diff --git a/gitnexus/src/config/ignore-service.ts b/gitnexus/src/config/ignore-service.ts
index 163998a8e..c7efd8fef 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/config/ignore-service.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/config/ignore-service.ts
@@ -54,13 +54,19 @@ const DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST = new Set([
   'obj',
   'target', // Java/Rust
   '.next',
+  // `.next` is Next.js's build CACHE; `_next` is the EMITTED output, and the two
+  // are different directories. A Capacitor/Cordova shell copies the emitted
+  // bundle to `<platform>/app/src/main/assets/public/_next/static/…`, where none
+  // of the path segments hit this list — so a mobile-wrapped Next.js app had 40%
+  // of its indexed files come from minified chunks, and every Route node it
+  // produced pointed at a webpack bundle rather than source (#3007).
+  '_next',
   '.nuxt',
   '.output',
   '.vercel',
   '.netlify',
   '.serverless',
   '_build',
-  'public/build',
   '.parcel-cache',
   '.turbo',
   '.svelte-kit',
@@ -106,6 +112,31 @@ const DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST = new Set([
   '__snapshots__',
 ]);
 
+/**
+ * Multi-segment paths to ignore, matched against the whole POSIX path.
+ *
+ * These CANNOT live in {@link DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST}: that set is tested one path
+ * SEGMENT at a time (`parts.some(p => DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST.has(p))`) and is also
+ * exposed through `isHardcodedIgnoredDirectory(name)`, which receives a bare
+ * directory name. A slash-containing member can never equal a single segment,
+ * so `'public/build'` sat in that set matching nothing at all until #3007. A
+ * guard test pins the invariant that the name set stays slash-free.
+ */
+const DEFAULT_IGNORED_PATH_FRAGMENTS: readonly string[] = [
+  'public/build', // Remix / Laravel Mix compiled asset output
+];
+
+/** True when `normalizedPath` contains any ignored multi-segment fragment. */
+function hasIgnoredPathFragment(normalizedPath: string): boolean {
+  return DEFAULT_IGNORED_PATH_FRAGMENTS.some(
+    (fragment) =>
+      normalizedPath === fragment ||
+      normalizedPath.startsWith(`${fragment}/`) ||
+      normalizedPath.includes(`/${fragment}/`) ||
+      normalizedPath.endsWith(`/${fragment}`),
+  );
+}
+
 const IGNORED_EXTENSIONS = new Set([
   // Images
   '.png',
@@ -306,6 +337,11 @@ export const shouldIgnorePath = (filePath: string): boolean => {
     }
   }
 
+  // Multi-segment entries cannot be matched by the per-segment loop above.
+  if (hasIgnoredPathFragment(normalizedPath)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   // Check exact filename matches
   if (IGNORED_FILES.has(fileName) || IGNORED_FILES.has(fileNameLower)) {
     return true;
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/ignore-build-output.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/ignore-build-output.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a1fbe354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/ignore-build-output.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { shouldIgnorePath } from '../../src/config/ignore-service.js';
+
+/**
+ * Emitted build output must not be indexed as source (#3007).
+ *
+ * `.next` (the build cache) was listed but `_next` (the emitted output) was
+ * not, so a Capacitor/Cordova shell that copies a Next.js bundle into
+ * `<platform>/app/src/main/assets/public/_next/static/` had 40% of its indexed
+ * files come from minified chunks — and every `Route` node the repo produced
+ * pointed at a webpack bundle instead of source.
+ */
+
+describe('build-output ignores', () => {
+  it('ignores emitted _next output, including the Capacitor/Cordova copy', () => {
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('_next/static/chunks/main.js')).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('.next/server/app/page.js')).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      shouldIgnorePath(
+        'android/app/src/main/assets/public/_next/static/chunks/6862-9d1cdcb99f169a06.js',
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('ios/App/App/public/_next/static/chunks/framework-abc123.js')).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('does not ignore ordinary source that merely mentions next', () => {
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('src/next-steps.ts')).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('src/nextConfig/index.ts')).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('packages/next-auth/src/index.ts')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('ignores public/build, which never matched while it sat in the name set', () => {
+    // A slash-containing member of DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST can never equal a single
+    // path segment, so this entry matched nothing at all before #3007.
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('public/build/entry.client.js')).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('apps/web/public/build/manifest.js')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('does not ignore public/ or build/-adjacent source outside that pair', () => {
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('public/favicon-loader.ts')).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldIgnorePath('src/public/api.ts')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the name set free of slashes so a fragment cannot silently die', () => {
+    // The invariant that makes the bug above impossible to reintroduce: entries
+    // needing a slash belong in DEFAULT_IGNORED_PATH_FRAGMENTS.
+    const source = fs.readFileSync(
+      path.resolve(
+        path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+        '..',
+        '..',
+        'src',
+        'config',
+        'ignore-service.ts',
+      ),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    const block = source.slice(
+      source.indexOf('const DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST = new Set(['),
+      source.indexOf(']);', source.indexOf('const DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST = new Set([')),
+    );
+    // Parse ENTRY LINES only. Scanning the raw block would also read prose in
+    // the comments (an apostrophe in "Next.js's" opens a spurious quote).
+    const entries = block
+      .split('\n')
+      .map((line) => line.trim())
+      .filter((line) => line.startsWith("'"))
+      .map((line) => line.slice(1, line.indexOf("'", 1)));
+    expect(entries.length).toBeGreaterThan(20); // parsed something real
+    expect(entries.filter((e) => e.includes('/'))).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});