diff --git a/crdt-sync/pyproject.toml b/crdt-sync/pyproject.toml
index 44411ec..99ccbc6 100644
--- a/crdt-sync/pyproject.toml
+++ b/crdt-sync/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "crdt-sync"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.9.1"
 description = "Shared CRDT merge scheme + GitHub-Contents-API sync transport for cross-device apps"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = ["requests==2.34.2"]
diff --git a/dep_freshness/parsers/python.py b/dep_freshness/parsers/python.py
index 627050f..3e248fb 100644
--- a/dep_freshness/parsers/python.py
+++ b/dep_freshness/parsers/python.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import re
 import tomllib
 
-from dep_freshness._tables import PYPI, TOOLCHAIN
+from dep_freshness._tables import GITTAG, PYPI, TOOLCHAIN
 from dep_freshness.models import Dep
 from dep_freshness.parsers._lines import index
 from dep_freshness.versions import exact_pin
@@ -24,6 +24,49 @@ _REQ = re.compile(
 )
 _SKIP_PREFIXES = ("-", "#", "git+", "http://", "https://", ".", "/")
 
+# PEP 508 direct reference: `crdt-sync @ git+https://.../utils@crdt-sync-v0.9.0`
+# The shared Python libraries are consumed this way, so "latest" for them is a
+# git tag, exactly as for the Dart libraries. Without this the requirement
+# parses as an unpinned PyPI package that does not exist on PyPI, the answer
+# comes back undeterminable, and four minor versions of drift stay invisible --
+# which is how wake-alarm sat on gatelock-v0.4.1 against v0.7.1 and
+# crdt-sync-v0.5.1 against v0.9.0 with a green gate.
+_DIRECT = re.compile(
+    r"^\s*(?P<name>[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]*)"
+    r"(?:\[[^\]]*\])?"
+    r"\s*@\s*git\+\S+?@(?P<ref>[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+-v[0-9][^\s#]*)"
+)
+
+
+def _direct_reference(requirement: str, path: Path, line: int) -> Dep | None:
+    """A `<name> @ git+<url>@<pkg>-vX.Y.Z` requirement as a git-tag dep."""
+    match = _DIRECT.match(requirement.split(";", 1)[0].strip())
+    if not match:
+        return None
+    ref = match.group("ref")
+    package, _, version = ref.rpartition("-v")
+    return Dep(
+        ecosystem=GITTAG, name=package or match.group("name"), constraint=ref,
+        path=path, line=line or _ref_line(path, ref), pinned=version or None,
+    )
+
+
+def _ref_line(path: Path, ref: str) -> int:
+    """Locate `ref` textually. A TOML dependency list has no `key =` to index.
+
+    `"gatelock @ git+...@gatelock-v0.7.1"` is a bare string inside an array,
+    so the shared key indexer finds nothing and the finding would report
+    line 0 -- a fix the reader has to go looking for.
+    """
+    try:
+        text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+    except OSError:
+        return 0
+    for number, line in enumerate(text.splitlines(), start=1):
+        if ref in line:
+            return number
+    return 0
+
 
 def _split(requirement: str) -> tuple[str, str] | None:
     """`('ruff', '==0.16.5')` from a PEP 508 requirement string."""
@@ -51,6 +94,10 @@ def parse_requirements(path: Path) -> list[Dep]:
         return []
     deps: list[Dep] = []
     for number, raw in enumerate(text.splitlines(), start=1):
+        direct = _direct_reference(raw, path, number)
+        if direct is not None:
+            deps.append(direct)
+            continue
         split = _split(raw)
         if split:
             deps.append(_dep(split[0], split[1], path, number))
@@ -81,7 +128,14 @@ def parse_pyproject(path: Path) -> list[Dep]:
 
