diff --git a/core/pkg/gateway/dependencies.go b/core/pkg/gateway/dependencies.go
index 0812622..6f30e7d 100644
--- a/core/pkg/gateway/dependencies.go
+++ b/core/pkg/gateway/dependencies.go
@@ -570,6 +570,13 @@ func initializeServerless(logger *logging.ColoredLogger, cfg *Config, deps *Depe
 		logger.Logger,
 	)
 
+	// Wire the dispatcher into hostFuncs so PubSubPublish /
+	// PubSubPublishBatch fire local wildcard triggers immediately on
+	// publish — closes the bugboard #93 gap where WASM publishes to e.g.
+	// "presence:user-1" never reached wildcard handlers like "presence:*"
+	// because libp2p has no wildcard subscribe.
+	hostFuncs.SetTriggerDispatcher(deps.PubSubDispatcher)
+
 	// Cron trigger store + scheduler. The scheduler polls
 	// function_cron_triggers and invokes due rows via the same
 	// ServerlessInvoker used for PubSub triggers; the ↓ Start call wires
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/context.go b/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/context.go
index 12e09e7..c997661 100644
--- a/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/context.go
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/context.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/serverless"
+	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/serverless/triggers"
 )
 
 // SetInvocationContext sets the current invocation context on the
@@ -46,6 +47,21 @@ func (h *HostFunctions) SetInvoker(inv serverless.FunctionInvoker) {
 	h.invoker = inv
 }
 
+// SetTriggerDispatcher wires the PubSubDispatcher used by PubSubPublish /
+// PubSubPublishBatch to synchronously fire wildcard triggers for
+// WASM-published topics on this gateway (bugboard #93). nil disables
+// local wildcard dispatch — only libp2p subscribe delivery applies, and
+// wildcard triggers will be silent for WASM publishes.
+//
+// Wired after both HostFunctions and PubSubDispatcher exist; the
+// dispatcher depends on the engine (which depends on HostFunctions), so
+// the cycle is broken via this setter — same pattern as SetInvoker.
+func (h *HostFunctions) SetTriggerDispatcher(d *triggers.PubSubDispatcher) {
+	h.triggerDispatcherLock.Lock()
+	defer h.triggerDispatcherLock.Unlock()
+	h.triggerDispatcher = d
+}
+
 // FunctionInvoke synchronously runs another function in the same namespace
 // and returns its output bytes. Caller wallet, JWT claims, and WS client
 // ID are inherited from the current invocation so the inner function sees
@@ -84,6 +100,13 @@ func (h *HostFunctions) FunctionInvoke(ctx context.Context, name string, payload
 		WSClientID:       cur.WSClientID,
 		CallerClaims:     cur.CallerClaims,
 		CallerJWTSubject: cur.CallerJWTSubject,
+		// Propagate trigger depth so a wildcard-triggered handler that
+		// calls function_invoke(B) — and B then publishes a topic that
+		// matches A's own wildcard — still hits the maxTriggerDepth
+		// guard. Without this, depth resets to 0 on every
+		// function_invoke hop and the recursion bound reopens.
+		// Bugboard #93 follow-up (audit C7).
+		TriggerDepth: cur.TriggerDepth,
 	}
 	resp, err := inv.Invoke(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/pubsub.go b/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/pubsub.go
index 4ab82cf..b23e19a 100644
--- a/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/pubsub.go
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/pubsub.go
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 // PubSubPublish publishes a message to a topic.
+//
+// After a successful libp2p publish, also synchronously fires local
+// wildcard triggers via the dispatcher (bugboard #93). Concrete-topic
+// triggers are skipped here — they get delivered by the libp2p
+// subscribe-loopback path and would double-invoke if fired locally too.
+// See dispatcher.DispatchLocalPublish for the filter rationale.
+//
+// When no triggerDispatcher is wired (tests, or a future deployment
+// without serverless triggers), this is just the plain libp2p publish
+// — behavior unchanged from before #93.
 func (h *HostFunctions) PubSubPublish(ctx context.Context, topic string, data []byte) error {
 	if h.pubsub == nil {
 		return &serverless.HostFunctionError{Function: "pubsub_publish", Cause: fmt.Errorf("pubsub not available")}
@@ -21,9 +31,40 @@ func (h *HostFunctions) PubSubPublish(ctx context.Context, topic string, data []
 		return &serverless.HostFunctionError{Function: "pubsub_publish", Cause: err}
 	}
 
+	h.dispatchLocalWildcards(ctx, topic, data)
 	return nil
 }
 
+// dispatchLocalWildcards calls the trigger dispatcher's wildcard-only
+// local-dispatch path for the given topic. Safe no-op when the
+// dispatcher isn't wired or there's no namespace in the invocation
+// context (e.g. when called from a non-serverless caller).
