diff --git a/__tests__/exact-name-binding.test.ts b/__tests__/exact-name-binding.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..037adeb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/exact-name-binding.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { CodeGraph } from '../src';
+import { matchByExactName } from '../src/resolution/name-matcher';
+import type { ResolutionContext, UnresolvedRef } from '../src/resolution/types';
+import type { Node } from '../src/types';
+
+function node(id: string, filePath = 'lib/other.js', extra: Partial<Node> = {}): Node {
+  return { id, filePath, kind: 'function', name: 'target', qualifiedName: 'target', language: 'javascript',
+    startLine: 1, endLine: 1, startColumn: 0, endColumn: 0, updatedAt: 0, ...extra };
+}
+function context(nodes: Node[], source = 'target();'): ResolutionContext {
+  return {
+    getNodesByName: name => nodes.filter(n => n.name === name),
+    getNodesByLowerName: name => nodes.filter(n => n.name.toLowerCase() === name),
+    getNodesByQualifiedName: name => nodes.filter(n => n.qualifiedName === name),
+    getNodesByKind: kind => nodes.filter(n => n.kind === kind),
+    getNodesInFile: file => nodes.filter(n => n.filePath === file),
+    getImportMappings: () => [], getAllFiles: () => [], getProjectRoot: () => '/project',
+    fileExists: () => true,
+    readFile: file => file === 'lib/caller.js' ? source : 'function target() {}',
+    getFileLines: file => (file === 'lib/caller.js' ? source : 'function target() {}').split('\n'),
+  };
+}
+const ref: UnresolvedRef = { fromNodeId: 'caller', referenceName: 'target', referenceKind: 'calls',
+  filePath: 'lib/caller.js', language: 'javascript', line: 1, column: 0 };
+
+describe('exact-name binding checks', () => {
+  it('keeps zero and one candidate outcomes', () => {
+    expect(matchByExactName(ref, context([]))).toBeNull();
+    expect(matchByExactName(ref, context([node('one')]))).toEqual({
+      original: ref, targetNodeId: 'one', confidence: 0.9, resolvedBy: 'exact-match',
+    });
+  });
+  it('keeps the first candidate when scores tie', () => {
+    const a = node('a', 'lib/a.js'), b = node('b', 'lib/b.js');
+    for (const nodes of [[a, b], [b, a]]) {
+      expect(matchByExactName(ref, context(nodes))).toEqual({
+        original: ref, targetNodeId: nodes[0]!.id, confidence: 0.4, resolvedBy: 'exact-match',
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  it('keeps the same-file winner in a cross-file collision', () => {
+    expect(matchByExactName(ref, context([node('other'), node('own', ref.filePath)]))?.targetNodeId).toBe('own');
+  });
+  it('rejects every cross-file candidate when a parameter binds the name', () => {
+    expect(matchByExactName({ ...ref, line: 2, column: 2 }, context([node('a'), node('b', 'lib/b.js')],
+      'function caller(target) {\n  target();\n}'))).toBeNull();
+  });
+  it.each(['javascript', 'typescript'] as const)('rejects import and member nodes for bare %s calls', language => {
+    const nodes = [node('import', 'lib/i.js', { kind: 'import', language }),
+      node('member', 'lib/m.js', { kind: 'method', qualifiedName: 'Service::target', language }),
+      node('function', 'lib/f.js', { language })];
+    expect(matchByExactName({ ...ref, language }, context(nodes))?.targetNodeId).toBe('function');
+  });
+  it('does not retain the binding result between references', () => {
+    const nodes = [node('a'), node('b', 'lib/b.js')];
+    expect(matchByExactName(ref, context(nodes))?.targetNodeId).toBe('a');
+    expect(matchByExactName({ ...ref, line: 2, column: 2 },
+      context(nodes, 'function caller(target) {\n  target();\n}'))).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('exact-name bindings through indexing and sync', () => {
+  let root: string | undefined;
+  let graph: CodeGraph | undefined;
+  afterEach(() => {
+    graph?.close();
+    if (root) fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+  it('preserves nested scopes and import aliases through re-exports and symbol changes', async () => {
+    root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'cg-exact-binding-'));
+    const write = (file: string, source: string) => fs.writeFileSync(path.join(root!, file), source);
+    write('definition.ts', 'export function original() { return 1; }');
+    write('barrel.ts', "export { original as exposed } from './definition';");
+    write('caller.ts', "import { exposed as alias } from './barrel';\nexport function caller() { return alias(); }");
+    write('nested.ts', 'export function outer() {\n function hidden() { return 1; }\n return hidden();\n}\nexport function outside() { return hidden(); }');
+    graph = await CodeGraph.init(root);
+    await graph.indexAll();
+    const targets = (name: string) => {
+      const caller = graph!.getNodesByName(name).find(n => n.kind === 'function')!;
+      return graph!.getOutgoingEdges(caller.id).filter(e => e.kind === 'calls').map(e => graph!.getNode(e.target)?.name);
+    };
+    expect(targets('caller')).toContain('original');
+    expect(targets('outer')).toContain('hidden');
+    expect(targets('outside')).not.toContain('hidden');
+    write('collision.ts', 'export function alias() { return 2; }');
+    await graph.sync();
+    expect(targets('caller')).toContain('original');
+    expect(targets('caller')).not.toContain('alias');
+    fs.unlinkSync(path.join(root, 'collision.ts'));
+    await graph.sync();
+    expect(targets('caller')).toContain('original');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/resolution/name-matcher.ts b/src/resolution/name-matcher.ts
index 88b164918..230dd9de2 100644
--- a/src/resolution/name-matcher.ts
+++ b/src/resolution/name-matcher.ts
@@ -11866,6 +11866,8 @@ export function matchByExactName(
   const inheritanceRef = isInheritanceRef(ref);
   // Read once, and only for a candidate in another file: it scans the file.
   let bareTypeName: boolean | undefined;
+  // Every candidate uses the same binding key. Keep this check lazy.
+  let locallyBoundJsName: boolean | undefined;
   const tsBareTypeName = (): boolean => (bareTypeName ??= isTsBareTypeName(ref, context));
   const sameName = outOfRepoCall
     ? innerScopeShadows(context.getNodesByName(ref.referenceName), ref, context)
@@ -12008,7 +12010,7 @@ export function matchByExactName(
       !ESM_FAMILY.has(n.language) || !isSealedModule(n.filePath, context)) &&
     // A name the file binds itself (a parameter, a const) shadows every other
     // file's symbol of that name, so a bare call has no cross-file candidate.
-    !(bareJs && n.filePath !== ref.filePath && isLocallyBoundJsName(ref.referenceName, ref.filePath, context))
+    !(bareJs && n.filePath !== ref.filePath && (locallyBoundJsName ??= isLocallyBoundJsName(ref.referenceName, ref.filePath, context)))
   );
   const ranked = dartBare ? nearestDartMembers(preferOwnDartLibrary(filtered, ref, context), ref, context)
     : dartTypeRef && dartPrefix === null ? preferOwnDartLibrary(filtered, ref, context)