diff --git a/kernel/src/path.rs b/kernel/src/path.rs
index bdb443509..2fe9ae7d3 100644
--- a/kernel/src/path.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/path.rs
@@ -216,8 +216,19 @@ mod tests {
 
         // ignored - no extension
         let log_path = table_log_dir.join("00000000000000000010").unwrap();
-        let log_path = ParsedLogPath::try_from(log_path).unwrap();
-        assert!(log_path.is_none());
+        let result = ParsedLogPath::try_from(log_path);
+        assert!(
+            matches!(result, Ok(None)),
+            "Expected Ok(None) for missing file extension"
+        );
+
+        // empty extension - should be treated as unknown file type
+        let log_path = table_log_dir.join("00000000000000000011.").unwrap();
+        let result = ParsedLogPath::try_from(log_path);
+        assert!(matches!(result, Ok(Some(_))), "Expected Ok(Some) for empty extension");
+        if let Ok(Some(parsed)) = result {
+            assert!(parsed.is_unknown(), "Expected Unknown file type for empty extension");
+        }
 
         // ignored - version fails to parse
         let log_path = table_log_dir.join("abc.json").unwrap();
@@ -322,6 +333,17 @@ mod tests {
         ));
         assert!(!log_path.is_commit());
 
+        // Boundary test - UUID with exactly 35 characters (one too short)
+        let log_path = table_log_dir
+            .join("00000000000000000010.checkpoint.3a0d65cd-4056-49b8-937b-95f9e3ee90e.parquet")
+            .unwrap();
+        let result = ParsedLogPath::try_from(log_path);
+        assert!(result.is_err(), "Expected an error for UUID with exactly 35 characters");
+        assert!(
+            matches!(result, Err(Error::InvalidLogPath(_))),
+            "Expected InvalidLogPath error for boundary UUID length"
+        );
+
         // TODO: Support v2 checkpoints! Until then we can't treat these as checkpoint files.
         assert!(!log_path.is_checkpoint());
         assert!(log_path.is_unknown());