diff --git a/src/application/InventoryProjectionEvidence.ts b/src/application/InventoryProjectionEvidence.ts
index 2d69bd9463..48285acd5a 100644
--- a/src/application/InventoryProjectionEvidence.ts
+++ b/src/application/InventoryProjectionEvidence.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import type { AnalysisInputError } from "../domain/analysisErrorCore.js";
 import type { AnalysisError } from "../domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
 import {
   createEvidence,
+  evidenceSubjectTarget,
   type Evidence,
   type EvidenceProvider,
-  type EvidenceSubjectTarget,
 } from "../domain/evidence.js";
 import type { JsonValue } from "../domain/jsonValue.js";
 import type { ParsedInventorySet } from "../domain/artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ interface InventoryProjectionOptions<
   readonly operation: string;
   readonly predicateType: string;
   readonly provider: EvidenceProvider;
-  readonly subjectFormat: (first: Evidence) => EvidenceSubjectTarget["format"];
 }
 
 /** Resolve source inventory once, then wrap its family projection in Evidence. */
@@ -70,13 +69,7 @@ export const projectInventoryEvidence = <
   const first = source.value.evidence[0];
   return ok({
     evidence: createEvidence(
-      first?.subject === null || first?.subject === undefined
-        ? undefined
-        : {
-            path: first.subject.local_path,
-            sha256: result.root_sha256,
-            format: options.subjectFormat(first),
-          },
+      evidenceSubjectTarget(first?.subject ?? null),
       options.provider,
       {
         predicateType: options.predicateType,
diff --git a/src/application/ReconstructionObligationCandidates.test.ts b/src/application/ReconstructionObligationCandidates.test.ts
index 041e884784..5e223e9c51 100644
--- a/src/application/ReconstructionObligationCandidates.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/ReconstructionObligationCandidates.test.ts
@@ -79,10 +79,32 @@ const applicationWithUnknowns = (
       ],
     }),
   );
+  const root = createJavaScriptApplicationNode({
+    kind: "artifact",
+    identity: {
+      strategy: "content-digest",
+      stability: "global-exact",
+      sha256: APPLICATION_GRAPH_DIGESTS.asar,
+    },
+    observations: [
+      {
+        label: "managed root",
+        properties: {},
+        evidence: artifactEvidence(
+          APPLICATION_GRAPH_DIGESTS.asar,
+          "artifact-root",
+        ),
+      },
+    ],
+  });
   const graph = createJavaScriptApplicationGraph({
     schema: "JavaScriptApplicationGraph",
-    root_node_ids: base.root_node_ids,
-    nodes: [...base.nodes, ...unknownNodes],
+    root_node_ids: [root.node_id],
+    nodes: [
+      ...base.nodes.filter(({ node_id }) => node_id !== root.node_id),
+      ...unknownNodes,
+      root,
+    ],
     edges: base.edges,
     coverage: completeCoverage,
     limitations: base.limitations,
diff --git a/src/application/analysisView/AnalysisViewService.ts b/src/application/analysisView/AnalysisViewService.ts
index 0b964a0baf..936a17e8d6 100644
--- a/src/application/analysisView/AnalysisViewService.ts
+++ b/src/application/analysisView/AnalysisViewService.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { EvidenceIntegrityError } from "../../domain/evidenceErrors.js";
 import { safeParseEvidence } from "../../domain/evidenceValidation.js";
 import {
   createEvidence,
+  evidenceSubjectTarget,
   rebindEvidenceToTargetPath,
   type Evidence,
   type EvidenceSubjectTarget,
@@ -327,21 +328,11 @@ export const projectRetainedAnalysis = (
   if (!retained.ok) return retained;
   // Duplicate semantic records retain their original ledger metadata. Detail
   // selection changes presentation, not the historical lookup or payload owner.
-  const subject = evidence.subject;
   return projectResolvedAnalysisView(
     { source, view },
     prepareAnalysisViewProjection(view),
     retained.value,
-    subject === null
-      ? undefined
-      : {
-          path: subject.local_path,
-          sha256: subject.digest.sha256,
-          format: subject.format,
-          ...(subject.architecture === null
-            ? {}
-            : { architecture: subject.architecture }),
-        },
+    evidenceSubjectTarget(evidence.subject),
   );
 };
 
@@ -383,17 +374,7 @@ const createAnalysisViewEvidence = (
   parent: Evidence,
   result: AnalysisViewResult,
 ): Evidence => {
-  const target =
-    parent.subject === null
-      ? undefined
-      : {
-          path: parent.subject.local_path,
-          sha256: parent.subject.digest.sha256,
-          format: parent.subject.format,
-          ...(parent.subject.architecture === null
-            ? {}
-            : { architecture: parent.subject.architecture }),
-        };
+  const target = evidenceSubjectTarget(parent.subject);
   const nativeFunctionView =
     result.kind === "native" ||
     (result.kind === "summary" &&
diff --git a/src/application/android/AndroidAnalysisService.test.ts b/src/application/android/AndroidAnalysisService.test.ts
index 5ac8d36c9d..5ec0f7641d 100644
--- a/src/application/android/AndroidAnalysisService.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/android/AndroidAnalysisService.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,33 @@ import { expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { AndroidAnalysisService } from "./AndroidAnalysisService.js";
 import type { AndroidAnalysisPort } from "./AndroidAnalysisPort.js";
 import { projectAnalysisError } from "../../domain/analysisErrorProjection.js";
+import { createEvidence } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
+import { ok } from "../../domain/result.js";
+import { summarizeRetainedAndroidSearch } from "./AndroidSearchEvidenceSummary.js";
+
+it("retains the selected subject in bounded search Evidence", () => {
+  const source = createEvidence(
+    {
+      path: "/fixture/app.apk",
+      sha256: "a".repeat(64),
+      format: "apk",
+      name: "Selected app",
+    },
+    { id: "fixture", name: "Fixture", version: "1" },
+    {
+      operation: "search_android_classes",
+      parameters: {},
+      result: { matches: [] },
+      rawResult: { complete: true },
+    },
+  );
+  const result = summarizeRetainedAndroidSearch(source, { pages: 1 }, () =>
+    ok("added"),
+  );
+  if (!result.ok) throw result.error;
+  expect(result.value.subject).toEqual(source.subject);
+  expect(result.value.evidence_links).toContain(source.evidence_id);
+});
 
