diff --git a/gitnexus/scripts/cross-platform-tests.ts b/gitnexus/scripts/cross-platform-tests.ts
index 74fb9623c..c949b2f44 100644
--- a/gitnexus/scripts/cross-platform-tests.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/scripts/cross-platform-tests.ts
@@ -311,7 +311,10 @@ const FILESYSTEM = [
   // The deletion-guard cases in this file require real Windows path semantics.
   'test/unit/canonicalize-path-long-path-prefix.test.ts',
   'test/unit/storage-resolver.test.ts',
+  // Dart package metadata is captured during the shared scan on every platform.
   'test/unit/dart-package-imports.test.ts',
+  // Verify the same capture is reused by native parsing and scope resolution.
+  'test/integration/resolvers/dart.test.ts',
   // Cargo membership uses path normalization, descriptor validation, symlinks,
   // and Rust native parsing (including long Windows source strings).
   'test/unit/scope-resolution/rust-cargo-targets.test.ts',
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/filesystem-walker.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/filesystem-walker.ts
index a4a04e342..bfca597b3 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/filesystem-walker.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/filesystem-walker.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { isVerboseIngestionEnabled } from './utils/verbose.js';
 import { DEFAULT_MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES, getMaxFileSizeBytes } from './utils/max-file-size.js';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
+import { readdir } from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { glob } from 'glob';
 import { createIgnoreFilter } from '../../config/ignore-service.js';
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ const warnLargeFileSkip = (message: string): void => {
 };
 
 export interface WalkRepositoryOptions {
+  /** Capture required metadata before stat/size filtering can omit its inputs. */
+  onPathsDiscovered?: (paths: readonly string[]) => Promise<void>;
   /**
    * Suppress the operator-facing large-file notice. Set by read-only callers
    * such as `status`, which reuse this scan purely to learn which files the
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ export interface WalkRepositoryOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * Phase 1: Scan repository — stat files to get paths + sizes, no content loaded.
+ * Phase 1: Scan repository — capture required metadata, then stat paths + sizes.
  * Memory: ~10MB for 100K files vs ~1GB+ with content.
  */
 const assertWalkRootIsDirectory = async (repoPath: string): Promise<void> => {
@@ -100,13 +103,31 @@ export const walkRepositoryPaths = async (
   await assertWalkRootIsDirectory(repoPath);
   const ignoreFilter = await createIgnoreFilter(repoPath);
   const maxFileSizeBytes = options.maxFileSizeBytes ?? getMaxFileSizeBytes();
+  let enumerationError: NodeJS.ErrnoException | undefined;
 
-  const filtered = await glob('**/*', {
-    cwd: repoPath,
-    nodir: true,
-    dot: false,
-    ignore: ignoreFilter,
-  });
+  const filtered = (
+    await glob('**/*', {
+      cwd: repoPath,
+      nodir: true,
+      dot: false,
+      ignore: ignoreFilter,
+      // glob treats unreadable directories as empty. Required metadata must
+      // not silently lose declarations, so retain the first enumeration error.
+      fs:
+        options.onPathsDiscovered === undefined
+          ? undefined
+          : {
+              readdir(directory, readOptions, callback) {
+                readdir(directory, readOptions, (error, entries) => {
+                  if (error) enumerationError ??= error;
+                  callback(error, entries);
+                });
+              },
+            },
+    })
+  ).map((filePath) => filePath.replace(/\\/g, '/'));
+  if (enumerationError !== undefined) throw enumerationError;
+  await options.onPathsDiscovered?.(filtered);
   const entries: ScannedFile[] = [];
   let processed = 0;
   let skippedLarge = 0;
@@ -120,10 +141,10 @@ export const walkRepositoryPaths = async (
         const stat = await fs.stat(fullPath);
         if (stat.size > maxFileSizeBytes) {
           skippedLarge++;
-          skippedLargePaths.push(relativePath.replace(/\\/g, '/'));
+          skippedLargePaths.push(relativePath);
           return null;
         }
-        return { path: relativePath.replace(/\\/g, '/'), size: stat.size };
+        return { path: relativePath, size: stat.size };
       }),
     );
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/package-config.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/package-config.ts
index 2040d6d94..f374a34eb 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/package-config.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/package-config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import type { BigIntStats, Dirent } from 'node:fs';
-import { constants, lstat, open, opendir, type FileHandle } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import type { BigIntStats } from 'node:fs';
+import { constants, lstat, open, type FileHandle } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { JSON_SCHEMA, load } from 'js-yaml';
-import { createWatchIgnorePredicate } from '../../../../config/ignore-service.js';
+import { loadIgnoreRules } from '../../../../config/ignore-service.js';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger.js';
+import { walkRepositoryPaths } from '../../filesystem-walker.js';
 import { getMaxFileSizeBytes } from '../../utils/max-file-size.js';
 
 export interface DartPackageConfig {
@@ -11,60 +12,60 @@ export interface DartPackageConfig {
   readonly manifestsByName: ReadonlyMap<string, readonly string[]>;
 }
 
-/** An incomplete walk cannot prove package names are unique. */
-const DART_PUBSPEC_DIRECTORY_LIMIT = 20_000;
-
-/**
- * Directory descriptors one walk may hold at once. The visit budget is far
- * above a process file-descriptor limit, so a deep chain is refused before
- * the next open instead of failing later with EMFILE.
- */
-const DART_PUBSPEC_OPEN_DIRECTORY_LIMIT = 64;
-
-/**
- * Names read from one directory. `readdir` would retain every entry before the
- * visit budget can run, so the walk counts names as it reads and stops there.
- */
-const DART_PUBSPEC_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_LIMIT = 100_000;
+const DART_PUBSPEC_MANIFEST_LIMIT = 20_000;
 
 export interface DartPackageConfigOptions {
-  /** Test seam. Production calls omit it and use the module directory limit. */
-  readonly directoryLimit?: number;
-  /** Test seam. Production calls omit it and use the open-directory cap. */
-  readonly directoryDepthLimit?: number;
-  /** Test seam. Production calls omit it and use the per-directory entry cap. */
-  readonly directoryEntryLimit?: number;
-  /**
-   * Test seam. Production calls omit it. Invoked after the directory inode
-   * is listed and before its entries are opened.
-   */
-  readonly beforeEntryOpen?: (relativePath: string) => void | Promise<void>;
-  /**
-   * Test seam. Production calls omit it. Invoked after the directory is
-   * opened and before it is listed.
-   */
-  readonly beforeDirectoryList?: (relativePath: string) => void | Promise<void>;
+  /** Test seam. Production calls use the manifest-count limit. */
+  readonly manifestLimit?: number;
+}
+
+function warn(reason: string, relativePath: string): void {
+  logger.warn(
+    { reason, relativePath },
+    'Dart pubspec discovery could not read a valid package declaration.',
+  );
+}
+
+function incomplete(reason: string, relativePath = '.'): never {
+  warn(reason, relativePath);
+  throw new Error(`Dart pubspec discovery failed (${reason}): ${relativePath}`);
+}
+
+function manifestIdentity(info: BigIntStats): string {
+  return `${info.dev}:${info.ino}:${info.mode}:${info.size}:${info.mtimeNs}:${info.ctimeNs}`;
 }
 
 type ManifestRead =
   | { readonly ok: true; readonly content: string }
   | { readonly ok: false; readonly reason: 'manifest-size' | 'read-pubspec' };
 
