diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/query.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/query.ts
index 3d439dd7a..653bd0567 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/query.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/query.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ const C_SCOPE_QUERY = `
 (type_definition
   declarator: (type_identifier) @declaration.name) @declaration.typedef
 
+;; Declarations — typedef for function pointers: typedef void (*callback)(int, int)
+(type_definition
+  declarator: (function_declarator
+    declarator: (parenthesized_declarator
+      (pointer_declarator
+        declarator: (type_identifier) @declaration.name)))) @declaration.typedef
+
 ;; Declarations — struct fields
 (field_declaration
   declarator: (field_identifier) @declaration.name) @declaration.field
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/scope-resolver.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/scope-resolver.ts
index da412a99a..90d54e072 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/scope-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/scope-resolver.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ParsedFile } from 'gitnexus-shared';
+import type { ParsedFile, SymbolDefinition } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import { SupportedLanguages } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import { buildMro, defaultLinearize } from '../../scope-resolution/passes/mro.js';
 import { populateClassOwnedMembers } from '../../scope-resolution/scope/walkers.js';
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { ScopeResolver } from '../../scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolv
 import { cProvider } from '../c-cpp.js';
 import { cArityCompatibility, cMergeBindings, resolveCImportTarget } from './index.js';
 import { scanHeaderFiles } from './header-scan.js';
-import { expandCWildcardNames } from './static-linkage.js';
+import { expandCWildcardNames, isStaticName, clearStaticNames } from './static-linkage.js';
 
 /**
  * C `ScopeResolver` registered in `SCOPE_RESOLVERS` and consumed by
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ export const cScopeResolver: ScopeResolver = {
   languageProvider: cProvider,
   importEdgeReason: 'c-scope: include',
 
-  loadResolutionConfig: (repoPath: string) => scanHeaderFiles(repoPath),
+  loadResolutionConfig: (repoPath: string) => {
+    // Clear stale static-linkage data from any previous invocation to
+    // prevent cross-repo contamination in server-mode scenarios.
+    clearStaticNames();
+    return scanHeaderFiles(repoPath);
+  },
 
