diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Termination/AppFailureTypesClassifierTests.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Termination/AppFailureTypesClassifierTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a84a239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Termination/AppFailureTypesClassifierTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+using AutopilotMonitor.Shared;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Termination
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28) — coverage for
+    /// <see cref="Constants.AppFailureTypes.ClassifyEspAppsFailure"/>. The classifier picks
+    /// the right canonical failureType + message for an ESP Apps-subcategory failure based
+    /// on the observed HRESULT, so the V2 EnrollmentTerminationHandler stops mis-labelling
+    /// every ESP terminal failure as a timeout.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class AppFailureTypesClassifierTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void Classify_0x87d1041c_returns_detection_failure()
+        {
+            var (failureType, message) = Constants.AppFailureTypes
+                .ClassifyEspAppsFailure("0x87d1041c", espTimeoutMinutes: 180);
+
+            Assert.Equal(Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsDetectionFailure, failureType);
+            Assert.Contains("detection", message, System.StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            Assert.Contains("0x87d1041c", message);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("timeout", message, System.StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Classify_uppercase_0x87D1041C_is_normalised_to_lowercase()
+        {
+            var (failureType, message) = Constants.AppFailureTypes
+                .ClassifyEspAppsFailure("0x87D1041C", espTimeoutMinutes: null);
+
+            Assert.Equal(Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsDetectionFailure, failureType);
+            Assert.Contains("0x87d1041c", message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Classify_other_hresult_returns_install_failure()
+        {
+            var (failureType, message) = Constants.AppFailureTypes
+                .ClassifyEspAppsFailure("0x80070643", espTimeoutMinutes: 180);
+
+            Assert.Equal(Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsInstallFailure, failureType);
+            Assert.Contains("0x80070643", message);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("timeout", message, System.StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Classify_no_hresult_with_timeout_returns_timeout_with_configured_label()
+        {
+            // The 180 min is the *configured* SyncFailureTimeoutMinutes — the message MUST
+            // make clear it's a ceiling, not the elapsed time (session 080edee9 root cause).
+            var (failureType, message) = Constants.AppFailureTypes
+                .ClassifyEspAppsFailure(errorCode: null, espTimeoutMinutes: 180);
+
+            Assert.Equal(Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsTimeout, failureType);
+            Assert.Contains("ESP gave up", message);
+            Assert.Contains("180 min", message);
+            Assert.Contains("configured", message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Classify_no_hresult_no_timeout_returns_generic_timeout()
+        {
+            var (failureType, message) = Constants.AppFailureTypes
+                .ClassifyEspAppsFailure(errorCode: null, espTimeoutMinutes: null);
+
+            Assert.Equal(Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsTimeout, failureType);
+            Assert.Contains("ESP gave up", message);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("min", message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Classify_empty_hresult_treated_as_unknown()
+        {
+            var (failureType, _) = Constants.AppFailureTypes
+                .ClassifyEspAppsFailure(errorCode: "", espTimeoutMinutes: 60);
+
+            Assert.Equal(Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsTimeout, failureType);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandlerTests.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandlerTests.cs
index b298edfd..a1443801 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandlerTests.cs
@@ -145,9 +145,17 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Termination
             public int CleanExitMarkerWrites;
             // c117946b debrief (2026-05-12) — captures every PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck
             // call so tests can assert the discriminator fired exactly when intended.
-            public List<(string failureType, string message)> PromotionCalls { get; } =
-                new List<(string failureType, string message)>();
+            // Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28) — added `errorCode` slot so tests can
+            // verify the HRESULT-based classification (esp_apps_detection_failure vs
+            // esp_apps_install_failure vs esp_apps_timeout).
+            public List<(string failureType, string message, string errorCode)> PromotionCalls { get; } =
+                new List<(string failureType, string message, string errorCode)>();
             public IReadOnlyList<string> PromotionReturnValue { get; set; } = Array.Empty<string>();
+            // Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28) — feeds the
+            // lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor in the production wiring. Defaults to null
+            // (no HRESULT observed) so existing tests fall through to the
+            // `esp_apps_timeout` classification.
