diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/captures.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/captures.ts
index a04844059..dc8175bdf 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/captures.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/captures.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { splitImportStatement } from '../typescript/import-decomposer.js';
 import { getJsParser, getJsScopeQuery, jsCachedTreeMatchesGrammar } from './query.js';
 import { computeTsArityMetadata } from '../typescript/arity-metadata.js';
 import { synthesizeTsReceiverBinding } from '../typescript/receiver-binding.js';
+import { isArrayMethodCallbackArrow } from '../typescript/array-callback.js';
 import { getTreeSitterBufferSize } from '../../constants.js';
 import { parseSourceSafe } from '../../../tree-sitter/safe-parse.js';
 
@@ -640,6 +641,21 @@ export function emitJsScopeCaptures(
       }
     }
 
+    // #1876: drop @declaration.function for array higher-order-method
+    // callbacks (`const x = arr.map(a => …)`). The HOC-wrapped-arrow
+    // pattern matches them, but the binding holds a value, not a callable.
+    // The binding keeps its separate @declaration.const / .variable match,
+    // and the arrow's own @scope.function match (a different pattern) is
+    // untouched, so inner-call attribution falls through to the enclosing
+    // scope instead of a phantom Function.
+    const fnDeclAnchor = grouped['@declaration.function'];
+    if (fnDeclAnchor !== undefined) {
+      const arrowNode = findFunctionNode(tree.rootNode, fnDeclAnchor.range);
+      if (arrowNode !== null && isArrayMethodCallbackArrow(arrowNode)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+
     // Synthesize arity metadata on function-like declarations.
     const declAnchor = pickFirstDefined(grouped, FUNCTION_DECL_TAGS);
     if (declAnchor !== undefined) {
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/query.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/query.ts
index 20cfc4f2e..42b043fb0 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/query.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/query.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ const JAVASCRIPT_SCOPE_QUERY = `
 ;; HOC-wrapped variable declarations: const X = HOC((args) => { ... }).
 ;; Covers React.forwardRef, memo, useCallback, useMemo, observer,
 ;; debounce, and any user-defined HOC factory.
+;;
+;; #1876: this shape also matches array higher-order-method callbacks
+;; (const x = arr.map(a => ...)), where x is a value, not a function.
+;; Those are filtered out emit-side in captures.ts via
+;; isArrayMethodCallbackArrow (member-expression callee whose property
+;; is a known Array method), so only the @declaration.const survives.
 (lexical_declaration
   (variable_declarator
     name: (identifier) @declaration.name
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/array-callback.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/array-callback.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14daa9a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/array-callback.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/**
+ * Array higher-order-method callback detection (issue #1876).
+ *
+ * The HOC-wrapped-arrow declaration pattern in the JS/TS scope queries
+ * (`const X = call((args) => …)`) was added for React idioms
+ * (`forwardRef` / `memo` / `useCallback`). It has the same AST shape as
+ * an array higher-order-method call (`const x = arr.map(a => …)`), so
+ * those callbacks also match and produce a spurious `@declaration.function`
+ * named after the binding — duplicating the `@declaration.const` /
+ * `@declaration.variable` def that the same binding already gets.
+ *
+ * For an array-method callback the binding holds a *value* (the method's
+ * result), not a callable, so the `Function` def is semantically wrong.
+ * `isArrayMethodCallbackArrow` lets the emitter (`captures.ts`) drop that
+ * `@declaration.function` match, leaving only the value def.
+ *
+ * Shared by both the JavaScript and TypeScript capture emitters — the
+ * relevant grammar nodes (`arrow_function`, `function_expression`,
+ * `arguments`, `call_expression`, `member_expression`,
+ * `property_identifier`) are identical across `tree-sitter-javascript`
+ * and `tree-sitter-typescript`.
+ *
+ * Pure given the input node. No I/O, no globals.
+ */
+
+import type { SyntaxNode } from '../../utils/ast-helpers.js';
+
+/**
+ * Array prototype higher-order methods whose result is a value, not a
+ * function. A callback passed to one of these is an anonymous callback,
+ * never a top-level function definition. Identifier-callee HOCs
+ * (`forwardRef(...)`, `useCallback(...)`, custom factories) are
+ * deliberately NOT listed — they keep their `Function` classification.
