diff --git a/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/resolver/MachineEnumCanonicalizer.java b/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/resolver/MachineEnumCanonicalizer.java
index 0ec6e0c..ac5c887 100644
--- a/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/resolver/MachineEnumCanonicalizer.java
+++ b/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/resolver/MachineEnumCanonicalizer.java
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ public final class MachineEnumCanonicalizer {
             }
             if (pe.startsWith("<SYMBOLIC: ") && pe.endsWith(".*>")) {
                 String symbolicType = pe.substring("<SYMBOLIC: ".length(), pe.length() - 3).trim();
+                if (context != null && context.isAmbiguousSimpleName(symbolicType)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (!enumTypesMatch(machineEventTypeFqn, symbolicType)) {
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/service/AbstractCallGraphEngine.java b/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/service/AbstractCallGraphEngine.java
index 766bd61..8cbdda4 100644
--- a/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/service/AbstractCallGraphEngine.java
+++ b/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/service/AbstractCallGraphEngine.java
@@ -990,6 +990,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractCallGraphEngine implements CallGraphEngine {
                     if (polymorphicEvents.size() > 1) {
                         isAmbiguous = true;
                     }
+                    if (polymorphicEvents.isEmpty()
+                            && context.isAmbiguousSimpleName(declaredType)
+                            && !tp.isExternal()
+                            && !isRuntimeEnumParameter(exprNode instanceof Expression expression ? expression : null)
+                            && !(keyedMapLookupOnInitializer[0] && pathBoundMapKeyOnInitializer[0])) {
+                        String symbolic = "<SYMBOLIC: " + declaredType + ".*>";
+                        if (!polymorphicEvents.contains(symbolic)) {
+                            polymorphicEvents.add(symbolic);
+                        }
+                        isAmbiguous = true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/ast/common/CodebaseContext.java b/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/ast/common/CodebaseContext.java
index 6271b04..3edc9fd 100644
--- a/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/ast/common/CodebaseContext.java
+++ b/state_machine_exporter/src/main/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/ast/common/CodebaseContext.java
@@ -513,6 +513,17 @@ public class CodebaseContext {
         return enumValues;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true when multiple types share the same simple name across packages, so simple-name
+     * lookup must fail closed.
+     */
+    public boolean isAmbiguousSimpleName(String name) {
+        if (name == null || name.isBlank() || name.contains(".")) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return ambiguousSimpleNames.contains(name);
+    }
+
     public List<String> getEnumValues(String fqnOrSimpleName) {
         if (fqnOrSimpleName == null) return null;
         
diff --git a/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/resolver/MachineEnumCanonicalizerTest.java b/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/resolver/MachineEnumCanonicalizerTest.java
index 8175998..1c884ff 100644
--- a/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/resolver/MachineEnumCanonicalizerTest.java
+++ b/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/resolver/MachineEnumCanonicalizerTest.java
@@ -211,6 +211,26 @@ class MachineEnumCanonicalizerTest {
                 "com.example.order.OrderEvent.PAY");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldNotExpandSymbolicPlaceholderWhenSimpleEnumNameIsAmbiguous(@TempDir Path tempDir) throws IOException {
+        Files.createDirectories(tempDir.resolve("a"));
+        Files.createDirectories(tempDir.resolve("b"));
+        Files.writeString(tempDir.resolve("a/OrderEvent.java"),
+                "package a; public enum OrderEvent { PAY, SHIP }");
+        Files.writeString(tempDir.resolve("b/OrderEvent.java"),
+                "package b; public enum OrderEvent { CANCEL }");
+
+        CodebaseContext context = new CodebaseContext();
+        context.scan(tempDir);
+
+        List<String> expanded = MachineEnumCanonicalizer.expandSymbolicPolymorphicEvents(
+                List.of("<SYMBOLIC: OrderEvent.*>"),
+                "a.OrderEvent",
+                context);
+
+        assertThat(expanded).isEmpty();
+    }
+
     @Test
     void shouldValidateRawNameConsistencyForCanonicalHelpers() {