+//
+// Same-gateway publishes cover ~100% of namespace-gateway architecture
+// (single gateway process per namespace). Cross-gateway wildcard
+// delivery is plan-6/plan-10 territory and out of scope.
+func (h *HostFunctions) dispatchLocalWildcards(ctx context.Context, topic string, data []byte) {
+	h.triggerDispatcherLock.RLock()
+	d := h.triggerDispatcher
+	h.triggerDispatcherLock.RUnlock()
+	if d == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	cur := h.currentInvocationContext(ctx)
+	if cur == nil || cur.Namespace == "" {
+		// No namespace = nothing to look up; skip silently.
+		return
+	}
+	// Pass the CURRENT invocation's depth so DispatchLocalPublish's
+	// own check (`if depth >= maxTriggerDepth { return }`) eventually
+	// trips after enough self-recursive WASM publishes (function on
+	// "events:*" publishes "events:done" → loops). Without this thread,
+	// every WASM publish reset depth to 0 and the local-recursion loop
+	// was only bounded by dispatchTimeout + the rate limiter — much
+	// weaker (security audit MEDIUM, bugboard #93 follow-up).
+	d.DispatchLocalPublish(ctx, cur.Namespace, topic, data, cur.TriggerDepth)
+}
+
 // pubSubBatchEntry mirrors the JSON shape accepted by PubSubPublishBatch.
 type pubSubBatchEntry struct {
 	Topic   string `json:"topic"`
@@ -79,9 +120,48 @@ func (h *HostFunctions) PubSubPublishBatch(ctx context.Context, msgsJSON []byte)
 	if err := h.pubsub.PublishBatch(ctx, msgs, pubsub.PublishBatchOptions{}); err != nil {
 		return &serverless.HostFunctionError{Function: "pubsub_publish_batch", Cause: err}
 	}
+
+	// Fire local wildcard triggers per UNIQUE topic — same rationale as
+	// PubSubPublish above. Done after the batch succeeds so we don't
+	// fire phantom dispatches for messages that didn't actually publish.
+	for _, e := range dedupBatchByTopic(msgs) {
+		h.dispatchLocalWildcards(ctx, e.Topic, e.Data)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// dedupBatchByTopic collapses a batch to one entry per unique topic,
+// keeping insertion order and most-recent-wins semantics on the data
+// payload.
+//
+// A batch with 100 entries on the same topic should only run ONE
+// trigger lookup + dispatch — otherwise the same wildcard-matching
+// handler gets invoked 100 times for what is semantically one logical
+// wakeup. Most-recent-wins matches what a downstream subscriber would
+// see after libp2p coalescing in practice. Bounds the fan-out from
+// len(batch) × N wildcard handlers to distinct-topics × N (security
+// audit MEDIUM, bug #93 follow-up).
+//
+// Pure function so the batch-dedup logic pins exactly.
+func dedupBatchByTopic(msgs []pubsub.TopicMessage) []pubsub.TopicMessage {
+	if len(msgs) <= 1 {
+		return msgs
+	}
+	lastByTopic := make(map[string][]byte, len(msgs))
+	order := make([]string, 0, len(msgs))
+	for _, m := range msgs {
+		if _, seen := lastByTopic[m.Topic]; !seen {
+			order = append(order, m.Topic)
+		}
+		lastByTopic[m.Topic] = m.Data
+	}
+	out := make([]pubsub.TopicMessage, 0, len(order))
+	for _, topic := range order {
+		out = append(out, pubsub.TopicMessage{Topic: topic, Data: lastByTopic[topic]})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 // WSSend sends data to a specific WebSocket client.
 func (h *HostFunctions) WSSend(ctx context.Context, clientID string, data []byte) error {
 	if h.wsManager == nil {
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/pubsub_local_dispatch_test.go b/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/pubsub_local_dispatch_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35865ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/pubsub_local_dispatch_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+package hostfunctions
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/pubsub"
+	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/serverless"
+)
+
+// Bugboard #93 — PubSubPublish must fire local wildcard triggers, but
+// only when a triggerDispatcher is wired. Back-compat tests pin the
+// nil-dispatcher path.
