diff --git a/docs/guides/android/android-analysis.md b/docs/guides/android/android-analysis.md
index 0ed6ba06ec..668745826e 100644
--- a/docs/guides/android/android-analysis.md
+++ b/docs/guides/android/android-analysis.md
@@ -101,10 +101,9 @@ complete decoded manifest. Component, filter, data and metadata `location` value
 use one-based lines/columns and UTF-16 offsets into that manifest. A component's
 `declaration_index` preserves its original declaration ordinal, including gaps.
 
-`declaration_coverage` distinguishes complete, partial and unknown observations.
-Historical Evidence omits newly introduced fields and defaults coverage to
-`unknown`; omission never establishes absence. Current records contain the fields,
-with null for absent or unresolved scalar declarations. The inventory retains at
+`declaration_coverage` distinguishes complete and partial observations. Every
+record contains the declaration fields, with null for absent or unresolved scalar
+declarations. The inventory retains at
 most 32 filters and 64 nested action/category/data/metadata records per component,
 and shares a 1 MiB structured-value copy budget across components. Omitted values
 or unsupported filter constructs mark coverage partial and include a limitation;
@@ -783,5 +782,4 @@ means the producer did not establish instruction coverage. Using-node totals
 and coverage do not imply complete instruction evidence.
 `direct_invokes_coverage` reports counts of using nodes with complete, partial,
 or unknown positions, plus the number of retained instruction sites. This
-aggregate makes position truncation visible without scanning every caller;
-older retained Evidence may omit it, which means the aggregate was unexamined.
+aggregate makes position truncation visible without scanning every caller.
diff --git a/docs/guides/native/binary-diagnostics.md b/docs/guides/native/binary-diagnostics.md
index be327912ef..80de3e54e1 100644
--- a/docs/guides/native/binary-diagnostics.md
+++ b/docs/guides/native/binary-diagnostics.md
@@ -445,23 +445,21 @@ rea inspect-native-exports ./libexample.so --detail summary --evidence_output ./
 - ELF rows list defined `.dynsym` symbols with global, weak or GNU-unique
   binding and default or protected visibility. Each row keeps `value`
   (`st_value` as stored; bit 0 marks Thumb code on 32-bit ARM), `size`, `type`,
-  `binding` and `visibility` (`"default"` or `"protected"`; `"unknown"` in older
-  historical Evidence where visibility was not recorded). ELF string tables do
+  `binding` and `visibility` (`"default"` or `"protected"`). ELF string tables do
   not declare a text encoding. Names that
   contain non-ASCII bytes are decoded as UTF-8 when those bytes form valid
   UTF-8; `name_utf8_decodable` records whether the non-ASCII name bytes are
   valid UTF-8 and `name_bytes_base64` retains those exact bytes (`null` for
   ASCII names). When they are not valid UTF-8, `name` uses a byte-preserving
-  Latin-1 mapping and the raw bytes remain available. Older retained results
-  report null for the newly added encoding fields. `version` is null for an
+  Latin-1 mapping and the raw bytes remain available. `version` is null for an
   unversioned symbol. A versioned
   symbol reports its GNU index, a name resolved from `.gnu.version_d` or
   `.gnu.version_r`, the corresponding `name_bytes_base64` and
-  `name_utf8_decodable` facts, and the `hidden` flag from `.gnu.version`.
+  `name_utf8_decodable` facts (both null when the version name is unresolved),
+  and the `hidden` flag from `.gnu.version`.
   Version names use the same UTF-8-when-valid, otherwise byte-preserving
   Latin-1 display mapping as symbol names; ELF does not declare either
-  string's text encoding. Older retained results report null for the added
-  version-name encoding fields. `"unknown"`
+  string's text encoding. `"unknown"`
   means the symbol-version table could not be read. A hidden version is not
   the default version that a by-name `dlsym` lookup selects.
   Definition names take precedence when both tables name the same index.
diff --git a/docs/guides/native/native-investigation.md b/docs/guides/native/native-investigation.md
index 05fa2cf2b8..e6bd5b3e39 100644
--- a/docs/guides/native/native-investigation.md
+++ b/docs/guides/native/native-investigation.md
@@ -187,15 +187,14 @@ address tokens, typed references and flow destinations. Mid-instruction, data,
 outside-memory and unlisted addresses have separate outcomes. For Ghidra,
 `not-in-listing` means the address is in memory without a listed instruction or
 defined data. REA does not attempt a decode there: the memory may be uninitialized
-or contain valid instructions. Older Evidence may report `undecodable` for this
-same ambiguous case; it does not establish that a decode failed. Effective
+or contain valid instructions. Effective
 memory base/index/displacement roles remain unavailable. Ghidra reports its program
 language variant in `mode`; other providers retain their own mode label. Ghidra
 MIPS results additionally expose `decoder_context`
 with the observed `ISA_MODE` register at the queried address and its provider
 source. A null value is unavailable, not mode zero; an empty array reports no
-available context register, and omission preserves older captures or providers
-that do not expose this facet. The context is an analysis observation, not proof
+available context register, and omission means the provider does not expose
+this facet for the program's architecture. The context is an analysis observation, not proof
 of a runtime processor state.
 
 `inspect_native_instruction` also returns `incoming_references` to the exact
@@ -229,8 +228,8 @@ profile produce a profile mismatch rather than replaying the former generic
 terminal result. The old snapshot's `evidence_bundle` remains valid retained
 Evidence: copy that object to a separate JSON file and use `rea evidence-import`
 to validate it. Run analysis without the old snapshot and save a fresh one
-under the current profile. Other providers and older captures may omit the
-classification evidence field.
+under the current profile. Other providers may omit the classification
+evidence field.
 
 Call resolution reports direct, resolved indirect, ambiguous, unresolved and
 non-call outcomes from static call references. It does not establish runtime
diff --git a/docs/guides/web/browser-observation.md b/docs/guides/web/browser-observation.md
index 1e2909a74b..66297c43cf 100644
--- a/docs/guides/web/browser-observation.md
+++ b/docs/guides/web/browser-observation.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ than inferring completeness from the array.
 Passive DOM comparison checks complete node inventories and complete frame
 parent/child structure independently. Node value lengths are comparable only
 when both nonempty snapshots declare the same `node_value_length_unit`.
-Missing or different units leave length comparison unknown; independent node
+Different units leave length comparison unknown; independent node
 or frame structural differences can still prove change. Empty inventories have
 no value lengths to compare. Frame IDs and sibling enumeration order
 are capture-local and do not establish a change; duplicate IDs, missing parents,
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ contextual evidence with `timestamp: null`, accompanied by a limitation stating
 that it does not establish activity in the selected window. Main-frame scope
 enforcement still applies to contextual navigation events. Network redirect
 events retain their paired prior-hop response context when the timestamped
-next-request event falls inside the window. A redirect row's optional
-`redirect_response` contains the prior response `url`, CDP-reported `status`,
+next-request event falls inside the window. Every redirect row, and only a redirect row, has a
+`redirect_response` that contains the prior response `url`, CDP-reported `status`,
 and `scope`. The URL has transport credentials removed; URL and status are
 withheld unless its origin is approved. Missing or malformed response URLs have
 null scope and add `invalid_protocol_value` timeline coverage; a valid URL with an
@@ -438,8 +438,9 @@ unsupported protocol has `unsupported` scope. Outside-policy and unsupported
 responses mark the timeline as policy-filtered with `disallowed_origin` or
 `unsupported_url`. Missing status remains null rather than zero. A supplied
 non-numeric status is also null and records `invalid_protocol_value` coverage;
-the other valid response facts remain available. Historical rows may omit this
-field; omission does not establish that no prior response existed. Response
+the other valid response facts remain available. A redirect row without this
+field is malformed and refused; recreate such observations with the current
+release. Response
 headers and bodies are discarded. The row timestamp belongs to the next request,
 not an exact prior response time. The pre-arm timeline buffer is bounded
 by original CDP message bytes. If clock sampling completes after that budget is
@@ -490,7 +491,7 @@ not bound the whole process heap.
 REA retains local observation data and removes only URL userinfo credentials, explicitly declared scenario secrets, and values from structured credential/storage fields:
 
 - URL observations preserve the complete local URL, including query values, fragments, duplicate parameters, and their order. Only username/password userinfo is removed; malformed original URL strings remain available with `origin: null`.
-- DOM snapshots retain node types, node names, value lengths, and attribute names, but not text or attribute values. `dom.node_value_length_unit` is `utf16-code-units` for web observations and applies to every node's `node_value_length`; it counts JavaScript string code units, not Unicode code points or UTF-8 bytes. Electron observations declare `utf8-bytes` instead. Historical captures without the unit leave it unknown; reading them does not infer a unit or convert their stored lengths.
+- DOM snapshots retain node types, node names, value lengths, and attribute names, but not text or attribute values. `dom.node_value_length_unit` is `utf16-code-units` for web observations and applies to every node's `node_value_length`; it counts JavaScript string code units, not Unicode code points or UTF-8 bytes. Electron observations declare `utf8-bytes` instead. A snapshot without the unit is malformed; REA does not infer a unit or convert stored lengths.
 - Supported DOM URL attributes are projected separately as resolved destinations. Empty `action` on HTML or XHTML forms and empty `formaction` on HTML or XHTML submit controls resolve to the document URL; other relative URL attributes resolve against the captured document base.
 - Accessibility structure and reported roles are retained by default, while names and descriptions require `include_accessibility_text: true`. The browser protocol may omit an individual role; that role remains unknown for comparison. Other observed accessibility differences can still establish a change.
 - Network observations retain method, status, MIME type, size, type, initiator stack location, and complete URLs with userinfo credentials removed. Redirects reported by CDP are attached as ordered `redirects` on the one request ID, with the prior request URL, CDP response URL, method/type, response status/MIME/encoded length, request timestamp, and the next `requestWillBeSent` event timestamp. CDP delivers `redirectResponse` with that next request event, so the latter is an event boundary rather than an exact response timestamp. Redirect response headers and bodies are discarded; hops outside the selected origins are discarded with the request chain. Headers are discarded after an allowlisted projection of length/encoding, structured CSP/Link/policy fields, and untrusted agent hints. Cookies and authorization headers are never retained.
diff --git a/docs/providers/ghidra-provider.md b/docs/providers/ghidra-provider.md
index e3a07fd7dd..f7553abea8 100644
--- a/docs/providers/ghidra-provider.md
+++ b/docs/providers/ghidra-provider.md
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ status and limitations state.
 
 Relocation rows retain Ghidra's `symbol` value, including an empty string or
 null when returned by Ghidra. It is a provider observation, not proof of the
-runtime-resolved address. Older Evidence may not have recorded this field;
-a relocation page requesting it reports that uncertainty.
+runtime-resolved address. Every relocation row records the field.
 
 For large relocation inventories, select MCP `inspect_native_load_image` with
 `detail: "summary"`. It returns verification state, observed identity and counts,
diff --git a/docs/reference/mcp-contracts.md b/docs/reference/mcp-contracts.md
index 9d0d7d90f4..a344554b1e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/mcp-contracts.md
+++ b/docs/reference/mcp-contracts.md
@@ -1013,7 +1013,11 @@ whether it was never recorded, cleared, or retained by another connection.
 Supply complete inline Evidence, repeat its producer, or import an exported
 Evidence bundle before referencing that imported record. Export a bundle or use
 `reset_investigation(save_path)` before ending the process if the investigation
-needs it later. Retention has no automatic persistence or silent eviction.
+needs it later. Exported bundles carry `evidence_format`, the Evidence format revision
+(currently `1`). Import, comparison and every other bundle reader refuse a
+bundle without it, or with another revision, as an integrity mismatch whose
+recovery is to recreate the observations with the current release;
+re-exporting an earlier bundle does not update its format or identities. Retention has no automatic persistence or silent eviction.
 `binary_session.investigation` reports record/revision/head counts, estimated
 retained representation bytes and the fixed allowance derived from initial V8
 heap headroom. A capacity refusal preserves the existing investigation; checkpoint
diff --git a/docs/reference/reconstruction-obligation-ledgers.md b/docs/reference/reconstruction-obligation-ledgers.md
index 66f3bf5028..5e3310dafb 100644
--- a/docs/reference/reconstruction-obligation-ledgers.md
+++ b/docs/reference/reconstruction-obligation-ledgers.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ never claims closure:
 rea build-reconstruction-obligation-ledger \
   '{
     "evidence_bundle": {
+      "evidence_format": 1,
       "artifacts": [],
       "providers": [],
       "environments": [],
diff --git a/src/android/AndroidManifestComponents.ts b/src/android/AndroidManifestComponents.ts
index 03f63f3d46..7ae622a346 100644
--- a/src/android/AndroidManifestComponents.ts
+++ b/src/android/AndroidManifestComponents.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { createAndroidManifestDetailsReader } from "./AndroidManifestComponentDe
 import {
   ANDROID_COMPONENT_KINDS,
   type AndroidComponentKind,
-  type ObservedAndroidManifestComponent,
-  type ObservedAndroidManifestComponentInventory,
+  type AndroidManifestComponent,
+  type AndroidManifestComponentInventory,
 } from "../domain/android/androidManifestComponents.js";
 
 /** Bounds keep a hostile manifest from exhausting the inspection. */
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const PARTIAL_LIMITATION =
 
 const unavailable = (
   limitation: string,
-): ObservedAndroidManifestComponentInventory => ({
+): AndroidManifestComponentInventory => ({
   status: "unavailable",
   items: [],
   limitations: [limitation],
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export const parseAndroidManifestComponents = (
   coverage: "complete" | "partial",
   declaredTargetSdk: string | null = null,
   minimumSdk: string | null = null,
-): ObservedAndroidManifestComponentInventory => {
+): AndroidManifestComponentInventory => {
   if (coverage === "partial")
     return {
       status: "partial",
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export const parseAndroidManifestComponents = (
   const packageNameBytes =
     packageName === null ? 0 : Buffer.byteLength(packageName);
   const limitations: string[] = [];
-  const items: ObservedAndroidManifestComponent[] = [];
+  const items: AndroidManifestComponent[] = [];
   let truncated = false;
   let applicationSeen = false;
   let unnamed = 0;
diff --git a/src/android/JadxAnalysis.ts b/src/android/JadxAnalysis.ts
index 736353d927..b5da2323db 100644
--- a/src/android/JadxAnalysis.ts
+++ b/src/android/JadxAnalysis.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type { z } from "zod";
 import type { AndroidRequest } from "../domain/android/androidAnalysis.js";
 import { androidResultSchemas } from "../domain/android/androidAnalysis.js";
-import { observedAndroidManifestComponentsSchema } from "../domain/android/androidManifestComponents.js";
 import {
   type AndroidMappingQuery,
   type AndroidMappingSource,
@@ -64,11 +63,6 @@ export interface JadxAnalysisContext {
   };
 }
 
-const observedPackageSchema =
-  androidResultSchemas.inspect_android_package.extend({
-    components: observedAndroidManifestComponentsSchema,
-  });
-
 const methodsOf = (summary: Pick<ClassSummary, "methods">) => {
   const seen = new Map<string, number>();
   return summary.methods.map((method) => {
@@ -276,7 +270,7 @@ const inspectPackage = async (
   const manifest = normalizeJadxText(
     await tools.text("get_android_manifest", {}),
   );
-  return observedPackageSchema.parse({
+  return androidResultSchemas.inspect_android_package.parse({
     engine,
     package_name: app.package || null,
     version_name: app.version_name || null,
diff --git a/src/application/analysisView/NativeLoadImageViews.test.ts b/src/application/analysisView/NativeLoadImageViews.test.ts
index cf8643147c..174ad3b1b7 100644
--- a/src/application/analysisView/NativeLoadImageViews.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/analysisView/NativeLoadImageViews.test.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ import { expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { createEvidence } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
 import { inspectAnalysisViewInputSchema } from "../../domain/analysisView/analysisViewRequest.js";
 import { analysisViewResultSchema } from "../../domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.js";
-import {
-  RELOCATION_SYMBOL_UNRECORDED,
-  projectNativeLoadImageView,
-} from "../../domain/analysisView/nativeLoadImageView.js";
+import { projectNativeLoadImageView } from "../../domain/analysisView/nativeLoadImageView.js";
 import type { NativeLoadImage } from "../../domain/native/nativeLoadImage.js";
 import {
   nativeDosLoadImageFixture,
@@ -27,6 +24,7 @@ const source = (): Extract<NativeLoadImage, { status: "unsupported" }> => ({
         offset: null,
         status: "APPLIED",
         type: 8,
+        symbol: null,
         values: [16],
         original_bytes_hex: "0000",
         memory_bytes_hex: "1000",
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@ const source = (): Extract<NativeLoadImage, { status: "unsupported" }> => ({
         offset: null,
         status: "UNSUPPORTED",
         type: 9,
+        symbol: null,
         values: [],
         original_bytes_hex: null,
         memory_bytes_hex: null,
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ const view = async (report: NativeLoadImage, request: unknown) => {
   return analysisViewResultSchema.parse(result.value.normalized_result);
 };
 
-it("distinguishes recorded, absent, and historical unrecorded relocation symbols", async () => {
+it("pages recorded and absent relocation symbols", async () => {
   const report = source();
   report.observations.relocations[0]!.symbol = "external_symbol";
   report.observations.relocations[1]!.symbol = null;
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ it("distinguishes recorded, absent, and historical unrecorded relocation symbols
     { record: { symbol: "external_symbol" } },
     { record: { symbol: null } },
   ]);
-  expect(current.unknowns).not.toContain(RELOCATION_SYMBOL_UNRECORDED);
 
   report.observations.relocations[1]!.symbol = "";
   const emptyName = await view(report, request);
@@ -89,15 +87,11 @@ it("distinguishes recorded, absent, and historical unrecorded relocation symbols
   if (emptyName.items.collection !== "relocations")
     throw new Error("Expected relocations");
   expect(emptyName.items.rows?.[1]?.record).toMatchObject({ symbol: "" });
-  expect(emptyName.unknowns).not.toContain(RELOCATION_SYMBOL_UNRECORDED);
 
-  delete report.observations.relocations[0]!.symbol;
-  const historical = await view(report, request);
-  if (historical.kind !== "native-load-image") throw new Error("Expected page");
-  expect(historical.items.rows?.[0]?.record).not.toHaveProperty("symbol");
-  expect(historical.unknowns).toContain(RELOCATION_SYMBOL_UNRECORDED);
-  const omitted = await view(report, { ...request, fields: ["address"] });
-  expect(omitted.unknowns).not.toContain(RELOCATION_SYMBOL_UNRECORDED);
+  delete (report.observations.relocations[0] as { symbol?: unknown }).symbol;
+  await expect(view(report, request)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+    _tag: "AnalysisInputError",
+  });
 });
 
 it("summarizes measured ELF facts without upgrading unsupported verification", async () => {
@@ -145,6 +139,7 @@ it("preserves same-address alternatives, padding, nulls and byte facts over page
         "offset",
         "status",
         "type",
+        "symbol",
         "values",
         "original_bytes_hex",
         "memory_bytes_hex",
@@ -301,6 +296,7 @@ it("keeps byte and potentially large comparison payloads opt-in while retaining
     offset: null,
     status: "APPLIED",
     type: 8,
+    symbol: null,
     values: [16],
   });
   const report = nativeDosLoadImageFixture();
diff --git a/src/application/artifacts/ArtifactComparisonEvidence.test.ts b/src/application/artifacts/ArtifactComparisonEvidence.test.ts
index 9c0d7f16a4..62fb67152a 100644
--- a/src/application/artifacts/ArtifactComparisonEvidence.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/artifacts/ArtifactComparisonEvidence.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE } from "../../domain/evidenceFormat.js";
 import { expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import { inspectAnalysisView } from "../analysisView/AnalysisViewService.js";
@@ -270,7 +271,20 @@ const summaryAtEra = async (era: SummaryEra, aliasPath?: string) => {
   };
 };
 
-it.each<SummaryEra>(["pre-ce1f4b1bb", "pre-b395190e4", "current"])(
+// The Evidence format owner no longer rebuilds 6.7-era summary identities.
+it.each<SummaryEra>(["pre-ce1f4b1bb", "pre-b395190e4"])(
+  "refuses the %s summary with recreate guidance",
+  async (era) => {
+    const { parent, summary } = await summaryAtEra(era);
+    const resolved = resolveArtifactComparisonEvidence(summary, () => parent);
+    expect(resolved.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (resolved.ok) return;
+    expect(resolved.error).toBeInstanceOf(EvidenceIntegrityError);
+    expect(resolved.error.message).toContain(RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE);
+  },
+);
+
+it.each<SummaryEra>(["current"])(
   "authenticates the exact %s summary against its retained inventory",
   async (era) => {
     const { parent, summary } = await summaryAtEra(era);
@@ -281,7 +295,7 @@ it.each<SummaryEra>(["pre-ce1f4b1bb", "pre-b395190e4", "current"])(
   },
 );
 
