diff --git a/api/services/forge_projection.py b/api/services/forge_projection.py
index 7773269..28f1f35 100644
--- a/api/services/forge_projection.py
+++ b/api/services/forge_projection.py
@@ -732,7 +732,13 @@ async def reset_repository_projection(
             # which is then deliberately un-retired below.
             matched[key] = row
             continue
-        if row.projection_retired_at is not None:
+        if row.projection_retired_at is not None or RETIRED_SLUG_MARK in (row.slug or ""):
+            # A stamped slug is itself evidence of a retirement, so a row
+            # carrying the mark with a cleared flag is a contradiction to
+            # repair rather than a live record — six rows reached that state
+            # before the resurrection was fixed, and nothing else can see them:
+            # they path-match their own file and report `noop` forever.
+            #
             # Past this point only the heuristics remain, and a retired row must
             # not be matched by those. Retirement is a
             # decision, and re-deriving the same file must not silently undo it.
diff --git a/tests/test_forge_projection.py b/tests/test_forge_projection.py
index 3787c31..a1ff7ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_forge_projection.py
+++ b/tests/test_forge_projection.py
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ class TestRetirementIsNotUndoneByPath:
     def test_retired_rows_are_skipped_before_path_matching(self):
         import inspect
         src = inspect.getsource(fp.reset_repository_projection)
-        skip_at = src.index("if row.projection_retired_at is not None:")
+        skip_at = src.index("if row.projection_retired_at is not None or RETIRED_SLUG_MARK")
         path_at = src.index("if bp and _path_key(bp) in want_paths:")
         assert skip_at < path_at, "retired rows must be skipped before path matching"
 
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ class TestRetirementIsNotUndoneByPath:
         import inspect
         src = inspect.getsource(fp.reset_repository_projection)
         assert src.index("want_by_uuid.get(str(row.id))") < src.index(
-            "if row.projection_retired_at is not None:"
+            "if row.projection_retired_at is not None or RETIRED_SLUG_MARK"
         )
 
     def test_a_row_that_derives_again_is_not_tombstoned(self):
@@ -930,3 +930,9 @@ class TestRetirementIsNotUndoneByPath:
         rel = src.index("outcome.released.append(before)")
         guard = src.index('in want or str(r.id) in want_by_uuid')
         assert guard < rel, "the release must exempt records the forge still derives"
+
+    def test_a_stamped_slug_counts_as_retired_even_if_the_flag_is_clear(self):
+        """Otherwise a resurrected row path-matches its file and reports noop forever."""
+        import inspect
+        src = inspect.getsource(fp.reset_repository_projection)
+        assert 'projection_retired_at is not None or RETIRED_SLUG_MARK in' in src