diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/class-extractors/configs/zig.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/class-extractors/configs/zig.ts
index c33a40095..690a9ff56 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/class-extractors/configs/zig.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/class-extractors/configs/zig.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { SyntaxNode } from '../../utils/ast-helpers.js';
 import {
   isZigFileStruct,
   ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES,
+  zigContainerLabel,
   zigContainerName,
 } from '../../languages/zig/captures.js';
 
@@ -12,11 +13,16 @@ import {
  *
  *   const Point = struct { ... };
  *   pub fn List(comptime T: type) type { return struct { ... }; }
+ *   fn build() void { const R = struct { ... }; sort(struct { fn lt … }.lt); }
  *
- * The binding name is the first identifier child of the parent
- * variable_declaration, or the generic type constructor's name —
- * `zigContainerName` is the single source shared with the field/method
- * extractors so owner ids and node ids agree by construction.
+ * The identity is the binding name (first identifier of the parent
+ * variable_declaration), the generic type constructor's name, or — for a
+ * FUNCTION-LOCAL or ANONYMOUS container — a synthesized `host$Name` /
+ * `host$N` (F8). `zigContainerName` is the single source shared with the
+ * field/method extractors and the owner walk, so owner ids and node ids
+ * agree by construction. Which of the (up to three) ZIG_QUERIES rules that
+ * match one container gets to mint it is decided by the provider's
+ * `shouldSkipDefinitionCapture` (`isZigRedundantContainerCapture`).
  */
 const extractZigContainerName = (node: SyntaxNode, filePath?: string): string | undefined =>
   zigContainerName(node, filePath);
@@ -25,13 +31,7 @@ const extractZigContainerType = (node: SyntaxNode): ClassLikeNodeLabel | undefin
   // The file itself, when it declares top-level fields (file-struct); a
   // namespace-only file is not a type — `extract` then yields no symbol.
   if (node.type === 'source_file') return isZigFileStruct(node) ? 'Struct' : undefined;
-  if (node.type === 'struct_declaration') return 'Struct';
-  if (node.type === 'enum_declaration') return 'Enum';
-  if (node.type === 'union_declaration') return 'Union';
-  // `opaque {}` is a fieldless container that may own methods — Struct is the
-  // closest class-like label (rationale in ZIG_QUERIES).
-  if (node.type === 'opaque_declaration') return 'Struct';
-  return undefined;
+  return zigContainerLabel(node);
 };
 
 export const zigClassConfig: ClassExtractionConfig = {
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/language-provider.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/language-provider.ts
index 6344a622e..90e42f9e8 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/language-provider.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/language-provider.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,26 @@ interface LanguageProviderConfig {
     filePath: string,
   ) => { readonly name: string; readonly label: NodeLabel } | null;
 
+  /**
+   * The type a CONTAINER node declares, when the language names it from its
+   * context rather than from a name child of the node — a binding wrapper,
+   * an enclosing callable, an ordinal among anonymous siblings (Zig:
+   * `const T = struct {…}` is `T`; a function-local `const R = struct {…}`
+   * inside `fn string` is `string$R`; `struct { fn lessThan … }.lessThan`
+   * passed to a sort is `<fn>$1`).
+   *
+   * Consulted by the enclosing-owner walk for every `CLASS_CONTAINER_TYPES`
+   * node it meets (after `resolveEnclosingOwner` remapping), BEFORE the
+   * generic name-child derivation; return `null` to fall back to it. The name
+   * must be the one the class-like node is minted under
+   * (`<label>:<file>:<name>`), so a member's owner id and the node id agree
+   * by construction.
+   * Default: undefined (containers are named by the generic derivation). */
+  readonly resolveContainerTypeOwner?: (
+    container: SyntaxNode,
+    filePath: string,
+  ) => { readonly name: string; readonly label: NodeLabel } | null;
+
   // ── Enclosing function resolution ───────────────────────────────
   /** Resolve the enclosing function name + label from an AST ancestor node
    *  that is NOT a standard FUNCTION_NODE_TYPE.  For languages where the
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig.ts
index 762580cde..40261478c 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig.ts
@@ -53,11 +53,15 @@ import {
   interpretZigTypeBinding,
   isZigContainerMethod,
   isZigFileStruct,
+  isZigRedundantContainerCapture,
   isZigTypeShadowingBinding,
   zigArityCompatibility,
+  zigContainerLabel,
+  zigContainerName,
   zigFileStructName,
   zigBindingScopeFor,
   zigReceiverBinding,
+  ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES,
 } from './zig/index.js';
 
 export const zigProvider = defineLanguage({
@@ -79,16 +83,40 @@ export const zigProvider = defineLanguage({
   variableExtractor: createVariableExtractor(zigVariableConfig),
   // A `const`/`var` whose value is a container or an `@import` is the
   // Struct/Enum/Union node or the import binding, not a Const beside it.
+  // Up to three ZIG_QUERIES rules match one container (wrapper, type
+  // constructor, bare container — F8); `zigContainerAnchor` names the one
+  // that mints it and the others are dropped here.
   shouldSkipDefinitionCapture: (captureMap, defaultLabel) => {
-    if (defaultLabel !== 'Const' && defaultLabel !== 'Variable') return false;
-    const decl = captureMap['definition.const'] ?? captureMap['definition.variable'];
-    return decl !== undefined && isZigTypeShadowingBinding(decl);
+    if (defaultLabel === 'Const' || defaultLabel === 'Variable') {
+      const decl = captureMap['definition.const'] ?? captureMap['definition.variable'];
+      return decl !== undefined && isZigTypeShadowingBinding(decl);
+    }
+    if (defaultLabel === 'Struct' || defaultLabel === 'Enum' || defaultLabel === 'Union') {
+      const decl =
+        captureMap['definition.struct'] ??
+        captureMap['definition.enum'] ??
+        captureMap['definition.union'];
+      return decl !== undefined && isZigRedundantContainerCapture(decl, captureMap['name']);
+    }
+    return false;
   },
   // A file whose top level declares fields IS a struct named after the file
   // (`Page.zig` → `Page`): its top-level fns/fields are members of that
   // Struct. Files without fields are namespaces and own nothing.
   resolveFileTypeOwner: (root, filePath) =>
     isZigFileStruct(root) ? { name: zigFileStructName(filePath), label: 'Struct' } : null,
+  // Every container's identity comes from `zigContainerName` — the binding
+  // name for `const T = struct {…}` at file/container level, the fn name for
+  // a generic type constructor, and (F8) `string$R` / `build$1` for
+  // function-local and anonymous containers, which no name child spells. The
+  // class extractor names the node from the same function, so a member's
+  // owner id (`Method:<file>:string$R.get`) and the node id agree.
