diff --git a/application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.test.ts b/application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.test.ts
index f02a19023..b31d98adb 100644
--- a/application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.test.ts
+++ b/application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,46 @@ function createHost(initial: TransferTask[], bridge?: TransferControlHost["getBr
   };
 }
 
+test("an older pause response must not resume a newer pause", async (t) => {
+  t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+  let finishFirstPause!: (value: { success: boolean; lifecycleEpoch: number }) => void;
+  let calls = 0;
+  let backendPaused = true;
+  const { host, getTasks } = createHost([makeTask("overlapping-pause")], () => ({
+    pauseTransfer: async () => {
+      backendPaused = true;
+      if (++calls === 1) return new Promise((resolve) => { finishFirstPause = resolve; });
+      return { success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 2 };
+    },
+    resumeTransfer: async () => {
+      backendPaused = false;
+      return { success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 3 };
+    },
+  }));
+  const first = softPauseTransfer(host, "overlapping-pause");
+  await softPauseTransfer(host, "overlapping-pause");
+  finishFirstPause({ success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 1 });
+  await first;
+  assert.equal(getTasks()[0].status, "paused");
+  assert.equal(backendPaused, true, "late pause acknowledgement must not restart file writes");
+});
+
+test("a delayed resume response must not repaint a newer pause", async (t) => {
+  t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+  let finishResume!: (value: { success: boolean; lifecycleEpoch: number }) => void;
+  const { host, getTasks } = createHost([makeTask("resume-then-pause", "paused")], () => ({
+    resumeTransfer: () => new Promise((resolve) => { finishResume = resolve; }),
+    pauseTransfer: async () => ({ success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 3 }),
+  }));
+  const resume = softResumeTransfer(host, "resume-then-pause");
+  await softPauseTransfer(host, "resume-then-pause");
+  finishResume({ success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 2 });
+  await resume;
+  assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched("resume-then-pause"), true);
+  assert.equal(getTasks()[0].status, "paused", "latest user intent must win over an older response");
+  assert.equal(getTasks()[0].lifecycleEpoch, 3);
+});
+
 test("softPauseTransfer latches and paints paused for a live directory walk without a panel", async () => {
   resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests();
   resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests();
@@ -245,3 +285,218 @@ test("directory softResume stamps bridge epoch only on successIds; queued siblin
   resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests();
   resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests();
 });
+
+for (const isDirectory of [false, true]) {
+  for (const newerLocalPause of [false, true]) {
+    test(`cross-window resume releases ${isDirectory ? "folder" : "file"} latches unless local pause is newer: ${newerLocalPause}`, async (t) => {
+      t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+      let finish!: (result: { success: boolean; superseded: true; supersededBy: "resume" }) => void;
+      let pauses = 0;
+      const id = `remote-resume-${isDirectory}-${newerLocalPause}`;
+      const initial: TransferTask[] = [{ ...makeTask(id), isDirectory }];
+      if (isDirectory) initial.push({ ...makeTask(`${id}-child`), parentTaskId: id });
+      const { host, getTasks } = createHost(initial, () => ({
+        pauseTransfer: () => ++pauses === 1
+          ? new Promise((resolve) => { finish = resolve; })
+          : Promise.resolve({ success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 9 }),
+      }));
+      const pending = softPauseTransfer(host, id);
+      host.setTasks(getTasks().map(task => isDirectory && task.id === id ? task : ({ ...task, status: "transferring", lifecycleEpoch: 8 })));
+      if (newerLocalPause) await softPauseTransfer(host, id);
+      finish({ success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "resume" });
+      await pending;
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+      assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(id), newerLocalPause, "authoritative resume must release the old root pause barrier");
+      assert.equal(getTasks().find(task => task.id === id)?.status, newerLocalPause ? "paused" : "transferring");
+      if (isDirectory) assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(`${id}-child`), newerLocalPause);
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+for (const action of ["pause", "resume"] as const) {
+  test(`superseded cross-window ${action} preserves authoritative paused state`, async (t) => {
+    t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+    let finish!: (result: { success: boolean; superseded: boolean }) => void;
+    const deferred = () => new Promise<{ success: boolean; superseded: boolean }>((resolve) => { finish = resolve; });
+    const { host, getTasks } = createHost([makeTask(`cross-window-${action}`, action === "pause" ? "transferring" : "paused")], () => ({ pauseTransfer: deferred, resumeTransfer: deferred }));
+    const id = getTasks()[0].id;
+    const operation = action === "pause" ? softPauseTransfer(host, id) : softResumeTransfer(host, id);
+    // A global event from another window changes lifecycle, not this window's local control epoch.
