diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/business-imports.mjs b/packages/cli/tests/business-imports.mjs
index 6e9ab274b..191ece798 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/business-imports.mjs
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/business-imports.mjs
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 // Vikunja #779: the helper reads imports with a regex, not a parser, so it stays strict about what
 // it cannot read. Comments are blanked before matching, so an import in a comment is not one, and an
 // import form inside a string or a regular expression is not one either. A dynamic import written
-// with a space, `import ('./x.mjs')`, counts. These throw: a dynamic import whose argument is not a
-// plain string, a dynamic import inside a template substitution (${...}), a file with an unterminated
-// string, comment, template or regular expression, a target that is missing or not a regular file,
-// and a target whose real path leaves the repository. A substitution with no dynamic import is
-// blanked with the rest of the template, as is `${import.meta.url}`; the text of a template and a
-// substitution that holds a template of its own are read to their ends.
+// with a space, `import ('./x.mjs')`, counts, and so does one after a spread, `{...import('./x.mjs')}`;
+// a property call such as `x.import(...)` or `x?.import(...)` does not. `1..import(...)`, a property
+// call on a number, reads as an import too, which errs toward refusal. These throw: a dynamic import
+// whose argument is not a plain string, a dynamic import inside a template substitution (${...}), a
+// file with an unterminated string, comment, template or regular expression, a target that is missing
+// or not a regular file, and a target whose real path leaves the repository. A substitution with no
+// dynamic import is blanked with the rest of the template, as is `${import.meta.url}`; the text of a
+// template and a substitution that holds a template of its own are read to their ends.
 // The scanner knows line and block comments, quoted strings, template literals, regular expression
 // literals (by the usual guess from the previous token) and a hashbang. The guess is wrong for a
 // regular expression after `)` or a keyword, as in `return /x/.test(y)`. After `++` or `--` a slash
@@ -23,8 +25,16 @@
 import {readdirSync,readFileSync,realpathSync,statSync} from 'node:fs';
 import {dirname,join,relative,resolve,sep} from 'node:path';
 
-const IMPORT=/(?:import|export)\s[^'"`;]*?\bfrom\s*['"](\.{1,2}\/[^'"]+)['"]|\bimport\s*['"](\.{1,2}\/[^'"]+)['"]|(?<![.\w$])import\s*\(\s*['"](\.{1,2}\/[^'"]+)['"]\s*\)/g;
-const DYNAMIC=/(?<![.\w$])import\s*\(/g;
+// `import` as a word that is not a property name. The one rule for both patterns below: a word or $
+// before it, or a single dot (x.import, x?.import), makes it a property call; a dot that follows
+// another dot is the end of a spread (...import), which evaluates the call, so it is not excluded.
+const IMPORT_WORD=/(?<![\w$])(?<!(?<!\.)\.)import/.source;
+const DYNAMIC=new RegExp(`${IMPORT_WORD}\\s*\\(`,'g');
+const IMPORT=new RegExp([
+ /(?:import|export)\s[^'"`;]*?\bfrom\s*['"](\.{1,2}\/[^'"]+)['"]/.source,
+ /\bimport\s*['"](\.{1,2}\/[^'"]+)['"]/.source,
+ `${DYNAMIC.source}\\s*['"](\\.{1,2}\\/[^'"]+)['"]\\s*\\)`,
+].join('|'),'g');
 const DYNAMIC_LITERAL=/^import\s*\(\s*(['"])[^'"\n]*\1\s*\)/;
 const REGEX_AFTER='(,=:[!&|?{};+-*%<>~^';
 const inert=(literals,index)=>literals.some(([from,to])=>index>=from&&index<to);
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/business-imports.test.mjs b/packages/cli/tests/business-imports.test.mjs
index 66f952081..0787a1883 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/business-imports.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/business-imports.test.mjs
@@ -200,6 +200,59 @@ test('#779 R2 a substitution or the template text after it that never ends throw
  }
 });
 
+// Each case is its own test, so one failing case does not hide the next.
+for(const [what,make] of [
+ ['an existing target',()=>withBusiness("const v=`${({...import('../../other/src/real.mjs')})}`;\n",{[`${EXT}real.mjs`]:EMPTY})],
+ ['a missing target',()=>withBusiness("const v=`${({...import('../../other/src/real.mjs')})}`;\n")],
+ ['a target outside the repository',()=>tree({[`${BIZ}a.mjs`]:"const v=`${({...import('../../../../outside.mjs')})}`;\n",'outside.mjs':EMPTY})],
+ ['an array spread of an existing target',()=>withBusiness("const v=`${[...import('../../other/src/real.mjs')]}`;\n",{[`${EXT}real.mjs`]:EMPTY})],
+]){
+ test(`#779 R3 a spread before import inside a template substitution throws: ${what}`,()=>{
+  assert.throws(()=>businessImportedFiles(make()),SUBSTITUTION);
+ });
+}
+
+for(const [what,source,files] of [
+ ['object spread',"const o={...import('../../other/src/real.mjs')};",{[`${EXT}real.mjs`]:EMPTY}],
+ ['array spread',"const l=[...import('../../other/src/real.mjs')];",{[`${EXT}real.mjs`]:EMPTY}],
+]){
+ test(`#779 R3 a spread before import in plain code is a dynamic import and is found when its argument is a plain string: ${what}`,()=>{
+  assert.deepEqual(businessImportedFiles(withBusiness(`${source}\n`,files)),['packages/other/src/real.mjs']);
+ });
+}
+
+test('#779 R3 a spread before import in plain code reaches the target checks: a missing target throws', ()=>{
+ const missing=withBusiness("const o={...import('./missing.mjs')};\n");
+ assert.throws(()=>businessImportedFiles(missing),/packages\/business\/src\/a\.mjs imports \.\/missing\.mjs, which does not exist/);
+});
+
+for(const source of ['const o={...import(name)};','const l=[...import(name)];']){
+ test(`#779 R3 a spread before import in plain code is refused when its argument is not a plain string: ${source}`,()=>{
+  const repo=withBusiness(`${source}\n`);
+  assert.throws(()=>businessImportedFiles(repo),/business\/src\/a\.mjs has a dynamic import that is not a plain string literal/);
+ });
+}
+
+test('#779 R3 a property call of import, x.import or x?.import, in plain code is not an import', ()=>{
+ const repo=withBusiness([
+  "loader.import('../../other/src/missing1.mjs');",
+  "loader?.import('../../other/src/missing2.mjs');",
+  'loader.import(name);',
+  'loader?.import(name);',
+  "import '../../other/src/real.mjs';",
+ ].join('\n'),{[`${EXT}real.mjs`]:EMPTY});
+ assert.deepEqual(businessImportedFiles(repo),['packages/other/src/real.mjs']);
+});
+
+test('#779 R3 a property call of import, x.import or x?.import, in a substitution is not an import and is not refused', ()=>{
+ const repo=withBusiness([
+  "const u=`${loader.import('../../other/src/missing3.mjs')}${loader?.import('../../other/src/missing4.mjs')}`;",
+  'const w=`${loader.import(name)}${loader?.import(name)}`;',
+  "import '../../other/src/real.mjs';",
+ ].join('\n'),{[`${EXT}real.mjs`]:EMPTY});
+ assert.deepEqual(businessImportedFiles(repo),['packages/other/src/real.mjs']);
+});
+
 test('#779 R2 a slash after a postfix ++ or -- is division, not a regular expression', ()=>{
  for(const op of ['++','--']){
   const repo=withBusiness([