diff --git a/OpenNest.Core/CNC/CuttingPlanning/PreparedContours.cs b/OpenNest.Core/CNC/CuttingPlanning/PreparedContours.cs
index e43b24c..377ba77 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Core/CNC/CuttingPlanning/PreparedContours.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Core/CNC/CuttingPlanning/PreparedContours.cs
@@ -215,12 +215,7 @@ public sealed class PreparedContours
     private static Vector Start(Entity entity) => entity is Line line ? line.StartPoint : ((Arc)entity).StartPoint();
     private static Vector End(Entity entity) => entity is Line line ? line.EndPoint : ((Arc)entity).EndPoint();
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Owned copy of a validated graph with every program in incremental mode, so
-    /// <see cref="ConvertProgram.ToGeometry"/> keeps absolute subprogram frame offsets. Shared
-    /// subprograms stay shared. Validate exact instruction types first: this clones every code.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal static Program CopyForGeometry(Program source, CancellationToken token)
+    private static Program CopyForGeometry(Program source, CancellationToken token)
     {
         var copies = new Dictionary<Program, Program>(ReferenceEqualityComparer.Instance);
         return Copy(source);
diff --git a/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/PlateOverlapAnalyzer.cs b/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/PlateOverlapAnalyzer.cs
index eb191ec..e329249 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/PlateOverlapAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/PlateOverlapAnalyzer.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using OpenNest.CNC;
-using OpenNest.CNC.CuttingPlanning;
 using OpenNest.Converters;
 using OpenNest.Geometry;
 
@@ -72,12 +71,10 @@ public static class PlateOverlapAnalyzer
     {
         try
         {
-            ValidateProgram(program, new HashSet<Program>(ReferenceEqualityComparer.Instance));
-            // Convert an incremental-mode copy: the converter adds call offsets to incremental moves
-            // only, so absolute subprogram holes would otherwise land at their frame origin. The
-            // copy is owned; the live program is neither converted in place nor rotated.
-            var geometry = PreparedContours.CopyForGeometry(program, CancellationToken.None);
-            return new OverlapSource(program, ConvertProgram.ToGeometry(geometry)
+            ValidateProgram(program, new HashSet<Program>(ReferenceEqualityComparer.Instance), false);
+            // Conversion creates fresh geometry, including expanded shared hole calls;
+            // no cloning/rotation of a live program or subprogram is necessary.
+            return new OverlapSource(program, ConvertProgram.ToGeometry(program)
                 .Where(entity => SpecialLayers.IsMaterial(entity.Layer)
                     && entity.Layer != SpecialLayers.Leadin
                     && entity.Layer != SpecialLayers.Leadout).ToList(), null);
@@ -278,12 +275,18 @@ public static class PlateOverlapAnalyzer
         typeof(Comment), typeof(Feedrate), typeof(Kerf),
     ];
 
-    private static void ValidateProgram(Program program, HashSet<Program> visiting)
+    private static void ValidateProgram(Program program, HashSet<Program> visiting, bool subprogram)
     {
         if (program == null || !visiting.Add(program) || visiting.Count > 64)
             throw new ArgumentException("Missing, recursive, or excessively nested subprogram.");
         if (program.Codes == null)
             throw new ArgumentException("Program has no instruction list.");
+        // The converter adds a call's frame offset to incremental moves only, so an absolute
+        // subprogram would be read at its frame origin. Converting it exactly needs a lossless
+        // frame transform; until then it is refused rather than misread (OpenNest writes hole
+        // subprograms in incremental mode).
+        if (subprogram && program.Mode == Mode.Absolute)
+            throw new NotSupportedException("Absolute-mode subprograms are not supported by the overlap check.");
         foreach (var code in program.Codes)
         {
             if (code == null)
@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@ public static class PlateOverlapAnalyzer
             {
                 if (!OverlapMaterial.IsFinite(call.Offset) || !double.IsFinite(call.Rotation))
                     throw new ArgumentException("Subprogram pose must be finite.");
-                ValidateProgram(call.Program, visiting);
+                ValidateProgram(call.Program, visiting, true);
             }
         }
         visiting.Remove(program);
diff --git a/OpenNest.Tests/CuttingPlanning/CuttingPlanBatchTests.cs b/OpenNest.Tests/CuttingPlanning/CuttingPlanBatchTests.cs
index b5568e6..cc8188a 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Tests/CuttingPlanning/CuttingPlanBatchTests.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Tests/CuttingPlanning/CuttingPlanBatchTests.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class CuttingPlanBatchTests
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(Mode.Absolute)]
     [InlineData(Mode.Incremental)]
-    public void Plan_SubprogramHolesInEitherMode_AreNotFalseOverlaps(Mode mode)
+    public void Plan_SubprogramHoles_AreNeverAFalseOverlap(Mode mode)
     {
         var hole = new Program();
         hole.MoveTo(1, 0);
@@ -115,8 +115,17 @@ public class CuttingPlanBatchTests
         var proposal = CuttingPlanBatch.Capture([plate], ExplicitContourTests.Parameters(), false).Plan();
 
         var planned = Assert.Single(proposal.Plates);
-        Assert.True(planned.IsOverlapClear, string.Join("; ", planned.Overlap.Issues.Select(i => i.Message)));
-        Assert.True(planned.IsReady);
+        Assert.True(planned.IsRouteReady);
+        Assert.Empty(planned.Overlap.Pairs);
+        if (mode == Mode.Incremental)
+            Assert.True(planned.IsReady, string.Join("; ", planned.Overlap.Issues.Select(i => i.Message)));
+        else
+        {
+            // The overlap check cannot read absolute subprograms yet: blocked as unchecked, not as overlapping.
+            Assert.False(planned.IsReady);
+            Assert.Contains("Overlap check incomplete for part 1: Absolute-mode subprograms",
+                string.Join("\n", proposal.Describe("in")));
+        }
     }
 