-it.each<SummaryEra>(["pre-ce1f4b1bb", "pre-b395190e4", "current"])(
+it.each<SummaryEra>(["current"])(
   "authenticates a %s summary projected from the caller alias against the original retained parent",
   async (era) => {
     const { parent, summary } = await summaryAtEra(era, "/selected/alias.bin");
@@ -297,7 +311,7 @@ it.each<SummaryEra>(["pre-ce1f4b1bb", "pre-b395190e4", "current"])(
   },
 );
 
-it.each<SummaryEra>(["pre-ce1f4b1bb", "pre-b395190e4", "current"])(
+it.each<SummaryEra>(["current"])(
   "authenticates a %s summary after its retained parent is rebound to an alias path",
   async (era) => {
     const { parent, summary } = await summaryAtEra(era);
@@ -426,7 +440,7 @@ it("authenticates a retained parent's content instead of trusting its original I
     expect(resolved.error).toBeInstanceOf(EvidenceIntegrityError);
 });
 
-it.each<SummaryEra>(["pre-ce1f4b1bb", "pre-b395190e4", "current"])(
+it.each<SummaryEra>(["current"])(
   "preserves both immutable Evidence commitments when resolving %s",
   async (era) => {
     const { parent, summary } = await summaryAtEra(era, "/selected/alias.bin");
diff --git a/src/application/artifacts/ArtifactComparisonEvidence.ts b/src/application/artifacts/ArtifactComparisonEvidence.ts
index dd3d4c727e..bfcc50d4e3 100644
--- a/src/application/artifacts/ArtifactComparisonEvidence.ts
+++ b/src/application/artifacts/ArtifactComparisonEvidence.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   type Evidence,
 } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
 import { readEvidence } from "../../domain/evidenceValidation.js";
-import { artifactInventorySummaryProjectionIds } from "../../domain/analysisView/artifactInventorySummaryProjection.js";
+import { RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE } from "../../domain/evidenceFormat.js";
 import { err, ok, type Result } from "../../domain/result.js";
 
 const OPERATION = "compare_artifacts";
@@ -178,18 +178,15 @@ export const resolveArtifactComparisonEvidence = (
     (evidenceId) => (evidenceId === parentId ? presentation : undefined),
   );
   if (!reprojected.ok) return reprojected;
-  if (
-    !artifactInventorySummaryProjectionIds(reprojected.value).includes(
-      evidence.evidence_id,
-    )
-  )
-    return mismatch();
+  // Only the current format's projection identifies the summary; the format
+  // owner refuses earlier projections instead of rebuilding them.
+  if (reprojected.value.evidence_id !== evidence.evidence_id) return mismatch();
   return ok(owner);
 };
 
 const mismatch = (): Result<never, EvidenceIntegrityError> =>
   err(
     new EvidenceIntegrityError(
-      "Artifact summary does not match its retained parent inventory.",
+      `Artifact summary does not match its retained parent inventory. A summary from an earlier Evidence format no longer matches. ${RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE}`,
     ),
   );
diff --git a/src/application/desktop/DesktopApplicationState.test.ts b/src/application/desktop/DesktopApplicationState.test.ts
index 8e8992cffe..7332e01a9f 100644
--- a/src/application/desktop/DesktopApplicationState.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/desktop/DesktopApplicationState.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { DESKTOP_VIEW_DEFAULTS } from "../../domain/desktop/desktopViewPolicy.js";
 import { chmod, open, readFile, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
@@ -184,6 +185,25 @@ describe("desktop state view admission", () => {
   });
 });
 
+it("records the complete effective view policy and refuses state without it", async () => {
+  const evidence = await inspectDesktopApplicationState(
+    await writeCaptureFolder(capture()),
+    readers,
+  );
+  if (!("normalized_result" in evidence)) throw evidence;
+  const state = desktopApplicationStateSchema.parse(evidence.normalized_result);
+  expect(state.effective_view_policy).toEqual(DESKTOP_VIEW_DEFAULTS);
+  const { effective_view_policy: policy, ...unrecorded } = state;
+  const { sqlite_view_bytes: _bytes, ...partial } = policy;
+  for (const refused of [
+    unrecorded,
+    { ...state, effective_view_policy: partial },
+  ])
+    expect(desktopApplicationStateSchema.safeParse(refused).success).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+});
+
 describe("inspectDesktopApplicationState", () => {
   it("assigns roles and reads each version into typed views and changes", async () => {
     const folder = await writeCaptureFolder(capture());
diff --git a/src/application/desktop/DesktopSqliteState.test.ts b/src/application/desktop/DesktopSqliteState.test.ts
index 0de2ce6575..7188fc2a11 100644
--- a/src/application/desktop/DesktopSqliteState.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/desktop/DesktopSqliteState.test.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const report = (selected: string | undefined): SqliteDatabase => ({
   artifact: { path: "/staged/state.db", sha256: "a".repeat(64), bytes: 4096 },
   wal: null,
   engine: { name: "SQLite", version: "3.50.2" },
+  worker_timeout_ms: 30_000,
   database_encoding: "UTF-8",
   schema: {
     scope: "database",
diff --git a/src/application/desktop/DesktopTaskDraft.ts b/src/application/desktop/DesktopTaskDraft.ts
index 80b91ceb78..91f75b4c4a 100644
--- a/src/application/desktop/DesktopTaskDraft.ts
+++ b/src/application/desktop/DesktopTaskDraft.ts
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ const draft = async (
   });
   const environment = exportEnvironmentName(capture, undefined);
   const result = {
-    ...(state.effective_view_policy === undefined
-      ? {}
-      : { effective_view_policy: state.effective_view_policy }),
+    effective_view_policy: state.effective_view_policy,
     application: {
       environment,
       title: capture.application.desktop_entry?.name ?? environment,
diff --git a/src/application/managed/ManagedNativeVerificationService.platform.test.ts b/src/application/managed/ManagedNativeVerificationService.platform.test.ts
index 49e6520c61..f006e01e8a 100644
--- a/src/application/managed/ManagedNativeVerificationService.platform.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/managed/ManagedNativeVerificationService.platform.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const native = (format: NativeFormat, path: string, decorated: boolean) => {
           items: [
             {
               name: symbolTableName,
+              runtime_name: name,
               address: "0x1000",
               weak: false,
               reexport: false,
diff --git a/src/application/native/NativeValueTrace.fixture.ts b/src/application/native/NativeValueTrace.fixture.ts
index e68bd7342d..42c16fe295 100644
--- a/src/application/native/NativeValueTrace.fixture.ts
+++ b/src/application/native/NativeValueTrace.fixture.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ export const nativeFlowDossier = (
     native_value_flow: {
       available: true,
       provenance: "ghidra-high-pcode",
+      limits: {
+        max_operations: 3_000,
+        max_inputs_per_operation: 64,
+        max_edges: 12_000,
+      },
+      limits_reached: [],
       operations,
       def_use: [],
       effects: [],
diff --git a/src/application/native/NativeValueTrace.test.ts b/src/application/native/NativeValueTrace.test.ts
index b87023f29f..c2c560fbf8 100644
--- a/src/application/native/NativeValueTrace.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/native/NativeValueTrace.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ import {
   valueTraceSubject as subject,
 } from "./NativeValueTrace.fixture.js";
 
+const valueFlowLimits = {
+  max_operations: 3_000,
+  max_inputs_per_operation: 64,
+  max_edges: 12_000,
+};
+
 const traceNativeValues: typeof traceNativeValuesCore = async (
   source,
   parameters,
@@ -95,6 +101,8 @@ const analysis: AnalysisOperationPort = {
           native_value_flow: {
             available: true,
             provenance: "ghidra-high-pcode",
+            limits: valueFlowLimits,
+            limits_reached: [],
             operations: callee
               ? [node("return", "0x2000", "RETURN")]
               : [node("call", "0x1000", "CALL")],
@@ -243,6 +251,8 @@ describe("native value parameter-use node membership", () => {
     const largeFlow = {
       available: true as const,
       provenance: "ghidra-high-pcode" as const,
+      limits: valueFlowLimits,
+      limits_reached: [],
       operations: Array.from({ length: operationCount }, (_, index) => ({
         ...node(`operation-${String(index)}`, procedureAddress, "MULTIEQUAL"),
         inputs: [scalar, scalar, scalar, scalar],
@@ -261,10 +271,7 @@ describe("native value parameter-use node membership", () => {
       known_omitted_edges: 0,
       limitations: [],
     };
-    const largeDossier = {
-      ...base,
-      native_value_flow: largeFlow,
-    };
+    const largeDossier = { ...base, native_value_flow: largeFlow };
     const largeAnalysis: AnalysisOperationPort = {
       execute: async () =>
         ok(createAnalysisExecution(largeDossier, provider, { subject })),
@@ -332,6 +339,8 @@ describe("native value parameter-use node membership", () => {
           native_value_flow: {
             available: true,
             provenance: "ghidra-high-pcode",
+            limits: valueFlowLimits,
+            limits_reached: [],
             operations: [
               node("parameter:0", address, "COPY"),
               node("parameter:0#1", address, "COPY"),
diff --git a/src/application/sqlite/SqliteDatabaseService.test.ts b/src/application/sqlite/SqliteDatabaseService.test.ts
index 9926f2fa1c..3fd7f42278 100644
--- a/src/application/sqlite/SqliteDatabaseService.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/sqlite/SqliteDatabaseService.test.ts
@@ -177,10 +177,11 @@ it("accepts sqlite_schema rows without requiring a fabricated declaration", asyn
   ).toMatchObject({ ok: false, error: { _tag: "AnalysisOutputError" } });
 });
 
-it("parses historical report omissions as unknown without supplying a default", () => {
+// Evidence format 1 requires the reported worker deadline; a report from an
+// earlier format is refused rather than read as unknown.
+it("refuses a report without its worker deadline", () => {
   const { worker_timeout_ms: _default, ...historical } = fixture();
-  const parsed = sqliteDatabaseSchema.parse(historical);
-  expect(parsed).not.toHaveProperty("worker_timeout_ms");
+  expect(sqliteDatabaseSchema.safeParse(historical).success).toBe(false);
 });
 
 it("preserves producer failures and rejects pre-cancelled requests before effects", async () => {
diff --git a/src/contracts/android/androidToolContracts.ts b/src/contracts/android/androidToolContracts.ts
index 3be5889ac3..e1a21edc35 100644
--- a/src/contracts/android/androidToolContracts.ts
+++ b/src/contracts/android/androidToolContracts.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const ANDROID_TOOL_CONTRACTS = [
     name: "inspect_android_package",
     ...toolContractMetadata("inspect_android_package"),
     description:
-      "Inspect APK package/SDK/permission declarations, decoded manifest, static components and class/resource counts without executing it or verifying signatures. Requires caller-supplied JADX MCP JAR and JDK. Default complete returns full Evidence; detail summary retains it and omits manifest text/raw duplicates. With summary, view kind android selects facet components (exact filters, fields, paging), component-summary or manifest (UTF-16 text pages); complete detail rejects view. Use normalized_result.parent_evidence_id with inspect_analysis_view for later views. Component source_index identifies the original declaration, and declaration_coverage preserves unknowns.",
+      "Inspect APK package/SDK/permission declarations, decoded manifest, static components and class/resource counts without executing it or verifying signatures. Requires caller-supplied JADX MCP JAR and JDK. Default complete returns full Evidence; detail summary retains it and omits manifest text/raw duplicates. With summary, view kind android selects facet components (exact filters, fields, paging), component-summary or manifest (UTF-16 text pages); complete detail rejects view. Use normalized_result.parent_evidence_id with inspect_analysis_view for later views. Component source_index identifies the original declaration, and declaration_coverage marks partial declarations.",
     kind: "android-provider",
     inputSchema: androidPackageInspectionInputSchema,
     outputSchema: evidenceResultOf(
diff --git a/src/contracts/applicationToolContracts.ts b/src/contracts/applicationToolContracts.ts
index 2e26a4a0bb..13f0ba7626 100644
--- a/src/contracts/applicationToolContracts.ts
+++ b/src/contracts/applicationToolContracts.ts
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ export const APPLICATION_TOOL_CONTRACTS = [
         title: "Generate the complete obligation ledger",
         input: {
           evidence_bundle: {
+            evidence_format: 1,
             artifacts: [],
             providers: [],
             environments: [],
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ export const APPLICATION_TOOL_CONTRACTS = [
         input: {
           coverage: {
             evidence_bundle: {
+              evidence_format: 1,
               artifacts: [],
               providers: [],
               environments: [],
diff --git a/src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.ts b/src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.ts
index 9af0980a76..74830c478d 100644
--- a/src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.ts
+++ b/src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,11 @@ const runtimeEvidence = createEvidence(
       },
       completeness: browserCompleteness(),
       frames: [],
-      dom: { total_nodes: 0, nodes: [] },
+      dom: {
+        total_nodes: 0,
+        node_value_length_unit: "utf8-bytes",
+        nodes: [],
+      },
       scripts: {
         total: 1,
         items: [
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.ts
index 98918bf728..0f1459b308 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.ts
@@ -774,11 +774,11 @@ export const androidMethodSummaryViewResultSchema = z.strictObject({
   summary: androidMethodSummarySchema,
 });
 
-/** Legacy manifest views keep their original shape; new facets are explicit. */
+/** One page of the retained manifest text. */
 export const androidManifestViewResultSchema = z.strictObject({
   ...viewResultBase,
   kind: z.literal("android"),
-  facet: z.literal("manifest").optional(),
+  facet: z.literal("manifest"),
   view: androidManifestViewRequestSchema,
   item: androidManifestViewItemSchema,
   parent_operation: z.literal("inspect_android_package"),
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/androidPackageView.test.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/androidPackageView.test.ts
index 53bb2f050a..f6ed9217b7 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/androidPackageView.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/androidPackageView.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ const component = (name: string, extra: Record<string, JsonValue> = {}) => ({
   foreground_service_type: null,
   authorities: null,
   target_activity: null,
+  declaration_coverage: "complete",
+  declaration_index: 0,
+  location: null,
+  enabled: null,
+  enabled_declaration: null,
+  process: null,
+  grant_uri_permissions: null,
+  grant_uri_permissions_declaration: null,
+  intent_filters: [],
+  meta_data: [],
   ...extra,
 });
 const report = (
@@ -148,19 +158,37 @@ it("keeps parent ordinals, duplicate declarations and coverage after filtering,
   expect(JSON.stringify(source)).toBe(before);
 });
 
-it("keeps omitted historical facts unknown even with empty or expanded field selections", () => {
-  const source = parent(report([component("legacy.Class")]));
-  for (const fields of [[], ["enabled", "intent_filters", "location"]]) {
-    const page = androidComponentsViewResultSchema.parse(
-      project(source, { kind: "android", facet: "components", fields }),
-    );
-    expect(page.items).toEqual([
-      { source_index: 0, declaration_coverage: "unknown" },
-    ]);
-  }
+it("refuses a component without its declaration facets instead of reporting them unknown", () => {
+  const { declaration_coverage: _coverage, ...unrecorded } =
+    component("unrecorded.Class");
+  const result = projectAnalysisView(
+    parent({
+      ...report(),
+      components: { status: "complete", items: [unrecorded], limitations: [] },
+    } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof report>),
+    analysisViewRequestSchema.parse({ kind: "android", facet: "components" }),
+  );
+  expect(result).toMatchObject({
+    ok: false,
+    error: {
+      _tag: "AnalysisInputError",
+      issues: [
+        {
+          path: [
+            "source",
+            "normalized_result",
+            "components",
+            "items",
+            0,
+            "declaration_coverage",
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  });
 });
 
-it("counts explicit exported declarations separately from defaults and unknown historical coverage", () => {
+it("counts explicit exported declarations separately from defaults and declaration coverage", () => {
   const source = parent();
   const summary = androidComponentSummaryViewResultSchema.parse(
     project(source, { kind: "android", facet: "component-summary" }),
@@ -176,7 +204,7 @@ it("counts explicit exported declarations separately from defaults and unknown h
     },
     exported_declarations: { true: 1, false: 1, unknown: 1 },
     exported_defaults: { true: 1, false: 0, unknown: 2 },
-    declaration_coverage: { complete: 1, partial: 1, unknown: 1 },
+    declaration_coverage: { complete: 2, partial: 1 },
   });
   const explicit = androidComponentsViewResultSchema.parse(
     project(source, {
@@ -237,7 +265,7 @@ it("bounds selected row serialization and lets field selection recover without c
     project(source, { kind: "android", facet: "components", fields: ["name"] }),
   );
   expect(small.items).toEqual([
-    { source_index: 0, name: "large.Class", declaration_coverage: "unknown" },
+    { source_index: 0, name: "large.Class", declaration_coverage: "complete" },
   ]);
 });
 
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/androidPackageView.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/androidPackageView.ts
index db0cf0437b..c455398d2b 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/androidPackageView.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/androidPackageView.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ export const androidComponentSummarySchema = z.strictObject({
   declaration_coverage: z.strictObject({
     complete: z.int().nonnegative(),
     partial: z.int().nonnegative(),
-    unknown: z.int().nonnegative(),
   }),
 });
 
@@ -188,6 +187,7 @@ export const projectAndroidPackageView = (
     if (!page.ok) return page;
     return ok({
       kind: "android" as const,
+      facet: "manifest" as const,
       view,
       ...shared,
       item: {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export const projectAndroidPackageView = (
     unknowns: boundedViewMessages(
       [
         ...shared.unknowns,
-        "Components are static declarations. Omitted historical declaration fields remain unknown; exported declarations and SDK defaults are distinct.",
+        "Components are static declarations; exported declarations and SDK defaults are distinct.",
         ...(report.components.status === "complete"
           ? []
           : [
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export const projectAndroidPackageView = (
       },
       exported_declarations: { true: 0, false: 0, unknown: 0 },
       exported_defaults: { true: 0, false: 0, unknown: 0 },
-      declaration_coverage: { complete: 0, partial: 0, unknown: 0 },
+      declaration_coverage: { complete: 0, partial: 0 },
     };
     for (const row of rows) {
       if (!matches(row)) continue;
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/artifactInventorySummaryProjection.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/artifactInventorySummaryProjection.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ad2a10074..0000000000
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/artifactInventorySummaryProjection.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-import { sealAnalysisView } from "./analysisView.js";
-import { artifactInventorySummaryViewResultSchema } from "./analysisViewResult.js";
-import { ARTIFACT_INVENTORY_VIEW_CAVEATS } from "./artifactInventoryViewCaveats.js";
-import { digestCanonicalValue } from "../canonicalDigest.js";
-import { evidenceSemanticContent, type Evidence } from "../evidence.js";
-
-// The ordinary-root formats actually admitted before ce1f4b1bb/b395190e4.
-// Godot/PyInstaller summaries already disclosed coverage in those revisions.
-// Freeze this historical set: newly introduced formats have no older aliases.
-const HISTORICAL_ORDINARY_ROOT_FORMATS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
-  "dmg",
-  "zip",
-  "pkg",
-  "asar",
-  "javascript-bundle",
-  "source-map",
-  "mach-o-universal",
-  "mach-o",
-  "elf",
-  "pe",
-  "dos-mz",
-  "dos-com",
-  "raw-binary",
-  "hopper",
-  "analysis-database",
-  "ipa",
-  "apk",
-  "msix",
-  "appx",
-  "hap",
-  "hsp",
-  "app-pack",
-  "plist",
-  "entitlements",
-  "directory",
-  "file",
-  "unknown",
-]);
-
-/** Exact shipped projections, rather than arbitrary omission or prose tolerance. */
-export const artifactInventorySummaryProjectionIds = (
-  current: Evidence,
-): readonly string[] => {
-  const result = artifactInventorySummaryViewResultSchema.parse(
-    current.normalized_result,
-  );
-  const format = result.summary.manifest.root_format;
-  if (!HISTORICAL_ORDINARY_ROOT_FORMATS.has(format))
-    return [current.evidence_id];
-  const { view_digest: _digest, ...projection } = result;
-  // b395190e4 began disclosing unavailable hashes for ordinary root formats.
-  const beforeHashDisclosure = {
-    ...projection,
-    unknowns: projection.unknowns.filter(
-      (value) => value !== ARTIFACT_INVENTORY_VIEW_CAVEATS.unknownContentHashes,
-    ),
-  };
-  // ce1f4b1bb began carrying traversal coverage and its caveat for these roots.
-  const { source_coverage: _coverage, ...summary } = projection.summary;
-  const beforeTraversalDisclosure = {
-    ...beforeHashDisclosure,
-    summary,
-    unknowns: beforeHashDisclosure.unknowns.filter(
-      (value) => value !== ARTIFACT_INVENTORY_VIEW_CAVEATS.unknownTraversal,
-    ),
-  };
-  return [
-    current.evidence_id,
-    ...[beforeHashDisclosure, beforeTraversalDisclosure].map(
-      (variant) =>
-        `ev_${digestCanonicalValue(
-          evidenceSemanticContent({
-            ...current,
-            normalized_result: artifactInventorySummaryViewResultSchema.parse(
-              sealAnalysisView(variant),
-            ),
-          }),
-          "Evidence",
-        )}`,
-    ),
-  ];
-};
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/gpuCodeObjectsView.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/gpuCodeObjectsView.ts
index f8d82e6b29..828dfe2f8d 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/gpuCodeObjectsView.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/gpuCodeObjectsView.ts
@@ -62,24 +62,16 @@ export const gpuCodeObjectsSummarySchema = gpuCodeObjectsObjectSchema
   });
 export const gpuCodeObjectsItemsSchema = z.union([
   z.array(
-    gpuObjectSchema
-      .partial()
-      .required({
-        id: true,
-        kind: true,
-        target: true,
-        location: true,
-        metadata_location: true,
-        payload_target: true,
-        target_consistency: true,
-        inspection: true,
-      })
-      .extend({
-        // Source defaults qualify historical full rows, never omitted page columns.
-        amd_target_metadata: gpuObjectSchema.shape.amd_target_metadata
-          .removeDefault()
-          .optional(),
-      }),
+    gpuObjectSchema.partial().required({
+      id: true,
+      kind: true,
+      target: true,
+      location: true,
+      metadata_location: true,
+      payload_target: true,
+      target_consistency: true,
+      inspection: true,
+    }),
   ),
   z.array(
     gpuKernelSchema.partial().required({
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/machoView.test.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/machoView.test.ts
index a9818507df..f5a1d44f5c 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/machoView.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/machoView.test.ts
@@ -44,63 +44,37 @@ it("binds every Mach-O facet to its rows, including empty pages", () => {
   }
 });
 
