diff --git a/docs/shell-integration.md b/docs/shell-integration.md
index db34e47c1108..a2cef0cc433a 100644
--- a/docs/shell-integration.md
+++ b/docs/shell-integration.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export CMUX_NO_GIT_WATCH=1
 The shell applies it when the next cmux prompt hook runs. An already-running
 command or child watcher has its previous environment until the shell regains
 control; this is not an immediate process-wide stop. At that prompt, the
-integration stops its tracked Git job and legacy PR loop, and zsh also stops its
+integration stops its tracked Git job, and zsh also stops its legacy PR loop and
 HEAD watcher. It does not discover or reap detached watchers from other sessions.
 
 For new panes, add the same export to the startup file your interactive shell
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ Updates resume through the normal prompt/command hooks.
 | --- | --- |
 | Prompt-time HEAD inspection and branch refresh | Disabled in both shells, including after `cd`, a branch change, or a Git command. No new async branch-report job is started. |
 | HEAD watching during a foreground command | Disabled in zsh. Bash has no equivalent active foreground HEAD loop in the current integration. |
-| Legacy per-shell PR polling | Startup is blocked in both shells. Current prompt/command hooks already do **not** start this poller, even with the flag unset; retained helper definitions are not evidence of active polling. |
+| Legacy per-shell PR polling | Bash no longer has this poller. In zsh, startup is blocked; current prompt/command hooks already do **not** start it, even with the flag unset, and retained helper definitions are not evidence of active polling. |
 | Shell branch/PR badge messages | Suppresses `report_git_branch`, `clear_git_branch`, HEAD-change `clear_pr`, and prompt-time `report_pr_action` hints after successful `gh pr` commands. It does not send a one-time clear to hide existing badges. |
-| Shell PR caches and force signals | Cleanup still runs at prompts: existing per-panel `/tmp/cmux-pr-cache-<panel>.*` cache files and the PR force signal are removed, and pending action hints are discarded. Bash also removes its action-hint file. This is local cleanup, not a GitHub refresh or invalidation of the app's cache. |
+| Shell PR caches and force signals | zsh still cleans up at prompts: existing per-panel `/tmp/cmux-pr-cache-<panel>.*` cache files and the PR force signal are removed. Bash no longer writes these files and leaves any that an older integration wrote. Both shells discard pending action hints, and bash also removes its action-hint file. This is local cleanup, not a GitHub refresh or invalidation of the app's cache. |
 | Git active-CWD marker | A fresh disabled shell does not create this temporary file. A marker created before enabling the flag may still be updated until shell-exit cleanup. |
 | Other shell integration | CWD and TTY reporting, prompt/running activity messages, port-scan kicks, keyboard-protocol resets, terminal history, startup/PATH integration, and agent wrappers remain enabled. Commands such as `git` and `gh` still run normally. |
 | App-owned metadata and watchers | Unchanged. The app can independently update branch/dirty/PR badges and poll GitHub; other panes and restored metadata can also supply badge state. |
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ python3 tests/test_shell_no_git_watch.py
 
 It sources the shipped [zsh](../Resources/shell-integration/cmux-zsh-integration.zsh)
 and [bash](../Resources/shell-integration/cmux-bash-integration.bash) integrations
-in isolated shells, checks disabled reports and watcher startup, cache cleanup,
+in isolated shells, checks disabled reports and watcher startup, zsh cache cleanup,
 preserved messages, literal-value semantics, and re-enabling reports. It replaces
 message delivery and the watcher process-creation boundary; it does not measure
 production launch rates or exercise the app's metadata services.
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ production launch rates or exercise the app's metadata services.
 This support contract complements the watcher repairs rather than implementing
 them: [#15066](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/issues/15066) /
 [#6032](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/pull/6032) cover zsh fork-free waits,
-[#15067](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/issues/15067) covers bash churn and
-app-level ownership, [#10926](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/issues/10926)
-tracks orphan lifecycle problems, and
-[#2924](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/pull/2924) removes dead per-shell PR
-polling code. Those fixes are still needed; this mitigation does not replace them.
+[#10926](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/issues/10926) tracked orphan lifecycle
+problems, and [#2924](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/pull/2924) removes dead
+per-shell PR polling code. [#15075](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/pull/15075)
+already removed bash's PR poller for
+[#15067](https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/issues/15067). The open fixes are
+still needed; this mitigation does not replace them.
diff --git a/tests/test_shell_no_git_watch.py b/tests/test_shell_no_git_watch.py
index 1df66885360e..dcf6c0277675 100644
--- a/tests/test_shell_no_git_watch.py
+++ b/tests/test_shell_no_git_watch.py
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@ def test_disabled_prompt_command_and_head_change(self):
 cd "$HOME"
 _test_prompt
 _cmux_report_git_branch_for_path "$PWD"
-for file in "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.branch" "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.repo" \
-    "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.result" "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.timestamp" \
-    "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.no-pr-branch" "$CMUX_TEST_FORCE"; do
-    [[ -e "$file" ]] && _cmux_send CACHE_REMAINS
-done
+# Bash no longer writes PR caches (#15075) and leaves files from older
+# integrations alone instead of checking for them at every prompt.
+if [[ -n "${ZSH_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+    for file in "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.branch" "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.repo" \
+        "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.result" "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.timestamp" \
+        "$CMUX_TEST_CACHE.no-pr-branch" "$CMUX_TEST_FORCE"; do
+        [[ -e "$file" ]] && _cmux_send CACHE_REMAINS
+    done
+fi
 [[ -n "$_CMUX_GIT_ACTIVE_PWD_FILE" ]] && _cmux_send ACTIVE_PWD_CREATED
 [[ -n "$_CMUX_GIT_JOB_PID" ]] && _cmux_send GIT_JOB_STARTED
 [[ -n "$_CMUX_GIT_HEAD_PATH$_CMUX_GIT_HEAD_SIGNATURE" ]] && _cmux_send HEAD_TRACKED
@@ -174,9 +178,10 @@ def test_next_prompt_stops_tracked_jobs(self):
                 # group so the PR-loop group kill cannot touch the test runner.
                 jobs = {}
                 try:
-                    names = ["_CMUX_GIT_JOB_PID", "_CMUX_PR_POLL_PID"]
+                    names = ["_CMUX_GIT_JOB_PID"]
                     if shell == "zsh":
-                        names.append("_CMUX_GIT_HEAD_WATCH_PID")
+                        # Bash has no HEAD watcher, and #15075 removed its PR poller.
+                        names += ["_CMUX_PR_POLL_PID", "_CMUX_GIT_HEAD_WATCH_PID"]
                     for name in names:
                         jobs[name] = subprocess.Popen(["/bin/sleep", "60"], start_new_session=True)
                     # Observe only prompt-time shutdown. zsh's normal exit hook