diff --git a/docs/native-investigation.md b/docs/native-investigation.md
index ba59d727e2..48679e3c3b 100644
--- a/docs/native-investigation.md
+++ b/docs/native-investigation.md
@@ -743,6 +743,12 @@ caller-selected entries, records them and continues:
 - Objective-C methods by selector, optionally limited to one class and to
   instance or class methods.
 
+LLDB discovery uses a separate 60000 ms `xcrun` deadline with no runtime
+override. Discovery timeouts report `provider_timeout` and retain timeout
+recovery, captured diagnostics and cleanup state. Output-budget and I/O failures
+retain their own error categories; only actual discovery unavailability reports
+missing LLDB. `duration_ms` controls the later target observation window.
+
 ```sh
 rea observe-native-calls /Applications/Example.app '{"breakpoints":[{"kind":"objc-method","class_name":"NSURLSession","selector":"dataTaskWithRequest:completionHandler:"},{"kind":"function","name":"open","module":"libsystem_kernel.dylib"}],"duration_ms":5000,"backtrace_frames":4}' --json
 ```
diff --git a/src/native/LldbCallTracer.ts b/src/native/LldbCallTracer.ts
index 6f88f624fe..39bffae3d8 100644
--- a/src/native/LldbCallTracer.ts
+++ b/src/native/LldbCallTracer.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { translateNativeCommandFailure } from "./NativeCommandAnalysisError.js";
+import { DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS } from "../domain/native/nativeDeadlines.js";
 import { snapshotEnvironment } from "../process/snapshotEnvironment.js";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
@@ -515,39 +517,19 @@ export class LldbCallTracer implements NativeCallTracer {
     const preparation = failure.preparationFailure;
     if (preparation !== undefined)
       return withResolverMarkers(lldbPreparationFailure(preparation), markers);
-    const cleanup =
-      markers.length === 0
-        ? undefined
-        : {
-            reason: markers
-              .map((marker) =>
-                typeof marker.diagnostics?.reason === "string"
-                  ? marker.diagnostics.reason
-                  : marker.message,
-              )
-              .join("; "),
-            resources: [
-              ...new Set(markers.flatMap((marker) => marker.cleanupResources)),
-            ],
-          };
-    const cleanupContext =
-      cleanup === undefined ? {} : { cause: failure, cleanup };
-    const error =
-      failure.reason === "cancelled"
-        ? new AnalysisCancelledError(OPERATION, {
-            ...(cleanup === undefined ? {} : { cleanup }),
-            ...(failure.cancellation === undefined
-              ? cleanup === undefined
-                ? {}
-                : { cause: failure }
-              : { cause: failure.cancellation.reason }),
-          })
-        : new AnalysisCapabilityUnavailableError(
-            PROVIDER,
-            OPERATION,
-            LLDB_REQUIREMENT,
-            { ...cleanupContext, userMessage: LLDB_REQUIREMENT },
-          );
+    const error = translateNativeCommandFailure(
+      OPERATION,
+      failure,
+      DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
+      {
+        unavailableMessage: LLDB_REQUIREMENT,
+        timeoutRecovery: {
+          userMessage: `LLDB discovery reached REA's ${String(DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS)}ms xcrun deadline. This is not the client deadline.`,
+          remediationAction:
+            "Inspect the retained discovery output and cleanup state, then resolve the xcrun/toolchain condition before retrying. This LLDB discovery deadline has no runtime override; duration_ms controls the later target observation window.",
+        },
+      },
+    );
     return markers.length === 0
       ? error
       : error.bindCleanupDependencies(markers);
diff --git a/src/native/NativeCommandAnalysisError.ts b/src/native/NativeCommandAnalysisError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a3b03c727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/native/NativeCommandAnalysisError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+import type { AnalysisError } from "../domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
+import {
+  AnalysisCancelledError,
+  AnalysisCapabilityUnavailableError,
+  AnalysisResourceConstraintError,
+  AnalysisTimeoutError,
+} from "../domain/analysisErrorCore.js";
+import { ProviderAdapterError } from "../domain/providerAdapterError.js";
+import { NATIVE_MACOS_PROVIDER_IDENTITY as IDENTITY } from "./NativeMacOSProviderMetadata.js";
+import {
+  DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  fixedNativeAllowance,
+  nativeDeadlineRecovery,
+} from "../domain/native/nativeDeadlines.js";
+import {
+  NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES,
+  NATIVE_FAILURE_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES,