+    host.setTasks(getTasks().map(task => ({ ...task, status: "paused", lifecycleEpoch: 8 })));
+    finish({ success: false, superseded: true });
+    const result = await operation;
+    assert.equal(getTasks()[0].status, "paused");
+    assert.equal(getTasks()[0].lifecycleEpoch, 8);
+    if (action === "pause") assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(id), true);
+    else assert.deepEqual(result, { handled: true }, "obsolete response must not trigger dedicated recovery");
+  });
+}
+
+for (const isDirectory of [false, true]) {
+  test(`remote pause restores released ${isDirectory ? "folder" : "file"} barriers after stale resume`, async (t) => {
+    t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+    const id = `remote-pause-${isDirectory}`;
+    const tasks: TransferTask[] = [{ ...makeTask(id, "paused"), isDirectory }];
+    if (isDirectory) tasks.push({ ...makeTask(`${id}-child`, "paused"), parentTaskId: id });
+    const { host, getTasks } = createHost(tasks, () => ({
+      resumeTransfer: async () => ({ success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "pause" }),
+    }));
+    assert.deepEqual(await softResumeTransfer(host, id), { handled: true });
+    assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(id), true);
+    if (isDirectory) assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(`${id}-child`), true);
+    assert.equal(getTasks()[0].status, "paused");
+  });
+}
+
+test("a child-only remote resume does not release the folder pause", async (t) => {
+  t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+  const { host } = createHost([
+    { ...makeTask("mixed-root"), isDirectory: true },
+    { ...makeTask("mixed-one"), parentTaskId: "mixed-root" },
+    { ...makeTask("mixed-two"), parentTaskId: "mixed-root" },
+  ], () => ({ pauseTransfer: async id => id === "mixed-one"
+    ? { success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "resume" }
+    : { success: true } }));
+  await softPauseTransfer(host, "mixed-root");
+  await new Promise(resolve => setImmediate(resolve));
+  assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched("mixed-root"), true);
+  assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched("mixed-two"), true);
+});
+
+test("directory resume joins successful and remotely resumed children", async (t) => {
+  t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+  const id = "mixed-success-resume";
+  const { host, getTasks } = createHost([
+    { ...makeTask(id, "paused"), isDirectory: true },
+    { ...makeTask(`${id}-one`, "paused"), parentTaskId: id },
+    { ...makeTask(`${id}-two`, "paused"), parentTaskId: id },
+  ], () => ({ resumeTransfer: async childId => childId === `${id}-one`
+    ? { success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 3 }
+    : { success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "resume" } }));
+  assert.deepEqual(await softResumeTransfer(host, id), { handled: true });
+  assert.equal(getTasks().find(task => task.id === id)?.status, "transferring");
+  assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(id), false);
+});
+
+for (const newerPause of [false, true]) {
+  test(`directory live resume rejection is ignored only when superseded: ${newerPause}`, async (t) => {
+    t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+    t.after(resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests);
+    const id = `rejected-folder-resume-${newerPause}`;
+    registerTransferWalk(id);
+    let rejectResume!: (error: Error) => void;
+    let backendPaused = true;
+    const { host, getTasks } = createHost([
+      { ...makeTask(id, "paused"), isDirectory: true },
+      { ...makeTask(`${id}-child`, "paused"), parentTaskId: id },
+    ], () => ({
+      resumeTransfer: () => new Promise((_, reject) => { rejectResume = reject; }),
+      pauseTransfer: async () => { backendPaused = true; return { success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 4 }; },
+    }));
+    const running = softResumeTransfer(host, id);
+    if (newerPause) await softPauseTransfer(host, id);
+    rejectResume(new Error("resume transport disconnected"));
+    const result = await running;
+    assert.equal(result.handled, newerPause);
+    if (!newerPause) assert.match(result.reason || "", /resume transport disconnected/);
+    assert.equal(backendPaused, true);
+    assert.equal(getTasks().find(task => task.id === id)?.status, "paused");
+    if (newerPause) assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(id), true);
+  });
+}
+
+for (const newerResume of [false, true]) {
+  test(`partial folder resume rejection reports running and paused children unless superseded: ${newerResume}`, async (t) => {
+    t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+    const id = `partial-reject-${newerResume}`;
+    const successfulId = `${id}-one`;
+    let rejectResume!: (error: Error) => void;
+    let successfulBackendPaused = true;
+    let round = 0;
+    let rollbackCalls = 0;
+    const { host, getTasks } = createHost([
+      { ...makeTask(id, "paused"), isDirectory: true },
+      { ...makeTask(successfulId, "paused"), parentTaskId: id },
+      { ...makeTask(`${id}-two`, "paused"), parentTaskId: id },
+    ], () => ({
+      resumeTransfer: async childId => {
+        if (childId === successfulId) { successfulBackendPaused = false; return { success: true }; }
+        if (round > 0) return { success: true };
+        return new Promise((_, reject) => { rejectResume = reject; });
+      },
+      pauseTransfer: async childId => {
+        rollbackCalls++;
+        if (childId === successfulId) successfulBackendPaused = true;
+        return { success: true };
+      },
+    }));
+    const running = softResumeTransfer(host, id);
+    if (newerResume) { round++; await softResumeTransfer(host, id); }
+    rejectResume(new Error("second child IPC rejected"));
+    const result = await running;
+    assert.equal(result.handled, true);
+    assert.equal(successfulBackendPaused, false, "successful child keeps running after partial resume");
+    assert.equal(rollbackCalls, 0, "partial reporting must not introduce compensating controls");
+    assert.equal(getTasks()[0].status, "transferring", "root must report the successful child still running");
+    assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(id), false);
+    const rejected = getTasks().find(task => task.id === `${id}-two`);
+    assert.equal(rejected?.status, newerResume ? "transferring" : "paused");
+    assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(`${id}-two`), !newerResume);
+    if (!newerResume) assert.match(rejected?.error || "", /second child IPC rejected/);
+  });
+}
+
+for (const resolvedFailure of [false, true]) {
+test(`remote-resumed child remains visibly running when sibling resume fails: resolved=${resolvedFailure}`, async (t) => {
+  t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+  const id = "remote-partial-reject";
+  const runningId = `${id}-one`;
