diff --git a/docs/junit5.md b/docs/junit5.md
index 88d0b18..3f6da5b 100644
--- a/docs/junit5.md
+++ b/docs/junit5.md
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ class's single shared `Rift` client.
 Reset only touches imposters declared via `@RiftImposter`; imposters created ad hoc inside a test
 method (`rift.create(...)`) are the test's own responsibility to clean up.
 
+Clearing proxy responses removes what an imposter's proxy recorded: since rift 0.19.0 that includes
+the stubs the proxy recorded (those carrying `recordedFrom`), not only its saved responses, so a
+`record()` imposter re-reaches its upstream after every reset. The one exception is the
+[`@RiftGolden`](#golden-files-riftgolden) imposter, whose recorded stubs are the golden fixture:
+reset still clears its recorded requests and scenario state, but keeps its recorded stubs.
+
 ```java
 @RiftTest(reset = Reset.PER_CLASS)
 class SharedStateTest {
@@ -254,6 +260,10 @@ class UsersGoldenTest {
 - **file present → REPLAY**: the recorded stubs are loaded from `file` and served directly — no
   network, so CI (which has the committed golden file) never touches the origin.
 - `-Drift.golden=recapture` forces CAPTURE even when the file exists (refresh the recording).
+- The `Reset` policy never removes the golden imposter's recorded stubs, in either mode: CAPTURE
+  accumulates every test method's recordings into the one file, and REPLAY serves the file to every
+  test method. (Before rift-java 0.3.4, on rift 0.19.0+, a `PER_TEST` reset deleted them — REPLAY
+  served nothing and CAPTURE kept only the last method's traffic.)
 
 Commit the golden file. The persisted format is the engine's replayable imposter JSON — portable
 across the rift SDKs and loadable by `rift --configfile`. `@RiftGolden` targets the sole
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 107d103..a73d2a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 
     <!-- Pinned Rift engine release the natives + version preflight track (no leading 'v'). -->
-    <rift.engine.version>0.18.1</rift.engine.version>
+    <rift.engine.version>0.19.0</rift.engine.version>
 
     <!-- rift-java-bom's resolve-through-bom invoker IT is self-validation, not a prerequisite for
          the BOM artifact. It runs at integration-test (before install) and needs network to resolve
diff --git a/rift-java-conformance/README.md b/rift-java-conformance/README.md
index c9014d7..fd6376d 100644
--- a/rift-java-conformance/README.md
+++ b/rift-java-conformance/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ holding `manifest.json` and `corpus/`):
 ```bash
 # Download + extract the corpus for the pinned engine version, then:
 ./mvnw -pl rift-java-conformance -am test \
-  -Drift.corpus.root=/path/to/sdk-conformance-v0.18.1
+  -Drift.corpus.root=/path/to/sdk-conformance-v0.19.0
 ```
 
 Resolution order for the corpus: `-Drift.corpus.root` → `RIFT_CORPUS_ROOT` → `target/corpus`. When
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ cached on first use):
 
 ```bash
 RIFT_IT=1 ./mvnw -pl rift-java-conformance -am verify \
-  -Drift.corpus.root=/path/to/sdk-conformance-v0.18.1
+  -Drift.corpus.root=/path/to/sdk-conformance-v0.19.0
 ```
 
 Over the embedded transport (JDK 21 or 22+, with a `librift_ffi` for your platform):
 
 ```bash
 RIFT_IT=1 CONFORMANCE_TRANSPORT=EMBEDDED ./mvnw -pl rift-java-conformance -am verify \
-  -Drift.corpus.root=/path/to/sdk-conformance-v0.18.1 \
+  -Drift.corpus.root=/path/to/sdk-conformance-v0.19.0 \
   -Drift.ffi.lib=/path/to/librift_ffi-<platform>.<ext>
 ```
 
diff --git a/rift-java-core/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/Imposter.java b/rift-java-core/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/Imposter.java
index e78ffec..4398784 100644
--- a/rift-java-core/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/Imposter.java
+++ b/rift-java-core/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/Imposter.java
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ public interface Imposter {
      */
     void clearRecorded(MatchClause... filters);
 
+    /**
+     * Clears what this imposter's proxies have saved ({@code DELETE /imposters/{port}/savedProxyResponses}).
+     *
+     * <p>From rift 0.19.0 this also deletes every stub a proxy recorded (one carrying {@code
+     * recordedFrom}, e.g. from {@code predicateGenerators}), matching Mountebank; stubs you declared
+     * are kept. Through 0.18.x the recorded stubs survived the call.
