diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
index 2a2ebef9d5..77a448b4a3 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,147 @@ describe("unavailable inventoried native add-ons", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("unavailable package metadata", () => {
+  it("blocks directory fallback until same-container manifests are readable", () => {
+    const manifest = {
+      path: "app/relative/package.json",
+      container_sha256: file("app/main.cjs", "root").container_sha256,
+      sha256: null,
+      bytes: 28,
+      inventory_artifact_id: null,
+      inventory_occurrence_id: "missing-relative-manifest",
+      kind: "package-json" as const,
+      hash_status: "unavailable" as const,
+      limitations: ["unpacked manifest companion is missing"],
+    };
+    const files = fileMap([
+      file("app/main.cjs", "root"),
+      file("app/main.mjs", "root"),
+      file("app/relative/index.js", "root"),
+    ]);
+    const requestedPaths: string[] = [];
+    const lookup = {
+      get: (path: string) => {
+        requestedPaths.push(path);
+        return path === manifest.path ? manifest : undefined;
+      },
+      hasDirectory: () => false,
+    };
+    const relativeRequire = resolve({
+      declaredPath: "./relative",
+      sourcePath: "app/main.cjs",
+      context: "module-specifier",
+      moduleKind: "require",
+      files,
+      unanalyzedFiles: lookup,
+    });
+    expect(requestedPaths).toContain(manifest.path);
+    expect(relativeRequire).toMatchObject({
+      resolution_status: "unavailable",
+      resolved_path: null,
+      limitations: ["unpacked manifest companion is missing"],
+    });
+    expect(
+      resolve({
+        declaredPath: "./relative",
+        sourcePath: "app/main.mjs",
+        context: "module-specifier",
+        moduleKind: "import",
+        files,
+        unanalyzedFiles: lookup,
+      }),
+    ).toMatchObject({ resolution_status: "not-found", resolved_path: null });
+
+    const restoredFiles = fileMap([
+      ...files.values(),
+      file("app/relative/package.json", "root", '{"main":"public.js"}'),
+      file("app/relative/public.js", "root"),
+    ]);
+    expect(
+      resolve({
+        declaredPath: "./relative",
+        sourcePath: "app/main.cjs",
+        context: "module-specifier",
+        moduleKind: "require",
+        files: restoredFiles,
+        unanalyzedFiles: lookup,
+      }),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      resolution_status: "resolved",
+      resolved_path: "app/relative/public.js",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps bare package exports unknown while its manifest is unavailable", () => {
+    const containerSha256 = file("app/main.mjs", "root").container_sha256;
+    const manifest = {
+      path: "app/node_modules/fixture/package.json",
+      container_sha256: containerSha256,
+      sha256: null,
+      bytes: 47,
+      inventory_artifact_id: null,
+      kind: "package-json" as const,
+      hash_status: "unavailable" as const,
+      limitations: ["unpacked exports manifest is missing"],
+    };
+    const files = fileMap([
+      file("app/main.cjs", "root"),
+      file("app/main.mjs", "root"),
+      file("app/node_modules/fixture/index.js", "root"),
+      file("app/node_modules/fixture/import.js", "root"),
+      file("app/node_modules/fixture/require.js", "root"),
+    ]);
+    const lookup = {
+      get: (path: string) => (path === manifest.path ? manifest : undefined),
+      hasDirectory: () => false,
+    };
+    for (const [sourcePath, moduleKind] of [
+      ["app/main.cjs", "require"],
+      ["app/main.mjs", "import"],
+    ] as const)
+      expect(
+        resolve({
+          declaredPath: "fixture",
+          sourcePath,
+          context: "module-specifier",
+          moduleKind,
+          files,
+          unanalyzedFiles: lookup,
+        }),
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        resolution_status: "unavailable",
+        resolved_path: null,
+        limitations: ["unpacked exports manifest is missing"],
+      });
+
+    const restoredFiles = fileMap([
+      ...files.values(),
+      file(
+        manifest.path,
+        "root",
+        '{"exports":{"import":"./import.js","require":"./require.js"}}',
+      ),
+    ]);
+    for (const [sourcePath, moduleKind, target] of [
+      ["app/main.cjs", "require", "app/node_modules/fixture/require.js"],
+      ["app/main.mjs", "import", "app/node_modules/fixture/import.js"],
+    ] as const)
+      expect(
+        resolve({
+          declaredPath: "fixture",
+          sourcePath,
+          context: "module-specifier",
+          moduleKind,
+          files: restoredFiles,
+          unanalyzedFiles: lookup,
+        }),
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        resolution_status: "resolved",
+        resolved_path: target,
+      });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("bare package root file lookup", () => {
   it("uses loader-specific bare package roots when only a sibling .js file exists", () => {
     const absentDirectory = fileMap([
diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
index b056ce959f..7a3e4c89e0 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
@@ -1144,10 +1144,21 @@ const readPackageMetadata = (
   const path = posix.join(directory, "package.json");
   const file = input.files.get(path);
   const source = input.files.get(input.sourcePath);
-  if (
-    file === undefined ||
-    (source !== undefined && file.container_sha256 !== source.container_sha256)
-  )
+  if (file === undefined) {
+    const unavailable = input.unanalyzedFiles?.get(path);
+    if (
+      source !== undefined &&
+      unavailable?.container_sha256 === source.container_sha256
+    )
+      return {
+        kind: "unavailable",
+        limitation:
+          unavailable.limitations?.[0] ??
