diff --git a/tests/blackbox/executor.go b/tests/blackbox/executor.go
index 68e315482..e5a299d98 100644
--- a/tests/blackbox/executor.go
+++ b/tests/blackbox/executor.go
@@ -1768,6 +1768,11 @@ func (h *TestHarness) executeTriggerDiscovery(t *testing.T, model *StateModel) {
 		}
 		t.Logf("TriggerDiscovery: inventory not converged (attempt %d)", attempt+1)
 	}
+	if _, unmanagedInventory, err := h.extractManagedAndUnmanagedInventory(); err == nil {
+		for _, v := range CheckUnmanagedModelVsInventory(model, unmanagedInventory) {
+			t.Logf("TriggerDiscovery: unconverged: %s", v.Message)
+		}
+	}
 	require.Failf(t, "discovery did not ingest",
 		"expected unmanaged resources were not ingested after %d attempts", maxDiscoverAttempts)
 }
@@ -1954,6 +1959,16 @@ func (h *TestHarness) waitForAbsorbedInventory(t *testing.T, query, nativeID, ex
 
 func (h *TestHarness) executeCloudCreate(t *testing.T, op *Operation, model *StateModel) {
 	t.Helper()
+	// The generator draws native ids from a small pool, so an id can repeat
+	// within a sequence. Re-creating an entry the model already tracks as
+	// present is an out-of-band MODIFY of that resource, not a create:
+	// discovery only ingests unknown native ids, so it can never converge
+	// the model's fresh CloudProperties with the already-ingested row (that
+	// is sync absorption, which OpCloudModify exercises). Skip the op.
+	if res := model.UnmanagedResources[op.NativeID]; res != nil && (res.PresentInCloud || res.PresentInInventory) {
+		t.Logf("[op %d] CloudCreate: %s → skipped (already present out-of-band)", op.SequenceNum, op.NativeID)
+		return
+	}
 	h.putCloudStateWithRetry(t, op.NativeID, op.ResourceType, op.Properties)
 	model.ApplyUnmanagedCloudCreate(op.NativeID, op.ResourceType, op.Properties)
 	t.Logf("[op %d] CloudCreate: %s (%s)", op.SequenceNum, op.NativeID, op.ResourceType)
diff --git a/tests/blackbox/unmanaged_recreate_test.go b/tests/blackbox/unmanaged_recreate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e47fed6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/blackbox/unmanaged_recreate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// © 2026 Platform Engineering Labs Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: FSL-1.1-ALv2
+
+//go:build integration || property
+
+package blackbox
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/platform-engineering-labs/formae/internal/metastructure/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// A CloudCreate that reuses the native id of an already-ingested unmanaged
+// resource is skipped: discovery only ingests unknown native ids, so fresh
+// CloudProperties expectations for a known id could never converge through
+// the discovery path. After the skip, a discovery trigger must still
+// converge cleanly.
+func TestCloudCreate_RepeatedNativeIDIsSkipped(t *testing.T) {
+	testutil.RunTestFromProjectRoot(t, func(t *testing.T) {
+		h := NewTestHarness(t, 30*time.Second)
+		defer h.Cleanup()
+		h.ResetAgentState(t)
+		config := PropertyTestConfig{ResourceCount: 10, StackCount: 1}
+		model := NewStateModel(config.StackCount, config.ResourceCount)
+		h.SetupStacks(t, model, config)
+
+		create := Operation{Kind: OpCloudCreate, NativeID: "cloud-1",
+			ResourceType: "Test::Generic::Resource",
+			Properties:   `{"Name":"cp-1","Value":"v1","SetTags":[],"EntityTags":[],"OrderedItems":[]}`}
+		h.ExecuteOperation(t, &create, model)
+		h.executeTriggerDiscovery(t, model)
+		require.True(t, model.UnmanagedResources["cloud-1"].PresentInInventory)
+		ingested := model.UnmanagedResources["cloud-1"].CloudProperties
+
+		recreate := Operation{Kind: OpCloudCreate, NativeID: "cloud-1",
+			ResourceType: "Test::Generic::Resource",
+			Properties:   `{"Name":"cp-other","Value":"v2","SetTags":[],"EntityTags":[],"OrderedItems":[]}`}
+		h.ExecuteOperation(t, &recreate, model)
+
+		require.Equal(t, ingested, model.UnmanagedResources["cloud-1"].CloudProperties,
+			"a repeated CloudCreate must not rewrite the tracked cloud properties")
+		require.True(t, h.waitForUnmanagedInventoryExpectations(t, model, 10*time.Second),
+			"the unmanaged inventory must still converge after the skipped re-create")
+	})
+}