diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repos-refresh-identity.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repos-refresh-identity.test.ts
index cac63ee0024..ecbb8c893bd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repos-refresh-identity.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repos-refresh-identity.test.ts
@@ -305,13 +305,18 @@ describe('SSH readoption catalog identity', () => {
   it('keeps projects and host setups across a no-op recordSshRepoReadoptions([])', async () => {
     const store = createTestStore()
     await store.getState().fetchRepos()
-    const projects = store.getState().projects
-    const setups = store.getState().projectHostSetups
+    const before = store.getState()
+    const projects = before.projects
+    const setups = before.projectHostSetups
     expect(projects).toHaveLength(1)
     expect(setups).toHaveLength(1)
 
     store.getState().recordSshRepoReadoptions([])
 
+    // Why: the empty-in/empty-pending call must hand the state object back untouched, or the
+    // freshly allocated pendingSshRepoReadoptions alone would wake every store subscriber.
+    expect(store.getState()).toBe(before)
+    expect(store.getState().pendingSshRepoReadoptions).toBe(before.pendingSshRepoReadoptions)
     expect(store.getState().projects).toBe(projects)
     expect(store.getState().projects[0]).toBe(projects[0])
     expect(store.getState().projectHostSetups).toBe(setups)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repos.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repos.ts
index fd96ad3e572..df3cef3d7e6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repos.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/repos.ts
@@ -2025,7 +2025,9 @@ export const createRepoSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], RepoSlice> = (set,
       )
       // Why: mergeProjectHostSetupCompatibility always allocates; a no-op readoption
       // must not churn catalog identity. This write is all-repos, not host-scoped,
-      // so it cannot go through mergeFetchedProjectCompatibilityForHost.
+      // so it cannot go through mergeFetchedProjectCompatibilityForHost. Reconcile
+      // hands the store arrays straight back when nothing moved, so writing them
+      // unconditionally still leaves identity-keyed selectors untouched.
       const projects = reconcileCatalogRows(
         s.projects,
         compatibility.projects,
@@ -2040,10 +2042,8 @@ export const createRepoSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], RepoSlice> = (set,
         repos,
         pendingSshRepoReadoptions: reconciliation.pendingReadoptions,
         ...worktreeState,
-        ...(catalogRowsUnchanged(projects, s.projects) ? {} : { projects }),
-        ...(catalogRowsUnchanged(projectHostSetups, s.projectHostSetups)
-          ? {}
-          : { projectHostSetups })
+        projects,
+        projectHostSetups
       }
     }),