diff --git a/crates/stella-cli/src/daemon/boot.rs b/crates/stella-cli/src/daemon/boot.rs
index f4cec045..c13fc9ca 100644
--- a/crates/stella-cli/src/daemon/boot.rs
+++ b/crates/stella-cli/src/daemon/boot.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
 //!   the checkpoint on every terminal path, abort included, so a policy stop
 //!   retracts its resume point on the way out. A row written by a build that
 //!   predates #1653 — where a policy stop really did store `Error` — is
-//!   therefore filtered by `SkipReason::NoResumePoint` anyway, without this
+//!   therefore filtered by [`crate::daemon::boot::SkipReason::NoResumePoint`]
+//!   anyway, without this
 //!   module having to trust its status.
 //! - **The attempt bound still applies.** An `Error` that resumes into
 //!   another `Error` is counted like any other continuation and retired
diff --git a/crates/stella-pipeline/src/pipeline/scope_stage.rs b/crates/stella-pipeline/src/pipeline/scope_stage.rs
index 1711ea92..77fc84ab 100644
--- a/crates/stella-pipeline/src/pipeline/scope_stage.rs
+++ b/crates/stella-pipeline/src/pipeline/scope_stage.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ impl Pipeline<'_> {
                     research,
                     &repo_structure,
                     revision.as_deref(),
-                    &mut Spend { budget, total },
+                    // Reborrowed per iteration: the loop replans after a
+                    // rejected scope card, and a moved `Spend` could not be
+                    // handed to the next attempt.
+                    &mut Spend {
+                        budget: &mut *budget,
+                        total: &mut *total,
+                    },
                 )
                 .await
             {