diff --git a/.agents/skills/lib_py/delegation/job_subscriber.py b/.agents/skills/lib_py/delegation/job_subscriber.py
index dc5e424..12948fa 100755
--- a/.agents/skills/lib_py/delegation/job_subscriber.py
+++ b/.agents/skills/lib_py/delegation/job_subscriber.py
@@ -118,7 +118,24 @@ def _check_disk_fallback(
                     logger.warning("disk fallback ignored audit status %r for %s: transition_seq %r is older "
                                    "than the record's %r", logged.get("status"), jid, aud_seq, rec_seq)
                 else:
-                    disk_status = logged.get("status")
+                    # The record above was read before the audit status. If
+                    # another dispatch began in between (A error -> redispatch
+                    # -> B completed), the audit terminal is B's while the token
+                    # and attempt checked below are A's. Take it only when the
+                    # record still describes the same observation; otherwise
+                    # leave the job pending for the next round, which reads
+                    # both afresh (Issue #57, Mac review R1).
+                    try:
+                        now = load_job(jid, registry_dir)
+                    except Exception:
+                        now = {}
+                    same = ((now.get("dispatch_token"), now.get("attempt_id", now.get("iteration")),
+                             now.get("transition_seq")) == (rec_token, rec_attempt, rec_seq))
+                    if same:
+                        disk_status = logged.get("status")
+                    else:
+                        logger.warning("disk fallback deferred %s: the record changed while the audit status "
+                                       "was being read", jid)
 
         if disk_status in ("completed", "error", "cancelled"):
             if expected_dispatch_tokens:
diff --git a/tests/test_issue57_logs_follow_registry.py b/tests/test_issue57_logs_follow_registry.py
index 94c544c..28c3673 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue57_logs_follow_registry.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue57_logs_follow_registry.py
@@ -557,3 +557,45 @@ def test_logs_without_registry_dir_follows_the_workspace_from_any_cwd(tmp_path,
     res = _wrapper(ws, "logs", jid, cwd=elsewhere)
     assert res.returncode == 0 and "registered" in res.stdout, res.stdout + res.stderr
     assert not (elsewhere / ".mam").exists()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Mac review R1: an audit terminal of a later dispatch is not the earlier one's success
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def test_disk_fallback_rejects_a_terminal_that_belongs_to_a_later_dispatch(moved, monkeypatch):
+    """Between the registry read and the audit read: A error -> redispatch
+    (attempt 2) -> B completed. The caller waiting on A must not be told
+    "completed"; the caller of B must."""
+    ws, reg, logs = moved
+    jid = registry.register_job("r1", registry_dir=str(reg), agent_session="herdr:t57")
+    assert registry.pick_pending("herdr:t57", registry_dir=str(reg)) == jid  # claim: running, token A
+    rec = mqtt_common.load_job(jid, str(reg))
+    tok_a = rec["dispatch_token"]
+    assert rec["status"] == "running" and rec["attempt_id"] == 1
+    read, fired = mqtt_common.read_logged_status, []
+
+    def interleave(job, logs_dir=None):
+        if not fired:  # once, right between the two reads, with real transitions
+            fired.append(1)
+            assert engine.transition(jid, "error", registry_dir=str(reg), source="operator").committed
+            assert engine.transition(jid, "redispatch", registry_dir=str(reg), source="operator",
+                                     fields={"attempt_id": 2}).committed
+            assert engine.transition(jid, "completed", registry_dir=str(reg), source="operator").committed
+        return read(job, logs_dir)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(mqtt_common, "read_logged_status", interleave)
+    pending, terminal = {jid}, {}
+    job_subscriber._check_disk_fallback(pending, str(reg), terminal, {jid: tok_a}, {jid: 1})
+    assert fired, "the interleaving did not run"
+    assert pending == {jid} and terminal == {}, "B's completion was attributed to A"
+    rec = mqtt_common.load_job(jid, str(reg))
+    tok_b = rec["dispatch_token"]
+    assert tok_b != tok_a and rec["attempt_id"] == 2 and rec["status"] == "completed"
+    # the next round, and the caller of B, see the truth
+    pending, terminal = {jid}, {}
+    job_subscriber._check_disk_fallback(pending, str(reg), terminal, {jid: tok_b}, {jid: 2})
+    assert pending == set() and terminal == {jid: "completed"}
+    pending, terminal = {jid}, {}
+    job_subscriber._check_disk_fallback(pending, str(reg), terminal, {jid: tok_a}, {jid: 1})
+    assert pending == {jid} and terminal == {}