diff --git a/chat.el b/chat.el
index af68bf3..62b62d2 100644
--- a/chat.el
+++ b/chat.el
@@ -380,11 +380,6 @@ fn engram_compile(intent: String) -> String {
     let merged: String = engram_nodes_merge(merged, recall_boost)
     let merged_nodes: String = merged
 
-    // Dedup fix: publish seen node IDs so downstream callers (session_preload, affective_prefix)
-    // can skip nodes already present here. EL has no tuple returns so we use state as out-param.
-    let compile_seen_ids: String = engram_extract_ids(merged_nodes)
-    state_set("engram_compile_seen_ids", compile_seen_ids)
-
     // Fallback: when all searches return nothing, fetch persona nodes.
     let scan_part: String = if str_eq(merged_nodes, "") || str_eq(merged_nodes, "[]") {
         let persona_fallback: String = engram_search_json("soul:persona Persona identity", 5)
@@ -424,6 +419,18 @@ fn engram_compile(intent: String) -> String {
     let sep_ma: String = if !str_eq(main_part, "") && !str_eq(affective_part, "") { "\n" } else { "" }
     let ctx: String = main_part + sep_ma + affective_part
 
+    // Dedup fix: publish seen node IDs so downstream callers (session_preload) can skip
+    // nodes already present in the compiled context. Must be computed after scan_part and
+    // affective_part are resolved so all three segments are represented in the seen set.
+    // EL has no tuple returns so we use state as an out-param.
+    // scan_part is a JSON array — extract with engram_extract_ids.
+    // affective_part is a bare JSON object (bn0), not an array — extract its id directly.
+    let ids_from_merged: String = engram_extract_ids(merged_nodes)
+    let ids_from_scan: String = engram_extract_ids(scan_part)
+    let ids_from_affective: String = json_get(affective_part, "id")
+    let compile_seen_ids: String = add_to_seen(add_to_seen(ids_from_merged, ids_from_scan), ids_from_affective)
+    state_set("engram_compile_seen_ids", compile_seen_ids)
+
     if str_eq(ctx, "") { return "" }
 
     // Issue 7 fix: safe JSON truncation — find last closing brace before budget cap.