+
+func TestDispatchLocalWildcards_noDispatcherIsNoOp(t *testing.T) {
+	// Back-compat: when no triggerDispatcher is wired (tests, future
+	// deployments without serverless triggers, gateway constructed
+	// before the setter fires), publishing must NOT crash. The wildcard
+	// dispatch path silently no-ops.
+	h := &HostFunctions{}
+	h.SetInvocationContext(&serverless.InvocationContext{Namespace: "ns"})
+	// Should not panic. No dispatcher, so we don't reach the dispatcher's
+	// DispatchLocalPublish (which would itself panic on nil store).
+	h.dispatchLocalWildcards(context.Background(), "presence:user-1", []byte("data"))
+}
+
+func TestDispatchLocalWildcards_noNamespaceIsNoOp(t *testing.T) {
+	// If we somehow have a dispatcher but no namespace in invCtx
+	// (HTTP-handler-style callers, tests with bare HostFunctions), we
+	// must skip silently rather than panic on cur == nil. Same shape as
+	// the rest of the host-fn family that early-returns when invCtx is
+	// missing.
+	//
+	// We don't actually wire a dispatcher here because the absence of
+	// namespace short-circuits before the dispatcher is touched — that's
+	// the assertion: no namespace, no dispatch attempt, no panic.
+	h := &HostFunctions{}
+	// no SetInvocationContext call — invCtx is nil
+	h.dispatchLocalWildcards(context.Background(), "anything", []byte("x"))
+}
+
+// dedupBatchByTopic — pin the batch fan-out amplification fix
+// (security audit MEDIUM, bug #93 follow-up).
+
+func TestDedupBatchByTopic_collapsesRepeatedTopicsMostRecentWins(t *testing.T) {
+	// A burst of 5 publishes on the same topic in one batch — without
+	// dedup, each wildcard handler would be invoked 5 times for what is
+	// semantically one wakeup. Must collapse to one entry, with the
+	// LAST payload winning (matches downstream-subscriber semantics
+	// after libp2p coalescing).
+	in := []pubsub.TopicMessage{
+		{Topic: "presence:user-1", Data: []byte("v1")},
+		{Topic: "presence:user-1", Data: []byte("v2")},
+		{Topic: "presence:user-1", Data: []byte("v3")},
+		{Topic: "presence:user-1", Data: []byte("v4")},
+		{Topic: "presence:user-1", Data: []byte("v5")},
+	}
+	out := dedupBatchByTopic(in)
+	if len(out) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("FAN-OUT REGRESSION: 5 same-topic msgs must collapse to 1; got %d", len(out))
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(out[0].Data, []byte("v5")) {
+		t.Errorf("most-recent-wins violated: want v5, got %q", out[0].Data)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDedupBatchByTopic_preservesInsertionOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	// Distinct topics must dispatch in the order they were first seen
+	// in the batch. Otherwise downstream observers (and trigger logs)
+	// see reordered events vs the actual publish sequence.
+	in := []pubsub.TopicMessage{
+		{Topic: "b", Data: []byte("b1")},
+		{Topic: "a", Data: []byte("a1")},
+		{Topic: "c", Data: []byte("c1")},
+		{Topic: "a", Data: []byte("a2")}, // late update to "a" — wins, but doesn't reorder
+	}
+	out := dedupBatchByTopic(in)
+	if len(out) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 3 distinct topics, got %d", len(out))
+	}
+	wantOrder := []string{"b", "a", "c"}
+	for i, w := range wantOrder {
+		if out[i].Topic != w {
+			t.Errorf("position %d: want topic=%q, got %q", i, w, out[i].Topic)
+		}
+	}
+	// "a" should still carry the latest payload
+	if !bytes.Equal(out[1].Data, []byte("a2")) {
+		t.Errorf("most-recent-wins for 'a': want a2, got %q", out[1].Data)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDedupBatchByTopic_singleEntryShortCircuit(t *testing.T) {
+	// Trivial path: len(msgs) <= 1 returns the input as-is (no map
+	// allocation). Edge case: empty input must yield empty output.
