diff --git a/src/snapshot.ts b/src/snapshot.ts
index c2d6c30..8219f3a 100644
--- a/src/snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/snapshot.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import type { Page } from "playwright";
 import { shortHash, stableHash } from "./hash.js";
 import { generateLocators, verifyLocators } from "./locator.js";
-import type { ActionableElement, RawActionableElement, SnapshotResult, StateNode } from "./types.js";
+import type {
+  ActionableElement,
+  ContextAnchor,
+  ElementContext,
+  ParameterSurface,
+  RawActionableElement,
+  SnapshotResult,
+  StateNode,
+} from "./types.js";
 
 export async function snapshotPage(page: Page, openedByEdgeId: string | null = null): Promise<SnapshotResult> {
   const raw = await page.evaluate(collectPageSnapshot);
@@ -13,6 +21,7 @@ export async function snapshotPage(page: Page, openedByEdgeId: string | null = n
     visibleTextHash: stableHash(raw.visibleText),
     actionableSignatureHash: stableHash(raw.elements.map(actionableSignature)),
   });
+  const viewport = raw.viewport;
 
   const state: StateNode = {
     stateId: `state_${shortHash(stateHash)}`,
@@ -27,11 +36,38 @@ export async function snapshotPage(page: Page, openedByEdgeId: string | null = n
     modalStack: raw.modalStack,
     openedByEdgeId,
     createdAt,
+    lifecycle: "fingerprinted",
+    urlCanonicalKey: raw.urlCanonicalKey,
+    language: raw.language,
+    viewport,
+    evidence: [
+      { level: "observed", source: "browser.location", description: "URL and route captured from the page" },
+      {
+        level: "derived",
+        source: "snapshot.hash",
+        description: "State hashes derived from DOM, visible text, and actionable signatures",
+      },
+    ],
   };
 
   const elements: ActionableElement[] = [];
   for (const rawElement of raw.elements) {
-    const elementId = `el_${shortHash([state.stateId, rawElement.uid, actionableSignature(rawElement)])}`;
+    const elementId = `el_${shortHash([
+      state.stateId,
+      rawElement.candidateIndex,
+      rawElement.tag,
+      rawElement.role,
+      rawElement.attributes["data-testid"] || rawElement.attributes["data-test-id"] || rawElement.attributes["data-test"] || null,
+      rawElement.attributes.id || null,
+      rawElement.attributes.name || null,
+      rawElement.identityText,
+      rawElement.context.dialog?.name ?? null,
+      rawElement.context.form?.name ?? null,
+      rawElement.context.section?.name ?? null,
+      rawElement.context.landmark?.name ?? null,
+      rawElement.context.listitem?.name ?? null,
+      null,
+    ])}`;
     const locators = await verifyLocators(page, generateLocators(elementId, rawElement));
     elements.push({
       elementId,
@@ -48,18 +84,30 @@ export async function snapshotPage(page: Page, openedByEdgeId: string | null = n
       shadowPath: [],
       interactability: rawElement.visibility,
       locators,
+      context: rawElement.context,
+      parameterSurface: rawElement.parameterSurface,
+      evidence: rawElement.evidence,
     });
   }
 