+  resolveContainerTypeOwner: (container, filePath) => {
+    if (!ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(container.type)) return null;
+    const name = zigContainerName(container, filePath);
+    const label = zigContainerLabel(container);
+    return name !== undefined && label !== undefined ? { name, label } : null;
+  },
   labelOverride: (functionNode, defaultLabel) => {
     if (defaultLabel !== 'Function') return defaultLabel;
     if (isZigContainerMethod(functionNode)) return 'Method';
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/captures.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/captures.ts
index 6686eda1a..45eacfce9 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/captures.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/captures.ts
@@ -143,16 +143,24 @@ export function isZigPublishingImport(declNode: SyntaxNode): boolean {
   return declNode.parent?.type === 'source_file' && hasZigPubKeyword(declNode);
 }
 
-/** The binding name of a Zig container node, or undefined for a truly
- *  anonymous one. Two shapes carry a name:
+/** The BINDING name of a Zig container node — the spelling code uses to
+ *  refer to it — or undefined for a truly anonymous one. Three shapes carry
+ *  one:
+ *    - a file-struct: the file stem (`Page.zig` → `Page`);
  *    - `const Point = struct {…}` — the first identifier of the wrapping
  *      `variable_declaration`;
  *    - `pub fn List(comptime T: type) type { return struct {…}; }` — the
  *      generic type constructor. Zig has no other spelling for a generic
  *      type, and every reader calls the returned container `List`, so the
  *      enclosing function's name IS the type name (`ArrayList(u8)`).
- *  Single source for the class/field/method extractor configs. */
-export function zigContainerName(containerNode: SyntaxNode, filePath?: string): string | undefined {
+ *  This is what scope-side NAME BINDINGS use (`R.get()`, `self: *R`, a
+ *  `const Self = @This();` rewrite). The graph IDENTITY of a container is
+ *  `zigContainerName`, which equals the binding name except for the
+ *  function-local and anonymous shapes (F8). */
+export function zigContainerBindingName(
+  containerNode: SyntaxNode,
+  filePath?: string,
+): string | undefined {
   if (containerNode.type === 'source_file') {
     return filePath !== undefined && isZigFileStruct(containerNode)
       ? zigFileStructName(filePath)
@@ -170,6 +178,210 @@ export function zigContainerName(containerNode: SyntaxNode, filePath?: string):
   return zigTypeConstructorOf(containerNode)?.childForFieldName('name')?.text;
 }
 
+/** The graph IDENTITY of a Zig container node — the name its class-like
+ *  node, its members' owner segment (`Method:<file>:<name>.<fn>`) and the
+ *  scope-side def all carry. Single source for the class/field/method
+ *  extractor configs, the provider's `resolveContainerTypeOwner` hook (the
+ *  structure phase's owner walk) and `emitZigScopeCaptures`, so the two
+ *  phases agree by construction.
+ *
+ *    - file-struct / `const T = struct {…}` at file or container level /
+ *      generic type constructor: the binding name (`zigContainerBindingName`).
+ *    - FUNCTION-LOCAL named container (F8) — `const R = struct {…}` inside a
+ *      `fn` or `test` body: `<enclosing callable>$<name>`, e.g. `string$R`,
+ *      `Reflect.string$R`. Zig code declares such helper containers per
+ *      builder function (Lightpanda's `reflection.zig` has ~20 `const R =
+ *      struct { fn get… fn set… }`), and by binding name alone they all
+ *      collapsed onto ONE `Struct:<file>:R` with one `R.get`. Java's local
+ *      classes are keyed the same way (`Outer$1Local`); the `$` is what tells
+ *      the shared `populateClassOwnedMembers` the name is already complete.
+ *      Two same-named locals in sibling blocks of ONE callable still share
+ *      an identity (Zig code does not do that; javac's ordinal would).
+ *    - ANONYMOUS container (F8) — `struct { fn lessThan(…) … }.lessThan`
+ *      passed to `std.sort.pdq`, `const cmp = struct {…}.lt;`, a field or
+ *      parameter typed `struct { min: u32 }`: `<host>$<ordinal>` where the
+ *      host is the enclosing callable (`build$1`), else the enclosing
+ *      container (`Outer$1`), else the file stem (`util$1`), and the ordinal
+ *      counts the anonymous containers of that host in source order —
+ *      javac's `Outer$1` rule (`synthesizeJavaTypeIdentity`). Without an
+ *      identity their fns were OWNERLESS Methods (`Method:<file>:lessThan`),
+ *      and same-named ones in one file collided on a single node.
+ *  Deterministic in the tree alone, so any two walks over one source agree. */
+export function zigContainerName(containerNode: SyntaxNode, filePath?: string): string | undefined {
+  const binding = zigContainerBindingName(containerNode, filePath);
+  if (containerNode.type === 'source_file') return binding;
+  if (!ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(containerNode.type)) return undefined;
+  const host = zigIdentityHost(containerNode);
+  if (binding !== undefined) {
+    if (containerNode.parent?.type !== 'variable_declaration' || host === null) return binding;
+    if (!isZigCallableNode(host)) return binding; // file / container level: unchanged
+    return `${zigCallableQualifiedName(host, filePath)}$${binding}`;
+  }
+  const ordinal = zigAnonymousContainerOrdinal(containerNode);
+  const prefix = host === null ? undefined : zigAnonymousHostPrefix(host, filePath);
+  return `${prefix ?? ''}$${ordinal}`;
+}
+
+/** The label the graph gives a container node (`opaque {}` is a fieldless
+ *  container that may own methods — Struct, see ZIG_QUERIES). */
+export function zigContainerLabel(
+  containerNode: SyntaxNode,
+): 'Struct' | 'Enum' | 'Union' | undefined {
+  switch (containerNode.type) {
+    case 'struct_declaration':
+    case 'opaque_declaration':
+      return 'Struct';
+    case 'enum_declaration':
+      return 'Enum';
+    case 'union_declaration':
+      return 'Union';
+    default:
+      return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Which ZIG_QUERIES rule mints a container's graph node (F8):
+ *    - 'wrapper': `const T = struct {…}` at file or container level — the
+ *      `variable_declaration … @definition.struct` rule (name from `@name`);
+ *    - 'constructor': the container a generic type constructor returns —
+ *      the `fn … type { return struct {…}; }` rule;
+ *    - 'container': everything the bare `(struct_declaration)
+ *      @definition.struct` rule owns — FUNCTION-LOCAL named containers (their
+ *      identity `string$R` is not a capture, so the class extractor names
+ *      them via `zigContainerName`) and ANONYMOUS containers.
