diff --git a/docs/ghidra-nativeaot.md b/docs/ghidra-nativeaot.md
index 2a48e04038..15393aa9db 100644
--- a/docs/ghidra-nativeaot.md
+++ b/docs/ghidra-nativeaot.md
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ establishing their absence. Performance on the large bflat report has not been
 measured; this change removes repeated closure scans rather than resolving
 that separate discovery limitation.
 
+If captured snapshot bytes no longer match their admitted digest, the parser
+retains both digests and the Ghidra owner reports `artifact_changed`, with the
+captured byte count and admitted identity still available. Reopen acquisition
+against a stable artifact; this is distinct from corrupted retained Evidence.
+
 The optional adapter performs its annotations in an ephemeral Program
 transaction. That workflow may change analysis-memory bytes, never the original
 executable file. It is unavailable on Windows P0, which has no database
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeAotPe.test.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeAotPe.test.ts
index 48e1aab1e9..282dc1498e 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeAotPe.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeAotPe.test.ts
@@ -120,11 +120,18 @@ describe("read-only NativeAOT PE parser", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("fails closed on snapshot identity mismatch", () => {
+  it("fails closed on snapshot identity mismatch while preserving observed identity", () => {
     const bytes = nativeAotPeFixture();
-    expect(() =>
-      parseNativeAotPe(bytes, "0".repeat(64), SUMMARY_BUDGET),
-    ).toThrow(/digest/iu);
+    try {
+      parseNativeAotPe(bytes, "0".repeat(64), SUMMARY_BUDGET);
+      throw new Error("Expected source identity mismatch");
+    } catch (cause: unknown) {
+      expect(cause).toMatchObject({
+        name: "NativeAotSnapshotIdentityError",
+        expectedSha256: "0".repeat(64),
+        observedSha256: nativeAotPeDigest(bytes),
+      });
+    }
   });
 
   it("reports a detected but unsupported RTR version as partial without guessed types", () => {
diff --git a/src/domain/native/nativeAotPe.ts b/src/domain/native/nativeAotPe.ts
index fb98b322fb..6b9984faca 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/nativeAotPe.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/nativeAotPe.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ class NativeAotParserBudget {
   }
 }
 
+/** Source-byte identity mismatch retained for adapter-specific recovery. */
+export class NativeAotSnapshotIdentityError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    readonly expectedSha256: string,
+    readonly observedSha256: string,
+  ) {
+    super(
+      `NativeAOT snapshot digest does not match the admitted artifact identity: expected ${expectedSha256}, observed ${observedSha256}`,
+    );
+    this.name = "NativeAotSnapshotIdentityError";
+  }
+}
+
 /** Hydration stops by throwing; other scans record truncation and continue. */
 class NativeAotParserBudgetError extends Error {
   constructor(readonly budget: "work" | "working-memory") {
@@ -1272,9 +1285,7 @@ export const parseNativeAotPe = (
     );
   const sha256 = createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex");
   if (sha256 !== expectedSha256)
-    throw new Error(
-      "NativeAOT snapshot digest does not match the admitted artifact identity",
-    );
+    throw new NativeAotSnapshotIdentityError(expectedSha256, sha256);
   let image: PeImage;
   try {
     image = new PeImage(bytes);
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner.ts
index 7b3169b775..6226351c6e 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ import type {
   AnalysisPartialObservation,
 } from "../domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
 import { analysisErrorWithCleanupFailure } from "../domain/analysisErrorCleanup.js";
-import { AnalysisCancelledError } from "../domain/analysisErrorCore.js";
+import {
+  AnalysisArtifactChangedError,
+  AnalysisCancelledError,
+} from "../domain/analysisErrorCore.js";
 import type { JsonValue } from "../domain/jsonValue.js";
 import {
+  NativeAotSnapshotIdentityError,
   NATIVE_AOT_MAX_REPORT_BYTES,
   NATIVE_AOT_MAX_SOURCE_BYTES,
   nativeAotSnapshotOverCapacity,
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ export class GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner {
   constructor(
     private readonly input: {
       readonly targetSha256: string;
+      readonly targetPath: string;
       readonly readSnapshot: GhidraClient["readTargetSnapshot"] | undefined;
       readonly projectFailure: (
         operation: AnalysisOperation,
@@ -198,6 +203,29 @@ export class GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner {
     imageBase: string,
     observations: JsonValue,
   ): AnalysisError {
+    if (failure.cause instanceof NativeAotSnapshotIdentityError) {
+      const mismatch = failure.cause;
+      const primary = new AnalysisArtifactChangedError(
+        operation,
+        this.input.targetPath,
+        mismatch.message,
+        {
+          cause: mismatch,
+          diagnostics: {
+            expected_sha256: mismatch.expectedSha256,
+            observed_sha256: mismatch.observedSha256,
+          },
+          partialObservation: failure.partialObservation,
+        },
+      );
+      return failure.cleanupFailure?.cleanupIncomplete
+        ? analysisErrorWithCleanupFailure(
+            primary,
+            failure.cleanupFailure,
+            operation,
+          ).bindCleanupDependencies([primary, failure.cleanupFailure])
+        : primary;
+    }
     if (failure.kind !== "cancelled" || this.#conflict === undefined)
       return this.input.projectFailure(
         operation,
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraProvider.behavior.test.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraProvider.behavior.test.ts
index 057ccb0748..3cf64d717c 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraProvider.behavior.test.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraProvider.behavior.test.ts
@@ -2166,6 +2166,44 @@ it.each(["captured", "cancelled-with-facts"] as const)(
   },
 );
 
+it("preserves the observed NativeAOT snapshot digest with source-change recovery", async () => {
+  const bytes = nativeAotPeFixture();
+  const expected = "0".repeat(64);
+  const owner = new GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner({
+    targetSha256: expected,
+    targetPath: "/fixtures/admitted.exe",
+    readSnapshot: async () => ok({ kind: "captured", bytes }),
+    projectFailure: () => {
+      throw new Error("Identity mismatch must retain source-change recovery");
+    },
+  });
+  try {
+    const result = await owner.derive(
+      "0x140000000",
+      "inspect_native_load_image",
+      undefined,
+      {},
+    );
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (result.ok) return;
+    expect(result.error).toMatchObject({
+      _tag: "AnalysisArtifactChangedError",
+      path: "/fixtures/admitted.exe",
+      diagnostics: {
+        expected_sha256: expected,
+        observed_sha256: nativeAotPeDigest(bytes),
+      },
+      partialObservation: {
+        kind: "native-aot-snapshot",
+        analysis_artifact_sha256: expected,
+        capture: { status: "captured", bytes: bytes.length },
+      },
+    });
+  } finally {
+    await owner.close();
+  }
+});
+
 it("preserves NativeAOT source facts and cleanup when a later caller contradicts identity", async () => {
   const partial = {
     kind: "file-snapshot-hash" as const,
@@ -2181,6 +2219,7 @@ it("preserves NativeAOT source facts and cleanup when a later caller contradicts
   onTestFinished(() => lease.release());
   const owner = new GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner({
     targetSha256: partial.sha256,
+    targetPath: partial.path,
     readSnapshot: async () =>
       err(
         new GhidraSessionError(
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraProviderClient.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraProviderClient.ts
index 31bc26b910..a8a3da77a1 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraProviderClient.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraProviderClient.ts
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ export const createGhidraProviderClient = (input: {
     target.format === "pe"
       ? new GhidraNativeAotSnapshotOwner({
           targetSha256: target.sha256,
+          targetPath: target.path,
           readSnapshot: client.readTargetSnapshot?.bind(client),
           projectFailure: (operation, failure) =>
             projectSessionError(