+  const rejectedId = `${id}-two`;
+  const { host, getTasks } = createHost([
+    { ...makeTask(id, "paused"), isDirectory: true },
+    { ...makeTask(runningId, "paused"), parentTaskId: id },
+    { ...makeTask(rejectedId, "paused"), parentTaskId: id },
+  ], () => ({ resumeTransfer: async childId => {
+    if (childId === rejectedId) {
+      if (resolvedFailure) return { success: false, reason: "sibling resume rejected" };
+      throw new Error("sibling resume rejected");
+    }
+    host.setTasks(getTasks().map(task => task.id === runningId ? { ...task, status: "transferring", lifecycleEpoch: 8 } : task));
+    return { success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "resume" };
+  } }));
+  assert.equal((await softResumeTransfer(host, id)).handled, true);
+  assert.equal(getTasks()[0].status, "transferring");
+  assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(id), false);
+  assert.equal(getTasks().find(task => task.id === runningId)?.status, "transferring");
+  assert.equal(getTasks().find(task => task.id === runningId)?.lifecycleEpoch, 8);
+  assert.equal(getTasks().find(task => task.id === rejectedId)?.status, "paused");
+  assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(rejectedId), true);
+  assert.match(getTasks().find(task => task.id === rejectedId)?.error || "", /sibling resume rejected/);
+});
+
+}
+
+for (const newerResume of [false, true]) {
+  test(`resolved verification failure holds live folder unless newer resume won: ${newerResume}`, async (t) => {
+    t.after(resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests);
+    t.after(resetTransferWalkRegistryForTests);
+    const id = `resolved-verification-${newerResume}`;
+    registerTransferWalk(id);
+    let finish!: (value: { success: boolean; reason: string }) => void;
+    let calls = 0;
+    const { host, getTasks } = createHost([
+      { ...makeTask(id, "paused"), isDirectory: true },
+      { ...makeTask(`${id}-child`, "paused"), parentTaskId: id },
+    ], () => ({ resumeTransfer: () => ++calls === 1
+      ? new Promise(resolve => { finish = resolve; }) : Promise.resolve({ success: true }) }));
+    const running = softResumeTransfer(host, id);
+    if (newerResume) await softResumeTransfer(host, id);
+    finish({ success: false, reason: "Could not verify the source file for resume" });
+    const result = await running;
+    assert.equal(result.handled, newerResume);
+    if (!newerResume) assert.match(result.reason || "", /verify the source file/);
+    assert.equal(getTasks()[0].status, newerResume ? "transferring" : "paused");
+    assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(id), !newerResume);
+    assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(`${id}-child`), !newerResume);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.ts b/application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.ts
index d390e6e7f..bdae2f9cf 100644
--- a/application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.ts
+++ b/application/state/sftp/globalSftpTransferControl.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   isTransferControlEpochCurrent,
 } from "./transferControlEpoch";
 import {
+  isTransferOrRootPauseLatched,
   latchTransferPauseTree,
   releaseTransferPauseTree,
 } from "./transferPauseLatch";
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ import { isTransferWalkInFlight } from "./transferWalkRegistry";
 export type TransferControlBridge = {
   pauseTransfer?: (id: string) => Promise<{
     success: boolean;
+    /** A newer control in another window owns the authoritative state. */
+    superseded?: boolean;
+    supersededBy?: "pause" | "resume" | "cancel";
     reason?: string;
     checkpointBytes?: number;
     resumeStage?: TransferTask["resumeStage"];
@@ -39,12 +43,67 @@ export type TransferControlBridge = {
   }>;
   resumeTransfer?: (id: string) => Promise<{
     success: boolean;
+    /** A newer control in another window owns the authoritative state. */
+    superseded?: boolean;
+    supersededBy?: "pause" | "resume" | "cancel";
     reason?: string;
     lifecycleEpoch?: number;
   }>;
   cancelTransfer?: (id: string) => Promise<unknown>;
 };
 
+function wasSuperseded(result: { success?: boolean; superseded?: boolean } | undefined | null): boolean {
+  return result?.superseded === true;
+}
+
+type SupersededControlResult = {
+  success?: boolean;
+  superseded?: boolean;
+  supersededBy?: "pause" | "resume" | "cancel";
+};
+
+export function reconcileSupersededControls(
+  host: TransferControlHost,
+  taskId: string,
+  childIds: string[],
+  backendIds: string[],
+  results: ReadonlyArray<SupersededControlResult | undefined>,
+  epoch: number,
+  requestedAction: "pause" | "resume",
+  controlTaskId = taskId,
+): void {
+  if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(controlTaskId, epoch)) return;
+  const task = host.getTasks().find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
+  if (!task || ["completed", "cancelled", "failed"].includes(task.status)) return;
+  const apply = (id: string, descendants: string[], action: "pause" | "resume" | "cancel") => {
+    if (action === "resume") releaseTransferPauseTree(id, descendants);
+    else latchTransferPauseTree(id, descendants);
+    for (const affectedId of [id, ...descendants]) {
+      try {
+        if (action === "resume") globalSftpTransferScheduler.resume(affectedId);
+        else globalSftpTransferScheduler.pause(affectedId);
+      } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+    }
+  };
+  const decisions = results.map((result) => result?.superseded
+    ? result.supersededBy
+    : result?.success ? requestedAction : undefined);
+  // A child-only resume does not establish a folder-wide decision. Require all
+  // relevant children to agree, or an already-authoritative resumed root row.
+  if (decisions.length > 0 && decisions.every((action) => action === "resume")) {
+    apply(taskId, childIds, "resume");
+    host.setTasks(host.getTasks().map((row) => row.id === taskId ? { ...row, status: "transferring" } : row));
+  } else if (decisions.length > 0 && decisions.every((action) => action === "pause")) {
+    apply(taskId, childIds, "pause");
+    host.setTasks(host.getTasks().map((row) => row.id === taskId ? { ...row, status: "paused" } : row));
+  } else if (task.status === "transferring" && decisions.includes("resume")) {
+    apply(taskId, [], "resume");
+  }
+  decisions.forEach((action, index) => {
+    if (action) apply(backendIds[index], [], action);
+  });
+}
+
 /** Prefer the highest bridge lifecycleEpoch from successful pause/resume results. */
 function maxBridgeLifecycleEpoch(
   results: ReadonlyArray<{ success?: boolean; lifecycleEpoch?: number } | undefined | null>,
@@ -170,14 +229,23 @@ export async function softPauseTransfer(
   }
 
   const backendIds = treeIds.length > 0 ? treeIds : [taskId];
+  // An obsolete pause can be superseded by another pause or cancellation,
+  // not only by resume. Compensate only while the tree still wants to run.
