diff --git a/internal/cbm/service_patterns.c b/internal/cbm/service_patterns.c
index 053fe9b2d..5ff5abeb5 100644
--- a/internal/cbm/service_patterns.c
+++ b/internal/cbm/service_patterns.c
@@ -782,6 +782,10 @@ void cbm_service_patterns_init(void) {
     /* No-op — tables are static const */
 }
 
+bool cbm_service_pattern_is_global_fetch(const char *callee_name) {
+    return callee_name != NULL && strcmp(callee_name, "fetch") == 0;
+}
+
 cbm_svc_kind_t cbm_service_pattern_match(const char *resolved_qn) {
     if (!resolved_qn || !resolved_qn[0]) {
         return CBM_SVC_NONE;
diff --git a/internal/cbm/service_patterns.h b/internal/cbm/service_patterns.h
index 8a87c63fa..28cbfe1b9 100644
--- a/internal/cbm/service_patterns.h
+++ b/internal/cbm/service_patterns.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #ifndef CBM_SERVICE_PATTERNS_H
 #define CBM_SERVICE_PATTERNS_H
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
 /* Edge type returned by pattern match. */
 typedef enum {
     CBM_SVC_NONE = 0,      /* Not a service pattern — use normal CALLS */
@@ -32,6 +34,16 @@ void cbm_service_patterns_init(void);
  * "project.venv.requests.api.get"). Import-alias transparent. */
 cbm_svc_kind_t cbm_service_pattern_match(const char *resolved_qn);
 
+/* True for a bare, unqualified call to the native `fetch()` API. Deliberately
+ * NOT part of the substring tables above: those are matched unconditionally
+ * against the raw callee name before/regardless of registry resolution
+ * (the #523 external-library bypass), and "fetch" — unlike "axios" or
+ * "requests" — collides with a plausible local identifier. Callers must
+ * only consult this after registry resolution has come back empty, so a
+ * locally resolvable `function fetch(){}` / `const fetch = () => {}` is
+ * classified via its real resolved QN instead and never reaches this check. */
+bool cbm_service_pattern_is_global_fetch(const char *callee_name);
+
 /* Per-worker TLS cache for cbm_service_pattern_match results. The
  * pattern matcher runs once per resolved CALL edge in emit_service_
  * edge — that's 6 pattern lists × ~30 patterns × strstr per call ≈
diff --git a/src/pipeline/pass_calls.c b/src/pipeline/pass_calls.c
index 38087fc51..7ed132d98 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/pass_calls.c
+++ b/src/pipeline/pass_calls.c
@@ -506,8 +506,15 @@ static int resolve_single_call(cbm_pipeline_ctx_t *ctx, CBMCall *call,
          * HTTP_CALLS/ASYNC_CALLS edge directly (target is a synthesized route
          * node, not the absent library). Without this the call is dropped and
          * cross-repo matching finds no edge to match (#523). The parallel path
-         * has the equivalent empty-resolution fallback in resolve_file_calls. */
+         * has the equivalent empty-resolution fallback in resolve_file_calls.
