diff --git a/__tests__/kernel-retry-materialize.test.ts b/__tests__/kernel-retry-materialize.test.ts
index 5de86ffcb..33811ec1e 100644
--- a/__tests__/kernel-retry-materialize.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/kernel-retry-materialize.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import * as os from 'node:os';
 import { CodeGraph } from '../src';
 import { initGrammars, loadGrammarsForLanguages } from '../src/extraction/grammars';
 import { tryKernelExtractRaw } from '../src/extraction/kernel';
+import { applyFrameworkExtracts } from '../src/extraction/framework-extracts';
 import type { ExtractionResult } from '../src/types';
 
 const KERNEL_PATH = path.join(
@@ -95,6 +96,75 @@ describe.skipIf(!kernelBuilt || process.env.CODEGRAPH_KERNEL === '0')('kernel bu
     expect(nodes.map((n) => n.name)).toContain('target_fn');
     expect(nodes.map((n) => n.name)).toContain('Adapter');
   });
+
+  it('framework extract() output on the buffer transport is stored after decode', async () => {
+    const source =
+      'from django.urls import path\n' +
+      'from . import views\n' +
+      '\n' +
+      'urlpatterns = [\n' +
+      '    path("orders/<int:order_id>/", views.order_detail, name="order-detail"),\n' +
+      ']\n';
+    const filePath = 'urls.py';
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, filePath), source);
+
+    const raw = tryKernelExtractRaw(filePath, source, 'python');
+    expect(raw).not.toBeNull();
+    const transport: ExtractionResult = {
+      nodes: [],
+      edges: [],
+      unresolvedReferences: [],
+      errors: raw!.errors,
+      durationMs: 0,
+      kernelBuffers: raw!.buffers,
+      kernelCounts: raw!.counts,
+    };
+    // What parse-worker now does instead of falling back to decode:
+    // framework hooks run on (filePath, source) and append to the transport.
+    applyFrameworkExtracts(transport, filePath, source, 'python', ['django']);
+    const fwNodeCount = transport.nodes.length;
+    expect(fwNodeCount).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(transport.unresolvedReferences.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+    const stats = fs.statSync(path.join(dir, filePath));
+    const orchestrator = (cg as unknown as { orchestrator: { storeExtractionResult(f: string, c: string, l: string, s: fs.Stats, r: ExtractionResult): Promise<void> } }).orchestrator;
+    await orchestrator.storeExtractionResult(filePath, source, 'python', stats, transport);
+
+    // Kernel nodes + framework nodes both land — the appended transport
+    // arrays are pushed onto the decoded tables, not dropped.
+    const nodes = cg.getNodesInFile(filePath);
+    expect(nodes.length).toBe(raw!.counts.nodes + fwNodeCount);
+    expect(nodes.some((n) => n.name === 'order_detail' || n.kind === 'route' || n.filePath === filePath)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('materializeKernelResult appends framework nodes/refs after the kernel tables', async () => {
+    const { materializeKernelResult } = await import('../src/extraction/kernel');
+    const source =
+      'from django.urls import path\n' +
+      'urlpatterns = [path("a/", views.a)]\n';
+    const filePath = 'urls.py';
+
+    const raw = tryKernelExtractRaw(filePath, source, 'python');
+    expect(raw).not.toBeNull();
+    const transport: ExtractionResult = {
+      nodes: [],
+      edges: [],
+      unresolvedReferences: [],
+      errors: raw!.errors,
+      durationMs: 0,
+      kernelBuffers: raw!.buffers,
+      kernelCounts: raw!.counts,
+    };
+    applyFrameworkExtracts(transport, filePath, source, 'python', ['django']);
+    const fwNodes = transport.nodes.length;
+    const fwRefs = transport.unresolvedReferences.length;
+
+    const decoded = materializeKernelResult(transport, filePath, 'python');
+    expect(decoded.nodes.length).toBe(raw!.counts.nodes + fwNodes);
+    expect(decoded.unresolvedReferences.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(fwRefs);
+    // Append order: framework entries come after the kernel's own.
+    expect(decoded.nodes.slice(raw!.counts.nodes)).toEqual(transport.nodes);
+  });
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/extraction/framework-extracts.ts b/src/extraction/framework-extracts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b67ca826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extraction/framework-extracts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { getAllFrameworkResolvers, getApplicableFrameworks } from '../resolution/frameworks';
+import type { ExtractionResult, Language } from '../types';
+
+/**
+ * Append every applicable framework's `extract()` output to `result` —
+ * nodes then refs, extractor output first, a failed hook degrading to a
+ * warning. Runs inside extractFromSource for the decoded path, and on the
+ * store side of the kernel-buffer path, where the merge must land
+ * post-decode so framework projects keep the flat-buffer fast path.
+ */
+export function applyFrameworkExtracts(
+  result: ExtractionResult,
+  filePath: string,
+  source: string,
+  language: Language,
+  frameworkNames: string[] | undefined
+): void {
+  if (!frameworkNames || frameworkNames.length === 0) return;
+  const applicable = getApplicableFrameworks(
+    getAllFrameworkResolvers().filter((r) => frameworkNames.includes(r.name)),
+    language
+  );
+  for (const fw of applicable) {
+    if (!fw.extract) continue;
+    try {
+      const fwResult = fw.extract(filePath, source);
+      result.nodes.push(...fwResult.nodes);
+      result.unresolvedReferences.push(...fwResult.references);
+    } catch (err) {
+      result.errors.push({
+        message: `Framework extractor '${fw.name}' failed: ${
+          err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+        }`,
+        filePath,
+        severity: 'warning',
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/extraction/index.ts b/src/extraction/index.ts
index 8c3fa8a76..dc085e754 100644
--- a/src/extraction/index.ts
+++ b/src/extraction/index.ts
@@ -2434,9 +2434,12 @@ export class ExtractionOrchestrator {
       const bp = walBackpressure?.();
       if (bp) await bp;
 
