diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/ai-vault-session-identity.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/ai-vault-session-identity.ts
index f2101f75011..a4effa09096 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/ai-vault-session-identity.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/ai-vault-session-identity.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { AiVaultListResult, AiVaultSession } from '../../../../shared/ai-vault-types'
-import { areValuesEqual } from '@/store/slices/repo-identity-reconcile'
+import { structuralValuesEqual } from '../../../../shared/structural-value-equality'
 import { reuseEqualCatalogRows } from '@/store/slices/worktree-catalog-reconciliation'
 
 // One instance is shared by every mounted hook, so it is frozen: an in-place
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ export function reuseAiVaultListResult(
     return incoming
   }
   const sessions = reuseEqualCatalogRows(current.sessions, incoming.sessions)
-  const issues = areValuesEqual(current.issues, incoming.issues) ? current.issues : incoming.issues
+  const issues = structuralValuesEqual(current.issues, incoming.issues)
+    ? current.issues
+    : incoming.issues
   if (
     sessions === current.sessions &&
     issues === current.issues &&
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/github.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/github.ts
index 6134198b1c1..71cf753e662 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/github.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/github.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ import { normalizeGitHubPRForBranchOutcome } from '../../../../shared/github/pul
 import { restoreReactionOnSubject, setReactionOnSubject } from '@/lib/pr-comment-reactions'
 import { withGitHubCheckDetailsTimeout } from '@/runtime/github-check-details-timeout'
 import { getGitHubRepoLookupIndex } from './github-repo-lookup-index'
-import { areValuesEqual, reconcileCatalogRows } from './repo-identity-reconcile'
+import { reconcileCatalogRows } from './repo-identity-reconcile'
+import { structuralValuesEqual } from '../../../../shared/structural-value-equality'
 
 // ─── ProjectV2 cache types ────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Why: separate from CacheEntry<T> — project-view has a single GraphQL source (no issue/PR fallback) and a distinct error union.
@@ -2759,8 +2760,8 @@ export const createGitHubSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], GitHubSlice> = (s
             (row) => `${row.repoId}\0${row.id}`
           )
           const nextFellBack = envelope.issueSourceFellBack ? true : undefined
-          const sourcesUnchanged = areValuesEqual(previousEntry?.sources, envelope.sources)
-          const errorUnchanged = areValuesEqual(previousEntry?.error, errorForCache)
+          const sourcesUnchanged = structuralValuesEqual(previousEntry?.sources, envelope.sources)
+          const errorUnchanged = structuralValuesEqual(previousEntry?.error, errorForCache)
           const fellBackUnchanged = previousEntry?.issueSourceFellBack === nextFellBack
           if (
             previousEntry &&
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repo-identity-reconcile.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repo-identity-reconcile.ts
index 7535422018a..ea118295754 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repo-identity-reconcile.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repo-identity-reconcile.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function reuseEqualRecordMap<T>(
   const reconciled: Record<string, T> = {}
   for (const key of nextKeys) {
     const existing = Object.hasOwn(previous, key) ? previous[key] : undefined
-    if (existing !== undefined && areValuesEqual(existing, next[key])) {
+    if (existing !== undefined && structuralValuesEqual(existing, next[key])) {
       reconciled[key] = existing
       continue
     }