diff --git a/changelog.d/7934-stream-tee-buffered-hop.md b/changelog.d/7934-stream-tee-buffered-hop.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f8d3beb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7934-stream-tee-buffered-hop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+**A buffered tee source no longer pays the cold-pull two-hop cadence.**
+`ReadableStream.tee` on an already-buffered source delivered its first chunk
+one observable microtask late (`t2` where node lands `t1`), because the
+buffered case rode the cold/pull-driven pipeline calibrated in #6657. The two
+cases are now distinguished: pre-buffered sources deliver through the normal
+queued fanout reaction (one job), empty cold sources keep their two-hop
+demand cadence. `test_gap_stream_tee_tick_parity` leaves the known-failure
+ratchet with it. (Fragment added at merge; full analysis in the PR body.)
diff --git a/crates/perry-stdlib/src/streams/tee.rs b/crates/perry-stdlib/src/streams/tee.rs
index 69f090d507..654d1e7d5c 100644
--- a/crates/perry-stdlib/src/streams/tee.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-stdlib/src/streams/tee.rs
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ pub(super) unsafe fn tee_schedule_pull(source: usize) {
 }
 
 /// Demand-initiated pull entry — a branch read parked against an empty branch
-/// queue (`maybe_pull` routing). On a COLD pipeline Node pays TWO microtask
-/// hops before that read resolves: the `sourceReader.read()` promise
+/// queue (`maybe_pull` routing). On a COLD, UNBUFFERED pipeline Node pays TWO
+/// microtask hops before that read resolves: the `sourceReader.read()` promise
 /// resolution plus the `.then(fanout)` reaction (streamsuite first-delivery
 /// cadence: node's first chunk lands after t2, Perry's landed after t1 — the
 /// one-hop-short residual behind the Next.js RSC Flight row-reorder). Once
@@ -291,6 +291,23 @@ pub(super) unsafe fn tee_schedule_pull_demand(source: usize) {
         tee_schedule_pull(source);
         return;
     }
+    // A source that was already buffered before `tee()` is not a cold pull
+    // pipeline: `sourceReader.read()` can consume its first chunk immediately,
+    // so Node pays only the queued fanout/reaction cycle. Sending that case
+    // through `tee_demand_hop` added a third observable promise generation
+    // (test_gap_stream_tee_tick_parity: first delivery after t2 instead of
+    // Node's t1). Keep the extra cold-start hop only for an empty source whose
+    // producer still has to run; that is the Flight cadence #6657 calibrated.
+    let has_buffered_chunk = READABLE_STREAMS
+        .lock()
+        .unwrap()
+        .get(&source)
+        .map(|s| !s.chunks.is_empty())
+        .unwrap_or(false);
+    if has_buffered_chunk {
+        tee_schedule_pull(source);
+        return;
+    }
     if !TEE_PULLING.lock().unwrap().insert(source) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/crates/perry-stdlib/src/streams/tests.rs b/crates/perry-stdlib/src/streams/tests.rs
index b25936081b..0c56b119f2 100644
--- a/crates/perry-stdlib/src/streams/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-stdlib/src/streams/tests.rs
@@ -299,3 +299,42 @@ fn pipe_through_rejects_locked_endpoints_before_starting() {
         Some("The options.signal property must be an AbortSignal")
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn buffered_tee_demand_skips_only_the_cold_source_hop() {
+    let _serial = serial_guard();
+    // Keep this assertion about jobs scheduled by the calls below, not work
+    // left behind by an earlier stream test on the same worker thread.
+    perry_runtime::promise::js_promise_run_microtasks();
+
+    let buffered = alloc_readable(0, 0, 0, 1.0);
+    READABLE_STREAMS
+        .lock()
+        .unwrap()
+        .get_mut(&buffered)
+        .unwrap()
+        .push_chunk(TAG_UNDEFINED, 1.0);
+    unsafe {
+        tee::tee_schedule_pull_demand(buffered);
+    }
+    let buffered_jobs = perry_runtime::promise::js_promise_run_microtasks();
+
+    let empty = alloc_readable(0, 0, 0, 1.0);
+    unsafe {
+        tee::tee_schedule_pull_demand(empty);
+    }
+    let empty_jobs = perry_runtime::promise::js_promise_run_microtasks();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        buffered_jobs, 1,
+        "a pre-buffered source needs only the fanout reaction job"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        empty_jobs, 2,
+        "an empty cold source must retain the Flight-calibrated demand hop"
+    );
+
+    let mut streams = READABLE_STREAMS.lock().unwrap();
+    streams.remove(&buffered);
+    streams.remove(&empty);
+}
diff --git a/test-parity/gap_snapshot.json b/test-parity/gap_snapshot.json
index 75298ca52d..4ddc53e9b8 100644
--- a/test-parity/gap_snapshot.json
+++ b/test-parity/gap_snapshot.json
@@ -108,13 +108,6 @@
       "category": "ci-env",
       "reason": "node exits non-zero: cannot resolve the 'slugify' npm import without node_modules, so the oracle never runs and the test verifies nothing. Same class as test_ramda_sum. Was invisible under the old gate, which dropped node_fail from the denominator; needs a CI-side fixture (#1634)."
     },
-    "test_gap_stream_tee_tick_parity": {
-      "status": "parity_fail",
-      "issue": "6477",
-      "added": "2026-07-20",
-      "category": "bug-open",
-      "reason": "Web Streams tee cold-start fires one extra microtask tick before the first branch read on a pre-buffered+closed source (t2 vs Node's t1). Delicate cadence calibration (post-#6657 tee/pipe tick parity); a naive fix risks the Next.js Flight byte-parity #6657 tuned. Deferred to the streams pull-ordering work in #6477."
-    },
     "test_gap_v8_2_3680plus": {
       "status": "parity_fail",
       "issue": "3680",
diff --git a/test-parity/known_failures.json b/test-parity/known_failures.json
index 65f574f6a3..5c2c22ee67 100644
--- a/test-parity/known_failures.json
+++ b/test-parity/known_failures.json
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@
     "category": "bug-stale",
     "reason": "RE-TRIAGE: tracking issue #3088 is CLOSED but this still fails (audited 2026-08-07, #7582) — needs a new issue. node:perf_hooks cluster (#3088/#3008/#3010/#3011) module-inventory gap."
   },
-  "test_gap_stream_tee_tick_parity": {
-    "issue": "6477",
-    "added": "2026-07-20",
-    "category": "bug-open",
-    "reason": "Re-verified still failing 2026-08-07 (#7582 audit); #6477 is the one tracking issue in this file that is still OPEN. Web Streams tee cold-start fires one extra microtask tick before the first branch read on a pre-buffered+closed source (t2 vs Node's t1). Delicate cadence calibration (post-#6657 tee/pipe tick parity); a naive fix risks the Next.js Flight byte-parity #6657 tuned. Deferred to the streams pull-ordering work in #6477."
-  },
   "test_gap_v8_2_3680plus": {
     "issue": "3680",
     "added": "2026-07-04",