diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
index f0c20e737..902872b73 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/run-analyze.ts
@@ -162,8 +162,16 @@ import {
 import {
   ANALYZE_FORCE_STORAGE_REQUIREMENTS,
   ANALYZE_STORAGE_REQUIREMENTS,
+  requireRegisteredStoragePath,
   requireStoragePath,
 } from '../storage/storage-resolver.js';
+import { resolveSharedStore, type SharedStoreLayout } from '../storage/shared-store.js';
+import { LBUG_DIRECTORY } from '../storage/storage-constants.js';
+import {
+  ensurePrivateSharedGraph,
+  publishSharedGraph,
+  seedSharedSlot,
+} from './shared-store-analyze.js';
 import { DEFAULT_PDG_MAX_FUNCTION_LINES } from './ingestion/cfg/collect.js';
 import {
   DEFAULT_MAX_CFG_EDGES_PER_FUNCTION,
@@ -1085,6 +1093,8 @@ interface WriteTarget {
   lbugPath: string;
   metaPath: string;
   metaDir: string;
+  /** Set when this checkout writes into a shared sibling store (#3352). */
+  sharedStore?: SharedStoreLayout;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1101,10 +1111,19 @@ async function resolveWriteTarget(repoPath: string, options: AnalyzeOptions): Pr
   // a cached path string must not skip ownership (STORAGE_PATH can move to a
   // foreign slot while the lock is waited out). `--force` may adopt a
   // repository-local foreign slot; the non-force set stays ANALYZE_STORAGE.
-  const storagePath = await requireStoragePath(
-    repoPath,
-    options.force ? ANALYZE_FORCE_STORAGE_REQUIREMENTS : ANALYZE_STORAGE_REQUIREMENTS,
-  );
+  // A linked-worktree checkout writes its own slot in the shared store
+  // (#3352); that slot replaces any repository-local `.gitnexus`, which is left
+  // untouched.
+  const storageRequirements = options.force
+    ? ANALYZE_FORCE_STORAGE_REQUIREMENTS
+    : ANALYZE_STORAGE_REQUIREMENTS;
+  const sharedStore = resolveSharedStore(repoPath) ?? undefined;
+  const storagePath = sharedStore
+    ? await requireRegisteredStoragePath(
+        { path: repoPath, storagePath: sharedStore.checkoutSlot },
+        storageRequirements,
+      )
+    : await requireStoragePath(repoPath, storageRequirements);
   const repoHasGit = hasGitDir(repoPath);
   const currentCommit = repoHasGit ? getCurrentCommit(repoPath) : '';
   // Normalize the auto-detected branch the same way an explicit `--branch` is
@@ -1131,7 +1150,11 @@ async function resolveWriteTarget(repoPath: string, options: AnalyzeOptions): Pr
   const placement = options.branch
     ? await resolveBranchPlacement(repoPath, branchLabel, storagePath)
     : {};
-  const { lbugPath, metaPath } = getStoragePaths(repoPath, placement.branch, storagePath);
+  const paths = getStoragePaths(repoPath, placement.branch, storagePath);
+  const { metaPath } = paths;
+  // Analyze always writes a shared slot's own graph; a recorded `graphPath`
+  // only redirects readers.
+  const lbugPath = sharedStore ? path.join(path.dirname(metaPath), LBUG_DIRECTORY) : paths.lbugPath;
   return {
     storagePath,
     repoHasGit,
@@ -1143,6 +1166,7 @@ async function resolveWriteTarget(repoPath: string, options: AnalyzeOptions): Pr
     lbugPath,
     metaPath,
     metaDir: path.dirname(metaPath),
+    sharedStore,
   };
 }
 
@@ -1253,7 +1277,9 @@ export async function runFullAnalysis(
           `Warning: checkout "${formatRejectedBranchForLog(writeTarget.rejectedDetectedBranch)}" is not a usable index label; continuing.`,
         );
       }
-      return await runFullAnalysisInner(
+      const flatShared = writeTarget.placement.branch ? undefined : writeTarget.sharedStore;
+      if (flatShared) await seedSharedSlot(flatShared, repoPath, log);
+      const result = await runFullAnalysisInner(
         repoPath,
         options,
         callbacks,
@@ -1261,6 +1287,10 @@ export async function runFullAnalysis(
         contentRetention,
         runnerIdentityAtBootstrap,
       );
+      if (flatShared) {
+        await publishSharedGraph(flatShared, repoPath, writeTarget.currentCommit, log);
+      }
+      return result;
     } finally {
       discardScopedEmbeddingSpills();
       lock.release();
@@ -1326,7 +1356,16 @@ async function runFullAnalysisInner(
     log(`Metadata reconciliation failed (non-critical${code ? `, ${code}` : ''}); continuing.`);
   }
 
+  // Shared-store pointer slots (#3352) get a private graph just before the
+  // first graph open: here for the paths that open it before the up-to-date
+  // check, and below once that check falls through.
