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 cafc5693b..f721196b1 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
  *   2. Export a thin entry point:
  *      `runYourLangScopeResolution(input) = runScopeResolution(input, yourScopeResolver)`.
  *   3. Register the provider in
- *      `gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/emit-providers-registry.ts`.
+ *      `gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/registry.ts`
+ *      (the `SCOPE_RESOLVERS` map).
  *   4. Add `SupportedLanguages.YourLang` to `MIGRATED_LANGUAGES` in
  *      `registry-primary-flag.ts`.
  *   5. Verify the resolver integration test at
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/ids.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/ids.ts
index e3dc44a4f..0843ca59a 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/ids.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/ids.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,16 @@ import type { ScopeResolutionIndexes } from '../../model/scope-resolution-indexe
 import { generateId } from '../../../../lib/utils.js';
 import { isLinkableLabel, type GraphNodeLookup } from '../graph-bridge/node-lookup.js';
 
-/** Look up a `SymbolDefinition` in the graph node lookup by file+name. */
+/**
+ * Look up a `SymbolDefinition` in the graph node lookup.
+ *
+ * Tries the fully-qualified name FIRST — that's the only correct key
+ * when two classes in the same file define a method with the same
+ * simple name (`class User: def save` + `class Document: def save`).
+ * Falls back to the simple name for definitions whose qualifier the
+ * lookup didn't capture (rare, but keeps cross-file simple-name
+ * resolution working).
+ */
 export function resolveDefGraphId(
   filePath: string,
   def: { qualifiedName?: string },
@@ -30,6 +39,8 @@ export function resolveDefGraphId(
 ): string | undefined {
   const qn = def.qualifiedName;
   if (qn === undefined || qn.length === 0) return undefined;
+  const qualifiedHit = nodeLookup.get(`${filePath}::${qn}`);
+  if (qualifiedHit !== undefined) return qualifiedHit;
   const simpleName = qn.lastIndexOf('.') === -1 ? qn : qn.slice(qn.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);
   return nodeLookup.get(`${filePath}::${simpleName}`);
 }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.ts
index 2b50e6fd4..bb69670a7 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/graph-bridge/node-lookup.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 /**
- * Build a `(filePath, simpleName) → graphNodeId` lookup over the
- * graph's Function/Method/Class/Constructor nodes.
+ * Build a `(filePath, name) → graphNodeId` lookup over the graph's
+ * Function/Method/Class/Constructor nodes. Two keys per node:
+ *
+ *   - simple name (`User` / `save`) — legacy fallback
+ *   - qualified name when derivable from the node id (`User.save`)
+ *
+ * The qualified key is the authoritative one when two classes in the
+ * same file define a method with the same simple name
+ * (`class User: def save` + `class Document: def save`). Without it,
+ * the simple-name key collides and every `document.save()` CALLS edge
+ * would silently target `User.save`. Method node ids encode the
+ * qualifier (`Method:file.py:User.save#1`), so we parse it back out.
  *
  * Language-agnostic seam. Any language provider migrating to the
  * registry-primary path can consume this to translate scope-resolution
  * `SymbolDefinition.nodeId` values into the legacy graph-node ID
  * format that downstream consumers (queries, edges, MCP) expect.
- *
- * Next-consumer contract: a TypeScript or Java provider imports this
- * module unchanged — the lookup is keyed by (filePath, name) which
- * every language produces.
  */
 
 import type { NodeLabel } from 'gitnexus-shared';
@@ -17,21 +23,53 @@ import type { KnowledgeGraph } from '../../../graph/types.js';
 
 export type GraphNodeLookup = ReadonlyMap<string, string>;
 
