diff --git a/lib/solvers/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver.ts b/lib/solvers/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver.ts
index e0a3daf36..6c572bd4a 100644
--- a/lib/solvers/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver.ts
+++ b/lib/solvers/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import type { GraphicsObject } from "graphics-debug"
+import { ChipObstacleSpatialIndex } from "lib/data-structures/ChipObstacleSpatialIndex"
 import { BaseSolver } from "lib/solvers/BaseSolver/BaseSolver"
-import type { NetLabelPlacement } from "lib/solvers/NetLabelPlacementSolver/NetLabelPlacementSolver"
-import type { SolvedTracePath } from "lib/solvers/SchematicTraceLinesSolver/SchematicTraceLinesSolver"
 import type { MspConnectionPairId } from "lib/solvers/MspConnectionPairSolver/MspConnectionPairSolver"
-import type { InputProblem } from "lib/types/InputProblem"
-import type { FacingDirection } from "lib/utils/dir"
+import type { NetLabelPlacement } from "lib/solvers/NetLabelPlacementSolver/NetLabelPlacementSolver"
+import { rectIntersectsAnyTrace } from "lib/solvers/NetLabelPlacementSolver/SingleNetLabelPlacementSolver/collisions"
 import {
-  getDimsForOrientation,
   getCenterFromAnchor,
+  getDimsForOrientation,
   getRectBounds,
 } from "lib/solvers/NetLabelPlacementSolver/SingleNetLabelPlacementSolver/geometry"
-import { rectIntersectsAnyTrace } from "lib/solvers/NetLabelPlacementSolver/SingleNetLabelPlacementSolver/collisions"
-import { ChipObstacleSpatialIndex } from "lib/data-structures/ChipObstacleSpatialIndex"
+import type { SolvedTracePath } from "lib/solvers/SchematicTraceLinesSolver/SchematicTraceLinesSolver"
 import { visualizeInputProblem } from "lib/solvers/SchematicTracePipelineSolver/visualizeInputProblem"
+import type { InputProblem } from "lib/types/InputProblem"
+import type { FacingDirection } from "lib/utils/dir"
 import { getColorFromString } from "lib/utils/getColorFromString"
 import { rectIntersectsAnyTextBox } from "lib/utils/textBoxBounds"
 
@@ -147,8 +147,24 @@ export class NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver extends BaseSolver {
     return getRectBounds(label.center, label.width, label.height)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Identifies a specific *pair of labels*, not merely the pair of nets they
+   * belong to.
+   *
+   * Keying on `globalConnNetId` alone collapses every label pair drawn from
+   * the same two nets into one key — on the larger boards a single net pair
+   * can account for over a hundred label pairs. Giving up on one of them then
+   * suppressed all the others, so overlaps that were never examined looked
+   * like overlaps the search had rejected.
+   *
+   * `pinIds` identifies the individual label, so this stays stable across
+   * relocations of the same label while still separating distinct pairs.
+   */
   private collisionKey(a: NetLabelPlacement, b: NetLabelPlacement) {
-    return [a.globalConnNetId, b.globalConnNetId].sort().join("::")
+    const labelKey = (label: NetLabelPlacement) =>
+      `${label.globalConnNetId}#${[...label.pinIds].sort().join(",")}`
+
+    return [labelKey(a), labelKey(b)].sort().join("::")
   }
 
   private findNextCollidingPair():
diff --git a/tests/solvers/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver/collision-key-identifies-label-pair.test.ts b/tests/solvers/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver/collision-key-identifies-label-pair.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6bb04c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/solvers/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver/collision-key-identifies-label-pair.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver } from "lib/solvers/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver/NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver"
+import type { NetLabelPlacement } from "lib/solvers/NetLabelPlacementSolver/NetLabelPlacementSolver"
+
+const label = (globalConnNetId: string, pinIds: string[]) =>
+  ({
+    globalConnNetId,
+    pinIds,
+    mspConnectionPairIds: [],
+    orientation: "x+",
+    center: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+    width: 1,
+    height: 1,
+  }) as unknown as NetLabelPlacement
+
+const collisionKey = (a: NetLabelPlacement, b: NetLabelPlacement) =>
+  (
+    NetLabelNetLabelCollisionSolver.prototype as unknown as {
+      collisionKey: (a: NetLabelPlacement, b: NetLabelPlacement) => string
+    }
+  ).collisionKey(a, b)
+
+test("distinct label pairs on the same nets get distinct collision keys", () => {
+  // Two separate pairs of labels, both drawn from netA and netB. Keying on the
+  // net ids alone would collapse them into one key, so abandoning the search
+  // for the first pair would silently suppress the second — on the larger
+  // boards a single net pair covers over a hundred label pairs.
+  const first = collisionKey(label("netA", ["p1"]), label("netB", ["p2"]))
+  const second = collisionKey(label("netA", ["p3"]), label("netB", ["p4"]))
+
+  expect(first).not.toBe(second)
+})
+
+test("collision key is stable regardless of argument order", () => {
+  const a = label("netA", ["p1"])
+  const b = label("netB", ["p2"])
+
+  expect(collisionKey(a, b)).toBe(collisionKey(b, a))
+})
+
+test("collision key is stable regardless of pin id order", () => {
+  const a = label("netA", ["p1", "p2"])
+  const b = label("netA", ["p2", "p1"])
+  const other = label("netB", ["p3"])
+
+  expect(collisionKey(a, other)).toBe(collisionKey(b, other))
+})