diff --git a/src/v2/lens/inert_carrier.dag b/src/v2/lens/inert_carrier.dag
index 6b0cdb5b09c..96b4e62ad09 100644
--- a/src/v2/lens/inert_carrier.dag
+++ b/src/v2/lens/inert_carrier.dag
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ fn inert_carrier_rostered_names() -> List<String> {
 
 data empty_inert_carrier_names: List<String> = []
 
+
 fn list_contains_str(xs: List<String>, target: String) -> Bool {
   fold_list(
     xs: xs,
@@ -46,30 +47,144 @@ fn list_contains_str(xs: List<String>, target: String) -> Bool {
   )
 }
 
-fn count_not_in_roster(names: List<String>, roster: List<String>) -> Int {
+// The two populations have OPPOSITE remedies, which is why they are two
+// variants and not one located list. UnrosteredInertCarrier: the carrier is
+// inert in the live tree and the roster does not admit it -- the repair is to
+// give it a live consumer, or (if it is deliberately staged ahead of one) to
+// author a roster row with a reason and a dissolution condition.
+// StaleInertCarrierRow: the roster admits a carrier that is NO LONGER inert --
+// a consumer exists, so the repair is to DELETE the row. Applying either
+// remedy to the other population is wrong in both directions: rostering a live
+// carrier re-opens the admission the row exists to close, and deleting a row
+// for an unrostered carrier removes nothing.
+type InertCarrierFinding
+  = UnrosteredInertCarrier { carrier: String }
+  | StaleInertCarrierRow { carrier: String }
+
+type InertCarrierPopulations {
+  unrostered: List<String>
+  stale_rows: List<String>
+}
+
+type InertCarrierRosterVerdict
+  = InertCarrierRosterClean
+  | InertCarrierRosterDiverged { findings: List<InertCarrierFinding> }
+
+data empty_inert_carrier_findings: List<InertCarrierFinding> = []
+
+
+fn names_not_in_roster(names: List<String>, roster: List<String>) -> List<String> {
   fold_list(
     xs: names,
-    empty: 0,
-    cons: fn(count, name) {
-      if list_contains_str(xs: roster, target: name) { count } else { count + 1 }
+    empty: empty_inert_carrier_names,
+    cons: fn(acc, name) {
+      if list_contains_str(xs: roster, target: name) {
+        acc
+      } else {
+        list_snoc_item(xs: acc, item: name)
+      }
     }
   )
 }
 
-fn count_stale_roster(roster: List<String>, inert_names: List<String>) -> Int {
+fn stale_roster_names(roster: List<String>, inert_names: List<String>) -> List<String> {
   fold_list(
     xs: roster,
-    empty: 0,
-    cons: fn(count, entry) {
-      if list_contains_str(xs: inert_names, target: entry) { count } else { count + 1 }
+    empty: empty_inert_carrier_names,
+    cons: fn(acc, entry) {
+      if list_contains_str(xs: inert_names, target: entry) {
+        acc
+      } else {
+        list_snoc_item(xs: acc, item: entry)
+      }
     }
   )
 }
 
+fn count_not_in_roster(names: List<String>, roster: List<String>) -> Int {
+  length(xs: names_not_in_roster(names: names, roster: roster))
+}
+
+fn count_stale_roster(roster: List<String>, inert_names: List<String>) -> Int {
+  length(xs: stale_roster_names(roster: roster, inert_names: inert_names))
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_findings(names: List<String>, roster: List<String>) -> List<InertCarrierFinding> {
+  let unrostered = fold_list(
+    xs: names_not_in_roster(names: names, roster: roster),
+    empty: empty_inert_carrier_findings,
+    cons: fn(acc, name) { list_snoc_item(xs: acc, item: UnrosteredInertCarrier { carrier: name }) }
+  )
+  fold_list(
+    xs: stale_roster_names(roster: roster, inert_names: names),
+    empty: unrostered,
+    cons: fn(acc, entry) { list_snoc_item(xs: acc, item: StaleInertCarrierRow { carrier: entry }) }
+  )
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_verdict_from_findings(findings: List<InertCarrierFinding>) -> InertCarrierRosterVerdict {
+  if is_empty(xs: findings) {
+    InertCarrierRosterClean
+  } else {
+    InertCarrierRosterDiverged { findings: findings }
+  }
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_roster_verdict(names: List<String>, roster: List<String>) -> InertCarrierRosterVerdict {
+  inert_carrier_verdict_from_findings(findings: inert_carrier_findings(names: names, roster: roster))
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_live_roster_verdict() -> InertCarrierRosterVerdict {
+  inert_carrier_roster_verdict(names: inert_carrier_names_live(), roster: inert_carrier_rostered_names())
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_verdict_findings(v: InertCarrierRosterVerdict) -> List<InertCarrierFinding> {
+  match v {
+    InertCarrierRosterClean => empty_inert_carrier_findings
+    InertCarrierRosterDiverged { findings } => findings
+  }
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_verdict_is_clean(v: InertCarrierRosterVerdict) -> Bool {
+  is_empty(xs: inert_carrier_verdict_findings(v: v))
+}
+
+data empty_inert_carrier_populations: InertCarrierPopulations = InertCarrierPopulations {
+  unrostered: empty_inert_carrier_names,
+  stale_rows: empty_inert_carrier_names
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_population_add(acc: InertCarrierPopulations, f: InertCarrierFinding) -> InertCarrierPopulations {
+  match f {
+    UnrosteredInertCarrier { carrier } => InertCarrierPopulations {
+      unrostered: list_snoc_item(xs: acc.unrostered, item: carrier),
+      stale_rows: acc.stale_rows
+    }
+    StaleInertCarrierRow { carrier } => InertCarrierPopulations {
+      unrostered: acc.unrostered,
+      stale_rows: list_snoc_item(xs: acc.stale_rows, item: carrier)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_populations(v: InertCarrierRosterVerdict) -> InertCarrierPopulations {
+  fold_list(
+    xs: inert_carrier_verdict_findings(v: v),
+    empty: empty_inert_carrier_populations,
+    cons: fn(acc, f) { inert_carrier_population_add(acc: acc, f: f) }
+  )
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_unrostered_names(v: InertCarrierRosterVerdict) -> List<String> {
+  inert_carrier_populations(v: v).unrostered
+}
+
+fn inert_carrier_stale_row_names(v: InertCarrierRosterVerdict) -> List<String> {
+  inert_carrier_populations(v: v).stale_rows
+}
+
 fn inert_carrier_clean_holds() -> Bool {
-  let names = inert_carrier_names_live()
-  count_not_in_roster(names: names, roster: inert_carrier_rostered_names()) == 0
-    && count_stale_roster(roster: inert_carrier_rostered_names(), inert_names: names) == 0
+  inert_carrier_verdict_is_clean(v: inert_carrier_live_roster_verdict())
 }
 
