diff --git a/src/artifacts/PyInstallerArtifactReader.ts b/src/artifacts/PyInstallerArtifactReader.ts
index 7f742ff500..c2c15e1f05 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/PyInstallerArtifactReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/PyInstallerArtifactReader.ts
@@ -422,13 +422,12 @@ export class PyInstallerArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
     this.#pyzStore.reserveImages(
       toc.reduce(
         (count, entry) =>
-          count +
-          (entry.typeCode === "z" && entry.compressionFlag === 1 ? 1 : 0),
+          count + (entry.role === "pyz" && entry.compressionFlag === 1 ? 1 : 0),
         0,
       ),
     );
     for (const entry of toc) {
-      if (entry.typeCode !== "z") continue;
+      if (entry.role !== "pyz") continue;
       abortIfNeeded(signal);
       const spooled =
         entry.compressionFlag === 0
@@ -495,7 +494,7 @@ export class PyInstallerArtifactReader implements ArtifactReader {
     for (const entry of toc) {
       if (members.length % 256 === 0) await setImmediate();
       abortIfNeeded(signal);
-      const image = entry.typeCode === "z" ? images.get(entry) : undefined;
+      const image = entry.role === "pyz" ? images.get(entry) : undefined;
       if (image === undefined) {
         const bytecode = await this.#pyzStore.bytecodeHeader(
           handle,
diff --git a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/CArchiveLayout.ts b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/CArchiveLayout.ts
index a6ac959cb2..b1549d44c9 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/CArchiveLayout.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/CArchiveLayout.ts
@@ -39,24 +39,49 @@ export interface PyInstallerCookie {
   readonly cookieOffset: number;
 }
 
-/** One CArchive table entry. */
+type CArchiveEntryRole =
+  | "script"
+  | "module"
+  | "package"
+  | "runtime-option"
+  | "dependency"
+  | "symlink"
+  | "binary"
+  | "pyz"
+  | "other";
+
+const CARCHIVE_ENTRY_ROLES: ReadonlyMap<string, CArchiveEntryRole> = new Map([
+  ["s", "script"],
+  ["m", "module"],
+  ["M", "package"],
+  ["o", "runtime-option"],
+  ["d", "dependency"],
+  ["n", "symlink"],
+  ["b", "binary"],
+  ["z", "pyz"],
+]);
+
+/** One CArchive table entry, retaining its source code separately from the parsed role. */
 export interface CArchiveEntry {
   readonly index: number;
   readonly tocRecordOffset: number;
   readonly tocRecordLength: number;
   readonly name: string;
   readonly typeCode: string;
+  readonly role: CArchiveEntryRole;
   readonly offset: number;
   readonly compressedSize: number;
   readonly uncompressedSize: number;
   readonly compressionFlag: number;
 }
 
-/** Runtime options and external dependencies are declarations, never local blobs. */
-export const isCArchiveDeclaration = (
-  entry: CArchiveEntry,
-): entry is CArchiveEntry & { readonly typeCode: "o" | "d" } =>
-  entry.typeCode === "o" || entry.typeCode === "d";
+/** Role-defined declarations never own local payload bytes. */
+export const isCArchiveDeclaration = (entry: CArchiveEntry): boolean =>
+  entry.role === "runtime-option" || entry.role === "dependency";
+
+/** Importable Python modules and packages share headerless-code and marker semantics. */
+export const isCArchivePythonModule = (entry: CArchiveEntry): boolean =>
+  entry.role === "module" || entry.role === "package";
 
 /** True when a native executable has a structurally valid CArchive cookie. */
 export const containsPyInstallerArchive = async (
@@ -173,12 +198,15 @@ export const parseCArchiveToc = (
     const typeCode = bytes[offset + 17] ?? 0;
     if (typeCode < 0x20 || typeCode > 0x7e)
       return malformedEntry("CArchive type code is not a printable character");
+    const sourceTypeCode = String.fromCharCode(typeCode);
     entries.push({
       index: entries.length,
       tocRecordOffset: offset,
       tocRecordLength: entryLength,
       name: name.value,
-      typeCode: String.fromCharCode(typeCode),
+      typeCode: sourceTypeCode,
+      // Other printable codes keep generic-file behavior; compression is independent.
+      role: CARCHIVE_ENTRY_ROLES.get(sourceTypeCode) ?? "other",
       offset: bytes.readUInt32BE(offset + 4),
       compressedSize: bytes.readUInt32BE(offset + 8),
       uncompressedSize: bytes.readUInt32BE(offset + 12),
diff --git a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/CArchiveMembers.ts b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/CArchiveMembers.ts
index 2e99508a83..9c5d653bb7 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/CArchiveMembers.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/CArchiveMembers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import type { FileHandle } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { copyArtifactEntry, type ArtifactEntry } from "../ArtifactReader.js";
-import { isCArchiveDeclaration, type CArchiveEntry } from "./CArchiveLayout.js";
+import {
+  isCArchiveDeclaration,
+  isCArchivePythonModule,
+  type CArchiveEntry,
+} from "./CArchiveLayout.js";
 import type { PyzArchive, PyzEntry } from "./PyzArchive.js";
 import {
   RECONSTRUCTED_PYTHON_HEADER_LIMITATION,
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ export const hasEncryptionMarker = (
   entries.some(
     (entry) =>
       entry.name === CRYPTO_KEY_NAME &&
-      (entry.typeCode === "m" || entry.typeCode === "M") &&
+      isCArchivePythonModule(entry) &&
       entry.uncompressedSize > 0,
   );
 
