diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticQuerySchemas.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticQuerySchemas.ts
index a88adc706..6d548545f 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticQuerySchemas.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticQuerySchemas.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const javaScriptSemanticQuerySeedSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("kind", [
   }),
   z.strictObject({
     kind: z.literal("property"),
-    name: z.string().min(1),
+    name: z.string(),
   }),
   z.strictObject({
     kind: z.literal("endpoint"),
diff --git a/tests/boundary/javascriptSemanticTraceEvidence.test.ts b/tests/boundary/javascriptSemanticTraceEvidence.test.ts
index 91cb7585f..25316c648 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/javascriptSemanticTraceEvidence.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/javascriptSemanticTraceEvidence.test.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,78 @@ it("excludes local exports from writes-only traces through CLI and MCP", async (
   }
 });
 
+it("traces exact empty property names through CLI and MCP", async () => {
+  const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-semantic-empty-property-");
+  await writeFile(
+    join(root, "main.js"),
+    "const routes = {'': 'HOME', x: 'NAMED'}; const root = routes['']; const named = routes.x;\n",
+  );
+  const cli = createCli({});
+  const analyzed = await serveCli(cli, [
+    "analyze-javascript-application",
+    root,
+    "--json",
+  ]);
+  expect(analyzed.exitCode).toBe(0);
+  const application = parseEvidence(JSON.parse(analyzed.stdout));
+  const { semantic_graph: graph } =
+    javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema.parse(
+      application.normalized_result,
+    );
+  const harness = await createApplicationMcpHarness();
+  try {
+    for (const name of ["", "x"]) {
+      const slots = graph.nodes.filter(
+        (node) =>
+          node.kind === "property-slot" && node.properties.name === name,
+      );
+      expect(slots).toHaveLength(1);
+      const slot = slots[0];
+      if (slot === undefined)
+        throw new Error("Expected retained property slot");
+      const exact = await assertSuccessfulTraceParity(
+        cli,
+        harness,
+        application,
+        {
+          seed: { kind: "semantic-node", node_id: slot.node_id },
+          direction: "forward-influence",
+        },
+      );
+      const selected = await assertSuccessfulTraceParity(
+        cli,
+        harness,
+        application,
+        {
+          seed: { kind: "property", name },
+          direction: "forward-influence",
+        },
+      );
+      expect(selected.seed_node_ids).toEqual([slot.node_id]);
+      expect(selected.nodes).toEqual(exact.nodes);
+      expect(selected.relations).toEqual(exact.relations);
+      expect(selected.nodes).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(selected.relations).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(selected.coverage.status).toBe("partial");
+    }
+    const absent = await assertSuccessfulTraceParity(
+      cli,
+      harness,
+      application,
+      {
+        seed: { kind: "property", name: "missing" },
+        direction: "forward-influence",
+      },
+    );
+    expect(absent.seed_node_ids).toEqual([]);
+    expect(absent.nodes).toEqual([]);
+    expect(absent.relations).toEqual([]);
+    expect(absent.coverage.status).toBe("partial");
+  } finally {
+    await harness.close();
+  }
+});
+
 const assertSuccessfulTraceParity = async (
   cli: ReturnType<typeof createCli>,
   harness: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createApplicationMcpHarness>>,
@@ -213,6 +285,10 @@ const assertSuccessfulTraceParity = async (
     JSON.stringify(arguments_),
     "--json",
   ]);
+  expect(cliResponse.exitCode, cliResponse.stdout).toBe(0);
+  expect(JSON.parse(cliResponse.stdout), cliResponse.stdout).not.toHaveProperty(
+    "error",
+  );
   const cliEvidence = parseEvidence(JSON.parse(cliResponse.stdout));
   const cliResult = javaScriptSemanticTraceResultSchema.parse(
     cliEvidence.normalized_result,
@@ -274,7 +350,6 @@ const assertTraceContextsResolve = (
   expect([...referencedIds].toSorted()).toEqual(
     [...contexts.keys()].toSorted(),
   );
-  expect(contexts.size).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 };
 
 const serveCli = async (