-it("keeps historical symbol defaults scoped to their selected Mach-O facet", () => {
-  const { runtime_name: _runtimeName, ...historical } = symbol("_malloc");
-  const projected = projectAnalysisView(
-    parent({
-      ...report,
-      imports: coverage([historical]),
-      exports: coverage([historical]),
-    }),
-    { kind: "macho", facet: "exports", offset: 0, limit: 64 },
-  );
-  if (!projected.ok || projected.value.kind !== "macho")
-    throw new Error("Expected Mach-O page");
-  expect(projected.value.item).toEqual([{ ...historical, runtime_name: null }]);
-  expect(projected.value.item[0]).not.toHaveProperty("raw_name");
-  expect(
-    analysisViewResultSchema.safeParse({
-      ...projected.value,
-      item: undefined,
-    }).success,
-  ).toBe(false);
-});
-
-it.each(["not-encrypted", "malformed"] as const)(
-  "projects historical encryption rows with %s status",
-  (status) => {
-    const current = inspectMachoSchema.parse(report);
-    const { malformed_kind: _unrecorded, ...recorded } =
-      current.encryption.items[0]!;
-    const historical = {
-      ...recorded,
-      status,
-      ...(status === "malformed"
-        ? { reason: "slice has 3 encryption load commands", range: null }
-        : {}),
-    };
-    const source = { ...current, encryption: coverage([historical]) };
-    expect(inspectMachoSchema.safeParse(source).success).toBe(false);
-    const projected = projectAnalysisView(parent(source), {
-      kind: "macho",
-      facet: "encryption",
-      offset: 0,
-      limit: 10,
-    });
-    if (!projected.ok || projected.value.kind !== "macho")
-      throw new Error("Expected a historical Mach-O encryption page");
-    expect(projected.value.item).toEqual([
-      {
-        ...historical,
-        malformed_kind: status === "malformed" ? "unrecorded" : null,
-      },
-    ]);
-    expect(analysisViewResultSchema.safeParse(projected.value).success).toBe(
-      true,
+it("refuses symbols and encryption rows missing fields every producer writes", () => {
+  const { runtime_name: _runtimeName, ...withoutRuntimeName } =
+    symbol("_malloc");
+  const current = inspectMachoSchema.parse(report);
+  const { malformed_kind: _malformedKind, ...withoutCause } =
+    current.encryption.items[0]!;
+  for (const [source, path] of [
+    [
+      { ...report, exports: coverage([withoutRuntimeName]) },
+      ["exports", "items", 0, "runtime_name"],
+    ],
+    [
+      { ...report, encryption: coverage([withoutCause]) },
+      ["encryption", "items", 0, "malformed_kind"],
+    ],
+    [{ ...report, encryption: undefined }, ["encryption"]],
+  ] as const) {
+    const parsed = inspectMachoSchema.safeParse(source);
+    expect(parsed.error?.issues.map((issue) => issue.path)).toContainEqual(
+      path,
     );
-    expect(historical).not.toHaveProperty("malformed_kind");
-  },
-);
+    expect(
+      projectAnalysisView(parent(source), {
+        kind: "macho",
+        facet: "encryption",
+        offset: 0,
+        limit: 10,
+      }).ok,
+    ).toBe(false);
+  }
+});
 
 const symbol = (name: string) => ({
   name,
@@ -110,6 +84,12 @@ const symbol = (name: string) => ({
   reexport: null,
   source: "libSystem",
 });
+const importSymbol = (name: string) => ({
+  ...symbol(name),
+  raw_name: null,
+  name_status: "exact" as const,
+  addend: null,
+});
 const coverage = <T>(items: T[], exhaustive = true) => ({
   items,
   total: exhaustive ? items.length : null,
@@ -148,7 +128,7 @@ const report = {
     },
   ]),
   imports: coverage(
-    ["_malloc", "_free", "_open"].map((name) => symbol(name)),
+    ["_malloc", "_free", "_open"].map((name) => importSymbol(name)),
     false,
   ),
   exports: coverage([symbol("__mh_execute_header")]),
@@ -317,7 +297,7 @@ it("retains binary names and exact numbers alongside partial command fields", ()
       true,
     );
   }
-  // Historical records do not contain the newly added exact-byte fields.
+  // Names that decode as UTF-8 carry no exact-byte fields.
   expect(inspectMachoSchema.safeParse(report).success).toBe(true);
   expect(report.segments.items[0]).not.toHaveProperty("name_bytes_hex");
 });
@@ -387,7 +367,7 @@ describe("Mach-O analysis views", () => {
     if (!first.ok) throw first.error;
     expect(first.value).toMatchObject({
       kind: "macho",
-      item: [symbol("_free")],
+      item: [importSymbol("_free")],
       source_total: null,
       source_exhaustive: false,
       coverage: { status: "page", examined: 1, total: 3, next_offset: 2 },
@@ -436,25 +416,6 @@ describe("Mach-O analysis views", () => {
 });
 
 describe("Mach-O view uncertainty", () => {
-  it("keeps encryption unknown for Evidence retained before it was reported", () => {
-    const { encryption: _omitted, ...legacy } = report;
-    const projected = projectAnalysisView(parent(legacy), { kind: "summary" });
-    if (!projected.ok) throw projected.error;
-    expect(projected.value).toMatchObject({
-      summary: {
-        collections: {
-          encryption: { returned: 0, total: null, exhaustive: false },
-        },
-      },
-      unknowns: [expect.stringContaining("exhaustive imports, encryption;")],
-    });
-    expect(projected.value.limitations).toContainEqual(
-      expect.stringMatching(
-        /inspect_macho Evidence.*predates encryption reporting.*slice encryption status is unknown/iu,
-      ),
-    );
-  });
-
   it("keeps a missing subject unknown instead of inventing identity", () => {
     const projected = projectAnalysisView(parent(report, null), {
       kind: "summary",
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/machoView.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/machoView.ts
index 5a016cf8dc..51194934e6 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/machoView.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/machoView.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ import type { AnalysisError } from "../analysisErrorBase.js";
 import { uniqueSorted } from "../canonicalOrdering.js";
 import { isMachOFormat } from "../binaryTargetTypes.js";
 import { machoSliceEncryptionViewSchema } from "../apple/machoEncryption.js";
-import {
-  inspectMachoSchema,
-  retainedInspectMachoSchema,
-} from "../native/nativeInspection.js";
+import { inspectMachoSchema } from "../native/nativeInspection.js";
 import { err, ok, type Result } from "../result.js";
 import { parseAnalysisViewResult } from "./analysisViewParent.js";
 import type { AnalysisViewParent } from "./analysisViewParent.js";
@@ -91,13 +88,13 @@ export const machoSummarySchema = z.strictObject({
   limitation_count: z.int().nonnegative(),
 });
 
-type MachoReport = z.output<typeof retainedInspectMachoSchema>;
+type MachoReport = z.output<typeof inspectMachoSchema>;
 
 /** Admit a well-formed report whose recorded subject, if any, is a Mach-O. */
 const parseMachoReport = (
   parent: AnalysisViewParent,
 ): Result<MachoReport, AnalysisError> => {
-  const parsed = parseAnalysisViewResult(retainedInspectMachoSchema, parent);
+  const parsed = parseAnalysisViewResult(inspectMachoSchema, parent);
   if (!parsed.ok) return parsed;
   if (parent.subject != null && !isMachOFormat(parent.subject.format))
     return err(
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/nativeExportsView.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/nativeExportsView.ts
index 2dad3ee5cd..fce8e42268 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/nativeExportsView.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/nativeExportsView.ts
@@ -57,19 +57,7 @@ export const nativeExportsViewRequestSchema = z.discriminatedUnion(
 
 export const nativeExportsViewItemsSchema = z.union([
   z.array(peRow.partial().extend(sourceIndex)),
-  z.array(
-    elfRow.partial().extend({
-      ...sourceIndex,
-      // Historical defaults normalize complete source rows, never omitted columns.
-      name_bytes_base64: elfRow.shape.name_bytes_base64
-        .removeDefault()
-        .optional(),
-      name_utf8_decodable: elfRow.shape.name_utf8_decodable
-        .removeDefault()
-        .optional(),
-      visibility: elfRow.shape.visibility.removeDefault().optional(),
-    }),
-  ),
+  z.array(elfRow.partial().extend(sourceIndex)),
   z.array(issue.extend(sourceIndex)),
 ]);
 
@@ -194,21 +182,6 @@ export const projectNativeExportsView = (
               : [];
           }),
         );
-  if (
-    names !== undefined &&
-    names.size > 0 &&
-    report.format === "elf" &&
-    report.exports.some(
-      (row) =>
-        row.name_utf8_decodable === null ||
-        (row.name_utf8_decodable &&
-          row.name_bytes_base64 === null &&
-          !/^[\x00-\x7f]*$/u.test(row.name)),
-    )
-  )
-    shared.unknowns.push(
-      "Some ELF names lack retained encoding facts and cannot be matched by UTF-8 identity; select their source indices. A no-match page does not establish their absence.",
-    );
   // A projected decoded name still carries its exact bytes and encoding qualification.
   const columns = new Set<string>(fields);
   if (report.format === "elf" && columns.has("name")) {
@@ -244,7 +217,7 @@ export const projectNativeExportsView = (
                 ? row.name_utf8_decodable === true &&
                   (row.name_bytes_base64 !== null
                     ? encodedNames!.has(row.name_bytes_base64)
-                    : /^[\x00-\x7f]*$/u.test(row.name) && names.has(row.name))
+                    : names.has(row.name))
                 : row.name !== null && names.has(row.name))),
           projectRow,
         );
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/nativeLoadImageView.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/nativeLoadImageView.ts
index c381349228..cfa808c302 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/nativeLoadImageView.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/nativeLoadImageView.ts
@@ -198,11 +198,7 @@ const selectRows = (source: readonly (Row | string)[], view: PageRequest) => {
   };
 };
 
-/** Query the owner's parsed historical observations without reopening the target. */
-/** A selected historical relocation row omitted its symbol field. */
-export const RELOCATION_SYMBOL_UNRECORDED =
-  "The relocation symbol was not recorded for at least one selected row.";
-
+/** Query the owner's parsed observations without reopening the target. */
 export const projectNativeLoadImageView = (
   parent: AnalysisViewParent,
   admitted: AdmittedView,
@@ -296,16 +292,8 @@ export const projectNativeLoadImageView = (
           : undefined
         : observed[view.collection];
   const page = selected === undefined ? undefined : selectRows(selected, view);
-  const symbolUnrecorded =
-    view.collection === "relocations" &&
-    (view.fields === undefined ||
-      view.fields.some((field: string) => field === "symbol")) &&
-    (page?.rows.some(({ record }) => !("symbol" in record)) ?? false);
   return ok({
     ...shared,
-    unknowns: symbolUnrecorded
-      ? [...shared.unknowns, RELOCATION_SYMBOL_UNRECORDED]
-      : shared.unknowns,
     kind: "native-load-image" as const,
     verification_status: report.status,
     view,
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/pcapCaptureView.test.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/pcapCaptureView.test.ts
index 1f0152d4a9..8f108ed46a 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/pcapCaptureView.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/pcapCaptureView.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const capture = (
   tsharkStderr: string,
   dnsQueries: {
     query: string;
-    query_labels_hex?: string[] | null;
+    query_labels_hex: string[] | null;
     response_addresses: string[];
     response_address_count: number;
   }[] = [],
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ const capture = (
       tshark_command: "/usr/bin/tshark",
       tshark_source: "path",
       tshark_version: "4.6.6",
+      tshark_resolved_path: null,
+      tshark_sha256: null,
+      tshark_identity_status: "unresolved",
       capinfos_command: "/usr/bin/capinfos",
       capinfos_source: "path",
       capinfos_version: "4.6.6",
+      capinfos_resolved_path: null,
+      capinfos_sha256: null,
+      capinfos_identity_status: "unresolved",
     },
     target,
     file_type: "pcap",
@@ -81,23 +87,6 @@ const diagnostics = (offset: number, limit: number) =>
     limit,
   }) as const;
 
-it("reads historical capture Evidence without inventing executable identity", () => {
-  const result = projectAnalysisView(capture(""), { kind: "summary" });
-  if (!result.ok) throw result.error;
-  if (result.value.kind !== "summary")
-    throw new Error("Expected a packet summary.");
-  if (!("client" in result.value.summary))
-    throw new Error("Expected packet client facts.");
-  expect(result.value.summary.client).toMatchObject({
-    tshark_resolved_path: null,
-    tshark_sha256: null,
-    tshark_identity_status: "unresolved",
-    capinfos_resolved_path: null,
-    capinfos_sha256: null,
-    capinfos_identity_status: "unresolved",
-  });
-});
-
 it("pages diagnostics without splitting a surrogate pair", () => {
   const parent = capture("ab😀cd");
   expect(projectAnalysisView(parent, diagnostics(3, 2))).toMatchObject({
@@ -165,21 +154,39 @@ it("selects colliding DNS displays by label identity and retains unknown occurre
   ).toMatchObject({ ok: true, value: { page: { items: ["192.0.2.4"] } } });
 });
 
-it("keeps historical DNS records accessible without inventing label identity", () => {
-  const parent = capture("", [
-    {
-      query: "old.example",
-      response_addresses: ["192.0.2.9"],
-      response_address_count: 1,
-    },
-  ]);
-  expect(
-    projectAnalysisView(parent, {
-      kind: "pcap",
-      facet: "dns-addresses",
-      query: "old.example",
-      offset: 0,
-      limit: 64,
-    }),
-  ).toMatchObject({ ok: true, value: { page: { items: ["192.0.2.9"] } } });
-});
+it.each([
+  ["executable identity", ["client", "tshark_identity_status"]],
+  ["DNS label identity", ["dns_queries", 0, "query_labels_hex"]],
+] as const)(
+  "refuses capture Evidence that omits %s instead of defaulting it",
+  (_label, path) => {
+    const parent = capture("", [
+      {
+        query: "a.example",
+        query_labels_hex: ["61", "6578616d706c65"],
+        response_addresses: ["192.0.2.9"],
+        response_address_count: 1,
+      },
+    ]);
+    const report = structuredClone(parent.normalizedResult) as Record<
+      string,
+      unknown
+    >;
+    let owner: unknown = report;
+    for (const key of path.slice(0, -1))
+      owner = (owner as Record<string | number, unknown>)[key];
+    delete (owner as Record<string | number, unknown>)[path.at(-1)!];
+    expect(
+      projectAnalysisView(
+        { ...parent, normalizedResult: report },
+        { kind: "summary" },
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      ok: false,
+      error: {
+        _tag: "AnalysisInputError",
+        issues: [{ path: ["source", "normalized_result", ...path] }],
+      },
+    });
+  },
+);
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/pcapCaptureView.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/pcapCaptureView.ts
index cc7f05b9b7..d42268dd70 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/pcapCaptureView.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/pcapCaptureView.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { analysisViewInputError } from "./analysisViewErrors.js";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import { pcapEvidenceSchemas } from "../pcap/pcapAnalysis.js";
+import { pcapResultSchemas } from "../pcap/pcapAnalysis.js";
 import { parseAnalysisViewResult } from "./analysisViewParent.js";
 import type { AnalysisError } from "../analysisErrorBase.js";
 import { err, ok, type Result } from "../result.js";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from "./analysisViewCoverage.js";
 import { analysisTextPage } from "./analysisViewText.js";
 
-const captureSchema = pcapEvidenceSchemas.inspect_pcap_capture;
+const captureSchema = pcapResultSchemas.inspect_pcap_capture;
 const fields = captureSchema.shape;
 const pageShape = {
   kind: z.literal("pcap"),
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ export const pcapViewRequestSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("facet", [
     ...pageShape,
     facet: z.literal("dns-addresses"),
     query: z.string().min(1),
-    query_labels_hex:
-      fields.dns_queries.element.shape.query_labels_hex.describe(
-        "Select the exact retained wire label bytes for this query display. Null selects unknown identity, including historical records with the field omitted; omit this selector to match any identity.",
+    query_labels_hex: fields.dns_queries.element.shape.query_labels_hex
+      .optional()
+      .describe(
+        "Select the exact retained wire label bytes for this query display. Null selects unknown identity; omit this selector to match any identity.",
       ),
     query_index: z
       .int()
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ const selectRows = (
           query.query === view.query &&
           (view.query_index === undefined || index === view.query_index) &&
           (view.query_labels_hex === undefined ||
-            JSON.stringify(query.query_labels_hex ?? null) ===
+            JSON.stringify(query.query_labels_hex) ===
               JSON.stringify(view.query_labels_hex)),
       );
       if (matches.length !== 1)
diff --git a/src/domain/android/androidAnalysis.ts b/src/domain/android/androidAnalysis.ts
index 2e7be99b49..a80289e3cd 100644
--- a/src/domain/android/androidAnalysis.ts
+++ b/src/domain/android/androidAnalysis.ts
@@ -233,15 +233,7 @@ export const androidResultSchemas = {
     target_sdk: z.string().nullable(),
     permissions: z.array(z.string()),
     manifest: textCoverage,
-    // Evidence retained before the component projection existed re-parses
-    // with an explicit unavailable inventory; current results always carry it.
-    components: androidManifestComponentsSchema.default(() => ({
-      status: "unavailable" as const,
-      items: [],
-      limitations: [
-        "This Evidence predates the manifest component projection; run inspect_android_package again to obtain it.",
-      ],
-    })),
+    components: androidManifestComponentsSchema,
     class_count: z.int().nonnegative(),
     resource_count: z.int().nonnegative(),
     signature_verification: z.literal("not_performed"),
@@ -288,8 +280,7 @@ export const androidResultSchemas = {
   }),
   trace_android_references: z.strictObject({
     ...common,
-    /** Older retained Evidence omits this fact; omission does not mean external. */
-    target_definition: z.enum(["defined", "external"]).exactOptional(),
+    target_definition: z.enum(["defined", "external"]),
     /** External results inventory directly encoded invokes, not reflection or dispatch. */
     reference_scope: z.literal("direct_dex_invokes").exactOptional(),
     class_name: z.string(),
@@ -298,16 +289,13 @@ export const androidResultSchemas = {
     reported_signature: z.string().nullable(),
     dex_descriptor: dexDescriptorSchema.nullable(),
     total: z.int().nonnegative(),
-    /** Position coverage is separate from the complete using-node inventory.
-     * Historical Evidence may omit this aggregate; omission is unexamined. */
-    direct_invokes_coverage: z
-      .strictObject({
-        complete_using_nodes: z.int().nonnegative(),
-        partial_using_nodes: z.int().nonnegative(),
-        unknown_using_nodes: z.int().nonnegative(),
-        recorded_sites: z.int().nonnegative(),
-      })
-      .exactOptional(),
+    /** Position coverage is separate from the complete using-node inventory. */
+    direct_invokes_coverage: z.strictObject({
+      complete_using_nodes: z.int().nonnegative(),
+      partial_using_nodes: z.int().nonnegative(),
+      unknown_using_nodes: z.int().nonnegative(),
+      recorded_sites: z.int().nonnegative(),
+    }),
     references: z.array(
       z.strictObject({
         kind: z.string(),
diff --git a/src/domain/android/androidManifestComponents.ts b/src/domain/android/androidManifestComponents.ts
index 9219e9b8eb..519dc2a896 100644
--- a/src/domain/android/androidManifestComponents.ts
+++ b/src/domain/android/androidManifestComponents.ts
@@ -61,20 +61,16 @@ export const androidManifestComponentSchema = z.strictObject({
   foreground_service_type: z.string().nullable(),
   authorities: z.array(z.string()).nullable(),
   target_activity: z.string().nullable(),
-  // Historical records never observed these facets. Omission stays omission;
-  // the default describes unknown coverage, never an absent declaration.
-  declaration_coverage: z
-    .enum(["complete", "partial", "unknown"])
-    .default("unknown"),
-  declaration_index: z.int().nonnegative().optional(),
-  location: androidManifestLocationSchema.nullable().optional(),
-  enabled: z.boolean().nullable().optional(),
-  enabled_declaration: z.string().nullable().optional(),
-  process: z.string().nullable().optional(),
-  grant_uri_permissions: z.boolean().nullable().optional(),
-  grant_uri_permissions_declaration: z.string().nullable().optional(),
-  intent_filters: z.array(androidIntentFilterSchema).optional(),
-  meta_data: z.array(androidComponentMetadataSchema).optional(),
+  declaration_coverage: z.enum(["complete", "partial"]),
+  declaration_index: z.int().nonnegative(),
+  location: androidManifestLocationSchema.nullable(),
+  enabled: z.boolean().nullable(),
+  enabled_declaration: z.string().nullable(),
+  process: z.string().nullable(),
+  grant_uri_permissions: z.boolean().nullable(),
+  grant_uri_permissions_declaration: z.string().nullable(),
+  intent_filters: z.array(androidIntentFilterSchema),
+  meta_data: z.array(androidComponentMetadataSchema),
 });
 export type AndroidManifestComponent = Readonly<
   z.output<typeof androidManifestComponentSchema>
@@ -84,17 +80,6 @@ export const androidManifestComponentsSchema = z.strictObject({
   items: z.array(androidManifestComponentSchema),
   limitations: z.array(z.string()),
 });
-
-/** Current producers observe every declaration facet; historical readers accept omissions. */
-export const observedAndroidManifestComponentSchema =
-  androidManifestComponentSchema.required();
-export type ObservedAndroidManifestComponent = Readonly<
-  z.output<typeof observedAndroidManifestComponentSchema>
->;
-export const observedAndroidManifestComponentsSchema =
-  androidManifestComponentsSchema.extend({
-    items: z.array(observedAndroidManifestComponentSchema),
-  });
-export type ObservedAndroidManifestComponentInventory = Readonly<
-  z.output<typeof observedAndroidManifestComponentsSchema>
+export type AndroidManifestComponentInventory = Readonly<
+  z.output<typeof androidManifestComponentsSchema>
 >;
diff --git a/src/domain/apple/machoEncryption.ts b/src/domain/apple/machoEncryption.ts
index 4e84cadecc..0615436741 100644
--- a/src/domain/apple/machoEncryption.ts
+++ b/src/domain/apple/machoEncryption.ts
@@ -111,13 +111,10 @@ const sliceEncryptionFields = {
 };
 
