diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-sessions/src/runtime/hosts/codex/observation.rs b/crates/tracedecay-sessions/src/runtime/hosts/codex/observation.rs
index cf3816de8df..3efd30be4df 100644
--- a/crates/tracedecay-sessions/src/runtime/hosts/codex/observation.rs
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-sessions/src/runtime/hosts/codex/observation.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ use tracedecay_runtime_core::resident_memory::ProcessSharedMemoryReservationV1;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod meta_cache_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod reoffer_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod retired_source_tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod rollout_source_tests;
@@ -403,6 +405,11 @@ impl CodexObservationAdmission<'_> {
     /// Prepare this bounded page's context and scope decisions on the blocking
     /// pool. The page owns its reservation throughout preparation; only these
     /// decisions, not filesystem work, are used by frame callbacks and retries.
+    #[tracing::instrument(
+        name = "sessions.observation.codex.resolve_scope",
+        level = "trace",
+        skip_all
+    )]
     async fn resolve_scope(
         &self,
         matchers: &ProjectRootMatcherCache,
@@ -410,6 +417,19 @@ impl CodexObservationAdmission<'_> {
         meta: &super::CodexMeta,
         scan: JsonlObservationScan,
     ) -> TranscriptIngestResult<(CodexAdmissionState, u64)> {
+        // Only native frames consume scope verdicts. An exhausted source must
+        // still finish canonical cursor/rewrite processing, but resolving Git
+        // identities (and dispatching blocking work) cannot affect that result.
+        // Do not cache a verdict here: a later append must resolve live scope.
+        if scan.frame_bytes().next().is_none() {
+            return Ok((
+                CodexAdmissionState {
+                    context: CodexContextState::from_meta(meta),
+                    scope_verdicts: Arc::new(HashMap::new()),
+                },
+                0,
+            ));
+        }
         let roots = self.scope_roots();
         let profile = crate::runtime::transcript_source_profile();
         let matchers = matchers.clone();
diff --git a/crates/tracedecay-sessions/src/runtime/hosts/codex/observation/reoffer_tests.rs b/crates/tracedecay-sessions/src/runtime/hosts/codex/observation/reoffer_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6272604004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tracedecay-sessions/src/runtime/hosts/codex/observation/reoffer_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+//! Empty Codex re-offers must not pay repository resolution costs or cache a
+//! scope decision that can leak into the next nonempty admission page.
+
+use std::io::Write as _;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use tracedecay_domain::{ObservationScopeV1, ProjectId};
+use tracedecay_runtime_core::config::ProfileRoot;
+use tracedecay_runtime_core::git_discovery::{
+    GitRepositoryIdentityOutcome, discover_repository_identity_cli_first,
+};
+use tracedecay_runtime_core::path_safety::plain_git_args;
+
+use super::{
+    CodexJsonlAdmissionProgress, CodexObservationAdmission, codex_observation_source_v2,
+    try_admit_codex_jsonl_observations,
+};
+use crate::admission::test_support::MemoryHostAdmission;
+use crate::observation::ObservationCancellation;
+use crate::runtime::observation::jsonl_observation_admission::install_test_shared_jsonl_preparation_authority;
+use crate::runtime::shared::ProjectRootMatcherCache;
+use crate::runtime::with_transcript_source_profile;
+
+static IDENTITY_RESOLUTIONS: Mutex<Vec<PathBuf>> = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
+
+fn recording_identity(path: &Path) -> GitRepositoryIdentityOutcome {
+    IDENTITY_RESOLUTIONS
+        .lock()
+        .unwrap()
+        .push(path.to_path_buf());
+    discover_repository_identity_cli_first(path)
+}
+
+fn resolution_count(root: &Path) -> usize {
+    IDENTITY_RESOLUTIONS
+        .lock()
+        .unwrap()
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|path| path.starts_with(root))
+        .count()
+}
+
+fn message(session: &str, item: &str) -> Value {
+    json!({
+        "timestamp": "2026-09-04T12:00:01.004Z",
+        "type": "event_msg",
+        "payload": {
+            "type": "item_completed",
+            "thread_id": session,
+            "turn_id": item,
+            "item": {
+                "type": "UserMessage",
+                "id": item,
+                "content": [{"type": "text", "text": item}]
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+fn write_rollout(path: &Path, cwd: &Path, session: &str) -> u64 {
+    let mut file = std::fs::File::create(path).unwrap();
+    writeln!(
+        file,
+        "{}",
+        json!({
+            "timestamp": "2026-09-04T12:00:00.000Z",
+            "type": "session_meta",
+            "payload": {"id": session, "cwd": cwd}
+        })
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    writeln!(file, "{}", message(session, "initial-item")).unwrap();
+    file.metadata().unwrap().len()
+}
+
+fn append_in_scope(path: &Path, cwd: &Path, session: &str, item: &str) -> u64 {
+    let mut file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new().append(true).open(path).unwrap();
+    writeln!(
+        file,
+        "{}",
+        json!({"type": "turn_context", "payload": {"cwd": cwd, "model": "scope-model"}})
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    writeln!(file, "{}", message(session, item)).unwrap();
