diff --git a/packages/component-fixture-manager/src/fixtures/fragments.js b/packages/component-fixture-manager/src/fixtures/fragments.js
index 3f149caf0e0a148bf47b04fae1076dd58323e36d..c8931dd9bb71a0259f0817a5a0a448ea53e37e42 100644
--- a/packages/component-fixture-manager/src/fixtures/fragments.js
+++ b/packages/component-fixture-manager/src/fixtures/fragments.js
@@ -46,6 +46,28 @@ const fragments = {
         updatedOn: chance.timestamp(),
         submittedOn: chance.timestamp(),
       },
+      {
+        recommendation: 'reject',
+        recommendationType: 'review',
+        comments: [
+          {
+            content: chance.paragraph(),
+            public: chance.bool(),
+            files: [
+              {
+                id: chance.guid(),
+                name: 'file.pdf',
+                size: chance.natural(),
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+        id: chance.guid(),
+        userId: '1231njfsdknfkjs23',
+        createdOn: chance.timestamp(),
+        updatedOn: chance.timestamp(),
+        submittedOn: chance.timestamp(),
+      },
       {
         recommendation: 'minor',
         recommendationType: 'editorRecommendation',
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript-manager/src/tests/collections/get.test.js b/packages/component-manuscript-manager/src/tests/collections/get.test.js
index 0862779b60d66f4d415632ce421f90fda6290010..6ee20a4684bf3b12a882a095ffa0bda64225095e 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript-manager/src/tests/collections/get.test.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript-manager/src/tests/collections/get.test.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe('Get collections route handler', () => {
 
   it('should return collections with the latest fragments if the request user is HE', async () => {
     const { handlingEditor } = testFixtures.users
+    const { recommendations } = testFixtures.fragments.fragment
 
     const res = await requests.sendRequest({
       userId: handlingEditor.id,
@@ -40,7 +41,9 @@ describe('Get collections route handler', () => {
     expect(data[0]).toHaveProperty('currentVersion')
     expect(data[0]).toHaveProperty('visibleStatus')
     expect(data[0].currentVersion.type).toEqual('fragment')
-    expect(data[0].currentVersion.recommendations).toHaveLength(3)
+    expect(data[0].currentVersion.recommendations).toHaveLength(
+      recommendations.length,
+    )
   })
 
   it('should return collections with the latest fragments if the request user is reviewer', async () => {
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ describe('Get collections route handler', () => {
 
     expect(data).toHaveLength(2)
     expect(data[0].type).toEqual('collection')
-    expect(data[0].currentVersion.recommendations).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(data[0].currentVersion.recommendations).toHaveLength(3)
     expect(data[0].currentVersion.authors[0]).not.toHaveProperty('email')
   })
 
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ describe('Get collections route handler', () => {
 
   it('should return all collections with the latest fragments if the request user is admin/EiC', async () => {
     const { editorInChief } = testFixtures.users
+    const { recommendations } = testFixtures.fragments.fragment
 
     const res = await requests.sendRequest({
       userId: editorInChief.id,
@@ -91,6 +95,8 @@ describe('Get collections route handler', () => {
     expect(data).toHaveLength(size(testFixtures.collections))
     expect(data[0].type).toEqual('collection')
     expect(data[0]).toHaveProperty('visibleStatus')
-    expect(data[0].currentVersion.recommendations).toHaveLength(3)
+    expect(data[0].currentVersion.recommendations).toHaveLength(
+      recommendations.length,
+    )
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
index a8518a054f7f6417e57613c3d7507594f1159059..c962ebd7c50c2c70c4a60e310368f00e089682c2 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
@@ -178,11 +178,16 @@ const stripeFragmentByRole = ({
         files: omit(files, ['coverLetter']),
         authors: authors.map(a => omit(a, ['email'])),
         recommendations: recommendations
-          ? recommendations.filter(
-              r =>
-                r.userId === user.id ||
-                r.recommendationType === 'editorRecommendation',
-            )
+          ? recommendations
+              .filter(
+                r =>
+                  r.userId === user.id ||
+                  r.recommendationType === 'editorRecommendation',
+              )
+              .map(r => ({
+                ...r,
+                comments: r.comments.filter(c => c.public === true),
+              }))
           : [],
       }
     case 'handlingEditor':
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/tests/config/authsome-helpers.test.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/tests/config/authsome-helpers.test.js
index 606bb666465c1455e78ce9cc9bb3cfb56cadfddb..cd0da494190d265741454051629aa195bc00e675 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/tests/config/authsome-helpers.test.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/tests/config/authsome-helpers.test.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('Authsome Helpers', () => {
       const { fragment } = testFixtures.fragments
       const result = ah.stripeFragmentByRole({ fragment, role: 'reviewer' })
       const { recommendations } = result
-      expect(recommendations).toEqual([])
+      expect(recommendations).toHaveLength(2)
     })
 
     it('author should not see recommendations if a decision has not been made', () => {