diff --git a/app/RSpade/CodeQuality/Rules/JavaScript/JQueryVariableNaming_CodeQualityRule.php b/app/RSpade/CodeQuality/Rules/JavaScript/JQueryVariableNaming_CodeQualityRule.php
index 561e54769..4485996e2 100644
--- a/app/RSpade/CodeQuality/Rules/JavaScript/JQueryVariableNaming_CodeQualityRule.php
+++ b/app/RSpade/CodeQuality/Rules/JavaScript/JQueryVariableNaming_CodeQualityRule.php
@@ -65,10 +65,18 @@ class JQueryVariableNaming_CodeQualityRule extends CodeQualityRule_Abstract
      * jQuery methods that ALWAYS return scalar values
      */
     private const SCALAR_METHODS = [
-        'index', 'size', 'length', 'get', 'toArray',
+        'index', 'size', 'get', 'toArray',
         'serialize', 'serializeArray',
         'is', 'hasClass', 'is_visible' // Custom RSpade methods
     ];
+
+    /**
+     * jQuery properties (not methods) that return scalar values
+     * These are accessed without parentheses: $el.length, not $el.length()
+     */
+    private const SCALAR_PROPERTIES = [
+        'length',
+    ];
     
     public function check(string $file_path, string $contents, array $metadata = []): void
     {
@@ -216,12 +224,21 @@ class JQueryVariableNaming_CodeQualityRule extends CodeQualityRule_Abstract
         if (empty($chain)) {
             return 'jquery'; // No methods means original jQuery object
         }
-        
+
         // Array access [0] or [index] returns DOM element (scalar)
         if (preg_match('/^\[[\d]+\]/', $chain)) {
             return 'scalar';
         }
-        
+
+        // Check if chain ENDS with a scalar property access (e.g., .length)
+        // Pattern: .property at end of chain (no parentheses, possibly followed by operators)
+        if (preg_match('/\.([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)\s*(?:[|&+\-*\/%]|$|;)/', $chain, $prop_match)) {
+            $last_property = $prop_match[1];
+            if (in_array($last_property, self::SCALAR_PROPERTIES, true)) {
+                return 'scalar';
+            }
+        }
+
         // Find the last method call in the chain
         // Match patterns like .method() or .method(args)
         // Also capture what's inside the parentheses
diff --git a/app/RSpade/CodeQuality/Rules/Manifest/FilenameClassMatch_CodeQualityRule.php b/app/RSpade/CodeQuality/Rules/Manifest/FilenameClassMatch_CodeQualityRule.php
index 7cc0fadc1..8e30e5a61 100644
--- a/app/RSpade/CodeQuality/Rules/Manifest/FilenameClassMatch_CodeQualityRule.php
+++ b/app/RSpade/CodeQuality/Rules/Manifest/FilenameClassMatch_CodeQualityRule.php
@@ -59,7 +59,15 @@ class FilenameClassMatch_CodeQualityRule extends CodeQualityRule_Abstract
             return;
         }
 
+        // Check if framework developer mode is enabled
+        $is_framework_developer = env('IS_FRAMEWORK_DEVELOPER', false);
+
         foreach ($files as $file => $metadata) {
+            // Skip backup/upstream files
+            if (str_ends_with($file, '.upstream') || str_ends_with($file, '.backup')) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // Only check files in ./rsx or ./app/RSpade
             $is_rsx = str_starts_with($file, 'rsx/');
             $is_rspade = str_starts_with($file, 'app/RSpade/');
@@ -68,6 +76,11 @@ class FilenameClassMatch_CodeQualityRule extends CodeQualityRule_Abstract
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // app/RSpade/ files only checked in framework developer mode
+            if ($is_rspade && !$is_framework_developer) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $extension = $metadata['extension'] ?? '';
             $filename = basename($file);