diff --git a/docs/doctoring/document-autosave-queue.md b/docs/doctoring/document-autosave-queue.md
index 945262823..1de64a32a 100644
--- a/docs/doctoring/document-autosave-queue.md
+++ b/docs/doctoring/document-autosave-queue.md
@@ -133,6 +133,32 @@ hashing boundary. Deep immutability proves that the submitted graph cannot be
 mutated after validation; it does not prove that a caller-supplied digest was
 honestly derived from that graph.
 
+## Array preflight finding — 2026-09-07
+
+Status: Active PR / Proposed (#184), not protected-main implementation.
+
+The earlier array preflight avoided explicit key enumeration but first checked
+whether each container was frozen. Frozen-state inspection also enumerates a
+Proxy's keys. A packed public queue probe with a frozen, oversized sparse array
+was correctly rejected without calling the host save function, yet its key trap
+ran once before rejection. A costly trap could therefore run even when the
+array's length already made acceptance impossible.
+
+The candidate keeps early frozen-state validation for objects and checks array
+length, remaining value capacity, and child depth before array frozen-state
+inspection. It still rejects bounded mutable arrays and preserves dense-array,
+descriptor, prototype, cycle, schema, digest, and detached-snapshot checks.
+No API, limit, durable-save authority, or error category changes. This avoids
+unnecessary enumeration; it does not place a time limit on arbitrary Proxy code
+that runs during otherwise necessary reflection.
+
+The two regressions in `evidenceValidationArrayPreflight.test.ts` first failed
+with one key-trap invocation instead of zero for oversized and over-depth
+arrays. A separate bounded-unfrozen-array case preserves the immutability gate.
+Both public queue and durable session reuse this validation boundary. New-head
+packed consumer verification remains required; predecessor archive verification
+does not prove the candidate implementation.
+
 ## Security and privacy considerations
 
 Revision tags are equality validators, not authorization tokens, signatures,
diff --git a/src/autosave/detachedDigestResourceBoundary.test.ts b/src/autosave/detachedDigestResourceBoundary.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..187eaf116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autosave/detachedDigestResourceBoundary.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { createDetachedAutosaveRevisionEvidence } from './evidenceValidation.js';
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+function createFrozenEvidence(digestHex: string): unknown {
+  const documentJson = Object.freeze({
+    type: 'doc',
+    content: Object.freeze([]),
+  });
+  const envelope = Object.freeze({
+    schemaId: 'https://inkspan.io/schemas/document-envelope/v1',
+    schemaVersion: 1,
+    documentJson,
+  });
+  const revision = Object.freeze({
+    algorithm: 'SHA-256',
+    digestHex,
+    strongEntityTag: `"sha256-${digestHex}"`,
+  });
+  return Object.freeze({ envelope, revision });
+}
+
+describe('detached autosave digest resource preflight', () => {
+  it('rejects an impossible SHA-256 digest length before regex scanning', () => {
+    const regexTest = vi.spyOn(RegExp.prototype, 'test');
+
+    expect(
+      createDetachedAutosaveRevisionEvidence(createFrozenEvidence('a'.repeat(65))),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(regexTest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/autosave/evidenceValidation.ts b/src/autosave/evidenceValidation.ts
index 1fb5fd711..d3d91328b 100644
--- a/src/autosave/evidenceValidation.ts
+++ b/src/autosave/evidenceValidation.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ interface JsonTraversalEntry {
   readonly depth: number;
 }
 
+type JsonContainerChildren =
+  | Readonly<{ kind: 'array'; length: number }>
+  | Readonly<{ kind: 'object'; keys: (string | symbol)[] }>;
+
 /** Detached evidence shape returned to the public autosave queue. */
 export interface DetachedDocumentAutosaveRevisionEvidence {
   /** Detached active-schema document envelope. */
@@ -46,23 +50,19 @@ function readExactFrozenDataRecord(
   expectedKeys: readonly string[],
 ): ExactDataRecord | null {
   try {
-    if (
-      typeof value !== 'object' ||
-      value === null ||
-      !Object.isFrozen(value)
-    ) {
-      return null;
+    if (typeof value !== 'object' || value === null) return null;
+
+    for (const expectedKey of expectedKeys) {
+      if (Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(value, expectedKey) === undefined) {
+        return null;
+      }
     }
+
+    if (!Object.isFrozen(value)) return null;
+
     const ownKeys = Reflect.ownKeys(value);
-    if (
-      ownKeys.length !== expectedKeys.length ||
-      ownKeys.some(
-        (key) =>
-          typeof key !== 'string' || !expectedKeys.includes(key),
-      )
-    ) {
-      return null;
-    }
+    if (ownKeys.length !== expectedKeys.length) return null;
+
     const record: ExactDataRecord = {};
     for (const expectedKey of expectedKeys) {
       const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(value, expectedKey);
@@ -105,12 +105,6 @@ export function isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(rootValue: unknown): boolean {
     while (pendingEntries.length > 0) {
       const currentEntry = pendingEntries.pop() as JsonTraversalEntry;
       inspectedValueCount += 1;
-      if (
-        inspectedValueCount > MAX_AUTOSAVE_EVIDENCE_JSON_VALUES ||
-        currentEntry.depth > MAX_AUTOSAVE_EVIDENCE_NESTING_DEPTH
-      ) {
-        return false;
-      }
 