+  type NativeCommandFailure,
+} from "./CommandRunner.js";
+
+/** Operation-owned text for a command deadline or unavailable requirement. */
+export interface NativeCommandFailurePresentation {
+  readonly unavailableMessage?: string;
+  readonly timeoutRecovery?: {
+    readonly userMessage: string;
+    readonly remediationAction: string;
+  };
+}
+
+/** Translate the command owner's facts once, preserving capture and cleanup authority. */
+export const translateNativeCommandFailure = (
+  operation: string,
+  failure: NativeCommandFailure,
+  timeoutMs = DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  presentation: NativeCommandFailurePresentation = {},
+): AnalysisError => {
+  const cleanupOwners = [
+    ...failure.cleanupFailures,
+    ...(failure.cleanupOwner === undefined
+      ? []
+      : [
+          {
+            owner: failure.cleanupOwner,
+            marker: failure.cleanupMarker,
+            reason:
+              failure.cleanupFailure ??
+              "native command cleanup remains incomplete",
+            resources: failure.cleanupResources,
+          },
+        ]),
+  ];
+  const markers = cleanupOwners.flatMap(({ marker }) =>
+    marker === undefined ? [] : [marker],
+  );
+  const bindCleanup = (error: AnalysisError): AnalysisError =>
+    cleanupOwners.length === 0 ||
+    cleanupOwners.some(({ marker }) => marker === undefined)
+      ? error
+      : error.bindCleanupDependencies([...new Set(markers)]);
+  const preparation = failure.preparationFailure;
+  if (preparation !== undefined) {
+    const marker = preparation.cleanupFailure;
+    const compiler = preparation.compilerOutcome;
+    const options = {
+      cause: failure,
+      ...(preparation.capturedOutput === undefined
+        ? {}
+        : { capturedOutput: preparation.capturedOutput }),
+      ...(marker === undefined
+        ? {}
+        : {
+            cleanup: {
+              reason: marker.message,
+              resources: marker.cleanupResources,
+            },
+          }),
+      diagnostics: {
+        phase: "process-preparation",
+        tool: failure.tool,
+        reason: failure.reason,
+        detail: preparation.message,
+        ...(compiler === undefined
+          ? {}
+          : {
+              compiler_outcome: {
+                outcome: compiler.outcome,
+                code: compiler.code,
+                signal: compiler.signal,
+                ...(compiler.timeoutMs === undefined
+                  ? {}
+                  : { timeout_ms: compiler.timeoutMs }),
+              },
+            }),
+      },
+    };
+    const error =
+      preparation.cancellation === undefined
+        ? new ProviderAdapterError(IDENTITY.id, operation, options)
+        : failure.reason === "timeout"
+          ? new AnalysisTimeoutError(operation, timeoutMs, {
+              ...options,
+              cause: preparation.cancellation.reason,
+              ...(presentation.timeoutRecovery ??
+                nativeDeadlineRecovery({
+                  timeoutMs,
+                  setting: "native_command_timeout_ms",
+                  cliFlag: "--native-command-timeout-ms",
+                  defaultMs: DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
+                  phase: "macOS native command deadline",
+                  unchanged: `The ${String(NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES)}-byte command output allowance and the ${String(NATIVE_FAILURE_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES)}-byte failure-diagnostic excerpt have no runtime override.`,
+                })),
+            })
+          : new AnalysisCancelledError(operation, {
+              ...options,
+              cause: preparation.cancellation.reason,
+            });
+    return bindCleanup(
+      marker === undefined ? error : error.bindCleanupDependencies([marker]),
+    );
+  }
+  const capturedOutput =
+    failure.capture === null
+      ? undefined
+      : {
+          stdout: failure.capture.stdout,
+          stderr: failure.capture.stderr,
+          truncated: failure.capture.truncated,
+          stdout_bytes: failure.capture.stdoutBytes,
+          stderr_bytes: failure.capture.stderrBytes,
+          exit_code: failure.capture.exitCode,
+          signal: failure.capture.signal,
+        };
+  const cleanup =
+    failure.cleanupFailure === null
+      ? undefined
+      : {
+          reason: failure.cleanupFailure,
+          resources: [...failure.cleanupResources],
+        };
+  const errorOptions = {
+    cause: failure,
+    ...(capturedOutput === undefined ? {} : { capturedOutput }),
+    ...(cleanup === undefined ? {} : { cleanup }),
+  };
+  if (failure.reason === "unavailable") {
+    const reason =
+      presentation.unavailableMessage ??