+         *
+         * Native `fetch()` (#856) belongs here too, not in the substring
+         * tables above: it only counts as the global API once resolution has
+         * already failed to find a local/imported `fetch` definition. */
         cbm_svc_kind_t esvc = cbm_service_pattern_match(call->callee_name);
+        if (esvc == CBM_SVC_NONE && cbm_service_pattern_is_global_fetch(call->callee_name)) {
+            esvc = CBM_SVC_HTTP;
+        }
         if (esvc == CBM_SVC_HTTP || esvc == CBM_SVC_ASYNC) {
             const char *u = call->first_string_arg;
             bool has_url_or_topic = u && u[0] != '\0' &&
diff --git a/src/pipeline/pass_parallel.c b/src/pipeline/pass_parallel.c
index 8e0d35691..bee5b0c58 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/pass_parallel.c
+++ b/src/pipeline/pass_parallel.c
@@ -2299,6 +2299,20 @@ static void resolve_file_calls(resolve_ctx_t *rc, resolve_worker_state_t *ws, CB
                 emit_service_edge(ws->local_edge_buf, source_node, source_node, call, &fake_res,
                                   module_qn, rc->registry, rc->main_gbuf, imp_keys, imp_vals,
                                   imp_count, false);
+            } else if (cbm_service_pattern_is_global_fetch(call->callee_name)) {
+                /* Native `fetch()` (#856): only the global API once resolution
+                 * has failed to find a local/imported `fetch`. Call the low-level
+                 * emitter directly — emit_service_edge re-derives its own kind
+                 * from res->qualified_name via cbm_service_pattern_match, which
+                 * "fetch" deliberately never matches (mirrors pass_calls.c). */
+                const char *u = call->first_string_arg;
+                if (u && u[0] != '\0' && (u[0] == '/' || strstr(u, "://") != NULL)) {
+                    cbm_resolution_t fake_res = {.qualified_name = call->callee_name,
+                                                 .confidence = PP_HALF_CONF,
+                                                 .strategy = "service_pattern"};
+                    emit_http_async_service_edge(ws->local_edge_buf, source_node, call, &fake_res,
+                                                 CBM_SVC_HTTP, u);
+                }
             }
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline.c b/tests/test_pipeline.c
index 1b91fb227..1f2a7c48b 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline.c
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline.c
@@ -1129,6 +1129,146 @@ TEST(pipeline_tsjs_receiver_parallel_keeps_service_edges) {
     PASS();
 }
 
+/* Native `fetch()` (#856), sequential path (< 50 files → pass_calls.c). A bare
+ * unqualified call to the global fetch API has no import and no local
+ * definition anywhere in this project, so registry resolution comes back
+ * empty; classify it as HTTP_CALLS via the same #523-style empty-resolution
+ * fallback used for axios/requests. A member call on an unrelated receiver
+ * (`repo.fetch()`) must NOT be swept in — its callee_name is "repo.fetch",
+ * not the bare "fetch" this check matches exactly. */
+TEST(pipeline_native_fetch_classified_as_http_calls) {
+    char tmp[256];
+    snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "/tmp/cbm_fetch_XXXXXX");
+    if (!cbm_mkdtemp(tmp)) {
+        FAIL("tmpdir");
+    }
+
+    write_temp_file(tmp, "src/api.ts",
+                    "export function loadData(): unknown {\n"
+                    "  return fetch('/api/data');\n"
+                    "}\n");
+    /* `repo.fetch()` — a method call, not the global. Must not over-match. */
+    write_temp_file(tmp, "src/repo.ts",
+                    "export function useRepo(repo: { fetch: () => unknown }): unknown {\n"
+                    "  return repo.fetch();\n"
+                    "}\n");
+
+    char db_path[512];
+    snprintf(db_path, sizeof(db_path), "%s/fetch.db", tmp);
+    cbm_pipeline_t *p = cbm_pipeline_new(tmp, db_path, CBM_MODE_FULL);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(p);
+    ASSERT_EQ(cbm_pipeline_run(p), 0);
+    const char *project = cbm_pipeline_project_name(p);
+
+    cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_path(db_path);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
+
+    ASSERT_GTE(cbm_store_count_edges_by_type(s, project, "HTTP_CALLS"), 1);
+    /* Exactly the bare call, not the method call too. */
+    ASSERT_EQ(cbm_store_count_edges_by_type(s, project, "HTTP_CALLS"), 1);
+
+    cbm_store_close(s);
+    cbm_pipeline_free(p);
+    th_rmtree(tmp);
+    PASS();
+}
+
+/* Native `fetch()` (#856), parallel path (>= 50 files -> pass_parallel.c's
