diff --git a/cmd/felis/api.go b/cmd/felis/api.go
index 9526e5c..2d8d319 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/api.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/api.go
@@ -469,6 +469,9 @@ func buildConfig(cfg *config.Config) build.Config {
 		// the internal DB mirror (see config.RegistryConfig.TrivyDBRepository).
 		TrivyDBRepository:     cfg.Registry.TrivyDBRepository,
 		TrivyJavaDBRepository: cfg.Registry.TrivyJavaDBRepository,
+		// The submit lane's derived context URLs live here; the fetch step's
+		// service token goes nowhere else.
+		ContextOrigin: internalAPIBaseURL(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/felis/fetchcontext.go b/cmd/felis/fetchcontext.go
index ba83cd3..6038d5f 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/fetchcontext.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/fetchcontext.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
+
+	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/build"
 )
 
 // cmdFetchContext is the in-Pod entrypoint the build Job's context-fetch
@@ -41,9 +45,14 @@ func cmdFetchContext(args []string, _, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	fs.SetOutput(stderr)
 	url := fs.String("url", "", "internal-face URL of the submission's build-context tarball")
 	out := fs.String("out", "/context", "directory to extract the build context into")
+	want := fs.String("sha256", "", "refuse the context unless the tarball's sha256 is this lowercase hex digest")
 	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return 2
 	}
+	if *want != "" && !build.IsSHA256Hex(*want) {
+		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "felis fetch-context: --sha256 %q is not a lowercase hex sha256\n", *want)
+		return 2
+	}
 	if *url == "" {
 		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, "felis fetch-context: --url is required")
 		return 2
@@ -66,7 +75,12 @@ func cmdFetchContext(args []string, _, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	// No overall client timeout: a legitimate modpack context can be large and the
 	// Job's activeDeadlineSeconds is the real bound. The header timeout catches a
 	// wedged endpoint without capping a healthy download.
-	client := &http.Client{Transport: &http.Transport{ResponseHeaderTimeout: time.Minute}}
+	// Redirects are refused: the request carries the service token, and the
+	// internal face never redirects, so a 3xx is someone steering the token.
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Transport:     &http.Transport{ResponseHeaderTimeout: time.Minute},
+		CheckRedirect: func(*http.Request, []*http.Request) error { return http.ErrUseLastResponse },
+	}
 	resp, err := fetchContextWithRetry(ctx, client, *url, token, stderr)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "felis fetch-context: %v\n", err)
@@ -74,10 +88,28 @@ func cmdFetchContext(args []string, _, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-	if err := extractTarGz(resp.Body, *out); err != nil {
+	h := sha256.New()
+	body := io.TeeReader(resp.Body, h)
+	if err := extractTarGz(body, *out); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "felis fetch-context: %v\n", err)
 		return 1
 	}
+	if *want == "" {
+		return 0
+	}
+	// The tar end marker comes before the gzip trailer and whatever follows it,
+	// so read to EOF: the digest must cover every byte the blob holds. The blob
+	// itself is size-capped at upload, which bounds this read.
+	if _, err := io.Copy(io.Discard, io.LimitReader(body, maxContextBytes)); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "felis fetch-context: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	if got := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil)); got != *want {
+		// The init container failing is what keeps Kaniko from ever starting on
+		// the extracted tree.
+		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "felis fetch-context: the context's sha256 is %s, the approved digest is %s: it changed after approval; refusing to build\n", got, *want)
+		return 1
+	}
 	return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/felis/fetchcontext_test.go b/cmd/felis/fetchcontext_test.go
index 5d1c23c..bf7646b 100644
--- a/cmd/felis/fetchcontext_test.go
+++ b/cmd/felis/fetchcontext_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -187,6 +189,69 @@ func TestCmdFetchContextFetchAndExtract(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// With --sha256 the fetch refuses any bytes but the approved ones, including
+// a tarball that extracts cleanly: that is exactly the context an uploader
+// swapped in after the review.
+func TestCmdFetchContextChecksDigest(t *testing.T) {
+	body := tgzBody(t, tarEntry{name: "Dockerfile", body: "FROM scratch\n"})
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		_, _ = w.Write(body)
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+	t.Setenv("FELIS_SERVICE_TOKEN", "test-token")
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(body)
+	good := hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+	args := func(digest string) []string {
+		return []string{"--url=" + srv.URL + "/sub-1/context", "--out=" + t.TempDir(), "--sha256=" + digest}
+	}
+
+	if code := cmdFetchContext(args(good), io.Discard, io.Discard); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("matching digest exit = %d, want 0", code)
+	}
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	other := strings.Repeat("0", 64)
+	if code := cmdFetchContext(args(other), io.Discard, &stderr); code != 1 || !strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "changed after approval") {
+		t.Fatalf("mismatched digest exit = %d, stderr %q; want 1 naming the change", code, stderr.String())
+	}
+	stderr.Reset()
+	if code := cmdFetchContext(args("ABC"), io.Discard, &stderr); code != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("malformed digest exit = %d, want 2 (stderr %q)", code, stderr.String())
+	}
+
+	// Bytes after the tar end marker still count: appending to an approved blob
+	// must change what the fetch accepts.
+	padded := append(append([]byte{}, body...), "trailing"...)
+	srvPadded := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		_, _ = w.Write(padded)
+	}))
+	defer srvPadded.Close()
+	if code := cmdFetchContext([]string{"--url=" + srvPadded.URL + "/c", "--out=" + t.TempDir(), "--sha256=" + good}, io.Discard, io.Discard); code != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("padded blob exit = %d, want 1", code)
+	}
+}
+
+// The request carries the service token, so a redirect is a failure: the token
+// never follows it to another host (build-supply-chain-13).
+func TestCmdFetchContextRefusesRedirects(t *testing.T) {
+	var leaked bool
+	elsewhere := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		leaked = true
+	}))
+	defer elsewhere.Close()
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		http.Redirect(w, r, elsewhere.URL+"/steal", http.StatusFound)
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+	t.Setenv("FELIS_SERVICE_TOKEN", "test-token")
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	if code := cmdFetchContext([]string{"--url=" + srv.URL + "/c", "--out=" + t.TempDir()}, io.Discard, &stderr); code != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("redirect exit = %d, want 1 (stderr %q)", code, stderr.String())
+	}
+	if leaked {
+		t.Fatal("the fetch followed the redirect")
+	}
+}
+
 // A body that is not a gzip tarball must fail the extraction rather than produce
 // an empty (or partial) context Kaniko would then try to build.
 func TestExtractTarGzRejectsNonGzip(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.md b/docs/troubleshooting.md
index b44b056..e299046 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.md
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ approved-but-hostile Dockerfile and the node is the pod around it:
 | Layer | What it does | Where |
 |---|---|---|
 | Admin approval | Nothing builds until an administrator approves the submission | submit lane |
+| Reviewed bytes | the approval names the context's sha256; a re-upload after review fails the approval, and the build refuses any other bytes | submit lane, `felis fetch-context` |
 | Weak identity | `felis-build` SA, no Role anywhere, no token mounted | §8b |
 | Egress lock | `felis-build-egress`: cluster DNS, the registry, the api internal face, nothing else | §8c |
 | Egress gate | first init container; holds the pod until the lock is enforced for it | `felis egress-gate` |
@@ -583,6 +584,25 @@ approved-but-hostile Dockerfile and the node is the pod around it:
 | Resources | CPU, memory and ephemeral-storage limits per container; `activeDeadlineSeconds`; the context extraction stops at 4 GiB or 200 000 entries | jobspec, `felis fetch-context` |
 | Namespace backstop | `felis-build-limits` LimitRange gives any container without limits 1 CPU / 1 GiB / 1 GiB disk | bundle |
 
+**Reviewed bytes.** Every upload records the sha256 of the archive, and the
+review page shows it. The context download carries the same value in the
+`X-Felis-Context-Sha256` header; the API cuts the transfer off if the stored
+bytes no longer match it. Approving sends that digest back as
+`expected_digest`, and the approval fails with `409 context_changed` when the
+submitter has uploaded again since: download and review the new upload. The
+approved digest is pinned on the build, and `felis fetch-context --sha256`
+hashes every byte it receives; a mismatch fails the build before Kaniko starts:
+
+```
+felis fetch-context: the context's sha256 is 3f…, the approved digest is 9a…: it changed after approval; refusing to build
+```
+
+The panel approves with the digest of the file it downloaded in the same
+session. When the review happened elsewhere (a CLI download, another browser),
+it approves with the digest the list shows, so compare that value with
+`sha256sum` of the file you actually read. A submission uploaded before digests
+were recorded cannot be approved until the submitter uploads it again.
+
 **Egress gate.** The CNI programs a new pod's NetworkPolicy a moment after the
 pod starts. On k3s (kube-router), a pod in `felis-build` could reach the internet
 and the Kubernetes API for its first ~0.7 s. `egress-gate` dials the Kubernetes
diff --git a/internal/api/middleware.go b/internal/api/middleware.go
index 080927f..201786c 100644
--- a/internal/api/middleware.go
+++ b/internal/api/middleware.go
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ func withRecover(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		defer func() {
 			if rec := recover(); rec != nil {
+				if rec == http.ErrAbortHandler {
+					// A deliberate abort of a committed response (see
+					// streamSubmissionContext): let net/http cut the connection.
+					panic(rec)
+				}
 				log.Printf("api: %s %s: panic (request_id=%s): %v\n%s",
 					r.Method, r.URL.Path, requestIDFromContext(r.Context()), rec, debug.Stack())
 				writeError(w, r, newError(http.StatusInternalServerError, "panic", "internal error"))
diff --git a/internal/api/submissions.go b/internal/api/submissions.go
index 575ca21..cf5ba5b 100644
--- a/internal/api/submissions.go
+++ b/internal/api/submissions.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"felis.lolicon.best/internal/build"
@@ -39,7 +42,9 @@ type SubmissionService interface {
 	List(ctx context.Context) ([]submit.Submission, error)
 	// Approve is the admin gate: it claims pending_review -> approved (CAS) and the
 	// winner starts the SAME Trivy-gated build as an admin's direct build.
-	Approve(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy string) (*submit.Submission, error)
+	// expectedDigest is the context sha256 the reviewer inspected; a row whose
+	// context has since been replaced refuses with ErrContextChanged.
+	Approve(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy, expectedDigest string) (*submit.Submission, error)
 	// Reject is the admin's other verdict: pending_review -> rejected with a
 	// required reason; it starts no build.
 	Reject(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy, reason string) (*submit.Submission, error)
@@ -54,7 +59,9 @@ type SubmissionService interface {
 	// context-fetch route: the build Pod's initContainer cannot mount the uploads
 	// PVC across namespaces and holds no object-store credentials, so it streams
 	// the blob from the API over the service-token-gated internal face instead.
-	OpenContext(ctx context.Context, id string) (io.ReadCloser, error)
+	// The string is the sha256 the row records for the blob ("" when none was
+	// recorded); the routes refuse to finish a stream that does not match it.
+	OpenContext(ctx context.Context, id string) (io.ReadCloser, string, error)
 }
 
 // createSubmissionRequest is the POST /me/submissions body. The user
@@ -81,6 +88,18 @@ type rejectSubmissionRequest struct {
 	Reason string `json:"reason"`
 }
 
