diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
index a7bcae406..866fec14f 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/parsing-processor.ts
@@ -381,11 +381,15 @@ const processParsingSequential = async (
     }
 
     astCache.set(file.path, tree);
-    // Mirror into the cross-phase cache when supplied. parse-impl
-    // clears `astCache` between chunks; `scopeTreeCache` survives.
-    scopeTreeCache?.set(file.path, tree);
 
     const provider = getProvider(language);
+    // Mirror into the cross-phase cache only when the language has a
+    // scope-resolution consumer — otherwise we retain Trees no one
+    // reads. parse-impl clears `astCache` between chunks;
+    // `scopeTreeCache` survives until scope-resolution disposes it.
+    if (provider.emitScopeCaptures !== undefined) {
+      scopeTreeCache?.set(file.path, tree);
+    }
     const queryString = provider.treeSitterQueries;
     if (!queryString) {
       continue;
@@ -715,6 +719,15 @@ export const processParsing = async (
   workerPool?: WorkerPool,
 ): Promise<WorkerExtractedData | null> => {
   if (workerPool) {
+    if (scopeTreeCache !== undefined && process.env.PROF_SCOPE_RESOLUTION === '1') {
+      // Trees can't cross MessageChannels, so worker-parsed files land
+      // in scope-resolution with an empty cache and get re-parsed.
+      // Surfacing this in PROF mode prevents silent perf cliffs when
+      // a repo crosses the worker-pool threshold.
+      console.warn(
+        `[scope-resolution prof] worker pool engaged for ${files.length} files — cross-phase tree cache will be empty; scope-resolution re-parses.`,
+      );
+    }
     try {
       return await processParsingWithWorkers(
         graph,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
index ded7c83bd..9cbbcae1d 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/phase.ts
@@ -82,10 +82,9 @@ export const scopeResolutionPhase: PipelinePhase<ScopeResolutionOutput> = {
     // skip a second tree-sitter parse. Cache miss is safe (re-parses).
     // Worker-mode parses leave the cache empty for those files; they
     // also fall back to a fresh parse — no correctness impact.
-    const { astCache } = getPhaseOutput<{ astCache: { get(path: string): unknown } }>(
-      deps,
-      'parse',
-    );
+    const { astCache } = getPhaseOutput<{
+      astCache: { get(path: string): unknown; clear(): void };
+    }>(deps, 'parse');
 
     let totalFiles = 0;
     let totalImports = 0;
@@ -143,6 +142,14 @@ export const scopeResolutionPhase: PipelinePhase<ScopeResolutionOutput> = {
       }
     }
 
+    // Dispose the cross-phase Tree cache — scope-resolution is the
+    // only consumer. Holding Trees past this point is pure memory
+    // pressure: downstream phases (mro, community, csv-generator)
+    // never read them, and tree-sitter Trees hold native-heap memory
+    // under WASM runtimes. ASTCache.clear() fires the LRU dispose
+    // handler which calls tree.delete?.() on each retained Tree.
+    astCache.clear();
+
     if (!anyRan) return NOOP_OUTPUT;
 
     return {
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/graph.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/graph.test.ts
index 22b06a9be..7244ec572 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/graph.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/graph.test.ts
@@ -258,8 +258,28 @@ describe('createKnowledgeGraph', () => {
       g.addRelationship(makeRel('cls:X', 'cls:Y', 'EXTENDS'));
       g.addRelationship(makeRel('cls:Y', 'cls:Z', 'EXTENDS'));
 
-      expect([...g.iterRelationshipsByType('CALLS')]).toHaveLength(2);
-      expect([...g.iterRelationshipsByType('EXTENDS')]).toHaveLength(2);
+      const calls = [...g.iterRelationshipsByType('CALLS')];
+      const extends_ = [...g.iterRelationshipsByType('EXTENDS')];
+      expect(calls).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(extends_).toHaveLength(2);
+      // Identity assertions guard against a bucket-key swap bug that
+      // would return the wrong edges with the right count.
+      expect(calls.every((r) => r.type === 'CALLS')).toBe(true);
+      expect(extends_.every((r) => r.type === 'EXTENDS')).toBe(true);
+      expect(new Set(calls.map((r) => r.sourceId))).toEqual(new Set(['fn:a', 'fn:b']));
+    });
+
+    it('retains an empty bucket after last edge removed and reuses it on re-add', () => {
+      const g = createKnowledgeGraph();
+      g.addRelationship(makeRel('cls:X', 'cls:Y', 'EXTENDS'));
+      expect([...g.iterRelationshipsByType('EXTENDS')]).toHaveLength(1);
+      g.removeRelationship('cls:X-EXTENDS-cls:Y');
+      expect([...g.iterRelationshipsByType('EXTENDS')]).toHaveLength(0);
+      // Re-add the same type — bucket must still be live.
+      g.addRelationship(makeRel('cls:A', 'cls:B', 'EXTENDS'));
+      const again = [...g.iterRelationshipsByType('EXTENDS')];
+      expect(again).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(again[0].sourceId).toBe('cls:A');
     });
 
     it('returns a fresh empty iterator when the type has no edges', () => {