     for group in groups:
         for requirement in group:
-            split = _split(str(requirement))
+            text = str(requirement)
+            name = _REQ.match(text.strip())
+            line = lines.get(name.group("name"), 0) if name else 0
+            direct = _direct_reference(text, path, line)
+            if direct is not None:
+                deps.append(direct)
+                continue
+            split = _split(text)
             if split:
                 deps.append(_dep(split[0], split[1], path, lines.get(split[0], 0)))
     return deps
diff --git a/dep_freshness/tests/test_parsers_edges.py b/dep_freshness/tests/test_parsers_edges.py
index da28459..42614df 100644
--- a/dep_freshness/tests/test_parsers_edges.py
+++ b/dep_freshness/tests/test_parsers_edges.py
@@ -140,3 +140,68 @@ dependencies:
         for d in pubspec.parse(write(tmp_path, "pubspec.yaml", body))
     }
     assert deps["dart"].line == 3
+
+
+DIRECT_REQ = """\
+ruff==0.16.5
+crdt-sync @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@crdt-sync-v0.9.0#subdirectory=crdt-sync
+gatelock @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@gatelock-v0.7.1#subdirectory=gatelock
+"""
+
+
+def test_a_git_direct_reference_is_a_git_tag_dependency(tmp_path):
+    """The shared Python libs are consumed by git tag, like the Dart ones.
+
+    Parsed as an ordinary requirement this is an unpinned PyPI package that
+    does not exist on PyPI, so the answer is undeterminable and the drift is
+    invisible -- wake-alarm sat four minor versions behind on both with a
+    green gate.
+    """
+    deps = {
+        d.name: d
+        for d in python.parse_requirements(
+            write(tmp_path, "requirements.txt", DIRECT_REQ)
+        )
+    }
+    assert deps["crdt-sync"].ecosystem == "gittag"
+    assert deps["crdt-sync"].pinned == "0.9.0"
+    assert deps["crdt-sync"].line == 2
+    assert deps["gatelock"].pinned == "0.7.1"
+    assert deps["ruff"].ecosystem == "pypi"
+
+
+def test_a_pyproject_git_direct_reference_is_a_git_tag_dependency(tmp_path):
+    body = """\
+[project]
+name = "demo"
+requires-python = ">=3.13"
+dependencies = [
+  "gatelock @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@gatelock-v0.7.1#subdirectory=gatelock",
+]
+"""
+    deps = {
+        d.name: d
+        for d in python.parse_pyproject(write(tmp_path, "pyproject.toml", body))
+    }
+    assert deps["gatelock"].ecosystem == "gittag"
+    assert deps["gatelock"].pinned == "0.7.1"
+    assert deps["gatelock"].line == 5
+
+
+def test_a_plain_git_url_without_a_version_tag_is_still_skipped(tmp_path):
+    """A branch or SHA ref has no version to compare, so it stays unparsed."""
+    body = "thing @ git+https://github.com/kuhyx/utils@main#subdirectory=thing\n"
+    assert python.parse_requirements(
+        write(tmp_path, "requirements.txt", body)
+    )[0].ecosystem == "pypi"
+
+
+def test_an_unreadable_manifest_gives_the_direct_reference_no_line(tmp_path):
+    """`_ref_line` degrades to 0 rather than raising, like the key indexer."""
+    missing = tmp_path / "gone.txt"
+    assert python._ref_line(missing, "gatelock-v0.7.1") == 0
+
+
+def test_a_direct_reference_the_file_does_not_contain_has_no_line(tmp_path):
+    path = write(tmp_path, "requirements.txt", "ruff==0.16.5\n")
+    assert python._ref_line(path, "gatelock-v0.7.1") == 0
diff --git a/gatelock/pyproject.toml b/gatelock/pyproject.toml
index fce82d1..3bbb524 100644
--- a/gatelock/pyproject.toml
+++ b/gatelock/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "gatelock"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 description = "Shared per-output lock-window + HMAC log-integrity backend for blocking-overlay apps"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = []  # pure stdlib — tkinter is bundled with Python