fix(pipeline): never bind a Go import to a symbol

src/pipeline/pass_pkgmap.c

@@ -1539,6 +1539,21 @@ static bool import_targetable_label(const char *label) {
     return false;
 }
 
+/* #1934: whether the name-guess import fallbacks — Strategy 1b (sibling file,
+ * whose label filter admits symbols) and Strategy 3 (symbol name) — may run
+ * for imports from this language. A Go import path names a package — never a
+ * function, method
+ * or field — and every correct Go import resolves in Strategy 1 (module path
+ * → the package's Folder node); when that misses the import is external and
+ * the correct result is NO edge. The fallback instead bound the last path
+ * segment to an arbitrary same-named project symbol (`import "os/exec"` → a
+ * test harness's exec() method, two imports → a Makefile target). Languages
+ * whose import genuinely can name a member (Python `from m import f`, Java
+ * `import com.example.Foo`, Rust `use crate::ops::helper`) keep it. */
+bool cbm_import_symbol_fallback_allowed(CBMLanguage lang) {
+    return lang != CBM_LANG_GO;
+}
+
 static const char *path_leaf(const char *path) {
     const char *leaf = path;
     for (const char *p = path; p && *p; p++) {
@@ -1817,10 +1832,24 @@ const cbm_gbuf_node_t *cbm_pipeline_resolve_import_node(const cbm_pipeline_ctx_t
         return target;
     }
 
+    /* Name-guess fallbacks below (Strategy 1b sibling-file, Strategy 3
+     * symbol-name) are gated per importing-file language — see
+     * cbm_import_symbol_fallback_allowed (#1934). */
+    const char *src_base = source_rel ? source_rel : "";
+    for (const char *pb = src_base; *pb; pb++) {
+        if (*pb == '/' || *pb == '\\') {
+            src_base = pb + SKIP_ONE;
+        }
+    }
+    const bool symbol_fallback_allowed =
+        cbm_import_symbol_fallback_allowed(cbm_language_for_filename(src_base));
+
     /* Strategy 1b: sibling-file resolution for build/markup grammars whose
      * import string is a sibling filename or directory (SCSS partials, Just/
-     * BitBake/func includes, Meson subdir, Pony use). */
-    {
+     * BitBake/func includes, Meson subdir, Pony use). Its label filter admits
+     * symbols too, so for Go it re-creates the Strategy-3 bug one directory
+     * closer (`os/exec` → a same-package exec() method) — gated the same. */
+    if (symbol_fallback_allowed) {
         const cbm_gbuf_node_t *sib =
             resolve_sibling_file(ctx, source_rel, source_file_qn, imp->module_path);
         if (sib) {
@@ -1898,7 +1927,8 @@ const cbm_gbuf_node_t *cbm_pipeline_resolve_import_node(const cbm_pipeline_ctx_t
     /* Strategy 3: symbol-name fallback.  Derive a representative imported
      * symbol (handling alias / glob / grouped forms) and match it against an
      * in-graph definition of the same simple name in another file
-     * (Rust `helper`, Java `Util`, Kotlin grouped, ...). */
+     * (Rust `helper`, Java `Util`, Kotlin grouped, ...).
+     * Gated per importing-file language, like Strategy 1b above (#1934). */
     char symbuf[256];
     /* Prefer the clean candidate from the module path; the local_name may be an
      * alias (Rust `as h`, Kotlin `as U`) that names no real symbol. */
@@ -1962,7 +1992,7 @@ const cbm_gbuf_node_t *cbm_pipeline_resolve_import_node(const cbm_pipeline_ctx_t
             *dot = '\0';
             end = dot;
         }
-        for (int ci = 0; ci < ncands; ci++) {
+        for (int ci = 0; symbol_fallback_allowed && ci < ncands; ci++) {
             const cbm_gbuf_node_t **hits = NULL;
             int n = 0;
             if (cbm_gbuf_find_by_name(ctx->gbuf, cands[ci], &hits, &n) == 0 && hits) {

src/pipeline/pipeline_internal.h

@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ static inline int cbm_pipeline_check_cancel(const cbm_pipeline_ctx_t *ctx) {
 