 it("retains selector correction issues before target acquisition", async () => {
   const execute = vi.fn<AndroidAnalysisPort["execute"]>();
diff --git a/src/application/android/AndroidApplicationService.ts b/src/application/android/AndroidApplicationService.ts
index 05a7744828..907e2851ca 100644
--- a/src/application/android/AndroidApplicationService.ts
+++ b/src/application/android/AndroidApplicationService.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ export const projectAndroidApplicationEvidence = (
     operation: OPERATION,
     predicateType: "rea.android-application-graph",
     provider: ANDROID_APPLICATION_PROVIDER,
-    subjectFormat: () => "apk",
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/application/android/AndroidSearchEvidenceSummary.ts b/src/application/android/AndroidSearchEvidenceSummary.ts
index 9b0f3809f3..a779c50b81 100644
--- a/src/application/android/AndroidSearchEvidenceSummary.ts
+++ b/src/application/android/AndroidSearchEvidenceSummary.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import type { EvidenceWriter } from "../investigation/InvestigationRecordPort.js";
-import { createEvidence, type Evidence } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
+import {
+  createEvidence,
+  evidenceSubjectTarget,
+  type Evidence,
+} from "../../domain/evidence.js";
 import type { AnalysisError } from "../../domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
 import type { JsonValue } from "../../domain/jsonValue.js";
 import { ok, type Result } from "../../domain/result.js";
@@ -18,30 +22,16 @@ export const summarizeRetainedAndroidSearch = (
   if (recordEvidence === undefined) return ok(evidence);
   const recorded = recordEvidence(evidence);
   if (!recorded.ok) return recorded;
-  const subject = evidence.subject;
   return ok(
-    createEvidence(
-      subject === null
-        ? undefined
-        : {
-            path: subject.local_path,
-            sha256: subject.digest.sha256,
-            format: subject.format,
-            ...(subject.architecture === null
-              ? {}
-              : { architecture: subject.architecture }),
-          },
-      evidence.provider,
-      {
-        operation: evidence.operation,
-        parameters: evidence.parameters,
-        result: evidence.normalized_result,
-        rawResult: { ...summary, complete_evidence_id: evidence.evidence_id },
-        confidence: evidence.confidence,
-        limitations: evidence.limitations,
-        locations: evidence.locations,
-        evidenceLinks: [evidence.evidence_id],
-      },
-    ),
+    createEvidence(evidenceSubjectTarget(evidence.subject), evidence.provider, {
+      operation: evidence.operation,
+      parameters: evidence.parameters,
+      result: evidence.normalized_result,
+      rawResult: { ...summary, complete_evidence_id: evidence.evidence_id },
+      confidence: evidence.confidence,
+      limitations: evidence.limitations,
+      locations: evidence.locations,
+      evidenceLinks: [evidence.evidence_id],
+    }),
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/application/apple/AppleApplicationService.ts b/src/application/apple/AppleApplicationService.ts
index bee7e256cb..d0a2c040b4 100644
--- a/src/application/apple/AppleApplicationService.ts
+++ b/src/application/apple/AppleApplicationService.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ export const projectAppleApplicationEvidence = (
     operation: OPERATION,
     predicateType: "rea.apple-application-graph",
     provider: APPLE_APPLICATION_PROVIDER,
-    subjectFormat: (first) => first.subject?.format ?? "unknown",
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/application/harmony/HarmonyApplicationService.ts b/src/application/harmony/HarmonyApplicationService.ts
index 7ee6c946b5..8248b21ff8 100644
--- a/src/application/harmony/HarmonyApplicationService.ts
+++ b/src/application/harmony/HarmonyApplicationService.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,5 @@ export const projectHarmonyApplicationEvidence = (
     operation: OPERATION,
     predicateType: "rea.harmony-application-graph",
     provider: HARMONY_APPLICATION_PROVIDER,
-    subjectFormat: (first) => first.subject?.format ?? "unknown",
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationEvidenceGraph.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationEvidenceGraph.ts
index ae982cff7f..8d23cd4e24 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationEvidenceGraph.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationEvidenceGraph.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import {
   JAVASCRIPT_RUNTIME_RECONCILIATION_PROVIDER,
   MANAGED_WORKFLOW_PROVIDER,
 } from "../../domain/investigationProviders.js";
-import { isImmutableEvidence, type Evidence } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
+import {
+  isImmutableEvidence,
+  evidenceSubjectTarget,
+  type Evidence,
+  type EvidenceSubjectTarget,
+} from "../../domain/evidence.js";
 import { readEvidence } from "../../domain/evidenceValidation.js";
 import { EvidenceIntegrityError } from "../../domain/evidenceErrors.js";
 import {
@@ -35,6 +40,32 @@ export interface ApplicationGraphEvidenceSource {
   readonly semanticGraph: JavaScriptSemanticGraph | null;
 }
 
+/** Carry a subject only when it identifies the graph's root artifact. */
+export const applicationGraphSubjectTarget = (
+  source: ApplicationGraphEvidenceSource,
+): EvidenceSubjectTarget | undefined => {
+  const subject = source.evidence.subject;
+  const staticRootObserved =
+    source.kind === "static-application" &&
+    source.graph.nodes.some(
+      (node) =>
+        node.kind === "artifact" &&
+        node.identity.strategy === "content-digest" &&
+        node.identity.sha256 === source.rootArtifactSha256 &&
+        node.observations.some(
+          ({ evidence }) => evidence.extractor.operation === "inventory-root",
+        ),
+    );
+  return evidenceSubjectTarget(
+    staticRootObserved ||
+      (source.kind === "managed-application" &&
+        subject?.format === "pe" &&
+        subject.digest.sha256 === source.rootArtifactSha256)
+      ? subject
+      : null,
+  );
+};
+
 /** Caller-owned Evidence failed validation at the application graph boundary. */
 export interface ApplicationGraphEvidenceInputFailure {
   readonly issues: readonly AnalysisInputIssue[];
diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowEvidence.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowEvidence.ts
index 24e84a9f96..3f0d1f51d4 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowEvidence.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowEvidence.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   createEvidence,
   type Evidence,
   type EvidenceObservation,
+  type EvidenceSubjectTarget,
 } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
 import type { ApplicationVersionComparisonResult } from "../../domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationVersionComparisonSchemas.js";
 import type { JavaScriptExportShapeComparisonResult } from "../../domain/javascript/javascriptExportShapeComparisonSchemas.js";
@@ -12,10 +13,11 @@ import { JAVASCRIPT_APPLICATION_WORKFLOW_PROVIDER } from "../../domain/investiga
 
