diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.snoozed.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.snoozed.test.ts
index 505bb79df034..de1e42030115 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.snoozed.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.snoozed.test.ts
@@ -140,9 +140,11 @@ it.layer(NodeServices.layer)("snoozed thread decider", (it) => {
     }),
   );
 
-  it.effect("re-emits idempotently for a duplicate snooze to the same wake time", () =>
+  it.effect("re-snoozing to the SAME wake time stamps fresh", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const reEmit = yield* decideOrchestrationCommand({
+      // A thread that raised its hand after SNOOZED_AT must hide again when
+      // the user re-picks the same preset.
+      const event = yield* decideOrchestrationCommand({
         command: {
           type: "thread.snooze",
           commandId: CommandId.make("cmd-snooze-again"),
@@ -151,12 +153,12 @@ it.layer(NodeServices.layer)("snoozed thread decider", (it) => {
         },
         readModel: makeReadModel({ snoozedUntil: FUTURE_WAKE }),
       });
-      const events = Array.isArray(reEmit) ? reEmit : [reEmit];
+      const events = Array.isArray(event) ? event : [event];
       expect(events).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(events[0]?.type).toBe("thread.snoozed");
       if (events[0]?.type === "thread.snoozed") {
-        // Original snoozedAt preserved; updatedAt must not churn.
-        expect(events[0].payload.snoozedAt).toBe(SNOOZED_AT);
-        expect(events[0].payload.updatedAt).toBe(NOW);
+        expect(events[0].payload.snoozedAt).not.toBe(SNOOZED_AT);
+        expect(events[0].payload.updatedAt).toBe(events[0].payload.snoozedAt);
       }
     }),
   );
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts
index 21df39a162e6..8f8a0398a12f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts
@@ -668,14 +668,10 @@ export const decideOrchestrationCommand = Effect.fn("decideOrchestrationCommand"
           detail: `thread ${command.threadId} has a queued turn start and cannot be snoozed`,
         });
       }
-      // Re-snoozing an already-snoozed thread to the SAME wake time is a
-      // duplicate (double-click, raced clients): re-emit with the original
-      // timestamps so the projection is a no-op. A different wake time is a
-      // real change and stamps fresh.
-      const existingSnoozedAt =
-        thread.snoozedUntil === command.snoozedUntil && thread.snoozedAt != null
-          ? thread.snoozedAt
-          : null;
+      // Every snooze stamps fresh, even to the same wake time: snoozedAt is
+      // the baseline a later failure or completion must beat to raise the
+      // thread's hand, and re-snoozing a woken thread is the user saying
+      // "seen it, not now". Retries are already deduplicated by commandId.
       return {
         ...(yield* withEventBase({
           aggregateKind: "thread",
@@ -687,8 +683,8 @@ export const decideOrchestrationCommand = Effect.fn("decideOrchestrationCommand"
         payload: {
           threadId: command.threadId,
           snoozedUntil: command.snoozedUntil,
-          snoozedAt: existingSnoozedAt ?? occurredAt,
-          updatedAt: existingSnoozedAt !== null ? thread.updatedAt : occurredAt,
+          snoozedAt: occurredAt,
+          updatedAt: occurredAt,
         },
       };
     }
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadCommands.ts b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadCommands.ts
index bb70356aab6a..76c8b28f7af7 100644
--- a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadCommands.ts
+++ b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadCommands.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export function createThreadEnvironmentAtoms<R, E>(
             hasPendingApprovals: false,
             hasPendingUserInput: false,
             snoozedUntil: input.snoozedUntil,
-            snoozedAt: thread.snoozedUntil === input.snoozedUntil ? (thread.snoozedAt ?? now) : now,
+            snoozedAt: now,
           },
     ),
     unsnooze: optimistic.wrap(commands.unsnooze, (thread) => ({