diff --git a/crates/codegraph-core/src/build_pipeline.rs b/crates/codegraph-core/src/build_pipeline.rs
index 7690d903c..38c71518a 100644
--- a/crates/codegraph-core/src/build_pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/codegraph-core/src/build_pipeline.rs
@@ -658,8 +658,10 @@ fn reparse_barrel_candidates(
     if !barrel_paths_to_parse.is_empty() {
         barrel_paths_to_parse.sort();
         barrel_paths_to_parse.dedup();
-        // Barrel files are re-export-only — no function bodies or dataflow,
-        // so skip dataflow/AST analysis to avoid unnecessary overhead.
+        // Re-parse barrel candidates — these may be hybrid barrels (reexports
+        // AND local definitions / call sites, see #979). Dataflow/AST analysis
+        // is skipped because the barrel is not itself a "changed" file; Stage 7
+        // will reconstruct all outgoing edge kinds from the fresh parse.
         let barrel_parsed = parallel::parse_files_parallel(
             &barrel_paths_to_parse,
             root_dir,
@@ -669,11 +671,23 @@ fn reparse_barrel_candidates(
         for mut sym in barrel_parsed {
             let rel = relative_path(root_dir, &sym.file);
             sym.file = rel.clone();
-            // Delete outgoing import/reexport edges for barrel files being re-parsed
-            // (scoped to import-related kinds to avoid dropping calls edges)
+            // Delete every outgoing edge kind that Stage 7 re-emits for re-parsed
+            // barrel candidates. Previously only 'imports' and 'reexports' were
+            // purged, so 'calls', 'receiver', 'extends', 'implements',
+            // 'imports-type', and 'dynamic-imports' accumulated duplicates on
+            // every incremental rebuild (#979).
+            //
+            // Use a negative filter (`NOT IN`) rather than an allowlist so any
+            // future edge kind added to Stage 7 is automatically covered. Only
+            // 'contains' and 'parameter_of' must be preserved: those are emitted
+            // by Stage 5 (insert_nodes) which only runs on the original
+            // file_symbols (changed + reverse-deps). Barrel candidates are
+            // merged into file_symbols here in Stage 6b *after* Stage 5 has
+            // already run, so wiping contains/parameter_of would permanently
+            // drop them.
             let _ = conn.execute(
                 "DELETE FROM edges WHERE source_id IN (SELECT id FROM nodes WHERE file = ?1) \
-                 AND kind IN ('imports', 'reexports')",
+                 AND kind NOT IN ('contains', 'parameter_of')",
                 rusqlite::params![&rel],
             );
             // Re-resolve imports for the barrel file
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/app.js b/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40fc2ef42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { run } from './consumers/driver.js';
+
+export function main(inputs) {
+  return run(inputs);
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/consumers/driver.js b/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/consumers/driver.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02674c01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/consumers/driver.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { processAll } from '../core/index.js';
+
+export function run(inputs) {
+  return processAll(inputs);
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/core/helpers.js b/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/core/helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73f86e3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/core/helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export function clampValue(v, lo, hi) {
+  if (v < lo) return lo;
+  if (v > hi) return hi;
+  return v;
+}
+
+export function doubleValue(v) {
+  return v * 2;
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/core/index.js b/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/core/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2485c3c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/issue-979-hybrid-barrel/core/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Hybrid barrel: re-exports from helpers.js AND has local definitions that call helpers.
+export { doubleValue } from './helpers.js';
+
+import { clampValue, doubleValue } from './helpers.js';
+
+export function processValue(v) {
+  return doubleValue(clampValue(v, 0, 100));
+}
+
+export function processAll(values) {
+  return values.map((v) => processValue(v));
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/incremental-edge-duplication.test.ts b/tests/integration/incremental-edge-duplication.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c0aff5bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/incremental-edge-duplication.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/**
+ * Regression test for #979: incremental rebuilds leak duplicate edges.