+/**
+ * Parse a qualified name out of a Function/Method node id.
+ *
+ * Node id format: `${label}:${filePath}:${qualifiedName}${arityTag}`,
+ * where `arityTag` is `#<n>` (or empty). Strips the known-length
+ * label + filePath prefix so colons inside `filePath` (Windows
+ * `C:\...`) don't break the parse. Returns `undefined` when the id
+ * doesn't match the expected shape.
+ */
+function parseQualifiedFromId(id: string, label: NodeLabel, filePath: string): string | undefined {
+  const prefix = `${label}:${filePath}:`;
+  if (!id.startsWith(prefix)) return undefined;
+  const suffix = id.slice(prefix.length);
+  if (suffix.length === 0) return undefined;
+  const hash = suffix.indexOf('#');
+  return hash === -1 ? suffix : suffix.slice(0, hash);
+}
+
 export function buildGraphNodeLookup(graph: KnowledgeGraph): GraphNodeLookup {
   const lookup = new Map<string, string>();
   for (const node of graph.iterNodes()) {
-    const props = node.properties as { filePath?: string; name?: string };
+    const props = node.properties as {
+      filePath?: string;
+      name?: string;
+      qualifiedName?: string;
+    };
     if (props.filePath === undefined || props.name === undefined) continue;
     if (!isLinkableLabel(node.label)) continue;
-    // Keyed by (filePath, simpleName). Class kinds and method kinds
-    // share the same simple-name space within a file — a `class Foo`
-    // and `def Foo()` at the same level is disallowed by Python (and
-    // most languages), so a single key per (file, name) is unambiguous
-    // in practice. Method-vs-class disambiguation for resolved
-    // references happens earlier inside `MethodRegistry.lookup`
-    // (Step 1 + Step 2).
-    const key = `${props.filePath}::${props.name}`;
-    if (!lookup.has(key)) lookup.set(key, node.id);
+
+    // Primary key: fully-qualified name when available. Class nodes
+    // carry `qualifiedName` in their properties (set by the parsing
+    // processor). Method/Function nodes do not, so derive the
+    // qualifier from the node id — that's where the parse-phase
+    // encoded it.
+    const qualified =
+      props.qualifiedName ?? parseQualifiedFromId(node.id, node.label, props.filePath);
+    if (qualified !== undefined && qualified.length > 0) {
+      const qKey = `${props.filePath}::${qualified}`;
+      if (!lookup.has(qKey)) lookup.set(qKey, node.id);
+    }
+
+    // Fallback key: simple name. First-wins within a file — used when
+    // the caller doesn't know the qualifier (unqualified free-call
+    // fallback, cross-file resolution where MethodRegistry already
+    // disambiguated the owner).
+    const simpleKey = `${props.filePath}::${props.name}`;
+    if (!lookup.has(simpleKey)) lookup.set(simpleKey, node.id);
   }
   return lookup;
 }
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
index 3129cf236..d050f0a82 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Phase: scopeResolution
  *
- * Generic registry-primary resolution phase (RFC #909 Ring 4).
+ * Generic registry-primary resolution phase (RFC #909 Ring 3).
  *
  * For every language in `MIGRATED_LANGUAGES` (per-language flag set)
  * whose provider is registered in `SCOPE_RESOLVERS`:
@@ -72,7 +72,15 @@ export const scopeResolutionPhase: PipelinePhase<ScopeResolutionOutput> = {
   // already-existing Symbol nodes (Function/Method/Class). The legacy
   // `parse` phase still creates those nodes; we only replace the
   // import + call resolution layer.
-  deps: ['parse', 'structure'],
+  //
+  // Also depends on `crossFile` — we don't read crossFile's output
+  // directly (we have our own cross-file resolution), but crossFile
+  // writes EXTENDS edges that `buildMro` consumes via
+  // `iterRelationshipsByType('EXTENDS')`. Declaring the dep pins the
+  // ordering explicitly: without it, Kahn's runner could schedule
+  // scopeResolution before crossFile (both unblock after parse), and
+  // the MRO walk would miss heritage edges crossFile later adds.
+  deps: ['parse', 'crossFile', 'structure'],
 
   async execute(
     ctx: PipelineContext,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/run.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/run.ts
index b8bbf2355..ff0974ae7 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/run.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/run.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export function runScopeResolution(
   const nodeLookup = buildGraphNodeLookup(graph);
   const mroByClassDefId = provider.buildMro(graph, parsedFiles, nodeLookup);
 
-  const indexes = finalizeScopeModel(parsedFiles, {
+  const finalized = finalizeScopeModel(parsedFiles, {
     hooks: {
       resolveImportTarget: (targetRaw, fromFile) =>
         provider.resolveImportTarget(targetRaw, fromFile, allFilePaths),
@@ -118,11 +118,16 @@ export function runScopeResolution(
     },
   });
 
-  // Stitch the MRO into the finalized indexes (same pattern as before
-  // generalization — finalizeScopeModel builds an empty
-  // MethodDispatchIndex by design).
-  (indexes as { methodDispatch: typeof indexes.methodDispatch }).methodDispatch =
-    buildPopulatedMethodDispatch(mroByClassDefId);
+  // Replace the empty MethodDispatchIndex that finalizeScopeModel
+  // builds by design with the populated one derived from the
+  // language's MRO. Spread produces a fresh `ScopeResolutionIndexes`
+  // instead of mutating the finalized result through an `as` cast —
+  // downstream passes get an object whose readonly guarantees match
+  // the type system.
+  const indexes = {
+    ...finalized,
+    methodDispatch: buildPopulatedMethodDispatch(mroByClassDefId),
+  };
 
   // Build the workspace resolution index ONCE — turns every
   // findOwnedMember / findExportedDef / classScopeByDefId lookup in
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/scope/walkers.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/scope/walkers.ts
index c9bbf74d7..fa9a443aa 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/scope/walkers.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/scope/walkers.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,23 @@ export function populateClassOwnedMembers(parsed: ParsedFile): void {
   const scopesById = new Map<ScopeId, ParsedFile['scopes'][number]>();
   for (const scope of parsed.scopes) scopesById.set(scope.id, scope);
 