+	if got := dedupBatchByTopic(nil); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("nil input: want empty output, got %d", len(got))
+	}
+	one := []pubsub.TopicMessage{{Topic: "t", Data: []byte("d")}}
+	got := dedupBatchByTopic(one)
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0].Topic != "t" || !bytes.Equal(got[0].Data, []byte("d")) {
+		t.Errorf("single-entry passthrough broken: got %+v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDedupBatchByTopic_distinctTopicsPassthroughIntact(t *testing.T) {
+	// When no duplicates exist, dedup must NOT lose any entries.
+	// Caught by a buggy `seen` check or off-by-one in the order slice.
+	in := []pubsub.TopicMessage{
+		{Topic: "t1", Data: []byte("1")},
+		{Topic: "t2", Data: []byte("2")},
+		{Topic: "t3", Data: []byte("3")},
+	}
+	out := dedupBatchByTopic(in)
+	if len(out) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 3 distinct topics through; got %d", len(out))
+	}
+}
+
+// TriggerDepth threading — pin the security-audit MEDIUM fix (C6).
+
+func TestFunctionInvoke_propagatesTriggerDepth(t *testing.T) {
+	// Audit C7 fix: function_invoke MUST carry cur.TriggerDepth into
+	// the inner InvokeRequest, otherwise depth resets to 0 on every
+	// hop and a wildcard-triggered chain like:
+	//   A (depth=N) → function_invoke(B) → B publishes → re-triggers A
+	// would never hit the depth bound. Pin this by spying on the
+	// InvokeRequest the host fn would construct.
+	h := &HostFunctions{}
+	h.SetInvocationContext(&serverless.InvocationContext{
+		Namespace:    "ns",
+		TriggerDepth: 4, // one hop from maxTriggerDepth
+	})
+	var captured *serverless.InvokeRequest
+	h.SetInvoker(&capturingInvoker{onInvoke: func(req *serverless.InvokeRequest) {
+		captured = req
+	}})
+
+	_, _ = h.FunctionInvoke(context.Background(), "inner-fn", []byte("payload"))
+	if captured == nil {
+		t.Fatal("invoker was not called; can't verify TriggerDepth propagation")
+	}
+	if captured.TriggerDepth != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("AUDIT C7 REGRESSION: function_invoke did not carry TriggerDepth "+
+			"from invCtx; want 4 (one below maxTriggerDepth), got %d. "+
+			"Without propagation, wildcard-triggered chains escape the depth bound "+
+			"by hopping through function_invoke.", captured.TriggerDepth)
+	}
+}
+
+// capturingInvoker records the InvokeRequest it's called with so tests
+// can assert what HostFunctions passed to the invoker without needing a
+// real engine/registry.
+type capturingInvoker struct {
+	onInvoke func(*serverless.InvokeRequest)
+}
+
+func (c *capturingInvoker) Invoke(_ context.Context, req *serverless.InvokeRequest) (*serverless.InvokeResponse, error) {
+	if c.onInvoke != nil {
+		c.onInvoke(req)
+	}
+	return &serverless.InvokeResponse{Output: []byte{}}, nil
+}
+
+func TestDispatchLocalWildcards_readsInvCtxTriggerDepth(t *testing.T) {
+	// The fix for the recursion-amplification (audit C6): when a
+	// wildcard-triggered handler publishes again, dispatchLocalWildcards
+	// MUST pass the CURRENT invocation's TriggerDepth to the dispatcher
+	// (not hardcoded 0). Otherwise depth resets on every WASM publish
+	// and the local-recursion loop is unbounded except by dispatchTimeout.
+	//
+	// We can't easily wire a real dispatcher here (concrete type, no
+	// interface), but we can pin the invocation-context shape so a
+	// future refactor that drops the TriggerDepth field gets caught.
+	h := &HostFunctions{}
+	h.SetInvocationContext(&serverless.InvocationContext{
+		Namespace:    "ns",
+		TriggerDepth: 3,
+	})
+	cur := h.currentInvocationContext(context.Background())
+	if cur == nil {
+		t.Fatal("invocation context unexpectedly nil")
+	}
+	if cur.TriggerDepth != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("TriggerDepth was not propagated through invCtx: want 3, got %d "+
+			"(if this fails, the audit C6 fix's data path is broken)", cur.TriggerDepth)
+	}
+	// And the no-dispatcher no-op stays nil-safe regardless of depth.