   return { state, elements, visibleText: raw.visibleText };
 }
 
+function boundedIdentityText(value: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  const normalized = value?.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim() ?? "";
+  if (!normalized || normalized.length > 120) return null;
+  return normalized;
+}
+
 interface BrowserSnapshot {
   url: string;
   route: string;
   title: string;
   dom: string;
   visibleText: string;
+  language: string | null;
+  viewport: { width: number; height: number };
+  urlCanonicalKey: string;
   modalStack: string[];
   elements: RawActionableElement[];
 }
@@ -102,6 +150,9 @@ function collectPageSnapshot(): BrowserSnapshot {
     title: document.title,
     dom: document.documentElement.outerHTML,
     visibleText: normalizeText(document.body?.innerText || ""),
+    language: normalizeNullable(document.documentElement.lang || navigator.language || ""),
+    viewport: { width: window.innerWidth, height: window.innerHeight },
+    urlCanonicalKey: canonicalUrl(location.href),
     modalStack: Array.from(document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[role='dialog'], dialog[open], [aria-modal='true']"))
       .filter((element) => isVisible(element))
       .map((element) => getAccessibleName(element) || element.id || element.tagName.toLowerCase()),
@@ -125,15 +176,28 @@ function collectPageSnapshot(): BrowserSnapshot {
     const label = getLabel(element);
     const placeholder = "placeholder" in element ? normalizeNullable(String((element as HTMLInputElement).placeholder || "")) : null;
     const accessibleName = normalizeNullable(getAccessibleName(element) || label || placeholder || text);
+    const context = getElementContext(element);
+    const parameterSurface = getParameterSurface(element);
+    const identityText = getElementIdentityText(element, label, placeholder, text, accessibleName);
     const centerX = rect.left + rect.width / 2;
     const centerY = rect.top + rect.height / 2;
     const topAtCenter = document.elementFromPoint(centerX, centerY);
 
     return {
-      uid: `${tag}_${index}_${attributes.id || attributes.name || accessibleName || text || ""}`,
+      uid: `${tag}_${index}_${
+        attributes.id ||
+        attributes.name ||
+        attributes["data-testid"] ||
+        attributes["data-test-id"] ||
+        attributes["data-test"] ||
+        identityText ||
+        ""
+      }`,
+      candidateIndex: index,
       tag,
       role,
       accessibleName,
+      identityText,
       text: normalizeNullable(text),
       label,
       placeholder,
@@ -150,6 +214,132 @@ function collectPageSnapshot(): BrowserSnapshot {
         editable: isEditable(element),
         receivesEvents: topAtCenter === element || Boolean(topAtCenter && element.contains(topAtCenter)),
       },
+      context,
+      parameterSurface,
+      evidence: [
+        { level: "observed", source: "dom", description: "Element was visible and matched actionable selector" },
+        {
+          level: "derived",
+          source: "accessibility",
+          description: "Role, name, label, and placeholder were normalized from DOM evidence",
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+  }
+
+  function getElementContext(element: HTMLElement): ElementContext {
+    return {
+      dialog: anchor(element.closest<HTMLElement>("[role='dialog'], dialog[open], [aria-modal='true']"), "dialog"),
+      form: anchor(element.closest<HTMLElement>("form"), "form"),
+      section: anchor(element.closest<HTMLElement>("section, article"), "section"),
+      row: anchor(element.closest<HTMLElement>("tr, [role='row']"), "row"),
+      landmark: anchor(
+        element.closest<HTMLElement>("nav, aside, header, footer, main, [role='navigation'], [role='main'], [role='complementary']"),
+        "landmark",
+      ),
+      listitem: anchor(element.closest<HTMLElement>("li, [role='listitem']"), "listitem"),
+    };
+  }
+
+  function anchor(element: HTMLElement | null, kind: ContextAnchor["kind"]): ContextAnchor | null {
+    if (!element) return null;
+    return {