+  const ensurePrivateGraph = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (writeTarget.sharedStore && !placement.branch) {
+      await ensurePrivateSharedGraph(metaDir, log);
+    }
+  };
   const loadedMeta = await loadMeta(metaDir);
+  if (loadedMeta?.incrementalInProgress || options.repairFts) await ensurePrivateGraph();
   if (options.preserveExistingPdg && options.pdg === undefined) {
     if (loadedMeta) {
       options = { ...options, pdg: loadedMeta.pdg !== undefined };
@@ -2280,6 +2319,7 @@ async function runFullAnalysisInner(
   }
 
   await ensureWritableStorage();
+  await ensurePrivateGraph();
 
   // ── Cache embeddings from existing index before rebuild ────────────
   // Four modes:
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/shared-store-analyze.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/shared-store-analyze.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d39868b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/shared-store-analyze.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+/**
+ * Analyze-side operations for the shared sibling store (#3352).
+ *
+ * A shared checkout slot is in one of two states:
+ *   - pointer: metadata records `graphPath` (a commit graph in the store);
+ *              the slot has no graph of its own.
+ *   - private: the slot owns `<slot>/lbug`; no `graphPath`.
+ *
+ * Analyze always writes the private path. `ensurePrivateSharedGraph` turns a
+ * pointer into a private copy just before the first graph open/write, so a
+ * clean checkout that hits the up-to-date fast path copies nothing.
+ * `publishSharedGraph` runs after a successful analyze: a clean checkout at
+ * HEAD moves its private graph into `commits/` (or drops it when that commit
+ * graph already exists) and becomes a pointer again. Commit graphs are never
+ * written after publish.
+ */
+
+import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'crypto';
+import { constants as fsConstants } from 'fs';
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import path from 'path';
+import { acquireIndexLock, requireExclusiveIndexLock } from '../storage/index-lock.js';
+import { commitDistanceToHead, isWorkingTreeDirty } from '../storage/git.js';
+import { registerRepo, saveMeta } from '../storage/repo-manager.js';
+import { loadMeta, type RepoMeta } from '../storage/repo-meta.js';
+import {
+  commitGraphDir,
+  resolveGraphPath,
+  type SharedStoreLayout,
+} from '../storage/shared-store.js';
+import { INDEX_METADATA_FILE, LBUG_DIRECTORY } from '../storage/storage-constants.js';
+import { wipeLbugDbFiles } from './lbug/lbug-adapter.js';
+import { inspectLbugSidecars } from './lbug/sidecar-recovery.js';
+
+type Log = (msg: string) => void;
+
+/**
+ * Fields that differ between checkouts or runs of the same content and
+ * settings. Everything else in the metadata — schema fingerprint, analysis
+ * features, capabilities, retention, runner identity, PDG and process
+ * settings — must match for two checkouts to share a graph. A denylist fails
+ * safe: an unexpected per-run field only prevents sharing, never mixes graphs.
