diff --git a/hive-agent/src/turn.rs b/hive-agent/src/turn.rs
index e5dfd237..c111b388 100644
--- a/hive-agent/src/turn.rs
+++ b/hive-agent/src/turn.rs
@@ -790,8 +790,9 @@ impl Sink for BusSink<'_> {
 /// Apply a completed turn's parsed [`hive_claude::Telemetry`] to the bus:
 /// per-inference context usage + cumulative cost, the resolved model id, and
 /// the API-reported context window (the authoritative window for the auto-reset
-/// watermark). Skips a degenerate turn that parsed nothing so it doesn't reset
-/// the badges to zero.
+/// watermark). A degenerate turn that parsed nothing leaves the usage badges
+/// alone (it doesn't reset them to zero) but still replaces the resolved model,
+/// so it is never credited to the previous turn's.
 fn apply_telemetry(bus: &Bus, telemetry: &hive_claude::Telemetry) {
     // On a degenerate turn that emitted a `result` but no `assistant` event,
     // the per-inference `context` stays zero while `cost` (cumulative) is not.
@@ -803,11 +804,13 @@ fn apply_telemetry(bus: &Bus, telemetry: &hive_claude::Telemetry) {
     } else {
         telemetry.context
     };
+    // Recorded before the skip so a degenerate turn clears the previous
+    // turn's id instead of being credited to it.
+    bus.set_resolved_model(telemetry.model.clone());
     if ctx.context_tokens() == 0 {
         return;
     }
     bus.record_turn_usage(ctx, telemetry.cost);
-    bus.set_resolved_model(telemetry.model.clone());
     if let Some(window) = telemetry.context_window {
         bus.set_api_context_window(window);
     }
@@ -853,12 +856,22 @@ fn archive_session(bus: &Bus, session: &AgentSession) {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::{
-        PermissionAsk, TurnError, acp_permits, nonzero_or, parse_u64, report_compact,
-        runtime_error_to_turn, with_turn_end_compact,
+        PermissionAsk, TurnError, acp_permits, apply_telemetry, nonzero_or, parse_u64,
+        report_compact, runtime_error_to_turn, with_turn_end_compact,
     };
     use crate::events::{Bus, LiveEvent};
     use hive_runtime::{AcpError, Error};
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_turn_that_parsed_nothing_does_not_keep_the_previous_resolved_model() {
+        let bus = Bus::new();
+        bus.set_resolved_model(Some("claude-opus-4-8".to_owned()));
+
+        apply_telemetry(&bus, &hive_claude::Telemetry::default());
+
+        assert_eq!(bus.last_resolved_model(), None);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn an_absent_or_blank_value_is_not_a_number() {
         assert_eq!(parse_u64(None), None);