diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index b401553..2ea6f5d 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -2945,6 +2945,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
         _worldState.RemoveEntityByServerGuid(serverGuid);
         _worldGameState.RemoveById(existingEntity.Id);
         _animatedEntities.Remove(existingEntity.Id);
+        _classificationCache.InvalidateEntity(existingEntity.Id);
         _physicsEngine.ShadowObjects.Deregister(existingEntity.Id);
 
         // Dead-reckon state is keyed by SERVER guid (not local id) so we
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Rendering/Wb/EntityClassificationCacheTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Rendering/Wb/EntityClassificationCacheTests.cs
index 4766461..bc05262 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Rendering/Wb/EntityClassificationCacheTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Rendering/Wb/EntityClassificationCacheTests.cs
@@ -171,6 +171,28 @@ public class EntityClassificationCacheTests
         Assert.Equal(1, cache.Count);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void DespawnRespawn_UnderReusedId_RepopulatesFresh()
+    {
+        // Pins the audit's ObjDescEvent contract (audit section 1):
+        //   ObjDescEvent is despawn + respawn (with a NEW local entity.Id),
+        //   never an in-place mutation. Even when an id IS reused
+        //   (theoretical — _liveEntityIdCounter is monotonic in practice),
+        //   the cache must serve fresh data after invalidation.
+        var cache = new EntityClassificationCache();
+        var batchesV1 = new[] { MakeCachedBatch(1, 0, 6, 0xAA) };
+        var batchesV2 = new[] { MakeCachedBatch(2, 6, 12, 0xCC) };
+
+        cache.Populate(100, 0xA9B40000u, batchesV1);
+        cache.InvalidateEntity(100);
+        cache.Populate(100, 0xA9B40000u, batchesV2);
+
+        Assert.True(cache.TryGet(100, out var entry));
+        Assert.NotNull(entry);
+        Assert.Equal(batchesV2, entry!.Batches);
+        Assert.Equal(0xCCu, entry.Batches[0].BindlessTextureHandle);
+    }
+
     private static CachedBatch MakeCachedBatch(
         uint ibo, uint firstIndex, int indexCount, ulong texHandle)
     {