+ */
+const FEATURE_KEY_EXCLUDED = new Set<string>([
+  'repoPath',
+  'storagePath',
+  'graphPath',
+  'lastCommit',
+  'indexedAt',
+  'branch',
+  'remoteUrl',
+  'fileHashes',
+  'cacheKeys',
+  'incrementalInProgress',
+  'embeddingCheckpoint',
+  'stats',
+]);
+
+/** Fields that describe one checkout; stripped from a published commit graph's metadata. */
+const CHECKOUT_FIELDS = ['repoPath', 'storagePath', 'graphPath', 'branch', 'incrementalInProgress'];
+
+const stableStringify = (value: unknown): string => {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) return `[${value.map(stableStringify).join(',')}]`;
+  if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
+    const entries = Object.entries(value as Record<string, unknown>)
+      .filter(([, v]) => v !== undefined)
+      .sort(([a], [b]) => (a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0));
+    return `{${entries.map(([k, v]) => `${JSON.stringify(k)}:${stableStringify(v)}`).join(',')}}`;
+  }
+  return JSON.stringify(value);
+};
+
+/** Hash of every graph-affecting metadata field (see FEATURE_KEY_EXCLUDED). */
+export const featureKeyOf = (meta: RepoMeta): string => {
+  const kept: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(meta)) {
+    if (!FEATURE_KEY_EXCLUDED.has(k)) kept[k] = v;
+  }
+  // Embedding presence changes graph content but lives only in `stats`.
+  kept.hasEmbeddings = (meta.stats?.embeddings ?? 0) > 0;
+  return createHash('sha256').update(stableStringify(kept)).digest('hex').slice(0, 16);
+};
+
+const exists = (p: string): Promise<boolean> =>
+  fs.access(p).then(
+    () => true,
+    () => false,
+  );
+
+interface CommitGraph {
+  dir: string;
+  commit: string;
+  meta: RepoMeta;
+}
+
+const listCommitGraphs = async (layout: SharedStoreLayout): Promise<CommitGraph[]> => {
+  let names: string[];
+  try {
+    names = await fs.readdir(layout.commitsDir);
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+  const graphs: CommitGraph[] = [];
+  for (const name of names) {
+    const match = /^([0-9a-f]{7,64})-([0-9a-f]{8,64})$/.exec(name);
+    if (!match) continue;
+    const dir = path.join(layout.commitsDir, name);
+    const meta = await loadMeta(dir);
+    if (!meta || !(await exists(path.join(dir, LBUG_DIRECTORY)))) continue;
+    graphs.push({ dir, commit: match[1], meta });
+  }
+  return graphs;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Pick the commit graph to seed a new checkout slot from: the one at HEAD,
+ * else the ancestor with the fewest commits to HEAD. Ties go to the most
+ * recently indexed graph.
+ * ponytail: one `git` call pair per commit graph; fine for tens of graphs,
+ * batch through `git rev-list` if stores grow to hundreds.
+ */
+const pickSeed = (repoPath: string, graphs: CommitGraph[]): CommitGraph | null => {
+  let best: { graph: CommitGraph; distance: number } | null = null;
+  for (const graph of graphs) {
+    const distance = commitDistanceToHead(repoPath, graph.commit);
+    if (distance === null) continue;
+    const better =
+      !best ||
+      distance < best.distance ||
+      (distance === best.distance && graph.meta.indexedAt > best.graph.meta.indexedAt);
+    if (better) best = { graph, distance };
+  }
+  return best?.graph ?? null;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Give a slot with no metadata a pointer to the best commit graph, so the
+ * run that follows is up to date (same commit, clean) or incremental from
+ * that graph's file hashes. Caller holds the slot's index lock.
+ */
+export const seedSharedSlot = async (
+  layout: SharedStoreLayout,
+  repoPath: string,
+  log: Log,
+): Promise<void> => {
+  if (await loadMeta(layout.checkoutSlot)) return;
+  const seed = pickSeed(repoPath, await listCommitGraphs(layout));
+  if (!seed) return;
+  await fs.mkdir(layout.checkoutSlot, { recursive: true });
+  const meta: RepoMeta = {
+    ...seed.meta,
+    repoPath,
+    storagePath: layout.checkoutSlot,
+    graphPath: path.join(seed.dir, LBUG_DIRECTORY),
+  };
+  delete meta.incrementalInProgress;
+  await saveMeta(layout.checkoutSlot, meta);
+  log(`Shared store: seeded from commit graph ${seed.commit.slice(0, 12)}.`);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Turn a pointer slot into a private one before analyze opens or writes the
+ * graph. No-op for a slot that already owns its graph or has no graph at all.