+     */
     void clearProxyResponses();
 
     Scenarios scenarios();
diff --git a/rift-java-junit5/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftTestContext.java b/rift-java-junit5/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftTestContext.java
index 0a94007..deca903 100644
--- a/rift-java-junit5/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftTestContext.java
+++ b/rift-java-junit5/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftTestContext.java
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ final class RiftTestContext {
     private Recording goldenRecording;
     private Path goldenFile;
 
+    /**
+     * The {@code @RiftGolden} target, in CAPTURE or REPLAY; {@code null} without {@code @RiftGolden}.
+     * Its recorded stubs are the golden fixture, so {@link #resetConfiguredImposters()} leaves them.
+     */
+    private Imposter goldenImposter;
+
     /** Set only when {@code @RiftIntercept} is present; {@link #close()} closes it before the engine. */
     private Intercept intercept;
 
@@ -77,14 +83,22 @@ Intercept intercept() {
         return intercept;
     }
 
-    /** Resets every configured imposter: clears recorded requests, scenario state, and proxy responses. */
+    /**
+     * Resets every configured imposter: clears recorded requests, scenario state, and proxy responses
+     * — except the {@code @RiftGolden} imposter's proxy responses. Since rift 0.19.0, clearing proxy
+     * responses also deletes the stubs a proxy recorded ({@code recordedFrom}), which on the golden
+     * imposter are the fixture itself: the stubs REPLAY loaded from the file, and the stubs CAPTURE has
+     * recorded so far and will persist on class close.
+     */
     void resetConfiguredImposters() {
         for (Map.Entry<String, Imposter> entry : impostersByName.entrySet()) {
             Imposter imposter = entry.getValue();
             try {
                 imposter.clearRecorded();
                 imposter.scenarios().reset();
-                imposter.clearProxyResponses();
+                if (imposter != goldenImposter) {
+                    imposter.clearProxyResponses();
+                }
             } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("failed to reset imposter '" + entry.getKey()
                         + "'; configured imposters: " + impostersByName.keySet(), e);
@@ -92,6 +106,11 @@ void resetConfiguredImposters() {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Marks {@code imposter} as the {@code @RiftGolden} target, so resets keep its recorded stubs. */
+    void setGoldenImposter(Imposter imposter) {
+        this.goldenImposter = imposter;
+    }
+
     /** Records a golden CAPTURE in progress; {@link #close()} persists it to {@code file} before closing the engine. */
     void setGoldenCapture(Recording recording, Path file) {
         this.goldenRecording = recording;
diff --git a/rift-java-junit5/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftTestExtension.java b/rift-java-junit5/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftTestExtension.java
index 42b907c..7e1a80b 100644
--- a/rift-java-junit5/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftTestExtension.java
+++ b/rift-java-junit5/src/main/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftTestExtension.java
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ private static void applyGolden(Class<?> testClass, Map<String, Imposter> impost
             return;
         }
         Imposter imposter = goldenImposter(golden, impostersByName);
+        riftTestContext.setGoldenImposter(imposter);
         boolean recapture = "recapture".equals(System.getProperty("rift.golden"));
         Path file = Path.of(golden.file());
         if (Files.exists(file) && !recapture) {
diff --git a/rift-java-junit5/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/FakeRiftAdmin.java b/rift-java-junit5/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/FakeRiftAdmin.java
index cceb8cc..ab90b65 100644
--- a/rift-java-junit5/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/FakeRiftAdmin.java
+++ b/rift-java-junit5/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/FakeRiftAdmin.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static final class ImposterState {
         final int port;
         final List<String> savedRequests = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
         final AtomicInteger stubAdds = new AtomicInteger();
+        final AtomicInteger proxyResponseClears = new AtomicInteger();
 
         ImposterState(int port) {
             this.port = port;
@@ -126,6 +127,12 @@ private String route(String method, String path) {
                 }
                 return savedRequestsJson(state);
             }
+            if (path.endsWith("/savedProxyResponses") && method.equals("DELETE")) {
+                if (state != null) {
+                    state.proxyResponseClears.incrementAndGet();
+                }
+                return "{}";
+            }
             if (path.endsWith("/stubs") && method.equals("POST") && state != null) {
                 state.stubAdds.incrementAndGet();
                 return "{}";
diff --git a/rift-java-junit5/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftGoldenUnitTest.java b/rift-java-junit5/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftGoldenUnitTest.java
index 52c8ab1..ca01647 100644
--- a/rift-java-junit5/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftGoldenUnitTest.java
+++ b/rift-java-junit5/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/junit5/RiftGoldenUnitTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.github.achirdlabs.rift.junit5;
 
+import io.github.achirdlabs.rift.Imposter;