-/**
- * Read at most `maxManifestSize` bytes from a descriptor already opened
- * with `O_NOFOLLOW`. A size check after the read rejects a file that grew
- * past the captured bytes, including past the cap. The caller closes nothing;
- * this function owns `handle`.
- */
+/** Open once, validate and read that descriptor. Null excludes a symbolic link. */
 async function readManifestBounded(
-  handle: FileHandle,
+  absolute: string,
   maxManifestSize: number,
-): Promise<ManifestRead> {
+): Promise<ManifestRead | null> {
+  let handle: FileHandle;
   try {
-    const info = await handle.stat();
-    if (!info.isFile()) return { ok: false, reason: 'read-pubspec' };
-    if (info.size > maxManifestSize) return { ok: false, reason: 'manifest-size' };
-    const toRead = Math.min(maxManifestSize + 1, info.size + 1);
+    handle = await open(
+      absolute,
+      constants.O_RDONLY | (constants.O_NOFOLLOW ?? 0) | (constants.O_NONBLOCK ?? 0),
+    );
+  } catch {
+    // O_NOFOLLOW rejects leaf symlinks on POSIX. Keep static links excluded,
+    // including dangling links, without retrying the pathname open.
+    if ((await lstat(absolute).catch(() => null))?.isSymbolicLink()) return null;
+    return { ok: false, reason: 'read-pubspec' };
+  }
+  try {
+    const before = await handle.stat({ bigint: true });
+    const current = await lstat(absolute, { bigint: true });
+    // Also exclude links before reading on platforms without O_NOFOLLOW.
+    if (current.isSymbolicLink()) return null;
+    if (!before.isFile() || manifestIdentity(before) !== manifestIdentity(current)) {
+      return { ok: false, reason: 'read-pubspec' };
+    }
+    if (before.size > BigInt(maxManifestSize)) return { ok: false, reason: 'manifest-size' };
+    const toRead = Math.min(maxManifestSize + 1, Number(before.size) + 1);
     const buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(toRead);
     let bytesRead = 0;
     while (bytesRead < toRead) {
@@ -73,10 +74,11 @@ async function readManifestBounded(
       bytesRead += chunk.bytesRead;
     }
     if (bytesRead > maxManifestSize) return { ok: false, reason: 'manifest-size' };
-    const after = await handle.stat();
-    if (!after.isFile()) return { ok: false, reason: 'read-pubspec' };
-    if (after.size > maxManifestSize) return { ok: false, reason: 'manifest-size' };
-    if (after.size !== bytesRead) return { ok: false, reason: 'read-pubspec' };
+    const after = await handle.stat({ bigint: true });
+    if (after.size > BigInt(maxManifestSize)) return { ok: false, reason: 'manifest-size' };
+    if (manifestIdentity(after) !== manifestIdentity(before) || after.size !== BigInt(bytesRead)) {
+      return { ok: false, reason: 'read-pubspec' };
+    }
     return { ok: true, content: buffer.subarray(0, bytesRead).toString('utf8') };
   } catch {
     return { ok: false, reason: 'read-pubspec' };
@@ -85,409 +87,122 @@ async function readManifestBounded(
   }
 }
 
-function requireNoFollowFlag(): number {
-  const noFollow = constants.O_NOFOLLOW;
-  if (typeof noFollow !== 'number' || noFollow === 0) {
-    throw Object.assign(new Error('O_NOFOLLOW is unavailable'), { code: 'ENOTSUP' });
-  }
-  return noFollow;
-}
-
-/** Linux anchors child opens. macOS verifies them. Every other platform does neither. */
-export function pubspecWalkAnchored(): boolean {
-  const noFollow = constants.O_NOFOLLOW;
-  return (
-    (process.platform === 'linux' || process.platform === 'darwin') &&
-    typeof noFollow === 'number' &&
-    noFollow !== 0
-  );
-}
-
-export function directoryOpenFlags(): number {
-  let flags = constants.O_RDONLY | requireNoFollowFlag();
-  if (typeof constants.O_DIRECTORY === 'number') flags |= constants.O_DIRECTORY;
-  return flags;
-}
-
-/**
- * Read-only, no-follow, and non-blocking. `O_NONBLOCK` does not change a
- * regular-file read. Without it, a FIFO blocks inside `open` until a writer
- * connects, so the later file-type check never runs.
- */
-function fileOpenFlags(): number {
-  const nonBlock = constants.O_NONBLOCK;
-  if (typeof nonBlock !== 'number' || nonBlock === 0) {
-    throw Object.assign(new Error('O_NONBLOCK is unavailable'), { code: 'ENOTSUP' });
-  }
-  return constants.O_RDONLY | requireNoFollowFlag() | nonBlock;
-}
-
-function directoryIdentity(stat: BigIntStats): string {
-  return `${stat.dev}:${stat.ino}:${stat.mode}`;
-}
-
-/**
- * Path that lists the directory inode already open on `fd`.
- * Only Linux has one: `/proc/self/fd/N`. macOS refuses `opendir` on
- * `/dev/fd/N` for a directory (ENOTDIR) and Node has no `fdopendir`, so the
- * walker lists the lexical path and verifies the pinned chain around it.
- * Every other platform returns null and is not walked.
- */
-export function descriptorDirectoryPath(fd: number): string | null {
-  if (process.platform === 'linux') return `/proc/self/fd/${fd}`;
-  return null;
-}
-
-/**
- * One entry of the directory inode open on `fd`.
- * Linux looks up `/proc/self/fd/N/<name>` in that inode. macOS `/dev/fd/N/<name>`
- * does not resolve a child, so this returns null and the walker verifies the
- * pinned parent chain instead. Every other platform returns null and is not walked.
- */
-export function descriptorEntryPath(fd: number, name: string): string | null {
-  if (process.platform !== 'linux') return null;
-  if (!isSingleDirectoryEntry(name)) return null;
-  return `/proc/self/fd/${fd}/${name}`;
-}
-
-function isSingleDirectoryEntry(name: string): boolean {
-  return (
-    name !== '' && name !== '.' && name !== '..' && !name.includes('/') && !name.includes('\0')
-  );
-}
-
-interface OpenedDirectory {
-  readonly handle: FileHandle;
-  readonly identity: string;
-}
-
-async function openVerifiedDirectory(directory: string): Promise<OpenedDirectory> {
-  const handle = await open(directory, directoryOpenFlags());
+/** Package identity is a pure function of captured manifest text. */
+function packageName(content: string, manifestPath: string): string | null {
   try {
-    const info = await handle.stat({ bigint: true });
-    if (!info.isDirectory()) {
-      throw Object.assign(new Error('not a directory'), { code: 'ENOTDIR' });
-    }
-    return { handle, identity: directoryIdentity(info) };
-  } catch (error) {
-    await handle.close();
-    throw error;
+    const manifest: unknown = load(content, { schema: JSON_SCHEMA });
+    if (manifest === null || typeof manifest !== 'object' || Array.isArray(manifest)) return null;
+    const name = (manifest as Record<string, unknown>).name;
+    return typeof name === 'string' && /^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$/.test(name) ? name : null;
+  } catch {
+    warn('invalid-yaml', manifestPath);
+    return null;
   }
 }
 
-interface WalkFrame {
-  relative: string;
-  absolute: string;
-  handle: FileHandle;
-  identity: string;
-  entries: Dirent[];
-  next: number;
-}
-
-/** Re-stat each pinned directory and its path. A replaced inode or a symlink fails the walk. */
-async function assertPinnedChain(frames: readonly WalkFrame[]): Promise<void> {
-  for (const frame of frames) {
-    const pinned = await frame.handle.stat({ bigint: true });
-    if (!pinned.isDirectory() || directoryIdentity(pinned) !== frame.identity) {
-      throw Object.assign(new Error('parent descriptor changed'), { code: 'ELOOP' });
-    }
-    let lexical: BigIntStats;
-    try {
-      lexical = await lstat(frame.absolute, { bigint: true });
-    } catch {
-      throw Object.assign(new Error('parent path changed'), { code: 'ELOOP' });
-    }
+/**
+ * Capture declarations from the shared scan, before source stat/size filtering.
+ * No directory enumeration occurs here. Every enumerated regular manifest must
+ * be captured successfully before this config can be published.
+ *
+ * Acquisition assumes a stable, trusted workspace, like the source-file reader.
+ * Static symlinks/junctions are excluded and observed file changes are rejected;
+ * these checks do not provide a sandbox or an atomic view of a mutating tree.
+ * Once returned, resolution uses only this compact map, on every operating system.
+ */
+export async function captureDartPackageConfig(
+  repoPath: string,
+  filePaths: readonly string[],
+  options?: DartPackageConfigOptions,
+): Promise<DartPackageConfig> {
+  const manifests = new Set<string>();
+  const limit = options?.manifestLimit ?? DART_PUBSPEC_MANIFEST_LIMIT;
+  for (const filePath of filePaths) {
+    if (filePath !== 'pubspec.yaml' && !filePath.endsWith('/pubspec.yaml')) continue;
     if (
-      lexical.isSymbolicLink() ||
-      !lexical.isDirectory() ||
-      directoryIdentity(lexical) !== frame.identity
+      /[\\\0]/.test(filePath) ||
+      /^[a-zA-Z]:/.test(filePath) ||
+      filePath.split('/').some((part) => part === '' || part === '.' || part === '..')
     ) {
-      throw Object.assign(new Error('parent path changed'), { code: 'ELOOP' });
+      return incomplete('manifest-path');
     }
+    manifests.add(filePath);
+    if (manifests.size > limit) return incomplete('manifest-limit');
   }
-}
-
-/**
- * macOS has no descriptor-relative child lookup. Re-check the pinned parents,
- * open the child with O_NOFOLLOW, then re-check the parents. The opened
- * descriptor is the only child metadata consulted.
- */
-async function openLexicalDirectory(
-  frames: readonly WalkFrame[],
-  lexicalPath: string,
-): Promise<OpenedDirectory> {
-  await assertPinnedChain(frames);
-  const opened = await openVerifiedDirectory(lexicalPath);
   try {
-    await assertPinnedChain(frames);
-    return opened;
-  } catch (error) {
-    await opened.handle.close();
-    throw error;
+    await loadIgnoreRules(repoPath, { strictRepoControlFiles: true, noGlobalIgnore: true });
+  } catch {
+    return incomplete('scan-inputs');
   }
-}
+  const packages = new Map<string, string>();
+  const manifestsByName = new Map<string, string[]>();
+  if (manifests.size === 0) return { packages, manifestsByName };
 
