diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/deletion/session-delete-target.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/deletion/session-delete-target.ts
index a935f813314..3efb816883f 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/deletion/session-delete-target.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/deletion/session-delete-target.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ import {
   type ExecutionHostId
 } from '../../../shared/execution-host'
 import { isPathInsideOrEqual } from '../../../shared/cross-platform-path'
-import { AI_VAULT_AGENT_SOURCES } from '../discovery/session-scanner-agent-sources'
+import {
+  AI_VAULT_AGENT_SOURCES,
+  sessionRowRootDirs
+} from '../discovery/session-scanner-agent-sources'
 import { isDiscoverableSessionFile } from '../discovery/session-file-discovery'
-import { sessionRowRootDirs } from '../discovery/session-scanner-agent-sources'
 import { subagentTranscriptsDirFor } from '../scanners/claude/session-scanner-subagent-transcripts'
 import type { AiVaultScanOptions } from '../session-scanner-types'
 
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/discovery/session-path-absence.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/discovery/session-path-absence.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef5aae3969f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/discovery/session-path-absence.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { WslTranscriptFsError } from '../../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-error'
+
+/** A missing file or folder is absence, not a refusal; WSL gate errors are always refusals. */
+export function isMissingTranscriptPathError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  if (error instanceof WslTranscriptFsError) {
+    return false
+  }
+  const code =
+    error && typeof error === 'object' && 'code' in error && typeof error.code === 'string'
+      ? error.code
+      : null
+  return code === 'ENOENT' || code === 'ENOTDIR'
+}
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/discovery/session-scanner-discovery.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/discovery/session-scanner-discovery.ts
index b0a3939bfa5..4af6f505fe9 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/discovery/session-scanner-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/discovery/session-scanner-discovery.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import { PrioritySemaphore } from '../../../shared/priority-semaphore'
 import { isWslUncPath } from '../../../shared/wsl-paths'
 import { SessionNewestFiles } from './session-newest-files'
 import type { SessionSidecarObservation } from '../parse-cache/session-sidecar-stat'
-import type { AiVaultAgent } from '../../../shared/ai-vault/contracts/ai-vault-types'
-import type { AiVaultScanIssue } from '../../../shared/ai-vault/contracts/ai-vault-types'
+import type {
+  AiVaultAgent,
+  AiVaultScanIssue
+} from '../../../shared/ai-vault/contracts/ai-vault-types'
 import { wslGatedReaddir, wslGatedStat } from '../../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-access'
 import { WslTranscriptFsError } from '../../native-chat/wsl-transcript-fs-error'
 import { recordSessionScanIssue, scanIssueTextFromError } from '../parsing/session-scan-issues'
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   noteAiVaultScanWorkChanged,
   openAiVaultScanSource
 } from '../scan-lifecycle/ai-vault-scan-progress'
+import { isMissingTranscriptPathError } from './session-path-absence'
 
 const NATIVE_DISCOVERY_CONCURRENCY = 4
 const NATIVE_DISCOVERY_BATCH_SIZE = 16
@@ -251,18 +254,6 @@ async function observeSessionSidecar(
   }
 }
 
-/** A missing file or folder is absence, not a refusal; WSL gate errors are always refusals. */
-export function isMissingTranscriptPathError(error: unknown): boolean {
-  if (error instanceof WslTranscriptFsError) {
-    return false
-  }
-  const code =
-    error && typeof error === 'object' && 'code' in error && typeof error.code === 'string'
-      ? error.code
-      : null
-  return code === 'ENOENT' || code === 'ENOTDIR'
-}
-
 /** Collecting form for callers that want every match; bounded scans stream. */
 export async function walkSessionFiles(
   dirPath: string,
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization.test.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization.test.ts
index 79be53c4e0c..3995690fd8d 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization.test.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ import { homedir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import { extractFullFirstUserPromptText } from '../prompts/session-scanner-first-user-prompt'
-import { extractPreviewContentText } from './session-scanner-text-normalization'
+import {
+  extractPreviewContentText,
+  normalizePreviewText,
+  normalizeTitleText
+} from './session-scanner-text-normalization'
 import { primeAgentSessionsDirFromEnv } from '../discovery/agent-session-directories'
-import { normalizePreviewText, normalizeTitleText } from './session-scanner-text-normalization'
 
 describe('AI Vault session scanner text values', () => {
   it('normalizes compact title text without surfacing hidden context blocks', () => {
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/cline/session-scanner-cline-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/cline/session-scanner-cline-parser.ts
index 93f4749a8be..3e612f46dc8 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/cline/session-scanner-cline-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/cline/session-scanner-cline-parser.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ import {
 import { addSessionContent } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-messages'
 import type { FileWithMtime, SessionAccumulator } from '../../session-scanner-types'
 import type { TranscriptMessageSink } from '../../transcripts/session-transcript-consumers'
-import { arrayValue } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { arrayValue, asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../../shared/trimmed-string'
-import { asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import {
   extractContentText,
   normalizeTitleText
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/codex/session-scanner-codex-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/codex/session-scanner-codex-parser.ts
index 50e5fbbf1f2..23a03759b4a 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/codex/session-scanner-codex-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/codex/session-scanner-codex-parser.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ import {
   normalizeCodexUsage,
   subtractCodexUsage
 } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-token-values'
-import { asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
-import { extractGitBranch, extractModel } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { asRecord, extractGitBranch, extractModel } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../../shared/trimmed-string'
 import { parseJsonObject } from '../../parsing/session-json-object'
 import { readCodexTimelineOnlyRecord } from './session-scanner-codex-record-fast-path'
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/devin/session-scanner-devin-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/devin/session-scanner-devin-parser.ts
index cd654878f03..190ed724b1e 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/devin/session-scanner-devin-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/devin/session-scanner-devin-parser.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ import {
   decodeSessionMessage,
   type DecodedSessionMessage
 } from '../../transcripts/session-decoded-message'
-import { arrayValue } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { arrayValue, asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../../shared/trimmed-string'
-import { asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractContentText } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization'
 import { numberValue } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-token-values'
 