 /** Create derived Evidence for one bounded application-graph feature trace. */
 export const createApplicationFeatureTraceEvidence = (
+  subject: EvidenceSubjectTarget | undefined,
   parameters: EvidenceObservation["parameters"],
   result: ApplicationFeatureTraceResult,
 ): Evidence =>
-  createEvidence(undefined, JAVASCRIPT_APPLICATION_WORKFLOW_PROVIDER, {
+  createEvidence(subject, JAVASCRIPT_APPLICATION_WORKFLOW_PROVIDER, {
     predicateType: "rea.application-feature-trace",
     operation: "trace_application_feature",
     parameters,
@@ -30,10 +32,11 @@ export const createApplicationFeatureTraceEvidence = (
 
 /** Create derived Evidence for one bounded JavaScript semantic trace. */
 export const createJavaScriptSemanticTraceEvidence = (
+  subject: EvidenceSubjectTarget | undefined,
   parameters: EvidenceObservation["parameters"],
   result: JavaScriptSemanticTraceResult,
 ): Evidence =>
-  createEvidence(undefined, JAVASCRIPT_APPLICATION_WORKFLOW_PROVIDER, {
+  createEvidence(subject, JAVASCRIPT_APPLICATION_WORKFLOW_PROVIDER, {
     predicateType: "rea.javascript-semantic-trace",
     operation: "trace_javascript_semantics",
     parameters,
diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowService.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowService.ts
index a0c4d96a98..76e6813890 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowService.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowService.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { compareSourceToBundle } from "../../domain/javascript/sourceToBundleCom
 import type { SourceToBundleComparisonResult } from "../../domain/javascript/sourceToBundleComparisonSchemas.js";
 import {
   applicationGraphEvidenceInputError,
+  applicationGraphSubjectTarget,
   parseApplicationGraphEvidence,
   parseNativeApplicationEvidence,
   type ApplicationGraphEvidenceSource,
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ export const traceApplicationFeatureEvidence = (
     direction: input.direction,
   });
   const evidence = createApplicationFeatureTraceEvidence(
+    applicationGraphSubjectTarget(source),
     {
       application_evidence_id: source.evidence.evidence_id,
       native_evidence_ids: nativeEvidence.map(({ evidence_id: id }) => id),
diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptEvidenceInputs.test.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptEvidenceInputs.test.ts
index 2bd6d77197..2235fc310e 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptEvidenceInputs.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptEvidenceInputs.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 import { expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
-import { createEvidence, type Evidence } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
+import {
+  createEvidence,
+  parseEvidence,
+  rebindEvidenceToTargetPath,
+  type Evidence,
+} from "../../domain/evidence.js";
+import { ok } from "../../domain/result.js";
+import { createJavaScriptApplicationGraph } from "../../domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationGraph.js";
+import { createJavaScriptSemanticGraph } from "../../domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticGraph.js";
+import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.js";
 import {
   JAVASCRIPT_APPLICATION_VERSION_COMPARISON_EXAMPLE,
   JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE,
@@ -14,18 +23,165 @@ import {
 } from "./JavaScriptApplicationWorkflowService.js";
 import { reconcileJavaScriptRuntimeEvidence } from "./JavaScriptRuntimeReconciliationService.js";
 import { traceJavaScriptSemanticsEvidence } from "./JavaScriptSemanticTraceService.js";
+import {
+  inspectAnalysisView,
+  projectRetainedAnalysis,
+} from "../analysisView/AnalysisViewService.js";
 
 const reference = ({ evidence_id }: Evidence) => ({
   kind: "retained-evidence" as const,
   evidence_id,
 });
 
+it("keeps a static trace subject unknown when legacy graph root evidence is omitted", () => {
+  const original = JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE.application;
+  const result = javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema.parse(
+    original.normalized_result,
+  );
+  const { graph_id: _graphId, ...graphInput } = result.graph;
+  const graph = createJavaScriptApplicationGraph({
+    ...graphInput,
+    nodes: graphInput.nodes.filter(({ kind }) => kind !== "artifact"),
+    root_node_ids: graphInput.nodes
+      .filter(({ kind }) => kind === "javascript-asset")
+      .map(({ node_id }) => node_id),
+    edges: [],
+  });
+  const { graph_id: _semanticId, ...semanticInput } = result.semantic_graph;
+  const semanticGraph = createJavaScriptSemanticGraph({
+    ...semanticInput,
+    application_graph_id: graph.graph_id,
+  });
+  if (original.subject === null)
+    throw new Error("Expected application subject");
+  const legacy = createEvidence(
+    {
+      path: original.subject.local_path,
+      sha256: original.subject.digest.sha256,
+      format: original.subject.format,
+    },
+    original.provider,
+    {
+      operation: original.operation,
+      predicateType: original.predicate_type,
+      parameters: original.parameters,
+      result: { ...result, graph, semantic_graph: semanticGraph },
+      confidence: "derived",
+      authority: "shipped-artifact",
+    },
+  );
+  const trace = traceApplicationFeatureEvidence({
+    ...JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE,
+    application: legacy,
+  });
+  if (!trace.ok) throw trace.error;
+  expect(trace.value.evidence.subject).toBeNull();
+});
+
 const native = createEvidence(
   { path: "/example/addon.node", sha256: "e".repeat(64), format: "elf" },
   { id: "fixture", name: "Native fixture", version: "1" },
   { operation: "procedure_info", parameters: {}, result: {} },
 );
 