+ *  The provider's `shouldSkipClassCapture` drops the other rules' matches for
+ *  the same node so each container is minted exactly once. */
+export function zigContainerAnchor(
+  containerNode: SyntaxNode,
+): 'wrapper' | 'constructor' | 'container' | 'file' {
+  if (containerNode.type === 'source_file') return 'file';
+  if (zigTypeConstructorOf(containerNode) !== null) return 'constructor';
+  if (
+    containerNode.parent?.type === 'variable_declaration' &&
+    zigContainerBindingName(containerNode) !== undefined
+  ) {
+    const host = zigIdentityHost(containerNode);
+    return host !== null && isZigCallableNode(host) ? 'container' : 'wrapper';
+  }
+  return 'container';
+}
+
+/** Is this `@definition.<container>` match of ZIG_QUERIES REDUNDANT — i.e.
+ *  minted by another rule for the same container (F8)? `definitionNode` is
+ *  the match anchor (the wrapper `variable_declaration`, or the container
+ *  node for the type-constructor and bare-container rules), `nameNode` its
+ *  `@name` capture (the type-constructor rule captures the fn's name, the
+ *  bare rule captures none). Wired through the provider's
+ *  `shouldSkipDefinitionCapture`, which the definition phase consults for
+ *  EVERY label — `shouldSkipClassCapture` would not see `Union`. */
+export function isZigRedundantContainerCapture(
+  definitionNode: SyntaxNode,
+  nameNode: SyntaxNode | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  let container: SyntaxNode | undefined;
+  if (ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(definitionNode.type)) {
+    container = definitionNode;
+  } else if (definitionNode.type === 'variable_declaration') {
+    for (let i = 0; i < definitionNode.namedChildCount; i++) {
+      const child = definitionNode.namedChild(i);
+      if (child !== null && ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(child.type)) {
+        container = child;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (container === undefined) return false;
+  const anchor = zigContainerAnchor(container);
+  if (definitionNode.type === 'variable_declaration') return anchor !== 'wrapper';
+  return nameNode !== undefined ? anchor !== 'constructor' : anchor !== 'container';
+}
+
+/** A callable body in Zig: a `fn` or a `test` block. */
+function isZigCallableNode(node: SyntaxNode): boolean {
+  return node.type === 'function_declaration' || node.type === 'test_declaration';
+}
+
+/** The nearest ancestor that hosts identities — a callable, a container or
+ *  the file — starting from `node`'s parent. */
+function zigIdentityHost(node: SyntaxNode): SyntaxNode | null {
+  let cur = node.parent;
+  while (cur !== null && cur !== undefined) {
+    if (isZigCallableNode(cur) || ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(cur.type) || cur.type === 'source_file') {
+      return cur;
+    }
+    cur = cur.parent;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/** A callable's qualified name as the structure phase spells it: its owner
+ *  container's identity, a dot, its own name (`Reflect.string`, `Page.init`,
+ *  `helper` in a namespace file). A `test` block is keyed by its LINE
+ *  (`test@L<line>`, 1-based; a test is a top-level declaration, so the line
+ *  identifies it), not by its string: the class extractor's
+ *  `buildQualifiedName` normalizes a graph node's `qualifiedName`
+ *  (whitespace stripped, `::` → `.`), so an identity carrying `"Function:
+ *  requested termination …"` would key the node under one spelling and the
+ *  scope def under another, and `State{}` in that test would resolve to
+ *  nothing. No `:` either (`row:col` would do), so an id keeps a single
+ *  `label:file:name` colon structure for anything that splits on it. */
+export function zigCallableQualifiedName(fnNode: SyntaxNode, filePath?: string): string {
+  const own =
+    fnNode.type === 'test_declaration'
+      ? `test@L${fnNode.startPosition.row + 1}`
+      : (fnNode.childForFieldName('name')?.text ?? `fn@L${fnNode.startPosition.row + 1}`);
+  const host = zigIdentityHost(fnNode);
+  if (host === null) return own;
+  const hostName = ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(host.type)
+    ? zigContainerName(host, filePath)
+    : host.type === 'source_file'
+      ? zigContainerBindingName(host, filePath) // file-struct stem; nothing for a namespace file
+      : zigCallableQualifiedName(host, filePath);
+  return hostName === undefined ? own : `${hostName}.${own}`;
+}
+
+/** The `<host>` part of an anonymous container's identity. */
+function zigAnonymousHostPrefix(host: SyntaxNode, filePath?: string): string | undefined {
+  if (isZigCallableNode(host)) return zigCallableQualifiedName(host, filePath);
+  if (ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(host.type)) return zigContainerName(host, filePath);
+  // File level: the file stem — a Zig file is itself a struct, so this is
+  // javac's `Outer$1` with the file as `Outer` (`Page$1`, `util$1`).
+  return filePath === undefined ? undefined : zigFileStructName(filePath);
+}
+
+/** 1-based ordinal of an anonymous container among the anonymous containers
+ *  sharing its identity host, in source order. Computed once per tree and
+ *  memoized on the tree object (a node without `.tree` recomputes from its
+ *  root); position-derived, so two parses of one source agree. */
+const zigAnonymousOrdinalMemo = new WeakMap<object, Map<number, number>>();
+function zigAnonymousContainerOrdinal(containerNode: SyntaxNode): number {
+  const tree = (containerNode as { tree?: object }).tree;
+  let table = tree === undefined ? undefined : zigAnonymousOrdinalMemo.get(tree);
+  if (table === undefined) {
+    let root: SyntaxNode = containerNode;
+    while (root.parent !== null && root.parent !== undefined) root = root.parent;
+    const built = new Map<number, number>();
+    const perHost = new Map<number, number>();
+    const visit = (node: SyntaxNode): void => {
+      if (ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(node.type) && zigContainerBindingName(node) === undefined) {
+        const host = zigIdentityHost(node);
+        const key = host === null ? -1 : host.id;
+        const next = (perHost.get(key) ?? 0) + 1;
+        perHost.set(key, next);
+        built.set(node.id, next);
+      }
+      for (let i = 0; i < node.namedChildCount; i++) {
+        const child = node.namedChild(i);
+        if (child !== null) visit(child);
+      }
+    };
+    visit(root);
+    if (tree !== undefined) zigAnonymousOrdinalMemo.set(tree, built);
+    table = built;
+  }
+  return table.get(containerNode.id) ?? 0;
+}
+
 /** For a container that is the direct `return` value of a function whose
  *  return type is `type` — `fn List(comptime T: type) type { return struct
  *  {…}; }` — the function_declaration; null for any other placement. Only the
@@ -242,10 +454,15 @@ function republishMarker(stmt: SyntaxNode): Record<string, Capture> {
  *  returns a map from the DECLARING container node id to `[aliasName,
  *  containerName]`. The file-level alias maps to the file-struct name (only
  *  when the file is a file-struct — a namespace-only file's `const js =
- *  @This();` stays a Const and is not a type to rewrite to). */
+ *  @This();` stays a Const and is not a type to rewrite to). The container
+ *  side is the name the SCOPE BINDS: the binding name (`R` for a function-
+ *  local `const R = struct {…}`, whose identity `string$R` is not a binding),
+ *  or the synthetic identity of an anonymous container, which is bound under
+ *  that very name (F8). */
 function collectZigThisAliases(
   root: SyntaxNode,
   fileStructName: string | undefined,
+  filePath: string,
 ): Map<number, { readonly alias: string; readonly container: string }> {
   const out = new Map<number, { readonly alias: string; readonly container: string }>();
   const visit = (node: SyntaxNode): void => {
@@ -265,7 +482,7 @@ function collectZigThisAliases(
             out.set(owner.id, { alias: named[0]!.text, container: fileStructName });
           }
         } else if (owner !== null && ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(owner.type)) {
-          const containerName = zigContainerName(owner);
+          const containerName = zigContainerBindingName(owner) ?? zigContainerName(owner, filePath);
           if (containerName !== undefined) {
             out.set(owner.id, { alias: named[0]!.text, container: containerName });
           }
@@ -711,7 +928,7 @@ export function emitZigScopeCaptures(
   }
   // `@This()` aliases: alias name ↦ the container it names (file stem for the
   // file-struct, binding name for `const Self = @This();` inside a container).