 const validateMalformedKind = (
-  slice: { status: string; malformed_kind?: string | null | undefined },
+  slice: { status: string; malformed_kind: string | null },
   context: z.RefinementCtx,
 ): void => {
-  if (
-    slice.malformed_kind !== undefined &&
-    (slice.status === "malformed") !== (slice.malformed_kind !== null)
-  )
+  if ((slice.status === "malformed") !== (slice.malformed_kind !== null))
     context.addIssue({
       code: "custom",
       path: ["malformed_kind"],
@@ -130,36 +127,11 @@ export const machoSliceEncryptionSchema = z
   .object(sliceEncryptionFields)
   .superRefine(validateMalformedKind);
 
-/** View rows also report when a historical malformed cause was not recorded. */
+/** View rows carry exactly the producer's slice fields. */
 export const machoSliceEncryptionViewSchema = z
-  .strictObject({
-    ...sliceEncryptionFields,
-    malformed_kind: z
-      .enum([...malformedKinds, "unrecorded"])
-      .nullable()
-      .describe(
-        "Structural cause or duplicate-command ambiguity. Unrecorded means the historical inspection did not classify the cause. Null for other statuses.",
-      ),
-  })
+  .strictObject(sliceEncryptionFields)
   .superRefine(validateMalformedKind);
 
-/** Interpret earlier slice records without inferring a cause from their command count. */
-export const retainedMachoSliceEncryptionSchema = z
-  .object({
-    ...sliceEncryptionFields,
-    malformed_kind: malformedKind.exactOptional(),
-  })
-  .superRefine(validateMalformedKind)
-  .transform((slice): z.output<typeof machoSliceEncryptionViewSchema> => ({
-    ...slice,
-    malformed_kind:
-      slice.malformed_kind === undefined
-        ? slice.status === "malformed"
-          ? "unrecorded"
-          : null
-        : slice.malformed_kind,
-  }));
-
 export type MachoEncryptionCommand = z.infer<
   typeof machoEncryptionCommandSchema
 >;
diff --git a/src/domain/browserSession.ts b/src/domain/browserSession.ts
index 24d5a9f4d2..8009a0d006 100644
--- a/src/domain/browserSession.ts
+++ b/src/domain/browserSession.ts
@@ -30,44 +30,53 @@ const destinationScopeSchema = z.enum([
   "outside_policy",
   "unsupported",
 ]);
-const timelineEventSchema = z.object({
-  sequence: z.int().min(1),
-  type: z.enum([
-    "navigation_requested",
-    "navigation_committed",
-    "same_origin_reload",
-    "same_document_navigation",
-    "redirect",
-    "load_failed",
-    "lifecycle",
-    "target_terminated",
-    "session_detached",
-    "transport_disconnected",
-  ]),
-  timestamp: z
-    .number()
-    .min(0)
-    .nullable()
-    .describe(
-      "CDP monotonic seconds when supplied; null when the event has no valid comparable producer timestamp.",
-    ),
-  frame_id: z.string().nullable(),
-  loader_id: z.string().nullable(),
-  request_id: z.string().nullable(),
-  url: z.string().nullable(),
-  destination_scope: destinationScopeSchema.nullable(),
-  detail: z.string().nullable(),
-  redirect_response: z
-    .object({
-      url: z.string().nullable(),
-      status: z.number().nullable(),
-      scope: destinationScopeSchema.nullable(),
-    })
-    .optional()
-    .describe(
-      "Prior-hop response metadata. URL and status require an approved response origin; null scope is unknown. Omitted in historical Evidence.",
-    ),
-});
+const timelineEventSchema = z
+  .object({
+    sequence: z.int().min(1),
+    type: z.enum([
+      "navigation_requested",
+      "navigation_committed",
+      "same_origin_reload",
+      "same_document_navigation",
+      "redirect",
+      "load_failed",
+      "lifecycle",
+      "target_terminated",
+      "session_detached",
+      "transport_disconnected",
+    ]),
+    timestamp: z
+      .number()
+      .min(0)
+      .nullable()
+      .describe(
+        "CDP monotonic seconds when supplied; null when the event has no valid comparable producer timestamp.",
+      ),
+    frame_id: z.string().nullable(),
+    loader_id: z.string().nullable(),
+    request_id: z.string().nullable(),
+    url: z.string().nullable(),
+    destination_scope: destinationScopeSchema.nullable(),
+    detail: z.string().nullable(),
+    redirect_response: z
+      .object({
+        url: z.string().nullable(),
+        status: z.number().nullable(),
+        scope: destinationScopeSchema.nullable(),
+      })
+      .optional()
+      .describe(
+        "Prior-hop response metadata, present exactly on redirect events. URL and status require an approved response origin; null scope is unknown.",
+      ),
+  })
+  .refine(
+    (event) =>
+      (event.type === "redirect") === (event.redirect_response !== undefined),
+    {
+      path: ["redirect_response"],
+      message: "redirect_response is present exactly on redirect events.",
+    },
+  );
 
 /** Navigation-aware session result for external user actions. */
 export const webObservationSessionSchema = z.object({
diff --git a/src/domain/cdpObservationSchemas.ts b/src/domain/cdpObservationSchemas.ts
index 6e705d1192..6b3b39dc2f 100644
--- a/src/domain/cdpObservationSchemas.ts
+++ b/src/domain/cdpObservationSchemas.ts
@@ -24,15 +24,12 @@ export const cdpDomNodeSchema = z.object({
   attribute_names: z.array(z.string()),
 });
 
-/** Unit applies to every retained node; historical omission remains unknown. */
+/** Unit applies to every retained node. */
 export const cdpDomSnapshotSchema = z.object({
   total_nodes: z.int().min(0),
   node_value_length_unit: z
     .enum(["utf16-code-units", "utf8-bytes"])
-    .describe(
-      "Unit for all node_value_length values; absent in historical captures means unknown.",
-    )
-    .exactOptional(),
+    .describe("Unit for all node_value_length values."),
   nodes: z.array(cdpDomNodeSchema),
 });
 
diff --git a/src/domain/desktop/desktopState.ts b/src/domain/desktop/desktopState.ts
index 64f772751c..bb2d3d5812 100644
--- a/src/domain/desktop/desktopState.ts
+++ b/src/domain/desktop/desktopState.ts
@@ -106,14 +106,8 @@ export const versionAt = (
 
 /** The normalized result of `inspect_desktop_application_state`. */
 export const desktopApplicationStateSchema = z.strictObject({
-  /** Policy actually used to produce these views; older Evidence may omit it. */
-  effective_view_policy: desktopViewPolicyInputSchema
-    .required()
-    // Historical policy records predate the additive table-view byte control.
-    .extend({
-      sqlite_view_bytes: desktopViewPolicyInputSchema.shape.sqlite_view_bytes,
-    })
-    .optional(),
+  /** Policy actually used to produce these views. */
+  effective_view_policy: desktopViewPolicyInputSchema.required(),
   capture: z.strictObject({
     evidence_id: z.string().min(1),
     home: z.string().min(1),
diff --git a/src/domain/evidence.ts b/src/domain/evidence.ts
index 96f9d76e1b..be2c9ecf4a 100644
--- a/src/domain/evidence.ts
+++ b/src/domain/evidence.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE } from "./evidenceFormat.js";
 import { isDeepStrictEqual } from "node:util";
 import { basename } from "node:path";
 import { z } from "zod";
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ const authenticatedEvidenceSchema = evidenceSchema.superRefine(
         code: "custom",
         path: ["evidence_id"],
         message: usesPre66NullCoverageIdentity(withoutId, evidenceId)
-          ? "Evidence uses an earlier relationship_coverage identity commitment: explicit null was omitted from that digest. Recreate this observation with the current REA release; re-exporting the old bundle cannot update its identity."
+          ? `Evidence uses an earlier relationship_coverage identity commitment: explicit null was omitted from that digest. ${RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE}`
           : "Evidence semantic identifier does not match its record",
       });
   },
diff --git a/src/domain/evidenceBundle.ts b/src/domain/evidenceBundle.ts
index 362e273617..7c952c09f9 100644
--- a/src/domain/evidenceBundle.ts
+++ b/src/domain/evidenceBundle.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ import {
   type ResidualUnknown,
 } from "./residualUnknown.js";
 import { freezeJsonSnapshot } from "./immutableJson.js";
+import {
+  admitEvidenceBundleFormat,
+  EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION,
+  evidenceFormatSchema,
+  RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE,
+  UnsupportedEvidenceFormatError,
+} from "./evidenceFormat.js";
 
 const artifactManifestBaseSchema = z.strictObject({
   digest: z.strictObject({ sha256: digestSchema }),
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ const captureManifestSchema = z.strictObject({
 });
 
 export const evidenceBundleSchema = z.strictObject({
+  evidence_format: evidenceFormatSchema,
   artifacts: z.array(artifactManifestSchema),
   providers: z.array(providerManifestSchema),
   environments: z.array(environmentManifestSchema),
@@ -109,6 +117,7 @@ export const createEvidenceBundle = (
     compareUnicodeCodePoints(left.evidence_id, right.evidence_id),
   );
   return {
+    evidence_format: EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION,
     artifacts: uniqueSorted(
       sortedRecords.flatMap(({ subject }) =>
         subject === null
@@ -257,6 +266,7 @@ export const referencedEvidenceIds = (
 ];
 
 type EvidenceBundleValidationFailure =
+  | UnsupportedEvidenceFormatError
   | z.ZodError
   | DuplicateEvidenceRecordError
   | InvalidResidualUnknownGraphError
@@ -264,7 +274,7 @@ type EvidenceBundleValidationFailure =
 
 /** Expected source rejection, including authenticated standalone Evidence. */
 export type EvidenceBundleFailure = {
-  readonly kind: "single-record" | "invalid-bundle";
+  readonly kind: "single-record" | "unsupported-format" | "invalid-bundle";
   readonly message: string;
   readonly cause: EvidenceBundleValidationFailure;
 };
@@ -282,12 +292,16 @@ const describeEvidenceBundleFailure = (
     };
   } catch (recordFailure: unknown) {
     if (!(recordFailure instanceof z.ZodError)) throw recordFailure;
+    // The format owner decides earlier bundles once; its message carries the
+    // recreate guidance instead of per-field schema failures.
+    if (cause instanceof UnsupportedEvidenceFormatError)
+      return { kind: "unsupported-format", cause, message: cause.message };
     return {
       kind: "invalid-bundle",
       cause,
       message:
         cause instanceof z.ZodError
-          ? `Evidence bundle does not match the bundle schema ${describeValidationFailure(cause)}. Supply an unmodified bundle produced by this REA identity format. Recreate observations from earlier formats; re-exporting an old bundle does not update its identities.`
+          ? `Evidence bundle does not match the bundle schema ${describeValidationFailure(cause)}. Supply an unmodified bundle produced by this REA release. ${RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE}`
           : `Evidence bundle validation failed: ${describeValidationFailure(cause)}. Recreate or re-export the bundle, then try again.`,
     };
   }
@@ -317,6 +331,7 @@ const parseBundle = (input: unknown, seal: boolean): EvidenceBundle => {
     const owned = immutableBundles.get(input);
     if (owned !== undefined) return owned;
   }
+  admitEvidenceBundleFormat(input);
   return authenticateBundle(evidenceBundleSchema.parse(input), seal);
 };
 
@@ -357,6 +372,7 @@ const readBundle = (
     );
   } catch (cause: unknown) {
     if (
+      !(cause instanceof UnsupportedEvidenceFormatError) &&
       !(cause instanceof z.ZodError) &&
       !(cause instanceof DuplicateEvidenceRecordError) &&
       !(cause instanceof InvalidResidualUnknownGraphError) &&
diff --git a/src/domain/evidenceFormat.test.ts b/src/domain/evidenceFormat.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5e0c4832a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/evidenceFormat.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { createEvidence } from "./evidence.js";
+import {
+  createEvidenceBundle,
+  readEvidenceBundle,
+  safeParseEvidenceBundle,
+} from "./evidenceBundle.js";
+import {
+  EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION,
+  RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE,
+} from "./evidenceFormat.js";
+
+const record = createEvidence(
+  undefined,
+  { id: "fixture", name: "Fixture", version: "1" },
+  { operation: "observe", parameters: {}, result: { observed: true } },
+);
+
+it("writes the current format revision and reads it back", () => {
+  const bundle = createEvidenceBundle([record]);
+  expect(bundle.evidence_format).toBe(EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION);
+  expect(safeParseEvidenceBundle(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(bundle)))).toEqual({
+    ok: true,
+    value: bundle,
+  });
+});
+
+it.each([
+  ["an unmarked (6.x) bundle", undefined],
+  ["another revision", EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION + 1],
+  ["a malformed revision", "1"],
+])("refuses %s once, with the recreate guidance", (_name, format) => {
+  const { evidence_format: _current, ...unmarked } = createEvidenceBundle([
+    record,
+  ]);
+  const earlier =
+    format === undefined ? unmarked : { ...unmarked, evidence_format: format };
+  const parsed = safeParseEvidenceBundle(earlier);
+  if (parsed.ok) throw new Error("Expected the earlier format to be refused");
+  expect(parsed.error.kind).toBe("unsupported-format");
+  expect(parsed.error.message).toContain(RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE);
+  const read = readEvidenceBundle(earlier, {
+    operation: "import_evidence_bundle",
+    path: ["evidence_bundle"],
+  });
+  expect(read).toMatchObject({
+    ok: false,
+    error: {
+      _tag: "EvidenceIntegrityError",
+      userMessage: expect.stringContaining(RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE),
+    },
+  });
+});
+
+it("still names a standalone Evidence record as the wrong input kind", () => {
+  const parsed = safeParseEvidenceBundle(record);
+  if (parsed.ok) throw new Error("Expected a record to be refused");
+  expect(parsed.error.kind).toBe("single-record");
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/evidenceFormat.ts b/src/domain/evidenceFormat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a5d9e6e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/evidenceFormat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+/**
+ * The Evidence format revision this REA release writes and reads.
+ *
+ * This module owns Evidence format evolution. A bundle declares its revision
+ * in `evidence_format`, and readers admit only the current one; anything
+ * older is refused with {@link RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE} rather than
+ * admitted one optional field at a time. A field added after a revision is
+ * optional only while its revision note below names it, and becomes required
+ * when the revision advances.
+ *
+ * Revision 1: the first marked format. Bundles without `evidence_format`
+ * (REA 6.x and earlier) are refused, and the 6.7-era artifact inventory
+ * summary identities are no longer rebuilt.
+ */
+export const EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION = 1;
+
+/** The single recovery for Evidence from an earlier format. */
+export const RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE =
+  "Recreate observations with the current REA release; re-exporting an earlier bundle does not update its format or identities.";
+
+/** A bundle member naming the format revision it was written in. */
+export const evidenceFormatSchema = z.literal(EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION, {
+  error: `evidence_format must be ${String(EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION)}. ${RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE}`,
+});
+
+/** A bundle written in a format this release does not read. */
+export class UnsupportedEvidenceFormatError extends TypeError {
+  constructor(
+    /** The declared revision, or `undefined` for an unmarked bundle. */
+    readonly found: unknown,
+  ) {
+    super(
+      `${
+        found === undefined
+          ? "This Evidence bundle predates format revisions"
+          : `Evidence bundle format ${JSON.stringify(found)} is not format ${String(EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION)}`
+      }, which this REA release reads. ${RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE}`,
+    );
+    this.name = "UnsupportedEvidenceFormatError";
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Refuse a bundle from another format before reading its shape, so an earlier
+ * bundle is reported as one format decision instead of per-field schema
+ * failures. Input without a `records` member is not a bundle and is left to
+ * the bundle schema (including a standalone Evidence record).
+ */
+export const admitEvidenceBundleFormat = (input: unknown): void => {
+  if (
+    typeof input !== "object" ||
+    input === null ||
+    Array.isArray(input) ||
+    !Object.hasOwn(input, "records")
+  )
+    return;
+  const found: unknown = Reflect.get(input, "evidence_format");
+  if (found !== EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION)
+    throw new UnsupportedEvidenceFormatError(found);
+};
diff --git a/src/domain/evidenceRecordSummary.test.ts b/src/domain/evidenceRecordSummary.test.ts
index b0571be4b1..32eafcb22d 100644
--- a/src/domain/evidenceRecordSummary.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/evidenceRecordSummary.test.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@ import { summarizeEvidenceBundle } from "./evidenceRecordSummary.js";
 it("preserves native identity independently of missing or incompatible value-flow metadata", () => {
   const records = [
     undefined,
+    {
+      available: true,
+      truncated: true,
+      omitted_operations_lower_bound: 1,
+      known_omitted_inputs: 0,
+      known_omitted_edges: 2,
+    },
     { available: true, truncated: true },
-    { unexpected: "legacy" },
     { available: false, reason: "Decompiler unavailable" },
   ].map((flow) =>
     createEvidence(
@@ -39,9 +45,9 @@ it("preserves native identity independently of missing or incompatible value-flo
         value_flow: {
           status: "observed",
           truncated: true,
-          omitted_operations_lower_bound: null,
-          known_omitted_inputs: null,
-          known_omitted_edges: null,
+          omitted_operations_lower_bound: 1,
+          known_omitted_inputs: 0,
+          known_omitted_edges: 2,
         },
       }),
       expect.objectContaining({
@@ -62,7 +68,7 @@ it.each([
       omitted_operations_lower_bound: 2,
       known_omitted_inputs: 3,
       known_omitted_edges: 4,
-      operations: "historical collection representation",
+      operations: "full collections are not parsed",
     },
     expected: {
       status: "observed",
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ it.each([
   },
   {
     flow: { available: false, reason: "" },
-    expected: { status: "unavailable", reason: "" },
+    expected: { status: "unknown", reason: expect.any(String) },
   },
   {
     flow: { available: true, truncated: false, known_omitted_edges: -1 },
diff --git a/src/domain/evidenceRecordSummary.ts b/src/domain/evidenceRecordSummary.ts
index caa2438448..870d2bf49c 100644
--- a/src/domain/evidenceRecordSummary.ts
+++ b/src/domain/evidenceRecordSummary.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ const nativeSummarySchema = z.discriminatedUnion("available", [
       z.strictObject({
         status: z.literal("observed"),
         truncated: z.boolean(),
-        omitted_operations_lower_bound: countSchema.nullable(),
-        known_omitted_inputs: countSchema.nullable(),
-        known_omitted_edges: countSchema.nullable(),
+        omitted_operations_lower_bound: countSchema,
+        known_omitted_inputs: countSchema,
+        known_omitted_edges: countSchema,
       }),
       z.strictObject({ status: z.literal("unavailable"), reason: z.string() }),
       z.strictObject({ status: z.literal("not-recorded") }),
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ const nativeSummary = (
                 status: "observed",
                 truncated: flow.data.truncated,
                 omitted_operations_lower_bound:
-                  flow.data.omitted_operations_lower_bound ?? null,
-                known_omitted_inputs: flow.data.known_omitted_inputs ?? null,
-                known_omitted_edges: flow.data.known_omitted_edges ?? null,
+                  flow.data.omitted_operations_lower_bound,
+                known_omitted_inputs: flow.data.known_omitted_inputs,
+                known_omitted_edges: flow.data.known_omitted_edges,
               }
             : { status: "unavailable", reason: flow.data.reason },
   };
diff --git a/src/domain/flutter/flutterBuildAnalysis.ts b/src/domain/flutter/flutterBuildAnalysis.ts
index 487327bb1c..1859a0bcb1 100644
--- a/src/domain/flutter/flutterBuildAnalysis.ts
+++ b/src/domain/flutter/flutterBuildAnalysis.ts
@@ -233,11 +233,7 @@ export const flutterResultSchemas = {
       ),
     }),
     string_pool: z.strictObject({
-      policy: dartPoolPolicySchema
-        .optional()
-        .describe(
-          "Effective selection and budgets; absent from older Evidence",
-        ),
+      policy: dartPoolPolicySchema.describe("Effective selection and budgets"),
       coverage: z
         .enum(["complete", "partial"])
         .describe(
diff --git a/src/domain/ghidraValues.fixture.ts b/src/domain/ghidraValues.fixture.ts
index 904de4e462..01087a6498 100644
--- a/src/domain/ghidraValues.fixture.ts
+++ b/src/domain/ghidraValues.fixture.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ export const ghidraFunctionDossier = (): JsonValue => {
     native_value_flow: {
       available: true,
       provenance: "ghidra-high-pcode",
+      limits: {
+        max_operations: 3_000,
+        max_inputs_per_operation: 64,
+        max_edges: 12_000,
+      },
+      limits_reached: [],
       operations: [
         {
           id: "0x401000#0",
diff --git a/src/domain/gpu/gpuCodeObjects.test.ts b/src/domain/gpu/gpuCodeObjects.test.ts
index 4ad9eca74d..e937aed35f 100644
--- a/src/domain/gpu/gpuCodeObjects.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/gpu/gpuCodeObjects.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import { expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { gpuPtxArtifactSchema } from "./gpuCodeObjects.js";
+import { gpuObjectSchema, gpuPtxArtifactSchema } from "./gpuCodeObjects.js";
 it("binds retained PTX identity to its actual UTF-8 bytes and source extent", () => {
   const text = "\uFEFF// 雪🧪\n.version 8.8\n",
     size = Buffer.byteLength(text);
@@ -32,3 +32,9 @@ it("binds retained PTX identity to its actual UTF-8 bytes and source extent", ()
       gpuPtxArtifactSchema.safeParse({ ...artifact, ...patch }).success,
     ).toBe(false);
 });
+
+it("requires the AMD target metadata fact that every inventory row records", () => {
+  const field = gpuObjectSchema.shape.amd_target_metadata;
+  expect(field.safeParse(null).success).toBe(true);
+  expect(field.safeParse(undefined).success).toBe(false);
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/gpu/gpuCodeObjects.ts b/src/domain/gpu/gpuCodeObjects.ts
index ae00de1ec3..cee0531682 100644
--- a/src/domain/gpu/gpuCodeObjects.ts
+++ b/src/domain/gpu/gpuCodeObjects.ts
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ export const gpuObjectSchema = z.strictObject({
         }),
       ),
     })
-    .nullable()
-    .default(null),
+    .nullable(),
   target_consistency: z.enum([
     "unexamined",
     "single-source",
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/electronPageInspection.fixture.ts b/src/domain/javascript/electronPageInspection.fixture.ts
index e5fe9d0dcb..3f96da7d08 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/electronPageInspection.fixture.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/electronPageInspection.fixture.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ export const emptyElectronPageCoverage = (observationMs = 0) => ({
     },
   }),
   frames: [],
-  dom: { total_nodes: 0, nodes: [] },
+  dom: {
+    total_nodes: 0,
+    node_value_length_unit: "utf8-bytes" as const,
+    nodes: [],
+  },
   scripts: { total: 0, items: [] },
   resources: [],
   workers: [],
diff --git a/src/domain/managed/managedNativeVerificationSource.test.ts b/src/domain/managed/managedNativeVerificationSource.test.ts
index 003aedc97c..340dcbd9e7 100644
--- a/src/domain/managed/managedNativeVerificationSource.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/managed/managedNativeVerificationSource.test.ts
@@ -6,19 +6,18 @@ import { inspectMachoSchema } from "../native/nativeInspection.js";
 import { readManagedNativeVerificationSource } from "./managedNativeVerificationSource.js";
 
