diff --git a/crates/iam/src/manager.rs b/crates/iam/src/manager.rs
index d7831fc89..30090a240 100644
--- a/crates/iam/src/manager.rs
+++ b/crates/iam/src/manager.rs
@@ -2320,9 +2320,13 @@ fn filter_policies_from_docs(policy_docs: &CacheEntity<PolicyDoc>, policy_name:
 }
 
 fn build_group_desc(name: &str, group_info: GroupInfo, mapped_policy: Option<MappedPolicy>) -> GroupDesc {
+    // A group without a mapped policy must report the group's own stored
+    // timestamp, not the wall clock: this value feeds content-addressed
+    // consumers (the site-replication repair plan hashes it), and a fresh
+    // clock on every read makes equal states hash differently.
     let (policy, updated_at) = mapped_policy
         .map(|policy| (policy.policies, Some(policy.update_at)))
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| (String::new(), Some(OffsetDateTime::now_utc())));
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| (String::new(), group_info.update_at));
 
     GroupDesc {
         name: name.to_string(),
@@ -2347,6 +2351,46 @@ mod tests {
     };
     use tokio::sync::Notify;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_build_group_desc_without_mapping_reports_the_stored_group_timestamp() {
+        let stamp = OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_700_000_000).expect("valid timestamp");
+        let group_info = GroupInfo {
+            version: 1,
+            status: "enabled".to_string(),
+            members: vec!["alice".to_string()],
+            update_at: Some(stamp),
+        };
+
+        let first = build_group_desc("team", group_info.clone(), None);
+        let second = build_group_desc("team", group_info, None);
+
+        assert_eq!(first.updated_at, Some(stamp));
+        assert_eq!(first.updated_at, second.updated_at);
+        assert!(first.policy.is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_build_group_desc_with_mapping_reports_the_mapping_timestamp() {
+        let group_stamp = OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_700_000_000).expect("valid timestamp");
+        let mapping_stamp = OffsetDateTime::from_unix_timestamp(1_700_000_500).expect("valid timestamp");
+        let group_info = GroupInfo {
+            version: 1,
+            status: "enabled".to_string(),
+            members: vec![],
+            update_at: Some(group_stamp),
+        };
+        let mapping = MappedPolicy {
+            version: 1,
+            policies: "readwrite".to_string(),
+            update_at: mapping_stamp,
+        };
+
+        let desc = build_group_desc("team", group_info, Some(mapping));
+
+        assert_eq!(desc.updated_at, Some(mapping_stamp));
+        assert_eq!(desc.policy, "readwrite");
+    }
+
     #[derive(Clone)]
     struct FailingInitialLoadStore;
 
diff --git a/rustfs/src/site_replication/tests.rs b/rustfs/src/site_replication/tests.rs
index 720fd6e2a..938de2710 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/site_replication/tests.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/site_replication/tests.rs
@@ -1124,6 +1124,44 @@ fn test_site_replication_repair_dry_run_plan_is_non_mutating_and_redacted() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_site_replication_repair_preflight_token_is_deterministic_for_equal_state() {
+    // dry-run hands the operator a preflight token that execute must match, so
+    // equal state must hash equally across calls. A policy-less group used to
+    // break this: its desc was stamped with the wall clock on every read, and
+    // the flapping task id made execute permanently reject the token as stale.
+    let state = SiteReplicationState {
+        name: "local".to_string(),
+        service_account_access_key: "site-replicator-0".to_string(),
+        peers: BTreeMap::from([(
+            "remote-dep".to_string(),
+            PeerInfo {
+                deployment_id: "remote-dep".to_string(),
+                ..peer("remote", "https://remote.example.com")
+            },
+        )]),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let mut info = SRInfo::default();
+    info.group_desc_map.insert(
+        "policyless".to_string(),
+        rustfs_madmin::GroupDesc {
+            name: "policyless".to_string(),
+            status: "enabled".to_string(),
+            members: vec!["alice".to_string()],
+            policy: String::new(),
+            updated_at: Some(OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH),
+        },
+    );
+
+    let plan_a = site_replication_bootstrap_plan(&info).expect("first plan");
+    let plan_b = site_replication_bootstrap_plan(&info).expect("second plan");
+    let token_a = site_replication_repair_preflight_token(&state, &plan_a, b"test-signing-key").expect("first token");
+    let token_b = site_replication_repair_preflight_token(&state, &plan_b, b"test-signing-key").expect("second token");
+
+    assert_eq!(token_a, token_b);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_site_replication_repair_preflight_detects_stale_snapshot() {
     let mut state = SiteReplicationState {