diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0967d2442..f79d86bdc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+- When `dotnet restore` fails in one .NET project, the projects it may have skipped as up to date are no longer reported as not restored.
+
 ## [1.14.1](https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-cli/releases/tag/v1.14.1) - 2026-11-06
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/commands/manifest/scripts/dotnet-tool/FactsRunner.cs b/src/commands/manifest/scripts/dotnet-tool/FactsRunner.cs
index 2994cd4ef..a3f874a33 100644
--- a/src/commands/manifest/scripts/dotnet-tool/FactsRunner.cs
+++ b/src/commands/manifest/scripts/dotnet-tool/FactsRunner.cs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ private void ReportRestoreErrors() {
       }
     }
     foreach (var key in _notRestored.Where(k => !withErrors.Contains(k))) {
-      _records.Unscannable("", "`dotnet restore` did not restore this project in this run, so its dependencies are unknown", key);
+      _records.Unscannable("", "the failed `dotnet restore` may have skipped this project as up to date, or never reached it, so its dependencies are unknown", key);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/manifest/scripts/test/dotnet-compat/assert-facts.py b/src/commands/manifest/scripts/test/dotnet-compat/assert-facts.py
index f0da72f41..35949de33 100644
--- a/src/commands/manifest/scripts/test/dotnet-compat/assert-facts.py
+++ b/src/commands/manifest/scripts/test/dotnet-compat/assert-facts.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def records_phase():
     check(any(r[0] == 'failure' and 'Demo.Ext.DoesNotExist' in '\t'.join(r) for r in stale), 'failed restore reported')
     reused = {r[2] for r in stale if r[0] == 'root'} - {'test/App.Tests/App.Tests.csproj'}
     check(not reused, f'projects read from a previous restore {sorted(reused)}')
-    unknown = {r[3] for r in stale if r[0] == 'unscannable' and 'did not restore this project' in r[2]}
+    unknown = {r[3] for r in stale if r[0] == 'unscannable' and 'may have skipped this project' in r[2]}
     check({'src/App/App.csproj', 'src/Extra/Extra.csproj', 'src/Lib/Lib.csproj'} <= unknown, f'unrestored projects reported {sorted(unknown)}')
 
     evaluation = records('evaluation.tsv')