diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/cpp/captures.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/cpp/captures.ts
index ef39076f1..6618d6c04 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/cpp/captures.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/cpp/captures.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import { markCppInlineNamespaceRange } from './inline-namespaces.js';
 import { extractCppTemplateConstraints } from './constraint-extractor.js';
 import { captureCppMemberLookupFacts } from './member-lookup.js';
 
+const CPP_BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX = 'braced-init:';
+
 export function emitCppScopeCaptures(
   sourceText: string,
   filePath: string,
@@ -1022,6 +1024,8 @@ function unknownTypeClass(base: string): ParameterTypeClass {
  */
 function inferCppLiteralType(node: SyntaxNode): string {
   switch (node.type) {
+    case 'initializer_list':
+      return inferCppBracedInitType(node);
     case 'number_literal': {
       const text = node.text;
       // Floating-point literals contain '.', 'e', 'E', or end with 'f'/'F'
@@ -1053,6 +1057,25 @@ function inferCppLiteralType(node: SyntaxNode): string {
   }
 }
 
+function inferCppBracedInitType(node: SyntaxNode): string {
+  const elementTypes: string[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < node.childCount; i++) {
+    const child = node.child(i);
+    if (child === null) continue;
+    if (child.type === ',' || child.type === '{' || child.type === '}') continue;
+    const elementType = inferCppLiteralType(child);
+    if (elementType === '' || elementType.startsWith(CPP_BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX)) {
+      return `${CPP_BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX}unknown`;
+    }
+    elementTypes.push(elementType);
+  }
+  if (elementTypes.length === 0) return `${CPP_BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX}unknown`;
+  const first = elementTypes[0];
+  return elementTypes.every((type) => type === first)
+    ? `${CPP_BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX}${first}`
+    : `${CPP_BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX}unknown`;
+}
+
 /**
  * Look up the declared type of a variable by scanning sibling declarations
  * in the enclosing compound_statement (function body). Handles:
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/cpp/conversion-rank.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/cpp/conversion-rank.ts
index 330deea09..547920783 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/cpp/conversion-rank.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/cpp/conversion-rank.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@ const INTEGRAL_PROMOTION = new Map([
   ['bool', 'int'],
 ]);
 
+const BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX = 'braced-init:';
+const BRACED_INIT_CONTAINER_TYPES = new Set([
+  'array',
+  'deque',
+  'list',
+  'set',
+  'std::array',
+  'std::deque',
+  'std::list',
+  'std::set',
+  'std::unordered_set',
+  'std::vector',
+  'unordered_set',
+  'vector',
+]);
+
 /**
  * Return the conversion rank from `argType` to `paramType`.
  *
@@ -46,6 +62,11 @@ export function cppConversionRank(
   argTypeClass?: ParameterTypeClass,
   paramTypeClass?: ParameterTypeClass,
 ): number {
+  const bracedInitElementType = parseBracedInitElementType(argType);
+  if (bracedInitElementType !== undefined) {
+    if (bracedInitElementType === 'unknown') return Infinity;
+    return bracedInitConversionRank(paramType);
+  }
   if (argType === paramType) {
     return exactShapeCompatible(argTypeClass, paramTypeClass) ? 0 : Infinity;
   }
@@ -60,6 +81,32 @@ export function cppConversionRank(
   return Infinity;
 }
 
+function parseBracedInitElementType(argType: string): string | undefined {
+  const elementType = argType.slice(BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX.length);
+  return argType.startsWith(BRACED_INIT_TYPE_PREFIX) && elementType !== ''
+    ? elementType
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+function bracedInitConversionRank(paramType: string): number {
+  const targetBase = bracedInitTargetBase(paramType);
+  if (targetBase === 'initializer_list' || targetBase === 'std::initializer_list') return 0;
+  if (BRACED_INIT_CONTAINER_TYPES.has(targetBase)) return 1;
+  return Infinity;
+}
+
+function bracedInitTargetBase(paramType: string): string {
+  let type = paramType.trim();
+  type = type.replace(/\b(const|volatile|restrict|mutable|constexpr)\b/g, '').trim();
+  type = type.replace(/[&*]+\s*$/, '').trim();
+  while (type.includes('<')) {
+    const stripped = type.replace(/<[^<>]*>/g, '');
+    if (stripped === type) break;
+    type = stripped;
+  }
+  return type.trim();
+}
+
 function isPointer(typeClass: ParameterTypeClass | undefined): boolean {
   return typeClass?.indirection === 'pointer' && typeClass.pointerDepth > 0;
 }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/overload-narrowing.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/overload-narrowing.ts
index b69252ce2..a2766ad90 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/overload-narrowing.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/overload-narrowing.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ import type {
   SymbolDefinition,
 } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 
+const CONVERSION_ONLY_ARG_TYPE_PREFIXES = ['braced-init:'];
+
 /**
  * Per-slot conversion-rank function. Returns a numeric cost for
  * converting `argType` to `paramType`:
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ export function narrowOverloadCandidates(
         hookCtx.argumentTypeClasses,
       );
       if (ranked.length > 0) result = ranked;
+      else if (hasConversionOnlyArgType(argTypes)) result = [];
     }
   }
 
