diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.response_endpoints.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.response_endpoints.test.ts
index 425653e6f5..016666db1c 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.response_endpoints.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticAnalysis.response_endpoints.test.ts
@@ -57,3 +57,38 @@ it("leaves a response replaced by a non-request value without an endpoint", () =
     `),
   ).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ method: "json", endpoint: null })]);
 });
+
+it.each([
+  [
+    "ordered",
+    `async function load() { const res = await fetch("https://example.invalid/api"); return res.json(); }`,
+    "https://example.invalid/api",
+  ],
+  [
+    "parameter-replaced-before",
+    `async function load(res) { res = await fetch("https://example.invalid/api"); return res.json(); }`,
+    "https://example.invalid/api",
+  ],
+  [
+    "parameter-conditional",
+    `async function load(res, maybe) { if (maybe) res = await fetch("https://example.invalid/api"); return res.json(); }`,
+    null,
+  ],
+  [
+    "parameter-later",
+    `async function load(res) { const value = await res.json(); res = await fetch("https://example.invalid/api"); return value; }`,
+    null,
+  ],
+  [
+    "multiple-requests",
+    `async function load(maybe) { let res = await fetch("https://example.invalid/a"); if (maybe) res = await fetch("https://example.invalid/b"); return res.json(); }`,
+    null,
+  ],
+] as const)(
+  "keeps a response endpoint only when its request reaches the read: %s",
+  (_name, source, endpoint) => {
+    expect(responses(source)).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ method: "json", endpoint }),
+    ]);
+  },
+);
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticDataEffects.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticDataEffects.ts
index e3d670cf56..a98ed5d729 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticDataEffects.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptSemanticDataEffects.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ import {
   recordSemanticValueLimit,
   resolveSemanticBindingState,
   semanticResolutionBlocked,
+  semanticStableInitializer,
   type JavaScriptSemanticAnalysisState,
+  type JavaScriptSemanticBindingState,
 } from "./javascriptSemanticState.js";
+import { semanticBindingAtRead } from "./javascriptSemanticMutationInitializers.js";
 import {
   builtinDataEffectMethod as builtinMethod,
   dataEffectArgumentBindingId as argumentBindingId,
@@ -242,6 +245,21 @@ const collectRequests = (
   return output;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Any other write (assignment, update, loop or destructuring target) can
+ * replace the response before this read. A sole write that can be skipped or
+ * runs after the read leaves an incoming value possible.
+ */
+const soleWriteReachesRead = (
+  binding: JavaScriptSemanticBindingState | undefined,
+  read: t.Node,
+  context: TraversalContext,
+): boolean =>
+  binding?.initializers.length === 1 &&
+  (semanticStableInitializer(binding, context.state) !== undefined ||
+    semanticBindingAtRead(binding, read, context.state.parentsByNode)
+      .hasDefiniteInitializer);
+
 const collectResponseConsumers = (
   program: t.Program,
   context: TraversalContext,
@@ -290,9 +308,7 @@ const collectResponseConsumers = (
       )
         ? linked[0]
         : undefined;
-    // Any other write (assignment, update, loop or destructuring target) can
-    // replace the response before this read, so its endpoint stays unknown.
-    const soleWrite = binding?.initializers.length === 1;
+    const soleWrite = soleWriteReachesRead(binding, member.object, context);
     output.push({
       requestId: `response:${String(node.start ?? -1)}:${String(node.end ?? -1)}`,
       kind: "response-consumer",