diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/group/extractors/manifest-extractor.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/group/extractors/manifest-extractor.ts
index fd80287ee..e2414b73c 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/group/extractors/manifest-extractor.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/group/extractors/manifest-extractor.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ export class ManifestExtractor {
            ORDER BY f.filePath ASC
            LIMIT 1`,
           { contract: link.contract },
+        );
       } else if (link.type === 'custom') {
         // Workspace extractors produce qualified contracts like "mathlex::Expression".
         // Graph nodes store the unqualified symbol name ("Expression"), so strip
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/global-setup.ts b/gitnexus/test/global-setup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5760a1b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/global-setup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * Vitest globalSetup — runs once in the MAIN process before any forks.
+ *
+ * Creates a single shared LadybugDB with full schema so that forked test
+ * files only need to clear + reseed data instead of recreating the
+ * entire schema each time (~29 DDL queries per file eliminated).
+ *
+ * The dbPath is shared with test files via vitest's provide/inject API.
+ */
+import path from 'path';
+import lbug from '@ladybugdb/core';
+import type { GlobalSetupContext } from 'vitest/node';
+import { createTempDir } from './helpers/test-db.js';
+import {
+  NODE_SCHEMA_QUERIES,
+  REL_SCHEMA_QUERIES,
+  EMBEDDING_SCHEMA,
+} from '../src/core/lbug/schema.js';
+
+export default async function setup({ provide }: GlobalSetupContext) {
+  const tmpHandle = await createTempDir('gitnexus-shared-');
+  const dbPath = path.join(tmpHandle.dbPath, 'lbug');
+
+  // Create DB with full schema
+  const db = new lbug.Database(dbPath);
+  const conn = new lbug.Connection(db);
+
+  for (const q of NODE_SCHEMA_QUERIES) {
+    await conn.query(q);
+  }
+  for (const q of REL_SCHEMA_QUERIES) {
+    await conn.query(q);
+  }
+  await conn.query(EMBEDDING_SCHEMA);
+
+  // Pre-install FTS extension so forks don't need to download it
+  try {
+    await conn.query('INSTALL fts');
+    await conn.query('LOAD EXTENSION fts');
+  } catch {
+    // FTS may already be installed system-wide — not fatal
+  }
+
+  await conn.close();
+  await db.close();
+
+  // Share the dbPath with all test files via inject('lbugDbPath')
+  provide('lbugDbPath', dbPath);
+
+  // Teardown: remove temp directory after all tests complete
+  return async () => {
+    await tmpHandle.cleanup();
+  };
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/vitest.d.ts b/gitnexus/test/vitest.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63f658e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/vitest.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import 'vitest';
+
+declare module 'vitest' {
+  export interface ProvidedContext {
+    lbugDbPath: string;
+  }
+}