diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/closure-binding-labels.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/closure-binding-labels.test.ts
index b5ba0db3a..0891ebed3 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/closure-binding-labels.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/closure-binding-labels.test.ts
@@ -476,6 +476,56 @@ describeIfWorkerBuilt('closure bindings resolve in the remaining languages (#269
   });
 });
 
+describeIfWorkerBuilt('a closure binding is a call TARGET, not yet a call SOURCE', () => {
+  // Known limit, pinned deliberately so it is visible rather than surprising.
+  //
+  // A call made INSIDE a closure binding is attributed to the ENCLOSING scope,
+  // not to the binding's own node — so `impact(handler, direction:"downstream")`
+  // reports nothing even though the closure calls `target`.
+  //
+  // Cause: `pickCallerCallableDef` (graph-bridge/ids.ts) finds the caller by
+  // walking CHILD scopes whose range contains the call site, gated on
+  // `child.kind === 'Function'`. A closure literal is a BLOCK scope in these
+  // languages (Kotlin deliberately, #1757 smart casts), and the binding's def is
+  // owned by the enclosing scope rather than by the closure's scope — so neither
+  // half of the link exists. Fixing it means decoupling "callable boundary" from
+  // scope `kind` AND associating the closure scope with its binding; that is the
+  // orthogonal-scope-attribute work, not a query change.
+  //
+  // TS/JS free bindings are the exception: their arrow has a `@scope.function`
+  // with a matching range, so the closure IS the anchor there. These tests exist
+  // to catch that asymmetry changing in EITHER direction.
+
+  it('Kotlin: a call inside the closure is attributed to the file, not the binding', async () => {
+    const targets = await callEdgeIdsFor(
+      'A.kt',
+      'fun target(x: Int): Int = x\n\nval handler = { x: Int -> target(x) }\n',
+    );
+
+    expect(targets).toEqual(['rel:CALLS:File:A.kt->Function:A.kt:target']);
+  });
+
+  it('PHP: a call inside the closure is attributed to the file, not the binding', async () => {
+    const targets = await callEdgeIdsFor(
+      'a.php',
+      '<?php\nfunction target($x) { return $x; }\n' +
+        '$handler = function ($x) { return target($x); };\n',
+    );
+
+    expect(targets).toEqual(['rel:CALLS:File:a.php->Function:a.php:target']);
+  });
+
+  it('JavaScript: a free arrow binding IS the caller anchor', async () => {
+    // The counter-case: an aligned @scope.function makes the closure the anchor.
+    const targets = await callEdgeIdsFor(
+      'c.js',
+      'export function target(x) { return x; }\nvar handler = (x) => target(x);\n',
+    );
+
+    expect(targets).toEqual(['rel:CALLS:Function:c.js:handler->Function:c.js:target']);
+  });
+});
+
 describeIfWorkerBuilt('a value binding is never aliased onto a same-named callable', () => {
   // These are the regression tests for the defect the first cut of #2693
   // shipped. Admitting a value binding on a same-file NAME match let
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/callable-value-target-index.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/callable-value-target-index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25674efcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/callable-value-target-index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/**
+ * #2693 — `buildGraphTargetIndex` admits a VALUE binding as a call target only
+ * on POSITIONAL evidence: the callable graph node at the binding's own file,
+ * line and name.
