diff --git a/internal/runner/runner.go b/internal/runner/runner.go
index 510f1faac..fb9ce7484 100644
--- a/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -802,6 +802,11 @@ func (r *Runner) RunEnumeration() error {
 	if err := store.Load(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// Each template is parsed once per scan, so the compiled cache only holds
+	// pre-compilation snapshots that nothing reads after loading.
+	if parser, ok := r.parser.(*templates.Parser); ok {
+		parser.PurgeCompiled()
+	}
 	if profiles != nil {
 		profiles.Prepare(slices.Concat(store.Templates(), store.Workflows()))
 		executorOpts.TargetScope = profiles
diff --git a/pkg/templates/compile.go b/pkg/templates/compile.go
index dffeb29fb..59c8855ce 100644
--- a/pkg/templates/compile.go
+++ b/pkg/templates/compile.go
@@ -231,25 +231,23 @@ func parseFromSource(filePath string, preprocessor Preprocessor, options *protoc
 	}
 
 	template.Path = filePath
-	if !options.DoNotCache {
-		if cacheableTemplate == nil {
-			cacheableTemplate = template
-		}
+	if !options.DoNotCache && cacheableTemplate != nil {
 		parser.compiledTemplatesCache.StoreWithoutRaw(filePath, cacheSafeCompiledTemplate(cacheableTemplate), err)
 	}
 
 	return template, nil
 }
 
-// cacheSafeCompiledTemplate removes execution-scoped state before storing a
-// compiled template in the shared cache.
+// cacheSafeCompiledTemplate removes execution-scoped state from the
+// pre-compilation snapshot before storing it in the shared cache. Its requests
+// are uncompiled clones that every cache hit clones and compiles again, so they
+// carry no options of their own.
 func cacheSafeCompiledTemplate(template *Template) *Template {
 	tplCopy := *template
 	tplCopy.Executer = nil
 	tplCopy.CompiledWorkflow = nil
 	tplCopy.Workflows = cloneWorkflowDefinitions(template.Workflows)
 	tplCopy.Options = cacheSafeExecutorOptions(template.Options)
-	updateRequestOptions(&tplCopy)
 
 	return &tplCopy
 }
diff --git a/pkg/templates/compile_test.go b/pkg/templates/compile_test.go
index e9d30aa3a..2b4c58238 100644
--- a/pkg/templates/compile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/templates/compile_test.go
@@ -741,8 +741,7 @@ func TestParseCompiledCacheDoesNotRetainExecutionOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Nil(t, cached.Options.Catalog)
 	require.Nil(t, cached.Options.AuthProvider)
 	require.Empty(t, cached.Options.TemporaryDirectory)
-	require.Nil(t, cached.RequestsHTTP[0].Options().Output)
-	require.Nil(t, cached.RequestsHTTP[0].Options().RateLimiter)
+	require.Nil(t, cached.RequestsHTTP[0].Options())
 
 	secondOutput := testutils.NewMockOutputWriter(firstOptions.Options.OmitTemplate)
 	secondOptions := executerOpts.Copy()