+ * Caller holds the slot's index lock.
+ */
+export const ensurePrivateSharedGraph = async (slot: string, log: Log): Promise<void> => {
+  const own = path.join(slot, LBUG_DIRECTORY);
+  const pointed = resolveGraphPath(slot);
+  if (pointed === own) return;
+  const meta = await loadMeta(slot);
+  if (!meta) return;
+  if (!(await exists(own))) {
+    // `lbug.new.<id>` is swept by the slot lock if this process dies mid-copy.
+    const tmp = `${own}.new.${randomUUID()}`;
+    const started = Date.now();
+    await fs.copyFile(pointed, tmp, fsConstants.COPYFILE_FICLONE);
+    await fs.rename(tmp, own);
+    log(`Shared store: copied the shared graph for local changes in ${Date.now() - started}ms.`);
+  }
+  delete meta.graphPath;
+  await saveMeta(slot, meta);
+};
+
+const withPublishLock = async <T>(layout: SharedStoreLayout, fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> => {
+  const lockDir = path.join(layout.root, 'locks', 'publish');
+  await fs.mkdir(lockDir, { recursive: true });
+  const lock = await acquireIndexLock(lockDir);
+  try {
+    requireExclusiveIndexLock(lock, `Cannot acquire the shared-store publish lock at ${lockDir}.`);
+    return await fn();
+  } finally {
+    lock.release();
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * After a successful analyze of the flat slot: publish or reuse the commit
+ * graph when the checkout is clean at HEAD, and make sure the registry points
+ * at the slot. Caller holds the slot's index lock.
+ */
+export const publishSharedGraph = async (
+  layout: SharedStoreLayout,
+  repoPath: string,
+  currentCommit: string,
+  log: Log,
+): Promise<void> => {
+  const slot = layout.checkoutSlot;
+  const meta = await loadMeta(slot);
+  if (!meta) return;
+  const own = path.join(slot, LBUG_DIRECTORY);
+
+  const shareable =
+    currentCommit !== '' &&
+    meta.lastCommit === currentCommit &&
+    !meta.incrementalInProgress &&
+    !isWorkingTreeDirty(repoPath);
+  if (shareable) {
+    const target = commitGraphDir(layout, currentCommit, featureKeyOf(meta));
+    const targetGraph = path.join(target, LBUG_DIRECTORY);
+    const published = await withPublishLock(layout, async () => {
+      if (await exists(targetGraph)) {
+        await wipeLbugDbFiles(own);
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (!(await exists(own)) || (await inspectLbugSidecars(own)).kind !== 'clean') return false;
+      await fs.mkdir(layout.commitsDir, { recursive: true });
+      const staging = path.join(layout.commitsDir, `.publish-${randomUUID()}`);
+      await fs.mkdir(staging);
+      const commitMeta: Record<string, unknown> = { ...meta };
+      for (const field of CHECKOUT_FIELDS) delete commitMeta[field];
+      try {
+        await fs.rename(own, path.join(staging, LBUG_DIRECTORY));
+        await fs.writeFile(path.join(staging, INDEX_METADATA_FILE), JSON.stringify(commitMeta));
+        await fs.rename(staging, target);
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Put the graph back so the slot stays usable as a private index.
+        await fs.rename(path.join(staging, LBUG_DIRECTORY), own).catch(() => {});
+        await fs.rm(staging, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {});
+        log(
+          `Shared store: could not publish (${(err as Error).message}); keeping a private graph.`,
+        );
+        return false;
+      }
+      log(`Shared store: published commit graph ${currentCommit.slice(0, 12)}.`);
+      return true;
+    });
+    if (published) {
+      meta.graphPath = targetGraph;
+      await saveMeta(slot, meta);
+    }
+  } else if (meta.graphPath !== undefined && (await exists(own))) {
+    delete meta.graphPath;
+    await saveMeta(slot, meta);
+  }
+
+  // The up-to-date fast path skips registration; a seeded or adopted checkout
+  // must still end up registered at its slot.
