diff --git a/pkg/proxies/cargo/cache.go b/pkg/proxies/cargo/cache.go
index 92ea148..d87cd87 100644
--- a/pkg/proxies/cargo/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/proxies/cargo/cache.go
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func parseCrateDownloadPath(urlPath string) (name, version string, ok bool) {
 // environment variables are silently ignored (verified against cargo stable:
 // with the env vars set, cargo still reported "Updating crates.io index").
 // Hence a generated file rather than an env var.
-func containerConfigTOML(base string) string {
+func containerConfigTOML(base, goos string) string {
 	base = strings.TrimRight(base, "/")
 	return `# Generated by ephemerd. Do NOT edit — regenerated on every daemon start.
 #
@@ -336,9 +336,7 @@ replace-with = "ephemerd"
 [source.ephemerd]
 registry = "sparse+` + base + indexRoute + `/"
 
-[net]
-retry = 3
-`
+` + netTOML(goos)
 }
 
 // inertConfigTOML renders the config the proxy installs when it has withdrawn
@@ -350,8 +348,8 @@ retry = 3
 // destination is a directory Cargo searches — leaving a stale caching config
 // behind, or a partial one, is what would break builds.
 //
-// [net] retry is kept: it is useful on its own and costs nothing.
-func inertConfigTOML() string {
+// The [net] table is kept: nothing in it depends on the cache.
+func inertConfigTOML(goos string) string {
 	return `# Generated by ephemerd. Do NOT edit — regenerated on every daemon start.
 #
 # ephemerd's Cargo pull-through cache is NOT in use right now: the daemon's
@@ -364,9 +362,28 @@ func inertConfigTOML() string {
 # for a dead replacement source (unlike Go's GOPROXY="…|direct"), so when the
 # cache cannot be trusted the only safe configuration is none at all.
 
-[net]
-retry = 3
-`
+` + netTOML(goos)
+}
+
+// netTOML renders the [net] table shared by the caching and inert configs.
+//
+// Git dependencies never touch the cache: Cargo fetches them straight from
+// their host. Its built-in libgit2 fetch has no stall detection that works
+// once TLS is up — ephpm job 119658796412 (ducks, 2026-10-22) sat 13 minutes,
+// then 5½ more, on a silent github.com connection before libgit2 reported
+// "SSL error: syscall failure": 19 minutes of a 25 minute job.
+// git-fetch-with-cli hands the fetch to the git binary, which honours
+// GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT/TIME (set by EnvVars) and abandons a stalled
+// transfer in seconds, so Cargo's retry gets a fresh connection.
+//
+// Not on Windows: the Windows runner images ship no git binary, and with
+// git-fetch-with-cli set Cargo fails outright when it cannot run git.
+func netTOML(goos string) string {
+	s := "[net]\nretry = 3\n"
+	if goos != "windows" {
+		s += "git-fetch-with-cli = true\n"
+	}
+	return s
 }
 
 // containerConfigDest is the container path the generated .cargo directory is
diff --git a/pkg/proxies/cargo/cache_test.go b/pkg/proxies/cargo/cache_test.go
index 9c00de4..cd8257a 100644
--- a/pkg/proxies/cargo/cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxies/cargo/cache_test.go
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func TestParseCrateDownloadPath(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestContainerConfigTOML(t *testing.T) {
-	got := containerConfigTOML("http://10.88.0.1:8083/")
+	got := containerConfigTOML("http://10.88.0.1:8083/", "linux")
 
 	// Source replacement is the whole point — without both halves Cargo
 	// silently keeps using crates.io.
diff --git a/pkg/proxies/cargo/cargoproxy.go b/pkg/proxies/cargo/cargoproxy.go
index 3391946..80e958f 100644
--- a/pkg/proxies/cargo/cargoproxy.go
+++ b/pkg/proxies/cargo/cargoproxy.go
@@ -332,10 +332,20 @@ func (p *Proxy) advertiseBase() string {
 //
 // Only rustup is configured here. Cargo's registry redirect cannot be done
 // with environment variables (see Mounts).
+//
+// The GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED pair makes git give up on a transfer that moves
+// under 1 KB/s for 30 seconds. It is what bounds the git-dependency fetches
+// Cargo runs through the git binary (see netTOML); without it git, like
+// libgit2, waits on a dead connection indefinitely. Real fetches never run
+// that slowly, so actions/checkout and other git users lose nothing.
 func (p *Proxy) EnvVars() []string {
-	return []string{
+	env := []string{
 		"RUSTUP_DIST_SERVER=" + p.advertiseBase() + rustupRoute,
 	}
+	if p.containerOS() != "windows" {
+		env = append(env, "GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT=1000", "GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME=30")
+	}
+	return env
 }
 
