diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f57b168..b276d1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Full release notes with details on each version: [GitHub Releases](https://githu
 
 ## 0.9.16 (unreleased)
 
+- Fix: close two residual paths where an absolute scan path (including the OS username) still leaked into a committed `graph.json`, completing #1789 (#1899). (a) A reference target outside the scan root (an out-of-root `.csproj` ProjectReference, `.sln` project, or bash `source`) kept its absolute `source_file` and an absolute-derived id, because the relativization post-passes silently skipped anything `relative_to(root)` could not handle; such targets now get a portable walk-up relative path and an `ext_`-namespaced id (bare basename when the target is far outside the corpus or on another drive). (b) A symbol whose name normalizes to nothing (a minified `$` function, a JSONC `"//"` comment key) collapsed `_make_id(stem, name)` down to the bare absolute file stem; those no-signal symbols are now skipped at mint time.
+
 - Fix: uppercase TypeScript extensions (`.TS`/`.TSX`/`.MTS`/`.CTS`) are now parsed with the TypeScript grammar instead of falling through to the JavaScript grammar, which silently dropped interfaces and type aliases (#1881, thanks @xkam7ar). Detection and dispatch already lowercased, but the grammar selection inside `extract_js` compared the suffix case-sensitively.
 
 - Fix: Kotlin builtin/stdlib types (`String`, `Int`, `List`, ...) are no longer emitted as `references` edges, matching the existing Java/Python/Go builtin filtering (#1876, thanks @kebwlmbhee). They created false coupling and split clusters on real projects. User types that legitimately share a name (`Result`, framework types) are deliberately not filtered, consistent with the other languages.
diff --git a/graphify/extract.py b/graphify/extract.py
index 51e2490..d5faa52 100644
--- a/graphify/extract.py
+++ b/graphify/extract.py
@@ -4891,7 +4891,31 @@ def extract(
     # a new language plugs in without editing this body (#1356 Swift, #1446 Python).
     run_language_resolvers(paths, per_file, all_nodes, all_edges)
 
-    # Relativize source_file fields so paths are portable across machines (#555)
+    # Relativize source_file fields so paths are portable across machines (#555).
+    # A target OUTSIDE the scan root (an out-of-root ProjectReference/.sln/bash
+    # `source`) can't be made relative to root; leaving it absolute leaked the
+    # scan path including the OS username into a committed graph.json (#1899).
+    # Fall back to a walk-up relative form, or the bare basename when that would
+    # still embed foreign path segments (a far-away or cross-drive target). When
+    # the node's id was itself minted from the absolute path, remap it to a
+    # portable id and rewrite the edge endpoints that reference it.
+    def _portable_out_of_root_sf(p: Path) -> str:
+        try:
+            rel = os.path.relpath(str(p), str(root)).replace("\\", "/")
+        except ValueError:
+            return p.name  # different Windows drive: no relative path exists
+        updepth = 0
+        for seg in rel.split("/"):
+            if seg == "..":
+                updepth += 1
+            else:
+                break
+        # More than a couple of walk-ups means the target lives well outside the
+        # corpus; its ancestor dirs would embed foreign (possibly user-named)
+        # segments, so collapse to the basename.
+        return p.name if updepth > 3 else rel
+
+    ext_id_remap: dict[str, str] = {}
     for item in all_nodes + all_edges:
         sf = item.get("source_file")
         if not sf:
@@ -4901,8 +4925,24 @@ def extract(
             continue
         try:
             item["source_file"] = sf_path.relative_to(root).as_posix()
+            continue
         except ValueError:
             pass
+        portable = _portable_out_of_root_sf(sf_path)
+        # A node whose id was minted from this absolute path also leaks it.
+        if "id" in item and item.get("id") == _make_id(str(sf_path)):
+            ext_id_remap[item["id"]] = _make_id("ext", portable)
+        item["source_file"] = portable
+
+    if ext_id_remap:
+        for n in all_nodes:
+            if n.get("id") in ext_id_remap:
+                n["id"] = ext_id_remap[n["id"]]
+        for e in all_edges:
+            if e.get("source") in ext_id_remap:
+                e["source"] = ext_id_remap[e["source"]]
+            if e.get("target") in ext_id_remap:
+                e["target"] = ext_id_remap[e["target"]]
 
     # origin_file is an internal disambiguation hint (#1462): the colliding-id pass
     # above reads it to keep same-named cross-file stubs distinct, after which nothing
diff --git a/graphify/extractors/engine.py b/graphify/extractors/engine.py
index 723bef7..edc624a 100644
--- a/graphify/extractors/engine.py
+++ b/graphify/extractors/engine.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import hashlib
 import importlib
 from graphify.extractors.base import _LANGUAGE_BUILTIN_GLOBALS, _file_stem, _make_id, _read_text
+from graphify.ids import normalize_id
 from graphify.extractors.models import LanguageConfig
 from graphify.extractors.resolution import _resolve_js_import_target
 from graphify.security import sanitize_metadata
@@ -1760,6 +1761,11 @@ def _js_extra_walk(node, source: bytes, file_nid: str, stem: str, str_path: str,
                         if name_node:
                             func_name = _read_text(name_node, source)
                             line = child.start_point[0] + 1
+                            # A name that normalizes to nothing (e.g. minified `$`)
+                            # would collapse the id to the absolute file-stem and
+                            # leak the scan path (#1899); skip it (no graph signal).
+                            if not normalize_id(func_name):
+                                continue
                             func_nid = _make_id(stem, func_name)
                             add_node_fn(func_nid, f"{func_name}()", line)
                             add_edge_fn(file_nid, func_nid, "contains", line)
@@ -3124,6 +3130,11 @@ def _extract_generic(
 
