diff --git a/nix/lib/aspects/fx/pipeline.nix b/nix/lib/aspects/fx/pipeline.nix
index 6c99d598e..c58f85954 100644
--- a/nix/lib/aspects/fx/pipeline.nix
+++ b/nix/lib/aspects/fx/pipeline.nix
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ let
 
   # mkScopeId: injective scope identity from a context attrset.
   # Produces a canonical comma-separated "key=value" string, sorted by key.
+  #
+  # An entity's `name` is NOT always injective across entities of one kind: a
+  # home's `name` is force-set to the bare user name
+  # (nix/lib/entities/home.nix), so two standalone homes `user@hostA` /
+  # `user@hostB` both rendered `home=user` and collapsed onto ONE scope — their
+  # collected class content merged and each flake output yielded the other's
+  # configuration. Entities therefore expose `__scopeName`, their registry key
+  # (see nix/lib/entities/_types.nix), which is unique per kind per system.
+  # It defaults to `name`, so only kinds that rewrite `name` differ here.
+  # Synthetic context values (e.g. a bare `{ name = ...; }` host) carry no
+  # `__scopeName` and fall back to `name`.
   mkScopeId =
     ctx:
     lib.concatStringsSep "," (
@@ -117,7 +128,9 @@ let
             v = ctx.${k};
           in
           "${k}=${
-            if builtins.isAttrs v && v ? name then
+            if builtins.isAttrs v && v ? __scopeName then
+              v.__scopeName
+            else if builtins.isAttrs v && v ? name then
               v.name
             else if builtins.isString v then
               v
diff --git a/nix/lib/entities/_types.nix b/nix/lib/entities/_types.nix
index e0732223f..073a3049c 100644
--- a/nix/lib/entities/_types.nix
+++ b/nix/lib/entities/_types.nix
@@ -118,6 +118,19 @@ let
     kind:
     { config, ... }:
     {
+      # Injective scope identity, consumed by fx.pipeline's mkScopeId. Defaults
+      # to `name`, which is the registry key for most kinds. A kind that rewrites
+      # `name` into something non-unique (home forces it to the bare user name)
+      # MUST override this with its registry key, or two such entities collapse
+      # onto one pipeline scope and merge each other's content.
+      options.__scopeName = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "Registry key of this ${kind}, used as its internal identity.";
+        internal = true;
+        visible = false;
+        type = lib.types.str;
+        default = config.name;
+        defaultText = "config.name";
+      };
       options.resolved = lib.mkOption {
         description = "The resolved aspect for this ${kind}.";
         readOnly = true;
diff --git a/nix/lib/entities/home.nix b/nix/lib/entities/home.nix
index 0f292a939..26efed825 100644
--- a/nix/lib/entities/home.nix
+++ b/nix/lib/entities/home.nix
@@ -101,7 +101,15 @@ let
           {
             # mkInstanceType defaults name to the registry key (e.g. "tux@igloo");
             # den's name is the bare user name, so identity/description stay stable.
+            # That also makes `name` non-unique across homes (two `user@host` homes
+            # on one system share it), so the registry key is kept as the scope
+            # identity — see __scopeName in ./_types.nix.
             config.name = lib.mkForce userName;
+            config.__scopeName = name;
+            config._identity.keys = [
+              "__scopeName"
+              "system"
+            ];
             config._module.args.host = hostCtx;
             config._module.args.user = userByName;
             options = {
diff --git a/templates/ci/modules/deadbugs/home-samename-crosshost-idhash.nix b/templates/ci/modules/deadbugs/home-samename-crosshost-idhash.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dd747e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ci/modules/deadbugs/home-samename-crosshost-idhash.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Regression: two STANDALONE homes sharing a username but bound to different
+# hosts (`user@hostA`, `user@hostB`) hashed to an identical `id_hash`.
+#
+# A home's public `name` is force-set to the bare user name, so it cannot
+# distinguish these homes. Identity is instead keyed on `__scopeName` (the
+# registry key, e.g. `user@hostA`) plus `system` via `_identity.keys` (see
+# nix/lib/entities/home.nix), never on reflected, user-overridable presentation
+# fields like `description`.
+{ denTest, ... }:
+{
+  flake.tests.home-samename-crosshost-idhash = {
+
+    # Same username, different host binding: id_hash must differ.
+    test-crosshost-distinct-id-hash = denTest (
+      { den, ... }:
+      {
+        den.homes.aarch64-darwin."someuser@hostA" = { };
+        den.homes.aarch64-darwin."someuser@hostB" = { };
+
+        expr =
+          den.homes.aarch64-darwin."someuser@hostA".id_hash
+          == den.homes.aarch64-darwin."someuser@hostB".id_hash;
+        expected = false;
+      }
+    );
+
+    # The same registry key on different systems is also a distinct home.
+    test-cross-system-distinct-id-hash = denTest (
+      { den, ... }:
+      {
+        den.homes.aarch64-darwin."someuser@hostA" = { };
+        den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostA" = { };
+
+        expr =
+          den.homes.aarch64-darwin."someuser@hostA".id_hash
+          == den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostA".id_hash;
+        expected = false;
+      }
+    );
+
+  };
+}
diff --git a/templates/ci/modules/deadbugs/home-samename-crosshost-scope.nix b/templates/ci/modules/deadbugs/home-samename-crosshost-scope.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a21d405a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ci/modules/deadbugs/home-samename-crosshost-scope.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+# Regression: two STANDALONE homes sharing a username but bound to different
+# hosts (`user@hostA`, `user@hostB`) collapsed onto ONE pipeline scope, so each
+# flake output yielded the other's configuration.
