diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_resume.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_resume.rs
index b872aab23f..09b16cf4e6 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_resume.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_resume.rs
@@ -6058,6 +6058,51 @@ async fn thread_resume_with_overrides_preserves_recency_and_checkpoints_model()
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn thread_resume_does_not_checkpoint_unchanged_settings() -> Result<()> {
+    let server = create_mock_responses_server_repeating_assistant("Done").await;
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
+    mock_responses_config(&server.uri()).write(codex_home.path())?;
+
+    let RestartedThreadFixture {
+        mut mcp,
+        thread_id,
+        rollout_file_path,
+        ..
+    } = start_materialized_thread_and_restart(codex_home.path(), "materialize").await?;
+
+    let (items, _, _) = RolloutRecorder::load_rollout_items(&rollout_file_path).await?;
+    let settings_before_resume = items
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|item| match item {
+            RolloutItem::EventMsg(EventMsg::ThreadSettingsApplied(event)) => Some(event),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert!(!settings_before_resume.is_empty());
+
+    let resume_id = mcp
+        .send_thread_resume_request(ThreadResumeParams {
+            thread_id,
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .await?;
+    let _: ThreadResumeResponse =
+        timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp.read_response(resume_id)).await??;
+
+    let (items, _, _) = RolloutRecorder::load_rollout_items(&rollout_file_path).await?;
+    let settings_after_resume = items
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|item| match item {
+            RolloutItem::EventMsg(EventMsg::ThreadSettingsApplied(event)) => Some(event),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert_eq!(settings_after_resume, settings_before_resume);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn thread_resume_fails_when_required_mcp_server_fails_to_initialize() -> Result<()> {
     let server = create_mock_responses_server_repeating_assistant("Done").await;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/session/mod.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/session/mod.rs
index c9332bdf64..afe840d5ad 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/session/mod.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/session/mod.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ use codex_protocol::protocol::RawResponseItemEvent;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::SessionSource;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::SubAgentSource;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::ThreadHistoryMode;
+use codex_protocol::protocol::ThreadSettingsAppliedEvent;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::ThreadSettingsOverrides;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::ThreadSettingsSnapshot;
 use codex_protocol::protocol::ThreadSource;
@@ -1728,11 +1729,26 @@ impl Session {
                 self.state.lock().await.latest_token_usage_record =
                     Self::last_token_usage_record_from_rollout(&rollout_items);
 
-                // Checkpoint effective settings even when no turn follows the resume.
-                self.persist_rollout_items(&[RolloutItem::EventMsg(
-                    thread_settings::applied_event(self).await,
-                )])
-                .await;
+                let thread_id = self.thread_id();
+                let current_settings = self.thread_settings_snapshot().await;
+                let persisted_settings = rollout_items.iter().rev().find_map(|item| match item {
+                    RolloutItem::EventMsg(EventMsg::ThreadSettingsApplied(event))
+                        if event.thread_id == Some(thread_id) =>
+                    {
+                        Some(&event.thread_settings)
+                    }
+                    _ => None,
+                });
+                // Persist changed effective settings even when no turn follows the resume.
+                if persisted_settings != Some(&current_settings) {
+                    self.persist_rollout_items(&[RolloutItem::EventMsg(
+                        EventMsg::ThreadSettingsApplied(ThreadSettingsAppliedEvent {
+                            thread_id: Some(thread_id),
+                            thread_settings: current_settings,
+                        }),
+                    )])
+                    .await;
+                }
 
                 // Defer seeding the session's initial context until the first turn starts so
                 // turn/start overrides can be merged before we write model-visible context.