diff --git a/docs/testing.md b/docs/testing.md
index 558c12a76d..ffdf41bd07 100644
--- a/docs/testing.md
+++ b/docs/testing.md
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ every entry needs a non-empty `reason` (empty reasons are rejected). Skip-list p
   fail in isolation) and `build-output.test.ts` (runs standalone via `test:build`
   after a Vite build). Each carries a one-line reason.
 - <!-- FNXC:DashboardTesting 2026-06-14-08:00: Skip-listed dashboard tests need actionable ownership; placeholder IDs block rescue/delete follow-through, so every non-standalone reason cites a concrete Fusion tracking task. --> Every skip-list `reason` for a pre-existing failing/orphaned test must reference a concrete `FN-NNNN` tracking task; if the test is rescued, remove the entry instead of leaving a tracking placeholder.
+- <!-- FNXC:DashboardTesting 2026-06-14-10:27: FN-6445 closes the useChatRooms.test.ts tracking drift from FN-6442: a skip-list entry that is already matched by any quality project is not a genuine ungated orphan and would overstate the orphan count. --> The guard rejects any skip-list entry whose file is already executed by a quality project. Remove the entry instead; the skip-list is only for genuinely non-executed files.
 - To remove a file from the skip-list: fix the test, confirm it passes under its
   project, delete the skip-list entry. The backfill lane then executes it.
 - The skip-list is shared verbatim with `vitest.config.ts`, which excludes the same
diff --git a/scripts/__tests__/check-test-inventory.test.mjs b/scripts/__tests__/check-test-inventory.test.mjs
index e907073f00..032ae782d5 100644
--- a/scripts/__tests__/check-test-inventory.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/__tests__/check-test-inventory.test.mjs
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@ test("curated guard: fails on an unregistered (synthetic) test file", () => {
   assert.ok(errors.some((e) => e.includes("synthetic-unregistered.test.ts")));
 });
 
+test("curated guard: rejects a skip-list entry that overlaps an executed quality file", () => {
+  const overlappingFile = "packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useChatRooms.test.ts";
+  const { ok, errors } = validateDashboardCurated({
+    includedFiles: new Set([overlappingFile]),
+    allTestFiles: [overlappingFile],
+    skipList: [{ file: overlappingFile, reason: "pre-existing orphan FN-6442" }],
+  });
+  assert.equal(ok, false);
+  assert.ok(errors.some((e) => e.includes(overlappingFile) && e.includes("overlaps")));
+});
+
 test("curated guard: rejects a skip-list entry with an empty reason", () => {
   const { ok, errors } = validateDashboardCurated({
     includedFiles: new Set(),
@@ -110,13 +121,25 @@ test("curated guard: rejects a skip-list entry with an empty reason", () => {
   assert.ok(errors.some((e) => e.includes("empty")));
 });
 
-test("curated guard: a skip-listed file does not trip the unregistered check", () => {
-  const { ok } = validateDashboardCurated({
+test("curated guard: a skip-listed genuine orphan does not trip the overlap check", () => {
+  const { ok, errors } = validateDashboardCurated({
     includedFiles: new Set(),
     allTestFiles: ["packages/dashboard/app/b.test.ts"],
     skipList: [{ file: "packages/dashboard/app/b.test.ts", reason: "pre-existing failure FN-2" }],
   });
-  assert.equal(ok, true);
+  assert.equal(ok, true, errors.join("; "));
+});
+
+test("curated guard: overlapping skip-list entry still reports an empty reason", () => {
+  const overlappingFile = "packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useChatRooms.test.ts";
+  const { ok, errors } = validateDashboardCurated({
+    includedFiles: new Set([overlappingFile]),
+    allTestFiles: [overlappingFile],
+    skipList: [{ file: overlappingFile, reason: "  " }],
+  });
+  assert.equal(ok, false);
+  assert.ok(errors.some((e) => e.includes(overlappingFile) && e.includes("empty")));
+  assert.ok(errors.some((e) => e.includes(overlappingFile) && e.includes("overlaps")));
 });
 
 test("curated guard: a quarantined file is registered without returning to the skip-list", () => {
diff --git a/scripts/check-test-inventory.mjs b/scripts/check-test-inventory.mjs
index 746befdee1..a1ec657b4a 100644
--- a/scripts/check-test-inventory.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-test-inventory.mjs
@@ -227,6 +227,15 @@ export function validateDashboardCurated({ includedFiles, allTestFiles, skipList
     if (typeof entry.reason !== "string" || entry.reason.trim().length === 0) {
       errors.push(`skip-list entry for ${entry.file} has an empty "reason"`);
     }
+    /*
+    FNXC:DashboardTesting 2026-06-14-10:27:
+    FN-6445 requires the curated skip-list to enumerate only dashboard tests no quality project executes. FN-6442 found useChatRooms.test.ts was both skip-listed and matched by the hooks/utils quality lane, which overstated the genuinely ungated orphan count; reject that overlap at validation time.
+    */
+    if (includedFiles.has(entry.file)) {
+      errors.push(
+        `skip-list entry for ${entry.file} overlaps a file already executed by a quality project; the skip-list is for genuinely non-executed files only — remove this entry`,
+      );
+    }
     skipByFile.set(entry.file, entry);
   }