diff --git a/.changeset/bold-otters-cheer.md b/.changeset/bold-otters-cheer.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..301df7f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bold-otters-cheer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+type: Fixed
+pr: 4813
+---
+**verify-work stops flagging honest plans as commit_claim_mismatch** — the reconciliation measured `plan_head_before..HEAD`, a window that grows with every later plan's commits and the phase-completion commit, so any plan except the last read as a BLOCKER. The executor now records `plan_head_after` (HEAD at its measurement moment) and verify-work reconciles against that bounded window with exact equality; legacy SUMMARYs without the anchor fall back to a warning, and the #3968 failure modes still block. (#4670)
+
+<!-- #4670 un-established edges, per the issue: parallel worktree waves sharing a base and multi-repo commit-to-subrepo ledgers are not covered by the bounded window; the window strictly narrows relative to the previous check. -->
diff --git a/agents/gsd-executor.md b/agents/gsd-executor.md
index 0f54fd324..12e05cfe5 100644
--- a/agents/gsd-executor.md
+++ b/agents/gsd-executor.md
@@ -673,9 +673,11 @@ ledger (protocol 0c — a fresh shell per Bash call; the base comes from disk):
 ```bash
 PLAN_HEAD_BEFORE=$(cat "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)/gsd-plan-head-before-{phase}-{plan}")
 COMMITS_ACTUAL=$(git rev-list --count ${PLAN_HEAD_BEFORE}..HEAD)
+PLAN_HEAD_AFTER=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 ```
-Write BOTH into the frontmatter — `commits: ${COMMITS_ACTUAL}`,
-`plan_head_before: ${PLAN_HEAD_BEFORE}` — including when the count is `0`.
+Write ALL THREE into the frontmatter — `commits: ${COMMITS_ACTUAL}`,
+`plan_head_before: ${PLAN_HEAD_BEFORE}`, `plan_head_after: ${PLAN_HEAD_AFTER}` — including
+when the count is `0`.
 A `0` with code changes means the changes sit UNCOMMITTED: **HALT — do not write the
 SUMMARY with a narrated count**; surface `git status --short` in your return. A `0` with no
 code changes (docs-only) is legitimate. `/gsd:verify-work` flags mismatches as BLOCKER.
diff --git a/gsd-core/workflows/verify-work.md b/gsd-core/workflows/verify-work.md
index db56f62e1..f51e5799a 100644
--- a/gsd-core/workflows/verify-work.md
+++ b/gsd-core/workflows/verify-work.md
@@ -183,18 +183,31 @@ instrument — the executor's own narration is never the last word. For each `*-
 BASE=$(grep -oE '^plan_head_before: [0-9a-f]{7,40}' "$SUMMARY_FILE" | awk '{print $2}')
 CLAIMED=$(grep -oE '^commits: [0-9]+' "$SUMMARY_FILE" | grep -oE '[0-9]+' || echo absent)
 ACTUAL=$(git rev-list --count "${BASE}"..HEAD)
+AFTER=$(grep -oE '^plan_head_after: [0-9a-f]{7,40}' "$SUMMARY_FILE" | awk '{print $2}')
 ```
 - A `commits: absent` or `plan_head_before: absent` SUMMARY (pre-#3968 legacy) is reported as
   a WARNING with the measured git state, not a mismatch.
-- `ACTUAL == CLAIMED` is consistent. `ACTUAL == CLAIMED + 1` is ALSO consistent: the
-  SUMMARY/metadata commit itself lands after the executor measured, so exactly one
-  post-measurement commit is expected.
-- Anything else is a **BLOCKER** — the phase must not read as done: real project evidence
-  (#3968) showed 14 plans declaring `commits: 1` with zero git activity, their code sitting
-  uncommitted and one `git reset --hard` from loss. Record it as `commit_claim_mismatch`
-  with both numbers and the SUMMARY path; a mismatch means either the executor narrated
-  instead of measuring or commits were lost after the fact — both require reconciliation
-  before the phase can pass.