     [Fact]
diff --git a/OpenNest.Tests/Diagnostics/PlateOverlapAnalyzerTests.cs b/OpenNest.Tests/Diagnostics/PlateOverlapAnalyzerTests.cs
index 82c53fa..390b02b 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Tests/Diagnostics/PlateOverlapAnalyzerTests.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Tests/Diagnostics/PlateOverlapAnalyzerTests.cs
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public class PlateOverlapAnalyzerTests
     [Theory]
     [InlineData(Mode.Absolute)]
     [InlineData(Mode.Incremental)]
-    public void Analyze_SubprogramHolesKeepTheirCallOffsetsInEitherMode(Mode mode)
+    public void Analyze_IncrementalHolesKeepTheirOffsetsAndAbsoluteOnesAreRefused(Mode mode)
     {
         var hole = new Program();
         hole.MoveTo(1, 0);
@@ -525,8 +525,37 @@ public class PlateOverlapAnalyzerTests
 
         var report = PlateOverlapAnalyzer.Analyze(new[] { host, insert });
 
-        Assert.True(report.IsComplete, string.Join("; ", report.Issues.Select(issue => issue.Message)));
+        // Never a false overlap: incremental holes are read at their call offsets, and an absolute
+        // subprogram, which the converter would read at its frame origin, is an incomplete check.
         Assert.Empty(report.Pairs);
+        if (mode == Mode.Incremental)
+            Assert.True(report.IsComplete, string.Join("; ", report.Issues.Select(issue => issue.Message)));
+        else
+        {
+            var issue = Assert.Single(report.Issues);
+            Assert.Equal((0, (int?)null), (issue.PartAId, issue.PartBId));
+            Assert.Contains("Absolute-mode subprograms", issue.Message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Analyze_AbsoluteCoordinatesFarFromTheMaterialAreReadExactly()
+    {
+        // Rebuilding absolute endpoints from incremental deltas after a rapid at 1e12 moves the
+        // contour by about 2.4e-5, enough to hide this 2e-5 wide overlap.
+        var far = new Program(Mode.Absolute);
+        far.Codes.Add(new RapidMove(new Vector(1e12, 0)));
+        far.Codes.Add(new RapidMove(new Vector(0.1, 0)));
+        foreach (var point in new[] { new Vector(1.1, 0), new Vector(1.1, 10), new Vector(0.1, 10), new Vector(0.1, 0) })
+            far.Codes.Add(new LinearMove(point));
+        var first = new Part(new Drawing("far rapid", far));
+        var second = Rectangle(1.09998, 0, 1, 10);
+
+        var report = PlateOverlapAnalyzer.Analyze(new[] { first, second });
+
+        Assert.True(report.IsComplete, string.Join("; ", report.Issues.Select(issue => issue.Message)));
+        var pair = Assert.Single(report.Pairs);
+        Assert.Equal(2e-4, pair.Area, 6);
     }
 
     [Fact]
diff --git a/docs/cutting-planner.md b/docs/cutting-planner.md
index 7a27468..73a6c04 100644
--- a/docs/cutting-planner.md
+++ b/docs/cutting-planner.md
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ plans every plate that has parts. Both open one dialog built on
   already pass the checks.
 - Every plate is captured on the UI thread and checked and planned on a worker. Clean part
   material is checked for overlaps with the pre-post overlap analyzer; overlapping parts or
-  an incomplete check block that plate whatever its route. A free-order search that ends
+  an incomplete check (see [pre-post verification](post-verification.md)) block that plate
+  whatever its route. A free-order search that ends
   `NoSolutionWithinBudget` is retried once with the current part order, and the summary
   says the order was kept. A kept order is allowed 400 expansions per part (at
   least the default 20000), because it still searches contour order and entries.
diff --git a/docs/post-verification.md b/docs/post-verification.md
index 704a621..9414397 100644
--- a/docs/post-verification.md
+++ b/docs/post-verification.md
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ shows all three check categories, even when there are no findings:
 
 Findings identify the plate and part's position in the cutting sequence. Read the
 scrollable report, cancel to fix the nest, then post again to rerun verification.
-Uncheckable geometry is reported as incomplete, not passed. Multiple interrupted
+Uncheckable geometry is reported as incomplete, not passed. The overlap check reads
+clean drawing programs made of the built-in instructions only; a missing instruction
+list, any other instruction type, or a hole stored as an absolute-mode subprogram
+(OpenNest writes them incremental) makes that part's check incomplete. Multiple interrupted
 cut fragments, or a lead-out after an open contour that might cut through a tab,
 also require manual review rather than being assumed retained.