diff --git a/docs/roadmap/remediation.md b/docs/roadmap/remediation.md
index 13e371c..bca51a0 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/remediation.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/remediation.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Invocation reporting audit remediation
 
-Status: remediation in progress; 4 of 7 findings complete.
+Status: remediation in progress; 5 of 7 findings complete.
 
 ## Review scope
 
@@ -318,7 +318,13 @@ caller-owned writes that have already started.
 
 ## 5. Apply reporting-flag aliases in unresolved-route parse contexts
 
-Priority: P2. Status: open.
+Priority: P2. Status: complete.
+
+- [x] Completed: unresolved routes obtain aliases from the context selected by
+  normal parsing, through neutral internal metadata. Root and nested-group
+  canonical/alias comparisons, quiet failure visibility, scoped precedence,
+  unchanged unresolved identity, and factory non-execution pass.
+  Validation: `GOTOOLCHAIN=local go test ./...` at the repository root.
 
 ### Finding and evidence
 
diff --git a/execute.go b/execute.go
index 983bc81..97bc313 100644
--- a/execute.go
+++ b/execute.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	internalcobra "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/CommandKit/internal/cobra"
 	commandmeta "gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/CommandKit/internal/commandmeta"
+	"gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/CommandKit/internal/commandpath"
 )
 
 // Execute parses and dispatches one invocation. args excludes the executable
@@ -149,6 +150,11 @@ func (current *execution) prepareSession() {
 			options.FlagAliases = current.snapshot.flagAliases[current.route.canonicalPath.Key()].neutralRecords()
 		case routeDiscovery:
 			options.FlagAliases = current.snapshot.discoveryFlags[current.route.discoveryPath.Key()].neutralRecords()
+		default:
+			snapshot := current.snapshot
+			options.FlagAliasesForPath = func(path []string) []commandmeta.FlagAlias {
+				return snapshot.flagAliases[commandpath.FromTokens(path).Key()].neutralRecords()
+			}
 		}
 		current.session = internalcobra.Prepare(current.snapshot.metadata, options)
 	}
diff --git a/execute_reporting_test.go b/execute_reporting_test.go
index 5a0c99d..4deb87e 100644
--- a/execute_reporting_test.go
+++ b/execute_reporting_test.go
@@ -92,6 +92,53 @@ func TestExecuteQuietUsageKeepsAliasGuidanceVisible(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUnresolvedRoutesUseReportingAliasesForTheirParseContext(t *testing.T) {
+	calls := 0
+	command := NewCommand(CommandSpec[struct{}]{
+		Name:     "run",
+		NewInput: func() struct{} { calls++; return struct{}{} },
+		Run:      func(Invocation, struct{}) Outcome { calls++; return Success() },
+	})
+	app, err := New(Identity{Name: "Example"}, Group("group", "", Group("nested", "", command)),
+		FlagAlias("-d", "--debug"), FlagAlias("-q", "--quiet"),
+		FlagAlias("-x", "--quiet"), FlagAliasFor("group nested", "-x", "--debug"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, path := range [][]string{{"missing"}, {"group", "missing"}, {"group", "nested", "missing"}} {
+		t.Run(strings.Join(path, "/"), func(t *testing.T) {
+			var canonicalDiagnostics, aliasDiagnostics bytes.Buffer
+			canonical := app.Execute(context.Background(), append(append([]string(nil), path...), "--debug"), Streams{Err: &canonicalDiagnostics})
+			alias := app.Execute(context.Background(), append(append([]string(nil), path...), "-d"), Streams{Err: &aliasDiagnostics})
+			if canonical.Kind != OutcomeUsage || alias.Kind != OutcomeUsage || canonical.Status != alias.Status || canonical.Explanation.Message != alias.Explanation.Message {
+				t.Fatalf("canonical=%#v alias=%#v", canonical, alias)
+			}
+			for _, text := range []string{canonicalDiagnostics.String(), aliasDiagnostics.String()} {
+				if !strings.Contains(text, "DEBUG:") || !strings.Contains(text, "ERROR:") || strings.Contains(text, "unknown shorthand") || strings.Contains(text, "Alias for:") {
+					t.Fatalf("diagnostics=%q", text)
+				}
+			}
+			route := resolveEnteredRoute(path, app.routeSnapshot())
+			if route.kind != routeUnknown || len(route.canonicalPath) != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("invalid route acquired canonical identity: %#v", route)
+			}
+			var quiet bytes.Buffer
+			got := app.Execute(context.Background(), append(append([]string(nil), path...), "-q", "--unknown"), Streams{Err: &quiet})
+			if got.Kind != OutcomeUsage || !strings.Contains(quiet.String(), "ERROR: unknown flag") || strings.Contains(quiet.String(), "DEBUG:") {
+				t.Fatalf("quiet alias outcome=%#v diagnostics=%q", got, quiet.String())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	var scoped bytes.Buffer
+	got := app.Execute(context.Background(), []string{"group", "nested", "missing", "-x"}, Streams{Err: &scoped})
+	if got.Kind != OutcomeUsage || !strings.Contains(scoped.String(), "DEBUG:") {
+		t.Fatalf("scoped precedence outcome=%#v diagnostics=%q", got, scoped.String())
+	}
+	if calls != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid routes ran factories or handlers %d times", calls)
+	}
+}
+
 type executeReportingFailureWriter struct{ err error }
 