+  const undoObsoletePause = async (id: string) => {
+    const live = host.getTasks().find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
+    if (!live || ["completed", "cancelled", "failed", "interrupted"].includes(live.status)) return;
+    if (isTransferOrRootPauseLatched(taskId, id)) return;
+    try { await bridge!.resumeTransfer?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+  };
   const pauseOne = async (id: string) => {
     let result = await bridge!.pauseTransfer?.(id)
       ?? { success: false, reason: "Pause unavailable" };
     const maxAttempts = task.isDirectory ? 4 : 16;
     for (let attempt = 0; attempt < maxAttempts; attempt += 1) {
+      if (wasSuperseded(result)) return result;
       if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(taskId, pauseEpoch)) {
         if (result.success) {
-          try { await bridge!.resumeTransfer?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+          await undoObsoletePause(id);
         }
         return { success: false, reason: "Pause superseded by resume" };
       }
@@ -186,6 +254,9 @@ export async function softPauseTransfer(
         return result;
       }
       await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 40));
+      if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(taskId, pauseEpoch)) {
+        return { success: false, reason: "Pause superseded by newer control" };
+      }
       result = await bridge!.pauseTransfer?.(id)
         ?? { success: false, reason: "Pause unavailable" };
     }
@@ -200,17 +271,22 @@ export async function softPauseTransfer(
           return { id, result: { success: false, reason: "Pause superseded by resume" } };
         }
         const result = await pauseOne(id);
+        if (wasSuperseded(result)) return { id, result };
         const live = host.getTasks().find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
         const userResumed = !pauseStillCurrent()
           || !live
           || (live.status !== "paused" && live.status !== "pausing");
         if (userResumed) {
-          try { await bridge!.resumeTransfer?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+          await undoObsoletePause(id);
           return { id, result: { success: false, reason: "Pause superseded by resume" } };
         }
         return { id, result };
       }));
       if (!pauseStillCurrent()) return;
+      if (pauseResults.some(({ result }) => wasSuperseded(result))) {
+        reconcileSupersededControls(host, taskId, childIds, backendIds, pauseResults.map(({ result }) => result), pauseEpoch, "pause");
+        return;
+      }
       const after = host.getTasks().find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
       if (!after || after.status === "cancelled") return;
       if (after.status !== "paused" && after.status !== "pausing") return;
@@ -259,6 +335,10 @@ export async function softPauseTransfer(
     id,
     result: await pauseOne(id),
   })));
+  if (pauseResults.some(({ result }) => wasSuperseded(result))) {
+    reconcileSupersededControls(host, taskId, childIds, backendIds, pauseResults.map(({ result }) => result), pauseEpoch, "pause");
+    return "noop";
+  }
   const afterLivePause = host.getTasks().find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
   if (afterLivePause?.status === "cancelled") {
     releaseTransferPauseTree(taskId, childIds);
@@ -271,7 +351,7 @@ export async function softPauseTransfer(
   if (userAlreadyResumed) {
     for (const { id, result } of pauseResults) {
       if (result?.success) {
-        try { await bridge.resumeTransfer?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+        await undoObsoletePause(id);
       }
     }
     return "noop";
@@ -284,7 +364,7 @@ export async function softPauseTransfer(
     if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(taskId, pauseEpoch)) {
       for (const { id, result } of pauseResults) {
         if (result?.success) {
-          try { await bridge.resumeTransfer?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+          await undoObsoletePause(id);
         }
       }
       return "noop";
@@ -367,8 +447,9 @@ export async function softPauseTransfer(
     bridgeResults: pauseResults.map((row) => row.result),
   });
   for (const id of rollback.bridgeIdsToResume) {
-    try { await bridge.resumeTransfer?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+    await undoObsoletePause(id);
   }
+  if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(taskId, pauseEpoch)) return "noop";
   const hard = pauseResults.find(({ result }) =>
     result && !result.success && !isBenignPauseMiss(result.reason),
   )?.result;
@@ -428,7 +509,7 @@ export async function softResumeTransfer(
     : [taskId, ...childIds.filter((id) => id !== taskId)];
 
   // Supersede in-flight soft-drain / pauseWatch only — not a bridge lifecycle stamp.
-  bumpTransferControlEpoch(taskId);
+  const resumeEpoch = bumpTransferControlEpoch(taskId);
   releaseTransferPauseTree(taskId, releaseIds);
   for (const id of [taskId, ...releaseIds]) {
     try { globalSftpTransferScheduler.resume(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
@@ -438,17 +519,50 @@ export async function softResumeTransfer(
   try { bridge = host.getBridge(); } catch { bridge = undefined; }
 
   const resumeIds = treeIds.length > 0 ? treeIds : [taskId];
-  const results = await Promise.all(resumeIds.map(async (id) =>
-    bridge?.resumeTransfer?.(id) ?? { success: false, reason: "Resume unavailable" },
-  ));
+  const failedIds = new Set<string>();
+  const results = await Promise.all(resumeIds.map(async (id) => {
+    try {
+      return await bridge?.resumeTransfer?.(id) ?? { success: false, reason: "Resume unavailable" };
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Rejections must pass the same stale-control check as ordinary failures.
+      failedIds.add(id);
+      return { success: false, reason: error instanceof Error && error.message ? error.message : "Resume request failed" };
+    }
+  }));
   const after = host.getTasks().find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
-  if (after?.status === "cancelled") return { handled: true };
+  if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(taskId, resumeEpoch)) return { handled: true };
+  if (!after || ["completed", "cancelled", "failed"].includes(after.status)) return { handled: true };
 
+  results.forEach((result, index) => {
+    // A missing stream can belong to queued directory work. Verification and
+    // other explicit failures still own a paused stream and must remain held.
+    const benignMiss = /^(?:Transfer is no longer active|not active|Resume unavailable)$/i.test(result.reason || "");
+    if (!result.success && !result.superseded && !benignMiss) failedIds.add(resumeIds[index]);
+  });
+  if (results.some(wasSuperseded)) {
+    reconcileSupersededControls(host, taskId, releaseIds, resumeIds, results, resumeEpoch, "resume");
+  }
   const successIds = resumeIds.filter((_, index) => results[index]?.success);
+  const effectiveRunning = results.some((result) => result?.success || (result?.superseded && result.supersededBy === "resume"));
+  const failedIndex = resumeIds.findIndex((id) => failedIds.has(id));
+  const failureReason = failedIndex >= 0 ? results[failedIndex]?.reason || "Resume request failed" : undefined;
+  if (failedIds.size > 0) {
+    // A partial resume stays visibly active; hold only failed children. Do not
+    // hide successfully running streams behind a paused root barrier.
+    const heldIds = effectiveRunning ? [...failedIds] : [taskId, ...failedIds];
+    for (const id of heldIds) {
+      latchTransferPauseTree(id, []);
+      try { globalSftpTransferScheduler.pause(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+    }
+    if (!effectiveRunning) return { handled: false, reason: failureReason };
+  }
+  if (results.some(wasSuperseded) && failedIds.size === 0) {
+    return { handled: true };
+  }
   const walkAlive = isTransferWalkInFlight(taskId);
   // Directory walk can continue after unlatch without bridge resume on every child.
   // Single-file must not claim success when every bridge resume fails (stuck bar).