-async function openLexicalFile(
-  frames: readonly WalkFrame[],
-  lexicalPath: string,
-): Promise<FileHandle> {
-  await assertPinnedChain(frames);
-  const handle = await open(lexicalPath, fileOpenFlags());
-  try {
-    const opened = await handle.stat({ bigint: true });
-    if (!opened.isFile()) {
-      throw Object.assign(new Error('not a file'), { code: 'ELOOP' });
-    }
-    await assertPinnedChain(frames);
-    return handle;
-  } catch (error) {
-    await handle.close();
-    throw error;
+  // Cache static parent checks once per directory, not once per import/file.
+  // This cache belongs only to this capture and never survives another analysis.
+  const directories = new Map<string, boolean>();
+  const root = await lstat(repoPath).catch(() => null);
+  if (root === null || !root.isDirectory() || root.isSymbolicLink()) {
+    return incomplete('read-directory');
   }
-}
-
-async function openChildDirectory(
-  frames: readonly WalkFrame[],
-  parentFd: number,
-  name: string,
-  lexicalPath: string,
-): Promise<OpenedDirectory> {
-  const anchored = descriptorEntryPath(parentFd, name);
-  if (anchored !== null) return openVerifiedDirectory(anchored);
-  if (process.platform === 'darwin') return openLexicalDirectory(frames, lexicalPath);
-  throw Object.assign(new Error('no descriptor anchor'), { code: 'ENOTSUP' });
-}
-
-async function openChildFile(
-  frames: readonly WalkFrame[],
-  parentFd: number,
-  name: string,
-  lexicalPath: string,
-): Promise<FileHandle> {
-  const anchored = descriptorEntryPath(parentFd, name);
-  if (anchored !== null) return open(anchored, fileOpenFlags());
-  if (process.platform === 'darwin') return openLexicalFile(frames, lexicalPath);
-  throw Object.assign(new Error('no descriptor anchor'), { code: 'ENOTSUP' });
-}
-
-/**
- * List the directory open on the last frame of `frames`. Linux lists the
- * pinned inode through its descriptor. macOS re-checks the pinned chain, lists
- * the lexical path, then re-checks the chain, so a path replaced around the
- * listing fails the walk instead of being listed.
- */
-async function listOpenedDirectory(
-  frames: readonly WalkFrame[],
-  entryLimit: number,
-  beforeList?: () => void | Promise<void>,
-): Promise<Dirent[]> {
-  const frame = frames[frames.length - 1];
-  if (frame === undefined) {
-    throw Object.assign(new Error('no directory to list'), { code: 'EINVAL' });
-  }
-  const anchored = descriptorDirectoryPath(frame.handle.fd);
-  if (anchored === null && process.platform !== 'darwin') {
-    throw Object.assign(new Error('no descriptor listing'), { code: 'ENOTSUP' });
-  }
-  if (anchored === null) await assertPinnedChain(frames);
-  if (beforeList) await beforeList();
-  const entries = await readDirectoryBounded(anchored ?? frame.absolute, entryLimit);
-  if (anchored === null) await assertPinnedChain(frames);
-  return entries;
-}
-
-async function readDirectoryBounded(listing: string, entryLimit: number): Promise<Dirent[]> {
-  const dir = await opendir(listing);
-  const entries: Dirent[] = [];
-  try {
-    let count = 0;
-    while (true) {
-      const entry = await dir.read();
-      if (entry === null) break;
-      count += 1;
-      if (count > entryLimit) {
-        throw Object.assign(new Error('directory entry limit'), { code: 'E2BIG' });
+  const maxManifestSize = Math.min(1024 * 1024, getMaxFileSizeBytes());
+  for (const manifestPath of manifests) {
+    const parts = manifestPath.split('/');
+    let parent = '';
+    let linked = false;
+    for (const part of parts.slice(0, -1)) {
+      parent = parent ? `${parent}/${part}` : part;
+      let accepted = directories.get(parent);
+      if (accepted === undefined) {
+        const info = await lstat(path.join(repoPath, parent)).catch(() => null);
+        if (info === null || (!info.isDirectory() && !info.isSymbolicLink())) {
+          return incomplete('read-directory', parent);
+        }
+        accepted = !info.isSymbolicLink();
+        directories.set(parent, accepted);
+      }
+      if (!accepted) {
+        linked = true;
+        break;
       }
-      entries.push(entry);
     }
-  } finally {
-    await dir.close().catch(() => undefined);
+    if (linked) continue;
+
+    const read = await readManifestBounded(path.join(repoPath, manifestPath), maxManifestSize);
+    if (read === null) continue;
+    if (read.ok === false) return incomplete(read.reason, manifestPath);
+    const name = packageName(read.content, manifestPath);
+    if (name === null) continue;
+
+    const witnesses = manifestsByName.get(name) ?? [];
+    witnesses.push(manifestPath);
+    witnesses.sort();
+    // Two deterministic witnesses prove ambiguity without duplicate fanout.
+    if (witnesses.length > 2) witnesses.length = 2;
+    manifestsByName.set(name, witnesses);
+    if (witnesses.length > 1) packages.delete(name);
+    else packages.set(name, parent ? `${parent}/lib` : 'lib');
   }
-  return entries;
+  return { packages, manifestsByName };
 }
 
