diff --git a/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/adapters/claude.py b/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/adapters/claude.py
index 480ed52..a093a46 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/adapters/claude.py
+++ b/.agents/skills/lib_py/agents/adapters/claude.py
@@ -344,8 +344,10 @@ class ClaudeAgentAdapter(BaseAgentAdapter):
         return [p for root, p in self._candidates(uuid, ctx) if _inside(root, p)]
 
     def has_artifacts(self, uuid: str, ctx: DiscoveryContext) -> bool:
-        # Leftovers count without the transcript (a pre-#31 purge left them).
-        return bool(self._owned_paths(uuid, ctx))
+        # Leftovers count without the transcript (a pre-#31 purge left them),
+        # and so does one behind a link: the purge keeps it, but picking
+        # claude is what gets it reported as residual.
+        return bool(self._candidates(uuid, ctx))
 
     def conversation_in_use(self, uuid: str, ctx: DiscoveryContext) -> bool:
         # No claude process holds a name that is not a uuid; searching
diff --git a/tests/test_issue31_purge_residual.py b/tests/test_issue31_purge_residual.py
index 5d7bca5..b48590f 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue31_purge_residual.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue31_purge_residual.py
@@ -355,6 +355,26 @@ def test_claude_purge_never_follows_a_linked_dir_below_a_root(home, tmp_path, co
          str(cfg / "projects" / key / conv), str(cfg / "file-history" / conv)])
 
 
+def test_purge_cli_reports_a_linked_orphan_it_will_not_remove(home, tmp_path, conv):
+    """A candidate behind a link is all that is left: the CLI still picks
+    claude, so its residual names it, and removes nothing."""
+    ws = tmp_path / "ws"
+    ws.mkdir()
+    keep = tmp_path / "outside" / conv / "keep.txt"
+    keep.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    keep.write_text("keep")
+    troot = tmp_path / "ctmp" / f"claude-{UID}"
+    troot.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (troot / "linked-workspace").symlink_to(tmp_path / "outside")
+
+    res = _agents_cli(["purge", "claude", conv, str(ws)], ws)
+
+    assert res.returncode == 0, res.stdout + res.stderr
+    assert json.loads(res.stdout) == {"agent": "claude", "purged": [],
+                                      "residual": [str(troot / "linked-workspace" / conv)], "in_use": False}
+    assert keep.exists()
+
+
 def test_claude_purge_removes_only_the_link_at_the_leaf(home, tmp_path, conv):
     ws = tmp_path / "ws"
     ws.mkdir()