diff --git a/docs/reviews/2026-05-31-NEO-112.md b/docs/reviews/2026-05-31-NEO-112.md
index 8d1d365..614448a 100644
--- a/docs/reviews/2026-05-31-NEO-112.md
+++ b/docs/reviews/2026-05-31-NEO-112.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ NEO-112 delivers the Epic 7 Slice 1 **content foundation**: three JSON Schemas (
 
 - Nit: `quest-objective-def.schema.json` lists all kind-specific fields in `properties` plus `oneOf` branches, so schema validation may accept wrong-field-at-wrong-kind (e.g. `recipeId` on `encounter_complete`) if both are present — plan adopted this tradeoff; CI cross-ref gate still catches unknown ids.
 
-- Nit: Duplicate step/objective ids are enforced **within** a quest only, not globally across quests — acceptable for prototype; E7M1-04 HTTP projection should namespace by quest id.
+- ~~Nit: Duplicate step/objective ids are enforced **within** a quest only, not globally across quests — acceptable for prototype; E7M1-04 HTTP projection should namespace by quest id.~~ **Superseded (Bugbot):** objective duplicate check was incorrectly scoped per-step; fixed in `validate_content.py` to quest-level (step ids remain per-quest; objective ids now per-quest too). Cross-quest uniqueness still not enforced (acceptable for prototype).
 
 - Nit: Branch bundles the full E7M1 backlog decomposition (~390 lines) with E7M1-01 implementation — large diff but intentional and documented.
 
diff --git a/scripts/validate_content.py b/scripts/validate_content.py
index 76f5de2..b1287b6 100644
--- a/scripts/validate_content.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_content.py
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ def _validate_quest_catalogs(
                 steps = row.get("steps")
                 if isinstance(steps, list):
                     step_ids_seen: set[str] = set()
+                    obj_ids_seen: set[str] = set()
                     for si, step in enumerate(steps):
                         if not isinstance(step, dict):
                             continue
@@ -920,7 +921,6 @@ def _validate_quest_catalogs(
                                 step_ids_seen.add(sid)
                         objectives = step.get("objectives")
                         if isinstance(objectives, list):
-                            obj_ids_seen: set[str] = set()
                             for oi, obj in enumerate(objectives):
                                 if not isinstance(obj, dict):
                                     continue
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ def _validate_quest_catalogs(
                                     if oid in obj_ids_seen:
                                         print(
                                             f"error: {rel} quests[{i}] steps[{si}] objectives[{oi}]: "
-                                            f"duplicate objective id {oid!r}",
+                                            f"duplicate objective id {oid!r} within quest",
                                             file=sys.stderr,
                                         )
                                         errors += 1