diff --git a/graphify/extractors/engine.py b/graphify/extractors/engine.py
index be6c38552c..4d9fb1f0b4 100644
--- a/graphify/extractors/engine.py
+++ b/graphify/extractors/engine.py
@@ -5607,7 +5607,22 @@ def walk_calls(
                         # Try reading the node directly (e.g. Java name field is the callee)
                         callee_name = _read_text(func_node, source)
 
-            if callee_name and callee_name not in _LANGUAGE_BUILTIN_GLOBALS:
+            # _LANGUAGE_BUILTIN_GLOBALS is one union across every language, right for
+            # a BARE call (String(x) really would become a god node) but wrong for a
+            # MEMBER call: `open` is a Python builtin and `Set` a JavaScript one, so
+            # session.open() in Swift or _server.Set() in C# named after another
+            # language's builtin was silently discarded outright -- no same-file
+            # edge, but also no raw_calls entry, so cross-file resolution never even
+            # got a chance to try (#3381). A member call carries a receiver, so it
+            # is not the ambiguous case the union guards against; letting it through
+            # here while forcing tgt_nid = None below (same as the existing
+            # receiver-typed defers just past this comment) means it can only ever
+            # reach an edge through a guarded, receiver-typed resolver, never the
+            # unguarded bare-name path a real god node would need.
+            _builtin_member_call = is_member_call and callee_name in _LANGUAGE_BUILTIN_GLOBALS
+            if callee_name and (
+                callee_name not in _LANGUAGE_BUILTIN_GLOBALS or _builtin_member_call
+            ):
                 # Python member calls defer to receiver-based resolution unless the
                 # receiver is known to stay in the current class. Falling back to a
                 # bare method name for an unresolved/lowercase receiver (`d.get()` or
@@ -5636,7 +5651,7 @@ def walk_calls(
                 _java_defer = (
                     config.ts_module == "tree_sitter_java" and is_member_call
                 )
-                if _python_defer or _java_defer or (
+                if _python_defer or _java_defer or _builtin_member_call or (
                     is_member_call
                     and member_receiver
                     and (
diff --git a/tests/test_extract.py b/tests/test_extract.py
index e029e75460..5a41b297cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/test_extract.py
@@ -1329,6 +1329,64 @@ def test_python_qualified_class_method_call_resolves_extracted(tmp_path):
     assert call_edges[0]["confidence"] == "EXTRACTED"
 
 
+def test_builtin_named_member_call_still_resolves_cross_file(tmp_path):
+    """#3381: _LANGUAGE_BUILTIN_GLOBALS is one union across every language, right
+    for a BARE call (String(x) really would become a god node) but wrong for a
+    MEMBER call -- `open` is a Python builtin, so Session.open() used to be
+    silently discarded outright: no same-file edge, but also no raw_calls entry,
+    so cross-file resolution never got a chance to try it. A member call carries
+    a receiver, so it isn't the ambiguous case the union guards against."""
+    session = tmp_path / "session.py"
+    user = tmp_path / "user.py"
+    session.write_text(
+        "class Session:\n"
+        "    @staticmethod\n"
+        "    def open():\n"
+        "        return 'opened'\n"
+    )
+    user.write_text(
+        "from session import Session\n\n"
+        "def start():\n"
+        "    Session.open()\n"
+    )
+    result = extract([user, session], cache_root=tmp_path)
+    nodes = {n["id"]: n for n in result["nodes"]}
+    call_edges = [
+        e for e in result["edges"]
+        if e["relation"] == "calls"
+        and "start" in nodes[e["source"]]["label"]
+        and "open" in nodes[e["target"]]["label"]
+        and "session.py" in (nodes[e["target"]].get("source_file") or "")
+    ]
+    assert len(call_edges) == 1, f"expected one start->open edge, got {call_edges}"
+    assert call_edges[0]["confidence"] == "EXTRACTED"
+
+
+def test_builtin_named_member_call_does_not_bind_to_unrelated_bare_function(tmp_path):
+    """#3381 follow-up: the god-node guard the builtin filter exists for must
+    still hold. A member call named after a builtin must never fall back to an
+    unrelated same-file bare function sharing that name -- it may only ever
+    resolve through a guarded, receiver-typed path (or not resolve at all)."""
+    p = tmp_path / "sample.py"
+    p.write_text(
+        "def open():\n"
+        "    return 'unrelated top-level function also named open'\n"
+        "\n"
+        "class Session:\n"
+        "    def start(self, other):\n"
+        "        other.open()\n"
+        "        f = open('file.txt')\n"
+    )
+    result = extract([p], cache_root=tmp_path)
+    nodes = {n["id"]: n for n in result["nodes"]}
+    open_fn = next(n for n in result["nodes"] if n["label"] == "open()")
+    bad_edges = [
+        e for e in result["edges"]
+        if e["relation"] == "calls" and e["target"] == open_fn["id"]
+    ]
+    assert bad_edges == [], f"member/bare builtin-named calls bound to unrelated open(): {bad_edges}"
+
+
 def test_degenerate_symbol_name_does_not_leak_absolute_id(tmp_path):
     """#1899 variant B: a symbol whose name normalizes to nothing (a minified `$`
     function, a JSONC `"//"` key) must not be minted — `_make_id(stem, "")`