+      kind,
+      name: getAnchorName(element),
+      text: normalizeNullable((element.innerText || element.textContent || "").slice(0, 240)),
+    };
+  }
+
+  function getAnchorName(element: HTMLElement): string | null {
+    return (
+      boundedAnchorText(element.getAttribute("aria-label")) ??
+      getAriaLabelledByAnchorName(element) ??
+      boundedAnchorText(element.getAttribute("title")) ??
+      boundedAnchorText(element.id) ??
+      getHeadingAnchorName(element)
+    );
+  }
+
+  function getAriaLabelledByAnchorName(element: HTMLElement): string | null {
+    const labelledBy = element.getAttribute("aria-labelledby");
+    if (!labelledBy) return null;
+    const text = labelledBy
+      .split(/\s+/)
+      .map((id) => document.getElementById(id)?.innerText || document.getElementById(id)?.textContent || "")
+      .join(" ");
+    return boundedAnchorText(text);
+  }
+
+  function getHeadingAnchorName(element: HTMLElement): string | null {
+    const heading = element.querySelector<HTMLElement>("h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, [role='heading']");
+    if (!heading) return null;
+    return boundedAnchorText(heading.innerText || heading.textContent || "");
+  }
+
+  function boundedAnchorText(value: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+    const normalized = normalizeText(value || "");
+    if (!normalized || normalized.length > 120) return null;
+    return normalized;
+  }
+
+  function boundedIdentityText(value: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+    const normalized = normalizeText(value || "");
+    if (!normalized || normalized.length > 120) return null;
+    return normalized;
+  }
+
+  function getElementIdentityText(
+    element: HTMLElement,
+    label: string | null,
+    placeholder: string | null,
+    text: string,
+    accessibleName: string | null,
+  ): string | null {
+    return (
+      boundedIdentityText(element.getAttribute("aria-label")) ??
+      getAriaLabelledByAnchorName(element) ??
+      boundedIdentityText(element.getAttribute("title")) ??
+      boundedIdentityText(label) ??
+      boundedIdentityText(placeholder) ??
+      (isContainerLike(element) ? null : boundedIdentityText(accessibleName) ?? boundedIdentityText(text))
+    );
+  }
+
+  function isContainerLike(element: HTMLElement): boolean {
+    const tag = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
+    const role = element.getAttribute("role")?.toLowerCase() || "";
+    return (
+      ["article", "aside", "dialog", "div", "footer", "form", "header", "li", "main", "nav", "ol", "section", "table", "tbody", "thead", "tr", "ul"].includes(
+        tag,
+      ) ||
+      ["complementary", "dialog", "form", "grid", "list", "listitem", "main", "navigation", "region", "row", "table"].includes(role)
+    );
+  }
+
+  function getParameterSurface(element: HTMLElement): ParameterSurface | null {
+    const tag = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
+    if (!["input", "select", "textarea"].includes(tag) && !element.isContentEditable) return null;
+    const input = element as HTMLInputElement;
+    const select = element as HTMLSelectElement;
+    return {
+      name: input.name || element.getAttribute("name"),
+      inputType: tag === "input" ? (input.type || "text").toLowerCase() : tag,
+      required: Boolean((input as HTMLInputElement).required),
+      readonly: Boolean((input as HTMLInputElement).readOnly),
+      disabled: Boolean((input as HTMLInputElement).disabled),
+      pattern: input.getAttribute("pattern"),
+      min: input.getAttribute("min"),
+      max: input.getAttribute("max"),
+      maxLength: Number.isFinite(input.maxLength) && input.maxLength >= 0 ? input.maxLength : null,
+      options:
+        tag === "select"
+          ? Array.from(select.options).map((option) => ({
+              label: normalizeText(option.label || option.textContent || ""),
+              value: option.value,
+              disabled: option.disabled,
+              selected: option.selected,
+            }))
+          : [],
     };
   }
 
