A Docker bridge or link-local address can be unique among monitored PVE nodes but also exist on an unrelated NAS. Counting PVE owners alone then creates a false reciprocal agent association. Exclude host-local IPs and known Docker bridge interfaces from automatic network evidence, preserving management bridges and explicit unicast report IPs.
Seven synthetic negative cases fail before this repair and pass afterwards. Focused matcher and host-report tests pass under the race detector. This prevents a reproduced backend misassociation; it does not establish the cause or resolution of issue #1930, whose diagnostic payload remains unavailable.
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