diff --git a/.changeset/fix-base-commit-sha-local-main.md b/.changeset/fix-base-commit-sha-local-main.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adc5e98796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-base-commit-sha-local-main.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+Fix in-review tasks showing other tasks' files in the "files changed" list. `baseCommitSha` was captured as `merge-base(HEAD, origin/main)` at task start, but task branches fork from local main — when local main was ahead by merged-but-unpushed task commits, the recorded base rewound past them, and after the post-merge rebase-and-push rewrote their SHAs the diff range permanently swept the predecessors' files into the new task's diff. The capture now measures against local main first (origin/main as fallback), matching the contamination-base sites.
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/base-commit-capture.real-git.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/base-commit-capture.real-git.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45ca1641f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/base-commit-capture.real-git.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { execSync, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha } from "../base-commit-capture.js";
+
+const hasGit = spawnSync("git", ["--version"], { stdio: "pipe" }).status === 0;
+const describeIfGit = hasGit ? describe : describe.skip;
+
+function git(repo: string, command: string): string {
+  return execSync(command, { cwd: repo, encoding: "utf-8", stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"] }).trim();
+}
+
+describeIfGit("resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha real-git scenarios", { timeout: 30_000 }, () => {
+  const dirs: string[] = [];
+  afterEach(() => {
+    for (const dir of dirs.splice(0)) rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  function tmp(prefix: string): string {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), prefix));
+    dirs.push(dir);
+    return dir;
+  }
+
+  function originFixture(): string {
+    const origin = tmp("fusion-base-capture-origin-");
+    git(origin, "git init -b main");
+    git(origin, 'git config user.email "test@example.com"');
+    git(origin, 'git config user.name "Test User"');
+    writeFileSync(join(origin, "README.md"), "init\n");
+    git(origin, "git add README.md && git commit -m 'init'");
+    return origin;
+  }
+
+  function cloneFixture(origin: string): string {
+    const clone = tmp("fusion-base-capture-clone-");
+    git(clone, `git clone ${JSON.stringify(origin)} .`);
+    git(clone, 'git config user.email "test@example.com"');
+    git(clone, 'git config user.name "Test User"');
+    return clone;
+  }
+
+  it("captures the local-main fork point when local main is ahead of origin/main (unpushed merges)", async () => {
+    // Models the FN-5937 regression: the merger lands other tasks' commits on
+    // LOCAL main first; new task branches fork from that tip before the
+    // rebase-and-push rewrites those SHAs. Capturing merge-base against
+    // origin/main rewinds past the unpushed merges, so the dashboard diff
+    // (baseCommitSha..HEAD) later surfaces the predecessors' files as this
+    // task's "files changed".
+    const origin = originFixture();
+    const clone = cloneFixture(origin);
+
+    // Local main advances by a merged-but-unpushed predecessor task commit.
+    writeFileSync(join(clone, "predecessor.txt"), "FN-5936 work\n");
+    git(clone, "git add predecessor.txt && git commit -m 'FN-5936: predecessor task'");
+    const localMainTip = git(clone, "git rev-parse HEAD");
+
+    // New task branch forks from local main (prepareForTask behavior).
+    git(clone, "git checkout -B fusion/fn-5937-test main");
+
+    const captured = await resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha(clone);
+    expect(captured).toBe(localMainTip);
+  });
+
+  it("captures the merge-base with main for a branch with its own commits", async () => {
+    const origin = originFixture();
+    const clone = cloneFixture(origin);
+    const forkPoint = git(clone, "git rev-parse HEAD");
+
+    git(clone, "git checkout -B fusion/fn-100-test main");
+    writeFileSync(join(clone, "feature.txt"), "feature\n");
+    git(clone, "git add feature.txt && git commit -m 'FN-100: feature'");
+
+    const captured = await resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha(clone);
+    expect(captured).toBe(forkPoint);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to origin/main when no local main branch exists", async () => {
+    const origin = originFixture();
+    const clone = cloneFixture(origin);
+    const originMainSha = git(clone, "git rev-parse origin/main");
+
+    // Detach and delete local main so only origin/main can resolve.