         assertThat(MachineEnumCanonicalizer.isRawNameConsistentWithFullIdentifier(
diff --git a/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/service/AmbiguousSimpleEnumLinkingTest.java b/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/service/AmbiguousSimpleEnumLinkingTest.java
index 5800b09..3077a85 100644
--- a/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/service/AmbiguousSimpleEnumLinkingTest.java
+++ b/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/analysis/service/AmbiguousSimpleEnumLinkingTest.java
@@ -157,5 +157,72 @@ class AmbiguousSimpleEnumLinkingTest {
         assertThat(linked.getMatchedTransitions()).isNullOrEmpty();
         assertThat(linked.getLinkResolution()).isIn(LinkResolution.NO_MATCH, LinkResolution.AMBIGUOUS_WIDEN);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldFailClosedWhenMachineEventTypeWouldExpandAmbiguousSymbolic(@TempDir Path tempDir) throws Exception {
+        Files.createDirectories(tempDir.resolve("a"));
+        Files.createDirectories(tempDir.resolve("b"));
+        Files.writeString(tempDir.resolve("a/OrderEvent.java"),
+                "package a; public enum OrderEvent { PAY, SHIP }");
+        Files.writeString(tempDir.resolve("b/OrderEvent.java"),
+                "package b; public enum OrderEvent { CANCEL }");
+        Files.writeString(tempDir.resolve("App.java"), """
+                package com.example;
+                import a.OrderEvent;
+                public class OrderController {
+                    Dispatcher dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+                    public void transition(String eventStr) {
+                        dispatcher.dispatch(eventStr);
+                    }
+                }
+                class Dispatcher {
+                    void dispatch(String eventStr) {
+                        StateMachine sm = new StateMachine();
+                        sm.sendEvent(OrderEvent.valueOf(eventStr));
+                    }
+                }
+                class StateMachine { void sendEvent(OrderEvent e) {} }
+                """);
+
+        CodebaseContext context = new CodebaseContext();
+        context.setResolveBindings(false);
+        context.scan(tempDir);
+
+        HeuristicCallGraphEngine engine = new HeuristicCallGraphEngine(context);
+        EntryPoint entry = EntryPoint.builder()
+                .className("com.example.OrderController")
+                .methodName("transition")
+                .build();
+        TriggerPoint trigger = TriggerPoint.builder()
+                .className("com.example.StateMachine")
+                .methodName("sendEvent")
+                .event("e")
+                .build();
+
+        CallChain chain = engine.findChains(List.of(entry), List.of(trigger)).get(0);
+
+        Transition pay = new Transition();
+        pay.setSourceStates(List.of(State.of("NEW", "NEW")));
+        pay.setTargetStates(List.of(State.of("PAID", "PAID")));
+        pay.setEvent(Event.of("PAY", "a.OrderEvent.PAY"));
+
+        Transition ship = new Transition();
+        ship.setSourceStates(List.of(State.of("PAID", "PAID")));
+        ship.setTargetStates(List.of(State.of("SHIPPED", "SHIPPED")));
+        ship.setEvent(Event.of("SHIP", "a.OrderEvent.SHIP"));
+
+        AnalysisResult result = AnalysisResult.builder()
+                .name("com.example.OrderStateMachineConfig")
+                .eventTypeFqn("a.OrderEvent")
+                .transitions(List.of(pay, ship))
+                .metadata(CodebaseMetadata.builder().callChains(List.of(chain)).build())
+                .build();
+
+        new TransitionLinkerEnricher().enrich(result, context, null);
+
+        CallChain linked = result.getMetadata().getCallChains().get(0);
+        assertThat(linked.getMatchedTransitions()).isNullOrEmpty();
+        assertThat(linked.getLinkResolution()).isIn(LinkResolution.NO_MATCH, LinkResolution.AMBIGUOUS_WIDEN);
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/ast/common/CodebaseContextTest.java b/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/ast/common/CodebaseContextTest.java
index 322f432..863040a 100644
--- a/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/ast/common/CodebaseContextTest.java
+++ b/state_machine_exporter/src/test/java/click/kamil/springstatemachineexporter/ast/common/CodebaseContextTest.java
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ class CodebaseContextTest {
                 .isNull();
         assertThat(context.getEnumValues("a.OrderEvent")).containsExactly("a.OrderEvent.PAY");
         assertThat(context.getEnumValues("b.OrderEvent")).containsExactly("b.OrderEvent.SHIP");
+        assertThat(context.isAmbiguousSimpleName("OrderEvent")).isTrue();
+        assertThat(context.isAmbiguousSimpleName("a.OrderEvent")).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test