diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspector.test.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspector.test.ts
index c42e45d0a8..5d3ce5b902 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspector.test.ts
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspector.test.ts
@@ -2245,13 +2245,15 @@ it.each([
 );
 
 it.each([
-  { facet: "fields", nameOffset: 2 },
-  { facet: "methods", nameOffset: 8 },
-  { facet: "member_refs", nameOffset: 2 },
-  { facet: "types", nameOffset: 4 },
+  { facet: "fields", nameOffsets: [2] },
+  { facet: "methods", nameOffsets: [8] },
+  { facet: "member_refs", nameOffsets: [2] },
+  { facet: "types", nameOffsets: [4] },
+  { facet: "types", nameOffsets: [6] },
+  { facet: "types", nameOffsets: [4, 6] },
 ] as const)(
-  "preserves independent metadata when a $facet name is unreadable",
-  ({ facet, nameOffset }) => {
+  "preserves independent metadata when $facet name columns $nameOffsets are unreadable",
+  ({ facet, nameOffsets }) => {
     const bytes = buildManagedPeFixture();
     const original = inspectManagedMembersBytes(
       bytes,
@@ -2259,7 +2261,8 @@ it.each([
     );
     const row = original[facet][0]?.row_offset;
     if (row === undefined) throw new Error(`Fixture must contain ${facet}`);
-    bytes.writeUInt16LE(0xffff, row + nameOffset);
+    for (const [index, nameOffset] of nameOffsets.entries())
+      bytes.writeUInt16LE(0xffff - index, row + nameOffset);
     const result = inspectManagedMembersBytes(
       bytes,
       managedPeFixtureTarget(bytes),
@@ -2278,13 +2281,17 @@ it.each([
         expect(result[remaining]).toHaveLength(original[remaining].length);
     expect(result.coverage).toMatchObject({
       state: "partial",
-      issues: [
+      issues: nameOffsets.map(() =>
         expect.objectContaining({
           code: "invalid-heap-index",
           scope: "metadata.#Strings",
+          offset: expect.any(Number),
         }),
-      ],
+      ),
     });
+    expect(
+      new Set(result.coverage.issues.map(({ offset }) => offset)).size,
+    ).toBe(nameOffsets.length);
     if (facet === "types") {
       expect(result.fields[0]).toMatchObject({
         declaring_type_token: "0x02000001",
@@ -2327,25 +2334,32 @@ describe("managed member type selection", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("does not treat a name as absent when a TypeDef name is unreadable", () => {
-    const corrupt = Buffer.from(bytes);
-    const row = everything.types[0]?.row_offset ?? 0;
-    // Point the TypeDef Name past the #Strings heap.
-    corrupt.writeUInt16LE(0xffff, row + 4);
-    const result = inspectManagedMembersBytes(
-      corrupt,
-      managedPeFixtureTarget(corrupt),
-      { typeNames: ["Fixture.Program"] },
-    );
+  it.each([
+    { column: "name", offset: 4 },
+    { column: "namespace", offset: 6 },
+  ])(
+    "does not treat a name as absent when a TypeDef $column is unreadable",
+    ({ offset }) => {
+      const corrupt = Buffer.from(bytes);
+      const row = everything.types[0]?.row_offset ?? 0;
+      corrupt.writeUInt16LE(0xffff, row + offset);
+      const result = inspectManagedMembersBytes(
+        corrupt,
+        managedPeFixtureTarget(corrupt),
+        { typeNames: ["Fixture.Program"] },
+      );
 
-    expect(result.selection?.unmatched_type_names).toEqual(["Fixture.Program"]);
-    expect(result.coverage.state).toBe("partial");
-    // Its methods were never inspected, so neither were their literals.
-    expect(result.user_strings?.state).toBe("partial");
-    expect(result.limitations).toContain(
-      "1 TypeDef name(s) could not be read; a name in selection.unmatched_type_names may belong to one of them, so its absence is not observed.",
-    );
-  });
+      expect(result.selection?.unmatched_type_names).toEqual([
+        "Fixture.Program",
+      ]);
+      expect(result.coverage.state).toBe("partial");
+      // Its methods were never inspected, so neither were their literals.
+      expect(result.user_strings?.state).toBe("partial");
+      expect(result.limitations).toContain(
+        "1 TypeDef name(s) could not be read; a name in selection.unmatched_type_names may belong to one of them, so its absence is not observed.",
+      );
+    },
+  );
 
   it("omits members of unselected types without dropping member references", () => {
     const result = inspectManagedMembersBytes(bytes, target, {
diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspector.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspector.ts
index 68f5638a31..217dc2b4fe 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspector.ts
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspector.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from "./ManagedReaderFailure.js";
 import {
   parseTypes,
-  typeRanges,
+  readTypeDefinitions,
   type TypeRange,
 } from "./ManagedMemberInspectorCore.js";
 import { edgeTargets } from "./ManagedMethodSpecs.js";
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export const inspectManagedMembersBytes = (
     const { layout, memberLists } = readMemberLayout(bytes, pe);
     const identity = readManagedModuleIdentity(bytes, layout);
     appendManagedParseIssues(issues, identity.issues);
-    const ranges = typeRanges(bytes, layout, issues, memberLists);
+    const ranges = readTypeDefinitions(bytes, layout, issues, memberLists);
     const {
       tokens: selected,
       selection,
diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspectorCore.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspectorCore.ts
index 8d9e45ec19..9d6e41b83e 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspectorCore.ts
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedMemberInspectorCore.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ export interface TypeRange {
   readonly methodEnd: number | null;
 }
 
