diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker.go
index c6d5fa60..ebe06713 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker.go
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ func (ch *Checker) Wait() { ch.wg.Wait() }
 // Candidate takes one value of the indexer's candidates bucket in (the key is the group) and checks it if it is to be
 // checked. A value that is not a candidate is said and left.
 func (ch *Checker) Candidate(ctx context.Context, key string, value []byte) {
+	if meshcatalogclient.IsTryGroup(key) {
+		return // a try's candidate is judged by its try (Tryer), never as a pull request's check: judged twice, the engines were asked twice
+	}
 	ch.init()
 	c, err := meshcatalog.DecodeCandidatesByGroupValue(value)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker_test.go b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker_test.go
index 3ead2d80..e644894b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-delivery-checker/internal/check/checker_test.go
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ func TestACandidateNotYetCheckedGetsItsVerdictKeyCreatedOnceAndIsJudged(t *testi
 	if j.count() != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("judged %d times after the same candidate again, want once", j.count())
 	}
+	// The candidate of a whole try's group is the try's: the try judges it, never the checker as a pull request's check.
+	r.ch.Candidate(ctx, "try-1793913602402800439", candidateOf(t, "try-1793913602402800439", pullOf(repoA, 7, head1)))
+	r.ch.Wait()
+	if j.count() != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("a try's candidate was judged as a check: %d judgments, want one", j.count())
+	}
 }
 
 // racyKV lets another instance create the key just before this one's create.