@@ -322,15 +322,15 @@ export function columnReach(manifestPath: string, model: string, column: string,
       uncertain.push(entry(id, "reads an ephemeral parent, inlined as a CTE the lineage engine cannot trace through"))
       continue
     }
+    const named = parents.flatMap((parent) => [...tracked.get(parent)!].filter((col) => namesColumn(sqlText, col)))
     // No edge at all while the SQL names the column (a PIVOT, say) is the engine not seeing through
     // it, so its outputs are unknown. SQL that never names it (`select 1`, `count(*)`) reads nothing and
     // falls through. Below an unsure parent it is already reported as uncertain.
-    if (edges.length === 0 && !fromUnsure && parents.some((p) => [...tracked.get(p)!].some((col) => namesColumn(sqlText, col)))) {
+    if (edges.length === 0 && !fromUnsure && named.length > 0) {
       uncertain.push(entry(id, "names it, but the lineage engine found no column edges in its SQL"))
       unsure.add(id)
       continue
     }
-    const named = parents.flatMap((parent) => [...tracked.get(parent)!].filter((col) => namesColumn(sqlText, col)))
     const shared = named.some((col) => allParents.filter((other) => documentedColumns(lookup(other)).has(col)).length > 1)
     if (ambiguous || named.length > 0 || fromUnsure) {
       if (ambiguous || fromUnsure) unsure.add(id)
 
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ describe("columnReach on a model the engine cannot fully trace", () => {
     try {
       const reach = columnReach(manifestFile(constant), "fct_orders", "revenue")
       expect([...reach.untraced, ...reach.uncertain].map((m) => m.name)).not.toContain("rpt_ltv")
+      expect(reach.models.map((m) => m.name)).not.toContain("rpt_ltv")
     } finally {
       again.mockRestore()
     }
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`@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ describe("columnReach on a model the engine cannot fully trace", () => {`
`392`	`392`	`try {`
`393`	`393`	`const reach = columnReach(manifestFile(constant), "fct_orders", "revenue")`
`394`	`394`	`expect([...reach.untraced, ...reach.uncertain].map((m) => m.name)).not.toContain("rpt_ltv")`
	`395`	`+ expect(reach.models.map((m) => m.name)).not.toContain("rpt_ltv")`
`395`	`396`	`} finally {`
`396`	`397`	`again.mockRestore()`
`397`	`398`	`}`