diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticProjectedSources.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticProjectedSources.ts
index 8345f85d85..7f48a69548 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticProjectedSources.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticProjectedSources.ts
@@ -363,6 +363,27 @@ const projectedSourceFactsAtRead = (
   )
     return undefined;
   const sources: ProjectedSource[] = [];
+  const sourceKeys = new WeakMap<t.Node, Set<string>>();
+  const captureIds = new WeakMap<t.Node, number>();
+  let nextCaptureId = 0;
+  const appendSource = (source: ProjectedSource): void => {
+    const captures = semanticNormalizeCapturedSelections(
+      source.capturedSelections,
+    )?.map(({ at, depth, ownEnumerable }) => {
+      let id = captureIds.get(at);
+      if (id === undefined) {
+        id = nextCaptureId++;
+        captureIds.set(at, id);
+      }
+      return [id, depth, ownEnumerable];
+    });
+    const key = JSON.stringify([source.path, captures]);
+    const keys = sourceKeys.get(source.node) ?? new Set<string>();
+    if (keys.has(key)) return;
+    keys.add(key);
+    sourceKeys.set(source.node, keys);
+    sources.push(source);
+  };
   for (const effect of writes) {
     if (!retainEligibility && superseded(effect)) continue;
     if (
@@ -389,7 +410,7 @@ const projectedSourceFactsAtRead = (
           choice === undefined ? [] : [choice],
         );
         if (selection !== null)
-          sources.push({
+          appendSource({
             node: source.node,
             path: [...selection.projection, ...suffix],
             ...(selection.capturedSelectionDepth === undefined
@@ -415,7 +436,7 @@ const projectedSourceFactsAtRead = (
   for (const initializer of read.binding.initializers) {
     if (semanticReferenceIterationUnknown(initializer, state)) return undefined;
     if (semanticReferenceSourcesInactive(initializer, state)) continue;
-    sources.push({
+    appendSource({
       node: initializer.node,
       path: [...initializer.projection, ...path],
     });
@@ -433,7 +454,7 @@ const projectedSourceFactsAtRead = (
         "identity",
       );
       if (projection !== null)
-        sources.push({
+        appendSource({
           node: initializer.node,
           path: [...projection, ...suffix],
           capturedSelections:
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticSharedChildWrites.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticSharedChildWrites.test.ts
index d397871bfb..671286fb61 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticSharedChildWrites.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticSharedChildWrites.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createContext, runInContext, runInNewContext } from "node:vm";
 import { expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import { analyzeJavaScriptStaticSource } from "./javascriptStaticAnalysis.js";
@@ -120,15 +121,34 @@ it.each(
           .replaceAll("SLOT", value.slot)
           .replaceAll("READ", value.read),
         expression: shape.read.replaceAll("READ", value.read),
-        // The public module/delegate owner retains unknown after the copy's child
-        // escapes into the new parent. Factory result selection can exclude it.
-        expected: shared ? !value.host || value.slot !== "make" : value.host,
+        // The new local parent shares the same descendant. Its own slot write
+        // replaces the host value; an independent descendant keeps the old one.
+        expected: shared ? !value.host : value.host,
+        localCall: value.slot === "load",
       })),
     ),
   ),
 )(
   "distinguishes shared and newly allocated descendant receivers: $source",
-  ({ source, expression, expected }) => {
+  ({ source, expression, expected, localCall }) => {
+    const hostCalls: string[] = [];
+    const module = {
+      require: (specifier: string) => {
+        hostCalls.push(specifier);
+        return {};
+      },
+    };
+    const context = createContext({ module });
+    expect(source.endsWith(expression + ";")).toBe(true);
+    runInContext(source.slice(0, -expression.length - 1), context);
+    if (expected || localCall) {
+      runInContext(expression, context);
+    } else {
+      expect(() => runInContext(expression, context)).toThrow(
+        expect.objectContaining({ name: "TypeError" }),
+      );
+    }
+    expect(hostCalls).toEqual(expected ? ["./shared.cjs"] : []);
     const result = analyzeJavaScriptStaticSource(source);
     expect(result.parse_error_count).toBe(0);
     expect(
@@ -143,6 +163,54 @@ it.each(
   },
 );
 
+it.each([
+  {
+    kind: "external call",
+    iterator: false,
+    source:
+      "const child={loader:module};const box={child};external(child);box.child.loader.require('./uncertain.cjs');",
+  },
+  {
+    kind: "custom iterator",
+    iterator: true,
+    source:
+      "const child={loader:module};const box={child};const values=[child];values[Symbol.iterator]=external;for(const selected of values)selected.loader={};box.child.loader.require('./uncertain.cjs');",
+  },
+])(
+  "retains host eligibility across an opaque shared receiver: $kind",
+  ({ source, iterator }) => {
+    const analysis = analyzeJavaScriptStaticSource(source);
+    expect(analysis.references).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ kind: "require", specifier: null }),
+    );
+    // Both executions fit the same unknown input: one retains the host loader,
+    // the other replaces it. Neither outcome can prove the static alternative absent.
+    for (const preserveHost of [true, false]) {
+      const calls: string[] = [];
+      const module = {
+        require: (specifier: string) => {
+          calls.push(specifier);
+          return {};
+        },
+      };
+      const external = iterator
+        ? function* (this: readonly { loader: unknown }[]) {
+            yield preserveHost ? { loader: {} } : this[0]!;
+          }
+        : (child: { loader: unknown }) => {
+            if (!preserveHost) child.loader = {};
+          };
+      try {
+        runInNewContext(source, { module, external });
+      } catch (error) {
+        expect(error).toMatchObject({ name: "TypeError" });
+        expect(preserveHost).toBe(false);
+      }
+      expect(calls).toEqual(preserveHost ? ["./uncertain.cjs"] : []);
+    }
+  },
+);
+
 it.each(["module", "{}"])(
   "selects the later write to a shared projected receiver: %s",
   (next) => {
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptBuiltinDefaultsCli.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptBuiltinDefaultsCli.test.ts
index 36cb537aee..96a18ae8cd 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptBuiltinDefaultsCli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptBuiltinDefaultsCli.test.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ it("preserves earlier and sibling effects without inventing replaced cached-modu
      require('node:fs').readFileSync('wrong-direct-loader.json');`,
   );
   await writeFile(
-    join(root, "imports.ts"),
+    join(root, "imports.cts"),
     `import fs = require('node:fs'); const other = require('fs');
      const read = other.readFileSync; observe(read); read('escaped.json');
      fs.readFileSync = custom; other.readFileSync('wrong-import-equals.json');`,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ it("preserves earlier and sibling effects without inventing replaced cached-modu
      require('fs').readFileSync('wrong-late-loader.json');`,
   );
   await writeFile(
-    join(root, "replacement.ts"),
+    join(root, "replacement.cts"),
     `import fs = require('fs'); const other=require('fs'); fs={}; fs.readFileSync=custom; other.readFileSync('replacement-kept.json');`,
   );
   await writeFile(