diff --git a/src/server/responses/core.ts b/src/server/responses/core.ts
index 3c539c6d8e..bd2f326d52 100644
--- a/src/server/responses/core.ts
+++ b/src/server/responses/core.ts
@@ -3790,8 +3790,9 @@ async function handleResponsesInner(
    * lines, and the divergence that produced was the bug: `apiKey` was swapped while the routing
    * metadata paired with it stayed behind.
    *
-   * Returns false when the snapshot cannot be used safely, and the caller must then abandon the
-   * rotation rather than send a half-applied identity:
+   * Returns the admitted snapshot, which can differ when a newer manual selection wins the
+   * proposal race. Returns null when the snapshot cannot be used safely, and the caller must then
+   * abandon the rotation rather than send a half-applied identity:
    *
    * - Copilot pins its bearer to an account-scoped regional origin, so transport is re-resolved
    *   with the new account's `apiBaseUrl` instead of inheriting the previous account's host. The
@@ -3807,10 +3808,10 @@ async function handleResponsesInner(
   const applyFailoverSnapshot = async (
     snapshot: OAuthAccessSnapshot,
     retryParsed: OcxParsedRequest = parsed,
-  ): Promise<boolean> => {
-    if (route.provider.googleMode === "cloud-code-assist" && !snapshot.projectId) return false;
+  ): Promise<OAuthAccessSnapshot | null> => {
+    if (route.provider.googleMode === "cloud-code-assist" && !snapshot.projectId) return null;
     const committed = await commitResolvedOAuthSelection(snapshot);
-    if (!committed) return false;
+    if (!committed) return null;
     snapshot = committed;
     let rotatedProvider: OcxProviderConfig = { ...route.provider, apiKey: snapshot.accessToken };
     if (route.providerName === "github-copilot") {
@@ -3843,7 +3844,7 @@ async function handleResponsesInner(
     }
     sentOAuthSnapshot = snapshot;
     replayOAuthCredentialSnapshot = { accountId: snapshot.accountId, generation: snapshot.generation };
-    return true;
+    return snapshot;
   };
   const selectionIsCurrent = (binding: DispatchBinding | undefined): boolean => {
     if (route.provider.authMode === "forward") return true;
@@ -6349,7 +6350,8 @@ async function handleResponsesInner(
       try {
         const snapshot = await failoverAccountSnapshot(route.providerName, nextAccountId);
         genericFailovers += 1;
-        if (!await applyFailoverSnapshot(snapshot)) return false;
+        const admittedSnapshot = await applyFailoverSnapshot(snapshot);
+        if (!admittedSnapshot) return false;
         // A Cursor conversation/checkpoint is credential-scoped. The failed attempt emitted no
         // client-visible bytes, so replay is safe, but carrying its account identity into the next
         // account would not be. Let the rotated adapter derive a fresh identity and conversation.
@@ -6373,7 +6375,10 @@ async function handleResponsesInner(
           providerName: route.providerName,
           provider: rotatedProvider,
           adapterName: rotatedAdapter.name,
-          oauthCredentialSnapshot: { accountId: snapshot.accountId, generation: snapshot.generation },
+          oauthCredentialSnapshot: {
+            accountId: admittedSnapshot.accountId,
+            generation: admittedSnapshot.generation,
+          },
           codexAuthContext: authCtx,
           forwardHeaders: selectedForwardHeaders,
         });
diff --git a/tests/oauth/adapter-event-oauth-failover.test.ts b/tests/oauth/adapter-event-oauth-failover.test.ts
index a96c948ed9..9edaf8186b 100644
--- a/tests/oauth/adapter-event-oauth-failover.test.ts
+++ b/tests/oauth/adapter-event-oauth-failover.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const actualResolveAdapter = actualResolver.resolveAdapter;
 let attempts: AdapterEvent[][] = [];
 let attemptKeys: string[] = [];
 let attemptProjects: Array<string | undefined> = [];
+let attemptCredentialIdentities: Array<string | undefined> = [];
 /** Set by the delivery test: an attempt that emits, then blocks before completing the turn. */
 let slowAttempt: ((emit: (event: AdapterEvent) => void) => Promise<void>) | undefined;
 let beforePhysicalSend: (() => Promise<void>) | undefined;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ function fixtureAdapter(provider: OcxProviderConfig): ProviderAdapter {
       const index = attemptKeys.length;
       attemptKeys.push(provider.apiKey ?? "");
       attemptProjects.push(provider.project);
+      attemptCredentialIdentities.push(_parsed._providerContinuationOwner?.credentialIdentity);
       const gate = beforePhysicalSend;
       beforePhysicalSend = undefined;
       await gate?.();
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   attempts = [];
   attemptKeys = [];
   attemptProjects = [];
+  attemptCredentialIdentities = [];
   slowAttempt = undefined;
   beforePhysicalSend = undefined;
   physicalSends = 0;
@@ -216,6 +219,11 @@ describe("#2568 adapter-event OAuth failover", () => {
     expect(await response.text()).toContain("manual choice answered");
     expect(attemptKeys).toEqual(["cursor-access-2", "cursor-access-1"]);
     expect(getCredential("cursor")?.access).toBe("cursor-access-1");
+    await (await handleResponses(request(false), config(false), { model: "", provider: "" })).text();
+    expect(attemptCredentialIdentities[1]).toBe(attemptCredentialIdentities[2]);
+    await setActiveAccount("cursor", accounts[0]!.id);
+    await (await handleResponses(request(false), config(false), { model: "", provider: "" })).text();
+    expect(attemptCredentialIdentities[1]).not.toBe(attemptCredentialIdentities[3]);
   });
 
   test("a single account is a strict no-op", async () => {