-  if (successIds.length === 0) {
+  if (!effectiveRunning) {
     if (task.isDirectory && walkAlive) {
       host.setTasks(paintTreeStatus(
         host.getTasks(),
@@ -491,6 +605,12 @@ export async function softResumeTransfer(
       return candidate;
     }
 
+    if (failedIds.has(candidate.id)) {
+      return { ...candidate, status: "paused" as const, speed: 0, error: failureReason };
+    }
+    const candidateResult = results[resumeIds.indexOf(candidate.id)];
+    if (candidate.id !== taskId && candidateResult?.superseded) return candidate;
+
     // Parent: transferring. Prefer bridge epoch; never wipe to undefined or a
     // late pause fanout re-applies "paused" (acceptsLifecycle treats missing as any).
     if (candidate.id === taskId) {
@@ -502,7 +622,7 @@ export async function softResumeTransfer(
       return {
         ...candidate,
         status: "transferring" as const,
-        error: undefined,
+        error: failureReason,
         reconnectRequired: false,
         pauseUnavailableReason: undefined,
         phase: undefined,
diff --git a/application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.discovery.test.tsx b/application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.discovery.test.tsx
index 4acb4171f..a3cbfee7d 100644
--- a/application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.discovery.test.tsx
+++ b/application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.discovery.test.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,106 @@ const rootTask = (): TransferTask => ({
   progressMode: "files",
 });
 
+for (const newestAction of ["pause", "cancel", "resume", "remote-resume", "remote-child-resume"] as const) {
+  test(`directory pause watcher respects a newer ${newestAction}`, async () => {
+    const { bumpTransferControlEpoch, resetTransferControlEpochsForTests } = await import("./transferControlEpoch");
+    const { latchTransferPauseTree, isTransferPauseLatched, resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests } = await import("./transferPauseLatch");
+    const previousWindow = (globalThis as { window?: unknown }).window;
+    const previousLocalStorage = (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage;
+    const previousActEnvironment = (globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
+    (globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+    const root = { ...rootTask(), id: `watch-root-${newestAction}` };
+    let tasks: TransferTask[] = [root];
+    const transfersRef = { current: tasks };
+    const cancelledTasksRef = { current: new Set<string>() };
+    const pausedTasksRef = { current: new Set<string>() };
+    let pauseCalls = 0;
+    let finishPause!: (value: { success: boolean; superseded?: boolean; supersededBy?: "resume" }) => void;
+    let finishTransfer!: (value: { error?: string }) => void;
+    let pauseStarted!: () => void;
+    const pauseGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { pauseStarted = resolve; });
+    const transferGate = new Promise<{ error?: string }>((resolve) => { finishTransfer = resolve; });
+    let resumeCalls = 0;
+    let childId = "";
+    (globalThis as { window?: unknown }).window = { netcatty: {
+      mkdirLocal: async () => undefined,
+      statLocal: async () => ({ type: "directory" }),
+      startStreamTransfer: (options: { transferId: string }) => {
+        childId = options.transferId;
+        // Reproduce a stream arming during the parent's initial pause round.
+        bumpTransferControlEpoch(root.id);
+        latchTransferPauseTree(root.id, [childId]);
+        if (newestAction === "remote-resume" || newestAction === "remote-child-resume") { pausedTasksRef.current.add(root.id); pausedTasksRef.current.add(childId); }
+        return transferGate;
+      },
+      pauseTransfer: () => {
+        pauseCalls++;
+        pauseStarted();
+        return new Promise<{ success: boolean; superseded?: boolean; supersededBy?: "resume" }>((resolve) => { finishPause = resolve; });
+      },
+      resumeTransfer: async () => { resumeCalls++; return { success: true }; },
+    } };
+    (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage = {
+      getItem: () => null, setItem: () => undefined, removeItem: () => undefined,
+    };
+    let operations: ReturnType<typeof useSftpDirectoryTransferOps> | undefined;
+    let renderer: ReactTestRenderer | null = null;
+    let running: Promise<unknown> | undefined;
+    const Probe = () => {
+      operations = useSftpDirectoryTransferOps({
+        ownerId: `watch-owner-${newestAction}`, cancelledTasksRef,
+        pausedTasksRef,
+        waitUntilTransferResumed: async () => undefined,
+        activeChildIdsRef: { current: new Map() }, transfersRef,
+        setTransfers: (update) => {
+          tasks = typeof update === "function" ? update(tasks) : update;
+          transfersRef.current = tasks;
+        },
+        listLocalFiles: async () => [], listRemoteFiles: async () => [fileEntry("file.txt")],
+      });
+      return null;
+    };
+    try {
+      await act(async () => { renderer = create(React.createElement(Probe)); });
+      assert.ok(operations);
+      running = operations.transferDirectory(root, "source-sftp", null, false, true, "auto", "auto", root.id);
+      await pauseGate;
+      if (newestAction === "remote-resume" || newestAction === "remote-child-resume") {
+        // Another window's resumed event updates rows without bumping this local epoch.
+        transfersRef.current = tasks = tasks.map(task => ({ ...task, status: task.id === root.id && newestAction === "remote-child-resume" ? "paused" : "transferring", lifecycleEpoch: 8 }));
+        finishPause({ success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "resume" });
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 110));
+        assert.equal(pauseCalls, 1, "superseded watcher must not re-pause the resumed backend");
+        assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(root.id), newestAction === "remote-child-resume");
+        assert.equal(isTransferPauseLatched(childId), false);
+        assert.equal(pausedTasksRef.current.has(root.id), newestAction === "remote-child-resume");
+        assert.equal(pausedTasksRef.current.has(childId), false);
+        return;
+      }
+      bumpTransferControlEpoch(root.id);
+      if (newestAction === "pause") latchTransferPauseTree(root.id, [childId]);
+      else {
+        if (newestAction === "cancel") cancelledTasksRef.current.add(root.id);
+        resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests();
+      }
+      finishPause({ success: true });
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+      assert.equal(resumeCalls, newestAction === "resume" ? 1 : 0, "compensation must follow the latest decision");
+    } finally {
+      pausedTasksRef.current.clear();
+      resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests();
+      finishPause?.({ success: true });
+      finishTransfer({});
+      await running?.catch(() => {});
+      await act(async () => { renderer?.unmount(); });
+      resetTransferControlEpochsForTests();
+      (globalThis as { window?: unknown }).window = previousWindow;
+      (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage = previousLocalStorage;
+      (globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = previousActEnvironment;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 test("directory transfer discovers each directory once with bounded listing concurrency", async () => {
   const previousWindow = (globalThis as { window?: unknown }).window;
   const previousLocalStorage = (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage;
diff --git a/application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.ts b/application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.ts
index cc165a29a..c6208f5e3 100644
--- a/application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.ts
+++ b/application/state/sftp/transferDirectoryOps.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { reconcileSupersededControls } from "./globalSftpTransferControl";
 import { runTransferAndWaitForOwner } from "./waitForTransferOwner";
 import { useCallback, type Dispatch, type MutableRefObject, type SetStateAction } from "react";
 import type { Host, SftpFileEntry, SftpFilenameEncoding, TransferStatus, TransferTask } from "../../../domain/models";
@@ -432,12 +433,33 @@ export function useSftpDirectoryTransferOps({
                     )
                   ) {
                     const epochAtAttempt = getTransferControlEpoch(rootTaskId);
+                    const childEpochAtAttempt = getTransferControlEpoch(task.id);
                     try {
                       const result = await netcattyBridge.get()?.pauseTransfer?.(task.id);
-                      // Resume won while we were awaiting pause — undo.