       const currentValue = currentEntry.value;
       if (
@@ -128,19 +122,47 @@ export function isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(rootValue: unknown): boolean {
       }
       if (
         typeof currentValue !== 'object' ||
-        visitedContainers.has(currentValue) ||
-        !Object.isFrozen(currentValue)
+        visitedContainers.has(currentValue)
       ) {
         return false;
       }
       visitedContainers.add(currentValue);
 
       const childDepth = currentEntry.depth + 1;
+      let children: JsonContainerChildren;
       if (Array.isArray(currentValue)) {
-        const length = currentValue.length;
+        const length = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
+          currentValue,
+          'length',
+        )!.value as number;
+        children = { kind: 'array', length };
+      } else {
+        if (!Object.isFrozen(currentValue)) return false;
+        const prototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(currentValue);
+        if (prototype !== Object.prototype && prototype !== null) return false;
+        children = { kind: 'object', keys: Reflect.ownKeys(currentValue) };
+      }
+
+      const childCount =
+        children.kind === 'array' ? children.length : children.keys.length;
+      const remainingValueCapacity =
+        MAX_AUTOSAVE_EVIDENCE_JSON_VALUES -
+        inspectedValueCount -
+        pendingEntries.length;
+      if (childCount > remainingValueCapacity) return false;
+      if (
+        childCount > 0 &&
+        childDepth > MAX_AUTOSAVE_EVIDENCE_NESTING_DEPTH
+      ) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      if (children.kind === 'array') {
+        // Frozen-state inspection also enumerates Proxy keys; preflight first.
+        if (!Object.isFrozen(currentValue)) return false;
         const ownKeys = Reflect.ownKeys(currentValue);
-        if (ownKeys.length !== length + 1) return false;
-        for (let index = 0; index < length; index += 1) {
+        if (ownKeys.length !== children.length + 1) return false;
+        for (let index = 0; index < children.length; index += 1) {
           const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
             currentValue,
             String(index),
@@ -160,9 +182,7 @@ export function isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(rootValue: unknown): boolean {
         continue;
       }
 
