diff --git a/internal/testrun/testrun.go b/internal/testrun/testrun.go
index bd5cf5f..adcbc0a 100644
--- a/internal/testrun/testrun.go
+++ b/internal/testrun/testrun.go
@@ -66,10 +66,15 @@ type Options struct {
 	// "the run found the bug" from "the run finished clean".
 	ExitOnViolation bool
 	// AllowNoProperties lets a run proceed against a spec that registers no
-	// properties. The extraction and portability sweeps pass it: they measure
-	// what a spec can read and where the generator reaches, and they report no
-	// detection count. Every other run without it is a false green.
+	// properties. The extraction sweeps pass it: they measure what a spec can
+	// read and report no detection count. Every other run without it is a false
+	// green.
 	AllowNoProperties bool
+	// AllowNoGeneratorActions lets a run finish having never been driven by its
+	// action generator. The exploration-reach sweeps pass it, because "the
+	// generator reached nothing on this build" is their measurement rather than
+	// a broken run.
+	AllowNoGeneratorActions bool
 	// Generator selects the action picker: "llm" or the default seeded picker.
 	Generator string
 	// LabelSource selects how candidates are named to the model picker, and is
@@ -293,7 +298,7 @@ func runOutcome(options Options, summary runner.Summary) error {
 	if options.ExitOnViolation && len(summary.Violations) > 0 {
 		return ViolationsError{Count: len(summary.Violations)}
 	}
-	if !options.AllowNoProperties && len(summary.Violations) == 0 &&
+	if !options.AllowNoGeneratorActions && len(summary.Violations) == 0 &&
 		summary.Steps > 0 && summary.GeneratorActions == 0 {
 		return NoGeneratorActionsError{
 			Steps:          summary.Steps,
@@ -363,7 +368,7 @@ func (e NoPropertiesError) Error() string {
 		"%s bundled and loaded into the verifier cleanly and registers no properties: "+
 			"nothing is wrong with the spec and nothing is wrong with the run, but this run "+
 			"would check nothing and report no violations. Pass --allow-no-properties for a "+
-			"run that measures extraction or exploration instead of judging the app",
+			"run that measures what the spec extracts instead of judging the app",
 		e.Spec)
 }
 
@@ -387,7 +392,8 @@ func (e NoGeneratorActionsError) Error() string {
 		"%d step(s) ran and the action generator drove the app in none of them: whatever "+
 			"the spec's setup did to get the app into position, nothing explored it from "+
 			"there, so the run judged one screen over and over and its violation count "+
-			"says nothing about the rest of the app%s",
+			"says nothing about the rest of the app%s. Pass --allow-no-generator-actions "+
+			"for a run that measures where a generator reaches instead of judging the app",
 		e.Steps, skipReasonSuffix(e.SkippedActions))
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/testrun/testrun_test.go b/internal/testrun/testrun_test.go
index f8cda07..c83f846 100644
--- a/internal/testrun/testrun_test.go
+++ b/internal/testrun/testrun_test.go
@@ -411,11 +411,11 @@ func TestRunOutcome_ARunThatDroveNothingIsNotASuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("a run whose generator dispatched one action must succeed, got %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// The sweeps that measure what a spec extracts and where a generator reaches
-	// ask for a run that judges nothing by name, and "the generator reached
-	// nothing here" is their measurement rather than their failure.
-	if err := runOutcome(Options{AllowNoProperties: true}, droveNothing); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("the property-free opt-out no longer carries a run through, got %v", err)
+	// The sweeps that measure where a generator reaches ask for a run that
+	// explores nothing by name, and "the generator reached nothing here" is
+	// their measurement rather than their failure.
+	if err := runOutcome(Options{AllowNoGeneratorActions: true}, droveNothing); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("the dead-run opt-out no longer carries a run through, got %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// A run cut short before it took a step never got going, which the deadline
@@ -473,6 +473,25 @@ func TestRunOutcome_SetupActionsDoNotCarryARunWhoseGeneratorDroveNothing(t *test
 	}
 }
 
+// Two refusals, two flags. A sweep that runs a property-free spec asked to
+// judge nothing, not to explore nothing, and a run with properties that needs
+// the dead-run exemption must be able to say so without claiming a waiver it
+// does not want.
+func TestRunOutcome_TheDeadRunRefusalHasItsOwnOptOut(t *testing.T) {
+	droveNothing := runner.Summary{
+		Steps:          200,
+		SkippedActions: map[string]int{"no_action_produced": 200},
+	}
+
+	var dead NoGeneratorActionsError
+	if err := runOutcome(Options{AllowNoProperties: true}, droveNothing); !errors.As(err, &dead) {
+		t.Errorf("--allow-no-properties waived the dead-run refusal, which it does not name: got %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := runOutcome(Options{AllowNoGeneratorActions: true}, droveNothing); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("--allow-no-generator-actions did not carry a run that drove nothing through, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // A recorded violation is a verdict, and a run that reached one is not a dead
 // run whatever drove the app to it. Campaigns are where this bites: they never
 // pass --exit-on-violation, so refusing such a run writes exit_code 1 into the