+            public string LastEspTerminalErrorCodeOverride { get; set; } = null;
             public List<string> TerminationActionLog { get; } = new List<string>();
             public TimeSpan SpoolDrainPeriodOverride { get; set; } = TimeSpan.Zero;
             // Shutdown-gap closure (2026-05-15) — when set, the constructed handler shares
@@ -205,12 +213,13 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Termination
                         TerminationActionLog.Add("writeCleanExitMarker");
                     }),
                     ingressPendingSignalCountAccessor: IngressPendingSignalCountAccessor,
-                    promoteActiveInstallsToStuck: (failureType, message) =>
+                    promoteActiveInstallsToStuck: (failureType, message, errorCode) =>
                     {
-                        PromotionCalls.Add((failureType, message));
+                        PromotionCalls.Add((failureType, message, errorCode));
                         return PromotionReturnValue;
                     },
-                    tryClaimShutdownEvent: TryClaimShutdownEventOverride);
+                    tryClaimShutdownEvent: TryClaimShutdownEventOverride,
+                    lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor: () => LastEspTerminalErrorCodeOverride);
             }
 
             public void Dispose() => Tmp.Dispose();
@@ -966,10 +975,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Termination
             rig.Build().Handle(sender: null!,
                 Args(EnrollmentTerminationReason.DecisionTerminalStage, EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Failed, SessionStage.Failed));
 
-            // Exactly one promotion call with the canonical failureType + the user-facing message.
+            // No HRESULT observed → fallback to the EspAppsTimeout classification with the
+            // canonical "ESP gave up while still installing" message. errorCode is null.
             Assert.Single(rig.PromotionCalls);
             Assert.Equal(AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsTimeout, rig.PromotionCalls[0].failureType);
-            Assert.Contains("ESP timed out", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            Assert.Contains("ESP gave up", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            Assert.Null(rig.PromotionCalls[0].errorCode);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -1072,8 +1083,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Termination
                 Args(EnrollmentTerminationReason.DecisionTerminalStage, EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Failed, SessionStage.Failed));
 
             Assert.Single(rig.PromotionCalls);
-            Assert.Contains("(60 min)", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
-            Assert.Contains("ESP timed out", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            // Session 080edee9 follow-up — message no longer claims a literal timeout
+            // (the timeout was the *configured* ceiling, not necessarily the elapsed time).
+            Assert.Equal(AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsTimeout, rig.PromotionCalls[0].failureType);
+            Assert.Contains("ESP gave up", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            Assert.Contains("60 min", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            Assert.Contains("configured", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -1090,7 +1105,55 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Tests.Termination
 
             Assert.Single(rig.PromotionCalls);
             Assert.DoesNotContain("min)", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
-            Assert.Contains("ESP timed out while still installing", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("min;", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            Assert.Contains("ESP gave up while this app was still installing", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PromoteActiveInstalls_classifies_0x87d1041c_as_detection_failure()
+        {
+            // Session 080edee9: the agent observed HRESULT 0x87D1041C in the failed
+            // DeviceSetup/Apps subcategory ("App not detected after install completed
+            // successfully"). The classifier must NOT label this as a timeout — it is a
+            // confirmed Intune detection-rule mismatch. The errorCode is propagated to the
+            // promotion so the per-app `app_install_failed` event carries DataJson.errorCode
+            // and downstream rules (ANALYZE-APP-013) can correlate.
