diff --git a/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/git-model-invalidation.test.ts b/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/git-model-invalidation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c05fb09f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/git-model-invalidation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { HEAD_REF, STAGED_REF, type GitRef } from '@shared/core/git/types';
+import { commitRef, refsEqual } from '@shared/core/git/utils';
+import { invalidateWorktreeGitModels } from './git-model-invalidation';
+import type { MonacoModelRegistry } from './monaco-model-registry';
+
+/** Minimal registry whose findGitUris matches by ref like the real one (via refsEqual). */
+function makeRegistry(entries: Array<{ ref: GitRef; uri: string }>) {
+  const invalidated: string[] = [];
+  const registry = {
+    findGitUris: ({ ref }: { ref?: GitRef }) =>
+      entries.filter((e) => ref !== undefined && refsEqual(e.ref, ref)).map((e) => e.uri),
+    invalidateModel: (uri: string) => {
+      invalidated.push(uri);
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    },
+  } as unknown as MonacoModelRegistry;
+  return { registry, invalidated };
+}
+
+describe('invalidateWorktreeGitModels', () => {
+  it('invalidates both the head DiffMode and the commit-HEAD models on a head update (#2576)', () => {
+    const { registry, invalidated } = makeRegistry([
+      { ref: HEAD_REF, uri: 'git://ws/HEAD/a.ts' },
+      { ref: commitRef('HEAD'), uri: 'git://ws/HEAD/b.ts' },
+      { ref: STAGED_REF, uri: 'git://ws/STAGED/c.ts' },
+    ]);
+
+    invalidateWorktreeGitModels(registry, 'ws', 'head');
+
+    // The commit-HEAD model (b.ts) is the one that used to go stale after a branch switch.
+    expect(invalidated.sort()).toEqual(['git://ws/HEAD/a.ts', 'git://ws/HEAD/b.ts']);
+  });
+
+  it('invalidates only the staged models on a status update', () => {
+    const { registry, invalidated } = makeRegistry([
+      { ref: HEAD_REF, uri: 'git://ws/HEAD/a.ts' },
+      { ref: commitRef('HEAD'), uri: 'git://ws/HEAD/b.ts' },
+      { ref: STAGED_REF, uri: 'git://ws/STAGED/c.ts' },
+    ]);
+
+    invalidateWorktreeGitModels(registry, 'ws', 'status');
+
+    expect(invalidated).toEqual(['git://ws/STAGED/c.ts']);
+  });
+
+  it('de-duplicates a uri matched by more than one HEAD representation', () => {
+    const { registry, invalidated } = makeRegistry([
+      { ref: HEAD_REF, uri: 'git://ws/HEAD/a.ts' },
+      { ref: commitRef('HEAD'), uri: 'git://ws/HEAD/a.ts' },
+    ]);
+
+    invalidateWorktreeGitModels(registry, 'ws', 'head');
+
+    expect(invalidated).toEqual(['git://ws/HEAD/a.ts']);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/git-model-invalidation.ts b/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/git-model-invalidation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e17879b294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/git-model-invalidation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { HEAD_REF, STAGED_REF, type GitRef } from '@shared/core/git/types';
+import { commitRef } from '@shared/core/git/utils';
+import type { MonacoModelRegistry } from './monaco-model-registry';
+
+/**
+ * Re-fetch the git models invalidated by a worktree update.
+ *
+ * On a `status` update only the staged snapshot changed. On any other update
+ * (notably `head`, fired on commit or a branch switch in the same worktree) the
+ * current HEAD moved, so every model that follows HEAD must be re-fetched.
+ *
+ * The diff view expresses "current HEAD" two ways — the `head` DiffMode
+ * (`HEAD_REF`) and a commit ref pinned to the literal `'HEAD'`
+ * (`commitRef('HEAD')`). They compare equal only within their own kind, so both
+ * must be queried; otherwise a `commitRef('HEAD')` original keeps the previous
+ * branch's content after a switch and the Changed diff shows stale changes.
+ * See #2576.
+ *
+ * Pure (no event wiring) so it can be unit-tested without the renderer runtime.
+ */
+export function invalidateWorktreeGitModels(
+  registry: MonacoModelRegistry,
+  workspaceId: string,
+  updateKind: string
+): void {
+  const refs: GitRef[] = updateKind === 'status' ? [STAGED_REF] : [HEAD_REF, commitRef('HEAD')];
+  const invalidated = new Set<string>();
+  for (const ref of refs) {
+    for (const uri of registry.findGitUris({ workspaceId, ref })) {
+      if (invalidated.has(uri)) continue;
+      invalidated.add(uri);
+      void registry.invalidateModel(uri);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/invalidation-bridges.ts b/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/invalidation-bridges.ts
index c6f25bfda7..8a0286ea8c 100644
--- a/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/invalidation-bridges.ts
+++ b/apps/emdash-desktop/src/renderer/lib/monaco/invalidation-bridges.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { events } from '@renderer/lib/ipc';
 import type { FileWatchEvent } from '@shared/core/fs/fs';
 import { fsWatchEventChannel } from '@shared/core/fs/fsEvents';
 import { gitRepoUpdateChannel, gitWorktreeUpdateChannel } from '@shared/core/git/events';
-import { HEAD_REF, STAGED_REF } from '@shared/core/git/types';
+import { invalidateWorktreeGitModels } from './git-model-invalidation';
 import type { MonacoModelRegistry } from './monaco-model-registry';
 