 func (w executeReportingFailureWriter) Write([]byte) (int, error) { return 0, w.err }
diff --git a/internal/cobra/parse.go b/internal/cobra/parse.go
index 0b28c47..7bc4787 100644
--- a/internal/cobra/parse.go
+++ b/internal/cobra/parse.go
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ import (
 
 // Session owns one mutable backend tree for a single command invocation.
 type Session struct {
-	metadata     *commandmeta.Command
-	root         *spfcobra.Command
-	declarations map[*spfcobra.Command]*commandmeta.Command
-	flagAliases  []commandmeta.FlagAlias
+	metadata           *commandmeta.Command
+	root               *spfcobra.Command
+	declarations       map[*spfcobra.Command]*commandmeta.Command
+	flagAliases        []commandmeta.FlagAlias
+	flagAliasesForPath func([]string) []commandmeta.FlagAlias
 }
 
 // Prepare constructs a fresh backend tree for one invocation.
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ func Prepare(root *commandmeta.Command, options commandmeta.ParseOptions) *Sessi
 	}
 	session.metadata = root
 	session.flagAliases = append([]commandmeta.FlagAlias(nil), options.FlagAliases...)
+	session.flagAliasesForPath = options.FlagAliasesForPath
 	options = normalizeOptions(options)
 	session.root, session.declarations = buildTree(root, options)
 	return session
@@ -80,7 +82,11 @@ func (session *Session) Parse(argv []string) commandmeta.Result {
 	localFlags := make([]commandmeta.Flag, 0, len(selectedNode.Flags)+len(selectedNode.CoreFlags))
 	localFlags = append(localFlags, selectedNode.Flags...)
 	localFlags = append(localFlags, selectedNode.CoreFlags...)
-	interpreted, spellings, occurrences, interpretationFailure := interpretFlagTokens(remaining, localFlags, session.flagAliases)
+	aliases := session.flagAliases
+	if session.flagAliasesForPath != nil {
+		aliases = session.flagAliasesForPath(result.Path)
+	}
+	interpreted, spellings, occurrences, interpretationFailure := interpretFlagTokens(remaining, localFlags, aliases)
 	for _, flag := range localFlags {
 		if value := selected.Flags().Lookup(flag.Name); value != nil {
 			value.Value.(*rawValue).queueSpellings(spellings[flag.Name])
diff --git a/internal/commandmeta/metadata.go b/internal/commandmeta/metadata.go
index f71b49b..399f5cf 100644
--- a/internal/commandmeta/metadata.go
+++ b/internal/commandmeta/metadata.go
@@ -130,9 +130,12 @@ type Result struct {
 
 // ParseOptions makes parser context and streams explicit.
 type ParseOptions struct {
-	Context     context.Context
-	In          io.Reader
-	Out         io.Writer
-	Err         io.Writer
-	FlagAliases []FlagAlias
+	// FlagAliasesForPath selects aliases for the actual parser context when
+	// routing has not already selected one. It overrides FlagAliases when set.
+	FlagAliasesForPath func([]string) []FlagAlias
+	Context            context.Context
+	In                 io.Reader
+	Out                io.Writer
+	Err                io.Writer
+	FlagAliases        []FlagAlias
 }