+    git(clone, "git checkout --detach origin/main");
+    git(clone, "git branch -D main");
+    git(clone, "git checkout -B fusion/fn-200-test");
+
+    const captured = await resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha(clone);
+    expect(captured).toBe(originMainSha);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to HEAD when neither main nor origin/main resolves", async () => {
+    const repo = tmp("fusion-base-capture-nomain-");
+    git(repo, "git init -b trunk");
+    git(repo, 'git config user.email "test@example.com"');
+    git(repo, 'git config user.name "Test User"');
+    writeFileSync(join(repo, "README.md"), "init\n");
+    git(repo, "git add README.md && git commit -m 'init'");
+    const head = git(repo, "git rev-parse HEAD");
+
+    const captured = await resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha(repo);
+    expect(captured).toBe(head);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/base-commit-capture.ts b/packages/engine/src/base-commit-capture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c449a97558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/engine/src/base-commit-capture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { exec } from "node:child_process";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+
+const execAsync = promisify(exec);
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the fork-point base SHA for a freshly acquired task worktree.
+ *
+ * Called immediately after worktree acquisition, when the task branch was
+ * just created/force-reset from the local integration branch
+ * (`prepareForTask` forks from local `main` via `resolveIntegrationBranch`).
+ *
+ * The merge-base MUST be measured against LOCAL main first (origin/main only
+ * as a fallback), matching the contamination-base sites in
+ * `worktree-acquisition.ts` and `auto-recovery-handlers/branch-worktree.ts`.
+ * The merger lands tasks on local main before pushing, so at fork time local
+ * main can be ahead of origin/main by merged-but-unpushed commits. Measuring
+ * against origin/main rewinds the base past those commits; once the
+ * post-merge rebase-and-push rewrites their SHAs, `baseCommitSha..HEAD`
+ * permanently sweeps the predecessors' files into this task's diff (FN-5937:
+ * in-review tasks showing 31 "files changed" instead of 12).
+ *
+ * Returns `undefined` only when every git invocation fails (caller treats a
+ * missing base as non-fatal).
+ */
+export async function resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha(
+  worktreePath: string,
+  logger?: { warn: (msg: string) => void },
+): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  let baseCommitSha: string | undefined;
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execAsync(
+      "git merge-base HEAD main 2>/dev/null || git merge-base HEAD origin/main",
+      { cwd: worktreePath, encoding: "utf-8" },
+    );
+    baseCommitSha = stdout.trim() || undefined;
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    const errorMessage = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+    logger?.warn(`merge-base failed, falling back to HEAD: ${errorMessage}`);
+  }
+
+  if (!baseCommitSha) {
+    try {
+      const { stdout } = await execAsync("git rev-parse HEAD", {
+        cwd: worktreePath,
+        encoding: "utf-8",
+      });
+      baseCommitSha = stdout.trim() || undefined;
+    } catch {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return baseCommitSha;
+}
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/executor.ts b/packages/engine/src/executor.ts
index a46088fe13..e5d4ab4579 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/executor.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/executor.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ import type { PluginRunner } from "./plugin-runner.js";
 import { isContextLimitError } from "./context-limit-detector.js";
 import { StepSessionExecutor } from "./step-session-executor.js";
 import { acquireTaskWorktree } from "./worktree-acquisition.js";
+import { resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha } from "./base-commit-capture.js";
 import { installTaskWorktreeIdentityGuard } from "./worktree-hooks.js";
 import {
   resolveAgentInstructions,
@@ -7559,24 +7560,11 @@ ${failureFeedback}
         }
       }
 
-      let baseCommitSha: string | undefined;
-      try {
-        const { stdout } = await execAsync(
-          "git merge-base HEAD origin/main 2>/dev/null || git merge-base HEAD main",
-          { cwd: worktreePath, encoding: "utf-8" },
-        );
-        baseCommitSha = stdout.trim() || undefined;
-      } catch (err: unknown) {
-        const errorMessage = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
-        executorLog.warn(`${task.id}: merge-base failed, falling back to HEAD: ${errorMessage}`);
-      }
-
+      const baseCommitSha = await resolveCapturedBaseCommitSha(worktreePath, {
+        warn: (msg) => executorLog.warn(`${task.id}: ${msg}`),
+      });
       if (!baseCommitSha) {
-        const { stdout } = await execAsync("git rev-parse HEAD", {
-          cwd: worktreePath,
-          encoding: "utf-8",
-        });
-        baseCommitSha = stdout.trim();
+        throw new Error("could not resolve base commit SHA");
       }
 
       await this.store.updateTask(task.id, { baseCommitSha });