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/gemini/session-scanner-gemini-parsers.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/gemini/session-scanner-gemini-parsers.ts
index 708cbdf51fb..4a4d3c88b7f 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/gemini/session-scanner-gemini-parsers.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/gemini/session-scanner-gemini-parsers.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ import {
   updateTimeline
 } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-accumulator'
 import { addSessionContent } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-messages'
-import { arrayValue } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { arrayValue, asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../../shared/trimmed-string'
 import { parseJsonObject } from '../../parsing/session-json-object'
-import { asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractContentText } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization'
 import { tokenTotal } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-token-values'
 
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/hermes/session-scanner-hermes-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/hermes/session-scanner-hermes-parser.ts
index 0ec075b90fa..dbde0e4957e 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/hermes/session-scanner-hermes-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/hermes/session-scanner-hermes-parser.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ import {
   updateTimeline
 } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-accumulator'
 import { addSessionContent } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-messages'
-import { arrayValue } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { arrayValue, asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../../shared/trimmed-string'
-import { asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractContentText } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization'
 import { numberValue } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-token-values'
 
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/jcode/session-scanner-jcode-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/jcode/session-scanner-jcode-parser.ts
index 24cfa283152..a1868042814 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/jcode/session-scanner-jcode-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/jcode/session-scanner-jcode-parser.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ import {
   updateTimeline
 } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-accumulator'
 import { addSessionContent } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-messages'
-import { arrayValue } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { arrayValue, asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../../shared/trimmed-string'
-import { asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import {
   extractContentText,
   normalizeTitleText
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/kiro/session-scanner-kiro-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/kiro/session-scanner-kiro-parser.ts
index 2360359346f..e5e13484052 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/kiro/session-scanner-kiro-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/kiro/session-scanner-kiro-parser.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ import { consumeCompleteJsonlLines } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-jsonl-r
 import type { FileWithMtime, SessionAccumulator } from '../../session-scanner-types'
 import type { TranscriptMessageSink } from '../../transcripts/session-transcript-consumers'
 import type { SkippedTranscriptRecord } from '../../transcripts/session-transcript-record-budget'
-import { arrayValue } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { arrayValue, asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../../shared/trimmed-string'
 import { parseJsonObject } from '../../parsing/session-json-object'
-import { asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { normalizeTitleText } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization'
 
 type ParserSessionOptions = {
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/muse/session-scanner-muse-parser.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/muse/session-scanner-muse-parser.ts
index fdc83bd73bb..f5c09005016 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/muse/session-scanner-muse-parser.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/muse/session-scanner-muse-parser.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ import {
 } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-accumulator'
 import { addSessionContent } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-messages'
 import { museSessionIdFromFilePath } from './session-scanner-muse-paths'
-import { arrayValue } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { arrayValue, asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../../shared/trimmed-string'
 import { parseJsonObject } from '../../parsing/session-json-object'
 import { timestampMs } from '../../parsing/session-record-time'
-import { asRecord } from '../../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { normalizeTitleText } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-text-normalization'
 import { numberValue } from '../../parsing/session-scanner-token-values'
 
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/session-scanner-graph-parsers.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/session-scanner-graph-parsers.ts
index bf2aab79d79..3a781b834ca 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/session-scanner-graph-parsers.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scanners/session-scanner-graph-parsers.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@ import {
   updateTimeline
 } from '../parsing/session-scanner-accumulator'
 import { addSessionContent } from '../parsing/session-scanner-messages'
-import { arrayValue } from '../parsing/session-record-fields'
+import { arrayValue, firstString, asRecord } from '../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { extractString } from '../../../shared/trimmed-string'
-import { firstString } from '../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import { parseJsonObject } from '../parsing/session-json-object'
 import { readJsonObjectIfExists } from '../discovery/session-json-file'
-import { asRecord } from '../parsing/session-record-fields'
 import {
   extractContentText,
   extractMessageText
diff --git a/src/main/ai-vault/scope/session-scanner-scope-discovery.ts b/src/main/ai-vault/scope/session-scanner-scope-discovery.ts
index 3404529f903..b07dbab1aac 100644
--- a/src/main/ai-vault/scope/session-scanner-scope-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/main/ai-vault/scope/session-scanner-scope-discovery.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type { FileWithMtime } from '../session-scanner-types'
 import { extractString } from '../../../shared/trimmed-string'
 import { parseJsonObject } from '../parsing/session-json-object'
 import { scanIssueTextFromError } from '../parsing/session-scan-issues'
-import { isMissingTranscriptPathError } from '../discovery/session-scanner-discovery'
+import { isMissingTranscriptPathError } from '../discovery/session-path-absence'
 import { noteAiVaultScanFileFound } from '../scan-lifecycle/ai-vault-scan-progress'
 
 // Limit representative probing when a bucket contains transcripts without cwd records.