diff --git a/agent/anthropic_thinking_replay.py b/agent/anthropic_thinking_replay.py
index da925699de..b4257ce77a 100644
--- a/agent/anthropic_thinking_replay.py
+++ b/agent/anthropic_thinking_replay.py
@@ -55,14 +55,29 @@ def rejected_thinking_fingerprints(session_db: Any, session_id: Any) -> set[str]
     return {value for value in raw if isinstance(value, str) and value} if isinstance(raw, list) else set()
 
 
+def session_rejected_thinking(holder: Any, session_db: Any, session_id: Any) -> set[str]:
+    """``holder``'s in-memory fingerprints for ``session_id``, else the persisted ones. The in-memory
+    set is authoritative: it outlives a failed or disabled persist."""
+    cached = getattr(holder, "_anthropic_rejected_thinking", None)
+    if isinstance(cached, tuple) and cached[0] == session_id:
+        return cached[1]
+    return rejected_thinking_fingerprints(session_db, session_id)
+
+
+def _bind(agent: Any, session_id: Any, rejected: set[str]) -> None:
+    # The compressor's tail walk must price the same replay as the agent's preflight, so it shares
+    # the agent's set object (later in-place updates reach both).
+    agent._anthropic_rejected_thinking = (session_id, rejected)
+    compressor = getattr(agent, "context_compressor", None)
+    if compressor is not None:
+        compressor._anthropic_rejected_thinking = agent._anthropic_rejected_thinking
+
+
 def _rejected(agent: Any) -> set[str]:
     # Keyed by session: /new, /resume, /branch and compression rotate ``session_id`` on a live agent.
     session_id = getattr(agent, "session_id", None)
-    cached = getattr(agent, "_anthropic_rejected_thinking", None)
-    if isinstance(cached, tuple) and cached[0] == session_id:
-        return cached[1]
-    rejected = rejected_thinking_fingerprints(getattr(agent, "_session_db", None), session_id)
-    agent._anthropic_rejected_thinking = (session_id, rejected)
+    rejected = session_rejected_thinking(agent, getattr(agent, "_session_db", None), session_id)
+    _bind(agent, session_id, rejected)
     return rejected
 
 
@@ -177,5 +192,5 @@ def carry_rejected_thinking_to_session(agent: Any, old_session_id: str) -> None:
     if not rejected:
         return
     rejected |= _rejected(agent)
-    agent._anthropic_rejected_thinking = (getattr(agent, "session_id", None), rejected)
+    _bind(agent, getattr(agent, "session_id", None), rejected)
     _persist(agent, rejected)
diff --git a/agent/context_compressor.py b/agent/context_compressor.py
index ddb2e2fab6..85965470a5 100644
--- a/agent/context_compressor.py
+++ b/agent/context_compressor.py
@@ -4983,10 +4983,10 @@ Write only the summary body. Do not include any preamble or prefix."""
             self.base_url, self.model
         ):
             return None
-        from agent.anthropic_thinking_replay import rejected_thinking_fingerprints, strip_rejected_thinking
+        from agent.anthropic_thinking_replay import session_rejected_thinking, strip_rejected_thinking
         from agent.message_sanitization import native_anthropic_accounting_projection
 
-        rejected = rejected_thinking_fingerprints(getattr(self, "_session_db", None), getattr(self, "_session_id", ""))
+        rejected = session_rejected_thinking(self, getattr(self, "_session_db", None), getattr(self, "_session_id", ""))
 
         def budget(msg: Dict[str, Any]) -> int:
             request_copy = dict(msg)
diff --git a/tests/agent/test_anthropic_preserved_thinking_replay.py b/tests/agent/test_anthropic_preserved_thinking_replay.py
index 1055efd5fa..8873bc37a2 100644
--- a/tests/agent/test_anthropic_preserved_thinking_replay.py
+++ b/tests/agent/test_anthropic_preserved_thinking_replay.py
@@ -690,7 +690,9 @@ def _readable_tokens(blocks):
     return sum(estimate_tokens_rough(block.get("thinking", "")) for block in blocks)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("shape", ["rejected", "reasoning_only", "invalid_ordered_then_details"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "shape", ["rejected", "rejected_unpersisted", "reasoning_only", "invalid_ordered_then_details"]
+)
 def test_native_preflight_and_tail_walk_charge_exactly_the_replayed_thinking(tmp_path, shape):
     """Invariant: on a preserved-thinking native route, growing thinking text moves the
     preflight estimate and the compressor tail walk by exactly what reaches the wire: nothing for
@@ -706,6 +708,8 @@ def test_native_preflight_and_tail_walk_charge_exactly_the_replayed_thinking(tmp
         api_mode=agent.api_mode, quiet_mode=True, config_context_length=200_000,
     )
     compressor.bind_session_state(db, "s1")
+    agent.context_compressor = compressor
+    agent._persist_disabled = shape == "rejected_unpersisted"
 
     def history(size):
         thinking = "x" * size
@@ -725,7 +729,7 @@ def test_native_preflight_and_tail_walk_charge_exactly_the_replayed_thinking(tmp
             {"role": "user", "content": "continue"},
         ]
 
-    if shape == "rejected":
+    if shape.startswith("rejected"):
         _reject_signatures(agent, history(1))
 
     def measure(size):