diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptSemanticGraphDestructuring.test.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptSemanticGraphDestructuring.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a793b686ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptSemanticGraphDestructuring.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { graphForJavaScript } from "../../../tests/fixtures/javascriptSemanticGraph.js";
+
+it.each(
+  [
+    { pattern: "{ a: selected }", source: "{ a: 1 }", path: ["a"] },
+    { pattern: "[selected]", source: "[1]", path: ["0"] },
+    {
+      pattern: "{ a: [selected] = [] }",
+      source: "{ a: [1] }",
+      path: ["a", "0"],
+    },
+    {
+      pattern: "{ a: { b: selected } = {} }",
+      source: "{ a: { b: 1 } }",
+      path: ["a", "b"],
+    },
+    { pattern: "[[selected] = []]", source: "[[1]]", path: ["0", "0"] },
+  ].flatMap((pattern) =>
+    [false, true].map((assignment) => ({ ...pattern, assignment })),
+  ),
+)(
+  "retains source-property flow for $pattern, assignment=$assignment",
+  ({ pattern, source, path, assignment }) => {
+    const graph = graphForJavaScript(`
+      const source = ${source};
+      ${assignment ? `let selected; (${pattern} = source);` : `const ${pattern} = source;`}
+    `);
+    const target = graph.nodes.find(
+      (node) => node.kind === "binding" && node.label === "selected",
+    );
+    expect(target).toBeDefined();
+    const relations = graph.relations.filter(
+      (relation) =>
+        relation.relation === "destructures" &&
+        relation.target_node_id === target?.node_id,
+    );
+    expect(relations).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(relations[0]?.resolution).toBe("resolved");
+    const slot = graph.nodes.find(
+      (node) => node.node_id === relations[0]?.source_node_id,
+    );
+    expect(slot?.properties.property_path).toEqual(path);
+  },
+);
+
+it.each(["{}", "unknownSource"])(
+  "keeps nested default source flow conservative for %s",
+  (source) => {
+    const graph = graphForJavaScript(
+      `const source = ${source}; const { a: [selected] = [1] } = source;`,
+    );
+    const target = graph.nodes.find(
+      (node) => node.kind === "binding" && node.label === "selected",
+    );
+    const relation = graph.relations.find(
+      (item) =>
+        item.relation === "destructures" &&
+        item.target_node_id === target?.node_id,
+    );
+    expect(relation).toMatchObject({ resolution: "candidate" });
+    expect(graph.unknowns).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        family: "object-flow",
+        relation_kinds: ["destructures"],
+      }),
+    );
+  },
+);
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.dataflow.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.dataflow.test.ts
index c8cda54bf8..f74a32e4ee 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.dataflow.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.dataflow.test.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@ describe("JavaScript semantic analysis: read-modify-write", () => {
       let value;
       [value = source.count] = [];
     `);
-    expect(ir.objectOperations.map(({ kind }) => kind)).toEqual(["read"]);
+    expect(ir.objectOperations.map(({ kind }) => kind)).toEqual([
+      "destructure",
+      "read",
+    ]);
   });
 
   it("does not model a compound binding write as a competing replacement", () => {
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticObjects.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticObjects.ts
index 6e4dbb0a1e..bce7e997fa 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticObjects.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticObjects.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,24 @@ export const collectJavaScriptSemanticObjects = (
         t.isVariableDeclarator(node) &&
         (t.isObjectPattern(node.id) || t.isArrayPattern(node.id))
       )
-        collectDestructuring(node, ownerCallableId, state, output);
+        collectDestructuring(
+          node.id,
+          node.init,
+          ownerCallableId,
+          state,
+          output,
+        );
+      else if (
+        t.isAssignmentExpression(node, { operator: "=" }) &&
+        (t.isObjectPattern(node.left) || t.isArrayPattern(node.left))
+      )
+        collectDestructuring(
+          node.left,
+          node.right,
+          ownerCallableId,
+          state,
+          output,
+        );
     },
     exit: (node) => callableStack.exit(node),
   });
@@ -126,46 +143,62 @@ const collectMember = (
 };
 