+it("preserves the verified application subject in both trace workflows", async () => {
+  const original = JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE.application;
+  if (original.subject === null)
+    throw new Error("Expected application subject");
+  const application = createEvidence(
+    {
+      path: original.subject.local_path,
+      sha256: original.subject.digest.sha256,
+      format: original.subject.format,
+      architecture: "x86_64",
+      name: "caller-selected-name",
+    },
+    original.provider,
+    {
+      operation: original.operation,
+      predicateType: original.predicate_type,
+      parameters: original.parameters,
+      result: original.normalized_result,
+      confidence: "derived",
+      authority: "shipped-artifact",
+    },
+  );
+  const feature = traceApplicationFeatureEvidence({
+    ...JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE,
+    application,
+  });
+  const semantic = traceJavaScriptSemanticsEvidence({
+    application,
+    query: {
+      seed: { kind: "property", name: "unobserved" },
+      direction: "ownership",
+    },
+  });
+  for (const result of [feature, semantic]) {
+    if (!result.ok) throw result.error;
+    expect(result.value.evidence.subject).toEqual(application.subject);
+    expect(result.value.evidence.limitations).not.toContain(
+      "Artifact identity is unavailable for this observation.",
+    );
+  }
+  if (!feature.ok) throw feature.error;
+  const view = await inspectAnalysisView({
+    source: { kind: "inline", evidence: feature.value.evidence },
+    view: { kind: "summary" },
+  });
+  if (!view.ok) throw view.error;
+  expect(view.value.subject).toEqual(application.subject);
+  const selected = parseEvidence({
+    ...feature.value.evidence,
+    subject: { ...feature.value.evidence.subject, name: "selected display" },
+  });
+  const retained = projectRetainedAnalysis(
+    selected,
+    {
+      recordEvidence: () => ok("added"),
+      evidenceById: () => feature.value.evidence,
+    },
+    { kind: "summary" },
+  );
+  if (!retained.ok) throw retained.error;
+  expect(retained.value.subject?.name).toBe("selected display");
+  expect(
+    rebindEvidenceToTargetPath(feature.value.evidence, {
+      path: application.subject!.local_path,
+      sha256: "f".repeat(64),
+      format: application.subject!.format,
+      architecture: "x86_64",
+      name: "wrong artifact",
+    }),
+  ).toBe(feature.value.evidence);
+});
+
+it("does not attribute a multi-source reconciliation graph to its envelope subject", () => {
+  const original = JAVASCRIPT_APPLICATION_VERSION_COMPARISON_EXAMPLE.right;
+  const reconciliation = createEvidence(
+    { path: "/other/artifact", sha256: "f".repeat(64), format: "file" },
+    original.provider,
+    {
+      operation: original.operation,
+      predicateType: original.predicate_type,
+      parameters: original.parameters,
+      result: original.normalized_result,
+      confidence: "inferred",
+      authority: "analyst-inference",
+      evidenceLinks: original.evidence_links,
+    },
+  );
+  const result = traceApplicationFeatureEvidence({
+    ...JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE,
+    application: reconciliation,
+  });
+  if (!result.ok) throw result.error;
+  expect(result.value.evidence.subject).toBeNull();
+  expect(result.value.evidence.limitations).toContain(
+    "Artifact identity is unavailable for this observation.",
+  );
+});
+
 it("resolves feature native arrays without changing source identity or unknowns", () => {
   const input = {
     ...JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE,
diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptSemanticTraceService.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptSemanticTraceService.ts
index 0f0be04ca6..d656abd861 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptSemanticTraceService.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptSemanticTraceService.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { AnalysisInputError } from "../../domain/analysisErrorCore.js";
 import type { AnalysisError } from "../../domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
 import {
   applicationGraphEvidenceInputError,
+  applicationGraphSubjectTarget,
   parseApplicationGraphEvidence,
 } from "./JavaScriptApplicationEvidenceGraph.js";
 import { queryJavaScriptSemanticGraph } from "../../domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticQuery.js";
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export const traceJavaScriptSemanticsEvidence = (
   };
   const { allowed_relations, ...queryParameters } = input.query;
   const evidence = createJavaScriptSemanticTraceEvidence(
+    applicationGraphSubjectTarget(source),
     {
       application_evidence_id: source.evidence.evidence_id,
       query:
diff --git a/src/application/managed/ManagedApplicationGraphService.ts b/src/application/managed/ManagedApplicationGraphService.ts
index 5f401a45b0..1a2b43cdca 100644
--- a/src/application/managed/ManagedApplicationGraphService.ts
+++ b/src/application/managed/ManagedApplicationGraphService.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { ExecutionOptions } from "../AnalysisProvider.js";
 import type { AnalysisError } from "../../domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
 import {
   createEvidence,
+  evidenceSubjectTarget,
   type Evidence,
   type EvidenceSubjectTarget,
 } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
@@ -90,12 +91,5 @@ const subjectTarget = (
     input.boundaries?.evidence.subject;
   if (subject === undefined || subject === null || subject.format !== "pe")
     return undefined;
-  return {
-    path: subject.local_path,
-    sha256: subject.digest.sha256,
-    format: "pe",
-    ...(subject.architecture === null
-      ? {}
-      : { architecture: subject.architecture }),
-  };
+  return evidenceSubjectTarget(subject);
 };
diff --git a/src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.ts b/src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.ts
index a13aea0422..9af0980a76 100644
--- a/src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.ts
+++ b/src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createEvidence } from "../../domain/evidence.js";
 import {
   createJavaScriptApplicationGraph,
   createJavaScriptApplicationNode,
+  createJavaScriptApplicationEdge,
 } from "../../domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationGraph.js";
 import { createWebTextArtifact } from "../../domain/webContentArtifact.js";
 import {
@@ -63,11 +64,46 @@ const asset = createJavaScriptApplicationNode({
     },
   ],
 });
+const root = createJavaScriptApplicationNode({
+  kind: "artifact",
+  identity: {
+    strategy: "content-digest",
+    stability: "global-exact",
+    sha256: applicationSha256,
+  },
+  observations: [
+    {
+      label: "artifact root",
+      properties: { format: "directory" },
+      evidence: {
+        ...graphEvidence,
+        artifact: {
+          available: true,
+          artifact_id: `art_${applicationSha256}`,
+          sha256: applicationSha256,
+        },
+        location: {
+          available: true,
+          value: { kind: "artifact-path", path: "artifact-root" },
+        },
+        extractor: { ...graphEvidence.extractor, operation: "inventory-root" },
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+});
 const graph = createJavaScriptApplicationGraph({
   schema: "JavaScriptApplicationGraph",
-  root_node_ids: [asset.node_id],
-  nodes: [asset],
-  edges: [],
+  root_node_ids: [root.node_id],
+  nodes: [asset, root],
+  edges: [
+    createJavaScriptApplicationEdge({
+      source_node_id: root.node_id,
+      target_node_id: asset.node_id,
+      relation: "contains",
+      properties: { path: "renderer.js" },
+      evidence: graphEvidence,
+    }),
+  ],
   coverage: completeCoverage,
   limitations: [],
 });
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.test.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.test.ts
index ce28066fd0..cd3401f417 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/analysisView.test.ts
@@ -883,7 +883,9 @@ it("projects typed module facts without source bodies and keeps source coverage
 