+ *
+ * Trade-off (unchanged from before #1876): a custom *fluent-API* member
+ * call with a callback whose method name is not in this set
+ * (`qb.where(x => …)`) still classifies as `Function`. There is no clean
+ * syntactic line beyond the well-known Array surface, so the set is
+ * intentionally closed and easy to extend.
+ *
+ * Receiver-blind, by design: the match keys on the method NAME only, never
+ * the receiver type (tree-sitter has no type information here). So an in-set
+ * name on a NON-array receiver — `Map`/`Set` `.forEach`, an RxJS
+ * `observable.map(…)`, a query builder `.sort(…)`, a lodash chain
+ * `.filter(…)` — is ALSO treated as a callback and has its
+ * `@declaration.function` dropped. This is an accepted limitation, not a
+ * regression: those bindings hold the call's *result value*, not a callable,
+ * so a value def is the correct classification anyway. The only genuine loss
+ * is a bespoke DSL whose in-set-named method returns something callable —
+ * rare enough to accept rather than guard with type inference. Pinned by the
+ * "in-set method on a non-array receiver" case in `*-captures.test.ts`.
+ */
+export const ARRAY_CALLBACK_METHODS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
+  'map',
+  'filter',
+  'find',
+  'findIndex',
+  'findLast',
+  'findLastIndex',
+  'forEach',
+  'reduce',
+  'reduceRight',
+  'some',
+  'every',
+  'flatMap',
+  'sort',
+]);
+
+/**
+ * True when `node` (an `arrow_function` / `function_expression`) is the
+ * callback argument of an array higher-order-method call, i.e. the
+ * enclosing call's callee is a `member_expression` whose property is one
+ * of {@link ARRAY_CALLBACK_METHODS}.
+ *
+ * Returns false for direct assignments (`const fn = () => {}` — parent is
+ * `variable_declarator`, not `arguments`) and for identifier-callee HOCs
+ * (`forwardRef(() => …)` — callee is an `identifier`, not a
+ * `member_expression`), so neither is ever suppressed.
+ *
+ * Intentional non-suppressing gaps (preserve current behavior, no
+ * regression): parenthesized callee `(arr.map)(cb)` (`parenthesized_expression`)
+ * and computed callee `arr['map'](cb)` (`subscript_expression`).
+ */
+export function isArrayMethodCallbackArrow(node: SyntaxNode): boolean {
+  const args = node.parent;
+  if (args === null || args.type !== 'arguments') return false;
+
+  const call = args.parent;
+  if (call === null || call.type !== 'call_expression') return false;
+
+  const callee = call.childForFieldName('function');
+  if (callee === null || callee.type !== 'member_expression') return false;
+
+  const property = callee.childForFieldName('property');
+  if (property === null || property.type !== 'property_identifier') return false;
+
+  return ARRAY_CALLBACK_METHODS.has(property.text);
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/captures.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/captures.ts
index 22f48e80d..bc9d1a4f7 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/captures.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/captures.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { getTsParser, getTsScopeQuery, tsCachedTreeMatchesGrammar } from './quer
 import { recordCacheHit, recordCacheMiss } from './cache-stats.js';
 import { synthesizeTsReceiverBinding } from './receiver-binding.js';
 import { computeTsArityMetadata } from './arity-metadata.js';
+import { isArrayMethodCallbackArrow } from './array-callback.js';
 import { getTreeSitterBufferSize } from '../../constants.js';
 import { parseSourceSafe } from '../../../tree-sitter/safe-parse.js';
 
@@ -252,6 +253,25 @@ export function emitTsScopeCaptures(
       }
     }
 
+    // #1876: drop @declaration.function for array higher-order-method
+    // callbacks (`const x = arr.map(a => …)`). The HOC-wrapped-arrow
+    // pattern matches them, but the binding holds a value, not a callable.
+    // The binding keeps its separate @declaration.const / .variable match,
+    // and the arrow's own @scope.function match (a different pattern) is
+    // untouched, so inner-call attribution falls through to the enclosing
+    // scope instead of a phantom Function.
