diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraPeProfile.test.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraPeProfile.test.ts
index 561aad7012..38db29bfc6 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraPeProfile.test.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraPeProfile.test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ describe("ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations", () => {
       },
     };
     expect(ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations(peTarget, true)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations(peTarget, undefined)).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("returns empty limitations for PE target without codeView", () => {
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ describe("ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations", () => {
         age: 1,
       },
     };
-    expect(ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations(peTarget)).toEqual([
+    expect(ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations(peTarget, false)).toEqual([
       'The target references debug symbols "app.pdb" (GUID 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef, age 1) that were not applied; procedure names are analysis-generated.',
     ]);
   });
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ describe("ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations", () => {
         age: 2,
       },
     };
-    expect(ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations(peTarget)).toEqual([
+    expect(ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations(peTarget, false)).toEqual([
       'The target references debug symbols "legacy.pdb" (age 2) that were not applied; procedure names are analysis-generated.',
     ]);
   });
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraPeProfile.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraPeProfile.ts
index 217b3256f3..46f53040a5 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraPeProfile.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraPeProfile.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ import type { BinaryTarget } from "../domain/binaryTargetTypes.js";
  */
 export const ghidraPeCodeViewLimitations = (
   target: BinaryTarget,
-  pdbLoaded = false,
+  pdbLoaded?: boolean | null,
 ): readonly string[] => {
-  if (target.format !== "pe" || target.codeView === undefined || pdbLoaded) {
+  if (
+    target.format !== "pe" ||
+    target.codeView === undefined ||
+    pdbLoaded !== false
+  ) {
     return [];
   }
   const { pdbFileName, guid, age } = target.codeView;
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraProvider.behavior.test.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraProvider.behavior.test.ts
index 9d4892fc84..7bc0dd8b2f 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraProvider.behavior.test.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraProvider.behavior.test.ts
@@ -956,36 +956,78 @@ describe("Ghidra result projection", () => {
 });
 
 describe("Ghidra PE CodeView debug symbol limitations", () => {
-  it("projects unapplied companion PDB limitation for PE target with CodeView record", async () => {
-    const ghidra = provider(installationHost(), () => ({
-      start: () => Promise.resolve(ok(sessionInfo())),
-      callTool: () => Promise.resolve(ok(null)),
-      close: () => Promise.resolve(ok(null)),
-    }));
-    const target = {
-      ...peTarget("x86_64"),
-      codeView: {
-        pdbPath: "C:\\projects\\app\\build\\test.pdb",
-        pdbFileName: "test.pdb",
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: "omitted PDB facts",
+      loaded: undefined,
+      expectedLimitation:
+        "Ghidra did not report PDB attributes; debug-symbol coverage is unknown.",
+      forbiddenLimitation: "that were not applied",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "an explicit not-loaded report",
+      loaded: false,
+      expectedLimitation:
+        'The target references debug symbols "test.pdb" (GUID 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef, age 1) that were not applied; procedure names are analysis-generated.',
+      forbiddenLimitation: "coverage is unknown",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "an explicit loaded report",
+      loaded: true,
+      expectedLimitation: "Ghidra reports a loaded PDB",
+      forbiddenLimitation: "that were not applied",
+    },
+  ])(
+    "preserves CodeView coverage state for $name in session Evidence",
+    async ({ loaded, expectedLimitation, forbiddenLimitation }) => {
+      const pdb = {
+        file: "C:\\projects\\app\\build\\test.pdb",
         guid: "01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef",
-        age: 1,
-      },
-    };
-    const profile = await ghidra.resolveAnalysisProfile(target);
-    if (!profile.ok || profile.value.profile === null)
-      throw new Error("expected PE profile");
-    const client = ghidra.createClient(target, profile.value.profile);
-    const health = await client.execute("health", {});
-    expect(health).toMatchObject({
-      ok: true,
-      value: {
-        limitations: expect.arrayContaining([
-          'The target references debug symbols "test.pdb" (GUID 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef, age 1) that were not applied; procedure names are analysis-generated.',
-        ]),
-      },
-    });
-    await client.close();
-  });
+        age: "1",
+        signature: null,
+        version: "RSDS",
+        loaded: loaded ?? null,
+      };
+      const ghidra = provider(installationHost(), () => ({
+        start: () =>
+          Promise.resolve(
+            ok(
+              loaded === undefined ? sessionInfo() : { ...sessionInfo(), pdb },
+            ),
+          ),
+        callTool: () => Promise.resolve(ok([])),
+        close: () => Promise.resolve(ok(null)),
+      }));
+      const target = {
+        ...peTarget("x86_64"),
+        codeView: {
+          pdbPath: "C:\\projects\\app\\build\\test.pdb",
+          pdbFileName: "test.pdb",
+          guid: "01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef",
+          age: 1,
+        },
+      };
+      const profile = await ghidra.resolveAnalysisProfile(target);
+      if (!profile.ok || profile.value.profile === null)
+        throw new Error("expected PE profile");
+      const client = ghidra.createClient(target, profile.value.profile);
+      try {
+        const search = await client.execute("search_procedures", {
+          pattern: "add_numbers",
+        });
+        if (!search.ok) throw search.error;
+        const health = await client.execute("health", {});
+        if (!health.ok) throw health.error;
+        for (const observation of [search.value, health.value]) {
+          const limitations = observation.limitations.join("\n");
+          expect(limitations).toContain(expectedLimitation);
+          expect(limitations).not.toContain(forbiddenLimitation);
+        }
+      } finally {
+        await client.close();
+      }
+    },
+  );
 });
 
 describe("Ghidra relationship coverage", () => {
diff --git a/src/ghidra/GhidraProviderClient.ts b/src/ghidra/GhidraProviderClient.ts
index 80c37c0be2..738c09363c 100644
--- a/src/ghidra/GhidraProviderClient.ts
+++ b/src/ghidra/GhidraProviderClient.ts
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ export const createGhidraProviderClient = (input: {
   // Replaced by the reported outcome once the session handshake is checked.
   const seedLimitations: string[] = [...ghidraSeedLimitations(seeds)];
   const pdbLimitations: string[] = [];
-  let pdbLoaded = false;
+  let pdbLoaded: boolean | null | undefined;
   // Replaced by the reported storage outcome once the handshake is checked.
   const softFloatLimitations: string[] = [
     ...ghidraMipsSoftFloatLimitations(softFloat),
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ export const createGhidraProviderClient = (input: {
     info: GhidraSessionInfo,
   ): Promise<AnalysisError | undefined> => {
     if (target.format === "pe") {
-      pdbLoaded = info.pdb?.loaded === true;
+      pdbLoaded = info.pdb?.loaded;
       pdbLimitations.splice(
         0,
         pdbLimitations.length,