fix(i18n): preserve custom statuses matching inherited alias names

job-tracker-ui/src/pipeline.test.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ import {
 } from './pipeline';
 
 describe('pipeline', () => {
+  test.each(['constructor', '__proto__', 'toString'])('keeps inherited alias name %s as a custom status', status => {
+    const translate = jest.fn(() => 'translated');
+    expect(normalizeStatus(status)).toBe('Other');
+    expect(statusLabel(translate, status)).toBe(status);
+    expect(translate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
   test('normalizeStatus canonicalizes casing and synonyms', () => {
     expect(normalizeStatus('applied')).toBe('Applied');
     expect(normalizeStatus('  OFFER ')).toBe('Offer');

job-tracker-ui/src/pipeline.ts

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function normalizeStatus(status?: string | null): PipelineStatus | "Other
   const exact = PIPELINE_STATUSES.find((s) => s.toLowerCase() === trimmed.toLowerCase());
   if (exact) return exact;
   const alias = ALIASES[trimmed.toLowerCase()];
-  return alias ?? "Other";
+  return Object.hasOwn(ALIASES, trimmed.toLowerCase()) ? alias : "Other";
 }
 
 /** MUI palette key for a status; both chip color and board accent derive from this. */