+          `Directory package metadata ${path} was inventoried but its bytes are unavailable.`,
+      };
+    return { kind: "absent" };
+  }
+  if (source !== undefined && file.container_sha256 !== source.container_sha256)
     return { kind: "absent" };
   if (!file.text.included)
     return {
diff --git a/tests/boundary/cli/javascriptSelfImportRelationships.test.ts b/tests/boundary/cli/javascriptSelfImportRelationships.test.ts
index 27c4a9ed4d..97d542fdd8 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/cli/javascriptSelfImportRelationships.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/cli/javascriptSelfImportRelationships.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { createPackageWithOptions } from "@electron/asar";
+import { rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
 import { expect } from "vitest";
@@ -15,6 +16,92 @@ import {
   writeFixtureFiles,
 } from "../../support/javascriptApplicationFixture.js";
 
+cliTest(
+  "keeps missing same-container package manifests unavailable until restored",
+  async ({ cli }) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory(
+      "rea-missing-package-manifests-",
+    );
+    const sourceRoot = join(root, "source");
+    const archive = join(root, "app.asar");
+    const relativeManifest = '{"main":"public.js"}';
+    const exportsManifest =
+      '{"exports":{"import":"./import.js","require":"./require.js"}}';
+    await writeFixtureFiles(sourceRoot, {
+      "main.cjs": 'require("./relative");\nrequire("fixture");\n',
+      "main.mjs": 'import "fixture";\n',
+      "relative/package.json": relativeManifest,
+      "relative/index.js": "export const fallback = true;\n",
+      "relative/public.js": "export const publicEntry = true;\n",
+      "node_modules/fixture/package.json": exportsManifest,
+      "node_modules/fixture/index.js": "export const fallback = true;\n",
+      "node_modules/fixture/import.js": "export const imported = true;\n",
+      "node_modules/fixture/require.js": "module.exports = true;\n",
+    });
+    await createPackageWithOptions(sourceRoot, archive, {
+      unpack: "package.json",
+    });
+    const unpacked = `${archive}.unpacked`;
+    const relativeManifestPath = join(unpacked, "relative/package.json");
+    const exportsManifestPath = join(
+      unpacked,
+      "node_modules/fixture/package.json",
+    );
+    await Promise.all([rm(relativeManifestPath), rm(exportsManifestPath)]);
+
+    const analyze = async () => {
+      const output = await cli.run({
+        arguments: ["analyze-javascript-application", archive, "--json"],
+      });
+      expect(output.exitCode, output.stderr).toBe(0);
+      return javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema.parse(
+        parseEvidence(output.json).normalized_result,
+      );
+    };
+    const unavailable = await analyze();
+    const cjs = findSourceModule(unavailable.graph, "main.cjs");
+    const mjs = findSourceModule(unavailable.graph, "main.mjs");
+    for (const [source, specifier] of [
+      [cjs, "./relative"],
+      [cjs, "fixture"],
+      [mjs, "fixture"],
+    ] as const)
+      expect(
+        unavailable.graph.edges.find(
+          (edge) =>
+            edge.source_node_id === source?.node_id &&
+            edge.properties.specifier === specifier,
+        )?.properties,
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        resolution_status: "unavailable",
+        resolved_path: null,
+      });
+    expect(unavailable.graph.coverage.status).toBe("partial");
+
+    await Promise.all([
+      writeFile(relativeManifestPath, relativeManifest),
+      writeFile(exportsManifestPath, exportsManifest),
+    ]);
+    const restored = await analyze();
+    for (const [sourcePath, specifier, target] of [
+      ["main.cjs", "./relative", "relative/public.js"],
+      ["main.cjs", "fixture", "node_modules/fixture/require.js"],
+      ["main.mjs", "fixture", "node_modules/fixture/import.js"],
+    ] as const)
+      expect(
+        restored.graph.edges.find(
+          (edge) =>
+            edge.source_node_id ===
+              findSourceModule(restored.graph, sourcePath)?.node_id &&
+            edge.properties.specifier === specifier,
+        )?.properties,
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        resolution_status: "resolved",
+        resolved_path: target,
+      });
+  },
+);
+
 cliTest(
   "resolves ESM specifiers containing whitespace using URL text semantics",
   async ({ cli }) => {