+// approveSubmissionRequest is the POST /submissions/{id}/approve body: the
+// context digest the admin reviewed. The panel sends the digest of the bytes it
+// downloaded (the X-Felis-Context-Sha256 header), or the listed one.
+type approveSubmissionRequest struct {
+	ExpectedDigest string `json:"expected_digest"`
+}
+
+// contextDigestHeader carries the recorded sha256 on both context routes, so a
+// reviewer can compare it with `sha256sum` and the panel can approve exactly the
+// bytes it fetched.
+const contextDigestHeader = "X-Felis-Context-Sha256"
+
 // handleCreateSubmission records a new pending_review submission (app-tier). The
 // submitter is the authenticated principal's id — never the body — so a user can
 // only ever file an upload under their own identity.
@@ -269,7 +288,14 @@ func (a *API) handleApproveSubmission(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	p := principalFromContext(r.Context())
 	id := r.PathValue("id")
-	sub, err := a.Submissions.Approve(r.Context(), id, p.Email)
+	var body approveSubmissionRequest
+	if r.ContentLength != 0 {
+		if err := decodeJSON(w, r, &body); err != nil {
+			writeError(w, r, err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	sub, err := a.Submissions.Approve(r.Context(), id, p.Email, body.ExpectedDigest)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeSubmitError(w, r, err)
 		return
@@ -368,6 +394,9 @@ func writeSubmitError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
 	case errors.Is(err, submit.ErrAlreadyReviewed):
 		writeError(w, r, newError(http.StatusConflict, "already_reviewed",
 			"submission has already been reviewed"))
+	case errors.Is(err, submit.ErrContextChanged):
+		writeError(w, r, newError(http.StatusConflict, "context_changed",
+			"the build context was uploaded again after it was reviewed; review the new upload before approving"))
 	case errors.Is(err, submit.ErrQuotaExceeded):
 		writeError(w, r, newError(http.StatusForbidden, "submission_quota_exceeded",
 			"submission quota reached"))
@@ -390,11 +419,11 @@ func writeSubmitError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
 // fetcher extracts it under a zip-slip guard, and Kaniko treats the result as
 // hostile regardless (spec §16).
 func (a *API) handleInternalSubmissionContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	rc, ok := a.openSubmissionContext(w, r)
+	rc, digest, ok := a.openSubmissionContext(w, r)
 	if !ok {
 		return
 	}
-	streamSubmissionContext(w, rc)
+	streamSubmissionContext(w, r, rc, digest)
 }
 
 // handleAdminSubmissionContext streams a submission's stored build-context
@@ -405,44 +434,77 @@ func (a *API) handleInternalSubmissionContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 // ones the build Pod fetches over the internal face; the attachment disposition
 // makes the browser download the attacker-supplied archive, never render it.
 func (a *API) handleAdminSubmissionContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	rc, ok := a.openSubmissionContext(w, r)
+	rc, digest, ok := a.openSubmissionContext(w, r)
 	if !ok {
 		return
 	}
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Disposition", `attachment; filename="context.tar.gz"`)
 	w.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
 	a.audit(r, "submission.context.download", r.PathValue("id"))
-	streamSubmissionContext(w, rc)
+	streamSubmissionContext(w, r, rc, digest)
 }
 
 // openSubmissionContext resolves the build-context blob named in the request
 // path, mapping the submit-layer errors onto the shared submission statuses (a
 // missing blob is 404, an unwired transport 503). On failure the error response
 // is already written and the caller must return.
-func (a *API) openSubmissionContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (io.ReadCloser, bool) {
+func (a *API) openSubmissionContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (io.ReadCloser, string, bool) {
 	if a.Submissions == nil {
 		writeError(w, r, errSubmissionsUnavailable)
-		return nil, false
+		return nil, "", false
 	}
-	rc, err := a.Submissions.OpenContext(r.Context(), r.PathValue("id"))
+	rc, digest, err := a.Submissions.OpenContext(r.Context(), r.PathValue("id"))
 	if err != nil {
 		writeSubmitError(w, r, err)
-		return nil, false
+		return nil, "", false
 	}
-	return rc, true
+	return rc, digest, true
 }
 
-// streamSubmissionContext copies the blob to w verbatim and closes it. The
-// caller must have set every header already: the copy commits the response, so
-// a failure mid-stream can only truncate it.
-func streamSubmissionContext(w http.ResponseWriter, rc io.ReadCloser) {
+// streamSubmissionContext copies the blob to w and closes it. The caller must
+// have set every header already: the copy commits the response.
+//
+// With a recorded digest the final chunk is held back until the whole blob has
+// been hashed. Bytes that do not match the row (a re-upload landed between the
+// row read and the open) or a failed read abort the response instead of ending
+// it cleanly, so neither the reviewer's download nor the build's fetch can take
+// a prefix or a different blob for the recorded one.
+func streamSubmissionContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, rc io.ReadCloser, digest string) {
 	defer rc.Close()
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/gzip")
-	if _, err := io.Copy(w, rc); err != nil {
-		// The status is already committed; the client sees a truncated stream and
-		// the fetch fails on size/extract, so there is nothing left to write here.
+	if digest == "" {
+		// A context uploaded before digests were kept: nothing to check against.
+		_, _ = io.Copy(w, rc)
 		return
 	}
+	w.Header().Set(contextDigestHeader, digest)
+	h := sha256.New()
+	buf := make([]byte, 32<<10)
+	var held []byte
+	for {
+		n, err := rc.Read(buf)
+		if n > 0 {
+			if len(held) > 0 {
+				if _, werr := w.Write(held); werr != nil {
+					return
+				}
+			}
+			held = append(held[:0], buf[:n]...)
+			h.Write(buf[:n])
+		}
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("api: submission %s context read failed mid-stream: %v", r.PathValue("id"), err)
+			panic(http.ErrAbortHandler)
+		}
+	}
+	if got := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil)); got != digest {
+		log.Printf("api: submission %s context hashes to %s, the row records %s; response aborted", r.PathValue("id"), got, digest)
+		panic(http.ErrAbortHandler)
+	}
+	_, _ = w.Write(held)
 }
 
 // Compile-time proof that the production Manager satisfies the API interface.
diff --git a/internal/api/submissions_test.go b/internal/api/submissions_test.go
index 192681c..67d1fb4 100644
--- a/internal/api/submissions_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/submissions_test.go
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -46,6 +49,9 @@ type fakeSubmissions struct {
 	openedID    string
 	openBody    string
 	openErr     error
+
+	approvedDigest string
+	openDigest     string
 }
 
 func (f *fakeSubmissions) Create(_ context.Context, req submit.CreateRequest) (*submit.Submission, error) {
@@ -77,8 +83,8 @@ func (f *fakeSubmissions) List(_ context.Context) ([]submit.Submission, error) {
 	return f.listed, f.listErr
 }
 
-func (f *fakeSubmissions) Approve(_ context.Context, id, reviewedBy string) (*submit.Submission, error) {
-	f.approvedID, f.approvedBy = id, reviewedBy
+func (f *fakeSubmissions) Approve(_ context.Context, id, reviewedBy, expectedDigest string) (*submit.Submission, error) {
+	f.approvedID, f.approvedBy, f.approvedDigest = id, reviewedBy, expectedDigest
 	if f.approveErr != nil {
 		return nil, f.approveErr
 	}
@@ -111,12 +117,12 @@ func (f *fakeSubmissions) Delete(_ context.Context, id string) (*submit.Submissi
 
 // openErr injects the OpenContext outcome; the body recorder lets the internal
 // route test assert byte-exact streaming and the 404 mapping.
-func (f *fakeSubmissions) OpenContext(_ context.Context, id string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+func (f *fakeSubmissions) OpenContext(_ context.Context, id string) (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
 	f.openedID = id
 	if f.openErr != nil {
-		return nil, f.openErr
+		return nil, "", f.openErr
 	}
-	return io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(f.openBody)), nil
+	return io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(f.openBody)), f.openDigest, nil
 }
 
 // appSubAPI wires a submissions service behind an ordinary user principal (the
@@ -483,6 +489,31 @@ func TestApproveSubmission(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// The digest the reviewer inspected travels in the body, and a context replaced
+// since then is a 409 the panel can act on.
+func TestApproveSubmissionForwardsTheReviewedDigest(t *testing.T) {
+	fs := &fakeSubmissions{}
+	digest := strings.Repeat("ab", 32)
+	w := do(adminSubAPI(fs).ExternalHandler(), "POST", "/api/v1/submissions/sub-9/approve",
+		`{"expected_digest":"`+digest+`"}`, nil)
+	if w.Code != http.StatusOK || fs.approvedDigest != digest {
+		t.Fatalf("code = %d, forwarded digest %q (%s)", w.Code, fs.approvedDigest, w.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	fs = &fakeSubmissions{approveErr: submit.ErrContextChanged}
+	w = do(adminSubAPI(fs).ExternalHandler(), "POST", "/api/v1/submissions/sub-9/approve",
+		`{"expected_digest":"`+digest+`"}`, nil)
+	if w.Code != http.StatusConflict || decodeErr(t, w) != "context_changed" {
+		t.Fatalf("code = %d body %s, want 409 context_changed", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	w = do(adminSubAPI(&fakeSubmissions{}).ExternalHandler(), "POST", "/api/v1/submissions/sub-9/approve",
+		`{"digest":"x"}`, nil)
+	if w.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Fatalf("unknown field code = %d, want 400", w.Code)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestApproveSubmissionAlreadyReviewedIs409(t *testing.T) {
 	fs := &fakeSubmissions{approveErr: submit.ErrAlreadyReviewed}
 	api := adminSubAPI(fs)
@@ -636,6 +667,40 @@ func TestAdminSubmissionContextRoute(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("names the recorded digest", func(t *testing.T) {
+		body := "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00blob"
+		sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(body))
+		fs := &fakeSubmissions{openBody: body, openDigest: hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])}
+		w := do(adminSubAPI(fs).ExternalHandler(), "GET", "/api/v1/submissions/sub-7/context", "", nil)
+		if w.Code != http.StatusOK || w.Body.String() != body {
+			t.Fatalf("code = %d body %q", w.Code, w.Body.String())
+		}
+		if got := w.Header().Get("X-Felis-Context-Sha256"); got != fs.openDigest {
+			t.Fatalf("digest header = %q, want %q", got, fs.openDigest)
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Bytes that are not the recorded ones must not arrive as a complete download:
+	// the reviewer would inspect a blob the approval does not name.
+	t.Run("aborts a blob that does not match", func(t *testing.T) {
+		big := "\x1f\x8b" + strings.Repeat("x", 100<<10)
+		fs := &fakeSubmissions{openBody: big, openDigest: strings.Repeat("0", 64)}
+		srv := httptest.NewServer(adminSubAPI(fs).ExternalHandler())
+		defer srv.Close()
+		resp, err := http.Get(srv.URL + "/api/v1/submissions/sub-7/context")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+		got, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("read %d bytes cleanly; want the response aborted", len(got))
+		}
+		if len(got) >= len(big) {
+			t.Fatalf("received all %d bytes before the abort", len(got))
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("missing blob is 404", func(t *testing.T) {
 		fs := &fakeSubmissions{openErr: fmt.Errorf("%w: gone", submit.ErrBlobNotFound)}
 		w := do(adminSubAPI(fs).ExternalHandler(), "GET", "/api/v1/submissions/sub-7/context", "", nil)
diff --git a/internal/build/build.go b/internal/build/build.go
index 81d704c..08eaefe 100644
--- a/internal/build/build.go
+++ b/internal/build/build.go
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ type Request struct {
 	// ContextRef locates the uploaded tar.gz context in object storage / a PVC
 	// (spec §17: Kaniko pulls it; Git context is intentionally not supported).
 	ContextRef string
+	// ContextDigest is the lowercase hex sha256 of the context tarball an admin
+	// approved. When set, the context-fetch initContainer refuses any other bytes,
+	// so a context replaced after review never reaches Kaniko. It needs an
+	// http(s) ContextRef: a ref Kaniko fetches itself has no fetch step to check.
+	ContextDigest string
 	// BaseImage is the resolved FROM, recorded for audit only — it is NOT a hard
 	// gate (spec §16: base FROM is not hard-gated; the scan + egress lock cover
 	// poisoned bases).
@@ -152,6 +157,10 @@ type Build struct {
 	Error       string     `json:"error,omitempty"`
 	CreatedAt   time.Time  `json:"created_at"`
 	FinishedAt  *time.Time `json:"finished_at,omitempty"`
+
+	// ContextDigest is Request.ContextDigest, kept on the row as the audit record
+	// of which bytes the build was allowed to consume.
+	ContextDigest string `json:"context_digest,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Image mirrors an image_whitelist row (spec §6): the dynamic, auditable image
@@ -257,6 +266,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	// RuntimeClass runs build pods under a sandbox RuntimeClass (gVisor, Kata)
 	// when set. The class must exist on the cluster.
 	RuntimeClass string
+
+	// ContextOrigin is the scheme://host[:port] of the platform's internal API
+	// face, the only host an http(s) ContextRef may name: the fetch step presents
+	// the service token to it. Empty refuses every http(s) context.
+	ContextOrigin string
 }
 