 it("counts retained range observations including repeats and skips unavailable locations", () => {
   const analysis = analysisViewJavaScriptAnalysis();
-  const original = analysis.graph.nodes[0];
+  const original = analysis.graph.nodes.find(
+    ({ kind }) => kind === "javascript-asset",
+  );
   const observed = original?.observations[0];
   if (!original || !observed) throw new Error("missing module observation");
   const range = {
@@ -929,6 +931,7 @@ it("counts retained range observations including repeats and skips unavailable l
     ...application,
     nodes: [node],
     root_node_ids: [node.node_id],
+    edges: [],
   });
   const parent = javascriptParent(
     analysisViewBindJavaScriptGraphs(analysis, graph),
@@ -997,7 +1000,9 @@ it("validates typed module selectors without coercing null or empty paths", () =
 
 it("keeps mixed observation support distinct instead of promoting a module to observed", () => {
   const analysis = analysisViewJavaScriptAnalysis();
-  const original = analysis.graph.nodes[0];
+  const original = analysis.graph.nodes.find(
+    ({ kind }) => kind === "javascript-asset",
+  );
   const observed = original?.observations[0];
   if (!original || !observed) throw new Error("missing module observation");
   const inferred = {
@@ -1025,6 +1030,7 @@ it("keeps mixed observation support distinct instead of promoting a module to ob
     ...application,
     nodes: [node],
     root_node_ids: [node.node_id],
+    edges: [],
   });
   const result = projectAnalysisView(
     javascriptParent(analysisViewBindJavaScriptGraphs(analysis, graph)),
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.ts
index e8f2b28a5e..dce7b88e67 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/analysisViewResult.ts
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ export const sourceToBundlePageViewResultSchema = z.strictObject({
 /** Compact retained feature-trace summary; pages carry the same trace context. */
 export const featureTraceSummaryViewResultSchema = z.strictObject({
   ...summaryViewResultBase,
-  artifact: z.null(),
+  artifact: artifactSchema.nullable(),
   parent_operation: z.literal("trace_application_feature"),
   summary: featureTraceSummarySchema,
 });
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ const featureTracePage = <
     ...viewResultBase,
     ...featureTraceViewContextSchema.shape,
     kind: z.literal("feature-trace"),
-    artifact: z.null(),
+    artifact: artifactSchema.nullable(),
     parent_operation: z.literal("trace_application_feature"),
     view: featureTraceViewCollections[collection].request,
     items: featureTraceViewCollections[collection].rows,
diff --git a/src/domain/analysisView/featureTraceView.ts b/src/domain/analysisView/featureTraceView.ts
index b9a848401d..49b3d6a582 100644
--- a/src/domain/analysisView/featureTraceView.ts
+++ b/src/domain/analysisView/featureTraceView.ts
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ export const projectFeatureTraceView = (
     parent_evidence_id: parent.evidenceId,
     parent_operation: OPERATION,
     parent_digest: parent.evidenceId.slice(3),
-    artifact: null,
+    artifact: parent.artifact ?? null,
     limitations: boundedViewMessages(
       limitations,
       parent.evidenceId,
diff --git a/src/domain/evidence.ts b/src/domain/evidence.ts
index 6e15957fdc..b0b1cc0428 100644
--- a/src/domain/evidence.ts
+++ b/src/domain/evidence.ts
@@ -184,16 +184,40 @@ export interface EvidenceSubjectTarget {
   readonly sha256: string;
   readonly format: z.infer<typeof subjectSchema>["format"];
   readonly architecture?: BinaryArchitecture;
+  /** Preserve an existing Evidence subject's display name when deriving observations. */
+  readonly name?: string;
 }
 
+/** Preserve the complete subject when deriving a new Evidence observation. */
+export const evidenceSubjectTarget = (
+  subject: Evidence["subject"],
+): EvidenceSubjectTarget | undefined =>
+  subject === null
+    ? undefined
+    : {
+        path: subject.local_path,
+        sha256: subject.digest.sha256,
+        format: subject.format,
+        name: subject.name,
+        ...(subject.architecture === null
+          ? {}
+          : { architecture: subject.architecture }),
+      };
+
+const sameEvidenceSubjectTargetIdentity = (
+  subject: EvidenceSubjectTarget,
+  target: EvidenceSubjectTarget,
+): boolean =>
+  subject.sha256 === target.sha256 &&
+  subject.format === target.format &&
+  (subject.architecture ?? null) === (target.architecture ?? null);
+
 /** Rebind a matching immutable artifact subject to the caller's selected path. */
 export const rebindEvidenceSubjectTargetPath = (
   subject: EvidenceSubjectTarget,
   target: EvidenceSubjectTarget,
 ): EvidenceSubjectTarget =>
-  subject.sha256 === target.sha256 &&
-  subject.format === target.format &&
-  (subject.architecture ?? null) === (target.architecture ?? null)
+  sameEvidenceSubjectTargetIdentity(subject, target)
     ? { ...subject, path: target.path }
     : subject;
 