+    const fnDeclAnchor = grouped['@declaration.function'];
+    if (fnDeclAnchor !== undefined) {
+      const arrowNode = findFunctionNode(
+        tree.rootNode,
+        fnDeclAnchor.range,
+        groupedNodes['@declaration.function'],
+      );
+      if (arrowNode !== null && isArrayMethodCallbackArrow(arrowNode)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+
     // Synthesize arity metadata on function-like declaration anchors
     // before pushing the match. The registry uses these to narrow
     // overloads — TypeScript supports overload signatures via
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/query.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/query.ts
index 9e0d9b809..9d2ebe5db 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/query.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/typescript/query.ts
@@ -250,20 +250,22 @@ const TYPESCRIPT_SCOPE_QUERY = `
 ;; that promotes the binding to the parent scope (where \`const X\`
 ;; lives).
 ;;
-;; Trade-off — chained array-method form: \`const x = arr.find((y) => p(y))\`
-;; has the same syntactic shape and would also match, naming the
-;; \`.find\` callback as \`x\`. The resulting \`Function:x\` is mostly
-;; harmless: \`x\` is consumed as a value (\`if (x) { ... }\`), never
-;; invoked as a function, so it gets zero incoming \`CALLS\` edges. The
-;; one outgoing edge \`Function:x → p\` is a minor mis-attribution that
-;; could in principle be fixed by adding a \`function: [(identifier)
-;; (member_expression)]\` predicate that excludes property-identifiers
-;; matching a known array-method blocklist (\`map\` / \`filter\` / \`find\`
-;; / \`reduce\` / \`forEach\` / \`some\` / \`every\`). We don't do that here
-;; because (a) the false-positive cost is negligible, (b) the blocklist
-;; would need maintenance, and (c) any user-defined fluent-API method
-;; with a callback argument would still false-positive — there's no
-;; clean syntactic line.
+;; #1876 — chained array-method form: \`const x = arr.find((y) => p(y))\`
+;; has the same syntactic shape and matches here too, naming the
+;; \`.find\` callback as \`x\`. Because \`x\` holds a value (the method
+;; result), not a callable, the spurious \`Function:x\` def is dropped
+;; emit-side in captures.ts: \`isArrayMethodCallbackArrow\` skips any
+;; \`@declaration.function\` whose enclosing call has a member-expression
+;; callee with a known Array-method property (\`ARRAY_CALLBACK_METHODS\`:
+;; \`map\` / \`filter\` / \`find\` / \`reduce\` / \`forEach\` / \`some\` /
+;; \`every\` / …). Only the \`@declaration.variable\` survives, so the
+;; binding is a single value def and calls inside the callback attribute
+;; to the enclosing scope rather than \`Function:x\`.
+;;
+;; Residual (intentional): a user-defined fluent-API method with a
+;; callback (\`qb.where(x => …)\`) is NOT in the blocklist and still
+;; classifies as \`Function\` — there's no clean syntactic line beyond
+;; the well-known Array surface, so the set is closed and easy to extend.
 ;;
 ;; Trade-off — multi-arrow arguments: \`const x = call(arrow1, arrow2)\`
 ;; would emit TWO matches with the same name \`x\`. tree-sitter-query
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-extractor.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-extractor.ts
index 973d4ac76..31a59d2f5 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-extractor.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-extractor.ts
@@ -750,6 +750,61 @@ function normalizeNodeLabel(kindStr: string): SymbolDefinition['type'] | undefin
   }
 }
 
+/** Function-like labels: callable defs that must keep incoming CALLS edges. */
+const NODE_BEARING_FUNCTION_LABELS: ReadonlySet<SymbolDefinition['type']> = new Set([
+  'Function',
+  'Method',
+  'Constructor',
+]);
+
+/** Value labels: non-callable bindings (a `const`/`let`/`var` holds a value). */
+const NODE_BEARING_VALUE_LABELS: ReadonlySet<SymbolDefinition['type']> = new Set([
+  'Const',
+  'Variable',
+]);
+
+/**
+ * Collapse rule for the deferred node-creation migration (#1876).
