diff --git a/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner.test.ts b/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner.test.ts
index fbdc56bb5..f938dd815 100644
--- a/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner.test.ts
@@ -476,6 +476,34 @@ describe('scanOpenCodeUsageDatabases', () => {
     expect(sessionOne?.eventCount).toBe(1)
   })
 
+  it('reuses a fully-duplicate backup instead of reparsing it when the live db changes', async () => {
+    // The backup only holds stale copies of sessions the canonical db already
+    // owns, so it owns nothing. When the live db changes it must not be
+    // demoted back into the parse set — there is no claim to reclaim.
+    const canonicalPath = writeSessionTotalsDb('opencode.db', [['session-1', 1000]])
+    writeSessionTotalsDb('opencode-backup.db', [['session-1', 400]])
+
+    const first = await scanOpenCodeUsageDatabases([], [])
+    const firstBackup = first.processedDatabases.find((database) =>
+      database.path.endsWith('opencode-backup.db')
+    )
+    expect(firstBackup?.ownedSessionIds).toEqual([])
+
+    const db = new Database(canonicalPath)
+    insertSessionTotalsRow(db, 'session-2', 200)
+    db.close()
+
+    const second = await scanOpenCodeUsageDatabases([], first.processedDatabases)
+    const secondBackup = second.processedDatabases.find((database) =>
+      database.path.endsWith('opencode-backup.db')
+    )
+    // A reused cache entry is the same object; a reparse would produce a new one.
+    expect(secondBackup).toBe(firstBackup)
+    expect(
+      second.dailyAggregates.reduce((total, aggregate) => total + aggregate.inputTokens, 0)
+    ).toBe(1200)
+  })
+
   it('lets the live database reclaim sessions after a sticky backup-only claim', async () => {
     // First scan only has the backup (e.g. live db temporarily missing), so it
     // owns session-1 at the stale snapshot. When opencode.db reappears with
diff --git a/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner.ts b/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner.ts
index 4e2a39635..57a95df3a 100644
--- a/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner.ts
+++ b/src/main/opencode-usage/scanner.ts
@@ -935,11 +935,16 @@ export async function scanOpenCodeUsageDatabases(
 
   // Why: a sticky backup claim from a scan where opencode.db was missing would
   // otherwise freeze a still-growing session at the backup snapshot when the
-  // live db reappears. Reparse lower-priority siblings whenever a higher-
-  // priority path is being re-evaluated so the live db can reclaim sessions
-  // without double-counting cached backup aggregates.
+  // live db reappears. Reparse a lower-priority sibling only when it still owns
+  // sessions a higher-priority path could reclaim; a sibling that owns nothing
+  // (the common case once the live db has claimed every shared session) has no
+  // claim to give back, so reparsing it every time the live db changes is pure
+  // work.
   const demotedReusePaths: string[] = []
-  for (const dbPath of reusedByPath.keys()) {
+  for (const [dbPath, reused] of reusedByPath) {
+    if ((reused.ownedSessionIds?.length ?? 0) === 0) {
+      continue
+    }
     const higherPriorityParsing = pathsToParse.some(
       (candidate) => compareOpenCodeClaimPriority(candidate, dbPath) < 0
     )