+ * resolve_file_calls). Mirrors pipeline_native_fetch_classified_as_http_calls
+ * but forces the parallel resolver, since the empty-resolution fallback is a
+ * separate implementation there (resolve_file_calls calls
+ * emit_http_async_service_edge directly rather than through emit_service_edge,
+ * which would otherwise re-derive CBM_SVC_NONE for "fetch" and silently fall
+ * through to a plain CALLS edge). */
+TEST(pipeline_native_fetch_parallel_classified_as_http_calls) {
+    char tmp[256];
+    snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "/tmp/cbm_fetch_par_XXXXXX");
+    if (!cbm_mkdtemp(tmp)) {
+        FAIL("tmpdir");
+    }
+
+    write_temp_file(tmp, "src/api.ts",
+                    "export function loadData(): unknown {\n"
+                    "  return fetch('/api/data');\n"
+                    "}\n");
+    for (int i = 0; i < 52; i++) {
+        char name[64];
+        char body[128];
+        snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "src/filler%d.ts", i);
+        snprintf(body, sizeof(body), "export function filler%d(): number {\n  return %d;\n}\n", i,
+                 i);
+        write_temp_file(tmp, name, body);
+    }
+
+    char *old_workers = getenv("CBM_WORKERS");
+    char *saved = old_workers ? strdup(old_workers) : NULL;
+    cbm_setenv("CBM_WORKERS", "4", 1); /* force parallel regardless of host cores */
+
+    char db_path[512];
+    snprintf(db_path, sizeof(db_path), "%s/fetch_par.db", tmp);
+    cbm_pipeline_t *p = cbm_pipeline_new(tmp, db_path, CBM_MODE_FULL);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(p);
+    ASSERT_EQ(cbm_pipeline_run(p), 0);
+    const char *project = cbm_pipeline_project_name(p);
+
+    cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_path(db_path);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
+
+    ASSERT_GTE(cbm_store_count_edges_by_type(s, project, "HTTP_CALLS"), 1);
+
+    cbm_store_close(s);
+    cbm_pipeline_free(p);
+    if (saved) {
+        cbm_setenv("CBM_WORKERS", saved, 1);
+        free(saved);
+    } else {
+        cbm_unsetenv("CBM_WORKERS");
+    }
+    th_rmtree(tmp);
+    PASS();
+}
+
+/* Native `fetch()` (#856): a LOCAL `fetch` definition must win over the
+ * global-API guess. Registry resolution finds this project's own top-level
+ * `fetch` function, so the call is a plain CALLS edge to it — never
+ * HTTP_CALLS. Isolated in its own project: the registry's project-wide
+ * unique-name fallback means a local `fetch` anywhere in a project can
+ * legitimately capture bare `fetch()` calls project-wide, so this must not
+ * share a project with the genuine-native-fetch test above. */
+TEST(pipeline_local_fetch_shadow_not_classified_as_http) {
+    char tmp[256];
+    snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "/tmp/cbm_fetch_shadow_XXXXXX");
+    if (!cbm_mkdtemp(tmp)) {
+        FAIL("tmpdir");
+    }
+
+    write_temp_file(tmp, "src/local_fetch.ts",
+                    "function fetch(url: string): string {\n"
+                    "  return 'mock:' + url;\n"
+                    "}\n"
+                    "export function useLocalFetch(): string {\n"
+                    "  return fetch('/api/data');\n"
+                    "}\n");
+
+    char db_path[512];
+    snprintf(db_path, sizeof(db_path), "%s/fetch_shadow.db", tmp);
+    cbm_pipeline_t *p = cbm_pipeline_new(tmp, db_path, CBM_MODE_FULL);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(p);
+    ASSERT_EQ(cbm_pipeline_run(p), 0);
+    const char *project = cbm_pipeline_project_name(p);
+
+    cbm_store_t *s = cbm_store_open_path(db_path);
+    ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(cbm_store_count_edges_by_type(s, project, "HTTP_CALLS"), 0);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(cross_file_call_exists(s, project, "useLocalFetch", "fetch"));
+
+    cbm_store_close(s);
+    cbm_pipeline_free(p);
+    th_rmtree(tmp);
+    PASS();
+}
+
 /* ── Git history pass tests ─────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 TEST(githistory_is_trackable) {
@@ -6734,6 +6874,9 @@ SUITE(pipeline) {
     RUN_TEST(pipeline_incremental_preserves_cross_file_calls);
     RUN_TEST(pipeline_tsjs_receiver_suppresses_weak_method_edge);
     RUN_TEST(pipeline_tsjs_receiver_parallel_keeps_service_edges);
+    RUN_TEST(pipeline_native_fetch_classified_as_http_calls);
+    RUN_TEST(pipeline_native_fetch_parallel_classified_as_http_calls);
+    RUN_TEST(pipeline_local_fetch_shadow_not_classified_as_http);
     /* Git history pass */
     RUN_TEST(githistory_is_trackable);
     RUN_TEST(githistory_compute_coupling);