 fn inert_carrier_live_count() -> Int {
@@ -77,11 +192,11 @@ fn inert_carrier_live_count() -> Int {
 }
 
 fn inert_carrier_live_unrostered_count() -> Int {
-  count_not_in_roster(names: inert_carrier_names_live(), roster: inert_carrier_rostered_names())
+  length(xs: inert_carrier_unrostered_names(v: inert_carrier_live_roster_verdict()))
 }
 
 fn inert_carrier_live_stale_roster_count() -> Int {
-  count_stale_roster(roster: inert_carrier_rostered_names(), inert_names: inert_carrier_names_live())
+  length(xs: inert_carrier_stale_row_names(v: inert_carrier_live_roster_verdict()))
 }
 
 fn inert_carrier_live_declared_count() -> Int {
diff --git a/src/v2/lens/inert_carrier_test.dag b/src/v2/lens/inert_carrier_test.dag
index 806e851bf1b..192a904cd53 100644
--- a/src/v2/lens/inert_carrier_test.dag
+++ b/src/v2/lens/inert_carrier_test.dag
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import v2.std.text { String }
 import v2.lens.inert_carrier {
   inert_carrier_clean_holds,
   inert_carrier_live_declared_count,
+  inert_carrier_roster_verdict,
+  inert_carrier_verdict_is_clean,
+  inert_carrier_unrostered_names,
+  inert_carrier_stale_row_names,
+  list_contains_str,
   count_not_in_roster,
   count_stale_roster,
   empty_inert_carrier_names
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ data live_tree_disposition: LiveTreeDisposition = SubstrateInputsOnly
 
 data roster_one: List<String> = ["KnownEntry"]
 data names_with_unknown: List<String> = ["UnknownEntry"]
+data names_known_only: List<String> = ["KnownEntry"]
 
 test fn inert_carrier_no_unrostered_or_stale() -> Bool {
   return inert_carrier_clean_holds()
@@ -32,3 +38,35 @@ test fn count_not_in_roster_detects_unrostered() -> Bool {
 test fn count_stale_roster_detects_stale_entry() -> Bool {
   return count_stale_roster(roster: roster_one, inert_names: empty_inert_carrier_names) == 1
 }
+
+test fn verdict_clean_when_roster_matches_live_inert_names() -> Bool {
+  return inert_carrier_verdict_is_clean(v: inert_carrier_roster_verdict(names: names_known_only, roster: roster_one))
+}
+
+test fn unrostered_population_names_the_carrier_needing_a_row() -> Bool {
+  let v = inert_carrier_roster_verdict(names: names_with_unknown, roster: empty_inert_carrier_names)
+  let unrostered = inert_carrier_unrostered_names(v: v)
+  return inert_carrier_verdict_is_clean(v: v) == false
+    && length(xs: unrostered) == 1
+    && list_contains_str(xs: unrostered, target: "UnknownEntry")
+    && length(xs: inert_carrier_stale_row_names(v: v)) == 0
+}
+
+test fn stale_population_names_the_row_needing_deletion() -> Bool {
+  let v = inert_carrier_roster_verdict(names: empty_inert_carrier_names, roster: roster_one)
+  let stale = inert_carrier_stale_row_names(v: v)
+  return inert_carrier_verdict_is_clean(v: v) == false
+    && length(xs: stale) == 1
+    && list_contains_str(xs: stale, target: "KnownEntry")
+    && length(xs: inert_carrier_unrostered_names(v: v)) == 0
+}
+
+test fn the_two_populations_are_reported_separately() -> Bool {
+  let v = inert_carrier_roster_verdict(names: names_with_unknown, roster: roster_one)
+  let unrostered = inert_carrier_unrostered_names(v: v)
+  let stale = inert_carrier_stale_row_names(v: v)
+  return list_contains_str(xs: unrostered, target: "UnknownEntry")
+    && (list_contains_str(xs: unrostered, target: "KnownEntry") == false)
+    && list_contains_str(xs: stale, target: "KnownEntry")
+    && (list_contains_str(xs: stale, target: "UnknownEntry") == false)
+}