diff --git a/src/google/adk/events/_rewind_events.py b/src/google/adk/events/_rewind_events.py
index 0ef2d9037c8..d324a3f3687 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/events/_rewind_events.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/events/_rewind_events.py
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ def _apply_rewinds(events: list[Event]) -> list[Event]:
       rewind_idx = first_idx_by_inv.get(
           event.actions.rewind_before_invocation_id
       )
-      if rewind_idx is not None and rewind_idx < i:
+      if rewind_idx is None:
+        # Target is not in `events` — either an unknown id, or the list was
+        # truncated by GetSessionConfig.num_recent_events / after_timestamp
+        # so the target fell outside the window. Everything earlier in this
+        # list belongs to the rewound span; stop so those events stay out.
+        break
+      if rewind_idx < i:
         i = rewind_idx
     else:
       kept.append(event)
diff --git a/tests/unittests/events/test_rewind_events.py b/tests/unittests/events/test_rewind_events.py
index 1fd98629665..1f2ee0d0b0a 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/events/test_rewind_events.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/events/test_rewind_events.py
@@ -108,10 +108,28 @@ def test_get_active_events_rewind_target_not_found():
   )
 
   events = [event_a, rewind_event]
+  # Target missing from the list (unknown id or truncated window): drop
+  # every earlier event so rewound turns cannot leak into a prompt.
+  assert get_active_events(events) == []
+
+
+def test_get_active_events_rewind_target_outside_window():
+  """num_recent_events can omit the rewind target; later turns must still drop."""
+  event_b = _make_event("inv-2", "user")
+  event_b_ok = _make_event("inv-2", "agent")
+  rewind_event = _make_event(
+      "inv-rewind", "user", rewind_before_invocation_id="inv-1"
+  )
+  event_c = _make_event("inv-3", "user")
+  event_c_ok = _make_event("inv-3", "agent")
+
+  # Window starts at inv-2; inv-1 (the rewind target) is not loaded.
+  events = [event_b, event_b_ok, rewind_event, event_c, event_c_ok]
   result = get_active_events(events)
 
-  assert len(result) == 1
-  assert result[0] is event_a
+  assert len(result) == 2
+  assert result[0] is event_c
+  assert result[1] is event_c_ok
 
 
 def test_get_active_events_preserves_chronological_order():