diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index fc8188d24..a7b40f875 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -6871,67 +6871,60 @@ void call_q_unlock_release(call_q *calls) {
 }
 
 
-static struct call_checkpoint *checkpoint_find(call_t *call, struct call_monologue *a,
-		struct call_monologue *b)
-{
-	for (struct call_checkpoint *cp = call->checkpoints; cp; cp = cp->next) {
-		if ((cp->offerer == a && cp->answerer == b) || (cp->offerer == b && cp->answerer == a))
-			return cp;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static void checkpoint_clear_snapshot(struct call_checkpoint *cp) {
 	redis_snapshot_free(&cp->snapshot);
 	cp->pending = false;
 }
 
-void call_checkpoint_offer(call_t *call, struct call_monologue *offerer,
-		struct call_monologue *answerer, bool enable)
-{
-	struct call_checkpoint *cp = checkpoint_find(call, offerer, answerer);
-	if (!cp && !enable)
+static void checkpoint_offer_one(call_t *call, struct call_monologue *ml, bool enable) {
+	if (!ml)
 		return;
-	if (!cp) {
-		cp = g_new0(__typeof(*cp), 1);
-		cp->next = call->checkpoints;
-		call->checkpoints = cp;
+	if (!ml->checkpoint) {
+		if (!enable)
+			return;
+		ml->checkpoint = g_new0(__typeof(*ml->checkpoint), 1);
 	}
 	// consecutive offers belong to the same uncommitted exchange: keep the
 	// committed snapshot, or a later rollback restores a rejected offer
-	if (cp->pending)
+	if (ml->checkpoint->pending)
 		return;
-	checkpoint_clear_snapshot(cp);
-	cp->offerer = offerer;
-	cp->answerer = answerer;
-	cp->snapshot = redis_snapshot_encode(call, offerer, answerer);
-	cp->pending = true;
+	checkpoint_clear_snapshot(ml->checkpoint);
+	ml->checkpoint->snapshot = redis_snapshot_encode(call, ml);
+	ml->checkpoint->pending = true;
+}
+
+void call_checkpoint_offer(call_t *call, struct call_monologue *offerer,
+		struct call_monologue *answerer, bool enable)
+{
+	checkpoint_offer_one(call, offerer, enable);
+	checkpoint_offer_one(call, answerer, enable);
+}
+
+static void checkpoint_commit_one(struct call_monologue *ml) {
+	if (ml && ml->checkpoint && ml->checkpoint->pending)
+		checkpoint_clear_snapshot(ml->checkpoint);
 }
 
 void call_checkpoint_answer(call_t *call, struct call_monologue *a, struct call_monologue *b) {
-	struct call_checkpoint *cp = checkpoint_find(call, a, b);
-	if (cp && cp->pending)
-		checkpoint_clear_snapshot(cp);
+	checkpoint_commit_one(a);
+	checkpoint_commit_one(b);
 }
 
 int call_checkpoint_rollback(call_t *call, struct call_monologue *a, struct call_monologue *b) {
-	struct call_checkpoint *cp = checkpoint_find(call, a, b);
-	if (!cp || !cp->pending)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!redis_snapshot_apply(call, &cp->snapshot, cp->offerer, cp->answerer))
+	if (!redis_snapshot_apply(call, a, b))
 		return 0;
 
-	checkpoint_clear_snapshot(cp);
 	call->last_signal_us = rtpe_now;
 	return 1;
 }
 
 void call_checkpoint_free_all(call_t *call) {
-	while (call->checkpoints) {
-		struct call_checkpoint *cp = call->checkpoints;
-		call->checkpoints = cp->next;
-		redis_snapshot_free(&cp->snapshot);
-		g_free(cp);
+	for (__auto_type l = call->monologues.head; l; l = l->next) {
+		struct call_monologue *ml = l->data;
+		if (!ml->checkpoint)
+			continue;
+		redis_snapshot_free(&ml->checkpoint->snapshot);
+		g_free(ml->checkpoint);
+		ml->checkpoint = NULL;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/daemon/redis.c b/daemon/redis.c
index 3aba11cb9..3141361a8 100644
--- a/daemon/redis.c
+++ b/daemon/redis.c
@@ -2147,23 +2147,17 @@ static int checkpoint_get_int(int64_t *out, const struct redis_hash *h, const ch
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int redis_restore_checkpoints(call_t *c, const struct redis_hash *call,
-		parser_arg root)
-{
-	int64_t num = 0;
-	if (checkpoint_get_int(&num, call, "num_checkpoints"))
-		return 0;	/* written by a version that had none: not an error */
-
-	for (int64_t i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+static int redis_restore_checkpoints(call_t *c, parser_arg root) {
+	for (__auto_type l = c->monologues.head; l; l = l->next) {
+		struct call_monologue *ml = l->data;
 		struct redis_hash rh;
-		if (json_get_hash(&rh, "checkpoint", (unsigned int) i, root))
-			return -1;
+		// absent for a call written by a version that had no checkpoints
+		if (json_get_hash(&rh, "checkpoint", ml->unique_id, root))
+			continue;
 