+- **Bounded reconciliation (#4670).** A SUMMARY carrying `plan_head_after:` (the executor's
+  HEAD at its measurement moment — after the last task commit, before the SUMMARY commit) is
+  reconciled against the plan's OWN window:
+```bash
+if git merge-base --is-ancestor "$AFTER" HEAD 2>/dev/null \
+   && [ "$(git rev-list --count "${BASE}..${AFTER}")" = "$CLAIMED" ]; then
+  : # consistent
+fi
+```
+  Consistent → done. Anything else is a **BLOCKER** — `commit_claim_mismatch` with both
+  numbers and the SUMMARY path: commits claimed but never made (#3968), task commits lost
+  after the fact, or the plan's recorded window rewritten afterwards (a rebase/amend/cherry-pick
+  of those commits makes `$AFTER` a non-ancestor — recount that plan's commits manually
+  before treating it as a genuine mismatch). The unbounded `${BASE}..HEAD` count is NOT
+  evidence either way: it grows with every later plan's commits and execute-phase's own
+  phase-completion commit, so an honest plan would read as a mismatch (#4670).
+- **Legacy fallback (#4670).** A SUMMARY with a base but no `plan_head_after:` (pre-#4670)
+  cannot be bounded to its own window — report the measured `${BASE}..HEAD` count as a
+  **WARNING** with the SUMMARY's task-commit list for manual counting. The old
+  `ACTUAL == CLAIMED` / `ACTUAL == CLAIMED + 1` tolerance was a guess that later plans'
+  commits defeat; it must never produce a BLOCKER on the unsound window.
 </step>
 
 <step name="extract_tests">
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/compact-content-benchmark-baseline.json b/tests/fixtures/compact-content-benchmark-baseline.json
index e55b42c82..46d6b7652 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/compact-content-benchmark-baseline.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/compact-content-benchmark-baseline.json
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@
       "reductionPct": 11.9
     },
     "verify-work": {
-      "offTokens": 12992,
-      "onTokens": 11019,
-      "reductionPct": 15.19
+      "offTokens": 13235,
+      "onTokens": 11262,
+      "reductionPct": 14.91
     }
   },
   "aggregate": {
-    "offTokens": 108630,
-    "onTokens": 91943,
-    "reductionPct": 15.36
+    "offTokens": 108873,
+    "onTokens": 92186,
+    "reductionPct": 15.33
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/no-bare-gsd-tools-command-position.test.cjs b/tests/no-bare-gsd-tools-command-position.test.cjs
index ab0dabbdf..798e92941 100644
--- a/tests/no-bare-gsd-tools-command-position.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/no-bare-gsd-tools-command-position.test.cjs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const BARE_COMMAND_RE = new RegExp(
 // Each entry MUST carry a one-line reason; the test prints the allowlist on
 // failure so a reviewer can see exactly what is sanctioned.
 const PROSE_ALLOWLIST = [
-  { file: 'agents/gsd-executor.md', line: 823, reason: 'describes the SDK return envelope of `gsd-tools query commit`; not an instruction to run the bare word' },
+  { file: 'agents/gsd-executor.md', line: 825, reason: 'describes the SDK return envelope of `gsd-tools query commit`; not an instruction to run the bare word (#4670 shifted it from 823: the plan_head_after capture line added above moved the line, the mention is unchanged)' },
   { file: 'agents/gsd-phase-researcher.md', line: 33, reason: 'package-legitimacy provenance rule names the command as the source of an OK verdict; descriptive' },
   { file: 'agents/gsd-roadmapper.md', line: 660, reason: 'parenthetical "e.g." naming SDK queries a user *could* run; not an agent instruction (#4134 shifted it from 647: the H1 template section added above moved the line, the mention is unchanged)' },
   { file: 'agents/gsd-intel-updater.md', line: 40, reason: 'cross-platform note names the `gsd-tools intel <subcommand>` CLI surface descriptively ("CLI invocations go through..."); not an agent instruction' },
diff --git a/tests/summary-commit-verification.test.cjs b/tests/summary-commit-verification.test.cjs
index 22b5bea30..672684cf0 100644
--- a/tests/summary-commit-verification.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/summary-commit-verification.test.cjs
@@ -43,8 +43,16 @@ describe('#3968 — measured commit claims', () => {
       'verify-work must run a commit-claim reconciliation over each SUMMARY');
     assert.ok(verify.includes('ACTUAL=$(git rev-list --count "${BASE}"..HEAD)'),
       'the reconciliation uses the SAME instrument as the executor (rev-list over the recorded base)');