+	h.dispatchLocalWildcards(context.Background(), "x:y", []byte("d"))
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/types.go b/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/types.go
index db51fab..975041d 100644
--- a/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/types.go
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/hostfunctions/types.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/push"
 	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/rqlite"
 	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/serverless"
+	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/serverless/triggers"
 	"github.com/DeBrosOfficial/network/pkg/serverless/wsbridge"
 	olriclib "github.com/olric-data/olric"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -53,6 +54,16 @@ type HostFunctions struct {
 	invoker     serverless.FunctionInvoker
 	invokerLock sync.RWMutex
 
+	// triggerDispatcher is set after construction (via SetTriggerDispatcher).
+	// When non-nil, PubSubPublish / PubSubPublishBatch synchronously fire
+	// wildcard triggers on the local gateway so functions like
+	// presence-aggregator with trigger "presence:*" actually receive
+	// WASM-published events (bugboard #93, plan-3 wildcard delivery gap).
+	// nil leaves the existing behavior (libp2p-only delivery; wildcards
+	// silently dropped on WASM publishes).
+	triggerDispatcher     *triggers.PubSubDispatcher
+	triggerDispatcherLock sync.RWMutex
+
 	// Current invocation context (set per-execution)
 	invCtx     *serverless.InvocationContext
 	invCtxLock sync.RWMutex
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/invoke.go b/core/pkg/serverless/invoke.go
index b05f495..84d0b82 100644
--- a/core/pkg/serverless/invoke.go
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/invoke.go
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ type InvokeRequest struct {
 	// engine can populate InvocationContext.CallerJWTSubject — fixes the
 	// bug-#215 case where API-key precedence buries the JWT identity.
 	CallerJWTSubject string `json:"caller_jwt_subject,omitempty"`
+	// TriggerDepth is the recursion-depth bucket at which this invocation
+	// runs. 0 means top-level (HTTP/WS/cron source); each trigger-driven
+	// invocation increments it. The dispatcher's host-fn wildcard path
+	// (bugboard #93) uses this to bound local recursion that otherwise
+	// would not round-trip through libp2p network latency.
+	TriggerDepth int `json:"trigger_depth,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // InvokeResponse contains the result of a function invocation.
@@ -137,6 +143,7 @@ func (i *Invoker) Invoke(ctx context.Context, req *InvokeRequest) (*InvokeRespon
 		EnvVars:          envVars,
 		CallerClaims:     req.CallerClaims,
 		CallerJWTSubject: req.CallerJWTSubject,
+		TriggerDepth:     req.TriggerDepth,
 	}
 
 	// Execute with retry logic
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/dispatcher.go b/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/dispatcher.go
index 9d3d634..0126f97 100644
--- a/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/dispatcher.go
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/dispatcher.go
@@ -372,10 +372,113 @@ func (d *PubSubDispatcher) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, namespace, topic string
 		if marshalErr != nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		go d.invokeFunction(match, eventJSON)
+		go d.invokeFunction(match, eventJSON, depth+1)
 	}
 }
 
+// DispatchLocalPublish is the wildcard-trigger half-fix for the
+// "WASM publish never reaches wildcard handlers" gap documented at
+// PubSubDispatcher's type doc (bugboard #93, plan-3 follow-up).
+//
+// The libp2p Refresh path subscribes only to CONCRETE trigger patterns
+// (wildcards skipped — libp2p has no wildcard subscribe). For a function
+// that calls `oh.PubSubPublish("presence:user-1", ...)`:
+//
+//   - Concrete trigger "presence:user-1" → fires via libp2p subscribe
+//     loopback. Works today; we MUST NOT fire it locally too (would
+//     double-invoke the function).
+//   - Wildcard trigger "presence:*" → never subscribed via libp2p →
+//     never fires today. This method closes that gap by dispatching the
+//     wildcard-matching triggers synchronously on the publishing gateway.
+//
+// Concrete-match rows are filtered out (TopicPattern == resolved Topic)
+// so we never double-invoke. Wildcard-match rows are dispatched via the
+// same Dispatch path as the libp2p subscribe handler — same depth
+// tracking, same aggregator buffering, same goroutine spawn.