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            rig.State = BuildEspTerminalFailureState();
+            rig.PromotionReturnValue = new[] { "office-365" };
+            rig.LastEspTerminalErrorCodeOverride = "0x87d1041c";
+
+            rig.Build().Handle(sender: null!,
+                Args(EnrollmentTerminationReason.DecisionTerminalStage, EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Failed, SessionStage.Failed));
+
+            Assert.Single(rig.PromotionCalls);
+            Assert.Equal(
+                AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsDetectionFailure,
+                rig.PromotionCalls[0].failureType);
+            Assert.Contains("detection", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            Assert.Contains("0x87d1041c", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            Assert.Equal("0x87d1041c", rig.PromotionCalls[0].errorCode);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void PromoteActiveInstalls_classifies_other_hresult_as_install_failure()
+        {
+            // Any HRESULT other than 0x87D1041C means the install itself reported an error
+            // (vs. a detection-rule mismatch). Must NOT be labelled as a timeout.
+            using var rig = new Rig();
+            rig.State = BuildEspTerminalFailureState();
+            rig.PromotionReturnValue = new[] { "vpn-client" };
+            rig.LastEspTerminalErrorCodeOverride = "0x80070643";
+
+            rig.Build().Handle(sender: null!,
+                Args(EnrollmentTerminationReason.DecisionTerminalStage, EnrollmentTerminationOutcome.Failed, SessionStage.Failed));
+
+            Assert.Single(rig.PromotionCalls);
+            Assert.Equal(
+                AutopilotMonitor.Shared.Constants.AppFailureTypes.EspAppsInstallFailure,
+                rig.PromotionCalls[0].failureType);
+            Assert.Contains("0x80070643", rig.PromotionCalls[0].message);
+            Assert.Equal("0x80070643", rig.PromotionCalls[0].errorCode);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/Ime/ImeLogTracker.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/Ime/ImeLogTracker.cs
index 142a4988..a1006ea2 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/Ime/ImeLogTracker.cs
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/Ime/ImeLogTracker.cs
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime
         /// (idempotent at the engine — promoted apps are post-terminal).
         /// </para>
         /// </summary>
-        public IReadOnlyList<string> PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(string failureType, string message)
+        public IReadOnlyList<string> PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(string failureType, string message, string errorCode = null)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(failureType))
                 throw new ArgumentException("failureType is mandatory.", nameof(failureType));
@@ -256,11 +256,12 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.Ime
             foreach (var pkg in candidates)
             {
                 var oldState = pkg.InstallationState;
-                pkg.SetErrorContext(failureType, message ?? string.Empty);
+                pkg.SetErrorContext(failureType, message ?? string.Empty, errorCode);
                 if (pkg.UpdateState(AppInstallationState.Error))
                 {
                     promoted.Add(pkg.Id);
-                    _logger?.Info($"ImeLogTracker: promoted '{pkg.Name ?? pkg.Id}' Installing -> Error ({failureType}).");
+                    var ecSuffix = string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorCode) ? string.Empty : $", errorCode={errorCode}";
+                    _logger?.Info($"ImeLogTracker: promoted '{pkg.Name ?? pkg.Id}' Installing -> Error ({failureType}{ecSuffix}).");
                     OnAppStateChanged?.Invoke(pkg, oldState, AppInstallationState.Error);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/EspAndHelloTracker.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/EspAndHelloTracker.cs
index 3daa0468..1de55212 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/EspAndHelloTracker.cs
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Monitoring/Enrollment/SystemSignals/EspAndHelloTracker.cs
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         /// </summary>
         public DateTime? LastEventOccurredAtUtc { get; private set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28) — last HRESULT observed on an ESP failure
+        /// raised by <see cref="ProvisioningStatusTracker"/> (registry-derived, e.g.
+        /// <c>0x87D1041C</c> from a failed Apps subcategory). Read by
+        /// <c>EnrollmentTerminationHandler</c> via <see cref="EspAndHelloHost"/> +
+        /// <c>DefaultComponentFactory</c> so the late "Installing-→-Error" promotion can
+        /// classify the failure correctly (detection-failure vs. install-failure vs. genuine
+        /// timeout) instead of always claiming an ESP timeout. Null when no
+        /// HRESULT-carrying ESP failure has fired (or all observed failures came from
+        /// ShellCoreTracker, which has no HRESULT surface).
