diff --git a/docs/recorded-crashes.md b/docs/recorded-crashes.md
index ad689cfcf0..ad9296cc38 100644
--- a/docs/recorded-crashes.md
+++ b/docs/recorded-crashes.md
@@ -108,14 +108,17 @@ CLI/MCP parity, optional debugger context and historical PID collision with an
 owned live sentinel. Observed Node processes and their traced threads may read
 that live process's `stat` for the shared ownership inventory; debugger and
 decoder processes cannot use this exception. A second recording uses a valid
-historical PID above the host's assignable PID range and rejects every lookup,
+historical PID above the host's assignable PID range and rejects resolved lookups,
 including Node `stat` reads, to detect historical-PID-driven access separately
 from live inventory. Descriptor paths come from strace's `-yy` decoding; exact
 PID-directory opens and relative accesses through those handles are rejected.
+Failed FD-relative pathname attempts are checked across syscall variants.
+Legacy relative pathname calls without dirfd/cwd evidence remain unverified;
+the verification report declares this gap rather than establishing their absence.
 The trace includes signal and priority calls and rejects PID-targeted priority
 queries/changes, signals/probes and
 pidfd controls, including nonfatal signals and signal zero. These checks cover
-the recorded file/process/signal syscall surfaces, not every possible kernel
+the recorded file/process/signal/priority syscall surfaces, not every possible kernel
 interaction. The syscall trace also rejects access to the still-present
 source executable. The CI workflow defines Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian 13 (GDB 16)
 container lanes. Original inputs and host configuration remain unchanged.
diff --git a/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace-policy.mjs b/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace-policy.mjs
index 32e845e2e4..41f5b2e766 100644
--- a/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace-policy.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace-policy.mjs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const readsMetadata = (line, root, names) => {
   );
 };
 
-/** Permit only observed inventory reads; PID-directory handles and controls never qualify. */
+/** Check resolved PID references; cwd-relative legacy paths remain unqualified. */
 export function assertHistoricalPidAccess({
   trace,
   historicalPid,
diff --git a/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace.mjs b/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace.mjs
index 867d070747..f87733b679 100644
--- a/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify/recorded-crash/trace.mjs
@@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ export async function verifyCoreInspectionTrace({
       executions,
       historical_pid: historicalPid,
       sentinel: "still-alive",
+      historical_pid_access_coverage: {
+        checked: [
+          "absolute-proc-paths",
+          "decoded-fd-paths",
+          "pid-targeted-controls",
+        ],
+        unverified: ["legacy-cwd-relative-paths"],
+      },
       ownership_process_table_reads: ownershipReads,
     });
   }