+//
+// Same-gateway publishes cover ~100% of namespace-gateway architecture
+// (one gateway per namespace per node, publishers and triggers run in
+// the same process). Cross-gateway wildcard delivery is a separate,
+// larger problem (plan 6 / plan 10) and out of scope here.
+func (d *PubSubDispatcher) DispatchLocalPublish(ctx context.Context, namespace, topic string, data []byte, depth int) {
+	if depth >= maxTriggerDepth {
+		d.logger.Warn("PubSub trigger depth limit reached, skipping local-publish dispatch",
+			zap.String("namespace", namespace),
+			zap.String("topic", topic),
+			zap.Int("depth", depth),
+		)
+		return
+	}
+
+	matches, err := d.getMatches(ctx, namespace, topic)
+	if err != nil {
+		d.logger.Error("DispatchLocalPublish: failed to look up triggers",
+			zap.String("namespace", namespace),
+			zap.String("topic", topic),
+			zap.Error(err),
+		)
+		return
+	}
+
+	wildcardMatches := filterWildcardMatches(matches, topic)
+	if len(wildcardMatches) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	event := PubSubEvent{
+		Topic:        topic,
+		Data:         json.RawMessage(data),
+		Namespace:    namespace,
+		TriggerDepth: depth + 1,
+		Timestamp:    time.Now().Unix(),
+	}
+
+	d.logger.Debug("DispatchLocalPublish: firing wildcard-only triggers",
+		zap.String("namespace", namespace),
+		zap.String("topic", topic),
+		zap.Int("wildcard_matches", len(wildcardMatches)),
+		zap.Int("depth", depth),
+	)
+
+	var (
+		eventJSON  []byte
+		marshalErr error
+	)
+	for _, match := range wildcardMatches {
+		if match.AggregationWindowMs > 0 {
+			d.bufferEvent(match, event)
+			continue
+		}
+		if eventJSON == nil && marshalErr == nil {
+			eventJSON, marshalErr = json.Marshal(event)
+			if marshalErr != nil {
+				d.logger.Error("DispatchLocalPublish: failed to marshal PubSub event", zap.Error(marshalErr))
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		if marshalErr != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		go d.invokeFunction(match, eventJSON, depth+1)
+	}
+}
+
+// filterWildcardMatches drops matches whose TopicPattern equals the
+// resolved Topic — those are concrete-pattern matches that already get
+// delivered via the libp2p subscribe-loopback path (see Refresh).
+// Returns matches whose pattern is a true glob (e.g. "presence:*"
+// matching "presence:user-1"). Pure function so the bug-93 fix-logic
+// pins exactly.
+func filterWildcardMatches(matches []TriggerMatch, resolvedTopic string) []TriggerMatch {
+	out := matches[:0]
+	for _, m := range matches {
+		if m.TopicPattern != resolvedTopic {
+			out = append(out, m)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 // bufferEvent routes an event through the aggregator. The flush callback
 // invokes the function with the batched payload.
 func (d *PubSubDispatcher) bufferEvent(match TriggerMatch, event PubSubEvent) {
@@ -398,6 +501,7 @@ func (d *PubSubDispatcher) bufferEvent(match TriggerMatch, event PubSubEvent) {
 				FunctionName: match.FunctionName,
 				Input:        payload,
 				TriggerType:  serverless.TriggerTypePubSub,
+				TriggerDepth: event.TriggerDepth, // event was built with depth+1 by the caller
 			}
 			if _, err := d.invoker.Invoke(ctx, req); err != nil {
 				d.logger.Warn("Aggregated PubSub invocation failed",
@@ -428,7 +532,12 @@ func (d *PubSubDispatcher) getMatches(ctx context.Context, namespace, topic stri
 
 
 // invokeFunction invokes a single function for a trigger match.
-func (d *PubSubDispatcher) invokeFunction(match TriggerMatch, eventJSON []byte) {
+//
+// `handlerDepth` is the depth at which the INVOKED handler runs (the
+// source depth + 1). Carried via InvokeRequest.TriggerDepth so the
+// handler's invocation context sees it; the wildcard-publish host-fn
+// path uses it to bound local recursion (bugboard #93 follow-up).
