diff --git a/apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/semantic-graph.test.ts b/apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/semantic-graph.test.ts
index f26883a..e3ec845 100644
--- a/apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/semantic-graph.test.ts
+++ b/apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/semantic-graph.test.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,104 @@ describe("semantic VOM graph", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("aggregates AX text at the semantic text frontier", () => {
+    const scene = buildSemanticVomScene({
+      viewport: { width: 800, height: 600 },
+      rootFrameId: "main",
+      documents: [
+        document(
+          "main",
+          [
+            {
+              nodeId: "root",
+              backendDOMNodeId: 1,
+              role: { type: "role", value: "RootWebArea" },
+              childIds: ["covered", "inline-only", "repeated", "labelled"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "covered",
+              parentId: "root",
+              backendDOMNodeId: 2,
+              role: { type: "role", value: "paragraph" },
+              childIds: ["covered-static"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "covered-static",
+              parentId: "covered",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "StaticText" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: "Covered text" },
+              childIds: ["covered-inline"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "covered-inline",
+              parentId: "covered-static",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "InlineTextBox" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: "Covered text" },
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "inline-only",
+              parentId: "root",
+              backendDOMNodeId: 3,
+              role: { type: "role", value: "paragraph" },
+              childIds: ["inline-leaf"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "inline-leaf",
+              parentId: "inline-only",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "InlineTextBox" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: "Inline fallback" },
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "repeated",
+              parentId: "root",
+              backendDOMNodeId: 4,
+              role: { type: "role", value: "paragraph" },
+              childIds: ["first-go", "second-go"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "first-go",
+              parentId: "repeated",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "StaticText" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: "Go" },
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "second-go",
+              parentId: "repeated",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "StaticText" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: "Go" },
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "labelled",
+              parentId: "root",
+              backendDOMNodeId: 5,
+              role: { type: "role", value: "button" },
+              childIds: ["visible-label"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "visible-label",
+              parentId: "labelled",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "StaticText" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: "Visible text" },
+            },
+          ],
+          [
+            dom(1, null, "body"),
+            dom(2, 1, "p"),
+            dom(3, 1, "p"),
+            dom(4, 1, "p"),
+            dom(5, 1, "button", { "aria-label": "Explicit action" }),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(scene.nodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 2)?.name).toBe("Covered text");
+    expect(scene.nodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 3)?.name).toBe("Inline fallback");
+    expect(scene.nodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 4)?.name).toBe("Go Go");
+    expect(scene.nodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 5)?.name).toBe("Explicit action");
+    expect(renderVom(scene).text).not.toContain("Covered text Covered text");
+  });
+
   it("uses stable identifiers only as a final name fallback", () => {
     const base = document(
       "main",
@@ -235,6 +333,19 @@ describe("semantic VOM graph", () => {
               nodeId: "button-a",
               backendDOMNodeId: 5,
               role: { type: "role", value: "button" },
+              childIds: ["text-a"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "text-a",
+              parentId: "button-a",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "StaticText" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: "Accept" },
+              childIds: ["inline-a"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "inline-a",
+              parentId: "text-a",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "InlineTextBox" },
               name: { type: "computedString", value: "Accept" },
             },
           ],
@@ -248,6 +359,19 @@ describe("semantic VOM graph", () => {
               nodeId: "button-b",
               backendDOMNodeId: 5,
               role: { type: "role", value: "button" },
+              childIds: ["text-b"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "text-b",
+              parentId: "button-b",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "StaticText" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: "Decline" },
+              childIds: ["inline-b"],
+            },
+            {
+              nodeId: "inline-b",
+              parentId: "text-b",
+              role: { type: "role", value: "InlineTextBox" },
               name: { type: "computedString", value: "Decline" },
             },
           ],
@@ -264,6 +388,7 @@ describe("semantic VOM graph", () => {
         .map((node) => [node.backendNodeId, node.id]),
     );
     expect(frameButtons.map((node) => node.frameId)).toEqual(["frame-a", "frame-b"]);
+    expect(frameButtons.map((node) => node.name)).toEqual(["Accept", "Decline"]);
     expect(frameButtons.map((node) => node.parentId)).toEqual([owners.get(10), owners.get(20)]);
     expect(renderVom(scene).refs.map((ref) => [ref.frameId, ref.backendNodeId])).toEqual([
       ["frame-a", 5],
diff --git a/apps/extension/src/tools/vom/semantic-graph/resolve.ts b/apps/extension/src/tools/vom/semantic-graph/resolve.ts
index ad5b2cb..3e2c2f3 100644
--- a/apps/extension/src/tools/vom/semantic-graph/resolve.ts
+++ b/apps/extension/src/tools/vom/semantic-graph/resolve.ts
@@ -240,13 +240,18 @@ function buildIndexes(graph: SemanticGraph): ResolveIndexes {
     if (axTextMemo.has(nodeId)) return axTextMemo.get(nodeId);
     if (resolvingAxText.has(nodeId)) return undefined;
     resolvingAxText.add(nodeId);
+    const complete = (value: string | undefined): string | undefined => {
+      resolvingAxText.delete(nodeId);
+      axTextMemo.set(nodeId, value);
+      return value;
+    };
     const node = graph.nodes.get(nodeId);
     const role = normalizeRole(axValue(node?.ax?.role)) ?? "";
-    const parts: string[] = [];
     if (TEXT_AX_ROLES.has(role)) {
       const own = clean(axValue(node?.ax?.name) ?? axValue(node?.ax?.value));
-      if (own) parts.push(own);
+      if (own) return complete(own);
     }
+    const parts: string[] = [];
     for (const childId of axChildren.get(nodeId) ?? []) {
       const child = graph.nodes.get(childId);
       const childRole = normalizeRole(axValue(child?.ax?.role)) ?? "";
@@ -255,10 +260,7 @@ function buildIndexes(graph: SemanticGraph): ResolveIndexes {
       if (childText) parts.push(childText);
       if (parts.join(" ").length >= 240) break;
     }
-    resolvingAxText.delete(nodeId);
-    const result = clean(parts.join(" ").slice(0, 240));
-    axTextMemo.set(nodeId, result);
-    return result;
+    return complete(clean(parts.join(" ").slice(0, 240)));
   };
 
   const nativeMemo = new Map<SemanticNodeId, boolean>();
@@ -389,12 +391,12 @@ function resolvedName(
     NATIVE_CONTROL_TAGS.has(node.dom?.tag.toLowerCase() ?? "");
   const candidates = [
     node.ax?.ignored === true ? undefined : axValue(node.ax?.name),
-    node.ax?.ignored === true ? undefined : indexes.axText(node.id),
     ariaLabelledText(node, indexes),
     clean(attrs["aria-label"]),
     nativeLabelText(node, graph, indexes),
     clean(attrs.title),
     clean(attrs.alt),
+    node.ax?.ignored === true ? undefined : indexes.axText(node.id),
     descendantText,
     formControl ? precedingAxText(node, graph, indexes) : undefined,
     formControl ? precedingDomText(node, graph, indexes) : undefined,