+    file.metadata().unwrap().len()
+}
+
+struct Fixture {
+    _temp: TempDir,
+    root: PathBuf,
+    project: PathBuf,
+    outside: PathBuf,
+    profile: ProfileRoot,
+    project_id: ProjectId,
+    project_admission: MemoryHostAdmission,
+    profile_admission: MemoryHostAdmission,
+}
+
+impl Fixture {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        install_test_shared_jsonl_preparation_authority();
+        let temp = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let root = temp.path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+        let project = root.join("project");
+        let outside = root.join("outside");
+        for repository in [&project, &outside] {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(repository.join("src")).unwrap();
+            let output = std::process::Command::new(
+                tracedecay_runtime_core::git::try_git_program().unwrap(),
+            )
+            .args(plain_git_args(&[
+                "init",
+                "--quiet",
+                "--initial-branch=main",
+            ]))
+            .current_dir(repository)
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+            assert!(
+                output.status.success(),
+                "git init: {}",
+                String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+            );
+        }
+        Self {
+            profile: ProfileRoot::under_home(root.join("owner")),
+            _temp: temp,
+            root,
+            project,
+            outside,
+            project_id: ProjectId::new("project.codex-idle-reoffer").unwrap(),
+            project_admission: MemoryHostAdmission::default(),
+            profile_admission: MemoryHostAdmission::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn admit(
+        &self,
+        path: &Path,
+        cache: &ProjectRootMatcherCache,
+        cancellation: &ObservationCancellation,
+    ) -> [CodexJsonlAdmissionProgress; 2] {
+        let project = try_admit_codex_jsonl_observations(
+            path,
+            CodexObservationAdmission::Project {
+                root: &self.project,
+                project_id: self.project_id.clone(),
+            },
+            &self.project_admission,
+            None,
+            None,
+            cancellation,
+            cache,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        let profile = try_admit_codex_jsonl_observations(
+            path,
+            CodexObservationAdmission::Profile {
+                session_id: None,
+                registered_roots: std::slice::from_ref(&self.project),
+            },
+            &self.profile_admission,
+            None,
+            None,
+            cancellation,
+            cache,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        [project, profile]
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_unchanged(progress: CodexJsonlAdmissionProgress, len: u64) {
+    assert!(progress.resumed);
+    assert!(!progress.source_deferred);
+    assert_eq!(progress.covered_through, len);
+    assert_eq!(progress.bytes_consumed, 0);
+    assert_eq!(progress.frames_decoded, 0);
+    assert_eq!(progress.frames_persisted, 0);
+    assert_eq!(progress.prior_context_bytes, 0);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn unchanged_corpus_reoffers_skip_cold_scope_resolution() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new();
+    let mut rollouts = Vec::new();
+    for index in 0..16 {
+        let repository = if index % 2 == 0 {
+            &fixture.project
+        } else {
+            &fixture.outside
+        };
+        let cwd = repository.join(format!("cwd-{index}"));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&cwd).unwrap();
+        let path = fixture.root.join(format!("rollout-{index}.jsonl"));
+        let len = write_rollout(&path, &cwd, &format!("reoffer-session-{index}"));
+        rollouts.push((path, len));
+    }
+    tracedecay_runtime_core::native_runtime::block_on(with_transcript_source_profile(
+        fixture.profile.clone(),
+        async {
+            let cancellation = ObservationCancellation::default();
+            let initial = ProjectRootMatcherCache::with_identity_resolver(recording_identity);
+            for (path, len) in &rollouts {
+                for progress in fixture.admit(path, &initial, &cancellation).await {
+                    assert!(!progress.source_deferred);
+                    assert_eq!(progress.covered_through, *len);
+                    assert_eq!(progress.bytes_consumed, *len);
+                }
+            }
+            let stores = [&fixture.project_admission, &fixture.profile_admission];
+            assert_eq!(stores.map(|store| store.observations().len()), [16, 16]);
+            let captures = stores.map(MemoryHostAdmission::capture_call_counts);
+            let retained = stores.map(|store| {
+                store
+                    .observations()
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|record| {
+                        (
+                            record.observation().observation_id().clone(),
+                            record.committed_cursor().clone(),
+                        )
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            });
+            let before = resolution_count(&fixture.root);
+            assert!(before >= rollouts.len(), "the resolver probe must be live");
+            drop(initial);
+
+            // A cold process cache cannot hide redundant resolution on the
+            // first empty re-offer. Later rounds also exercise the warm path.