+ *
+ * The first cut of #2693 admitted a value binding whose *resolved* node was
+ * callable, which let `resolveDefGraphId` fall through to its label-agnostic,
+ * first-write-wins `simpleKey(filePath, simpleName)` and alias the binding onto
+ * ANY same-named callable in the file — a fabricated caller, chosen by
+ * declaration order. These tests pin the property that replaced it, at the unit
+ * level where the integration suite cannot isolate it.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import type { KnowledgeGraph } from '../../../src/core/graph/types.js';
+import type { ScopeResolutionIndexes } from '../../../src/core/ingestion/model/scope-resolution-indexes.js';
+import type { GraphNodeLookup } from '../../../src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.js';
+import { buildGraphTargetIndex } from '../../../src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/callable-value-flow.js';
+
+interface StubNode {
+  readonly id: string;
+  readonly label: string;
+  readonly properties: { filePath: string; name: string; startLine: number };
+}
+
+/** Minimal graph — `buildGraphTargetIndex` reads only `iterNodes`/`getNode`. */
+const graphOf = (nodes: readonly StubNode[]): KnowledgeGraph => {
+  const byId = new Map(nodes.map((node) => [node.id, node]));
+  return {
+    iterNodes: () => nodes[Symbol.iterator](),
+    getNode: (id: string) => byId.get(id),
+  } as unknown as KnowledgeGraph;
+};
+
+/** `line` is 1-based, matching the definition-id convention. */
+const def = (type: string, filePath: string, qualifiedName: string, line: number) => ({
+  nodeId: `${filePath}#${line}:0:${qualifiedName}`,
+  type,
+  filePath,
+  qualifiedName,
+});
+
+const scopesOf = (defs: readonly ReturnType<typeof def>[]): ScopeResolutionIndexes =>
+  ({
+    defs: { byId: new Map(defs.map((d) => [d.nodeId, d])) },
+  }) as unknown as ScopeResolutionIndexes;
+
+/** Graph nodes store a 0-BASED startLine; defs are 1-based. */
+const node = (label: string, filePath: string, name: string, line: number): StubNode => ({
+  id: `${label}:${filePath}:${name}`,
+  label,
+  properties: { filePath, name, startLine: line - 1 },
+});
+
+const targetsFor = (nodes: readonly StubNode[], defs: readonly ReturnType<typeof def>[]) =>
+  [
+    ...buildGraphTargetIndex(
+      scopesOf(defs),
+      new Map() as GraphNodeLookup,
+      undefined,
+      graphOf(nodes),
+    ),
+  ]
+    .map(([defId, target]) => `${defId} => ${target.id}`)
+    .sort();
+
+describe('buildGraphTargetIndex — value bindings join by position', () => {
+  it('admits a value binding whose callable node sits at its own line', () => {
+    // The #2687 closure-binding shape: the value def and the Function node are
+    // the same construct, so they share file, line and name.
+    expect(
+      targetsFor([node('Function', 'a.kt', 'handler', 3)], [def('Property', 'a.kt', 'handler', 3)]),
+    ).toEqual(['a.kt#3:0:handler => Function:a.kt:handler']);
+  });
+
+  it('REJECTS a value binding that merely shares a name with a callable elsewhere', () => {
+    // `const save = …` on line 7 beside an unrelated `save` callable on line 2.
+    // A name-only match admitted this and minted a fabricated caller.
+    expect(
+      targetsFor([node('Function', 'a.ts', 'save', 2)], [def('Variable', 'a.ts', 'save', 7)]),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('REJECTS a value binding whose node at that position is NOT callable', () => {
+    expect(
+      targetsFor([node('Const', 'a.ts', 'CONFIG', 4)], [def('Const', 'a.ts', 'CONFIG', 4)]),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('REJECTS an ambiguous position claimed by two callables', () => {
+    // Admitting either would be an arbitrary, order-dependent choice.
+    expect(
+      targetsFor(
+        [node('Function', 'a.ts', 'dup', 5), node('Method', 'a.ts', 'dup', 5)],
+        [def('Variable', 'a.ts', 'dup', 5)],
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('normalises the PHP dollar sigil across the join', () => {
+    // The PHP node keeps the sigil so `$save` cannot collide with the function
+    // `save()` — PHP holds the two in separate namespaces — while the scope
+    // declaration drops it. The join must still match them, and must NOT match
+    // the same-named function on another line.
+    expect(
+      targetsFor(
+        [node('Function', 'a.php', '$save', 5), node('Function', 'a.php', 'save', 2)],
+        [def('Variable', 'a.php', 'save', 5)],
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(['a.php#5:0:save => Function:a.php:$save']);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps ordinary callable defs, which never take the positional path', () => {
+    expect(
+      targetsFor([node('Function', 'a.ts', 'fn', 1)], [def('Function', 'a.ts', 'fn', 1)]),
+    ).toEqual(['a.ts#1:0:fn => Function:a.ts:fn']);
+  });
+});