-/**
- * Open `directory` without following a final symlink, then list that inode.
- * A path swapped for a symlink after the parent listing fails this open
- * (`ENOTDIR` / `ELOOP`) instead of being traversed.
- */
-export async function readDirectoryNoFollow(directory: string): Promise<Dirent[]> {
-  const opened = await openVerifiedDirectory(directory);
-  const frame: WalkFrame = {
-    relative: '',
-    absolute: directory,
-    handle: opened.handle,
-    identity: opened.identity,
-    entries: [],
-    next: 0,
-  };
-  try {
-    return await listOpenedDirectory([frame], DART_PUBSPEC_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_LIMIT);
-  } finally {
-    await opened.handle.close();
-  }
-}
-
-/** Discover only in-repository packages; never follow dependency paths or symlinks. */
+/** Standalone callers use the same scanner/capture boundary as the pipeline. */
 export async function loadDartPackageConfig(
   repoPath: string,
   options?: DartPackageConfigOptions,
 ): Promise<DartPackageConfig> {
-  const warn = (reason: string, relativePath = '.'): void => {
-    logger.warn(
-      { reason, relativePath },
-      'Dart pubspec discovery could not read a valid package declaration.',
-    );
-  };
-  const incomplete = (reason: string, relativePath = '.'): never => {
-    warn(reason, relativePath);
-    throw new Error(`Dart pubspec discovery failed (${reason}): ${relativePath}`);
-  };
-  if (!pubspecWalkAnchored()) {
-    warn('nofollow-anchor');
-    return { packages: new Map(), manifestsByName: new Map() };
-  }
-  let isIgnored;
+  let captured: DartPackageConfig | undefined;
   try {
-    isIgnored = await createWatchIgnorePredicate(repoPath);
-  } catch {
-    return incomplete('ignore-rules');
+    await walkRepositoryPaths(repoPath, undefined, {
+      onPathsDiscovered: async (paths) => {
+        captured = await captureDartPackageConfig(repoPath, paths, options);
+      },
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof Error && error.message.startsWith('Dart pubspec discovery failed')) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+    return incomplete('scan-inputs');
   }
-  const packages = new Map<string, string>();
-  const manifestsByName = new Map<string, string[]>();
-  const maxManifestSize = Math.min(1024 * 1024, getMaxFileSizeBytes());
-  const directoryLimit = options?.directoryLimit ?? DART_PUBSPEC_DIRECTORY_LIMIT;
-  const directoryDepthLimit = options?.directoryDepthLimit ?? DART_PUBSPEC_OPEN_DIRECTORY_LIMIT;
-  const directoryEntryLimit = options?.directoryEntryLimit ?? DART_PUBSPEC_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_LIMIT;
-  const ambiguous = new Set<string>();
-  const stack: WalkFrame[] = [];
-  let visited = 0;
-
-  const closeStack = async (): Promise<void> => {
-    const frames = stack.splice(0);
-    await Promise.all(frames.map((frame) => frame.handle.close().catch(() => undefined)));
-  };
-
-  const fillFrame = async (frame: WalkFrame): Promise<void> => {
-    if (++visited > directoryLimit) return incomplete('directory-limit', frame.relative || '.');
-    try {
-      const beforeList = options?.beforeDirectoryList;
-      frame.entries = await listOpenedDirectory(
-        stack,
-        directoryEntryLimit,
-        beforeList ? () => beforeList(frame.relative) : undefined,
-      );
-    } catch (error) {
-      const reason =
-        (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'E2BIG' ? 'directory-entries' : 'read-directory';
-      return incomplete(reason, frame.relative || '.');
-    }
-    if (options?.beforeEntryOpen) await options.beforeEntryOpen(frame.relative);
-  };
-
-  try {
-    let rootOpened: OpenedDirectory;
-    try {
-      rootOpened = await openVerifiedDirectory(repoPath);
-    } catch {
-      return incomplete('read-directory', '.');
-    }
-    const root: WalkFrame = {
-      relative: '',
-      absolute: repoPath,
-      handle: rootOpened.handle,
-      identity: rootOpened.identity,
-      entries: [],
-      next: 0,
-    };
-    stack.push(root);
-    await fillFrame(root);
-
-    while (stack.length > 0) {
-      const frame = stack[stack.length - 1];
-      if (frame === undefined) break;
-      if (frame.next >= frame.entries.length) {
-        stack.pop();
-        await frame.handle.close().catch(() => undefined);
-        continue;
-      }
-      const entry = frame.entries[frame.next];
-      frame.next += 1;
-      if (entry === undefined || !isSingleDirectoryEntry(entry.name) || entry.isSymbolicLink()) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      const childRelative = frame.relative ? `${frame.relative}/${entry.name}` : entry.name;
-      const entryPath = path.join(repoPath, childRelative);
-      if (entry.isDirectory()) {
-        if (entry.name.startsWith('.') || isIgnored(entryPath, true)) continue;
-        if (stack.length >= directoryDepthLimit) {
-          return incomplete('directory-depth', childRelative);
-        }
-        let childOpened: OpenedDirectory;
-        try {
-          childOpened = await openChildDirectory(stack, frame.handle.fd, entry.name, entryPath);
-        } catch {
-          return incomplete('read-directory', childRelative);
-        }
-        const child: WalkFrame = {
-          relative: childRelative,
-          absolute: entryPath,
-          handle: childOpened.handle,
-          identity: childOpened.identity,
-          entries: [],
-          next: 0,
-        };
-        stack.push(child);
-        await fillFrame(child);
-      } else if (entry.isFile() && entry.name === 'pubspec.yaml' && !isIgnored(entryPath, false)) {
-        const manifestPath = frame.relative ? `${frame.relative}/pubspec.yaml` : 'pubspec.yaml';
-        let manifestHandle: FileHandle;
-        try {
-          manifestHandle = await openChildFile(stack, frame.handle.fd, entry.name, entryPath);
-        } catch {
-          return incomplete('read-pubspec', manifestPath);
-        }
-        const read = await readManifestBounded(manifestHandle, maxManifestSize);
-        if (read.ok === false) return incomplete(read.reason, manifestPath);
-        try {
-          const manifest: unknown = load(read.content, {
-            schema: JSON_SCHEMA,
-          });
-          if (manifest === null || typeof manifest !== 'object' || Array.isArray(manifest))
-            continue;
-          const name = (manifest as Record<string, unknown>).name;
-          if (typeof name !== 'string' || !/^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$/.test(name)) continue;
-          const manifests = manifestsByName.get(name) ?? [];
-          manifests.push(manifestPath);
-          // Two deterministic witnesses suffice to prove ambiguity. Retaining
-          // more would create unbounded duplicate-package dependency fanout.
-          manifests.sort();
-          if (manifests.length > 2) manifests.length = 2;
-          manifestsByName.set(name, manifests);
-          if (packages.has(name) || ambiguous.has(name)) {
-            packages.delete(name);
-            ambiguous.add(name);
-          } else {
-            packages.set(name, frame.relative ? `${frame.relative}/lib` : 'lib');
-          }
-        } catch {
-          // Invalid YAML cannot declare a package. Other valid packages remain usable.
-          warn('invalid-yaml', manifestPath);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  } finally {
-    await closeStack();
-  }
-  return { packages, manifestsByName };
+  return captured ?? incomplete('scan-inputs');
 }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/scope-resolver.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/scope-resolver.ts
index 84a1ad8bf..bc286179e 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/scope-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/scope-resolver.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { typeApplicationArguments } from '../../utils/template-arguments.js';
 import type { HeritageTypeArgumentSink } from '../../scope-resolution/utils/generic-instantiation.js';
 import { expandDartWildcardNames } from './expand-wildcards.js';
 import { dartIsGlobalNameFallbackPlausible } from './name-fallback-visibility.js';
-import { loadDartPackageConfig } from './package-config.js';
+import { captureDartPackageConfig, loadDartPackageConfig } from './package-config.js';
 import { emitDartPackageDependencies } from './package-dependencies.js';
 
 interface ClassDefRef {
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ export const dartScopeResolver: ScopeResolver = {
   importEdgeReason: 'dart-scope: import',
 
   loadResolutionConfig: loadDartPackageConfig,
+  captureResolutionConfig: captureDartPackageConfig,
   // Package dependencies use cached ParsedFile facts, never raw source text.
   postExtractSourceTextPolicy: 'uncached-files',
   emitPostResolutionEdges: (graph, parsedFiles, _nodeLookup, _indexes, ctx) =>
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/parse-impl.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/parse-impl.ts
index f745ea16a..600ee3b91 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/parse-impl.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/parse-impl.ts
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ export async function runChunkedParseAndResolve(
   pipelineStart: number,
   onProgress: ProgressFn,
   options?: PipelineOptions,
+  capturedResolutionConfigs?: ReadonlyMap<SupportedLanguages, unknown>,
 ): Promise<{
   exportedTypeMap: ExportedTypeMap;
   allFetchCalls: ExtractedFetchCall[];
@@ -1853,9 +1854,11 @@ export async function runChunkedParseAndResolve(
     const resolver = SCOPE_RESOLVERS.get(language);
     routeResolutionConfigs.set(
       language,
-      resolver?.loadResolutionConfig === undefined
-        ? undefined
-        : await resolver.loadResolutionConfig(repoPath),
+      capturedResolutionConfigs?.has(language)
+        ? capturedResolutionConfigs.get(language)
+        : resolver?.loadResolutionConfig === undefined
+          ? undefined
+          : await resolver.loadResolutionConfig(repoPath),
     );
   }
   let routeResolutionFiles = allParsedFiles;
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/parse.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/parse.ts
index 503f3be75..29c62777b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/parse.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/parse.ts
@@ -125,10 +125,8 @@ export const parsePhase: PipelinePhase<ParseOutput> = {
     // nothing before parse produces bulk edge volume anyway.
     ctx.graphEmit?.beginStreaming();
 
-    const { scannedFiles, allPaths, allPathSet, totalFiles } = getPhaseOutput<StructureOutput>(
-      deps,
-      'structure',
-    );
+    const { scannedFiles, allPaths, allPathSet, totalFiles, resolutionConfigs } =
+      getPhaseOutput<StructureOutput>(deps, 'structure');
 
     const result = await runChunkedParseAndResolve(
       ctx.graph,
@@ -139,6 +137,7 @@ export const parsePhase: PipelinePhase<ParseOutput> = {
       ctx.pipelineStart,
       ctx.onProgress,
       ctx.options,
+      resolutionConfigs,
     );
 
     return {
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/scan.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/scan.ts
index f41c4f84e..289ad8300 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/scan.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/scan.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Phase: scan
  *
  * Walks the repository filesystem and collects file paths + sizes.
- * Does NOT read file contents — that happens in downstream phases.
+ * Captures required provider metadata; source contents are read downstream.
  *
  * @deps    (none — this is the pipeline root)
  * @reads   repoPath (filesystem)
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ import type { PipelinePhase, PipelineContext } from './types.js';
 import { walkRepositoryPaths } from '../filesystem-walker.js';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import { getLanguageFromFilename, type SupportedLanguages } from 'gitnexus-shared';
+import { SCOPE_RESOLVERS } from '../scope-resolution/pipeline/registry.js';
 
 export interface ScanOutput {
   scannedFiles: { path: string; size: number }[];
   allPaths: string[];
   totalFiles: number;
+  resolutionConfigs?: ReadonlyMap<SupportedLanguages, unknown>;
 }
 