+ *
+ * When graph-node creation moves from the legacy DAG onto the
+ * registry-primary path, a single source binding can carry more than one
+ * `SymbolDefinition` for the same name in the same scope — e.g. a direct
+ * arrow `const fn = () => {}` is classified BOTH as a `Function` (the
+ * arrow) and a `Variable` (the binding). Emitting one graph node per def
+ * would reproduce exactly the duplicate-node bug this issue tracks.
+ *
+ * `selectNodeBearingDef` picks the ONE def that should bear the graph node
+ * for such a binding group:
+ *
+ *   1. a function-like def (`Function` / `Method` / `Constructor`) if any —
+ *      the binding is callable and must keep incoming `CALLS` edges;
+ *   2. otherwise a value def (`Const` / `Variable`) — the binding holds a
+ *      value (e.g. an array-method result after the U1/U2 narrowing);
+ *   3. otherwise the first def — deterministic fallback for label sets this
+ *      rule does not rank.
+ *
+ * INPUT CONTRACT: `group` must be the defs bound to ONE name within ONE
+ * scope (a binding group). It deliberately does NOT dedup by range —
+ * `SymbolDefinition` carries no range and `makeDefId` encodes only the
+ * start position, so containment is uncomputable here; the caller forms the
+ * group (e.g. from a scope's `ownedDefs` keyed by name) before calling.
+ *
+ * Pure. No production call site yet — this dead export is intentional and
+ * tracked by #1876 (the deferred node-creation migration); it is the
+ * executable contract that follow-up will consume, pinned today by the
+ * scope-extractor unit test.
+ */
+export function selectNodeBearingDef(
+  group: readonly SymbolDefinition[],
+): SymbolDefinition | undefined {
+  if (group.length === 0) return undefined;
+  const functionLike = group.find((def) => NODE_BEARING_FUNCTION_LABELS.has(def.type));
+  if (functionLike !== undefined) return functionLike;
+  const value = group.find((def) => NODE_BEARING_VALUE_LABELS.has(def.type));
+  if (value !== undefined) return value;
+  return group[0];
+}
+
 function makeDefId(
   filePath: string,
   range: Range,
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/javascript-array-method-callback/src/index.js b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/javascript-array-method-callback/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b42c6b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/javascript-array-method-callback/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+function transform(account) {
+  return account.id;
+}
+
+function predicate(account) {
+  return account.active;
+}
+
+// Control: a normal named function whose body calls `transform` directly.
+// Proves the registry-primary resolver wires same-file free calls for this
+// fixture, so the callback assertions below are not vacuous.
+function run(account) {
+  return transform(account);
+}
+
+const accountsList = [];
+
+// #1876: array higher-order-method callbacks at module scope. Pre-fix the JS
+// scope model emitted a phantom `Function:exportData` / `Function:firstActive`
+// for these callbacks (they match the HOC-wrapped-arrow declaration pattern),
+// and calls INSIDE the callbacks (`transform`, `predicate`) attributed to that
+// phantom Function. Post-fix the callback is no longer a `Function` def, so the
+// inner calls fall through to the enclosing File scope.
+const exportData = accountsList.map((account) => transform(account));
+const firstActive = accountsList.find((account) => predicate(account));
+
+module.exports = { run, exportData, firstActive };
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/js-array-method-callback-attribution.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/js-array-method-callback-attribution.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbfc22807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/js-array-method-callback-attribution.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * JavaScript: CALLS-edge attribution for calls inside array higher-order-
+ * method callbacks (issue #1876).
+ *
+ * `const exportData = accountsList.map(account => transform(account))` matches
+ * the HOC-wrapped-arrow declaration pattern, so before this fix the JS scope
+ * model emitted a phantom `Function:exportData` for the `.map` callback (on
+ * top of the value binding). Calls nested in the callback (`transform`) then
+ * attributed to that phantom `Function` instead of the enclosing scope.
+ *
+ * U1 drops the `@declaration.function` for array-method callbacks, so the
+ * binding is value-only and the inner call falls through to the File scope —
+ * exactly the Zustand module-level-call behavior already pinned for TS.