+      `${failure.tool} is unavailable through xcrun.`;
+    return bindCleanup(
+      new AnalysisCapabilityUnavailableError(IDENTITY.id, operation, reason, {
+        ...errorOptions,
+        userMessage: reason,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+  if (failure.reason === "cancelled")
+    return bindCleanup(
+      new AnalysisCancelledError(operation, {
+        ...errorOptions,
+        ...(failure.cancellation === undefined
+          ? {}
+          : { cause: failure.cancellation.reason }),
+      }),
+    );
+  if (failure.reason === "timeout")
+    return bindCleanup(
+      new AnalysisTimeoutError(operation, timeoutMs, {
+        ...errorOptions,
+        ...(presentation.timeoutRecovery ??
+          nativeDeadlineRecovery({
+            timeoutMs,
+            setting: "native_command_timeout_ms",
+            cliFlag: "--native-command-timeout-ms",
+            defaultMs: DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
+            phase: "macOS native command deadline",
+            unchanged: `The ${String(NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES)}-byte command output allowance and the ${String(NATIVE_FAILURE_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES)}-byte failure-diagnostic excerpt have no runtime override.`,
+          })),
+      }),
+    );
+  if (failure.reason === "output-limit")
+    return bindCleanup(
+      new AnalysisResourceConstraintError(
+        operation,
+        "memory",
+        `Native command output exceeded ${String(NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES)} bytes. Complete output is required for analysis. This release has no runtime override. native_command_timeout_ms does not raise this allowance.`,
+        { max_output_bytes: NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES },
+        {
+          ...errorOptions,
+          ...fixedNativeAllowance(
+            "The native command output capture allowance",
+            "capture",
+            `${String(NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES)} bytes`,
+          ),
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+  return bindCleanup(
+    new ProviderAdapterError(IDENTITY.id, operation, {
+      cause: failure,
+      ...errorOptions,
+      diagnostics: {
+        tool: failure.tool,
+        reason: failure.reason,
+        exit_code: failure.capture?.exitCode ?? failure.exitCode,
+        signal: failure.capture?.signal ?? null,
+        stdout_bytes: failure.capture?.stdoutBytes ?? 0,
+        stderr_bytes: failure.capture?.stderrBytes ?? 0,
+        ...(failure.detail === null ? {} : { detail: failure.detail }),
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/native/NativeMacOSProvider.ts b/src/native/NativeMacOSProvider.ts
index ff314f53c4..b03d2f4033 100644
--- a/src/native/NativeMacOSProvider.ts
+++ b/src/native/NativeMacOSProvider.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { translateNativeCommandFailure } from "./NativeCommandAnalysisError.js";
 import {
   plistSourceFormat,
   isBinaryPlistDescription,
@@ -57,16 +58,12 @@ import {
   AnalysisCapabilityUnavailableError,
   AnalysisInputError,
   AnalysisOutputError,
-  AnalysisResourceConstraintError,
   AnalysisUnsupportedTargetError,
-  AnalysisTimeoutError,
 } from "../domain/analysisErrorCore.js";
 import {
   DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
   DEFAULT_NATIVE_UI_DEADLINE_MS,
   MAX_NATIVE_TIMER_MS,
-  fixedNativeAllowance,
-  nativeDeadlineRecovery,
   readNativeDeadline,
 } from "../domain/native/nativeDeadlines.js";
 import { ProviderAdapterError } from "../domain/providerAdapterError.js";
@@ -99,8 +96,6 @@ import {
 } from "../domain/native/nativeInspection.js";
 import { err, ok, type Result } from "../domain/result.js";
 import {
-  NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES,
-  NATIVE_FAILURE_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES,
   NativeCommandFailure,
   XcrunCommandRunner,
   failureCapture,
@@ -1221,7 +1216,7 @@ class NativeMacOSClient implements AnalysisClient {
         !options.acceptNonZeroIf(captured.value)
       )
         return err(
-          translateCommandFailure(
+          translateNativeCommandFailure(
             operation,
             new NativeCommandFailure(
               tool,