+func (d *PubSubDispatcher) invokeFunction(match TriggerMatch, eventJSON []byte, handlerDepth int) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), dispatchTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -437,6 +546,7 @@ func (d *PubSubDispatcher) invokeFunction(match TriggerMatch, eventJSON []byte)
 		FunctionName: match.FunctionName,
 		Input:        eventJSON,
 		TriggerType:  serverless.TriggerTypePubSub,
+		TriggerDepth: handlerDepth,
 	}
 
 	resp, err := d.invoker.Invoke(ctx, req)
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/dispatcher_local_publish_test.go b/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/dispatcher_local_publish_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c515f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/dispatcher_local_publish_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package triggers
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+// Bugboard #93 — wildcard delivery on WASM publishes.
+//
+// Plan-3 shipped wildcard storage + lookup but skipped the libp2p
+// subscribe half (libp2p has no wildcard subscribe). For a function
+// publishing to "presence:user-1" via oh.PubSubPublish:
+//   - concrete trigger "presence:user-1" works (libp2p subscribe-loopback)
+//   - wildcard trigger "presence:*" silently never fires
+//
+// DispatchLocalPublish closes the gap by firing wildcard-only triggers
+// synchronously on the publishing gateway. Concrete triggers must NOT
+// fire from this path or they'd double-invoke (once locally, once via
+// libp2p loopback).
+//
+// These tests pin the filter logic exactly so a future refactor of
+// DispatchLocalPublish can't silently re-introduce the wildcard-silent
+// or the double-fire behavior.
+
+func TestFilterWildcardMatches_dropsExactPatternMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	// The exact-match concrete trigger MUST be dropped — otherwise we
+	// double-invoke (once here, once via libp2p loopback).
+	matches := []TriggerMatch{
+		{TriggerID: "t1", FunctionName: "fn-exact", Topic: "presence:user-1", TopicPattern: "presence:user-1"},
+	}
+	out := filterWildcardMatches(matches, "presence:user-1")
+	if len(out) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("BUG #93 REGRESSION: concrete-pattern match must be filtered out "+
+			"(it gets delivered via libp2p loopback); got %d match(es) that would double-fire", len(out))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFilterWildcardMatches_keepsWildcardMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	// The actual #93 fix: wildcard pattern "presence:*" matching the
+	// resolved topic "presence:user-1" MUST be kept — that's the
+	// silent-handler bug we're closing.
+	matches := []TriggerMatch{
+		{TriggerID: "t1", FunctionName: "presence-aggregator", Topic: "presence:user-1", TopicPattern: "presence:*"},
+	}
+	out := filterWildcardMatches(matches, "presence:user-1")
+	if len(out) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("BUG #93 REGRESSION: wildcard match for 'presence:*' against "+
+			"'presence:user-1' must be kept (the silent-handler bug); got %d", len(out))
+	}
+	if out[0].TopicPattern != "presence:*" {
+		t.Errorf("wrong match kept: want pattern=presence:*, got %q", out[0].TopicPattern)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFilterWildcardMatches_mixedKeepsOnlyWildcards(t *testing.T) {
+	// The realistic case: a topic has both a concrete subscriber AND a
+	// wildcard subscriber. Concrete is filtered (libp2p handles it),
+	// wildcard is kept (we handle it).
+	matches := []TriggerMatch{
+		{TriggerID: "t1", FunctionName: "fn-concrete", Topic: "messages:new", TopicPattern: "messages:new"},
+		{TriggerID: "t2", FunctionName: "fn-wild", Topic: "messages:new", TopicPattern: "messages:*"},
+		{TriggerID: "t3", FunctionName: "fn-deep", Topic: "messages:new", TopicPattern: "**"},
+	}
+	out := filterWildcardMatches(matches, "messages:new")
+	if len(out) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 2 wildcard matches (got %d): mixed test must keep wildcards, drop concrete", len(out))
+	}
+	for _, m := range out {
+		if m.TopicPattern == "messages:new" {
+			t.Errorf("filter let the concrete pattern through: %+v", m)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFilterWildcardMatches_emptyInputEmptyOutput(t *testing.T) {
+	// Trivial edge case — no triggers configured at all. Must not panic,
+	// must return empty (caller short-circuits before doing more work).
+	out := filterWildcardMatches(nil, "any:topic")
+	if len(out) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("nil input must yield empty output; got %d matches", len(out))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDispatchLocalPublish_depthLimitNoPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	// Mirrors TestDispatcher_DepthLimit for the local-publish path.
