diff --git a/packages/loopover-engine/src/focus-manifest-validation.ts b/packages/loopover-engine/src/focus-manifest-validation.ts
index 09de925c0d..1c44f92369 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-engine/src/focus-manifest-validation.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-engine/src/focus-manifest-validation.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import {
   activeReviewReconciliationConfigToJson,
   loopEscalationConfigToJson,
   federatedIntelligenceConfigToJson,
+  experimentalConfigToJson,
+  fairnessAnalyticsConfigToJson,
   settingsOverrideToJson,
   type FocusManifest,
   type FocusManifestSource,
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ function focusManifestToNormalizedJson(manifest: FocusManifest): Record<string,
   if (loopEscalation !== null) normalized.loopEscalation = loopEscalation;
   const federatedIntelligence = federatedIntelligenceConfigToJson(manifest.federatedIntelligence);
   if (federatedIntelligence !== null) normalized.federatedIntelligence = federatedIntelligence;
+  const experimental = experimentalConfigToJson(manifest.experimental);
+  if (experimental !== null) normalized.experimental = experimental;
+  const fairnessAnalytics = fairnessAnalyticsConfigToJson(manifest.fairnessAnalytics);
+  if (fairnessAnalytics !== null) normalized.fairnessAnalytics = fairnessAnalytics;
 
   return normalized;
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/focus-manifest-validation.test.ts b/test/unit/focus-manifest-validation.test.ts
index d6ae97c862..4578b720ed 100644
--- a/test/unit/focus-manifest-validation.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/focus-manifest-validation.test.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ loopEscalation:
     expect(result.normalized).not.toHaveProperty("activeReviewReconciliation");
     expect(result.normalized).not.toHaveProperty("loopEscalation");
     expect(result.normalized).not.toHaveProperty("federatedIntelligence");
+    expect(result.normalized).not.toHaveProperty("experimental");
+    expect(result.normalized).not.toHaveProperty("fairnessAnalytics");
   });
 
   it("includes a configured activeReviewReconciliation block in the normalized settings-preview output (#webhook-reorder-clobber)", () => {
@@ -169,6 +171,18 @@ loopEscalation:
     expect(result.normalized).toMatchObject({ federatedIntelligence: { enabled: true } });
   });
 
+  it("includes a configured experimental block in the normalized settings-preview output (#8867)", () => {
+    const result = buildFocusManifestValidation({ content: "experimental:\n  gittensor: true\n" });
+    expect(result.warnings).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.normalized).toMatchObject({ experimental: { gittensor: true } });
+  });
+
+  it("includes a configured fairnessAnalytics block in the normalized settings-preview output (#8867)", () => {
+    const result = buildFocusManifestValidation({ content: "fairnessAnalytics:\n  enabled: true\n" });
+    expect(result.warnings).toEqual([]);
+    expect(result.normalized).toMatchObject({ fairnessAnalytics: { enabled: true } });
+  });
+
   it("returns error when manifest content is not a mapping", () => {
     const result = buildFocusManifestValidation({ content: "[1, 2, 3]" });
     expect(result.status).toBe("error");