diff --git a/crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/mod.rs b/crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/mod.rs
index 77202c4f38..22c02475fb 100644
--- a/crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/mod.rs
@@ -1760,6 +1760,19 @@ pub fn compile_module(hir: &HirModule, opts: CompileOptions) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
     // disqualifies every type-directed unboxed access on a boxed slot in
     // one place; consumers fall back to the generic (box-aware) paths.
     module_local_types.retain(|id, _| !module_boxed_vars.contains(id));
+    // #5982 (#5466 regression): a MODULE-GLOBAL captured local is read by a
+    // closure through `@perry_global_*`, NOT the closure's capture array —
+    // `closure.rs` filters module globals OUT of `closure_captures`, so the
+    // closure is `alloc_singleton` with no capture slots. But advertising the
+    // local's type here made the typed-ABI specialization
+    // (`__typed_f64`/i32/…) read `js_closure_get_capture_bits(this, 0)` — an
+    // UNSET slot (0) — while the generic variant correctly loads the global;
+    // the dispatcher picked the typed body, so every closure returned 0.
+    // Repro (bisected to #5466 representation lowering):
+    //   for (let i=0;i<5;i++){ const c=i; fns.push(()=>c); }  // → 0,0,0,0,0
+    // A module-global capture has no capture-slot representation, so — like a
+    // boxed slot — it must not feed the type-directed unboxed capture path.
+    module_local_types.retain(|id, _| !module_globals.contains_key(id));
 
     // Cross-module function declares are emitted lazily by `lower_call`
     // via `FnCtx.pending_declares` (drained back into `llmod` at the
diff --git a/crates/perry/tests/issue_5982_loop_capture_typed.rs b/crates/perry/tests/issue_5982_loop_capture_typed.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fde4ac5f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/perry/tests/issue_5982_loop_capture_typed.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+//! Regression test for #5982 (a #5466 representation-lowering regression):
+//! a closure capturing a MODULE-LEVEL `const` bound to a typed value read
+//! the wrong slot.
+//!
+//! `for (let i…) { const c = i; fns.push(() => c); }` returned `0,0,0,0,0`
+//! instead of `0,1,2,3,4`. The captured module-level `c` is read by the
+//! closure through `@perry_global_*` (module globals are filtered out of the
+//! capture array), but its declared numeric type made the typed-ABI closure
+//! specialization read `js_closure_get_capture_bits(this, 0)` — an unset slot
+//! (0) — and the dispatcher picked that typed body. Module-global captures no
+//! longer feed the type-directed unboxed capture path.
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+fn perry_bin() -> PathBuf {
+    PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_perry"))
+}
+
+fn compile_and_run(dir: &std::path::Path, src: &str) -> String {
+    let entry = dir.join("main.ts");
+    let out = dir.join("main_bin");
+    std::fs::write(&entry, src).expect("write");
+    let c = Command::new(perry_bin())
+        .current_dir(dir)
+        .arg("compile")
+        .arg(&entry)
+        .arg("-o")
+        .arg(&out)
+        .arg("--no-cache")
+        .output()
+        .expect("compile");
+    assert!(
+        c.status.success(),
+        "compile failed\n{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&c.stderr)
+    );
+    let r = Command::new(&out).current_dir(dir).output().expect("run");
+    assert!(
+        r.status.success(),
+        "run failed\n{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&r.stderr)
+    );
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(&r.stdout).into_owned()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn loop_captured_module_const_reads_own_iteration_value() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+    let out = compile_and_run(
+        dir.path(),
+        r#"
+const fns: Array<() => number> = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    const captured = i;
+    fns.push(() => captured);
+}
+console.log(fns[0](), fns[1](), fns[2](), fns[3](), fns[4]());
+"#,
+    );
+    assert_eq!(out, "0 1 2 3 4\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn loop_direct_capture_of_let_var_still_works() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+    let out = compile_and_run(
+        dir.path(),
+        r#"
+const fns: Array<() => number> = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    fns.push(() => i);
+}
+console.log(fns[0](), fns[1](), fns[2](), fns[3](), fns[4]());
+"#,
+    );
+    assert_eq!(out, "0 1 2 3 4\n");
+}