 // Values of Config.UserNamespaces.
@@ -375,6 +389,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Submit(ctx context.Context, req Request) (*Build, error) {
 		RequestedBy: req.RequestedBy,
 		CreatedAt:   now,
 	}
+	bld.ContextDigest = req.ContextDigest
 	if err := b.Store.CreateBuild(ctx, bld); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -408,6 +423,7 @@ func (b *Builder) jobParams(bld *Build, cfg Config) JobParams {
 		BuildID:               bld.ID,
 		ImageRef:              bld.ImageRef,
 		ContextRef:            bld.ContextRef,
+		ContextDigest:         bld.ContextDigest,
 		Namespace:             cfg.Namespace,
 		ServiceAccount:        cfg.ServiceAccount,
 		RegistryURL:           cfg.RegistryURL,
diff --git a/internal/build/build_test.go b/internal/build/build_test.go
index 3465ff4..4e8aa9b 100644
--- a/internal/build/build_test.go
+++ b/internal/build/build_test.go
@@ -221,6 +221,61 @@ func TestSubmitRejectsExternalRegistryTarget(t *testing.T) {
 // The platform's own images and the scanner's DB mirrors live under felis/ and
 // mirror/; the registry gate refuses the build principal there, and Validate turns
 // that into a 400 before a Job spends minutes building an image it cannot push.
+// A context digest must be a real sha256 and needs a fetch step to enforce it.
+func TestValidateContextDigest(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := Config{RegistryURL: "registry.felis.svc:5000", ContextOrigin: "http://felis-api-internal:8081"}
+	req := Request{ImageRef: "registry.felis.svc:5000/user-uploads/sub-1:latest", Dockerfile: "FROM scratch",
+		ContextRef: "http://felis-api-internal:8081/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context", ContextDigest: strings.Repeat("e", 64)}
+	if err := Validate(req, cfg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("valid digest: %v", err)
+	}
+	bad := req
+	bad.ContextDigest = strings.Repeat("E", 64)
+	if err := Validate(bad, cfg); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("an uppercase digest was accepted")
+	}
+	bad = req
+	bad.ContextRef = "s3://bucket/ctx.tar.gz"
+	if err := Validate(bad, cfg); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a digest on a context Kaniko fetches itself was accepted")
+	}
+}
+
+// The fetch step hands the service token to the context URL's host, so an
+// http(s) context must be an upload on the internal face (build-supply-chain-13).
+func TestValidateConfinesHTTPContextsToTheInternalFace(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := Config{RegistryURL: "registry.felis.svc:5000", ContextOrigin: "http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/"}
+	req := goodRequest()
+	for _, ref := range []string{
+		"http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context",
+		"HTTP://Felis-API-Internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context",
+		"tar://contexts/abc.tar.gz",
+	} {
+		req.ContextRef = ref
+		if err := Validate(req, cfg); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Validate(%q) = %v, want accepted", ref, err)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, ref := range []string{
+		"https://attacker.example/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context",
+		"http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8082/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context",
+		"https://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context",
+		"http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/api/v1/internal/servers",
+		"http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/api/v1/internal/submissions/../x/context",
+		"http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context?next=https://x",
+		"http://u:p@felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context",
+	} {
+		req.ContextRef = ref
+		if err := Validate(req, cfg); !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalid) {
+			t.Errorf("Validate(%q) = %v, want ErrInvalid", ref, err)
+		}
+	}
+	req.ContextRef = "http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/api/v1/internal/submissions/sub-1/context"
+	if err := Validate(req, Config{RegistryURL: "registry.felis.svc:5000"}); !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalid) {
+		t.Errorf("without an internal face configured an http context was accepted: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValidateRejectsReservedRepos(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := Config{RegistryURL: "registry.felis.svc:5000"}
 	for _, ref := range []string{
diff --git a/internal/build/jobspec.go b/internal/build/jobspec.go
index a9338ec..7f1a0df 100644
--- a/internal/build/jobspec.go
+++ b/internal/build/jobspec.go
@@ -100,9 +100,12 @@ const buildJobTTL = 7 * 24 * time.Hour
 // Build + Config by the Builder; jobspec is a pure function of them so the
 // security-critical Job shape is unit-tested without a cluster.
 type JobParams struct {
-	BuildID        string
-	ImageRef       string
-	ContextRef     string
+	BuildID    string
+	ImageRef   string
+	ContextRef string
+	// ContextDigest, when set, is passed to the fetch container, which refuses a
+	// context whose sha256 differs (see Request.ContextDigest).
+	ContextDigest  string
 	Namespace      string
 	ServiceAccount string
 	RegistryURL    string
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ func BuildJob(p JobParams) (*batchv1.Job, error) {
 			SizeLimit: quantityPtr(imageSizeLimit),
 		}},
 	}}
-	if isHTTPContextRef(p.ContextRef) {
+	if IsHTTPContextRef(p.ContextRef) {
 		contextPath = contextMountPath
 		// The fetch container runs as root while Kaniko keeps the image default
 		// (also root): Kaniko re-copies the Dockerfile out of the context and
@@ -287,11 +290,7 @@ func BuildJob(p JobParams) (*batchv1.Job, error) {
 		fetch := corev1.Container{
 			Name:  ContainerFetch,
 			Image: p.FelisImage,
-			Args: []string{
-				"fetch-context",
-				"--url=" + p.ContextRef,
-				"--out=" + contextMountPath,
-			},
+			Args:  fetchArgs(p),
 			// The internal face is service-token gated, and the token is read from a
 			// Secret the installer materializes in THIS namespace (secretKeyRef is
 			// namespace-local). It is mounted into this initContainer only: the Kaniko
@@ -461,10 +460,20 @@ func withDisk(limits corev1.ResourceList, d diskBounds) corev1.ResourceRequireme
 	return corev1.ResourceRequirements{Limits: lim, Requests: req}
 }
 
-// isHTTPContextRef reports whether ref is an http(s) URL — the shape the submit
+// fetchArgs is the context-fetch container's argv. The digest flag rides along
+// only when the build pins one; admin builds from a URL they supplied have none.
+func fetchArgs(p JobParams) []string {
+	args := []string{"fetch-context", "--url=" + p.ContextRef, "--out=" + contextMountPath}
+	if p.ContextDigest != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--sha256="+p.ContextDigest)
+	}
+	return args
+}
+
+// IsHTTPContextRef reports whether ref is an http(s) URL — the shape the submit
 // lane derives when the API is the blob transport — i.e. a context only the
 // fetch initContainer can turn into a local path for Kaniko.
-func isHTTPContextRef(ref string) bool {
+func IsHTTPContextRef(ref string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(ref, "http://") || strings.HasPrefix(ref, "https://")
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/build/jobspec_test.go b/internal/build/jobspec_test.go
index df2c3be..0b5dfc8 100644
--- a/internal/build/jobspec_test.go
+++ b/internal/build/jobspec_test.go
@@ -527,6 +527,37 @@ func TestBuildJobGatesEgressFirst(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// An approved submission pins its context digest on the fetch container, which
+// then refuses any other bytes; a build without one fetches unpinned.
+func TestBuildJobPinsContextDigest(t *testing.T) {
+	p := sampleJobParams()
+	p.ContextRef = "http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081/ctx"
+	fetchArgsOf := func(p JobParams) []string {
+		t.Helper()
+		job, err := BuildJob(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("BuildJob: %v", err)
+		}
+		for _, c := range job.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers {
+			if c.Name == ContainerFetch {
+				return c.Args
+			}
+		}
+		t.Fatal("no fetch container")
+		return nil
+	}
+	for _, a := range fetchArgsOf(p) {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(a, "--sha256") {
+			t.Fatalf("unpinned build carries %q", a)
+		}
+	}
+	p.ContextDigest = strings.Repeat("d", 64)
+	args := fetchArgsOf(p)
+	if args[len(args)-1] != "--sha256="+p.ContextDigest {
+		t.Fatalf("fetch args = %v, want the digest pinned", args)
+	}
+}
+
 // The pod runs under RuntimeDefault seccomp always, and in a user namespace or
 // a sandbox runtime when the install asks for them.
 func TestBuildJobSandboxing(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/build/pgstore.go b/internal/build/pgstore.go
index 5b9154b..a8d689d 100644
--- a/internal/build/pgstore.go
+++ b/internal/build/pgstore.go
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ func NewPGStore(db *sql.DB) *PGStore { return &PGStore{db: db} }
 
 func (s *PGStore) CreateBuild(ctx context.Context, b *Build) error {
 	const q = `INSERT INTO image_builds
-		(id, image_ref, status, dockerfile, context_ref, base_image, requested_by, created_at)
-		VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, NULLIF($5, ''), NULLIF($6, ''), $7, $8)`
+		(id, image_ref, status, dockerfile, context_ref, base_image, requested_by, created_at, context_digest)
+		VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, NULLIF($5, ''), NULLIF($6, ''), $7, $8, NULLIF($9, ''))`
 	_, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx, q,
 		b.ID, b.ImageRef, string(b.Status), b.Dockerfile, b.ContextRef, b.BaseImage,
-		b.RequestedBy, b.CreatedAt)
+		b.RequestedBy, b.CreatedAt, b.ContextDigest)
 	return err
 }
 
