diff --git a/src/domain/changedBehavior.ts b/src/domain/changedBehavior.ts
index 68fd84953a..700f202b62 100644
--- a/src/domain/changedBehavior.ts
+++ b/src/domain/changedBehavior.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import {
 import { functionComparisonResultSchema } from "./functionComparisonSchemas.js";
 import {
   comparisonStatusSchema,
-  deriveProcessComparisonStatus,
-  PROCESS_COMPARISON_DIMENSIONS,
   processCaptureComparisonSchema,
 } from "./process/processComparison.js";
 import { prefixedDigestSchema } from "./../domain/digests.js";
@@ -209,13 +207,6 @@ const parseResult = (
     const result = processCaptureComparisonSchema.parse(
       evidence.normalized_result,
     );
-    const expected = deriveProcessComparisonStatus(
-      PROCESS_COMPARISON_DIMENSIONS.map((dimension) => result[dimension]),
-    );
-    if (result.status !== expected)
-      throw new TypeError(
-        "Process comparison status contradicts its dimensions",
-      );
     return { operation, evidence, result };
   }
   if (operation === "compare_functions") {
diff --git a/src/domain/process/processCapture.comparison.test.ts b/src/domain/process/processCapture.comparison.test.ts
index 0bc69335d3..7c7cbd590b 100644
--- a/src/domain/process/processCapture.comparison.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/process/processCapture.comparison.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { expect, it } from "vitest";
 
+import {
+  deriveProcessComparisonStatus,
+  PROCESS_COMPARISON_DIMENSIONS,
+  processCaptureComparisonSchema,
+} from "./processComparison.js";
+
 import {
   accountFullyObservedProcessCapture,
   compareUnverifiedProcessCaptures as compareProcessCaptures,
@@ -17,6 +23,58 @@ const compareFullyObserved = (
     options,
   );
 
+it.each(PROCESS_COMPARISON_DIMENSIONS)(
+  "requires a contradiction aggregate for a contradictory %s dimension",
+  (dimension) => {
+    const baseline = compareFullyObserved(emptyCapture(), emptyCapture());
+    const result = { ...baseline, [dimension]: "contradiction" as const };
+    expect(
+      deriveProcessComparisonStatus(
+        PROCESS_COMPARISON_DIMENSIONS.map((name) => result[name]),
+      ),
+    ).toBe("contradiction");
+    expect(processCaptureComparisonSchema.safeParse(result).success).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(
+      processCaptureComparisonSchema.parse({
+        ...result,
+        status: "contradiction",
+      }),
+    ).toMatchObject({ status: "contradiction", [dimension]: "contradiction" });
+  },
+);
+
+it.each([
+  ["unchanged", "contradiction"],
+  ["added", "contradiction"],
+  ["removed", "contradiction"],
+  ["changed", "contradiction"],
+  ["unknown", "contradiction"],
+  ["contradiction", "contradiction"],
+  ["truncated", "truncated"],
+] as const)(
+  "combines contradiction with %s as %s independently of dimension order",
+  (other, expected) => {
+    for (const [terminal, interaction] of [
+      ["contradiction", other],
+      [other, "contradiction"],
+    ] as const) {
+      expect(deriveProcessComparisonStatus([terminal, interaction])).toBe(
+        expected,
+      );
+      expect(
+        processCaptureComparisonSchema.parse({
+          ...compareFullyObserved(emptyCapture(), emptyCapture()),
+          terminal,
+          interaction,
+          status: expected,
+        }),
+      ).toMatchObject({ status: expected });
+    }
+  },
+);
+
 it("compares normalized terminal facts while retaining different source text for audit", () => {
   const capture = emptyCapture();
   const frame = { sequence: 0, at_ms: 0, data: "listen:<port> score=20" };
diff --git a/src/domain/process/processComparison.ts b/src/domain/process/processComparison.ts
index 0b3434a037..69dc1ac566 100644
--- a/src/domain/process/processComparison.ts
+++ b/src/domain/process/processComparison.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const deriveProcessComparisonStatus = (
   dimensions: readonly ComparisonStatus[],
 ): ComparisonStatus => {
   if (dimensions.includes("truncated")) return "truncated";
+  if (dimensions.includes("contradiction")) return "contradiction";
   if (
     dimensions.some((status) =>
       ["changed", "added", "removed"].includes(status),
diff --git a/tests/boundary/mcp/processComparisonVerificationMcp.test.ts b/tests/boundary/mcp/processComparisonVerificationMcp.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..618bc33ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/boundary/mcp/processComparisonVerificationMcp.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+import { expect, it, onTestFinished } from "vitest";
+
+import { createEvidence, parseEvidence } from "../../../src/domain/evidence.js";
+import { createEvidenceBundle } from "../../../src/domain/evidenceBundle.js";
+import { jsonValueSchema } from "../../../src/domain/jsonValue.js";
+import { EMPTY_PROCESS_CAPTURE_EXAMPLE } from "../../../src/domain/process/processCaptureExample.js";
+import { parseProcessCapture } from "../../../src/domain/process/processCaptureParsing.js";
