diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/error-boundaries/RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/error-boundaries/RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary.tsx
index 5bd350d0d4f..e4c03e96aa0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/error-boundaries/RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/error-boundaries/RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary.tsx
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ export class RecoverableRenderErrorBoundary extends React.Component<Props, State
       return
     }
     if (isLazyChunkLoadError(error)) {
-      // Contained by this fallback; lazy-with-retry already recorded the chunk
-      // error, its call site, and the recovery outcome as a breadcrumb.
+      // Contained by this fallback; recovery breadcrumbs live on the load path.
       return
     }
     void reportReactErrorBoundaryCrash({
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.never-landed-reload.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.never-landed-reload.test.ts
index edf984b6230..fafd6eeda59 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.never-landed-reload.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.never-landed-reload.test.ts
@@ -128,4 +128,17 @@ describe('loadLazyWithRetry when the recovery reload never lands', () => {
     expect(isLazyChunkLoadError(await settled)).toBe(true)
     expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem(RELOAD_GUARD_KEY)).toBeNull()
   })
+
+  it('still surfaces ordinary evaluation bugs after a never-landed reload attempt', async () => {
+    const error = new Error('render bug from lazy module evaluation')
+    const settled = loadLazyWithRetry(() => Promise.reject(error), { retries: 0 }).catch(
+      (rejection: unknown) => rejection
+    )
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(RELOAD_SETTLE_GRACE_MS + 1)
+
+    // Containment is only for known dynamic-import failures; real bugs must still report.
+    expect(await settled).toBe(error)
+    expect(isLazyChunkLoadError(error)).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
index 0ed7237d1f7..77650b67ded 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export async function loadLazyWithRetry<T extends AnyComponent>(
     // A sibling failing under a pending reload must not clear the guard, and an
     // unrelated failure must not clear a guard it did not set.
     if (!reloadRequestInFlight && isKnownDynamicImportFailure(lastError)) {
-      // Record the veto beside the resulting report before the ring can evict it.
+      // Record the veto before the ring can evict it; the failure is then contained.
       clearChunkReloadGuard()
       recordReloadBreadcrumb(
         'lazy_chunk_reload_vetoed',