diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/documents/xaml.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/documents/xaml.ts
index 828a1b9b3..cfc544344 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/documents/xaml.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/documents/xaml.ts
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ export function extractXamlDeclarations(source: string): DocumentDeclaration[] {
         !DIRECTIVES.has(parts[1])
       )
         continue;
-      if (typeof value !== 'string' || !value.trim() || /[{}&]/.test(value)) continue;
+      if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.includes('&')) continue;
+      // A leading {} escapes the entire remaining value, including further braces.
+      const escaped = value.startsWith('{}');
+      const name = escaped ? value.slice(2) : value;
+      if (!name.trim() || (!escaped && /[{}]/.test(name))) continue;
       if (span?.startIndex === undefined || span.endIndex === undefined) continue;
       declarations.push({
-        name: value,
+        name,
         description: `${tag} x:${parts[1]} declaration`,
         startIndex: span.startIndex,
         startLine: lineAt(span.startIndex),
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/xaml-documents.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/xaml-documents.test.ts
index 904efc502..5575c506f 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/xaml-documents.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/xaml-documents.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('XAML pipeline documents (#3202)', () => {
     fixtures.push(repo);
     await fs.writeFile(
       path.join(repo.dbPath, 'Home.XAML'),
-      `<Page xmlns:x="${NS}" x:Class="App.Home">\n<Button x:Name="Save" Click="SaveClicked" />\n<Style x:Key="Accent" />\n</Page>`,
+      `<Page xmlns:x="${NS}" x:Class="App.Home">\n<Button x:Name="Save" Click="SaveClicked" />\n<Style x:Key="Accent" />\n<Style x:Key="{}EscapedAccent" />\n<Style x:Key="{}{x:Type Button}" />\n<Style x:Key="{x:Type Button}" />\n</Page>`,
     );
     await fs.writeFile(
       path.join(repo.dbPath, 'Broken.xaml'),
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ describe('XAML pipeline documents (#3202)', () => {
     expect(declarations.map((node) => node.properties.name).sort()).toEqual([
       'Accent',
       'App.Home',
+      'EscapedAccent',
       'Save',
+      '{x:Type Button}',
     ]);
     expect(declarations.find((node) => node.properties.name === 'Save')?.properties.startLine).toBe(
       1,
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/xaml-search.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/xaml-search.test.ts
index 9359f6e70..a7f0d4443 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/xaml-search.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/xaml-search.test.ts
@@ -87,12 +87,21 @@ describe('persisted XAML declarations (#3202)', () => {
       '<Grid xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" x:Name="BeforeFailure" />',
     );
     const options = { skipAgentsMd: true, registryName: 'copy-thread-failure-fixture' };
+    let initialThreads = 0;
+    const originalCopy = adapter.loadGraphToLbug;
+    const copy = vi.spyOn(adapter, 'loadGraphToLbug').mockImplementationOnce(async (...args) => {
+      const rows = await adapter.executeQuery("CALL current_setting('threads') RETURN *");
+      initialThreads = Number(rows[0].threads);
+      return originalCopy(...args);
+    });
     await runFullAnalysis(repo.dbPath, options, { onProgress() {} });
+    expect(initialThreads).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    copy.mockClear();
     const { storagePath } = getStoragePaths(repo.dbPath);
     const before = await loadMeta(storagePath);
     expect(before).not.toBeNull();
     const failure = new Error('Injected incremental COPY failure');
-    const copy = vi.spyOn(adapter, 'loadGraphToLbug').mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+    copy.mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
       const rows = await adapter.executeQuery("CALL current_setting('threads') RETURN *");
       expect(Number(rows[0].threads)).toBe(1);
       throw failure;
@@ -109,6 +118,51 @@ describe('persisted XAML declarations (#3202)', () => {
