diff --git a/graphify/extractors/apex.py b/graphify/extractors/apex.py
index 928923a64..9b66d5a72 100644
--- a/graphify/extractors/apex.py
+++ b/graphify/extractors/apex.py
@@ -73,8 +73,17 @@ def add_edge(src: str, tgt: str, relation: str, line: int,
         r"^\s*trigger\s+(\w+)\s+on\s+(\w+)\s*\(",
         _re.IGNORECASE,
     )
+    # An Apex return type is not one bare word: it can be namespace-qualified
+    # (`Database.QueryLocator`) and can carry generic arguments holding commas
+    # and spaces (`Map<String, Object>`, `List<Map<String, Id>>`). Apex also
+    # permits whitespace around the angle brackets themselves (`Map <String, Id>`,
+    # `List< Account >`), so the type is read as segments joined by the type
+    # punctuators `<`, `>` and `,`, with whitespace allowed only ADJACENT to one
+    # of them - never between two bare words. That is what keeps a statement such
+    # as `insert new Account(...)` from being read as a declaration (#3217).
+    _TYPE = r"[\w.\[\]]+(?:\s*[<>,]\s*[\w.\[\]]*)*"
     method_re = _re.compile(
-        rf"^{_ANNOTATION}\s*{_ACCESS}{_MOD}\s*(?:static\s+)?[\w<>\[\]]+\s+(\w+)\s*\([^)]*\)\s*(?:throws\s+\w+\s*)?\{{?",
+        rf"^{_ANNOTATION}\s*{_ACCESS}{_MOD}\s*(?:static\s+)?{_TYPE}\s+(\w+)\s*\([^)]*\)\s*(?:throws\s+\w+\s*)?\{{?",
         _re.IGNORECASE,
     )
     annotation_re = _re.compile(r"@(\w+)", _re.IGNORECASE)
diff --git a/tests/test_languages.py b/tests/test_languages.py
index 46dae524c..c6f6efc29 100644
--- a/tests/test_languages.py
+++ b/tests/test_languages.py
@@ -3399,6 +3399,56 @@ def test_apex_method_extraction():
     assert any("createAccounts" in l for l in labels)
     assert any("deleteOldAccounts" in l for l in labels)
 
+def test_apex_method_qualified_and_generic_return_types(tmp_path):
+    source = tmp_path / "Repro.cls"
+    source.write_text(
+        "public with sharing class Repro {\n"
+        "    public static String simpleReturn() { return ''; }\n"
+        "    public static Map<String, Object> commaGeneric() { return null; }\n"
+        "    public Database.QueryLocator dottedReturn(Database.BatchableContext bc) { return null; }\n"
+        "    private static List<Map<String, Id>> nestedGeneric() { return null; }\n"
+        "    global Set<Id> setReturn() { return null; }\n"
+        "    public String[] arrayReturn() { return null; }\n"
+        # Apex permits whitespace around the angle brackets themselves
+        "    public Map <String, Object> spaceBeforeAngle() { return null; }\n"
+        "    public List< Account > spacesInside() { return null; }\n"
+        "    public List < Map< String, Id > > roomy() { return null; }\n"
+        "}\n"
+    )
+    result = extract_apex(source)
+    labels = _labels(result)
+    assert ".simpleReturn()" in labels
+    assert ".commaGeneric()" in labels
+    assert ".dottedReturn()" in labels
+    assert ".nestedGeneric()" in labels
+    assert ".setReturn()" in labels
+    assert ".arrayReturn()" in labels
+    assert ".spaceBeforeAngle()" in labels
+    assert ".spacesInside()" in labels
+    assert ".roomy()" in labels
+
+def test_apex_statements_are_not_read_as_methods(tmp_path):
+    source = tmp_path / "Neg.cls"
+    source.write_text(
+        "public class Neg {\n"
+        "    public void real() {\n"
+        "        insert new Account(Name = 'x');\n"
+        "        System.assertEquals(1, ids.size());\n"
+        "        Map<String, Object> m = new Map<String, Object>();\n"
+        "        results.put('a', compute(x));\n"
+        "        this.helper(1, 2);\n"
+        "        Integer a = 1, b = compute();\n"
+        # a bare `<` / `>` is a comparison, not a generic argument list
+        "        if (a > b) { doIt(x); }\n"
+        "        while (i < list.size()) { next(); }\n"
+        "        String s = (Map<String, Object>) JSON.deserializeUntyped(raw);\n"
+        "    }\n"
+        "}\n"
+    )
+    result = extract_apex(source)
+    methods = {l for l in _labels(result) if l.startswith(".")}
+    assert methods == {".real()"}
+
 def test_apex_contains_and_method_relations():
     r = extract_apex(FIXTURES / "sample.cls")
     relations = _relations(r)