diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/configs/python.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/configs/python.ts
index 85a17c5942..d983045611 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/configs/python.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/import-resolvers/configs/python.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,23 @@ export const pythonImportStrategy: ImportResolverStrategy = (rawImportPath, file
   }
   // PEP 328: unresolved relative imports should not fall through to suffix matching
   if (rawImportPath.startsWith('.')) return { kind: 'files', files: [] };
+
+  // External dotted imports like `django.apps` should not fall through to generic
+  // suffix matching when the repo has unrelated local files such as `accounts/apps.py`.
+  // Keep suffix fallback only when the leading segment appears somewhere in-repo,
+  // which preserves existing internal absolute-import behavior like `accounts.models`.
+  const pathLike = rawImportPath.replace(/\./g, '/');
+  if (pathLike.includes('/')) {
+    const [leadingSegment] = pathLike.split('/').filter(Boolean);
+    const hasRepoCandidate =
+      !!leadingSegment &&
+      (ctx.index.get(`${leadingSegment}.py`) !== undefined ||
+        ctx.index.get(`${leadingSegment}/__init__.py`) !== undefined ||
+        ctx.index.getFilesInDir(leadingSegment, '.py').length > 0);
+
+    if (!hasRepoCandidate) return { kind: 'files', files: [] };
+  }
+
   return null;
 };
 
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/__init__.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/admin.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c38f3f3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/apps.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b3fc5a449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class AccountsConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'accounts'
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/migrations/__init__.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/models.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d3ec18e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Customer(models.Model):
+    email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/tests.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ce503c2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/views.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91ea44a218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/accounts/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/__init__.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/admin.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c38f3f3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/apps.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21d70f8e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class BillingConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'billing'
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/migrations/__init__.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/models.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3ea3f9674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.db import models
+from accounts.models import Customer
+
+
+class Invoice(models.Model):
+    customer = models.ForeignKey(
+        Customer, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="invoices"
+    )
+    total_cents = models.PositiveIntegerField()
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/tests.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ce503c2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/views.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91ea44a218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/billing/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/__init__.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/asgi.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/asgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffbb5f509a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for config project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/settings.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9465a6ebe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+"""
+Django settings for config project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 6.0.4.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = "django-insecure-l(ss*u=y_x)vb!nuq*s1$eayoopfz4^kv2@s&o7wh_6==4&9#^"
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "accounts.apps.AccountsConfig",
+    "billing.apps.BillingConfig",
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = "config.urls"
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "config.wsgi.application"
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator",
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
+
+TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/urls.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c74036a0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+URL configuration for config project.
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/wsgi.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ced574913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/config/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for config project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/manage.py b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/manage.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8e7ac79b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/requirements.txt b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f45e82362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/python-django-app-imports/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Django==6.0.4
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/python.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/python.test.ts
index b7d60b20e8..72f23edebb 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/python.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/python.test.ts
@@ -1846,6 +1846,61 @@ describe('Python module import CALLS resolution (Issue #337)', () => {
   });
 });
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// External dotted imports: framework modules like django.apps must not resolve
+// to unrelated local basename matches such as accounts/apps.py or config/urls.py.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('Python external dotted imports do not self-resolve to local files', () => {
+  let result: PipelineResult;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    result = await runPipelineFromRepo(path.join(FIXTURES, 'python-django-app-imports'), () => {});
+  }, 60000);
+
+  it('keeps the real local cross-app import: billing/models.py -> accounts/models.py', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS');
+    const localImport = imports.find(
+      (e) => e.sourceFilePath === 'billing/models.py' && e.targetFilePath === 'accounts/models.py',
+    );
+    expect(localImport).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('does not resolve django.apps in app configs to local apps.py files', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS');
+    const appConfigImports = imports.filter((e) => e.sourceFilePath.endsWith('/apps.py'));
+    expect(appConfigImports.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('does not resolve django.urls in config/urls.py to config/urls.py', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS');
+    const urlsImport = imports.find(
+      (e) => e.sourceFilePath === 'config/urls.py' && e.targetFilePath === 'config/urls.py',
+    );
+    expect(urlsImport).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('does not resolve django.core.asgi or django.core.wsgi to local config modules', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS');
+    const asgiImport = imports.find(
+      (e) => e.sourceFilePath === 'config/asgi.py' && e.targetFilePath === 'config/asgi.py',
+    );
+    const wsgiImport = imports.find(
+      (e) => e.sourceFilePath === 'config/wsgi.py' && e.targetFilePath === 'config/wsgi.py',
+    );
+
+    expect(asgiImport).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(wsgiImport).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('does not resolve other django.* imports to local same-basename files', () => {
+    const imports = getRelationships(result, 'IMPORTS');
+    const wrongTargets = new Set(['config/asgi.py', 'config/wsgi.py', 'config/urls.py']);
+    const misresolvedFrameworkImports = imports.filter((e) => wrongTargets.has(e.targetFilePath));
+    expect(misresolvedFrameworkImports.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Phase 16: Method enrichment (isAbstract, parameterTypes, static methods)
 // models.py: Animal(ABC) with @abstractmethod speak, @staticmethod classify, breathe
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/import-resolver-factory.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/import-resolver-factory.test.ts
index 2e46d5530c..1150f371e0 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/import-resolver-factory.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/import-resolver-factory.test.ts
@@ -515,6 +515,35 @@ describe('pythonImportStrategy', () => {
     const result = pythonImportStrategy('os', 'src/app.py', ctx);
     expect(result).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it('absorbs unresolved external dotted imports instead of suffix-matching local basename files', () => {
+    const ctx = makeCtx(['accounts/apps.py', 'billing/apps.py']);
+    const result = pythonImportStrategy('django.apps', 'accounts/apps.py', ctx);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ kind: 'files', files: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('absorbs unresolved nested external dotted imports like django.urls and django.core.*', () => {
+    const ctx = makeCtx(['config/asgi.py', 'config/urls.py', 'config/wsgi.py']);
+
+    expect(pythonImportStrategy('django.urls', 'config/urls.py', ctx)).toEqual({
+      kind: 'files',
+      files: [],
+    });
+    expect(pythonImportStrategy('django.core.asgi', 'config/asgi.py', ctx)).toEqual({
+      kind: 'files',
+      files: [],
+    });
+    expect(pythonImportStrategy('django.core.wsgi', 'config/wsgi.py', ctx)).toEqual({
+      kind: 'files',
+      files: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('keeps dotted internal imports unresolved here when the leading package exists in-repo', () => {
+    const ctx = makeCtx(['accounts/models.py', 'billing/models.py']);
+    const result = pythonImportStrategy('accounts.models', 'billing/models.py', ctx);
+    expect(result).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------