diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspectorCore.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspectorCore.ts
index 1027f793b3..3df701b7f2 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspectorCore.ts
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspectorCore.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import type {
   MetadataTableLayout,
 } from "./ManagedMetadataLayout.js";
 import {
-  metadataRowCursor,
   readManagedCompressedUnsigned,
   decodeMetadataCodedIndex,
   metadataCodedIndexCoordinate,
@@ -34,7 +33,11 @@ import {
   sha256Bytes,
 } from "./ManagedMetadataHeaps.js";
 import { memberListTable } from "./ManagedMemberPointers.js";
-import type { TypeMemberListFacts } from "./ManagedTypeMemberLists.js";
+import type {
+  TypeMemberListEntry,
+  TypeMemberListFacts,
+} from "./ManagedTypeMemberLists.js";
+import type { TypeDefinitionRowFacts } from "./ManagedTypeDefinitionRows.js";
 
 export type ManagedType = ManagedMemberInspection["types"][number];
 /** A renderable TypeDef projection paired with its original source row. */
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ export interface TypeRange {
 
 /** One TypeDef row's names and coordinates, including unreadable declarations. */
 interface TypeDefinition extends TypeRange {
+  readonly source: TypeDefinitionRowFacts;
   readonly row: number;
   readonly name: string | undefined;
   readonly namespace: string | undefined;
@@ -173,12 +177,10 @@ const readTypeDefinition = (
   layout: ManagedMetadataLayout,
   row: number,
   issues: ManagedParseIssue[],
-  memberLists: TypeMemberListFacts,
+  current: TypeMemberListEntry,
 ): TypeDefinition => {
-  const cursor = metadataRowCursor(bytes, layout, 2, row);
-  cursor.readUInt32();
-  const nameIndex = cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
-  const namespaceIndex = cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
+  const { source } = current;
+  const { nameIndex, namespaceIndex } = source;
   // Keep both independent name failures, but decode each heap coordinate once.
   const namespace = readManagedValue(
     () =>
@@ -189,9 +191,8 @@ const readTypeDefinition = (
     () => readMetadataString(bytes, layout, nameIndex, layout.strings.size),
     issues,
   );
-  cursor.readIndex(layout.codedIndexSize("TypeDefOrRef"));
-  const current = memberLists.entries[row - 1];
   return {
+    source,
     row,
     name,
     namespace,
@@ -200,10 +201,10 @@ const readTypeDefinition = (
       namespace === undefined || name === undefined
         ? null
         : fullName(namespace, name),
-    fieldStart: current?.field.start.value ?? null,
-    fieldEnd: current?.field.end ?? null,
-    methodStart: current?.method.start.value ?? null,
-    methodEnd: current?.method.end ?? null,
+    fieldStart: current.field.start.value,
+    fieldEnd: current.field.end,
+    methodStart: current.method.start.value,
+    methodEnd: current.method.end,
   };
 };
 