 /** Disk models for paths affected by a watch event (atomic saves often use create/delete, not modify). */
@@ -47,12 +47,9 @@ export function wireModelRegistryInvalidation(registry: MonacoModelRegistry): ()
     }
   });
 
-  // Workspace index/HEAD changes → invalidate staged or HEAD git:// models.
+  // Workspace index/HEAD changes → invalidate staged or HEAD-following git:// models.
   const unsubWorkspace = events.on(gitWorktreeUpdateChannel, ({ workspaceId, update }) => {
-    const ref = update.kind === 'status' ? STAGED_REF : HEAD_REF;
-    for (const uri of registry.findGitUris({ workspaceId, ref })) {
-      void registry.invalidateModel(uri);
-    }
+    invalidateWorktreeGitModels(registry, workspaceId, update.kind);
   });
 
   const unsubRefs = events.on(gitRepoUpdateChannel, ({ projectId, update }) => {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/git/git-worktree.test.ts b/packages/core/src/git/git-worktree.test.ts
index 17efaa2a46..bb122d4231 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/git/git-worktree.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/git/git-worktree.test.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,40 @@ describe('GitWorktree', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('resolves HEAD against the calling worktree, not the shared repository (#2576)', async () => {
+    // The GitRepository is shared per common dir and its exec is bound to the first
+    // worktree that opens it. A symbolic ref like HEAD must still resolve against the
+    // worktree that asks, otherwise a linked worktree on its own branch reads the wrong
+    // branch's blob (the stale Changed-diff in #2576).
+    const repo = await makeRepo(); // main: tracked.txt = 'before\n'
+    const linkedParent = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), 'emdash-shared-linked-'));
+    const linkedPath = path.join(linkedParent, 'wt'); // must not pre-exist for `worktree add`
+    await execFileAsync('git', ['branch', 'feature'], { cwd: repo });
+    await execFileAsync('git', ['worktree', 'add', linkedPath, 'feature'], { cwd: repo });
+    await writeFile(path.join(linkedPath, 'tracked.txt'), 'feature-content\n', 'utf8');
+    await execFileAsync('git', ['commit', '-am', 'feature change'], { cwd: linkedPath });
+
+    const watcher = new FileWatchService();
+    const runtime = new GitRuntime({ watcher });
+    try {
+      // Open the main worktree first so the shared repository binds its exec to it.
+      const mainLease = await runtime.openWorktree(repo);
+      await expect(mainLease.value.getFileAtRef('tracked.txt', 'HEAD')).resolves.toBe('before\n');
+
+      // The linked worktree shares that repository but its HEAD is on `feature`.
+      const linkedLease = await runtime.openWorktree(linkedPath);
+      await expect(linkedLease.value.getFileAtRef('tracked.txt', 'HEAD')).resolves.toBe(
+        'feature-content\n'
+      );
+
+      await linkedLease.release();
+      await mainLease.release();
+    } finally {
+      await runtime.dispose();
+      await watcher.dispose();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('refreshes staged status when an external commit advances the branch ref', async () => {
     const repo = await makeRepo();
     const watcher = new FileWatchService();
diff --git a/packages/core/src/git/git-worktree.ts b/packages/core/src/git/git-worktree.ts
index 7dd23281aa..33979abcdc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/git/git-worktree.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/git/git-worktree.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,36 @@ export class GitWorktree implements IGitWorktree {
   }
 
   async getFileAtRef(filePath: string, ref: string): Promise<string | null> {
-    return this.repository.readBlobAtRef(ref, filePath);
+    return this.repository.readBlobAtRef(await this.resolveRefOid(ref), filePath);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolve a ref to an immutable commit oid against *this* worktree's HEAD.
+   *
+   * The `GitRepository` is shared by every worktree on the same common dir, and its
+   * `exec` is bound to whichever worktree opened it first. Passing a symbolic ref like
+   * `HEAD` straight to `repository.readBlobAtRef` would therefore resolve it against that
+   * first worktree, not the caller — so a task worktree on its own branch reads the wrong
+   * branch's blob (empty, or the previous branch's content after a switch). That is the
+   * stale Changed-diff in #2576. Resolving here with the worktree-bound `exec` pins the
+   * correct HEAD, and the resulting oid is content-addressed so the shared object store
+   * reads it regardless of cwd. Already-immutable oids and resolution failures pass through
+   * untouched (the existing `git show` fallback still handles odd refs).
+   */
+  private async resolveRefOid(ref: string): Promise<string> {
+    if (/^[0-9a-f]{40}$/i.test(ref) || /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/i.test(ref)) return ref;
+    try {
+      const { stdout } = await this.exec.exec([
+        'rev-parse',
+        '--verify',
+        '--quiet',
+        `${ref}^{commit}`,
+      ]);
+      const oid = stdout.trim();
+      return oid.length > 0 ? oid : ref;
+    } catch {
+      return ref;
+    }
   }
 
   async getFileAtIndex(filePath: string): Promise<string | null> {