-		int64_t offerer = -1, answerer = -1, pending = 0;
+		int64_t pending = 0;
 		str snap = STR_NULL;
-		int bad = checkpoint_get_int(&offerer, &rh, "offerer")
-			|| checkpoint_get_int(&answerer, &rh, "answerer")
-			|| checkpoint_get_int(&pending, &rh, "pending");
+		int bad = checkpoint_get_int(&pending, &rh, "pending");
 		/* the hash owns its values; copy out before it's destroyed */
 		if (!bad) {
 			str stored;
@@ -2176,30 +2170,12 @@ static int redis_restore_checkpoints(call_t *c, const struct redis_hash *call,
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		struct call_monologue *a = NULL, *b = NULL;
-		for (__auto_type l = c->monologues.head; l; l = l->next) {
-			struct call_monologue *ml = l->data;
-			if (ml->unique_id == (unsigned int) offerer)
-				a = ml;
-			else if (ml->unique_id == (unsigned int) answerer)
-				b = ml;
-		}
-		if (!a || !b) {
-			str_free_dup(&snap);
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-
-		struct call_checkpoint *cp = g_new0(__typeof(*cp), 1);
-		cp->offerer = a;
-		cp->answerer = b;
-		cp->pending = pending && snap.len;
-		if (cp->pending)
-			cp->snapshot = snap;
+		ml->checkpoint = g_new0(__typeof(*ml->checkpoint), 1);
+		ml->checkpoint->pending = pending && snap.len;
+		if (ml->checkpoint->pending)
+			ml->checkpoint->snapshot = snap;
 		else
 			str_free_dup(&snap);
-		cp->next = c->checkpoints;
-		c->checkpoints = cp;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2208,6 +2184,7 @@ struct redis_parsed_record {
 	JsonParser *json;
 	bencode_buffer_t benc;
 	bool benc_valid;
+	const ng_parser_t *parser;
 };
 
 static const char *redis_parse_record(const str *record, parser_arg *root,
@@ -2225,7 +2202,7 @@ static const char *redis_parse_record(const str *record, parser_arg *root,
 		if (!json_root)
 			return "could not read JSON data";
 		root->json = json_root;
-		redis_parser = &ng_parser_json;
+		redis_parser = out->parser = &ng_parser_json;
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2238,7 +2215,7 @@ static const char *redis_parse_record(const str *record, parser_arg *root,
 		if (!benc_root)
 			return "failed to decode bencode dictionary";
 		root->benc = benc_root;
-		redis_parser = &ng_parser_native;
+		redis_parser = out->parser = &ng_parser_native;
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -2375,7 +2352,7 @@ static void json_restore_call(struct redis *r, const str *callid, bool foreign)
 	err = "failed to link maps";
 	if (json_link_maps(c, &maps, &sfds, root))
 		goto err8;
-	if (redis_restore_checkpoints(c, &call, root)) {
+	if (redis_restore_checkpoints(c, root)) {
 		/* auxiliary state: an unreadable payload disables rollback rather than
 		 * discarding an otherwise usable call */
 		call_checkpoint_free_all(c);
@@ -2712,9 +2689,10 @@ static str redis_encode_json(ng_parser_ctx_t *ctx, call_t *c, void **to_free,
 	parser_arg root = parser->dict(ctx);
 
 	{
-		parser_arg inner = parser->dict_add_dict(root, "json");
+		parser_arg inner = {0};
 
