diff --git a/src/domain/android/androidApplication.ts b/src/domain/android/androidApplication.ts
index eb6c671e7d..c46fb9661a 100644
--- a/src/domain/android/androidApplication.ts
+++ b/src/domain/android/androidApplication.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 
-import { parseArtifactInventoryEvidence } from "../artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
+import {
+  hasCompleteInventoryCoverage,
+  parseArtifactInventoryEvidence,
+} from "../artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
 import { digestSchema } from "../digests.js";
 import { prefixedDigestSchema } from "../digests.js";
 import { nativeRuntimeConvention } from "../nativeConvention.js";
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ export const androidApplicationProjectionResultSchema = z.strictObject({
   bridge_candidate_coverage: bridgeCandidateCoverageSchema,
   coverage: z.strictObject({
     status: z.enum(["complete-within-inventory", "partial"]),
+    // Count completeness is separate from the declared coverage status.
     inventory_complete: z.boolean(),
   }),
   limitations: z.array(z.string().min(1)),
@@ -95,8 +99,8 @@ export const projectAndroidApplication = (
   );
   const components = classified;
   const limitations = [
-    ...(!inventory.complete
-      ? ["Source inventory pages are incomplete; absence is unknown."]
+    ...(!hasCompleteInventoryCoverage(inventory)
+      ? ["Source inventory coverage is partial; absence is unknown."]
       : []),
     "Manifest, resource, signing, and bytecode semantics require a dedicated Android provider; this projection reports exact inventory paths and hashes only.",
     "Runtime families are inferred from inventory formats and paths; filename suffixes do not establish valid DEX or JVM class bytes.",
diff --git a/src/domain/apple/appleApplication.test.ts b/src/domain/apple/appleApplication.test.ts
index 8acde829f1..9caf21fcbb 100644
--- a/src/domain/apple/appleApplication.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/apple/appleApplication.test.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ const inventoryEvidence = (
         occurrences: sortedOccurrences,
         edges: [],
         provenance: [],
+        coverage_status: "complete",
         limitations: [],
       }),
     },
diff --git a/src/domain/apple/appleApplication.ts b/src/domain/apple/appleApplication.ts
index bbf6519ee6..d46ddf26b0 100644
--- a/src/domain/apple/appleApplication.ts
+++ b/src/domain/apple/appleApplication.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import {
   isSwiftRuntimeLibrary,
   nativeRuntimeConvention,
 } from "../nativeConvention.js";
-import { parseArtifactInventoryEvidence } from "../artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
+import {
+  hasCompleteInventoryCoverage,
+  parseArtifactInventoryEvidence,
+} from "../artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
 import { evidenceSchema } from "../evidence.js";
 import { digestSchema } from "../digests.js";
 import { prefixedDigestSchema } from "../digests.js";
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ export const appleApplicationProjectionResultSchema = z.strictObject({
   bridge_candidate_coverage: bridgeCandidateCoverageSchema,
   coverage: z.strictObject({
     status: z.enum(["complete-within-inventory", "partial"]),
+    // Count completeness is separate from the declared coverage status.
     inventory_complete: z.boolean(),
   }),
   limitations: z.array(z.string().min(1)),
@@ -165,9 +169,10 @@ export const projectAppleApplication = (
   );
   const uninventoriedImage =
     rootFormat === "dmg" && inventory.occurrences.length === 1;
-  const complete = inventory.complete && !uninventoriedImage;
+  const inventoryComplete = hasCompleteInventoryCoverage(inventory);
+  const complete = inventoryComplete && !uninventoriedImage;
   const limitations = projectionLimitations({
-    complete: inventory.complete,
+    complete: inventoryComplete,
     uninventoriedImage,
     roots,
     bundles,
@@ -390,7 +395,7 @@ const projectionLimitations = (facts: {
   readonly bridgeCandidateCoverage: AppleApplicationProjectionResult["bridge_candidate_coverage"];
 }): string[] => [
   ...(!facts.complete
-    ? ["Source inventory pages are incomplete; absence is unknown."]
+    ? ["Source inventory coverage is partial; absence is unknown."]