 /* ── Testable helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
+/* #1934: whether the import resolver's name-guess fallbacks — Strategy 1b
+ * (sibling file; its label filter admits symbols) and Strategy 3 (symbol
+ * name) — may run for imports from this language. False for Go: an import
+ * path names a package, never a symbol, so a Strategy-1 miss means the import
+ * is external and the correct result is no edge. Pure; exercised through
+ * ei_go_import_never_binds_symbol. */
+bool cbm_import_symbol_fallback_allowed(CBMLanguage lang);
+
 /* Check if a file path is worth tracking for git history analysis. */
 bool cbm_is_trackable_file(const char *path);
 

tests/test_edge_imports.c

@@ -241,6 +241,20 @@ static void ei_cleanup(EILangProj *lp, cbm_store_t *store) {
 
 /* Index `files`, check IMPORTS count >= `floor`.  Dumps a diagnostic on
  * failure so failures are self-diagnosable without re-running manually. */
+/* Exact-count variant of ei_edge_present: a fabricated EXTRA edge must fail
+ * the probe, so a floor is not enough (#1932's negative-assertion gap). */
+static int ei_edge_count_is(const EILangFile *files, int nfiles, const char *edge_type,
+                            int expected) {
+    EILangProj lp;
+    cbm_store_t *store = ei_index_files(&lp, files, nfiles);
+    int got = store ? cbm_store_count_edges_by_type(store, lp.project, edge_type) : -1;
+    if (got != expected) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "  [%s] FAIL count=%d expected==%d\n", edge_type, got, expected);
+    }
+    ei_cleanup(&lp, store);
+    return got == expected;
+}
+
 static int ei_edge_present(const EILangFile *files, int nfiles, const char *edge_type, int floor) {
     EILangProj lp;
     cbm_store_t *store = ei_index_files(&lp, files, nfiles);
@@ -513,6 +527,34 @@ TEST(ei_go_two_consumers_same_package) {
     PASS();
 }
 
+TEST(ei_go_import_never_binds_symbol) {
+    /* #1934: a Go import path names a package, never a symbol. `os/exec` is
+     * external (not in the graph), so the ONLY correct outcome is no edge —
+     * but Strategy 3's symbol-name fallback matched the path's last segment
+     * against any project definition named `exec` and bound the import to a
+     * test harness's method. Exact count: the internal `util` import (edge 1,
+     * via Strategy 1 → the package Folder) must be the whole IMPORTS
+     * relation; the fallback edge onto harness.exec (reproduce-first RED:
+     * count 2) must not exist. */
+    static const EILangFile f[] = {
+        {"go.mod", "module example.com/fxi\n\ngo 1.22\n"},
+        {"util/util.go", "package util\n\nfunc Tag() string { return \"t\" }\n"},
+        {"helper/harness.go", "package helper\n\ntype harness struct{ n int }\n\n"
+                              "func (h *harness) exec(cmd string) error { return nil }\n"},
+        /* Same-package decoy: the field-measured survivor bound os/exec to a
+         * method in the IMPORTER'S OWN package (Strategy 1b's sibling-file
+         * resolution accepts symbol labels too), so the fixture needs the
+         * collision both cross-package and same-package. */
+        {"app/aux.go", "package app\n\ntype runner struct{ n int }\n\n"
+                       "func (r *runner) exec(cmd string) error { return nil }\n"},
+        {"app/run.go", "package app\n\nimport (\n\t\"os/exec\"\n\n"
+                       "\t\"example.com/fxi/util\"\n)\n\n"
+                       "func Run() error {\n\t_ = util.Tag()\n"
+                       "\treturn exec.Command(\"true\").Run()\n}\n"}};
+    ASSERT_TRUE(ei_edge_count_is(f, 5, "IMPORTS", 1));
+    PASS();
+}
+
 /* C++: header include should resolve to the header file node, not the same-stem
  * source node. Also exercises angle-bracket include resolution. */
 TEST(ei_cpp_header_include_targets_header_file) {
@@ -1037,6 +1079,7 @@ SUITE(edge_imports) {
     RUN_TEST(ei_go_subpackage_import);
     RUN_TEST(ei_go_blank_import);
     RUN_TEST(ei_go_two_consumers_same_package);
+    RUN_TEST(ei_go_import_never_binds_symbol);
     RUN_TEST(ei_cpp_header_include_targets_header_file);
 
     /* ── RED REPRODUCTIONS — Rust (expected to FAIL until pipeline fixed) ── */