+ *
+ * SCOPE: this asserts the registry-primary CALLS-edge ATTRIBUTION change only.
+ * The duplicate *graph node* (`Function:exportData`) is created by the legacy
+ * parse-worker node path, which this change does not touch; collapsing it is
+ * the deferred node-creation migration. Accordingly this file makes NO node-
+ * count assertion.
+ *
+ * Registry-primary-only correctness win: under the forced-legacy parity flag
+ * (`REGISTRY_PRIMARY_JAVASCRIPT=0`) the legacy DAG still emits the phantom
+ * attribution, so the suite is skipped there (mirrors the per-language
+ * expected-failure handling in `resolvers/helpers.ts`).
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll } from 'vitest';
+import path from 'path';
+import {
+  FIXTURES,
+  getRelationships,
+  isLegacyResolverParityRun,
+  runPipelineFromRepo,
+  type PipelineResult,
+} from './resolvers/helpers.js';
+
+describe.skipIf(isLegacyResolverParityRun('javascript'))(
+  'JavaScript array-method-callback CALLS attribution (#1876)',
+  () => {
+    let result: PipelineResult;
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      result = await runPipelineFromRepo(
+        path.join(FIXTURES, 'javascript-array-method-callback'),
+        () => {},
+      );
+    }, 60000);
+
+    it('control: run() body calls transform directly (resolver is wired)', () => {
+      const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS').filter((c) => c.target === 'transform');
+      expect(calls.map((c) => `${c.source} → ${c.target}`)).toContain('run → transform');
+    });
+
+    it('call inside .map callback attributes to File, not a phantom Function:exportData', () => {
+      const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS').filter((c) => c.target === 'transform');
+      const fromExportData = calls.filter((c) => c.source === 'exportData');
+      expect(
+        fromExportData,
+        'transform must NOT be attributed to exportData (phantom Function)',
+      ).toEqual([]);
+      const fromFile = calls.filter((c) => c.sourceLabel === 'File');
+      expect(
+        fromFile,
+        'the .map callback call to transform must source from the File node (exactly once)',
+      ).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('call inside .find callback attributes to File, not a phantom Function:firstActive', () => {
+      const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS').filter((c) => c.target === 'predicate');
+      const fromFirstActive = calls.filter((c) => c.source === 'firstActive');
+      expect(
+        fromFirstActive,
+        'predicate must NOT be attributed to firstActive (phantom Function)',
+      ).toEqual([]);
+      const fromFile = calls.filter((c) => c.sourceLabel === 'File');
+      expect(
+        fromFile,
+        'the .find callback call to predicate must source from the File node (exactly once)',
+      ).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+  },
+);
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/javascript/javascript-captures.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/javascript/javascript-captures.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40b892761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/javascript/javascript-captures.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/**
+ * Coverage for the JavaScript scope-captures orchestrator, focused on the
+ * #1876 array-method-callback narrowing.
+ *
+ * `const x = arr.map(a => …)` must NOT produce a `@declaration.function`
+ * named `x` (the binding holds a value, not a callable) — only the
+ * `@declaration.const`. Identifier-callee HOCs (`forwardRef`, `useMemo`)
+ * and direct arrow assignments keep their `@declaration.function`.
+ *
+ * Runs against tree-sitter-javascript so it catches grammar drift before
+ * the integration parity gate.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { emitJsScopeCaptures } from '../../../../src/core/ingestion/languages/javascript/captures.js';
+
+function matchesFor(src: string) {
+  return emitJsScopeCaptures(src, 'test.js');
+}
+
+/** True when some match carries `tag` and its @declaration.name is `name`. */
+function hasDecl(src: string, tag: string, name: string): boolean {
+  return matchesFor(src).some((m) => m[tag] !== undefined && m['@declaration.name']?.text === name);
+}
+
+/** Count matches carrying `tag` (any name). */
+function countTag(src: string, tag: string): number {
+  return matchesFor(src).filter((m) => m[tag] !== undefined).length;
+}
+
+describe('emitJsScopeCaptures — #1876 array-method-callback narrowing', () => {
+  it('does not emit @declaration.function for `const x = arr.map(a => …)`', () => {
+    const src = 'const exportData = accountsList.map(account => ({ id: account.id }));';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.const', 'exportData')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'exportData')).toBe(false);
+    // Exactly one binding-bearing declaration for the name.