-      // Kernel deferred-decode results carry table sizes in kernelCounts
-      // (their object arrays are empty — decode happens at the store).
-      const nodeCount = result.kernelCounts?.nodes ?? result.nodes.length;
+      // Kernel deferred-decode results carry table sizes in kernelCounts —
+      // decode happens at the store; result.nodes then holds only the
+      // framework extract() additions, so count both.
+      const nodeCount = result.kernelCounts !== undefined
+        ? result.kernelCounts.nodes + result.nodes.length
+        : result.nodes.length;
       const edgeCount = result.kernelCounts?.edges ?? result.edges.length;
 
       // A file whose grammar failed to load was never parsed (#2335).
@@ -2460,6 +2463,7 @@ export class ExtractionOrchestrator {
             buffers: result.kernelBuffers,
             file: this.buildFileRecord(filePath, content, language, stats, nodeCount, result.errors),
             ...(result.unresolvedReferences.length > 0 ? { extraRefs: result.unresolvedReferences } : {}),
+            ...(result.nodes.length > 0 ? { extraNodes: result.nodes } : {}),
           });
         } else {
           storeWriter.send(this.buildFreshStoreBundle(filePath, content, language, stats, result));
diff --git a/src/extraction/kernel/index.ts b/src/extraction/kernel/index.ts
index 8424f2676..682bbcf59 100644
--- a/src/extraction/kernel/index.ts
+++ b/src/extraction/kernel/index.ts
@@ -310,8 +310,14 @@ export function materializeKernelResult(
   );
   if (b.literalSource !== undefined) captureLiterals(b.literalSource, decoded.nodes);
   decoded.durationMs = result.durationMs;
-  // References read beside the tables (a CommonJS `require`) ride on the transport.
+  // References read beside the tables (a CommonJS `require`), then framework
+  // extract() output, ride on the transport — same append order as
+  // extractFromSource. So do the framework nodes and any merge warnings —
+  // which are the transport's error TAIL: the kernel's own errors already
+  // decoded above, so re-appending them would double-count.
+  if (result.nodes.length > 0) decoded.nodes.push(...result.nodes);
   if (result.unresolvedReferences.length > 0) decoded.unresolvedReferences.push(...result.unresolvedReferences);
+  if (result.errors.length > decoded.errors.length) decoded.errors.push(...result.errors.slice(decoded.errors.length));
   return decoded;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/extraction/parse-worker.ts b/src/extraction/parse-worker.ts
index cb7b31787..4e30c3592 100644
--- a/src/extraction/parse-worker.ts
+++ b/src/extraction/parse-worker.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { extractFromSource } from './tree-sitter';
 import { detectLanguage } from './grammars';
 import { tryKernelExtractRaw } from './kernel';
 import { commonJsRequireRefs } from './commonjs-requires';
-import { getAllFrameworkResolvers, getApplicableFrameworks } from '../resolution/frameworks';
+import { applyFrameworkExtracts } from './framework-extracts';
 import { mayDefineCppMacroMethods } from './languages/cpp-macro-methods';
 import type { Language, ExtractionResult } from '../types';
 
