diff --git a/docs/audits/2026-08-13-PR-566-rollback-noop-audit.md b/docs/audits/2026-08-13-PR-566-rollback-noop-audit.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# PR #566 rollback no-op independent audit
+
+- Date: 2026-08-13
+- Audited branch: `codex/issue-140-rollback-semantics` after merging current `origin/main`
+- Scope: `engine/src/chat_store.rs`, `engine/README.md`
+- Verdict: **PASS**
+
+## Findings
+
+No blocking or non-blocking findings.
+
+## Independent assessment
+
+- Range validation happens before the no-op path, so invalid indices remain rejected without mutation.
+- An explicit no-op is accepted only when the requested durable ID matches the persisted `active_leaf` with the repository's case-insensitive ULID matcher.
+- Legacy no-op detection is deliberately narrower: `active_leaf` must be absent, all parent links must be absent, vector lengths must match, and the target must be the physical tail.
+- A dangling persisted `active_leaf` cannot enter the no-op path. It reaches the normal save path, repairs the leaf to the requested message, increments revision, and updates persistence.
+- Returning before `save()` preserves `updated_at`, revision, JSONL bytes, and metadata bytes for true no-op retries.
+- Sibling branches are unaffected because rollback still removes only active-path entries after the selected target.
+- The change is Engine-only; issue #319 visual review is not applicable.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `cargo test -p airp-core --lib chat_store::tests::rollback_to --locked -- --nocapture`: 5 passed.
+- `cargo test -p airp-core --lib domain::tests::rollback --locked -- --nocapture`: 4 passed.
+- `cargo test -p airp-core --lib chat_store::tests::rollback_repairs_dangling_persisted_active_leaf --locked -- --nocapture`: 1 passed.
+- `cargo fmt --all -- --check`: passed.
+- `git diff --check`: passed.
+
+## Non-blocking workflow note
+
+The Agent Browser Exploration failure is in generated test-script syntax before execution. Its workflow and report explicitly mark it non-blocking; it produced no crash, data-loss, or security evidence about this rollback change. The recurrence belongs to the already tracked agent-exploration process family and is not a product finding for #566.
diff --git a/engine/README.md b/engine/README.md
index e952294c..d36ff5ad 100644
--- a/engine/README.md
+++ b/engine/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ AIRP Engine 是 AIRP 产品内的无头 RP 引擎。它负责角色卡/世界书
 - `/v1/agent/run` 有 step/token/wall-clock/cancel 闸和 typed SSE 事件；
 - Tavern Card JSON/PNG 导入、canonical/sidecar 落盘和角色 CRUD；
 - 会话创建/列表、history、append、rollback、regen；
-- rollback 在 service/API 与 `ChatLog` 持久化边界都拒绝非法 index；空日志 `index=0` 保留兼容；
+- rollback 在 service/API 与 `ChatLog` 持久化边界都拒绝非法 index；空日志 `index=0` 保留兼容；目标明确匹配持久化 `active_leaf`（或 legacy 线性日志的末条）时为纯 no-op，不刷新 `updated_at` / revision，也不写盘；dangling `active_leaf` 仍会修复并持久化；
 - chat pipeline 先持久化 user message 再推进时间线；assistant 的 live state、`ChatLog` 与 `current.md` 任一关键写入失败都会终止回合，SSE `done` 只在 finalization 全部成功后发送；
 - 多 Persona 存储、revision、HTTP CRUD/绑定，以及 chat pipeline 的显式/绑定/default 激活；
 - Persona 删除先验证 ID，revision 清理仅忽略 `NotFound`；路径穿越与其他清理错误 fail-closed 并保留工作副本；
diff --git a/engine/src/chat_store.rs b/engine/src/chat_store.rs
index 4a66dc4d..47a3ca81 100644
--- a/engine/src/chat_store.rs
+++ b/engine/src/chat_store.rs
@@ -914,6 +914,9 @@ impl ChatLog {
     /// #73 方案 B / #37：同步截断 `message_timestamps` / `message_ids` 保持等长。
     /// #249：同步截断 `message_candidates` / `message_swipe_index`。
     /// 分支对话树：同步截断 `message_parents`，更新 `active_leaf`。
+    /// 若目标明确匹配持久化的 `active_leaf`，或日志是 `active_leaf=None` 的 legacy
+    /// 线性格式且目标为末条，则成功返回但不刷新 `updated_at`、不递增 revision、
+    /// 不重写持久化文件。损坏的 dangling `active_leaf` 仍通过正常保存路径修复。
     pub fn rollback_to(&mut self, data_root: &Path, index: usize) -> Result<(), AirpError> {
         let len = self.messages.len();
         if (len == 0 && index != 0) || (len > 0 && index >= len) {
@@ -935,6 +938,23 @@ impl ChatLog {
                 ))
             })?;
 