 const SPRING_ACTUATOR_ENDPOINT_FILES = new Set([
@@ -136,26 +139,47 @@ export const scanPhase: PipelinePhase<ScanOutput> = {
         ...(ctx.options?.springActuatorScanExclusions ?? []),
       ]);
     let scannedFiles;
+    const resolutionConfigs = new Map<SupportedLanguages, unknown>();
     try {
-      scannedFiles = await walkRepositoryPaths(ctx.repoPath, (current, total, filePath) => {
-        const scanProgress = Math.round((current / total) * 15);
-        const isRuntimeInput = matchesActuatorExclusion(
-          canonicalRepoPath,
-          filePath,
-          actuatorExclusions,
-        );
-        ctx.onProgress({
-          phase: 'extracting',
-          percent: scanProgress,
-          message: 'Scanning repository...',
-          ...(isRuntimeInput ? {} : { detail: filePath }),
-          stats: {
-            filesProcessed: current,
-            totalFiles: total,
-            nodesCreated: ctx.graph.nodeCount,
+      scannedFiles = await walkRepositoryPaths(
+        ctx.repoPath,
+        (current, total, filePath) => {
+          const scanProgress = Math.round((current / total) * 15);
+          const isRuntimeInput = matchesActuatorExclusion(
+            canonicalRepoPath,
+            filePath,
+            actuatorExclusions,
+          );
+          ctx.onProgress({
+            phase: 'extracting',
+            percent: scanProgress,
+            message: 'Scanning repository...',
+            ...(isRuntimeInput ? {} : { detail: filePath }),
+            stats: {
+              filesProcessed: current,
+              totalFiles: total,
+              nodesCreated: ctx.graph.nodeCount,
+            },
+          });
+        },
+        {
+          onPathsDiscovered: async (paths) => {
+            const inputs = paths.filter(
+              (filePath) =>
+                !matchesActuatorExclusion(canonicalRepoPath, filePath, actuatorExclusions),
+            );
+            const languages = new Set(inputs.map(getLanguageFromFilename));
+            for (const [language, provider] of SCOPE_RESOLVERS) {
+              if (languages.has(language) && provider.captureResolutionConfig !== undefined) {
+                resolutionConfigs.set(
+                  language,
+                  await provider.captureResolutionConfig(ctx.repoPath, inputs),
+                );
+              }
+            }
           },
-        });
-      });
+        },
+      );
     } catch (err) {
       // Missing roots throw so status cannot treat an empty glob as "every
       // covered file was deleted". The pipeline still reports an empty scan
@@ -182,6 +206,6 @@ export const scanPhase: PipelinePhase<ScanOutput> = {
       stats: { filesProcessed: totalFiles, totalFiles, nodesCreated: ctx.graph.nodeCount },
     });
 
-    return { scannedFiles, allPaths, totalFiles };
+    return { scannedFiles, allPaths, totalFiles, resolutionConfigs };
   },
 };
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/structure.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/structure.ts
index 35ca10c1e..11bb6d139 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/structure.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/structure.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type { PipelinePhase, PipelineContext, PhaseResult } from './types.js';
 import { getPhaseOutput } from './types.js';
 import { processStructure } from '../structure-processor.js';
 import type { ScanOutput } from './scan.js';
+import type { SupportedLanguages } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 
 /** Structure phase produces no additional data — it writes directly to the graph. */
 export interface StructureOutput {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ export interface StructureOutput {
    */
   allPathSet: ReadonlySet<string>;
   totalFiles: number;
+  resolutionConfigs?: ReadonlyMap<SupportedLanguages, unknown>;
 }
 
 export const structurePhase: PipelinePhase<StructureOutput> = {
@@ -35,7 +37,10 @@ export const structurePhase: PipelinePhase<StructureOutput> = {
     ctx: PipelineContext,
     deps: ReadonlyMap<string, PhaseResult<unknown>>,
   ): Promise<StructureOutput> {
-    const { scannedFiles, allPaths, totalFiles } = getPhaseOutput<ScanOutput>(deps, 'scan');
+    const { scannedFiles, allPaths, totalFiles, resolutionConfigs } = getPhaseOutput<ScanOutput>(
+      deps,
+      'scan',
+    );
 
     ctx.onProgress({
       phase: 'structure',
@@ -57,6 +62,6 @@ export const structurePhase: PipelinePhase<StructureOutput> = {
     // can all reuse it instead of re-materializing `new Set(allPaths)` each.
     const allPathSet: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(allPaths);
 
-    return { scannedFiles, allPaths, allPathSet, totalFiles };
+    return { scannedFiles, allPaths, allPathSet, totalFiles, resolutionConfigs };
   },
 };
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.ts
index 22a7a2d41..749665b73 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.ts
@@ -471,6 +471,19 @@ export interface ScopeResolver {
    */
   loadResolutionConfig?(repoPath: string): Promise<unknown> | unknown;
 
+  /**
+   * Capture metadata from the scan's complete, nonignored candidate paths,
+   * before unreadable/large source files are filtered out. Called once for a
+   * language present in the scan. The compact result is shared by every
+   * resolution pass instead of calling loadResolutionConfig again.
+   * Capture failures must throw; consumers must not mutate the result.
+   * This is a stable-workspace input boundary, not an atomic filesystem snapshot.
+   */
+  captureResolutionConfig?(
+    repoPath: string,
+    filePaths: readonly string[],
+  ): Promise<unknown> | unknown;
+
   /**
    * Per-scope binding-merge precedence. The shared finalize pass
    * collects bindings from multiple sources (local declarations,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
index 5602dcb8d..f7afa4fde 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export const scopeResolutionPhase: PipelinePhase<ScopeResolutionOutput> = {
     deps: ReadonlyMap<string, PhaseResult<unknown>>,
   ): Promise<ScopeResolutionOutput> {
     logHeapProbe('scopeResolution-enter');
-    const { scannedFiles } = getPhaseOutput<StructureOutput>(deps, 'structure');
+    const { scannedFiles, resolutionConfigs } = getPhaseOutput<StructureOutput>(deps, 'structure');
     const parseOutput = getPhaseOutput<ParseOutput>(deps, 'parse');
     const { model, parsedFiles: workerParsedFiles, contentLanguageByPath } = parseOutput;
     const scopeExtractionFailures = new Set(parseOutput.scopeExtractionFailures);
@@ -382,8 +382,9 @@ export const scopeResolutionPhase: PipelinePhase<ScopeResolutionOutput> = {
         // composer.json autoload, go.mod, ...). One I/O round trip per
         // workspace pass — cached implicitly by the result handed to
         // every `resolveImportTarget` call below.
-        const resolutionConfig =
-          provider.loadResolutionConfig !== undefined
+        const resolutionConfig = resolutionConfigs?.has(lang)
+          ? resolutionConfigs.get(lang)
+          : provider.loadResolutionConfig !== undefined
             ? await provider.loadResolutionConfig(ctx.repoPath)
             : undefined;
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/dart.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/dart.test.ts
index 2f7b00c04..9f36a33d0 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/dart.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/dart.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * All Dart pipeline features are covered: Property nodes, HAS_PROPERTY edges,
  * CALLS chain resolution, IMPORTS, call attribution, and ACCESSES field reads.
  */
-import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll } from 'vitest';
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, vi } from 'vitest';
 import path from 'path';
 import {
   FIXTURES,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   loadLanguage,
 } from '../../../src/core/tree-sitter/parser-loader.js';
 import { SupportedLanguages } from '../../../src/config/supported-languages.js';
-import { pubspecWalkAnchored } from '../../../src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/package-config.js';
+import { dartScopeResolver } from '../../../src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/scope-resolver.js';
 
 // isLanguageAvailable only checks whether the module loaded — it does NOT verify
 // that the native binary works at runtime (tree-sitter-dart can fail on setLanguage).
@@ -38,42 +38,55 @@ if (dartAvailable) {
   }
 }
 
-describe.skipIf(!dartAvailable || !pubspecWalkAnchored())(
-  'Dart pubspec package identity (#2963)',
-  () => {
-    let result: PipelineResult;
+describe.skipIf(!dartAvailable)('Dart pubspec package identity (#2963)', () => {
+  let result: PipelineResult;
+  let captureCount = 0;
+  let reloadCount = 0;
 
-    beforeAll(async () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const capture = vi.spyOn(dartScopeResolver, 'captureResolutionConfig');
+    const reload = vi.spyOn(dartScopeResolver, 'loadResolutionConfig');
+    try {
       result = await runPipelineFromRepo(path.join(FIXTURES, 'dart-package-imports'), () => {});
-    }, 60000);
+      captureCount = capture.mock.calls.length;
+      reloadCount = reload.mock.calls.length;
+    } finally {
+      capture.mockRestore();
+      reload.mockRestore();
+    }
+  }, 60000);
 