+  await registerRepo(repoPath, meta, { storagePath: slot });
+};
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/storage/git.ts b/gitnexus/src/storage/git.ts
index 80c3fc883..baecaddfb 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/storage/git.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/storage/git.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,31 @@ export const isGitRepo = (repoPath: string): boolean => {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Number of commits from `ancestor` to HEAD, or null when `ancestor` is not
+ * an ancestor of HEAD (or git fails). 0 means `ancestor` is HEAD.
+ */
+export const commitDistanceToHead = (repoPath: string, ancestor: string): number | null => {
+  try {
+    execFileSync('git', ['merge-base', '--is-ancestor', ancestor, 'HEAD'], {
+      cwd: repoPath,
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
+      windowsHide: true,
+    });
+    const count = Number(
+      execFileSync('git', ['rev-list', '--count', `${ancestor}..HEAD`], {
+        cwd: repoPath,
+        stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
+        windowsHide: true,
+        encoding: 'utf8',
+      }).trim(),
+    );
+    return Number.isInteger(count) ? count : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
 export const getCurrentCommit = (repoPath: string): string => {
   try {
     return execSync('git rev-parse HEAD', {
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/shared-store-analyze.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/shared-store-analyze.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..862e667c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/shared-store-analyze.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'child_process';
+import { existsSync } from 'fs';
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import path from 'path';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { featureKeyOf, publishSharedGraph } from '../../src/core/shared-store-analyze.js';
+import {
+  getStoragePaths,
+  listRegisteredRepos,
+  loadMeta,
+  saveMeta,
+} from '../../src/storage/repo-manager.js';
+import type { RepoMeta } from '../../src/storage/repo-meta.js';
+import {
+  commitGraphDir,
+  resolveSharedStore,
+  type SharedStoreLayout,
+} from '../../src/storage/shared-store.js';
+import { createTempDir } from '../helpers/test-db.js';
+
+/**
+ * #3352 — linked worktrees at one commit share one immutable commit graph in
+ * the store under GITNEXUS_HOME, and a second worktree's analyze reuses it
+ * without writing a graph.
+ */
+const git = (cwd: string, ...args: string[]): string =>
+  execFileSync('git', args, { cwd, stdio: 'pipe', encoding: 'utf-8' }).trim();
+
+const commitAll = (cwd: string, message: string): void => {
+  git(cwd, 'add', '-A');
+  git(cwd, '-c', 'user.name=t', '-c', 'user.email=t@t', 'commit', '-q', '-m', message);
+};
+
+const layoutOf = (checkout: string): SharedStoreLayout => {
+  const layout = resolveSharedStore(checkout);
+  expect(layout).not.toBeNull();
+  return layout as SharedStoreLayout;
+};
+
+const listCommitDirs = async (layout: SharedStoreLayout): Promise<string[]> =>
+  (await fs.readdir(layout.commitsDir).catch(() => [] as string[])).filter(
+    (name) => !name.startsWith('.'),
+  );
+
+describe('shared sibling store analyze (#3352)', () => {
+  let tmpHome: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createTempDir>>;
+  let tmpRepo: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createTempDir>>;
+  let savedHome: string | undefined;
+  let main: string;
+  let wtA: string;
+  let wtB: string;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    tmpHome = await createTempDir('gitnexus-shared-home-');
+    tmpRepo = await createTempDir('gitnexus-shared-repo-');
+    savedHome = process.env.GITNEXUS_HOME;
+    process.env.GITNEXUS_HOME = tmpHome.dbPath;
+
+    const root = await fs.realpath(tmpRepo.dbPath);
+    main = path.join(root, 'main');
+    wtA = path.join(root, 'wt-a');
+    wtB = path.join(root, 'wt-b');
+    await fs.mkdir(main);
+    git(main, 'init', '-q', '-b', 'main');
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(main, 'a.ts'),
+      'export function a() { return b(); }\nexport function b() { return 1; }\n',
+    );
+    commitAll(main, 'init');
+    git(main, 'worktree', 'add', '-q', '-b', 'wt-a', wtA);
+    git(main, 'worktree', 'add', '-q', '-b', 'wt-b', wtB);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    if (savedHome === undefined) delete process.env.GITNEXUS_HOME;
+    else process.env.GITNEXUS_HOME = savedHome;
+    await tmpRepo.cleanup();
+    await tmpHome.cleanup();
+  });
+
+  it('Covers AE1: three clean worktrees at one commit share one commit graph', async () => {
+    const { runFullAnalysis } = await import('../../src/core/run-analyze.js');
+    const results = [];
+    for (const checkout of [main, wtA, wtB]) {
+      results.push(await runFullAnalysis(checkout, {}, { onProgress: () => {} }));
+    }
+
+    const layout = layoutOf(main);
+    const commitDirs = await listCommitDirs(layout);
+    expect(commitDirs).toHaveLength(1);
+    const graph = path.join(layout.commitsDir, commitDirs[0], 'lbug');
+
+    for (const checkout of [main, wtA, wtB]) {
+      const slot = layoutOf(checkout).checkoutSlot;
+      expect(getStoragePaths(checkout, undefined, slot).lbugPath).toBe(graph);
+      expect(existsSync(path.join(slot, 'lbug'))).toBe(false);
+      // The pre-existing repository-local index location is never written.