@@ -67,13 +71,13 @@ export const projectStoredMember = (
   if (isCArchiveDeclaration(entry))
     return {
       entry: projectEntry({
-        path: `__pyinstaller__/${entry.typeCode === "o" ? "runtime-options" : "dependencies"}/${String(entry.index)}`,
+        path: `__pyinstaller__/${entry.role === "runtime-option" ? "runtime-options" : "dependencies"}/${String(entry.index)}`,
         kind: "metadata",
         declaredSize: entry.uncompressedSize,
         compressedSize: entry.compressedSize,
         byteOffset: null,
         limitations:
-          entry.typeCode === "d"
+          entry.role === "dependency"
             ? [
                 "Multipackage dependency bytes belong to another executable and remain unresolved.",
               ]
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ export const projectStoredMember = (
     };
   const { header } = bytecode;
   const path = canonicalMemberPath(entry.name, pathDialect);
-  const symlink = entry.typeCode === "n";
+  const symlink = entry.role === "symlink";
   const limitations: string[] = [];
   if (symlink) limitations.push("PyInstaller symlink target was not read.");
   if (header !== undefined)
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ export const projectStoredMember = (
       kind: symlink ? "symlink" : "file",
       declaredSize,
       compressedSize: entry.compressedSize,
-      executable: entry.typeCode === "b",
+      executable: entry.role === "binary",
       byteOffset: sourceByteOffset(entry, archiveStart),
       limitations,
       adapterKey: `carchive:${String(entry.index)}:${entry.name}`,
diff --git a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerArtifactReader.test.ts b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerArtifactReader.test.ts
index 63b178d66c..352b54c72d 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerArtifactReader.test.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerArtifactReader.test.ts
@@ -1627,3 +1627,129 @@ it.each([
     ).toBe("contains");
   },
 );
+
+const mixedCArchiveRoleFixture = () => {
+  const body = Buffer.from("not a marshal code prefix");
+  const pyz = pyzArchive({
+    magic: PYTHON_39_MAGIC,
+    modules: [{ name: "child", typeCode: 0, body }],
+  });
+  const members: CArchiveFixtureMember[] = [
+    {
+      name: "runtime value",
+      typeCode: "o",
+      payload: Buffer.alloc(0),
+      compress: false,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "other-app:assets/data.bin",
+      typeCode: "d",
+      payload: Buffer.alloc(0),
+      compress: false,
+    },
+    { name: "app/script", typeCode: "s", payload: body, compress: true },
+    { name: "app/module", typeCode: "m", payload: body, compress: true },
+    { name: "app/package", typeCode: "M", payload: body, compress: false },
+    { name: "bin/runner", typeCode: "b", payload: body, compress: false },
+    {
+      name: "link",
+      typeCode: "n",
+      payload: Buffer.from("app/module"),
+      compress: false,
+    },
+    { name: "nested/PYZ.pyz", typeCode: "z", payload: pyz, compress: false },
+    { name: "stored.pyz", typeCode: "Z", payload: pyz, compress: true },
+  ];
+  return {
+    body,
+    pyz,
+    members,
+    archive: cArchiveExecutable({ layout: "2.1", pythonVersion: 309, members }),
+  };
+};
+
+it("keeps mixed CArchive roles distinct across declarations, bytecode, and stored PYZ lookalikes", async () => {
+  const fixture = mixedCArchiveRoleFixture();
+  const path = await writeArchive("mixed-roles", fixture.archive);
+  const reader = new PyInstallerArtifactReader(path);
+  try {
+    const entries = [];
+    for await (const entry of reader.entries()) entries.push(entry);
+    expect(reader.formatMetadata()).toMatchObject({
+      entry_count: 9,
+      runtime_option_count: 1,
+      external_dependency_count: 1,
+    });
+    const expected = [
+      {
+        path: "__pyinstaller__/runtime-options/0",
+        type: "o",
+        kind: "metadata",
+        bytecode: "not-bytecode",
+      },
+      {
+        path: "__pyinstaller__/dependencies/1",
+        type: "d",
+        kind: "metadata",
+        bytecode: "not-bytecode",
+      },
+      { path: "app/script", type: "s", kind: "file", bytecode: "derived" },
+      { path: "app/module", type: "m", kind: "file", bytecode: "unknown" },
+      { path: "app/package", type: "M", kind: "file", bytecode: "unknown" },
+      { path: "bin/runner", type: "b", kind: "file", bytecode: "not-bytecode" },
+      { path: "link", type: "n", kind: "symlink", bytecode: "not-bytecode" },
+      {
+        path: "nested/PYZ.pyz",
+        type: "z",
+        kind: "directory",
+        bytecode: "not-bytecode",
+      },
+      { path: "stored.pyz", type: "Z", kind: "file", bytecode: "not-bytecode" },
+    ];
+    for (const [index, row] of expected.entries()) {
+      const entry = entries.find((entry) => entry.path === row.path);
+      if (entry === undefined)
+        throw new Error(`Missing role fixture ${row.type}`);
+      expect(entry).toMatchObject({
+        kind: row.kind,
+        executable: row.type === "b",
+        sourcePath: fixture.members[index]?.name,
+        formatMetadata: { type_code: row.type, bytecode_header: row.bytecode },
+      });
+      if (entry.kind === "file") {
+        const original = row.type === "Z" ? fixture.pyz : fixture.body;
+        expect(
+          (await buffer(await reader.open(entry))).equals(
+            row.type === "s" ? derived(original) : original,
+          ),
+        ).toBe(true);
+      }
+    }
+    const child = entries.find(
+      (entry) => entry.path === "nested/PYZ.pyz/child.pyc",
+    );
+    if (child === undefined)
+      throw new Error("Missing actual nested PYZ module");
+    expect(
+      (await buffer(await reader.open(child))).equals(derived(fixture.body)),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      entries.filter((entry) => entry.path.startsWith("stored.pyz/")),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+    expect(
+      entries.find((entry) => entry.path === "stored.pyz")?.formatMetadata,
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      pyz_status: "not-pyz",
+      type_code: "Z",
+    });
+    expect(
+      entries.find((entry) => entry.path === "nested/PYZ.pyz")?.formatMetadata,
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      pyz_status: "decoded",
+      pyz_python_version: "3.9",
+      pyz_entry_count: 1,
+    });
+  } finally {
+    await reader.close();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerMetadata.ts b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerMetadata.ts
index f452fe185c..e612120ea6 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerMetadata.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import type {
   PyInstallerMetadata,
   PyInstallerEntryMetadata,
 } from "../../domain/artifactFormatMetadata.js";
-import type { CArchiveEntry, PyInstallerCookie } from "./CArchiveLayout.js";
+import {
+  isCArchivePythonModule,
+  type CArchiveEntry,
+  type PyInstallerCookie,
+} from "./CArchiveLayout.js";
 import type { PyzArchive, PyzEntry } from "./PyzArchive.js";
 