-    it('emits declared imports and their package identity dependencies', () => {
-      const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS')
-        .filter((edge) => edge.sourceFilePath === 'lib/main.dart')
-        .map((edge) => edge.targetFilePath)
-        .sort();
-      expect(imports).toEqual([
-        'lib/models.dart',
-        'lib/relative.dart',
-        'packages/data/lib/models.dart',
-        'packages/data/pubspec.yaml',
-        'pubspec.yaml',
-      ]);
-    });
+  it('captures package metadata once and reuses it through parsing and resolution', () => {
+    expect(captureCount).toBe(1);
+    expect(reloadCount).toBe(0);
+  });
 
-    it.each([
-      ['loadOwn', 'lib/models.dart'],
-      ['loadData', 'packages/data/lib/models.dart'],
-      ['loadRelative', 'lib/relative.dart'],
-    ])('resolves %s in the correct library', (name, file) => {
-      const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS').filter(
-        (edge) => edge.sourceFilePath === 'lib/main.dart' && edge.target === name,
-      );
-      expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
-      expect(calls[0]?.targetFilePath).toBe(file);
-    });
-  },
-);
+  it('emits declared imports and their package identity dependencies', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS')
+      .filter((edge) => edge.sourceFilePath === 'lib/main.dart')
+      .map((edge) => edge.targetFilePath)
+      .sort();
+    expect(imports).toEqual([
+      'lib/models.dart',
+      'lib/relative.dart',
+      'packages/data/lib/models.dart',
+      'packages/data/pubspec.yaml',
+      'pubspec.yaml',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['loadOwn', 'lib/models.dart'],
+    ['loadData', 'packages/data/lib/models.dart'],
+    ['loadRelative', 'lib/relative.dart'],
+  ])('resolves %s in the correct library', (name, file) => {
+    const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS').filter(
+      (edge) => edge.sourceFilePath === 'lib/main.dart' && edge.target === name,
+    );
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(calls[0]?.targetFilePath).toBe(file);
+  });
+});
 
 // ── Phase 8: Field-type resolution ──────────────────────────────────────
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/dart-package-imports.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/dart-package-imports.test.ts
index c127838d1..6320c4c3c 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/dart-package-imports.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/dart-package-imports.test.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,18 @@
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import nodeFs from 'node:fs';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { constants } from 'node:fs';
-import {
-  mkdtemp,
-  mkdir,
-  rm,
-  symlink,
-  writeFile,
-  chmod,
-  rename,
-  open,
-  readdir,
-} from 'node:fs/promises';
+import fs, { mkdtemp, mkdir, rm, symlink, writeFile, chmod, rename } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { syncBuiltinESMExports } from 'node:module';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import { SupportedLanguages } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import { dartScopeResolver } from '../../src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/scope-resolver.js';
 import {
   loadDartPackageConfig,
-  readDirectoryNoFollow,
-  directoryOpenFlags,
-  descriptorDirectoryPath,
-  descriptorEntryPath,
-  pubspecWalkAnchored,
+  captureDartPackageConfig,
 } from '../../src/core/ingestion/languages/dart/package-config.js';
+import { scanPhase } from '../../src/core/ingestion/pipeline-phases/scan.js';
+import { createKnowledgeGraph } from '../../src/core/graph/graph.js';
 import { CountingSet } from '../helpers/counting-file-set.js';
 import { _captureLogger } from '../../src/core/logger.js';
 
@@ -183,25 +173,7 @@ describe('Dart package identity (#2963)', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('directory no-follow flags', () => {
-  it('does not drop O_NOFOLLOW from directory opens', () => {
-    if (typeof constants.O_NOFOLLOW !== 'number' || constants.O_NOFOLLOW === 0) {
-      expect(() => directoryOpenFlags()).toThrow(/O_NOFOLLOW is unavailable/);
-      return;
-    }
-    expect(directoryOpenFlags() & constants.O_NOFOLLOW).toBe(constants.O_NOFOLLOW);
-  });
-
-  it('anchors pubspec discovery only where a no-follow walk exists', () => {
-    const canAnchor =
-      (process.platform === 'linux' || process.platform === 'darwin') &&
-      typeof constants.O_NOFOLLOW === 'number' &&
-      constants.O_NOFOLLOW !== 0;
-    expect(pubspecWalkAnchored()).toBe(canAnchor);
-  });
-});
-
-describe.skipIf(!pubspecWalkAnchored())('Dart pubspec package discovery', () => {
+describe('Dart pubspec package discovery', () => {
   const roots: string[] = [];
   afterEach(async () => {
     for (const root of roots.splice(0)) await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
@@ -378,223 +350,391 @@ describe.skipIf(!pubspecWalkAnchored())('Dart pubspec package discovery', () =>
     );
   });
 
-  it('refuses an incomplete scan rather than persisting untracked identity changes', async () => {
+  it('discovers declared packages on Windows', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
+    const platform = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32');
+    try {
+      expect((await loadDartPackageConfig(root)).packages).toEqual(config.packages);
+    } finally {
+      platform.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('fails when repository ignore rules cannot be read', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
+    await mkdir(path.join(root, '.gitignore'));
+    await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root)).rejects.toThrow('(scan-inputs)');
+  });
+
+  for (const ignoreFile of ['.gitignore', '.gitnexusignore']) {
+    it(`applies linked ${ignoreFile} to TypeScript scans while keeping Dart capture strict`, async (context) => {
+      const root = await fixture({ 'main.ts': 'export {};', 'ignored.ts': 'export {};' });
+      const outside = await fixture({ rules: 'ignored.ts\n' });
+      try {
+        await symlink(path.join(outside, 'rules'), path.join(root, ignoreFile), 'file');
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (
+          process.platform === 'win32' &&
+          ['EPERM', 'EACCES', 'ENOSYS'].includes((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code ?? '')
+        ) {
+          context.skip('Windows file symlinks are unavailable');
+        }
+        throw error;
+      }
+      const scanContext = {
+        repoPath: root,
+        graph: createKnowledgeGraph(),
+        onProgress: () => {},
+        pipelineStart: Date.now(),
+      };
+      const scanned = await scanPhase.execute(scanContext, new Map());
+      expect(scanned.allPaths).toEqual(['main.ts']);
+      expect(scanned.resolutionConfigs?.has(SupportedLanguages.Dart)).toBe(false);
+
+      // Dart capture validates its scan inputs even when no pubspec was discovered.
+      await writeFile(path.join(root, 'main.dart'), 'void main() {}');
+      await expect(scanPhase.execute(scanContext, new Map())).rejects.toThrow('(scan-inputs)');
+    });
+  }
+
+  it('fails when the repository root is missing', async () => {
     const root = await fixture({});
     await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(path.join(root, 'missing'))).rejects.toThrow(
-      'Dart pubspec discovery failed (read-directory)',
+      '(scan-inputs)',
     );
   });
 
-  it('fails closed when the directory walk exceeds its budget', async () => {
+  it('fails metadata capture when glob cannot enumerate a nonignored directory', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({
+      'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app',
+      'packages/duplicate/pubspec.yaml': 'name: app',
+    });
+    const realReaddir = nodeFs.readdir;
+    let denied = 0;
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(nodeFs, 'readdir').mockImplementation((directory, options, callback) => {
+      if (directory === path.join(root, 'packages')) {
+        denied++;
+        callback(Object.assign(new Error('directory denied'), { code: 'EACCES' }), []);
+      } else {
+        realReaddir(directory, options, callback);
+      }
+    });
+    syncBuiltinESMExports();
+    try {
+      await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root)).rejects.toThrow('(scan-inputs)');
+      expect(denied).toBe(1);
+    } finally {
+      spy.mockRestore();
+      syncBuiltinESMExports();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('fails instead of returning a partial map when a captured candidate is missing', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app', 'nested/keep.txt': '' });
+    await expect(
+      captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml', 'nested/pubspec.yaml']),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('Dart pubspec discovery failed (read-pubspec): nested/pubspec.yaml');
+  });
+
+  it('fails closed at the manifest budget', async () => {
     const root = await fixture({
       'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app',
       'nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data',
     });
-    await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root, { directoryLimit: 1 })).rejects.toThrow(
-      'Dart pubspec discovery failed (directory-limit)',
+    await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root, { manifestLimit: 1 })).rejects.toThrow(
+      'Dart pubspec discovery failed (manifest-limit)',
     );
   });
 
-  it('fails closed before one directory listing is unbounded', async () => {
-    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app', 'extra.txt': 'x' });
-    await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root, { directoryEntryLimit: 1 })).rejects.toThrow(
-      'Dart pubspec discovery failed (directory-entries)',
+  it('captures a deep package without holding directory descriptors', async () => {
+    const manifest = `${'a/'.repeat(70)}pubspec.yaml`;
+    const root = await fixture({ [manifest]: 'name: data' });
+    expect((await captureDartPackageConfig(root, [manifest])).packages.get('data')).toBe(
+      `${'a/'.repeat(70)}lib`,
     );
   });
 
