diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/interaction-ios-tap-outcome.test.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/interaction-ios-tap-outcome.test.ts
index 580461eb8..1f85e6cb8 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/interaction-ios-tap-outcome.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/__tests__/interaction-ios-tap-outcome.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { AppError } from '@agent-device/kernel/errors';
+import { buildSnapshotPresentationKey } from '@agent-device/kernel/snapshot';
 import { handleInteractionCommands } from '../interaction.ts';
 import { handleSnapshotCommands } from '../snapshot.ts';
 import { dispatchCommand } from '../../../core/dispatch.ts';
@@ -341,6 +342,52 @@ test('a changed capture with a different presentation keeps the tap failure', as
   expect(sessionStore.get(sessionName)?.actions).toHaveLength(0);
 });
 
+test('corroborates a tap when the request carries no flags and the baseline used a non-default scope', async () => {
+  const sessionName = 'ios-no-flags-tap-corroboration';
+  const sessionStore = makeSessionStore();
+  const baseline = snapshot(profileNodes);
+  baseline.presentationKey = buildSnapshotPresentationKey({ depth: 2, raw: false });
+  sessionStore.set(
+    sessionName,
+    makeIosSession(sessionName, {
+      appBundleId: 'com.example.app',
+      snapshot: baseline,
+    }),
+  );
+  mockDispatch.mockImplementation(async (_device, command) => {
+    if (command === 'press') {
+      throw new AppError(
+        'XCTEST_RECORDED_FAILURE',
+        'XCTest recorded a failure while executing tap; the action may not have been performed.',
+      );
+    }
+    if (command === 'snapshot') return snapshotPayload(imageViewerNodes);
+    return {};
+  });
+
+  // Deliberately built without a `flags` key at all (not `flags: {}`) — this
+  // mirrors the raw daemon/JSON-RPC production boundary, which can omit the
+  // key entirely. CLI and batch paths always materialize a flags object.
+  const response = await handleInteractionCommands({
+    req: {
+      token: 'test',
+      session: sessionName,
+      command: 'click',
+      positionals: ['id="unfollow"'],
+    },
+    sessionName,
+    sessionStore,
+    contextFromFlags,
+  });
+
+  expect(response?.ok).toBe(true);
+  if (response?.ok) {
+    expect(response.data?.warning).toMatch(/post-action accessibility capture changed/);
+    expect(response.data?.selector).toBe('id="unfollow"');
+  }
+  expect(sessionStore.get(sessionName)?.actions).toHaveLength(1);
+});
+
 test('a changed capture against a stale baseline keeps the tap failure', async () => {
   const sessionName = 'ios-stale-baseline-tap-corroboration';
   const sessionStore = makeSessionStore();
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/interaction-ios-tap-outcome.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/interaction-ios-tap-outcome.ts
index 5f5235140..d6138137d 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/interaction-ios-tap-outcome.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/interaction-ios-tap-outcome.ts
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ function matchingCaptureFlags(
   flags: CommandFlags | undefined,
   presentation: SnapshotPresentation | undefined,
 ): CommandFlags | undefined {
-  if (!flags) return undefined;
+  if (!flags && !presentation) return undefined;
   return {
-    ...flags,
+    ...(flags ?? {}),
     out: undefined,
     ...(presentation
       ? {