diff --git a/scripts/kpi-gate.mjs b/scripts/kpi-gate.mjs
index 983858e96..90a82779b 100644
--- a/scripts/kpi-gate.mjs
+++ b/scripts/kpi-gate.mjs
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ async function loadProductionProvenance(path, expectedLogPath) {
   const sourceKind = String(parsed.sourceKind ?? "");
   const sourceId = typeof parsed.sourceId === "string" ? parsed.sourceId : "";
   const sourceMethod = typeof parsed.sourceMethod === "string" ? parsed.sourceMethod : "";
+  const provenanceLogPath = parsed.logPath ?? null;
   const collectedAt = typeof parsed.collectedAt === "string" ? parsed.collectedAt : "";
   const records = parsed.records;
   const logSha256 = typeof parsed.logSha256 === "string" ? parsed.logSha256 : "";
@@ -375,6 +376,12 @@ async function loadProductionProvenance(path, expectedLogPath) {
       reason: "KPI provenance sourceMethod must be one of the reviewed collection methods: log-url or tail-command.",
     };
   }
+  if (provenanceLogPath !== null && provenanceLogPath !== expectedLogPath) {
+    return {
+      pass: false,
+      reason: "KPI provenance logPath must exactly identify the production log being verified when present.",
+    };
+  }
   const collectedAtMs = Date.parse(collectedAt);
   if (
     !collectedAt
@@ -426,7 +433,7 @@ async function loadProductionProvenance(path, expectedLogPath) {
       sourceId,
       collectedAt,
       records,
-      logPath: parsed.logPath ?? null,
+      logPath: provenanceLogPath,
       sourceMethod,
       logSha256,
       logBytes,
diff --git a/test/kpi-provenance-log-path-identity.test.ts b/test/kpi-provenance-log-path-identity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3f0252d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/kpi-provenance-log-path-identity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join, resolve } from "node:path";
+
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const originalEnvironment = { ...process.env };
+const originalArgv = [...process.argv];
+
+class ExitSignal extends Error {
+  constructor(readonly code: number) {
+    super(`EXIT:${code}`);
+  }
+}
+
+function restoreProcessState() {
+  for (const key of Object.keys(process.env)) {
+    if (!(key in originalEnvironment)) delete process.env[key];
+  }
+  Object.assign(process.env, originalEnvironment);
+  process.argv.splice(0, process.argv.length, ...originalArgv);
+}
+
+function writeThirtyDayLog(path: string) {
+  const records = [
+    {
+      event: "http_request",
+      route: "/exchange",
+      status_code: 200,
+      latency_ms: 120,
+      timestamp: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    },
+    {
+      event: "http_request",
+      route: "/exchange",
+      status_code: 200,
+      latency_ms: 150,
+      timestamp: "2026-07-01T03:00:00.000Z",
+    },
+  ];
+  const bytes = Buffer.from(`${records.map((record) => JSON.stringify(record)).join("\n")}\n`);
+  writeFileSync(path, bytes);
+  return {
+    logSha256: createHash("sha256").update(bytes).digest("hex"),
+    logBytes: bytes.byteLength,
+  };
+}
+
+async function runStrictGate(logPath: string, provenancePath: string, evidencePath: string) {
+  restoreProcessState();
+  Object.assign(process.env, {
+    NOEMA_KPI_PROVENANCE_PATH: provenancePath,
+    NOEMA_KPI_EVIDENCE_PATH: evidencePath,
+    NOEMA_KPI_STRICT: "1",
+    NOEMA_KPI_REQUIRE_WINDOW_DAYS: "30",
+  });
+  process.argv.splice(
+    0,
+    process.argv.length,
+    originalArgv[0] ?? process.execPath,
+    resolve(process.cwd(), "scripts/kpi-gate.mjs"),
+    logPath,
+  );
+
+  vi.resetModules();
+  const logs: string[] = [];
+  const logSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "log").mockImplementation((...values: unknown[]) => {
+    logs.push(values.map(String).join(" "));
+  });
+  const errorSpy = vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
+  const exitSpy = vi.spyOn(process, "exit").mockImplementation(((code?: number) => {
+    throw new ExitSignal(code ?? 0);
+  }) as never);
+
+  let exitCode: number | null = null;
+  try {
+    await import("../scripts/kpi-gate.mjs");
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof ExitSignal) exitCode = error.code;
+    else throw error;
+  } finally {
+    exitSpy.mockRestore();
+    logSpy.mockRestore();
+    errorSpy.mockRestore();
+    restoreProcessState();
+  }
+  return { exitCode, logs };
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  restoreProcessState();
+});
+
+describe("strict KPI provenance log path identity", () => {
+  it("rejects provenance that claims a different logPath from the bytes being verified", async () => {
+    const directory = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "noema-kpi-log-path-identity-"));
+    try {
+      const logPath = join(directory, "exchange-30d.ndjson");
+      const provenancePath = `${logPath}.provenance.json`;
+      const evidencePath = join(directory, "evidence.json");
+      const identity = writeThirtyDayLog(logPath);
+      writeFileSync(
+        provenancePath,
+        `${JSON.stringify({
+          sourceKind: "production",
+          sourceId: "cloudflare-logpush:noema-production",
+          sourceMethod: "log-url",
+          logPath: join(directory, "different-production-log.ndjson"),
+          records: 2,
+          collectedAt: "2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z",
+          ...identity,
+        }, null, 2)}\n`,
+      );
+
+      const result = await runStrictGate(logPath, provenancePath, evidencePath);
+
+      expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.logs.join("\n")).toContain(
+        "KPI provenance logPath must exactly identify the production log being verified",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});