+        /// </summary>
+        public string LastEspTerminalErrorCode { get; private set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Outcome of Hello provisioning. Set when Hello resolves (via events, timeout, or not configured).
         /// Values: "completed", "skipped", "timeout", "not_configured", "wizard_not_started", null (not yet resolved).
@@ -493,6 +506,15 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Monitoring.Enrollment.SystemSignals
         private void OnProvisioningEspFailureDetected(object sender, EspFailureDetectedEventArgs args)
         {
             LastEventOccurredAtUtc = null;
+            // Session 080edee9 follow-up — stash the HRESULT before forwarding so
+            // EnrollmentTerminationHandler can read it on the terminal-failure pathway even
+            // if the downstream signal flow is asynchronous. Only updates on non-empty values
+            // so a later ShellCore-derived failure (which carries no HRESULT) cannot wipe
+            // out the previously captured registry value.
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(args?.ErrorCode))
+            {
+                LastEspTerminalErrorCode = args.ErrorCode;
+            }
             try
             {
                 EspFailureDetected?.Invoke(this, args);
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/DefaultComponentFactory.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/DefaultComponentFactory.cs
index 5ce1dec2..3ba79872 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/DefaultComponentFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/DefaultComponentFactory.cs
@@ -134,8 +134,20 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
         /// adapter emits regular <c>app_install_failed</c> events for every promoted app.
         /// Returns an empty list when the host has not been created yet (start order).
         /// </summary>
-        public IReadOnlyList<string> PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(string failureType, string message) =>
-            _imeLogHost?.PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(failureType, message) ?? Array.Empty<string>();
+        public IReadOnlyList<string> PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(string failureType, string message, string? errorCode = null) =>
+            _imeLogHost?.PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(failureType, message, errorCode) ?? Array.Empty<string>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28) — last observed HRESULT from the ESP Apps
+        /// subcategory failure (e.g. <c>0x87D1041C</c>). Surfaced by
+        /// <see cref="EspAndHelloHost.LastEspTerminalErrorCode"/> and read by
+        /// <c>EnrollmentTerminationHandler.MaybePromoteActiveInstallsAsStuck</c> so the
+        /// promotion can classify the failure as <c>esp_apps_detection_failure</c> /
+        /// <c>esp_apps_install_failure</c> instead of always claiming a generic timeout.
+        /// Returns null when no ESP failure with a HRESULT was observed (or the host has not
+        /// been created yet).
+        /// </summary>
+        public string? LastEspTerminalErrorCode => EspAndHelloHost?.LastEspTerminalErrorCode;
 
         public DefaultComponentFactory(
             AgentConfiguration agentConfig,
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/EspAndHelloHost.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/EspAndHelloHost.cs
index b2c9bd82..32c7627f 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/EspAndHelloHost.cs
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/EspAndHelloHost.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
         /// </summary>
         public event EventHandler? WhiteGloveCompleted;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28) — forwards
+        /// <see cref="EspAndHelloTracker.LastEspTerminalErrorCode"/>. Read by
+        /// <see cref="DefaultComponentFactory.LastEspTerminalErrorCode"/> which is in turn
+        /// queried by <c>EnrollmentTerminationHandler.MaybePromoteActiveInstallsAsStuck</c>
+        /// to classify ESP Apps-subcategory failures (detection-failure vs install-failure
+        /// vs genuine timeout). Null until the first HRESULT-carrying ESP failure fires.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string? LastEspTerminalErrorCode => _tracker.LastEspTerminalErrorCode;
+
         public EspAndHelloHost(
             string sessionId,
             string tenantId,
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/ImeLogHost.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/ImeLogHost.cs
index 7487b0e6..409d1dca 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/ImeLogHost.cs
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Orchestration/Hosts/ImeLogHost.cs
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Orchestration
         /// <c>OnAppStateChanged</c> path emits the per-app <c>app_install_failed</c> events.
         /// Returns the list of promoted appIds for logging.