-  const thisAliases = collectZigThisAliases(root, fileStructName);
+  const thisAliases = collectZigThisAliases(root, fileStructName, _filePath);
   // F6: fn-local names per function node, for `zigCallReturnTypeOf`.
   const fnLocalNames = new Map<number, Set<string>>();
 
@@ -971,6 +1188,23 @@ export function emitZigScopeCaptures(
           'true',
         );
       }
+      // F8 — FUNCTION-LOCAL named container (`const R = struct {…}` inside a
+      // fn body): the def's qualified name is its identity (`string$R`,
+      // matching the graph node the structure phase mints via
+      // `zigContainerName`), while the scope still binds the spelling code
+      // uses (`R.get()`, `self: *R`) — the Java local-class split
+      // (`@declaration.binding-name`, java/captures.ts).
+      if (
+        containerAnchor !== undefined &&
+        nameNode !== undefined &&
+        zigContainerAnchor(containerAnchor) === 'container'
+      ) {
+        const identity = zigContainerName(containerAnchor, _filePath);
+        if (identity !== undefined && identity !== nameNode.text) {
+          grouped['@declaration.binding-name'] = grouped['@declaration.name']!;
+          grouped['@declaration.name'] = syntheticCapture('@declaration.name', nameNode, identity);
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     // Relabel container-nested fns Function → Method (provider labelOverride
@@ -1097,7 +1331,49 @@ export function emitZigScopeCaptures(
     }
   }
 
+  // F8 — ANONYMOUS containers (`std.sort.pdq(…, struct { fn lessThan … }
+  // .lessThan)`, `const cmp = struct { fn lt … }.lt;`, `clamp: ?struct { min:
+  // u32 }`): no query rule binds them, so their Class scope owned no def and
+  // their fns were ownerless, colliding Methods. Synthesize the def the
+  // structure phase mints (`zigContainerName` → `build$1`), anchored on the
+  // container node so it shares the `@scope.class` range: the def joins that
+  // scope's ownedDefs (`populateClassOwnedMembers` then qualifies its members
+  // `build$1.lessThan` and stamps their ownerId) and the name auto-hoists to
+  // the enclosing scope, where a `const Self = @This();` rewrite can find it.
+  out.push(...synthesizeZigAnonymousContainerDeclarations(root, _filePath));
+
   out.push(...synthesizeCallableFlowCaptures(tree.rootNode, ZIG_CALLABLE_CAPTURE_OPTIONS));
 
   return out;
 }
+
+/** One `@declaration.<kind>` group per anonymous container in the tree —
+ *  see the call site in `emitZigScopeCaptures` (F8). Named after
+ *  `synthesizeJavaAnonymousClassDeclarations`, which does the same for
+ *  `new Runnable() {…}` bodies. */
+function synthesizeZigAnonymousContainerDeclarations(
+  root: SyntaxNode,
+  filePath: string,
+): CaptureMatch[] {
+  const out: CaptureMatch[] = [];
+  const visit = (node: SyntaxNode): void => {
+    if (ZIG_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(node.type) && zigContainerBindingName(node) === undefined) {
+      const identity = zigContainerName(node, filePath);
+      const label = zigContainerLabel(node);
+      if (identity !== undefined && label !== undefined) {
+        const tag = `@declaration.${label.toLowerCase()}`;
+        out.push({
+          [tag]: nodeToCapture(tag, node),
+          '@declaration.name': syntheticCapture('@declaration.name', node, identity),
+          '@declaration.is-synthetic': syntheticCapture('@declaration.is-synthetic', node, 'true'),
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < node.namedChildCount; i++) {
+      const child = node.namedChild(i);
+      if (child !== null) visit(child);
+    }
+  };
+  visit(root);
+  return out;
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/index.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/index.ts
index a57fda445..10d47336b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/index.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ export {
   isZigFileStruct,
   isZigFileThisAlias,
   isZigKeywordDeclaration,
+  isZigRedundantContainerCapture,
   isZigTypeShadowingBinding,
+  zigCallableQualifiedName,
+  zigContainerAnchor,
+  zigContainerBindingName,
+  zigContainerLabel,
   zigContainerName,
   zigFileStructName,
   zigImportRootOf,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
index 070bf72e4..02dc6f82e 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/tree-sitter-queries.ts
@@ -2518,6 +2518,21 @@ export const ZIG_QUERIES = `
     (enum_declaration) @definition.enum))))
   (#eq? @_ret "type"))
 
+; Function-local and anonymous containers (F8): \`fn string() { const R =
+; struct { fn get … }; }\` (Lightpanda's reflection.zig declares one \`R\` per
+; builder fn), \`std.sort.pdq(T, items, {}, struct { fn lessThan … }.lessThan)\`,
+; \`const cmp = struct { fn lt … }.lt;\`, a field typed \`?struct { min: u32 }\`.
