diff --git a/apps/server/src/project/Layers/RepositoryIdentityResolver.test.ts b/apps/server/src/project/Layers/RepositoryIdentityResolver.test.ts
index c6ab7b860b5c77fc0d99db1ed93c6358d2b980df..98257b97e5a3e816a9b3260dc982ab5dc0c65453 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/project/Layers/RepositoryIdentityResolver.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/project/Layers/RepositoryIdentityResolver.test.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ it.layer(NodeServices.layer)("RepositoryIdentityResolverLive", (it) => {
   );
 
   it.effect(
-    "refreshes cached null identities after the negative TTL when a remote is configured later",
+    "keeps null identities cached across repeated resolves until the negative TTL expires",
     () =>
       Effect.gen(function* () {
         const fileSystem = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem;
@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ it.layer(NodeServices.layer)("RepositoryIdentityResolverLive", (it) => {
 
         yield* git(cwd, ["remote", "add", "origin", "git@github.com:T3Tools/t3code.git"]);
 
-        const cachedIdentity = yield* resolver.resolve(cwd);
-        expect(cachedIdentity).toBeNull();
+        for (const _attempt of [1, 2, 3]) {
+          const cachedIdentity = yield* resolver.resolve(cwd);
+          expect(cachedIdentity).toBeNull();
+        }
 
         yield* TestClock.adjust(Duration.millis(120));
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/project/Layers/RepositoryIdentityResolver.ts b/apps/server/src/project/Layers/RepositoryIdentityResolver.ts
index e439fa19a66ae61c3098d2bd8035dda639275365..307123551bb455d72ca32178beada5a85a99718d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/project/Layers/RepositoryIdentityResolver.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/project/Layers/RepositoryIdentityResolver.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function buildRepositoryIdentity(input: {
 
 const DEFAULT_REPOSITORY_IDENTITY_CACHE_CAPACITY = 512;
 const DEFAULT_POSITIVE_CACHE_TTL = Duration.minutes(1);
-const DEFAULT_NEGATIVE_CACHE_TTL = Duration.seconds(10);
+const DEFAULT_NEGATIVE_CACHE_TTL = Duration.minutes(1);
 
 interface RepositoryIdentityResolverOptions {
   readonly cacheCapacity?: number;