 func (s *PGStore) GetBuild(ctx context.Context, id string) (*Build, error) {
 	const q = `SELECT id, image_ref, status, dockerfile, context_ref, base_image,
-			requested_by, job_name, log_ref, error, created_at, finished_at
+			requested_by, job_name, log_ref, error, created_at, finished_at, context_digest
 		FROM image_builds WHERE id = $1`
 	return s.scanBuild(s.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, q, id))
 }
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ func (s *PGStore) scanBuild(row *sql.Row) (*Build, error) {
 		status                              string
 		ctxRef, base, jobName, logRef, eMsg sql.NullString
 		finished                            sql.NullTime
+		digest                              sql.NullString
 	)
 	switch err := row.Scan(&b.ID, &b.ImageRef, &status, &b.Dockerfile, &ctxRef, &base,
-		&b.RequestedBy, &jobName, &logRef, &eMsg, &b.CreatedAt, &finished); {
+		&b.RequestedBy, &jobName, &logRef, &eMsg, &b.CreatedAt, &finished, &digest); {
 	case err == sql.ErrNoRows:
 		return nil, ErrNotFound
 	case err != nil:
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ func (s *PGStore) scanBuild(row *sql.Row) (*Build, error) {
 	b.JobName = jobName.String
 	b.LogRef = logRef.String
 	b.Error = eMsg.String
+	b.ContextDigest = digest.String
 	if finished.Valid {
 		t := finished.Time
 		b.FinishedAt = &t
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ func (s *PGStore) FinishBuild(ctx context.Context, id string, status Status, err
 
 func (s *PGStore) ListUnfinishedBuilds(ctx context.Context) ([]Build, error) {
 	const q = `SELECT id, image_ref, status, dockerfile, context_ref, base_image,
-			requested_by, job_name, log_ref, error, created_at, finished_at
+			requested_by, job_name, log_ref, error, created_at, finished_at, context_digest
 		FROM image_builds WHERE status IN ('pending', 'building') ORDER BY created_at ASC`
 	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx, q)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -105,9 +107,10 @@ func (s *PGStore) ListUnfinishedBuilds(ctx context.Context) ([]Build, error) {
 			status                              string
 			ctxRef, base, jobName, logRef, eMsg sql.NullString
 			finished                            sql.NullTime
+			digest                              sql.NullString
 		)
 		if err := rows.Scan(&b.ID, &b.ImageRef, &status, &b.Dockerfile, &ctxRef, &base,
-			&b.RequestedBy, &jobName, &logRef, &eMsg, &b.CreatedAt, &finished); err != nil {
+			&b.RequestedBy, &jobName, &logRef, &eMsg, &b.CreatedAt, &finished, &digest); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		b.Status = Status(status)
@@ -116,6 +119,7 @@ func (s *PGStore) ListUnfinishedBuilds(ctx context.Context) ([]Build, error) {
 		b.JobName = jobName.String
 		b.LogRef = logRef.String
 		b.Error = eMsg.String
+		b.ContextDigest = digest.String
 		if finished.Valid {
 			t := finished.Time
 			b.FinishedAt = &t
diff --git a/internal/build/validate.go b/internal/build/validate.go
index b96cfe2..c11bbc5 100644
--- a/internal/build/validate.go
+++ b/internal/build/validate.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package build
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -37,9 +38,66 @@ func Validate(req Request, cfg Config) error {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(req.ContextRef) == "" {
 		return invalidf("context reference is required")
 	}
+	if IsHTTPContextRef(req.ContextRef) {
+		if err := validateContextURL(req.ContextRef, cfg.ContextOrigin); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if req.ContextDigest != "" {
+		if !IsSHA256Hex(req.ContextDigest) {
+			return invalidf("context digest %q is not a lowercase hex sha256", req.ContextDigest)
+		}
+		if !IsHTTPContextRef(req.ContextRef) {
+			return invalidf("a context digest needs an http(s) context reference, whose fetch step checks it")
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// internalContextPathRE is the one internal-face route a build fetches from.
+var internalContextPathRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^/api/v1/internal/submissions/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+/context$`)
+
+// validateContextURL admits an http(s) context only when it is an uploaded
+// submission on the platform's internal face. The fetch step sends the service
+// token to whatever host the URL names, so an admin-typed URL pointing anywhere
+// else would hand that token to a stranger.
+func validateContextURL(ref, origin string) error {
+	if origin == "" {
+		return invalidf("an http(s) context reference is fetched from the platform's internal API, which this builder is not configured with")
+	}
+	u, err := url.Parse(ref)
+	if err != nil || u.User != nil || u.RawQuery != "" || u.Fragment != "" ||
+		URLOrigin(ref) != URLOrigin(origin) || !internalContextPathRE.MatchString(u.Path) {
+		return invalidf("an http(s) context reference must be an uploaded submission on the internal API (%s/api/v1/internal/submissions/<id>/context)",
+			strings.TrimRight(origin, "/"))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// URLOrigin returns the lowercased scheme://host[:port] of raw, or "" when raw
+// is not an absolute http(s) URL.
+func URLOrigin(raw string) string {
+	u, err := url.Parse(strings.TrimSpace(raw))
+	if err != nil || (u.Scheme != "http" && u.Scheme != "https") || u.Host == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.ToLower(u.Scheme + "://" + u.Host)
+}
+
+// IsSHA256Hex reports whether s is a lowercase hex-encoded sha256 digest, the
+// form the submit lane records and the context fetcher compares against.
+func IsSHA256Hex(s string) bool {
+	if len(s) != 64 {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, c := range s {
+		if (c < '0' || c > '9') && (c < 'a' || c > 'f') {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // ValidateImageRef checks a bare image reference (used by external admission,
 // where there is no registry-target constraint beyond well-formedness). A
 // whitelist entry may be a tag wildcard ("registry/foo:*", a legitimate
diff --git a/internal/pgint/pgint_test.go b/internal/pgint/pgint_test.go
index 81a53d0..ce26831 100644
--- a/internal/pgint/pgint_test.go
+++ b/internal/pgint/pgint_test.go
@@ -1153,14 +1153,31 @@ func TestSubmitStoreContract(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("ListSubmissions: (%v, %v), want the submission present", all, err)
 	}
 
+	// The upload records its digest; the approval CAS names it, so an approval of
+	// a replaced context loses while the row stays pending.
+	reviewed, swapped := strings.Repeat("a", 64), strings.Repeat("b", 64)
+	if ok, err := s.SetContextDigest(ctx, id, reviewed); err != nil || !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("SetContextDigest = (%v, %v), want (true, nil)", ok, err)
+	}
+	if got, _ := s.GetSubmission(ctx, id); got.ContextSHA256 != reviewed {
+		t.Fatalf("context_sha256 = %q, want %q", got.ContextSHA256, reviewed)
+	}
+	if ok, err := s.ApproveSubmission(ctx, id, "reviewer@example.net", "registry/x:1", swapped, now); err != nil || ok {
+		t.Fatalf("approve naming another digest = (%v, %v), want (false, nil)", ok, err)
+	}
+
 	// The approval CAS: exactly one winner, and only from pending_review.
-	ok, err := s.ApproveSubmission(ctx, id, "reviewer@example.net", "registry.felis.svc:5000/user-uploads/"+id+":latest", now)
+	ok, err := s.ApproveSubmission(ctx, id, "reviewer@example.net", "registry.felis.svc:5000/user-uploads/"+id+":latest", reviewed, now)
 	if err != nil || !ok {
 		t.Fatalf("ApproveSubmission = (%v, %v), want (true, nil)", ok, err)
 	}
-	if ok, err := s.ApproveSubmission(ctx, id, "reviewer@example.net", "registry/x:1", now); err != nil || ok {
+	if ok, err := s.ApproveSubmission(ctx, id, "reviewer@example.net", "registry/x:1", reviewed, now); err != nil || ok {
 		t.Fatalf("second approve = (%v, %v), want (false, nil)", ok, err)
 	}
+	// A reviewed row's digest is frozen: a late upload cannot rewrite it.
+	if ok, err := s.SetContextDigest(ctx, id, swapped); err != nil || ok {
+		t.Fatalf("SetContextDigest after approve = (%v, %v), want (false, nil)", ok, err)
+	}
 	if ok, err := s.RejectSubmission(ctx, id, "reviewer@example.net", "no", now); err != nil || ok {
 		t.Fatalf("reject after approve = (%v, %v), want (false, nil)", ok, err)
 	}
@@ -1218,15 +1235,17 @@ func TestBuildStoreContract(t *testing.T) {
 	now := mustNow()
 
 	done := "bld-done-" + suffix(t)
+	digest := strings.Repeat("c", 64)
 	if err := s.CreateBuild(ctx, &build.Build{ID: done, ImageRef: "registry.felis.svc:5000/user-uploads/" + done + ":latest",
-		Status: build.StatusPending, RequestedBy: "pgint", Dockerfile: "FROM scratch\n", ContextRef: "http://api/x"}); err != nil {
+		Status: build.StatusPending, RequestedBy: "pgint", Dockerfile: "FROM scratch\n", ContextRef: "http://api/x",
+		ContextDigest: digest}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("CreateBuild: %v", err)
 	}
 	got, err := s.GetBuild(ctx, done)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GetBuild: %v", err)
 	}
-	if got.Status != build.StatusPending || got.JobName != "" {
+	if got.Status != build.StatusPending || got.JobName != "" || got.ContextDigest != digest {
 		t.Fatalf("fresh build = %+v", got)
 	}
 	if err := s.SetBuildJob(ctx, done, "job-"+suffix(t)); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/store/migrations/0025_context_digest.sql b/internal/store/migrations/0025_context_digest.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb5497d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/store/migrations/0025_context_digest.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- Binds a submission's review to the exact bytes that get built. The upload
+-- records the sha256 of the stored context tarball; an admin approves naming
+-- the digest they reviewed, and the approve CAS only wins while the row still
+-- carries it. A re-upload while pending replaces both the blob and the digest,
+-- so an approval issued against the old digest loses instead of building
+-- content nobody saw. NULL marks a context uploaded before digests were kept
+-- (or no upload yet); such a row cannot be approved until it is uploaded again.
+ALTER TABLE image_submissions ADD COLUMN context_sha256 text;
+
+-- The digest the build was allowed to consume. The context-fetch step refuses
+-- any other bytes, so a context swapped after approval fails the build.
+ALTER TABLE image_builds ADD COLUMN context_digest text;
diff --git a/internal/submit/pgstore.go b/internal/submit/pgstore.go
index d0dea34..1303bcf 100644
--- a/internal/submit/pgstore.go
+++ b/internal/submit/pgstore.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func NewPGStore(db *sql.DB) *PGStore { return &PGStore{db: db} }
 var _ Store = (*PGStore)(nil)
 
 const submissionColumns = `id, submitted_by, display_name, context_ref, status,
-	image_ref, build_id, reviewed_by, reject_reason, created_at, reviewed_at`
+	image_ref, build_id, reviewed_by, reject_reason, created_at, reviewed_at, context_sha256`
 
 func (s *PGStore) CreateSubmission(ctx context.Context, sub *Submission) error {
 	const q = `INSERT INTO image_submissions
@@ -77,12 +77,20 @@ func (s *PGStore) cas(ctx context.Context, q string, args ...any) (bool, error)
 }
 