@@ -247,5 +437,15 @@ function collectPageSnapshot(): BrowserSnapshot {
     const normalized = normalizeText(value);
     return normalized || null;
   }
-}
 
+  function canonicalUrl(value: string): string {
+    const url = new URL(value);
+    url.hash = "";
+    const params = Array.from(url.searchParams.entries())
+      .filter(([key]) => !/^utm_|^fbclid$|^gclid$/.test(key))
+      .sort(([left], [right]) => left.localeCompare(right));
+    url.search = "";
+    for (const [key, item] of params) url.searchParams.append(key, item);
+    return url.toString();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 4a77f7e..52196ca 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,34 @@ export interface EvidenceRecord {
   description: string;
 }
 
+export interface ContextAnchor {
+  kind: "dialog" | "form" | "section" | "row" | "landmark" | "listitem";
+  name: string | null;
+  text: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface ElementContext {
+  dialog: ContextAnchor | null;
+  form: ContextAnchor | null;
+  section: ContextAnchor | null;
+  row: ContextAnchor | null;
+  landmark: ContextAnchor | null;
+  listitem: ContextAnchor | null;
+}
+
+export interface ParameterSurface {
+  name: string | null;
+  inputType: string | null;
+  required: boolean;
+  readonly: boolean;
+  disabled: boolean;
+  pattern: string | null;
+  min: string | null;
+  max: string | null;
+  maxLength: number | null;
+  options: Array<{ label: string; value: string; disabled: boolean; selected: boolean }>;
+}
+
 export interface RuntimeContext {
   browserName: "chromium";
   viewport: { width: number; height: number };
@@ -73,6 +101,9 @@ export interface ActionableElement {
   shadowPath: string[];
   interactability: VisibilityInfo;
   locators: LocatorCandidate[];
+  context: ElementContext;
+  parameterSurface: ParameterSurface | null;
+  evidence: EvidenceRecord[];
 }
 
 export interface StateNode {
@@ -88,6 +119,11 @@ export interface StateNode {
   modalStack: string[];
   openedByEdgeId: string | null;
   createdAt: string;
+  lifecycle: StateLifecycle;
+  urlCanonicalKey: string;
+  language: string | null;
+  viewport: { width: number; height: number };
+  evidence: EvidenceRecord[];
 }
 
 export type ActionType = "click" | "fill" | "select" | "check" | "uncheck" | "navigate";
@@ -194,15 +230,20 @@ export interface FailedObservation {
 
 export interface RawActionableElement {
   uid: string;
+  candidateIndex: number;
   tag: string;
   role: string | null;
   accessibleName: string | null;
+  identityText: string | null;
   text: string | null;
   label: string | null;
   placeholder: string | null;
   attributes: Record<string, string>;
   bbox: BoundingBox | null;
   visibility: VisibilityInfo;
+  context: ElementContext;
+  parameterSurface: ParameterSurface | null;
+  evidence: EvidenceRecord[];
 }
 
 export interface SnapshotResult {
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/context-risk.html b/tests/fixtures/context-risk.html
index 258b324..c3b9055 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/context-risk.html
+++ b/tests/fixtures/context-risk.html
@@ -58,6 +58,42 @@
       <button type="submit">Submit search</button>
     </form>
 
+    <form>
+      <p>
+        This unnamed form deliberately contains a long body of descendant text that should remain available as bounded
+        context evidence but must not be promoted into the anchor name used for element identity. It describes internal
+        notes, operator workflow details, historical context, and extra explanatory copy that would make a noisy and
+        unstable identifier if copied into the context anchor name.
+      </p>
+      <label>
+        Unbounded Probe
+        <input name="unboundedProbe" />
+      </label>
+    </form>
+
+    <main aria-label="Operations">
+      <button data-testid="main-action">Main action</button>
+    </main>
+
+    <section aria-label="Duplicate controls">
+      <button>Duplicate</button>
+      <button>Duplicate</button>
+    </section>
+
+    <section role="dialog" aria-modal="true" class="open">
+      <span>Short volatile copy</span>
+      <button data-testid="short-dialog-action">Short dialog action</button>
+    </section>
+
+    <section role="dialog" aria-modal="true" class="open">
+      <p>
+        This unnamed dialog carries noisy descendant copy about multi-step operator notes, escalation background,
+        support annotations, internal timestamps, and other volatile details that must stay out of the dialog anchor
+        name while remaining available as bounded context text evidence for nearby actionable controls.
+      </p>
+      <button data-testid="dialog-probe">Dialog probe</button>
+    </section>
+
     <button disabled data-testid="disabled-open">Open disabled panel</button>
     <button data-testid="open-settings" onclick="document.getElementById('settings-dialog').classList.add('open')">Open settings</button>
     <section id="settings-dialog" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-label="Settings dialog">
diff --git a/tests/integration.test.ts b/tests/integration.test.ts
index e9daff1..b931ddc 100644
--- a/tests/integration.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import { test } from "node:test";
 import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { exploreUrl, scanUrl } from "../src/engine.js";
+import { shortHash } from "../src/hash.js";
 
 const fixturePath = path.resolve("tests/fixtures/context-risk.html");
+const fixtureFileUrl = pathToFileURL(fixturePath).href;
 
 async function withTempOutput<T>(name: string, callback: (out: string) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
   const dir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "action-topology-engine-test-"));
@@ -51,6 +54,131 @@ test("graph metadata records generation context and policy versions", async () =
   assert.equal(typeof graph.metadata.inputFingerprint, "string");
 });
 
