diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index 48aec15..5f35119 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from "node:path";
-import { buildProgramGraphs, startExtraction } from "./dataflow";
+import { type ExtractionHandle, buildProgramGraphs, startExtraction } from "./dataflow";
 import { type LinkerResolutions, mergeCallGraphs, runDefuseLinker, tscProvider } from "./semantic_analysis";
 import { loadCache, saveCache } from "./utils";
 import { materialize } from "./build";
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ export async function analyze(opts: AnalysisOptions): Promise<AnalysisResult> {
   if (opts.analysisLevel >= 3 && programs.length > 1) {
     log.warn(`L3 dataflow uses the root tsconfig for all ${programs.length} programs; nested-program files may under-resolve (see #56)`);
   }
-  const extraction = opts.analysisLevel >= 3 ? startExtraction(project, symbol_table, mat.tsConfigFilePath, opts, log) : null;
+  let extraction: ExtractionHandle | null = null;
+  if (opts.analysisLevel >= 3) {
+    if (!project) throw new Error("compiler project missing for dataflow analysis");
+    extraction = startExtraction(project, symbol_table, mat.tsConfigFilePath, opts, log);
+  }
 
   // Call graph: the tsc resolver, per program (each with its own Project + its slice of callables
   // via `only`), merged across programs. Only worth running at level >= 2: finalizeAnalysis
diff --git a/src/syntactic_analysis/symbolTable.ts b/src/syntactic_analysis/symbolTable.ts
index a0a2dc9..ad82b9b 100644
--- a/src/syntactic_analysis/symbolTable.ts
+++ b/src/syntactic_analysis/symbolTable.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ export interface BuiltProgram {
 }
 
 export interface SymbolTableResult {
-  // The ROOT program's Project — single-program consumers keep working unchanged.
-  project: Project;
+  // The root Project is absent only on a complete warm Level-1 hit; Levels 2–4 always receive it.
+  project: Project | undefined;
   symbol_table: Record<string, TSModule>;
   files: DiscoveredFile[];
-  // One entry per discovered program (deepest scope first, root last).
+  // Deepest scope first and root last; empty only with the Project-free Level-1 fast path.
   programs: BuiltProgram[];
 }
 
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ export function buildSymbolTable(
   // The set of files to BUILD (targets in -t mode, else all).
   const buildFiles = targets ?? allProjectFiles;
 
+  const reusable = new Map<string, TSModule>();
+  if (cached && !opts.eager) {
+    for (const file of buildFiles) {
+      const cachedModule = cached[file.fileKey];
+      if (cachedModule && fileUnchanged(file.absPath, cachedModule)) {
+        reusable.set(file.fileKey, cachedModule);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // Assign every discovered file to exactly one program (deepest scope wins), then construct one
   // Project per program from ONLY its files — so each file resolves under the tsconfig that governs
   // it (module resolution, `paths` aliases, lib) instead of a single root program swallowing all.
@@ -64,6 +74,24 @@ export function buildSymbolTable(
   for (const s of specs) assignment.set(s, []);
   for (const f of allProjectFiles) assignment.get(ownerProgram(f.absPath, specs))!.push(f);
 
+  if (
+    opts.analysisLevel === 1 &&
+    cached !== null &&
+    !opts.eager &&
+    reusable.size === buildFiles.length
+  ) {
+    const symbol_table: Record<string, TSModule> = {};
+    for (const file of buildFiles) symbol_table[file.fileKey] = reusable.get(file.fileKey)!;
+    for (const spec of specs) {
+      const files = assignment.get(spec)!;
+      log.info(
+        `program: ${spec.configPath ? path.relative(root, spec.configPath) : "default"} (${files.length} files)`,
+      );
+    }
+    log.info(`symbol table: 0 built, ${buildFiles.length} cached, ${buildFiles.length} modules`);
+    return { project: undefined, symbol_table, files: buildFiles, programs: [] };
+  }
+
   const projectOf = new Map<ProgramSpec, Project>();
   const programs: BuiltProgram[] = [];
   for (const s of specs) {
@@ -87,8 +115,9 @@ export function buildSymbolTable(
   let built = 0;
   let fromCache = 0;
   for (const f of buildFiles) {
-    if (cached && !opts.eager && cached[f.fileKey] && fileUnchanged(f.absPath, cached[f.fileKey])) {
-      symbol_table[f.fileKey] = cached[f.fileKey];
+    const cachedModule = reusable.get(f.fileKey);
+    if (cachedModule) {
+      symbol_table[f.fileKey] = cachedModule;
       fromCache++;
       continue;
     }
diff --git a/test/l1-body-cache-shape.test.ts b/test/l1-body-cache-shape.test.ts
index f27cb90..08f5264 100644
--- a/test/l1-body-cache-shape.test.ts
+++ b/test/l1-body-cache-shape.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
+import * as fs from "node:fs";
+import * as os from "node:os";
+import * as path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { materialize } from "../src/build";
+import { analyze } from "../src/core";
+import type { AnalysisOptions } from "../src/options";
 import { populateL1Body } from "../src/schema/l1Body";
 import type { AnalysisInternal, TSCallable, TSModule } from "../src/schema";
+import { buildSymbolTable } from "../src/syntactic_analysis";
+import { loadCache, Logger } from "../src/utils";
+
+const FIXTURE = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, "fixtures/sample-app");
 
 describe("l1Body tolerates a stale-cache callable (#101 fix round 1)", () => {
   test("callable missing config_accesses (call_sites present) does not throw", () => {
@@ -29,3 +39,44 @@ describe("l1Body tolerates a stale-cache callable (#101 fix round 1)", () => {
     expect(kinds).not.toContain("config_access"); // nothing to materialize; no crash either
   });
 });
+
+test("complete warm Level-1 cache hits skip projects and preserve output", async () => {
+  const cacheDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "cants-l1-cache-"));
+  const opts: AnalysisOptions = {
+    input: FIXTURE,
+    output: null,
+    emit: "json",
+    appName: "sample-app",
+    neo4jUri: null,
+    neo4jUser: "neo4j",
+    neo4jPassword: "",
+    neo4jDatabase: null,
+    analysisLevel: 1,
+    graphs: [],
+    graphFieldDepth: 3,
+    jobs: 1,
+    targetFiles: null,
+    skipTests: true,
+    eager: false,
+    noBuild: true,
+    phantoms: true,
+    cacheDir,
+    verbosity: 0,
+  };
+
+  try {
+    const cold = await analyze(opts);
+    const cached = loadCache(cacheDir);
+    expect(cached, "cold analysis cache").not.toBeNull();
+
+    const log = new Logger(0);
+    const result = buildSymbolTable(opts, materialize(opts, log), cached!.symbol_table, log);
+    expect(result.project).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.programs).toHaveLength(0);
+
+    const warm = await analyze(opts);
+    expect(warm.application).toEqual(cold.application);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});