diff --git a/laravel-lsp/src/main.rs b/laravel-lsp/src/main.rs
index e3f76977..090c71a4 100644
--- a/laravel-lsp/src/main.rs
+++ b/laravel-lsp/src/main.rs
@@ -18140,7 +18140,9 @@ async fn classify_with_decl_fallback(
     // subsequent invocations don't re-parse the file.
     if !is_in_routes_dir(root, file_path) {
         // A Folio page's `name('...')` helper declares its route name, but the
-        // page lives outside `routes/` and the bare helper isn't tagged by
+        // page isn't a conventional route file — it lives outside the
+        // project-root `routes/`, or nested deeper inside it (a mount under
+        // `routes/pages/`, issue #105) — and the bare helper isn't tagged by
         // php.scm. If the cursor sits on that call, resolve it to the page's
         // (mount-prefixed) route name — read from the already-built in-memory
         // route index, never a fresh filesystem walk — so find-references /
@@ -18221,36 +18223,46 @@ async fn decl_range_at(
     None
 }
 
-/// Is this file a conventional route file — i.e. does it live directly under
-/// the project root's `routes/` directory? Used to gate the declaration-fallback
+/// Is this file a conventional route file — i.e. is its immediate parent the
+/// project root's `routes/` directory? Used to gate the declaration-fallback
 /// walk so we don't pay the parse cost on every PHP file.
 ///
-/// Only the project-root `routes/` qualifies. A `routes` component nested
-/// deeper — a package's `vendor/.../routes/`, or a Folio mount that happens to
-/// carry a `routes` segment (issue #98) — must NOT be treated as the
-/// conventional routes dir, or find-references from such a file would be routed
-/// into the decl walk and never reach its real resolver. When the project root
-/// is unknown (`None`), default to `false` so the walk never triggers without a
-/// root to anchor against.
+/// Only files sitting *directly* in the project-root `routes/` qualify
+/// (`routes/web.php`, `routes/api.php`). Two kinds of `routes` path component
+/// must NOT trigger the gate:
+///   - a `routes` segment nested elsewhere — a package's `vendor/.../routes/`,
+///     or a sibling dir that merely shares the name (issue #98);
+///   - a file nested *deeper* inside `routes/` — e.g. a Folio mount under
+///     `routes/pages/about.php` (issue #105). Such a page has its own resolver
+///     (the Folio branch in `classify_with_decl_fallback`); routing it into the
+///     decl walk would bypass that branch and yield no references. Matching the
+///     immediate parent — not a `starts_with` prefix — is what keeps the Folio
+///     page out of the gate.
 ///
-/// Both `path` and the joined `routes/` dir are canonicalized before the
-/// component-wise prefix check (issue #122), mirroring the sibling helper
+/// When the project root is unknown (`None`), default to `false` so the walk
+/// never triggers without a root to anchor against.
+///
+/// Both the file's parent and the joined `routes/` dir are canonicalized before
+/// the equality check (issue #122), mirroring the sibling helper
 /// `path_within_root`. `root` is stored once (from an earlier `did_open`) while
 /// `path` arrives per-request, so the two can resolve through different symlink
-/// states — e.g. macOS `/tmp` → `/private/tmp`. A raw textual `starts_with`
-/// would then return a false negative and silently skip the decl-fallback walk
-/// for a real conventional route file. When either side can't be canonicalized
-/// (the file doesn't exist yet, a permission error) we fall back to the textual
-/// prefix check rather than guess — no panic, and the same behaviour as before
+/// states — e.g. macOS `/tmp` → `/private/tmp`. A raw textual comparison would
+/// then return a false negative and silently skip the decl-fallback walk for a
+/// real conventional route file. When either side can't be canonicalized (the
+/// file doesn't exist yet, a permission error) we fall back to comparing the
+/// uncanonicalized paths rather than guess — no panic, and the same behaviour
 /// for in-memory paths that aren't on disk.
 fn is_in_routes_dir(root: Option<&Path>, path: &Path) -> bool {
     let Some(r) = root else {
         return false;
     };
     let routes_dir = r.join("routes");
-    match (path.canonicalize(), routes_dir.canonicalize()) {
-        (Ok(real_path), Ok(real_routes)) => real_path.starts_with(&real_routes),
-        _ => path.starts_with(&routes_dir),
+    let Some(parent) = path.parent() else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    match (parent.canonicalize(), routes_dir.canonicalize()) {
+        (Ok(real_parent), Ok(real_routes)) => real_parent == real_routes,
+        _ => parent == routes_dir,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/laravel-lsp/src/tests/routes_dir_gate.rs b/laravel-lsp/src/tests/routes_dir_gate.rs
index b56e9619..a97de1d2 100644
--- a/laravel-lsp/src/tests/routes_dir_gate.rs
+++ b/laravel-lsp/src/tests/routes_dir_gate.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,40 @@
 //! Unit tests for `is_in_routes_dir` — the gate deciding whether the
-//! declaration-fallback route walk runs for a given file. Only the project
-//! root's own `routes/` directory qualifies; a `routes` component nested
-//! deeper (a package's `vendor/.../routes/`, or a Folio mount) must not be
-//! mistaken for it (issue #98).
+//! declaration-fallback route walk runs for a given file. Only a file whose
+//! immediate parent is the project root's own `routes/` directory qualifies.
+//! A `routes` component nested elsewhere (a package's `vendor/.../routes/`, a
+//! sibling that shares the name) must not be mistaken for it (issue #98), and
+//! neither must a file nested *deeper* inside `routes/` — e.g. a Folio mount
+//! under `routes/pages/` (issue #105), which has its own resolver.
 
