diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/protogalaxy/protogalaxy_prover.hpp b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/protogalaxy/protogalaxy_prover.hpp
index 9d703a3bb07a..308fc8eec452 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/protogalaxy/protogalaxy_prover.hpp
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/protogalaxy/protogalaxy_prover.hpp
@@ -345,8 +345,6 @@ template <class ProverInstances_> class ProtoGalaxyProver_ {
      * univariate (i.e., sum them against an appropriate univariate Lagrange basis) and then extended as needed during
      * the constuction of the combiner.
      */
-
-    // THIS SHOULD BE CALLED ACCUMULATED
     static void fold_relation_parameters(ProverInstances& instances)
     {
         // array of parameters to be computed
@@ -355,7 +353,6 @@ template <class ProverInstances_> class ProtoGalaxyProver_ {
         for (auto& folded_parameter : folded_parameters) {
             Univariate<FF, ProverInstances::NUM> tmp(0);
             size_t instance_idx = 0;
-            // it's not wrong i'm just dumb
             for (auto& instance : instances) {
                 tmp.value_at(instance_idx) = instance->relation_parameters.to_fold[param_idx];
                 instance_idx++;
@@ -369,8 +366,10 @@ template <class ProverInstances_> class ProtoGalaxyProver_ {
      * @brief Create folded univariate for the relation batching parameter (alpha).
      *
      */
-
-    // THIS SHOULD BE CALLED ACCUMULATED
+    // TODO(https://github.com/AztecProtocol/barretenberg/issues/772): At the moment we have a single α per Instance, we
+    // fold them and then we use the unique folded_α for each folded subrelation that is batched in the combiner. This
+    // is obviously insecure. We need to generate α_i for each subrelation_i, fold them and then use folded_α_i when
+    // batching the i-th folded subrelation in the combiner.
     static void fold_alpha(ProverInstances& instances)
     {
         Univariate<FF, ProverInstances::NUM> accumulated_alpha;
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/protogalaxy/protogalaxy_verifier.cpp b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/protogalaxy/protogalaxy_verifier.cpp
index f26b59028ebf..ed6441dae39b 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/protogalaxy/protogalaxy_verifier.cpp
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/protogalaxy/protogalaxy_verifier.cpp
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ VerifierFoldingResult<typename VerifierInstances::Flavor> ProtoGalaxyVerifier_<
     auto perturbator_at_challenge = perturbator.evaluate(perturbator_challenge);
 
     // Thed degree of K(X) is dk - k - 1 = k(d - 1) - 1. Hence we need  k(d - 1) evaluations to represent it.
-    std::array<FF, (Flavor::MAX_TOTAL_RELATION_LENGTH - 2) * (VerifierInstances::NUM - 1)> combiner_quotient_evals = {};
-    for (size_t idx = 0; idx < (Flavor::MAX_TOTAL_RELATION_LENGTH - 2) * (VerifierInstances::NUM - 1); idx++) {
+    std::array<FF, VerifierInstances::BATCHED_EXTENDED_LENGTH - VerifierInstances::NUM> combiner_quotient_evals = {};
+    for (size_t idx = 0; idx < VerifierInstances::BATCHED_EXTENDED_LENGTH - VerifierInstances::NUM; idx++) {
         combiner_quotient_evals[idx] = transcript.template receive_from_prover<FF>(
             "combiner_quotient_" + std::to_string(idx + VerifierInstances::NUM));
     }
-    Univariate<FF, (Flavor::MAX_TOTAL_RELATION_LENGTH - 1) * (VerifierInstances::NUM - 1) + 1, VerifierInstances::NUM>
-        combiner_quotient(combiner_quotient_evals);
+    Univariate<FF, VerifierInstances::BATCHED_EXTENDED_LENGTH, VerifierInstances::NUM> combiner_quotient(
+        combiner_quotient_evals);
     auto combiner_challenge = transcript.get_challenge("combiner_quotient_challenge");
     auto combiner_quotient_at_challenge = combiner_quotient.evaluate(combiner_challenge);
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/relations/utils.hpp b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/relations/utils.hpp
index e20213f62872..6b52f317db77 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/relations/utils.hpp
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/relations/utils.hpp
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ template <typename Flavor> class RelationUtils {
     template <typename... T>
     static constexpr void add_tuples(std::tuple<T...>& tuple_1, const std::tuple<T...>& tuple_2)
     {
-        auto add_tuples_helper = [&]<std::size_t... I>(std::index_sequence<I...>) {
+        auto add_tuples_helper = [&]<std::size_t... I>(std::index_sequence<I...>)
+        {
             ((std::get<I>(tuple_1) += std::get<I>(tuple_2)), ...);
         };
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/sumcheck/instance/instances.hpp b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/sumcheck/instance/instances.hpp
index af3df6989fc7..ab67af98d4a9 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/sumcheck/instance/instances.hpp
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/sumcheck/instance/instances.hpp
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ template <typename Flavor_, size_t NUM_> struct VerifierInstances_ {
 
   public:
     static constexpr size_t NUM = NUM_;
+    static constexpr size_t BATCHED_EXTENDED_LENGTH = (Flavor::MAX_TOTAL_RELATION_LENGTH - 1 + NUM - 1) * (NUM - 1) + 1;
     ArrayType _data;
     std::shared_ptr<Instance> const& operator[](size_t idx) const { return _data[idx]; }
     typename ArrayType::iterator begin() { return _data.begin(); };