DOES classify.
+    {
+        var entries = [_]ClassificationEntry{
+            .{ .symbol = "02315N600", .sector = "Technology" },
+        };
+        const cm = ClassificationMap{ .entries = &entries, .allocator = allocator };
+        var result = try analyzePortfolio(allocator, &allocations, cm, portfolio, 50_000, null, Date.fromYmd(2024, 6, 1));
+        defer result.deinit(allocator);
+        try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), result.unclassified.len);
+        try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), result.asset_category.len);
+        try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(bucket_equity, result.asset_category[0].label);
+    }
+}
+
 test "analyzePortfolio: empty portfolio produces empty asset_category" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
     const cm = ClassificationMap{ .entries = &.{}, .allocator = allocator };