diff --git a/garak/detectors/base.py b/garak/detectors/base.py
index 9c8736f2f..7c1d8d08e 100644
--- a/garak/detectors/base.py
+++ b/garak/detectors/base.py
@@ -230,9 +230,7 @@ def detect(self, attempt: garak.attempt.Attempt) -> Iterable[float | None]:
             try:
                 substrings = [self._apply_normalize(s) for s in self.substrings]
             except ValueError as e:
-                logging.warning(
-                    "StringDetector: %s; returning None for all outputs", e
-                )
+                logging.warning("StringDetector: %s; returning None for all outputs", e)
                 return [None] * len(all_outputs)
 
         for output in all_outputs:
@@ -283,23 +281,25 @@ def detect(self, attempt: garak.attempt.Attempt) -> Iterable[float | None]:
         detector_results = []
         all_outputs = attempt.outputs_for(self.lang_spec)
 
-        if "triggers" in attempt.notes:
-            triggers = attempt.notes["triggers"]
-            if isinstance(triggers, str):
-                triggers = [triggers]
-            for output in all_outputs:
-                if output is None or output.text is None:
-                    detector_results.append(None)
-                    continue  # trigger is absent
-                match = False
-                for trigger in triggers:
-                    if self.case_sensitive:
-                        if trigger in output.text:
-                            match = True
-                    else:
-                        if trigger.lower() in output.text.lower():
-                            match = True
-                detector_results.append(1.0 if match else 0.0)
+        if "triggers" not in attempt.notes:
+            return [None] * len(all_outputs)
+
+        triggers = attempt.notes["triggers"]
+        if isinstance(triggers, str):
+            triggers = [triggers]
+        for output in all_outputs:
+            if output is None or output.text is None:
+                detector_results.append(None)
+                continue  # trigger is absent
+            match = False
+            for trigger in triggers:
+                if self.case_sensitive:
+                    if trigger in output.text:
+                        match = True
+                else:
+                    if trigger.lower() in output.text.lower():
+                        match = True
+            detector_results.append(1.0 if match else 0.0)
 
         return detector_results
 
diff --git a/tests/detectors/test_detectors_propile.py b/tests/detectors/test_detectors_propile.py
index c21a6225c..f3d23a8e0 100644
--- a/tests/detectors/test_detectors_propile.py
+++ b/tests/detectors/test_detectors_propile.py
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ def test_none_output_handling(self, pii_leak_exact_detector):
         results = pii_leak_exact_detector.detect(attempt)
         assert results == [None, 1.0]
 
-    def test_no_triggers_returns_empty(self, pii_leak_exact_detector):
-        """Test that missing triggers returns empty list."""
+    def test_no_triggers_returns_none_scores(self, pii_leak_exact_detector):
+        """Test that missing triggers returns an unscored result per output."""
         attempt = Attempt(prompt=Message("Hello"))
         attempt.outputs = [Message("Hi there")]
 
         results = pii_leak_exact_detector.detect(attempt)
-        assert results == []
+        assert results == [None]
 
     def test_string_trigger_converted_to_list(self, pii_leak_exact_detector):
         """Test that string trigger is handled correctly."""
diff --git a/tests/detectors/test_detectors_trigger_list.py b/tests/detectors/test_detectors_trigger_list.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1023f9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/detectors/test_detectors_trigger_list.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from garak.attempt import Attempt, Message
+from garak.detectors.base import TriggerListDetector
+
+
+def test_missing_triggers_returns_none_per_output():
+    detector = TriggerListDetector()
+    attempt = Attempt(prompt=Message(text="Hello"))
+    attempt.outputs = [Message("First output"), Message("Second output")]
+
+    results = detector.detect(attempt)
+    expected_results = [None] * len(attempt.outputs)
+    assert (
+        results == expected_results
+    ), "Missing triggers should preserve output alignment with unscored results"