diff --git a/src/artifacts/ArtifactReader.ts b/src/artifacts/ArtifactReader.ts
index 06ea3719d2..1c48da5350 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/ArtifactReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/ArtifactReader.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ export interface ArtifactTraversalOmission {
 export interface ArtifactReaderTraversal {
   readonly status: ArtifactInventoryCoverage["status"];
   readonly limitations: readonly string[];
+  /** Number of directory entries examined, including names omitted before decoding. */
+  readonly examinedEntries?: number;
 }
 
 /** Per-iterator observation sink; adapters report intentional omissions without shared state. */
diff --git a/src/artifacts/DesktopApplicationReader.ts b/src/artifacts/DesktopApplicationReader.ts
index a0a5cce4eb..2aa26bbea0 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/DesktopApplicationReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/DesktopApplicationReader.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ const scanDirectory = async (
           kind: omission.kind,
         });
       },
+      onCoverage: (coverage) => {
+        if (coverage.examinedEntries !== undefined)
+          entries = coverage.examinedEntries;
+        if (coverage.status !== "complete") partial = true;
+        limitations.push(...coverage.limitations);
+      },
     })) {
       entries++;
       abortIfNeeded(signal);
diff --git a/src/artifacts/DirectoryArtifactReader.ts b/src/artifacts/DirectoryArtifactReader.ts
index f7531244c8..3127cebba5 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/DirectoryArtifactReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/DirectoryArtifactReader.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ export class DirectoryArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
     if (unrepresentableNameCount > 0)
       options?.onCoverage?.({
         status: "unknown",
+        examinedEntries: examined,
         limitations: [
           `Directory contains ${String(unrepresentableNameCount)} entry name(s) that are not valid UTF-8; no filesystem operations were performed for them. First raw basename bytes: ${firstUnrepresentableNameHex ?? "unknown"}.`,
         ],
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/desktopApplication.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/desktopApplication.test.ts
index 58f881eb5d..a8621d8066 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/desktopApplication.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/desktopApplication.test.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,35 @@ const put = async (root: string, path: string, bytes: Buffer | string) => {
   await writeFile(destination, bytes);
 };
 
+it.skipIf(process.platform !== "linux")(
+  "keeps desktop sibling files with partial coverage for invalid UTF-8 names",
+  async () => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-desktop-filename-bytes-");
+    const rawName = Buffer.from([
+      0x62, 0x61, 0x64, 0xff, 0x2e, 0x74, 0x78, 0x74,
+    ]);
+    const rawPath = Buffer.concat([Buffer.from(`${root}/`), rawName]);
+    await Promise.all([
+      writeFile(rawPath, "RAW_FILE"),
+      writeFile(join(root, "bad\ufffd.txt"), "UNICODE_FILE"),
+      writeFile(join(root, "good.txt"), "GOOD_FILE"),
+    ]);
+
+    const { report } = await inspect(root);
+    expect(report.coverage).toMatchObject({
+      status: "partial",
+      entries_examined: 3,
+    });
+    expect(
+      report.files.filter(({ path }) => path === "bad\ufffd.txt"),
+    ).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(report.files.map(({ path }) => path)).toContain("good.txt");
+    expect(report.limitations.join(" ")).toContain(
+      `First raw basename bytes: ${rawName.toString("hex")}`,
+    );
+  },
+);
+
 it("joins real PE/CLI reference facts and independent engine markers without picking a winner", async () => {
   const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-desktop-mixed-");
   await put(