-  it('fails closed before a deep chain holds one descriptor per level', async () => {
-    const root = await fixture({ 'a/b/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data' });
-    await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root, { directoryDepthLimit: 2 })).rejects.toThrow(
-      'Dart pubspec discovery failed (directory-depth): a/b',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('still reads a manifest when the open-directory cap is exactly the nesting', async () => {
-    const root = await fixture({ 'a/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data' });
-    expect((await loadDartPackageConfig(root, { directoryDepthLimit: 2 })).packages).toEqual(
-      new Map([['data', 'a/lib']]),
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('fails closed when ignore rules cannot be read', async () => {
+  it('does not treat the same candidate twice as a duplicate package', async () => {
     const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
-    await mkdir(path.join(root, '.gitignore'));
-    await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root)).rejects.toThrow(
-      'Dart pubspec discovery failed (ignore-rules)',
+    expect(
+      (await captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml', 'pubspec.yaml'])).packages,
+    ).toEqual(config.packages);
+  });
+
+  it.each(['../pubspec.yaml', '/pubspec.yaml', 'C:/pubspec.yaml', 'a/../pubspec.yaml'])(
+    'rejects a non-repository manifest path: %s',
+    async (candidate) => {
+      const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
+      await expect(captureDartPackageConfig(root, [candidate])).rejects.toThrow('(manifest-path)');
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('rejects an enumerated nonregular manifest', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({});
+    await mkdir(path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml'));
+    await expect(captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml'])).rejects.toThrow(
+      '(read-pubspec)',
     );
   });
 
-  // Windows does not enforce POSIX mode bits, and root bypasses them, so chmod
-  // cannot make this read fail on either.
+  it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')(
+    'does not block on a FIFO manifest',
+    async () => {
+      const root = await fixture({});
+      execFileSync('mkfifo', [path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml')]);
+      await expect(captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml'])).rejects.toThrow(
+        '(read-pubspec)',
+      );
+    },
+    3_000,
+  );
+
   it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32' || process.getuid?.() === 0)(
     'fails closed when a pubspec cannot be read',
     async () => {
       const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
       await chmod(path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml'), 0o000);
-      await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root)).rejects.toThrow(
-        'Dart pubspec discovery failed (read-pubspec)',
-      );
+      await expect(loadDartPackageConfig(root)).rejects.toThrow('(read-pubspec)');
     },
   );
 
-  it('does not block when a listed pubspec is replaced by a fifo', async () => {
-    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
-    const manifest = path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml');
-    await expect(
-      loadDartPackageConfig(root, {
-        beforeEntryOpen: async (relative) => {
-          if (relative !== '') return;
-          await rm(manifest);
-          execFileSync('mkfifo', [manifest]);
-        },
-      }),
-    ).rejects.toThrow('Dart pubspec discovery failed (read-pubspec)');
-  }, 3_000);
-
-  it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')(
-    'does not follow a symlinked pubspec into another tree',
-    async () => {
-      const outside = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: foreign' });
-      const root = await fixture({ 'packages/data/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data' });
-      await symlink(path.join(outside, 'pubspec.yaml'), path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml'));
-      expect((await loadDartPackageConfig(root)).packages).toEqual(
-        new Map([['data', 'packages/data/lib']]),
-      );
-    },
-  );
-
-  it.skipIf(process.platform !== 'darwin')(
-    'does not follow a listed directory replaced by a symlink on macOS',
-    async () => {
-      const outside = await fixture({
-        'pubspec.yaml': 'name: foreign',
-        'nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: foreign',
-      });
-      const root = await fixture({
-        'pkg/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data',
-        'pkg/nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: nested_data',
-      });
-      const pkg = path.join(root, 'pkg');
-      await expect(
-        loadDartPackageConfig(root, {
-          beforeEntryOpen: async (relative) => {
-            if (relative !== 'pkg') return;
-            await rename(pkg, path.join(root, 'pkg-moved'));
-            await symlink(outside, pkg, 'dir');
-          },
-        }),
-      ).rejects.toThrow(/Dart pubspec discovery failed \((read-directory|read-pubspec)\)/);
-    },
-  );
-
-  // Linux lists the opened inode through /proc/self/fd/N. macOS cannot list a
-  // descriptor (opendir on /dev/fd/N is ENOTDIR), so it lists the path and
-  // re-checks the pinned chain afterwards; the swap must fail that check.
-  it('lists the opened directory, or refuses, when its path is replaced before listing', async () => {
+  it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('does not follow a symlinked manifest', async () => {
     const outside = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: foreign' });
-    const root = await fixture({
-      'pkg/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data',
-      'pkg/nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: nested_data',
-    });
-    const pkg = path.join(root, 'pkg');
-    const load = loadDartPackageConfig(root, {
-      beforeDirectoryList: async (relative) => {
-        if (relative !== 'pkg') return;
-        await rename(pkg, path.join(root, 'pkg-moved'));
-        await symlink(outside, pkg, 'dir');
-      },
-    });
-    if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
-      await expect(load).rejects.toThrow('Dart pubspec discovery failed (read-directory): pkg');
-      return;
-    }
-    expect((await load).packages).toEqual(
-      new Map([
-        ['data', 'pkg/lib'],
-        ['nested_data', 'pkg/nested/lib'],
-      ]),
-    );
+    const root = await fixture({ 'nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data' });
+    await symlink(path.join(outside, 'pubspec.yaml'), path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml'));
+    expect(
+      (await captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml', 'nested/pubspec.yaml'])).packages,
+    ).toEqual(new Map([['data', 'nested/lib']]));
   });
 
-  it.skipIf(descriptorEntryPath(0, 'pubspec.yaml') === null)(
-    'reads listed manifests from the opened directory inode after that path is replaced',
+  it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')(
+    'closes a symlinked manifest without reading when no-follow is unavailable',
     async () => {
-      const outside = await fixture({
-        'pubspec.yaml': 'name: foreign',
-        'nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: foreign',
+      const outside = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: foreign' });
+      const root = await fixture({ 'nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data' });
+      const manifest = path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml');
+      await symlink(path.join(outside, 'pubspec.yaml'), manifest);
+      const realOpen = fs.open;
+      let opened: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof fs.open>> | undefined;
+      const read = vi.fn();
+      let restoreRead = () => {};
+      const spy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'open').mockImplementation(async (file, flags, mode) => {
+        if (file !== manifest) return realOpen(file, flags, mode);
+        const handle = await realOpen(
+          file,
+          typeof flags === 'number' ? flags & ~(fs.constants.O_NOFOLLOW ?? 0) : flags,
+          mode,
+        );
+        opened = handle;
+        const readSpy = vi.spyOn(handle, 'read').mockImplementation(read);
+        restoreRead = () => readSpy.mockRestore();
+        return handle;
       });
-      const root = await fixture({
-        'pkg/pubspec.yaml': 'name: data',
-        'pkg/nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: nested_data',
-      });
-      const pkg = path.join(root, 'pkg');
-      const loaded = await loadDartPackageConfig(root, {
-        beforeEntryOpen: async (relative) => {
-          if (relative !== 'pkg') return;
-          await rename(pkg, path.join(root, 'pkg-moved'));
-          await symlink(outside, pkg, 'dir');
-        },
-      });
-      expect(loaded.packages).toEqual(
-        new Map([
-          ['data', 'pkg/lib'],
-          ['nested_data', 'pkg/nested/lib'],
-        ]),
-      );
-    },
-  );
-
-  it.skipIf(descriptorDirectoryPath(0) === null)(
-    'lists the opened directory inode after its path becomes a symlink',
-    async () => {
-      const outside = await fixture({ 'outside.txt': 'out' });
-      const root = await fixture({});
-      const real = path.join(root, 'real');
-      await mkdir(real);
-      await writeFile(path.join(real, 'inside.txt'), 'in');
-      const handle = await open(real, directoryOpenFlags());
+      syncBuiltinESMExports();
       try {
-        const listed = descriptorDirectoryPath(handle.fd);
-        if (listed === null) throw new Error('descriptor listing path missing');
-        await rename(real, path.join(root, 'real-moved'));
-        await symlink(outside, real, process.platform === 'win32' ? 'junction' : 'dir');
-        await expect(readDirectoryNoFollow(real)).rejects.toThrow();
-        expect(await readdir(listed)).toEqual(['inside.txt']);
+        expect(
+          (await captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml', 'nested/pubspec.yaml'])).packages,
+        ).toEqual(new Map([['data', 'nested/lib']]));
+        expect(read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(spy.mock.calls.filter(([file]) => file === manifest)).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(opened?.fd).toBe(-1);
       } finally {
-        await handle.close();
+        restoreRead();
+        spy.mockRestore();
+        syncBuiltinESMExports();
       }
     },
   );
-});
 
