diff --git a/src/outbound-fetch-policy.ts b/src/outbound-fetch-policy.ts
index 10f41fad6..e9c20e05c 100644
--- a/src/outbound-fetch-policy.ts
+++ b/src/outbound-fetch-policy.ts
@@ -69,8 +69,13 @@ function outboundHeaders(input: RequestInfo | URL, init: RequestInit | undefined
 }
 
 function outboundBodyPresent(input: RequestInfo | URL, init: RequestInit | undefined): boolean {
-  if (init && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(init, "body")) {
-    return init.body !== null && init.body !== undefined;
+  if (
+    init
+    && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(init, "body")
+    && init.body !== null
+    && init.body !== undefined
+  ) {
+    return true;
   }
   return input instanceof Request && input.body !== null;
 }
diff --git a/test/outbound-request-body-inheritance.test.ts b/test/outbound-request-body-inheritance.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4d422710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/outbound-request-body-inheritance.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createFailClosedFetch } from "../src/outbound-fetch-policy";
+
+const discoveryUrl =
+  "https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com/.well-known/openid-configuration";
+
+describe("outbound request body inheritance", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ["null", null],
+    ["undefined", undefined],
+  ] as const)(
+    "rejects an inherited Request body when RequestInit.body is %s",
+    async (_label, bodyOverride) => {
+      const rawFetch = vi.fn(async () => new Response("unexpected", { status: 200 }));
+      const guardedFetch = createFailClosedFetch(rawFetch);
+      const bodyfulRequest = new Request(discoveryUrl, {
+        method: "POST",
+        body: "credential-bearing payload",
+      });
+
+      const response = await guardedFetch(bodyfulRequest, {
+        method: "GET",
+        body: bodyOverride,
+      });
+
+      expect(response.status).toBe(502);
+      expect(response.headers.get("x-noema-egress-policy")).toBe(
+        "blocked-request-policy",
+      );
+      expect(rawFetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/test/outbound-request-compartment.test.ts b/test/outbound-request-compartment.test.ts
index fa8073007..b0023769c 100644
--- a/test/outbound-request-compartment.test.ts
+++ b/test/outbound-request-compartment.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe("outbound credential request compartmentalization", () => {
     },
   );
 
-  it("derives the effective request from Request input plus RequestInit overrides", () => {
+  it("does not treat null RequestInit body as clearing an inherited Request body", () => {
     const unsafeInput = new Request(discoveryUrl, {
       method: "POST",
       headers: { authorization: "Bearer sensitive" },
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("outbound credential request compartmentalization", () => {
       method: "GET",
       headers: {},
       body: null,
-    })).toBe(true);
+    })).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("allows public bodyless GitHub GETs and only the two reviewed App-JWT operations", () => {