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Hosted-basis PURLs are checked against every copy (`vex_consumed::hosted_consumed_copies`), but agent records are not. When an npm tree holds several nested copies of the same `name@version` and only some of them are patched, the verdict depends on crawl order: - first copy patched, another copy unpatched → `not_affected` (wrong); - first copy unpatched, another copy patched → `not_applied` (right, by luck).\n\n## Environment\nGitHub SocketDev/socket-patch #516\n\n## Trigger / context\nPublic GitHub report in SocketDev/socket-patch (FRESH_7D).\n\n## Source evidence\n- https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-patch/issues/516 (2026-10-02T08:09:09Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #516\n\n## Freshness\n- classification: FRESH_7D\n- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:44:03.802689Z\n- scout_id: Cfe309522b5\n\n## Scout notes\nThis Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. 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