diff --git a/compiler/sem.nim b/compiler/sem.nim
index b89f9a1948..81d1902ba2 100644
--- a/compiler/sem.nim
+++ b/compiler/sem.nim
@@ -248,17 +248,22 @@ proc newSymG*(kind: TSymKind, n: PNode, c: PContext): PSym =
       localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot use symbol of kind '$1' as a '$2'" %
         [result.kind.toHumanStr, kind.toHumanStr])
     # bug #25693: a local declared inside a template/macro operand (recorded in
-    # `shadowDiscardedDefs`) may be realized in a real scope at most once. A
-    # second realization - e.g. a `typed` argument captured by a `{.dirty.}`
-    # template and emitted by two `t()` calls - produces two definitions of the
-    # same symbol, which is a redefinition just like `var x = 0; var x = 1`.
+    # `shadowDiscardedDefs`) can be captured by a `{.dirty.}` template and
+    # re-emitted as a definition more than once. The first emission keeps the
+    # original symbol (so a leaked dirty-template name still resolves); every
+    # later emission gets a fresh copy, so distinct emissions don't share one
+    # symbol - which the destructor/liveness analysis would otherwise miscompile.
+    # Unlike a plain redefinition check this is control-flow agnostic, so the
+    # common "emit a `typed` body in several mutually-exclusive branches" pattern
+    # keeps working.
     if kind in {skVar, skLet, skForVar} and sfGenSym notin result.flags and
         result.id in c.shadowDiscardedDefs:
-      if containsOrIncl(c.realizedDefs, result.id) and
-          injectedSymbolRedefinition notin c.config.legacyFeatures:
-        localError(c.config, n.info,
-          "redefinition of '$1'; it is injected by a template more than once" %
-          result.name.s)
+      if containsOrIncl(c.realizedDefs, result.id):
+        let fresh = copySym(result, c.idgen)
+        fresh.ast = result.ast
+        put(c.p, result, fresh)
+        c.hasSymRedefs = true
+        result = fresh
     when false:
       if sfGenSym in result.flags and result.kind notin {skTemplate, skMacro, skParam}:
         # declarative context, so produce a fresh gensym:
diff --git a/compiler/semdata.nim b/compiler/semdata.nim
index 4424ea540e..8e3156db97 100644
--- a/compiler/semdata.nim
+++ b/compiler/semdata.nim
@@ -191,11 +191,16 @@ type
     semAsgnOpr*: proc (c: PContext; n: PNode; k: TNodeKind): PNode {.nimcall.}
     shadowDiscardedDefs*: IntSet
       # ids of local symbols that were declared inside a template/macro operand's
-      # shadow scope and then discarded; such a symbol may be realized in a real
-      # scope at most once. See bug #25693 and `rememberShadowDefs`.
+      # shadow scope and then discarded; re-emitting such a symbol as a
+      # definition gives a fresh copy so distinct emissions don't share a symbol.
+      # See bug #25693 and `rememberShadowDefs`.
     realizedDefs*: IntSet
-      # ids from `shadowDiscardedDefs` that have already been realized as a
-      # definition; a second realization is a redefinition.
+      # ids from `shadowDiscardedDefs` already realized once; the first emission
+      # keeps the original symbol (so leaked dirty-template names still resolve),
+      # later emissions get a fresh copy.
+    hasSymRedefs*: bool
+      # set once a redefinition mapping has been installed; makes `getGenSym`
+      # consult the proc-con mapping for non-gensym symbols too.
 
   TBorrowState* = enum
     bsNone, bsReturnNotMatch, bsNoDistinct, bsGeneric, bsNotSupported, bsMatch
@@ -288,7 +293,10 @@ proc get*(p: PProcCon; key: PSym): PSym =
   result = p.mapping.getOrDefault(key.itemId)
 
 proc getGenSym*(c: PContext; s: PSym): PSym =
-  if sfGenSym notin s.flags: return s
+  # `c.hasSymRedefs` additionally routes ordinary (non-gensym) symbols through
+  # the mapping so a re-emitted definition can redirect them to its fresh copy,
+  # see bug #25693 and `newSymG`.
+  if sfGenSym notin s.flags and not c.hasSymRedefs: return s
   var it = c.p
   while it != nil:
     result = get(it, s)
diff --git a/tests/template/toverload_over_untyped.nim b/tests/template/toverload_over_untyped.nim
index 56db22e082..ff76663915 100644
--- a/tests/template/toverload_over_untyped.nim
+++ b/tests/template/toverload_over_untyped.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 discard """
   output: '''ok
+ok
 ok'''
 """
 
@@ -33,6 +34,27 @@ block: # scalar `untyped` parameter
   block: t()
   echo "ok"
 
+block: # `typed` parameter captured and re-emitted: each emission gets its own
+       # symbols, otherwise the destructor/liveness pass miscompiles the shared
+       # local `a` and the program crashes at runtime
+  template g(b: typed) {.dirty.} =
+    template t: untyped = b
+
+  let q = "a"
+  g:
+    var a: seq[int]
+    try:
+      f(a, q & "1")
+    except CatchableError:
+      discard
+    try:
+      f(a, q & "1")
+    except CatchableError:
+      discard
+  block: t()
+  block: t()
+  echo "ok"
+
 block: # `varargs[untyped]` parameter takes the same pristine-AST path
   template g(b: varargs[untyped]) {.dirty.} =
     template t: untyped = b