 // ApproveSubmission is the approve CAS: it flips the row only while it is still
-// pending_review, so a concurrent reviewer cannot also win.
-func (s *PGStore) ApproveSubmission(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy, imageRef string, at time.Time) (bool, error) {
+// pending_review AND still carries the digest the reviewer approved, so neither
+// a concurrent reviewer nor a re-upload after the review can let it win.
+func (s *PGStore) ApproveSubmission(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy, imageRef, digest string, at time.Time) (bool, error) {
 	const q = `UPDATE image_submissions
 		SET status = 'approved', image_ref = $2, reviewed_by = $3, reviewed_at = $4
+		WHERE id = $1 AND status = 'pending_review' AND COALESCE(context_sha256, '') = $5`
+	return s.cas(ctx, q, id, imageRef, reviewedBy, at, digest)
+}
+
+// SetContextDigest records an upload's digest, only while the row is pending.
+func (s *PGStore) SetContextDigest(ctx context.Context, id, digest string) (bool, error) {
+	const q = `UPDATE image_submissions SET context_sha256 = $2
 		WHERE id = $1 AND status = 'pending_review'`
-	return s.cas(ctx, q, id, imageRef, reviewedBy, at)
+	return s.cas(ctx, q, id, digest)
 }
 
 // RejectSubmission is the reject CAS, mirroring ApproveSubmission.
@@ -164,10 +172,11 @@ func scanSubmissionRows(row rowScanner) (*Submission, error) {
 		status                                      string
 		imageRef, buildID, reviewedBy, rejectReason sql.NullString
 		reviewedAt                                  sql.NullTime
+		digest                                      sql.NullString
 	)
 	if err := row.Scan(
 		&sub.ID, &sub.SubmittedBy, &sub.DisplayName, &sub.ContextRef, &status,
-		&imageRef, &buildID, &reviewedBy, &rejectReason, &sub.CreatedAt, &reviewedAt,
+		&imageRef, &buildID, &reviewedBy, &rejectReason, &sub.CreatedAt, &reviewedAt, &digest,
 	); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -176,6 +185,7 @@ func scanSubmissionRows(row rowScanner) (*Submission, error) {
 	sub.BuildID = buildID.String
 	sub.ReviewedBy = reviewedBy.String
 	sub.RejectReason = rejectReason.String
+	sub.ContextSHA256 = digest.String
 	if reviewedAt.Valid {
 		t := reviewedAt.Time
 		sub.ReviewedAt = &t
diff --git a/internal/submit/submit.go b/internal/submit/submit.go
index 337e7dc..96e1def 100644
--- a/internal/submit/submit.go
+++ b/internal/submit/submit.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ var (
 	// an honest 503, never a 500, exactly as the restore executor does when its
 	// integration is not wired.
 	ErrUploadsUnavailable = errors.New("submit: context upload transport not configured")
+	// ErrContextChanged reports that the submission's context digest no longer
+	// matches the one the reviewer approved: the submitter uploaded again after
+	// the review began. The API maps it to 409 so the panel reloads and the admin
+	// reviews the new bytes.
+	ErrContextChanged = errors.New("submit: the build context changed since it was reviewed")
 	// ErrBlobNotFound reports that a submission has no stored context blob (or it
 	// was never uploaded). The internal context-fetch route maps it to 404, the
 	// same distinction Exists draws for Approve.
@@ -170,6 +176,11 @@ type Submission struct {
 	RejectReason string     `json:"reject_reason,omitempty"`
 	CreatedAt    time.Time  `json:"created_at"`
 	ReviewedAt   *time.Time `json:"reviewed_at,omitempty"`
+
+	// ContextSHA256 is the lowercase hex sha256 of the stored context tarball,
+	// recorded by the upload that wrote it; empty until one is uploaded. Approve
+	// must name it, and the build refuses any other bytes.
+	ContextSHA256 string `json:"context_sha256,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Store is the business-layer persistence the Manager depends on. It is an
@@ -192,7 +203,14 @@ type Store interface {
 	// derived image_ref, the reviewer and reviewed_at. It reports whether THIS
 	// call won the transition: false means a concurrent review already moved the
 	// row, so the caller must NOT start a build.
-	ApproveSubmission(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy, imageRef string, at time.Time) (won bool, err error)
+	//
+	// digest is part of the predicate: the row's context_sha256 (NULL read as "")
+	// must equal it, so an approval of content that a re-upload has since
+	// replaced loses the CAS.
+	ApproveSubmission(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy, imageRef, digest string, at time.Time) (won bool, err error)
+	// SetContextDigest records the sha256 of the context an upload just stored,
+	// only while the row is still pending_review. Reports whether it did.
+	SetContextDigest(ctx context.Context, id, digest string) (bool, error)
 	// RejectSubmission atomically flips pending_review -> rejected, recording the
 	// reviewer, the reason and reviewed_at. Reports whether THIS call won.
 	RejectSubmission(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy, reason string, at time.Time) (won bool, err error)
@@ -371,14 +389,26 @@ func (m *Manager) deriveContextRef(id string) string {
 }
 
 // OpenContext returns the stored build context for id — the read path behind the
-// internal context-fetch route. It requires the upload transport (Blobs): with no
-// transport there is no blob to read, so it reports ErrUploadsUnavailable, the
-// same honest 503 the upload endpoint gives.
-func (m *Manager) OpenContext(ctx context.Context, id string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+// internal context-fetch route and the reviewer's download — together with the
+// sha256 the row records for it (empty for a context uploaded before digests
+// were kept). The row is read first: a re-upload landing between the two reads
+// shows up as bytes that do not match the digest, which the caller's verifying
+// stream refuses. It requires the upload transport (Blobs): with no transport
+// there is no blob to read, so it reports ErrUploadsUnavailable, the same honest
+// 503 the upload endpoint gives.
+func (m *Manager) OpenContext(ctx context.Context, id string) (io.ReadCloser, string, error) {
 	if m.Blobs == nil {
-		return nil, ErrUploadsUnavailable
+		return nil, "", ErrUploadsUnavailable
 	}
-	return m.Blobs.Open(ctx, id)
+	sub, err := m.Store.GetSubmission(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	rc, err := m.Blobs.Open(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	return rc, sub.ContextSHA256, nil
 }
 
 // auditDockerfile is the audit-archive Dockerfile recorded on the build row. It
@@ -466,7 +496,10 @@ func (m *Manager) Create(ctx context.Context, req CreateRequest) (*Submission, e
 //     refused as a spent allowance (403) before the excess is persisted.
 //
 // A re-upload while still pending atomically supersedes the previous blob, so a
-// user can fix their pack before an admin reviews it.
+// user can fix their pack before an admin reviews it. The upload hashes what it
+// stores and records the digest on the row; Approve binds to that digest, so a
+// re-upload after the admin looked makes the approval fail rather than build
+// the new bytes unseen.
 func (m *Manager) UploadContext(ctx context.Context, id, submittedBy string, r io.Reader) (*Submission, error) {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(submittedBy) == "" {
 		return nil, invalidf("submitter identity is required")
@@ -518,9 +551,21 @@ func (m *Manager) UploadContext(ctx context.Context, id, submittedBy string, r i
 		// refused as a spent allowance, never as a malformed request.
 		limit, over = remaining, errStorageQuota
 	}
-	if _, err := m.Blobs.Put(ctx, id, &cappedReader{r: br, left: limit, over: over}); err != nil {
+	h := sha256.New()
+	if _, err := m.Blobs.Put(ctx, id, io.TeeReader(&cappedReader{r: br, left: limit, over: over}, h)); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	digest := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+	won, err := m.Store.SetContextDigest(ctx, id, digest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !won {
+		// Reviewed while the bytes streamed in. The blob was replaced anyway, but
+		// the approved digest no longer matches it, so its build refuses them.
+		return nil, ErrAlreadyReviewed
+	}
+	sub.ContextSHA256 = digest
 	return sub, nil
 }
 
@@ -611,10 +656,14 @@ func (c *cappedReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 // one and the reason the error is differentiated. The alternative ordering
 // (Submit-then-CAS) would either double-build under a concurrent approve or
 // orphan a build on a lost race, both worse still.
-func (m *Manager) Approve(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy string) (*Submission, error) {
+func (m *Manager) Approve(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy, expectedDigest string) (*Submission, error) {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(reviewedBy) == "" {
 		return nil, invalidf("reviewer identity is required")
 	}
+	expectedDigest = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(expectedDigest))
+	if m.Blobs != nil && !build.IsSHA256Hex(expectedDigest) {
+		return nil, invalidf("expected_digest must be the sha256 of the context you reviewed (64 hex characters)")
+	}
 
 	sub, err := m.Store.GetSubmission(ctx, id)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -638,6 +687,12 @@ func (m *Manager) Approve(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy string) (*Submissi
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, invalidf("no build context has been uploaded for this submission")
 		}
+		if sub.ContextSHA256 == "" {
+			return nil, invalidf("this context was uploaded before digests were recorded; the submitter must upload it again")
+		}
+		if sub.ContextSHA256 != expectedDigest {
+			return nil, ErrContextChanged
+		}
 	}
 
 	imageRef := m.deriveImageRef(id)
@@ -648,19 +703,29 @@ func (m *Manager) Approve(ctx context.Context, id, reviewedBy string) (*Submissi
 		BaseImage:   "", // declared inside the uploaded context, unknown here
 		RequestedBy: reviewedBy,
 	}
+	// Pin the build to the reviewed bytes: the fetch step refuses anything else,
+	// which covers an upload that was already streaming when the CAS won. Only an
+	// http(s) context has that step; the installed API always derives one.
+	if build.IsHTTPContextRef(sub.ContextRef) {
+		req.ContextDigest = sub.ContextSHA256
+	}
 	// Pre-validate against the SAME registry the Builder enforces, BEFORE the CAS,
 	// so a deterministic config error cannot strand the row in approved.
-	if err := build.Validate(req, build.Config{RegistryURL: m.Registry}); err != nil {
+	if err := build.Validate(req, build.Config{RegistryURL: m.Registry, ContextOrigin: m.ContextBaseURL}); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	now := m.now()
-	won, err := m.Store.ApproveSubmission(ctx, id, reviewedBy, imageRef, now)
+	won, err := m.Store.ApproveSubmission(ctx, id, reviewedBy, imageRef, sub.ContextSHA256, now)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !won {
-		// Lost the race to a concurrent approve/reject.
+		// Lost the race: a concurrent approve/reject moved the row, or a re-upload
+		// replaced the digest between the read above and the CAS.
+		if cur, err := m.Store.GetSubmission(ctx, id); err == nil && cur.Status == StatusPendingReview {
+			return nil, ErrContextChanged
+		}
 		return nil, ErrAlreadyReviewed
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/submit/submit_test.go b/internal/submit/submit_test.go
index ea12bc8..cb6a5e9 100644
--- a/internal/submit/submit_test.go
+++ b/internal/submit/submit_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package submit
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ type fakeStore struct {
 	deleteErr  error
 
 	linked []string // "id=buildID" recorder
+
+	// beforeApprove runs between the Manager's read and its CAS, the window a
+	// concurrent re-upload lands in.
+	beforeApprove func()
 }
 
