diff --git a/lib/Traits/WithDatastoreHandlerMethods.php b/lib/Traits/WithDatastoreHandlerMethods.php
index dbd3ac6..21d03d5 100644
--- a/lib/Traits/WithDatastoreHandlerMethods.php
+++ b/lib/Traits/WithDatastoreHandlerMethods.php
@@ -456,11 +456,96 @@ public function updateCompound($ids, array $attributes): void
         $record = $this->findFromCompound($ids);
         $this->maybeThrowForDuplicateUniqueFields($attributes, $ids);
 
+        // Resolve the row's table identity (primary columns) BEFORE the
+        // update, while the row still matches $ids. where()/getModels()
+        // hydration caches each row under its table identity, so an update
+        // keyed on a compound business key (e.g. a config's
+        // type/subtype/configKey) must invalidate that entry too — deleting
+        // only the caller-provided context leaves the identity-keyed entry
+        // serving stale reads until TTL.
+        $identities = $this->resolveTableIdentitiesForUpdate($ids);
+
         $this->serviceProvider->queryStrategy->update($this->table, $ids, $attributes);
         $this->serviceProvider->cacheableService->delete($this->getCacheContextForItem($ids));
+
+        foreach ($identities as $identity) {
+            $this->serviceProvider->cacheableService->delete($this->getCacheContextForItem($identity));
+        }
+
         $this->serviceProvider->eventStrategy->broadcast(new RecordUpdated($record::class, $ids, $attributes));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Resolves the table-identity (primary column) values for rows matching
+     * the given compound key — the identity arrays the where()/getModels()
+     * read path keys its cache entries on.
+     *
+     * @param array<string, int|string> $ids
+     * @return array<int, array<string, int|string>>
+     * @throws DatastoreErrorException
+     */
+    protected function resolveTableIdentitiesForUpdate(array $ids): array
+    {
+        $identityFields = $this->table->getFieldsForIdentity();
+
+        // Nothing to resolve when the table defines no identity fields, or
+        // when the caller's key IS the table identity (the standard
+        // update-by-id path) — the direct context deletion already covers it.
+        if (empty($identityFields) || array_keys($ids) === $identityFields) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        // Same fields, different ORDER: the cache context is order-sensitive,
+        // so reorder to table order locally — no query needed.
+        if (count($ids) === count($identityFields)
+            && array_diff(array_keys($ids), $identityFields) === []
+        ) {
+            $reordered = [];
+            foreach ($identityFields as $field) {
+                $reordered[$field] = $ids[$field];
+            }
+
+            return [$reordered];
+        }
+
+        // Genuinely different key: resolve the identity from the database.
+        // Invalidation is best-effort — a resolution failure must degrade to
+        // a possibly-stale cache entry, never break the write itself.
+        try {
+            $clauseBuilder = (clone $this->serviceProvider->clauseBuilder)->reset()->useTable($this->table);
+
+            foreach ($ids as $key => $id) {
+                $clauseBuilder->andWhere($key, '=', $id);
+            }
+
+            // from() BEFORE select(): the builder prefixes selected columns
+            // with the CURRENT table's alias, which is stale until from()
+            // runs — the same call order every read path in this trait uses.
+            $rows = $this->serviceProvider->queryStrategy->query(
+                $this->serviceProvider->queryBuilder
+                    ->from($this->table)
+                    ->select(...$identityFields)
+                    ->where($clauseBuilder)
+                    ->limit(1)
+            );
+        } catch (RecordNotFoundException $e) {
+            return [];
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            $this->serviceProvider->loggerStrategy->warning(
+                'Cache-invalidation identity resolution failed; a stale cache entry may persist until TTL: ' . $e->getMessage(),
+                ['table' => $this->table->getName()]
+            );
+
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        // Project to identity fields regardless of what the query strategy
+        // returned — the cache context must contain identity values only.
+        $identityFlip = array_flip($identityFields);
+
+        return array_map(fn(array $row) => array_intersect_key($row, $identityFlip), $rows);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param array $attributes
      * @param array $fields
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Traits/WithDatastoreHandlerMethodsTest.php b/tests/Unit/Traits/WithDatastoreHandlerMethodsTest.php
index 8e3ce0c..77c7212 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Traits/WithDatastoreHandlerMethodsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Traits/WithDatastoreHandlerMethodsTest.php
@@ -302,6 +302,65 @@ public function testUpdateCompoundInvalidatesCacheRegardlessOfIdentityType(): vo
         $this->assertSame($expected, $deletedKeys[0]);
     }
 
+    public function testUpdateByCompoundBusinessKeyInvalidatesIdentityKeyedEntry(): void
+    {
+        // where()/getModels() hydration caches rows under the TABLE identity.
+        // An update keyed on a compound business key (e.g. a config's
+        // type/subtype/configKey) must invalidate that identity-keyed entry
+        // too, or reads keep serving the pre-update row until TTL.
+        $loggerStrategy = $this->createMock(LoggerStrategy::class);
+        $eventStrategy = $this->createMock(EventStrategy::class);
+        $queryStrategy = $this->createMock(QueryStrategy::class);
+
+        $deletedKeys = [];
+        $cacheableService = $this->createMock(CacheableService::class);
+        $cacheableService->method('getWithCache')
+            ->willReturnCallback(fn(string $operation, array $context, callable $callback) => $callback());
+        $cacheableService->expects($this->exactly(2))
+            ->method('delete')
+            ->willReturnCallback(function (array $context) use (&$deletedKeys) {
+                $deletedKeys[] = $context;
+            });
+
+        // Serves both findFromCompound (full row) and the identity resolution
+        // (identity columns only) — the identity value is what matters.
+        $queryStrategy->method('query')->willReturn([['id' => 42, 'configKey' => 'rate', 'value' => 'old']]);
+
+        $table = $this->createMock(Table::class);
+        $table->method('getName')->willReturn('test_records');
+        $table->method('getFieldsForIdentity')->willReturn(['id']);
+
+        $tableSchemaService = $this->createMock(TableSchemaService::class);
+        $tableSchemaService->method('getUniqueColumns')->willReturn([]);
+        $modelAdapter = $this->createMock(ModelAdapter::class);
+        $modelAdapter->method('toModel')->willReturn(new TestModel(42));
+
+        $serviceProvider = new DatabaseServiceProvider(
+            $loggerStrategy,
+            $queryStrategy,
+            new DummyQueryBuilder(),
+            new DummyClauseBuilder(),
+            $cacheableService,
+            $eventStrategy
+        );
+
+        $handler = new DummyDatastoreHandler(
+            $serviceProvider,
+            $table,
+            $tableSchemaService,
+            TestModel::class,
+            $modelAdapter
+        );
+
+        $handler->updateCompound(['configKey' => 'rate'], ['value' => 'new']);
+
+        $this->assertCount(2, $deletedKeys);
+        // First deletion: the caller-provided compound context (existing behavior).
+        $this->assertSame($handler->exposeCacheContext(['configKey' => 'rate']), $deletedKeys[0]);
+        // Second deletion: the row's identity context — the key hydrated reads cache under.
+        $this->assertSame($handler->exposeCacheContext(['id' => 42]), $deletedKeys[1]);
+    }
+
     public function testFindFromCompoundIncludesTableAndIdentityWhenRecordIsMissing(): void
     {
         $queryStrategy = $this->createMock(QueryStrategy::class);