+/** One TypeDef row's names and coordinates, including unreadable declarations. */
+interface TypeDefinition extends TypeRange {
+  readonly row: number;
+  readonly name: string | undefined;
+  readonly namespace: string | undefined;
+}
+
 /**
  * Name and declaring type of a field, method, member reference, or method
  * specification, keyed by its token so edges resolve any target uniformly.
@@ -109,36 +116,38 @@ const rowRange = (
 export const fullName = (namespace: string, name: string): string =>
   namespace.length === 0 ? name : `${namespace}.${name}`;
 
-const readTypeRange = (
+const readTypeDefinition = (
   bytes: Buffer,
   layout: ManagedMetadataLayout,
   row: number,
   issues: ManagedParseIssue[],
   memberLists: TypeMemberListFacts,
-): TypeRange => {
+): TypeDefinition => {
   const cursor = metadataRowCursor(bytes, layout, 2, row);
   cursor.readUInt32();
   const nameIndex = cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
   const namespaceIndex = cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
-  const declaredName =
-    readManagedValue(
-      () =>
-        fullName(
-          readMetadataString(
-            bytes,
-            layout,
-            namespaceIndex,
-            layout.strings.size,
-          ),
-          readMetadataString(bytes, layout, nameIndex, layout.strings.size),
-        ),
-      issues,
-    ) ?? null;
+  // Keep both independent name failures, but decode each heap coordinate once.
+  const namespace = readManagedValue(
+    () =>
+      readMetadataString(bytes, layout, namespaceIndex, layout.strings.size),
+    issues,
+  );
+  const name = readManagedValue(
+    () => readMetadataString(bytes, layout, nameIndex, layout.strings.size),
+    issues,
+  );
   cursor.readIndex(layout.codedIndexSize("TypeDefOrRef"));
   const current = memberLists.entries[row - 1];
   return {
+    row,
+    name,
+    namespace,
     token: metadataToken(2, row),
-    fullName: declaredName,
+    fullName:
+      namespace === undefined || name === undefined
+        ? null
+        : fullName(namespace, name),
     fieldStart: current?.field.start.value ?? null,
     fieldEnd: current?.field.end ?? null,
     methodStart: current?.method.start.value ?? null,
@@ -146,18 +155,20 @@ const readTypeRange = (
   };
 };
 
