diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/indexing-fees/__tests__/pending-rca-consumer.test.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/indexing-fees/__tests__/pending-rca-consumer.test.ts
index 88e0d64ea..7dd323da9 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/indexing-fees/__tests__/pending-rca-consumer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/indexing-fees/__tests__/pending-rca-consumer.test.ts
@@ -220,22 +220,16 @@ describe('PendingRcaConsumer', () => {
       expect(proposals[1].tokensPerSecond).toBe(200n)
     })
 
-    test('rejects rows with non-empty signature (producer regression)', async () => {
-      const errorSpy = jest.fn()
-      const testLogger = {
-        ...logger,
-        error: errorSpy,
-        info: jest.fn(),
-        warn: jest.fn(),
-        child: () => testLogger,
-      } as unknown as Logger
-
-      const badPayload = encodeTestPayload({ signature: '0xdeadbeef' })
+    test('ignores a non-empty signer signature and decodes the proposal', async () => {
+      const signedPayload = encodeTestPayload({
+        signature: '0xdeadbeef',
+        tokensPerSecond: 150n,
+      })
 
       const model = createMockModel([
         {
-          id: 'bad-sig-uuid',
-          signed_payload: badPayload,
+          id: 'signed-uuid',
+          signed_payload: signedPayload,
           version: 2,
           status: 'pending',
           created_at: new Date(),
@@ -243,18 +237,13 @@ describe('PendingRcaConsumer', () => {
         },
       ])
 
-      const consumer = new PendingRcaConsumer(testLogger, model)
+      const consumer = new PendingRcaConsumer(logger, model)
       const proposals = await consumer.getPendingProposals()
 
-      expect(proposals).toHaveLength(0)
-      expect(model.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        { status: 'rejected' },
-        { where: { id: 'bad-sig-uuid' } },
-      )
-      expect(errorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.stringContaining('non-empty signature'),
-        expect.any(Object),
-      )
+      expect(proposals).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(proposals[0].id).toBe('signed-uuid')
+      expect(proposals[0].tokensPerSecond).toBe(150n)
+      expect(model.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/indexing-fees/pending-rca-consumer.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/indexing-fees/pending-rca-consumer.ts
index bc51d9cf5..b5ab52f28 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/indexing-fees/pending-rca-consumer.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/indexing-fees/pending-rca-consumer.ts
@@ -73,34 +73,13 @@ export class PendingRcaConsumer {
     }
   }
 
-  // Returns the decoded proposal, or null if the row was rejected here
-  // (non-empty signature — producer regression, marked rejected in the DB
-  // before returning).
-  //
-  // Decode failures from toolshed (malformed payload, bad metadata, etc.)
-  // propagate as throws; the caller skip-logs them, leaving the row pending
-  // for the next cycle.
+  // Returns the decoded proposal, or throws on a malformed payload (the caller
+  // skip-logs those, leaving the row pending). An embedded signer signature is
+  // ignored — acceptance is offer-based, so the agent has no use for it.
   private async decodeRow(row: PendingRcaProposal): Promise<DecodedRcaProposal | null> {
     const signedPayload = new Uint8Array(row.signed_payload)
     const signedRca = decodeSignedRCA(signedPayload)
-    const { rca, signature } = signedRca
-
-    if (signature && signature !== '0x') {
-      const sigByteLength = Math.max(0, (signature.length - 2) / 2)
-      this.logger.error(
-        `Pending RCA proposal ${row.id} has non-empty signature (producer regression); rejecting`,
-        { id: row.id, signatureLength: sigByteLength },
-      )
-      try {
-        await this.markRejected(row.id, 'non_empty_signature')
-      } catch (err) {
-        this.logger.error('Failed to mark non-empty-signature proposal as rejected', {
-          id: row.id,
-          error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-        })
-      }
-      return null
-    }
+    const { rca } = signedRca
 
     const metadata = decodeAcceptIndexingAgreementMetadata(rca.metadata)
     const terms = decodeIndexingAgreementTermsV1(metadata.terms)