diff --git a/fusil/python/write_python_code.py b/fusil/python/write_python_code.py
index 0d183b0..66d01bb 100644
--- a/fusil/python/write_python_code.py
+++ b/fusil/python/write_python_code.py
@@ -722,6 +722,16 @@ def compare_results(a, b):
         self.emptyLine()
 
         if self.options.oom_fuzz:
+            # The emitted `except SystemError` handlers below filter out a bomb's OWN
+            # exception. SystemError is one of `_BOMB_EXCEPTIONS`, so every bomb built with
+            # `exc=None` (FailingIterator, SuperBomb, DescriptorBomb, HiddenNameType, ...)
+            # picks it about one firing in twelve -- and the handler then reported a
+            # "contract violation" for fusil's own object, with no C code involved at all.
+            # Because the marker printed only the label and never the exception, the two were
+            # indistinguishable in a crash dir: an --oom-foreign fleet (68k sessions) kept 410
+            # such dirs, 74% of its total output, every one of them traced back to a bomb.
+            # Every bomb message starts with "fusil " (samples/bomb_objects.py), which is the
+            # discriminator; the repr is now printed so a genuine one stays triageable.
             self.write_block(
                 0,
                 f"""
@@ -735,8 +745,9 @@ def oom_call(label, func, *args, **kwargs):
                     # sweep) identifies which invocation was running if a crash follows --
                     # more reliable than the faulthandler frame, which is often an
                     # incidental allocation rather than the fuzzed target. MemoryError is
-                    # the expected outcome and is swallowed silently; SystemError is
-                    # surfaced (PyCFunction contract violations); a real crash
+                    # the expected outcome and is swallowed silently; a SystemError the
+                    # target itself raised is surfaced (PyCFunction contract violations),
+                    # while one carrying a bomb's own "fusil ..." message is not; a real crash
                     # (segfault/abort) terminates the process, the signal fusil scores.
                     # The inner finally DISARMS injection (set_nomemory with an unreachable start)
                     # so the except clauses allocate freely, WITHOUT swapping the allocator -- the
@@ -756,8 +767,11 @@ def oom_call(label, func, *args, **kwargs):
                                 _set_nomemory(_OOM_DISABLE, 0)
                         except MemoryError:
                             pass
-                        except SystemError:
-                            print("[OOM] SystemError in " + label, file=stderr)
+                        except SystemError as _exc:
+                            # Skip a bomb's own exception (message "fusil ..."); report the
+                            # repr so a real one is triageable from stdout alone.
+                            if not str(_exc).startswith("fusil "):
+                                print("[OOM] SystemError in " + label + ": " + repr(_exc), file=stderr)
                         except BaseException:
                             pass
             """,
@@ -802,8 +816,10 @@ def oom_run(label, thunk, window=_OOM_WINDOW):
                                 _set_nomemory(_OOM_DISABLE, 0)
                         except MemoryError:
                             pass
-                        except SystemError:
-                            print("[OOM-SEQ] SystemError in " + label, file=stderr)
+                        except SystemError as _exc:
+                            # Same bomb filter as oom_call above.
+                            if not str(_exc).startswith("fusil "):
+                                print("[OOM-SEQ] SystemError in " + label + ": " + repr(_exc), file=stderr)
                         except BaseException:
                             pass
             """,
diff --git a/tests/python/test_oom_fuzz.py b/tests/python/test_oom_fuzz.py
index 29f3a8b..8396ee3 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_oom_fuzz.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_oom_fuzz.py
@@ -151,10 +151,11 @@ def test_oom_mode_emits_harness_and_sweeps(self):
         self.assertNotIn("_remove_mem_hooks()", src)
 
