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@@ -446,6 +446,16 @@ When a managed package is no longer installed but Quantex still records install
 - **THEN** Quantex does not remove the installed-agent state entry
 - **AND** the uninstall command reports failure
 
+#### Scenario: Ghost recovery does not run when npm presence probing is inconclusive
+
+- **GIVEN** an agent has recorded managed install state with install type `npm`
+- **AND** npm is available
+- **AND** npm global presence probing cannot confirm whether the package is installed or absent
+- **WHEN** the user runs `quantex uninstall <agent>`
+- **AND** the managed package-manager uninstall command reports failure
+- **THEN** Quantex does not remove the installed-agent state entry
+- **AND** the uninstall command reports failure
+
 ### Requirement: Exec and shortcut install flows MUST honor global timeout during managed install
 
 When `quantex exec` or shortcut `quantex <agent>` runs with `--timeout` and must install a missing agent before launch, Quantex SHALL apply the configured timeout to the install phase. After the deadline fires, Quantex SHALL wait up to `min(timeoutMs, 250)` for managed install work to finish before cancelling managed installer subprocesses.