 use crate::is_in_routes_dir;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 #[test]
 fn matches_project_root_routes_dir() {
+    // Direct children of the project-root `routes/` are conventional route
+    // files (AC: both web.php and api.php resolve correctly).
     assert!(is_in_routes_dir(
         Some(Path::new("/project")),
         Path::new("/project/routes/web.php")
     ));
+    assert!(is_in_routes_dir(
+        Some(Path::new("/project")),
+        Path::new("/project/routes/api.php")
+    ));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rejects_folio_page_nested_under_routes() {
+    // A Folio mount under `routes/pages/` lives *inside* routes/, but deeper
+    // than its immediate child level (issue #105). It must NOT be gated as a
+    // conventional route file — its `name('...')` is resolved by the Folio
+    // branch in `classify_with_decl_fallback`, and routing it into the decl
+    // walk would bypass that branch and yield no references. The immediate-
+    // parent check (not a `starts_with` prefix) is what excludes it.
+    assert!(!is_in_routes_dir(
+        Some(Path::new("/project")),
+        Path::new("/project/routes/pages/about.php")
+    ));
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -46,6 +68,16 @@ fn rejects_false_prefix_sibling() {
     ));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn rejects_routes_dir_outside_project_root() {
+    // A `routes/` directory that belongs to some *other* tree, not the
+    // configured project root, must not qualify (AC: root-known case).
+    assert!(!is_in_routes_dir(
+        Some(Path::new("/project")),
+        Path::new("/elsewhere/routes/web.php")
+    ));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn rejects_when_root_unknown() {
     // No project root to anchor against → never trigger the fallback walk.
@@ -95,24 +127,31 @@ fn rejects_real_path_outside_routes_dir() {
 
 #[test]
 fn falls_back_to_textual_when_path_missing() {
-    // A path that doesn't exist can't be canonicalized; the gate must fall back
-    // to the textual component check rather than panic (issue #122). Create a
-    // real `routes/` dir on disk so `routes_dir` canonicalizes but the missing
-    // `path` does not — genuinely driving the `(Err, Ok)` arm. This is the
-    // realistic case the production doc comment calls out: a brand-new route
-    // file still in the editor buffer, not yet saved to disk, sitting inside a
-    // real `routes/` directory.
+    // The gate compares the file's *parent* dir against `<root>/routes`. When a
+    // path can't be canonicalized it must fall back to a direct (uncanonical)
+    // comparison rather than panic (issue #122). This is the realistic case the
+    // production doc comment calls out: a brand-new route file still in the
+    // editor buffer, not yet saved to disk, sitting inside a real `routes/` dir.
     let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let root = tmp.path().to_path_buf();
     std::fs::create_dir_all(root.join("routes")).unwrap();
     let missing = root.join("routes").join("does_not_exist.php");
 
-    // No panic, and the textual prefix still matches the project routes/ dir.
+    // The parent `<root>/routes` exists, so this resolves via the canonical arm
+    // — no panic on the unsaved file, and the parent matches the routes/ dir.
     assert!(is_in_routes_dir(Some(&root), &missing));
 
-    // False-negative side: a missing path *outside* routes/ must still return
-    // false through the same textual fallback (routes_dir canonicalizes, the
-    // path does not — again the `(Err, Ok)` arm).
+    // False-negative side: a missing path *outside* routes/ has a parent
+    // (`<root>/app`) that doesn't exist either, so its parent can't be
+    // canonicalized — driving the `(Err, Ok)` textual-fallback arm. It must
+    // still return false.
     let missing_outside = root.join("app").join("does_not_exist.php");
     assert!(!is_in_routes_dir(Some(&root), &missing_outside));
+
+    // And a route file *and* its parent both missing from disk (neither
+    // canonicalizes) must still match through the textual fallback — the parent
+    // `<root>/routes` equals the joined routes dir by direct comparison.
+    let unsaved_root = tmp.path().join("never_created");
+    let unsaved_file = unsaved_root.join("routes").join("web.php");
+    assert!(is_in_routes_dir(Some(&unsaved_root), &unsaved_file));
 }