diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/group/config-parser.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/group/config-parser.ts
index bd803981c..7ee3e2dcf 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/group/config-parser.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/group/config-parser.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import type { GroupConfig, GroupManifestLink, ContractType, ContractRole } from
 const _require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const yaml = _require('js-yaml') as typeof import('js-yaml');
 
-const VALID_CONTRACT_TYPES: ContractType[] = ['http', 'grpc', 'topic', 'lib', 'custom'];
+const VALID_CONTRACT_TYPES: ContractType[] = ['http', 'grpc', 'thrift', 'topic', 'lib', 'custom'];
 const VALID_ROLES: ContractRole[] = ['provider', 'consumer'];
 
 const DEFAULT_DETECT = {
   http: true,
   grpc: true,
+  thrift: true,
   topics: true,
   shared_libs: true,
   embedding_fallback: true,
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/group/extractors/manifest-extractor.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/group/extractors/manifest-extractor.ts
index 83f5cab5e..869537fd2 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/group/extractors/manifest-extractor.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/group/extractors/manifest-extractor.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export class ManifestExtractor {
 
     // NOTE: All lookups use EXACT equality on the relevant name field and
     // deterministic ORDER BY before LIMIT 1. Previous versions used CONTAINS
-    // for fuzzy matching (plus an unconditional ".proto" fallback for gRPC)
+    // for fuzzy matching (plus an unconditional IDL file fallback for gRPC)
     // which produced silent false positives: e.g. manifest "/orders" would
     // match "/suborders", and a gRPC manifest entry in a repo with any
     // .proto file would attach to a random proto symbol.
@@ -225,16 +225,16 @@ export class ManifestExtractor {
            LIMIT 1`,
           { contract: link.contract },
         );
-      } else if (link.type === 'grpc') {
+      } else if (link.type === 'grpc' || link.type === 'thrift') {
         // Contract is "Service/Method" or just "Service" (or package.Service
         // variants). Prefer matching by method name when present, otherwise
-        // by service name. NO .proto path fallback — that's guaranteed to
-        // return a wrong symbol in any repo with more than one proto file.
+        // by service name. NO IDL path fallback — that's guaranteed to
+        // return a wrong symbol in any repo with more than one IDL file.
         // Label filters scope lookups: methods → Function|Method, services
         // → Class|Interface (no label match = no silent wrong hits on
         // File/Variable nodes that happen to share the name).
         const parts = link.contract.split('/');
-        const serviceName = parts[0]?.trim() ?? '';
+        const serviceName = parts[0]?.trim().split('.').pop() ?? '';
         const methodName = parts[1]?.trim() ?? '';
         if (methodName) {
           rows = await executor(
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ export class ManifestExtractor {
       }
       case 'grpc':
         return `grpc::${contract}`;
+      case 'thrift':
+        return `thrift::${contract}`;
       case 'topic':
         return `topic::${contract}`;
       case 'lib':
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/group/types.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/group/types.ts
index 793d3d0ad..ce18fd8d5 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/group/types.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/group/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type ContractType = 'http' | 'grpc' | 'topic' | 'lib' | 'custom';
+export type ContractType = 'http' | 'grpc' | 'thrift' | 'topic' | 'lib' | 'custom';
 export type MatchType = 'exact' | 'manifest' | 'wildcard' | 'bm25' | 'embedding';
 export type ContractRole = 'provider' | 'consumer';
 
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface GroupManifestLink {
 export interface DetectConfig {
   http: boolean;
   grpc: boolean;
+  thrift: boolean;
   topics: boolean;
   shared_libs: boolean;
   embedding_fallback: boolean;
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/group/config-parser.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/group/config-parser.test.ts
index 50878ce7d..7af6094f9 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/group/config-parser.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/group/config-parser.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,36 @@ repos:
     expect(config.matching.bm25_threshold).toBe(0.7);
   });
 