       indexedAt: before?.indexedAt,
       fileHashes: before?.fileHashes,
     });
+    copy.mockImplementationOnce(async (...args) => {
+      const rows = await adapter.executeQuery("CALL current_setting('threads') RETURN *");
+      expect(Number(rows[0].threads)).toBe(initialThreads);
+      return originalCopy(...args);
+    });
+    await runFullAnalysis(repo.dbPath, options, { onProgress() {} });
+    expect(copy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect((await loadMeta(storagePath))?.incrementalInProgress).toBeUndefined();
+    await initLbug(getStoragePaths(repo.dbPath).lbugPath);
+    expect((await searchFTSFromLbug('AfterFailure')).results).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([expect.objectContaining({ filePath: 'CopyFailure.xaml' })]),
+    );
+  }, 180_000);
+
+  it('persists and searches escaped literal resource keys without the escape prefix', async () => {
+    const repo = await setupMiniRepo();
+    const home = await createTempDir();
+    fixtures.push(repo, home);
+    vi.stubEnv('GITNEXUS_HOME', home.dbPath);
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(repo.dbPath, 'Escaped.xaml'),
+      '<Grid xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">' +
+        '<Style x:Key="{}EscapedResource" />' +
+        '<Style x:Key="{}{LiteralResource}" />' +
+        '<Style x:Key="{x:Type Button}" /></Grid>',
+    );
+    await runFullAnalysis(
+      repo.dbPath,
+      { skipAgentsMd: true, registryName: 'escaped-key-fixture' },
+      { onProgress() {} },
+    );
+    await initLbug(getStoragePaths(repo.dbPath).lbugPath);
+    const rows = await executePrepared(
+      'MATCH (n:Section) WHERE n.filePath = $file RETURN n.id AS id, n.name AS name ORDER BY name',
+      { file: 'Escaped.xaml' },
+    );
+    expect(rows).toEqual([
+      { id: expect.any(String), name: 'EscapedResource' },
+      { id: expect.any(String), name: '{LiteralResource}' },
+    ]);
+    for (const [index, term] of ['EscapedResource', 'LiteralResource'].entries()) {
+      expect((await searchFTSFromLbug(term)).results.flatMap((hit) => hit.nodeIds ?? [])).toContain(
+        rows[index].id,
+      );
+    }
   }, 180_000);
 
   it.each(['node-id', 'file-path'])(
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/xaml-declarations.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/xaml-declarations.test.ts
index 46d357005..735b44597 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/xaml-declarations.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/xaml-declarations.test.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('XAML document declarations (#3202)', () => {
     expect(
       extractXamlDeclarations(`<Grid xmlns:x="${NS}">
       <Button Content="{Binding User}" Click="Save" />
-      <Style x:Key="{x:Type Button}" /><Style x:Key="{}escaped" />
+      <Style x:Key="{x:Type Button}" />
       <Button x:Name="" /><Style x:Key="A&amp;B" />
       <![CDATA[<Button x:Name="Fake" />]]>
     </Grid>`),
@@ -66,6 +66,32 @@ describe('XAML document declarations (#3202)', () => {
     expect(extractXamlDeclarations('<Button x:Name="Undeclared" />')).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ['{}escaped', 'escaped'],
+    ['{}{x:Type Button}', '{x:Type Button}'],
+    ['{}{}nested', '{}nested'],
+    ['{}left{right}', 'left{right}'],
+  ])('indexes escaped literal resource key %s as %s', (value, name) => {
+    const source = `<Style xmlns:q="${NS}" q:Key="${value}" />`;
+    expect(extractXamlDeclarations(source)).toEqual([
+      {
+        name,
+        description: 'Style x:Key declaration',
+        startIndex: 0,
+        startLine: 0,
+        endLine: 0,
+        level: 1,
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it.each(['{}', '{}   ', '{}A&amp;B', '{}&#123;key'])(
+    'does not index empty or unresolved entity values after an escape: %s',
+    (value) => {
+      expect(extractXamlDeclarations(`<Style xmlns:x="${NS}" x:Key="${value}" />`)).toEqual([]);
+    },
+  );
+
   it('keeps duplicate names distinct and preserves Unicode names', () => {
     const declarations = extractXamlDeclarations(
       `<Grid xmlns:x="${NS}"><Button x:Name="Save" /><Button x:Name="Save" /><Button x:Name="\u03a9" /></Grid>`,