diff --git a/docker/frontend/src/App.tsx b/docker/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 2a402a6..81b6b9f 100644
--- a/docker/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/docker/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1111,12 +1111,20 @@ export function Workspace() {
         const bytes = await fileToBytes(file);
         if (isRawName(file.name)) {
           // A camera RAW: parked in OPFS whole, developed to the JPEG the studio
-          // works on, and remembered in that same shape by the session — so the
-          // 30MB is read once, not once per reload.
+          // works on. The developed JPEG is deliberately NOT the session's copy:
+          // it is this build's reading of the sensor, and a session keeps it
+          // across reloads — so the next build's colour fix would never reach a
+          // frame already open, which is exactly how a fixed develop kept opening
+          // olive. The RAW is in OPFS either way, so the reload re-develops it
+          // (a few seconds) and always opens at the current engine's colour; the
+          // session's slot is cleared rather than left holding an older photo.
+          //
+          // ponytail: the reload pays one develop. Stamp the session copy with
+          // the build and keep it while the stamp holds, if that ever hurts.
           await storeRaw(bytes, file.name);
           const jpeg = await developRaw(bytes);
           await adoptPhoto(jpeg, file.name, new Blob([jpeg as BlobPart], { type: 'image/jpeg' }), false, bytes);
-          void savePhoto(file.name, jpeg);
+          void forgetPhoto();
           return;
         }
         await clearRaw();