diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.response_body_readers.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.response_body_readers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26ef076033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.response_body_readers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { analyzeJavaScriptSemantics } from "./javascriptSemanticAnalysis.js";
+
+/**
+ * Only `fetch` resolves to a `Response`, and only once its promise settles.
+ * `http.request`/`http.get` return a `ClientRequest` and `new WebSocket` a
+ * socket; neither exposes `json`/`text`/`arrayBuffer`, and an un-awaited
+ * `fetch` returns a `Promise`. In every one of those the call throws at the call
+ * site instead of reading a body, so it is not a response consumer.
+ */
+const consumersFor = (source: string) =>
+  analyzeJavaScriptSemantics(source)
+    .requestOperations.filter(({ kind }) => kind === "response-consumer")
+    .map(({ method, endpoint, resolution }) => ({
+      method,
+      endpoint,
+      resolution,
+    }));
+
+it.each([
+  [
+    "an un-awaited fetch",
+    `async function f(){ const res = fetch("https://api.test/x"); return res.json(); }`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "an http.get request",
+    `import http from "node:http";
+     function f(){ const req = http.get("https://api.test/x"); return req.json(); }`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "an http.request request",
+    `import http from "node:http";
+     function f(){ const req = http.request("https://api.test/x"); return req.text(); }`,
+  ],
+  [
+    "a WebSocket handshake",
+    `function f(){ const ws = new WebSocket("wss://api.test/x"); return ws.json(); }`,
+  ],
+])("emits no response consumer for %s", (_name, source) => {
+  expect(consumersFor(source)).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+it.each([
+  ["json", "json"],
+  ["text", "text"],
+  ["arrayBuffer", "arrayBuffer"],
+] as const)("keeps the settled fetch body reader for %s", (_name, method) => {
+  expect(
+    consumersFor(
+      `async function f(){ const res = await fetch("https://api.test/x"); return res.${method}(); }`,
+    ),
+  ).toEqual([
+    {
+      method,
+      endpoint: "https://api.test/x",
+      resolution: "complete",
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
+it("keeps a settled fetch reader through a wrapper expression", () => {
+  expect(
+    consumersFor(
+      `async function f(){ const res = await fetch("https://api.test/x"); return (res).json(); }`,
+    ),
+  ).toHaveLength(1);
+});
+
+it("keeps the fetch candidate when the binding also holds another request", () => {
+  // The mixed binding keeps its fetch link, so the consumer stays a candidate
+  // rather than losing the endpoint entirely.
+  const consumers = consumersFor(`
+    import http from "node:http";
+    async function f(){
+      let res = await fetch("https://api.test/x");
+      res = await http.get("https://api.test/y");
+      return res.json();
+    }
+  `);
+  expect(consumers).toEqual([
+    { method: "json", endpoint: null, resolution: "partial" },
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticDataEffects.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticDataEffects.ts
index 7e8e8163b3..4b8385f53a 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticDataEffects.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticDataEffects.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 } from "./javascriptSemanticIr.js";
 import { compareUnicodeCodePoints } from "../unicodeCodePointOrder.js";
 import {
+  javaScriptExpressionWrapperTarget,
   readExactJavaScriptLiteral,
   semanticStaticPropertyKey,
   semanticStaticPropertyName,
@@ -304,6 +305,28 @@ const soleWriteReachesRead = (
   );
 };
 
+/**
+ * Only `fetch` resolves to a `Response`, and only once its promise settles.
+ * `http.request`/`http.get` return a `ClientRequest` and `new WebSocket` a
+ * socket, neither of which has `json`/`text`/`arrayBuffer`; an un-awaited
+ * `fetch` returns a `Promise`. In all of those the call throws at the call site
+ * instead of reading a body, so it is not a response consumer at all.
+ */
+const settlesToResponse = (
+  request: RequestCandidate,
+  context: TraversalContext,
+): boolean => {
+  if (request.operation.method !== "fetch") return false;
+  let node: t.Node = request.node;
+  for (;;) {
+    const parent = context.state.parentsByNode.get(node);
+    if (parent === undefined) return false;
+    if (t.isAwaitExpression(parent)) return true;
+    if (javaScriptExpressionWrapperTarget(parent) !== node) return false;
+    node = parent;
+  }
+};
+
 const collectResponseConsumers = (
   program: t.Program,
   context: TraversalContext,
@@ -338,11 +361,20 @@ const collectResponseConsumers = (
       member.object,
       member.object.name,
     );
-    const linked =
+    const candidates =
       binding === undefined
         ? []
         : (requestsByBinding.get(binding.bindingId) ?? []);
+    // A body reader only exists on a settled fetch Response. Requests of any
+    // other kind throw at this call site instead, so they link nothing; if no
+    // candidate survives, the call is not a response consumer at all.
+    const linked = candidates.filter((request) =>
+      settlesToResponse(request, context),
+    );
     if (linked.length === 0) return;
+    // A binding that also receives a request kind without a body reader leaves
+    // this reader a candidate, not a proven consumer of the fetch response.
+    const otherKinds = candidates.length !== linked.length;
     // A consumer of exactly one request through its own result binding
     // reads that request's response, so it keeps the request's endpoint.
     const uniqueRequest =
@@ -377,7 +409,8 @@ const collectResponseConsumers = (
         .sort(compareUnicodeCodePoints),
       endpoint: soleWrite ? (uniqueRequest?.operation.endpoint ?? null) : null,
       fields: [],
-      resolution: uniqueRequest === undefined ? "partial" : "complete",
+      resolution:
+        uniqueRequest === undefined || otherKinds ? "partial" : "complete",
     });
   });
   return output;