@@ -324,21 +348,18 @@ export const rebindEvidenceToTargetPath = (
 ): Evidence => {
   const subject = evidence.subject;
   if (subject === null) return evidence;
-  const rebound = rebindEvidenceSubjectTargetPath(
-    {
-      path: subject.local_path,
-      sha256: subject.digest.sha256,
-      format: subject.format,
-      ...(subject.architecture === null
-        ? {}
-        : { architecture: subject.architecture }),
-    },
-    target,
-  );
-  if (rebound.path === subject.local_path) return evidence;
+  if (
+    !sameEvidenceSubjectTargetIdentity(evidenceSubjectTarget(subject)!, target)
+  )
+    return evidence;
+  if (
+    target.path === subject.local_path &&
+    (target.name === undefined || target.name === subject.name)
+  )
+    return evidence;
   const reboundSubject = subjectSchema.parse({
     ...subject,
-    name: basename(target.path) || "artifact",
+    name: target.name ?? (basename(target.path) || "artifact"),
     local_path: target.path,
   });
   const reboundEvidence = { ...evidence, subject: reboundSubject };
@@ -466,7 +487,9 @@ export const evidenceEnvelopeForAdmission = (
     target === undefined
       ? null
       : {
-          name: basename(target.path) || "artifact",
+          name:
+            ("name" in target ? target.name : undefined) ??
+            (basename(target.path) || "artifact"),
           digest: { sha256: target.sha256 },
           format: target.format,
           architecture: target.architecture ?? null,
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.ts
index 294d1d31e6..c54ce3d66d 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,27 @@ function* checkApplicationBindingsSteps(
   try {
     for (const node of result.graph.nodes) {
       applicationNodeIds.add(node.node_id);
+      if (
+        node.kind === "artifact" &&
+        (node.identity.strategy !== "content-digest" ||
+          node.identity.sha256 !== result.root_artifact_sha256)
+      ) {
+        for (const observation of node.observations) {
+          if (observation.evidence.extractor.operation === "inventory-root") {
+            context.addIssue({
+              code: "custom",
+              path: ["root_artifact_sha256"],
+              message:
+                "Application artifact root must match the declared root SHA-256",
+            });
+            break;
+          }
+          if (++examined === 4096) {
+            examined = 0;
+            yield;
+          }
+        }
+      }
       if (++examined === 4096) {
         examined = 0;
         yield;
diff --git a/src/domain/managed/managedApplicationGraph.ts b/src/domain/managed/managedApplicationGraph.ts
index 2441e738e4..dc54b7e056 100644
--- a/src/domain/managed/managedApplicationGraph.ts
+++ b/src/domain/managed/managedApplicationGraph.ts
@@ -94,48 +94,65 @@ const managedGraphRequestSchema = getEvidenceInputContract(
 ).frameSchema;
 
 /** Managed-code projection result containing a validated application graph. */
-export const managedApplicationGraphResultSchema = z.strictObject({
-  projection_id: prefixedDigestSchema("magp"),
-  root_artifact_sha256: digestSchema,
-  source_evidence: z.strictObject({
-    managed_artifact_evidence_id: evidenceIdSchema.nullable(),
-    managed_members_evidence_id: evidenceIdSchema.nullable(),
-    managed_native_boundaries_evidence_id: evidenceIdSchema.nullable(),
-  }),
-  summary: z.strictObject({
-    graph_nodes: z.int().min(0),
-    graph_edges: z.int().min(0),
-    assemblies: z.int().min(0),
-    modules: z.int().min(0),
-    types: z.int().min(0),
-    methods: z.int().min(0),
-    fields: z.int().min(0),
-    pinvoke_imports: z.int().min(0),
-    native_implementations: z.int().min(0),
-    // Graphs projected before call and field-access edges existed omit these
-    // counters; null means those relations were not projected, not zero.
-    calls: z
-      .int()
-      .min(0)
-      .nullable()
-      .default(null)
-      .describe("calls edges; null for graphs projected before calls edges"),
-    field_accesses: z
-      .int()
-      .min(0)
-      .nullable()
-      .default(null)
-      .describe(
-        "accesses edges; null for graphs projected before accesses edges",
-      ),
-  }),
-  graph: javascriptApplicationGraphSchema,
-  coverage: z.strictObject({
-    status: z.enum(["complete-within-inputs", "partial"]),
-  }),
-  evidence_links: z.array(evidenceIdSchema).min(1).max(3),
-  limitations: z.array(textSchema),
-});
+export const managedApplicationGraphResultSchema = z
+  .strictObject({
+    projection_id: prefixedDigestSchema("magp"),
+    root_artifact_sha256: digestSchema,
+    source_evidence: z.strictObject({
+      managed_artifact_evidence_id: evidenceIdSchema.nullable(),
+      managed_members_evidence_id: evidenceIdSchema.nullable(),
+      managed_native_boundaries_evidence_id: evidenceIdSchema.nullable(),
+    }),
+    summary: z.strictObject({
+      graph_nodes: z.int().min(0),
+      graph_edges: z.int().min(0),
+      assemblies: z.int().min(0),
+      modules: z.int().min(0),
+      types: z.int().min(0),
+      methods: z.int().min(0),
+      fields: z.int().min(0),
+      pinvoke_imports: z.int().min(0),
+      native_implementations: z.int().min(0),
+      // Graphs projected before call and field-access edges existed omit these
+      // counters; null means those relations were not projected, not zero.
+      calls: z
+        .int()
+        .min(0)
+        .nullable()
+        .default(null)
+        .describe("calls edges; null for graphs projected before calls edges"),
+      field_accesses: z
+        .int()
+        .min(0)
+        .nullable()
+        .default(null)
+        .describe(
+          "accesses edges; null for graphs projected before accesses edges",
+        ),
+    }),
+    graph: javascriptApplicationGraphSchema,
+    coverage: z.strictObject({
+      status: z.enum(["complete-within-inputs", "partial"]),
+    }),
+    evidence_links: z.array(evidenceIdSchema).min(1).max(3),
+    limitations: z.array(textSchema),
+  })
+  .superRefine((result, context) => {
+    const [rootId] = result.graph.root_node_ids;
+    const root = result.graph.nodes.find(({ node_id }) => node_id === rootId);
+    if (
+      result.graph.root_node_ids.length !== 1 ||
+      root?.kind !== "artifact" ||
+      root.identity.strategy !== "content-digest" ||
+      root.identity.sha256 !== result.root_artifact_sha256
+    )
+      context.addIssue({
+        code: "custom",
+        path: ["root_artifact_sha256"],
+        message:
+          "Managed graph root must identify the declared root artifact SHA-256.",
+      });
+  });
 
