diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9ceaf4..1f8783c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Status bar "toggle / view" hint in split-pane mode now tracks the correct pane's cursor; previously it read the top pane's cursor position even when the bottom pane had focus.
 - File viewer (`readFirstFileFromTar`) now reads up to the full `MaxViewSize` limit regardless of the tar entry's declared size, consistent with the save-file path. A crafted archive with an understated size header no longer silently truncates the viewed content.
 - `layerx build` iidfile setup now surfaces a removal error instead of silently discarding it; on Windows a failed removal no longer leaves a zero-byte file that causes the engine to report an empty image ID.
-- `ErrNoEngineFound` now implements `Unwrap()`, consistent with all other error types in the package.
-- `FormatBytes` now delegates to the internal `formatUnsignedBytes` helper, removing ~15 lines of duplicated formatting logic.
 - CLI error message for `--engine podman` now mentions `DOCKER_HOST` alongside `CONTAINER_HOST`, matching the hint in the library error.
 - Usage synopsis now uses `IMAGE_OR_ARCHIVE` consistently where both image references and local archives are accepted.
 - `layerx compare` now uses the pre-computed stacked trees from the analysis for efficiency scoring, consistent with every other caller. Previously it re-stacked from raw layers, which could produce mismatched efficiency and file-diff results when the analysis carried custom stacked trees (e.g. from a cache path).
@@ -23,6 +21,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - The file-permission display in the layer browser now shows setuid (`s`/`S`),
   setgid (`s`/`S`), and sticky (`t`/`T`) bits. Previously, a file with mode
   `04755` was shown as `-rwxr-xr-x` instead of `-rwsr-xr-x`.
+- `FormatBytes` now returns a sign-prefixed string for negative inputs instead of silently wrapping to a large positive value via an unchecked `uint64` cast.
+- Daemon file-viewer (`DockerExtractor.Extract`) now correctly marks the returned `FileContent` as truncated when the extracted file exceeds the 1 MB view limit. Previously the flag was always false for daemon-extracted files, suppressing the truncation notice in the viewer.
+- `ErrNoEngineFound.Cause` field and its `Unwrap()` method removed; neither construction site ever populated the field, so `errors.Unwrap` always returned `nil`, making the method misleading.
 
 ## [v1.6.1] - 2026-08-08
 
diff --git a/image/compare_regression_test.go b/image/compare_regression_test.go
index fcd680a..b2de1ac 100644
--- a/image/compare_regression_test.go
+++ b/image/compare_regression_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package image
 
 // Regression tests for confirmed compare bugs.
-// See internal-docs/compare-audit.md for full analysis.
-//
 // All tests use in-process fixtures only — no Docker required.
 
 import (
diff --git a/image/errors.go b/image/errors.go
index 58def8b..87dd043 100644
--- a/image/errors.go
+++ b/image/errors.go
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ func (e *ErrPodmanSocketNotSet) Error() string {
 
 type ErrNoEngineFound struct {
 	Tried []string
-	Cause error
 }
 
 func (e *ErrNoEngineFound) Error() string {
@@ -142,8 +141,6 @@ func (e *ErrNoEngineFound) Error() string {
 		strings.Join(e.Tried, ", "))
 }
 
-func (e *ErrNoEngineFound) Unwrap() error { return e.Cause }
-
 // ErrPlatformInvalid is returned when --platform cannot be parsed at all
 // (empty component, too many slashes). Distinct from ErrPlatformNotInImage:
 // the spec itself is malformed, no image lookup happened.
diff --git a/image/extractor.go b/image/extractor.go
index ef3b77a..b43fec7 100644
--- a/image/extractor.go
+++ b/image/extractor.go
@@ -145,10 +145,13 @@ func (e *DockerExtractor) Extract(ctx context.Context, imageRef string, filePath
 
 	totalSize := copyResult.Stat.Size
 
-	data, err := readFirstFileFromTar(copyResult.Content)
+	data, declaredSize, err := readFirstFileFromTar(copyResult.Content)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read %s: %w", filePath, err)
 	}
+	if declaredSize > totalSize {
+		totalSize = declaredSize
+	}
 
 	return processContent(filePath, data, totalSize), nil
 }
@@ -178,19 +181,23 @@ func (e *DockerExtractor) ExtractRaw(ctx context.Context, imageRef string, fileP
 	return readFullFileFromTar(copyResult.Content)
 }
 
-// readFirstFileFromTar reads the first regular file from a tar stream.
+// readFirstFileFromTar reads the first regular file from a tar stream,
+// returning the (possibly truncated) data and the declared file size from the
+// tar header. The declared size lets the caller set FileContent.Truncated when
+// the stream exceeds MaxViewSize — without it, processContent always sees
+// len(data) <= MaxViewSize and silently suppresses the truncated notice.
 // Docker's CopyFromContainer wraps the file in a single-entry tar.
 // Non-regular entries (directories, symlinks, hardlinks, devices, fifos) are
 // skipped — the contract is "read the first *regular file* in the stream".
-func readFirstFileFromTar(r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+func readFirstFileFromTar(r io.Reader) ([]byte, int64, error) {
 	tr := tar.NewReader(r)
 	for {
 		hdr, err := tr.Next()
 		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no file found in tar stream")
+			return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("no file found in tar stream")
 		}
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, 0, err
 		}
 		if hdr.Typeflag != tar.TypeReg {
 			continue
@@ -201,12 +208,19 @@ func readFirstFileFromTar(r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 		limit := int64(MaxViewSize + 1)
 		data, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(tr, limit))
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, 0, err
+		}
+		// Return the declared size from the header so the caller can set
+		// Truncated correctly. If the stream was larger than the header claimed,
+		// use the actual bytes read as the size floor.
+		declaredSize := hdr.Size
+		if int64(len(data)) > declaredSize {
+			declaredSize = int64(len(data))
 		}
 		if int64(len(data)) > MaxViewSize {
 			data = data[:MaxViewSize]
 		}
-		return data, nil
+		return data, declaredSize, nil
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/image/format.go b/image/format.go
index b4a29c6..83dd5f3 100644
--- a/image/format.go
+++ b/image/format.go
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ func formatUnsignedBytes(b uint64) string {
 }
 
 func FormatBytes(b int64) string {
-	return formatUnsignedBytes(uint64(b)) //nolint:gosec // callers always pass non-negative sizes
+	if b < 0 {
+		return "-" + formatUnsignedBytes(uint64(-b))
+	}
+	return formatUnsignedBytes(uint64(b))
 }
 
 // FormatSignedBytes formats b like FormatBytes but with an explicit sign