+; No name child spells their identity, so these rules match EVERY container
+; and the class extractor names the node from \`zigContainerName\` (\`string$R\`,
+; \`build$1\`) — the same function the owner walk uses for their fns, which
+; were ownerless, colliding Methods before. The bound shapes above match too;
+; the provider's \`shouldSkipDefinitionCapture\` keeps exactly one rule per
+; container (\`zigContainerAnchor\`).
+(struct_declaration) @definition.struct
+(enum_declaration) @definition.enum
+(union_declaration) @definition.union
+(opaque_declaration) @definition.struct
+
 ; Container fields (struct fields, enum variants, union variants) — all are
 ; \`container_field\` in the grammar and all become Property (C labels its
 ; enumerators Const; Rust captures no variants; Zig's own vocabulary is
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/utils/ast-helpers.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/utils/ast-helpers.ts
index e80faaf46..75830ea0b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/utils/ast-helpers.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/utils/ast-helpers.ts
@@ -906,6 +906,18 @@ export const findEnclosingClassInfo = (
     root: SyntaxNode,
     filePath: string,
   ) => { readonly name: string; readonly label: NodeLabel } | null,
+  /**
+   * Optional: the type a CONTAINER node declares
+   * (`LanguageProvider.resolveContainerTypeOwner`). Consulted for every
+   * `CLASS_CONTAINER_TYPES` node the walk meets, before the generic name-child
+   * derivation, for languages whose containers are named from context (a
+   * binding wrapper, an enclosing callable, an anonymous ordinal). Null falls
+   * through to the generic derivation.
+   */
+  resolveContainerTypeOwner?: (
+    container: SyntaxNode,
+    filePath: string,
+  ) => { readonly name: string; readonly label: NodeLabel } | null,
 ): EnclosingClassInfo | null => {
   let current = node.parent;
   let iterations = 0;
@@ -1003,6 +1015,19 @@ export const findEnclosingClassInfo = (
         }
       }
 
+      // A container the PROVIDER names from context (binding wrapper,
+      // enclosing callable, anonymous ordinal — Zig). The name is what the
+      // class-like node is minted under, so owner id == node id.
+      if (resolveContainerTypeOwner !== undefined) {
+        const containerOwner = resolveContainerTypeOwner(current, filePath);
+        if (containerOwner !== null) {
+          return {
+            classId: generateId(containerOwner.label, `${filePath}:${containerOwner.name}`),
+            className: containerOwner.name,
+          };
+        }
+      }
+
       // Rust impl_item: for `impl Trait for Struct {}`, pick the type after `for`
       // NOTE: This impl_item ownership logic is mirrored in
       // method-extractors/configs/rust.ts (extractOwnerName, metadata only).
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
index 33ddc2b21..2be65d507 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/workers/parse-worker.ts
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ const callableOwnQualifiedName = (
           provider.resolveEnclosingOwner,
           undefined,
           provider.resolveFileTypeOwner,
+          provider.resolveContainerTypeOwner,
         )
       : null;
   const owner = prefix ?? classInfo?.className;
@@ -991,6 +992,7 @@ const findEnclosingFunctionId = (
           provider.resolveEnclosingOwner,
           undefined,
           provider.resolveFileTypeOwner,
+          provider.resolveContainerTypeOwner,
         );
         const encLang = getLanguageFromFilename(filePath);
         const standaloneMethodInfo =
@@ -1079,6 +1081,7 @@ const findEnclosingFunctionId = (
           provider.resolveEnclosingOwner,
           undefined,
           provider.resolveFileTypeOwner,
+          provider.resolveContainerTypeOwner,
         );
         // Same nesting rule as the generic branch above (#2699). Anchored on
         // `sigNode`-equivalent (`current.previousSibling ?? current`) so Dart,
@@ -1144,6 +1147,7 @@ const cachedFindEnclosingClassInfo = (
   resolveEnclosingOwner?: (node: SyntaxNode) => SyntaxNode | null,
   getQualifiedOwnerName?: (node: SyntaxNode, simpleName: string) => string | null,
   resolveFileTypeOwner?: LanguageProvider['resolveFileTypeOwner'],
+  resolveContainerTypeOwner?: LanguageProvider['resolveContainerTypeOwner'],
 ): EnclosingClassInfo | null => {
   const cached = classIdCache.get(node);
   if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
@@ -1154,6 +1158,7 @@ const cachedFindEnclosingClassInfo = (
     resolveEnclosingOwner,
     getQualifiedOwnerName,
     resolveFileTypeOwner,
+    resolveContainerTypeOwner,
   );
   classIdCache.set(node, result);
   return result;
@@ -2000,6 +2005,7 @@ const processFileGroup = (
                   provider.resolveEnclosingOwner,
                   propGetQualifiedOwnerName,
                   provider.resolveFileTypeOwner,
+                  provider.resolveContainerTypeOwner,
                 );
                 const propEnclosingClassId =
                   propEnclosingInfo?.qualifiedClassId ?? propEnclosingInfo?.classId ?? null;
@@ -2407,6 +2413,7 @@ const processFileGroup = (
               provider.resolveEnclosingOwner,
               getQualifiedOwnerName,
               provider.resolveFileTypeOwner,
+              provider.resolveContainerTypeOwner,
             )
           : null;
       const enclosingClassId =
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-filestruct/src/Sorter.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-filestruct/src/Sorter.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38eff4c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-filestruct/src/Sorter.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// A file-struct hosting ANONYMOUS containers (F8):
+//   - `std.sort.pdq(T, items, {}, struct { fn lessThan … }.lessThan)` — the
+//     comparator idiom (Lightpanda's ImportMap.zig has three in one file, all
+//     named `lessThan`: one ownerless `Method:…:lessThan` node for all three);
+//   - `const byteSize = struct { fn it … }.it;` — build.zig's shape;
+//   - a field typed `?struct { min: u32, max: u32 }`.
+// Each gets an identity (`Sorter.sortBoth$1`, `Sorter.sortBoth$2`,
+// `Sorter$1`, `Sorter$2`) so its fns are Methods WITH an owner and never
+// collide.
+const std = @import("std");
+const Sorter = @This();
+
+items: []u32,
+bounds: ?struct { min: u32, max: u32 } = null,
+
+const byteSize = struct {
+    fn it(n: u32) bool {
+        return before(n, n);
+    }
+}.it;
+
+pub fn sortBoth(self: *Sorter) void {
+    std.sort.pdq(u32, self.items, {}, struct {
+        fn lessThan(_: void, a: u32, b: u32) bool {
+            return before(a, b);
+        }
+    }.lessThan);
+    std.sort.pdq(u32, self.items, {}, struct {
+        fn lessThan(_: void, a: u32, b: u32) bool {
+            return before(b, a);
+        }
+    }.lessThan);
+}
+
+fn before(a: u32, b: u32) bool {
+    return a < b;
+}
+
+// A container local to a TEST block (Function.zig / HttpClient.zig tests
+// declare a `const State = struct {…}` per test): host is the quoted test name.
