diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ScriptAnalysis.Tests/CachingScriptMetadataResolverTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ScriptAnalysis.Tests/CachingScriptMetadataResolverTests.cs
index b35b1c8d..f2b0be07 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ScriptAnalysis.Tests/CachingScriptMetadataResolverTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ScriptAnalysis.Tests/CachingScriptMetadataResolverTests.cs
@@ -89,4 +89,66 @@ public class CachingScriptMetadataResolverTests
         var sut = new CachingScriptMetadataResolver(new CountingResolver());
         Assert.True(sut.ResolveMissingAssemblies);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The decisive regression: with options shaped like the real compile
+    /// surfaces (small explicit set, large transitive closure), the FIRST
+    /// compile resolves the closure through the resolver and every subsequent
+    /// compile — same or different code — resolves NOTHING. Before the fix,
+    /// every compile re-resolved the full closure (measured: 74 fresh
+    /// PortableExecutableReferences per compile on Roslyn 5.0.0).
+    /// A probe wraps the DEFAULT resolver so the test also proves resolution
+    /// actually flows through this path at all (first > 0) — guarding against
+    /// the whole mechanism silently changing in a Roslyn upgrade.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Compile_RepeatAndDistinctScripts_ResolveClosureOnlyOnce()
+    {
+        var probe = new ProbeResolver(ScriptOptions.Default.MetadataResolver);
+        var caching = new CachingScriptMetadataResolver(probe);
+
+        var options = ScriptOptions.Default
+            .WithReferences(
+                typeof(object).Assembly,
+                typeof(Enumerable).Assembly,
+                typeof(Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.CSharpArgumentInfo).Assembly)
+            .WithImports("System", "System.Linq")
+            .WithMetadataResolver(caching);
+
+        long CompileAndCount(string code)
+        {
+            long before = probe.MissingCalls;
+            var script = Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Scripting.CSharpScript.Create<object?>(code, options);
+            var errors = script.Compile().Count(d => d.Severity == DiagnosticSeverity.Error);
+            Assert.Equal(0, errors);
+            return probe.MissingCalls - before;
+        }
+
+        var first = CompileAndCount("return Enumerable.Range(1, 3).Sum();");
+        var repeat = CompileAndCount("return Enumerable.Range(1, 3).Sum();");
+        var distinct = CompileAndCount("return string.Join(\",\", Enumerable.Range(1, 2)).Length;");
+
+        Assert.True(first > 0, "expected the first compile to resolve the transitive closure through the resolver");
+        Assert.Equal(0, repeat);   // pre-fix: == first (~74) — one fresh native metadata copy per assembly per compile
+        Assert.Equal(0, distinct);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class ProbeResolver : MetadataReferenceResolver
+    {
+        private readonly MetadataReferenceResolver _inner;
+        public long MissingCalls;
+        public ProbeResolver(MetadataReferenceResolver inner) => _inner = inner;
+        public override bool ResolveMissingAssemblies => _inner.ResolveMissingAssemblies;
+        public override PortableExecutableReference? ResolveMissingAssembly(
+            MetadataReference definition, AssemblyIdentity referenceIdentity)
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref MissingCalls);
+            return _inner.ResolveMissingAssembly(definition, referenceIdentity);
+        }
+        public override ImmutableArray<PortableExecutableReference> ResolveReference(
+            string reference, string? baseFilePath, MetadataReferenceProperties properties)
+            => _inner.ResolveReference(reference, baseFilePath, properties);
+        public override bool Equals(object? other) => ReferenceEquals(this, other);
+        public override int GetHashCode() => 0;
+    }
 }