diff --git a/docs/guides/javascript/javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md b/docs/guides/javascript/javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md
index e5606971c6..c92a455da8 100644
--- a/docs/guides/javascript/javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md
+++ b/docs/guides/javascript/javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md
@@ -456,9 +456,13 @@ RPC client syntax also contributes network endpoint candidates, in both
 - `graphql:query`, `graphql:mutation`, and `graphql:subscription` record a
   named operation found at the start of a string or cooked template literal —
   the name must be followed by variable definitions (`($`), a directive, or a
-  selection set starting with a field name — or in a precompiled
-  `OperationDefinition` document object. A standalone Source object's `body`
-  remains an operation candidate even when it has `locationOffset` metadata.
+  selection set starting with a field, named fragment spread, or inline fragment
+  — or in a precompiled `OperationDefinition` document object. A precompiled
+  operation name must be one complete GraphQL Name token (ASCII letters,
+  digits, and underscores, with no leading digit). Recognition is limited to
+  static operation headers; it does not validate a complete GraphQL document or
+  prove that the application sends the operation. A standalone Source object's
+  `body` remains an operation candidate even when it has `locationOffset` metadata.
   A graphql-tag `loc.source.body` copy is suppressed only when that source
   belongs to a recovered document with the same operation and its containing
   document, location and source have proven private metadata ownership. Writes,
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptGraphqlOperations.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptGraphqlOperations.ts
index af7b922122..f95d0b0768 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptGraphqlOperations.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptGraphqlOperations.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,30 @@ const graphqlNameAt = (
     : { value: name, end: index + name.length };
 };
 
+/** GraphQL selections may start with a field, named spread, or inline fragment. */
+const graphqlSelectionAt = (text: string, start: number): boolean => {
+  let index = skipGraphqlIgnored(text, start);
+  for (;;) {
+    if (graphqlNameAt(text, index) !== undefined) return true;
+    if (!text.startsWith("...", index)) return false;
+    index = skipGraphqlIgnored(text, index + 3);
+    const fragment = graphqlNameAt(text, index);
+    if (fragment !== undefined)
+      return (
+        fragment.value !== "on" ||
+        graphqlNameAt(text, skipGraphqlIgnored(text, fragment.end)) !==
+          undefined
+      );
+    if (text.charAt(index) === "@")
+      return (
+        graphqlNameAt(text, skipGraphqlIgnored(text, index + 1)) !== undefined
+      );
+    if (text.charAt(index) !== "{") return false;
+    // Untyped inline fragments can nest; scan their prefix without recursion.
+    index = skipGraphqlIgnored(text, index + 1);
+  }
+};
+
 /** Recover a named operation from GraphQL document text. */
 const graphqlOperationFromText = (
   text: string,
@@ -122,12 +146,13 @@ const graphqlOperationFromText = (
   const index = skipGraphqlIgnored(text, name.end);
   const next = text.charAt(index);
   // Keep the existing bounded recognition scope: a named operation followed
-  // by variable definitions, a directive, or a selection set with a field.
+  // by variable definitions, a directive, or a recognized selection prefix.
   const hasHeader =
     next === "("
       ? text.charAt(skipGraphqlIgnored(text, index + 1)) === "$"
-      : (next === "@" || next === "{") &&
-        graphqlNameAt(text, skipGraphqlIgnored(text, index + 1)) !== undefined;
+      : next === "@"
+        ? graphqlNameAt(text, skipGraphqlIgnored(text, index + 1)) !== undefined
+        : next === "{" && graphqlSelectionAt(text, index + 1);
   return hasHeader
     ? { value: name.value, mechanism: `graphql:${type.value}` }
     : undefined;
@@ -149,9 +174,10 @@ const graphqlOperationFromDocumentNode = (
   )
     return undefined;
   const value = semanticFinalObjectStringProperty(name, "value");
-  return value === undefined
-    ? undefined
-    : { value, mechanism: `graphql:${type}` };
+  if (value === undefined) return undefined;
+  return graphqlNameAt(value, 0)?.end === value.length
+    ? { value, mechanism: `graphql:${type}` }
+    : undefined;
 };
 
 interface GraphqlSourceDependency {
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptRpcEndpoints.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptRpcEndpoints.test.ts
index 763f78b74a..77d2427aa5 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptRpcEndpoints.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptRpcEndpoints.test.ts
@@ -415,7 +415,10 @@ describe("GraphQL operation recognition", () => {
     "query GetUser # prose\nparameters",
     "query Get# split name\nUser { user }",
     "query GetUser @ # missing directive name",
-    "query GetUser { # fragment\n...UserFields }",
+    "query GetUser { # missing fragment name\n... }",
+    "query GetUser { ... on }",
+    "query GetUser { ... @ }",
+    "query GetUser { ....UserFields }",
     "query\u00a0GetUser { user }",
     "query\vGetUser { user }",
   ])("keeps incomplete or unsupported header text unknown: %s", (text) => {
