diff --git a/plans/2026-07-06-fix-directory-name-reapproval.md b/plans/2026-07-06-fix-directory-name-reapproval.md
index ec6acda761..8aaefc6c99 100644
--- a/plans/2026-07-06-fix-directory-name-reapproval.md
+++ b/plans/2026-07-06-fix-directory-name-reapproval.md
@@ -207,7 +207,16 @@ not a directory policy, so it belongs where the comparison lives:
   `profileChanged` true and stores). `Commands.hs:4358` is the directory path this
   fix targets.
 
-## 8. Verification (done)
+### Related, out of scope (follow-up note)
+
+The directory's *other* change detector, `deGroupUpdated`'s `sameProfile`
+(`Service.hs:548-551`), still compares whole profiles including `publicGroupId`.
+It is **not** currently triggerable by staleness — `CEvtGroupUpdated` carries
+`fromGroup`/`toGroup` both freshly DB-loaded with the same stored id — so it is
+not part of this bug. But there are now two notions of "profile changed" in the
+tree; if a future path ever feeds a stale-id group into `deGroupUpdated`, the same
+class of bug could reappear there. Flagged for a follow-up; deliberately not
+expanded into by this one-line fix.
 
 Regression test `testLinkCheckStalePublicGroupId` in `tests/Bots/DirectoryTests.hs`
 (beside the existing "link/whitespace-only must not re-approve" tests): register +
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Internal.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Internal.hs
index cc106ff4d4..f43b8a2f29 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Internal.hs
@@ -1482,7 +1482,8 @@ updateGroupFromLinkData user gInfo@GroupInfo {groupProfile = p, groupDomainVerif
     -- publicGroupId is immutable identity, not content, and is not a column
     -- updateGroupProfile syncs (it is set at group creation / by updateRelayGroupKeys).
     -- A stale stored value would otherwise make this (/=) re-trigger directory
-    -- approval on every link check. Normalize it out (mirrors sameGroupProfileInfo).
+    -- approval on every link check. Normalize it out before comparing (same
+    -- record-nulling technique as sameGroupProfileInfo, which nulls groupPreferences).
     profileChanged = clearId p /= clearId groupProfile
     clearId gp@GroupProfile {publicGroup} =
       gp {publicGroup = (\pg -> (pg :: PublicGroupProfile) {publicGroupId = B64UrlByteString ""}) <$> publicGroup}