diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99f9f6e65..085a603fc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "GitAuto"
-version = "1.24.13"
+version = "1.24.14"
 requires-python = ">=3.14"
 dependencies = [
     "annotated-doc==0.0.4",
diff --git a/services/git/delete_file.py b/services/git/delete_file.py
index 3437b67bf..b2b8db05d 100644
--- a/services/git/delete_file.py
+++ b/services/git/delete_file.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Standard imports
 import os
+import subprocess
 
 # Third party imports
 from anthropic.types import ToolUnionParam
@@ -38,16 +39,35 @@ def delete_file(
     local_path = os.path.join(clone_dir, file_path)
 
     if os.path.isdir(local_path):
+        logger.info("delete_file: %s is a directory, returning error", file_path)
         return f"Error: '{file_path}' is a directory, not a file"
 
     if not os.path.exists(local_path):
+        logger.info("delete_file: %s not found, returning error", file_path)
         return f"Error: File {file_path} not found"
 
+    # Sentry AGENT-36X/36W/344 fired with: `git add mongodb-binaries/mongodb-linux-x86_64-amazon2023-v7.0-latest.tgz.md5` → "pathspec did not match any files". The path is gitignored (mongodb-memory-server writes there) so it was never in git's index, and os.remove above cleared it from disk, leaving `git add` with nothing to match. Check tracking BEFORE os.remove so we can skip the commit when the path was never tracked.
+    ls_files = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "ls-files", "--error-unmatch", file_path],
+        cwd=clone_dir,
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
+    )
+    is_tracked = ls_files.returncode == 0
+
     os.remove(local_path)
     logger.info("Deleted local: %s", local_path)
 
+    if not is_tracked:
+        logger.info(
+            "delete_file: %s is not tracked by git (gitignored or never committed); skipping commit",
+            file_path,
+        )
+        return f"File {file_path} successfully deleted"
+
     git_commit_and_push(
         base_args=base_args, message=f"Delete {file_path}", files=[file_path]
     )
 
+    logger.info("delete_file: %s deleted and commit pushed", file_path)
     return f"File {file_path} successfully deleted"
diff --git a/services/git/test_delete_file.py b/services/git/test_delete_file.py
index 8f56c2879..0622a7a30 100644
--- a/services/git/test_delete_file.py
+++ b/services/git/test_delete_file.py
@@ -77,10 +77,79 @@ def test_delete_file_end_to_end(local_repo, create_test_base_args):
         assert not os.path.exists(os.path.join(clone_dir, "src", "main.py"))
 
         log = subprocess.run(
-            ["git", "log", "--oneline", "feature/delete-test", "-1"],
+            ["git", "log", "--format=%s", "feature/delete-test", "-1"],
             cwd=bare_dir,
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             check=False,
         )
-        assert "Delete src/main.py" in log.stdout
+        assert log.stdout.strip() == "Delete src/main.py"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+def test_delete_gitignored_file_skips_commit(local_repo, create_test_base_args):
+    """Reproduces AGENT-36X/36W/344: the agent deletes a local gitignored file
+    (e.g. mongodb-binaries/*.tgz cached from a prior CI run). delete_file used to
+    rm the file then run `git add <path>` which fails with 'pathspec did not match
+    any files' because git never tracked it. Now we detect untracked paths and
+    skip the commit entirely."""
+    bare_url, _work_dir = local_repo
+    bare_dir = bare_url.replace("file://", "")
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as clone_dir:
+        git_clone_to_tmp(clone_dir, bare_url, "main")
+
+        # .gitignore the mongodb-binaries directory, then drop a file in it locally.
+        with open(os.path.join(clone_dir, ".gitignore"), "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write("mongodb-binaries/\n")
+        os.makedirs(os.path.join(clone_dir, "mongodb-binaries"), exist_ok=True)
+        (
+            os.path.join(clone_dir, "mongodb-binaries", "cache.tgz")
+        )  # noqa: B018 -- path existence below
+        with open(
+            os.path.join(clone_dir, "mongodb-binaries", "cache.tgz"),
+            "w",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        ) as f:
+            f.write("binary data")
+
+        # Capture remote head BEFORE deletion so we can prove nothing was pushed.
+        head_before = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"],
+            cwd=bare_dir,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=True,
+        ).stdout.strip()
+
+        base_args = create_test_base_args(
+            clone_dir=clone_dir,
+            clone_url=bare_url,
+            new_branch="feature/delete-gitignored",
+        )
+
+        result = delete_file("mongodb-binaries/cache.tgz", base_args)
+
+        assert result == "File mongodb-binaries/cache.tgz successfully deleted"
+        assert not os.path.exists(
+            os.path.join(clone_dir, "mongodb-binaries", "cache.tgz")
+        )
+
+        # No commit/push should have occurred because the file was never tracked.
+        head_after = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"],
+            cwd=bare_dir,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=True,
+        ).stdout.strip()
+        assert head_after == head_before
+
+        # And the new_branch should not exist on the remote.
+        branch_check = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "ls-remote", "--heads", bare_url, "feature/delete-gitignored"],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            check=True,
+        )
+        assert branch_check.stdout.strip() == ""
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 61797a1e0..e95f50504 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitauto"
-version = "1.24.13"
+version = "1.24.14"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "annotated-doc" },