diff --git a/diffgraph/schema/diffgraph-v2.schema.json b/diffgraph/schema/diffgraph-v2.schema.json
index 7c243ca..1802327 100644
--- a/diffgraph/schema/diffgraph-v2.schema.json
+++ b/diffgraph/schema/diffgraph-v2.schema.json
@@ -395,6 +395,11 @@
             "UNKNOWN",
             "not_a_git_repository",
             "git_diff_failed",
+            "git_untracked_failed",
+            "invalid_base_ref",
+            "invalid_head_ref",
+            "merge_base_failed",
+            "malformed_merge_base",
             "malformed_git_output",
             "undecodable_path",
             "missing_object_id",
@@ -402,7 +407,10 @@
             "worktree_read_failed",
             "hash_object_failed",
             "malformed_hash_object_output",
-            "unmerged_index_entry"
+            "unmerged_index_entry",
+            "pathspec_outside_repository",
+            "gitlink_head_failed",
+            "malformed_gitlink_head"
           ],
           "description": "Machine-readable warning code. Consumers can surface these to the user."
         },
diff --git a/diffgraph/structural.py b/diffgraph/structural.py
index b7bdfbb..a07d6a1 100644
--- a/diffgraph/structural.py
+++ b/diffgraph/structural.py
@@ -36,6 +36,31 @@
 QUERY_VERSION = "python-structure-v2"
 _PARSER_STATE = threading.local()
 
+# Resolver failures are part of the public artifact contract. Keep their
+# machine-readable identity instead of collapsing an actionable Git failure
+# into UNKNOWN, so clients can offer the right remediation without parsing
+# the human-oriented detail string.
+RESOLUTION_WARNING_CODES = frozenset({
+    "not_a_git_repository",
+    "git_diff_failed",
+    "git_untracked_failed",
+    "invalid_base_ref",
+    "invalid_head_ref",
+    "merge_base_failed",
+    "malformed_merge_base",
+    "malformed_git_output",
+    "undecodable_path",
+    "missing_object_id",
+    "unsupported_worktree_entry",
+    "worktree_read_failed",
+    "hash_object_failed",
+    "malformed_hash_object_output",
+    "unmerged_index_entry",
+    "pathspec_outside_repository",
+    "gitlink_head_failed",
+    "malformed_gitlink_head",
+})
+
 
 class StructuralDependencyError(ImportError):
     """A required local structural parser dependency is unavailable."""
@@ -370,19 +395,7 @@ def _warning(code: str, path: Optional[str], detail: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
 
 
 def _resolution_warning(item: ResolutionWarning) -> Dict[str, str]:
-    known_codes = {
-        "not_a_git_repository",
-        "git_diff_failed",
-        "malformed_git_output",
-        "undecodable_path",
-        "missing_object_id",
-        "unsupported_worktree_entry",
-        "worktree_read_failed",
-        "hash_object_failed",
-        "malformed_hash_object_output",
-        "unmerged_index_entry",
-    }
-    code = item.code if item.code in known_codes else "UNKNOWN"
+    code = item.code if item.code in RESOLUTION_WARNING_CODES else "UNKNOWN"
     return _warning(code, item.path, "{}: {}".format(item.code, item.message))
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_structural.py b/tests/test_structural.py
index 5516f09..d88f4ab 100644
--- a/tests/test_structural.py
+++ b/tests/test_structural.py
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ def test_cli_structural_json_rejects_four_dot_range(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     assert "explicit non-empty BASE..HEAD or BASE...HEAD refs" in result.output
 
 
-def test_cli_structural_json_preserves_invalid_ref_warning(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+def test_cli_structural_json_preserves_invalid_ref_warning_code(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     from click.testing import CliRunner
     from diffgraph.cli import main
 
@@ -795,10 +795,35 @@ def test_cli_structural_json_preserves_invalid_ref_warning(tmp_path, monkeypatch
     artifact = json.loads(result.output)
     assert artifact["files"] == []
     warning = artifact["metadata"]["warnings"][0]
-    assert warning["code"] == "UNKNOWN"
+    assert warning["code"] == "invalid_base_ref"
     assert warning["detail"].startswith("invalid_base_ref:")
 
 
+def test_cli_structural_json_preserves_scoped_pathspec_warning_code(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Pathspec failures remain actionable structured artifact warnings."""
+    from click.testing import CliRunner
+    from diffgraph.cli import main
+
+    root = repo(tmp_path)
+    write(root, "app.py", "def value():\n    return 1\n")
+    commit(root)
+    monkeypatch.chdir(root)
+
+    outside = tmp_path / "outside.py"
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(
+        main, ["--structural-json", "-", "diff", "--", str(outside)]
+    )
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+    artifact = json.loads(result.output)
+    assert artifact["files"] == []
+    assert artifact["metadata"]["warnings"] == [{
+        "code": "pathspec_outside_repository",
+        "file": str(outside),
+        "detail": "pathspec_outside_repository: Absolute pathspec is outside the repository and was not resolved",
+    }]
+
+
 def test_cli_structural_json_requires_separator_before_pathspecs(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     from click.testing import CliRunner
     from diffgraph.cli import main