diff --git a/src/application/DirectAnalysisCleanup.ts b/src/application/DirectAnalysisCleanup.ts
index 3f3c54425e..3f073f7b5e 100644
--- a/src/application/DirectAnalysisCleanup.ts
+++ b/src/application/DirectAnalysisCleanup.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export const directAnalysisCleanupFailure = (
             "execution_failure" in primary.data.details
               ? (primary.data.details.execution_failure ?? primary.data.code)
               : primary.data.code,
-          primary_error: projection,
           cleanup_error: cleanup,
         },
       };
diff --git a/tests/composition/directAnalysisCleanup.test.ts b/tests/composition/directAnalysisCleanup.test.ts
index 9e533bb890..22fd849428 100644
--- a/tests/composition/directAnalysisCleanup.test.ts
+++ b/tests/composition/directAnalysisCleanup.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../src/application/DirectAnalysis.js";
 import type { DirectAnalysisDependencies } from "../../src/application/DirectAnalysisDependencies.js";
 import { parseConfig } from "../../src/config/parseConfig.js";
+import { analysisCliErrorEnvelopeSchema } from "../../src/contracts/errorSchemas.js";
 import type { AnalysisError } from "../../src/domain/analysisErrorBase.js";
 import { AnalysisTimeoutError } from "../../src/domain/analysisErrorCore.js";
 import { projectAnalysisError } from "../../src/domain/analysisErrorProjection.js";
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ describe("one-shot analysis cleanup outcomes", () => {
       "read_bytes",
       {},
     );
-    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+    const callerError = analysisCliErrorEnvelopeSchema.parse(result);
+    expect(callerError).toMatchObject({
       code: "cleanup_incomplete",
       category: primary.category,
       message: primary.message,
@@ -114,6 +116,10 @@ describe("one-shot analysis cleanup outcomes", () => {
         cleanup_error: projectAnalysisError(cleanupError),
       },
     });
+    expect(callerError.details).not.toHaveProperty("primary_error");
+    expect(
+      JSON.stringify(callerError).match(/retained observation/g),
+    ).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(isCliOperationFailure(result)).toBe(true);
   });