+      expect(existsSync(path.join(checkout, '.gitnexus', 'lbug'))).toBe(false);
+    }
+    // Siblings after the first reuse the published graph without a pipeline run.
+    expect(results.map((r) => r.alreadyUpToDate === true)).toEqual([false, true, true]);
+
+    const registered = await listRegisteredRepos();
+    for (const checkout of [main, wtA, wtB]) {
+      const entry = registered.find((e) => e.path === checkout);
+      expect(entry?.storagePath).toBe(layoutOf(checkout).checkoutSlot);
+    }
+  }, 180_000);
+
+  it('serves a sibling the same relative file paths from the shared graph', async () => {
+    const { runFullAnalysis } = await import('../../src/core/run-analyze.js');
+    await runFullAnalysis(wtA, {}, { onProgress: () => {} });
+    await runFullAnalysis(wtB, {}, { onProgress: () => {} });
+
+    const lbug = (await import('@ladybugdb/core')).default;
+    const graph = getStoragePaths(wtB, undefined, layoutOf(wtB).checkoutSlot).lbugPath;
+    const db = new lbug.Database(graph, 0, true, true);
+    const conn = new lbug.Connection(db);
+    const rows = (await (
+      await conn.query('MATCH (f:File) RETURN f.filePath AS p ORDER BY p')
+    ).getAll()) as { p: string }[];
+    await conn.close();
+    await db.close();
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.p)).toEqual(['a.ts']);
+  }, 180_000);
+
+  it('publishes a new commit graph when a clean worktree moves to a new commit', async () => {
+    const { runFullAnalysis } = await import('../../src/core/run-analyze.js');
+    await runFullAnalysis(wtA, {}, { onProgress: () => {} });
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(wtA, 'c.ts'), 'export const c = 3;\n');
+    commitAll(wtA, 'c');
+    await runFullAnalysis(wtA, {}, { onProgress: () => {} });
+
+    const layout = layoutOf(wtA);
+    const head = git(wtA, 'rev-parse', 'HEAD');
+    const meta = await loadMeta(layout.checkoutSlot);
+    expect(meta?.lastCommit).toBe(head);
+    expect(meta?.graphPath).toBe(
+      path.join(commitGraphDir(layout, head, featureKeyOf(meta as RepoMeta)), 'lbug'),
+    );
+    expect(await listCommitDirs(layout)).toHaveLength(2);
+  }, 180_000);
+});
+
+describe('featureKeyOf', () => {
+  const base: RepoMeta = {
+    repoPath: '/a',
+    storagePath: '/a/.gitnexus',
+    lastCommit: 'abc1234',
+    indexedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+    schemaFingerprint: 'fp1',
+    analysisFeatures: { x: 1 },
+  };
+
+  it('ignores per-checkout and per-run fields', () => {
+    expect(
+      featureKeyOf({
+        ...base,
+        repoPath: '/b',
+        storagePath: '/b/.gitnexus',
+        indexedAt: '2027-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+        lastCommit: 'def5678',
+        branch: 'feature',
+        fileHashes: { 'a.ts': 'h' },
+        stats: { nodes: 9 },
+      }),
+    ).toBe(featureKeyOf(base));
+  });
+
+  it('is independent of key order', () => {
+    const reordered = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(base).reverse()) as RepoMeta;
+    expect(featureKeyOf(reordered)).toBe(featureKeyOf(base));
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['schema fingerprint', { schemaFingerprint: 'fp2' }],
+    ['analysis features', { analysisFeatures: { x: 2 } }],
+    ['PDG layer', { pdg: {} as RepoMeta['pdg'] }],
+    ['content retention', { contentRetention: 'none' as const }],
+    ['embeddings present', { stats: { embeddings: 3 } }],
+  ])('changes with %s', (_label, delta) => {
+    expect(featureKeyOf({ ...base, ...delta })).not.toBe(featureKeyOf(base));
+  });
+});
