diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-runner.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-runner.yml
index 89cc0ca920..b51bd9f1e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-runner.yml
@@ -89,3 +89,12 @@ jobs:
           # Retry dependency preparation, then execute the test suite once.
           nix build --no-link .#tmachine || nix build --no-link .#tmachine
           nix run .#tmachine -- test "${ENVIRONMENT}" "${INSTALLER}" "${TESTSUITE}"
+
+      # The e2e-podman archive is a curated subset of everything eligible
+      # under the e2e-podman feature (see podmanE2eFollowUpBinaries in
+      # tests/artifacts.nix) -- report the selected-vs-eligible split here so
+      # this narrow run can't be mistaken for full Podman coverage (#3712).
+      # Runs regardless of pass/fail so the scope is visible either way.
+      - name: Report Podman e2e-podman archive coverage
+        if: always() && matrix.testsuite == 'e2e-podman'
+        run: nix run .#podman-e2e-coverage-summary >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
diff --git a/CI.md b/CI.md
index cb7121b2cf..938fb1fdbe 100644
--- a/CI.md
+++ b/CI.md
@@ -82,6 +82,20 @@ retain the binary installer because their fixtures configure its system service,
 local HTTP gateway, and CLI path. The manual Integration Tests workflow defaults
 to the package installers and downloads the packages selected by its matrix.
 
+The `e2e-podman` driver-specific run posts a job summary reporting how many of
+the `e2e-podman`-eligible targets the archive actually selects and executes,
+naming any selected manual-only benchmarks separately, so a narrow run cannot
+be mistaken for full Podman coverage. See `nix run .#podman-e2e-coverage-summary`
+in TESTING.md.
+
+The `driver-podman` testsuite runs both rootful and rootless Fedora Podman;
+`e2e-podman` runs rootless only. This is deliberate, not an oversight: see the
+comment on `podmanE2eArchive` in `tests/artifacts.nix` for which targets would
+and would not benefit from a rootful leg. Only `podman_resource_limits` does,
+but nextest archive filters select whole binaries, so closing that gap (tracked
+in #4163) means running this entire archive rootful too, not just that one
+target.
+
 Three opt-in labels enable the long-running E2E suites:
 
 - `test:e2e` runs the Docker, rootless Podman, Kubernetes, and VM E2E suites
diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
index a1c2f9476e..77ac2e51e7 100644
--- a/TESTING.md
+++ b/TESTING.md
@@ -300,6 +300,14 @@ Print the exact tmachine archive selection as a shell `PODMAN_CI_TESTS` array:
 nix run .#generate-podman-e2e-ci-tests
 ```
 
+Print how many of the `e2e-podman`-eligible targets the archive actually
+selects, so a narrow run cannot be mistaken for full Podman coverage — CI
+reports this in the job summary for every `e2e-podman` run:
+
+```shell
+nix run .#podman-e2e-coverage-summary
+```
+
 The `e2e-podman` testsuite runs a nextest archive built with the corresponding
 Rust feature and preloads its Python workload image into the rootless Podman
 store. The separate `driver-podman` testsuite compares OpenShell and direct
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4928d2f151..0490b991ac 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@
             type = "app";
             program = "${artifacts.podmanE2eCiTests}/bin/generate-podman-e2e-ci-tests";
           };
+          podman-e2e-coverage-summary = {
+            type = "app";
+            program = "${artifacts.podmanE2eCoverageSummary}/bin/podman-e2e-coverage-summary";
+          };
           build-artifacts-helm = {
             type = "app";
             program = "${artifacts.helm}/bin/build-artifacts-helm";
diff --git a/tests/artifacts.nix b/tests/artifacts.nix
index c86d8f6d30..c1289743bf 100644
--- a/tests/artifacts.nix
+++ b/tests/artifacts.nix
@@ -175,6 +175,75 @@ let
     '';
   };
 
+  # Reports how many of the e2e-podman-eligible targets the archive actually
+  # selects and executes, so a narrow CI run cannot be mistaken for full
+  # coverage (#3712). Computes the eligible set the same way podmanE2eCiTests
+  # does (a real `cargo nextest list`, not a hand-maintained number) and
+  # compares it against podmanE2eFollowUpBinaries, the single declarative
+  # exclusion list that also drives the archive filter above — so this can't
+  # drift from what actually runs. Uses the full (not binaries-only) listing
+  # so per-test `#[ignore]` status is visible: a selected binary whose only
+  # test is a manual-only benchmark (see the two perf targets elsewhere in
+  # this file) is archive-scoped but never actually executes, and reporting
+  # it as "selected" without that distinction would itself be misleading.
