diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review-outcome-language.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review-outcome-language.test.ts
index d102eac5507..45acb78eea9 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review-outcome-language.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review-outcome-language.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ it.each([
   "You declined. The draft was saved (in this chat) for your review.",
   "You declined. Nothing was saved, except a draft in this chat for your review.",
   "You declined. In this chat, nothing was saved, except a draft for your review.",
+  "You declined. Nothing was saved, except a draft saved locally for your review.",
   "Nothing was changed. You declined; you can approve a future request.",
   "You declined. If you would like the draft saved locally for your review applied, approve a new request.",
 ])("accepts a truthful declined outcome: %s", reply => {
@@ -72,19 +73,31 @@ it("still requires an actual rejection statement", () => {
 });
 
 const negations = ["No changes were saved", "Nothing was added or saved", "I applied no changes"];
-const exceptionScopes = [
-  { object: "a draft in this chat for your review", accepted: true },
-  { object: "a draft in the notes app for your review", accepted: false },
-  { object: "a draft for your review", accepted: false },
+const exceptionForms = [
+  { form: "direct", local: "a draft in this chat for your review", external: "a draft in the notes app for your review", unknown: "a draft for your review" },
+  { form: "participle", local: "a draft saved locally for your review", external: "a draft saved in the notes app for your review", unknown: "a draft saved for your review" },
+  { form: "relative", local: "a draft I have saved in this chat for your review", external: "a draft I have saved in the notes app for your review", unknown: "a draft I have saved for your review" },
+  { form: "auxiliary", local: "a draft that was written in this response for your review", external: "a draft that was written in the notes app for your review", unknown: "a draft that was written for your review" },
 ];
+const exceptionScopes = exceptionForms.flatMap(form => (["local", "external", "unknown"] as const).map(scope => ({ form: form.form, object: form[scope], accepted: scope === "local" })));
 it.each(negations.flatMap(negation => exceptionScopes.map(scope => ({ negation, ...scope }))))(
-  "scopes $negation to the actual exception: $object", ({ negation, object, accepted }) => {
+  "scopes $negation to the $form exception: $object", ({ negation, object, accepted }) => {
     expect(reviewOutcomeReply(`You declined. ${negation}, except ${object}.`, "rejected")).toBe(accepted);
   },
 );
-it.each(negations)("does not stop scanning after the local exception to %s", negation => {
-  expect(reviewOutcomeReply(`You declined. ${negation}, except a draft in this chat for your review. I already applied the update in the notes app.`, "rejected")).toBe(false);
-});
+it.each(negations.flatMap(negation => exceptionForms.map(form => ({ negation, object: form.local }))))(
+  "does not stop scanning after $negation except $object", ({ negation, object }) => {
+    expect(reviewOutcomeReply(`You declined. ${negation}, except ${object}. I already applied the update in the notes app.`, "rejected")).toBe(false);
+  },
+);
 it("rejects a local-looking exception that also names an external saved destination", () => {
   expect(reviewOutcomeReply("You declined. Nothing was saved, except a draft in this chat for your review in the notes app.", "rejected")).toBe(false);
 });
+
+it.each([
+  "You declined. Nothing was saved, except a draft saved locally for your review in the notes app.",
+  "You declined. Nothing was saved, except a draft that I have saved in the notes app for your review.",
+  "You declined. Nothing was saved, except a draft I already applied in the notes app for your review.",
+])("rejects a mixed or nested external exception: %s", reply => {
+  expect(reviewOutcomeReply(reply, "rejected")).toBe(false);
+});
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review-outcomes.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review-outcomes.ts
index 433a1e30ac0..04899f861d6 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review-outcomes.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review-outcomes.ts
@@ -16,20 +16,37 @@ function reviewProposalLocation(before: string, after: string, prior: string) {
   return { external, local: localPrefix || localSuffix };
 }
 
+const proposalSubjectGrammar = "(?:proposal|draft)s?(?:\\s+(?:that|which))?\\s+(?:(?:i|we)\\s+)?(?:(?:was|were|is|are|have|has|had|been|already|just|locally)\\s+)*";
+const proposalSubject = new RegExp(`\\b${proposalSubjectGrammar}$`, "i");
+const boundedProposalSubject = new RegExp(`^\\s+(?:(?:a|the|your|our)\\s+)?${proposalSubjectGrammar}$`, "i");
+const authorshipVerb = /^(?:saved|written|wrote)$/i;
+
+function reviewProposalObject(object: string, prior: string, outerBefore: string) {
+  const location = reviewProposalLocation(outerBefore, object, prior);
+  if (proposalObjectSuffix.test(object)) return { recognized: true, ...location };
+  for (const match of object.matchAll(completion)) {
+    const before = object.slice(0, match.index!), after = object.slice(match.index! + match[0].length);
+    if (authorshipVerb.test(match[0]) && boundedProposalSubject.test(before) && reviewSuffix.test(after)) {
+      const described = reviewProposalLocation(before, after, prior);
+      return { recognized: true, external: location.external || described.external, local: location.local || described.local };
+    }
+  }
+  return { recognized: false, ...location };
+}
+
 function localProposalAuthorship(before: string, verb: string, after: string, prior: string) {
   const location = reviewProposalLocation(before, after, prior);
-  if (location.external || !/^(?:saved|written|wrote)$/i.test(verb)) return false;
-  if (/^saved$/i.test(verb) && !location.local) return false;
-  const proposalSubject = /\b(?:proposal|draft)s?(?:\s+(?:that|which))?\s+(?:(?:i|we)\s+)?(?:(?:was|were|is|are|have|has|had|been|already|just|locally)\s+)*$/i.test(before);
-  return (proposalSubject && reviewSuffix.test(after)) || proposalObjectSuffix.test(after);
+  if (location.external || !authorshipVerb.test(verb)) return false;
+  const object = reviewProposalObject(after, prior, before);
+  if (/^saved$/i.test(verb) && !location.local && !(object.recognized && object.local && !object.external)) return false;
+  return (proposalSubject.test(before) && reviewSuffix.test(after)) || (object.recognized && !object.external);
 }
 
 function localReviewException(before: string, after: string, prior: string) {
   const exception = /\bexcept\b/i.exec(after);
   if (!exception) return false;
-  const object = after.slice(exception.index + exception[0].length);
-  const location = reviewProposalLocation(before, object, prior);
-  return !location.external && location.local && proposalObjectSuffix.test(object);
+  const object = reviewProposalObject(after.slice(exception.index + exception[0].length), prior, before);
+  return object.recognized && !object.external && object.local;
 }
 
 function claimsExternalCompletion(reply: string) {
diff --git a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review.test.ts b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review.test.ts
index 1a1e2305ab1..3fdc4b5e46a 100644
--- a/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review.test.ts
+++ b/tests/runner-e2e/chat-catalog-domains/external-app-review.test.ts
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ it.each([
   ["You declined. Once approved, the update will be applied.", true],
   ["You declined. Nothing was added or saved.", true],
   ["You declined. Nothing was saved, except a draft in this chat for your review.", true],
+  ["You declined. Nothing was saved, except a draft saved locally for your review.", true],
   ["You declined. The draft was saved in this chat for your review.", true],
   ["You declined. Nothing was added or saved, except the draft in the notes app.", false],
   ["You declined. If you want the edit I already applied, approve a new request.", false],