diff --git a/tests/boundary/javascript/graphqlOperationGrammar.test.ts b/tests/boundary/javascript/graphqlOperationGrammar.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49d68a0da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/boundary/javascript/graphqlOperationGrammar.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { parse as parseGraphql } from "graphql";
+
+import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.js";
+import { analyzeJavaScriptApplication } from "../../support/javascriptApplicationScope.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+
+const documents = [
+  "query FieldFirst { user }",
+  "query NamedSpread { ...UserFields } fragment UserFields on Query { user }",
+  "query TypedInline { ... on Query { user } }",
+  "query DirectedInline { ... @include(if: true) { user } }",
+  "query UntypedInline { ... { ... { user } } }",
+];
+
+it.each(["text", "DocumentNode"] as const)(
+  "retains GraphQL operation grammar and source Evidence through application analysis: %s",
+  async (representation) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-graphql-grammar-");
+    const names =
+      representation === "text"
+        ? documents.map((text) => {
+            const operation = parseGraphql(text).definitions.find(
+              (definition) => definition.kind === "OperationDefinition",
+            );
+            if (operation?.name === undefined)
+              throw new Error("Expected named operation");
+            return operation.name.value;
+          })
+        : ["_", "_GetUser2"];
+    const definitions =
+      representation === "text"
+        ? documents
+            .map(
+              (text, index) =>
+                `const document${index} = ${index % 3 === 0 ? JSON.stringify(text) : index % 3 === 1 ? "gql`" + text + "`" : `{ body: ${JSON.stringify(text)}, locationOffset: { line: 1, column: 1 } }`};`,
+            )
+            .join("\n")
+        : [...names, "", "two words", "123Name", "GetUser\n", "GetUser💫"]
+            .map(
+              (name, index) =>
+                `const document${index} = { kind: "OperationDefinition", operation: "query", name: { kind: "Name", value: ${JSON.stringify(name)} } };`,
+            )
+            .join("\n");
+    const source = `throw new Error("This authored input must never execute");\n${definitions}\nconst malformed = "query Broken { ... }";\nconst prose = "query string parameters";\nfetch(dynamicEndpoint);\n`;
+    await writeFile(join(root, "app.mjs"), source);
+    const analyzed = await analyzeJavaScriptApplication({
+      input_path: root,
+      format: "directory",
+    });
+    if (!analyzed.ok) throw analyzed.error;
+    expect(analyzed.value.parameters).toMatchObject({
+      input_path: root,
+      format: "directory",
+    });
+    expect(analyzed.value.authority).toBe("shipped-artifact");
+    const result = javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema.parse(
+      analyzed.value.normalized_result,
+    );
+    const endpoints = result.graph.nodes.filter(
+      ({ kind }) => kind === "endpoint",
+    );
+    const graphql = endpoints
+      .flatMap(({ observations }) => observations)
+      .filter(
+        ({ properties }) =>
+          typeof properties.mechanism === "string" &&
+          properties.mechanism.startsWith("graphql:"),
+      );
+    expect(graphql.map(({ properties }) => properties.value).sort()).toEqual(
+      [...names].sort(),
+    );
+    const sha256 = createHash("sha256").update(source).digest("hex");
+    for (const observation of graphql) {
+      expect(observation.properties.mechanism).toBe("graphql:query");
+      expect(observation.evidence).toMatchObject({
+        authority: "ast-static-analysis",
+        state: "observed",
+        confidence: "exact",
+        artifact: { available: true, sha256 },
+        location: {
+          available: true,
+          value: {
+            kind: "source-range",
+            source: "app.mjs",
+            start: { line: expect.any(Number), column: expect.any(Number) },
+            end: { line: expect.any(Number), column: expect.any(Number) },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      const location = observation.evidence.location;
+      if (!location.available || location.value.kind !== "source-range")
+        throw new Error("Expected the operation's source range");
+      const name = String(observation.properties.value);
+      expect(location.value.start.line).toBe(names.indexOf(name) + 2);
+      expect(location.value.end.line).toBe(location.value.start.line);
+      const selected = source
+        .split("\n")
+        [location.value.start.line - 1]!.slice(
+          location.value.start.column,
+          location.value.end.column,
+        );
+      expect(selected).toContain(name);
+    }
+    const unresolved = endpoints
+      .flatMap(({ observations }) => observations)
+      .find(({ properties }) => properties.value === "dynamicEndpoint");
+    expect(unresolved).toMatchObject({
+      properties: { mechanism: "call:fetch", resolution: "partial" },
+      evidence: {
+        limitations: expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.stringContaining("unresolved source expression"),
+        ]),
+      },
+    });
+    const calls = result.graph.edges.filter(
+      ({ relation }) => relation === "calls",
+    );
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(names.length + 1);
+    expect(calls.every(({ evidence }) => evidence.state === "inferred")).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+  },
+);