+import { compareProcessCaptures } from "../../../src/domain/process/processComparison.js";
+import { PROCESS_PROVIDER } from "../../../src/domain/process/processEvidenceProvider.js";
+import { reconstructionVerificationResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/reconstructionVerificationSchemas.js";
+import { createApplicationMcpHarness } from "../../fixtures/applicationMcpHarness.js";
+import { createTestBinarySession } from "../../fixtures/binarySession.js";
+import { parseMcpToolError } from "../../fixtures/mcpToolError.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+
+it("rejects an inconsistent imported process comparison while retaining its Evidence", async () => {
+  const dimension = "terminal" as const;
+  const source = (side: string) =>
+    createEvidence(undefined, PROCESS_PROVIDER, {
+      predicateType: "rea.process-capture",
+      operation: "capture_process_scenario",
+      parameters: { side },
+      result: EMPTY_PROCESS_CAPTURE_EXAMPLE,
+      confidence: "observed",
+      authority: "controlled-replay",
+      environment: {
+        id: "fixture",
+        platform: "fixture",
+        architecture: "fixture",
+        isolation: "process",
+      },
+    });
+  const left = source("left");
+  const right = source("right");
+  const nativeResult = compareProcessCaptures(
+    parseProcessCapture(left.normalized_result),
+    parseProcessCapture(right.normalized_result),
+  );
+  expect(nativeResult.status).toBe("unchanged");
+  const comparison = (status: "unchanged" | "contradiction") =>
+    createEvidence(undefined, PROCESS_PROVIDER, {
+      predicateType: "rea.process-comparison",
+      operation: "compare_process_captures",
+      parameters: {
+        left_evidence_id: left.evidence_id,
+        right_evidence_id: right.evidence_id,
+      },
+      result: jsonValueSchema.parse({
+        ...nativeResult,
+        [dimension]: "contradiction",
+        status,
+      }),
+      confidence: "derived",
+      authority: "analyst-inference",
+      evidenceLinks: [left.evidence_id, right.evidence_id],
+    });
+  const inconsistent = comparison("unchanged");
+  const consistent = comparison("contradiction");
+  const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-process-verification-");
+  const path = join(root, "bundle.json");
+  await writeFile(
+    path,
+    JSON.stringify(
+      createEvidenceBundle([left, right, inconsistent, consistent]),
+    ),
+  );
+  let providerLaunches = 0;
+  const session = createTestBinarySession(() => {
+    providerLaunches += 1;
+    throw new Error("Imported process verification must not launch a provider");
+  });
+  const harness = await createApplicationMcpHarness({ session });
+  onTestFinished(harness.close);
+  const imported = await harness.client.callTool({
+    name: "import_evidence_bundle",
+    arguments: { path },
+  });
+  expect(imported.isError).not.toBe(true);
+  const verify = (evidenceId: string, selected: "overall" | typeof dimension) =>
+    harness.client.callTool({
+      name: "verify_reconstruction",
+      arguments: {
+        specification: {
+          name: "Process comparison consistency",
+          claims: [
+            {
+              kind: "behavioral",
+              claim_id: selected,
+              title: "Process replay agrees",
+              comparison_evidence_id: evidenceId,
+              dimension: selected,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  for (const selected of ["overall", dimension] as const) {
+    const rejected = await verify(inconsistent.evidence_id, selected);
+    expect(parseMcpToolError(rejected).error).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_request",
+      details: {
+        issues: [
+          {
+            reason: "invalid_value",
+            message: expect.stringContaining(
+              "Process comparison status contradicts its dimensions",
+            ),
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    const failed = await verify(consistent.evidence_id, selected);
+    expect(failed.isError).not.toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      reconstructionVerificationResultSchema.parse(
+        parseEvidence(failed.structuredContent).normalized_result,
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      status: "fail",
+      claims: { items: [{ observed_status: "contradiction" }] },
+    });
+  }
+  for (const record of [left, right, inconsistent, consistent])
+    expect(session.evidenceById(record.evidence_id)).toEqual(record);
+  const recomputed = await harness.client.callTool({
+    name: "compare_process_captures",
+    arguments: { left, right },
+  });
+  expect(recomputed.isError).not.toBe(true);
+  const control = parseEvidence(recomputed.structuredContent);
+  const verified = await verify(control.evidence_id, "overall");
+  expect(verified.isError).not.toBe(true);
+  expect(
+    reconstructionVerificationResultSchema.parse(
+      parseEvidence(verified.structuredContent).normalized_result,
+    ),
+  ).toMatchObject({ status: "pass" });
+  expect(providerLaunches).toBe(0);
+  await harness.client.ping();
+});