diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56f5a9f..04afecf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Clank Together
 
 Coordinator, sandboxed verifier and agent client for a collaborative, LLM-assisted
-**matching decompilation** of an MSVC 2010 C++ executable. Node.js ≥ 22.13, no npm dependencies.
+**matching decompilation** of an MSVC 2010 C++ executable. Node.js ≥ 22.13; install pinned runtime dependencies with `npm ci`.
 
 Join the community at [clank.rodecomp.online/discord](https://clank.rodecomp.online/discord), which redirects to the Discord invite.
 
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ approve historical code: missing bindings and stale payloads need current-source
 verification and a new submission. Maintenance and actively merging batches are
 not settled by this reconciliation.
 
+Resubmissions with identical compiled code retain actual peer verdicts or an
+explicit prior review waiver. Waiver carry-over is audited and does not create
+peer votes or carry a score-regression override; changed code still needs review.
+
 Header-includer discovery reads committed source blobs in one `git cat-file
 --batch` operation and reuses that snapshot until HEAD or source roots change.
 Submitted overrides apply only to the current query. Reverse include traversal
diff --git a/src/server/verify.js b/src/server/verify.js
index a82514c..a00e467 100644
--- a/src/server/verify.js
+++ b/src/server/verify.js
@@ -508,12 +508,12 @@ export class Verifier {
   }
 
   /**
-   * A function that three peers already confirmed keeps that confirmation when its compiled code is
-   * unchanged in a resubmission (the batch came back because of another function).
+   * Confirmed code keeps its peer verdicts or explicit review waiver when unchanged in a
+   * resubmission (the batch came back because of another function).
    */
   carryOver(attempt, target) {
     if (!target?.codeHash) return false;
-    const prev = this.store.all(`SELECT id, result_json FROM attempts WHERE task_id = ? AND id != ? ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5`, attempt.task_id, attempt.id);
+    const prev = this.store.all(`SELECT id, result_json, peer_skipped FROM attempts WHERE task_id = ? AND id != ? ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5`, attempt.task_id, attempt.id);
     for (const p of prev) {
       const hash = p.result_json ? JSON.parse(p.result_json).feedback?.target?.codeHash : null;
       if (hash !== target.codeHash || !this.peers?.confirmed(p.id)) continue;
@@ -522,6 +522,10 @@ export class Verifier {
          SELECT ?, reviewer_id, token_id, verdict, weight, reason, agent_meta, created_at FROM peer_reviews WHERE attempt_id = ?`,
         attempt.id, p.id,
       );
+      if (p.peer_skipped) {
+        this.store.run('UPDATE attempts SET peer_skipped = 1 WHERE id = ?', attempt.id);
+        this.store.event('review_waiver_carried', attempt.user_id, { attempt: attempt.id, from: p.id, codeHash: target.codeHash });
+      }
       return true;
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/test/manual-review.test.js b/test/manual-review.test.js
index d6454f1..2dc20ba 100644
--- a/test/manual-review.test.js
+++ b/test/manual-review.test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Accounts } from '../src/server/accounts.js';
 import { Merger } from '../src/server/merge.js';
 import { PeerReviews } from '../src/server/peer.js';
 import { createApp, DEFAULT_CONFIG } from '../src/server/app.js';
+import { Verifier } from '../src/server/verify.js';
 
 async function fixture(t) {
   const store = new Store(':memory:');
@@ -113,3 +114,28 @@ test('admin batch self-review leaves peer review alone unless explicitly skipped
   assert.equal(skipped.status, 200, JSON.stringify(skipped.body));
   assert.deepEqual(skipped.body.results, [{ attemptId: pending, state: 'approved' }]);
 });
+
+test('identical resubmissions retain an explicit review waiver without inventing peer votes', async (t) => {
+  const { store, user, attempt, post } = await fixture(t);
+  const admin = user('admin');
+  const original = attempt(admin, 'peer_review');
+  const hash = 'same-compiled-code';
+  store.run('UPDATE attempts SET result_json=? WHERE id=?', JSON.stringify({ feedback: { target: { codeHash: hash } } }), original);
+  assert.equal((await post(`/api/attempts/${original}/review`, { action: 'approve', skipPeerReview: true }, admin)).status, 200);
+  const taskId = store.get('SELECT task_id FROM attempts WHERE id=?', original).task_id;
+  const resubmit = () => Number(store.run(`INSERT INTO attempts(task_id,user_id,base_commit,files_json,state,created_at) VALUES(?,?,'new-main','{}','verifying',?)`, taskId,admin.id,now()).lastInsertRowid);
+  const peers = new PeerReviews({ store, project: { matchPolicy: {} } });
+  const verifier = Object.create(Verifier.prototype);
+  Object.assign(verifier, { store, peers });
+  const identical = resubmit();
+  assert.equal(verifier.carryOver(store.get('SELECT * FROM attempts WHERE id=?', identical), { codeHash: hash }), true);
+  assert.equal(peers.confirmed(identical), true, 'merge verification must see the same confirmation as initial verification');
+  assert.equal(store.get('SELECT peer_skipped FROM attempts WHERE id=?', identical).peer_skipped, 1);
+  assert.equal(store.get('SELECT COUNT(*) n FROM peer_reviews WHERE attempt_id=?', identical).n, 0);
+  const audit = JSON.parse(store.get("SELECT data FROM events WHERE type='review_waiver_carried' ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1").data);
+  assert.deepEqual(audit, { attempt: identical, from: original, codeHash: hash });
+  const changed = resubmit();
+  assert.equal(verifier.carryOver(store.get('SELECT * FROM attempts WHERE id=?', changed), { codeHash: 'different-code' }), false);
+  assert.equal(peers.confirmed(changed), false, 'changed code does not inherit the waiver');
+  assert.equal(store.get('SELECT regressions_accepted FROM attempts WHERE id=?', identical).regressions_accepted, 0, 'score overrides are not transferred');
+});