diff --git a/src/completion.rs b/src/completion.rs
index f5ad278..38bf3bd 100644
--- a/src/completion.rs
+++ b/src/completion.rs
@@ -1243,6 +1243,27 @@ pub fn invalid_ident_at_cursor_in_mode(
     if has_sql_expr_slot && crate::dsl::sql_functions::is_known_function_prefix(partial) {
         return None;
     }
+    // A bare ident at a SQL expression slot may be a **table alias / name**
+    // the user is mid-typing as a qualifier (`ol` in `sum(ol.count)`). The
+    // defining FROM clause can sit *after* the cursor — the projection
+    // references it — so the leading-only walk has an empty from-scope and
+    // would wrongly flag the alias as an unknown column. Recover the scope
+    // from the FULL input (mirrors the §10.6 edit-an-existing-query
+    // lookahead the candidate engine uses for column narrowing) and bail
+    // when the partial prefix-matches a binding's alias or table name.
+    if has_sql_expr_slot {
+        let full = crate::dsl::walker::completion_probe_in_mode(input, cache, mode);
+        let lowered = partial.to_lowercase();
+        let matches_qualifier = full.from_scope.iter().any(|b| {
+            b.alias
+                .as_deref()
+                .is_some_and(|a| a.to_lowercase().starts_with(&lowered))
+                || b.table.to_lowercase().starts_with(&lowered)
+        });
+        if matches_qualifier {
+            return None;
+        }
+    }
     // ADR-0048 D9: the `seed … set <col> as <gen>` slot is a curated
     // vocabulary (`IdentSource::Generators`), not a schema source, so the
     // schema-column check below would never see it. A partial that
@@ -2732,6 +2753,28 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn invalid_ident_does_not_flag_a_table_alias_used_before_its_from_clause() {
+        // Manual-testing bug: in `select … sum(ol.count*…) … from … OrderLines ol …`
+        // the projection references alias `ol` whose FROM binding sits
+        // *after* the cursor. The leading-only walk had an empty from-scope
+        // and wrongly flagged `ol` as an unknown column (a red "ERR" overlay
+        // on an otherwise-valid query). The full-input lookahead must
+        // recover the scope (ADR-0032 §10.6) so `ol` is not flagged.
+        use crate::dsl::types::Type;
+        let mut s = SchemaCache::default();
+        s.tables.push("OrderLines".into());
+        s.columns.push("count".into());
+        s.table_columns
+            .insert("OrderLines".into(), vec![TableColumn::new("count", Type::Int)]);
+        let input = "select sum(ol.count) from OrderLines ol";
+        let cursor = input.find("ol.count").unwrap() + 2; // right after `ol`
+        assert!(
+            invalid_ident_at_cursor_in_mode(input, cursor, &s, Mode::Advanced).is_none(),
+            "a table alias used before its FROM clause must not be flagged as a bad column",
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn invalid_ident_fires_for_unknown_generator_after_as() {
         // ADR-0048 D9: an unknown name at the `set <col> as <gen>` slot is