+test "Sorter: local state" {
+    const State = struct {
+        n: u32 = 0,
+        fn kill(self: *@This()) void {
+            self.n = if (before(self.n, 1)) 1 else 0;
+        }
+    };
+    var state = State{};
+    state.kill();
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-filestruct/src/reflect.zig b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-filestruct/src/reflect.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fc73d43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/zig-filestruct/src/reflect.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Lightpanda's `webapi/element/reflection.zig` shape (F8): a generic type
+// constructor whose builder fns each declare a FUNCTION-LOCAL helper container
+// named `R`. By binding name alone every `R` collapsed onto ONE `Struct:…:R`
+// with one `R.get` / one `R.set`; each must be its own type
+// (`Reflect.string$R`, `Reflect.url$R`) owning its own methods.
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub const Accessor = struct {
+    get: *const anyopaque,
+    set: *const anyopaque,
+};
+
+pub fn Reflect(comptime T: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        pub fn string(comptime attr: []const u8) Accessor {
+            const R = struct {
+                fn get(self: *const T) []const u8 {
+                    return readAttr(self, attr);
+                }
+                fn set(self: *T, value: []const u8) void {
+                    writeAttr(self, attr, value);
+                }
+            };
+            return Accessor{ .get = R.get, .set = R.set };
+        }
+
+        pub fn url(comptime attr: []const u8) Accessor {
+            const R = struct {
+                // A `@This()` alias inside a function-local container names
+                // THAT container (`R`), not the enclosing type constructor:
+                // `self: *const Self` below must dispatch `self.get()` to
+                // `Reflect.url$R.get`.
+                const Self = @This();
+                fn get(self: *const T) []const u8 {
+                    return normalize(readAttr(self, attr));
+                }
+                fn set(self: *T, value: []const u8) void {
+                    writeAttr(self, attr, value);
+                }
+                fn check(self: *const Self) []const u8 {
+                    return self.get();
+                }
+            };
+            return Accessor{ .get = R.get, .set = R.set };
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+fn readAttr(self: anytype, attr: []const u8) []const u8 {
+    _ = self;
+    return attr;
+}
+
+fn writeAttr(self: anytype, attr: []const u8, value: []const u8) void {
+    _ = self;
+    _ = attr;
+    _ = value;
+}
+
+fn normalize(s: []const u8) []const u8 {
+    return s;
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/zig.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/zig.test.ts
index 1d7532611..978eedd67 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/zig.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/zig.test.ts
@@ -608,3 +608,134 @@ describe.skipIf(!zigAvailable)('Zig type aliases (zig-filestruct fixture, aliase
     expect(calls).toContain('viaDeref → bump');
   });
 });
+
+describe.skipIf(!zigAvailable)('Zig function-local and anonymous containers (F8)', () => {
+  // reflect.zig mirrors Lightpanda's reflection.zig: a generic type
+  // constructor whose builder fns each declare `const R = struct { fn get…
+  // fn set… }`. Sorter.zig hosts the anonymous shapes: two `std.sort.pdq(…,
+  // struct { fn lessThan … }.lessThan)` comparators in one fn (ImportMap.zig
+  // has three), `const byteSize = struct { fn it … }.it;` (build.zig), a
+  // field typed `?struct { min, max }`, and a test-local `const State`.
+  // Before this modelling every `R` was one `Struct:…:R` with one `R.get`,
+  // and every comparator's `lessThan` was an OWNERLESS `Method:<file>:lessThan`
+  // — the corpus gate counted 14 ownerless Methods and 55 fns without a node.
+  let result: PipelineResult;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    result = await runPipelineFromRepo(path.join(FIXTURES, 'zig-filestruct'), () => {});
+  }, 60000);
+
+  const idsIn = (label: string, file: string): string[] => {
+    const ids: string[] = [];
+    result.graph.forEachNode((n) => {
+      if (n.label === label && String(n.properties.filePath).endsWith(file)) ids.push(n.id);
+    });
+    return ids.sort();
+  };
+
+  it('keys a function-local `const R = struct` by its enclosing callable, so two builders own two `R.get`s', () => {
+    expect(idsIn('Struct', 'reflect.zig')).toEqual([
+      'Struct:src/reflect.zig:Accessor',
+      'Struct:src/reflect.zig:Reflect',
+      'Struct:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.string$R',
+      'Struct:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.url$R',
+    ]);
+    // Both `get`s exist, under distinct owner-qualified ids…
+    expect(result.graph.getNode('Method:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.string$R.get#0')).toBeDefined();
+    expect(result.graph.getNode('Method:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.url$R.get#0')).toBeDefined();
+    // …and nothing is left under the bare binding name.
+    expect(result.graph.getNode('Struct:src/reflect.zig:R')).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.graph.getNode('Method:src/reflect.zig:R.get#0')).toBeUndefined();
+
+    const hasMethod = getRelationships(result, 'HAS_METHOD').map(
+      (e) => `${e.rel.sourceId} → ${e.rel.targetId}`,
+    );
+    expect(hasMethod).toContain(
+      'Struct:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.string$R → Method:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.string$R.get#0',
+    );
+    expect(hasMethod).toContain(
+      'Struct:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.url$R → Method:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.url$R.get#0',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('gives anonymous containers a host + ordinal identity, so no Method is ownerless and same-named fns never collide', () => {
+    expect(idsIn('Struct', 'Sorter.zig')).toEqual([
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter',
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter$1', // `bounds: ?struct { min, max }`
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter$2', // `const byteSize = struct { fn it }.it`
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$1', // first comparator
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$2', // second comparator
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.test@L41$State', // test-local `const State`
+    ]);
+    // Two `lessThan`s in one file → two nodes, each owned by its own Struct.
+    expect(
+      result.graph.getNode('Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$1.lessThan#3'),
+    ).toBeDefined();
+    expect(
+      result.graph.getNode('Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$2.lessThan#3'),
+    ).toBeDefined();
+    expect(result.graph.getNode('Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter$2.it#1')).toBeDefined();
+    const hasMethod = getRelationships(result, 'HAS_METHOD').map(
+      (e) => `${e.rel.sourceId} → ${e.rel.targetId}`,
+    );
+    expect(hasMethod).toContain(
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$1 → Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$1.lessThan#3',
+    );
+    expect(hasMethod).toContain(
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$2 → Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$2.lessThan#3',
+    );
+    expect(hasMethod).toContain(
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter$2 → Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter$2.it#1',
+    );
+    // The anonymous field type owns its fields (they were `Sorter.min` before).
