diff --git a/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.test.ts b/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.test.ts
index 2ada77c5d1..27cf49ca4b 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.test.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,29 @@ describe("symbol-only Objective-C implementation identity", () => {
       "category",
     );
   });
+
+  it("orders distinct category identities independently of provider inventory order", () => {
+    const names = [
+      "-[StoreController(Actions) buildTapped:]",
+      "-[StoreController(OtherActions) buildTapped:]",
+    ];
+    const inspect = (ordered: string[]) =>
+      inspectNativeDispatchMetadata(
+        ordered.map((name) => ({ address: "0x1000", name })),
+        ordered.length,
+      );
+    const forward = inspect(names);
+    const reverse = inspect([...names].reverse());
+    expect(reverse).toEqual(forward);
+    expect(
+      reverse.objc_dispatch_implementations.map(({ category }) => category),
+    ).toEqual(["Actions", "OtherActions"]);
+    expect(
+      reverse.objc_dispatch_implementations.map(({ evidence }) =>
+        evidence.map(({ description }) => description),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual(names.map((name) => [`Provider symbol ${name}`]));
+  });
 });
 
 describe("symbol-only Objective-C implementation addresses", () => {
diff --git a/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.ts b/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.ts
index bd9180ef55..c54ee9c20b 100644
--- a/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/domain/native/objcSwiftMetadata.ts
@@ -646,12 +646,14 @@ export const inspectNativeDispatchMetadata = (
           left.selector,
           left.method_type,
           left.implementation_address ?? "",
+          left.category ?? null,
         ]),
         compositeKey([
           right.class_name,
           right.selector,
           right.method_type,
           right.implementation_address ?? "",
+          right.category ?? null,
         ]),
       ),
   );