diff --git a/docs/kuna-provider.md b/docs/kuna-provider.md
index b6b4dd79bc..d4f9eee85d 100644
--- a/docs/kuna-provider.md
+++ b/docs/kuna-provider.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Cross-references, callers, callees and basic blocks are not available from this
 
 The first analysis request in a session looks for this target's export in the cache. `list_documents` reads the selected path without initializing analysis. The export is keyed by the target's SHA-256, the Kuna executable's SHA-256, its version and `--jobs`.
 
-- **Warm cache:** analysis reads reuse the verified export. A fresh server verifies its file digests; that cost scales with export size.
+- **Warm cache:** analysis reads reuse the verified export. A fresh server verifies its file digests once, even for concurrent first requests; that cost scales with export size.
 - **Cold cache:**
   - REA starts `kuna decompile-project` in the background on a private copy of the target.
   - Meanwhile, pseudocode comes from one `kuna decompile --addr` run, and listings from `kuna functions --json`.
diff --git a/src/kuna/KunaSessionClient.ts b/src/kuna/KunaSessionClient.ts
index d62d039b94..d9f53d2e95 100644
--- a/src/kuna/KunaSessionClient.ts
+++ b/src/kuna/KunaSessionClient.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ export class KunaSessionClient implements AnalysisClient {
     | Promise<Result<readonly KunaInventoryFunction[], AnalysisError>>
     | undefined;
   #project: Promise<Result<KunaProject, AnalysisError>> | undefined;
+  /** The cache lookup that decides #project, shared by concurrent first requests. */
+  #starting: Promise<void> | undefined;
   #reader: KunaProjectReader | undefined;
   #inventoryIndex: InventoryIndex | undefined;
   #status: KunaExportStatus | undefined;
@@ -998,8 +1000,17 @@ export class KunaSessionClient implements AnalysisClient {
   }
 
   /** Reuse a verified export, or start building one in the background. */
-  async #startProject(installation: KunaInstallation): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.#project !== undefined) return;
+  #startProject(installation: KunaInstallation): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.#project !== undefined) return Promise.resolve();
+    // Concurrent first requests share one lookup, which verifies every
+    // export file's digest on a fresh server.
+    this.#starting ??= this.#lookupOrBuild(installation).finally(() => {
+      this.#starting = undefined;
+    });
+    return this.#starting;
+  }
+
+  async #lookupOrBuild(installation: KunaInstallation): Promise<void> {
     const key = kunaProjectKey({
       targetSha256: this.#target.sha256,
       kunaSha256: installation.sha256,
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaProvider.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaProvider.test.ts
index 9c27530c24..c4d87290ff 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaProvider.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/kuna/kunaProvider.test.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ import {
 } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
-import { expect, it as test } from "vitest";
+import { expect, it as test, vi } from "vitest";
 
 import type { BinaryTarget } from "../../../../src/domain/binaryTargetTypes.js";
 import type { JsonValue } from "../../../../src/domain/jsonValue.js";
 import type { KunaProcessLauncher } from "../../../../src/kuna/KunaCommand.js";
 import { KunaProvider } from "../../../../src/kuna/KunaProvider.js";
 import { KUNA_FUNCTION_TEXT_BYTES } from "../../../../src/kuna/KunaLimits.js";
+import { KunaProjectCache } from "../../../../src/kuna/KunaProjectCache.js";
 import { cleanupOwnedProcessGroup } from "../../../../src/process/ProcessOwnership.js";
 import { spawnOwnedProviderProcess } from "../../../../src/process/ProviderProcess.js";
 import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
@@ -186,6 +187,36 @@ it("answers a cold request from one function, then serves the finished export",
   await again.close();
 });
 
+it("verifies a warm export once for concurrent first requests on a fresh server", async () => {
+  const { kuna, target, cacheRoot, profile, open } = await session(
+    "rea-kuna-warm-concurrent-",
+  );
+  const builder = open();
+  await run(builder, "procedure_assembly", { procedure: "main" });
+  expect(await builder.close()).toEqual({ ok: true, value: null });
+
+  const lookup = vi.spyOn(KunaProjectCache.prototype, "lookup");
+  const fresh = new KunaProvider(
+    { REA_KUNA_COMMAND: kuna, REA_KUNA_CACHE_DIR: cacheRoot },
+    { platform: process.platform },
+  ).createClient(target, profile);
+  try {
+    const answers = await Promise.all(
+      ["main", "parse", "0x1000", "main"].map((procedure) =>
+        run(fresh, "procedure_pseudo_code", { procedure }),
+      ),
+    );
+    for (const answer of answers)
+      expect(answer.rawResult).toMatchObject({
+        source: { kind: "project-export" },
+      });
+    expect(lookup).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  } finally {
+    lookup.mockRestore();
+    expect(await fresh.close()).toEqual({ ok: true, value: null });
+  }
+});
+
 it("lists, searches and resolves procedures from Kuna's inventory", async () => {
   const { open } = await session("rea-kuna-inventory-");
   const client = open();