-export const typeRanges = (
+export const readTypeDefinitions = (
   bytes: Buffer,
   layout: ManagedMetadataLayout,
   issues: ManagedParseIssue[],
   memberLists: TypeMemberListFacts,
-): readonly TypeRange[] => {
+): readonly TypeDefinition[] => {
   issues.push(...memberLists.issues);
   const typeTable = layout.table(2);
-  const ranges: TypeRange[] = [];
+  const definitions: TypeDefinition[] = [];
   for (let row = 1; row <= (typeTable?.rowCount ?? 0); row += 1)
-    ranges.push(readTypeRange(bytes, layout, row, issues, memberLists));
-  return ranges;
+    definitions.push(
+      readTypeDefinition(bytes, layout, row, issues, memberLists),
+    );
+  return definitions;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -167,91 +178,82 @@ export const typeRanges = (
 export const parseTypes = (
   bytes: Buffer,
   layout: ManagedMetadataLayout,
-  ranges: readonly TypeRange[],
+  definitions: readonly TypeDefinition[],
 ): {
   readonly types: readonly ManagedType[];
   readonly issues: readonly ManagedParseIssue[];
   readonly nesting: ManagedTypeNesting;
 } => {
-  const typeTable = layout.table(2);
   const fields = memberListTable(layout, 4);
   const methods = memberListTable(layout, 6);
   const items: ManagedType[] = [];
   const issues: ManagedParseIssue[] = [];
   const nesting = readManagedTypeNesting(bytes, layout, issues);
-  for (let row = 1; row <= (typeTable?.rowCount ?? 0); row += 1) {
-    readManagedValue(() => {
-      const cursor = metadataRowCursor(bytes, layout, 2, row);
-      const flags = cursor.readUInt32();
-      const name = readMetadataString(
-        bytes,
-        layout,
-        cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize),
-        layout.strings.size,
-      );
-      const namespace = readMetadataString(
-        bytes,
-        layout,
-        cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize),
-        layout.strings.size,
-      );
-      const extendsOffset = cursor.offset;
-      const extendsRaw = cursor.readIndex(
-        layout.codedIndexSize("TypeDefOrRef"),
-      );
-      const currentRange = ranges[row - 1] ?? null;
-      const fieldRange = rowRange(
-        fields,
-        currentRange?.fieldStart ?? null,
-        currentRange?.fieldEnd ?? null,
-      );
-      const methodRange = rowRange(
-        methods,
-        currentRange?.methodStart ?? null,
-        currentRange?.methodEnd ?? null,
-      );
-      const extendsReason = metadataCodedTokenInvalidReason(
+  for (const definition of definitions) {
+    const { row, name, namespace, token } = definition;
+    if (
+      name === undefined ||
+      namespace === undefined ||
+      definition.fullName === null
+    )
+      continue;
+    const cursor = metadataRowCursor(bytes, layout, 2, row);
+    const flags = cursor.readUInt32();
+    cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
+    cursor.readIndex(layout.stringIndexSize);
+    const extendsOffset = cursor.offset;
+    const extendsRaw = cursor.readIndex(layout.codedIndexSize("TypeDefOrRef"));
+    const fieldRange = rowRange(
+      fields,
+      definition.fieldStart,
+      definition.fieldEnd,
+    );
+    const methodRange = rowRange(
+      methods,
+      definition.methodStart,
+      definition.methodEnd,
+    );
+    const extendsReason = metadataCodedTokenInvalidReason(
+      extendsRaw,
+      2,
+      [2, 1, 27],
+      layout.rowCounts,
+    );
+    if (extendsReason !== null)
+      issues.push({
+        code: "invalid-row",
+        scope: `metadata.TypeDef:${token}`,
+        offset: extendsOffset,
+        detail: `TypeDef Extends coded index 0x${extendsRaw.toString(16)} is invalid: ${extendsReason}`,
+      });
+    const enclosingRow = nesting.enclosing.get(row);
+    items.push({
+      token,
+      row_offset: cursor.start,
+      namespace,
+      name,
+      full_name: definition.fullName,
+      flags,
+      extends_token: metadataCodedToken(
         extendsRaw,
         2,
         [2, 1, 27],
         layout.rowCounts,
-      );
-      if (extendsReason !== null)
-        issues.push({
-          code: "invalid-row",
-          scope: `metadata.TypeDef:${metadataToken(2, row)}`,
-          offset: extendsOffset,
-          detail: `TypeDef Extends coded index 0x${extendsRaw.toString(16)} is invalid: ${extendsReason}`,
-        });
-      const enclosingRow = nesting.enclosing.get(row);
-      items.push({
-        token: metadataToken(2, row),
-        row_offset: cursor.start,
-        namespace,
-        name,
-        full_name: fullName(namespace, name),
-        flags,
-        extends_token: metadataCodedToken(
-          extendsRaw,
-          2,
-          [2, 1, 27],
-          layout.rowCounts,
-        ),
-        enclosing_type_token:
-          enclosingRow === undefined ? null : metadataToken(2, enclosingRow),
-        name_sha256: null,
-        field_list: {
-          first_row: fieldRange.first,
-          last_row: fieldRange.last,
-          count: fieldRange.count,
-        },
-        method_list: {
-          first_row: methodRange.first,
-          last_row: methodRange.last,
-          count: methodRange.count,
-        },
-      });
-    }, issues);
+      ),
+      enclosing_type_token:
+        enclosingRow === undefined ? null : metadataToken(2, enclosingRow),
+      name_sha256: null,
+      field_list: {
+        first_row: fieldRange.first,
+        last_row: fieldRange.last,
+        count: fieldRange.count,
+      },
+      method_list: {
+        first_row: methodRange.first,
+        last_row: methodRange.last,
+        count: methodRange.count,
+      },
+    });
   }
   return { types: items, issues, nesting };
 };
diff --git a/src/dotnet/ManagedSignatureResolution.test.ts b/src/dotnet/ManagedSignatureResolution.test.ts
index fe9c423e43..89a4d8b07b 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/ManagedSignatureResolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/dotnet/ManagedSignatureResolution.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { inspectManagedMembersBytes } from "./ManagedMemberInspector.js";
 import {
   parseTypes,
   signature,
-  typeRanges,
+  readTypeDefinitions,
 } from "./ManagedMemberInspectorCore.js";
 import {
   metadataRowOffset,
@@ -169,7 +169,12 @@ describe("resolved member signature digests", () => {
     const parsedTypes = parseTypes(
       bytes,
       layout,
-      typeRanges(bytes, layout, issues, readTypeMemberListFacts(bytes, layout)),
+      readTypeDefinitions(
+        bytes,
+        layout,
+        issues,
+        readTypeMemberListFacts(bytes, layout),
+      ),
     );
     const resolve = managedTypeNameDigests(
       layout,