 const cookiePythonVersion = (value: number) =>
@@ -27,10 +31,12 @@ export const cookieMetadata = (
     toc_offset: cookie.tocOffset,
     toc_size: cookie.tocLength,
     entry_count: entries.length,
-    runtime_option_count: entries.filter((entry) => entry.typeCode === "o")
-      .length,
-    external_dependency_count: entries.filter((entry) => entry.typeCode === "d")
-      .length,
+    runtime_option_count: entries.filter(
+      (entry) => entry.role === "runtime-option",
+    ).length,
+    external_dependency_count: entries.filter(
+      (entry) => entry.role === "dependency",
+    ).length,
     python_version_raw: cookie.pythonVersion,
     python_major: version?.major ?? null,
     python_minor: version?.minor ?? null,
@@ -108,10 +114,10 @@ export const cArchiveEntryMetadata = (
       relative_offset: entry.offset,
       compression_flag: entry.compressionFlag === 1 ? 1 : 0,
     },
-    ["s", "m", "M"].includes(entry.typeCode),
+    entry.role === "script" || isCArchivePythonModule(entry),
     header,
   ),
-  ...(entry.typeCode === "d" ? dependencyMetadata(entry.name) : {}),
+  ...(entry.role === "dependency" ? dependencyMetadata(entry.name) : {}),
   pyz_status:
     archive?.kind === "entries"
       ? "decoded"
diff --git a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerPyzStore.ts b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerPyzStore.ts
index cfc22b2425..60ac6d65de 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerPyzStore.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/pyinstaller/PyInstallerPyzStore.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import {
   pyInstallerMemberStream,
   readPyInstallerMemberPrefix,
 } from "./PyInstallerMemberStream.js";
-import type { CArchiveEntry } from "./CArchiveLayout.js";
+import {
+  isCArchivePythonModule,
+  type CArchiveEntry,
+} from "./CArchiveLayout.js";
 import type { PyInstallerMember } from "./CArchiveMembers.js";
 import { artifactFileAdmissionFailure } from "../ArtifactFileAdmission.js";
 import {
@@ -74,9 +77,9 @@ export class PyInstallerPyzStore {
   ): Promise<CArchiveBytecodeHeader> {
     const unchanged = { header: undefined, limitation: undefined };
     if (magic === undefined) return unchanged;
-    if (entry.typeCode === "s")
+    if (entry.role === "script")
       return { header: reconstructedPycHeader(magic), limitation: undefined };
-    if (entry.typeCode !== "m" && entry.typeCode !== "M") return unchanged;
+    if (!isCArchivePythonModule(entry)) return unchanged;
     const prefix = await readPyInstallerMemberPrefix(
       async (active) =>
         (