diff --git a/internal/schemavalidators/internal_schemas/aisecuritycontext/ai-security-context-0.1.schema.json b/internal/schemavalidators/internal_schemas/aisecuritycontext/ai-security-context-0.1.schema.json
index 5b59c521b..ac79ee432 100644
--- a/internal/schemavalidators/internal_schemas/aisecuritycontext/ai-security-context-0.1.schema.json
+++ b/internal/schemavalidators/internal_schemas/aisecuritycontext/ai-security-context-0.1.schema.json
@@ -356,6 +356,11 @@
         "adjudication_complete": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "description": "True when every survivor (outside holes/abandoned) reached a terminal state — the trust signal that an empty fingerprints list is 'clean' rather than 'not adjudicated yet'."
+        },
+        "abandoned": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "minimum": 0,
+          "description": "How many survivors adjudication gave up on after the retry cap — a terminal coverage gap, distinct from a still-pending survivor (which a later run retries). A count rather than a list because the list is already determined by survivors and adjudicated_commits. Nonzero alongside adjudication_complete means the queue drained partly by giving up: complete, but not a clean bill of health."
         }
       }
     },
@@ -397,6 +402,10 @@
           "type": "string",
           "minLength": 1,
           "description": "Why it never resolved, e.g. \"diff too large\", \"triage: <error>\", or an adjudication timeout"
+        },
+        "retryable": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Whether a later run should re-examine this commit: a transient diff-load, triage, or backend/adjudication failure. Absent (false) for a deterministic hole (oversize diff) or a context written before this field existed."
         }
       }
     },
@@ -438,6 +447,15 @@
           "type": "integer",
           "minimum": 0,
           "description": "Failed adjudication tries; at the cap the survivor is abandoned."
+        },
+        "verdict": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": ["no_finding", "abstain", "rejected"],
+          "description": "Terminal adjudication outcome for a survivor that produced no fingerprint. A survivor with a fingerprint is a finding and carries no verdict. Absent means: a finding, not adjudicated yet, or errored and still pending. Descriptive only — never affects scheduling."
+        },
+        "verdict_reason": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "The adjudicator's own short explanation, carried only for abstentions (verdict == \"abstain\"). Truncated by the producer; never the full rationale. Absent for every other verdict."
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators_test.go b/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators_test.go
index 8b915b636..ef9dac4ca 100644
--- a/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators_test.go
+++ b/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators_test.go
@@ -422,6 +422,54 @@ func TestValidateSecurityContextTriageFields(t *testing.T) {
 		scan["unexpected_field"] = "x"
 		require.ErrorContains(t, schemavalidators.ValidateSecurityContext(payload, ""), "additionalProperties")
 	})
+
+	t.Run("an unresolved entry carrying a retryable flag validates", func(t *testing.T) {
+		payload, scan := load(t)
+		scan["unresolved"] = []any{map[string]any{
+			"sha":       "8c948c742bdfc09c4aae6b3c386faeb98f925ff2",
+			"reason":    "adjudication: agent error",
+			"retryable": true,
+		}}
+		require.NoError(t, schemavalidators.ValidateSecurityContext(payload, ""))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("an unknown unresolved field is still rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		payload, scan := load(t)
+		scan["unresolved"] = []any{map[string]any{
+			"sha":            "8c948c742bdfc09c4aae6b3c386faeb98f925ff2",
+			"reason":         "x",
+			"unexpected_key": "y",
+		}}
+		require.ErrorContains(t, schemavalidators.ValidateSecurityContext(payload, ""), "additionalProperties")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("a survivor carrying an abstain verdict and reason validates", func(t *testing.T) {
+		payload, _ := load(t)
+		payload["survivors"] = []any{map[string]any{
+			"commit_sha":     "8c948c742bdfc09c4aae6b3c386faeb98f925ff2",
+			"verdict":        "abstain",
+			"verdict_reason": "insufficient context to decide reachability",
+		}}
+		require.NoError(t, schemavalidators.ValidateSecurityContext(payload, ""))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("a no_finding verdict without a reason validates", func(t *testing.T) {
+		payload, _ := load(t)
+		payload["survivors"] = []any{map[string]any{
+			"commit_sha": "8c948c742bdfc09c4aae6b3c386faeb98f925ff2",
+			"verdict":    "no_finding",
+		}}
+		require.NoError(t, schemavalidators.ValidateSecurityContext(payload, ""))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("a verdict outside the enum is rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		payload, _ := load(t)
+		payload["survivors"] = []any{map[string]any{
+			"commit_sha": "8c948c742bdfc09c4aae6b3c386faeb98f925ff2",
+			"verdict":    "finding",
+		}}
+		require.ErrorContains(t, schemavalidators.ValidateSecurityContext(payload, ""), "enum")
+	})
 }
 
 func TestValidateOpenAPI(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/aisecuritycontext/aisecuritycontext.go b/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/aisecuritycontext/aisecuritycontext.go
index 74eec2b5b..101fbac31 100644
--- a/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/aisecuritycontext/aisecuritycontext.go
+++ b/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/aisecuritycontext/aisecuritycontext.go
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ type ScanWindow struct {
 type Unresolved struct {
 	SHA    string `json:"sha"`
 	Reason string `json:"reason"`
+	// Retryable is true when a later run should re-examine this commit: a transient
+	// diff-load, triage, or backend/adjudication failure. Absent (false) for a
+	// deterministic hole (an oversize diff) or a context written before this field
+	// existed.
+	Retryable bool `json:"retryable,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ScanStats is the funnel every stage reports into, so that a silent failure
@@ -134,6 +139,11 @@ type ScanStats struct {
 	// reached a terminal state — the signal that an empty fingerprints list is
 	// "clean" rather than "not adjudicated yet".
 	AdjudicationComplete bool `json:"adjudication_complete,omitempty"`
+	// Abandoned is how many survivors adjudication gave up on after the retry cap — a
+	// terminal coverage gap, distinct from a still-pending survivor. Nonzero alongside
+	// AdjudicationComplete means the queue drained partly by giving up: complete, but
+	// not a clean bill of health.
+	Abandoned int `json:"abandoned,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Survivor is one commit that survived Phase-1 triage: an entry in the
@@ -152,6 +162,13 @@ type Survivor struct {
 	// Attempts counts failed adjudication tries; at the cap the survivor is
 	// abandoned.
 	Attempts int `json:"attempts,omitempty"`
+	// Verdict is the terminal adjudication outcome for a survivor that produced no
+	// fingerprint: no_finding | abstain | rejected. A survivor with a fingerprint is
+	// a finding and carries no verdict. Descriptive only — never affects scheduling.
+	Verdict string `json:"verdict,omitempty"`
+	// VerdictReason is the adjudicator's short explanation, carried only for
+	// abstentions (Verdict == "abstain"). Truncated by the producer.
+	VerdictReason string `json:"verdict_reason,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // TopRisk is a component with a security-fix history, ranked by severity mass