diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan.recheck.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan.recheck.test.ts
index eb0288d93d0..478ec1e33d7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan.recheck.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan.recheck.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ vi.mock('@/lib/file-owner-runtime-target', () => {
 import { createTestStore } from '@/store/slices/store-test-helpers'
 import {
   attachRestoredTabConflictScan,
+  getRestoredTabReverificationRequestCountForTest,
   MAX_VERIFY_ATTEMPTS,
   requestRestoredTabReverification
 } from './editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan'
@@ -129,3 +130,13 @@ it('does not let an absence answer from before a newer check resolve that check'
   expect(tab().externalMutation).toBe('changed')
   expect(tab().pendingDiskBaselineVerification).toBeFalsy()
 })
+
+it("forgets a tab's check requests once the tab closes", async () => {
+  mocks.readRuntimeFileContent.mockResolvedValue({ content: 'v1', isBinary: false })
+  detach = attachRestoredTabConflictScan(store)
+  requestRestoredTabReverification(FILE)
+  expect(getRestoredTabReverificationRequestCountForTest()).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+
+  store.getState().closeFile(FILE)
+  expect(getRestoredTabReverificationRequestCountForTest()).toBe(0)
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan.ts
index 256ab693cad..ea889325a80 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/editor-restored-tab-conflict-scan.ts
@@ -26,14 +26,30 @@ const MAX_CONCURRENT_VERIFY_READS = 3
 export const MAX_VERIFY_ATTEMPTS = VERIFY_FAST_ATTEMPTS + 10
 
 // Why: a disk check requested while one is in flight must not be answered by the older read.
+// A global sequence, so dropping a closed tab's entry can't let a reopened tab's request reuse an old read's number.
 const verifyRequestGenerationByFileId = new Map<string, number>()
+let verifyRequestGenerationSeq = 0
 
 /** Asks for a fresh disk check of a tab; a read already in flight is followed by one more. */
 export function requestRestoredTabReverification(fileId: string): void {
-  verifyRequestGenerationByFileId.set(
-    fileId,
-    (verifyRequestGenerationByFileId.get(fileId) ?? 0) + 1
-  )
+  verifyRequestGenerationSeq += 1
+  verifyRequestGenerationByFileId.set(fileId, verifyRequestGenerationSeq)
+}
+
+export function getRestoredTabReverificationRequestCountForTest(): number {
+  return verifyRequestGenerationByFileId.size
+}
+
+function forgetClosedTabReverificationRequests(openFiles: readonly OpenFile[]): void {
+  if (verifyRequestGenerationByFileId.size === 0) {
+    return
+  }
+  const openIds = new Set(openFiles.map((file) => file.id))
+  for (const fileId of verifyRequestGenerationByFileId.keys()) {
+    if (!openIds.has(fileId)) {
+      verifyRequestGenerationByFileId.delete(fileId)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function verifyRequestGeneration(fileId: string): number {
@@ -284,6 +300,7 @@ export function attachRestoredTabConflictScan(store: AppStoreApi): () => void {
       return
     }
     previousOpenFiles = nextOpenFiles
+    forgetClosedTabReverificationRequests(nextOpenFiles)
     scan()
   })
   scan()
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/editor-external-watch-overflow.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/editor-external-watch-overflow.test.ts
index eeab418edec..b6a47af6717 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/editor-external-watch-overflow.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/editor-external-watch-overflow.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ vi.mock('@/components/editor/combined-diff/remember-view/combined-diff-view-cach
 
 import type { OpenFile } from '@/store/slices/editor'
 import {
+  getPendingOverflowProbeCountForTest,
   reconcileEditorTabsAfterOverflow,
   supersedeOverflowProbesForBatch
 } from './editor-external-watch-overflow'
@@ -192,9 +193,27 @@ describe('reconcileEditorTabsAfterOverflow', () => {
       },
       [touched]
     )
+    expect(getPendingOverflowProbeCountForTest()).toBe(0)
 
     answer([{ exists: true }])
     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
     expect(harness.scheduleReload).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(getPendingOverflowProbeCountForTest()).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('leaves no probe entry behind for a tab closed while its probe was pending', async () => {
+    setTabs(tab('a.ts'))
+    let answer: (rows: unknown) => void = () => {}
+    harness.runtimePathsExist.mockImplementationOnce(
+      () => new Promise((resolve) => (answer = resolve))
+    )
+    reconcileEditorTabsAfterOverflow(target)
+    expect(getPendingOverflowProbeCountForTest()).toBe(1)
+
+    setTabs()
+    answer([{ exists: true }])
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0))
+    expect(harness.scheduleReload).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(getPendingOverflowProbeCountForTest()).toBe(0)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/editor-external-watch-overflow.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/editor-external-watch-overflow.ts
index 8a5dced4c57..0fc9fda61b2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/editor-external-watch-overflow.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/editor-external-watch-overflow.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ function claimProbeGeneration(fileId: string): number {
   return probeGenerationSeq
 }
 
+export function getPendingOverflowProbeCountForTest(): number {
+  return probeGenerationByFileId.size
+}
+
 /** Drops pending existence answers for tabs this watch batch touched. */
 export function supersedeOverflowProbesForBatch(
   batchPaths: EditorExternalWatchBatchPathIndex,
@@ -52,10 +56,9 @@ export function supersedeOverflowProbesForBatch(
       touched.add(file.id)
     }
   }
+  // Why: the pending probe's generation can never match again, so its completion no longer owns an entry to delete.
   for (const fileId of touched) {
-    if (probeGenerationByFileId.has(fileId)) {
-      claimProbeGeneration(fileId)
-    }
+    probeGenerationByFileId.delete(fileId)
   }
 }