 // Mounts returns the read-only bind mount that carries the generated Cargo
@@ -386,9 +396,9 @@ func (p *Proxy) writeContainerConfigLocked(active bool) error {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("creating cargo conf dir %q: %w", dir, err)
 	}
-	body := containerConfigTOML(p.advertiseBase())
+	body := containerConfigTOML(p.advertiseBase(), p.containerOS())
 	if !active {
-		body = inertConfigTOML()
+		body = inertConfigTOML(p.containerOS())
 	}
 	target := filepath.Join(dir, "config.toml")
 	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, ".config-*.toml")
diff --git a/pkg/proxies/cargo/cargoproxy_test.go b/pkg/proxies/cargo/cargoproxy_test.go
index 987a090..9f2a7cd 100644
--- a/pkg/proxies/cargo/cargoproxy_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxies/cargo/cargoproxy_test.go
@@ -695,12 +695,42 @@ func TestEnvVars_PointRustupAtTheProxy(t *testing.T) {
 	p, _ := newTestProxy(t, up, nil)
 
 	env := p.EnvVars()
-	if len(env) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("EnvVars() = %v, want exactly the rustup dist server", env)
+	want := []string{
+		"RUSTUP_DIST_SERVER=" + p.advertiseBase() + "/rustup",
+		"GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT=1000",
+		"GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME=30",
+	}
+	if strings.Join(env, "\n") != strings.Join(want, "\n") {
+		t.Errorf("EnvVars() = %v, want %v", env, want)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNetTOML_GitFetchBounded: git dependencies bypass the cache, so the
+// only thing that stops a stalled GitHub fetch from eating a whole job is
+// handing it to the git CLI (bounded by GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_*). Both configs
+// carry it — the inert one is what is live exactly when the network is bad.
+// Windows images have no git binary, so there it must stay off.
+func TestNetTOML_GitFetchBounded(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, goos := range []string{"linux", "darwin"} {
+		for name, cfg := range map[string]string{
+			"caching": containerConfigTOML("http://10.88.0.1:8083", goos),
+			"inert":   inertConfigTOML(goos),
+		} {
+			if !strings.Contains(cfg, "git-fetch-with-cli = true") {
+				t.Errorf("%s/%s config lacks git-fetch-with-cli:\n%s", goos, name, cfg)
+			}
+			if !strings.Contains(cfg, "retry = 3") {
+				t.Errorf("%s/%s config lost net.retry:\n%s", goos, name, cfg)
+			}
+		}
 	}
-	want := "RUSTUP_DIST_SERVER=" + p.advertiseBase() + "/rustup"
-	if env[0] != want {
-		t.Errorf("EnvVars()[0] = %q, want %q", env[0], want)
+	for name, cfg := range map[string]string{
+		"caching": containerConfigTOML("http://10.88.0.1:8083", "windows"),
+		"inert":   inertConfigTOML("windows"),
+	} {
+		if strings.Contains(cfg, "git-fetch-with-cli") {
+			t.Errorf("windows/%s config sets git-fetch-with-cli, but Windows images have no git:\n%s", name, cfg)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
index c0b1a5a..1a52c12 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -2003,6 +2003,12 @@ func (s *Scheduler) handleLocalJob(ctx context.Context, event providers.JobEvent
 				JITConfig:  claim.RunnerConfig,
 				Env:        claim.Env,
 				Entrypoint: claim.Entrypoint,
+				// Provider+Repo scope the job's dind image cache. Without
+				// them dind.CacheNamespace returns "" and every `docker
+				// pull` in the job goes to the registry: ducks pulled
+				// mysql:8.0 78 times in 3 days before these were passed.
+				Provider: providerName(event),
+				Repo:     event.Repo,
 			})
 			return cerr
 		})