@@ -43,20 +43,11 @@ parentPort!.on('message', async (msg: { type: string; id?: number; filePath?: st
       // Kernel deferred-decode fast path: ship the file's tables as flat
       // buffers and decode at the STORE boundary, so the main thread never
       // materializes per-node objects (nor pays their structured-clone cost —
-      // buffer clone is a flat memcpy). Only when no applicable framework has
-      // an extract() hook: those merge extra nodes/refs into the DECODED
-      // result inside extractFromSource, so such files keep the decoded path.
-      // So does a C++ file that may define methods with its own macros: they
-      // are minted after the kernel, in extractFromSource.
+      // buffer clone is a flat memcpy). Only a C++ file that may define
+      // methods with its own macros keeps the decoded path — those are
+      // minted after the kernel, in extractFromSource.
       let result: ExtractionResult | undefined;
-      const frameworksNeedDecode =
-        frameworkNames && frameworkNames.length > 0
-          ? getApplicableFrameworks(
-              getAllFrameworkResolvers().filter((r) => frameworkNames.includes(r.name)),
-              language
-            ).some((fw) => !!fw.extract)
-          : false;
-      if (!frameworksNeedDecode && !(language === 'cpp' && mayDefineCppMacroMethods(content!))) {
+      if (!(language === 'cpp' && mayDefineCppMacroMethods(content!))) {
         const raw = tryKernelExtractRaw(filePath!, content!, language);
         if (raw) {
           result = {
@@ -69,6 +60,11 @@ parentPort!.on('message', async (msg: { type: string; id?: number; filePath?: st
             kernelBuffers: raw.buffers,
             kernelCounts: raw.counts,
           };
+          // A framework extract() hook no longer forces the decoded path:
+          // the hook needs only (filePath, source), so it runs here and its
+          // nodes/refs append onto the transport as extras — the store side
+          // pushes them after decode, same order as extractFromSource.
+          applyFrameworkExtracts(result, filePath!, content!, language, frameworkNames);
         }
       }
       result ??= extractFromSource(filePath!, content!, language, frameworkNames);
diff --git a/src/extraction/store-worker.ts b/src/extraction/store-worker.ts
index 15970589d..6afdf03e3 100644
--- a/src/extraction/store-worker.ts
+++ b/src/extraction/store-worker.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ function decodeKernelBundle(bundle: KernelStoreBundle): StoreBundle {
   if (bundle.buffers.literalSource !== undefined) {
     captureLiterals(bundle.buffers.literalSource, decoded.nodes);
   }
+  // Framework extract() output and CommonJS refs ride the transport; both
+  // append after the kernel's tables, the same order extractFromSource
+  // produces (kernel → CommonJS → framework refs; kernel → framework nodes).
+  if (bundle.extraNodes?.length) decoded.nodes.push(...bundle.extraNodes);
   if (bundle.extraRefs?.length) decoded.unresolvedReferences.push(...bundle.extraRefs);
   return finalizeStoreBundle(decoded, bundle.filePath, bundle.language, bundle.file);
 }
diff --git a/src/extraction/store-writer.ts b/src/extraction/store-writer.ts
index 5fa049ffe..bfe74569d 100644
--- a/src/extraction/store-writer.ts
+++ b/src/extraction/store-writer.ts
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ export interface KernelStoreBundle {
   language: Language;
   buffers: NonNullable<ExtractionResult['kernelBuffers']>;
   file: FileRecord;
-  /** References read beside the kernel's tables (a CommonJS `require`). */
+  /** References read beside the kernel's tables (a CommonJS `require`),
+   *  then framework extract() references, in transport order. */
   extraRefs?: ExtractionResult['unresolvedReferences'];
+  /** Framework extract() output nodes, appended after the kernel's. */
+  extraNodes?: ExtractionResult['nodes'];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/extraction/tree-sitter.ts b/src/extraction/tree-sitter.ts
index 62f16d661..9a003bd54 100644
--- a/src/extraction/tree-sitter.ts
+++ b/src/extraction/tree-sitter.ts
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ import { CfmlExtractor } from './cfml-extractor';
 import { tryKernelExtract, takeDeferredPreParse, tryKernelBindings, attachBindingNodeIds } from './kernel';
 import { captureLiterals } from './literal-capture';
 import { commonJsRequireRefs } from './commonjs-requires';
-import {
-  getAllFrameworkResolvers,
-  getApplicableFrameworks,
-} from '../resolution/frameworks';
+import { applyFrameworkExtracts } from './framework-extracts';
 
 // Re-export for backward compatibility
 export { generateNodeId } from './tree-sitter-helpers';
@@ -9931,29 +9928,7 @@ export function extractFromSource(
   }
 
   // Framework-specific extraction (routes, middleware, etc.)
-  if (frameworkNames && frameworkNames.length > 0) {
-    const allResolvers = getAllFrameworkResolvers();
-    const applicable = getApplicableFrameworks(
-      allResolvers.filter((r) => frameworkNames.includes(r.name)),
-      detectedLanguage
-    );
-    for (const fw of applicable) {
-      if (!fw.extract) continue;
-      try {
-        const fwResult = fw.extract(filePath, source);
-        result.nodes.push(...fwResult.nodes);
-        result.unresolvedReferences.push(...fwResult.references);
-      } catch (err) {
-        result.errors.push({
-          message: `Framework extractor '${fw.name}' failed: ${
-            err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
-          }`,
-          filePath,
-          severity: 'warning',
-        });
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  applyFrameworkExtracts(result, filePath, source, detectedLanguage, frameworkNames);
 
   return result;
 }