-		{
+		if (!scope) {
+			inner = parser->dict_add_dict(root, "json");
 			JSON_SET_SIMPLE("created","%" PRId64, c->created);
 			JSON_SET_SIMPLE("destroyed","%" PRId64, c->destroyed);
 			JSON_SET_SIMPLE("last_signal","%" PRId64, c->last_signal_us);
@@ -2730,13 +2708,6 @@ static str redis_encode_json(ng_parser_ctx_t *ctx, call_t *c, void **to_free,
 			JSON_SET_SIMPLE_STR("recording_metadata", &c->metadata);
 			JSON_SET_SIMPLE("block_dtmf","%i", c->block_dtmf);
 			JSON_SET_SIMPLE("call_flags", "%" PRIu64, atomic64_get_na(&c->call_flags));
-			unsigned int num_checkpoints = 0;
-			if (!scope) {
-				for (const struct call_checkpoint *cp = c->checkpoints; cp; cp = cp->next)
-					num_checkpoints++;
-				if (num_checkpoints)
-					JSON_SET_SIMPLE("num_checkpoints", "%u", num_checkpoints);
-			}
 
 			if (c->created_from.len)
 				JSON_SET_SIMPLE_STR("created_from", &c->created_from);
@@ -2752,22 +2723,21 @@ static str redis_encode_json(ng_parser_ctx_t *ctx, call_t *c, void **to_free,
 				JSON_SET_SIMPLE_STR("recording_random_tag", &c->recording_random_tag);
 		}
 
-		if (!scope) {
-			unsigned int ci = 0;
-			for (const struct call_checkpoint *cp = c->checkpoints; cp; cp = cp->next, ci++) {
-				snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "checkpoint-%u", ci);
-				inner = parser->dict_add_dict_dup(root, tmp);
-				JSON_SET_SIMPLE("offerer", "%u", cp->offerer->unique_id);
-				JSON_SET_SIMPLE("answerer", "%u", cp->answerer->unique_id);
-				JSON_SET_SIMPLE("pending", "%i", cp->pending ? 1 : 0);
-				if (cp->snapshot.len) {
-					/* nested as a string; heap buffer rather than a VLA, as escape() can
-					 * need up to 3x the input */
-					char *enc = g_malloc_n(cp->snapshot.len + 1, 3);
-					str encs = parser->escape(enc, cp->snapshot.s, cp->snapshot.len);
-					parser->dict_add_str_dup(inner, "snapshot", &encs);
-					g_free(enc);
-				}
+		for (__auto_type l = scope ? NULL : c->monologues.head; l; l = l->next) {
+			const struct call_monologue *ml = l->data;
+			if (!ml->checkpoint)
+				continue;
+			snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "checkpoint-%u", ml->unique_id);
+			inner = parser->dict_add_dict_dup(root, tmp);
+			JSON_SET_SIMPLE("pending", "%i", ml->checkpoint->pending ? 1 : 0);
+			if (ml->checkpoint->snapshot.len) {
+				/* nested as a string; heap buffer rather than a VLA, as escape() can
+				 * need up to 3x the input */
+				char *enc = g_malloc_n(ml->checkpoint->snapshot.len + 1, 3);
+				str encs = parser->escape(enc, ml->checkpoint->snapshot.s,
+						ml->checkpoint->snapshot.len);
+				parser->dict_add_str_dup(inner, "snapshot", &encs);
+				g_free(enc);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -3132,8 +3102,8 @@ static str redis_encode_json(ng_parser_ctx_t *ctx, call_t *c, void **to_free,
 }
 
 
-str redis_snapshot_encode(call_t *c, struct call_monologue *a, struct call_monologue *b) {
-	struct call_monologue *scope[2] = { a, b };
+str redis_snapshot_encode(call_t *c, struct call_monologue *ml) {
+	struct call_monologue *scope[2] = { ml, ml };
 	ng_parser_ctx_t ctx;
 	bencode_buffer_t bbuf;
 	// never leaves the daemon, so the format is ours to pick
@@ -3439,93 +3409,104 @@ static unsigned int snapshot_medias_len(struct call_monologue *ml, parser_arg ro
 	return n;
 }
 
-static void snapshot_apply_medias(call_t *c, struct call_monologue **mls, unsigned int n,
-		parser_arg root)
-{
-	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		if (!mls[i])
+static void snapshot_apply_medias(call_t *c, struct call_monologue *ml, parser_arg root) {
+	for (unsigned int j = 0; j < ml->medias->len; j++) {
+		struct call_media *m = ml->medias->pdata[j];
+		struct redis_hash rh;
+		if (!m || json_get_hash(&rh, "media", m->unique_id, root))
 			continue;
-		for (unsigned int j = 0; j < mls[i]->medias->len; j++) {
-			struct call_media *m = mls[i]->medias->pdata[j];
-			struct redis_hash rh;
-			if (!m || json_get_hash(&rh, "media", m->unique_id, root))
-				continue;
-			snapshot_apply_media(c, m, &rh, root);
-			redis_hash_destroy(&rh);
-		}
+		snapshot_apply_media(c, m, &rh, root);
+		redis_hash_destroy(&rh);
 	}
 }
 
