diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1827df27..0ff92521 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Full release notes with details on each version: [GitHub Releases](https://githu
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Fix: Java `record` declarations are now modeled as first-class type nodes (they share `class_declaration`'s name/body/interfaces fields), and `new Foo(...)` constructor calls now produce a `calls` edge to the constructed type. Previously a record appeared only as its file node (degree 0) with no incoming edges, and body-level `new` usages were dropped because `object_creation_expression` wasn't a recognized call type and its callee lives in the `type` field rather than `name`. (#1373)
 - Security fix: `.graphifyignore` and `.gitignore` are now **merged** per directory instead of `.graphifyignore` silently replacing that directory's `.gitignore`. Previously, adding a `.graphifyignore` (e.g. to exclude media) disabled the dir's `.gitignore` entirely, so a file excluded only by `.gitignore` — including neutrally-named secrets like `prod-dump.sql` or `customer-data.json` that the sensitive-file heuristic doesn't catch — got indexed into the graph, whose artifacts embed file contents and are routinely committed. `.gitignore` is read first and `.graphifyignore` last, so `.graphifyignore` patterns (including `!` negations) still win on conflict; adding one can only ever exclude more, never re-include a `.gitignore`-excluded file. (#1363)
 
 ## 0.8.41 (2026-06-17)
diff --git a/graphify/extract.py b/graphify/extract.py
index 008c150b..e72afdfa 100644
--- a/graphify/extract.py
+++ b/graphify/extract.py
@@ -2091,10 +2091,14 @@ _TSX_CONFIG = LanguageConfig(
 
 _JAVA_CONFIG = LanguageConfig(
     ts_module="tree_sitter_java",
-    class_types=frozenset({"class_declaration", "interface_declaration"}),
+    # record_declaration shares class_declaration's name/body/interfaces fields,
+    # so it becomes a first-class type node instead of an isolated file (#1373).
+    class_types=frozenset({"class_declaration", "interface_declaration", "record_declaration"}),
     function_types=frozenset({"method_declaration", "constructor_declaration"}),
     import_types=frozenset({"import_declaration"}),
-    call_types=frozenset({"method_invocation"}),
+    # object_creation_expression (`new Foo(...)`) is handled by a dedicated Java
+    # branch in walk_calls below — its callee is in the `type` field, not `name`.
+    call_types=frozenset({"method_invocation", "object_creation_expression"}),
     call_function_field="name",
     call_accessor_node_types=frozenset(),
     function_boundary_types=frozenset({"method_declaration", "constructor_declaration"}),
@@ -3579,6 +3583,16 @@ def _extract_generic(path: Path, config: LanguageConfig) -> dict:
                         name = func_node.child_by_field_name("field") or func_node.child_by_field_name("name")
                         if name:
                             callee_name = _read_text(name, source)
+            elif config.ts_module == "tree_sitter_java" and node.type == "object_creation_expression":
+                # `new Foo(...)` — the constructed type is in the `type` field, not
+                # `name`, so the generic path misses it (#1373). Reduce a qualified
+                # / generic type to its simple name (com.a.Foo<Bar> -> Foo). Java
+                # method_invocation still flows through the generic branch below.
+                type_node = node.child_by_field_name("type")
+                if type_node is not None:
+                    raw = _read_text(type_node, source).split("<", 1)[0].strip()
+                    if raw:
+                        callee_name = raw.rsplit(".", 1)[-1]
             else:
                 # Generic: get callee from call_function_field
                 func_node = node.child_by_field_name(config.call_function_field) if config.call_function_field else None
diff --git a/tests/test_java_type_resolution.py b/tests/test_java_type_resolution.py
index 40018c52..dc89f048 100644
--- a/tests/test_java_type_resolution.py
+++ b/tests/test_java_type_resolution.py
@@ -98,3 +98,74 @@ def test_java_implements_edge_survives_build(tmp_path: Path):
     assert impl_edges
     # The interface node has an incoming implements edge (not isolated).
     assert any(G.in_degree(v) >= 1 for _, v in impl_edges)
+
+
+def _label_edges(result: dict, relations):
+    by_id = {n["id"]: n.get("label", "") for n in result["nodes"]}
+    return {
+        (by_id.get(e["source"], ""), e["relation"], by_id.get(e["target"], ""))
+        for e in result["edges"]
+        if e.get("relation") in relations
+    }
+
+
+def test_java_record_becomes_type_node(tmp_path: Path):
+    # #1373: a Java `record` must produce a first-class type node (with a
+    # `contains` edge from its file), not be left as an isolated file node.
+    rec = _write(
+        tmp_path / "Foo.java",
+        "package com.app;\npublic record Foo(int x, String y) {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([rec], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    foo = [n for n in result["nodes"]
+           if n.get("label") == "Foo" and n.get("source_file")]
+    assert foo, "record Foo should be a type node, not just the file node"
+    contains = _label_edges(result, {"contains"})
+    assert ("Foo.java", "contains", "Foo") in contains
+
+
+def test_java_record_implements_interface(tmp_path: Path):
+    # Records reuse class interface handling: `record Foo implements I` emits it.
+    iface = _write(tmp_path / "I.java", "package com.app;\npublic interface I {}\n")
+    rec = _write(
+        tmp_path / "Foo.java",
+        "package com.app;\npublic record Foo(int x) implements I {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([iface, rec], cache_root=tmp_path)
+    implements = [e for e in result["edges"] if e["relation"] == "implements"]
+    assert implements, "record implementing an interface should emit an implements edge"
+
+
+def test_java_cross_file_constructor_call_resolves(tmp_path: Path):
+    # #1373: `new Foo(...)` in a method body must produce a cross-file edge to the
+    # Foo definition. Foo is NOT used as a return type here, so the edge can only
+    # come from the constructor call (object_creation_expression), not return-type
+    # handling.
+    foo = _write(
+        tmp_path / "Foo.java",
+        "package com.app;\npublic record Foo(int x, String y) {}\n",
+    )
+    caller = _write(
+        tmp_path / "Helper.java",
+        "package com.app;\n"
+        "public class Helper {\n"
+        "    public void build() {\n"
+        "        Object o = new Foo(1, \"a\");\n"
+        "        System.out.println(o);\n"
+        "    }\n"
+        "}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([foo, caller], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    foo_id = next(n["id"] for n in result["nodes"]
+                  if n.get("label") == "Foo" and n.get("source_file"))
+    call_targets = {
+        e["target"] for e in result["edges"]
+        if e.get("relation") in ("calls", "references")
+    }
+    assert foo_id in call_targets, "new Foo(...) should produce a calls/references edge to Foo"
+
+    # Survives graph construction (target is a real node).
+    g = build_from_json(result)
+    assert foo_id in set(g.nodes())