diff --git a/src/shared/check-job-log-tail-slice.ts b/src/shared/check-job-log-tail-slice.ts
index 7208c89b0e3..7eef5026c0a 100644
--- a/src/shared/check-job-log-tail-slice.ts
+++ b/src/shared/check-job-log-tail-slice.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function joinLogExcerptWithByteCap(prefixLines: string[], recentLines: string[])
 
 function collectEarlierErrorLineIndexes(lines: string[], recentStart: number): number[] {
   const indexes = new Set<number>()
+  // Newest-first errors and descending windows add the newest unique indexes first.
   for (let index = recentStart - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
     if (!ERROR_LINE_PATTERN.test(lines[index] ?? '')) {
       continue