diff --git a/.github/workflows/sbom-generation.yml b/.github/workflows/sbom-generation.yml
index b62f0b3d3..b56a261be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sbom-generation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sbom-generation.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,19 @@
 # NOTE: contents: write is required for release-asset upload and for the
 # dependency submission API. Fork PR heads run without write and simply skip
 # those side effects; the artifact is still produced.
+#
+# NOTE on the push trigger: it exists so the DEFAULT BRANCH has a dependency
+# snapshot. dependency-review compares base...head in the dependency graph; with
+# PR-only runs the base commit never has one, so every comparison reports "the
+# number of snapshots compared for the base SHA (0) and the head SHA (1) do not
+# match" and the whole dependency set reads as newly added. That re-flags
+# pre-existing vulnerabilities on every PR instead of only the ones the PR adds.
+# Snapshotting pushes to the default branch gives the comparison a real base.
 name: SBOM Generation
 
 on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master, develop]
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review, closed]
     branches: [main, master, develop]
@@ -29,7 +39,10 @@ on:
     types: [published]
 
 concurrency:
-  group: sbom-generation-${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name || github.repository }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.release.tag_name || github.ref }}
+  # Final fallback is the SHA, not the ref, so two pushes landing close together
+  # do not cancel each other: a cancelled push run leaves that commit without a
+  # snapshot, which is exactly the base-side gap this trigger exists to close.
+  group: sbom-generation-${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name || github.repository }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.event.release.tag_name || github.sha }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/tests/test_sbom_generation_push_contract.py b/tests/test_sbom_generation_push_contract.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..011be9737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_sbom_generation_push_contract.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""Contracts for default-branch dependency snapshot generation."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+WORKFLOW = Path(".github/workflows/sbom-generation.yml")
+
+
+def _workflow_text() -> str:
+    """Return the centrally versioned SBOM workflow as UTF-8 text."""
+
+    return WORKFLOW.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def test_sbom_workflow_snapshots_supported_default_branch_pushes() -> None:
+    """Default-branch commits must receive dependency graph snapshots."""
+
+    workflow = _workflow_text()
+
+    assert "on:\n  push:\n    branches: [main, master, develop]\n" in workflow
+    assert "  pull_request:\n" in workflow
+    assert "  release:\n" in workflow
+    assert "dependency-snapshot: true" in workflow
+
+
+def test_sbom_push_concurrency_is_bound_to_the_commit_sha() -> None:
+    """A later default-branch push must not cancel another commit's snapshot."""
+
+    workflow = _workflow_text()
+    group_line = next(
+        line.strip() for line in workflow.splitlines() if line.strip().startswith("group:")
+    )
+
+    assert "github.event.release.tag_name || github.sha" in group_line
+    assert "github.event.release.tag_name || github.ref" not in group_line
+
+
+def test_sbom_job_conditions_keep_push_runs_active_and_closed_prs_inert() -> None:
+    """Pushes run the snapshot job while closed-PR events only cancel stale work."""
+
+    workflow = _workflow_text()
+
+    assert (
+        "if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action == 'closed'"
+        in workflow
+    )
+    assert (
+        "if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.action != 'closed'"
+        in workflow
+    )
+    assert "generate-sbom:\n" in workflow
+    assert "      contents: write\n" in workflow