-static void snapshot_apply_monologues(struct call_monologue **mls, unsigned int n,
-		parser_arg root)
-{
-	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		struct call_monologue *ml = mls[i];
-		if (!ml)
-			continue;
-		struct redis_hash rh;
-		if (!json_get_hash(&rh, "tag", ml->unique_id, root)) {
-			snapshot_apply_monologue(ml, &rh);
-			redis_hash_destroy(&rh);
-		}
-		unsigned int keep = snapshot_medias_len(ml, root);
-		for (unsigned int j = keep; j < ml->medias->len; j++)
-			call_media_stop(ml->medias->pdata[j]);
-		if (keep < ml->medias->len)
-			t_ptr_array_set_size(ml->medias, keep);
+static void snapshot_apply_monologues(struct call_monologue *ml, parser_arg root) {
+	struct redis_hash rh;
+	if (!json_get_hash(&rh, "tag", ml->unique_id, root)) {
+		snapshot_apply_monologue(ml, &rh);
+		redis_hash_destroy(&rh);
 	}
+	unsigned int keep = snapshot_medias_len(ml, root);
+	for (unsigned int j = keep; j < ml->medias->len; j++)
+		call_media_stop(ml->medias->pdata[j]);
+	if (keep < ml->medias->len)
+		t_ptr_array_set_size(ml->medias, keep);
 }
 
-static void snapshot_apply_streams(call_t *c, struct call_monologue **mls, unsigned int n,
-		parser_arg root)
-{
-	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		if (!mls[i])
+static void snapshot_apply_streams(call_t *c, struct call_monologue *ml, parser_arg root) {
+	for (unsigned int j = 0; j < ml->medias->len; j++) {
+		struct call_media *m = ml->medias->pdata[j];
+		if (!m)
 			continue;
-		for (unsigned int j = 0; j < mls[i]->medias->len; j++) {
-			struct call_media *m = mls[i]->medias->pdata[j];
-			if (!m)
+		for (__auto_type l = m->streams.head; l; l = l->next) {
+			struct packet_stream *ps = l->data;
+			struct redis_hash rh;
+			if (json_get_hash(&rh, "stream", ps->unique_id, root))
 				continue;
-			for (__auto_type l = m->streams.head; l; l = l->next) {
-				struct packet_stream *ps = l->data;
-				struct redis_hash rh;
-				if (json_get_hash(&rh, "stream", ps->unique_id, root))
-					continue;
-				snapshot_apply_stream(c, ps, &rh, root);
-				redis_hash_destroy(&rh);
-				__init_stream(ps);
-			}
+			snapshot_apply_stream(c, ps, &rh, root);
+			redis_hash_destroy(&rh);
+			__init_stream(ps);
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-bool redis_snapshot_apply(call_t *c, const str *snap, struct call_monologue *a,
-		struct call_monologue *b)
-{
-	if (!snap || !snap->len)
-		return false;
-
-	struct redis_parsed_record parsed = {0};
-	parser_arg root = {0};
+bool redis_snapshot_apply(call_t *c, struct call_monologue *a, struct call_monologue *b) {
+	struct call_monologue *mls[2] = { a, b };
+	struct redis_parsed_record parsed[2] = {0};
+	parser_arg root[2] = {0};
+	bool live[2] = { false, false };
 	bool ok = false;
 
-	if (redis_parse_record(snap, &root, &parsed))
-		goto out;
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(mls); i++) {
+		struct call_monologue *ml = mls[i];
+		if (!ml || !ml->checkpoint || !ml->checkpoint->pending)
+			continue;
+		if (!ml->checkpoint->snapshot.len)
+			continue;
+		if (redis_parse_record(&ml->checkpoint->snapshot, &root[i], &parsed[i]))
+			goto out;
+		live[i] = true;
+	}
 
+	if (!live[0] && !live[1])
+		goto out;
 
-	struct call_monologue *mls[2] = { a, b };
+	// order matters: monologues need the medias, subscriptions need the
+	// monologues, and initialising the streams needs both
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(mls); i++) {
+		if (!live[i])
+			continue;
+		redis_parser = parsed[i].parser;
+		snapshot_apply_medias(c, mls[i], root[i]);
+	}
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(mls); i++) {
+		if (!live[i])
+			continue;
+		redis_parser = parsed[i].parser;
+		snapshot_apply_monologues(mls[i], root[i]);
+	}
 