 func newFakeStore() *fakeStore { return &fakeStore{subs: map[string]*Submission{}} }
@@ -156,12 +162,15 @@ func (f *fakeStore) ListSubmissionsBy(_ context.Context, by string) ([]Submissio
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func (f *fakeStore) ApproveSubmission(_ context.Context, id, reviewedBy, imageRef string, at time.Time) (bool, error) {
+func (f *fakeStore) ApproveSubmission(_ context.Context, id, reviewedBy, imageRef, digest string, at time.Time) (bool, error) {
+	if f.beforeApprove != nil {
+		f.beforeApprove()
+	}
 	if f.approveErr != nil {
 		return false, f.approveErr
 	}
 	s, ok := f.subs[id]
-	if !ok || s.Status != StatusPendingReview {
+	if !ok || s.Status != StatusPendingReview || s.ContextSHA256 != digest {
 		return false, nil // CAS lost / nonexistent
 	}
 	s.Status = StatusApproved
@@ -172,6 +181,15 @@ func (f *fakeStore) ApproveSubmission(_ context.Context, id, reviewedBy, imageRe
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+func (f *fakeStore) SetContextDigest(_ context.Context, id, digest string) (bool, error) {
+	s, ok := f.subs[id]
+	if !ok || s.Status != StatusPendingReview {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	s.ContextSHA256 = digest
+	return true, nil
+}
+
 func (f *fakeStore) RejectSubmission(_ context.Context, id, reviewedBy, reason string, at time.Time) (bool, error) {
 	if f.rejectErr != nil {
 		return false, f.rejectErr
@@ -307,14 +325,14 @@ func TestContextRefIsFetchURLAndOpenContextServesIt(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Before any upload the read path reports not-found (the route's 404).
-	if _, err := m.OpenContext(ctx, sub.ID); !errors.Is(err, ErrBlobNotFound) {
+	if _, _, err := m.OpenContext(ctx, sub.ID); !errors.Is(err, ErrBlobNotFound) {
 		t.Fatalf("OpenContext before upload = %v, want ErrBlobNotFound", err)
 	}
 	payload := "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00payload"
 	if _, err := m.UploadContext(ctx, sub.ID, "user-1", strings.NewReader(payload)); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("UploadContext: %v", err)
 	}
-	rc, err := m.OpenContext(ctx, sub.ID)
+	rc, digest, err := m.OpenContext(ctx, sub.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("OpenContext: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -323,13 +341,16 @@ func TestContextRefIsFetchURLAndOpenContextServesIt(t *testing.T) {
 	if string(got) != payload {
 		t.Fatalf("OpenContext served %q, want %q", got, payload)
 	}
+	if digest != sha256Hex(payload) {
+		t.Fatalf("OpenContext digest = %q, want the payload's sha256", digest)
+	}
 }
 
 // No upload transport ⇒ no readable blob: the route reports the same 503 the
 // upload endpoint does, rather than a misleading 404.
 func TestOpenContextWithoutTransportIsUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
 	m, _, _ := newManager()
-	if _, err := m.OpenContext(context.Background(), "sub-1"); !errors.Is(err, ErrUploadsUnavailable) {
+	if _, _, err := m.OpenContext(context.Background(), "sub-1"); !errors.Is(err, ErrUploadsUnavailable) {
 		t.Fatalf("OpenContext with nil Blobs = %v, want ErrUploadsUnavailable", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -362,7 +383,7 @@ func TestApproveStartsExactlyOneBuildAndLinks(t *testing.T) {
 	m, st, bl := newManager()
 	seed, _ := m.Create(context.Background(), CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
 
-	sub, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@example.test")
+	sub, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@example.test", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Approve: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -428,11 +449,11 @@ func TestApproveIsCASNoDoubleBuild(t *testing.T) {
 	m, _, bl := newManager()
 	seed, _ := m.Create(context.Background(), CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
 
-	if _, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x"); err != nil {
+	if _, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", ""); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("first Approve: %v", err)
 	}
 	// A second approve loses the CAS and must NOT start another build.
-	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x")
+	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", "")
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrAlreadyReviewed) {
 		t.Fatalf("second Approve err = %v, want ErrAlreadyReviewed", err)
 	}
@@ -447,7 +468,7 @@ func TestApproveRejectedSubmission(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := m.Reject(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", "nope"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Reject: %v", err)
 	}
-	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x")
+	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", "")
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrAlreadyReviewed) {
 		t.Fatalf("Approve after reject err = %v, want ErrAlreadyReviewed", err)
 	}
@@ -458,7 +479,7 @@ func TestApproveRejectedSubmission(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestApproveUnknown(t *testing.T) {
 	m, _, _ := newManager()
-	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), "sub-nope", "admin@x")
+	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), "sub-nope", "admin@x", "")
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
 		t.Fatalf("err = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
 	}
@@ -472,7 +493,7 @@ func TestApproveBuildFailureLeavesApprovedUnlinked(t *testing.T) {
 	bl.submitErr = errors.New("apiserver unreachable")
 	seed, _ := m.Create(context.Background(), CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
 
-	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x")
+	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", "")
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("Approve should surface the build hand-off failure")
 	}
@@ -503,7 +524,7 @@ func TestApproveLinkFailureNamesRunningBuild(t *testing.T) {
 	st.linkErr = errors.New("db write timeout")
 	seed, _ := m.Create(context.Background(), CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
 
-	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x")
+	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", "")
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("Approve must surface the link-write failure (a build is running)")
 	}
@@ -544,7 +565,7 @@ func TestApproveValidatesBeforeCAS(t *testing.T) {
 	m.Registry = "" // derived ref becomes "/user-uploads/...", not host-qualified
 	seed, _ := m.Create(context.Background(), CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
 
-	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x")
+	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", "")
 	if !errors.Is(err, build.ErrInvalid) {
 		t.Fatalf("err = %v, want build.ErrInvalid (pre-CAS validation)", err)
 	}
@@ -1009,7 +1030,7 @@ func TestApproveRefusesMissingContext(t *testing.T) {
 	m.Blobs = newFakeBlobs() // empty → Exists=false
 	seed, _ := m.Create(context.Background(), CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
 
-	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x")
+	_, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", sha256Hex("never uploaded"))
 	if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalid) {
 		t.Fatalf("err = %v, want ErrInvalid (no context uploaded)", err)
 	}
@@ -1026,12 +1047,17 @@ func TestApproveProceedsWithUploadedContext(t *testing.T) {
 	// build through the SAME gated Builder.
 	m, _, bl := newManager()
 	m.Blobs = newFakeBlobs()
+	m.ContextBaseURL = "http://felis-api-internal.felis.svc.cluster.local:8081"
 	seed, _ := m.Create(context.Background(), CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
-	if _, err := m.UploadContext(context.Background(), seed.ID, "user-1", strings.NewReader(gzBody("mods"))); err != nil {
+	up, err := m.UploadContext(context.Background(), seed.ID, "user-1", strings.NewReader(gzBody("mods")))
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("UploadContext: %v", err)
 	}
+	if up.ContextSHA256 != sha256Hex(gzBody("mods")) {
+		t.Fatalf("upload digest = %q, want the stored bytes' sha256", up.ContextSHA256)
+	}
 
-	sub, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x")
+	sub, err := m.Approve(context.Background(), seed.ID, "admin@x", up.ContextSHA256)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Approve: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1041,6 +1067,97 @@ func TestApproveProceedsWithUploadedContext(t *testing.T) {
 	if bl.calls != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("builds started = %d, want 1", bl.calls)
 	}
+	if bl.got[0].ContextDigest != up.ContextSHA256 {
+		t.Fatalf("build digest = %q, want the approved %q", bl.got[0].ContextDigest, up.ContextSHA256)
+	}
+}
+
+// Review binds to bytes (build-supply-chain-6): an approval names the digest
+// the admin inspected, and a re-upload after that makes it fail instead of
+// building content nobody saw.
+func TestApproveBindsTheReviewedDigest(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	m, st, bl := newManager()
+	m.Blobs = newFakeBlobs()
+	seed, _ := m.Create(ctx, CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
+	benign, evil := gzBody("benign"), gzBody("evil")
+	if _, err := m.UploadContext(ctx, seed.ID, "user-1", strings.NewReader(benign)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	reviewed := sha256Hex(benign)
+
+	// The swap lands after the review.
+	if _, err := m.UploadContext(ctx, seed.ID, "user-1", strings.NewReader(evil)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := m.Approve(ctx, seed.ID, "admin@x", reviewed); !errors.Is(err, ErrContextChanged) {
+		t.Fatalf("approve after a swap = %v, want ErrContextChanged", err)
+	}
+
+	// The swap lands between the Manager's read and its CAS.
+	if _, err := m.UploadContext(ctx, seed.ID, "user-1", strings.NewReader(benign)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	st.beforeApprove = func() { st.subs[seed.ID].ContextSHA256 = sha256Hex(evil) }
+	if _, err := m.Approve(ctx, seed.ID, "admin@x", reviewed); !errors.Is(err, ErrContextChanged) {
+		t.Fatalf("approve racing a swap = %v, want ErrContextChanged", err)
+	}
+	st.beforeApprove = nil
+	if st.subs[seed.ID].Status != StatusPendingReview || bl.calls != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("status %q, builds %d; want still pending with nothing built", st.subs[seed.ID].Status, bl.calls)
+	}
+
+	for _, bad := range []string{"", "not-a-digest"} {
+		if _, err := m.Approve(ctx, seed.ID, "admin@x", bad); !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalid) {
+			t.Fatalf("approve with digest %q = %v, want ErrInvalid", bad, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// A context uploaded before digests were recorded must be uploaded again.
+	st.subs[seed.ID].ContextSHA256 = ""
+	if _, err := m.Approve(ctx, seed.ID, "admin@x", reviewed); !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalid) ||
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), "upload it again") {
+		t.Fatalf("approve of an undigested context = %v, want the re-upload instruction", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// An upload that finishes after the approval won cannot slip its digest in: the
+// row keeps the approved one, which the build's fetch step then enforces, and
+// the uploader hears that the submission was reviewed.
+func TestUploadAfterApprovalKeepsTheApprovedDigest(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	m, st, _ := newManager()
+	fb := newFakeBlobs()
+	m.Blobs = fb
+	seed, _ := m.Create(ctx, CreateRequest{DisplayName: "Pack", SubmittedBy: "user-1"})
+	up, _ := m.UploadContext(ctx, seed.ID, "user-1", strings.NewReader(gzBody("benign")))
+
+	// The second upload passed its pending check; the approval wins while its
+	// bytes are still streaming in.
+	m.Blobs = approvingBlobs{fakeBlobs: fb, approve: func() { st.subs[seed.ID].Status = StatusApproved }}
+	if _, err := m.UploadContext(ctx, seed.ID, "user-1", strings.NewReader(gzBody("evil"))); !errors.Is(err, ErrAlreadyReviewed) {
+		t.Fatalf("late upload = %v, want ErrAlreadyReviewed", err)
+	}
+	if st.subs[seed.ID].ContextSHA256 != up.ContextSHA256 {
+		t.Fatalf("row digest = %q, want the approved %q", st.subs[seed.ID].ContextSHA256, up.ContextSHA256)
+	}
+}
+
+// approvingBlobs flips the row to approved once Put has stored the bytes.
+type approvingBlobs struct {
+	*fakeBlobs
+	approve func()
+}
+
+func (a approvingBlobs) Put(ctx context.Context, id string, r io.Reader) (int64, error) {
+	n, err := a.fakeBlobs.Put(ctx, id, r)
+	a.approve()
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func sha256Hex(s string) string {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(s))
+	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
 }
 
