diff --git a/web/src/routes/[handle]/[repo]/pulls/+page.ts b/web/src/routes/[handle]/[repo]/pulls/+page.ts
index 7ed96e1e8..928b76fa4 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/[handle]/[repo]/pulls/+page.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/[handle]/[repo]/pulls/+page.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export const load: PageLoad = async (event) => {
 
 	const pulls: PullSummary[] = page.output.items.map((item): PullSummary => {
 		const authorDid = didFromUri(item.uri);
-		const authorHandle = handleOf(page.data, authorDid, "sh.tangled.repo.issue:.repo");
+		const authorHandle = handleOf(page.data, authorDid, "sh.tangled.repo.pull:.repo");
 		return {
 			uri: item.uri,
 			rkey: rkeyFromUri(item.uri),
diff --git a/web/src/routes/[handle]/[repo]/pulls/pulls.test.ts b/web/src/routes/[handle]/[repo]/pulls/pulls.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5b6da1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/routes/[handle]/[repo]/pulls/pulls.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { load } from "./+page";
+import { TYPE_MINIDOC } from "$lib/api/enrich";
+
+const REPO_DID = "did:plc:j5hmlfdrwkvtxm7cjmu7j2is";
+const AUTHOR_DID = "did:plc:2zcfjzyocp6kapg6jc4eacok";
+
+const jsonResponse = (body: unknown): Response =>
+	new Response(JSON.stringify(body), {
+		status: 200,
+		headers: { "content-type": "application/json" }
+	});
+
+const pullsResponse = () =>
+	jsonResponse({
+		output: {
+			items: [
+				{
+					uri: `at://${AUTHOR_DID}/sh.tangled.repo.pull/3mgftgdw6ad22`,
+					cid: "bafyreidakrovoxr2yfueukylm44kthte5g3usyex27e5cqv3nkze7tfxb4",
+					state: "open",
+					commentCount: 2,
+					value: { title: "fix: cli failures", createdAt: "2026-08-04T09:00:00.000Z" }
+				}
+			]
+		},
+		// docs come back under the source that was asked for, reading another one
+		// silently gives handle.invalid
+		data: {
+			[AUTHOR_DID]: {
+				"sh.tangled.repo.pull:.repo": {
+					[TYPE_MINIDOC]: { did: AUTHOR_DID, handle: "andrew.heiss.phd" }
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	});
+
+const makeEvent = () => {
+	const fetchMock = vi
+		.fn<typeof fetch>()
+		.mockImplementation(async (input) =>
+			String(input).includes("countPulls") ? jsonResponse({ count: 3 }) : pullsResponse()
+		);
+	return {
+		fetchMock,
+		event: {
+			url: new URL("http://web.test/alice.test/core/pulls"),
+			fetch: fetchMock,
+			parent: async () => ({
+				publicConfig: { bobbinUrl: "https://bobbin.test" },
+				repo: { repoDid: REPO_DID, ownerHandle: "alice.test", name: "core" },
+				counts: { pulls: 1 }
+			})
+		} as never
+	};
+};
+
+describe("pulls load", () => {
+	it("resolves pull authors from the pull sidecar", async () => {
+		const { event, fetchMock } = makeEvent();
+		const data = (await load(event))!;
+
+		expect(data.pulls[0]).toMatchObject({
+			authorDid: AUTHOR_DID,
+			authorHandle: "andrew.heiss.phd",
+			state: "open"
+		});
+
+		const [, request] = fetchMock.mock.calls.find(([url]) =>
+			String(url).includes("enrichResponse")
+		)!;
+		expect(JSON.parse(String(request?.body)).enrich).toEqual([
+			{ source: "sh.tangled.repo.pull:.repo", type: TYPE_MINIDOC, targets: ["items[].uri"] }
+		]);
+	});
+});