diff --git a/pyrit/scenario/core/scenario.py b/pyrit/scenario/core/scenario.py
index abef3f5431..9b7cc6b82d 100644
--- a/pyrit/scenario/core/scenario.py
+++ b/pyrit/scenario/core/scenario.py
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ def _apply_persisted_objectives(self, *, stored_result: ScenarioResult) -> None:
         the **full, deterministic** dataset (sampling is bypassed on the resume branch of
         ``initialize_async``), so restricting each atomic attack's seed_groups to the
         persisted set here reconstructs exactly the objectives the first run committed to.
+        Per-objective atomic attacks outside that subset are removed before scheduling.
         If any persisted hash is no longer present in the dataset, refuse to resume — that
         now signals the dataset itself genuinely changed, not a random resample drift.
 
@@ -726,8 +727,11 @@ def _apply_persisted_objectives(self, *, stored_result: ScenarioResult) -> None:
 
         persisted_hashes: set[str] = set(persisted)
         retained: set[str] = set()
+        retained_attacks: list[AtomicAttack] = []
         for aa in self._atomic_attacks:
             retained |= aa.keep_seed_groups_with_hashes(hashes=persisted_hashes)
+            if aa.seed_groups:
+                retained_attacks.append(aa)
 
         missing = persisted_hashes - retained
         if missing:
@@ -739,6 +743,8 @@ def _apply_persisted_objectives(self, *, stored_result: ScenarioResult) -> None:
                 f"Either restore the missing objectives or drop scenario_result_id to start a new scenario."
             )
 
+        self._atomic_attacks = retained_attacks
+
     def _build_baseline_atomic_attack(self, *, seed_groups: list[AttackSeedGroup]) -> AtomicAttack:
         """
         Build the baseline AtomicAttack from pre-resolved seed groups.
@@ -946,8 +952,8 @@ async def _resolve_seed_groups_by_dataset_async(
         reuses the same population for every atomic attack and the baseline — so sampling
         under ``max_dataset_size`` stays consistent across all of them.
 
-        Override to inject seeds from an alternate source or to filter the resolved groups
-        before attacks are built.
+        Override to inject seeds from an alternate source (e.g. deprecated ``objectives``)
+        or to filter the resolved groups before attacks are built.
 
         Args:
             apply_sampling (bool): When True (default), apply ``max_dataset_size`` sampling.
diff --git a/tests/unit/scenario/core/test_scenario.py b/tests/unit/scenario/core/test_scenario.py
index 8bf9b368ae..6c3aa53411 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scenario/core/test_scenario.py
+++ b/tests/unit/scenario/core/test_scenario.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     ScenarioResult,
 )
 from pyrit.scenario.core import AtomicAttack, BaselineAttackPolicy, Scenario, ScenarioTechnique
+from pyrit.scenario.core.scenario_context import ScenarioContext
 from pyrit.score import Scorer
 from tests.unit.mocks import make_scenario_identifier, make_scenario_result
 
@@ -1072,6 +1073,19 @@ async def _build_atomic_attacks_async(self, *, context):
                 )
             ]
 
+    class _PerObjectiveScenario(ConcreteScenarioWithTrueFalseScorer):
+        async def _build_atomic_attacks_async(self, *, context: ScenarioContext) -> list[AtomicAttack]:
+            from pyrit.scenario.core.attack_technique import AttackTechnique
+
+            return [
+                AtomicAttack(
+                    atomic_attack_name=f"strategy-{index}",
+                    attack_technique=AttackTechnique(attack=MagicMock()),
+                    seed_groups=[seed_group],
+                )
+                for index, seed_group in enumerate(context.seed_groups)
+            ]
+
     def _make_config(self):
         from pyrit.models import SeedGroup, SeedObjective
 
@@ -1140,6 +1154,44 @@ def _sample_last_k(population, k):
         assert set(strategy.objectives) == persisted_objectives
         assert set(baseline.objectives) == persisted_objectives
 
+    async def test_resume_discards_per_objective_attacks_outside_persisted_subset(self, mock_objective_target):
+        def _sample_first_k(population, k):
+            return list(population)[:k]
+
+        with patch(
+            "pyrit.scenario.core.dataset_configuration.random.sample",
+            side_effect=_sample_first_k,
+        ):
+            scenario = self._PerObjectiveScenario(name="Per-objective resume", version=1)
+            scenario.set_params_from_args(
+                args={
+                    "objective_target": mock_objective_target,
+                    "scenario_strategies": None,
+                    "dataset_config": self._make_config(),
+                }
+            )
+            await scenario.initialize_async()
+
+        original_id = scenario._scenario_result_id
+        assert original_id is not None
+
+        resumed = self._PerObjectiveScenario(
+            name="Per-objective resume",
+            version=1,
+            scenario_result_id=original_id,
+        )
+        resumed.set_params_from_args(
+            args={
+                "objective_target": mock_objective_target,
+                "scenario_strategies": None,
+                "dataset_config": self._make_config(),
+            }
+        )
+        await resumed.initialize_async()
+
+        assert len(resumed._atomic_attacks) == 4
+        assert all(atomic_attack.seed_groups for atomic_attack in resumed._atomic_attacks)
+
     async def test_fresh_run_still_samples(self, mock_objective_target):
         """The resume bypass must not disable sampling for a normal (non-resume) run."""
         config = self._make_config()