diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptModuleRelationships.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptModuleRelationships.ts
index d1709b025..fcbd5b3d3 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptModuleRelationships.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptModuleRelationships.ts
@@ -379,7 +379,9 @@ const relationshipProperties = (
   resolution_status: target?.status ?? null,
   target_file_kind: target?.file?.kind ?? null,
   target_json_status:
-    target?.file?.kind === "json" ? jsonStatus(target.file) : null,
+    target?.file?.kind === "json" || target?.file?.kind === "package-json"
+      ? jsonStatus(target.file)
+      : null,
 });
 
 const relationshipEvidence = (
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/packageJsonImports.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/packageJsonImports.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9de31735c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/packageJsonImports.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+
+import { expect } from "vitest";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.js";
+import { connectLocalToolsMcp } from "../../fixtures/localToolsMcp.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+import { cliTest } from "../../support/cli/cliFixture.js";
+
+cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
+  "reports JSON availability for imported package manifests through %s",
+  async (surface, { cli }) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-package-json-imports-");
+    const files = {
+      "main.cjs": [
+        'const version = require("./package.json").version;',
+        'const data = require("./data.json");',
+        'const helper = require("./helper.cjs");',
+        'const broken = require("./broken/package.json");',
+        'const nonObject = require("./non-object/package.json");',
+        'const unavailable = require("./unavailable/package.json");',
+      ].join("\n"),
+      "package.json": '{"name":"app","version":"1.0.0"}',
+      "data.json": "[]",
+      "helper.cjs": "module.exports = 1;",
+      "broken/package.json": "{",
+      "non-object/package.json": "[]",
+      "unavailable/package.json": Buffer.from([0xff]),
+    };
+    await Promise.all(
+      Object.entries(files).map(async ([path, content]) => {
+        const absolute = join(root, path);
+        await mkdir(dirname(absolute), { recursive: true });
+        await writeFile(absolute, content);
+      }),
+    );
+    const nativeRequire = createRequire(join(root, "main.cjs"));
+    expect(nativeRequire("./package.json").version).toBe("1.0.0");
+    expect(nativeRequire("./non-object/package.json")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(nativeRequire("./data.json")).toEqual([]);
+
+    let document: unknown;
+    if (surface === "CLI") {
+      const response = await cli.run({
+        arguments: ["analyze-javascript-application", root, "--json"],
+      });
+      expect(response.exitCode, response.stderr).toBe(0);
+      document = response.json;
+    } else {
+      const { call } = await connectLocalToolsMcp();
+      const response = await call("analyze_javascript_application", {
+        input_path: root,
+      });
+      expect(response.isError, JSON.stringify(response)).not.toBe(true);
+      document = response.structuredContent;
+    }
+    const { graph } = z
+      .object({ normalized_result: javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema })
+      .parse(document).normalized_result;
+    const imports = graph.edges.filter(
+      ({ properties }) => properties.module_link_kind === "require",
+    );
+    for (const [path, kind, status, metadataStatus] of [
+      ["package.json", "package-json", "included", "included"],
+      ["data.json", "json", "included", null],
+      ["helper.cjs", "javascript", null, null],
+      ["broken/package.json", "package-json", "invalid", "invalid"],
+      ["non-object/package.json", "package-json", "included", "invalid"],
+      [
+        "unavailable/package.json",
+        "package-json",
+        "unavailable",
+        "unavailable",
+      ],
+    ]) {
+      expect(imports).toContainEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          properties: expect.objectContaining({
+            specifier: `./${path}`,
+            resolved_path: path,
+            resolution_status: "resolved",
+            target_file_kind: kind,
+            target_json_status: status,
+          }),
+        }),
+      );
+      if (kind === "package-json")
+        expect(
+          graph.nodes
+            .filter(({ kind }) => kind === "package")
+            .flatMap(({ observations }) => observations),
+        ).toContainEqual(
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            properties: expect.objectContaining({
+              path,
+              parse_status: metadataStatus,
+            }),
+          }),
+        );
+    }
+  },
+);
diff --git a/tests/boundary/javascript/javascriptApplicationCancellation.test.ts b/tests/boundary/javascript/javascriptApplicationCancellation.test.ts
index 8bc5f2aa3..17c47c1c9 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/javascript/javascriptApplicationCancellation.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/javascript/javascriptApplicationCancellation.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,80 @@
 import { setImmediate } from "node:timers";
-import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/javascript/javascriptApplicationAnalysis.js";
 import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
 import { projectAnalysisError } from "../../../src/domain/analysisErrorProjection.js";
 import { analyzeJavaScriptApplication } from "../../support/javascriptApplicationScope.js";
 
+it("preserves imported manifest status when cancelled before visiting manifests", async () => {
+  const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-js-cancel-package-");
+  const manifests = [
+    ["valid", '{"version":"1.0.0"}', "included"],
+    ["malformed", "{", "invalid"],
+    ["non-object", "[]", "included"],
+    ["unavailable", Buffer.from([0xff]), "unavailable"],
+  ] as const;
+  await Promise.all(
+    manifests.map(async ([name, content]) => {
+      const directory = join(root, "z", name);
+      await mkdir(directory, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(directory, "package.json"), content);
+    }),
+  );
+  await writeFile(
+    join(root, "a.cjs"),
+    manifests
+      .map(
+        ([name], index) =>
+          `const manifest${index} = require("./z/${name}/package.json");`,
+      )
+      .join("\n"),
+  );
+  await writeFile(join(root, "b.cjs"), "module.exports = 1;");
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const visited: string[] = [];
+  const result = await analyzeJavaScriptApplication(
+    { input_path: root, format: "directory" },
+    {
+      signal: controller.signal,
+      progress: {
+        async report(event) {
+          if (event.phase !== "parse_javascript_source") return;
+          visited.push(event.message);
+          if (event.message.includes("b.cjs")) controller.abort();
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  );
+  if (result.ok) throw new Error("Cancelled analysis must return a failure");
+  const failure = projectAnalysisError(result.error);
+  expect(failure.code).toBe("cancelled");
+  expect(visited).toHaveLength(2);
+  const { graph } = z
+    .object({
+      details: z.object({
+        partial_observation: z.object({
+          normalized_result: javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema,
+        }),
+      }),
+    })
+    .parse(failure).details.partial_observation.normalized_result;
+  for (const [name, , status] of manifests)
+    expect(
+      graph.edges.find(
+        ({ properties }) =>
+          properties.module_link_kind === "require" &&
+          properties.specifier === `./z/${name}/package.json`,
+      )?.properties,
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      resolution_status: "resolved",
+      target_file_kind: "package-json",
+      target_json_status: status,
+    });
+});
+
 describe("JavaScript application cancellation", () => {
   it("interrupts semantic graph commitment before result validation", async () => {
     const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-js-cancel-semantic-");