-	// order matters: monologues need the medias, subscriptions need the monologues,
-	// and initialising the streams needs both
-	snapshot_apply_medias(c, mls, G_N_ELEMENTS(mls), root);
-	snapshot_apply_monologues(mls, G_N_ELEMENTS(mls), root);
 	update_init_monologue_subscribers(a, OP_OFFER);
 	update_init_monologue_subscribers(b, OP_ANSWER);
-	snapshot_apply_streams(c, mls, G_N_ELEMENTS(mls), root);
+
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(mls); i++) {
+		if (!live[i])
+			continue;
+		redis_parser = parsed[i].parser;
+		snapshot_apply_streams(c, mls[i], root[i]);
+	}
+
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(mls); i++) {
+		if (!live[i])
+			continue;
+		redis_snapshot_free(&mls[i]->checkpoint->snapshot);
+		mls[i]->checkpoint->pending = false;
+	}
 	ok = true;
 
 out:
-	redis_parsed_record_free(&parsed);
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(mls); i++)
+		redis_parsed_record_free(&parsed[i]);
 	return ok;
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/ng_control_protocol.md b/docs/ng_control_protocol.md
index 5327dd270..c1a115018 100644
--- a/docs/ng_control_protocol.md
+++ b/docs/ng_control_protocol.md
@@ -1889,16 +1889,16 @@ contain:
 	NG messages.
 
 The successful response contains `rolled-back`, set to `1` if a pending
-checkpoint was restored or `0` if there was no matching pending checkpoint.
-Repeating a successful rollback is therefore safe and returns `rolled-back: 0`.
+checkpoint was restored or `0` if there was none outstanding. Repeating a
+successful rollback is therefore safe and returns `rolled-back: 0`.
 
-A dialogue holds at most one outstanding checkpoint. Offers that arrive before
-an exchange completes belong to the same uncommitted exchange and keep the
-existing snapshot, so a rollback returns to the last completed offer/answer
-rather than to an intermediate one. A signalling element should not therefore
-issue a new offer for a dialogue while a rollback for it is still in flight:
-the rollback restores the last completed state and the newer offer is undone
-with it.
+Each side of a dialogue holds at most one outstanding checkpoint. Offers that
+arrive before an exchange completes belong to the same uncommitted exchange and
+keep the existing snapshot, so a rollback returns to the last completed
+offer/answer rather than to an intermediate one. A signalling element should
+not therefore issue a new offer for a dialogue while a rollback for it is still
+in flight: the rollback restores the last completed state and the newer offer is
+undone with it.
 
 Rollback restores addresses and ports, codecs and payload mappings, transport
 profile, media direction, and SDES configuration including keys. ICE
@@ -1911,6 +1911,11 @@ State the rejected offer introduced is removed as well as overwritten. An offer
 that upgraded a media to DTLS-SRTP, for example, leaves behind no TLS ID,
 fingerprint or SRTP context once it has been rolled back.
 
+Where a call has been forked, the offering side is shared between the branches.
+Its checkpoint is taken once, before the first uncommitted offer, so rolling
+back one branch does not disturb what rolling back another has already
+restored.
+
 Sockets and endpoint maps allocated for a rejected offer are not released by a
 rollback. The media is returned to the sockets it was using, and the surplus is
 reclaimed with the call.
diff --git a/include/call.h b/include/call.h
index e692e749a..067437b57 100644
--- a/include/call.h
+++ b/include/call.h
@@ -669,6 +669,8 @@ struct call_monologue {
 	str moh_file;
 
 	atomic64		ml_flags;
+
+	struct call_checkpoint	*checkpoint;
 };
 
 TYPED_GHASHTABLE(str_ml_ht, str, struct call_monologue, str_hash, str_equal, NULL, NULL)
@@ -821,7 +823,6 @@ struct call {
 	atomic64		call_flags;
 	unsigned int		update_iter;
 	unsigned int media_rec_slots;
-	struct call_checkpoint *checkpoints;
 };
 
