Fix DepContext mutation leak and restore reschedule-mode guard

airflow-core/src/airflow/models/taskinstance.py

@@ -942,16 +942,15 @@ def are_dependencies_met(
         """
         dep_context = dep_context or DepContext()
         if self.state == TaskInstanceState.UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE:
-            # This DepContext is used when a task instance is in UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE state.
-            #
             # Tasks can be put into UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE by the task runner itself (e.g. when
-            # the worker cannot load the Dag or task). In this case, the scheduler must respect
-            # the task instance's reschedule_date before scheduling it again.
+            # the worker cannot load the DAG or task). The scheduler must respect the
+            # reschedule_date before scheduling it again.
             #
-            # ReadyToRescheduleDep is the only dependency that enforces this time-based gating.
-            # We therefore extend the normal scheduling dependency set with it, instead of
-            # modifying the global scheduler dependencies.
-            dep_context.deps.add(ReadyToRescheduleDep())
+            # We use attrs.evolve to create a *new* DepContext with ReadyToRescheduleDep added,
+            # instead of mutating the caller's dep_context.deps set in-place.  The same
+            # dep_context is shared across all TIs in a scheduler loop, so mutating it would
+            # permanently leak the dep into subsequent, unrelated TIs.
+            dep_context = attrs.evolve(dep_context, deps=dep_context.deps | {ReadyToRescheduleDep()})
         failed = False
         verbose_aware_logger = self.log.info if verbose else self.log.debug
         for dep_status in self.get_failed_dep_statuses(dep_context=dep_context, session=session):

airflow-core/src/airflow/ti_deps/deps/ready_to_reschedule.py

@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ def _get_dep_statuses(
         This dependency fails if the latest reschedule request's reschedule date is still
         in the future.
         """
+        # Fast-exit for non-reschedule tasks in NONE state.  When the task is explicitly
+        # UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE we *always* check TaskReschedule regardless of operator type
+        # (e.g. startup/DAG-load rescheduling).  For NONE-state tasks, only reschedule-mode
+        # sensors (and mapped tasks whose reschedule attr is unknown) need the DB query.
+        if ti.state is None and ti.map_index < 0 and not getattr(ti.task, "reschedule", False):
+            yield self._passing_status(reason="Task is not in reschedule mode.")
+            return
+
         if dep_context.ignore_in_reschedule_period:
             yield self._passing_status(
                 reason="The context specified that being in a reschedule period was permitted."

airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_taskinstance.py

@@ -1337,6 +1337,29 @@ def test_respects_prev_dagrun_dep(self, dag_maker, session):
         ):
             assert ti.are_dependencies_met()
 
+    def test_are_dependencies_met_does_not_mutate_shared_dep_context(self, dag_maker, session):
+        """Verify that calling are_dependencies_met on an UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE TI does not
+        mutate the caller's DepContext.deps set.  The scheduler shares one DepContext across
+        all TIs in a loop, so mutation would leak ReadyToRescheduleDep into unrelated TIs."""
+        with dag_maker("test_depctx_no_mutation", serialized=True):
+            EmptyOperator(task_id="t")
+
+        dr = dag_maker.create_dagrun(session=session)
+        ti = dr.get_task_instance(task_id="t", session=session)
+        ti.state = TaskInstanceState.UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE
+        session.merge(ti)
+        session.flush()
+
+        dep_context = DepContext(deps=RUNNING_DEPS)
+        original_deps = dep_context.deps.copy()
+
+        ti.task = dr.dag.task_dict[ti.task_id]
+        ti.are_dependencies_met(dep_context=dep_context, session=session)
+
+        assert dep_context.deps == original_deps, (
+            "DepContext.deps was mutated — ReadyToRescheduleDep leaked into the shared set"
+        )
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         ("downstream_ti_state", "expected_are_dependents_done"),
         [

airflow-core/tests/unit/ti_deps/deps/test_ready_to_reschedule_dep.py

@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ def test_should_pass_if_not_in_none_state(self, not_expected_tr_db_call):
         ti = self._get_task_instance(State.UP_FOR_RETRY)
         assert ReadyToRescheduleDep().is_met(ti=ti)
 
+    def test_should_pass_without_db_query_for_non_reschedule_task_in_none_state(
+        self, not_expected_tr_db_call
+    ):
+        """Non-reschedule, non-mapped tasks in NONE state should short-circuit without a DB query."""
+        ti = self._get_task_instance(State.NONE)
+        ti.task.reschedule = False
+        assert ReadyToRescheduleDep().is_met(ti=ti)
+
     def test_should_pass_if_no_reschedule_record_exists(self):
         ti = self._get_task_instance(State.NONE)
         assert ReadyToRescheduleDep().is_met(ti=ti)