diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 55adffe..6f20168 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ but the review is broader than any of them.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-09-21: The debug/testnet banner no longer shows the internal view id to
+  the user in a release build
+  ([#375](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/375)). The banner appended
+  the active view's id (e.g. `[TESTNET] (approve-tx)`), which is developer
+  vocabulary sitting directly above the approval screen's carefully worded
+  authorization text. The suffix is now gated on the compile-time `DEBUG`
+  constant rather than `isDebug()`, so it survives only in a debug build; a
+  testnet or the runtime debug toggle still raises the banner but without the
+  view id.
+
 - 2026-09-21: A transaction response is honoured only for a transaction
   approval, and the three remaining approval-settlement paths are pinned
   ([#262](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/262)). The liveness fix
diff --git a/src/popup/views/helpers.js b/src/popup/views/helpers.js
index 057739f..f1e5f9f 100644
--- a/src/popup/views/helpers.js
+++ b/src/popup/views/helpers.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // escapeHtml lives in src/shared/html.js, where the escape and the
 // reasoning behind it are; it is re-exported below so views keep importing
 // it from here.
+const { DEBUG } = require("../../shared/constants");
 const { escapeHtml } = require("../../shared/html");
 const { isDebug } = require("../../shared/log");
 const { formatUsd, getPrice } = require("../../shared/prices");
@@ -119,7 +120,11 @@ function updateDebugBanner(viewName) {
                 "background:#c00;color:#fff;text-align:center;font-size:10px;padding:1px 0;font-family:monospace;position:sticky;top:0;z-index:9999;";
             document.body.prepend(banner);
         }
-        const suffix = viewName ? " (" + viewName + ")" : "";
+        // The view id is internal vocabulary; it helps while developing but
+        // means nothing to a user. Only a debug build appends it, gated on the
+        // compile-time DEBUG constant so a release build never shows it — not
+        // isDebug(), which is also true for a testnet or the runtime toggle.
+        const suffix = DEBUG && viewName ? " (" + viewName + ")" : "";
         if (debug && net.isTestnet) {
             banner.textContent = "DEBUG / INSECURE [TESTNET]" + suffix;
         } else if (net.isTestnet) {
diff --git a/tests/debugBanner.test.js b/tests/debugBanner.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42e9804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/debugBanner.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Tests for the debug/testnet banner (issue #375).
+//
+// On a testnet the banner is raised even in a release build, but it must not
+// append the active view's internal id: the user should see "[TESTNET]", never
+// "[TESTNET] (approve-tx)". The suffix is gated on the compile-time DEBUG
+// constant, which is false in a plain test load, so this drives exactly the
+// text a shipped build renders. Revert the gate to the old unconditional
+// suffix and this fails.
+//
+// The banner is created on demand by updateDebugBanner(); the document stub
+// records what it prepends so the assertion can read the resulting text.
+
+function makeBanner() {
+    return {
+        id: "",
+        textContent: "",
+        style: { cssText: "" },
+        remove() {},
+    };
+}
+
+function makeDocument() {
+    let banner = null;
+    return {
+        getElementById(id) {
+            return id === "debug-banner" ? banner : null;
+        },
+        createElement: () => makeBanner(),
+        body: {
+            prepend(node) {
+                banner = node;
+            },
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+function load() {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    globalThis.chrome = {
+        storage: { local: { get: async () => ({}), set: async () => {} } },
+    };
+    globalThis.document = makeDocument();
+    const helpers = require("../src/popup/views/helpers");
+    const { state } = require("../src/shared/state");
+    return { helpers, state };
+}
+
+describe("the release banner on a testnet", () => {
+    test("carries no internal view id", () => {
+        const { helpers, state } = load();
+        state.networkId = "sepolia";
+
+        helpers.updateDebugBanner("approve-tx");
+
+        expect(
+            globalThis.document.getElementById("debug-banner").textContent,
+        ).toBe("[TESTNET]");
+    });
+});