@@ -1247,7 +1242,11 @@ class NativeMacOSClient implements AnalysisClient {
       return captured;
     }
     return err(
-      translateCommandFailure(operation, captured.error, options.timeoutMs),
+      translateNativeCommandFailure(
+        operation,
+        captured.error,
+        options.timeoutMs,
+      ),
     );
   }
 }
@@ -1320,187 +1319,10 @@ const isNativeOperation = (
 ): operation is NativeToolName =>
   NATIVE_TOOL_CONTRACTS.some(({ name }) => name === operation);
 
-const translateCommandFailure = (
-  operation: NativeToolName,
-  failure: NativeCommandFailure,
-  timeoutMs = DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
-): AnalysisError => {
-  const cleanupOwners = [
-    ...failure.cleanupFailures,
-    ...(failure.cleanupOwner === undefined
-      ? []
-      : [
-          {
-            owner: failure.cleanupOwner,
-            marker: failure.cleanupMarker,
-            reason:
-              failure.cleanupFailure ??
-              "native command cleanup remains incomplete",
-            resources: failure.cleanupResources,
-          },
-        ]),
-  ];
-  const markers = cleanupOwners.flatMap(({ marker }) =>
-    marker === undefined ? [] : [marker],
-  );
-  const bindCleanup = (error: AnalysisError): AnalysisError =>
-    cleanupOwners.length === 0 ||
-    cleanupOwners.some(({ marker }) => marker === undefined)
-      ? error
-      : error.bindCleanupDependencies([...new Set(markers)]);
-  const preparation = failure.preparationFailure;
-  if (preparation !== undefined) {
-    const marker = preparation.cleanupFailure;
-    const compiler = preparation.compilerOutcome;
-    const options = {
-      cause: failure,
-      ...(preparation.capturedOutput === undefined
-        ? {}
-        : { capturedOutput: preparation.capturedOutput }),
-      ...(marker === undefined
-        ? {}
-        : {
-            cleanup: {
-              reason: marker.message,
-              resources: marker.cleanupResources,
-            },
-          }),
-      diagnostics: {
-        phase: "process-preparation",
-        tool: failure.tool,
-        reason: failure.reason,
-        detail: preparation.message,
-        ...(compiler === undefined
-          ? {}
-          : {
-              compiler_outcome: {
-                outcome: compiler.outcome,
-                code: compiler.code,
-                signal: compiler.signal,
-                ...(compiler.timeoutMs === undefined
-                  ? {}
-                  : { timeout_ms: compiler.timeoutMs }),
-              },
-            }),
-      },
-    };
-    const error =
-      preparation.cancellation === undefined
-        ? new ProviderAdapterError(IDENTITY.id, operation, options)
-        : failure.reason === "timeout"
-          ? new AnalysisTimeoutError(operation, timeoutMs, {
-              ...options,
-              cause: preparation.cancellation.reason,
-              ...nativeDeadlineRecovery({
-                timeoutMs,
-                setting: "native_command_timeout_ms",
-                cliFlag: "--native-command-timeout-ms",
-                defaultMs: DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
-                phase: "macOS native command deadline",
-                unchanged: `The ${String(NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES)}-byte command output allowance and the ${String(NATIVE_FAILURE_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES)}-byte failure-diagnostic excerpt have no runtime override.`,
-              }),
-            })
-          : new AnalysisCancelledError(operation, {
-              ...options,
-              cause: preparation.cancellation.reason,
-            });
-    return bindCleanup(
-      marker === undefined ? error : error.bindCleanupDependencies([marker]),
-    );
-  }
-  const capturedOutput =
-    failure.capture === null
-      ? undefined
-      : {
-          stdout: failure.capture.stdout,
-          stderr: failure.capture.stderr,
-          truncated: failure.capture.truncated,
-          stdout_bytes: failure.capture.stdoutBytes,
-          stderr_bytes: failure.capture.stderrBytes,
-          exit_code: failure.capture.exitCode,
-          signal: failure.capture.signal,
-        };
-  const cleanup =
-    failure.cleanupFailure === null
-      ? undefined
-      : {
