diff --git a/cortex_viz/server/graph_event_stream.py b/cortex_viz/server/graph_event_stream.py
index 645269c..fb2479e 100644
--- a/cortex_viz/server/graph_event_stream.py
+++ b/cortex_viz/server/graph_event_stream.py
@@ -185,12 +185,17 @@ def subscribe(
 
 
 # ── Process-wide singleton ──────────────────────────────────────────
-# One stream per process. Callers reach it through get_stream() and use the
-# GraphEventStream API directly (``activity_stream`` is the worked example);
-# there are deliberately no module-level emit/close/reset forwarders. Three
-# such wrappers existed and had never had a caller in this repository's
-# history, and once ``emit`` gained ``event_meta`` the wrapper silently
-# dropped it — a second, subtly weaker door onto the same stream.
+# One stream per process. get_stream() returns it for callers that want the
+# GraphEventStream API directly (``activity_stream`` is the worked example).
+# graph_build_run.py and graph_build_merge.py instead import this module
+# ONCE (as ``_events`` / ``events``) and call these module-level forwarders
+# for the lifetime of a build — that is the real production binding, not a
+# convenience wrapper, so each forwarder mirrors its GraphEventStream method
+# parameter-for-parameter. (Issue #134: a prior revision deleted these three
+# forwarders instead of fixing ``emit``'s forwarder, which had drifted out of
+# sync with ``GraphEventStream.emit`` and silently dropped ``event_meta``;
+# that took down every caller. Restored functional — the fix for a drifted
+# forwarder is to fix the forwarder.)
 
 _stream = GraphEventStream()
 
@@ -199,6 +204,28 @@ def get_stream() -> GraphEventStream:
     return _stream
 
 
+def emit(
+    label: str,
+    nodes: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    edges: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    *,
+    chunk: int = 1000,
+    event_meta: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+) -> int:
+    """Forward to the singleton's ``emit`` — see ``GraphEventStream.emit``."""
+    return _stream.emit(label, nodes, edges, chunk=chunk, event_meta=event_meta)
+
+
+def close() -> None:
+    """Forward to the singleton's ``close`` — see ``GraphEventStream.close``."""
+    _stream.close()
+
+
+def reset() -> None:
+    """Forward to the singleton's ``reset`` — see ``GraphEventStream.reset``."""
+    _stream.reset()
+
+
 # ── SSE wire helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_graph_event_stream_forwarders.py b/tests/test_graph_event_stream_forwarders.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e604d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_graph_event_stream_forwarders.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+"""Contract for the module-level ``emit``/``close``/``reset`` forwarders.
+
+Issue #134: a prior revision deleted these three forwarders on the premise
+that they had no caller in this repository's history. They had four —
+``graph_build_run.py`` and ``graph_build_merge.py`` import this module ONCE
+(as ``_events`` / ``events``) and call the module-level functions for the
+lifetime of a build. Every existing merge test (``test_graph_build_coverage_
+contracts.py``) substitutes a ``SimpleNamespace(emit=MagicMock())`` for that
+import, which is exactly why the deletion went unnoticed: the defect was in
+how the caller *obtains* the stream, not in what it does with it. The last
+test below exercises the real binding instead of a fake, so a call site and
+this module cannot drift apart the same way again.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from cortex_viz.server import graph_event_stream as ges
+
+
+def _fresh_singleton():
+    """Leave the process-wide singleton clean for the next test."""
+    ges.reset()
+
+
+class _FakeStream:
+    """Stands in for the process singleton. ``GraphEventStream`` declares
+    ``__slots__`` (no ``__dict__``), so its methods cannot be monkeypatched
+    on a live instance — swap the module-level ``_stream`` binding instead,
+    which is exactly what each forwarder reads through ``get_stream()``."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.emit_calls = []
+        self.close_calls = 0
+        self.reset_calls = 0
+
+    def emit(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.emit_calls.append((args, kwargs))
+        return 3
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.close_calls += 1
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.reset_calls += 1
+
+
+def test_emit_forwarder_delegates_to_the_process_singleton(monkeypatch):
+    fake = _FakeStream()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ges, "_stream", fake)
+    result = ges.emit(
+        "label", [{"id": "n1"}], [{"id": "e1"}], chunk=7, event_meta={"k": 1}
+    )
+    assert result == 3
+    assert fake.emit_calls == [
+        (
+            ("label", [{"id": "n1"}], [{"id": "e1"}]),
+            {"chunk": 7, "event_meta": {"k": 1}},
+        )
+    ]
+    assert ges.get_stream() is fake
+
+
+def test_close_forwarder_delegates_to_the_process_singleton(monkeypatch):
+    fake = _FakeStream()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ges, "_stream", fake)
+    ges.close()
+    assert fake.close_calls == 1
+
+
+def test_reset_forwarder_delegates_to_the_process_singleton(monkeypatch):
+    fake = _FakeStream()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ges, "_stream", fake)
+    ges.reset()
+    assert fake.reset_calls == 1
+
+
+def test_emit_forwarder_carries_event_meta_through_to_the_subscriber():
+    """The exact drift that started the incident: `emit` grew `event_meta`
+    and the forwarder silently dropped it. This must fail against the
+    pre-#134-fix forwarder — which had no `event_meta` parameter at all —
+    and pass against the restored one."""
+    _fresh_singleton()
+    try:
+        ges.emit("activity", [{"id": "n1"}], [], event_meta={"activity_id": 42})
+
+        (_idx, event) = next(iter(ges.get_stream().subscribe(since=0, timeout=0.01)))
+        assert event["activity_id"] == 42
+        assert event["label"] == "activity"
+    finally:
+        _fresh_singleton()
+
+
+def test_production_build_binding_reaches_the_real_singleton():
+    """Reproduces exactly what ``graph_build_run.py`` does: import this
+    module once, then drive it through ``reset`` -> ``emit`` -> ``close`` as
+    module-level calls (never touching ``get_stream()`` directly, the way a
+    fake-stream test would). If a future change breaks the module/singleton
+    binding, this is the test that catches it."""
+    from cortex_viz.server import graph_event_stream as _events
+
+    _events.reset()
+    emitted = _events.emit("baseline", [{"id": "n1"}], [], chunk=1000)
+    assert emitted == 1
+
+    stream = _events.get_stream()
+    events = [event for _idx, event in stream.subscribe(since=0, timeout=0.01)]
+    assert len(events) == 1
+    assert events[0]["label"] == "baseline"
+
+    _events.close()
+    assert stream.stats()["closed"] is True
+
+    _events.reset()
+    assert stream.stats() == {"count": 0, "closed": False}