+ *
+ * Root cause: when `reparse_barrel_candidates` (Stage 6b, native engine) picks
+ * up a file imported by a reverse-dep, it used to purge only the 'imports' and
+ * 'reexports' edge kinds before Stage 7 re-emitted every edge kind, so every
+ * rebuild appended new copies of 'calls', 'receiver', 'extends', 'implements',
+ * 'imports-type', and 'dynamic-imports' edges.
+ *
+ * This test modifies a source file multiple times in a row and asserts:
+ *   1. The total edge count does not grow across incremental rebuilds.
+ *   2. The count of `(source_id, target_id, kind)` rows never exceeds the
+ *      pre-existing duplicates from a fresh full build (i.e. incremental
+ *      does not introduce new duplicates).
+ */
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { buildGraph } from '../../src/domain/graph/builder.js';
+
+const FIXTURE_DIR = path.join(import.meta.dirname, '..', 'fixtures', 'issue-979-hybrid-barrel');
+
+function copyDirSync(src: string, dest: string) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(dest, { recursive: true });
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(src, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    const s = path.join(src, entry.name);
+    const d = path.join(dest, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) copyDirSync(s, d);
+    else fs.copyFileSync(s, d);
+  }
+}
+
+function edgeStats(dbPath: string) {
+  const db = new Database(dbPath, { readonly: true });
+  try {
+    const total = (db.prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM edges').get() as { c: number }).c;
+    const duplicates = (
+      db
+        .prepare(
+          `SELECT source_id, target_id, kind, COUNT(*) AS c FROM edges
+           GROUP BY source_id, target_id, kind HAVING c > 1`,
+        )
+        .all() as Array<{ c: number }>
+    ).reduce((sum, row) => sum + row.c - 1, 0);
+    return { total, duplicates };
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
+describe('Issue #979: incremental edges do not duplicate', () => {
+  it('3 incremental rebuilds produce stable edge counts with no new duplicates', async () => {
+    const tmpBase = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'cg-979-'));
+    const fullDir = path.join(tmpBase, 'full');
+    const incrDir = path.join(tmpBase, 'incr');
+
+    try {
+      copyDirSync(FIXTURE_DIR, fullDir);
+      copyDirSync(FIXTURE_DIR, incrDir);
+
+      // Baseline full build on the incr copy so subsequent rebuilds are truly incremental.
+      await buildGraph(incrDir, { incremental: false, skipRegistry: true });
+
+      // Apply 3 rounds of "change one file" + incremental rebuild, recording
+      // edge totals and duplicate counts after each rebuild.
+      const history: Array<{ total: number; duplicates: number }> = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        fs.appendFileSync(path.join(incrDir, 'consumers', 'driver.js'), `\n// bump ${i}\n`);
+        await buildGraph(incrDir, { incremental: true, skipRegistry: true });
+        history.push(edgeStats(path.join(incrDir, '.codegraph', 'graph.db')));
+      }
+
+      // Mirror all 3 mutations on the full copy, then do a single clean full build.
+      for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        fs.appendFileSync(path.join(fullDir, 'consumers', 'driver.js'), `\n// bump ${i}\n`);
+      }
+      await buildGraph(fullDir, { incremental: false, skipRegistry: true });
+      const freshFull = edgeStats(path.join(fullDir, '.codegraph', 'graph.db'));
+
+      // Invariant 1: incremental edge count must not grow across rebuilds.
+      expect(history[1].total).toBe(history[0].total);
+      expect(history[2].total).toBe(history[0].total);
+
+      // Invariant 2: incremental must not introduce new duplicates beyond the
+      // pre-existing duplicates present in a clean full build.
+      expect(history[2].duplicates).toBeLessThanOrEqual(freshFull.duplicates);
+
+      // Invariant 3: after applying all 3 bumps, both dirs describe the same
+      // code, so the incremental edge total must match a clean full build.
+      // This catches stale edges that survive the scoped DELETE (e.g. edges
+      // pointing at orphaned node ids) which would not be flagged as
+      // (source, target, kind) duplicates.
+      expect(history[2].total).toBe(freshFull.total);
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tmpBase, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  }, 60_000);
+});