diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/cost.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/cost.ts
index 321b975..fdb66e0 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/cost.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/cost.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,25 @@ export class ScanCostTracker {
     if (this.#threadId !== null) return;
     this.#threadId = threadId;
     if (this.#options.maxCostUsd === undefined) return;
+    let polling = false;
+    let rerun = false;
     const poll = () => {
-      void this.refresh().catch((error: unknown) => {
-        this.#options.onError?.(error);
-      });
+      if (polling) {
+        rerun = true;
+        return;
+      }
+      polling = true;
+      void this.refresh()
+        .catch((error: unknown) => {
+          this.#options.onError?.(error);
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+          polling = false;
+          if (rerun && this.#timer !== null) {
+            rerun = false;
+            poll();
+          }
+        });
     };
     this.#timer = setInterval(poll, COST_POLL_INTERVAL_MS);
     this.#timer.unref();
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/cost.test.ts b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/cost.test.ts
index 16d6fc5..107adb7 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/cost.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/cost.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ import { estimateScanCost, ScanCostTracker } from "../src/cost.js";
 
 const temporaryDirectories: string[] = [];
 
+async function waitFor(check: () => boolean): Promise<void> {
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 100; attempt += 1) {
+    if (check()) return;
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5));
+  }
+  throw new Error("Timed out waiting for the cost tracker.");
+}
+
 afterEach(async () => {
   await Promise.all(
     temporaryDirectories
@@ -142,6 +150,78 @@ describe("scan cost", () => {
 });
 
 describe("live scan cost tracking", () => {
+  test("coalesces overlapping polling ticks and bounds final work", async () => {
+    const home = await codexHome();
+    await writeSession(home, "scan-thread", {
+      input_tokens: 100,
+      output_tokens: 10,
+    });
+    const releases: Array<() => void> = [];
+    const tracker = new ScanCostTracker({
+      codexHome: home,
+      model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
+      maxCostUsd: 1,
+    });
+    const refresh = tracker.refresh.bind(tracker);
+    tracker.refresh = async () => {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => releases.push(resolve));
+      return refresh();
+    };
+    tracker.start("scan-thread");
+
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 350));
+    expect(releases).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    const stopped = tracker.stop();
+    expect(releases).toHaveLength(2);
+    releases[0]!();
+    releases[1]!();
+
+    expect((await stopped).cost?.inputTokens).toBe(100);
+    expect(releases).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  test("retries one coalesced poll after a failed refresh", async () => {
+    const home = await codexHome();
+    await writeSession(home, "scan-thread", {
+      input_tokens: 100,
+      output_tokens: 10,
+    });
+    const errors: string[] = [];
+    let traversals = 0;
+    let release: (() => void) | undefined;
+    const blocked = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      release = resolve;
+    });
+    const tracker = new ScanCostTracker({
+      codexHome: home,
+      model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
+      maxCostUsd: 1,
+      onError: (error) => {
+        if (error instanceof Error) errors.push(error.message);
+      },
+    });
+    const refresh = tracker.refresh.bind(tracker);
+    tracker.refresh = async () => {
+      traversals += 1;
+      if (traversals === 1) {
+        await blocked;
+        throw new Error("session read failed");
+      }
+      return refresh();
+    };
+    tracker.start("scan-thread");
+
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 250));
+    expect(traversals).toBe(1);
+    release!();
+    await waitFor(() => traversals === 2);
+
+    expect(errors).toEqual(["session read failed"]);
+    expect(traversals).toBe(2);
+    expect((await tracker.stop()).cost?.inputTokens).toBe(100);
+  });
+
   test("counts the scan and delegated workers without including other scans", async () => {
     const home = await codexHome();
     await writeSession(home, "scan-thread", {