-    assert.ok(/ACTUAL == CLAIMED \+ 1/.test(verify),
-      'the post-measurement SUMMARY commit is an expected +1, not a false BLOCKER');
+    // #4670: the +1 tolerance is retired for bounded SUMMARYs (exact equality
+    // over plan_head_before..plan_head_after); the literal survives only in
+    // the legacy-fallback retirement sentence. Pin the shipped rule, not the
+    // retired tolerance:
+    assert.match(verify, /Bounded reconciliation \(#4670\)/,
+      'the bounded exact-equality reconciliation is the shipped rule');
+    const reconciliationIdx = verify.indexOf('Commit-claim reconciliation');
+    const legacySentenceIdx = verify.indexOf('`ACTUAL == CLAIMED + 1` tolerance was a guess');
+    assert.ok(legacySentenceIdx > reconciliationIdx,
+      'the +1 tolerance appears only as the retired legacy rule inside the reconciliation block');
     assert.ok(/BLOCKER/.test(verify.slice(verify.indexOf('Commit-claim reconciliation'), verify.indexOf('Commit-claim reconciliation') + 1800)),
       'a mismatch must be flagged BLOCKER — the phase must not read as done');
   });
@@ -59,3 +67,61 @@ describe('#3968 — measured commit claims', () => {
       'the uncommitted_files field is defined by the porcelain command, not a narrated []');
   });
 });
+
+// ── #4670 — the commit-claim window is bounded to the plan's own history ─────
+// `plan_head_before..HEAD` grows with every LATER plan's commits and
+// execute-phase's phase-completion commit, so an honest plan flagged as
+// `commit_claim_mismatch` BLOCKER as soon as anything landed after it. The
+// executor now also records `plan_head_after:` (HEAD at its measurement
+// moment — after the last task commit, before the SUMMARY commit), and
+// verify-work reconciles against that bounded window with EXACT equality;
+// legacy SUMMARYs without the anchor fall back to the WARNING path.
+
+describe('#4670 — bounded commit-claim reconciliation', () => {
+  test('executor records plan_head_after — the plan window bound (#4670)', () => {
+    const executor = read('agents/gsd-executor.md');
+    assert.ok(
+      executor.includes('plan_head_after: ${PLAN_HEAD_AFTER}'),
+      'the SUMMARY frontmatter must carry plan_head_after, captured at the measurement moment'
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      /PLAN_HEAD_AFTER=\$\(git rev-parse HEAD\)/.test(executor),
+      'PLAN_HEAD_AFTER must be captured from HEAD at the same measurement moment as the count'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('verify-work bounds the commit-claim window to the plan own history (#4670)', () => {
+    const verify = read('gsd-core/workflows/verify-work.md');
+    const afterIdx = verify.indexOf('AFTER=$(grep -oE \'^plan_head_after: [0-9a-f]{7,40}\' "$SUMMARY_FILE" | awk \'{print $2}\')');
+    assert.ok(afterIdx !== -1, 'the reconciliation must extract plan_head_after');
+    assert.ok(
+      verify.includes('git merge-base --is-ancestor "$AFTER" HEAD'),
+      'the plan end must be verified to still be in history (ancestor check)'
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      verify.includes('git rev-list --count "${BASE}..${AFTER}"'),
+      'the measured count must be bounded to the plan own window (BASE..AFTER)'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('bounded mismatch stays a BLOCKER — #3968 failures still caught (#4670)', () => {
+    const verify = read('gsd-core/workflows/verify-work.md');
+    const boundedIdx = verify.indexOf('#4670');
+    assert.ok(boundedIdx !== -1, 'the bounded reconciliation section must exist');
+    const section = verify.slice(boundedIdx, boundedIdx + 2400);
+    assert.match(section, /BLOCKER/, 'a bounded mismatch must remain a BLOCKER');
+    assert.match(section, /commit_claim_mismatch/, 'the mismatch verdict name is kept');
+  });
+
+  test('legacy SUMMARYs without plan_head_after fall back to the warning path (#4670)', () => {
+    const verify = read('gsd-core/workflows/verify-work.md');
+    const afterNeedle = 'plan_head_after';
+    assert.ok(verify.includes(afterNeedle), 'plan_head_after must appear in verify-work');
+    // The legacy clause: a base without the anchor cannot be judged by the
+    // unsound unbounded window — it is a WARNING with the measured state.
+    assert.match(
+      verify, /WARNING[\s\S]{0,400}plan_head_after/,
+      'SUMMARYs without plan_head_after must fall back to the WARNING path, not the unsound BLOCKER'
+    );
+  });
+});