diff -ruN nexusai-baseline/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js nexusai/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js
--- nexusai-baseline/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js	2026-08-17 08:30:14.134940899 +0000
+++ nexusai/packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js	2026-08-17 09:31:36.173324394 +0000
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
   return IGNORED_NAMES.has(normalized);
 }
 
+// Guards against the extraction model regurgitating the "known entities" hint block
+// as if those entities appeared in the conversation. The prompt constrains names to
+// short proper nouns, so a genuinely-discussed entity appears verbatim in the
+// exchange; a regurgitated one generally does not. Whitespace/case-normalized
+// substring match.
+function mentionedIn(name, haystack) {
+  const norm = s => s.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+  return norm(haystack).includes(norm(name));
+}
+
 // NOTE: This prompt uses ChatML format (<|im_start|> / <|im_end|> tags), which is
 // specific to qwen-family models. If EXTRACTION_MODEL is changed to a Llama-family
 // or other model, this format will need to change — most alternatives use either
@@ -46,6 +56,7 @@
         '  "notes": one specific sentence about this entity based on the conversation',
         'For relationships, use snake_case verb labels (e.g. works_on, manages, uses, knows, located_in, part_of, created_by).',
         'Only include relationships between entities you have listed above.',
+        'The known-entities list below is ONLY for consistent spelling and types. Do NOT output an entity unless it actually appears in the conversation.',
         'Return this exact JSON structure:',
         '{ "entities": [{"name": "...", "type": "...", "notes": "..."}], "relationships": [{"from": "...", "fromType": "...", "to": "...", "toType": "...", "label": "...", "notes": "..."}] }',
         '',
@@ -129,9 +140,17 @@
         const entityMap = new Map();
         let saved = 0;
 
+        // Everything the model was actually shown from THIS exchange. Extracted names
+        // are verified against this to reject regurgitated known-entity hints.
+        const conversationText = `${userMessage} ${aiResponse}`;
+
         for (const { name, type, notes } of entities) {
             if (!name || !type || !ENTITY_TYPES.includes(type)) continue;
             if (isIgnoredName(name)) continue;
+            if (!mentionedIn(name, conversationText)) {
+                logger.debug(`[entities] Skipping "${name}" — not present in the exchange (likely hint regurgitation)`);
+                continue;
+            }
 
             const entity = upsertEntity(name, type, notes ?? null);
             entityMap.set(`${name}::${type}`, entity);
@@ -178,4 +197,4 @@
     }
 }
 
-module.exports = { extractAndStoreEntities };
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = { extractAndStoreEntities, mentionedIn, isIgnoredName };
\ No newline at end of file
diff -ruN nexusai-baseline/test/entity-extraction.test.js nexusai/test/entity-extraction.test.js
--- nexusai-baseline/test/entity-extraction.test.js	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ nexusai/test/entity-extraction.test.js	2026-08-17 09:32:11.494207622 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Entity extraction guards — tests the REAL mentionedIn and isIgnoredName filters
+// that keep the extractor from storing (a) greetings and (b) "known entities" hint
+// regurgitation. The mentionedIn cases are built from an actual observed failure:
+// a "good morning" turn where qwen echoed the hint list back as fake extractions.
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const { mentionedIn, isIgnoredName } = require('../packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction');
+
+test('mentionedIn accepts names that actually appear in the exchange', () => {
+  const text = 'User: I love how Sanderson writes magic systems. Assistant: Brandon Sanderson is known for hard magic.';
+  assert.ok(mentionedIn('Sanderson', text));
+  assert.ok(mentionedIn('Brandon Sanderson', text));
+});
+
+test('mentionedIn is case- and whitespace-insensitive', () => {
+  assert.ok(mentionedIn('digimon world next order', 'talking about Digimon World Next Order today'));
+  assert.ok(mentionedIn('Digimon   World', 'the Digimon World game'));   // collapsed whitespace
+});
+
+test('mentionedIn matches a name inside a possessive', () => {
+  assert.ok(mentionedIn('Sanderson', "Sanderson's latest book"));
+});
+
+test('regurgitated hint entities are rejected on a greeting turn (the bug)', () => {
+  // The exchange that triggered the bug — a bare greeting, no entities in it.
+  const exchange = 'good morning again Morning! Good timing — anything on your mind today?';
+  // The names qwen wrongly "extracted" from the hint block, verbatim from the logs.
+  const regurgitated = [
+    'Sanderson', 'Baldree', 'Riordan',
+    'Digimon World Next Order',
+    'Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna',
+    'Digimon Adventure (2020 reboot)',
+  ];
+  for (const name of regurgitated) {
+    assert.strictEqual(mentionedIn(name, exchange), false, `"${name}" should be rejected — not in the exchange`);
+  }
+});
+
+test('a real entity survives even when hint regurgitation is happening', () => {
+  const exchange = 'good morning — did you finish the Qdrant migration? Yes, the Qdrant collection is rebuilt.';
+  assert.ok(mentionedIn('Qdrant', exchange), 'genuinely-discussed entity is kept');
+});
+
+test('isIgnoredName catches greetings regardless of punctuation/case', () => {
+  assert.ok(isIgnoredName('Good morning'));
+  assert.ok(isIgnoredName('good morning!'));
+  assert.ok(isIgnoredName('  HELLO  '));
+  assert.strictEqual(isIgnoredName('Qdrant'), false);
+});