@@ -214,11 +215,10 @@ export const readTypeDefinitions = (
   memberLists: TypeMemberListFacts,
 ): readonly TypeDefinition[] => {
   appendManagedParseIssues(issues, memberLists.issues);
-  const typeTable = layout.table(2);
   const definitions: TypeDefinition[] = [];
-  for (let row = 1; row <= (typeTable?.rowCount ?? 0); row += 1)
+  for (const [index, entry] of memberLists.entries.entries())
     definitions.push(
-      readTypeDefinition(bytes, layout, row, issues, memberLists),
+      readTypeDefinition(bytes, layout, index + 1, issues, entry),
     );
   return definitions;
 };
@@ -249,12 +249,7 @@ export const parseTypes = (
       definition.fullName === null
     )
       continue;
-    const cursor = metadataRowCursor(bytes, layout, 2, row);
-    const flags = cursor.readUInt32();
-    cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
-    cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
-    const extendsOffset = cursor.offset;
-    const extendsRaw = cursor.readIndex(layout.codedIndexSize("TypeDefOrRef"));
+    const { flags, extendsRaw, extendsOffset, rowOffset } = definition.source;
     const fieldRange = rowRange(
       fields,
       definition.fieldStart,
@@ -279,12 +274,12 @@ export const parseTypes = (
         detail: `TypeDef Extends coded index 0x${extendsRaw.toString(16)} is invalid: ${extendsIndex.reason}`,
       });
     const enclosingRow = nesting.enclosing.get(row);
-    managedDecodeBudget(layout).reserve(128, cursor.start);
+    managedDecodeBudget(layout).reserve(128, rowOffset);
     items.push({
       row,
       type: {
         token,
-        row_offset: cursor.start,
+        row_offset: rowOffset,
         namespace,
         name,
         full_name: definition.fullName,
diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberTypeInventory.test.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberTypeInventory.test.ts
index 4fd7278c73..6d12a77f00 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberTypeInventory.test.ts
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberTypeInventory.test.ts
@@ -295,3 +295,84 @@ it("keeps later type identity, member ownership and constructor names at their o
     },
   ]);
 });
+
+it("keeps independent name failures ahead of conditional Extends diagnostics", () => {
+  const bytes = buildManagedPeFixture({ extendsRaw: 12 });
+  const readable = inspectManagedMembersBytes(
+    bytes,
+    managedPeFixtureTarget(bytes),
+  );
+  const row = readable.types[0]?.row_offset;
+  if (row === undefined) throw new Error("Expected TypeDef fixture");
+  expect(readable.coverage.issues).toContainEqual(
+    expect.objectContaining({
+      code: "invalid-row",
+      scope: "metadata.TypeDef:0x02000001",
+      offset: row + 8,
+      detail: expect.stringContaining("Extends"),
+    }),
+  );
+  bytes.writeUInt16LE(0xffff, row + 4);
+  bytes.writeUInt16LE(0xfffe, row + 6);
+  const partial = inspectManagedMembersBytes(
+    bytes,
+    managedPeFixtureTarget(bytes),
+  );
+  expect(partial.types).toEqual([]);
+  expect(partial.fields).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(partial.methods).toHaveLength(1);
+  for (const member of [...partial.fields, ...partial.methods])
+    expect(member).toMatchObject({
+      declaring_type_token: "0x02000001",
+      declaring_type: null,
+    });
+  expect(partial.module).toEqual(readable.module);
+  expect(partial.coverage).toMatchObject({
+    state: "partial",
+    issues: [
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: "invalid-heap-index",
+        scope: "metadata.#Strings",
+      }),
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: "invalid-heap-index",
+        scope: "metadata.#Strings",
+      }),
+    ],
+  });
+  expect(
+    new Set(partial.coverage.issues.map(({ offset }) => offset)).size,
+  ).toBe(2);
+});
+
+it("reads inventory names on demand without admitting TypeDef member lists or Extends", () => {
+  const bytes = buildManagedPeFixture({
+    additionalEmptyTypes: 1,
+    typeName: "Lookup",
+  });
+  const pe = readManagedPeLayout(bytes);
+  if (pe.cli === null) throw new Error("Expected CLI fixture");
+  const layout = readManagedMetadataLayout(
+    bytes,
+    pe.rvaToOffset(pe.cli.metadata.rva, pe.cli.metadata.size, "cli.metadata"),
+    pe.cli.metadata.size,
+  );
+  expect(layout.stringIndexSize).toBe(2);
+  const earlier = metadataRowOffset(layout, 2, 1);
+  bytes.writeUInt16LE(0xffff, earlier + 4);
+  bytes.writeUInt16LE(0xfffe, earlier + 6);
+  const selected = metadataRowOffset(layout, 2, 2);
+  bytes.writeUInt16LE(0xffff, selected + 8);
+  bytes.writeUInt16LE(0, selected + 10);
+  bytes.writeUInt16LE(0, selected + 12);
+  const issues: ManagedParseIssue[] = [];
+  const names = managedMetadataTypeNames(bytes, layout, issues);
+  expect(names(2, 2)).toBe("Fixture.Lookup");
+  expect(issues).toEqual([]);
+  expect(readTypeMemberListFacts(bytes, layout).issues).toEqual(
+    expect.arrayContaining([
+      expect.objectContaining({ code: "invalid-row", offset: selected + 10 }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ code: "invalid-row", offset: selected + 12 }),
+    ]),
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedMetadataInventoryRows.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedMetadataInventoryRows.ts
index 3638aa89c2..9c17b9f2ae 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ManagedMetadataInventoryRows.ts
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedMetadataInventoryRows.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { readTypeDefinitionRowFacts } from "./ManagedTypeDefinitionRows.js";
 import { managedDecodeBudget } from "./ManagedDecodeBudget.js";
 import { managedTypeReferences } from "./ManagedTypeReferences.js";
 import { MAX_TYPE_NESTING_DEPTH } from "./ManagedTypeNameDigests.js";
@@ -315,18 +316,18 @@ export const managedMetadataTypeNames = (
         namespace = parsed.namespace;
         flags = parsed.flags;
       } else {
-        const cursor = metadataRowCursor(bytes, layout, table, row);
-        flags = cursor.readUInt32();
+        const source = readTypeDefinitionRowFacts(bytes, layout, row);
+        flags = source.flags;
         name = readMetadataString(
           bytes,
           layout,
-          cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize),
+          source.nameIndex,
           layout.strings.size,
         );
         namespace = readMetadataString(
           bytes,
           layout,
-          cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize),
+          source.namespaceIndex,
           layout.strings.size,
         );
       }
diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedTypeDefinitionRows.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedTypeDefinitionRows.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33dc9aff17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedTypeDefinitionRows.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import type { ManagedMetadataLayout } from "./ManagedMetadataLayout.js";
+import { metadataRowCursor } from "./ManagedMetadataHeaps.js";
+import { memberListIndexSize } from "./ManagedMemberPointers.js";
+
+/** Scalar TypeDef source facts; consumers own heap and coded-index admission. */
+export interface TypeDefinitionRowFacts {
+  readonly rowOffset: number;
+  readonly flags: number;
+  readonly nameIndex: number;
+  readonly namespaceIndex: number;
+  readonly extendsRaw: number;
+  readonly extendsOffset: number;
+  readonly fieldListRaw: number;
+  readonly fieldListOffset: number;
+  readonly methodListRaw: number;
+  readonly methodListOffset: number;
+}
+
+export const readTypeDefinitionRowFacts = (
+  bytes: Buffer,
+  layout: ManagedMetadataLayout,
+  row: number,
+): TypeDefinitionRowFacts => {
+  const cursor = metadataRowCursor(bytes, layout, 2, row);
+  const flags = cursor.readUInt32();
+  const nameIndex = cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
+  const namespaceIndex = cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
+  const extendsOffset = cursor.offset;
+  const extendsRaw = cursor.readIndex(layout.codedIndexSize("TypeDefOrRef"));
+  const fieldListOffset = cursor.offset;
+  const fieldListRaw = cursor.readIndex(memberListIndexSize(layout, 4));
+  const methodListOffset = cursor.offset;
+  const methodListRaw = cursor.readIndex(memberListIndexSize(layout, 6));
+  return {
+    rowOffset: cursor.start,
+    flags,
+    nameIndex,
+    namespaceIndex,
+    extendsRaw,
+    extendsOffset,
+    fieldListRaw,
+    fieldListOffset,
+    methodListRaw,
+    methodListOffset,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedTypeMemberLists.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedTypeMemberLists.ts
index 1db5674c64..e66ea37a2f 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ManagedTypeMemberLists.ts
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedTypeMemberLists.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import type { ManagedParseIssue } from "../domain/managed/managedArtifact.js";
 import { managedDecodeBudget } from "./ManagedDecodeBudget.js";
 import type { ManagedMetadataLayout } from "./ManagedMetadataLayout.js";
-import { metadataRowCursor, metadataToken } from "./ManagedMetadataHeaps.js";
+import { metadataToken } from "./ManagedMetadataHeaps.js";
 import {
-  memberListIndexSize,
   memberListTable,
   validatedMemberListStart,
 } from "./ManagedMemberPointers.js";
 