 describe("managed/native verification source", () => {
-  it("accepts inspect_macho Evidence retained before encryption reporting", () => {
+  it("refuses inspect_macho Evidence without encryption reporting", () => {
     const original = MANAGED_NATIVE_VERIFICATION_EXAMPLE.native_observations[0];
     if (original === undefined)
       throw new Error(
         "Managed verification example is missing native Evidence",
       );
-    const { encryption: _omitted, ...legacy } = inspectMachoSchema.parse(
-      original.normalized_result,
-    );
+    const { encryption: _omitted, ...withoutEncryption } =
+      inspectMachoSchema.parse(original.normalized_result);
     const evidence = createEvidence(undefined, original.provider, {
       operation: "inspect_macho",
       parameters: original.parameters,
-      result: legacy,
+      result: withoutEncryption,
       rawResult: null,
       limitations: [],
     });
@@ -27,12 +26,9 @@ describe("managed/native verification source", () => {
         MANAGED_NATIVE_VERIFICATION_EXAMPLE.managed_boundaries,
       native_observations: [evidence],
     });
-    if (!source.ok) throw source.error;
-    const [observation] = source.value.nativeObservations;
-    expect(observation?.supported).toBe(true);
-    expect(observation?.platform).toBeNull();
-    expect(observation?.symbols.map(({ name }) => name)).toEqual([
-      "open_native",
-    ]);
+    expect(source).toMatchObject({
+      ok: false,
+      error: { _tag: "EvidenceIntegrityError" },
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/domain/managed/managedNativeVerificationSource.ts b/src/domain/managed/managedNativeVerificationSource.ts
index a9c5414e9c..f8e15c3ce5 100644
--- a/src/domain/managed/managedNativeVerificationSource.ts
+++ b/src/domain/managed/managedNativeVerificationSource.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { analysisInputErrorFromIssues } from "../inputIssueProjection.js";
 import { readEvidence, readEvidencePayload } from "../evidenceValidation.js";
 import { err, ok, type Result } from "../result.js";
 import { functionDossierSchema } from "../native/functionDossier.js";
-import { retainedInspectMachoSchema } from "../native/nativeInspection.js";
+import { inspectMachoSchema } from "../native/nativeInspection.js";
 import {
   managedNativeBoundaryInspectionSchema,
   type ManagedNativeBoundaryInspection,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const readNativeObservation = (
       : null;
   if (evidence.operation === "inspect_macho") {
     const payload = readEvidencePayload(
-      retainedInspectMachoSchema,
+      inspectMachoSchema,
       evidence.normalized_result,
     );
     if (!payload.ok) return payload;
diff --git a/src/domain/native/kernelModule.test.ts b/src/domain/native/kernelModule.test.ts
index d0d0f46808..a2e4b52087 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/kernelModule.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/kernelModule.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { inspectKernelModuleInputSchema } from "./kernelModule.js";
+import {
+  KERNEL_MODULE_MODINFO_ENTRY_REASONS,
+  inspectKernelModuleInputSchema,
+} from "./kernelModule.js";
 
 it("rejects extra caller arguments and applies kernel-module budgets", () => {
   expect(
@@ -15,3 +18,9 @@ it("rejects extra caller arguments and applies kernel-module budgets", () => {
     max_entries: 8192,
   });
 });
+
+it("keeps modinfo field omission separate from entry validity", () => {
+  expect(KERNEL_MODULE_MODINFO_ENTRY_REASONS).not.toContain(
+    "modinfo_field_exceeds_limit",
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/native/kernelModule.ts b/src/domain/native/kernelModule.ts
index 9d2c40e752..5b4e8a216e 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/kernelModule.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/kernelModule.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ export const KERNEL_MODULE_MODINFO_ENTRY_REASONS = [
   "unterminated_modinfo_entry",
   "modinfo_missing_separator",
   "modinfo_empty_key",
-  // Accepted when decoding older Evidence; new observations separate omission from validity.
-  "modinfo_field_exceeds_limit",
 ] as const;
 
 export const KERNEL_MODULE_MODINFO_SECTION_REASONS = [
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeExports.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeExports.ts
index 715d5b15f8..70d8988c03 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeExports.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeExports.ts
@@ -57,33 +57,32 @@ const peExportSchema = z.strictObject({
 
 /**
  * One defined, default- or protected-visibility global, weak or unique
- * dynamic symbol. `visibility` is "unknown" in historical Evidence where
- * dynamic symbol visibility was not recorded. `version` is null when the
+ * dynamic symbol. `version` is null when the
  * symbol carries no version and "unknown" when the version table could not be
  * read; a hidden version is not the default one a by-name lookup selects.
  */
 const elfExportSchema = z.strictObject({
   name: z.string().min(1),
-  /** Exact non-ASCII name bytes; ELF string tables do not declare text encoding. */
-  name_bytes_base64: canonicalBase64Schema.nullable().default(null),
-  /** Whether `name` was decoded as UTF-8; null means this field was not recorded in older Evidence. */
-  name_utf8_decodable: z.boolean().nullable().default(null),
+  /** Exact name bytes when any is non-ASCII; null means `name` is ASCII. ELF string tables do not declare text encoding. */
+  name_bytes_base64: canonicalBase64Schema.nullable(),
+  /** Whether the name bytes are valid UTF-8; otherwise `name` is their Latin-1 display. */
+  name_utf8_decodable: z.boolean(),
   /** `st_value` as stored; on 32-bit ARM, bit 0 of a function marks Thumb code. */
   value: address,
   size: z.string().regex(/^[0-9]+$/u),
   type: z.enum(["function", "ifunc", "object", "tls", "other"]),
   binding: z.enum(["global", "weak", "unique"]),
-  visibility: z.enum(["default", "protected", "unknown"]).default("unknown"),
+  visibility: z.enum(["default", "protected"]),
   version: z.union([
     z.null(),
     z.literal("unknown"),
     z.strictObject({
       index: z.number().int().min(2).max(0x7fff),
       name: z.string().min(1).nullable(),
-      /** Exact non-ASCII version-name bytes; ELF strings do not declare encoding. */
-      name_bytes_base64: canonicalBase64Schema.nullable().default(null),
-      /** Null means older Evidence did not retain version-name encoding facts. */
-      name_utf8_decodable: z.boolean().nullable().default(null),
+      /** Exact version-name bytes when any is non-ASCII; ELF strings do not declare encoding. */
+      name_bytes_base64: canonicalBase64Schema.nullable(),
+      /** Whether the version-name bytes are valid UTF-8; null exactly when `name` is unresolved. */
+      name_utf8_decodable: z.boolean().nullable(),
       hidden: z.boolean(),
     }),
   ]),
@@ -168,15 +167,25 @@ export const nativeExportsSchema = z
       },
       path: (string | number)[],
     ) => {
-      // Historical omissions remain unknown. Complete encoding facts must agree
-      // with the producer's UTF-8-or-Latin-1 display interpretation.
-      if (row.name_bytes_base64 === null || row.name_utf8_decodable === null)
-        return;
-      const bytes = Buffer.from(row.name_bytes_base64, "base64");
-      const decoded = decodeElfExportName(bytes);
+      // Encoding facts must agree with the producer's UTF-8-or-Latin-1 display
+      // interpretation; an unresolved version name has none.
+      const expected =
+        row.name === null
+          ? { name: null, name_bytes_base64: null, name_utf8_decodable: null }
+          : row.name_bytes_base64 === null
+            ? /^[\x00-\x7f]*$/u.test(row.name)
+              ? {
+                  name: row.name,
+                  name_bytes_base64: null,
+                  name_utf8_decodable: true,
+                }
+              : undefined
+            : decodeElfExportName(Buffer.from(row.name_bytes_base64, "base64"));
       if (
-        decoded.name_utf8_decodable !== row.name_utf8_decodable ||
-        decoded.name !== row.name
+        expected === undefined ||
+        expected.name !== row.name ||
+        expected.name_bytes_base64 !== row.name_bytes_base64 ||
+        expected.name_utf8_decodable !== row.name_utf8_decodable
       )
         context.addIssue({
           code: "custom",
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeInspection.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeInspection.ts
index 5599819802..cf12a3f3ec 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeInspection.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeInspection.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 import { bundleResourceRootSchema } from "../apple/bundleResourceRoot.js";
 import { jsonRecordSchema } from "../jsonRecord.js";
 import { jsonValueSchema } from "../jsonValue.js";
-import {
-  machoSliceEncryptionSchema,
-  retainedMachoSliceEncryptionSchema,
-} from "../apple/machoEncryption.js";
+import { machoSliceEncryptionSchema } from "../apple/machoEncryption.js";
 
 const hexAddress = z.string().regex(/^0x[a-fA-F0-9]+$/u);
 const bytesHex = z.string().regex(/^(?:[0-9a-f]{2})*$/u);
@@ -55,13 +52,13 @@ const sectionSchema = z.object({
   segment_bytes_hex: bytesHex
     .optional()
     .describe(
-      "Original segment-name bytes before the first NUL; omitted in older Evidence.",
+      "Original segment-name bytes before the first NUL, present when the name is not valid UTF-8 and `segment` is null.",
     ),
   name: z.string().nullable(),
   name_bytes_hex: bytesHex
     .optional()
     .describe(
-      "Original section-name bytes before the first NUL; omitted in older Evidence.",
+      "Original section-name bytes before the first NUL, present when the name is not valid UTF-8 and `name` is null.",
     ),
   address: hexAddress.nullable(),
   size: z.int().min(0).nullable(),
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ const segmentSchema = z.object({
   name_bytes_hex: bytesHex
     .optional()
     .describe(
-      "Original segment-name bytes before the first NUL; omitted in older Evidence.",
+      "Original segment-name bytes before the first NUL, present when the name is not valid UTF-8 and `name` is null.",
     ),
   vm_address: hexAddress.nullable(),
   vm_size: z.int().min(0).nullable(),
@@ -123,9 +120,8 @@ const segmentSchema = z.object({
 const runtimeNameSchema = z
   .string()
   .nullable()
-  .default(null)
   .describe(
-    "Symbol-table `name` without the one leading underscore Darwin adds to language-level symbols (`_main` is `main`, `__ZN3rea3addEii` is `_ZN3rea3addEii`), as LLDB and dlsym name it and observe_native_calls function breakpoints accept; a name without that underscore, such as `-[Class selector]`, is unchanged. Null when `name` is null, nothing remains, or the Evidence predates this field.",
+    "Symbol-table `name` without the one leading underscore Darwin adds to language-level symbols (`_main` is `main`, `__ZN3rea3addEii` is `_ZN3rea3addEii`), as LLDB and dlsym name it and observe_native_calls function breakpoints accept; a name without that underscore, such as `-[Class selector]`, is unchanged. Null when `name` is null or nothing remains.",
   );
 const symbolSchema = z.object({
   /** Exact Mach-O symbol-table name, the source fact. */
@@ -141,10 +137,10 @@ const importSymbolSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().nullable(),
   runtime_name: runtimeNameSchema,
   /** Exact import text retained when a chained suffix makes identity ambiguous. */
-  raw_name: z.string().nullable().default(null),
-  name_status: z.enum(["exact", "ambiguous"]).nullable().default(null),
+  raw_name: z.string().nullable(),
+  name_status: z.enum(["exact", "ambiguous"]),
   /** Addend is unknown when only the ambiguous text expression is available. */
-  addend: hexAddress.nullable().default(null),
+  addend: hexAddress.nullable(),
   address: hexAddress.nullable(),
   weak: z.boolean().nullable(),
   reexport: z.boolean().nullable(),
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@ const dependencySchema = z.object({
   path_bytes_hex: bytesHex
     .optional()
     .describe(
-      "Original load-command path bytes before the first NUL; omitted in older Evidence.",
+      "Original load-command path bytes before the first NUL, present when the path is not valid UTF-8 and `path` is null.",
     ),
   kind: z.string(),
   current_version: z.string().nullable(),
@@ -220,27 +216,6 @@ export const inspectMachoSchema = z.object({
   limitations: z.array(z.string()),
 });
 
-/**
- * Retained inspect_macho Evidence, including results recorded before
- * `encryption` was reported. Not recorded is unknown, never evidence that no
- * slice is encrypted.
- */
-export const retainedInspectMachoSchema = inspectMachoSchema
-  .extend({
-    encryption: coverage(retainedMachoSliceEncryptionSchema).optional(),
-  })
-  .transform(({ encryption, ...report }) => ({
-    ...report,
-    encryption: encryption ?? {
-      items: [],
-      total: null,
-      exhaustive: false,
-      limitations: [
-        "This inspect_macho Evidence predates encryption reporting; slice encryption status is unknown.",
-      ],
-    },
-  }));
-
 export const inspectSignatureSchema = z.object({
   signed: z.boolean(),
   identifier: z.string().nullable(),
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeInstruction.test.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeInstruction.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f77ce0217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeInstruction.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { nativeInstructionSchema } from "./nativeInstruction.js";
+
+it("admits only instruction statuses a provider reports", () => {
+  const status = nativeInstructionSchema.shape.status;
+  expect(status.safeParse("not-in-listing").success).toBe(true);
+  expect(status.safeParse("undecodable").success).toBe(false);
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeInstruction.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeInstruction.ts
index c7f7b73d49..8b09faa0a5 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeInstruction.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeInstruction.ts
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ export const nativeInstructionSchema = z.strictObject({
       "not-instruction-boundary",
       "data",
       "not-in-listing",
-      "undecodable",
       "outside-memory",
     ])
     .describe(
-      "decoded is an instruction at the address; not-instruction-boundary is inside a listed instruction; data is defined data; outside-memory is outside the program's memory. Ghidra's not-in-listing means the address is in memory with no listed instruction or defined data; no decode was attempted, and memory may be uninitialized. The legacy undecodable value in older Evidence has the same ambiguous meaning and does not prove decoding failed.",
+      "decoded is an instruction at the address; not-instruction-boundary is inside a listed instruction; data is defined data; outside-memory is outside the program's memory. Ghidra's not-in-listing means the address is in memory with no listed instruction or defined data; no decode was attempted, and memory may be uninitialized.",
     ),
   procedure: z.string().nullable(),
   containing_instruction: z
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ export const nativeInstructionSchema = z.strictObject({
     })
     .optional()
     .describe(
-      "Provider-observed listed instruction containing the exact requested interior address. Its address and length describe the containing instruction; the query address remains unchanged. Omission means not recorded or not applicable, including older Evidence. This does not imply a function, alternate decode, reachability, or runtime execution.",
+      "Provider-observed listed instruction containing the exact requested interior address. Its address and length describe the containing instruction; the query address remains unchanged. Present when status is not-instruction-boundary. This does not imply a function, alternate decode, reachability, or runtime execution.",
     ),
   containing_data: z
     .strictObject({
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ export const nativeInstructionSchema = z.strictObject({
     })
     .optional()
     .describe(
-      "Provider-observed containing defined data object, including its start and type identity; the selected address remains unchanged. Inspect its start with inspect_native_data_type for its layout. This does not choose a field or union member or prove runtime use. Omission means not recorded or not applicable, including older Evidence.",
+      "Provider-observed containing defined data object, including its start and type identity; the selected address remains unchanged. Inspect its start with inspect_native_data_type for its layout. This does not choose a field or union member or prove runtime use. Present when status is data.",
     ),
   architecture: z.string(),
   mode: z
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ export const nativeInstructionSchema = z.strictObject({
     )
     .optional()
     .describe(
-      "Observed per-address decoder context. Null means no value was available; omission means the provider or older capture does not expose this facet. The separate mode field retains the program language variant.",
+      "Observed per-address decoder context. Null means no value was available; omission means the provider does not expose this facet for the program architecture. The separate mode field retains the program language variant.",
     ),
   bytes: z.string().nullable(),
   length: z.int().positive().nullable(),
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ export const nativeInstructionSchema = z.strictObject({
       )
       .optional()
       .describe(
-        "Observed provider facts used to classify flow; older captures or other providers may omit them.",
+        "Observed provider facts used to classify flow; a provider that does not expose them omits the field.",
       ),
   }),
   references: z.array(reference),
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeInvestigationGraph.test.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeInvestigationGraph.test.ts
index 14099becc9..f51a022b1a 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeInvestigationGraph.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeInvestigationGraph.test.ts
@@ -331,20 +331,11 @@ describe("Interface Builder dispatch joins", () => {
 