+test("scan records state lifecycle, language, context anchors, and parameter surfaces", async () => {
+  const graph = await withTempOutput("evidence", (out) =>
+    scanUrl({ url: `${fixtureFileUrl}?utm_source=codex&gclid=ad-click&keep=1#customers`, out }),
+  );
+  const state = graph.states[0];
+  assert.equal(state.lifecycle, "fingerprinted");
+  assert.equal(state.language, "en");
+  assert.equal(state.viewport.width, 1440);
+  assert.equal(state.urlCanonicalKey, `${fixtureFileUrl}?keep=1`);
+  assert.equal(state.evidence.some((item) => item.level === "observed" && item.source === "browser.location"), true);
+  assert.equal(state.evidence.some((item) => item.level === "derived" && item.source === "snapshot.hash"), true);
+
+  const query = graph.elements.find((element) => element.accessibleName === "Query");
+  assert.ok(query);
+  assert.equal(query.parameterSurface?.name, "q");
+  assert.equal(query.parameterSurface?.required, true);
+  assert.equal(query.parameterSurface?.maxLength, 40);
+  assert.equal(query.context.form?.name, "Search customers");
+  assert.equal(query.evidence.some((item) => item.level === "observed"), true);
+
+  const dialogProbe = graph.elements.find((element) => element.accessibleName === "Dialog probe");
+  assert.ok(dialogProbe);
+  assert.equal(dialogProbe.context.dialog?.name, null);
+  assert.equal(dialogProbe.context.dialog?.text?.includes("noisy descendant copy"), true);
+
+  const shortUnnamedDialog = graph.elements.find(
+    (element) => element.tag === "section" && element.role === "dialog" && element.text?.includes("Short volatile copy"),
+  );
+  assert.ok(shortUnnamedDialog);
+  assert.equal(shortUnnamedDialog.context.dialog?.name, null);
+  assert.equal(shortUnnamedDialog.context.dialog?.text?.includes("Short volatile copy"), true);
+  const shortUnnamedDialogIndex = graph.elements.findIndex((element) => element === shortUnnamedDialog);
+  assert.notEqual(shortUnnamedDialogIndex, -1);
+  assert.equal(
+    shortUnnamedDialog.elementId,
+    `el_${shortHash([
+      state.stateId,
+      shortUnnamedDialogIndex,
+      shortUnnamedDialog.tag,
+      shortUnnamedDialog.role,
+      null,
+      null,
+      null,
+      null,
+      shortUnnamedDialog.context.dialog?.name,
+      shortUnnamedDialog.context.form?.name,
+      shortUnnamedDialog.context.section?.name,
+      shortUnnamedDialog.context.landmark?.name,
+      shortUnnamedDialog.context.listitem?.name,
+      null,
+    ])}`,
+  );
+
+  const unnamedDialog = graph.elements.find(
+    (element) => element.tag === "section" && element.role === "dialog" && element.text?.includes("noisy descendant copy"),
+  );
+  assert.ok(unnamedDialog);
+  const unnamedDialogIndex = graph.elements.findIndex((element) => element === unnamedDialog);
+  assert.notEqual(unnamedDialogIndex, -1);
+  assert.equal(
+    unnamedDialog.elementId,
+    `el_${shortHash([
+      state.stateId,
+      unnamedDialogIndex,
+      unnamedDialog.tag,
+      unnamedDialog.role,
+      null,
+      null,
+      null,
+      null,
+      unnamedDialog.context.dialog?.name,
+      unnamedDialog.context.form?.name,
+      unnamedDialog.context.section?.name,
+      unnamedDialog.context.landmark?.name,
+      unnamedDialog.context.listitem?.name,
+      null,
+    ])}`,
+  );
+
+  const duplicates = graph.elements.filter((element) => element.accessibleName === "Duplicate");
+  assert.equal(duplicates.length, 2);
+  assert.notEqual(duplicates[0]?.elementId, duplicates[1]?.elementId);
+
+  const unboundedProbe = graph.elements.find((element) => element.accessibleName === "Unbounded Probe");
+  assert.ok(unboundedProbe);
