diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/import-target.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/import-target.ts
index ac8489a13..3745e16de 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/import-target.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/csharp/import-target.ts
@@ -87,16 +87,25 @@ export function resolveCsharpImportTarget(
   // Namespace path: `System.Collections.Generic` → `System/Collections/Generic`.
   const pathLike = targetRaw.replace(/\./g, '/');
 
+  // Gate the WHOLE no-csproj path on declared in-repo namespaces — the direct
+  // path/suffix match INCLUDED — so a BCL using can't resolve to a
+  // coincidentally path-aligned local file (e.g. `Legacy/System/Threading/
+  // Tasks.cs` satisfying `using System.Threading.Tasks;`). Running the gate
+  // before `resolveDirectMatch` mirrors the legacy leg's gate-first ordering
+  // (`import-resolvers/configs/csharp.ts`), so the two legs are equivalent
+  // (#1881 parity, Codex F2). The gate keeps its fail-open for
+  // undefined/truncated evidence, so legitimate edges in unscanned repos are
+  // unaffected.
+  if (!csharpSuffixFallbackAllowed(targetRaw, evidence)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   // Exact file / nested-suffix / namespace-dir direct-child match.
   const direct = resolveDirectMatch(ctx.allFilePaths, pathLike);
   if (direct !== null) return direct;
 
   // Progressive prefix stripping — mirrors csproj's root-namespace mapping
-  // without the csproj. Gated on declared in-repo namespaces so BCL usings
-  // don't match a coincidentally-named local file (#1881).
-  if (!csharpSuffixFallbackAllowed(targetRaw, evidence)) {
-    return null;
-  }
+  // without the csproj.
   return resolveByProgressiveStripping(ctx.allFilePaths, pathLike);
 }
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66f19b8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// On-disk path (Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs) path-aligns with
+// `using System.Threading.Tasks;` but declares an UNRELATED in-repo namespace,
+// so the only way an IMPORTS edge forms is the coincidental path — which the
+// gate must block in the no-csproj path on BOTH legs (#1881, Codex F2).
+namespace MyApp.Legacy;
+
+public class Tasks
+{
+    public void Run() { }
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Models/User.cs b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Models/User.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9864db4d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Models/User.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace MyApp.Models;
+
+public class User
+{
+    public string Name { get; set; } = "";
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Services/OrderService.cs b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Services/OrderService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be2217588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj/Services/OrderService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MyApp.Models;
+
+namespace MyApp.Services;
+
+public class OrderService
+{
+    public Task ProcessAsync()
+    {
+        var user = new User();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/csharp.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/csharp.test.ts
index 5e15ce5fa..db65f8d66 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/csharp.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/csharp.test.ts
@@ -2675,3 +2675,86 @@ describe('C# spurious import edges — legacy DAG leg (#1881, #8)', () => {
     expect(legit).toBeDefined();
   });
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// #1881 / Codex F2: in the NO-CSPROJ path the registry leg ran an ungated
+// direct-match before the gate, so a path-aligned `Legacy/System/Threading/
+// Tasks.cs` satisfied `using System.Threading.Tasks;`. Both legs must now block
+// it (gate-first), proving the legs are equivalent. Fixture ships NO .csproj.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('C# spurious import edges — no-csproj direct-match, registry leg (#1881, Codex F2)', () => {
+  let result: PipelineResult;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    // Pin to the registry leg: only progressive stripping resolves a no-csproj
+    // namespace import, so the legit-edge assertion below is registry-specific.
+    // Pinning also keeps this deterministic under the parity matrix's legacy run.
+    vi.stubEnv('REGISTRY_PRIMARY_CSHARP', '1');
+    result = await runPipelineFromRepo(
+      path.join(FIXTURES, 'csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj'),
+      () => {},
+    );
+  }, 60000);
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit IMPORTS from System.Threading.Tasks to a path-aligned Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS');
+    const spurious = imports.find(
+      (e) =>
+        e.sourceFilePath === 'Services/OrderService.cs' &&
+        e.targetFilePath === 'Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs',
+    );
+    expect(spurious).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('still emits the legitimate in-repo edge OrderService.cs -> Models/User.cs', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS');
+    expect(imports.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const legit = imports.find(
+      (e) =>
+        e.sourceFilePath === 'Services/OrderService.cs' && e.targetFilePath === 'Models/User.cs',
+    );
+    expect(legit).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('C# spurious import edges — no-csproj direct-match, legacy DAG leg (#1881, Codex F2, #8)', () => {
+  let result: PipelineResult;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv('REGISTRY_PRIMARY_CSHARP', '0');
+    result = await runPipelineFromRepo(
+      path.join(FIXTURES, 'csharp-spurious-edges-no-csproj'),
+      () => {},
+    );
+  }, 60000);
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit IMPORTS from System.Threading.Tasks to a path-aligned Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS');
+    const spurious = imports.find(
+      (e) =>
+        e.sourceFilePath === 'Services/OrderService.cs' &&
+        e.targetFilePath === 'Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs',
+    );
+    expect(spurious).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('ingested the fixture so the absence of the spurious edge is meaningful (anti-vacuity)', () => {
+    // The legacy DAG leg cannot resolve a no-csproj namespace import to a file
+    // (`using MyApp.Models;` targets a directory of types — only the registry
+    // leg's progressive stripping resolves it without a csproj RootNamespace, a
+    // known registry-superiority gap). So the anti-vacuity guard here asserts
+    // the three fixture files were ingested as graph nodes, proving the spurious
+    // edge is absent because the gate blocked it — not because nothing parsed.
+    const files = getNodesByLabel(result, 'File');
+    expect(files.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-imports.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-imports.test.ts
index c0c49bfa9..4b54bbde1 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-imports.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/csharp/csharp-imports.test.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,49 @@ describe('resolveCsharpImportTarget — suffix match against .cs files', () => {
     expect(result).toBe(null);
   });
 
