diff --git a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_plan.go b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_plan.go
index 0df040a..84fd7bb 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_plan.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_plan.go
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ func planCodexPrimerTargetsWithPolicy(descriptors []codex.WindowDescriptor, over
 	}
 	byEpoch := make(map[int64][]codex.WindowDescriptor)
 	for _, descriptor := range descriptors {
+		// Reserve is a separate, hidden model activated by the backend's
+		// luna_reserve banner after ordinary quota exhaustion, not proactively.
+		if descriptor.ScopeKind == codex.WindowScopeModelFamily && descriptor.Scope == "gpt-reserve" {
+			continue
+		}
 		if descriptor.ResetAt.IsZero() {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_plan_test.go b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_plan_test.go
index c870377..513157b 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_plan_test.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_plan_test.go
@@ -287,3 +287,20 @@ func equalPrimerStrings(left, right []string) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+func TestPlanCodexPrimerTargetsSkipsBackendGatedReserve(t *testing.T) {
+	reset := time.Unix(1774569600, 0)
+	descriptors := []codex.WindowDescriptor{
+		{RawLimitName: "primary_window", WindowName: quota.Window7Day, Period: 7 * 24 * time.Hour, ScopeKind: codex.WindowScopeShared, ResetAt: reset},
+		{RawLimitName: "gpt-reserve", WindowName: "7d:gpt-reserve", Period: 7 * 24 * time.Hour, ScopeKind: codex.WindowScopeModelFamily, Scope: "gpt-reserve", ResetAt: reset},
+		{RawLimitName: "unknown-pool", WindowName: "7d:unknown-pool", Period: 7 * 24 * time.Hour, ScopeKind: codex.WindowScopeModelFamily, Scope: "unknown-pool", ResetAt: reset},
+	}
+	entries := append(primerRegistryEntries(), modelregistry.Entry{Provider: modelregistry.ProviderCodex, ID: "gpt-reserve", Visibility: "hide"})
+	targets, unresolved := PlanCodexPrimerTargets(descriptors, nil, entries)
+	if len(targets) != 1 || targets[0].ModelID != "gpt-5.4" || len(targets[0].Windows) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ordinary priming targets = %+v", targets)
+	}
+	if len(unresolved) != 1 || unresolved[0].RawLimitName != "unknown-pool" {
+		t.Fatalf("unresolved = %+v, want only unknown pool", unresolved)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_store.go b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_store.go
index c18d95a..9bfac57 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_store.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_store.go
@@ -197,8 +197,14 @@ func (s *CodexPrimerStore) ClaimDormant(account codex.AccountKey, target CodexPr
 			continue
 		}
 		switch record.State {
-		case PrimerStateClaimed, PrimerStateAdmitted, PrimerStateAmbiguous, PrimerStateVerifying, PrimerStateVerified:
+		case PrimerStateClaimed, PrimerStateAdmitted, PrimerStateAmbiguous, PrimerStateVerifying:
 			return false, nil
+		case PrimerStateVerified:
+			// A confirmed sliding window can follow an early quota reset. The
+			// verified previous epoch must not suppress priming that new window.
+			if !target.ResetAt.After(record.ResetAt) {
+				return false, nil
+			}
 		case PrimerStateRejected:
 			priorAttempts = max(priorAttempts, record.Attempts)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_store_test.go b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_store_test.go
index 5491a7f..c2b9e9a 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_store_test.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_store_test.go
@@ -506,3 +506,29 @@ func TestCodexPrimerStoreWriteFailureDoesNotAdvanceMemory(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("retry did not persist journal: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCodexPrimerStoreVerifiedEpochDoesNotReplayEarlierWindow(t *testing.T) {
+	store, err := OpenCodexPrimerStore(fsutil.NewMemFS(), "/state/primer.json", "/state/primer.key")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	verified := testPrimerTarget()
+	now := verified.ResetAt.Add(-time.Hour)
+	if err := store.Observe("account-secret", verified); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := store.Mark("account-secret", verified, PrimerStateVerified, "dormant_epoch_stable"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, offset := range []time.Duration{0, -time.Minute} {
+		target := testPrimerTarget()
+		target.ResetAt = target.ResetAt.Add(offset)
+		target.Windows[0].ResetAt = target.ResetAt
+		if err := store.Observe("account-secret", target); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if claimed, err := store.ClaimDormant("account-secret", target, now); err != nil || claimed {
+			t.Fatalf("offset %v claim = %t, %v", offset, claimed, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_test.go b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_test.go
index 3ce872f..358b4d7 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/codex_primer_test.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/codex_primer_test.go
@@ -512,3 +512,70 @@ func TestCodexPrimerAutomaticallyCorrectsDormantSharedModelCapability(t *testing
 		t.Fatalf("corrected lineage not verified: %+v", store.Records())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCodexPrimerPrimesEarlyResetAfterVerifiedWindow(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, restarted := range []bool{false, true} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("restarted=%t", restarted), func(t *testing.T) {
+			now := time.Unix(20000, 0)
+			probe := 5 * time.Second
+			oldReset := now.Add(3 * 24 * time.Hour)
+			newReset := now.Add(7 * 24 * time.Hour)
+			usage := &queuedPrimerUsage{observations: []codex.UsageObservation{
+				primerObservation(newReset),
+				primerObservation(newReset.Add(probe)),
+				primerObservation(newReset.Add(probe)),
+				primerObservation(newReset.Add(probe)),
+			}}
+			requester := &recordingPrimerRequester{result: PrimerRequestResult{State: PrimerRequestAdmitted}}
+			primer, store := testPrimerScheduler(t, usage, requester)
+			oldTargets, unresolved := PlanCodexPrimerTargets(primerObservation(oldReset).Windows, nil, primer.Models())
+			if len(unresolved) != 0 || len(oldTargets) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("old targets = %+v, %+v", oldTargets, unresolved)
+			}
+			oldTarget := oldTargets[0]
+			if err := store.Observe("account-1", oldTarget); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if claimed, err := store.ClaimDormant("account-1", oldTarget, now); err != nil || !claimed {
+				t.Fatalf("old claim = %t, %v", claimed, err)
+			}
+			if err := store.Mark("account-1", oldTarget, PrimerStateVerified, "dormant_epoch_stable"); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if restarted {
+				var err error
+				primer.Store, err = OpenCodexPrimerStore(store.fs, store.path, store.keyPath)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+			if _, err := primer.RunOnce(context.Background(), now); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if requester.calls != 0 {
+				t.Fatal("primed before confirming sliding reset")
+			}
+			if _, err := primer.RunOnce(context.Background(), now.Add(probe)); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if requester.calls != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("new dormant window requests = %d, want 1", requester.calls)
+			}
+			if _, err := primer.RunOnce(context.Background(), now.Add(2*probe)); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if requester.calls != 1 {
+				t.Fatal("replayed newly primed window")
+			}
+			verified := 0
+			for _, record := range primer.Store.Records() {
+				if record.State == PrimerStateVerified {
+					verified++
+				}
+			}
+			if verified != 2 {
+				t.Fatalf("verified windows = %d, want old and new", verified)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}