diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14f72f641..80329762e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 # 0.1.9000
 
+## 2024-11
+
+- LSP: Assignments in function calls (e.g. `list(x <- 1)`) are now detected by the missing symbol linter to avoid annoying false positive diagnostics (https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3048). The downside is that this causes false negatives when the assignment happens in a call with local scope, e.g. in `local()` or `test_that()`. We prefer to be overly permissive than overly cautious in these matters.
+
+
 ## 2024-10
 
 - Objects assigned at top level are now indexed, in addition to assigned functions. When a name is assigned multiple times, we now only index the first occurrence. This allows you to jump to the first "declaration" of the variable. In the future we'll improve this mechanism so that you can jump to the most recent assignment.
diff --git a/crates/ark/src/lsp/diagnostics.rs b/crates/ark/src/lsp/diagnostics.rs
index 7a0c1bc2b..c9d44ccb5 100644
--- a/crates/ark/src/lsp/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/crates/ark/src/lsp/diagnostics.rs
@@ -785,9 +785,24 @@ fn recurse_call_arguments_default(
     // TODO: Can we better handle NSE in things like `quote()` and
     // `dplyr::mutate()` so we don't have to turn off certain diagnostics when
     // we are inside a call's arguments?
-    let mut context = context.clone();
+
+    // We used to clone `context` here to prevent assignments from applying to
+    // the caller. We now purposely preserve the caller's context with its
+    // `document_symbols`. We explicitly want to index symbols assigned in the
+    // call arguments to avoid false positive lints about missing symbols, see
+    // https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3048.
+    //
+    // Because of the way we traverse the syntax tree, this makes the assumption
+    // that execution order is deterministic from left to right. This is not
+    // necessarily correct since arguments are lazily evaluated, and whether
+    // this is true depends on the function's implementation. For now we assume
+    // every function behaves like `list()`, which is our default model of
+    // strict evaluation.
+
+    // Save `in_call` to restore it on exit. Necessary to handle nested calls
+    // and maintain the state to `true` until we've left the outermost call.
+    let in_call = context.in_call;
     context.in_call = true;
-    let context = &mut context;
 
     // Recurse into arguments.
     if let Some(arguments) = node.child_by_field_name("arguments") {
@@ -804,6 +819,7 @@ fn recurse_call_arguments_default(
         }
     }
 
+    context.in_call = in_call;
     ().ok()
 }
 
@@ -1311,11 +1327,7 @@ foo
             let document = Document::new(code, None);
 
             let diagnostics = generate_diagnostics(document.clone(), DEFAULT_STATE.clone());
-            assert_eq!(diagnostics.len(), 1);
-
-            let diagnostic = diagnostics.get(0).unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(diagnostic.range.start.line, 2);
-            insta::assert_snapshot!(diagnostic.message);
+            assert_eq!(diagnostics.len(), 0);
         })
     }
 
@@ -1331,31 +1343,70 @@ foo
             let document = Document::new(code, None);
 
             let diagnostics = generate_diagnostics(document.clone(), DEFAULT_STATE.clone());
-            assert_eq!(diagnostics.len(), 1);
-
-            let diagnostic = diagnostics.get(0).unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(diagnostic.range.start.line, 2);
-            insta::assert_snapshot!(diagnostic.message);
+            assert_eq!(diagnostics.len(), 0);
         })
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_assignment_within_function_arguments() {
-        // TODO: `x` should be defined in the global env and there should not be a diagnostic here
+    fn test_assignment_within_call() {
+        // https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/3048
+        // With our current approach we also incorrectly index symbols in calls
+        // with local scopes such as `local()` or `test_that()`. We prefer to be
+        // overly permissive than the opposite to avoid annoying false positive
+        // diagnostics.
         r_task(|| {
+            let code = "
+                list(x <- 1)
+                x
+            ";
+            let document = Document::new(code, None);
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                generate_diagnostics(document.clone(), DEFAULT_STATE.clone()).len(),
+                0
+            );
+
             let code = "
                 list({ x <- 1 })
                 x
             ";
+            let document = Document::new(code, None);
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                generate_diagnostics(document.clone(), DEFAULT_STATE.clone()).len(),
+                0
+            );
+        })
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_no_symbol_diagnostics_in_calls() {
+        // For now we never check for missing symbols inside calls because we
+        // don't have a good way to deal with NSE in functions like `quote()` or
+        // `mutate()`.
+        r_task(|| {
+            let code = "
+                list(x)
+            ";
             let document = Document::new(code, None);
 
-            let diagnostics = generate_diagnostics(document.clone(), DEFAULT_STATE.clone());
-            assert_eq!(diagnostics.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(
+                generate_diagnostics(document.clone(), DEFAULT_STATE.clone()).len(),
+                0
+            );
 
-            let diagnostic = diagnostics.get(0).unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(diagnostic.range.start.line, 2);
-            insta::assert_snapshot!(diagnostic.message);
+            // Important to test nested case. We have a dynamic stack of state
+            // variable to keep track of whether we are in a call. The inner
+            // call should restore the outer state on exit.
+            let code = "
+                list(list(), x)
+            ";
+            let document = Document::new(code, None);
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                generate_diagnostics(document.clone(), DEFAULT_STATE.clone()).len(),
+                0
+            );
         })
     }
 }