 // keysOf lists a map's keys for test diagnostics.
diff --git a/panel/dev/mockApi.ts b/panel/dev/mockApi.ts
index a50ac76..461eb9c 100644
--- a/panel/dev/mockApi.ts
+++ b/panel/dev/mockApi.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "node:http";
+import { gzipSync } from "node:zlib";
 import type { Plugin } from "vite";
 import type {
   AutostartPolicy,
@@ -167,6 +169,23 @@ const LOGIN_HINT_SCRIPT = `
 // archiving owner; GET /backups is scoped by it for non-admins (BackupsForUser).
 const GiB = 1024 ** 3;
 const DAY_MS = 86_400_000;
+
+// Uploaded build contexts by submission id. Seeded submissions get a small
+// stand-in archive so the review page's download and digest check have bytes.
+const contextBlobs = new Map<string, Buffer>();
+
+function contextBlob(id: string): Buffer {
+  let blob = contextBlobs.get(id);
+  if (!blob) {
+    blob = gzipSync(Buffer.from(`FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jre\n# mock build context for ${id}\n`));
+    contextBlobs.set(id, blob);
+  }
+  return blob;
+}
+
+function sha256Hex(b: Buffer): string {
+  return createHash("sha256").update(b).digest("hex");
+}
 const RETENTION_DAYS = 90;
 
 function backup(server: string, daysAgo: number, sizeBytes: number, formerOwner: string): BackupView {
@@ -329,6 +348,7 @@ function initialState(): MockState {
         submitted_by: "owner@mock.felis.local",
         display_name: "RLCraft Survival Pack",
         context_ref: "minio/contexts/sub-owner-1/context.tar.gz",
+        context_sha256: sha256Hex(contextBlob("sub-owner-1")),
         status: "pending_review",
         created_at: new Date(Date.now() - 1800000).toISOString(),
       },
@@ -337,6 +357,7 @@ function initialState(): MockState {
         submitted_by: "owner@mock.felis.local",
         display_name: "ATM 9 Server Pack",
         context_ref: "minio/contexts/sub-owner-2/context.tar.gz",
+        context_sha256: sha256Hex(contextBlob("sub-owner-2")),
         status: "approved",
         image_ref: "registry.felis.svc:5000/user-uploads/sub-owner-2:latest",
         build_id: "bld-3",
@@ -349,6 +370,7 @@ function initialState(): MockState {
         submitted_by: "owner@mock.felis.local",
         display_name: "Oversized Custom Modpack",
         context_ref: "minio/contexts/sub-owner-3/context.tar.gz",
+        context_sha256: sha256Hex(contextBlob("sub-owner-3")),
         status: "rejected",
         reviewed_by: "setup@mock.felis.local",
         created_at: new Date(Date.now() - 172800000).toISOString(),
@@ -360,6 +382,7 @@ function initialState(): MockState {
         submitted_by: "linked@mock.felis.local",
         display_name: "Create: Astral pack",
         context_ref: "minio/contexts/sub-2/context.tar.gz",
+        context_sha256: sha256Hex(contextBlob("sub-2")),
         status: "approved",
         image_ref: "registry.felis.svc:5000/user-uploads/sub-2:latest",
         build_id: "bld-1",
@@ -372,6 +395,7 @@ function initialState(): MockState {
         submitted_by: "user@mock.felis.local",
         display_name: "Dangerous Modpack (Exploitative)",
         context_ref: "minio/contexts/sub-3/context.tar.gz",
+        context_sha256: sha256Hex(contextBlob("sub-3")),
         status: "rejected",
         reviewed_by: "owner@mock.felis.local",
         reject_reason: "Contains malicious code in scripts/run.sh that tries to download remote malware.",
@@ -1404,13 +1428,41 @@ async function handleSubmissionRoute(ctx: SessionContext): Promise<boolean> {
       return true;
     }
 
-    // Read the body stream to end so the socket is clean
-    for await (const _ of ctx.req) { /* discard */ }
+    const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+    for await (const chunk of ctx.req) {
+      chunks.push(Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk));
+    }
+    const blob = Buffer.concat(chunks);
+    contextBlobs.set(id, blob);
+    sub.context_sha256 = sha256Hex(blob);
 
     sendJSON(ctx.res, 200, sub);
     return true;
   }
 
+  // GET /api/v1/submissions/{id}/context — the reviewer's download, carrying the
+  // digest the approval must name.
+  if (isAdminSubmissions && is("GET", ctx) && ctx.parts[4] === "context" && ctx.parts.length === 5) {
+    if (!isAdmin(ctx.account.role)) {
+      sendError(ctx.res, 403, "forbidden", "admin account required");
+      return true;
+    }
+    const id = ctx.parts[3];
+    const sub = ctx.state.submissions.find((s) => s.id === id);
+    if (!sub || !sub.context_sha256) {
+      sendError(ctx.res, 404, "not_found", "no context uploaded for this submission");
+      return true;
+    }
+    const blob = contextBlob(id);
+    ctx.res.writeHead(200, {
+      "Content-Type": "application/gzip",
+      "Content-Disposition": `attachment; filename="${id}-context.tar.gz"`,
+      "X-Felis-Context-Sha256": sha256Hex(blob),
+    });
+    ctx.res.end(blob);
+    return true;
+  }
+
   // GET /api/v1/submissions
   if (isAdminSubmissions && is("GET", ctx) && ctx.parts.length === 3) {
     if (!isAdmin(ctx.account.role)) {
@@ -1437,6 +1489,19 @@ async function handleSubmissionRoute(ctx: SessionContext): Promise<boolean> {
       sendError(ctx.res, 409, "already_reviewed", "submission already reviewed");
       return true;
     }
+    const { expected_digest: expected } = await readJSON<{ expected_digest?: string }>(ctx.req);
+    if (!/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/.test(expected?.trim().toLowerCase() ?? "")) {
+      sendError(ctx.res, 400, "bad_request", "expected_digest must be the sha256 of the context you reviewed (64 hex characters)");
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (!sub.context_sha256) {
+      sendError(ctx.res, 400, "bad_request", "this context was uploaded before digests were recorded; the submitter must upload it again");
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (expected!.trim().toLowerCase() !== sub.context_sha256) {
+      sendError(ctx.res, 409, "context_changed", "the build context was uploaded again after it was reviewed; review the new upload before approving");
+      return true;
+    }
 
     sub.status = "approved";
     sub.reviewed_by = ctx.account.email;
diff --git a/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/admin.json b/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/admin.json
index ef06e29..fa1b49b 100644
--- a/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/admin.json
+++ b/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/admin.json
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
   "context_ref_placeholder": "e.g. minio/contexts/my-modpack.tar.gz",
   "download_context_btn": "Download context",
   "download_context_hint": "Downloads the uploaded context (.tar.gz) — it contains the Dockerfile that will actually be executed.",
+  "context_sha256_label": "Context SHA-256",
+  "context_sha256_hint": "Approving binds this digest: if the submitter uploads again, the build refuses to run. When reviewing offline, compare it with sha256sum of your download.",
+  "context_sha256_missing": "No build context uploaded yet, or it was uploaded before digests were recorded and must be uploaded again.",
+  "context_sha256_downloaded": "Matches the file you just downloaded; approving binds exactly these bytes.",
+  "context_sha256_stale": "The copy you downloaded ({{digest}}…) was replaced by a newer upload; download and review it again.",
+  "approve_needs_context": "Nothing to approve: the context has not been uploaded, or must be uploaded again",
   "base_image_label": "Base Image",
   "base_image_placeholder": "e.g. library/postgres:15",
   "view_logs_btn": "Logs",
diff --git a/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/errors.json b/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/errors.json
index 5f74283..581573b 100644
--- a/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/errors.json
+++ b/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/errors.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   "build_unavailable": "Image builds aren't available right now.",
   "build_logs_unavailable": "Build logs aren't available right now.",
   "already_reviewed": "This submission has already been reviewed.",
+  "context_changed": "The submitter uploaded the build context again after you reviewed it. Download and review the new upload before approving.",
   "submission_quota_exceeded": "Your submission quota is full: too many pending reviews, or your stored uploads are at the limit.",
   "submission_cooldown": "Too many submission requests — try again shortly.",
   "submissions_unavailable": "Submissions aren't available right now.",
diff --git a/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/submissions.json b/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/submissions.json
index 459c46c..c0fc10e 100644
--- a/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/submissions.json
+++ b/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/submissions.json
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
   "error_file_required": "Build context file is required.",
   "field_context_ref": "Context Reference",
   "field_image_ref": "Image Reference",
+  "field_context_sha256": "Context SHA-256",
+  "field_context_sha256_hint": "The digest of the file the platform received; compare it with sha256sum of your local file. Approval binds exactly this content.",
   "clear_btn": "Clear",
   "file_hint": "Supports .tar.gz (max 1GB)",
   "withdraw_btn": "Withdraw",
diff --git a/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/admin.json b/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/admin.json
index efd1ba1..ce2d160 100644
--- a/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/admin.json
+++ b/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/admin.json
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
   "context_ref_placeholder": "例如: minio/contexts/my-modpack.tar.gz",
   "download_context_btn": "下载上下文",
   "download_context_hint": "下载上传的构建上下文 (.tar.gz)——其中包含将被实际执行的 Dockerfile。",
+  "context_sha256_label": "上下文 SHA-256",
+  "context_sha256_hint": "通过会绑定这个摘要：提交者之后再上传，构建会拒绝执行。离线审阅时请用 sha256sum 核对下载的文件。",
+  "context_sha256_missing": "尚未上传构建上下文，或上传早于摘要记录，需要提交者重新上传。",
+  "context_sha256_downloaded": "与你刚下载的文件一致，通过会绑定这份内容。",
+  "context_sha256_stale": "你下载的版本（{{digest}}…）已被新的上传替换，请重新下载审阅。",
+  "approve_needs_context": "没有可通过的上下文：提交者尚未上传或需要重新上传",
   "base_image_label": "基础镜像",
   "base_image_placeholder": "例如: library/postgres:15",
   "view_logs_btn": "日志",
diff --git a/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/errors.json b/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/errors.json
index 63a85a3..327a809 100644
--- a/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/errors.json
+++ b/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/errors.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   "build_unavailable": "构建功能当前不可用。",
   "build_logs_unavailable": "构建日志暂时不可用。",
   "already_reviewed": "该提交已经审核过了。",
+  "context_changed": "提交者在你审阅之后重新上传了构建上下文。请重新下载并审阅新的上传再通过。",
   "submission_quota_exceeded": "你的提交配额已满：待审核提交过多，或已存上传总量达到上限。",
   "submission_cooldown": "操作太频繁——请稍后再试。",
   "submissions_unavailable": "提交流程当前不可用。",
diff --git a/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/submissions.json b/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/submissions.json
index 9255a44..099a508 100644
--- a/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/submissions.json
+++ b/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/submissions.json
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
   "error_file_required": "必须上传构建上下文文件。",
   "field_context_ref": "构建上下文引用",
   "field_image_ref": "目标镜像引用",
+  "field_context_sha256": "上下文 SHA-256",
+  "field_context_sha256_hint": "平台收到的文件摘要，可用 sha256sum 与本地文件核对。审核通过的就是这份内容。",
   "clear_btn": "清除",
   "file_hint": "支持 .tar.gz 格式 (最大 1GB)",
   "withdraw_btn": "撤回提交",
diff --git a/panel/src/lib/api.test.ts b/panel/src/lib/api.test.ts
index e1fc633..24ab1b7 100644
--- a/panel/src/lib/api.test.ts
+++ b/panel/src/lib/api.test.ts
@@ -473,11 +473,34 @@ describe("image whitelist and builds wire shapes", () => {
       const sub = { id: "sub-1", status: "approved" };
       const fetchSpy = fakeFetch(sub);
       vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchSpy);
-      const res = await api.approveSubmission("sub-1");
+      const digest = "a".repeat(64);
+      const res = await api.approveSubmission("sub-1", digest);
       expect(res).toEqual(sub);
       const [url, opts] = (fetchSpy as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls[0];
       expect(String(url)).toBe("/submissions/sub-1/approve");
       expect((opts as RequestInit).method).toBe("POST");
+      expect(JSON.parse((opts as RequestInit).body as string)).toEqual({ expected_digest: digest });
+    });
+
+    it("downloadSubmissionContext resolves to the digest the API streamed", async () => {
+      const digest = "b".repeat(64);
+      const fetchSpy = vi.fn(async () => ({
+        ok: true,
+        status: 200,
+        statusText: "OK",
+        headers: new Headers({ "X-Felis-Context-Sha256": digest.toUpperCase() }),
+        blob: async () => new Blob(["ctx"]),
+      })) as unknown as typeof fetch;
+      vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchSpy);
+      vi.spyOn(URL, "createObjectURL").mockReturnValue("blob:ctx");
+      vi.spyOn(URL, "revokeObjectURL").mockImplementation(() => {});
+      const link = { href: "", download: "", click: vi.fn() };
+      vi.stubGlobal("document", { createElement: () => link });
+      await expect(api.downloadSubmissionContext("sub-1")).resolves.toBe(digest);
+      expect(link.click).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(link.download).toBe("sub-1-context.tar.gz");
+      const [url] = (fetchSpy as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls[0];
+      expect(String(url)).toBe("/submissions/sub-1/context");
     });
 