-          reason: failure.cleanupFailure,
-          resources: [...failure.cleanupResources],
-        };
-  const errorOptions = {
-    ...(capturedOutput === undefined ? {} : { capturedOutput }),
-    ...(cleanup === undefined ? {} : { cleanup }),
-  };
-  if (failure.reason === "unavailable") {
-    const reason = `${failure.tool} is unavailable through xcrun.`;
-    return bindCleanup(
-      new AnalysisCapabilityUnavailableError(IDENTITY.id, operation, reason, {
-        ...errorOptions,
-        userMessage: reason,
-      }),
-    );
-  }
-  if (failure.reason === "cancelled")
-    return bindCleanup(
-      new AnalysisCancelledError(operation, {
-        ...errorOptions,
-        ...(failure.cancellation === undefined
-          ? {}
-          : { cause: failure.cancellation.reason }),
-      }),
-    );
-  if (failure.reason === "timeout")
-    return bindCleanup(
-      new AnalysisTimeoutError(operation, timeoutMs, {
-        ...errorOptions,
-        ...nativeDeadlineRecovery({
-          timeoutMs,
-          setting: "native_command_timeout_ms",
-          cliFlag: "--native-command-timeout-ms",
-          defaultMs: DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
-          phase: "macOS native command deadline",
-          unchanged: `The ${String(NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES)}-byte command output allowance and the ${String(NATIVE_FAILURE_DIAGNOSTIC_BYTES)}-byte failure-diagnostic excerpt have no runtime override.`,
-        }),
-      }),
-    );
-  if (failure.reason === "output-limit")
-    return bindCleanup(
-      new AnalysisResourceConstraintError(
-        operation,
-        "memory",
-        `Native command output exceeded ${String(NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES)} bytes. Complete output is required for analysis. This release has no runtime override. native_command_timeout_ms does not raise this allowance.`,
-        { max_output_bytes: NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES },
-        {
-          ...errorOptions,
-          ...fixedNativeAllowance(
-            "The native command output capture allowance",
-            "capture",
-            `${String(NATIVE_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BUDGET_BYTES)} bytes`,
-          ),
-        },
-      ),
-    );
-  return bindCleanup(
-    new ProviderAdapterError(IDENTITY.id, operation, {
-      cause: failure,
-      ...errorOptions,
-      diagnostics: {
-        tool: failure.tool,
-        reason: failure.reason,
-        exit_code: failure.capture?.exitCode ?? failure.exitCode,
-        signal: failure.capture?.signal ?? null,
-        stdout_bytes: failure.capture?.stdoutBytes ?? 0,
-        stderr_bytes: failure.capture?.stderrBytes ?? 0,
-        ...(failure.detail === null ? {} : { detail: failure.detail }),
-      },
-    }),
-  );
-};
-
 const translateCodeSignExitFailure = (
   capture: NativeCommandCapture,
 ): AnalysisError =>
-  translateCommandFailure(
+  translateNativeCommandFailure(
     "inspect_signature",
     new NativeCommandFailure(
       "codesign",
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/native/lldbDiscovery.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/native/lldbDiscovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e524425941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/native/lldbDiscovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS } from "../../../../src/domain/native/nativeDeadlines.js";
+import { thinMach } from "../../../../src/domain/binaryTarget.fixture.js";
+import { projectAnalysisError } from "../../../../src/domain/analysisErrorProjection.js";
+import { err } from "../../../../src/domain/result.js";
+import { LldbCallTracer } from "../../../../src/native/LldbCallTracer.js";
+import { NativeCommandFailure } from "../../../../src/native/CommandRunner.js";
+import { NativeMacOSProvider } from "../../../../src/native/NativeMacOSProvider.js";
+import {
+  NativeFixtureRunner,
+  nativeMachoTargetForFile,
+} from "../../../fixtures/nativeCommands.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+
+for (const [reason, code] of [
+  ["timeout", "provider_timeout"],
+  ["output-limit", "resource_constraint"],
+  ["io", "execution_failure"],
+  ["unavailable", "capability_unavailable"],