     : []),
   ...(facts.uninventoriedImage
     ? [
diff --git a/src/domain/artifactComparison.ts b/src/domain/artifactComparison.ts
index e47b28a22e..9d7a766af2 100644
--- a/src/domain/artifactComparison.ts
+++ b/src/domain/artifactComparison.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 } from "./artifactGraph.js";
 import { evidenceSchema } from "./evidence.js";
 import {
+  hasCompleteInventoryCoverage,
   parseArtifactInventoryEvidence,
   type InventorySet,
 } from "./artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
@@ -103,10 +104,8 @@ export const compareArtifacts = (
   const right = parseArtifactInventoryEvidence(rightEvidence);
   const leftComplete = left.inventory.complete;
   const rightComplete = right.inventory.complete;
-  const leftCovered =
-    leftComplete && left.inventory.coverage_status === "complete";
-  const rightCovered =
-    rightComplete && right.inventory.coverage_status === "complete";
+  const leftCovered = hasCompleteInventoryCoverage(left.inventory);
+  const rightCovered = hasCompleteInventoryCoverage(right.inventory);
   const limitations = [
     ...left.inventory.limitations.map((item) => `Left: ${item}`),
     ...right.inventory.limitations.map((item) => `Right: ${item}`),
diff --git a/src/domain/artifactInventoryEvidence.ts b/src/domain/artifactInventoryEvidence.ts
index 6d2528ec19..213364816f 100644
--- a/src/domain/artifactInventoryEvidence.ts
+++ b/src/domain/artifactInventoryEvidence.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@ export interface InventorySet {
   readonly edges: readonly ArtifactInventoryResult["edges"][number][];
   readonly integrityContradictions: readonly IntegrityContradiction[];
   readonly limitations: readonly string[];
+  /** True when merged node, occurrence, and edge counts match the manifest. */
   readonly complete: boolean;
   readonly coverage_status: ArtifactInventoryCoverage;
 }
 
+/** Whether all graph members are present and the producer reports full coverage. */
+export const hasCompleteInventoryCoverage = (
+  inventory: InventorySet,
+): boolean => inventory.complete && inventory.coverage_status === "complete";
+
 export interface ParsedInventorySet {
   readonly evidence: readonly Evidence[];
   readonly inventory: InventorySet;
diff --git a/src/domain/harmony/harmonyApplication.ts b/src/domain/harmony/harmonyApplication.ts
index 51dacd1489..71755e8281 100644
--- a/src/domain/harmony/harmonyApplication.ts
+++ b/src/domain/harmony/harmonyApplication.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 
-import { parseArtifactInventoryEvidence } from "../artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
+import {
+  hasCompleteInventoryCoverage,
+  parseArtifactInventoryEvidence,
+} from "../artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
 import { digestSchema } from "../digests.js";
 import { prefixedDigestSchema } from "../digests.js";
 import { nativeRuntimeConvention } from "../nativeConvention.js";
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ export const harmonyApplicationProjectionResultSchema = z.strictObject({
   bridge_candidate_coverage: bridgeCandidateCoverageSchema,
   coverage: z.strictObject({
     status: z.enum(["complete-within-inventory", "partial"]),
+    // Count completeness is separate from the declared coverage status.
     inventory_complete: z.boolean(),
   }),
   limitations: z.array(z.string().min(1)),
@@ -108,8 +112,8 @@ export const projectHarmonyApplication = (
     classified.native_libraries,
   );
   const limitations = [
-    ...(!inventory.complete
-      ? ["Source inventory pages are incomplete; absence is unknown."]
+    ...(!hasCompleteInventoryCoverage(inventory)
+      ? ["Source inventory coverage is partial; absence is unknown."]