     it("rejectSubmission POSTs {reason} to /submissions/{id}/reject", async () => {
diff --git a/panel/src/lib/api.ts b/panel/src/lib/api.ts
index ebb5c94..0e8cfa7 100644
--- a/panel/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/panel/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -492,8 +492,10 @@ export const api = {
   listSubmissions: () =>
     request<{ submissions: Submission[] }>("GET", "/submissions").then((r) => r.submissions ?? []),
 
-  approveSubmission: (id: string) =>
-    request<Submission>("POST", `/submissions/${id}/approve`),
+  // expectedDigest is the sha256 of the context the reviewer looked at; the API
+  // refuses the approval (409 context_changed) when the upload has since changed.
+  approveSubmission: (id: string, expectedDigest: string) =>
+    request<Submission>("POST", `/submissions/${id}/approve`, { expected_digest: expectedDigest }),
 
   rejectSubmission: (id: string, reason: string) =>
     request<Submission>("POST", `/submissions/${id}/reject`, { reason }),
@@ -506,7 +508,9 @@ export const api = {
   // Dockerfile lives inside the tarball, so approving without this would be
   // blind. The body is the attacker-supplied archive — download it, never
   // render it — which the API's attachment disposition enforces.
-  downloadSubmissionContext: async (id: string): Promise<void> => {
+  // Resolves to the sha256 the API vouched for while streaming these bytes (it
+  // aborts the transfer on a mismatch), so the approval can name what was read.
+  downloadSubmissionContext: async (id: string): Promise<string | null> => {
     const { apiBase } = await loadConfig();
     const res = await fetch(`${apiBase}/submissions/${id}/context`, {
       method: "GET",
@@ -528,6 +532,7 @@ export const api = {
       announceSetupRequired(err);
       throw err;
     }
+    const digest = res.headers.get("X-Felis-Context-Sha256")?.trim().toLowerCase() || null;
     const blob = await res.blob();
     const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
     const link = document.createElement("a");
@@ -535,6 +540,7 @@ export const api = {
     link.download = `${id}-context.tar.gz`;
     link.click();
     URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+    return digest;
   },
 
   listMySubmissions: () =>
@@ -788,6 +794,8 @@ export function humanizeError(e: unknown): string {
       return t("build_logs_unavailable");
     case "already_reviewed":
       return t("already_reviewed");
+    case "context_changed":
+      return t("context_changed");
     case "submission_quota_exceeded":
       return t("submission_quota_exceeded");
     case "submission_cooldown":
diff --git a/panel/src/lib/types.ts b/panel/src/lib/types.ts
index 90f0086..f024f77 100644
--- a/panel/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/panel/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ export interface Submission {
   reject_reason?: string;
   created_at: string;
   reviewed_at?: string;
+  /** sha256 of the uploaded context; approval must name it (migration 0025). */
+  context_sha256?: string;
 }
 
 export interface UpdateWindow {
diff --git a/panel/src/pages/MySubmissionsPage.tsx b/panel/src/pages/MySubmissionsPage.tsx
index 8a4399f..9948228 100644
--- a/panel/src/pages/MySubmissionsPage.tsx
+++ b/panel/src/pages/MySubmissionsPage.tsx
@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ export function MySubmissionsPage() {
                               <p className="font-semibold text-foreground mb-1">{t("field_context_ref")}</p>
                               <pre className="font-mono bg-background border rounded p-1.5 truncate select-all">{sub.context_ref}</pre>
                             </div>
+                            {sub.context_sha256 && (
+                              <div>
+                                <p className="font-semibold text-foreground mb-1">{t("field_context_sha256")}</p>
+                                <pre className="font-mono bg-background border rounded p-1.5 truncate select-all" title={t("field_context_sha256_hint")}>{sub.context_sha256}</pre>
+                              </div>
+                            )}
                             {sub.image_ref && (
                               <div>
                                 <p className="font-semibold text-foreground mb-1">{t("field_image_ref")}</p>
diff --git a/panel/src/pages/admin/SubmissionsPage.tsx b/panel/src/pages/admin/SubmissionsPage.tsx
index 2787603..5f0b7e6 100644
--- a/panel/src/pages/admin/SubmissionsPage.tsx
+++ b/panel/src/pages/admin/SubmissionsPage.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useState, useMemo } from "react";
-import { ClipboardCheck, CheckCircle2, CircleSlash, ChevronDown, ChevronUp, Check, X, Loader2, Download, Trash2 } from "lucide-react";
+import { ClipboardCheck, CheckCircle2, CircleSlash, ChevronDown, ChevronUp, Check, X, Loader2, Download, Trash2, ShieldCheck, TriangleAlert } from "lucide-react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { StatCard } from "@/components/StatCard";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { Pagination } from "@/components/Pagination";
 import { api, humanizeError } from "@/lib/api";
 import { useAsync } from "@/lib/hooks";
 import { formatRelative, formatAbsolute } from "@/lib/format";
-import type { Submission, SubmissionStatus } from "@/lib/types";
+import type { ApiError, Submission, SubmissionStatus } from "@/lib/types";
 
 const PAGE_SIZE = 10;
 
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ export function SubmissionsPage() {
   const [busyId, setBusyId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [busyType, setBusyType] = useState<"approve" | "reject" | "delete" | null>(null);
   const [downloadingId, setDownloadingId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  // The sha256 of each context this reviewer downloaded in this session. An
+  // approval names the digest of what was actually read; the listed digest
+  // stands in when the review happened elsewhere (the CLI, an earlier session).
+  const [reviewedDigests, setReviewedDigests] = useState<Record<string, string>>({});
   // Delete arms the row (trash → confirm/cancel) before it fires; a row gone on
   // one stray click would take its uploaded context with it.
   const [confirmingDelete, setConfirmingDelete] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -101,16 +105,23 @@ export function SubmissionsPage() {
     return filteredSubmissions.slice(start, start + PAGE_SIZE);
   }, [filteredSubmissions, page]);
 
-  async function handleApprove(id: string) {
-    if (busyId) return;
-    setBusyId(id);
+  async function handleApprove(sub: Submission) {
+    const digest = reviewedDigests[sub.id] ?? sub.context_sha256;
+    if (busyId || !digest) return;
+    setBusyId(sub.id);
     setBusyType("approve");
     setActionError(null);
     try {
-      await api.approveSubmission(id);
+      await api.approveSubmission(sub.id, digest);
       reload();
     } catch (err) {
       setActionError(humanizeError(err));
+      // A newer upload replaced what was reviewed: forget the stale download and
+      // show the new digest, so the next approval has to be a fresh review.
+      if ((err as Partial<ApiError>).code === "context_changed") {
+        setReviewedDigests(({ [sub.id]: _stale, ...rest }) => rest);
+        reload();
+      }
     } finally {
       setBusyId(null);
       setBusyType(null);
@@ -168,7 +179,13 @@ export function SubmissionsPage() {
     setActionError(null);
     setDownloadingId(sub.id);
     try {
-      await api.downloadSubmissionContext(sub.id);
+      const digest = await api.downloadSubmissionContext(sub.id);
+      if (digest) {
+        setReviewedDigests((prev) => ({ ...prev, [sub.id]: digest }));
+        // The list predates a re-upload: refresh it so the page shows what was
+        // just downloaded.
+        if (digest !== sub.context_sha256) reload();
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       setActionError(humanizeError(err));
     } finally {
@@ -291,6 +308,8 @@ export function SubmissionsPage() {
                   const isBusyApprove = busyId === sub.id && busyType === "approve";
                   const isBusyReject = busyId === sub.id && busyType === "reject";
                   const isBusyDelete = busyId === sub.id && busyType === "delete";
+                  const reviewedDigest = reviewedDigests[sub.id];
+                  const approveDigest = reviewedDigest ?? sub.context_sha256;
                   return (
                     <div key={sub.id} className="flex flex-col">
                       <div
@@ -342,9 +361,9 @@ export function SubmissionsPage() {
                                 size="icon"
                                 variant="outline"
                                 className="h-7 w-7 text-emerald-500 hover:text-emerald-600 border-emerald-500/20 hover:bg-emerald-500/10 focus-visible:ring-emerald-500"
-                                onClick={() => handleApprove(sub.id)}
-                                disabled={!!busyId}
-                                title={t("approve_btn")}
+                                onClick={() => handleApprove(sub)}
+                                disabled={!!busyId || !approveDigest}
+                                title={approveDigest ? t("approve_btn") : t("approve_needs_context")}
                               >
                                 {isBusyApprove ? (
                                   <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin" />
@@ -423,6 +442,29 @@ export function SubmissionsPage() {
                                 </Button>
                               </div>
                             </div>
+                            <div>
+                              <p className="font-semibold text-foreground mb-1">{t("context_sha256_label")}</p>
+                              {sub.context_sha256 ? (
+                                <pre className="font-mono bg-background border rounded p-1.5 truncate select-all" title={t("context_sha256_hint")}>{sub.context_sha256}</pre>
+                              ) : (
+                                <p className="text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400">{t("context_sha256_missing")}</p>
+                              )}
+                              {reviewedDigest && reviewedDigest === sub.context_sha256 && (
+                                <p className="mt-1 flex items-center gap-1 text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400">
+                                  <ShieldCheck className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0" />
+                                  {t("context_sha256_downloaded")}
+                                </p>
+                              )}
+                              {reviewedDigest && sub.context_sha256 && reviewedDigest !== sub.context_sha256 && (
+                                <p className="mt-1 flex items-start gap-1 text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400">
+                                  <TriangleAlert className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0 mt-px" />
+                                  <span>{t("context_sha256_stale", { digest: reviewedDigest.slice(0, 12) })}</span>
+                                </p>
+                              )}
+                              {sub.status === "pending_review" && sub.context_sha256 && !reviewedDigest && (
+                                <p className="mt-1 text-muted-foreground/80">{t("context_sha256_hint")}</p>
+                              )}
+                            </div>
                             {sub.image_ref && (
                               <div>
                                 <p className="font-semibold text-foreground mb-1">{t("image_ref_label")}</p>