diff --git a/scripts/i18n/scan-hardcoded.ts b/scripts/i18n/scan-hardcoded.ts
index c7b1f060..b4139935 100755
--- a/scripts/i18n/scan-hardcoded.ts
+++ b/scripts/i18n/scan-hardcoded.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ const AREAS = [
 /**
  * Areas that have been converted and must stay converted. Add an area here the moment it reaches
  * zero — enabling every area on day one would just be red for weeks and get ignored.
+ *
+ * 'shared components' landed 2026-08-23 (localization phase 1). It holds three `new Error()` messages
+ * that must NEVER be translated; they are reported but excluded from the check, which is why the
+ * neverTranslate split below has to exist for this entry to be possible at all.
  */
-const ZEROED: string[] = [];
+const ZEROED: string[] = ['shared components'];
 
 const SKIP = /node_modules|\.gen\.|[/\\]locales[/\\]|[/\\]vendor[/\\]|\.test\.|\.d\.ts$/;