+    const hasProp = getRelationships(result, 'HAS_PROPERTY').map(
+      (e) => `${e.rel.sourceId} → ${e.rel.targetId}`,
+    );
+    expect(hasProp).toContain(
+      'Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter$1 → Property:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter$1.min',
+    );
+    // No ownerless Method anywhere in the fixture: every Method id is `<owner>.<name>#N`.
+    const ownerless: string[] = [];
+    result.graph.forEachNode((n) => {
+      if (n.label === 'Method' && /^Method:[^:]+:[^.]+#\d+$/.test(n.id)) ownerless.push(n.id);
+    });
+    expect(ownerless).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('attributes calls inside such containers to the right node, on both ends', () => {
+    const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS').map(
+      (e) => `${e.rel.sourceId} → ${e.rel.targetId}`,
+    );
+    // From inside each `R.get` — the caller is THAT builder's `R.get`.
+    expect(calls).toContain(
+      'Method:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.string$R.get#0 → Function:src/reflect.zig:readAttr',
+    );
+    expect(calls).toContain(
+      'Method:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.url$R.get#0 → Function:src/reflect.zig:normalize',
+    );
+    // A `const Self = @This();` inside a local container still names THAT
+    // container: `check(self: *const Self)` dispatches `self.get()` to `url$R.get`.
+    expect(calls).toContain(
+      'Method:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.url$R.check#0 → Method:src/reflect.zig:Reflect.url$R.get#0',
+    );
+    // From inside each anonymous comparator (and the test-local State).
+    expect(calls).toContain(
+      'Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$1.lessThan#3 → Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.before#2',
+    );
+    expect(calls).toContain(
+      'Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.sortBoth$2.lessThan#3 → Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.before#2',
+    );
+    expect(calls).toContain(
+      'Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.test@L41$State.kill#0 → Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.before#2',
+    );
+    // INTO a test-local container: `State{}` and `state.kill()` from the test
+    // resolve to the qualified Struct / Method (the qualified key must survive
+    // the class extractor's whitespace normalization — a test-string host would not).
+    expect(calls).toContain(
+      'Function:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter."Sorter: local state" → Struct:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.test@L41$State',
+    );
+    expect(calls).toContain(
+      'Function:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter."Sorter: local state" → Method:src/Sorter.zig:Sorter.test@L41$State.kill#0',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/zig-extractors.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/zig-extractors.test.ts
index d88f8fdf4..8112e1c5b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/zig-extractors.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/zig-extractors.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ import {
   isZigContainerOrImportBinding,
   isZigFileStruct,
   isZigKeywordDeclaration,
+  isZigRedundantContainerCapture,
   isZigTypeShadowingBinding,
+  zigCallableQualifiedName,
+  zigContainerAnchor,
+  zigContainerBindingName,
   zigContainerName,
   zigFileStructName,
 } from '../../src/core/ingestion/languages/zig/captures.js';
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ import { zigFieldConfig } from '../../src/core/ingestion/field-extractors/config
 import { zigProvider } from '../../src/core/ingestion/languages/zig.js';
 import { createSemanticModel } from '../../src/core/ingestion/model/semantic-model.js';
 import { extract as extractScopes } from '../../src/core/ingestion/scope-extractor.js';
+import { populateClassOwnedMembers } from '../../src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/scope/walkers.js';
 
 const _require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 let Zig: unknown = null;
@@ -786,7 +791,7 @@ fn notAType(comptime T: type) u32 {
 const Plain = struct { a: u8 };
 `;
 
-  it('names the container returned by a fn returning `type` after that fn; other anonymous containers stay nameless', () => {
+  it('names the container returned by a fn returning `type` after that fn; an anonymous container is keyed by its host (F8)', () => {
     const root = parse(src).rootNode;
     const structs: SyntaxNode[] = [];
     const walk = (n: SyntaxNode): void => {
@@ -794,7 +799,10 @@ const Plain = struct { a: u8 };
       n.children.forEach(walk);
     };
     walk(root);
-    expect(structs.map((n) => zigContainerName(n))).toEqual(['Stack', undefined, 'Plain']);
+    // `struct { … }.x()` inside `notAType` has no binding name; its identity
+    // is `<enclosing fn>$<ordinal>` so its fn `x` is a Method WITH an owner.
+    expect(structs.map((n) => zigContainerBindingName(n))).toEqual(['Stack', undefined, 'Plain']);
+    expect(structs.map((n) => zigContainerName(n))).toEqual(['Stack', 'notAType$1', 'Plain']);
   });
 
   it('the method and field extractors own the generic container’s members under the fn name', () => {
@@ -1414,3 +1422,186 @@ pub fn init() @This() { return .{}; }
     expect(zigPointeeSpelling('Thing')).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+describeZig('Zig function-local and anonymous containers (F8)', () => {
+  // Lightpanda shapes: reflection.zig's per-builder `const R = struct {…}`,
+  // ImportMap.zig's `std.sort.pdq(…, struct { fn lessThan … }.lessThan)`
+  // (three in one file), build.zig's `const byte_size = struct { fn it … }.it;`,
+  // and a test-local `const State = struct {…}`.
+  const src = `
+const Page = @This();
+count: u32 = 0,
+pub fn Reflect(comptime T: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        pub fn string() void {
+            const R = struct {
+                fn get(self: *const T) u8 { _ = self; return 1; }
+            };
+            _ = R.get;
+        }
+        pub fn url() void {
+            const R = struct {
+                fn get(self: *const T) u8 { _ = self; return 2; }
+            };
+            _ = R.get;
+        }
+    };
+}
+pub fn sortBoth(self: *Page) void {
+    _ = self;
+    sort(struct { fn lessThan(a: u32, b: u32) bool { return a < b; } }.lessThan);
+    sort(struct { fn lessThan(a: u32, b: u32) bool { return a > b; } }.lessThan);
+}
+const byte_size = struct { fn it(n: u32) u32 { return n; } }.it;
+test "Page: local state" {
+    const State = struct { fn kill(self: *@This()) void { _ = self; } };
+    var s = State{};
+    s.kill();
+}
+`;
+  const containers = (): SyntaxNode[] => {
+    const out: SyntaxNode[] = [];
+    const walk = (n: SyntaxNode): void => {
+      if (n.type === 'struct_declaration') out.push(n);
+      n.children.forEach(walk);
+    };
+    walk(parse(src).rootNode);
+    return out;
+  };
+  const findFn = (n: SyntaxNode, name: string): SyntaxNode | undefined =>
+    n.type === 'function_declaration' && n.childForFieldName('name')?.text === name
+      ? n
+      : n.children.map((c) => findFn(c, name)).find((x) => x !== undefined);
+
+  it('keys a function-local container by its enclosing callable and an anonymous one by host + ordinal', () => {
+    // Before F8 the two `R` collapsed onto one `Struct:<file>:R` (one `R.get`
+    // for ~20 builders in reflection.zig) and the anonymous comparators had
+    // no identity at all — their `lessThan`s were ownerless, colliding Methods.