+  assert.equal(unboundedProbe.context.form?.name, null);
+  assert.equal(unboundedProbe.context.form?.text?.includes("long body of descendant text"), true);
+
+  const mainAction = graph.elements.find((element) => element.accessibleName === "Main action");
+  assert.ok(mainAction);
+  assert.equal(mainAction.context.section, null);
+  assert.equal(mainAction.context.landmark?.name, "Operations");
+
+  const edit = graph.elements.find((element) => element.accessibleName === "Edit");
+  assert.ok(edit);
+  assert.equal(edit.context.row?.text.includes("Acme Co") || edit.context.row?.text.includes("Beta LLC"), true);
+  const edits = graph.elements.filter((element) => element.accessibleName === "Edit");
+  assert.equal(edits.length, 2);
+  assert.notEqual(edits[0]?.elementId, edits[1]?.elementId);
+  assert.notEqual(edits[0]?.context.row?.text, edits[1]?.context.row?.text);
+  for (const item of edits) {
+    const index = graph.elements.findIndex((element) => element === item);
+    assert.notEqual(index, -1);
+    assert.equal(
+      item.elementId,
+      `el_${shortHash([
+        state.stateId,
+        index,
+        item.tag,
+        item.role,
+        item.attributes["data-testid"] || item.attributes["data-test-id"] || item.attributes["data-test"] || null,
+        item.attributes.id || null,
+        item.attributes.name || null,
+        item.accessibleName,
+        item.context.dialog?.name,
+        item.context.form?.name,
+        item.context.section?.name,
+        item.context.landmark?.name,
+        item.context.listitem?.name,
+        null,
+      ])}`,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
 test("explore records low-risk edges and keeps high-risk submit actions out of default execution", async () => {
   const graph = await withTempOutput("explore", (out) => exploreUrl({ url: fixturePath, maxActions: 8, out }));
   assert.equal(graph.edges.some((edge) => edge.riskLevel === "low" && edge.toStateId), true);
diff --git a/tests/locator.test.ts b/tests/locator.test.ts
index bf030b4..cb06835 100644
--- a/tests/locator.test.ts
+++ b/tests/locator.test.ts
@@ -6,15 +6,27 @@ import type { RawActionableElement } from "../src/types.js";
 function raw(overrides: Partial<RawActionableElement>): RawActionableElement {
   return {
     uid: "button_0_Open settings",
+    candidateIndex: 0,
     tag: "button",
     role: "button",
     accessibleName: "Open settings",
+    identityText: "Open settings",
     text: "Open settings",
     label: null,
     placeholder: null,
     attributes: { "data-testid": "open-settings", id: "openSettings" },
     bbox: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 30 },
     visibility: { visible: true, enabled: true, editable: false, receivesEvents: true },
+    context: {
+      dialog: null,
+      form: null,
+      section: null,
+      row: null,
+      landmark: null,
+      listitem: null,
+    },
+    parameterSurface: null,
+    evidence: [],
     ...overrides,
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/risk.test.ts b/tests/risk.test.ts
index 4ddd4d6..55dc479 100644
--- a/tests/risk.test.ts
+++ b/tests/risk.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ function element(overrides: Partial<ActionableElement>): ActionableElement {
     shadowPath: [],
     interactability: { visible: true, enabled: true, editable: false, receivesEvents: true },
     locators: [],
+    context: {
+      dialog: null,
+      form: null,
+      section: null,
+      row: null,
+      landmark: null,
+      listitem: null,
+    },
+    parameterSurface: null,
+    evidence: [],
     ...overrides,
   };
 }