+#
+# `mkScopeId` (nix/lib/aspects/fx/pipeline.nix) rendered an entity as `v.name`,
+# but a home's `name` is force-set to the bare user name, so both rendered
+# `home=someuser` and shared a scope. Fix: entities expose `__scopeName` (their
+# registry key) and mkScopeId reads that, falling back to `name`.
+#
+# The `provides.<hostname>` cases are downstream symptoms of the same collapse;
+# `test-two-targets-single-home` is the control proving the dispatch itself is
+# sound. Markers are separate `sessionVariables` keys so a leak surfaces as an
+# extra attribute rather than a merge conflict.
+{ denTest, ... }:
+{
+  flake.tests.home-samename-crosshost-scope = {
+
+    # The core defect, with no provides involved: each home must resolve its own
+    # host context, not the first-declared home's.
+    test-same-username-homes-resolve-independently = denTest (
+      { config, den, ... }:
+      {
+        den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostA" = { };
+        den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostB" = { };
+
+        den.aspects.someuser.homeManager =
+          { home, ... }:
+          {
+            home = {
+              username = "someuser";
+              homeDirectory = "/home/someuser";
+              sessionVariables.SAW_HOST = home.hostName;
+            };
+          };
+
+        expr =
+          let
+            sawHost = key: config.flake.homeConfigurations.${key}.config.home.sessionVariables.SAW_HOST;
+          in
+          {
+            hostA = sawHost "someuser@hostA";
+            hostB = sawHost "someuser@hostB";
+          };
+        expected = {
+          hostA = "hostA";
+          hostB = "hostB";
+        };
+      }
+    );
+
+    # No `den.hosts` at all: both homes synthesize their host identity from the
+    # `user@host` key, so only the home entities are in play.
+    test-synthetic-host-provides-no-cross-contamination = denTest (
+      { config, den, ... }:
+      {
+        den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostA" = { };
+        den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostB" = { };
+
+        den.aspects.someuser.homeManager.home = {
+          username = "someuser";
+          homeDirectory = "/home/someuser";
+        };
+        den.aspects.someuser.provides = {
+          hostA.homeManager.home.sessionVariables.FROM_A = "a";
+          hostB.homeManager.home.sessionVariables.FROM_B = "b";
+        };
+
+        expr =
+          let
+            varsOf = key: config.flake.homeConfigurations.${key}.config.home.sessionVariables;
+            a = varsOf "someuser@hostA";
+            b = varsOf "someuser@hostB";
+          in
+          {
+            hostA = {
+              own = a.FROM_A or "MISSING";
+              other = a.FROM_B or "MISSING";
+            };
+            hostB = {
+              own = b.FROM_B or "MISSING";
+              other = b.FROM_A or "MISSING";
+            };
+          };
+        expected = {
+          hostA = {
+            own = "a";
+            other = "MISSING";
+          };
+          hostB = {
+            own = "b";
+            other = "MISSING";
+          };
+        };
+      }
+    );
+
+    # Both hosts declared, each with the same user. The users keep
+    # `classes = [ "user" ]` so the hosts do not also build inline home-manager —
+    # the standalone homes are the delivery path under test.
+    test-declared-host-provides-no-cross-contamination = denTest (
+      { config, den, ... }:
+      {
+        den.hosts.x86_64-linux.hostA.users.someuser.classes = [ "user" ];
+        den.hosts.x86_64-linux.hostB.users.someuser.classes = [ "user" ];
+
+        den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostA" = { };
+        den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostB" = { };
+
+        den.aspects.someuser.homeManager.home = {
+          username = "someuser";
+          homeDirectory = "/home/someuser";
+        };
+        den.aspects.someuser.provides = {
+          hostA.homeManager.home.sessionVariables.FROM_A = "a";
+          hostB.homeManager.home.sessionVariables.FROM_B = "b";
+        };
+
+        expr =
+          let
+            varsOf = key: config.flake.homeConfigurations.${key}.config.home.sessionVariables;
+            a = varsOf "someuser@hostA";
+            b = varsOf "someuser@hostB";
+          in
+          {
+            hostA = {
+              own = a.FROM_A or "MISSING";
+              other = a.FROM_B or "MISSING";
+            };
+            hostB = {
+              own = b.FROM_B or "MISSING";
+              other = b.FROM_A or "MISSING";
+            };
+          };
+        expected = {
+          hostA = {
+            own = "a";
+            other = "MISSING";
+          };
+          hostB = {
+            own = "b";
+            other = "MISSING";
+          };
+        };
+      }
+    );
+
+    # Control: the same two-target aspect with only ONE home consuming it — the
+    # `provides.<hostname>` dispatch itself was never the defect.
+    test-two-targets-single-home = denTest (
+      { config, den, ... }:
+      {
+        den.homes.x86_64-linux."someuser@hostB" = { };
+
+        den.aspects.someuser.homeManager.home = {
+          username = "someuser";
+          homeDirectory = "/home/someuser";
+        };
+        den.aspects.someuser.provides = {
+          hostA.homeManager.home.sessionVariables.FROM_A = "a";
+          hostB.homeManager.home.sessionVariables.FROM_B = "b";
+        };
+
+        expr =
+          let
+            vars = config.flake.homeConfigurations."someuser@hostB".config.home.sessionVariables;
+          in
+          {
+            own = vars.FROM_B or "MISSING";
+            other = vars.FROM_A or "MISSING";
+          };
+        expected = {
+          own = "b";
+          other = "MISSING";
+        };
+      }
+    );
+
+  };
+}