+    expect(countTag(src, '@declaration.function')).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  // Every method in ARRAY_CALLBACK_METHODS except `map` (covered above).
+  it.each([
+    'filter',
+    'find',
+    'findIndex',
+    'findLast',
+    'findLastIndex',
+    'reduce',
+    'reduceRight',
+    'forEach',
+    'some',
+    'every',
+    'flatMap',
+    'sort',
+  ])('suppresses the Function def for array method .%s()', (method) => {
+    const src = `const x = arr.${method}((a) => a);`;
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.const', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps @declaration.function for an identifier-callee HOC (forwardRef)', () => {
+    const src = 'const Button = forwardRef((props, ref) => null);';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'Button')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps @declaration.function for useMemo (identifier callee, unchanged this round)', () => {
+    const src = 'const value = useMemo(() => compute(), []);';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'value')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps dual classification for a direct arrow `const fn = () => {}`', () => {
+    const src = 'const fn = () => { doThing(); };';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'fn')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.const', 'fn')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps @declaration.function for a non-array fluent-API member call (accepted limitation)', () => {
+    const src = 'const q = qb.where((row) => row.ok);';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'q')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses an in-set method name on a NON-array receiver (accepted receiver-blind limitation)', () => {
+    // The predicate keys on the method NAME only, never the receiver type —
+    // tree-sitter has no type info. So `.map` on an RxJS observable (or
+    // Map/Set `.forEach`, a query builder `.sort`, a lodash chain `.filter`)
+    // is also treated as a callback and loses its Function def. Accepted: the
+    // binding holds the call's result value, so a value def is correct anyway.
+    const src = 'const stream = source$.map((event) => handle(event));';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'stream')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.const', 'stream')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses the outer .map() callback in a chained array call', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = arr.filter((a) => a).map((b) => b);';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.const', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses through an export_statement wrapper', () => {
+    const src = 'export const x = arr.map((a) => a);';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.const', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses a function_expression callback', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = arr.map(function (a) { return a; });';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.const', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses an optional-chained array call `arr?.map(...)`', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = arr?.map((a) => a);';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT suppress a parenthesized callee `(arr.map)(cb)` (intentional gap)', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = (arr.map)((a) => a);';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT suppress a computed callee `arr["map"](cb)` (intentional gap)', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = arr["map"]((a) => a);';
+    expect(hasDecl(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/scope-extractor.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/scope-extractor.test.ts
index 5143bce41..a3e3bde8c 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/scope-extractor.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/scope-extractor.test.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ import type {
   ReferenceKind,
   Scope,
   ScopeKind,
+  SymbolDefinition,
 } from 'gitnexus-shared';
-import { extract, type ScopeExtractorHooks } from '../../../src/core/ingestion/scope-extractor.js';
+import {
+  extract,
+  selectNodeBearingDef,
+  type ScopeExtractorHooks,
+} from '../../../src/core/ingestion/scope-extractor.js';
 
 // ─── Synthetic-capture helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -550,3 +555,54 @@ describe('end-to-end fixture (all 5 passes together)', () => {
     expect(result.moduleScope).toBe(mod.id);
   });
 });
+
+describe('selectNodeBearingDef — #1876 one-node-per-binding collapse rule', () => {
+  const def = (type: SymbolDefinition['type'], name = 'x'): SymbolDefinition => ({
+    nodeId: `def:test.ts#1:0:${type}:${name}`,
+    filePath: 'test.ts',
+    type,
+    qualifiedName: name,
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined for an empty group', () => {
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([])).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('returns the only def for a single-element group', () => {
+    const only = def('Variable');
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([only])).toBe(only);
+  });
+
+  it('prefers a Function over a co-bound Variable (direct arrow / HOC)', () => {
+    const fn = def('Function');
+    const variable = def('Variable');
+    // Order-independent: function-like wins regardless of position.
