diff --git a/strix/report/coverage.py b/strix/report/coverage.py
index 0f7a5e8a..d3e70e04 100644
--- a/strix/report/coverage.py
+++ b/strix/report/coverage.py
@@ -315,6 +315,26 @@ def _entry_is_about(entry: dict[str, Any], phrasings: list[list[str]]) -> bool:
     return any(all(term in haystack for term in terms) for terms in phrasings)
 
 
+def _entry_authored_by(entry: dict[str, Any], owner_ids: set[str]) -> bool:
+    """True when this row — now, or in a superseded revision — was written by
+    one of *owner_ids*.
+
+    ``update_coverage`` overwrites ``agent_id`` with the updater's, so a surface
+    a carrier genuinely assessed would look unexamined after an unrelated agent
+    edits the shared row. History preserves the earlier author, so an earlier
+    assessment by a carrier still counts.
+    """
+    if str(entry.get("agent_id") or "") in owner_ids:
+        return True
+    history = entry.get("history")
+    if isinstance(history, list):
+        return any(
+            isinstance(item, dict) and str(item.get("agent_id") or "") in owner_ids
+            for item in history
+        )
+    return False
+
+
 def _topics_for(skill: str) -> list[tuple[str | None, list[list[str]]]]:
     """The independently-accountable topics a carried skill must cover.
 
@@ -377,7 +397,7 @@ def skill_coverage_gaps(
         vclass = VULN_CLASSES.get(skill)
         if vclass is not None and vclass.sub_topics:
             owner_ids = carrier_ids.get(skill, set())
-            relevant = [e for e in entries if str(e.get("agent_id") or "") in owner_ids]
+            relevant = [e for e in entries if _entry_authored_by(e, owner_ids)]
         else:
             relevant = entries
         uncovered = [
diff --git a/strix/tools/coverage/tools.py b/strix/tools/coverage/tools.py
index 94c31fb9..8c019738 100644
--- a/strix/tools/coverage/tools.py
+++ b/strix/tools/coverage/tools.py
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ def _update_impl(
             superseded["evidence"] = existing["evidence"]
         if existing.get("agent_name"):
             superseded["agent_name"] = existing["agent_name"]
+        # Preserve the superseded author's id, not just their name: a later
+        # update by a different agent overwrites ``agent_id``, and coverage
+        # accounting attributes a bundled skill's surface to the agent that
+        # actually assessed it, so the earlier authorship has to survive.
+        if existing.get("agent_id"):
+            superseded["agent_id"] = existing["agent_id"]
         history = existing.get("history")
         existing["history"] = [*history, superseded] if isinstance(history, list) else [superseded]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_report_coverage.py b/tests/test_report_coverage.py
index 29da948e..d53d298d 100644
--- a/tests/test_report_coverage.py
+++ b/tests/test_report_coverage.py
@@ -203,6 +203,39 @@ def test_unrelated_agents_row_does_not_cover_a_browser_subtopic() -> None:
     assert "postMessage" not in sub  # the browser agent's own row still counts
 
 
+def test_updated_browser_row_keeps_its_carrier_authorship() -> None:
+    """update_coverage overwrites agent_id with the updater's; a browser surface a
+    carrier assessed must still count via the author preserved in history."""
+    doc = _document(
+        entries=[
+            _entry(
+                risk_area="client-side path traversal",
+                surface="fetch from route param",
+                agent_id="agent-2",  # current author after an unrelated update
+                agent_name="redirect-tester",
+                history=[
+                    {
+                        "outcome": "no_issue_found",
+                        "agent_id": "agent-1",  # the carrier who first assessed it
+                        "agent_name": "browser-tester",
+                    }
+                ],
+            ),
+        ],
+        agent_graph=_graph(
+            statuses={"agent-1": "completed", "agent-2": "completed"},
+            names={"agent-1": "browser-tester", "agent-2": "redirect-tester"},
+            metadata={
+                "agent-1": {"skills": ["browser_security"]},
+                "agent-2": {"skills": ["open_redirect"]},
+            },
+        ),
+    )
+
+    sub = {g["risk_area"] for g in doc["gaps"] if g["kind"] == "unrecorded_sub_topic"}
+    assert "client-side path traversal" not in sub  # preserved carrier authorship counts
+
+
 def test_registry_backs_skill_phrasings_and_cwe() -> None:
     """_SKILL_PHRASINGS is derived from the registry, so they cannot drift."""
     assert _SKILL_PHRASINGS == {name: v.aliases for name, v in VULN_CLASSES.items()}