             if not func_name:
                 return
+            # A name that normalizes to nothing collapses `_make_id(prefix, name)`
+            # onto the (absolute-path-derived) prefix, leaking the scan path and
+            # colliding with the file/class node (#1899). No graph signal; skip.
+            if not normalize_id(func_name):
+                return
 
             line = node.start_point[0] + 1
             if parent_class_nid:
diff --git a/graphify/extractors/json_config.py b/graphify/extractors/json_config.py
index 90dab91..6a9b641 100644
--- a/graphify/extractors/json_config.py
+++ b/graphify/extractors/json_config.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from graphify.extractors.base import _file_stem, _make_id, _read_text
+from graphify.ids import normalize_id
 
 
 _CONFIG_JSON_NAMES = frozenset({
@@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ def extract_json(path: Path) -> dict:
             key = _key_text(child)
             if not key:
                 continue
+            # A key that normalizes to nothing (a JSONC `"//"` comment key, say)
+            # would collapse `_make_id(stem, key)` down to the bare file-stem id,
+            # which is absolute-path-derived and leaks the scan path (#1899). Such
+            # keys carry no graph signal, so drop them.
+            if not normalize_id(key):
+                continue
             key_nid = _make_id(stem, *(([parent_key] if parent_key else []) + [key]))
             if not key_nid:
                 continue
diff --git a/tests/test_dotnet.py b/tests/test_dotnet.py
index 37e0ba5..fac4fd0 100644
--- a/tests/test_dotnet.py
+++ b/tests/test_dotnet.py
@@ -126,6 +126,35 @@ def test_csproj_project_references():
     assert len(imports) == 6  # 4 packages + 2 project refs
 
 
+def test_csproj_out_of_root_reference_id_is_portable(tmp_path):
+    """#1899: a ProjectReference to a project OUTSIDE the scan root must not leak
+    the absolute scan path (including the OS username) into the node id or
+    source_file. The out-of-root target gets a portable, `ext_`-namespaced id and
+    a walk-up relative source_file rather than the absolute-derived form."""
+    web = tmp_path / "WebApi"; web.mkdir()
+    core = tmp_path / "Core"; core.mkdir()
+    (core / "Core.csproj").write_text(
+        '<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"><PropertyGroup>'
+        '<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework></PropertyGroup></Project>'
+    )
+    (web / "WebApi.csproj").write_text(
+        '<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"><ItemGroup>'
+        '<ProjectReference Include="..\\Core\\Core.csproj" /></ItemGroup></Project>'
+    )
+    result = extract([web / "WebApi.csproj"], cache_root=web)
+    marker = str(tmp_path)
+    for n in result["nodes"]:
+        assert marker not in n["id"], f"absolute path leaked into id: {n}"
+        assert marker not in (n.get("source_file") or ""), f"leaked into source_file: {n}"
+    for e in result["edges"]:
+        for f in ("source", "target", "source_file"):
+            assert marker not in str(e.get(f, "")), f"leaked into edge {f}: {e}"
+    core_ref = [n for n in result["nodes"] if "core" in n["id"].lower()]
+    assert core_ref, "out-of-root Core reference node missing"
+    assert core_ref[0]["id"].startswith("ext_")
+    assert core_ref[0]["source_file"] == "../Core/Core.csproj"
+
+
 def test_csproj_target_framework():
     r = extract_csproj(FIXTURES / "sample.csproj")
     assert "net8.0" in _labels(r)
diff --git a/tests/test_extract.py b/tests/test_extract.py
index d588b21..32c8e8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/test_extract.py
@@ -970,6 +970,23 @@ def test_python_qualified_class_method_call_resolves_extracted(tmp_path):
     assert call_edges[0]["confidence"] == "EXTRACTED"
 
 
+def test_degenerate_symbol_name_does_not_leak_absolute_id(tmp_path):
+    """#1899 variant B: a symbol whose name normalizes to nothing (a minified `$`
+    function, a JSONC `"//"` key) must not be minted — `_make_id(stem, "")`
+    collapses to the bare, absolute-path-derived file stem, leaking the scan path
+    and colliding with the file node. Such nodes carry no graph signal."""
+    (tmp_path / "vendor.js").write_text(
+        "function $(){return 1}\nfunction real(){return 2}\n", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    result = extract([tmp_path / "vendor.js"], cache_root=tmp_path)
+    marker = str(tmp_path)
+    for n in result["nodes"]:
+        assert marker not in n["id"], f"absolute path leaked into id: {n}"
+    labels = {n.get("label") for n in result["nodes"]}
+    assert "real()" in labels, "the real function must still be extracted"
+    assert "$()" not in labels, "the degenerate `$` symbol must be dropped (#1899)"
+
+
 def test_python_module_qualified_call_resolves_extracted(tmp_path):
     """`module.func()` where `module` is imported resolves to the callable that
     module contains, with an EXTRACTED `calls` edge (#1883). A lowercase module