+  ["cancelled", "cancelled"],
+] as const)
+  it(`preserves LLDB discovery ${reason} through the native provider client`, async () => {
+    const directory = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-lldb-discovery-");
+    const target = join(directory, "inert-header.macho");
+    await writeFile(target, thinMach(0xfeedfacf, 0x0100000c));
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const abortReason = { requested: "cancel discovery" };
+    const failure = new NativeCommandFailure(
+      "lldb",
+      reason,
+      null,
+      {
+        cause: new Error("Fixture xcrun failure"),
+        ...(reason === "cancelled"
+          ? { cancellation: { reason: abortReason } }
+          : {}),
+      },
+      {
+        stdout: "fixture discovery output",
+        stderr: "fixture discovery diagnostic",
+        stdoutBytes: 24,
+        stderrBytes: 28,
+        exitCode: null,
+        signal: null,
+        truncated: false,
+      },
+    );
+    const launch = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("Discovery failure cannot launch LLDB");
+    });
+    const tracer = new LldbCallTracer({}, launch, async (_tool, signal) => {
+      expect(signal).toBe(controller.signal);
+      if (reason === "cancelled") controller.abort(abortReason);
+      return err(failure);
+    });
+    const client = new NativeMacOSProvider(
+      {},
+      new NativeFixtureRunner(),
+      "darwin",
+      () => tracer,
+    ).createClient(await nativeMachoTargetForFile(target));
+    try {
+      const result = await client.execute(
+        "observe_native_calls",
+        {
+          breakpoints: [{ kind: "function", name: "main" }],
+        },
+        { signal: controller.signal },
+      );
+      expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+      if (result.ok) throw new Error("Expected discovery failure");
+      expect(launch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(result.error.cause).toBe(
+        reason === "cancelled" ? abortReason : failure,
+      );
+      const projected = projectAnalysisError(result.error);
+      expect(projected).toMatchObject({
+        code,
+        details: {
+          captured_output: {
+            stdout: failure.capture?.stdout,
+            stderr: failure.capture?.stderr,
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      if (reason === "timeout") {
+        expect(projected).toMatchObject({
+          retryable: true,
+          recovery: {
+            kind: "inspect_timeout_state",
+            operation: "observe_native_calls",
+            timeout_ms: DEFAULT_NATIVE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
+          },
+          remediation: {
+            action: expect.stringContaining(
+              "discovery deadline has no runtime override",
+            ),
+          },
+        });
+        expect(projected.remediation.action).not.toContain(
+          "Increase native_command_timeout_ms",
+        );
+      } else if (reason === "unavailable")
+        expect(projected.message).toBe(
+          "LLDB from Xcode or the Command Line Tools is not available",
+        );
+      else
+        expect(projected.message).not.toBe(
+          "LLDB from Xcode or the Command Line Tools is not available",
+        );
+    } finally {
+      expect((await client.close()).ok).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/native/lldbPrelaunchCleanup.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/native/lldbPrelaunchCleanup.test.ts
index aef269c75c..2f3731d845 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/native/lldbPrelaunchCleanup.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/native/lldbPrelaunchCleanup.test.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ it("retries the tracer-owned resolver supervisor before another trace", async ()
     const result = await tracer.trace(request);
     expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
     if (result.ok) return;
-    expect(result.error._tag).toBe("AnalysisCapabilityUnavailableError");
+    expect(result.error._tag).toBe("ProviderAdapterError");
     expect(result.error.cleanupIncomplete).toBe(true);
     expect(result.error.cleanupResources).toEqual(["owned-resolver-process"]);
     expect(projectAnalysisError(result.error).code).toBe("cleanup_incomplete");