+                      if (
+                        result?.superseded && result.supersededBy === "resume"
+                        && isTransferControlEpochCurrent(rootTaskId, epochAtAttempt)
+                        && getTransferControlEpoch(task.id) === childEpochAtAttempt
+                        && !isCancelledLocalOrGlobal(cancelledTasksRef, rootTaskId, task.id)
+                      ) {
+                        const rootAlreadyRunning = transfersRef.current.find((row) => row.id === rootTaskId)?.status === "transferring";
+                        reconcileSupersededControls({
+                          getTasks: () => transfersRef.current,
+                          setTasks: (next) => setTransfers(next),
+                          getBridge: () => netcattyBridge.get(),
+                        }, rootAlreadyRunning ? rootTaskId : task.id, rootAlreadyRunning ? [task.id] : [], [task.id], [result],
+                        epochAtAttempt, "pause", rootTaskId);
+                        if (rootAlreadyRunning) pausedTasksRef.current.delete(rootTaskId);
+                        pausedTasksRef.current.delete(task.id);
+                        break;
+                      }
+                      // Compensate only if the newest decision still wants this file running.
+                      // A new pause or cancellation also changes the epoch.
                       if (
                         result?.success
                         && !isTransferControlEpochCurrent(rootTaskId, epochAtAttempt)
+                        && !isPauseLatched(rootTaskId, task.id)
+                        && !isCancelledLocalOrGlobal(cancelledTasksRef, rootTaskId, task.id)
                       ) {
                         try {
                           await netcattyBridge.get()?.resumeTransfer?.(task.id);
diff --git a/application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.test.ts b/application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.test.ts
index 2cbfcc822..b5884b927 100644
--- a/application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.test.ts
+++ b/application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.test.ts
@@ -3762,3 +3762,108 @@ test("hard directory resume failure falls back to bounded fresh retry history",
   assert.equal(retainedParent?.checkpointBytes, 0);
   assert.ok(snapshot.length <= 200, `failed directory history must stay bounded, got ${snapshot.length}`);
 });
+
+
+test("held dedicated file resume cannot overwrite a subsequent pause", async (t) => {
+  const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+  const previousWindow = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "window");
+  let releaseRun!: () => void;
+  let started!: () => void;
+  let releaseResume!: (result: { success: boolean; lifecycleEpoch: number }) => void;
+  const runGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { releaseRun = resolve; });
+  const startGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { started = resolve; });
+  const resumeGate = new Promise<{ success: boolean; lifecycleEpoch: number }>((resolve) => { releaseResume = resolve; });
+  t.after(async () => {
+    releaseRun();
+    if (previousWindow) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", previousWindow);
+    else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "window");
+    const { resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests } = await import("./sftp/transferPauseLatch");
+    resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests();
+  });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", { configurable: true, value: { netcatty: {
+    pauseTransfer: async () => ({ success: true, checkpointBytes: 2, lifecycleEpoch: 3 }),
+    resumeTransfer: () => resumeGate,
+  } } });
+  store.publishOwner("dedicated-resume", [{
+    ...makeTask("held-file", "interrupted"),
+    ownerId: "dedicated-resume", targetHostId: "host-a", reconnectRequired: true,
+  }]);
+  store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(async () => {
+    store.patchTask("held-file", { status: "transferring", reconnectRequired: false });
+    started();
+    await runGate;
+    return { success: true };
+  });
+  const first = store.resume("held-file");
+  await startGate;
+  await store.pause("held-file");
+  const second = store.resume("held-file");
+  await store.pause("held-file");
+  releaseResume({ success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 2 });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  const row = store.getSnapshot().tasks.find((task) => task.id === "held-file");
+  releaseRun();
+  await Promise.all([first, second]);
+  assert.equal(row?.status, "paused", "held transfer must respect the latest pause");
+  assert.equal(row?.lifecycleEpoch, 3);
+});
+
+for (const outcome of ["rejected", "stream-gone"] as const) {
+  test(`held file ${outcome} resume cannot restart after a newer pause during wind-down`, async (t) => {
+    const store = createSftpTransferCenterStore();
+    const previousWindow = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, "window");
+    let releaseRun!: () => void;
+    let started!: () => void;
+    let resolveResume!: (result: { success: boolean; reason: string }) => void;
+    let rejectResume!: (error: Error) => void;
+    let resumeCalls = 0;
+    const runGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { releaseRun = resolve; });
+    const startGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { started = resolve; });
+    const resumeGate = new Promise<{ success: boolean; reason: string }>((resolve, reject) => {
+      resolveResume = resolve;
+      rejectResume = reject;
+    });
+    t.after(async () => {
+      releaseRun();
+      if (previousWindow) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", previousWindow);
+      else Reflect.deleteProperty(globalThis, "window");
+      const { resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests } = await import("./sftp/transferPauseLatch");
+      resetTransferPauseLatchesForTests();
+    });
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, "window", { configurable: true, value: { netcatty: {
+      pauseTransfer: async () => ({ success: true, checkpointBytes: 2, lifecycleEpoch: 3 }),
+      resumeTransfer: () => ++resumeCalls === 1
+        ? resumeGate
+        : Promise.resolve({ success: true, lifecycleEpoch: 4 }),
+    } } });
+    const id = `held-file-${outcome}`;
+    store.publishOwner("dedicated-resume", [{
+      ...makeTask(id, "interrupted"),
+      ownerId: "dedicated-resume", targetHostId: "host-a", reconnectRequired: true,
+    }]);
+    store.setDedicatedResumeHandler(async () => {
+      store.patchTask(id, { status: "transferring", reconnectRequired: false });
+      started();
+      await runGate;
+      return { success: false, error: "Transfer cancelled" };
+    });
+    const first = store.resume(id);
+    await startGate;
+    await store.pause(id);
+    const second = store.resume(id);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+    if (outcome === "stream-gone") {
+      resolveResume({ success: false, reason: "Transfer is no longer active" });
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+    }
+    await store.pause(id);
+    if (outcome === "rejected") {
+      rejectResume(new Error("worker channel unavailable"));
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+    }
+    releaseRun();
+    await Promise.all([first, second]);
+    assert.equal(store.getSnapshot().tasks.find((task) => task.id === id)?.status, "paused");
+    assert.equal(resumeCalls, 1, "obsolete resume must not issue another resume after the held run ends");
+  });
+}
diff --git a/application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.ts b/application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.ts
index 9e1fb6a9c..0c51a10d8 100644
--- a/application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.ts
+++ b/application/state/sftpTransferCenterStore.ts
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
           // Always clear process-global latches + control epoch so walks wake and
           // late soft-drain / pauseWatch cannot re-pause streams. Do not stamp
           // control epoch as task.lifecycleEpoch (bridge-aligned only).
