diff --git a/tests/test_file_prompt.py b/tests/test_file_prompt.py
index aed055c4..ccb6f0d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_file_prompt.py
+++ b/tests/test_file_prompt.py
@@ -271,6 +271,49 @@ class TestSaveToLibrarySteps(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.assertEqual(decision.kind, "positive")
                 self.assertEqual(decision.text, "SECRET OFF TEXT")
 
+    def test_an_off_node_on_a_negative_input_name_never_blocks(self):
+        """The walk skips negative inputs by #90's own rule (``neg``,
+        ``neg_text``, ``text_neg``, ``negative_text``)."""
+        for key in ("neg", "neg_text", "text_neg", "negative_text"):
+            with self.subTest(key=key):
+                graph = {
+                    "1": {
+                        "class_type": "PromptManagerText",
+                        "inputs": {"text": "bad hands", "save_to_library": False},
+                    },
+                    "9": {
+                        "class_type": "PromptManagerText",
+                        "inputs": {"text": "a cat", "save_to_library": True},
+                    },
+                    "7": {
+                        "class_type": "PipeEncode",
+                        "inputs": {"pos_text": ["9", 0], key: ["1", 0]},
+                    },
+                    "4": {"class_type": "CheckpointLoaderSimple", "inputs": {}},
+                    "3": {
+                        "class_type": "KSampler",
+                        "inputs": {
+                            "model": ["4", 0],
+                            "positive": ["7", 0],
+                            "negative": ["7", 1],
+                        },
+                    },
+                }
+                self.assertIsNone(file_prompt._switched_off_upstream(graph))
+                self.assertNotIn(
+                    _decide(_graph(graph)).kind, ("not_saved", "not_saved_wired")
+                )
+
+    def test_the_guards_accept_malformed_nodes(self):
+        graph = {
+            "1": {"class_type": "PromptManagerText", "inputs": None},
+            "2": {"class_type": "PromptManagerText"},
+        }
+        self.assertIsNone(file_prompt._off_text(graph, "x"))
+        side = {"provenance": ["not", "a", "dict"]}
+        with mock.patch.object(file_prompt, "side_opted_out", return_value=True):
+            self.assertIsNone(file_prompt._side_switch(graph, side))
+
     def test_the_off_text_guard_reads_a_nodes_resolved_text(self):
         graph = {
             "1": {
diff --git a/utils/file_prompt.py b/utils/file_prompt.py
index 0fcfedf0..a4c731d2 100644
--- a/utils/file_prompt.py
+++ b/utils/file_prompt.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from .generation_params import (
 from .prompt_graph import (
     PROMPT_MANAGER_TYPES,
     _positive_roots,
+    is_negative_input,
     metadata_opted_out,
     resolve_text,
     save_setting,
@@ -281,7 +282,9 @@ def _side_switch(graph: Any, side: Any) -> Optional[str]:
     """The switch outcome of the PromptManager nodes on a side's path."""
     if not isinstance(graph, dict) or not side_opted_out(graph, side):
         return None
-    path = (side.get("provenance") or {}).get("path") or []
+    provenance = side.get("provenance")
+    path = provenance.get("path") if isinstance(provenance, dict) else None
+    path = path if isinstance(path, list) else []
     nodes = {str(step.get("node_id")) for step in path if isinstance(step, dict)} & set(
         _prompt_manager_ids(graph)
     )
@@ -337,7 +340,7 @@ def _switched_off_upstream(graph: Any) -> Optional[str]:
             found.add(node_id)
         inputs = node.get("inputs")
         for key, value in (inputs.items() if isinstance(inputs, dict) else ()):
-            if key in _NOT_TEXT_INPUTS or "negative" in str(key).lower():
+            if key in _NOT_TEXT_INPUTS or is_negative_input(key):
                 continue
             if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)) and len(value) == 2:
                 if isinstance(value[0], (str, int)) and isinstance(value[1], int):
@@ -353,7 +356,8 @@ def _off_text(graph: Any, text: str) -> Optional[str]:
     for node_id in _prompt_manager_ids(graph):
         node_text = resolve_text(graph, node_id)
         if node_text is None:
-            literal = graph[node_id].get("inputs", {}).get("text")
+            inputs = graph[node_id].get("inputs")
+            literal = inputs.get("text") if isinstance(inputs, dict) else None
             node_text = literal if isinstance(literal, str) else None
         if node_text is not None and node_text.strip() == wanted:
             matched.append(save_setting(graph, node_id))
diff --git a/utils/prompt_graph.py b/utils/prompt_graph.py
index b21021af..88a45c54 100644
--- a/utils/prompt_graph.py
+++ b/utils/prompt_graph.py
@@ -41,9 +41,14 @@ _TEXT_KEY = re.compile(r"^(text|string|prompt)(_?[a-z0-9]+)?$", re.IGNORECASE)
 _NEGATIVE_KEY = re.compile(r"(^|_)neg(ative)?($|_)", re.IGNORECASE)
 
 
+def is_negative_input(key: Any) -> bool:
+    """Whether an input name carries a negative prompt (#90's one rule)."""
+    return isinstance(key, str) and bool(_NEGATIVE_KEY.search(key))
+
+
 def follows_input(key: Any) -> bool:
     """Whether an input name carries positive conditioning or prompt text."""
-    if not isinstance(key, str) or _NEGATIVE_KEY.search(key):
+    if not isinstance(key, str) or is_negative_input(key):
         return False
     return key == "positive" or bool(
         _CONDITIONING_KEY.match(key) or _TEXT_KEY.match(key)