diff --git a/crates/font-store/src/language_packs.rs b/crates/font-store/src/language_packs.rs
index 1e3fbd882..065ab2784 100644
--- a/crates/font-store/src/language_packs.rs
+++ b/crates/font-store/src/language_packs.rs
@@ -126,10 +126,22 @@ struct Installed {
     version: u32,
     packs: Vec<InstalledLanguagePack>,
     /// Committed backup IDs, recorded atomically with removing their pack entries.
-    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "read_receipts", skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     committed_removals: Vec<String>,
 }
 
+/// Decode optional receipt entries independently from the readable pack metadata. Record size
+/// and JSON nesting remain bounded by the existing reader and serde_json's recursion limit.
+fn read_receipts<'de, D: serde::Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Vec<String>, D::Error> {
+    let entries = serde_json::Value::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    Ok(match entries {
+        serde_json::Value::Array(entries) => {
+            entries.into_iter().filter_map(|entry| if let serde_json::Value::String(id) = entry { Some(id) } else { None }).collect()
+        }
+        _ => Vec::new(),
+    })
+}
+
 impl PackIndex {
     /// Parses and checks an index: format 1, every locale a lowercase tag and listed once, every
     /// archive at most [`MAX_PACK_ARCHIVE_BYTES`] with a sha256. Archive URLs must be `https://`
diff --git a/crates/font-store/src/language_packs/tests.rs b/crates/font-store/src/language_packs/tests.rs
index 5e468bc4b..3bf8922cc 100644
--- a/crates/font-store/src/language_packs/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/font-store/src/language_packs/tests.rs
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ fn residual_one_bad_receipt_preserves_valid_metadata_and_cleanup() {
     std::fs::create_dir_all(parent.join("11-12")).unwrap();
     std::fs::write(parent.join("11-12/keep"), b"committed").unwrap();
     let mut raw = serde_json::to_value(&original).unwrap();
-    raw["committed_removals"] = serde_json::json!(["11-12", "../outside"]);
+    raw["committed_removals"] = serde_json::json!(["11-12", "../outside", null, 42, true, {}, ["99-99"]]);
     std::fs::write(store.dir().join(INSTALLED), serde_json::to_vec(&raw).unwrap()).unwrap();
     let record = store.read_record().expect("one invalid receipt must not invalidate the whole record");
     assert_eq!(record.committed_removals, ["11-12"]);