diff --git a/docs/evm-bytecode.md b/docs/evm-bytecode.md
index 6ee6029cf3..781112bb6f 100644
--- a/docs/evm-bytecode.md
+++ b/docs/evm-bytecode.md
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ license](https://github.com/morluto/rea/blob/main/third_party/evmole/README.md)
   map from the selected bytes. Integers use decimal strings; byte strings use hex,
   and scalar keys retain their types. The recorded offset/length addresses the
   original bytecode, so summary delivery does not copy an opaque CBOR payload.
-  Nested containers have partial scalar coverage; unsupported or malformed
+  Nested containers have partial scalar coverage; map keys are still checked for
+  duplicates throughout nested maps and arrays. Unsupported or malformed
   candidates report `not-decoded` with a diagnostic. Decoding is bounded to 64
   container levels and the terminal payload's encoded size.
 - An unavailable trailer does not prove metadata absence or Solidity origin.
diff --git a/src/evm/SolidityMetadata.test.ts b/src/evm/SolidityMetadata.test.ts
index b10213ee4c..8d9fade9a6 100644
--- a/src/evm/SolidityMetadata.test.ts
+++ b/src/evm/SolidityMetadata.test.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ it("decodes distinct byte keys and distinct nested-container keys", () => {
   expect(inspectSolidityMetadata(bytecode("a281800181a002"))).toMatchObject({
     status: "partial",
   });
+  expect(
+    inspectSolidityMetadata(bytecode("a264736f6c634300081e6178a2410101410202")),
+  ).toMatchObject({
+    status: "partial",
+    compiler_version: { representation: "release-bytes", value: "0.8.30" },
+  });
 });
 
 it.each([
@@ -131,6 +137,11 @@ it.each([
   ["floating point", "a16178fa3f800000"],
   ["duplicate key", "a2617801617802"],
   ["duplicate byte key", "a2410101410102"],
+  [
+    "duplicate byte key in nested map",
+    "a264736f6c634300081e6178a2410101410102",
+  ],
+  ["duplicate byte key in map inside array", "a1617881a2410101410102"],
   ["duplicate array key", "a280018002"],
   ["duplicate map key", "a2a001a002"],
   ["duplicate map key in another order", "a2a20102030401a20304010202"],
diff --git a/src/evm/SolidityMetadata.ts b/src/evm/SolidityMetadata.ts
index ab92c97ea5..0afd626358 100644
--- a/src/evm/SolidityMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/evm/SolidityMetadata.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,23 @@ const keyIdentity = (value: unknown): string => {
   return JSON.stringify(scalar(value));
 };
 
+/** Check every map boundary, even when nested values remain uninterpreted. */
+const validateMapKeys = (value: unknown): void => {
+  if (value instanceof Map) {
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    for (const [key, item] of value) {
+      const identity = keyIdentity(key);
+      if (seen.has(identity))
+        throw new Error(`CBOR decode error: found repeat map key ${identity}`);
+      seen.add(identity);
+      validateMapKeys(key);
+      validateMapKeys(item);
+    }
+  } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    for (const item of value) validateMapKeys(item);
+  }
+};
+
 /** Parse only a plausible terminal root-map candidate; never establish absence. */
 export const inspectSolidityMetadata = (
   bytes: Uint8Array,
@@ -133,14 +150,11 @@ export const inspectSolidityMetadata = (
     });
     if (!(raw instanceof Map))
       throw new Error("Terminal CBOR candidate did not decode to a root map.");
+    validateMapKeys(raw);
     // cborg compares Map keys by identity, so repeated byte-string or container
-    // keys (each its own object) pass its duplicate check; compare by value.
-    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    // keys (each its own object) pass its duplicate check; compare by value at
+    // every map boundary before projecting any entries.
     for (const [key, value] of raw as Map<unknown, unknown>) {
-      const identity = keyIdentity(key);
-      if (seen.has(identity))
-        throw new Error(`CBOR decode error: found repeat map key ${identity}`);
-      seen.add(identity);
       result.entries.push({ key: scalar(key), value: scalar(value) });
     }
     result.status = result.entries.some(
diff --git a/tests/boundary/evm/solidityMetadataWorker.test.ts b/tests/boundary/evm/solidityMetadataWorker.test.ts
index df72002b5d..cd68439df8 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/evm/solidityMetadataWorker.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/evm/solidityMetadataWorker.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@ it.each([
   ["integer", "00a1011bffffffffffffffff000b", "decoded"],
   ["BOM text", "00a1617864efbbbf610008", "decoded"],
   ["nested value", "00a1617881000005", "partial"],
+  [
+    "distinct nested byte keys",
+    "00a264736f6c634300081e6178a24101014102020013",
+    "partial",
+  ],
+  [
+    "duplicate nested byte keys",
+    "00a264736f6c634300081e6178a24101014101020013",
+    "not-decoded",
+  ],
+  [
+    "duplicate nested text keys",
+    "00a264736f6c634300081e6178a26161016161020013",
+    "not-decoded",
+  ],
   ["unavailable trailer", "00", "unavailable"],
   ["unsupported tag", "00a16178c0000005", "not-decoded"],
   ["floating point", "00a16178fa3f8000000008", "not-decoded"],
@@ -71,6 +86,18 @@ it.each([
         kind: "uninterpreted",
         container: "array",
       });
+    if (kind === "distinct nested byte keys") {
+      expect(metadata.compiler_version?.value).toBe("0.8.30");
+      expect(metadata.bytecode_offset).toBe(1);
+      expect(metadata.cbor_bytes).toBe(19);
+    }
+    if (kind.startsWith("duplicate nested")) {
+      expect(metadata.entries).toEqual([]);
+      expect(metadata.compiler_version).toBeNull();
+      expect(metadata.diagnostic).toContain("repeat map key");
+      expect(metadata.bytecode_offset).toBe(1);
+      expect(metadata.cbor_bytes).toBe(19);
+    }
     if (kind === "unavailable trailer") {
       expect(metadata.bytecode_offset).toBeNull();
       expect(metadata.entries).toEqual([]);