diff --git a/src/trust/path-trust.ts b/src/trust/path-trust.ts
index c8da4e19c..f5bad4add 100644
--- a/src/trust/path-trust.ts
+++ b/src/trust/path-trust.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export async function revokePathPlugin(
 
 /**
  * One-shot migration: seed the global store from `settings.pluginPaths` when
- * no valid store file exists yet. Every registered entry that resolves to a
+ * the store file is missing (first launch). Every registered entry that resolves to a
  * plugin on disk is granted — pluginPaths lives in the user's global settings,
  * so each entry was put there by the user (add-by-path or a hand edit) and
  * registration is taken as consent at the moment the store is created, even
@@ -189,6 +189,13 @@ export async function revokePathPlugin(
  * (expand marketplaces, drop missing paths). Callers supply expansion so this
  * module stays free of the plugin loader. `onMigrated` fires only on the run
  * that seeds grants, so callers can surface the one-time event to the user.
+ *
+ * A corrupt store (`invalid`: unreadable, zero-byte, or malformed) refuses to
+ * seed: re-granting from `pluginPaths` here would undo an explicit revoke the
+ * moment the file becomes unreadable. Migration leaves the file untouched and
+ * returns no grants, so path plugins load metadata-only until the user either
+ * repairs the file (deleting it restores first-launch seeding) or re-consents
+ * explicitly through add-by-path / enable.
  */
 export async function migratePathTrustFromPluginPaths(
   pluginPaths: string[],
@@ -200,6 +207,12 @@ export async function migratePathTrustFromPluginPaths(
   if (existing.state === "valid") {
     return existing.store;
   }
+  if (existing.state === "invalid") {
+    if (pluginPaths.length > 0) {
+      logger.warn`refusing path-trust migration from a corrupt store at ${pathTrustPath(home)}: delete the file to re-seed from settings.pluginPaths or re-consent through add-by-path`;
+    }
+    return emptyStore();
+  }
   if (pluginPaths.length === 0) {
     return emptyStore();
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/path-trust.test.ts b/tests/unit/path-trust.test.ts
index 5a999cc3b..7563181e0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/path-trust.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/path-trust.test.ts
@@ -240,26 +240,35 @@ describe("path-trust (global)", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test("a zero-byte store file is invalid and migration re-seeds it", async () => {
+  test("a zero-byte store file is invalid and migration refuses to seed it", async () => {
     const { home, cleanup } = await scratch();
     try {
       await writeStoreFile(home, "");
       expect((await readPathTrustStore(home)).state).toBe("invalid");
 
       const plugin = join(home, "shared", "plugin");
+      let resolveCalls = 0;
+      let migratedCalls = 0;
       const store = await migratePathTrustFromPluginPaths(
         [plugin],
-        async () => [plugin],
+        async (p) => {
+          resolveCalls += 1;
+          return [p];
+        },
         home,
+        { onMigrated: () => (migratedCalls += 1) },
       );
-      expect(isPathPluginTrusted(store, plugin)).toBe(true);
-      expect((await readPathTrustStore(home)).state).toBe("valid");
+      expect(isPathPluginTrusted(store, plugin)).toBe(false);
+      expect(store.trustedPluginPaths).toEqual([]);
+      expect(resolveCalls).toBe(0);
+      expect(migratedCalls).toBe(0);
+      expect((await readPathTrustStore(home)).state).toBe("invalid");
     } finally {
       await cleanup();
     }
   });
 
-  test("a corrupt store file is invalid, loads empty, and migration re-seeds it", async () => {
+  test("a corrupt store file is invalid, loads empty, and migration refuses to seed it", async () => {
     const { home, cleanup } = await scratch();
     try {
       await writeStoreFile(home, "{not json");
@@ -267,12 +276,54 @@ describe("path-trust (global)", () => {
       expect((await loadPathTrust(home)).trustedPluginPaths).toEqual([]);
 
       const plugin = join(home, "shared", "plugin");
+      let resolveCalls = 0;
+      let migratedCalls = 0;
       const store = await migratePathTrustFromPluginPaths(
         [plugin],
-        async () => [plugin],
+        async (p) => {
+          resolveCalls += 1;
+          return [p];
+        },
         home,
+        { onMigrated: () => (migratedCalls += 1) },
       );
-      expect(isPathPluginTrusted(store, plugin)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isPathPluginTrusted(store, plugin)).toBe(false);
+      expect(store.trustedPluginPaths).toEqual([]);
+      expect(resolveCalls).toBe(0);
+      expect(migratedCalls).toBe(0);
+      expect((await readPathTrustStore(home)).state).toBe("invalid");
+    } finally {
+      await cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("revoke then corrupt: migration refuses to re-grant and leaves the store invalid", async () => {
+    const { home, cleanup } = await scratch();
+    try {
+      const plugin = join(home, "shared", "plugin");
+      await trustPathPlugin(plugin, home);
+      await revokePathPlugin(plugin, home);
+      expect((await readPathTrustStore(home)).state).toBe("valid");
+
+      await writeStoreFile(home, "{not json");
+      expect((await readPathTrustStore(home)).state).toBe("invalid");
+
+      let resolveCalls = 0;
+      let migratedCalls = 0;
+      const store = await migratePathTrustFromPluginPaths(
+        [plugin],
+        async (p) => {
+          resolveCalls += 1;
+          return [p];
+        },
+        home,
+        { onMigrated: () => (migratedCalls += 1) },
+      );
+      expect(isPathPluginTrusted(store, plugin)).toBe(false);
+      expect(store.trustedPluginPaths).toEqual([]);
+      expect(resolveCalls).toBe(0);
+      expect(migratedCalls).toBe(0);
+      expect((await readPathTrustStore(home)).state).toBe("invalid");
     } finally {
       await cleanup();
     }