         /// </summary>
-        public IReadOnlyList<string> PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(string failureType, string message) =>
-            _tracker.PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(failureType, message);
+        public IReadOnlyList<string> PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(string failureType, string message, string? errorCode = null) =>
+            _tracker.PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(failureType, message, errorCode);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Exposes the tracker's simulation flag so the Dev / Test CLI flag
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandler.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandler.cs
index bd6c0ab3..a36b0296 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core/Termination/EnrollmentTerminationHandler.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,23 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
         // ONLY when the discriminator in <see cref="ShouldPromoteActiveInstallsAsStuck"/>
         // matches — every other terminal path leaves app states untouched. Returns the list
         // of promoted appIds for logging; null = legacy (no promotion).
-        private readonly Func<string, string, IReadOnlyList<string>> _promoteActiveInstallsToStuck;
+        //
+        // Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28): third parameter carries the HRESULT from
+        // the failed Apps subcategory (e.g. <c>0x87D1041C</c>) when available, so the
+        // promotion can stamp <see cref="AppPackageState.ErrorCode"/> + emit an enriched
+        // <c>app_install_failed</c> event. Null = no HRESULT observed → fallback to the
+        // legacy "esp_apps_timeout" classification.
+        private readonly Func<string, string, string, IReadOnlyList<string>> _promoteActiveInstallsToStuck;
+
+        // Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28): accessor returning the latest HRESULT
+        // observed on an ESP failure (typically extracted by
+        // <see cref="ProvisioningStatusTracker.TryExtractErrorCode"/> from the failed
+        // subcategory's <c>statusText</c>). Read once during
+        // <see cref="MaybePromoteActiveInstallsAsStuck"/> and passed to
+        // <see cref="AppFailureTypes.ClassifyEspAppsFailure"/> so the failureType +
+        // message accurately reflect "detection failure" / "install failure" vs. the
+        // generic timeout fallback. Null accessor or null result = no HRESULT → fallback.
+        private readonly Func<string> _lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor;
 
         private int _handled;
 
@@ -162,8 +178,9 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
             Action writeCleanExitMarker = null,
             Func<long> ingressPendingSignalCountAccessor = null,
             Func<bool> isWhiteGlovePart2Accessor = null,
-            Func<string, string, IReadOnlyList<string>> promoteActiveInstallsToStuck = null,
-            Func<bool> tryClaimShutdownEvent = null)
+            Func<string, string, string, IReadOnlyList<string>> promoteActiveInstallsToStuck = null,
+            Func<bool> tryClaimShutdownEvent = null,
+            Func<string> lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor = null)
         {
             _configuration = configuration ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configuration));
             _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
@@ -195,6 +212,7 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
             _isWhiteGlovePart2Accessor = isWhiteGlovePart2Accessor;
             _promoteActiveInstallsToStuck = promoteActiveInstallsToStuck;
             _tryClaimShutdownEvent = tryClaimShutdownEvent;
+            _lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor = lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -517,15 +535,23 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Core.Termination
             try
             {
                 var timeoutMinutes = state.ScenarioObservations?.EspSyncFailureTimeoutMinutes?.Value;
-                var message = timeoutMinutes.HasValue
-                    ? $"Install status unconfirmed — ESP timed out ({timeoutMinutes.Value} min) while still installing."
-                    : "Install status unconfirmed — ESP timed out while still installing.";
-                var promoted = _promoteActiveInstallsToStuck(AppFailureTypes.EspAppsTimeout, message);
+                string errorCode = null;
+                try { errorCode = _lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor?.Invoke(); }
+                catch (Exception ex) { _logger.Warning($"EnrollmentTerminationHandler: lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor threw: {ex.Message}"); }
+
+                // Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28): classify the ESP Apps-subcategory
+                // failure via the shared helper so the failureType + message accurately
+                // reflect the HRESULT (detection-failure / install-failure) instead of
+                // claiming a timeout for every ESP terminal pathway.