+  // Promote a def's qualifiedName from `methodName` to `ClassName.methodName`
+  // when the def sits inside a class. Without this, two classes in the
+  // same file that share a method name collide at the graph-bridge lookup
+  // (`node-lookup.ts` keys by (filePath, qualifiedName) and falls back to
+  // simple name only). Python's `scopes.scm` doesn't emit
+  // `@declaration.qualified_name` for nested methods, so the finalized
+  // defs arrive here with simple names — we stamp the qualifier while
+  // we're already walking class scopes for ownerId.
+  const qualify = (def: SymbolDefinition, classDef: SymbolDefinition): void => {
+    const q = def.qualifiedName;
+    if (q === undefined || q.length === 0) return;
+    if (q.includes('.')) return; // already qualified (dotted)
+    const classQ = classDef.qualifiedName;
+    if (classQ === undefined || classQ.length === 0) return;
+    (def as { qualifiedName: string }).qualifiedName = `${classQ}.${q}`;
+  };
+
   for (const scope of parsed.scopes) {
     // Methods: function scope whose parent is a Class scope. Owner is
     // the parent's Class def.
@@ -165,6 +182,7 @@ export function populateClassOwnedMembers(parsed: ParsedFile): void {
         if (classDef !== undefined) {
           for (const def of scope.ownedDefs) {
             (def as { ownerId?: string }).ownerId = classDef.nodeId;
+            qualify(def, classDef);
           }
         }
       }
@@ -177,6 +195,7 @@ export function populateClassOwnedMembers(parsed: ParsedFile): void {
         for (const def of scope.ownedDefs) {
           if (def === classDef) continue;
           (def as { ownerId?: string }).ownerId = classDef.nodeId;
+          qualify(def, classDef);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-same-file-method-collision/app.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-same-file-method-collision/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..397235f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-same-file-method-collision/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from models import User, Document
+
+
+def use_user() -> None:
+    u = User()
+    u.save()
+
+
+def use_document() -> None:
+    d = Document()
+    d.save()
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-same-file-method-collision/models.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-same-file-method-collision/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42a251fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-same-file-method-collision/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+Two classes in one file each defining a method with the same simple
+name. Exercises the node-lookup qualified-name key — without it,
+both User.save and Document.save share the bucket `models.py::save`
+and every `document.save()` CALLS edge silently resolves to User.save.
+"""
+
+
+class User:
+    def save(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+    def load(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+
+class Document:
+    def save(self) -> bool:
+        return False
+
+    def load(self) -> None:
+        return None
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/python.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/python.test.ts
index 72f23edeb..ce8fddc91 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/python.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/python.test.ts
@@ -2231,3 +2231,49 @@ describe('Python Grandchild→Child→Parent — 3-level C3 MRO walk (SM-11)', (
     expect(gpCall!.source).toBe('run');
   });
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Same-file method-name collision across classes
+// PR #980 review feedback — without a qualified-name key in the node lookup,
+// User.save and Document.save share the bucket `models.py::save`, so every
+// d.save() CALLS edge silently resolves to the first save() seen.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('Python same-file method-name collision across classes', () => {
+  let result: PipelineResult;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    result = await runPipelineFromRepo(
+      path.join(FIXTURES, 'python-same-file-method-collision'),
+      () => {},
+    );
+  }, 60000);
+
+  it('u.save() resolves to User.save, not Document.save', () => {
+    const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS');
+    const saveCalls = calls.filter((c) => c.target === 'save');
+    const fromUseUser = saveCalls.find((c) => c.source === 'use_user');
+    expect(fromUseUser).toBeDefined();
+    // targetId encodes qualifier: Method:models.py:User.save#0
+    expect(fromUseUser!.rel.targetId).toContain('User.save');
+    expect(fromUseUser!.rel.targetId).not.toContain('Document.save');
+  });
+
+  it('d.save() resolves to Document.save, not User.save', () => {
+    const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS');
+    const saveCalls = calls.filter((c) => c.target === 'save');
+    const fromUseDoc = saveCalls.find((c) => c.source === 'use_document');
+    expect(fromUseDoc).toBeDefined();
+    expect(fromUseDoc!.rel.targetId).toContain('Document.save');
+    expect(fromUseDoc!.rel.targetId).not.toContain('User.save');
+  });
+
+  it('exactly two CALLS edges to save() — one per class, no duplication to wrong target', () => {
+    const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS');
+    const saveCalls = calls.filter((c) => c.target === 'save');
+    expect(saveCalls).toHaveLength(2);
+    const targets = saveCalls.map((c) => c.rel.targetId).sort();
+    expect(targets[0]).toContain('Document.save');
+    expect(targets[1]).toContain('User.save');
+  });
+});