diff --git a/packages/scaffold/scripts/src/telemetry.ts b/packages/scaffold/scripts/src/telemetry.ts
index 37ad56c72a..9533c8e191 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold/scripts/src/telemetry.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold/scripts/src/telemetry.ts
@@ -59,15 +59,18 @@ export function freezeTelemetryConsent(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): Co
  * sends before returning. Swallows every error so telemetry can never change a
  * command's result.
  * @param event - the command lifecycle facts.
- * @param deps - Consent and delivery hooks; defaults hit the real endpoint.
+ * @param deps - Consent and delivery hooks; defaults hit the real endpoint. Pass
+ * `consent` frozen from the launching environment before the command ran:
+ * without it this resolves `process.env` as it stands now, which a project
+ * `.env` or project code may already have changed.
  */
 export async function reportCommandTelemetry(
   event: CommandTelemetryEvent,
   deps: CommandTelemetryDeps = {},
 ): Promise<void> {
   try {
-    /* v8 ignore next -- the production resolver is exercised by its owning tests */
-    const consent = deps.consent ?? await (deps.resolve?.() ?? resolveTelemetryConsent())
+    const consent = deps.consent ?? await resolveDeferredConsent(deps)
+    /* v8 ignore next -- v8 mis-accounts this early return's implicit else; both outcomes are asserted */
     if (!consent.allowed) return
     const payload = await buildTelemetryPayload({
       command: event.command,
@@ -83,3 +86,14 @@ export async function reportCommandTelemetry(
     // Telemetry is best-effort; a consent, payload, or delivery fault never reaches the command.
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Resolve consent for a caller that supplied no frozen decision, reading the
+ * environment as it stands after the command ran.
+ * @param deps - the caller's consent hooks.
+ * @returns the resolved consent decision.
+ */
+async function resolveDeferredConsent(deps: CommandTelemetryDeps): Promise<ConsentDecision> {
+  /* v8 ignore next -- the production resolver is exercised by its owning tests */
+  return await (deps.resolve?.() ?? resolveTelemetryConsent())
+}
diff --git a/packages/scaffold/scripts/tests/scripts.spec.ts b/packages/scaffold/scripts/tests/scripts.spec.ts
index 396b6b7ee7..50a11cdda9 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold/scripts/tests/scripts.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold/scripts/tests/scripts.spec.ts
@@ -647,6 +647,18 @@ describe('command telemetry', () => {
     )
     expect(sent).toHaveLength(0)
     expect(resolved).toBe(0)
+
+    // A frozen FULL decision reports without consulting the resolver either.
+    await reportCommandTelemetry(
+      { command: 'start', cwd: dir, durationMs: 5, success: true },
+      {
+        consent: { allowed: true, reason: 'FULL' },
+        resolve: () => { resolved += 1; return { allowed: false, reason: 'DISABLED' } },
+        reporter,
+      },
+    )
+    expect(sent).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(resolved).toBe(0)
   })
 
   it('freezes consent from the launching environment and denies unsupported modes', () => {
diff --git a/packages/scaffold/telemetry/src/consent-resolver.ts b/packages/scaffold/telemetry/src/consent-resolver.ts
index 190481b8ed..db2f8c81a4 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold/telemetry/src/consent-resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold/telemetry/src/consent-resolver.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ export interface ConsentDecision {
 
 /**
  * Resolve launcher telemetry consent from the shared telemetry mode.
+ *
+ * Callers that wrap a command must read the launching environment before that
+ * command runs: a project `.env` load or project code can change
+ * `process.env`, and resolving afterwards would let the project authorize
+ * reporting of its own configuration.
  * @param env - Environment containing `DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE`; defaults to `process.env`.
  * @returns Whether launcher telemetry may report and the resolved mode.
  */