diff --git a/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/README.md b/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/README.md
index 7f9c88f9..89eebe2a 100644
--- a/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/README.md
+++ b/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/README.md
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ The stop is wired for Claude, Cursor, and Codex. Each harness gets that
 harness's own block: Claude exits 2, Cursor returns a followup message on
 its stop event, and Codex returns a block decision. A product command (a
 hyphenated program such as `invoker-cli doctor`) that
-already ran in the session, including a subagent transcript beside it, has
-to run again after the last file edit. Codex `exec_command` rows count as
+ran between the previous file edit and the last one, or anywhere in a
+subagent transcript beside the session, has to run again after the last
+file edit. Commands from earlier edit cycles are that cycle's repro, not
+this one's, so a long session does not accumulate every program it ever
+ran into one demand. Codex `exec_command` rows count as
 that command, and `apply_patch` counts as the edit. A later `vitest` / `pnpm test` /
 `pytest` run does not replace it. The hook names the missing program and
 subcommand and blocks. Unix pipelines, `node -e` scripts, and a session that
diff --git a/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/detect.py b/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/detect.py
index 9552cbfc..917115b8 100644
--- a/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/detect.py
+++ b/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/detect.py
@@ -397,19 +397,21 @@ def same_repro_gap(transcript_path: str) -> list[str] | None:
     if primary is None:
         return None
     last_edit = None
+    previous_edit = -1
     for index, (kind, _command) in enumerate(primary):
         if kind == "edit":
-            last_edit = index
+            previous_edit, last_edit = (last_edit if last_edit is not None else -1), index
     if last_edit is None:
         return []
     if not any(kind == "cmd" and _is_test_runner(command) for index, (kind, command) in enumerate(primary) if index > last_edit):
         return []
     seen: set[str] = set()
     for path in _session_paths(transcript_path):
-        events = primary if path == transcript_path else _read_events(path)
-        if events is None:
-            continue
-        for kind, command in events:
+        if path == transcript_path:
+            window = primary[previous_edit + 1:last_edit]
+        else:
+            window = _read_events(path) or []
+        for kind, command in window:
             if kind == "cmd":
                 seen.update(surface_keys(command))
     rerun: set[str] = set()
diff --git a/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/tests/test_hooks.py b/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/tests/test_hooks.py
index a6faa139..5dbd187d 100644
--- a/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/tests/test_hooks.py
+++ b/engine/hooks/prove-it-ship-gate/tests/test_hooks.py
@@ -601,6 +601,24 @@ def test_fires_when_the_real_command_ran_in_a_subagent(self):
         self.assertIsNotNone(feedback)
         self.assertIn("invoker-cli --help", feedback)
 
+    def test_only_the_commands_since_the_previous_edit_count_as_the_repro(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            path = write_cursor_transcript(directory, "session.jsonl", [
+                ("shell", "invoker-cli doctor"),
+                ("edit", ""),
+                ("shell", "pnpm test"),
+                ("shell", "other-tool run"),
+                ("edit", ""),
+                ("shell", "pnpm test"),
+            ])
+            feedback = detect.decide({
+                "last_assistant_message": "the test passed",
+                "transcript_path": path,
+            })
+        self.assertIsNotNone(feedback)
+        self.assertIn("other-tool run", feedback)
+        self.assertNotIn("invoker-cli doctor", feedback)
+
     def test_fails_open_when_the_same_repro_transcript_is_missing(self):
         self.assertIsNone(detect.same_repro_gap("/nonexistent/same-repro.jsonl"))
         self.assertIsNone(detect.decide({