 import io.github.achirdlabs.rift.dsl.ImposterSpec;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.platform.engine.TestExecutionResult;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 import static io.github.achirdlabs.rift.dsl.RiftDsl.imposter;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.platform.engine.discovery.DiscoverySelectors.selectClass;
 import static org.junit.platform.testkit.engine.EngineTestKit.engine;
@@ -38,6 +40,25 @@ void unknownGoldenImposterNameFailsClearly() {
         assertFailureContains(UnknownImposterFixture.class, "nope");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Since rift 0.19.0 {@code DELETE savedProxyResponses} also deletes the stubs a proxy recorded
+     * ({@code recordedFrom}) — on the golden imposter, the fixture itself. The PER_TEST reset must
+     * therefore leave the golden imposter's proxy responses alone, while still clearing the others'.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void perTestResetKeepsTheGoldenImpostersRecordedStubs() throws Exception {
+        Path file = Path.of("target/rift-golden-unit/one-stub.json");
+        Files.createDirectories(file.getParent());
+        Files.writeString(file, "{\"stubs\":[{\"predicates\":[{\"equals\":{\"path\":\"/u/1\"}}],"
+                + "\"responses\":[{\"is\":{\"statusCode\":200}}],\"recordedFrom\":\"http://origin\"}]}");
+        engine("junit-jupiter").selectors(selectClass(ReplayResetFixture.class)).execute()
+                .testEvents().assertStatistics(stats -> stats.started(2).succeeded(2).failed(0));
+        assertEquals(0, ADMIN.state(ReplayResetFixture.goldenPort).proxyResponseClears.get(),
+                "the golden imposter's recorded stubs survive the PER_TEST reset");
+        assertEquals(2, ADMIN.state(ReplayResetFixture.otherPort).proxyResponseClears.get(),
+                "a non-golden imposter's proxy responses are still cleared before each test");
+    }
+
     private static void assertFailureContains(Class<?> fixture, String expected) {
         Events containers = engine("junit-jupiter").selectors(selectClass(fixture)).execute().containerEvents();
         String message = containers.failed().stream()
@@ -68,4 +89,33 @@ static class UnknownImposterFixture {
         void unreached() {
         }
     }
+
+    @RiftTest(transport = Transport.CONNECT, adminUri = "${rift.golden.unit.admin}")
+    @RiftGolden(origin = "http://unused", file = "target/rift-golden-unit/one-stub.json", imposter = "users")
+    static class ReplayResetFixture {
+        static volatile int goldenPort;
+        static volatile int otherPort;
+
+        @RiftImposter
+        static ImposterSpec users = imposter("users").record();
+
+        @RiftImposter
+        static ImposterSpec other = imposter("other").record();
+
+        @InjectImposter("users")
+        Imposter usersImposter;
+
+        @InjectImposter("other")
+        Imposter otherImposter;
+
+        @Test
+        void first() {
+            goldenPort = usersImposter.port();
+            otherPort = otherImposter.port();
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void second() {
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rift-java-testcontainers/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/testcontainers/RiftContainerTest.java b/rift-java-testcontainers/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/testcontainers/RiftContainerTest.java
index 6cc02f8..e4a13d5 100644
--- a/rift-java-testcontainers/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/testcontainers/RiftContainerTest.java
+++ b/rift-java-testcontainers/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/testcontainers/RiftContainerTest.java
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ class RiftContainerTest {
     @Test
     void defaultImageUsesPinnedEngineVersion() {
         // AC4: single-sourced from the <rift.engine.version> property via resource filtering.
-        assertEquals("0.18.1", RiftContainer.ENGINE_VERSION, "engine version resolved from filtered resource");
+        assertEquals("0.19.0", RiftContainer.ENGINE_VERSION, "engine version resolved from filtered resource");
         try (RiftContainer container = new RiftContainer()) {
-            assertEquals("zainalpour/rift-proxy:v0.18.1", container.configuredImageName());
+            assertEquals("zainalpour/rift-proxy:v0.19.0", container.configuredImageName());
         }
     }
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void rejectsUpstreamTrustOnAnImageOlderThan018() {
     @Test
     void acceptsUpstreamTrustOnA018ImageOrAnUnversionedTag() {
         // A tag that is not a version (latest, a digest, a custom build) cannot be checked, so it is let through.
-        for (String image : new String[] {"zainalpour/rift-proxy:v0.18.1", "zainalpour/rift-proxy:0.19.1",
+        for (String image : new String[] {"zainalpour/rift-proxy:v0.19.0", "zainalpour/rift-proxy:0.19.1",
                 "zainalpour/rift-proxy:latest", "acme/rift:nightly"}) {
             try (RiftContainer container = new RiftContainer(DockerImageName.parse(image))) {
                 container.withUpstreamTrust(new UpstreamTrust.SkipVerify());
diff --git a/rift-java-testcontainers/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/testcontainers/RiftGoldenIT.java b/rift-java-testcontainers/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/testcontainers/RiftGoldenIT.java
index e2eafdb..f9b03d4 100644
--- a/rift-java-testcontainers/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/testcontainers/RiftGoldenIT.java
+++ b/rift-java-testcontainers/src/test/java/io/github/achirdlabs/rift/testcontainers/RiftGoldenIT.java
@@ -57,21 +57,25 @@ void goldenCaptureThenReplay() throws Exception {
         // The upstream lives in the same engine; the golden imposter proxies to it via container localhost.