+    expect(containers().map((n) => zigContainerName(n, 'src/Page.zig'))).toEqual([
+      'Reflect',
+      'Reflect.string$R',
+      'Reflect.url$R',
+      'Page.sortBoth$1',
+      'Page.sortBoth$2',
+      'Page$1',
+      // A test block is keyed by its line: its string is not stable under
+      // the class extractor's qualified-name normalization (whitespace).
+      'Page.test@L26$State',
+    ]);
+    // The BINDING name is what code writes — the scope binds `R`, not `string$R`.
+    expect(containers().map((n) => zigContainerBindingName(n))).toEqual([
+      'Reflect',
+      'R',
+      'R',
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      'State',
+    ]);
+    // Which ZIG_QUERIES rule mints each: only file/container-level bindings
+    // stay on the `const T = struct` wrapper rule.
+    expect(containers().map((n) => zigContainerAnchor(n))).toEqual([
+      'constructor',
+      'container',
+      'container',
+      'container',
+      'container',
+      'container',
+      'container',
+    ]);
+    const root = parse(src).rootNode;
+    expect(zigCallableQualifiedName(findFn(root, 'get')!, 'src/Page.zig')).toBe(
+      'Reflect.string$R.get',
+    );
+    expect(zigCallableQualifiedName(findFn(root, 'sortBoth')!, 'src/Page.zig')).toBe(
+      'Page.sortBoth',
+    );
+    // A namespace file (no fields) prefixes nothing for the file itself.
+    const nsRoot = parse('fn build() void { const R = struct {}; _ = R; }').rootNode;
+    expect(
+      zigContainerName(
+        findFn(nsRoot, 'build')!.descendantsOfType('struct_declaration')[0]!,
+        'build.zig',
+      ),
+    ).toBe('build$R');
+  });
+
+  it('the redundancy predicate keeps exactly one structure-phase rule per container', () => {
+    const [ctor, localR, , anon] = containers();
+    // Type constructor: its own rule (anchored on the container, fn `@name`)
+    // is kept; the bare rule's match (no name) is redundant.
+    const ctorFn = findFn(parse(src).rootNode, 'Reflect')!;
+    expect(isZigRedundantContainerCapture(ctor!, ctorFn.childForFieldName('name')!)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isZigRedundantContainerCapture(ctor!, undefined)).toBe(true);
+    // Function-local `const R = struct`: the wrapper rule is redundant, the
+    // bare rule owns it (it is the one that names it `string$R`).
+    const wrapper = localR!.parent!;
+    expect(isZigRedundantContainerCapture(wrapper, wrapper.namedChild(0)!)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isZigRedundantContainerCapture(localR!, undefined)).toBe(false);
+    // Anonymous: only the bare rule matches, and it is kept.
+    expect(isZigRedundantContainerCapture(anon!, undefined)).toBe(false);
+    // File-level `const Plain = struct {}` stays on the wrapper rule.
+    const plainWrapper = parse('const Plain = struct { a: u8 };').rootNode.namedChild(0)!;
+    const plain = plainWrapper.namedChild(1)!;
+    expect(isZigRedundantContainerCapture(plainWrapper, plainWrapper.namedChild(0)!)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isZigRedundantContainerCapture(plain, undefined)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('scope captures: a local container def is qualified but binds its own name; anonymous ones get distinct synthetic defs', () => {
+    const caps = emitZigScopeCaptures(src, 'src/Page.zig');
+    const structDefs = caps
+      .filter((m) => m['@declaration.struct'] !== undefined)
+      .map((m) => [
+        m['@declaration.name']?.text,
+        m['@declaration.binding-name']?.text,
+        m['@declaration.is-synthetic']?.text,
+      ]);
+    expect(structDefs).toContainEqual(['Reflect.string$R', 'R', undefined]);
+    expect(structDefs).toContainEqual(['Reflect.url$R', 'R', undefined]);
+    expect(structDefs).toContainEqual(['Page.test@L26$State', 'State', undefined]);
+    // Two same-shaped `struct { fn lessThan }` comparators → two identities.
+    expect(structDefs).toContainEqual(['Page.sortBoth$1', undefined, 'true']);
+    expect(structDefs).toContainEqual(['Page.sortBoth$2', undefined, 'true']);
+    expect(structDefs).toContainEqual(['Page$1', undefined, 'true']);
+    // No def is left under the bare binding name.
+    expect(structDefs.map((d) => d[0])).not.toContain('R');
+
+    // Through the scope extractor: the members are owned by DISTINCT class
+    // defs and their qualified names carry the identity — the graph node id
+    // the structure phase mints (`Method:<file>:Reflect.string$R.get`).
+    const parsed = extractScopes(caps, 'src/Page.zig', zigProvider);
+    populateClassOwnedMembers(parsed);
+    const gets = parsed.localDefs.filter(
+      (d) => d.type === 'Method' && d.qualifiedName?.endsWith('.get'),
+    );
+    expect(gets.map((d) => d.qualifiedName).sort()).toEqual([
+      'Reflect.string$R.get',
+      'Reflect.url$R.get',
+    ]);
+    expect(new Set(gets.map((d) => d.ownerId)).size).toBe(2);
+    const lts = parsed.localDefs.filter(
+      (d) => d.type === 'Method' && d.qualifiedName?.endsWith('.lessThan'),
+    );
+    expect(lts.map((d) => d.qualifiedName).sort()).toEqual([
+      'Page.sortBoth$1.lessThan',
+      'Page.sortBoth$2.lessThan',
+    ]);
+    expect(lts.every((d) => d.ownerId !== undefined)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('a `@This()` alias inside a local container rewrites to the BINDING name (`R`), which is what the scope binds', () => {
+    const localAliasSrc = `
+pub fn string() void {
+    const R = struct {
+        const Self = @This();
+        fn get(self: *const Self) u8 { _ = self; return 1; }
+    };
+    _ = R;
+}
+`;
+    const selfParam = emitZigScopeCaptures(localAliasSrc, 'src/r.zig').find(
+      (m) => m['@type-binding.parameter'] !== undefined && m['@type-binding.name']?.text === 'self',
+    );
+    expect(selfParam?.['@type-binding.type']?.text).toBe('*const R');
+  });
+});