diff --git a/src/__tests__/e2e/workflow-records-reports-branch-1083.test.ts b/src/__tests__/e2e/workflow-records-reports-branch-1083.test.ts
index 5aa3648f6..b1ec8995e 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/e2e/workflow-records-reports-branch-1083.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/e2e/workflow-records-reports-branch-1083.test.ts
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ describe('#1083 workflow run records reach the reports branch', () => {
     expect(startRecord.username).toBe('alice');
     expect(startRecord.sourceHash).toBe(sourceHash);
     expect(startRecord.teamRevision).toBe(teamRevision);
-    expect(() => git(repo, 'cat-file', '-e', teamRevision)).not.toThrow();
-    expect(git(repo, 'show', `${teamRevision}:workflows/build.yaml`)).toBe(TWO_STEPS);
+    git(sandbox, 'clone', 'origin.git', 'fresh');
+    const fresh = path.join(sandbox, 'fresh');
+    expect(() => git(fresh, 'cat-file', '-e', teamRevision)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(git(fresh, 'show', `${teamRevision}:workflows/build.yaml`)).toBe(TWO_STEPS);
 
     const done = await runLocalDriver(config, runId, work, {
       tools: { default: 'claude' },
diff --git a/src/__tests__/workflow-cache.test.ts b/src/__tests__/workflow-cache.test.ts
index 028337617..4396dd61d 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/workflow-cache.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/workflow-cache.test.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,46 @@ describe('workflow cache', () => {
     expect((await loadCachedWorkflow(config, 'build'))?.teamRevision).toBe(localRevision);
   });
 
+  it('keeps a verified revision when an unrelated unpushed commit moves HEAD', async () => {
+    const config = testConfig();
+    const repository = initializeTeamRepository(config);
+    writeWorkflow(config, 'build', VALID);
+    const pushed = repository.commit('add workflow');
+    repository.push();
+    await syncWorkflowDefinitions(config);
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(config.repo.localPath, 'README.md'), 'unrelated\n');
+    repository.commit('unrelated local commit');
+    await syncWorkflowDefinitions(config);
+
+    expect((await loadCachedWorkflow(config, 'build'))?.teamRevision).toBe(pushed);
+    const started = await startRun(config, 'build');
+    if ('error' in started) throw new Error(started.error.message);
+    const run = await readRun(config, String(started.data.run));
+    if (typeof run === 'string') throw new Error(`Could not read run: ${run}`);
+    expect(run.teamRevision).toBe(pushed);
+  });
+
+  it('drops an unchanged workflow revision that the team remote no longer reaches', async () => {
+    const config = testConfig();
+    const repository = initializeTeamRepository(config);
+    writeWorkflow(config, 'build', VALID);
+    const pushed = repository.commit('add workflow');
+    repository.push();
+    await syncWorkflowDefinitions(config);
+    expect((await loadCachedWorkflow(config, 'build'))?.teamRevision).toBe(pushed);
+
+    const tree = git(config.repo.localPath, 'write-tree');
+    const rewritten = git(config.repo.localPath, 'commit-tree', tree, '-m', 'rewrite team history');
+    git(config.repo.localPath, 'checkout', '-B', 'main', rewritten);
+    git(config.repo.localPath, 'push', '--force', '--set-upstream', 'origin', 'main');
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(config.repo.localPath, 'README.md'), 'unrelated\n');
+    repository.commit('unrelated local commit');
+    await syncWorkflowDefinitions(config);
+
+    expect((await loadCachedWorkflow(config, 'build'))?.teamRevision).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it('omits the team revision for an untracked workflow at a remote-reachable commit', async () => {
     const config = testConfig();
     const repository = initializeTeamRepository(config);
@@ -248,6 +288,26 @@ steps:
     expect(mixedRun.teamRevision).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it('records the earlier team revision on a run of a kept workflow', async () => {
+    const config = testConfig();
+    const repository = initializeTeamRepository(config);
+    writeWorkflow(config, 'build', VALID);
+    const pushed = repository.commit('add workflow');
+    repository.push();
+    await syncWorkflowDefinitions(config);
+
+    writeWorkflow(config, 'build', 'schemaVersion: [\n');
+    repository.commit('break workflow');
+    repository.push();
+    expect((await syncWorkflowDefinitions(config)).kept).toEqual(['build']);
+
+    const started = await startRun(config, 'build');
+    if ('error' in started) throw new Error(started.error.message);
+    const run = await readRun(config, String(started.data.run));
+    if (typeof run === 'string') throw new Error(`Could not read run: ${run}`);
+    expect(run.teamRevision).toBe(pushed);
+  });
+
   it('clears a kept workflow revision that the team remote no longer reaches', async () => {
     const config = testConfig();
     const repository = initializeTeamRepository(config);
diff --git a/src/workflow/cache.ts b/src/workflow/cache.ts
index 78c828840..07dd02208 100644
--- a/src/workflow/cache.ts
+++ b/src/workflow/cache.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { formatDiagnostic, parseWorkflow, promptFileDiagnostics, stepField } fro
 import type { WorkflowFiles } from './parse-context.js';
 import type { CachedWorkflow, WorkflowDefinition, WorkflowDiagnostic, WorkflowStep } from './types.js';
 import { assertSafePath, assertWithinRoot } from '../utils/path-safety.js';
-import { createGit } from '../utils/git.js';
+import { createGit, getHeadCommit } from '../utils/git.js';
 
 export interface SyncWorkflowOptions {
   dryRun?: boolean;
@@ -136,11 +136,10 @@ async function isTeamRemoteRevision(root: string, revision: string): Promise<boo
 /** The checked-out commit, only when the team remote can reach it. */
 async function remotelyReachableRevision(root: string): Promise<ReachableRevision | undefined> {
   try {
-    const git = createGit(root);
-    const revision = (await git.revparse(['HEAD'])).trim();
-    if (!await isTeamRemoteRevision(root, revision)) return undefined;
+    const revision = await getHeadCommit(root);
+    if (!revision || !await isTeamRemoteRevision(root, revision)) return undefined;
     return {
-      repositoryRoot: await fs.realpath((await git.revparse(['--show-toplevel'])).trim()),
+      repositoryRoot: await fs.realpath((await createGit(root).revparse(['--show-toplevel'])).trim()),
       revision,
     };
   } catch {
@@ -269,13 +268,15 @@ export async function syncWorkflowDefinitions(
       reject(file, problems);
       continue;
     }
-    const previous = await readCache(config, file.definition.name);
+    const previous = kept.get(file.stem);
     result.cached.push(file.definition.name);
-    if (options.dryRun || (previous?.sourceHash === file.sourceHash && previous.teamRevision === file.teamRevision)) continue;
+    // Equal bytes are still stored at the earlier entry's revision; the loop that filled `kept` dropped it if origin no longer reaches it.
+    const teamRevision = file.teamRevision ?? (previous?.sourceHash === file.sourceHash ? previous.teamRevision : undefined);
+    if (options.dryRun || (previous?.sourceHash === file.sourceHash && previous.teamRevision === teamRevision)) continue;
     await writeJsonAtomic(cachePath(config, file.definition.name), {
       relativePath: file.relativePath,
       sourceHash: file.sourceHash,
-      ...(file.teamRevision ? { teamRevision: file.teamRevision } : {}),
+      ...(teamRevision ? { teamRevision } : {}),
       content: file.content,
       definition: file.definition,
       validatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),