         try (Rift client = RIFT.client()) {
             client.create(imposter("upstream").port(4700)
-                    .stub(onGet("/u/1").willReturn(okJson("{\"id\":1,\"src\":\"upstream\"}"))));
+                    .stub(onGet("/u/1").willReturn(okJson("{\"id\":1,\"src\":\"upstream\"}")))
+                    .stub(onGet("/u/2").willReturn(okJson("{\"id\":2,\"src\":\"upstream\"}"))));
         }
 
-        // CAPTURE — file absent: the fixture's test drives traffic through the golden imposter, which
-        // proxies to the upstream and records it; the golden file is persisted on class close.
+        // CAPTURE — file absent: the fixture's two tests drive traffic through the golden imposter, which
+        // proxies to the upstream and records it; the golden file is persisted on class close. Two tests
+        // prove the PER_TEST reset between them keeps the first test's recording (rift >= 0.19.0 deletes
+        // recorded stubs on DELETE savedProxyResponses, so the reset must spare the golden imposter).
         engine("junit-jupiter").selectors(selectClass(CaptureFixture.class)).execute()
-                .testEvents().assertStatistics(stats -> stats.started(1).succeeded(1).failed(0));
+                .testEvents().assertStatistics(stats -> stats.started(2).succeeded(2).failed(0));
         assertTrue(Files.exists(Path.of(GOLDEN_FILE)), "CAPTURE wrote the golden file");
 
         // Free port 4545 and delete the upstream so REPLAY starts clean with the origin genuinely gone.
         clearAllImposters();
 
-        // REPLAY — file present, upstream gone: served from the file. Green proves no network was touched.
+        // REPLAY — file present, upstream gone: served from the file. Green proves no network was touched,
+        // and the second test proves the PER_TEST reset kept the replayed stubs.
         engine("junit-jupiter").selectors(selectClass(ReplayFixture.class)).execute()
-                .testEvents().assertStatistics(stats -> stats.started(1).succeeded(1).failed(0));
+                .testEvents().assertStatistics(stats -> stats.started(2).succeeded(2).failed(0));
     }
 
     private static void clearAllImposters() throws Exception {
@@ -79,13 +83,19 @@ private static void clearAllImposters() throws Exception {
                 HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.discarding());
     }
 
-    private static HttpResponse<String> hitUsers() throws Exception {
+    private static HttpResponse<String> hitUser(int id) throws Exception {
         String base = System.getProperty("rift.golden.users.url");
         return HTTP.send(
-                HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(base + "/u/1")).timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5)).GET().build(),
+                HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(base + "/u/" + id)).timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5)).GET().build(),
                 HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
     }
 
+    private static void assertServed(HttpResponse<String> response, int id, String what) {
+        assertEquals(200, response.statusCode(), what + ": " + response.body());
+        assertTrue(response.body().contains("\"id\":" + id) && response.body().contains("\"src\":\"upstream\""),
+                what + ": " + response.body());
+    }
+
     @RiftTest(transport = Transport.CONNECT, adminUri = "${rift.golden.admin}")
     @RiftGolden(origin = "http://localhost:4700", file = GOLDEN_FILE)
     static class CaptureFixture {
@@ -96,10 +106,13 @@ static class CaptureFixture {
         Imposter usersImposter;
 
         @Test
-        void recordsThroughTheProxy() throws Exception {
-            HttpResponse<String> response = hitUsers();
-            assertEquals(200, response.statusCode());
-            assertTrue(response.body().contains("\"src\":\"upstream\""), "captured upstream body: " + response.body());
+        void recordsUserOneThroughTheProxy() throws Exception {
+            assertServed(hitUser(1), 1, "captured upstream body");
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void recordsUserTwoThroughTheProxy() throws Exception {
+            assertServed(hitUser(2), 2, "captured upstream body");
         }
     }
 
@@ -113,10 +126,13 @@ static class ReplayFixture {
         Imposter usersImposter;
 
         @Test
-        void servesFromTheGoldenFileWithoutNetwork() throws Exception {
-            HttpResponse<String> response = hitUsers();
-            assertEquals(200, response.statusCode());
-            assertTrue(response.body().contains("\"src\":\"upstream\""), "replayed body from file: " + response.body());
+        void servesUserOneFromTheGoldenFileWithoutNetwork() throws Exception {
+            assertServed(hitUser(1), 1, "replayed body from file");
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void servesUserTwoFromTheGoldenFileWithoutNetwork() throws Exception {
+            assertServed(hitUser(2), 2, "replayed body from file");
         }
     }
 }