+
+describe('publishSharedGraph race (#3352)', () => {
+  let tmpHome: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createTempDir>>;
+  let tmpRepo: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createTempDir>>;
+  let savedHome: string | undefined;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    tmpHome = await createTempDir('gitnexus-shared-race-home-');
+    tmpRepo = await createTempDir('gitnexus-shared-race-repo-');
+    savedHome = process.env.GITNEXUS_HOME;
+    process.env.GITNEXUS_HOME = tmpHome.dbPath;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    if (savedHome === undefined) delete process.env.GITNEXUS_HOME;
+    else process.env.GITNEXUS_HOME = savedHome;
+    await tmpRepo.cleanup();
+    await tmpHome.cleanup();
+  });
+
+  const setup = async (): Promise<{ checkouts: string[]; head: string }> => {
+    const root = await fs.realpath(tmpRepo.dbPath);
+    const main = path.join(root, 'main');
+    await fs.mkdir(main);
+    git(main, 'init', '-q', '-b', 'main');
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(main, 'a.ts'), 'export const a = 1;\n');
+    commitAll(main, 'init');
+    const wt = path.join(root, 'wt');
+    git(main, 'worktree', 'add', '-q', '-b', 'wt', wt);
+    const head = git(main, 'rev-parse', 'HEAD');
+    for (const checkout of [main, wt]) {
+      const slot = layoutOf(checkout).checkoutSlot;
+      await fs.mkdir(slot, { recursive: true });
+      await fs.writeFile(path.join(slot, 'lbug'), `graph from ${checkout}`);
+      await saveMeta(slot, {
+        repoPath: checkout,
+        storagePath: slot,
+        lastCommit: head,
+        indexedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      });
+    }
+    return { checkouts: [main, wt], head };
+  };
+
+  it('Covers AE6: two checkouts publishing one new commit produce exactly one graph', async () => {
+    const { checkouts } = await setup();
+    await Promise.all(
+      checkouts.map((c) =>
+        publishSharedGraph(layoutOf(c), c, git(c, 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'), () => {}),
+      ),
+    );
+    const layout = layoutOf(checkouts[0]);
+    expect(await listCommitDirs(layout)).toHaveLength(1);
+    const pointers = await Promise.all(
+      checkouts.map(async (c) => (await loadMeta(layoutOf(c).checkoutSlot))?.graphPath),
+    );
+    expect(new Set(pointers).size).toBe(1);
+    for (const c of checkouts) {
+      expect(existsSync(path.join(layoutOf(c).checkoutSlot, 'lbug'))).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a private graph whose sidecars are not consolidated', async () => {
+    const { checkouts, head } = await setup();
+    const [main] = checkouts;
+    const slot = layoutOf(main).checkoutSlot;
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(slot, 'lbug.wal'), 'pending');
+    await publishSharedGraph(layoutOf(main), main, head, () => {});
+    expect(await listCommitDirs(layoutOf(main))).toEqual([]);
+    expect(existsSync(path.join(slot, 'lbug'))).toBe(true);
+    expect((await loadMeta(slot))?.graphPath).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a dirty checkout private', async () => {
+    const { checkouts, head } = await setup();
+    const [main] = checkouts;
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(main, 'a.ts'), 'export const a = 2;\n');
+    await publishSharedGraph(layoutOf(main), main, head, () => {});
+    expect(await listCommitDirs(layoutOf(main))).toEqual([]);
+    expect(existsSync(path.join(layoutOf(main).checkoutSlot, 'lbug'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+});