diff --git a/pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/applicationprofile/ap.go b/pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/applicationprofile/ap.go
index ce86d7ab8..99ab11831 100644
--- a/pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/applicationprofile/ap.go
+++ b/pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/applicationprofile/ap.go
@@ -130,6 +130,28 @@ func (l *apLibrary) Declarations() map[string][]cel.FunctionOpt {
 				}),
 			),
 		},
+		// ap.was_path_opened_with_suffix and ap.was_path_opened_with_prefix
+		// — rule-author contract (CodeRabbit upstream PR #807 finding #7):
+		//
+		// These helpers answer "did any RECORDED concrete path open match
+		// this suffix/prefix?". When the profile-projection cache is in
+		// pass-through mode (no rule declared an Opens-projection slice,
+		// so cp.Opens.All == true), wildcard patterns in cp.Opens.Patterns
+		// are NOT scanned via string-level HasSuffix/HasPrefix because the
+		// pattern text contains '*' / '⋯' tokens whose string shape doesn't
+		// safely answer suffix/prefix questions (see open.go comment).
+		// Concrete-only Values are scanned.
+		//
+		// False-negative gap: if a profile entry is `/var/log/pods/*/foo.log`,
+		// the runtime path `/var/log/pods/web-7d6f/volumes/foo.log` actually
+		// matches this pattern, but `was_path_opened_with_suffix("/foo.log")`
+		// returns FALSE because the pattern text doesn't end in `/foo.log`
+		// literally. Rule authors who need wildcard-aware coverage should
+		// either: (a) declare an Opens projection slice in the rule's
+		// ProfileDataRequired (then SuffixHits/PrefixHits become authoritative
+		// and the projector pre-computes the hit map for wildcard entries),
+		// or (b) use ap.was_path_opened(path) which DOES run dynamic-segment
+		// matching over Patterns via CompareDynamic.
 		"ap.was_path_opened_with_suffix": {
 			cel.Overload(
 				"ap_was_path_opened_with_suffix", []*cel.Type{cel.StringType, cel.StringType}, cel.BoolType,
diff --git a/pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/applicationprofile/open.go b/pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/applicationprofile/open.go
index ec0a8310c..62a4abedf 100644
--- a/pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/applicationprofile/open.go
+++ b/pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/applicationprofile/open.go
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ func (l *apLibrary) wasPathOpened(containerID, path ref.Val) ref.Val {
 	return types.Bool(false)
 }
 
+// wasPathOpenedWithFlags answers whether the projected ApplicationProfile
+// contains an open-entry whose path matches the given path. The flags
+// argument is parsed and validated for shape but is not used for matching
+// in v1 — the OpenFlagsByPath projection slice is out of scope for v1
+// (composite-key projection would balloon the cache footprint). When the
+// flags-projection slice is added in a future spec revision, this helper
+// becomes the path-AND-flag matcher and v1 callers continue to work.
 func (l *apLibrary) wasPathOpenedWithFlags(containerID, path, flags ref.Val) ref.Val {
 	if l.objectCache == nil {
 		return types.NewErr("objectCache is nil")
@@ -105,17 +112,21 @@ func (l *apLibrary) wasPathOpenedWithSuffix(containerID, suffix ref.Val) ref.Val
 	}
 
 	if cp.Opens.All {
-		// All entries retained — scan to check for the suffix.
+		// All entries retained (no rule declared SuffixHits-style
+		// projection). Scan ONLY concrete entries in Values — Patterns
+		// contain wildcard tokens ('*' / '⋯') whose text doesn't safely
+		// answer suffix questions. CodeRabbit PR #43 open.go:79: a
+		// retained Pattern like "/var/log/pods/*/volumes/..." doesn't
+		// end with the concrete suffix "foo.log", but the concrete open
+		// it stands in for might — strings.HasSuffix on the pattern
+		// text returns false and produces a false negative. Patterns
+		// are inherently wildcard-shaped; concrete-path semantics live
+		// in Values (and in SuffixHits when projection is active).
 		for openPath := range cp.Opens.Values {
 			if strings.HasSuffix(openPath, suffixStr) {
 				return types.Bool(true)
 			}
 		}
-		for _, openPath := range cp.Opens.Patterns {
-			if strings.HasSuffix(openPath, suffixStr) {
-				return types.Bool(true)
-			}
-		}
 		return types.Bool(false)
 	}
 	// Projection applied — SuffixHits is authoritative; absent key = undeclared.
@@ -149,17 +160,18 @@ func (l *apLibrary) wasPathOpenedWithPrefix(containerID, prefix ref.Val) ref.Val
 	}
 
 	if cp.Opens.All {
-		// All entries retained — scan to check for the prefix.
+		// All entries retained — scan ONLY Values (concrete paths).
+		// Patterns contain wildcard tokens whose text doesn't safely
+		// answer prefix questions; a pattern starting with "/var/⋯/log"
+		// matches concrete paths starting with "/var/anything/log" but
+		// strings.HasPrefix against the pattern text returns false for
+		// "/var/foo/log...". Same fix as wasPathOpenedWithSuffix above.
+		// CodeRabbit PR #43 open.go:79 (Also applies to 111-123).
 		for openPath := range cp.Opens.Values {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(openPath, prefixStr) {
 				return types.Bool(true)
 			}
 		}
-		for _, openPath := range cp.Opens.Patterns {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(openPath, prefixStr) {
-				return types.Bool(true)
-			}
-		}
 		return types.Bool(false)
 	}
 	// Projection applied — PrefixHits is authoritative; absent key = undeclared.