 describe("Objective-C category ownership joins", () => {
   it.each([
-    {
-      className: "BuildViewController",
-      category: "BuilderActions",
-      legacy: false,
-    },
-    {
-      className: "BuildViewController(Literal)",
-      category: undefined,
-      legacy: false,
-    },
-    { className: "BuildViewController", category: undefined, legacy: true },
+    { className: "BuildViewController", category: "BuilderActions" },
+    { className: "BuildViewController(Literal)", category: undefined },
   ])(
     "matches exact instance owner $className with category $category",
-    ({ className, category, legacy }) => {
+    ({ className, category }) => {
       const ui = buildInterfaceBuilderAnalysis({
         targetSha256: "b".repeat(64),
         toolVersion: "test",
@@ -390,27 +381,17 @@ describe("Objective-C category ownership joins", () => {
             evidence,
           },
           {
-            class_name: legacy ? `${className}(BuilderActions)` : className,
+            class_name: className,
             ...(category === undefined ? {} : { category }),
             selector: "buildTapped:",
             method_type: "instance" as const,
             implementation_address: "0x1000",
             location: { address: "0x1000", file_offset: 0 },
-            decode: legacy
-              ? { status: "partial" as const, reason: "symbol_name_only" }
-              : { status: "decoded" as const, reason: null },
-            evidence: legacy
-              ? [
-                  {
-                    ...evidence[0]!,
-                    kind: "symbol" as const,
-                    description: `Provider symbol -[${className}(BuilderActions) buildTapped:]`,
-                  },
-                ]
-              : evidence,
+            decode: { status: "decoded" as const, reason: null },
+            evidence,
           },
           {
-            // A historical or binary class identity does not declare a category.
+            // A binary class identity does not declare a category.
             class_name: `${className}(Legacy)`,
             selector: "buildTapped:",
             method_type: "instance" as const,
@@ -432,7 +413,7 @@ describe("Objective-C category ownership joins", () => {
       expect(joined.edges).toContainEqual(
         expect.objectContaining({
           relation: "objc_dispatch",
-          resolution: legacy ? "inferred" : "resolved",
+          resolution: "resolved",
           to: "native:function:0x1000",
         }),
       );
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeInvestigationGraph.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeInvestigationGraph.ts
index a1654d5ab6..5991c37f06 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeInvestigationGraph.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeInvestigationGraph.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 import {
-  objcImplementationClassName,
   nativeMetadataEvidenceSchema,
   nativeMetadataLocationSchema,
   type ObjcSwiftMetadata,
@@ -367,8 +366,7 @@ export const joinInterfaceBuilderDispatch = (
       (candidate) =>
         candidate.method_type === "instance" &&
         candidate.selector === selector &&
-        (className === null ||
-          objcImplementationClassName(candidate) === className),
+        (className === null || candidate.class_name === className),
     );
     const implementation = candidates.length === 1 ? candidates[0] : undefined;
     const edgeId = `dispatch:${selectorNodeId}:${className ?? owner?.id ?? "unknown"}:${selector}`;
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeLoadImage.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeLoadImage.ts
index 12857e89f6..b723089756 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeLoadImage.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeLoadImage.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ export const nativeLoadImageObservationSchema = z.strictObject({
       initialized: z.boolean(),
       loaded: z.boolean(),
       overlay: z.boolean(),
-      // Optional so inspection snapshots saved before permissions were measured still parse.
-      readable: z.boolean().optional(),
-      writable: z.boolean().optional(),
-      executable: z.boolean().optional(),
+      readable: z.boolean(),
+      writable: z.boolean(),
+      executable: z.boolean(),
       length: integer.min(1),
       source_file_index: integer.nullable(),
       file_offset: integer.nullable(),
@@ -50,8 +49,8 @@ export const nativeLoadImageObservationSchema = z.strictObject({
       offset: integer.max(0xffff).nullable(),
       status: z.string().min(1),
       type: z.int(),
-      // Missing on retained observations made before the provider recorded it.
-      symbol: z.string().nullable().exactOptional(),
+      /** Ghidra's relocation symbol name; null when the relocation has none. */
+      symbol: z.string().nullable(),
       values: z.array(
         z.int().min(Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER).max(Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER),
       ),
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeValueFlow.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeValueFlow.ts
index ff6cd88b56..1f8488b40d 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeValueFlow.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeValueFlow.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const nativePcodeEffectSchema = z.strictObject({
   value_input: z.int().nonnegative().nullable(),
 });
 
-/** Accepted projection budgets; historical observations may omit these facts. */
+/** Accepted projection budgets. */
 export const nativeValueFlowLimitsSchema = z.strictObject({
   max_operations: z.int().min(1).max(MAXIMUM_GHIDRA_VALUE_FLOW_RECORDS),
   max_inputs_per_operation: z
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ export type NativeValueFlowLimits = z.infer<typeof nativeValueFlowLimitsSchema>;
 export const availableNativeValueFlowSchema = z.strictObject({
   available: z.literal(true),
   provenance: z.literal("ghidra-high-pcode"),
-  limits: nativeValueFlowLimitsSchema.exactOptional(),
-  limits_reached: z
-    .array(z.enum(["max_operations", "max_inputs_per_operation", "max_edges"]))
-    .exactOptional(),
+  limits: nativeValueFlowLimitsSchema,
+  limits_reached: z.array(
+    z.enum(["max_operations", "max_inputs_per_operation", "max_edges"]),
+  ),
   operations: z.array(nativePcodeOperationSchema),
   def_use: z.array(nativePcodeDefUseSchema),
   effects: z
@@ -102,10 +102,7 @@ export const nativeValueFlowSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("available", [
   unavailableNativeValueFlowSchema,
 ]);
 
-/** Lightweight retained metadata; historical records may omit newer omission counts.
- * Strip full flow collections without parsing or copying them. An empty recorded
- * unavailable reason remains source evidence even though new producers forbid it.
- */
+/** Lightweight retained metadata: strip full flow collections without parsing or copying them. */
 export const nativeValueFlowMetadataSchema = z.union([
   availableNativeValueFlowSchema
     .pick({
@@ -115,14 +112,8 @@ export const nativeValueFlowMetadataSchema = z.union([
       known_omitted_inputs: true,
       known_omitted_edges: true,
     })
-    .partial({
-      omitted_operations_lower_bound: true,
-      known_omitted_inputs: true,
-      known_omitted_edges: true,
-    })
     .strip(),
   unavailableNativeValueFlowSchema
     .pick({ available: true, reason: true })
-    .extend({ reason: z.string() })
     .strip(),
 ]);
diff --git a/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.test.ts b/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.test.ts
index cf5c8d8067..be84abaa54 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.test.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import {
   inspectNativeDispatchMetadata,
-  objcImplementationClassName,
+  swiftConformanceSchema,
 } from "./objcSwiftMetadata.js";
 
 describe("symbol-only Objective-C implementation identity", () => {
   it.each([" ", "  ", "\t"])(
-    "interprets legacy symbol ownership with separator %j without rewriting retained facts",
+    "separates category ownership with separator %j",
     (separator) => {
       const metadata = inspectNativeDispatchMetadata(
         [
@@ -18,37 +18,13 @@ describe("symbol-only Objective-C implementation identity", () => {
         ],
         1,
       );
-      const current = metadata.objc_dispatch_implementations[0]!;
-      const { category: _category, ...record } = current;
-      const legacy = { ...record, class_name: "StoreController(Actions)" };
-      expect(objcImplementationClassName(legacy)).toBe("StoreController");
-      expect(legacy.class_name).toBe("StoreController(Actions)");
-      expect(legacy.evidence).toBe(current.evidence);
-      expect(objcImplementationClassName({ ...legacy, evidence: [] })).toBe(
-        legacy.class_name,
-      );
-      expect(
-        objcImplementationClassName({
-          ...legacy,
-          evidence: [
-            ...legacy.evidence,
-            {
-              ...legacy.evidence[0]!,
-              description:
-                "Provider symbol -[OtherController(Actions) buildTapped:]",
-            },
-          ],
-        }),
-      ).toBe(legacy.class_name);
-      expect(objcImplementationClassName({ ...legacy, category: null })).toBe(
-        legacy.class_name,
-      );
-      expect(
-        objcImplementationClassName({
-          ...legacy,
-          decode: { status: "decoded", reason: null },
-        }),
-      ).toBe(legacy.class_name);
+      expect(metadata.objc_dispatch_implementations).toMatchObject([
+        {
+          class_name: "StoreController",
+          category: "Actions",
+          selector: "buildTapped:",
+        },
+      ]);
     },
   );
 
@@ -370,3 +346,9 @@ it("derives classes only from complete class symbol leaves", () => {
     }),
   );
 });
+
+it("requires the Swift ABI type-reference kind on every conformance", () => {
+  const field = swiftConformanceSchema.shape.type_reference_kind;
+  expect(field.safeParse(0).success).toBe(true);
+  expect(field.safeParse(undefined).success).toBe(false);
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.ts b/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.ts
index 75e1a15c5b..015e767c8e 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ const objcMethodSymbolOwner = (owner: string) => {
   };
 };
 
-/** The accepted provider spelling, shared by new and retained symbol records. */
+/** The accepted provider method-symbol spelling. */
 const parseObjcMethodSymbol = (symbol: string) => {
   const match = /^([+-])\[([^\s\]]+)\s+([^\]]+)\]$/u.exec(symbol);
   if (match?.[1] === undefined || !match[2] || !match[3]) return undefined;
@@ -225,39 +225,6 @@ const parseObjcMethodSymbol = (symbol: string) => {
   };
 };
 
-/** Retained symbol-only records predate separate category ownership. */
-export const objcImplementationClassName = (
-  implementation: ObjcDispatchImplementation,
-): string => {
-  if (
-    implementation.category !== undefined ||
-    implementation.decode.reason !== "symbol_name_only"
-  )
-    return implementation.class_name;
-  const symbols = implementation.evidence.filter(
-    ({ kind }) => kind === "symbol",
-  );
-  // Conflicting or absent source facts cannot establish category qualification.
-  if (
-    symbols.length === 0 ||
-    symbols.some((item) => {
-      const prefix = "Provider symbol ";
-      if (!item.description.startsWith(prefix)) return true;
-      const parsed = parseObjcMethodSymbol(
-        item.description.slice(prefix.length),
-      );
-      return (
-        parsed === undefined ||
-        parsed.reported_owner !== implementation.class_name ||
-        parsed.selector !== implementation.selector ||
-        parsed.method_type !== implementation.method_type
-      );
-    })
-  )
-    return implementation.class_name;
-  return objcMethodSymbolOwner(implementation.class_name).class_name;
-};
-
 /** Project class declarations without selecting an ambiguous or unrepresentable address. */
 export const projectObjcClassMethods = (
   implementations: readonly ObjcDispatchImplementation[],
@@ -315,8 +282,8 @@ export type MachoImportBinding = z.infer<typeof machoImportBindingSchema>;
 /** Swift protocol conformance and its associated witness-table location. */
 export const swiftConformanceSchema = z.strictObject({
   type_name: z.string().min(1).nullable(),
-  /** Raw three-bit Swift ABI type-reference kind; absent in older Evidence. */
-  type_reference_kind: z.number().int().min(0).max(7).optional(),
+  /** Raw three-bit Swift ABI type-reference kind. */
+  type_reference_kind: z.number().int().min(0).max(7),
   /** Address of the descriptor, class-name string, or resolved ObjC class reference. */
   type_reference_target: nativeMetadataLocationSchema.optional(),
   type_binding: machoImportBindingSchema.nullable().optional(),
@@ -587,8 +554,8 @@ export const inspectNativeDispatchMetadata = (
         category,
       } = method;
       // The provider's method-symbol grammar owns category qualification. Binary
-      // class names and historical records are identities, not display strings
-      // for downstream consumers to split. Keep the original symbol in Evidence.
+      // class names are identities, not display strings for downstream
+      // consumers to split. Keep the original symbol in Evidence.
       const key = parsedAddress.success
         ? compositeKey([
             className,
diff --git a/src/domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.ts b/src/domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.ts
index 6359781777..6861049120 100644
--- a/src/domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.ts
+++ b/src/domain/pcap/pcapAnalysis.ts
@@ -61,20 +61,6 @@ const client = z.strictObject({
   capinfos_identity_status: z.enum(["verified", "unresolved"]),
 });
 
-/** Defaults for historical report Evidence written before executable identity was recorded. */
-const legacyClientIdentity = client.extend({
-  tshark_resolved_path: localPathStringSchema.nullable().default(null),
-  tshark_sha256: digestSchema.nullable().default(null),
-  tshark_identity_status: z
-    .enum(["verified", "unresolved"])
-    .default("unresolved"),
-  capinfos_resolved_path: localPathStringSchema.nullable().default(null),
-  capinfos_sha256: digestSchema.nullable().default(null),
-  capinfos_identity_status: z
-    .enum(["verified", "unresolved"])
-    .default("unresolved"),
-});
-
 const endpoint = z.strictObject({
   address: z.string().min(1),
   port: z.int().positive().nullable(),
@@ -86,9 +72,8 @@ const dnsQuery = z.strictObject({
   query_labels_hex: z
     .array(z.string().regex(/^(?:[0-9a-f]{2}){1,63}$/u))
     .nullable()
-    .optional()
     .describe(
-      "Original DNS wire label bytes in order, as lowercase hex strings; the root terminator is excluded. Null or omission means unknown wire identity; display text alone does not establish identity.",
+      "Original DNS wire label bytes in order, as lowercase hex strings; the root terminator is excluded. Null means unknown wire identity; display text alone does not establish identity.",
     ),
   response_addresses: z.array(z.string().min(1)),
   response_address_count: z.int().nonnegative(),
@@ -144,10 +129,3 @@ export const pcapResultSchemas = {
       .optional(),
   }),
 } as const;
-
-/** Read compatibility for retained capture Evidence from earlier REA versions. */
-export const pcapEvidenceSchemas = {
-  inspect_pcap_capture: pcapResultSchemas.inspect_pcap_capture.extend({
-    client: legacyClientIdentity,
-  }),
-} as const;
diff --git a/src/domain/sqlite/sqliteDatabase.ts b/src/domain/sqlite/sqliteDatabase.ts
index c776d0471b..904e2e4488 100644
--- a/src/domain/sqlite/sqliteDatabase.ts
+++ b/src/domain/sqlite/sqliteDatabase.ts
@@ -150,11 +150,9 @@ export const sqliteDatabaseSchema = z
       name: z.literal("SQLite"),
       version: z.string().min(1),
     }),
-    worker_timeout_ms: timerDurationMsSchema
-      .exactOptional()
-      .describe(
-        "Actual parent-supervised worker deadline in milliseconds; absent in historical Evidence means unknown, not the default.",
-      ),
+    worker_timeout_ms: timerDurationMsSchema.describe(
+      "Actual parent-supervised worker deadline in milliseconds.",
+    ),
     database_encoding: encoding,
     schema: z.strictObject({
       scope: z.enum(["inventory", "selected_table", "database"]),
diff --git a/src/domain/webCaptureDiff.ts b/src/domain/webCaptureDiff.ts
index 61a93e97d6..e0bb4c087a 100644
--- a/src/domain/webCaptureDiff.ts
+++ b/src/domain/webCaptureDiff.ts
@@ -1082,8 +1082,7 @@ const domValueLengthsComparable = (
   after: WebPageInspection["dom"],
 ): boolean =>
   (before.nodes.length === 0 && after.nodes.length === 0) ||
-  (before.node_value_length_unit !== undefined &&
-    before.node_value_length_unit === after.node_value_length_unit);
+  before.node_value_length_unit === after.node_value_length_unit;
 
 /** Compare parsed node facts without serializing or copying the inventories. */
 const domNodesDiffer = (
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraDolLoadImage.test.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraDolLoadImage.test.ts
index 8d074cfa78..ec1de9ecba 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraDolLoadImage.test.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraDolLoadImage.test.ts
@@ -384,23 +384,6 @@ describe("GameCube DOL block permissions and state", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("does not verify a DOL block whose permissions were never measured", async () => {
-    const image = await attestMutated((mappings) => {
-      const text = mappings.find((m) => m.block === ".text0");
-      if (text === undefined) throw new Error("Missing text mapping");
-      delete text.readable;
-      delete text.writable;
-      delete text.executable;
-    });
-    expect(image.status).toBe("mismatch");
-    expect(
-      checkNamed(image.checks, "block_permissions_measured"),
-    ).toMatchObject({ matched: false, observed: [".text0"] });
-    expect(blockCheck(image.checks, ".text0", TEXT_ADDRESS)).toMatchObject({
-      matched: false,
-    });
-  });
-
   it("flags a text block that is not readable", async () => {
     const image = await attestMutated((mappings) => {
       const text = mappings.find((m) => m.block === ".text0");
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraDolLoadImage.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraDolLoadImage.ts
index e993b41ec7..ed8813c9c6 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraDolLoadImage.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraDolLoadImage.ts
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ type FileFacts = {
   readonly loaded: boolean;
   readonly overlay: boolean;
   readonly address_space: string;
-  readonly readable?: boolean | undefined;
-  readonly writable?: boolean | undefined;
-  readonly executable?: boolean | undefined;
+  readonly readable: boolean;
+  readonly writable: boolean;
+  readonly executable: boolean;
 };
 type BssFacts = Omit<FileFacts, "file_offset" | "sha256" | "source_file_index">;
 const hex = (value: number): string => `0x${value.toString(16)}`;
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ export const attestGhidraDolLoadImage = (
     loaded: mapping.loaded,
     overlay: mapping.overlay,
     address_space: mapping.address_space,
-    readable: mapping.readable ?? null,
-    writable: mapping.writable ?? null,
-    executable: mapping.executable ?? null,
+    readable: mapping.readable,
+    writable: mapping.writable,
+    executable: mapping.executable,
   });
   const bssFacts = (mapping: BssFacts) => ({
     start: mapping.start,
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ export const attestGhidraDolLoadImage = (
     loaded: mapping.loaded,
     overlay: mapping.overlay,
     address_space: mapping.address_space,
-    readable: mapping.readable ?? null,
-    writable: mapping.writable ?? null,
-    executable: mapping.executable ?? null,
+    readable: mapping.readable,
+    writable: mapping.writable,
+    executable: mapping.executable,
   });
 
   const expectedFileMappings = header.sections
@@ -171,18 +171,6 @@ export const attestGhidraDolLoadImage = (
   const observedBss = observedBssBlocks
     .map((mapping) => bssFacts(mapping))
     .sort(byStart);
-  // Permissions are attested only when measured; an older observation without them fails closed.
-  const unmeasured = observations.mappings
-    .filter(
-      (mapping) =>
-        (mapping.source_file_index !== null ||
-          observedBssBlocks.includes(mapping)) &&
-        (mapping.readable === undefined ||
-          mapping.writable === undefined ||
-          mapping.executable === undefined),
-    )
-    .map((mapping) => mapping.block);
-
   const source = observations.source_files[0];
   check("executable_format", "Raw Binary", observations.executable_format);
   check("language_id", language.languageId, observations.language_id);
@@ -236,8 +224,6 @@ export const attestGhidraDolLoadImage = (
       (entry) => entry === hex(header.entryPoint),
     ) ?? null,
   );
-  if (unmeasured.length > 0)
-    check("block_permissions_measured", [], unmeasured);
   check("relocation_records", [], observations.relocations);
   return ok(
     nativeLoadImageSchema.parse({
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraDosComLoadImage.test.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraDosComLoadImage.test.ts
index 0885a1f9c3..d241227850 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraDosComLoadImage.test.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraDosComLoadImage.test.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ const mutations: ReadonlyArray<
         offset: 0x100,
         status: "APPLIED",
         type: 0,
+        symbol: null,
         values: [],
         original_bytes_hex: null,
         memory_bytes_hex: null,
@@ -124,27 +125,39 @@ describe("COM independent load-image checks", () => {
       value: { status: "mismatch", observations: f.observation },
     });
   });
-  it("accepts an older observation without measured permissions", () => {
+  it("refuses an observation without measured permissions or relocation symbols", () => {
     const f = fixtureDosComLoadImage();
-    for (const mapping of f.observation.mappings) {
-      delete mapping.readable;
-      delete mapping.writable;
-      delete mapping.executable;
-    }
-    expect(
-      nativeLoadImageObservationSchema.safeParse(f.observation).success,
-    ).toBe(true);
-    const result = attestGhidraDosComLoadImage(
-      f.bytes,
-      f.sha256,
-      f.observation,
-    );
-    expect(result).toMatchObject({
-      ok: true,
-      value: { status: "verified", format: "dos-com" },
+    const { readable: _r, ...unmeasured } = f.observation.mappings[0]!;
+    const withoutPermissions = nativeLoadImageObservationSchema.safeParse({
+      ...f.observation,
+      mappings: [unmeasured, ...f.observation.mappings.slice(1)],
     });
-    if (!result.ok) throw new Error(result.error);
-    expect(nativeLoadImageSchema.safeParse(result.value).success).toBe(true);
+    expect(withoutPermissions.success).toBe(false);
+    expect(withoutPermissions.error?.issues[0]?.path).toEqual([
+      "mappings",
+      0,
+      "readable",
+    ]);
+    const withoutSymbol = nativeLoadImageObservationSchema.safeParse({
+      ...f.observation,
+      relocations: [
+        {
+          address: "0x10100",
+          segment: 0x1000,
+          offset: 0x100,
+          status: "APPLIED",
+          type: 0,
+          values: [],
+          original_bytes_hex: null,
+          memory_bytes_hex: null,
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(withoutSymbol.error?.issues[0]?.path).toEqual([
+      "relocations",
+      0,
+      "symbol",
+    ]);
   });
 
   it("rejects stale snapshot identity", () => {
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraLoadImage.fixture.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraLoadImage.fixture.ts
index 1d665473b4..cf07e61847 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraLoadImage.fixture.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraLoadImage.fixture.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ export const fixtureDosLoadImage = (
           offset: 9,
           status: "APPLIED",
           type: 0,
+          symbol: null,
           values: [0, 9, 0x1004],
           original_bytes_hex: "0400",
           memory_bytes_hex: "0410",
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ export const fixtureDosOverlapLoadImage = () => {
       offset: 9,
       status: "APPLIED",
       type: 0,
+      symbol: null,
       values: [0, 9, 0x1004],
       original_bytes_hex: "0400",
       memory_bytes_hex: "1410",
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ export const fixtureDosOverlapLoadImage = () => {
       offset: 8,
       status: "APPLIED",
       type: 0,
+      symbol: null,
       values: [0, 8, 0x1400],
       original_bytes_hex: "0004",
       memory_bytes_hex: "0014",
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraLoadImageValues.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraLoadImageValues.ts
index 198b5deed2..b2c58a2ba5 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraLoadImageValues.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraLoadImageValues.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ export type GhidraDosImage = {
   readonly header: DosMzHeader;
   readonly loadSegment: number;
   readonly modified: Buffer;
-  readonly expectedRelocations: NativeLoadImageObservation["relocations"];
+  /** The independent DOS check does not attest Ghidra's symbol name. */
+  readonly expectedRelocations: readonly Omit<
+    NativeLoadImageObservation["relocations"][number],
+    "symbol"
+  >[];
 };
 