+  podmanE2eCoverageSummary = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+    name = "podman-e2e-coverage-summary";
+    runtimeInputs = [
+      pkgs.cargo-nextest
+      pkgs.git
+      pkgs.jq
+      rustToolchain
+    ];
+    runtimeEnv = toolchainEnv;
+    text = ''
+      root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+      cd "$root"
+
+      counts=$(cargo nextest list \
+        --manifest-path e2e/rust/Cargo.toml \
+        --target ${muslToolchain.target} \
+        -p openshell-e2e \
+        --features e2e-podman \
+        --message-format json \
+        | jq --argjson excluded ${pkgs.lib.escapeShellArg (builtins.toJSON podmanE2eFollowUpBinaries)} '
+          [
+            .["rust-suites"][]
+            | select(.kind == "test")
+            | {
+                name: .["binary-name"],
+                selected: (.["binary-name"] as $name | $excluded | index($name) | not),
+                all_ignored: ((.testcases | length) > 0 and (.testcases | to_entries | all(.value.ignored == true)))
+              }
+          ] as $targets
+          | ($targets | map(select(.selected))) as $selected
+          | {
+              eligible: ($targets | length),
+              excluded_count: ($excluded | length),
+              selected: ($selected | length),
+              manual_only: [$selected[] | select(.all_ignored) | .name]
+            }
+        ')
+
+      eligible=$(jq -r '.eligible' <<<"$counts")
+      excluded_count=$(jq -r '.excluded_count' <<<"$counts")
+      selected=$(jq -r '.selected' <<<"$counts")
+      manual_only_count=$(jq -r '.manual_only | length' <<<"$counts")
+      manual_only_names=$(jq -r '.manual_only | join(", ")' <<<"$counts")
+      executing=$((selected - manual_only_count))
+
+      echo "### Podman \`e2e-podman\` archive coverage"
+      echo
+      echo "- **$eligible** targets eligible under the \`e2e-podman\` feature"
+      echo "- **$excluded_count** excluded — see \`podmanE2eFollowUpBinaries\` in \`tests/artifacts.nix\` for the documented reason behind each one"
+      if [ "$manual_only_count" -gt 0 ]; then
+        echo "- **$selected** selected into the archive, of which **$manual_only_count** are manual-only benchmarks (\`#[ignore]\`) that don't run automatically: $manual_only_names"
+      else
+        echo "- **$selected** selected into the archive"
+      fi
+      echo "- **$executing** actually execute in this run"
+    '';
+  };
+
   podmanDriverArchive = mkTestArchive {
     name = "podman-driver";
     workspacePath = "tests/suites/drivers";
@@ -183,6 +252,32 @@ let
     target = muslToolchain.target;
     output = "artifacts/test-archives/${muslToolchain.target}/openshell-podman-tests.tar";
   };
+  # Runs rootless-only in branch CI today (see .github/workflows/branch-e2e.yml's
+  # driver-specific-integration matrix), unlike podmanDriverArchive above, which
+  # runs both rootful and rootless. This is a deliberate scoping decision, not an
+  # oversight (#3712): most of this archive's selected targets (sandbox/workspace
+  # lifecycle, labels, templates, port forwarding, uploads, settings) exercise
+  # driver-agnostic gateway/policy logic with no privilege-model sensitivity, so a
+  # rootful leg would duplicate coverage without catching anything new.
+  #
+  # podman_host_gateway was checked specifically (host.openshell.internal
+  # resolution plausibly depends on the rootless pasta/slirp4netns vs. rootful
+  # netavark/CNI network backend) and confirmed NOT privilege-sensitive: the
+  # outer container's /etc/hosts entry uses Podman's own native "host-gateway"
+  # alias value (container.rs), which Podman resolves identically in both
+  # modes, and the supervisor-side resolution defaults to a hardcoded
+  # 127.0.0.1 on Linux regardless of rootful/rootless
+  # (PodmanComputeConfig::resolved_host_gateway_ip in config.rs). No rootful
+  # coverage gap here.
+  #
+  # The one confirmed exception is podman_resource_limits, which reads real
+  # cgroup v2 state from inside the sandbox: rootless cgroup delegation
+  # depends on systemd-user `Delegate=` and can silently no-op if
+  # misconfigured, making rootless the harder, higher-risk case -- already
+  # covered here. Rootful is the lower-risk, currently-unverified path for
+  # that one target. Tracked in #4163; since nextest archive filters select
+  # whole binaries, closing that gap means running this entire archive
+  # rootful too, not just the one target that needs it.
   podmanE2eArchive = mkTestArchive {
     name = "podman-e2e";
     workspacePath = "e2e/rust";
@@ -201,6 +296,7 @@ rec {
     podmanDriverArchive
     podmanE2eArchive
     podmanE2eCiTests
+    podmanE2eCoverageSummary
     ;
 
   binaries = pkgs.writeShellApplication {