 const collectDestructuring = (
-  node: t.VariableDeclarator,
+  root: t.Node,
+  initializer: t.Node | null | undefined,
   ownerCallableId: string | null,
   state: JavaScriptSemanticAnalysisState,
   output: JavaScriptSemanticObjectOperation[],
 ): void => {
-  const source = expressionObjectIdentity(node.init, state);
-  const visit = (pattern: t.Node, path: readonly string[]): void => {
+  const source = expressionObjectIdentity(initializer, state);
+  const pending: {
+    readonly pattern: t.Node;
+    readonly path: readonly string[];
+  }[] = [{ pattern: root, path: [] }];
+  while (pending.length > 0) {
+    const next = pending.pop();
+    if (next === undefined) break;
+    const { path } = next;
+    const occurrence = unwrapJavaScriptExpression(next.pattern).node;
+    const pattern = t.isAssignmentPattern(occurrence)
+      ? unwrapJavaScriptExpression(occurrence.left).node
+      : occurrence;
     if (t.isObjectPattern(pattern)) {
-      for (const property of pattern.properties) {
+      for (const property of pattern.properties.toReversed()) {
         if (!t.isObjectProperty(property)) continue;
         const name = semanticStaticPropertyKey(property.key, property.computed);
-        if (name !== null) visit(property.value, [...path, name]);
+        if (name !== null)
+          pending.push({ pattern: property.value, path: [...path, name] });
       }
-      return;
+      continue;
     }
     if (t.isArrayPattern(pattern)) {
-      pattern.elements.forEach((element, index) => {
-        if (element !== null && !t.isRestElement(element))
-          visit(element, [...path, String(index)]);
-      });
-      return;
+      for (let index = pattern.elements.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
+        const element = pattern.elements[index];
+        if (
+          element !== null &&
+          element !== undefined &&
+          !t.isRestElement(element)
+        )
+          pending.push({ pattern: element, path: [...path, String(index)] });
+      }
+      continue;
     }
-    const target = bindingIdentifier(pattern);
-    if (target === null) return;
+    if (!t.isIdentifier(pattern)) continue;
     addObjectOperation(
       {
-        node: pattern,
+        node: occurrence,
         kind: "destructure",
         ownerCallableId,
         objectBindingId: source.bindingId,
         targetBindingId:
-          resolveSemanticBindingState(state, target, target.name)?.bindingId ??
-          null,
+          resolveSemanticBindingState(state, pattern, pattern.name)
+            ?.bindingId ?? null,
         propertyPath: source.path === null ? null : [...source.path, ...path],
       },
       state,
       output,
     );
-  };
-  visit(node.id, []);
+  }
 };
 
 interface AddObjectOperationInput {
@@ -240,10 +273,3 @@ const expressionObjectIdentity = (
     path: staticPath ? path.reverse() : null,
   };
 };
-
-const bindingIdentifier = (node: t.Node): t.Identifier | null => {
-  if (t.isIdentifier(node)) return node;
-  if (t.isAssignmentPattern(node) && t.isIdentifier(node.left))
-    return node.left;
-  return null;
-};
diff --git a/tests/boundary/cli/javascriptDestructuringEvidence.test.ts b/tests/boundary/cli/javascriptDestructuringEvidence.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66e09074c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/boundary/cli/javascriptDestructuringEvidence.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { expect } from "vitest";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+import { cliTest } from "../../support/cli/cliFixture.js";
+
+cliTest(
+  "retains assignment and nested-default destructuring Evidence",
+  async ({ cli }) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory(
+      "rea-js-destructuring-evidence-",
+    );
+    await writeFile(
+      join(root, "main.js"),
+      `
+    const src = { a: 1 };
+    const { a: declared } = src;
+    let a;
+    ({ a } = src);
+    const nested = { a: [1], b: 2 };
+    const { a: [plain] } = nested;
+    const { a: [fallback] = [] } = nested;
+    const { b: scalar = 0 } = nested;
+  `,
+    );
+    const output = await cli.run({
+      arguments: ["analyze-javascript-application", root, "--json"],
+    });
+    expect(output.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    const { normalized_result: result } = z
+      .object({ normalized_result: javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema })
+      .parse(output.json);
+    const graph = result.semantic_graph;
+    for (const [name, path] of [
+      ["declared", ["a"]],
+      ["a", ["a"]],
+      ["plain", ["a", "0"]],
+      ["fallback", ["a", "0"]],
+      ["scalar", ["b"]],
+    ] as const) {
+      const binding = graph.nodes.find(
+        (node) => node.kind === "binding" && node.label === name,
+      );
+      expect(binding).toBeDefined();
+      const relations = graph.relations.filter(
+        (relation) =>
+          relation.relation === "destructures" &&
+          relation.target_node_id === binding?.node_id,
+      );
+      expect(relations).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(relations[0]?.resolution).toBe("resolved");
+      expect(
+        graph.nodes.find(
+          (node) => node.node_id === relations[0]?.source_node_id,
+        )?.properties.property_path,
+      ).toEqual(path);
+    }
+  },
+);