diff --git a/src/recall/projections/operations.ts b/src/recall/projections/operations.ts
index ec24f926..f5c473fc 100644
--- a/src/recall/projections/operations.ts
+++ b/src/recall/projections/operations.ts
@@ -423,7 +423,12 @@ export function createRecallProjectionOperations(input: {
       if (!sameIds(edges, expectedEdges)) {
         issues.push("entity_adjacency_set_mismatch");
       }
-      const factIds = new Set(
+      const canonicalFactIds = new Set(
+        sources
+          .filter(({ collection }) => collection === "facts")
+          .map(({ id }) => id),
+      );
+      const activeFactIds = new Set(
         sources
           .filter(({ collection, document }) =>
             collection === "facts" &&
@@ -436,14 +441,14 @@ export function createRecallProjectionOperations(input: {
         status.sourceMemoryId,
         status,
       ]));
-      for (const sourceMemoryId of factIds) {
+      for (const sourceMemoryId of activeFactIds) {
         if (!statusBySource.has(sourceMemoryId)) {
           issues.push(`missing_claim_status:${sourceMemoryId}`);
         }
       }
       const claimsById = new Map(claims.map((claim) => [claim.id, claim]));
       for (const status of statuses) {
-        if (!factIds.has(status.sourceMemoryId)) {
+        if (!canonicalFactIds.has(status.sourceMemoryId)) {
           issues.push(`orphan_claim_status:${status.id}`);
         }
         if (status.scopeKey !== canonicalScopeKey) {
@@ -478,7 +483,7 @@ export function createRecallProjectionOperations(input: {
         }
       }
       for (const claim of claims) {
-        if (!factIds.has(claim.sourceMemoryId)) {
+        if (!canonicalFactIds.has(claim.sourceMemoryId)) {
           issues.push(`orphan_claim:${claim.id}`);
         }
         if (claim.scopeKey !== canonicalScopeKey) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/recall.claim-revision-visibility.test.ts b/tests/unit/recall.claim-revision-visibility.test.ts
index 33ca2c45..36cbc7a0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/recall.claim-revision-visibility.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/recall.claim-revision-visibility.test.ts
@@ -500,6 +500,38 @@ describe("claim projection revision visibility", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("accepts retained claim history for a superseded canonical fact", async () => {
+    const store = createInMemoryDocumentStore();
+    const fact = buildFact();
+    const runtime = createRecallProjectionRuntime({
+      documentStore: store,
+      now: () => observedAt,
+    });
+    await runtime.documentStore.set("facts", fact.id, fact);
+    await runtime.appendClaim(claimInput("active", fact.updatedAt));
+    const supersededFact = {
+      ...fact,
+      isActive: false,
+      lifecycle: "superseded" as const,
+      updatedAt: "2026-07-21T10:00:00.000Z",
+    };
+    await runtime.documentStore.set("facts", fact.id, supersededFact);
+    const operations = createRecallProjectionOperations({
+      analyzerFingerprint: null,
+      documentStore: store,
+      language: createLanguageService(),
+      now: () => observedAt,
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      await operations.validateScopeUnsafe(
+        scope,
+        [{ collection: "facts", document: supersededFact, id: fact.id }],
+        new Set(),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual({ complete: true, issues: [] });
+  });
+
   it("rejects noncanonical claim and status scope keys", async () => {
     const store = createInMemoryDocumentStore();
     const fact = buildFact("fact-forged-scope-key");