+        let target_id = self.message_ids.get(index);
+        let targets_persisted_leaf = self
+            .active_leaf
+            .as_deref()
+            .is_some_and(|leaf| target_id.is_some_and(|target| crate::ulid::matches(target, leaf)));
+        let targets_legacy_linear_tail = self.active_leaf.is_none()
+            && self.message_parents.len() == len
+            && self.message_parents.iter().all(Option::is_none)
+            && index + 1 == len;
+
+        // Only explicit persisted state (or the documented legacy linear shape)
+        // proves this is a no-op. resolve_active_leaf() also falls back for a
+        // dangling persisted leaf; that corrupt state must reach save() for repair.
+        if targets_persisted_leaf || targets_legacy_linear_tail {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         // New active_leaf = message at `index` (BEFORE removal).
         let new_leaf_id = self.message_ids.get(index).cloned();
 
@@ -1963,6 +1983,115 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(matches!(err, AirpError::BadRequest(_)));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn rollback_to_legacy_linear_tail_is_a_pure_noop() {
+        let tmp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let root = tmp.path();
+        make_char_dir(root, "rb_noop_char");
+
+        let mut seed = ChatLog::new("rb_noop_char");
+        seed.save(root).unwrap();
+        let jsonl_path = ChatLog::jsonl_path(root, "rb_noop_char");
+        let meta_path = ChatLog::meta_path(root, "rb_noop_char");
+        // Legacy lines intentionally omit id/ts/parent. Loading derives compatible
+        // in-memory values, but a no-op rollback must not persist that normalization.
+        fs::write(
+            &jsonl_path,
+            concat!(
+                "{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"msg0\"}\n",
+                "{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"msg1\"}\n"
+            ),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let mut log = ChatLog::load_or_create(root, "rb_noop_char").unwrap();
+        let jsonl_before = fs::read(&jsonl_path).unwrap();
+        let meta_before = fs::read(&meta_path).unwrap();
+        let updated_at_before = log.updated_at.clone();
+        let revision_before = log.revision;
+
+        log.rollback_to(root, 1).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(log.updated_at, updated_at_before);
+        assert_eq!(log.revision, revision_before);
+        assert_eq!(fs::read(jsonl_path).unwrap(), jsonl_before);
+        assert_eq!(fs::read(meta_path).unwrap(), meta_before);
+        let reloaded = ChatLog::load_or_create(root, "rb_noop_char").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(reloaded.updated_at, updated_at_before);
+        assert_eq!(reloaded.revision, revision_before);
+        assert_eq!(reloaded.messages.len(), 2);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rollback_to_explicit_active_leaf_is_a_pure_noop() {
+        let tmp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let root = tmp.path();
+        make_char_dir(root, "rb_explicit_noop_char");
+
+        let mut log = ChatLog::new("rb_explicit_noop_char");
+        for content in ["msg0", "msg1"] {
+            log.append(
+                root,
+                ChatMessage {
+                    role: crate::adapter::MessageRole::User,
+                    content: content.into(),
+                },
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        }
+        let target_id = log.message_ids[1].clone();
+        log.active_leaf = Some(format!("m{}", target_id[1..].to_uppercase()));
+        log.save(root).unwrap();
+        let meta_path = ChatLog::meta_path(root, "rb_explicit_noop_char");
+        let meta_before = fs::read(&meta_path).unwrap();
+        let updated_at_before = log.updated_at.clone();
+        let revision_before = log.revision;
+
+        log.rollback_to(root, 1).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(log.updated_at, updated_at_before);
+        assert_eq!(log.revision, revision_before);
+        assert_eq!(fs::read(meta_path).unwrap(), meta_before);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rollback_repairs_dangling_persisted_active_leaf() {
+        let tmp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let root = tmp.path();
+        make_char_dir(root, "rb_dangling_leaf_char");
+
+        let mut log = ChatLog::new("rb_dangling_leaf_char");
+        for content in ["msg0", "msg1"] {
+            log.append(
+                root,
+                ChatMessage {
+                    role: crate::adapter::MessageRole::User,
+                    content: content.into(),
+                },
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        }
+        let target_id = log.message_ids[1].clone();
+        let dangling_id = crate::ulid::derive_legacy_id("missing-message", 99);
+        assert!(!crate::ulid::matches(&target_id, &dangling_id));
+        log.active_leaf = Some(dangling_id);
+        log.updated_at = "2000-01-01T00:00:00+00:00".into();
+        log.save(root).unwrap();
+        let revision_before = log.revision;
+
+        let mut reloaded = ChatLog::load_or_create(root, "rb_dangling_leaf_char").unwrap();
+        // resolve_active_leaf falls back to the physical tail, but rollback must
+        // still persist the repair of the dangling metadata value.
+        assert_eq!(reloaded.resolve_active_leaf(), Some(target_id.as_str()));
+        reloaded.rollback_to(root, 1).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(reloaded.active_leaf.as_deref(), Some(target_id.as_str()));
+        assert_eq!(reloaded.revision, revision_before + 1);
+        assert_ne!(reloaded.updated_at, "2000-01-01T00:00:00+00:00");
+        let persisted = ChatLog::load_or_create(root, "rb_dangling_leaf_char").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(persisted.active_leaf.as_deref(), Some(target_id.as_str()));
+        assert_eq!(persisted.revision, revision_before + 1);
+    }
+
     // ── #37 durable message-id contract 不变式 ──────────────────────────────
 
     fn make_char_dir(root: &Path, cid: &str) {