2 files changed, 64 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/krino/matching_test.go b/cmd/krino/matching_test.go
index 6986e99..754e577 100644
--- a/cmd/krino/matching_test.go
+++ b/cmd/krino/matching_test.go
@@ -499,3 +499,52 @@ func TestLongNameGetsItsOwnLine(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("short name block:\n%s\nwant substring:\n%s", out, want)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestDryRunJSONCarriesExclusionsAndWarnings: the JSON plan says which
+// exclude set a file aside and carries the warnings matching raised, for
+// matched and unmatched files alike, as the text plan does (triage 28h).
+func TestDryRunJSONCarriesExclusionsAndWarnings(t *testing.T) {
+	h := home(t)
+	dl := filepath.Join(h, "dl")
+	os.MkdirAll(dl, 0o755)
+	old := time.Date(2026, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	for name, body := range map[string]string{"keep.pdf": "x", "big.txt": strings.Repeat("y", 4096)} {
+		p := filepath.Join(dl, name)
+		os.WriteFile(p, []byte(body), 0o644)
+		os.Chtimes(p, old, old)
+	}
+	if code, _, errOut := runCLI(t, "init"); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errOut)
+	}
+	if code, _, errOut := runCLI(t, "new", "dl", dl); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatal(errOut)
+	}
+	rules := "(path \"~/dl\")\n(max-read 1K)\n(exclude (name \"^keep\"))\n(rule \"acme\" (when (content \"acme\")) (move \"Acme\"))\n"
+	os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(h, ".config", "krino", "dirs", "dl.conf"), []byte(rules), 0o644)
+	code, out, errOut := runCLI(t, "-n", "--json")
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("exit %d: %s", code, errOut)
+	}
+	var doc struct {
+		Dirs []struct {
+			Files []struct {
+				Rel      string `json:"rel"`
+				Excluded string `json:"excluded"`
+			} `json:"files"`
+			Unmatched []struct {
+				Rel      string   `json:"rel"`
+				Warnings []string `json:"warnings"`
+			} `json:"unmatched"`
+		} `json:"dirs"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), &doc); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	d := doc.Dirs[0]
+	if len(d.Files) != 1 || d.Files[0].Rel != "keep.pdf" || d.Files[0].Excluded != `(exclude (name "^keep"))` {
+		t.Errorf("files = %+v; want keep.pdf excluded by its form\n%s", d.Files, out)
+	}
+	if len(d.Unmatched) != 1 || d.Unmatched[0].Rel != "big.txt" || len(d.Unmatched[0].Warnings) == 0 || !strings.Contains(d.Unmatched[0].Warnings[0], "content unreadable") {
+		t.Errorf("unmatched = %+v; want big.txt with its content warning\n%s", d.Unmatched, out)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/krino/sort.go b/cmd/krino/sort.go
index f600475..83ede11 100644
--- a/cmd/krino/sort.go
+++ b/cmd/krino/sort.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func cmdSort(g *globals, names []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 				// --json is only ever reached with -n (checked above), and
 				// Ruling 7 is explicit that JSON must never be paged, so
 				// this returns before any of the paging/review code below.
-				jsonDirs = append(jsonDirs, plan.NewJSONDir(d.Name, d.Root, dp.Chains, dp.Result.Warnings))
+				jsonDirs = append(jsonDirs, plan.NewJSONDir(d.Name, d.Root, dp.Chains, fileNotes(dp.Result), dp.Result.Warnings))
 				return false
 			}
 
@@ -427,6 +427,20 @@ type warnLine struct {
 // the chain-level warnings (e.g. "moved more than once"), keyed by
 // Chain.File.Rel; every chain's file is necessarily also in r.Matched (only
 // matched files ever reach plan.Build), so it is visited exactly once here.
+// fileNotes is r's per-file findings - the exclude that set a file aside,
+// the warnings matching raised - for the JSON plan.
+func fileNotes(r *engine.Result) map[string]plan.FileNotes {
+	notes := map[string]plan.FileNotes{}
+	for _, fms := range [][]engine.FileMatch{r.Matched, r.Unmatched} {
+		for _, fm := range fms {
+			if fm.Excluded != "" || len(fm.Warnings) > 0 {
+				notes[fm.File.Rel] = plan.FileNotes{File: fm.File, Excluded: fm.Excluded, Warnings: fm.Warnings}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return notes
+}
+
 func collectWarnings(r *engine.Result, chains []plan.Chain) []warnLine {
 	files := make([]engine.FileMatch, 0, len(r.Matched)+len(r.Unmatched))
 	files = append(files, r.Matched...)