 /** Prepare initialized bytes and relocation facts without copying overlays. */
@@ -137,7 +141,11 @@ export const attestGhidraDosLoadImage = (
   );
   check("entry_points", [entryAddress], [...observations.entry_points].sort());
   // A multiset preserves duplicate relocations and aliases; iteration order is not semantic.
-  const rows = (values: NativeLoadImageObservation["relocations"]): string[] =>
+  const rows = (
+    values: readonly (GhidraDosImage["expectedRelocations"][number] & {
+      readonly symbol?: string | null;
+    })[],
+  ): string[] =>
     values
       // The independent DOS check does not attest Ghidra's symbol name.
       .map(
@@ -270,17 +278,9 @@ const checkMappings = (
   check(
     "initialized_unbacked_mappings",
     [],
-    observations.mappings
-      .filter(
-        (mapping) => mapping.initialized && mapping.source_file_index === null,
-      )
-      // Unmeasured permissions serialize as null so the observed value stays JSON.
-      .map((mapping) => ({
-        ...mapping,
-        readable: mapping.readable ?? null,
-        writable: mapping.writable ?? null,
-        executable: mapping.executable ?? null,
-      })),
+    observations.mappings.filter(
+      (mapping) => mapping.initialized && mapping.source_file_index === null,
+    ),
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
index efc19fdc6b..aaed2262e4 100644
--- a/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
+++ b/src/native/exports/NativeExportParser.test.ts
@@ -740,9 +740,9 @@ describe("ELF version index 0 unversioned exports", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("historical ELF export evidence", () => {
-  it("normalizes historical ELF export evidence lacking visibility to unknown", () => {
-    const historical = {
+describe("ELF export evidence without visibility", () => {
+  it("refuses an ELF export row without visibility", () => {
+    const withoutVisibility = {
       artifact,
       format: "elf" as const,
       architecture: "amd64",
@@ -769,10 +769,9 @@ describe("historical ELF export evidence", () => {
       issues: [],
       limitations: [],
     };
-    const parsed = nativeExportContracts.nativeExportsSchema.parse(historical);
-    expect(parsed.format).toBe("elf");
-    if (parsed.format !== "elf") throw new Error("Expected ELF result");
-    expect(parsed.exports[0]?.visibility).toBe("unknown");
+    const parsed =
+      nativeExportContracts.nativeExportsSchema.safeParse(withoutVisibility);
+    expect(parsed.error?.issues[0]?.path).toEqual(["exports", 0, "visibility"]);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/native/exports/NativeExportsView.test.ts b/src/native/exports/NativeExportsView.test.ts
index d8cc4eb001..ae242267ac 100644
--- a/src/native/exports/NativeExportsView.test.ts
+++ b/src/native/exports/NativeExportsView.test.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ it("keeps every ELF same-name/version alternative, source order and matching-pag
   });
 });
 
-it("qualifies projected names with exact encoding facts and normalizes historical omissions", () => {
+it("qualifies projected names with exact encoding facts and refuses rows without them", () => {
   const report = elf();
   expect(
     project(report, {
@@ -102,35 +102,30 @@ it("qualifies projected names with exact encoding facts and normalizes historica
       },
     ],
   });
-  const historical = {
+  const withoutEncoding = {
     ...report,
     exports: report.exports.map(
       ({ name_bytes_base64: _bytes, name_utf8_decodable: _utf8, ...row }) =>
         row,
     ),
   };
-  freezeJsonSnapshot(historical);
-  const input = { ...parent(historical), sealedResult: true };
-  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 2; attempt++) {
-    const result = projectAnalysisView(
-      input,
-      analysisViewRequestSchema.parse({
-        kind: "native-exports",
-        collection: "exports",
-        indices: [3],
-        fields: ["name"],
-      }),
-    );
-    if (!result.ok) throw result.error;
-    expect(result.value).toMatchObject({
-      items: [
-        { name: "café", name_bytes_base64: null, name_utf8_decodable: null },
-      ],
-    });
-  }
+  freezeJsonSnapshot(withoutEncoding);
+  const refused = projectAnalysisView(
+    { ...parent(withoutEncoding), sealedResult: true },
+    analysisViewRequestSchema.parse({
+      kind: "native-exports",
+      collection: "exports",
+      indices: [3],
+      fields: ["name"],
+    }),
+  );
+  expect(refused).toMatchObject({
+    ok: false,
+    error: { _tag: "AnalysisInputError" },
+  });
 });
 
-it("matches ELF UTF-8 identities without conflating Latin-1 display names or unknown encodings", () => {
+it("matches ELF UTF-8 identities without conflating Latin-1 display names", () => {
   const report = parseNativeExports(
     elfExportImage({
       symbols: [{ name: "café" }, { name: "café" }, { name: "same" }],
@@ -149,48 +144,24 @@ it("matches ELF UTF-8 identities without conflating Latin-1 display names or unk
     coverage: { total: 1 },
   });
   if (report.format !== "elf") throw new Error("Expected ELF fixture");
-  const historical = {
-    ...report,
-    exports: report.exports.map(
-      ({ name_bytes_base64: _bytes, name_utf8_decodable: _utf8, ...row }) =>
-        row,
-    ),
-  };
-  expect(
-    project(historical, {
-      kind: "native-exports",
-      collection: "exports",
-      names: ["café"],
-    }),
-  ).toMatchObject({
-    items: [],
-    unknowns: [expect.stringContaining("lack retained encoding facts")],
-  });
-  expect(
-    project(historical, {
-      kind: "native-exports",
-      collection: "exports",
-      names: [],
-    }),
-  ).toMatchObject({ items: [], unknowns: [] });
   const missingBytes = {
     ...report,
     exports: report.exports.map((row) => ({ ...row, name_bytes_base64: null })),
   };
   expect(
-    project(missingBytes, {
-      kind: "native-exports",
-      collection: "exports",
-      names: ["café", "same"],
-      fields: [],
-    }),
-  ).toMatchObject({
-    items: [{ source_index: 2 }],
-    unknowns: [expect.stringContaining("lack retained encoding facts")],
-  });
+    projectAnalysisView(
+      parent(missingBytes),
+      analysisViewRequestSchema.parse({
+        kind: "native-exports",
+        collection: "exports",
+        names: ["café", "same"],
+        fields: [],
+      }),
+    ).ok,
+  ).toBe(false);
 });
 
-it("does not fill historical name defaults into a projection that omits names", () => {
+it("does not add name encoding facts to a projection that omits names", () => {
   const result = project(elf(), {
     kind: "native-exports",
     collection: "exports",
@@ -205,7 +176,7 @@ it("does not fill historical name defaults into a projection that omits names",
   expect(view_digest).toBe(digestCanonicalValue(content, "Analysis view"));
 });
 
-it("projects ELF visibility when selected and normalizes historical records without visibility to unknown", () => {
+it("projects ELF visibility when selected and refuses rows without it", () => {
   const report = parseNativeExports(
     elfExportImage({
       symbols: [
@@ -243,22 +214,20 @@ it("projects ELF visibility when selected and normalizes historical records with
   expect(omitted.items[0]).not.toHaveProperty("visibility");
 
   if (report.format !== "elf") throw new Error("Expected ELF fixture");
-  const historical = {
+  const withoutVisibility = {
     ...report,
     exports: report.exports.map(({ visibility: _vis, ...row }) => row),
   };
-  freezeJsonSnapshot(historical);
-  const historicalResult = project(historical, {
-    kind: "native-exports",
-    collection: "exports",
-    fields: ["name", "visibility"],
-  });
-  expect(historicalResult).toMatchObject({
-    items: [
-      { source_index: 0, name: "default_fn", visibility: "unknown" },
-      { source_index: 1, name: "protected_fn", visibility: "unknown" },
-    ],
-  });
+  expect(
+    projectAnalysisView(
+      parent(withoutVisibility),
+      analysisViewRequestSchema.parse({
+        kind: "native-exports",
+        collection: "exports",
+        fields: ["name", "visibility"],
+      }),
+    ).ok,
+  ).toBe(false);
 });
 
 it.each(["Y2Fmw6k", "Y2Fmw6l=", "not base64"])(
diff --git a/src/pcap/PcapOutput.ts b/src/pcap/PcapOutput.ts
index f454cca368..d0f3925b17 100644
--- a/src/pcap/PcapOutput.ts
+++ b/src/pcap/PcapOutput.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export interface TsharkFields {
   readonly endpointCount: number;
   readonly dnsQueries: {
     query: string;
-    query_labels_hex?: string[] | null;
+    query_labels_hex: string[] | null;
     response_addresses: string[];
     response_address_count: number;
   }[];
diff --git a/src/server/registerApplicationTools/obligationLedger.ts b/src/server/registerApplicationTools/obligationLedger.ts
index fd04c437df..873664d582 100644
--- a/src/server/registerApplicationTools/obligationLedger.ts
+++ b/src/server/registerApplicationTools/obligationLedger.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { resolveReconstructionObligationLedgerRequest } from "../../application/
 import { ok } from "../../domain/result.js";
 import { toolContract } from "../../contracts/toolContracts.js";
 import { logToolExecution } from "../toolLogging.js";
-import { toolRegistrationOptions } from "../toolRegistrationOptions.js";
+import { applicationToolRegistrationOptions } from "../toolRegistrationOptions.js";
 import { recordResult } from "./helpers.js";
 import type { ApplicationToolRegistration } from "./types.js";
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const registerReconstructionObligationLedgerTool = (
 ): void => {
   server.registerTool(
     contract.name,
-    toolRegistrationOptions(contract),
+    applicationToolRegistrationOptions(contract),
     async (input, context) =>
       runAdmittedToolOperation(
         server,
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/artifactComparisonHistoricalSummary.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/artifactComparisonHistoricalSummary.test.ts
index f3860482a3..0c1a4ee99f 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/artifactComparisonHistoricalSummary.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/artifactComparisonHistoricalSummary.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { sealAnalysisView } from "../../src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.js";
 import { artifactInventorySummaryViewResultSchema } from "../../src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.js";
 import { artifactComparisonResultSchema } from "../../src/domain/artifactComparison.js";
+import { RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE } from "../../src/domain/evidenceFormat.js";
 import { digestCanonicalValue } from "../../src/domain/canonicalDigest.js";
 import {
   evidenceSemanticContent,
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ const resealSummary = (
   });
 };
 
-it("compares a historical alias summary through its retained complete MCP parent and rejects resealed false facts", async () => {
+it("refuses a historical alias summary with recreate guidance and rejects resealed false facts", async () => {
   const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-historical-summary-mcp-");
   const path = join(root, "original.plist");
   await writeFile(
@@ -87,21 +88,19 @@ it("compares a historical alias summary through its retained complete MCP parent
   });
   expect(historical.evidence_id).not.toBe(current.evidence_id);
   const originalHistorical = JSON.stringify(historical);
+  // The Evidence format owner no longer rebuilds 6.7-era summary identities:
+  // the earlier projection is refused with the single recreate guidance.
   const compared = await call("compare_artifacts", {
     left: historical,
     right: parent,
   });
-  expect(compared.isError, JSON.stringify(compared)).not.toBe(true);
-  const comparison = parseEvidence(compared.structuredContent);
-  expect(
-    artifactComparisonResultSchema.parse(comparison.normalized_result),
-  ).toMatchObject({
-    status: "unchanged",
-    summary: { unchanged: 1, unknown: 0 },
-    changes: [],
+  expect(compared.isError, JSON.stringify(compared)).toBe(true);
+  expect(parseMcpToolError(compared)).toMatchObject({
+    error: {
+      code: "evidence_integrity_mismatch",
+      details: { reason: expect.stringContaining(RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE) },
+    },
   });
-  expect(comparison.evidence_links).toContain(parent.evidence_id);
-  expect(comparison.evidence_links).not.toContain(historical.evidence_id);
 
   const historicalResult = artifactInventorySummaryViewResultSchema.parse(
     historical.normalized_result,
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/webSessionRedirectContext.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/webSessionRedirectContext.test.ts
index e5e28925fb..ccfa6b7d1e 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/webSessionRedirectContext.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/webSessionRedirectContext.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { connectLocalToolsMcp } from "../fixtures/localToolsMcp.js";
 import { cliTest } from "../support/cli/cliFixture.js";
 
 cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
-  "retains admitted redirect response facts and historical omission through %s",
+  "retains admitted redirect response facts exactly on redirect events through %s",
   async (surface, { cli }) => {
     const browser = await startFakeCdpBrowser({
       eventsBeforeReply: ["Page.setLifecycleEventsEnabled"],
@@ -86,15 +86,31 @@ cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
       }),
     );
     expect(JSON.stringify(source)).not.toContain("discard-redirect-");
-    const historical = {
+    const omitted = {
       ...result,
       timeline: result.timeline.map(({ redirect_response, ...row }) => {
         void redirect_response;
         return row;
       }),
     };
-    expect(webObservationSessionSchema.parse(historical)).toStrictEqual(
-      historical,
-    );
+    const misplaced = {
+      ...result,
+      timeline: result.timeline.map((row) => ({
+        ...row,
+        type: "lifecycle" as const,
+      })),
+    };
+    for (const malformed of [omitted, misplaced])
+      expect(webObservationSessionSchema.safeParse(malformed)).toMatchObject({
+        success: false,
+        error: {
+          issues: expect.arrayContaining([
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              message:
+                "redirect_response is present exactly on redirect events.",
+            }),
+          ]),
+        },
+      });
   },
 );
diff --git a/tests/boundary/android/JadxAnalysis.test.ts b/tests/boundary/android/JadxAnalysis.test.ts
index 1fb29abcf2..3dc9862242 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/android/JadxAnalysis.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/android/JadxAnalysis.test.ts
@@ -393,12 +393,19 @@ it("accepts an examined empty inventory without requiring cursor progress", asyn
 it("requires explicit direct invoke coverage state in result evidence", () => {
   const result = {
     engine,
+    target_definition: "defined",
     class_name: "fixture.Target",
     method_name: null,
     overload_index: null,
     reported_signature: null,
     dex_descriptor: null,
     total: 1,
+    direct_invokes_coverage: {
+      complete_using_nodes: 0,
+      partial_using_nodes: 0,
+      unknown_using_nodes: 1,
+      recorded_sites: 0,
+    },
     references: [
       {
         kind: "method",
diff --git a/tests/boundary/android/JadxExternalReferences.test.ts b/tests/boundary/android/JadxExternalReferences.test.ts
index 4049f3af6b..6b45c1634b 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/android/JadxExternalReferences.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/android/JadxExternalReferences.test.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe("external DEX method-reference projection", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("counts complete positions and preserves historical aggregate omission", async () => {
+  it("counts complete positions and refuses results without the aggregate or target definition", async () => {
     const result = androidResultSchemas.trace_android_references.parse(
       await analyze(),
     );
@@ -125,10 +125,16 @@ describe("external DEX method-reference projection", () => {
       unknown_using_nodes: 0,
       recorded_sites: 2,
     });
-    const { direct_invokes_coverage: _coverage, ...historical } = result;
-    expect(
-      androidResultSchemas.trace_android_references.parse(historical),
-    ).not.toHaveProperty("direct_invokes_coverage");
+    for (const field of [
+      "direct_invokes_coverage",
+      "target_definition",
+    ] as const) {
+      const { [field]: _omitted, ...unrecorded } = result;
+      expect(
+        androidResultSchemas.trace_android_references.safeParse(unrecorded)
+          .error?.issues,
+      ).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ path: [field] })]);
+    }
   });
 
   it("lists exact observed DEX descriptors when an external overload is ambiguous", async () => {
diff --git a/tests/boundary/android/androidManifestComponents.test.ts b/tests/boundary/android/androidManifestComponents.test.ts
index 618169cfdd..3fb954d615 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/android/androidManifestComponents.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/android/androidManifestComponents.test.ts
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ it.each([
   },
 );
 
-it("keeps pre-projection package parses independent", () => {
-  const older = {
+it("refuses package results without the component projection", () => {
+  const unprojected = {
     engine: {
       name: "jadx",
       version: null,
@@ -60,15 +60,10 @@ it("keeps pre-projection package parses independent", () => {
     resource_count: 0,
     signature_verification: "not_performed",
   };
-  const first = androidResultSchemas.inspect_android_package.parse(older);
-  expect(first.components).toMatchObject({ status: "unavailable", items: [] });
-  first.components.limitations.push("local parse mutation");
-  try {
-    const second = androidResultSchemas.inspect_android_package.parse(older);
-    expect(second.components.limitations).not.toContain("local parse mutation");
-  } finally {
-    first.components.limitations.pop();
-  }
+  expect(
+    androidResultSchemas.inspect_android_package.safeParse(unprojected).error
+      ?.issues,
+  ).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ path: ["components"] })]);
 });
 
 it("projects exact declared component attributes without inferring runtime defaults", () => {
@@ -151,9 +146,9 @@ it("enforces the process copy budget across individually valid components", () =
   ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(ANDROID_MANIFEST_LIMITS.processBytes);
 });
 
-it("keeps historical declaration omissions unknown rather than absent", () => {
+it("refuses components without their declaration facets", () => {
   const parsed =
-    androidResultSchemas.inspect_android_package.shape.components.parse({
+    androidResultSchemas.inspect_android_package.shape.components.safeParse({
       status: "complete",
       items: [
         {
@@ -174,17 +169,20 @@ it("keeps historical declaration omissions unknown rather than absent", () => {
       ],
       limitations: [],
     });
-  expect(parsed.status).toBe("complete");
-  expect(parsed.items[0]?.declaration_coverage).toBe("unknown");
-  for (const field of [
-    "enabled",
-    "process",
-    "grant_uri_permissions",
-    "intent_filters",
-    "meta_data",
-    "location",
-  ])
-    expect(parsed.items[0]).not.toHaveProperty(field);
+  expect(new Set(parsed.error?.issues.map(({ path }) => path.at(-1)))).toEqual(
+    new Set([
+      "declaration_coverage",
+      "declaration_index",
+      "location",
+      "enabled",
+      "enabled_declaration",
+      "process",
+      "grant_uri_permissions",
+      "grant_uri_permissions_declaration",
+      "intent_filters",
+      "meta_data",
+    ]),
+  );
 });
 
 const MANIFEST = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
diff --git a/tests/boundary/browser/cdpJsonShapeComparison.test.ts b/tests/boundary/browser/cdpJsonShapeComparison.test.ts
index 9ac82331e3..a700d50718 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/browser/cdpJsonShapeComparison.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/browser/cdpJsonShapeComparison.test.ts
@@ -494,7 +494,11 @@ const captureBody = (
     },
     completeness: events.completeness.snapshot(),
     frames: [],
-    dom: { total_nodes: 0, nodes: [] },
+    dom: {
+      total_nodes: 0,
+      node_value_length_unit: "utf16-code-units",
+      nodes: [],
+    },
     accessibility: {
       total_nodes: 0,
       text_capture: {
diff --git a/tests/boundary/cli/domValueLengthUnits.test.ts b/tests/boundary/cli/domValueLengthUnits.test.ts
index d1583bb9a0..4ee10422fe 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/cli/domValueLengthUnits.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/cli/domValueLengthUnits.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { webCaptureDiffSchema } from "../../../src/domain/webCaptureDiffSchemas.
 