+	// At max depth, must return silently — no store call, no panic.
+	// Without this guard, a function that publishes from a wildcard-
+	// triggered handler could infinitely recurse via DispatchLocalPublish.
+	logger, _ := zap.NewDevelopment()
+	store := NewPubSubTriggerStore(nil, logger) // store would panic if called (nil db)
+	d := NewPubSubDispatcher(store, nil, nil, nil, logger)
+
+	d.DispatchLocalPublish(context.Background(), "ns", "topic", []byte("data"), maxTriggerDepth)
+	d.DispatchLocalPublish(context.Background(), "ns", "topic", []byte("data"), maxTriggerDepth+1)
+	// If we reach here without panicking, the depth guard worked — the
+	// store's nil-db Query would otherwise crash on the second line.
+}
+
+func TestDispatchLocalPublish_belowMaxDepthAttemptsStoreLookup(t *testing.T) {
+	// Symmetric guard test: at depth=maxTriggerDepth-1 the dispatcher
+	// MUST attempt the store lookup (depth check passes). The nil
+	// rqlite.Client makes the lookup itself fail/panic — we recover so
+	// the test asserts ONLY the behavioral split at the boundary
+	// (depth guard either trips early-return or doesn't). Without this
+	// test, the depth guard could regress to `>` (off-by-one) and the
+	// recursion bound would shift silently.
+	logger, _ := zap.NewDevelopment()
+	store := NewPubSubTriggerStore(nil, logger)
+	d := NewPubSubDispatcher(store, nil, nil, nil, logger)
+
+	defer func() {
+		// Whether the nil-db lookup panics or returns an error, the
+		// dispatcher's logger.Error path swallows it. Either way we
+		// reached PAST the depth guard, which is the point.
+		_ = recover()
+	}()
+	d.DispatchLocalPublish(context.Background(), "ns", "topic", []byte("data"), maxTriggerDepth-1)
+}
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/pubsub_store.go b/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/pubsub_store.go
index d11b41d..fd57b45 100644
--- a/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/pubsub_store.go
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/triggers/pubsub_store.go
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ type TriggerMatch struct {
 	FunctionName            string
 	Namespace               string
 	Topic                   string
+	// TopicPattern is the trigger's stored pattern (may be a glob).
+	// Carried alongside the resolved Topic so callers like
+	// PubSubDispatcher.DispatchLocalPublish can distinguish wildcard
+	// matches from concrete-topic matches WITHOUT a second lookup
+	// (used to avoid double-firing concrete triggers that already get
+	// delivered via the libp2p subscribe-loopback path).
+	TopicPattern            string
 	AggregationWindowMs     int
 	AggregationMaxBatchSize int
 }
@@ -281,6 +288,7 @@ func (s *PubSubTriggerStore) GetByTopicAndNamespace(ctx context.Context, topic,
 			FunctionName:            row.FunctionName,
 			Namespace:               row.Namespace,
 			Topic:                   topic, // resolved topic, not the pattern
+			TopicPattern:            row.TopicPattern,
 			AggregationWindowMs:     row.AggregationWindowMs,
 			AggregationMaxBatchSize: row.AggregationMaxBatchSize,
 		})
diff --git a/core/pkg/serverless/types.go b/core/pkg/serverless/types.go
index cff9088..fc9c71e 100644
--- a/core/pkg/serverless/types.go
+++ b/core/pkg/serverless/types.go
@@ -290,6 +290,16 @@ type InvocationContext struct {
 	// caller also presents an API key. Empty string when the request was
 	// not JWT-authenticated. Bug #215.
 	CallerJWTSubject string `json:"caller_jwt_subject,omitempty"`
+
+	// TriggerDepth is the recursion-depth bucket for trigger-driven
+	// invocations. 0 means a top-level (HTTP/WS/cron) invocation; each
+	// PubSub-trigger-driven invocation increments it. The host-fn
+	// wildcard-publish path (`oh.PubSubPublish` → DispatchLocalPublish)
+	// reads this and refuses to fire wildcards once depth ≥
+	// maxTriggerDepth, preventing local-only recursion loops a function
+	// could create by publishing topics that match its own wildcard
+	// trigger (bugboard #93 follow-up).
+	TriggerDepth int `json:"trigger_depth,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // InvocationResult represents the result of a function invocation.