 export type ManagedApplicationGraphResult = z.infer<
   typeof managedApplicationGraphResultSchema
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationWorkflowCli.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationWorkflowCli.test.ts
index 66e6afd271..3379d5ee62 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationWorkflowCli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/applicationWorkflowCli.test.ts
@@ -771,15 +771,16 @@ describe("application workflow CLI parity", () => {
     expect(traced).toMatchObject({
       operation: "trace_application_feature",
       predicate_type: "rea.application-feature-trace",
+      subject: JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE.application.subject,
       normalized_result: {
         seed: { kind: "module", value: "renderer.js", match: "exact" },
         summary: {
           matched_seeds: 1,
-          traced_nodes: 1,
-          traced_edges: 0,
+          traced_nodes: 2,
+          traced_edges: 1,
           terminal_paths: 0,
           native_handoffs: 0,
-          observed_facts: 1,
+          observed_facts: 3,
           inferred_facts: 0,
           unknown_facts: 0,
           unavailable_facts: 0,
@@ -809,7 +810,7 @@ describe("application workflow CLI parity", () => {
       predicate_type: "rea.application-version-comparison",
       normalized_result: {
         summary: {
-          unchanged: 0,
+          unchanged: 1,
           added: 2,
           removed: 0,
           changed: 1,
@@ -852,7 +853,7 @@ describe("application workflow CLI parity", () => {
           reference_inventory_state: "complete",
           application_graph_status: "complete",
           retained_source_files: 1,
-          retained_application_nodes: 1,
+          retained_application_nodes: 2,
         },
       },
     });
@@ -890,6 +891,7 @@ describe("application workflow CLI parity", () => {
     expect(traced).toMatchObject({
       operation: "trace_javascript_semantics",
       predicate_type: "rea.javascript-semantic-trace",
+      subject: analyzed.value.subject,
       normalized_result: {
         source_evidence_id: analyzed.value.evidence_id,
         source_graph_id: result.semantic_graph.graph_id,
@@ -936,6 +938,7 @@ it("traces all endpoint carriers and their response consumers through CLI and MC
     const cliEvidence = parseEvidence(
       await runCliWithRequestFile(root, "trace-javascript-semantics", input),
     );
+    expect(cliEvidence.subject).toEqual(application.subject);
     const mcpResponse = await client.callTool({
       name: "trace_javascript_semantics",
       arguments: input,
@@ -1920,6 +1923,11 @@ const runCliWithRequestFile = async (
 /** The CLI keeps complete trace JSON; the shared view owner selects from the saved file. */
 const assertTraceFileView = async (root: string, traced: unknown) => {
   const parent = parseEvidence(traced);
+  if (parent.subject === null) throw new Error("Expected trace subject");
+  const artifact = {
+    path: parent.subject.local_path,
+    sha256: parent.subject.digest.sha256,
+  };
   const tracePath = join(root, "trace.json");
   await writeFile(tracePath, JSON.stringify(parent));
   const source = { kind: "evidence-file", path: tracePath };
@@ -1934,7 +1942,8 @@ const assertTraceFileView = async (root: string, traced: unknown) => {
       kind: "summary",
       parent_evidence_id: parent.evidence_id,
       parent_operation: "trace_application_feature",
-      summary: { summary: { matched_seeds: 1, traced_nodes: 1 } },
+      artifact,
+      summary: { summary: { matched_seeds: 1, traced_nodes: 2 } },
     },
   });
   expect(
@@ -1949,8 +1958,9 @@ const assertTraceFileView = async (root: string, traced: unknown) => {
   ).toMatchObject({
     normalized_result: {
       kind: "feature-trace",
+      artifact,
       items: [{ seed: true, observation_count: 1 }],
-      coverage: { total: 1, exhausted: true },
+      coverage: { total: 2, exhausted: false },
     },
   });
   // Without a session ledger the CLI cannot retain a parent for a selected view.
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/android/application.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/android/application.test.ts
index 7608105a4b..132111b484 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/android/application.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/android/application.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import { projectAndroidApplicationEvidence } from "../../../../src/application/android/AndroidApplicationService.js";
 import { androidApplicationProjectionResultSchema } from "../../../../src/domain/android/androidApplication.js";
 import { artifactInventoryResultSchema } from "../../../../src/domain/artifactGraph.js";
+import { parseEvidence } from "../../../../src/domain/evidence.js";
 
 describe("Android application projection", () => {
   it("projects deterministic APK components and explicit bridge hypotheses", async () => {
@@ -172,6 +173,23 @@ describe("Android application projection", () => {
   });
 });
 
+it("preserves the selected inventory subject through application projection", async () => {
+  const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-android-subject-");
+  const path = join(root, "Fixture.apk");
+  const writer = new ZipWriter(new Uint8ArrayWriter());
+  await writer.add("AndroidManifest.xml", new TextReader("manifest"));
+  await writeFile(path, await writer.close());
+  const inventory = await inventoryApplicationPackage(path);
+  const selected = parseEvidence({
+    ...inventory,
+    subject: { ...inventory.subject, name: "Selected application" },
+  });
+  const result = projectAndroidApplicationEvidence({
+    inventory_evidence: [selected],
+  });
+  expect(requireSuccessfulProjection(result).subject).toEqual(selected.subject);
+});
+
 it("projects APK v1 metadata candidates at any META-INF depth", async () => {
   const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-android-v1-metadata-");
   const path = join(root, "NestedSigning.apk");
diff --git a/tests/boundary/javascript/javascriptSelectedPathEvidence.test.ts b/tests/boundary/javascript/javascriptSelectedPathEvidence.test.ts
index 7a23bee1f4..bc5adad3fd 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/javascript/javascriptSelectedPathEvidence.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/javascript/javascriptSelectedPathEvidence.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import {
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { expect } from "vitest";
 
-import { parseEvidence } from "../../../src/domain/evidence.js";
+import { createEvidence, parseEvidence } from "../../../src/domain/evidence.js";
+import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.js";
+import { createJavaScriptSemanticGraph } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticGraph.js";
 import { parseEvidenceBundle } from "../../../src/domain/evidenceBundle.js";
 import { parseApplicationGraphEvidence } from "../../../src/application/javascript/JavaScriptApplicationEvidenceGraph.js";
 import { JAVASCRIPT_APPLICATION_EVIDENCE_EXAMPLE } from "../../../src/contracts/javascript/javascriptRuntimeReconciliationExample.js";
@@ -45,6 +47,40 @@ cliTest(
     });
     expect(cliResponse.exitCode, cliResponse.stderr).toBe(0);
     const cliEvidence = parseEvidence(cliResponse.json);
+    const parsed = javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema.parse(
+      cliEvidence.normalized_result,
+    );
+    const { graph_id: _id, ...semantic } = parsed.semantic_graph;
+    const foreignSha = "f".repeat(64);
+    const forged = createEvidence(
+      { path: parsed.input_path, sha256: foreignSha, format: parsed.format },
+      cliEvidence.provider,
+      {
+        operation: cliEvidence.operation,
+        predicateType: cliEvidence.predicate_type,
+        parameters: cliEvidence.parameters,
+        confidence: "derived",
+        authority: "shipped-artifact",
+        result: {
+          ...parsed,
+          root_artifact_sha256: foreignSha,
+          semantic_graph: createJavaScriptSemanticGraph({
+            ...semantic,
+            root_artifact_sha256: foreignSha,
+          }),
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    expect(parseApplicationGraphEvidence(forged)).toMatchObject({
+      ok: false,
+      error: {
+        issues: expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            path: ["normalized_result", "root_artifact_sha256"],
+          }),
+        ]),
+      },
+    });
 