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([variable, fn])).toBe(fn);
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([fn, variable])).toBe(fn);
+  });
+
+  it('prefers a Method over a co-bound value def', () => {
+    const method = def('Method');
+    const variable = def('Variable');
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([variable, method])).toBe(method);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the value def when no function-like def is present (array-method result)', () => {
+    const constDef = def('Const');
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([constDef])).toBe(constDef);
+    const variable = def('Variable');
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([variable])).toBe(variable);
+  });
+
+  it('prefers a value def even when an unranked label appears first', () => {
+    const cls = def('Class');
+    const variable = def('Variable');
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([cls, variable])).toBe(variable);
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the first def for label sets the rule does not rank', () => {
+    const cls = def('Class');
+    const iface = def('Interface');
+    expect(selectNodeBearingDef([cls, iface])).toBe(cls);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/typescript/typescript-captures.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/typescript/typescript-captures.test.ts
index 8d465ab82..0e481835a 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/typescript/typescript-captures.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/typescript/typescript-captures.test.ts
@@ -565,3 +565,100 @@ describe('emitTsScopeCaptures — edge cases', () => {
     expect(() => emitTsScopeCaptures('', 'test.ts')).not.toThrow();
   });
 });
+
+describe('emitTsScopeCaptures — #1876 array-method-callback narrowing', () => {
+  // True when some match carries `tag` and its @declaration.name is `name`.
+  const declWithName = (src: string, tag: string, name: string): boolean =>
+    emitTsScopeCaptures(src, 'test.ts').some(
+      (m) => m[tag] !== undefined && m['@declaration.name']?.text === name,
+    );
+
+  it('does not emit @declaration.function for `const x = arr.map(a => …)`', () => {
+    const src = 'const exportData = accountsList.map((account) => ({ id: account.id }));';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.variable', 'exportData')).toBe(true);
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'exportData')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  // Every method in ARRAY_CALLBACK_METHODS except `map` (covered above).
+  it.each([
+    'filter',
+    'find',
+    'findIndex',
+    'findLast',
+    'findLastIndex',
+    'reduce',
+    'reduceRight',
+    'forEach',
+    'some',
+    'every',
+    'flatMap',
+    'sort',
+  ])('suppresses the Function def for array method .%s()', (method) => {
+    const src = `const x = arr.${method}((a) => a);`;
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.variable', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps @declaration.function for an identifier-callee HOC (forwardRef)', () => {
+    const src = 'const Button = forwardRef((props, ref) => null);';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'Button')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps @declaration.function for useCallback (identifier callee, unchanged this round)', () => {
+    const src = 'const cb = useCallback(() => doThing(), []);';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'cb')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps dual classification for a direct arrow `const fn = () => {}`', () => {
+    const src = 'const fn = () => { doThing(); };';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'fn')).toBe(true);
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.variable', 'fn')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps @declaration.function for a non-array fluent-API member call (accepted limitation)', () => {
+    const src = 'const q = qb.where((row) => row.ok);';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'q')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses an in-set method name on a NON-array receiver (accepted receiver-blind limitation)', () => {
+    // Receiver-blind by design — see array-callback.ts. An in-set method name
+    // on a non-array receiver (RxJS observable, Map/Set, query builder) also
+    // loses its Function def. Accepted: the binding holds a value, not a callable.
+    const src = 'const stream = source$.map((event) => handle(event));';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'stream')).toBe(false);
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.variable', 'stream')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses the outer .map() callback in a chained array call', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = arr.filter((a) => a).map((b) => b);';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.variable', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses through an export_statement wrapper', () => {
+    const src = 'export const x = arr.map((a) => a);';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.variable', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses a function_expression callback', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = arr.map(function (a) { return a; });';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.variable', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses an optional-chained array call `arr?.map(...)`', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = arr?.map((a) => a);';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT suppress a parenthesized callee `(arr.map)(cb)` (intentional gap)', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = (arr.map)((a) => a);';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT suppress a computed callee `arr["map"](cb)` (intentional gap)', () => {
+    const src = 'const x = arr["map"]((a) => a);';
+    expect(declWithName(src, '@declaration.function', 'x')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});