-          bumpTransferControlEpoch(taskId);
+          let resumeEpoch = bumpTransferControlEpoch(taskId);
           releaseTransferPauseTree(taskId, childIds);
 
           if (task.ownerId === "dedicated-resume" && task.isDirectory) {
@@ -1779,64 +1779,53 @@ export function createSftpTransferCenterStore(persistence?: StorePersistence): S
               try { await bridge?.clearPendingTransferCancel?.(id); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
             }
             try { await bridge?.clearPendingTransferCancel?.(taskId); } catch { /* best-effort */ }
+            if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(taskId, resumeEpoch)) return existing;
             return resumeInvocations.get(taskId) ?? startFresh();
           }
 
           try {
-            const resumeIds = [taskId, ...childIds.filter((id) => id !== taskId)];
-            const results = await Promise.all(resumeIds.map(async (id) =>
-              netcattyBridge.get()?.resumeTransfer?.(id) ?? { success: false },
-            ));
-            const after = tasks.find((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId);
-            if (after?.status === "cancelled") return existing;
-            // Only rejoin when at least one backend stream actually resumed.
-            // Empty/all-fail must not paint transferring over a dead held run.
-            const successIds = resumeIds.filter((_, index) => results[index]?.success);
-            if (successIds.length > 0) {
-              const resumed = new Set(successIds);
-              // Align with softResumeTransfer: prefer bridge lifecycleEpoch; clear
-              // if omitted so main-process progress is not stale-dropped.
-              let bridgeEpoch: number | undefined;
-              for (let index = 0; index < results.length; index += 1) {
-                if (!results[index]?.success) continue;
-                const epoch = (results[index] as { lifecycleEpoch?: number } | undefined)?.lifecycleEpoch;
-                if (!Number.isFinite(epoch)) continue;
-                bridgeEpoch = bridgeEpoch === undefined
-                  ? (epoch as number)
-                  : Math.max(bridgeEpoch, epoch as number);
-              }
-              tasks = tasks.map((candidate) => {
-                if (candidate.id === taskId || resumed.has(candidate.id)) {
-                  return {
-                    ...candidate,
-                    status: "transferring" as const,
-                    error: undefined,
-                    reconnectRequired: false,
-                    pauseUnavailableReason: undefined,
-                    phase: undefined,
-                    lifecycleEpoch: bridgeEpoch,
-                  };
-                }
-                return candidate;
-              });
+            // Reuse the live control path: held dedicated transfers must obey
+            // the same ordering and per-child lifecycle rules as panel jobs.
+            const softOperation = softResumeTransfer({
+              getTasks: () => tasks,
+              setTasks: (next) => { tasks = next; emit(); },
+              getBridge: defaultTransferControlBridge,
+            }, taskId);
+            resumeEpoch = getTransferControlEpoch(taskId);
+            const soft = await softOperation;
+            if (soft.handled) return existing;
+            const streamGone = /no longer active|not active|not found|session is no longer|Resume unavailable|Transfer not found/i
+              .test(soft.reason ?? "");
+            if (!streamGone) {
+              tasks = tasks.map((candidate) => candidate.id === taskId ? {
+                ...candidate,
+                status: "paused" as const,
+                speed: 0,
+                phase: undefined,
+                error: soft.reason,
+              } : candidate);
               emit();
               return existing;
             }
           } catch {
             // Fall through to await + restart.
           }
+          if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(taskId, resumeEpoch)) return existing;
           try {
             await existing;
           } catch { /* previous aborted */ }
+          if (!isTransferControlEpochCurrent(taskId, resumeEpoch)) return existing;
           return resumeInvocations.get(taskId) ?? startFresh();
         }
 
         // After demotion to interrupted/attention/failed while work unwinds:
         // wait then re-invoke (do not rejoin a dying canceling promise).
         if (task && (task.status === "interrupted" || task.status === "attention" || task.status === "failed")) {
+          const resumeEpoch = getTransferControlEpoch(taskId);
           try {
             await existing;
           } catch { /* previous aborted */ }
+          if (getTransferControlEpoch(taskId) !== resumeEpoch) return existing;
           return resumeInvocations.get(taskId) ?? startFresh();
         }
         return existing;
diff --git a/docs/research/sftp-transfer-audit-2026-09.md b/docs/research/sftp-transfer-audit-2026-09.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85178a4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/research/sftp-transfer-audit-2026-09.md
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+# SFTP transfer audit (September 2026)
+
+Baseline: `7b964ead21c1e176999557147914f4975a63f5c8`.
+Status: scoped audit completed, with five independently reproduced defects
+fixed and submitted. This ledger distinguishes verified paths from reporter
+environments unavailable to this audit.
+
+## Completion requirements
+
+Review the global transfer center, live and restored execution, admission and
+connection ownership, pause/resume/cancel ordering, durable checkpoints, source
+and destination integrity, folder replacement/traversal, history retention,
+transfer responsiveness, and architectural duplication. Cross-reference actual
+issue reports and mature open-source clients. Reproduce material findings before
+fixing them. Submit verified fixes as PRs and retain evidence for unresolved
+reporter-specific conditions.
+
+## Confirmed finding: stale transfer control can defeat a newer pause
+
+Priority: high. The user can pause a transfer and have an older request silently
+restart it, or see the state return to transferring while the pause latch remains
+set. File transfers and folder children share the affected control path.
+
+Reproductions (each failed on the baseline before the implementation change):
+
+- Two overlapping pauses: the first reply incorrectly compensates by calling
+  resume, even though the second pause is still intended.
+- Resume reply delayed until after a newer pause: old success overwrites the row
+  and its lifecycle epoch.
+- Dedicated single-file recovery held for the stream lifetime: its duplicated
+  soft-resume implementation independently has the same stale reply problem.
