diff --git a/src/scribe/services/plugin_context.py b/src/scribe/services/plugin_context.py
index 32ecbe7..192c3b8 100644
--- a/src/scribe/services/plugin_context.py
+++ b/src/scribe/services/plugin_context.py
@@ -334,10 +334,15 @@ async def _reserve_slot_for_reuse(
         note_type=_REUSE_KINDS,
         scope="browse",
     )
-    # Belt and braces on top of exclude_ids: a record already on the menu must
-    # never appear twice, and one slot is all this is entitled to.
+    # Verify the kind rather than trusting the query that asked for it, and
+    # dedup on top of exclude_ids. This slot exists FOR reuse kinds — a slot
+    # silently spent on something else is worse than no slot, because the line
+    # is indistinguishable from one that earned its place on score.
     kept_ids = {int(n.id) for _s, n in kept}
-    fresh = [(s, n) for s, n in reuse if int(n.id) not in kept_ids][:1]
+    fresh = [
+        (s, n) for s, n in reuse
+        if _record_kind(n) in _REUSE_KINDS and int(n.id) not in kept_ids
+    ][:1]
     if not fresh:
         return kept
 
diff --git a/tests/test_note_usage.py b/tests/test_note_usage.py
index 92dd7d9..b57f6b3 100644
--- a/tests/test_note_usage.py
+++ b/tests/test_note_usage.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ def _note(nid, title, user_id=1):
     # See the same note in test_write_path_trigger: an auto-created mock on
     # `.data` is truthy and would leak into a rendered menu line (#2244).
     n.data = None
+    # And on `.is_task`, which the kind marker reads FIRST — truthy there makes
+    # every one of these snippets read as a task (#2246).
+    n.is_task, n.task_kind = False, "work"
     return n
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_services_plugin_context.py b/tests/test_services_plugin_context.py
index 5754686..82b96e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_services_plugin_context.py
+++ b/tests/test_services_plugin_context.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ def _note(nid, title, user_id=1, note_type="note", is_task=False, task_kind="wor
     # auto-MagicMock is truthy, so every line would read as another user's task.
     n.user_id = user_id
     n.note_type, n.is_task, n.task_kind = note_type, is_task, task_kind
+    # The write-path menu reads note.data for a language tag; an auto-mock there
+    # is truthy and renders its repr into the marker.
+    n.data = None
     return n
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py b/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
index 2426315..6f709b5 100644
--- a/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
+++ b/tests/test_write_path_trigger.py
@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@ def _snippet_item(nid, title, user_id=1):
     return {"id": nid, "title": title, "user_id": user_id, "note_type": "snippet"}
 
 
-def _note(nid, title, user_id=1):
+def _note(nid, title, user_id=1, note_type="snippet", is_task=False, task_kind="work"):
     n = MagicMock()
     n.id, n.title, n.user_id = nid, title, user_id
     # Explicitly None, not left to MagicMock's auto-attribute: the semantic arm
     # reads `note.data` for the snippet's language (#2244), and an auto-created
     # mock there is truthy, so it would render its repr into the menu line.
     n.data = None
+    # Same reasoning, second instance: since #2246 this arm returns issues and
+    # dev-logs too, so the line names the kind. An auto-mock `is_task` is truthy,
+    # which would label every snippet here "task".
+    n.note_type, n.is_task, n.task_kind = note_type, is_task, task_kind
     return n
 
 
@@ -183,8 +187,11 @@ async def test_semantic_arm_is_snippet_only_and_browse_scoped():
          patch.object(pc, "record_retrieval", MagicMock()):
         await pc.build_write_path_hint(1, "src/x.py", code=REAL_CODE)
     kwargs = search.await_args.kwargs
-    # Prior art means snippets — not the dev-log that happens to mention one.
-    assert kwargs["note_type"] == "snippet"
+    # Prior art is snippets AND recorded experience (#2246) — an issue saying
+    # "we tried this and it broke" belongs here. What stays out is the open
+    # to-do list, which resembles the code and answers nothing.
+    assert kwargs["note_type"] == ("snippet", "note")
+    assert kwargs["task_kind"] == "issue"
     # Nobody asked for this, so it must not reach a one-to-one direct share.
     assert kwargs["scope"] == "browse"