diff --git a/zap/src/main/java/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/HostProcess.java b/zap/src/main/java/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/HostProcess.java
index aeecba86efc..84b2ce19117 100644
--- a/zap/src/main/java/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/HostProcess.java
+++ b/zap/src/main/java/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/HostProcess.java
@@ -106,11 +106,14 @@
 // ZAP: 2022/09/21 Use format specifiers instead of concatenation when logging.
 // ZAP: 2023/01/10 Tidy up logger.
 // ZAP: 2023/05/17 Skip rules that reach the maximum number of alerts.
+// ZAP: 2026/05/28 From now on we will not be recording changes here as the files have changed so
+// much.
 package org.parosproxy.paros.core.scanner;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -330,6 +333,16 @@ public void addStartNode(StructuralNode startNode) {
         this.startNodes.add(startNode);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the start nodes.
+     *
+     * @return the start nodes
+     * @since 2.18.0
+     */
+    public List<StructuralNode> getStartNodes() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(this.startNodes);
+    }
+
     /** Stop the current scanning process */
     public void stop() {
         isStop = true;
diff --git a/zap/src/test/java/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/HostProcessUnitTest.java b/zap/src/test/java/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/HostProcessUnitTest.java
index 879b00e2dda..7eb7c55a7ed 100644
--- a/zap/src/test/java/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/HostProcessUnitTest.java
+++ b/zap/src/test/java/org/parosproxy/paros/core/scanner/HostProcessUnitTest.java
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ void shouldScanStartNodeSet() {
         hostProcess.run();
         // Then
         assertThat(hostProcess.getTestTotalCount(), is(equalTo(1)));
+        assertThat(hostProcess.getStartNodes().size(), is(1));
+        assertThat(
+                hostProcess.getStartNodes().get(0).getURI().toString(),
+                is("http://localhost/file"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -237,6 +241,13 @@ void shouldScanStartNodesAdded() {
         hostProcess.run();
         // Then
         assertThat(hostProcess.getTestTotalCount(), is(equalTo(2)));
+        assertThat(hostProcess.getStartNodes().size(), is(2));
+        assertThat(
+                hostProcess.getStartNodes().get(0).getURI().toString(),
+                is("http://localhost/file1"));
+        assertThat(
+                hostProcess.getStartNodes().get(1).getURI().toString(),
+                is("http://localhost/file2"));
     }
 
     @Test