diff --git a/npm/src/tools/vercel.js b/npm/src/tools/vercel.js
index 39500acb..50248aba 100644
--- a/npm/src/tools/vercel.js
+++ b/npm/src/tools/vercel.js
@@ -719,14 +719,12 @@ export const searchTool = (options = {}) => {
 				// ── Delegate-level semantic dedup ────────────────────────────
 				// Each delegate is a full flash agent session (minutes, not seconds).
 				// Use LLM to detect semantic duplicates and suggest rewrites.
-				// Compare against ALL previous delegations (not filtered by path) because
-				// the parent model often narrows the path while asking the same concept
-				// (e.g., "dedup" at /src → "deduplicate" at /src/search.js).
 				const delegatePath = searchPath || '';
+				const samePathDelegations = previousDelegations.filter(d => d.path === delegatePath);
 
 				let effectiveQuery = searchQuery;
 
-				if (previousDelegations.length > 0) {
+				if (samePathDelegations.length > 0) {
 					const dedupProvider = options.searchDelegateProvider || process.env.PROBE_SEARCH_DELEGATE_PROVIDER || options.provider || process.env.FORCE_PROVIDER || null;
 					const dedupModelName = options.searchDelegateModel || process.env.PROBE_SEARCH_DELEGATE_MODEL || options.model || process.env.MODEL_NAME || null;
 					// Lazily create the dedup model (same provider/model as delegate)
@@ -742,8 +740,8 @@ export const searchTool = (options = {}) => {
 
 					const dedupSpanAttrs = {
 						'dedup.query': searchQuery,
-						'dedup.previous_count': String(previousDelegations.length),
-						'dedup.previous_queries': previousDelegations.map(d => d.query).join(' | '),
+						'dedup.previous_count': String(samePathDelegations.length),
+						'dedup.previous_queries': samePathDelegations.map(d => d.query).join(' | '),
 						'dedup.provider': dedupProvider || '',
 						'dedup.model': dedupModelName || '',
 						'dedup.model_available': cachedDedupModel ? 'true' : 'false',
@@ -751,7 +749,7 @@ export const searchTool = (options = {}) => {
 
 					const dedup = options.tracer?.withSpan
 						? await options.tracer.withSpan('search.delegate.dedup', async () => {
-							return await checkDelegateDedup(searchQuery, previousDelegations, cachedDedupModel, debug);
+							return await checkDelegateDedup(searchQuery, samePathDelegations, cachedDedupModel, debug);
 						}, dedupSpanAttrs, (span, result) => {
 							span.setAttributes({
 								'dedup.action': result.action,
@@ -760,14 +758,14 @@ export const searchTool = (options = {}) => {
 								'dedup.error': result.error || '',
 							});
 						})
-						: await checkDelegateDedup(searchQuery, previousDelegations, cachedDedupModel, debug);
+						: await checkDelegateDedup(searchQuery, samePathDelegations, cachedDedupModel, debug);
 
 					if (debug) {
 						console.error(`[DEDUP-LLM] Query: "${searchQuery}" → ${dedup.action}: ${dedup.reason}${dedup.rewritten ? ` → "${dedup.rewritten}"` : ''}`);
 					}
 
 					if (dedup.action === 'block') {
-						const prevQueries = previousDelegations.map(d => `"${d.query}"`).join(', ');
+						const prevQueries = samePathDelegations.map(d => `"${d.query}"`).join(', ');
 						return `DELEGATE BLOCKED: "${searchQuery}" is semantically duplicate of previous delegation(s) [${prevQueries}]. ${dedup.reason}\n\nDo NOT re-delegate the same concept. Use extract() on files already found, or synthesize your answer from existing results.`;
 					}
 
diff --git a/npm/tests/unit/search-delegate.test.js b/npm/tests/unit/search-delegate.test.js
index 180db3a3..0ef9f7d9 100644
--- a/npm/tests/unit/search-delegate.test.js
+++ b/npm/tests/unit/search-delegate.test.js
@@ -111,6 +111,67 @@ describe('searchDelegate behavior', () => {
     expect(dedupSpan.resultAttrs['dedup.error']).not.toBe('');
   });
 
+  test('scopes delegate semantic dedup to the same path', async () => {
+    mockCreateLanguageModel.mockResolvedValue(null);
+    mockDelegate.mockResolvedValue(JSON.stringify({
+      targets: ['crypto/fips.js#validateFips']
+    }));
+
+    const spans = [];
+    const tracer = {
+      withSpan: jest.fn(async (name, fn, attrs, onResult) => {
+        const result = await fn();
+        const span = {
+          attrs: {},
+          setAttributes(values) {
+            this.attrs = { ...this.attrs, ...values };
+          }
+        };
+        if (onResult) onResult(span, result);
+        spans.push({ name, attrs, resultAttrs: span.attrs });
+        return result;
+      })
+    };
+
+    const tool = searchTool({
+      searchDelegate: true,
+      cwd: '/workspace',
+      allowedFolders: ['/workspace'],
+      provider: 'google',
+      model: 'gemini-3-flash-preview',
+      tracer
+    });
+
+    const first = await tool.execute({ query: 'FIPS validation', path: '/workspace/repo-a' });
+    const second = await tool.execute({ query: 'FIPS validation', path: '/workspace/repo-b' });
+
+    expect(first).not.toContain('DELEGATE BLOCKED');
+    expect(second).not.toContain('DELEGATE BLOCKED');
+    expect(mockDelegate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(spans.filter(s => s.name === 'search.delegate.dedup')).toHaveLength(0);
+
+    const third = await tool.execute({ query: 'FIPS validation', path: '/workspace/repo-a' });
+
+    expect(third).not.toContain('DELEGATE BLOCKED');
+    expect(mockDelegate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(mockGenerateText).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    const dedupSpan = spans.find(s => s.name === 'search.delegate.dedup');
+    expect(dedupSpan).toBeDefined();
+    expect(dedupSpan.attrs).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        'dedup.previous_count': '1',
+        'dedup.previous_queries': 'FIPS validation'
+      })
+    );
+    expect(dedupSpan.resultAttrs).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        'dedup.action': 'allow',
+        'dedup.reason': 'dedup model unavailable'
+      })
+    );
+  });
+
   test('delegates search and returns structured JSON when searchDelegate=true', async () => {
     // Delegate returns paths relative to the search directory (searchPaths[0]),
     // not relative to cwd