+  it('does not map a BCL using to a coincidentally PATH-ALIGNED local file via direct-match (#1881, Codex F2)', () => {
+    // The no-csproj direct-match must be gated too: `Legacy/System/Threading/
+    // Tasks.cs` path-aligns with `using System.Threading.Tasks;` and would
+    // satisfy resolveDirectMatch's nested-suffix match — but System.* is not a
+    // declared in-repo namespace, so the gate (now run FIRST) blocks it.
+    const parsed: ParsedImport = {
+      kind: 'namespace',
+      localName: 'Tasks',
+      importedName: 'System.Threading.Tasks',
+      targetRaw: 'System.Threading.Tasks',
+    };
+    const result = resolveCsharpImportTarget(
+      parsed,
+      ctx(
+        'Services/OrderService.cs',
+        ['Services/OrderService.cs', 'Legacy/System/Threading/Tasks.cs', 'Models/User.cs'],
+        new Set(['MyApp.Services', 'MyApp.Legacy', 'MyApp.Models']),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe(null);
+  });
+
+  it('still resolves a legitimate in-repo using via direct-match when evidence is present (Codex F2 guard)', () => {
+    // Gating the direct-match must NOT over-block a legitimate aligned import:
+    // `using MyApp.Services;` aligns (exact declared) so the gate passes and the
+    // namespace-dir direct-child match still resolves.
+    const parsed: ParsedImport = {
+      kind: 'namespace',
+      localName: 'Services',
+      importedName: 'MyApp.Services',
+      targetRaw: 'MyApp.Services',
+    };
+    const result = resolveCsharpImportTarget(
+      parsed,
+      ctx(
+        'MyApp/Program.cs',
+        ['MyApp/Program.cs', 'MyApp/Services/UserService.cs'],
+        new Set(['MyApp.Services']),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(result).toBe('MyApp/Services/UserService.cs');
+  });
+
   it('still resolves in-repo namespace imports via progressive stripping', () => {
     const parsed: ParsedImport = {
       kind: 'namespace',