diff --git a/src/pipeline/pass_parallel.c b/src/pipeline/pass_parallel.c
index 180ee85f..12f0aa31 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/pass_parallel.c
+++ b/src/pipeline/pass_parallel.c
@@ -1108,15 +1108,22 @@ static size_t append_args_json(char *buf, size_t bufsize, size_t pos, const CBMC
     pos += (size_t)n;
     for (int i = 0; i < call->arg_count && pos < bufsize - CBM_ARG_JSON_GUARD; i++) {
         const CBMCallArg *a = &call->args[i];
+        size_t mark = pos; /* rollback point (before the separator) */
         if (i > 0 && pos < bufsize - SKIP_ONE) {
             buf[pos++] = ',';
         }
         char expr_buf[CBM_SZ_128];
         sanitize_expr(expr_buf, a->expr);
         n = format_call_arg(buf + pos, bufsize - pos, a, expr_buf);
-        if (n > 0) {
-            pos += (size_t)n;
+        /* snprintf returns the UNtruncated length: if the arg did not fully
+         * fit, advancing pos by n would push it past buf and the buf[pos]
+         * writes below would overflow. Drop the arg whole (atomic field —
+         * keeps the array valid) and stop appending. */
+        if (n <= 0 || (size_t)n >= bufsize - pos) {
+            pos = mark;
+            break;
         }
+        pos += (size_t)n;
     }
     if (pos < bufsize - SKIP_ONE) {
         buf[pos++] = ']';
diff --git a/tests/test_parallel.c b/tests/test_parallel.c
index 1c4d3d9b..746e1f2c 100644
--- a/tests/test_parallel.c
+++ b/tests/test_parallel.c
@@ -341,6 +341,54 @@ TEST(parallel_empty_files) {
     PASS();
 }
 
+/* ── Regression: args JSON must not overflow the props buffer ──────── */
+
+/* A call with many long string arguments makes append_args_json()'s running
+ * position exceed the fixed CBM_SZ_2K `props` stack buffer in
+ * emit_normal_calls_edge(): format_call_arg() returns snprintf's UNtruncated
+ * length, so pos += n could run past the buffer and the trailing
+ * buf[pos]='\0' wrote out of bounds (stack-buffer-overflow; caught by the
+ * stack canary as a SIGABRT on real repos). This indexes a fixture whose
+ * single call carries enough long args to drive pos past 2 KB; under the
+ * ASan test build a regression aborts here. */
+TEST(parallel_args_json_no_overflow) {
+    char dir[256];
+    snprintf(dir, sizeof(dir), "/tmp/cbm_argov_XXXXXX");
+    ASSERT_TRUE(cbm_mkdtemp(dir) != NULL);
+
+    char path[512];
+    snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/app.ts", dir);
+    FILE *f = fopen(path, "w");
+    ASSERT_TRUE(f != NULL);
+    fputs("function sink(...xs: string[]) { return xs; }\n", f);
+    fputs("function caller() {\n  sink(\n", f);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
+        /* 100-char string literal per arg; 60 args => args JSON well past the
+         * 2 KB props buffer, forcing the pre-fix overshoot. */
+        fputs("    \"", f);
+        for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++)
+            fputc('a' + (i % 26), f);
+        fputs(i < 59 ? "\",\n" : "\"\n", f);
+    }
+    fputs("  );\n}\n", f);
+    fclose(f);
+
+    cbm_discover_opts_t opts = {.mode = CBM_MODE_FULL};
+    cbm_file_info_t *files = NULL;
+    int file_count = 0;
+    ASSERT_EQ(cbm_discover(dir, &opts, &files, &file_count), 0);
+    ASSERT_GT(file_count, 0);
+
+    cbm_gbuf_t *gbuf = run_parallel("argov-test", dir, files, file_count, 4);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(gbuf != NULL);
+    ASSERT_GT(cbm_gbuf_edge_count(gbuf), 0);
+
+    cbm_gbuf_free(gbuf);
+    cbm_discover_free(files, file_count);
+    th_rmtree(dir);
+    PASS();
+}
+
 /* ── Graph buffer merge tests ─────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 TEST(gbuf_shared_ids_unique) {
@@ -680,6 +728,7 @@ SUITE(parallel) {
     RUN_TEST(parallel_implements_parity);
     RUN_TEST(parallel_total_edges);
     RUN_TEST(parallel_empty_files);
+    RUN_TEST(parallel_args_json_no_overflow);
 
     /* Cleanup shared state */
     parity_teardown();