diff --git a/openpilot/starpilot/flm/steerlearnerd.py b/openpilot/starpilot/flm/steerlearnerd.py
index 8a4c59c9d6..580b9da68c 100644
--- a/openpilot/starpilot/flm/steerlearnerd.py
+++ b/openpilot/starpilot/flm/steerlearnerd.py
@@ -584,9 +584,11 @@ def run(
 
       # Only an already-existing source-only owner may renew here. Actual
       # observe/witness/native/source gates stay intact; no numerical work or
-      # stale pose is promoted. The full post-drain path remains below.
+      # stale pose is promoted. A retained raw header may still need its first
+      # qualified response; only the actor owns physical-pose deduplication.
+      # The full post-drain path remains below.
       if (live_offer is not None and live_actor is not None and live_history.offer is None and
-          source_valid and tracking_pose_header > previous_tracking_pose_header):
+          source_valid and tracking_pose_header > 0):
         early = _early_tracking_offer(sm, CP, collector, live_actor, source, now_ns=now, clock=clock)
         if early is not None:
           live_offer = early
diff --git a/openpilot/starpilot/flm/tests/test_early_trial_renewal.py b/openpilot/starpilot/flm/tests/test_early_trial_renewal.py
index 838b143793..72f794c13a 100644
--- a/openpilot/starpilot/flm/tests/test_early_trial_renewal.py
+++ b/openpilot/starpilot/flm/tests/test_early_trial_renewal.py
@@ -124,3 +124,48 @@ def test_final_serialization_still_rejects_native_loss_or_expiry(monkeypatch):
   for stamp, native in ((now[0], False), (renewed.expires_ns+1, True)):
     message = steerlearnerd.tracking_message(source(stamp), now_ns=stamp, current_native=native, offer=renewed)
     assert message.starpilotSteeringTracking.trial.version == 0
+
+
+def test_actual_loop_revisits_retained_raw_header_before_another_fifo_batch(monkeypatch):
+  from openpilot.starpilot.flm.tests.test_live_tracking_daemon import NoLegacyFitter
+
+  class RenewalVisited(Exception):
+    pass
+
+  now = [BASE-10_000_000]
+  class SM:
+    updated = {'deviceMotion': False}
+    logMonoTime = {'deviceMotion': BASE}
+    def update(self, timeout=None):
+      if timeout == 0:
+        self.updated['deviceMotion'] = False
+      else:
+        now[0] += 10_000_000
+        self.updated['deviceMotion'] = True
+        # Same received header: prior handling does not prove physical qualification.
+        self.logMonoTime['deviceMotion'] = BASE
+
+  class PendingActor:
+    reason = 'unit_pending_offer'
+    ingress = None
+    def __init__(self):
+      self.calls = 0
+      self.closed = False
+    def tick(self, collector, current_source, **kwargs):
+      assert self.calls == 0, 'retained pose bypassed the early path and drained again'
+      self.calls += 1
+      return offer(BASE)
+    def close(self, reason):
+      self.closed = True
+      return True
+
+  actor, fitter = PendingActor(), NoLegacyFitter()
+  def renewal(sm, cp, collector, current_actor, current_source, **kwargs):
+    assert now[0] == BASE+10_000_000 and current_actor is actor
+    raise RenewalVisited
+  monkeypatch.setattr(steerlearnerd, '_early_tracking_offer', renewal)
+  monkeypatch.setattr(steerlearnerd, 'drain_pair', lambda *args: None)
+  with pytest.raises(RenewalVisited):
+    steerlearnerd.run(S(), SM(), object(), object(), S(send=lambda *args:None), None, None,
+      source, None, None, None, None, fitter, None, clock=lambda:now[0], live_actor=actor)
+  assert actor.closed and fitter.closed
diff --git a/prebuilt.json b/prebuilt.json
index bca6681602..c954df02b5 100644
--- a/prebuilt.json
+++ b/prebuilt.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"protected_inventory_sha256": "69bc987a943156453c1211b28177b5d828832341441d643d5d7385cbda9a8e12", "schema_version": 1}
+{"protected_inventory_sha256": "d03ff4a75d7b1d2b01459d04f14408ee30fa1a45f92812c954551a6a606c9d8d", "schema_version": 1}