diff --git a/gitnexus/src/storage/repo-manager.ts b/gitnexus/src/storage/repo-manager.ts
index 568d288bdd..e34432a7ac 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/storage/repo-manager.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/storage/repo-manager.ts
@@ -429,8 +429,16 @@ export interface RepoMeta {
  * `E.hook` to `E$1.hook`, and nested-host anonymous names re-key
  * (`EnumWrap$1` → `EnumWrap$Mode$1`). Same contract as v8: identities move
  * on unchanged files; force a full re-analyze.
+ * v10: Java `record_declaration` now emits a first-class `Record` graph node
+ * (#2564): a record's container node was previously never created (JAVA_QUERIES
+ * had no capture for it), so its methods existed as ownerless Method nodes
+ * with no `HAS_METHOD` edge. The incremental write set only covers changed
+ * files — a top-up against a pre-v10 index would keep silently omitting the
+ * `Record` node and its `HAS_METHOD` edges for every unchanged record file
+ * (same v7 contract: new nodes/edges the incremental path would otherwise
+ * never backfill); force a full re-analyze instead.
  */
-export const INCREMENTAL_SCHEMA_VERSION = 9;
+export const INCREMENTAL_SCHEMA_VERSION = 10;
 
 export interface IndexedRepo {
   repoPath: string;
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/call-summary-schema-version.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/call-summary-schema-version.test.ts
index 8e7e3b5cee..a8240fa0f2 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/call-summary-schema-version.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/call-summary-schema-version.test.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ describe('CALL_SUMMARY relation-type exclusion (U-C1)', () => {
 });
 
 describe('CALL_SUMMARY incremental reuse gate (U-C5)', () => {
-  it('INCREMENTAL_SCHEMA_VERSION is bumped to 9 (Java enum-constant-body + JLS-naming re-index window)', () => {
-    expect(INCREMENTAL_SCHEMA_VERSION).toBe(9);
+  it('INCREMENTAL_SCHEMA_VERSION is bumped to 10 (Java record container-node re-index window)', () => {
+    expect(INCREMENTAL_SCHEMA_VERSION).toBe(10);
   });
 
   it('a pre-current stamp fails the `=== INCREMENTAL_SCHEMA_VERSION` reuse gate → forces full re-analyze', () => {
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ describe('CALL_SUMMARY incremental reuse gate (U-C5)', () => {
     // topmost-anchored `EnumWrap$1`-style ids would be stranded alongside
     // the re-keyed ones on unchanged files → must NOT reuse.
     expect(passesReuseGate(8)).toBe(false);
+    // A pre-v10 (v9) index predates the Java record container-node fix
+    // (#2564) — a record's methods would keep being ownerless Method nodes
+    // with no HAS_METHOD edge on unchanged files → must NOT reuse.
+    expect(passesReuseGate(9)).toBe(false);
     // A current-version stamp passes the gate (incremental top-up eligible).
-    expect(passesReuseGate(9)).toBe(true);
+    expect(passesReuseGate(10)).toBe(true);
   });
 });