         # Per-call marker (the pinpointing signal) and exception policy:
-        # MemoryError swallowed silently, SystemError surfaced.
+        # MemoryError swallowed silently, SystemError surfaced -- unless it is a bomb's own
+        # (see BombSystemErrorFilterTests, which drives the emitted handler).
         self.assertIn('print("[OOM] " + label', src)
         self.assertIn("except MemoryError:", src)
-        self.assertIn("except SystemError:", src)
+        self.assertIn("except SystemError as _exc:", src)
         # The old noisy "print every exception type" surfacing is gone.
         self.assertNotIn("print(type(_err).__name__)", src)
 
@@ -352,5 +353,84 @@ def test_default_mode_uses_testcapi_not_shim(self):
         self.assertNotIn("fusil_malloc_arm", src)
 
 
+class BombSystemErrorFilterTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """The emitted ``oom_call`` must not report a BOMB's own SystemError.
+
+    ``SystemError`` is one of ``_BOMB_EXCEPTIONS``, so every bomb built with ``exc=None``
+    (``FailingIterator``, ``SuperBomb``, ``DescriptorBomb``, ``HiddenNameType`` ...) raises it
+    about one firing in twelve. The handler used to print ``[OOM] SystemError in <label>`` for
+    those -- a "PyCFunction contract violation" report for fusil's own object, reached without
+    any C code running -- and printed only the label, so a crash dir could not tell the two
+    apart. An ``--oom-foreign`` fleet of 68k sessions kept 410 such dirs, 74% of its output,
+    and every sampled one replayed to a bomb.
+
+    The handler is emitted as SOURCE into every generated script, so asserting on the snapshot
+    text alone would not catch a logic error in it: exec the emitted definition and drive it
+    with a callable that raises each kind.
+    """
+
+    def _emitted_oom_call(self, printed):
+        """Exec the generated ``oom_call`` with stubs, collecting what it prints."""
+        source = _generate(oom_fuzz=True)
+        tree = ast.parse(source)
+        for node in tree.body:
+            if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef) and node.name == "oom_call":
+                ns = {
+                    "_OOM_AVAILABLE": True,
+                    "_OOM_MIN_START": 0,
+                    "_OOM_MAX_START": 1,  # one sweep iteration is enough
+                    "_OOM_VERBOSE": False,
+                    "_OOM_DISABLE": 2**60,
+                    "_set_nomemory": lambda *a: None,
+                    "stderr": None,
+                    "print": lambda *a, **k: printed.append(a[0] if a else ""),
+                }
+                exec(compile(ast.Module([node], []), "<emitted>", "exec"), ns)
+                return ns["oom_call"]
+        self.fail("generated script has no oom_call definition")
+
+    def _run(self, raiser):
+        printed = []
+        self._emitted_oom_call(printed)("oc1:mod.Thing", raiser)
+        # drop the per-call banner the sweep always prints
+        return [line for line in printed if "SystemError" in line]
+
+    def test_bomb_systemerror_is_not_reported(self):
+        def bomb():
+            raise SystemError("fusil superbomb via __eq__")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self._run(bomb), [])
+
+    def test_bomb_iterator_systemerror_is_not_reported(self):
+        def bomb():
+            raise SystemError("fusil iter bomb")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self._run(bomb), [])
+
+    def test_target_systemerror_is_still_reported_with_repr(self):
+        def genuine():
+            raise SystemError("<built-in function x> returned NULL without setting an exception")
+
+        reported = self._run(genuine)
+        self.assertEqual(len(reported), 1)
+        self.assertIn("oc1:mod.Thing", reported[0])
+        # the repr is what makes a real one triageable from stdout alone
+        self.assertIn("returned NULL without setting an exception", reported[0])
+
+    def test_memory_error_is_still_swallowed(self):
+        def oom():
+            raise MemoryError
+
+        self.assertEqual(self._run(oom), [])
+
+    def test_a_target_error_merely_mentioning_fusil_is_still_reported(self):
+        """The filter keys on the bomb's leading marker, not on the word anywhere."""
+
+        def genuine():
+            raise SystemError("returned a result with an exception set (fusil arg)")
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(self._run(genuine)), 1)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()