+  it('defaults thrift detection to true', () => {
+    const minimal = `
+version: 1
+name: test
+repos:
+  app: my-app
+`;
+    const config = parseGroupConfig(minimal);
+    expect(config.detect.thrift).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('parses thrift manifest links', () => {
+    const yaml = `
+version: 1
+name: test
+repos:
+  gateway: gateway-repo
+  orders: orders-repo
+links:
+  - from: gateway
+    to: orders
+    type: thrift
+    contract: billing.v1.OrderService/PlaceOrder
+    role: consumer
+`;
+    const config = parseGroupConfig(yaml);
+    expect(config.links[0].type).toBe('thrift');
+    expect(config.links[0].contract).toBe('billing.v1.OrderService/PlaceOrder');
+  });
+
   it('throws on missing required fields', () => {
     expect(() => parseGroupConfig('version: 1')).toThrow(/name.*required/i);
     expect(() => parseGroupConfig('name: test')).toThrow(/version.*required/i);
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/group/manifest-extractor.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/group/manifest-extractor.test.ts
index 59725dc86..fb74eeeb6 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/group/manifest-extractor.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/group/manifest-extractor.test.ts
@@ -578,6 +578,33 @@ describe('ManifestExtractor', () => {
     expect(lowerContractId).toBe(upperContractId);
   });
 
+  it('builds thrift manifest contracts with synthetic uids when unresolved', async () => {
+    const extractor = new ManifestExtractor();
+    const result = await extractor.extractFromManifest([
+      {
+        from: 'gateway',
+        to: 'orders',
+        type: 'thrift',
+        contract: 'billing.v1.OrderService/PlaceOrder',
+        role: 'consumer',
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(result.contracts).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(result.contracts.map((c) => c.contractId)).toEqual([
+      'thrift::billing.v1.OrderService/PlaceOrder',
+      'thrift::billing.v1.OrderService/PlaceOrder',
+    ]);
+    expect(result.crossLinks).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.crossLinks[0].type).toBe('thrift');
+    expect(result.crossLinks[0].from.symbolUid).toBe(
+      'manifest::gateway::thrift::billing.v1.OrderService/PlaceOrder',
+    );
+    expect(result.crossLinks[0].to.symbolUid).toBe(
+      'manifest::orders::thrift::billing.v1.OrderService/PlaceOrder',
+    );
+  });
+
   it('returns empty for no links', async () => {
     const result = await extractor.extractFromManifest([]);
     expect(result.contracts).toHaveLength(0);
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/group/types.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/group/types.test.ts
index df952e598..025ed4bbb 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/group/types.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/group/types.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe('Group types', () => {
       detect: {
         http: true,
         grpc: true,
+        thrift: true,
         topics: true,
         shared_libs: true,
         embedding_fallback: true,
@@ -63,6 +64,41 @@ describe('Group types', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('ExtractedContract accepts thrift contract type', () => {
+    const contract: ExtractedContract = {
+      contractId: 'thrift::billing.v1.OrderService/PlaceOrder',
+      type: 'thrift',
+      role: 'provider',
+      symbolUid: 'uid-thrift',
+      symbolRef: { filePath: 'idl/order.thrift', name: 'OrderService.PlaceOrder' },
+      symbolName: 'OrderService.PlaceOrder',
+      confidence: 0.9,
+      meta: {},
+    };
+    expect(contract.type).toBe('thrift');
+  });
+
+  it('DetectConfig includes thrift toggle', () => {
+    const config: GroupConfig = {
+      version: 1,
+      name: 'company',
+      description: 'All company microservices',
+      repos: { orders: 'orders-repo' },
+      links: [],
+      packages: {},
+      detect: {
+        http: true,
+        grpc: true,
+        thrift: true,
+        topics: true,
+        shared_libs: true,
+        embedding_fallback: true,
+      },
+      matching: { bm25_threshold: 0.7, embedding_threshold: 0.65, max_candidates_per_step: 3 },
+    };
+    expect(config.detect.thrift).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('CrossLink stores match metadata', () => {
     const link: CrossLink = {
       from: {