@@ -222,6 +225,12 @@ export function narrowOverloadCandidates(
   return result;
 }
 
+function hasConversionOnlyArgType(argTypes: readonly string[]): boolean {
+  return argTypes.some((type) =>
+    CONVERSION_ONLY_ARG_TYPE_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => type.startsWith(prefix)),
+  );
+}
+
 function exactTypeSlotMatches(
   argType: string,
   paramType: string,
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/cpp-braced-init-list-overload/service.cpp b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/cpp-braced-init-list-overload/service.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..913be99b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/cpp-braced-init-list-overload/service.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <initializer_list>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace std {
+template <typename T>
+class initializer_list {};
+
+template <typename T>
+class vector {};
+}
+
+class InitListService {
+public:
+    void consume(std::initializer_list<int> values) {}
+    void consume(int value) {}
+
+    void consumeVector(std::vector<int> values) {}
+    void consumeVector(int value) {}
+
+    void consumeMixed(std::initializer_list<int> values) {}
+    void consumeMixed(std::initializer_list<double> values) {}
+
+    void consumeEmpty(std::initializer_list<int> values) {}
+    void consumeEmpty(std::initializer_list<double> values) {}
+
+    void callHomogeneousInitList() {
+        consume({1, 2, 3});
+    }
+
+    void callHomogeneousVector() {
+        consumeVector({1, 2, 3});
+    }
+
+    void callHeterogeneousInitList() {
+        consumeMixed({1, 2.0});
+    }
+
+    void callEmptyInitList() {
+        consumeEmpty({});
+    }
+};
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/cpp.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/cpp.test.ts
index 925602a5c..80f2c9b2e 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/cpp.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/cpp.test.ts
@@ -1230,6 +1230,52 @@ describe('C++ overload disambiguation by parameter types', () => {
 
 // ── Phase P: Same-arity overloads — cross-file + chain resolution ─────────
 
+describe('C++ braced-init-list overload disambiguation (#1899 A8 conservative)', () => {
+  let result: PipelineResult;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    result = await runPipelineFromRepo(
+      path.join(FIXTURES, 'cpp-braced-init-list-overload'),
+      () => {},
+    );
+  }, 60000);
+
+  const callsFrom = (source: string, target: string) =>
+    getRelationships(result, 'CALLS').filter(
+      (edge) => edge.source === source && edge.target === target,
+    );
+
+  const singleTargetParameterTypes = (source: string, target: string) => {
+    const calls = callsFrom(source, target);
+    expect(calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    const [call] = calls;
+    expect(call).toBeDefined();
+    return call === undefined
+      ? undefined
+      : result.graph.getNode(call.rel.targetId)?.properties.parameterTypes;
+  };
+
+  it('resolves homogeneous literal braces to initializer_list overloads', () => {
+    expect(singleTargetParameterTypes('callHomogeneousInitList', 'consume')).toEqual([
+      'std::initializer_list<int>',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('resolves homogeneous literal braces to container overloads', () => {
+    expect(singleTargetParameterTypes('callHomogeneousVector', 'consumeVector')).toEqual([
+      'std::vector<int>',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses heterogeneous braced-init lists instead of guessing an element type', () => {
+    expect(callsFrom('callHeterogeneousInitList', 'consumeMixed')).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses empty braced-init lists instead of guessing an element type', () => {
+    expect(callsFrom('callEmptyInitList', 'consumeEmpty')).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('C++ same-arity overload cross-file and chain resolution', () => {
   let result: PipelineResult;
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/cpp/cpp-overload-ranking.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/cpp/cpp-overload-ranking.test.ts
index 7203e0633..9efd2a2a3 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/cpp/cpp-overload-ranking.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/cpp/cpp-overload-ranking.test.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,34 @@ describe('cppConversionRank user-defined conversion ranks (#1631)', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('cppConversionRank braced-init-list ranks (#1899)', () => {
+  it('ranks homogeneous braced-init lists toward initializer_list and containers', () => {
+    expect(cppConversionRank('braced-init:int', 'std::initializer_list<int>')).toBe(0);
+    expect(cppConversionRank('braced-init:int', 'std::vector<int>')).toBe(1);
+    expect(cppConversionRank('braced-init:int', 'int')).toBe(Infinity);
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses unknown braced-init lists when conversion ranking finds no viable target', () => {
+    const byIntList = mkDef(
+      'f:int-list',
+      ['std::initializer_list<int>'],
+      [value('std::initializer_list')],
+    );
+    const byDoubleList = mkDef(
+      'f:double-list',
+      ['std::initializer_list<double>'],
+      [value('std::initializer_list')],
+    );
+
+    const result = narrowOverloadCandidates([byIntList, byDoubleList], 1, ['braced-init:unknown'], {
+      argumentTypeClasses: [value('braced-init:unknown')],
+      conversionRankFn: cppConversionRank,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('narrowOverloadCandidates with C++ pointer-rank sidecars (#1637)', () => {
   it('selects pointer overload for nullptr over bool overload', () => {
     const byPointer = mkDef('f:intptr', ['int'], [pointer('int')]);