diff --git a/graphify/extract.py b/graphify/extract.py
index 72045663..df616932 100644
--- a/graphify/extract.py
+++ b/graphify/extract.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Deterministic structural extraction from source code using tree-sitter. Outputs nodes+edges dicts."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import hashlib
 import importlib
 import json
 import os
@@ -7658,11 +7659,34 @@ def _disambiguate_colliding_node_ids(
         if len(group) < 2 or len(source_keys) < 2:
             continue
         ambiguous_ids.add(old_id)
+        # Salt the colliding id with the *path* it came from. The naive salt is
+        # ``_make_id(source_key, old_id)`` — source_key is the raw repo-relative
+        # path. But _make_id collapses every separator, so two DISTINCT paths
+        # whose only difference is a separator-vs-inner-punctuation swap
+        # (``a/b/c.md`` vs ``a.b/c.md``, ``foo/bar_baz.md`` vs ``foo_bar/baz.md``)
+        # normalize to the SAME salted id and still collide (#1522 — the residual
+        # of #1504 the 0.9.0 full-path stem didn't reach). When that happens,
+        # append a short stable hash of the *raw* source_key, which IS injective
+        # over distinct paths, so the colliders separate. Computed in code from
+        # source_file (never trusted from the LLM), so AST↔semantic parity holds.
+        naive: dict[str, str] = {}  # source_key -> _make_id(source_key, old_id)
+        for source_key in source_keys:
+            if source_key:
+                naive[source_key] = _make_id(source_key, old_id)
+        # source_keys that, after normalization, are not unique among themselves.
+        seen: dict[str, int] = {}
+        for nid in naive.values():
+            seen[nid] = seen.get(nid, 0) + 1
+        needs_hash = {sk for sk, nid in naive.items() if seen.get(nid, 0) > 1}
         for node in group:
             source_key = _node_disambiguation_source_key(node, root)
             if not source_key:
                 continue
-            new_id = _make_id(source_key, old_id)
+            if source_key in needs_hash:
+                salt = hashlib.sha1(source_key.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:6]
+                new_id = _make_id(source_key, old_id, salt)
+            else:
+                new_id = naive.get(source_key) or _make_id(source_key, old_id)
             remap[(old_id, source_key)] = new_id
             if new_id != old_id:
                 node["id"] = new_id
diff --git a/tests/test_extract.py b/tests/test_extract.py
index eac89709..2f01bc0f 100644
--- a/tests/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/test_extract.py
@@ -1548,3 +1548,36 @@ def test_dart_child_node_ids_are_stem_based(tmp_path):
         )
 
 
+
+
+def test_separator_collision_paths_get_distinct_ids(tmp_path):
+    """#1522: two distinct paths whose only difference is a separator-vs-punctuation
+    swap (foo/bar_baz.py vs foo_bar/baz.py) normalize to the same stem; the
+    disambiguation pass now salts the colliders with a stable path hash so they
+    stay distinct instead of silently merging."""
+    a = tmp_path / "foo/bar_baz.py"
+    b = tmp_path / "foo_bar/baz.py"
+    a.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    b.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    a.write_text("class Widget:\n    pass\n")
+    b.write_text("class Gadget:\n    pass\n")
+
+    result = extract([a, b], cache_root=tmp_path)
+    # file-level nodes are labeled with the filename; both files must survive as
+    # distinct nodes (no silent separator-collision merge)
+    file_nodes = [n for n in result["nodes"] if str(n.get("label", "")).endswith(".py")]
+    assert len(file_nodes) == 2
+    assert len({n["id"] for n in file_nodes}) == 2, [n["id"] for n in file_nodes]
+
+
+def test_non_colliding_path_id_is_not_salted(tmp_path):
+    """The collision hash must touch only actual colliders — a path with no collision
+    keeps its plain full-path stem id (no hash suffix)."""
+    from graphify.extractors.base import _file_stem
+    from graphify.ids import make_id
+    p = tmp_path / "src/auth/session.py"
+    p.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    p.write_text("class Session:\n    pass\n")
+    result = extract([p], cache_root=tmp_path)
+    file_id = next(n["id"] for n in result["nodes"] if n.get("source_location") == "L1")
+    assert file_id == make_id(_file_stem(Path("src/auth/session.py"))) == "src_auth_session"