diff --git a/tests/unit/test_symbolic_client.py b/tests/unit/test_symbolic_client.py
index ffd99612..37bda65c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_symbolic_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_symbolic_client.py
@@ -142,6 +142,20 @@ def test_loop_sites_in_different_files_get_distinct_iterator_state():
     assert f"loop_i_{site_b}" in str(ctx_b.iterator_constraint)
 
 
+def test_loop_index_int_is_the_current_iteration():
+    client = _LoopSiteSymbolicClient()
+    iterable = RangeWrapper(range(2), length=2, start=0, stop=2, step=1)
+    site = LoopSite(7, loop_file_token("/src/kernel.py"))
+
+    client._loop_hook_before(site, iterable)
+    idx = SymbolicExpr.from_value(client._loop_hook_iter_overrider(site, 1))
+    # Triton 3.6 indexes a tuple through int(tensor.handle.data); the loop
+    # index's Z3 form is a free variable, so int() must use the iteration.
+    assert isinstance(idx, SymbolicExpr)
+    assert int(idx.data) == 1
+    client._loop_hook_after(site)
+
+
 # ======== Reduce Operations Tests =========
 
 
diff --git a/tilelens/clients/symbolic_engine.py b/tilelens/clients/symbolic_engine.py
index af435c88..0207d99d 100644
--- a/tilelens/clients/symbolic_engine.py
+++ b/tilelens/clients/symbolic_engine.py
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ def coerce_int(val: Any) -> int:
         )
 
     def __int__(self) -> int:
-        int_val, _ = self.symbolic_expr.eval()
-        if isinstance(int_val, list):
-            int_val = int_val[0]
-        return self.coerce_int(int_val)
+        # Triton 3.6's tensor.__index__ calls int(handle.data) where newer
+        # releases call handle.data.squeeze(). Concretize on both paths so a
+        # loop index or program id yields its current value, not a free Z3 var.
+        return self.coerce_int(self._scalar_data())
 
     def __bool__(self) -> bool:
         return bool(self._scalar_data().item())