diff --git a/benchmark/results/perf_owned_metadata_fallback_20261005/receiving.json b/benchmark/results/perf_owned_metadata_fallback_20261005/receiving.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a1cc56423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/results/perf_owned_metadata_fallback_20261005/receiving.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "state": "TERMINAL_PASS_PARITY_NO_END_TO_END_GAIN_ESTABLISHED",
+  "source_head": "8bb40a7463b6a2467639f3fec1a010e46792c073",
+  "candidate_scope": "source_metadata.py only; owned no-op component support and ordered literal namespace",
+  "ordinary": {
+    "baseline": {
+      "ExampleIlluminationCorrection_Example3": {
+        "compile_seconds": 0.23293828964233398,
+        "execute_seconds": 0.2601172924041748,
+        "total_seconds": 0.5862254430539906
+      },
+      "cp_tutorial_3d_monolayer": {
+        "compile_seconds": 0.5136797428131104,
+        "execute_seconds": 3.7792391777038574,
+        "total_seconds": 4.465305561665446
+      }
+    },
+    "candidate": {
+      "ExampleIlluminationCorrection_Example3": {
+        "compile_seconds": 0.23083734512329102,
+        "execute_seconds": 0.25908708572387695,
+        "total_seconds": 0.5919077293947339
+      },
+      "cp_tutorial_3d_monolayer": {
+        "compile_seconds": 0.5079293251037598,
+        "execute_seconds": 4.038333892822266,
+        "total_seconds": 4.701046504080296
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "science": "4/4 strict comparisons PASS against retained qualified native, matching existing authoritative headless pipeline patches",
+  "limits": [
+    "One ordinary pair, not a variability estimate or causal regression attribution.",
+    "Server/registry/kernel startup excluded.",
+    "Candidate 3D processing-contract union rose about289ms while server execution rose259ms; no end-to-end improvement observed.",
+    "13-cohort metadata-only replay saves10.270ms; no extrapolation to entire pipeline."
+  ],
+  "post_receiving_main_sync": {
+    "base": "2bd9fa473",
+    "change": "Spreadsheet source-provenance export fix #734; no source_metadata.py changes",
+    "validation": "44 existing spreadsheet export controls PASS after merge; no repeated pipeline observation"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/openhcs/core/source_metadata.py b/openhcs/core/source_metadata.py
index dcca01fbc3..4a330990cb 100644
--- a/openhcs/core/source_metadata.py
+++ b/openhcs/core/source_metadata.py
@@ -223,20 +223,30 @@ def provenance_identity_items(
             lambda: tuple((key, repr(value)) for key, value in cls.identity_items(metadata)),
         )
 
-    @classmethod
+    @staticmethod
     def literal_value(
-        cls, metadata: SourceMetadataMapping, key: str
+        metadata: SourceMetadataMapping, key: str
     ) -> SourceMetadataScalar:
+        if isinstance(metadata, SourceMetadataFields):
+            return metadata._literal_value(key)
+        return SourceMetadataFields._literal_value(metadata, key)
+
+    def _literal_value(self, key: str) -> SourceMetadataScalar:
         # Preserve the existing lookup's role-validation order even when the
         # requested literal could be read without the original metadata role.
-        scalars = cls.scalar_items(metadata)
-        original = cls.original_items(metadata)
+        scalars = SourceMetadataFields.scalar_items(self)
+        original = SourceMetadataFields.original_items(self)
         for fields in (original, scalars):
             for candidate_key, value in fields:
                 if str(candidate_key) == key and value is not None:
                     return value
         return None
 
+    @property
+    def _admitted_components_complete(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether retained, already demanded views cover every component slot."""
+        return False
+
     @classmethod
     def literal_field_types(
         cls, metadata_records: Iterable[SourceMetadataMapping]
@@ -386,7 +396,13 @@ def with_missing_from(
     ) -> SourceMetadataMapping:
         merged: dict[str, SourceMetadataValue] | None = None
         current = metadata
-        for component in AllComponents:
+        components = (
+            ()
+            if isinstance(metadata, SourceMetadataFields)
+            and metadata._admitted_components_complete
+            else AllComponents
+        )
+        for component in components:
             if cls.component_value(current, component) is not None:
                 continue
             value = cls.component_value(fallback, component)
@@ -523,6 +539,28 @@ def _derived_view(
             self._views[key] = derive()
         return self._views[key]
 
+    @property
+    def _admitted_components_complete(self) -> bool:
+        return self._cacheable and all(
+            self._views.get(component) is not None for component in AllComponents
+        )
+
+    def _literal_value(self, key: str) -> SourceMetadataScalar:
+        if not self._cacheable:
+            return super()._literal_value(key)
+
+        def project() -> dict[str, SourceMetadataScalar]:
+            scalars = SourceMetadataFields.scalar_items(self)
+            original = SourceMetadataFields.original_items(self)
+            values: dict[str, SourceMetadataScalar] = {}
+            for fields in (original, scalars):
+                for name, value in fields:
+                    if value is not None:
+                        values.setdefault(str(name), value)
+            return values
+
+        return self._derived_view("literal_values", project).get(key)
+
     def _readonly_snapshot(self) -> SourceMetadataMapping:
         return self