diff --git a/docs/web-network-captures.md b/docs/web-network-captures.md
index 1edb4993ac..d49f1dcc3a 100644
--- a/docs/web-network-captures.md
+++ b/docs/web-network-captures.md
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ origin, and exact segment rules match. The view does not infer further
 cross-sample patterns.
 
 Groups cite parent record ordinals and distinct statuses and MIME types (lowercase
-type/subtype without parameters). A malformed media type is unknown, not a content
-type. Flags report single samples, mixed statuses or mixed content types.
+type/subtype without parameters). An invalid type/subtype essence is unknown;
+parameters do not affect this projection. Flags report single samples, mixed
+statuses or mixed content types.
 `coverage` pages groups; `records` separately reports examined, total and excluded
 parent records. Ordinal subsets carry a limitation. Null URLs are excluded as
 `url-redacted`; unparseable URLs, URLs without an origin, spellings without
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/JavaScriptModuleLookupCli.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/JavaScriptModuleLookupCli.test.ts
index 3e33183278..5222681ce4 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/JavaScriptModuleLookupCli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/JavaScriptModuleLookupCli.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const createModuleLookupFixture = async () => {
       'import "./directory";',
       'import "./explicit.js";',
       'import "./exact.js";',
+      'import "./actual.cjs?cache=1";',
       'import fallback from "empty-main";',
       'import "nested-main";',
       'import "file-only";',
@@ -31,8 +32,10 @@ const createModuleLookupFixture = async () => {
     "esm/directory/index.js": "module.exports = 2;",
     "esm/explicit.js.js": "module.exports = 3;",
     "esm/exact.js": "module.exports = 4;",
+    "esm/actual.cjs": "module.exports = 5;",
     "cjs/entry.cjs": [
       'require("./extensionless");',
+      'require("./directory");',
       'require("./feature");',
       'require("./feature.cjs");',
       'require("./default-js");',
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ const createModuleLookupFixture = async () => {
       'require("ancestor-blocked");',
       'require("ancestor-sub/parser");',
     ].join("\n"),
+    "cjs/directory/index.cjs": "module.exports = 6;",
     "cjs/extensionless.cjs": "module.exports = 1;",
     "cjs/feature.cjs": "module.exports = 2;",
     "cjs/default-js.js": "module.exports = 3;",
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ const createModuleLookupFixture = async () => {
     "node_modules/ancestor-blocked/index.js": "module.exports = 9;",
     "node_modules/ancestor-sub/parser.js": "module.exports = 10;",
     "esm/runtime-control.mjs": [
-      'const specifiers = ["./extensionless", "./directory", "./explicit.js", "./exact.js", "empty-main", "nested-main", "file-only", "ancestor-empty", "ancestor-blocked", "ancestor-sub/parser"];',
+      'const specifiers = ["./extensionless", "./directory", "./explicit.js", "./exact.js", "./actual.cjs?cache=1", "empty-main", "nested-main", "file-only", "ancestor-empty", "ancestor-blocked", "ancestor-sub/parser"];',
       "const results = [];",
       "for (const specifier of specifiers) {",
       "  try { await import(specifier); results.push({ specifier, ok: true }); }",
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ const createModuleLookupFixture = async () => {
       "console.log(JSON.stringify(results));",
     ].join("\n"),
     "cjs/runtime-control.cjs": [
-      'const specifiers = ["./extensionless", "./feature", "./feature.cjs", "./default-js", "./default-json", "empty-main", "nested-main", "file-only", "ancestor-empty", "ancestor-blocked", "ancestor-sub/parser"];',
+      'const specifiers = ["./extensionless", "./directory", "./feature", "./feature.cjs", "./default-js", "./default-json", "empty-main", "nested-main", "file-only", "ancestor-empty", "ancestor-blocked", "ancestor-sub/parser"];',
       "const results = [];",
       "for (const specifier of specifiers) {",
       "  try { require(specifier); results.push({ specifier, ok: true }); }",
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
         code: "ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND",
       },
       { specifier: "./exact.js", ok: true },
+      { specifier: "./actual.cjs?cache=1", ok: true },
       { specifier: "empty-main", ok: true },
       { specifier: "nested-main", ok: false, code: "ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND" },
       { specifier: "file-only", ok: false, code: "ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND" },
@@ -155,6 +160,11 @@ cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
         ok: false,
         code: "MODULE_NOT_FOUND",
       },
+      {
+        specifier: "./directory",
+        ok: false,
+        code: "MODULE_NOT_FOUND",
+      },
       {
         specifier: "./feature",
         ok: false,
@@ -177,6 +187,7 @@ cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
       ["import", "./directory", null, "not-found"],
       ["import", "./explicit.js", null, "not-found"],
       ["import", "./exact.js", "esm/exact.js", "resolved"],
+      ["import", "./actual.cjs?cache=1", "esm/actual.cjs", "resolved"],
       ["import", "empty-main", "node_modules/empty-main/index.js", "resolved"],
       ["import", "nested-main", null, "not-found"],
       ["import", "file-only", null, "external"],
@@ -184,6 +195,7 @@ cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
       ["import", "ancestor-blocked", null, "not-found"],
       ["import", "ancestor-sub/parser", null, "not-found"],
       ["require", "./extensionless", null, "not-found"],
+      ["require", "./directory", null, "not-found"],
       ["require", "./feature", null, "not-found"],
       ["require", "./feature.cjs", "cjs/feature.cjs", "resolved"],
       ["require", "./default-js", "cjs/default-js.js", "resolved"],
diff --git a/tests/boundary/cli/nativeDemangleCli.test.ts b/tests/boundary/cli/nativeDemangleCli.test.ts
index d62f414b55..fe905cbbf7 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/cli/nativeDemangleCli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/cli/nativeDemangleCli.test.ts
@@ -44,15 +44,20 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform !== "darwin")(
     });
 
     cliTest("rejects a symbol spanning lines as input", async ({ cli }) => {
+      const missingTarget = join(
+        await createTestTempDirectory("rea-demangle-invalid-input-"),
+        "absent",
+      );
       const result = await cli.run({
         arguments: [
           "demangle-swift",
-          await evidenceTarget(),
+          missingTarget,
           "$s4main3FooV",
           "$s4main\n3FooV",
           "--json",
         ],
         environment,
+        timeoutMs: 20_000,
       });
       expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
       expect(result.json).toMatchObject({ code: "VALIDATION_ERROR" });