diff --git a/formal/go-mutations.json b/formal/go-mutations.json
index 0c588bd1..d8e507f3 100644
--- a/formal/go-mutations.json
+++ b/formal/go-mutations.json
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
         {
           "path": "go/cache.go",
           "before": "\tc.local.Get(key)\n\treturn item.value, true",
-          "after": "\titem.insertedMS = c.options.Clock.ElapsedMS()\n\tc.local.Add(key, item)\n\treturn item.value, true"
+          "after": "\titem.insertedMS = c.settings.clock.ElapsedMS()\n\tc.local.Add(key, item)\n\treturn item.value, true"
         }
       ],
       "requiredDetections": [
diff --git a/go/mutation_catalog_test.go b/go/mutation_catalog_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58490cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/mutation_catalog_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package dialcache
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The Go mutation catalog anchors textual edits in production sources. A
+// rename can leave an anchor unmatched or a replacement uncompilable, which
+// the full mutation lane reports as a measurement error rather than a
+// detection result. This guard catches both at PR time: every edit must match
+// exactly once and every mutant must still build.
+func TestMutationCatalogMutantsCompile(t *testing.T) {
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "formal", "go-mutations.json"))
+	if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Skip("the mutation catalog is not part of the module")
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var catalog struct {
+		Mutations []struct {
+			ID    string
+			Edits []struct{ Path, Before, After string }
+		}
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &catalog); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sources, err := filepath.Glob("*.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var production []string
+	for _, source := range sources {
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(source, "_test.go") {
+			production = append(production, source)
+		}
+	}
+	production = append(production, "go.mod", "go.sum")
+	goBinary := filepath.Join(runtime.GOROOT(), "bin", "go")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(goBinary); err != nil {
+		if goBinary, err = exec.LookPath("go"); err != nil {
+			t.Skip("no go toolchain to compile mutants with")
+		}
+	}
+	for _, mutation := range catalog.Mutations {
+		t.Run(mutation.ID, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			dir := t.TempDir()
+			for _, name := range production {
+				content, err := os.ReadFile(name)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, name), content, 0o644); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+			for _, edit := range mutation.Edits {
+				name := strings.TrimPrefix(edit.Path, "go/")
+				target := filepath.Join(dir, name)
+				content, err := os.ReadFile(target)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("edit path %s: %v", edit.Path, err)
+				}
+				if n := strings.Count(string(content), edit.Before); n != 1 {
+					t.Fatalf("anchor in %s occurs %d times, want exactly once: %q", edit.Path, n, edit.Before)
+				}
+				if err := os.WriteFile(target, []byte(strings.Replace(string(content), edit.Before, edit.After, 1)), 0o644); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+			build := exec.Command(goBinary, "build", "./...")
+			build.Dir = dir
+			build.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GOWORK=off", "GOFLAGS=-mod=mod")
+			if output, err := build.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("mutant does not compile: %v\n%s", err, output)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}