diff --git a/.github/actions/xahau-actions-cache-restore/action.yml b/.github/actions/xahau-actions-cache-restore/action.yml
index 908e187c2..7c1497ecf 100644
--- a/.github/actions/xahau-actions-cache-restore/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/xahau-actions-cache-restore/action.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ runs:
         echo "Use deltas: ${USE_DELTAS}"
         echo ""
 
+        # Normalize target path (expand tilde and resolve to absolute path)
+        # This ensures consistent path comparison in the mount registry
+        if [[ "${TARGET_PATH}" == ~* ]]; then
+          # Expand tilde manually (works even if directory doesn't exist yet)
+          TARGET_PATH="${HOME}${TARGET_PATH:1}"
+        fi
+        echo "Normalized target path: ${TARGET_PATH}"
+
         # Generate unique cache workspace
         CACHE_HASH=$(echo "${CACHE_KEY}" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)
         CACHE_WORKSPACE="/tmp/xahau-cache-${CACHE_HASH}"
diff --git a/.github/actions/xahau-actions-cache-save/action.yml b/.github/actions/xahau-actions-cache-save/action.yml
index 35a8f09d5..e6573ffec 100644
--- a/.github/actions/xahau-actions-cache-save/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/xahau-actions-cache-save/action.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ runs:
         echo "S3 bucket: s3://${S3_BUCKET}"
         echo ""
 
+        # Normalize target path (expand tilde and resolve to absolute path)
+        # This ensures consistent path comparison with the mount registry
+        if [[ "${TARGET_PATH}" == ~* ]]; then
+          # Expand tilde manually (works even if directory doesn't exist yet)
+          TARGET_PATH="${HOME}${TARGET_PATH:1}"
+        fi
+        echo "Normalized target path: ${TARGET_PATH}"
+        echo ""
+
         # Find the cache workspace from mount registry
         MOUNT_REGISTRY="/tmp/xahau-cache-mounts.txt"