diff --git a/__tests__/resolution.test.ts b/__tests__/resolution.test.ts
index 14b5198f4..0008e9395 100644
--- a/__tests__/resolution.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/resolution.test.ts
@@ -6311,4 +6311,48 @@ bracketed()
       expect(reachedFrom('consumer.ts', 'HiddenFace')).toBe(false);
     }, 30000);
   });
+
+  describe('Name-only method match never binds a delegating call to its own caller', () => {
+    const selfLoops = (g: CodeGraph, file: string): string[] =>
+      g.getNodesInFile(file)
+        .filter((n) => n.kind === 'method' || n.kind === 'function')
+        .flatMap((n) => g.getOutgoingEdges(n.id)
+          .filter((e) => e.kind === 'calls' && e.target === n.id)
+          .map(() => n.name));
+
+    it('drops the self-loop for a Scala delegating wrapper', async () => {
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, 'Form.scala'), `
+package play.api.data
+class WrappedMapping(wrapped: Mapping) {
+  def unbind(value: String): String = wrapped.unbind(value)
+}
+`);
+      cg = await CodeGraph.init(tempDir, { index: true });
+      cg.resolveReferences();
+      expect(selfLoops(cg, 'Form.scala')).toEqual([]);
+    }, 30000);
+
+    it('keeps real recursion through this./bare calls and a Go named receiver', async () => {
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, 'Tree.java'), `
+public class Tree {
+  public int depth(int n) { return n == 0 ? 0 : this.depth(n - 1); }
+  public int size(int n) { return n == 0 ? 0 : size(n - 1); }
+}
+`);
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, 'relay.go'), `
+package relay
+type relayClient struct{}
+func (r *relayClient) sendBatchAttempt(retry bool) error {
+	if retry {
+		return r.sendBatchAttempt(false)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+`);
+      cg = await CodeGraph.init(tempDir, { index: true });
+      cg.resolveReferences();
+      expect(selfLoops(cg, 'Tree.java').sort()).toEqual(['depth', 'size']);
+      expect(selfLoops(cg, 'relay.go')).toEqual(['sendBatchAttempt']);
+    }, 30000);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/resolution/name-matcher.ts b/src/resolution/name-matcher.ts
index 36365398d..ca85393be 100644
--- a/src/resolution/name-matcher.ts
+++ b/src/resolution/name-matcher.ts
@@ -10725,6 +10725,7 @@ export function matchMethodCall(
           !sharesReceiverWord(objectOrClass!, targetMethods[0]!) &&
           !(ref.language === 'objc' && objcReceiverReaches(objectOrClass!, targetMethods[0]!, context)) &&
           !(ref.language === 'php' && phpReceiverReaches(objectOrClass!, targetMethods[0]!, context)))) {
+      if (isForeignReceiverSelfLoop(targetMethods[0]!, objectOrClass!, ref)) return null;
       return {
         original: ref,
         targetNodeId: targetMethods[0]!.id,
@@ -10836,6 +10837,25 @@ function isOutOfRepoBinding(name: string, ref: UnresolvedRef, context: Resolutio
   return !!binding && context.isOutOfRepoImport?.(binding.source, ref.filePath, ref.language) === true;
 }
 
+/** Receivers that name the current object (or its own class/base) — a call
+ * through one of these may genuinely recurse into the enclosing method. */
+const SELF_RECEIVERS = new Set(['this', 'self', 'Self', 'super', 'cls']);
+
+/**
+ * Strategy 3's single-candidate branch matches by method NAME alone, so a
+ * delegating wrapper whose method is the only one of that name —
+ * `wrapped.unbind(v)` inside `unbind(v)` — name-matches the method it is
+ * written in and the resolver emitted a self-loop. (The word-overlap branch
+ * already refuses the caller itself.) A receiver that is an explicit, other
+ * object is by construction not the enclosing method's own instance, so that
+ * candidate is the one guess we know is wrong: no edge beats a wrong edge.
+ * Real recursion (`this.foo()`, `self.foo()`, bare `foo()`) is kept; Go's
+ * named method receiver (`r.foo()`) is typed and never gets here.
+ */
+function isForeignReceiverSelfLoop(candidate: Node, receiver: string, ref: UnresolvedRef): boolean {
+  return candidate.id === ref.fromNodeId && !SELF_RECEIVERS.has(receiver);
+}
+
 /** The directory of a Go file, which is its package: Go keeps one package per directory. */
 function goPackageDir(filePath: string): string {
   return path.posix.dirname(filePath.replace(/\\/g, '/'));