diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/idempotencyKeys.test.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/idempotencyKeys.test.ts
index 6528ef3ad..8749e1bc2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/idempotencyKeys.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/idempotencyKeys.test.ts
@@ -193,28 +193,13 @@ describe("resetIdempotencyKey", () => {
     expect(resetKeys).toEqual([digestShapedKey]);
   });
 
-  it("falls back to the derived hash when the verbatim attempt fails with a 503", async () => {
+  it("does not reset the derived run when the verbatim attempt fails transiently", async () => {
     const created = await createIdempotencyKey(digestShapedKey, { scope: "global" });
 
     resetIdempotencyKeyCatalog();
     statusByKey.set(digestShapedKey, 503);
     existingKeys = new Set([created]);
 
-    await resetIdempotencyKey(
-      "my-task",
-      digestShapedKey,
-      { scope: "global" },
-      { retry: { maxAttempts: 1 } }
-    );
-
-    expect(resetKeys).toEqual([digestShapedKey, created]);
-  });
-
-  it("surfaces the verbatim attempt's error when it fails with a 503 and the fallback finds nothing", async () => {
-    const derived = await digestSHA256(digestShapedKey);
-    statusByKey.set(digestShapedKey, 503);
-    existingKeys = new Set();
-
     await expect(
       resetIdempotencyKey(
         "my-task",
@@ -224,7 +209,7 @@ describe("resetIdempotencyKey", () => {
       )
     ).rejects.toMatchObject({ status: 503 });
 
-    expect(resetKeys).toEqual([digestShapedKey, derived]);
+    expect(resetKeys).toEqual([digestShapedKey]);
   });
 
   it("surfaces the fallback's error when it fails with something other than a 404", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/idempotencyKeys.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/idempotencyKeys.ts
index 60581e05f..97a21aa9d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/idempotencyKeys.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/idempotencyKeys.ts
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ export async function resetIdempotencyKey(
   try {
     return await client.resetIdempotencyKey(taskIdentifier, idempotencyKey, requestOptions);
   } catch (error) {
+    if (!(error instanceof NotFoundError)) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+
     try {
       return await client.resetIdempotencyKey(taskIdentifier, hash, requestOptions);
     } catch (fallbackError) {