diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ea2c9ac..6a0b86b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Configure prompt no longer quits out with an unhelpful error if existing boolean settings are null (#962)
 - Branch names are now constrained to a reasonable set of allowed characters, fixing an issue where branch names with special characters were hidden without explanation (#914)
 - PTD documents that are not decomposed production items may now be added to source control (#965)
+- Fixed a bug where interop deployment manager would in some cases fail because it tried to load unrelated items from the repo (#977)
 
 ## [2.16.0] - 2026-03-06
 
diff --git a/cls/SourceControl/Git/Production.cls b/cls/SourceControl/Git/Production.cls
index eb619c6a..c1ceec81 100644
--- a/cls/SourceControl/Git/Production.cls
+++ b/cls/SourceControl/Git/Production.cls
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ ClassMethod GetModifiedItemsAfterSave(internalName As %String, Output modifiedIt
     } else {
 	    // If editing/adding/deleting from Studio, VS Code, or Interop Editor UI, mark all items for edit then find adds/deletes
 	    if source = "IDE" {
-		    // only compile f editing from IDE
+			// if editing from IDE, compile to populate the Ens_Config.Item tables, but do not trigger source control hooks.
+			new %SourceControl
 	    	$$$ThrowOnError($System.OBJ.Compile(productionName, "ck-d/multicompile=0"))
 	    }
         set productionConfig = ##class(Ens.Config.Production).%OpenId(productionName)
diff --git a/test/UnitTest/SourceControl/Git/ProductionDecomposition.cls b/test/UnitTest/SourceControl/Git/ProductionDecomposition.cls
index 49ea341e..b3fb154a 100644
--- a/test/UnitTest/SourceControl/Git/ProductionDecomposition.cls
+++ b/test/UnitTest/SourceControl/Git/ProductionDecomposition.cls
@@ -122,6 +122,26 @@ Method TestImportItemsWithError()
     do $$$AssertStatusOK(##class(SourceControl.Git.Utils).ImportItem("UnitTest.SampleProduction||Settings-a|Ens.Activity.Operation.Local.PTD"))
 }
 
+Method TestStrayUncommittedPTDDoesNotBreakSave()
+{
+    new %SourceControl
+    do $System.OBJ.Delete(..#ProductionName)
+    $$$ThrowOnError(##class(SourceControl.Git.Production).CreateProduction(..#ProductionName))
+    do ##class(%Studio.SourceControl.Interface).SourceControlCreate()
+
+    do $$$LogMessage("an unrelated non-class PTD left uncommitted in the queue")
+    do ##class(Ens.Util.ProjectTextDocument).Delete("UnitTest.Git.Demo.PTD")
+    $$$ThrowOnError(##class(Ens.Util.ProjectTextDocument).Create("plain text not loadable as a class","UnitTest.Git.Demo","stray PTD"))
+    $$$ThrowOnError(##class(SourceControl.Git.Utils).AddToSourceControl("UnitTest.Git.Demo.PTD"))
+    // intentionally not committed: it stays in the uncommitted queue that RefreshUncommitted walks
+    set strayFile = ##class(SourceControl.Git.Utils).FullExternalName("UnitTest.Git.Demo.PTD")
+    do $$$AssertTrue(##class(SourceControl.Git.Change).IsUncommitted(strayFile))
+
+    do $$$LogMessage("saving the decomposed production must succeed despite the stray PTD in the queue")
+    $$$ThrowOnError(%SourceControl.OnBeforeSave(..#ProductionName_".cls"))
+    do $$$AssertStatusOK(%SourceControl.OnAfterSave(..#ProductionName_".cls"))
+}
+
 /// PTD documents that do not represent decomposed production items may be added to source control as .PTD files
 Method TestNonHostPTD()
 {