+                var (failureType, message) = AppFailureTypes.ClassifyEspAppsFailure(errorCode, timeoutMinutes);
+
+                var promoted = _promoteActiveInstallsToStuck(failureType, message, errorCode);
                 var count = promoted?.Count ?? 0;
                 if (count > 0)
                 {
+                    var ecSuffix = string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorCode) ? string.Empty : $", errorCode={errorCode}";
                     _logger.Info(
-                        $"EnrollmentTerminationHandler: promoted {count} Installing app(s) to likely-stuck (failureType={AppFailureTypes.EspAppsTimeout}).");
+                        $"EnrollmentTerminationHandler: promoted {count} Installing app(s) to Error (failureType={failureType}{ecSuffix}).");
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/Runtime/AgentRuntimeHost.cs b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/Runtime/AgentRuntimeHost.cs
index 18beb883..db143a1e 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/Runtime/AgentRuntimeHost.cs
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/Runtime/AgentRuntimeHost.cs
@@ -395,14 +395,22 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2.Runtime
                                 // counter. Discriminator inside the handler gates this to the
                                 // EspTerminalFailure pathway only — other Failed paths leave the
                                 // app list untouched.
-                                promoteActiveInstallsToStuck: (failureType, message)
-                                    => componentFactory.PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(failureType, message),
+                                promoteActiveInstallsToStuck: (failureType, message, errorCode)
+                                    => componentFactory.PromoteActiveInstallsToStuck(failureType, message, errorCode),
                                 // Shutdown-gap closure (2026-05-15) — share the cross-path
                                 // idempotency gate so a Terminated event that races a Ctrl+C /
                                 // ProcessExit gap-path does not emit two agent_shutting_down
                                 // events on the wire. The handler skips its emit when the
                                 // gate already claimed the slot.
-                                tryClaimShutdownEvent: TryClaimAgentShuttingDownEmit);
+                                tryClaimShutdownEvent: TryClaimAgentShuttingDownEmit,
+                                // Session 080edee9 follow-up (2026-05-28) — feeds the latest
+                                // HRESULT captured by ProvisioningStatusTracker (via
+                                // EspAndHelloTracker.LastEspTerminalErrorCode) into the
+                                // termination handler's classifier so promoted apps land
+                                // with the right failureType (esp_apps_detection_failure /
+                                // esp_apps_install_failure) instead of always claiming a
+                                // generic timeout.
+                                lastEspTerminalErrorCodeAccessor: () => componentFactory.LastEspTerminalErrorCode);
 
                             // ServerActionDispatcher (plan §5.3) — constructed inside this
                             // hook so lifecyclePost + terminationHandler are guaranteed
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/buildcounter.txt b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/buildcounter.txt
index a2fa28f5..ed8cc244 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/buildcounter.txt
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent.V2/buildcounter.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-898
+902
diff --git a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent/buildcounter.txt b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent/buildcounter.txt
index 504121e7..08507bb2 100644
--- a/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent/buildcounter.txt
+++ b/src/Agent/AutopilotMonitor.Agent/buildcounter.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1405
+1409
diff --git a/src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.Shared/Constants.cs b/src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.Shared/Constants.cs
index 6ae5de96..b115a451 100644
--- a/src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.Shared/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/AutopilotMonitor.Shared/Constants.cs
@@ -354,17 +354,90 @@ namespace AutopilotMonitor.Shared
         public static class AppFailureTypes
         {
             /// <summary>
-            /// The Enrollment Status Page Apps-subcategory timed out while this app was still
-            /// in an active install state. The agent cannot tell whether the install ultimately
-            /// would have succeeded, failed, or hung — the ESP gave up first. UI renders these
-            /// as "likely stuck" rather than confirmed failures.
+            /// The Enrollment Status Page Apps-subcategory failed with no per-app HRESULT
+            /// available, so the agent cannot tell whether the install ultimately would have
+            /// succeeded, failed, or hung. UI renders these as "likely stuck" rather than
+            /// confirmed failures.
