diff --git a/src/shared/agent-status-child-work-alias.ts b/src/shared/agent-status-child-work-alias.ts
index 0442b4310a1..1544c864231 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-status-child-work-alias.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-status-child-work-alias.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   AgentChildWorkKind
 } from './agent-status-child-work'
 import { parseAgentChildWorkInvocationFence } from './agent-status-child-work-codec'
+import { isBoundedString } from './agent-status-child-work-value-guards'
 import {
   deserializeAgentStatusSubject,
   parseAgentStatusSubject,
@@ -65,24 +66,6 @@ function hasOnlyKeys(
   )
 }
 
-function isBoundedString(value: unknown): value is string {
-  if (
-    typeof value !== 'string' ||
-    value.length === 0 ||
-    value.length > MAX_ALIAS_PART_LENGTH ||
-    value !== value.trim()
-  ) {
-    return false
-  }
-  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
-    const code = value.charCodeAt(index)
-    if (code <= 0x1f || code === 0x7f) {
-      return false
-    }
-  }
-  return true
-}
-
 function isRevision(value: unknown): value is number {
   return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isSafeInteger(value) && value >= 0
 }
@@ -114,12 +97,12 @@ export function parseAgentChildWorkAliasInput(value: unknown): AgentChildWorkAli
       'childWorkId',
       'fence'
     ]) ||
-    !isBoundedString(value.provider) ||
-    !isBoundedString(value.segmentId) ||
+    !isBoundedString(value.provider, MAX_ALIAS_PART_LENGTH) ||
+    !isBoundedString(value.segmentId, MAX_ALIAS_PART_LENGTH) ||
     !isKind(value.kind) ||
     !isAliasKind(value.aliasKind) ||
-    !isBoundedString(value.alias) ||
-    !isBoundedString(value.childWorkId)
+    !isBoundedString(value.alias, MAX_ALIAS_PART_LENGTH) ||
+    !isBoundedString(value.childWorkId, MAX_ALIAS_PART_LENGTH)
   ) {
     return null
   }
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-status-store-codec.ts b/src/shared/agent-status-store-codec.ts
index ba060180f5c..c41e71b3a22 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-status-store-codec.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-status-store-codec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   parseAgentChildWorkAliasInput,
   parseAgentChildWorkAliasRecord
 } from './agent-status-child-work-alias'
+import { isBoundedString } from './agent-status-child-work-value-guards'
 import {
   parseAgentChildWorkInput,
   parseAgentChildWorkRecord
@@ -49,26 +50,8 @@ function isRevision(value: unknown): value is number {
   return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isSafeInteger(value) && value >= 0
 }
 
-function isBoundedKey(value: unknown, maxLength: number): value is string {
-  if (
-    typeof value !== 'string' ||
-    value.length === 0 ||
-    value.length > maxLength ||
-    value !== value.trim()
-  ) {
-    return false
-  }
-  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
-    const code = value.charCodeAt(index)
-    if (code <= 0x1f || code === 0x7f) {
-      return false
-    }
-  }
-  return true
-}
-
 export function isAgentStatusStoreEpoch(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return isBoundedKey(value, MAX_EPOCH_LENGTH)
+  return isBoundedString(value, MAX_EPOCH_LENGTH)
 }
 
 function isTombstoneEntity(value: unknown): value is AgentStatusTombstoneEntity {
@@ -80,7 +63,7 @@ export function parseAgentStatusTombstoneInput(value: unknown): AgentStatusTombs
     !isRecord(value) ||
     !hasOnlyKeys(value, ['entity', 'key']) ||
     !isTombstoneEntity(value.entity) ||
-    !isBoundedKey(value.key, MAX_TOMBSTONE_KEY_LENGTH)
+    !isBoundedString(value.key, MAX_TOMBSTONE_KEY_LENGTH)
   ) {
     return null
   }
@@ -118,7 +101,7 @@ function parseArray<T>(
 
 function parseStringArray(value: unknown): string[] | null {
   return parseArray(value, (candidate) =>
-    isBoundedKey(candidate, MAX_TOMBSTONE_KEY_LENGTH) ? candidate : null
+    isBoundedString(candidate, MAX_TOMBSTONE_KEY_LENGTH) ? candidate : null
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-status-store-fact-codec.ts b/src/shared/agent-status-store-fact-codec.ts
index 09b5d76a236..9e57e502611 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-status-store-fact-codec.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-status-store-fact-codec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   AgentStatusFactRecord,
   AgentStatusFactValue
 } from './agent-status-store-contract'
+import { isBoundedString } from './agent-status-child-work-value-guards'
 import {
   deserializeAgentStatusSubject,
   parseAgentStatusSubject,
@@ -27,24 +28,6 @@ function isRevision(value: unknown): value is number {
   return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isSafeInteger(value) && value >= 0
 }
 
-function isFactKey(value: unknown): value is string {
-  if (
-    typeof value !== 'string' ||
-    value.length === 0 ||
-    value.length > MAX_FACT_KEY_LENGTH ||
-    value !== value.trim()
-  ) {
-    return false
-  }
-  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
-    const code = value.charCodeAt(index)
-    if (code <= 0x1f || code === 0x7f) {
-      return false
-    }
-  }
-  return true
-}
-
 function parseFactValue(value: unknown): AgentStatusFactValue | undefined {
   if (value === null || typeof value === 'boolean') {
     return value
@@ -61,7 +44,7 @@ export function parseAgentStatusFactInput(value: unknown): AgentStatusFactInput
   }
   const subject = parseAgentStatusSubject(value.subject)
   const factValue = parseFactValue(value.value)
-  if (!subject || !isFactKey(value.key) || factValue === undefined) {
+  if (!subject || !isBoundedString(value.key, MAX_FACT_KEY_LENGTH) || factValue === undefined) {
     return null
   }
   return { subject, key: value.key, value: factValue }
@@ -82,7 +65,9 @@ export function parseAgentStatusFactIdentity(value: unknown): AgentStatusFactIde
     return null
   }
   const subject = parseAgentStatusSubject(value.subject)
-  return subject && isFactKey(value.key) ? { subject, key: value.key } : null
+  return subject && isBoundedString(value.key, MAX_FACT_KEY_LENGTH)
+    ? { subject, key: value.key }
+    : null
 }
 
 export function serializeAgentStatusFactKey(fact: AgentStatusFactIdentity): string {