diff --git a/src/adapter.ts b/src/adapter.ts
index 1f49d68..5bcb450 100644
--- a/src/adapter.ts
+++ b/src/adapter.ts
@@ -2717,8 +2717,9 @@ function executionOnlyLimitation(value: string): boolean {
 export function expectedReviewScopeStatement(value: string): boolean {
   const describesExpectedScope = /\b(?:bounded(?: review)? scope|bounded review instructions?|review(?:ed)? (?:was |is )?bounded to|reviewed only the changed files?|limited to (?:the )?(?:supplied )?change set)\b/i.test(value)
     && /\b(?:changed files?|change set|supporting context|agent guidance|AGENTS\.md)\b/i.test(value);
+  const explicitlyDeniesMaterialLimitation = /\bno material limitations?\b/i.test(value);
   const reportsMaterialConstraint = /\b(?:unable|could not|couldn't|missing|truncated|unavailable|uncertain|incomplete|not provided|not supplied|failed to inspect|relevant (?:dependency|file|context).{0,30}(?:not|missing|unavailable))\b/i.test(value);
-  return describesExpectedScope && !reportsMaterialConstraint;
+  return (describesExpectedScope || explicitlyDeniesMaterialLimitation) && !reportsMaterialConstraint;
 }
 
 export function trustedValidationFindings(task: JsonObject, receipts: JsonObject[]): JsonObject[] {
diff --git a/tests/webhook-adapter.test.ts b/tests/webhook-adapter.test.ts
index 63dd010..6d3cbea 100644
--- a/tests/webhook-adapter.test.ts
+++ b/tests/webhook-adapter.test.ts
@@ -1166,6 +1166,12 @@ test("distinguishes expected bounded review scope from material limitations", ()
   assert.equal(expectedReviewScopeStatement(
     "High confidence; the review was bounded to the supplied changed files plus directly relevant supporting context, and no material limitation remains.",
   ), true);
+  assert.equal(expectedReviewScopeStatement(
+    "High confidence. The changed file is directly malformed, and the failure is independently corroborated by syntax checking; no material limitation.",
+  ), true);
+  assert.equal(expectedReviewScopeStatement(
+    "No material limitation, but relevant dependency context was unavailable.",
+  ), false);
   assert.equal(expectedReviewScopeStatement(
     "I reviewed only the changed file because relevant dependency context was unavailable.",
   ), false);