diff --git a/lib/qa-evidence.ts b/lib/qa-evidence.ts
index efabc5c83..e32212410 100644
--- a/lib/qa-evidence.ts
+++ b/lib/qa-evidence.ts
@@ -138,12 +138,37 @@ function completeReceipts(root: string): Record<string, any>[] {
 const completeCaptures = (root: string): string[] => completeReceipts(root).map(receipt => receipt.id);
 const latestCompleteCapture = (root: string): string | undefined => completeCaptures(root).at(-1);
 
-/** Required native probes the caller declared (GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_PROBES, a JSON array of child commands) that no complete capture has run yet. Informational only. */
+function latestMtimeMs(target: string): number {
+  let stat: fs.Stats;
+  try { stat = fs.lstatSync(target); } catch { return 0; }
+  if (!stat.isDirectory()) return stat.mtimeMs;
+  return Math.max(stat.mtimeMs, ...fs.readdirSync(target).map(name => latestMtimeMs(path.join(target, name))));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Earliest start time a capture needs to count toward required probes. The caller
+ * may declare GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_AFTER_EDIT={"paths":[absolute paths],"since":ISO}:
+ * only captures started after the last edit under those paths count, and none
+ * count before the first edit after since. Without it every capture counts.
+ */
+function requiredBoundaryMs(): number {
+  let declared: unknown;
+  try { declared = JSON.parse(process.env.GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_AFTER_EDIT ?? 'null'); } catch { return Infinity; }
+  if (declared === null) return -Infinity;
+  if (!object(declared) || !Array.isArray(declared.paths) || !declared.paths.every(item => typeof item === 'string' && path.isAbsolute(item))
+    || !Number.isFinite(Date.parse(declared.since))) return Infinity;
+  const edited = Math.max(0, ...declared.paths.map(latestMtimeMs));
+  return edited > Date.parse(declared.since) ? Math.floor(edited) : Infinity;
+}
+
+/** Required native probes the caller declared (GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_PROBES, a JSON array of child commands) that no counted complete capture has run yet. Informational only. */
 function requiredRemaining(root: string): { requiredRemaining?: string[] } {
   let required: unknown;
   try { required = JSON.parse(process.env.GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_PROBES ?? 'null'); } catch { return {}; }
   if (!Array.isArray(required) || !required.every(item => typeof item === 'string')) return {};
-  const run = new Set(completeReceipts(root).map(receipt => Array.isArray(receipt.argv) ? receipt.argv.join(' ') : ''));
+  const boundary = requiredBoundaryMs();
+  const run = new Set(completeReceipts(root).filter(receipt => Date.parse(receipt.startedAt) >= boundary)
+    .map(receipt => Array.isArray(receipt.argv) ? receipt.argv.join(' ') : ''));
   return { requiredRemaining: required.filter(command => !run.has(command)) };
 }
 
diff --git a/test/helpers/qa-functional-eval.ts b/test/helpers/qa-functional-eval.ts
index 1f0fe0759..b21aab9e2 100644
--- a/test/helpers/qa-functional-eval.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/qa-functional-eval.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export async function runQAFunctionalCase(entry: { id: string; family: QAFamily;
     fixtureGit(fixture.root, ['commit', '-m', 'Bind current QA instructions to fixture']);
     fixture.revision = fixtureGit(fixture.root, ['rev-parse', 'HEAD']);
     if (fixtureGit(fixture.root, ['status', '--porcelain'])) throw new Error('QA fixture must start clean');
+    const fixtureCleanAt = new Date().toISOString();
     observer = await observeQAWrites(fixture.root, { evidenceProducer: true, atomicWriteMode: entry.mode });
     await runRecordedOfficeHoursAttempt({
       collector, name: entry.id, suite: 'Functional QA native E2E',
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ export async function runQAFunctionalCase(entry: { id: string; family: QAFamily;
           timeout, completionReserveMs: timeout / 4,
           testName: entry.id, runId, signal, env: { CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR: fixture.config,
             GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS: '0', QA_STATE_ROOT: path.join(fixture.root, '.qa-state'),
-            ...(qaFunctionalRequiredProbes(entry) ? { GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_PROBES: JSON.stringify(qaFunctionalRequiredProbes(entry)) } : {}) },
+            ...(qaFunctionalRequiredProbes(entry) ? { GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_PROBES: JSON.stringify(qaFunctionalRequiredProbes(entry)) } : {}),
+            ...(entry.mode === 'qa' && qaFunctionalRequiredProbes(entry) ? { GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_AFTER_EDIT: JSON.stringify({ paths: [path.join(fixture.root, 'src')], since: fixtureCleanAt }) } : {}) },
         });
         return result;
       },
diff --git a/test/qa-evidence.test.ts b/test/qa-evidence.test.ts
index 83d42805c..3707751d8 100644
--- a/test/qa-evidence.test.ts
+++ b/test/qa-evidence.test.ts
@@ -523,6 +523,35 @@ test('captures list declared-but-unrun required probes without judging them', ()
   expect(receipt(result.stdout).requiredRemaining).toEqual(['bun run probe -- reject']);
 });
 
+test('post-repair required probes count only captures started after the last fixture-declared source edit', () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  const src = path.join(f.root, 'src');
+  fs.mkdirSync(src);
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(src, 'worker.ts'), 'export const effect = 1;\n');
+  const old = new Date(Date.now() - 60_000);
+  fs.utimesSync(path.join(src, 'worker.ts'), old, old);
+  fs.utimesSync(src, old, old);
+  const probe = (program: string) => [process.execPath, '-e', program];
+  const [duplicate, partial] = [probe('console.log(JSON.stringify({scenario:"duplicate"}))'), probe('console.log(JSON.stringify({scenario:"partial"}))')];
+  const env = { ...process.env, GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_PROBES: JSON.stringify([duplicate.join(' '), partial.join(' ')]),
+    GSTACK_QA_REQUIRED_AFTER_EDIT: JSON.stringify({ paths: [src], since: new Date(Date.now() - 30_000).toISOString() }) };
+  const capture = (captureId: string, argv: string[]) => {
+    const after = captureId === '001' ? [] : ['--after', String(Number(captureId) - 1).padStart(3, '0'), '--hypothesis', 'The previous scenario result shows which invariant the next probe must check.'];
+    const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, [CLI, 'capture', f.root, captureId, '--timeout-ms', '4000', ...after, '--', ...argv], { cwd: f.root, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 10_000, env });
+    expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
+    return receipt(result.stdout).requiredRemaining as string[];
+  };
+  expect(capture('001', duplicate)).toEqual([duplicate.join(' '), partial.join(' ')]);
+  expect(capture('002', partial)).toEqual([duplicate.join(' '), partial.join(' ')]);
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(src, 'worker.ts'), 'export const effect = 2;\n');
+  expect(capture('003', duplicate)).toEqual([partial.join(' ')]);
+  expect(capture('004', partial)).toEqual([]);
+  const secondEdit = new Date(Date.now() + 60_000);
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(src, 'worker.ts'), 'export const effect = 3;\n');
+  fs.utimesSync(path.join(src, 'worker.ts'), secondEdit, secondEdit);
+  expect(capture('005', probe('console.log(JSON.stringify({scenario:"happy"}))'))).toEqual([duplicate.join(' '), partial.join(' ')]);
+});
+
 test('materialize accepts a single limits string as a one-item list', () => {
   const f = fixture();
   expect(f.capture('001', 'console.log(JSON.stringify({ step: 1 }))').status).toBe(0);