-describe('directory symlink refusal', () => {
-  const roots: string[] = [];
-  afterEach(async () => {
-    for (const root of roots.splice(0)) await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  it('excludes candidates below directory symlinks or Windows junctions', async () => {
+    const outside = await fixture({ 'nested/pubspec.yaml': 'name: foreign' });
+    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
+    await symlink(
+      outside,
+      path.join(root, 'linked'),
+      process.platform === 'win32' ? 'junction' : 'dir',
+    );
+    expect(
+      (await captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml', 'linked/nested/pubspec.yaml']))
+        .packages,
+    ).toEqual(config.packages);
   });
 
-  it('refuses a directory symlink instead of listing its target', async () => {
-    const outside = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'gitnexus-dart-pubspec-'));
-    const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'gitnexus-dart-pubspec-'));
-    roots.push(outside, root);
-    await writeFile(path.join(outside, 'secret.txt'), 'name: foreign');
-    const link = path.join(root, 'linked');
-    await symlink(outside, link, process.platform === 'win32' ? 'junction' : 'dir');
-    await expect(readDirectoryNoFollow(link)).rejects.toThrow();
-  });
-
-  it('does not discover packages when the walk cannot honor no-follow', async () => {
-    const root = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'gitnexus-dart-pubspec-'));
-    roots.push(root);
-    await writeFile(path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml'), 'name: app\n');
-    // Exercise the unsupported-platform branch on every host. The real
-    // capability check must refuse before attempting any directory walk.
-    const platform = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32');
+  it('pins the manifest before pathname validation can race with replacement', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
+    const manifest = path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml');
+    const original = await fs.lstat(manifest, { bigint: true });
+    const realOpen = fs.open;
+    const realLstat = fs.lstat;
+    let replaced = false;
+    let openedInode: bigint | undefined;
+    const statSpy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'lstat').mockImplementation(async (file, options) => {
+      const info = await realLstat(file, options);
+      if (file === manifest && !replaced) {
+        replaced = true;
+        await rename(manifest, path.join(root, 'old.yaml'));
+        await fs.utimes(path.join(root, 'old.yaml'), 1, 1);
+        await writeFile(manifest, 'name: foreign');
+      }
+      return info;
+    });
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'open').mockImplementation(async (file, flags, mode) => {
+      const handle = await realOpen(file, flags, mode);
+      if (file === manifest) openedInode = (await handle.stat({ bigint: true })).ino;
+      return handle;
+    });
+    syncBuiltinESMExports();
     try {
-      expect(pubspecWalkAnchored()).toBe(false);
-      expect((await loadDartPackageConfig(root)).packages.size).toBe(0);
+      await expect(captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml'])).rejects.toThrow(
+        '(read-pubspec)',
+      );
+      expect(replaced).toBe(true);
+      expect(openedInode).toBe(original.ino);
     } finally {
-      platform.mockRestore();
+      spy.mockRestore();
+      statSpy.mockRestore();
+      syncBuiltinESMExports();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('closes a descriptor without reading when its pathname is replaced after open', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
+    const manifest = path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml');
+    const realOpen = fs.open;
+    let opened: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof fs.open>> | undefined;
+    const read = vi.fn();
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'open').mockImplementation(async (file, flags, mode) => {
+      const handle = await realOpen(file, flags, mode);
+      if (file === manifest) {
+        opened = handle;
+        vi.spyOn(handle, 'read').mockImplementation(read);
+        await rename(manifest, path.join(root, 'old.yaml'));
+        await writeFile(manifest, 'name: foreign');
+      }
+      return handle;
+    });
+    syncBuiltinESMExports();
+    try {
+      await expect(captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml'])).rejects.toThrow(
+        '(read-pubspec)',
+      );
+      expect(read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(opened?.fd).toBe(-1);
+    } finally {
+      spy.mockRestore();
+      syncBuiltinESMExports();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a same-size manifest edit after the initial descriptor check', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({ 'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app' });
+    const manifest = path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml');
+    const realOpen = fs.open;
+    let changed = false;
+    const spy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'open').mockImplementation(async (file, flags, mode) => {
+      const handle = await realOpen(file, flags, mode);
+      if (file === manifest) {
+        const realStat = handle.stat.bind(handle);
+        vi.spyOn(handle, 'stat').mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+          const before = await realStat({ bigint: true });
+          await writeFile(manifest, 'name: new');
+          // Force an observable change even on a filesystem with coarse timestamps.
+          await fs.utimes(manifest, 1, 1);
+          changed = true;
+          return before;
+        });
+      }
+      return handle;
+    });
+    syncBuiltinESMExports();
+    try {
+      await expect(captureDartPackageConfig(root, ['pubspec.yaml'])).rejects.toThrow(
+        '(read-pubspec)',
+      );
+      expect(changed).toBe(true);
+    } finally {
+      spy.mockRestore();
+      syncBuiltinESMExports();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('uses only captured package identity after the repository path is replaced', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({
+      'pubspec.yaml': 'name: app',
+      'lib/models.dart': 'class Model {}',
+    });
+    const captured = await scanPhase.execute(
+      {
+        repoPath: root,
+        graph: createKnowledgeGraph(),
+        onProgress: () => {},
+        pipelineStart: Date.now(),
+      },
+      new Map(),
+    );
+    const resolutionConfig = captured.resolutionConfigs?.get(SupportedLanguages.Dart);
+    expect(resolutionConfig).toBeDefined();
+    const moved = `${root}-moved`;
+    await rename(root, moved);
+    roots.push(moved);
+    await mkdir(root);
+    await writeFile(path.join(root, 'pubspec.yaml'), 'name: foreign');
+    expect(
+      dartScopeResolver.resolveImportTarget(
+        'package:app/models.dart',
+        'lib/main.dart',
+        new Set(captured.allPaths),
+        resolutionConfig,
+      ),
+    ).toBe('lib/models.dart');
+    expect(
+      dartScopeResolver.resolveImportTarget(
+        'package:foreign/models.dart',
+        'lib/main.dart',
+        new Set(captured.allPaths),
+        resolutionConfig,
+      ),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('rejects oversized captured metadata before the shared scanner can filter it away', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({
+      'pubspec.yaml': `name: app\n#${'x'.repeat(1024 * 1024)}`,
+      'lib/main.dart': 'void main() {}',
+    });
+    await expect(
+      scanPhase.execute(
+        {
+          repoPath: root,
+          graph: createKnowledgeGraph(),
+          onProgress: () => {},
+          pipelineStart: Date.now(),
+        },
+        new Map(),
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('(manifest-size)');
+  });
+
+  it('opens only manifest candidates and checks each shared parent once', async () => {
+    const root = await fixture({
+      'packages/a/pubspec.yaml': 'name: a',
+      'packages/b/pubspec.yaml': 'name: b',
+    });
+    const paths = Array.from({ length: 10_000 }, (_, i) => `other/file${i}.dart`);
+    paths.push('packages/a/pubspec.yaml', 'packages/b/pubspec.yaml');
+    const openSpy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'open');
+    const statSpy = vi.spyOn(fs, 'lstat');
+    syncBuiltinESMExports();
+    try {
+      expect((await captureDartPackageConfig(root, paths)).packages.size).toBe(2);
+      expect(openSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(
+        statSpy.mock.calls.filter(([file]) => file === path.join(root, 'packages')),
+      ).toHaveLength(1);
+    } finally {
+      openSpy.mockRestore();
+      statSpy.mockRestore();
+      syncBuiltinESMExports();
     }
   });
 });
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/filesystem-walker-order.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/filesystem-walker-order.test.ts
index 7b75128a4..bdbdaba97 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/filesystem-walker-order.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/filesystem-walker-order.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@ afterEach(async () => {
 });
 
 describe('walkRepositoryPaths ordering', () => {
+  it('preserves required candidates before size and stat failures can omit them', async () => {
+    const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'gitnexus-scan-capture-'));
+    temporaryRoots.push(root);
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(root, 'large.yaml'), 'x'.repeat(100));
+    vi.mocked(glob).mockResolvedValue(['large.yaml', 'missing.yaml']);
+    const capture = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error('required metadata unavailable');
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      walkRepositoryPaths(root, undefined, {
+        maxFileSizeBytes: 10,
+        onPathsDiscovered: capture,
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('required metadata unavailable');
+    expect(capture).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(['large.yaml', 'missing.yaml']);
+  });
+
   it('returns accepted files in canonical path order when glob order is unstable', async () => {
     const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'gitnexus-scan-order-'));
     temporaryRoots.push(root);