diff --git a/scripts/verify/rea-numeric-limits.mjs b/scripts/verify/rea-numeric-limits.mjs
index 68a2244991..e000687a5e 100644
--- a/scripts/verify/rea-numeric-limits.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify/rea-numeric-limits.mjs
@@ -93,13 +93,59 @@ export const sourceForLimitDiscovery = (source) => {
   return out;
 };
 
-/** A quoted name in an array is an allowlist entry, not a limit producer. */
+const ARRAY_KEYWORDS = new Set([
+  "return",
+  "const",
+  "let",
+  "var",
+  "of",
+  "in",
+  "case",
+  "throw",
+  "yield",
+  "await",
+  "typeof",
+  "void",
+  "new",
+  "delete",
+  "if",
+  "else",
+  "for",
+  "while",
+  "do",
+  "switch",
+  "export",
+  "default",
+  "as",
+  "satisfies",
+]);
+
+const identifierEndingAt = (source, index) => {
+  let cursor = index;
+  while (cursor >= 0 && /\s/u.test(source[cursor] ?? "")) cursor -= 1;
+  const end = cursor;
+  while (cursor >= 0 && /[A-Za-z0-9_$]/u.test(source[cursor] ?? ""))
+    cursor -= 1;
+  return source.slice(cursor + 1, end + 1);
+};
+
+/**
+ * A quoted name in a declaration array is an allowlist entry.
+ * `environment["REA_..."]` and `value?.["REA_..."]` are producers.
+ */
 const isArrayElementLiteral = (source, index) => {
   if (source[index - 1] !== '"') return false;
   let cursor = index - 2;
   while (cursor >= 0 && /\s/u.test(source[cursor] ?? "")) cursor -= 1;
   const previous = source[cursor];
-  return previous === "[" || previous === ",";
+  if (previous === ",") return true;
+  if (previous !== "[") return false;
+  let before = cursor - 1;
+  while (before >= 0 && /\s/u.test(source[before] ?? "")) before -= 1;
+  const mark = source[before];
+  if (mark === "?" || mark === ")" || mark === "]") return false;
+  const token = identifierEndingAt(source, cursor - 1);
+  return token.length === 0 || ARRAY_KEYWORDS.has(token);
 };
 
 export const isNumericLimit = (name) =>
diff --git a/tests/evaluation/numericLimitCheck.test.ts b/tests/evaluation/numericLimitCheck.test.ts
index 21eeafb6f6..af9792aacd 100644
--- a/tests/evaluation/numericLimitCheck.test.ts
+++ b/tests/evaluation/numericLimitCheck.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ it("does not treat a registry declaration as a producer", () => {
   ).toBe(false);
 });
 
+it("keeps a bracket-access read as a producer", () => {
+  const name = "REA_NEW_MAX_BYTES";
+  const discovered = discoverNumericLimitUses([
+    {
+      path: "src/config/newLimit.ts",
+      source: `const selected = environment["${name}"] ?? environment?.[ "${name}" ];`,
+    },
+  ]);
+  expect(discovered.get(name)).toBe("src/config/newLimit.ts");
+});
+
 it("does not treat a registration allowlist or a comment as a producer", () => {
   const discovered = discoverNumericLimitUses([
     {