diff --git a/auditor/checks/static.ts b/auditor/checks/static.ts
index 5c8a329..d05591b 100644
--- a/auditor/checks/static.ts
+++ b/auditor/checks/static.ts
@@ -105,10 +105,20 @@ export function runStaticCheck(diff: string): Finding[] {
     // elsewhere might exist). The point is: if NEITHER this diff nor
     // any other line in the diff reads the field, the PR is shipping
     // state without a consumer.
+    //
+    // Serde exemption: if the field's parent struct derives Serialize
+    // or Deserialize, the read-site is the macro itself — JSON
+    // round-trips consume every public field. Without this exemption
+    // the check produces false positives on every response/request
+    // struct shipped through `/v1/*`.
     const addedLines = lines.filter(l => l.startsWith("+") && !l.startsWith("+++"))
       .map(l => l.slice(1));
-    const newFields = extractNewFields(addedLines);
-    for (const field of newFields) {
+    const newFields = extractNewFieldsWithLine(lines);
+    const seenNames = new Set<string>();
+    for (const { name: field, lineIdx } of newFields) {
+      if (seenNames.has(field)) continue;
+      seenNames.add(field);
+      if (parentStructHasSerdeDerive(lines, lineIdx)) continue;
       const readPattern = new RegExp(`[\\.:]\\s*${escape(field)}\\b|\\b${escape(field)}\\s*:`);
       // The definition line itself matches readPattern — filter it out
       // by requiring at least TWO lines in the diff mention the field
@@ -146,18 +156,68 @@ function splitDiffByFile(diff: string): Map<string, string[]> {
   return out;
 }
 
-// Extract new `pub name: Type,` fields from added lines. Rust syntax.
-// Narrowly-scoped: only matches at the start of a trimmed line,
-// requires `pub ` prefix, ignores `pub fn` / `pub struct` / etc.
-function extractNewFields(addedLines: string[]): string[] {
-  const fields = new Set<string>();
-  for (const line of addedLines) {
-    const t = line.trim();
-    // pub NAME: Type,
+// Extract new `pub name: Type,` fields from the per-file diff lines,
+// keeping each occurrence's line index so the caller can resolve the
+// parent struct. Same narrow rules as before: starts with `pub `,
+// excludes `pub fn` / `pub struct` / etc.
+function extractNewFieldsWithLine(lines: string[]): Array<{ name: string; lineIdx: number }> {
+  const out: Array<{ name: string; lineIdx: number }> = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+    const line = lines[i];
+    if (!line.startsWith("+") || line.startsWith("+++")) continue;
+    const t = line.slice(1).trim();
     const m = t.match(/^pub\s+(?!fn\b|struct\b|enum\b|mod\b|use\b|trait\b|impl\b|const\b|static\b|type\b)(\w+)\s*:/);
-    if (m) fields.add(m[1]);
+    if (m) out.push({ name: m[1], lineIdx: i });
   }
-  return Array.from(fields);
+  return out;
+}
+
+// True if the field at `fieldLineIdx` lives inside a struct whose
+// declaration carries `#[derive(... Serialize|Deserialize ...)]`. We
+// walk backward through the diff (added + context lines both count —
+// a struct declaration unchanged by the PR still appears as context)
+// to find the nearest `pub struct` boundary, then scan a few lines
+// above it for derive attributes. Conservative bounds:
+//   - 80 lines back to find `struct` (struct definitions can grow large)
+//   - 8 lines above the `struct` keyword for attribute lines
+// Stops the struct-search early if we hit a `}` at zero indent
+// (the previous scope) or another `pub struct` (we left ours).
+function parentStructHasSerdeDerive(lines: string[], fieldLineIdx: number): boolean {
+  let structLineIdx = -1;
+  for (let i = fieldLineIdx - 1; i >= 0 && i >= fieldLineIdx - 80; i--) {
+    const raw = lines[i];
+    if (typeof raw !== "string" || raw.length === 0) continue;
+    const body = stripDiffPrefix(raw);
+    const trimmed = body.trim();
+    if (/^pub\s+struct\s+\w/.test(trimmed)) {
+      structLineIdx = i;
+      break;
+    }
+    // Closing brace at column 0 means the enclosing scope ended above
+    // the field — we're not actually inside a struct.
+    if (body.startsWith("}")) return false;
+  }
+  if (structLineIdx < 0) return false;
+
+  for (let j = structLineIdx - 1; j >= 0 && j >= structLineIdx - 8; j--) {
+    const raw = lines[j];
+    if (typeof raw !== "string") continue;
+    const trimmed = stripDiffPrefix(raw).trim();
+    if (trimmed === "" || trimmed.startsWith("//") || trimmed.startsWith("///")) continue;
+    if (!trimmed.startsWith("#[")) break;
+    if (/derive\s*\([^)]*\b(Serialize|Deserialize)\b/.test(trimmed)) return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+// Strip leading +/-/space from a unified-diff line, leaving the raw
+// source line. Handles the case where the line is shorter than 1 char
+// (rare but real for empty-context lines).
+function stripDiffPrefix(line: string): string {
+  if (line.length === 0) return line;
+  const c = line[0];
+  if (c === "+" || c === "-" || c === " ") return line.slice(1);
+  return line;
 }
 
 // True if `pos` falls inside a double- or single-quoted string on this