             /// <para>
             /// Emitted only by the V2 EnrollmentTerminationHandler on the terminal-ESP-failure
-            /// path. Apps with this failureType always carry <c>confidence: "presumed"</c> in
-            /// their event payload.
+            /// path when <see cref="ClassifyEspAppsFailure"/> falls through to this fallback.
+            /// Apps with this failureType always carry <c>confidence: "presumed"</c> in their
+            /// event payload.
             /// </para>
             /// </summary>
             public const string EspAppsTimeout = "esp_apps_timeout";
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The ESP Apps-subcategory failed with HRESULT <c>0x87D1041C</c> — "Application
+            /// not detected after installation completed successfully". The installer ran
+            /// (often to completion) but the Intune detection rule could not verify the app.
+            /// This is a confirmed detection failure, NOT a timeout — UI renders these in red
+            /// ("Detection failed") instead of orange ("Likely stuck").
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string EspAppsDetectionFailure = "esp_apps_detection_failure";
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// The ESP Apps-subcategory failed with a non-detection HRESULT (anything other
+            /// than <c>0x87D1041C</c>). The app install itself reported an error. UI renders
+            /// these as a confirmed "Install failed" in red.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string EspAppsInstallFailure = "esp_apps_install_failure";
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Windows HRESULT for "Application not detected after installation completed
+            /// successfully" — the canonical marker for an Intune detection-rule mismatch
+            /// surfacing on the ESP Apps subcategory. Lower-case so equality checks against
+            /// <see cref="ProvisioningStatusTracker.TryExtractErrorCode"/> output line up.
+            /// </summary>
+            public const string DetectionFailureHResult = "0x87d1041c";
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Maps an ESP Apps-subcategory failure to a canonical <see cref="AppFailureTypes"/>
+            /// identifier + a human-readable app-install message based on the HRESULT carried
+            /// by the failed subcategory.
+            /// <list type="bullet">
+            ///   <item><c>0x87D1041C</c> → <see cref="EspAppsDetectionFailure"/> (install
+            ///         ran but Intune could not detect the app afterwards).</item>
+            ///   <item>Any other non-empty HRESULT → <see cref="EspAppsInstallFailure"/>
+            ///         (the install itself reported an error).</item>
+            ///   <item>No HRESULT available → <see cref="EspAppsTimeout"/> (fallback for
+            ///         genuine timeout cases; the ESP gave up without a per-app verdict).
+            ///         <paramref name="espTimeoutMinutes"/> is only mentioned in the message
+            ///         on this branch — quoting it elsewhere is misleading because the ESP
+            ///         did not necessarily run out the configured clock.</item>
+            /// </list>
+            /// </summary>
+            public static (string FailureType, string Message) ClassifyEspAppsFailure(
+                string errorCode, int? espTimeoutMinutes)
+            {
+                var normalised = string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorCode) ? null : errorCode.ToLowerInvariant();
+
+                if (string.Equals(normalised, DetectionFailureHResult, System.StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                {
+                    return (
+                        EspAppsDetectionFailure,
+                        $"Install completed but Intune detection rule did not find the app afterwards (HRESULT {normalised}).");
+                }
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(normalised))
+                {
+                    return (
+                        EspAppsInstallFailure,
+                        $"ESP reported an Apps-subcategory failure (HRESULT {normalised}) before this app finished installing.");
+                }
+
+                if (espTimeoutMinutes.HasValue)
+                {
+                    return (
+                        EspAppsTimeout,
+                        $"Install status unconfirmed — ESP gave up while this app was still installing " +
+                        $"(ESP timeout was configured at {espTimeoutMinutes.Value} min; actual elapsed time may be lower).");
+                }
+
+                return (
+                    EspAppsTimeout,
+                    "Install status unconfirmed — ESP gave up while this app was still installing.");
+            }
         }
 
         // -----------------------------------------------------------------------