diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
index 03ddc771a59525c20596e0ec0a6a04481c7051e0..11f228f4041803affdddd09e6299d913b84eb26c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import { derivePendingBackgroundWork } from "@t3tools/shared/orchestrationV2Pend
 import * as Context from "effect/Context";
 import * as DateTime from "effect/DateTime";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+import * as Equal from "effect/Equal";
 import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
 import * as Ref from "effect/Ref";
 import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
@@ -460,6 +461,10 @@ export interface ProjectionStoreV2Shape {
     requestId: TurnItemId,
     resultId: TurnItemId,
   ) => Effect.Effect<boolean, ProjectionStoreV2Error>;
+  /** True when the projection already stores this exact node, so a write would change nothing. */
+  readonly isNodeStored: (
+    node: OrchestrationV2ExecutionNode,
+  ) => Effect.Effect<boolean, ProjectionStoreV2Error>;
   readonly getRuntimeRequest: (
     threadId: ThreadId,
     requestId: RuntimeRequestId,
@@ -4404,6 +4409,15 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2, never, SqlClient.SqlClient> =
           return rows[0]?.pending === 1;
         }).pipe(Effect.mapError(controlReadError(threadId)));
 
+    const isNodeStored: ProjectionStoreV2Shape["isNodeStored"] = (node) =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const payloadJson = yield* encodeNodePayload(node);
+        const rows = yield* sql<PayloadRow>`
+          SELECT payload_json FROM orchestration_v2_projection_nodes WHERE node_id = ${node.id}
+        `;
+        return rows[0]?.payload_json === payloadJson;
+      }).pipe(Effect.mapError(controlReadError(node.threadId)));
+
     const getRuntimeRequest: ProjectionStoreV2Shape["getRuntimeRequest"] = (threadId, requestId) =>
       sql
         .withTransaction(
@@ -5992,6 +6006,7 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2, never, SqlClient.SqlClient> =
       canStartQueuedRun,
       getPendingNativeUserInputs,
       hasUnpairedRunInterruptRequest,
+      isNodeStored,
       getMessageCount,
       getNextTurnItemOrdinal,
       getTurnItem,
@@ -6255,6 +6270,15 @@ export const layerMemory: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2> = Layer.effect(
             !projection.turnItems.some((item) => item.id === resultId)
           );
         }),
+      isNodeStored: (node) =>
+        Ref.get(replayState).pipe(
+          Effect.map((state) => {
+            const stored = state.projections
+              .get(node.threadId)
+              ?.nodes.find((candidate) => candidate.id === node.id);
+            return stored !== undefined && Equal.equals(stored, node);
+          }),
+        ),
       getMessageCount: (threadId) =>
         Ref.get(replayState).pipe(
           Effect.map((state) => state.projections.get(threadId)?.messages.length ?? 0),
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.test.ts
index aed7ec03c739afb13cc78bd08b55ea58b14c99b8..f2a8ed7ff0e18c6915d756710af7cae8ba400312 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.test.ts
@@ -325,6 +325,66 @@ layer("ProviderEventIngestorV2", (it) => {
     }),
   );
 
+  it.effect("skips a node update only when it matches the stored node", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const now = yield* DateTime.now;
+      const eventSink = yield* EventSink.EventSinkV2;
+      const projectionStore = yield* ProjectionStore.ProjectionStoreV2;
+      const ingestor = yield* ProviderEventIngestor.ProviderEventIngestorV2;
+      const idAllocator = yield* IdAllocator.IdAllocatorV2;
+      const threadEvent = yield* threadCreatedEvent(now);
+      const threadId = threadEvent.threadId;
+      yield* eventSink.write({ events: [threadEvent] });
+      const providerSessionId = yield* idAllocator.allocate.providerSession({
+        providerInstanceId: modelSelection.instanceId,
+        threadId,
+      });
+      const nodeId = NodeId.make(`${threadId}:approval`);
+      const node: OrchestrationV2ExecutionNode = {
+        id: nodeId,
+        threadId,
+        runId: null,
+        parentNodeId: null,
+        rootNodeId: nodeId,
+        kind: "approval_request",
+        status: "waiting",
+        countsForRun: false,
+        providerThreadId: null,
+        providerTurnId: null,
+        nativeItemRef: null,
+        runtimeRequestId: null,
+        checkpointScopeId: null,
+        startedAt: now,
+        completedAt: null,
+      };
+      const ingestNode = (sent: OrchestrationV2ExecutionNode) =>
+        ingestor.ingestNormalized({
+          providerSessionId,
+          providerInstanceId: modelSelection.instanceId,
+          threadId,
+          event: { type: "node.updated", driver: CODEX_DRIVER, node: sent },
+        });
+
+      assert.lengthOf(yield* ingestNode(node), 1);
+      assert.isEmpty(yield* ingestNode({ ...node }));
+      // The server resolves the request, then the provider asks again with the same node.
+      yield* eventSink.write({
+        events: [
+          {
+            id: yield* idAllocator.allocate.event({ threadId }),
+            type: "node.updated",
+            threadId,
+            occurredAt: now,
+            payload: { ...node, status: "completed", completedAt: now },
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+      assert.lengthOf(yield* ingestNode(node), 1);
+      const projection = yield* projectionStore.getThreadProjection(threadId);
+      assert.equal(projection.nodes.find((entry) => entry.id === nodeId)?.status, "waiting");
+    }),
+  );
+
   it.effect("rolls back runs a provider rewound off its active branch", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const now = yield* DateTime.now;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.ts
index 37361e7198d57faa019cf10417ffb90674b059cc..ddf2efbcff8bf1f2b2c65fd35750790f84e05972 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.ts
@@ -611,6 +611,9 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<
               }),
             ];
           case "node.updated":
+            // Adapters send an unchanged node again with each text delta. Compare with the
+            // stored node, not the last one sent, because the server also writes nodes.
+            if (yield* projections.isNodeStored(input.event.node)) return [];
             return [
               yield* makeDomainEvent(input, {
                 type: "node.updated",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnControlService.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnControlService.test.ts
index 2ac00838018b4844a38c00bd795f62d750557673..cafd318526434a9f35ed520d4008def832b0bf75 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnControlService.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderTurnControlService.test.ts
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ it.effect(
           getCheckpointContext: () => Effect.die("not used"),
           getCheckpointCaptureContext: () => Effect.die("not used"),
           getRunMessage: () => Effect.die("not used"),
+          isNodeStored: () => Effect.die("not used"),
           canStartQueuedRun: () => Effect.die("not used"),
           getRecoveryThreadIds: () => Effect.die("unused getRecoveryThreadIds"),
           getUnreadableThreadIds: () => Effect.die("unused getUnreadableThreadIds"),