+import {
+  readTypeDefinitionRowFacts,
+  type TypeDefinitionRowFacts,
+} from "./ManagedTypeDefinitionRows.js";
+
 export type MemberDefinitionTable = 4 | 6;
 
 export interface TypeMemberListStart {
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ export interface TypeMemberListRange {
 }
 
 export interface TypeMemberListEntry {
+  readonly source: TypeDefinitionRowFacts;
   readonly field: TypeMemberListRange;
   readonly method: TypeMemberListRange;
 }
@@ -39,33 +44,33 @@ export const readTypeMemberListFacts = (
 ): TypeMemberListFacts => {
   const fields = memberListTable(layout, 4);
   const methods = memberListTable(layout, 6);
-  const rows: { field: TypeMemberListStart; method: TypeMemberListStart }[] =
-    [];
+  const rows: {
+    source: TypeDefinitionRowFacts;
+    field: TypeMemberListStart;
+    method: TypeMemberListStart;
+  }[] = [];
   const issues: ManagedParseIssue[] = [];
   const types = layout.table(2);
   const typeCount = types?.rowCount ?? 0;
-  // Peak retained shape includes both the parsed-start and range arrays, their
-  // nested records, plus each eventual JSON object/key projection. Malformed
+  // Peak retained shape includes shared scalar source facts, the parsed-start
+  // and range arrays, plus each eventual JSON object/key projection. Malformed
   // row diagnostics are admitted separately before they are allocated.
   managedDecodeBudget(layout).reserve(
-    typeCount * 512 + 256,
+    typeCount * 640 + 256,
     types?.offset ?? null,
   );
   for (let row = 1; row <= typeCount; row += 1) {
-    const cursor = metadataRowCursor(bytes, layout, 2, row);
-    cursor.readUInt32();
-    cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
-    cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
-    cursor.readIndex(layout.codedIndexSize("TypeDefOrRef"));
+    const source = readTypeDefinitionRowFacts(bytes, layout, row);
     const field = {
-      offset: cursor.offset,
-      raw: cursor.readIndex(memberListIndexSize(layout, 4)),
+      offset: source.fieldListOffset,
+      raw: source.fieldListRaw,
     };
     const method = {
-      offset: cursor.offset,
-      raw: cursor.readIndex(memberListIndexSize(layout, 6)),
+      offset: source.methodListOffset,
+      raw: source.methodListRaw,
     };
     const entry = {
+      source,
       field: { ...field, value: validatedMemberListStart(field.raw, fields) },
       method: {
         ...method,
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ export const readTypeMemberListFacts = (
   const entries: TypeMemberListEntry[] = rows.map((entry, index) => {
     const next = rows[index + 1];
     return {
+      source: entry.source,
       field: {
         start: {
           ...entry.field,