diff --git a/backend/app/services/symbol_extract.py b/backend/app/services/symbol_extract.py
index 72521547..0f12a4f1 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/symbol_extract.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/symbol_extract.py
@@ -368,23 +368,38 @@ def _scan_text(text: str, add: Callable[[dict], Optional[dict]], detail: str) ->
     stack: list[dict] = []
     i, n = 0, len(text)
 
-    def handle_statement(stmt: str) -> None:
+    def apply_access(stmt: str) -> str:
+        """Consume `public:` / `private:` / `protected:` labels at the head of
+        a statement, updating the enclosing class scope, and return the rest.
+        Must run for EVERY statement inside a class, including the ones that
+        open a nested enum/struct/brace: `public:\n typedef enum {` used to
+        take the enum branch without ever seeing its `public:`, leaving the
+        class in its default private access and dropping every method that
+        followed (AccelStepper lost its whole API that way)."""
         if not stack or stack[-1]["kind"] != "classlike":
-            return
+            return stmt
         scope = stack[-1]
         candidate = stmt
         for m in _ACCESS_RE.finditer(stmt):
             scope["access"] = m.group(1)
             candidate = stmt[m.end():]
-        if scope["access"] != "public":
+        return candidate
+
+    def handle_statement(stmt: str) -> None:
+        candidate = apply_access(stmt)
+        if not stack or stack[-1]["kind"] != "classlike":
             return
-        _try_method(candidate.strip(), scope, add, detail)
+        if stack[-1]["access"] != "public":
+            return
+        _try_method(candidate.strip(), stack[-1], add, detail)
 
     while i < n:
         c = text[i]
         if c == "{":
             stmt = "".join(buf).strip()
             buf = []
+            # Access labels apply whichever branch the statement takes below.
+            stmt = apply_access(stmt)
             if "template" not in stmt:
                 em = _ENUM_RE.search(stmt)
                 if em and re.search(r"\benum\b", stmt):
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_symbol_extract.py b/backend/tests/test_symbol_extract.py
index 94c20975..095e7261 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_symbol_extract.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_symbol_extract.py
@@ -123,6 +123,41 @@ def test_scan_library_constants_and_enums(fake_lib: Path) -> None:
 
 # ── spec parsing / normalization (used by the route) ──────────────────────
 
+def test_access_label_survives_a_nested_enum(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """`public:` followed by a nested typedef enum used to take the enum branch
+    of the walker without ever applying the access label, so the class stayed
+    private and every method after the enum vanished. AccelStepper shipped 4
+    of its ~50 public methods that way; DallasTemperature shipped 0."""
+    lib = tmp_path / "steplib@1.0.0-abcdefabcdef"
+    src = lib / "src"
+    src.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (lib / "library.properties").write_text("name=Step Lib\nversion=1.0.0\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    (src / "Step.h").write_text(
+        """\
+class Stepper {
+public:
+    typedef enum { FUNCTION = 0, DRIVER = 1 } MotorInterfaceType;
+    Stepper(uint8_t iface = DRIVER);
+    void moveTo(long absolute);
+    bool run();
+protected:
+    void step(long n);
+private:
+    int _pin;
+public:
+    void setMaxSpeed(float speed);
+};
+""",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    result = scan_library(lib)
+    methods = _by_kind(result, "method")
+    assert set(methods) == {"moveTo", "run", "setMaxSpeed"}
+    assert all(m["owner"] == "Stepper" for m in methods.values())
+    assert "step" not in methods and "_pin" not in methods
+    assert {"FUNCTION", "DRIVER"} <= set(_by_kind(result, "constant"))
+
+
 def test_parse_spec() -> None:
     assert parse_spec("Adafruit GFX Library@1.12.6") == ("Adafruit GFX Library", "1.12.6")
     assert parse_spec("FastLED") == ("FastLED", None)