       : []),
     ...(unavailable.length > 0
       ? [
diff --git a/src/domain/mobileApplicationGraphProjection.ts b/src/domain/mobileApplicationGraphProjection.ts
index 328388ebe2..93e4143c5c 100644
--- a/src/domain/mobileApplicationGraphProjection.ts
+++ b/src/domain/mobileApplicationGraphProjection.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import canonicalize from "canonicalize";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
-import type { ParsedInventorySet } from "./artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
+import {
+  hasCompleteInventoryCoverage,
+  type ParsedInventorySet,
+} from "./artifactInventoryEvidence.js";
 import { evidenceSchema } from "./evidence.js";
 import { digestSchema } from "./digests.js";
 import { prefixedDigestSchema } from "./digests.js";
@@ -49,10 +52,11 @@ export const projectionCoverage = (
   budgetComplete: boolean,
 ): {
   status: "complete-within-inventory" | "partial";
+  /** True when all manifest graph-member counts are present, independent of source coverage. */
   inventory_complete: boolean;
 } => ({
   status:
-    inventory.complete && budgetComplete
+    hasCompleteInventoryCoverage(inventory) && budgetComplete
       ? ("complete-within-inventory" as const)
       : ("partial" as const),
   inventory_complete: inventory.complete,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/android/application.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/android/application.test.ts
index c976b591c9..28fa4d8c86 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/android/application.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/android/application.test.ts
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ describe("case-distinct APK resource names", () => {
     const inventory = parseEvidence(
       await runProviderAnalysis(path, "inventory_artifact", {}),
     );
+    expect(inventory.normalized_result).toMatchObject({
+      coverage_status: "partial",
+    });
     const result = projectAndroidApplicationEvidence({
       inventory_evidence: [inventory],
     });
@@ -234,6 +237,13 @@ describe("case-distinct APK resource names", () => {
       requireSuccessfulProjection(result).normalized_result,
     );
     expect(projection.root_format).toBe("apk");
+    expect(projection.coverage).toEqual({
+      status: "partial",
+      inventory_complete: true,
+    });
+    expect(projection.limitations).toContain(
+      "Source inventory coverage is partial; absence is unknown.",
+    );
     expect(projection.components.manifests).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(projection.components.dex).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(JSON.stringify(inventory)).toContain("res/2F.xml");
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/appleApplication.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/appleApplication.test.ts
index 7cd50246a1..00ef24ba58 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/appleApplication.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/appleApplication.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,42 @@ async function createCompleteAppleProjection() {
 }
 
 describe("Apple application projection", () => {
+  it("keeps a case-colliding real IPA inventory partial", async () => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-apple-case-collision-");
+    const path = join(root, "CaseCollision.ipa");
+    const writer = new ZipWriter(new Uint8ArrayWriter());
+    await writer.add(
+      "Payload/Example.app/Contents/Info.plist",
+      new TextReader("upper"),
+    );
+    await writer.add(
+      "Payload/Example.app/contents/Info.plist",
+      new TextReader("lower"),
+    );
+    await writeFile(path, await writer.close());
+
+    const inventory = parseEvidence(
+      await runProviderAnalysis(path, "inventory_artifact", {}),
+    );
+    expect(inventory.normalized_result).toMatchObject({
+      coverage_status: "partial",
+    });
+    const result = projectAppleApplicationEvidence({
+      inventory_evidence: [inventory],
+    });
+    const projection = appleApplicationProjectionResultSchema.parse(
+      requireSuccessfulProjection(result).normalized_result,
+    );
+
+    expect(projection.coverage).toEqual({
+      status: "partial",
+      inventory_complete: true,
+    });
+    expect(projection.limitations).toContain(
+      "Source inventory coverage is partial; absence is unknown.",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("projects deterministic IPA components and bridge hypotheses from exact inventory Evidence", async () => {
     const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-apple-");
     const path = join(root, "Fixture.ipa");
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/artifactComparison.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/artifactComparison.test.ts
index 38bfde2649..ca40596d38 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/artifactComparison.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/artifactComparison.test.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ describe("artifact inventory coverage", () => {
         authority: "shipped-artifact",
       },
     );
+    expect(parseArtifactInventoryEvidence(partial).inventory.complete).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
     expect(compareArtifacts(partial, partial)).toMatchObject({
       status: "unknown",
       summary: { unchanged: 0, unknown: 1 },
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/harmony/application.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/harmony/application.test.ts
index 5f758c0033..b2870e6c58 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/harmony/application.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/harmony/application.test.ts
@@ -214,6 +214,34 @@ describe("HarmonyOS packaging boundaries", () => {
 });
 
 describe("HarmonyOS inventory coverage", () => {
+  it("keeps a case-colliding inventory partial in the application projection", async () => {
+    const path = await writeApplicationZip(
+      "rea-harmony-case-collision-",
+      "Fixture.hap",
+      [
+        { path: "module.json", content: '{"module":{}}' },
+        { path: "MODULE.JSON", content: '{"module":{}}' },
+      ],
+    );
+    const inventory = await inventoryApplicationPackage(path);
+    expect(inventory.normalized_result).toMatchObject({
+      coverage_status: "partial",
+    });
+
+    const projection = requireDeterministicProjection(
+      projectHarmonyApplicationEvidence,
+      inventory,
+      harmonyApplicationProjectionResultSchema,
+    );
+    expect(projection.coverage).toEqual({
+      status: "partial",
+      inventory_complete: true,
+    });
+    expect(projection.limitations).toContain(
+      "Source inventory coverage is partial; absence is unknown.",
+    );
+  });
+
   it.each(ZIP_PACKAGE_FORMATS)(
     "retains archive identity and ZIP coverage for %s",
     async (format) => {