diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisBrowser.ts b/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisBrowser.ts
index 7657614ae0..afe03b8e96 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisBrowser.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const inspectElectronBrowserNode = (
   context: JavaScriptFindingContext,
 ): void => {
   if (t.isNewExpression(node)) inspectBrowserWindow(node, context);
-  if (!t.isCallExpression(node)) return;
+  if (!t.isCallExpression(node) && !t.isOptionalCallExpression(node)) return;
   inspectContextBridge(node, context);
   inspectUtilityProcess(node, context);
 };
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const collectWebPreferences = (
 };
 
 const inspectContextBridge = (
-  node: t.CallExpression,
+  node: t.CallExpression | t.OptionalCallExpression,
   context: JavaScriptFindingContext,
 ): void => {
   const path = electronCalleePath(node.callee, context);
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ const inspectContextBridge = (
 };
 
 const inspectUtilityProcess = (
-  node: t.CallExpression,
+  node: t.CallExpression | t.OptionalCallExpression,
   context: JavaScriptFindingContext,
 ): void => {
   const path = electronCalleePath(node.callee, context);
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisIdentity.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisIdentity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78e4b314ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisIdentity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { analyzeJavaScriptStaticSource } from "./javascriptStaticAnalysis.js";
+
+describe("Electron API identity", () => {
+  it("recovers APIs through an ES module default import of Electron", () => {
+    const analysis = analyzeJavaScriptStaticSource(`
+      import electron from "electron";
+      const { ipcMain } = electron;
+      new electron.BrowserWindow({ webPreferences: { preload: "./preload.js" } });
+      electron.contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("api", { ping: true });
+      electron.ipcRenderer.invoke("default:ping");
+      ipcMain.handle("destructured:ping", () => "pong");
+      electron.default.ipcMain.handle("nested-default", () => "local");
+    `);
+
+    expect(analysis.electron.browser_windows).toMatchObject([
+      { preload_path: "./preload.js" },
+    ]);
+    expect(analysis.electron.context_bridge_apis).toMatchObject([
+      { api_key: "api", members: ["ping"] },
+    ]);
+    expect(
+      analysis.electron.ipc.map(({ side, operation, channel }) => ({
+        side,
+        operation,
+        channel,
+      })),
+    ).toEqual([
+      { side: "renderer", operation: "invoke", channel: "default:ping" },
+      { side: "main", operation: "handle", channel: "destructured:ping" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("recovers APIs and sender checks written with optional chaining", () => {
+    const analysis = analyzeJavaScriptStaticSource(`
+      const { contextBridge, ipcMain, utilityProcess } = require("electron");
+      contextBridge?.exposeInMainWorld("api", {});
+      utilityProcess?.fork("./worker.js");
+      ipcMain?.handle("optional:ping", (event) => {
+        if (!event.senderFrame?.url.startsWith("file://")) return null;
+        return event.sender?.getURL() === "file:///index.html";
+      });
+    `);
+
+    expect(analysis.electron.context_bridge_apis).toMatchObject([
+      { api_key: "api" },
+    ]);
+    expect(analysis.electron.utility_processes).toMatchObject([
+      { module_path: "./worker.js" },
+    ]);
+    expect(analysis.electron.ipc).toMatchObject([
+      { side: "main", operation: "handle", channel: "optional:ping" },
+    ]);
+    expect(
+      analysis.electron.sender_validations.map(
+        ({ subject, mechanism, expected }) => ({
+          subject,
+          mechanism,
+          expected: expected.value,
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        subject: "sender-url",
+        mechanism: "call:startsWith",
+        expected: "file://",
+      },
+      {
+        subject: "sender-url",
+        mechanism: "comparison:===",
+        expected: "file:///index.html",
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisIpc.ts b/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisIpc.ts
index e307868816..0b43f0727b 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisIpc.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/electronStaticAnalysisIpc.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const inspectElectronIpcNode = (
   node: t.Node,
   context: JavaScriptFindingContext,
 ): void => {
-  if (t.isCallExpression(node)) {
+  if (t.isCallExpression(node) || t.isOptionalCallExpression(node)) {
     inspectIpcCall(node, context);
     inspectValidationCall(node, context);
   }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const inspectElectronIpcNode = (
 };
 
 const inspectIpcCall = (
-  node: t.CallExpression,
+  node: t.CallExpression | t.OptionalCallExpression,
   context: JavaScriptFindingContext,
 ): void => {
   const descriptor = ipcDescriptor(electronCalleePath(node.callee, context));
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const inspectValidationComparison = (
 };
 
 const inspectValidationCall = (
-  node: t.CallExpression,
+  node: t.CallExpression | t.OptionalCallExpression,
   context: JavaScriptFindingContext,
 ): void => {
   if (
@@ -225,9 +225,10 @@ const ipcDescriptor = (
 const senderSubject = (
   node: t.Node,
 ): ElectronSenderValidationFinding["subject"] | undefined => {
-  const name = t.isCallExpression(node)
-    ? calleeName(node.callee)
-    : calleeName(node);
+  const name =
+    t.isCallExpression(node) || t.isOptionalCallExpression(node)
+      ? calleeName(node.callee)
+      : calleeName(node);
   if (/(?:^|\.)sender\.getURL$/u.test(name)) return "sender-url";
   if (/(?:^|\.)senderFrame\.origin$/u.test(name)) return "sender-origin";
   if (/(?:^|\.)senderFrame\.url$/u.test(name)) return "sender-url";
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptElectronMemberWrites.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptElectronMemberWrites.ts
index 5981337914..b8cd3839bd 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptElectronMemberWrites.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptElectronMemberWrites.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ import { traverseJavaScriptAstSteps } from "./javascriptSemanticTraversal.js";
 export const ELECTRON_MODULE =
   /^electron(?:\/(?:common|main|renderer|utility))?$/u;
 
+/**
+ * Electron's CommonJS exports define no `default` member, so a leading
+ * `default` segment can only denote the module object itself, as an ES module
+ * default import (`import electron from "electron"`) binds it.
+ */
+export const electronExportPath = (
+  importedPath: readonly string[],
+): readonly string[] =>
+  importedPath[0] === "default" ? importedPath.slice(1) : importedPath;
+
 /** Static identity recovery cannot establish the absence of Electron usage. */
 export const ELECTRON_IDENTITY_LIMITATION =
   "Electron API identity follows proven lexical module aliases. Reassigned bindings, dynamic selections, and visibly overwritten namespace members are unresolved; missing findings do not establish absence. Arbitrary call side effects and runtime registration are not evaluated.";
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.ts
index 5d65f413ea..9fbbd0f717 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import { collectJavaScriptDerivedSemanticsSteps } from "./javascriptSemanticDeri
 import { evaluateSemanticProvenance } from "./javascriptSemanticValues.js";
 import {
   collectElectronMemberWritesSteps,
+  electronExportPath,
   electronMemberPath,
   ELECTRON_MODULE,
 } from "./javascriptElectronMemberWrites.js";
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ export function* classifyParsedJavaScriptElectronBindingsSteps(
     }
     const origin = semanticRequireOrigin(root, state);
     return origin !== undefined && ELECTRON_MODULE.test(origin.specifier)
-      ? origin.importedPath
+      ? electronExportPath(origin.importedPath)
       : undefined;
   };
   const writes = yield* collectElectronMemberWritesSteps(
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ const electronExport = (
       ? provenance.origins[0]
       : undefined);
   return origin !== undefined && ELECTRON_MODULE.test(origin.specifier)
-    ? origin.importedPath
+    ? electronExportPath(origin.importedPath)
     : null;
 };