diff --git a/crates/searchi-core/tests/targeted_reconciliation.rs b/crates/searchi-core/tests/targeted_reconciliation.rs
index 7e08754..a5df7f6 100644
--- a/crates/searchi-core/tests/targeted_reconciliation.rs
+++ b/crates/searchi-core/tests/targeted_reconciliation.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fn directory_events_reconcile_only_subtree_and_prune_exclusions() -> Result<()>
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn invalid_batches_and_failed_reads_roll_back_all_changes() -> Result<()> {
+fn invalid_batches_and_unreadable_sources_preserve_records() -> Result<()> {
     let temp = tempfile::tempdir()?;
     let root = temp.path().join("root");
     fs::create_dir(&root)?;
@@ -126,10 +126,14 @@ fn invalid_batches_and_failed_reads_roll_back_all_changes() -> Result<()> {
     let permissions = {
         use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
         let previous = fs::metadata(root.join("z.txt"))?.permissions();
-        fs::set_permissions(root.join("z.txt"), fs::Permissions::from_mode(0))?;
+        fs::set_permissions(root.join("z.txt"), fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o000))?;
         previous
     };
-    let failed = index.index_paths_with_options(
+    let denied = fs::File::open(root.join("z.txt"))
+        .expect_err("fixture must prevent reading the indexed source")
+        .kind()
+        == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied;
+    let result = index.index_paths_with_options(
         &root,
         &[root.join("a.txt"), root.join("z.txt")],
         &IndexOptions::default(),
@@ -138,9 +142,19 @@ fn invalid_batches_and_failed_reads_roll_back_all_changes() -> Result<()> {
     drop(locked);
     #[cfg(unix)]
     fs::set_permissions(root.join("z.txt"), permissions)?;
-    assert!(failed.is_err());
-    assert_eq!(index.search("beforetransaction", 10)?.len(), 1);
-    assert!(index.search("aftertransaction", 10)?.is_empty());
+    if denied {
+        // Permission denial preserves that file while readable changes commit.
+        let report = result?;
+        assert_eq!(report.skipped, 1);
+        assert_eq!(index.search("aftertransaction", 10)?.len(), 1);
+        assert!(index.search("beforetransaction", 10)?.is_empty());
+    } else {
+        // Other I/O errors, including platform-specific sharing failures, abort.
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert_eq!(index.search("beforetransaction", 10)?.len(), 1);
+        assert!(index.search("aftertransaction", 10)?.is_empty());
+    }
+    assert_eq!(index.search("validlast", 10)?.len(), 1);
     assert!(index
         .index_paths_with_options(
             &root,
diff --git a/crates/searchi-extract-worker/src/resources.rs b/crates/searchi-extract-worker/src/resources.rs
index 018aa80..0fb47bb 100644
--- a/crates/searchi-extract-worker/src/resources.rs
+++ b/crates/searchi-extract-worker/src/resources.rs
@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@ pub fn apply() -> Result<()> {
 pub fn apply() -> Result<()> {
     // Darwin rejects finite AS/DATA limits. The parent enforces a sampled RSS
     // budget there; retain the CPU limit and bounded path-free transport here.
-    for (resource, maximum) in [
-        #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
-        (libc::RLIMIT_AS, MEMORY_BYTES as libc::rlim_t),
-        (libc::RLIMIT_CPU, 30 as libc::rlim_t),
-    ] {
+    let set_limit = |resource, maximum| -> Result<()> {
         let value = libc::rlimit {
             rlim_cur: maximum,
             rlim_max: maximum,
@@ -55,8 +51,11 @@ pub fn apply() -> Result<()> {
             unsafe { libc::setrlimit(resource, &value) } == 0,
             "Cannot install extraction resource limit"
         );
-    }
-    Ok(())
+        Ok(())
+    };
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+    set_limit(libc::RLIMIT_AS, MEMORY_BYTES as libc::rlim_t)?;
+    set_limit(libc::RLIMIT_CPU, 30 as libc::rlim_t)
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(any(windows, unix)))]
diff --git a/crates/searchi-service/src/store.rs b/crates/searchi-service/src/store.rs
index 0825ecf..d7aed2c 100644
--- a/crates/searchi-service/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/searchi-service/src/store.rs
@@ -787,10 +787,10 @@ impl Store {
             return Ok(Vec::new());
         }
         trace.end(generation_span, Default::default());
-        if !self
+        if self
             .ann_cache
             .as_ref()
-            .is_some_and(|(generation, _)| *generation == active)
+            .is_none_or(|(generation, _)| *generation != active)
         {
             let prepared = trace.timed("semantic.prepared_graph_lookup", parent, |_, _| {
                 let checksum: String = snapshot.query_row(
@@ -815,10 +815,10 @@ impl Store {
                     .is_some_and(|(generation, _)| *generation == active),
             ),
         );
-        if !self
+        if self
             .ann_cache
             .as_ref()
-            .is_some_and(|(generation, _)| *generation == active)
+            .is_none_or(|(generation, _)| *generation != active)
         {
             let blob_span = trace.begin("semantic.ann_blob_read", ann_load);
             let length: Option<usize> = snapshot.query_row(
diff --git a/docs/MACOS-RUNTIME.md b/docs/MACOS-RUNTIME.md
index bd489a7..acf19ec 100644
--- a/docs/MACOS-RUNTIME.md
+++ b/docs/MACOS-RUNTIME.md
@@ -97,10 +97,8 @@ measurements, not desktop UI timings or production-scale latency guarantees.
 Commit validation: all57native desktop tests pass, including real filesystem
 create/update/rename/delete events using canonical Mac paths;66frontend tests,
 format/build checks,3speech builder tests and installed Metal recognition pass.
-The broader workspace run exposes an existing stale permission-denial rollback
-expectation in `targeted_reconciliation` (current engine skips unreadable inputs).
-Strict current-toolchain Clippy also flags unchanged permission-literal and
-ANN-cache boolean expressions. These failures are not qualified as passing gates.
+The initial broader checks exposed a stale permission-denial rollback test and
+current-toolchain Clippy warnings; the correction below supersedes those failures.
 
 ### Native document extraction policy
 
@@ -119,3 +117,20 @@ Resident-memory inspection also retries the short exit-to-waitable transition
 before treating a live child as uninspectable. Ten fresh installed CLI/helper
 DOCX runs returned the expected passage; the native roundtrip test repeats that
 short-lived worker path ten times to cover the race.
+
+## Workspace validation correction, 2026-10-23
+
+The reconciliation fixture now verifies that permission-denied sources retain
+prior records while readable changes commit. Other I/O errors still require
+rollback; the separate cancellation-after-write test also checks atomic rollback.
+The fixture explicitly verifies its read restriction instead of assuming an
+identical sharing-error category on every OS. Production reconciliation behavior
+is unchanged. Current Clippy syntax corrections cover octal permissions,
+ANN-cache predicates and the Mac resource-limit single-element loop.
+
+Fresh native Mac checks: `cargo test --workspace --locked` passes192tests with
+34existing opt-in tests ignored and none filtered; strict
+`cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --locked -- -D warnings` passes.
+All57desktop tests and66frontend tests pass; Rust/desktop formatting,
+frontend formatting/build and3speech-builder tests pass. These checks do not
+claim execution of the ignored real-model/platform suites.