+            let cache = ProjectRootMatcherCache::with_identity_resolver(recording_identity);
+            let started = Instant::now();
+            let mut reoffers = 0;
+            for _ in 0..3 {
+                for (path, len) in &rollouts {
+                    for progress in fixture.admit(path, &cache, &cancellation).await {
+                        assert_unchanged(progress, *len);
+                        reoffers += 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            let resolutions = resolution_count(&fixture.root) - before;
+            tracing::info!(
+                reoffers,
+                git_identity_resolutions = resolutions,
+                wall_seconds = started.elapsed().as_secs_f64(),
+                "unchanged Codex corpus re-offer measurement"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(reoffers, 96);
+            assert_eq!(resolutions, 0, "empty pages must not resolve Git scope");
+            assert_eq!(
+                stores.map(MemoryHostAdmission::capture_call_counts),
+                captures
+            );
+            for (store, retained) in stores.into_iter().zip(retained) {
+                let current = store
+                    .observations()
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|record| {
+                        (
+                            record.observation().observation_id().clone(),
+                            record.committed_cursor().clone(),
+                        )
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                assert_eq!(
+                    current, retained,
+                    "accepted source identity must not change"
+                );
+            }
+        },
+    ))
+    .unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn append_after_empty_reoffer_rechecks_scope_and_source_identity() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new();
+    let path = fixture.root.join("rollout-live.jsonl");
+    let session = "reoffer-live-session";
+    let len = write_rollout(&path, &fixture.project.join("src"), session);
+    tracedecay_runtime_core::native_runtime::block_on(with_transcript_source_profile(
+        fixture.profile.clone(),
+        async {
+            let cancellation = ObservationCancellation::default();
+            let initial = ProjectRootMatcherCache::default();
+            let admitted = fixture.admit(&path, &initial, &cancellation).await;
+            assert_eq!(admitted[0].frames_persisted, 2);
+            assert_eq!(admitted[1].frames_persisted, 0);
+            drop(initial);
+
+            let cache = ProjectRootMatcherCache::with_identity_resolver(recording_identity);
+            for progress in fixture.admit(&path, &cache, &cancellation).await {
+                assert_unchanged(progress, len);
+            }
+            assert_eq!(resolution_count(&fixture.root), 0);
+
+            let new_len =
+                append_in_scope(&path, &fixture.outside.join("src"), session, "outside-item");
+            let appended = fixture.admit(&path, &cache, &cancellation).await;
+            assert_eq!(appended[0].frames_persisted, 0);
+            assert!(appended[1].frames_persisted > 0);
+            for progress in appended {
+                assert!(!progress.source_deferred);
+                assert_eq!(progress.covered_through, new_len);
+                assert_eq!(progress.bytes_consumed, new_len - len);
+            }
+            assert!(resolution_count(&fixture.root) > 0);
+            let expected_source = codex_observation_source_v2(session).unwrap();
+            let profile_records = fixture.profile_admission.observations();
+            assert!(!profile_records.is_empty());
+            for record in &profile_records {
+                assert_eq!(record.observation().source(), &expected_source);
+                assert_eq!(record.observation().scope(), &ObservationScopeV1::Profile);
+            }
+            assert_eq!(fixture.project_admission.observations().len(), 2);
+
+            let final_len = append_in_scope(
+                &path,
+                &fixture.project.join("src"),
+                session,
+                "returned-item",
+            );
+            let returned = fixture.admit(&path, &cache, &cancellation).await;
+            assert!(returned[0].frames_persisted > 0);
+            assert_eq!(returned[1].frames_persisted, 0);
+            for progress in returned {
+                assert!(!progress.source_deferred);
+                assert_eq!(progress.covered_through, final_len);
+                assert_eq!(progress.bytes_consumed, final_len - new_len);
+            }
+            assert_eq!(
+                fixture.profile_admission.observations().len(),
+                profile_records.len()
+            );
+            for progress in fixture.admit(&path, &cache, &cancellation).await {
+                assert_unchanged(progress, final_len);
+            }
+
+            cancellation.cancel();
+            let captures = fixture.project_admission.capture_call_counts();
+            for progress in fixture.admit(&path, &cache, &cancellation).await {
+                assert!(progress.source_deferred, "cancellation is not convergence");
+                assert_eq!(progress.frames_persisted, 0);
+            }
+            assert_eq!(fixture.project_admission.capture_call_counts(), captures);
+        },
+    ))
+    .unwrap();
+}