 
@@ -962,11 +963,8 @@ void call_media_unkernelize(struct call_media *media, const char *reason);
 void __monologue_unconfirm(struct call_monologue *monologue, const char *);
 void __media_unconfirm(struct call_media *media, const char *);
 __attribute__((nonnull(1)))
-/* one dialogue's state from before an offer, held as a call record snapshot */
+/* one monologue's state from before an offer, held as a call record snapshot */
 struct call_checkpoint {
-	struct call_checkpoint *next;
-	struct call_monologue *offerer;
-	struct call_monologue *answerer;
 	bool pending;
 	str snapshot;
 };
diff --git a/include/redis.h b/include/redis.h
index 753182f75..e4039e096 100644
--- a/include/redis.h
+++ b/include/redis.h
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ struct redis_list {
 	void **ptrs;
 };
 
-str redis_snapshot_encode(call_t *, struct call_monologue *, struct call_monologue *);
+str redis_snapshot_encode(call_t *, struct call_monologue *);
 void redis_snapshot_free(str *);
-bool redis_snapshot_apply(call_t *, const str *, struct call_monologue *, struct call_monologue *);
+bool redis_snapshot_apply(call_t *, struct call_monologue *, struct call_monologue *);
 
 int redis_encode_sdes_params(const ng_parser_t *, parser_arg, const char *, const sdes_q *);
 void redis_encode_dtls_fingerprint(const ng_parser_t *, parser_arg,
diff --git a/t/auto-daemon-tests-rollback-redis.pl b/t/auto-daemon-tests-rollback-redis.pl
index c8c669cc8..c6d7a3540 100644
--- a/t/auto-daemon-tests-rollback-redis.pl
+++ b/t/auto-daemon-tests-rollback-redis.pl
@@ -236,8 +236,9 @@ sub inspect_checkpoint {
 	my $decoded = decode_record($record);
 	my $checkpoint = $decoded->{'checkpoint-0'};
 	ok(defined $checkpoint, "$redis_format record contains a checkpoint");
-	is(field($decoded->{json}{num_checkpoints}), 1,
-		"$redis_format record contains one dialogue checkpoint");
+	# keyed on the monologue id, so both sides of the dialogue carry one
+	ok(defined $decoded->{'checkpoint-1'},
+		"$redis_format both monologues carry a checkpoint");
 	is(field($checkpoint->{pending}) ? 1 : 0, $expected_pending,
 		"$redis_format pending state serialized");
 	# The snapshot is a nested call record, so it is checked for presence rather
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ sub durable_fields {
 			my %call = %{$decoded->{$key}};
 			# Wall-clock and bookkeeping that moves on its own.
 			delete @call{qw(created created_us created_ts last_signal deleted
-				ml_deleted last_redis_update num_checkpoints num_sfds num_maps)};
+				ml_deleted last_redis_update num_sfds num_maps)};
 			$out{$key} = \%call;
 			next;
 		}
@@ -306,7 +307,8 @@ sub redis_rtpe_req {
 sub assert_record_without_checkpoint {
 	my ($record) = @_;
 	my $decoded = decode_record($record);
-	is(field($decoded->{json}{num_checkpoints}) // 0, 0,
+	my @checkpoints = grep { /^checkpoint-/ } keys %$decoded;
+	is(scalar(@checkpoints), 0,
 		"$redis_format invalid checkpoint is omitted from the restored call record");
 }
 
diff --git a/t/auto-daemon-tests-rollback.pl b/t/auto-daemon-tests-rollback.pl
index 5f827ec2d..7fe19868d 100644
--- a/t/auto-daemon-tests-rollback.pl
+++ b/t/auto-daemon-tests-rollback.pl
@@ -354,10 +354,17 @@ my $fork_a_repeat = rtpe_req('rollback', 'repeat rollback fork A', {
 	'from-tag' => $fork_from, 'to-tag' => $fork_a, 'via-branch' => 'fork-a',
 });
 is($fork_a_repeat->{'rolled-back'}, 0, 'fork A checkpoint was consumed');
+my $fork_committed = rtpe_req('query', 'fork state before second rollback', {});
 my $fork_b_rollback = rtpe_req('rollback', 'rollback fork B', {
 	'from-tag' => $fork_from, 'to-tag' => $fork_b, 'via-branch' => 'fork-b',
 });
 is($fork_b_rollback->{'rolled-back'}, 1, 'fork B checkpoint remains pending');
+# The caller monologue is shared between branches. Rolling back the second one
+# must not reinstate what rolling back the first one undid.
+my $fork_after = rtpe_req('query', 'fork state after both rollbacks', {});
+is_deeply($fork_after->{tags}{$fork_from}{medias},
+	$fork_committed->{tags}{$fork_from}{medias},
+	'rolling back the second fork leaves the caller alone');
 
 new_call;
 rtpe_req('offer', 'stress initial offer', {