     for (const command of ["analyze", "analyze-javascript-application"]) {
       const relativeResponse = await cli.run({
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts
index 3c0ca94c71..242aaacfee 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/applicationEvidenceMcp.test.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,21 @@ async function runInlineWorkflowScenarios(
   expect(tracedInline.structuredContent).toMatchObject({
     normalized_result: {
       seed: { kind: "module", value: "renderer.js", match: "exact" },
-      summary: { matched_seeds: 1, traced_nodes: 1, unknown_facts: 0 },
+      summary: {
+        matched_seeds: 1,
+        traced_nodes: 2,
+        traced_edges: 1,
+        unknown_facts: 0,
+      },
+      graph: {
+        nodes: expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.objectContaining({ kind: "artifact" }),
+          expect.objectContaining({ kind: "javascript-asset" }),
+        ]),
+        edges: expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.objectContaining({ relation: "contains" }),
+        ]),
+      },
       coverage: {
         status: "complete-within-source",
         source_graph_status: "complete",
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/featureTraceViewsMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/featureTraceViewsMcp.test.ts
index 7d3656115c..70f12810ea 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/featureTraceViewsMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/featureTraceViewsMcp.test.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ it.each(["full", "compact"] as const)(
     expect(summary.evidence.normalized_result).toMatchObject({
       kind: "summary",
       parent_operation: "trace_application_feature",
-      artifact: null,
+      artifact:
+        parent.subject === null
+          ? null
+          : {
+              path: parent.subject.local_path,
+              sha256: parent.subject.digest.sha256,
+            },
       summary: {
         trace_id: full.trace_id,
         source_evidence_id: full.source_evidence_id,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/fixedEvidenceConsumersMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/fixedEvidenceConsumersMcp.test.ts
index 358a5d9193..9996228ac5 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/mcp/fixedEvidenceConsumersMcp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/fixedEvidenceConsumersMcp.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const scenarios = [
     name: "trace_application_feature",
     input: JAVASCRIPT_FEATURE_TRACE_EXAMPLE,
     sourceIds: [application.evidence_id],
-    facts: { summary: { matched_seeds: 1, traced_nodes: 1 } },
+    facts: { summary: { matched_seeds: 1, traced_nodes: 2, traced_edges: 1 } },
   },
   {
     name: "trace_javascript_semantics",
diff --git a/tests/composition/analysis-sessions/managedApplicationGraph.test.ts b/tests/composition/analysis-sessions/managedApplicationGraph.test.ts
index 0268d69a9c..e475b4a4f8 100644
--- a/tests/composition/analysis-sessions/managedApplicationGraph.test.ts
+++ b/tests/composition/analysis-sessions/managedApplicationGraph.test.ts
@@ -273,6 +273,85 @@ describe("managed application graph projection", () => {
   });
 });
 
+it("preserves only a managed graph's matching subject in feature traces", () => {
+  const { artifactEvidence } = createManagedInteropEvidence();
+  const selectedArtifact = parseEvidence({
+    ...artifactEvidence,
+    subject: { ...artifactEvidence.subject, name: "selected managed image" },
+  });
+  const projected = projectManagedApplicationGraphEvidence({
+    managed_artifact: selectedArtifact,
+  });
+  if (!projected.ok) throw projected.error;
+  const parsed = parseEvidence(projected.value);
+  expect(parsed.subject).toEqual(selectedArtifact.subject);
+  const query = {
+    seed: {
+      kind: "string" as const,
+      value: "MessageBoxW",
+      match: "exact" as const,
+      case_sensitive: true,
+    },
+    direction: "incoming" as const,
+  };
+  const trace = traceApplicationFeatureEvidence({
+    application: parsed,
+    ...query,
+  });
+  if (!trace.ok) throw trace.error;
+  expect(trace.value.evidence.subject).toEqual(selectedArtifact.subject);
+  const foreign = createEvidence(
+    { path: "/other.exe", sha256: "f".repeat(64), format: "pe" },
+    parsed.provider,
+    {
+      operation: parsed.operation,
+      predicateType: parsed.predicate_type,
+      parameters: parsed.parameters,
+      result: parsed.normalized_result,
+      confidence: "inferred",
+      authority: "analyst-inference",
+      evidenceLinks: parsed.evidence_links,
+    },
+  );
+  const foreignTrace = traceApplicationFeatureEvidence({
+    application: foreign,
+    ...query,
+  });
+  if (!foreignTrace.ok) throw foreignTrace.error;
+  expect(foreignTrace.value.evidence.subject).toBeNull();
+  const contradictory = createEvidence(
+    { path: "/other.exe", sha256: "f".repeat(64), format: "pe" },
+    parsed.provider,
+    {
+      operation: parsed.operation,
+      predicateType: parsed.predicate_type,
+      parameters: parsed.parameters,
+      result: {
+        ...(parsed.normalized_result as Record<string, unknown>),
+        root_artifact_sha256: "f".repeat(64),
+      },
+      confidence: "inferred",
+      authority: "analyst-inference",
+      evidenceLinks: parsed.evidence_links,
+    },
+  );
+  const contradictoryTrace = traceApplicationFeatureEvidence({
+    application: contradictory,
+    ...query,
+  });
+  expect(contradictoryTrace).toMatchObject({
+    ok: false,
+    error: {
+      _tag: "AnalysisInputError",
+      issues: expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          path: ["application", "normalized_result", "root_artifact_sha256"],
+        }),
+      ]),
+    },
+  });
+});
+
 describe("managed application graph request", () => {
   it("accepts any nonempty set of inline sources and rejects duplicates", () => {
     const evidence = MANAGED_APPLICATION_GRAPH_EXAMPLE.managed_members;