diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/resident_memory.rs b/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/resident_memory.rs
index af90cb3e4e..2112c19eeb 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/resident_memory.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/resident_memory.rs
@@ -726,6 +726,14 @@ impl ResidentMemoryPressureV1 {
         self.state()
     }
 
+    /// Refresh pressure after reclaim without running reclaimers recursively.
+    fn resample_after_reclaim(&self) -> Option<ResidentMemoryPressureStateV1> {
+        let sample = (self.sampler)()?;
+        self.publish_observation(sample.admission_bytes());
+        self.publish_over_budget_gauge();
+        Some(self.state())
+    }
+
     fn checkpoint_micros(&self) -> u64 {
         u64::try_from(self.checkpoint_epoch.elapsed().as_micros()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX - 1)
     }
@@ -1056,7 +1064,7 @@ pub fn register_process_allocator_pressure_reclaimer_v1(
         Arc::new(move |request| {
             let trim = release_process_allocator_memory_v1();
             if let Some(pressure) = pressure_weak.upgrade() {
-                pressure.sample_for_checkpoint();
+                pressure.resample_after_reclaim();
             }
             tracing::info!(
                 event = "process_allocator_trimmed",
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/resident_memory/tests.rs b/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/resident_memory/tests.rs
index af033c2f1d..15614c4895 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/resident_memory/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-runtime-core/src/resident_memory/tests.rs
@@ -1163,6 +1163,46 @@ fn allocator_trim_reclaimer_runs_under_pressure_and_reports_only_measured_releas
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn allocator_trim_readmits_growth_when_memory_recovers_inside_checkpoint_throttle() {
+    let limit = bytes(PRESSURE_TEST_LIMIT_BYTES);
+    let measured = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(PRESSURE_TEST_LIMIT_BYTES));
+    let sampled = Arc::clone(&measured);
+    let pressure = Arc::new(ResidentMemoryPressureV1::with_sampler(
+        limit,
+        Arc::new(move || {
+            let observed = sampled.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+            Some(ProcessResidentSampleV1 {
+                resident_bytes: observed,
+                unreclaimable_bytes: observed,
+                swapped_bytes: 0,
+                cgroup_committed_bytes: None,
+            })
+        }),
+    ));
+    let authority = Arc::new(ProcessResidentMemoryV1::with_pressure(
+        limit,
+        Arc::clone(&pressure),
+    ));
+    let _trim = super::register_process_allocator_pressure_reclaimer_v1(&pressure)
+        .expect("allocator trim registration");
+    let owner = key("project-a", "worktree-a", "generation-a", "canonical");
+
+    pressure.sample_for_checkpoint();
+    let refused = authority
+        .reserve(owner.clone(), growth_request())
+        .expect_err("a process at its limit refuses growth");
+    assert!(refused.is_observed_over_budget());
+
+    measured.store(64 * 1024 * 1024, Ordering::Release);
+    pressure.publish_observed_resident_bytes(PRESSURE_TEST_LIMIT_BYTES);
+
+    let _admitted = authority
+        .reserve(owner, growth_request())
+        .expect("growth is admitted once the trim measures recovered memory");
+    assert_eq!(authority.snapshot().used_bytes, 16 * 1024 * 1024);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn allocator_pressure_reclaimer_installation_preserves_registration_failure() {
     let pressure = Arc::new(ResidentMemoryPressureV1::new(bytes(