diff --git a/harness/tests/test_postgres_session_repository.py b/harness/tests/test_postgres_session_repository.py
index 5206f704..af3cf6cc 100644
--- a/harness/tests/test_postgres_session_repository.py
+++ b/harness/tests/test_postgres_session_repository.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
 from testcontainers.postgres import PostgresContainer
 
 from tht.decisions import DecisionInput
+from tht.phase import effective_decisions
 from tht.session.models import PrincipalContext, SessionManifest
 from tht.session.store import SessionError
 
@@ -61,6 +62,27 @@ def test_owner_can_read_own_snapshot_but_not_another_owners(database_url):
         bob.get(session_id)
 
 
+def test_named_decision_is_stale_after_postgres_ledger_reopen(database_url):
+    repository = _repository(database_url, "phase-owner")
+    session_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    repository.create(_manifest(session_id))
+    for phase in range(1, 5):
+        repository.append_decisions(session_id, [
+            DecisionInput(type="phase_approved", subject=f"phase:{phase}")
+        ])
+    repository.append_decisions(session_id, [
+        DecisionInput(type="cte_approved", subject="named_cte")
+    ])
+    repository.append_decisions(session_id, [
+        DecisionInput(type="phase_reopened", subject="phase:3")
+    ])
+
+    snapshot = repository.get(session_id)
+    named = next(item for item in snapshot.decisions if item.subject == "named_cte")
+    assert named.phase == 5
+    assert "named_cte" not in {item.subject for item in effective_decisions(snapshot)}
+
+
 def test_admin_can_read_another_owners_session(database_url):
     owner = _repository(database_url, "owner")
     admin = _repository(database_url, "admin", is_admin=True)
diff --git a/harness/tht/session/postgres_repository.py b/harness/tht/session/postgres_repository.py
index 65ad689b..2171c446 100644
--- a/harness/tht/session/postgres_repository.py
+++ b/harness/tht/session/postgres_repository.py
@@ -352,6 +352,20 @@ class PostgresSessionRepository:
         with self._transaction() as connection:
             self._lock_session(connection, session_id)
             self._require_session(connection, session_id)
+            from tht.phase import current_phase
+
+            manifest = SessionManifest.model_validate(connection.execute(
+                text("SELECT manifest FROM thoth_sessions.sessions WHERE id = :id"), {"id": session_id}
+            ).scalar_one())
+            ledger = [
+                DecisionRecord.model_validate(dict(item))
+                for item in connection.execute(
+                    text("SELECT seq, ts, phase, type, subject, detail, rationale, retracts "
+                         "FROM thoth_sessions.review_decisions WHERE session_id = :id ORDER BY seq"),
+                    {"id": session_id},
+                ).mappings()
+            ]
+            phase = current_phase(SessionSnapshot(manifest=manifest, decisions=ledger))
             next_seq = connection.execute(
                 text(
                     "SELECT COALESCE(MAX(seq), 0) + 1 FROM thoth_sessions.review_decisions "
@@ -361,7 +375,7 @@ class PostgresSessionRepository:
             ).scalar_one()
             now = datetime.now(UTC)
             records = [
-                DecisionRecord(seq=next_seq + offset, ts=now, phase=None, **item.model_dump())
+                DecisionRecord(seq=next_seq + offset, ts=now, phase=phase, **item.model_dump())
                 for offset, item in enumerate(inputs)
             ]
             connection.execute(