diff --git a/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/cache/DataDomainCache.kt b/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/cache/DataDomainCache.kt
index 7d3276b418..0aa4cd6374 100644
--- a/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/cache/DataDomainCache.kt
+++ b/package-toolkit/runtime/src/main/kotlin/com/atlan/pkg/cache/DataDomainCache.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import com.atlan.pkg.PackageContext
 import com.atlan.pkg.Utils
 import com.atlan.pkg.serde.cell.DataDomainXformer
 
-class DataDomainCache(
+open class DataDomainCache(
     val ctx: PackageContext<*>,
 ) : AssetCache<DataDomain>(ctx, "domain") {
     private val logger = Utils.getLogger(this.javaClass.name)
@@ -25,10 +25,28 @@ class DataDomainCache(
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     override fun lookupById(id: String?) {
-        val result = lookupById(id, 0, ctx.client.maxNetworkRetries)
-        if (result != null) cache(result.guid, getIdentityForAsset(result), result)
+        val result = id?.let { fetchById(it) }
+        if (result != null) {
+            // getIdentityForAsset reads the parent's identity from the cache only. On a cache
+            // that was not preloaded, a sub-domain fetched before its parent would otherwise be
+            // cached under just its own name instead of its full path, so fetch (and cache) the
+            // missing parent first. This recurses up the hierarchy, one level per ancestor.
+            val parentGuid = result.parentDomain?.guid
+            if (parentGuid != null && getIdentity(parentGuid, true) == null) {
+                getByGuid(parentGuid)
+            }
+            cache(result.guid, getIdentityForAsset(result), result)
+        }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve a single data domain from Atlan by its GUID.
+     *
+     * @param guid unique identifier (GUID) of the data domain
+     * @return the data domain, or null if it could not be found
+     */
+    protected open fun fetchById(guid: String): DataDomain? = lookupById(guid, 0, ctx.client.maxNetworkRetries)
+
     /** {@inheritDoc}  */
     private fun lookupById(
         guid: String?,
diff --git a/package-toolkit/runtime/src/test/kotlin/cache/DataDomainCacheSubDomainTest.kt b/package-toolkit/runtime/src/test/kotlin/cache/DataDomainCacheSubDomainTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c00e86be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-toolkit/runtime/src/test/kotlin/cache/DataDomainCacheSubDomainTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+   Copyright 2023 Atlan Pte. Ltd. */
+package cache
+
+import com.atlan.mock.MockAtlanTenant
+import com.atlan.mock.MockConfig
+import com.atlan.model.assets.DataDomain
+import com.atlan.model.enums.AtlanStatus
+import com.atlan.pkg.PackageContext
+import com.atlan.pkg.Utils
+import com.atlan.pkg.cache.DataDomainCache
+import com.atlan.pkg.serde.cell.DataDomainXformer.DATA_DOMAIN_DELIMITER
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+/**
+ * A sub-domain looked up by GUID on a cold (not preloaded) cache must still resolve to its
+ * full path. If the parent is read cache-only, the sub-domain's identity collapses to just its
+ * own name -- and an import, whose preloaded cache keys domains by full path, can then no
+ * longer find that domain.
+ */
+class DataDomainCacheSubDomainTest {
+    companion object {
+        init {
+            MockAtlanTenant.initializeClient()
+        }
+
+        private val config = Utils.parseConfig<MockConfig>("{}", "{}")
+        private val ctx = PackageContext(config, MockAtlanTenant.client, true)
+
+        private const val GRANDPARENT_GUID = "0b9f5a52-0000-4000-8000-000000000001"
+        private const val PARENT_GUID = "0b9f5a52-0000-4000-8000-000000000002"
+        private const val CHILD_GUID = "0b9f5a52-0000-4000-8000-000000000003"
+    }
+
+    /** Serves domains from memory instead of searching a tenant. */
+    private class InMemoryDomainCache(
+        ctx: PackageContext<*>,
+        domains: List<DataDomain>,
+    ) : DataDomainCache(ctx) {
+        private val byGuid = domains.associateBy { it.guid }
+
+        override fun fetchById(guid: String): DataDomain? = byGuid[guid]
+    }
+
+    private fun domain(
+        guid: String,
+        name: String,
+        parentGuid: String? = null,
+    ): DataDomain {
+        val builder =
+            DataDomain
+                ._internal()
+                .guid(guid)
+                .qualifiedName("default/domain/$name/super")
+                .name(name)
+                .status(AtlanStatus.ACTIVE)
+        if (parentGuid != null) builder.parentDomain(DataDomain.refByGuid(parentGuid))
+        return builder.build()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun subDomainOnColdCacheResolvesToFullPath() {
+        val cache =
+            InMemoryDomainCache(
+                ctx,
+                listOf(
+                    domain(PARENT_GUID, "Parent"),
+                    domain(CHILD_GUID, "Child", PARENT_GUID),
+                ),
+            )
+        // Same two calls DataDomainXformer.encodeFromGuid makes.
+        cache.getByGuid(CHILD_GUID)
+        assertEquals("Parent${DATA_DOMAIN_DELIMITER}Child", cache.getIdentity(CHILD_GUID))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun nestedSubDomainOnColdCacheResolvesEveryAncestor() {
+        val cache =
+            InMemoryDomainCache(
+                ctx,
+                listOf(
+                    domain(GRANDPARENT_GUID, "Grandparent"),
+                    domain(PARENT_GUID, "Parent", GRANDPARENT_GUID),
+                    domain(CHILD_GUID, "Child", PARENT_GUID),
+                ),
+            )
+        cache.getByGuid(CHILD_GUID)
+        assertEquals(
+            "Grandparent${DATA_DOMAIN_DELIMITER}Parent${DATA_DOMAIN_DELIMITER}Child",
+            cache.getIdentity(CHILD_GUID),
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/packages/asset-export-basic/src/main/kotlin/AssetExporter.kt b/samples/packages/asset-export-basic/src/main/kotlin/AssetExporter.kt
index f6cecacff2..2d6714c188 100644
--- a/samples/packages/asset-export-basic/src/main/kotlin/AssetExporter.kt
+++ b/samples/packages/asset-export-basic/src/main/kotlin/AssetExporter.kt
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ class AssetExporter(
         CSVWriter(filename).use { csv ->
             csv.writeHeader(headerNames)
             val start = System.currentTimeMillis()
+
+            // Preload the domain cache up-front so identities resolve in level-order
+            // (parents-before-children). Assets are streamed in parallel, so without this
+            // a sub-domain can be looked up before its parent is cached and get exported
+            // as just its own name rather than its full path -- which the import side
+            // then cannot resolve.
+            ctx.dataDomainCache.preload()
+
             csv.streamAssets(assets.stream(true), this, assets.count(), batchSize, logger)
             logger.info { "Total time taken: ${System.currentTimeMillis() - start} ms" }
         }