-      const prototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(currentValue);
-      if (prototype !== Object.prototype && prototype !== null) return false;
-      for (const key of Reflect.ownKeys(currentValue)) {
+      for (const key of children.keys) {
         if (typeof key !== 'string') return false;
         const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(currentValue, key);
         if (
@@ -234,6 +254,7 @@ export function createDetachedAutosaveRevisionEvidence(
       revisionRecord === null ||
       revisionRecord.algorithm !== 'SHA-256' ||
       typeof revisionRecord.digestHex !== 'string' ||
+      revisionRecord.digestHex.length !== 64 ||
       !LOWERCASE_SHA256_DIGEST.test(revisionRecord.digestHex) ||
       typeof revisionRecord.strongEntityTag !== 'string' ||
       revisionRecord.strongEntityTag !==
diff --git a/src/autosave/evidenceValidationArrayPreflight.test.ts b/src/autosave/evidenceValidationArrayPreflight.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45383874a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/autosave/evidenceValidationArrayPreflight.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+  createDetachedAutosaveRevisionEvidence,
+  isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson,
+} from './evidenceValidation.js';
+
+describe('autosave detached evidence array resource preflight', () => {
+  it('still rejects a bounded unfrozen array', () => {
+    expect(isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson([null])).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects an impossible array length before frozen-state key enumeration', () => {
+    let ownKeysCalls = 0;
+    const oversizedArray = new Proxy(Object.freeze(new Array(1_000_001)), {
+      ownKeys(target) {
+        ownKeysCalls += 1;
+        return Reflect.ownKeys(target);
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(oversizedArray)).toBe(false);
+    expect(ownKeysCalls).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects over-depth array children before frozen-state key enumeration', () => {
+    let ownKeysCalls = 0;
+    let root: readonly unknown[] = new Proxy(Object.freeze([null]), {
+      ownKeys(target) {
+        ownKeysCalls += 1;
+        return Reflect.ownKeys(target);
+      },
+    });
+    for (let depth = 0; depth < 128; depth += 1) root = Object.freeze([root]);
+
+    expect(isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(root)).toBe(false);
+    expect(ownKeysCalls).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects an impossible array length before explicit own-key enumeration', () => {
+    const oversizedArray = new Array<unknown>(1_000_001);
+    Object.freeze(oversizedArray);
+
+    const ownKeys = vi.spyOn(Reflect, 'ownKeys');
+    try {
+      expect(isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(oversizedArray)).toBe(false);
+      expect(ownKeys).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(oversizedArray);
+    } finally {
+      ownKeys.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('does not execute array length get traps while validating frozen evidence', () => {
+    const target = Object.freeze([1]);
+    let lengthRead = false;
+    const proxiedArray = new Proxy(target, {
+      get(currentTarget, property, receiver) {
+        if (property === 'length') lengthRead = true;
+        return Reflect.get(currentTarget, property, receiver);
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(proxiedArray)).toBe(true);
+    expect(lengthRead).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects over-depth array children before reading their descriptors', () => {
+    const deepestArray: readonly unknown[] = Object.freeze([null]);
+    let root: readonly unknown[] = deepestArray;
+    for (let depth = 0; depth < 128; depth += 1) {
+      root = Object.freeze([root]);
+    }
+
+    const getOwnPropertyDescriptor = vi.spyOn(
+      Object,
+      'getOwnPropertyDescriptor',
+    );
+    try {
+      expect(isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(root)).toBe(false);
+      expect(
+        getOwnPropertyDescriptor.mock.calls.some(
+          ([value, property]) => value === deepestArray && property === '0',
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      getOwnPropertyDescriptor.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects over-depth object children before reading their descriptors', () => {
+    const deepestObject = Object.freeze({ child: null });
+    let root: Readonly<{ child: unknown }> = deepestObject;
+    for (let depth = 0; depth < 128; depth += 1) {
+      root = Object.freeze({ child: root });
+    }
+
+    const getOwnPropertyDescriptor = vi.spyOn(
+      Object,
+      'getOwnPropertyDescriptor',
+    );
+    try {
+      expect(isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(root)).toBe(false);
+      expect(
+        getOwnPropertyDescriptor.mock.calls.some(
+          ([value, property]) => value === deepestObject && property === 'child',
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      getOwnPropertyDescriptor.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('accepts an empty object exactly at the maximum nesting depth', () => {
+    const deepestObject = Object.freeze({});
+    let root: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>> = deepestObject;
+    for (let depth = 0; depth < 128; depth += 1) {
+      root = Object.freeze({ child: root });
+    }
+
+    expect(isDeeplyFrozenDocumentJson(root)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects missing record members before whole-record key enumeration', () => {
+    const incompleteEvidence = Object.freeze({ envelope: null });
+    let ownKeysCalls = 0;
+    const proxiedEvidence = new Proxy(incompleteEvidence, {
+      ownKeys(target) {
+        ownKeysCalls += 1;
+        return Reflect.ownKeys(target);
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(createDetachedAutosaveRevisionEvidence(proxiedEvidence)).toBeNull();
+    expect(ownKeysCalls).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a complete unfrozen record before whole-record key enumeration', () => {
+    const unfrozenEvidence = { envelope: null, revision: null };
+    const ownKeys = vi.spyOn(Reflect, 'ownKeys');
+    try {
+      expect(createDetachedAutosaveRevisionEvidence(unfrozenEvidence)).toBeNull();
+      expect(ownKeys).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(unfrozenEvidence);
+    } finally {
+      ownKeys.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects unexpected record members after required-key preflight', () => {
+    const evidenceWithExtraMember = Object.freeze({
+      envelope: null,
+      revision: null,
+      unexpected: null,
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      createDetachedAutosaveRevisionEvidence(evidenceWithExtraMember),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+});