   resolveImportTarget: (targetRaw, fromFile, allFilePaths, resolutionConfig) => {
     // Augment allFilePaths with .h files discovered via loadResolutionConfig
@@ -59,4 +64,10 @@ export const cScopeResolver: ScopeResolver = {
   propagatesReturnTypesAcrossImports: false,
   // C #include brings in all symbols — enable global free call fallback
   allowGlobalFreeCallFallback: true,
+  // C `static` functions have file-local (translation-unit) linkage —
+  // exclude them from global free-call fallback cross-file resolution.
+  isFileLocalDef: (def: SymbolDefinition) => {
+    const simple = def.qualifiedName?.split('.').pop() ?? def.qualifiedName ?? '';
+    return isStaticName(def.filePath, simple);
+  },
 };
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/static-linkage.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/static-linkage.ts
index fb063a65d..5cfd166b1 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/static-linkage.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/c/static-linkage.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import type { ParsedFile, ScopeId, SymbolDefinition } from 'gitnexus-shared';
  * Populated during `emitCScopeCaptures` and consumed by `expandCWildcardNames`
  * to exclude file-local symbols from cross-file wildcard import visibility.
  *
+ * NOTE: module-level state, single-process-single-repo use only.
+ * For server-mode or multi-repo-in-one-process use cases, call
+ * `clearStaticNames()` at the start of each resolution pass to avoid
+ * stale static-linkage data from a previous invocation.
+ *
  * Key: filePath, Value: Set of static function names.
  */
 const staticNames = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
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 6cd9a3d78..1571ee682 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.ts
@@ -472,6 +472,18 @@ export interface ScopeResolver {
    */
   readonly allowGlobalFreeCallFallback?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Optional predicate to identify definitions with file-local linkage
+   * (e.g. C `static` functions). When provided, `pickUniqueGlobalCallable`
+   * excludes defs where `isFileLocalDef(def) === true` and the def lives
+   * in a different file from the caller. This prevents the global free-call
+   * fallback from creating CALLS edges to file-local symbols that are
+   * logically invisible from the caller's translation unit.
+   *
+   * Languages without file-local linkage semantics leave this undefined.
+   */
+  readonly isFileLocalDef?: (def: SymbolDefinition) => boolean;
+
   /**
    * Optional post-finalize hook to inject cross-file bindings that
    * aren't modeled via explicit imports. Runs after
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/free-call-fallback.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/free-call-fallback.ts
index 248ee439f..35f4d329d 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/free-call-fallback.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/passes/free-call-fallback.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ export function emitFreeCallFallback(
   handledSites: Set<string>,
   model: SemanticModel,
   workspaceIndex: WorkspaceResolutionIndex,
-  options: { readonly allowGlobalFallback?: boolean } = {},
+  options: {
+    readonly allowGlobalFallback?: boolean;
+    readonly isFileLocalDef?: (def: SymbolDefinition) => boolean;
+  } = {},
 ): number {
   let emitted = 0;
   const seen = new Set<string>();
@@ -73,7 +76,13 @@ export function emitFreeCallFallback(
       // the caller does not import the target package. Same-package calls are
       // caught by findCallableBindingInScope above before reaching here.
       if (fnDef === undefined && options.allowGlobalFallback === true) {
-        fnDef = pickUniqueGlobalCallable(site.name, model, scopes);
+        fnDef = pickUniqueGlobalCallable(
+          site.name,
+          model,
+          scopes,
+          parsed.filePath,
+          options.isFileLocalDef,
+        );
       }
       if (fnDef === undefined) continue;
       const callerGraphId = resolveCallerGraphId(site.inScope, scopes, nodeLookup);
@@ -107,6 +116,8 @@ function pickUniqueGlobalCallable(
   name: string,
   model: SemanticModel,
   scopes: ScopeResolutionIndexes,
+  callerFilePath: string,
+  isFileLocalDef?: (def: SymbolDefinition) => boolean,
 ): SymbolDefinition | undefined {
   const scopeDefs: SymbolDefinition[] = [];
   const scopeSeen = new Set<string>();
@@ -114,6 +125,15 @@ function pickUniqueGlobalCallable(
     const simple = def.qualifiedName?.split('.').pop() ?? def.qualifiedName;
     if (simple !== name) continue;
     if (def.type !== 'Function' && def.type !== 'Method' && def.type !== 'Constructor') continue;
+    // Skip file-local defs (e.g. C `static` functions) that live in a
+    // different file from the caller — they are logically invisible.
+    if (
+      isFileLocalDef !== undefined &&
+      def.filePath !== callerFilePath &&
+      isFileLocalDef(def)
+    ) {
+      continue;
+    }
     const key = logicalCallableKey(def);
     if (scopeSeen.has(key)) continue;
     scopeSeen.add(key);
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/run.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/run.ts
index 558c9ef30..e2c734a43 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/run.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/scope-resolution/pipeline/run.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ export function runScopeResolution(
     handledSites,
     readonlyModel,
     workspaceIndex,
-    { allowGlobalFallback: provider.allowGlobalFreeCallFallback === true },
+    {
+      allowGlobalFallback: provider.allowGlobalFreeCallFallback === true,
+      isFileLocalDef: provider.isFileLocalDef,
+    },
   );
   const { emitted, skipped } = emitReferencesViaLookup(
     graph,
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/a.c b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/a.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02a52c42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/a.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* a.c — contains a static (file-local) helper function.
+ * This function must NOT be resolvable from caller.c. */
+static int helper(void) {
+    return 42;
+}
+
+int public_a(void) {
+    return helper();
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/b.c b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/b.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..231a8e434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/b.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* b.c — contains a non-static (externally visible) helper function.
+ * This function SHOULD be resolvable from caller.c. */
+#include "b.h"
+
+int helper(void) {
+    return 99;
+}
+
+int public_b(void) {
+    return helper();
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/b.h b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/b.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd9b6dd2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/b.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* b.h — public header for b.c */
+#ifndef B_H
+#define B_H
+
+int helper(void);
+int public_b(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/caller.c b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/caller.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..802e134d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/c-static-isolation/caller.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* caller.c — includes only b.h, calls helper().
+ * Should resolve to b.c:helper, NOT a.c:static helper. */
+#include "b.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+    int x = helper();
+    int y = public_b();
+    return x + y;
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/c.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/c.test.ts
index fc82ed83d..cd1bcb773 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/c.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/c.test.ts
@@ -69,3 +69,45 @@ describe('C struct & include resolution', () => {
     expect(edges).toContain('destroy_service → free_user');
   });
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// C static function isolation — static functions must NOT leak across files
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('C static function isolation', () => {
+  let result: PipelineResult;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    result = await runPipelineFromRepo(path.join(FIXTURES, 'c-static-isolation'), () => {});
+  }, 60000);
+
+  it('detects both static and non-static helper functions', () => {
+    const fns = getNodesByLabel(result, 'Function');
+    expect(fns).toContain('helper');
+    expect(fns).toContain('public_a');
+    expect(fns).toContain('public_b');
+    expect(fns).toContain('main');
+  });
+
+  it('caller.c calls b:helper via include, NOT a:static helper', () => {
+    const calls = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS');
+    const edges = edgeSet(calls);
+
+    // caller.c should call public_b (included via b.h)
+    expect(edges).toContain('main → public_b');
+
+    // a.c's static helper calls itself locally
+    expect(edges).toContain('public_a → helper');
+
+    // caller.c should NOT have a CALLS edge to a.c's static helper.
+    // Filter edges to only those originating from main → helper to
+    // verify the correct target file.
+    const mainToHelper = calls.filter(
+      (r) => r.source === 'main' && r.target === 'helper',
+    );
+    // If a main→helper edge exists, it should point to b.c, not a.c
+    for (const edge of mainToHelper) {
+      expect(edge.targetFilePath).not.toContain('a.c');
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/c/c-captures.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/c/c-captures.test.ts
index a2740d595..68c9ef22b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/c/c-captures.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/c/c-captures.test.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ describe('emitCScopeCaptures — other declarations', () => {
     expect(m!['@declaration.name'].text).toBe('MyInt');
   });
 
+  it('captures function pointer typedef as @declaration.typedef', () => {
+    const m = findMatch('typedef void (*callback)(int, int);', (t) =>
+      t.includes('@declaration.typedef'),
+    );
+    expect(m).toBeDefined();
+    expect(m!['@declaration.name'].text).toBe('callback');
+  });
+
   it('captures struct field as @declaration.field', () => {
     const m = findMatch('struct P { int x; };', (t) => t.includes('@declaration.field'));
     expect(m).toBeDefined();