 for (const electron of [false, true])
   cliTest(
-    `declares ${electron ? "Electron UTF-8" : "web UTF-16"} DOM value lengths through CLI and MCP without reinterpreting historical captures`,
+    `declares ${electron ? "Electron UTF-8" : "web UTF-16"} DOM value lengths through CLI and MCP and refuses snapshots without a unit`,
     async ({ cli, onTestFinished }) => {
       const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-dom-value-units-");
       const path = join(root, "index.html");
@@ -92,19 +92,15 @@ for (const electron of [false, true])
           "node_value_length_unit",
         );
         expect(JSON.stringify(report.dom)).not.toContain("ééé😀");
-        const legacyDom = {
+        const unmarked = {
           total_nodes: report.dom.total_nodes,
           nodes: report.dom.nodes,
         };
-        expect(schema.parse({ ...report, dom: legacyDom }).dom).toEqual(
-          legacyDom,
-        );
-        expect(
-          schema.safeParse({
-            ...report,
-            dom: { ...legacyDom, node_value_length_unit: "characters" },
-          }).success,
-        ).toBe(false);
+        for (const dom of [
+          unmarked,
+          { ...unmarked, node_value_length_unit: "characters" },
+        ])
+          expect(schema.safeParse({ ...report, dom }).success).toBe(false);
       };
       check(result.json);
       const call = await cli.sharedMcpCall!();
@@ -141,20 +137,16 @@ cliTest(
     for (const [beforeUnit, afterUnit, length, variation, status] of [
       ["utf16-code-units", "utf16-code-units", 5, "none", "unchanged"],
       ["utf8-bytes", "utf8-bytes", 10, "none", "changed"],
-      [undefined, undefined, 5, "none", "unknown"],
-      [undefined, "utf16-code-units", 10, "none", "unknown"],
       ["utf16-code-units", "utf8-bytes", 5, "none", "unknown"],
       ["utf16-code-units", "utf8-bytes", 10, "none", "unknown"],
-      [undefined, undefined, 5, "node", "changed"],
+      ["utf16-code-units", "utf8-bytes", 5, "node", "changed"],
       ["utf16-code-units", "utf8-bytes", 10, "frame", "changed"],
-      [undefined, undefined, 5, "empty", "unchanged"],
+      ["utf16-code-units", "utf8-bytes", 5, "empty", "unchanged"],
     ] as const) {
       const before = passiveNetworkCapture();
       before.dom = {
         total_nodes: 2,
-        ...(beforeUnit === undefined
-          ? {}
-          : { node_value_length_unit: beforeUnit }),
+        node_value_length_unit: beforeUnit,
         nodes: [
           {
             index: 0,
@@ -175,8 +167,7 @@ cliTest(
         ],
       };
       const after = structuredClone(before);
-      if (afterUnit === undefined) delete after.dom.node_value_length_unit;
-      else after.dom.node_value_length_unit = afterUnit;
+      after.dom.node_value_length_unit = afterUnit;
       after.dom.nodes[1]!.node_value_length = length;
       if (variation === "node") {
         after.dom.nodes[1]!.node_type = 8;
@@ -190,8 +181,16 @@ cliTest(
           origin: "https://app.example.test",
         });
       if (variation === "empty") {
-        before.dom = { total_nodes: 0, nodes: [] };
-        after.dom = { total_nodes: 0, nodes: [] };
+        before.dom = {
+          total_nodes: 0,
+          node_value_length_unit: beforeUnit,
+          nodes: [],
+        };
+        after.dom = {
+          total_nodes: 0,
+          node_value_length_unit: afterUnit,
+          nodes: [],
+        };
       }
       const result = await cli.run({
         arguments: [
@@ -222,5 +221,17 @@ cliTest(
           expect(diff.dimensions.dom_structure.reason).toContain("unit");
       }
     }
+    const unmarked = passiveNetworkCapture();
+    const { node_value_length_unit: _unit, ...dom } = unmarked.dom;
+    const refused = await cli.run({
+      arguments: [
+        "compare-web-captures",
+        JSON.stringify({ inspection: { ...unmarked, dom } }),
+        JSON.stringify({ inspection: unmarked }),
+        "--json",
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(refused.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+    expect(refused.stderr + refused.stdout).toContain("node_value_length_unit");
   },
 );
diff --git a/tests/boundary/cli/evidenceBundleCommands.test.ts b/tests/boundary/cli/evidenceBundleCommands.test.ts
index 2e3b3a504b..fd06319e8f 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/cli/evidenceBundleCommands.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/cli/evidenceBundleCommands.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION } from "../../../src/domain/evidenceFormat.js";
 import { parseMcpToolError } from "../../fixtures/mcpToolError.js";
 import { PRE_66_NULL_COVERAGE_EVIDENCE } from "../../../src/domain/evidenceLegacy.fixture.js";
 import {
@@ -487,7 +488,10 @@ cliTest(
     const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-legacy-coverage-identity-");
     const path = join(root, "legacy.json");
     const record = PRE_66_NULL_COVERAGE_EVIDENCE;
+    // A current-format bundle carrying the earlier record reaches the
+    // record-level identity diagnosis; an unmarked one is refused earlier.
     const bundle = {
+      evidence_format: EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION,
       artifacts: [],
       providers: [record.provider],
       environments: [],
diff --git a/tests/boundary/cli/strictPositionals.test.ts b/tests/boundary/cli/strictPositionals.test.ts
index 2a85bf19c9..258cc2fe8b 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/cli/strictPositionals.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/cli/strictPositionals.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ it("rejects surplus public CLI inputs before importing and retains the one-path
   await writeFile(
     path,
     JSON.stringify({
+      evidence_format: 1,
       artifacts: [],
       captures: [],
       environments: [],
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/evidenceExportCleanupRetry.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/evidenceExportCleanupRetry.test.ts
index 2a7d99f71a..13f934f769 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/evidenceExportCleanupRetry.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/evidenceExportCleanupRetry.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION } from "../../../src/domain/evidenceFormat.js";
 import { readdir, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ vi.mock("node:fs/promises", async (importOriginal) => {
 });
 
 const emptyBundle = JSON.stringify({
+  evidence_format: EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION,
   artifacts: [],
   providers: [],
   environments: [],
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/nativeExports.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/nativeExports.test.ts
index ee1f37c34a..3ca8c8f1ca 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/nativeExports.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/nativeExports.test.ts
@@ -347,35 +347,23 @@ describe("native export encoding and failures", () => {
         },
       ],
     });
-    const olderRows = JSON.parse(
+    const withoutEncoding = JSON.parse(
       JSON.stringify(result.value.normalized_result),
     ) as { exports: Record<string, unknown>[] };
-    for (const row of olderRows.exports) {
+    for (const row of withoutEncoding.exports) {
       delete row.name_bytes_base64;
       delete row.name_utf8_decodable;
-      const version = row.version;
-      if (version !== null && typeof version === "object") {
-        Reflect.deleteProperty(version, "name_bytes_base64");
-        Reflect.deleteProperty(version, "name_utf8_decodable");
-      }
     }
-    expect(nativeExportsSchema.parse(olderRows)).toMatchObject({
-      exports: [
-        {
-          name: "café",
-          name_bytes_base64: null,
-          name_utf8_decodable: null,
-          version: {
-            index: 2,
-            name: "libcafé.so",
-            name_bytes_base64: null,
-            name_utf8_decodable: null,
-            hidden: false,
-          },
-        },
-        { name: "ÿ", name_bytes_base64: null, name_utf8_decodable: null },
-      ],
-    });
+    expect(
+      nativeExportsSchema
+        .safeParse(withoutEncoding)
+        .error?.issues.map(({ path }) => path.join(".")),
+    ).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        "exports.0.name_bytes_base64",
+        "exports.0.name_utf8_decodable",
+      ]),
+    );
     await service.close();
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/analysisViewMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/analysisViewMcp.test.ts
index dd6561c597..a3b8919ce4 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/analysisViewMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/analysisViewMcp.test.ts
@@ -1610,6 +1610,7 @@ it("advertises Mach-O pages whose selected facet owns their exact rows", async (
   });
   const symbol = {
     name: "_entry",
+    runtime_name: "entry",
     address: null,
     weak: null,
     reexport: null,
@@ -1632,6 +1633,7 @@ it("advertises Mach-O pages whose selected facet owns their exact rows", async (
       {
         ...symbol,
         name: null,
+        runtime_name: null,
         raw_name: "_entry+0x4",
         name_status: "ambiguous",
         addend: null,
@@ -1656,20 +1658,13 @@ it("advertises Mach-O pages whose selected facet owns their exact rows", async (
     provenance: [],
     limitations: [],
   });
-  const { malformed_kind: _unrecorded, ...recordedEncryption } =
-    report.encryption.items[0]!;
-  const historicalEncryption = {
-    ...recordedEncryption,
-    status: "malformed" as const,
-    reason: "slice has 3 encryption load commands",
-  };
   const parent = createEvidence(
     { path: "/fixtures/tool", format: "mach-o", sha256: "a".repeat(64) },
     { id: "native", name: "Native fixture", version: "1" },
     {
       operation: "inspect_macho",
       parameters: {},
-      result: { ...report, encryption: coverage([historicalEncryption]) },
+      result: report,
     },
   );
   const original = structuredClone(parent);
@@ -1699,11 +1694,7 @@ it("advertises Mach-O pages whose selected facet owns their exact rows", async (
       const delivered = parseEvidence(response.structuredContent);
       const page = analysisViewResultSchema.parse(delivered.normalized_result);
       if (page.kind !== "macho") throw new Error("Expected Mach-O page");
-      const rows =
-        facet === "encryption"
-          ? [{ ...historicalEncryption, malformed_kind: "unrecorded" }]
-          : report[facet].items;
-      expect(page.item).toEqual(rows.slice(offset, offset + 64));
+      expect(page.item).toEqual(report[facet].items.slice(offset, offset + 64));
       if (page.item.length > 0) {
         const mismatched = {
           ...delivered,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/androidPackageSummaryMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/androidPackageSummaryMcp.test.ts
index 305d729b25..a84269e9d4 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/androidPackageSummaryMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/androidPackageSummaryMcp.test.ts
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ it.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")(
   },
 );
 
-it("preserves partial/unknown declarations and Unicode text while rejecting missing APK identity and malformed source", async () => {
+it("preserves partial manifest text and Unicode while rejecting missing APK identity and malformed source", async () => {
   const report = {
     engine: {
       name: "jadx",
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ it("preserves partial/unknown declarations and Unicode text while rejecting miss
     target_sdk: null,
     permissions: [],
     manifest: { status: "partial", text: "a😀b", reported_total_bytes: null },
+    components: { status: "unavailable", items: [], limitations: [] },
     class_count: 0,
     resource_count: 0,
     signature_verification: "not_performed",
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ it("preserves partial/unknown declarations and Unicode text while rejecting miss
   const result = analysisViewResultSchema.parse(page.value.normalized_result);
   expect(result).toMatchObject({
     kind: "android",
+    facet: "manifest",
     item: {
       text: "a😀b",
       source_status: "partial",
@@ -617,6 +619,16 @@ it("delivers the selected retained page in one analysis and reads it later witho
               foreground_service_type: null,
               authorities: null,
               target_activity: null,
+              declaration_coverage: "complete",
+              declaration_index: 0,
+              location: null,
+              enabled: null,
+              enabled_declaration: null,
+              process: null,
+              grant_uri_permissions: null,
+              grant_uri_permissions_declaration: null,
+              intent_filters: [],
+              meta_data: [],
             },
           ],
         },
@@ -660,7 +672,7 @@ it("delivers the selected retained page in one analysis and reads it later witho
     selected.value.normalized_result,
   );
   expect(first.items).toEqual([
-    { source_index: 0, name: "example.Main", declaration_coverage: "unknown" },
+    { source_index: 0, name: "example.Main", declaration_coverage: "complete" },
   ]);
   expect(
     session.evidenceById(first.parent_evidence_id)?.normalized_result,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/dartAotSummaryMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/dartAotSummaryMcp.test.ts
index 5e88924df4..6cb72cb4d8 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/dartAotSummaryMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/dartAotSummaryMcp.test.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ it("preserves null snapshot facts and pool lower bounds after exhaustion, reject
       sections: [],
     },
     string_pool: {
+      policy: {},
       coverage: "partial",
       package_uris: ["package:opaque/a.dart"],
       package_uri_count_at_least: 1000,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/flutterMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/flutterMcp.test.ts
index 88225ed103..6e1bb2e303 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/flutterMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/flutterMcp.test.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ const inspectExecution = () =>
         ],
       },
       string_pool: {
+        policy: {},
         coverage: "complete",
         package_uris: [
           "package:adaptive_breakpoints/src/adaptive_breakpoints.dart",
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/pcapMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/pcapMcp.test.ts
index 8678cac2df..e36c0087df 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/pcapMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/pcapMcp.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ it("advertises exact valid pcap schemas and records inline evidence through MCP"
             dns_queries: [
               {
                 query: "example.com",
+                query_labels_hex: ["6578616d706c65", "636f6d"],
                 response_addresses: ["93.184.216.34"],
                 response_address_count: 1,
               },
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/pcapParentIssuePath.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/pcapParentIssuePath.test.ts
index bef8b25916..cd294e844b 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/pcapParentIssuePath.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/pcapParentIssuePath.test.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ it("locates malformed pcap parent fields beneath the analysis-view source", asyn
       tshark_command: "tshark",
       tshark_source: "path",
       tshark_version: "4.6.6",
+      tshark_resolved_path: null,
+      tshark_sha256: null,
+      tshark_identity_status: "unresolved",
       capinfos_command: "capinfos",
       capinfos_source: "path",
       capinfos_version: "4.6.6",
+      capinfos_resolved_path: null,
+      capinfos_sha256: null,
+      capinfos_identity_status: "unresolved",
     },
     target,
     file_type: "pcap",
@@ -47,8 +53,8 @@ it("locates malformed pcap parent fields beneath the analysis-view source", asyn
     createEvidence(
       { ...target, format: "file" },
       {
-        id: "historical-pcap",
-        name: "Historical packet capture",
+        id: "retained-pcap",
+        name: "Retained packet capture",
         version: "1",
       },
       {
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/reconstructionCoverageMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/reconstructionCoverageMcp.test.ts
index d851df0c87..0a71feefce 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/reconstructionCoverageMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/reconstructionCoverageMcp.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   updateResidualUnknown,
 } from "../../../src/domain/residualUnknown.js";
 import { createEvidenceBundle } from "../../../src/domain/evidenceBundle.js";
+import { RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE } from "../../../src/domain/evidenceFormat.js";
 import { createTestBinarySession } from "../../fixtures/binarySession.js";
 import { createServer } from "../../../src/server/createServer.js";
 import { observed } from "../../fixtures/analysisExecution.js";
@@ -40,6 +41,29 @@ it("rejects malformed boundary identifiers at the MCP request boundary", async (
   });
 });
 
+it("refuses an unmarked Evidence bundle through the format owner, not the SDK", async () => {
+  await withCoverageMcp(async ({ client }) => {
+    const coverage = currentFixtureCoverage();
+    const { evidence_format: _current, ...unmarked } = coverage.evidence_bundle;
+    const result = await client.callTool({
+      name: "evaluate_reconstruction_coverage",
+      arguments: {
+        coverage: { ...coverage, evidence_bundle: unmarked },
+        boundary_id: "replacement.cli",
+      },
+    });
+    expect(result.isError).toBe(true);
+    expect(parseMcpToolError(result)).toMatchObject({
+      error: {
+        code: "evidence_integrity_mismatch",
+        details: {
+          reason: expect.stringContaining(RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE),
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 it("uses the latest listed unknown revision when evaluating a boundary", async () => {
   await withCoverageMcp(async ({ client }) => {
     const base = currentFixtureCoverage();
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/reconstructionObligationLedgerMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/reconstructionObligationLedgerMcp.test.ts
index ca55bae794..fa5440c24d 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/reconstructionObligationLedgerMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/reconstructionObligationLedgerMcp.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { createTestBinarySession } from "../../fixtures/binarySession.js";
 import { parseMcpToolError } from "../../fixtures/mcpToolError.js";
 import { createEvidenceBundle } from "../../../src/domain/evidenceBundle.js";
+import {
+  EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION,
+  RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE,
+} from "../../../src/domain/evidenceFormat.js";
 import {
   createEvidence,
   evidenceSchema,
@@ -243,6 +247,31 @@ describe("reconstruction obligation ledger process provider admission", () => {
   );
 });
 
+describe("reconstruction obligation ledger Evidence format", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["an unmarked", undefined],
+    ["a later", EVIDENCE_FORMAT_REVISION + 1],
+  ])(
+    "refuses %s Evidence format through the format owner, not the SDK",
+    async (_label, revision) => {
+      const { evidence_format: _current, ...unmarked } = createEvidenceBundle(
+        [],
+      );
+      const bundle =
+        revision === undefined
+          ? unmarked
+          : { ...unmarked, evidence_format: revision };
+      await withLedgerClient(async (request) => {
+        const result = await request(bundle);
+        expect(result.isError).toBe(true);
+        expect(parseMcpToolError(result)).toMatchObject(
+          integrityError(RECREATE_EVIDENCE_GUIDANCE),
+        );
+      });
+    },
+  );
+});
+
 describe("reconstruction obligation ledger MCP parity", () => {
   it("rejects noncanonical source bundles before ledger generation", async () => {
     const records = ["first", "second"].map((label) =>
diff --git a/tests/conformance/providers/managed/managedNativeVerification.test.ts b/tests/conformance/providers/managed/managedNativeVerification.test.ts
index 2b0110568e..bd15f689bf 100644
--- a/tests/conformance/providers/managed/managedNativeVerification.test.ts
+++ b/tests/conformance/providers/managed/managedNativeVerification.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { readManagedPeLayout } from "../../../../src/dotnet/ManagedPeReader.js";
+import { machoRuntimeSymbolName } from "../../../../src/domain/native/machoSymbolName.js";
 import {
   metadataRowOffset,
   readManagedMetadataLayout,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ const nativeEvidenceWithExports = (
           ...macho.exports,
           items: names.map((name, index) => ({
             name,
+            runtime_name: machoRuntimeSymbolName(name),
             address: `0x${(0x1000 + index).toString(16)}`,
             weak: false,
             reexport: false,
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/javascriptRuntimeReconciliation.ts b/tests/fixtures/javascriptRuntimeReconciliation.ts
index 96faa251ab..3471dd007c 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/javascriptRuntimeReconciliation.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/javascriptRuntimeReconciliation.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ export const electronRuntimeEvidence = (
         file_path: join(root, "index.html"),
       },
     ],
-    dom: { total_nodes: 0, nodes: [] },
+    dom: {
+      total_nodes: 0,
+      node_value_length_unit: "utf8-bytes",
+      nodes: [],
+    },
     scripts: {
       total: 1,
       items: [
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/nativeLoadImage.ts b/tests/fixtures/nativeLoadImage.ts
index c60ef2adbb..56e8ae1ff3 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/nativeLoadImage.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/nativeLoadImage.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ export const nativeLoadImageObservationFixture =
         initialized: true,
         loaded: true,
         overlay: false,
+        readable: true,
+        writable: false,
+        executable: true,
         length: 16,
         source_file_index: 0,
         file_offset: 32,
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/passiveNetworkCapture.ts b/tests/fixtures/passiveNetworkCapture.ts
index 1f563bdafd..c2ff254207 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/passiveNetworkCapture.ts
+++ b/tests/fixtures/passiveNetworkCapture.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ export const passiveNetworkCapture = (paths: readonly string[] = ["/a"]) => {
       prior_activity_available: false,
     },
     frames: [],
-    dom: { total_nodes: 0, nodes: [] },
+    dom: {
+      total_nodes: 0,
+      node_value_length_unit: "utf16-code-units",
+      nodes: [],
+    },
     accessibility: {
       total_nodes: 0,
       nodes: [],
diff --git a/tests/support/browser/webPageInspection.ts b/tests/support/browser/webPageInspection.ts
index e14124af0f..7fd101a3f0 100644
--- a/tests/support/browser/webPageInspection.ts
+++ b/tests/support/browser/webPageInspection.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ export const createWebPageInspection = (
       },
     },
     frames: [],
-    dom: { total_nodes: 0, nodes: [] },
+    dom: {
+      total_nodes: 0,
+      node_value_length_unit: "utf16-code-units",
+      nodes: [],
+    },
     accessibility: {
       total_nodes: 0,
       text_capture: {