+- Pipelined upload: resume waits for outstanding writes, receives a newer pause,
+  then resumes anyway when draining finishes.
+- Worker reply fan-out: old successful resume, failed pause, or rejected pause
+  emits a new resumed event after a later pause succeeded.
+
+Fix contract: the newest pause/cancel decision wins over older replies; no late
+result can revive a terminal task. Keep checkpoints and source verification.
+Do not serialize controls behind a stream lifetime. Reuse the shared soft-resume
+path for held single-file recovery instead of maintaining another state writer.
+
+Verification so far:
+
+- Original selected SFTP suite: 747 passed.
+- Initial fixes with the three new regressions: 750 passed.
+- Store and control suite after dedicated-path consolidation: 107 passed.
+- Worker fan-out suite including three out-of-order cases: 9 passed.
+- Loopback SSH/SFTP: 12 files of 128 MiB, two file jobs concurrently, each starts
+  from a 32 MiB saved checkpoint and pauses/resumes during the remaining download.
+  All final SHA-256 digests match. Pause acknowledgements 6-15 ms, resume checks
+  1391-1493 ms. These are fixture measurements, not WAN throughput claims.
+- Independent review found another held-run failure path: rejection or a dead
+  stream response followed by a newer pause during wind-down could start a fresh
+  resume. Two regressions reproduced it; shared rejection handling and epoch
+  checks after wind-down now pass (109 store/control tests).
+- First full suite: 11377 passed, 7 plugin archive failures traced to missing
+  worktree-local nested dependency (yauzl 3.x). Reinstalled with npm ci; all 29
+  plugin CLI tests then pass. Full rerun passed: 11386 passed, 0 failed,
+  18 skipped.
+- GitHub review found a cross-window gap: the obsolete worker result was a hard
+  failure to a renderer whose local control epoch had not changed. Explicit
+  superseded outcomes now bypass rollback, compensation and dedicated recovery,
+  including rejected worker requests. Updated focused suite: 122 passed.
+- Production build and lint pass after that follow-up; two independent reviewers
+  found no actionable follow-up issues.
+- Browser fixture exercised the actual transfer-center component/store with
+  simulated transport: pause all, resume all, individual pause, paused filter,
+  and cancel. State/buttons matched; no browser console errors. This is not a
+  full Electron connection-path test.
+- Separate real loopback SSH/SFTP audit experiments killed the transferring child
+  process with SIGKILL and resumed the saved checkpoint in a fresh child process.
+  Both 32 MiB download and upload completed with matching SHA-256. Persisted
+  checkpoints were 30670848 and 14024704 bytes respectively. This validates the
+  transfer engine and disk staging across process death, not the renderer's
+  automatic history restoration or a real VPN/jump-host environment.
+
+## Submitted fixes
+
+| PR | Confirmed failure | Architectural change |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [3284](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/pull/3284) | Late pause/resume replies revive a newer paused/cancelled task or overwrite its visible state, including cross-window and folder watcher paths | Shared held-file resume handling; obsolete controls carry the winning action to reconcile local barriers; compensation checks current intent rather than assuming every epoch change means resume. |
+| [3285](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/pull/3285) | Deleted recorded host or duplicate legacy display names can resume an upload against another saved server | Exact host-ID recovery; unique-match-only legacy resolution; preserve live-session recovery. |
+| [3286](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/pull/3286) | Publication/restoration can overwrite a concurrently saved local file; rollback can delete a replacement | One exclusive publication helper, a clear commit boundary, preserved recovery artifacts on conflicts or incomplete fallback copying. |
+| [3287](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/pull/3287) | Folder stays active after child completion was compacted out of visible history | One bounded settlement observer/helper for both live transfer and recovery; no persistent tombstone history. |
+| [3288](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/pull/3288) | Cancelling or timing out channel initialization disconnects shared SSH users | Channel cancellation is separated from shared-transport ownership; abandoned initialization is bounded until settlement. |
+
+Additional engine experiments used actual loopback SSH/SFTP, killed the child
+process, and resumed in a fresh process for remote-to-remote transfers. Both the
+download phase and upload phase passed final 32 MiB SHA-256 comparison. The
+upload-phase checkpoint was 16777216 bytes. These complement direct upload and
+download recovery, not full-app history restoration or reporter confirmation.
+
+## Historical issue evidence fetched in this audit
+
+| Issue | Reported condition | Audit treatment |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [3213](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/3213) | macOS, 10+ files of 100-200 MB; pause/resume and force-quit recovery unreliable | Control ordering reproduced separately; source direction and server still absent from report. Do not claim reporter confirmation. |
+| [3155](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/3155) | Windows, many-file transfer freezes; no count or logs | Recheck bounded discovery, scheduling, publication and history work. |
+| [2973](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/2973) | VPN uploads disconnect SSH and SFTP; transfer spinner continues; later inode VPN report | Check transport loss and settlement. Network/security cause not established by the available logs. |
+| [3186](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/3186) | Replacement changes permissions on 1.1.82 | Check mode/owner behavior on each replacement path; existing bot explanations are not proof. |
+| [3149](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/3149) | Windows proxy + terminal drag-upload reports No such file | Check target pinning, path encoding, session and retry behavior. |
+| [2832](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/2832) | Browsing works through VPN/jump host, transfers wait indefinitely, cancel works | Check dedicated connection admission/authentication/timeout. |
+| [2568](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/2568) | Folder copy reaches 100% but remains active; pause ineffective | Check parent settlement and directory checkpoints. |
+| [2458](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/2458) | Windows 1 GiB upload continues after Pause/Pause all from both terminal sidebar and SFTP tab | Motivates transport-plus-visible-state regressions; current delayed-control defects independently reproduced. |
+| [3031](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/3031) | macOS jump-host/proxy drag upload: no such file | Missing full error, protocol, target path and direct-connect comparison prevent attribution. |
+| [2556](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/2556) | Windows download of 1.9 GiB from local Linux VM; separate many-small-files progress complaint | Preserve verification correctness; distinguish network payload from verification and incremental discovery. No comparative reporter throughput available. |
+| [2886](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/2886) | sudo terminal drop denied while SFTP upload succeeds | Existing terminal fallback fix is separate; contradictory bot explanations are not evidence of identity or permission correctness. |
+| [2638](https://github.com/binaricat/Netcatty/issues/2638) | Recovery after network failure | Verify restore end to end; UI availability alone is insufficient. |
+
+Issue state (open/closed) and automated comments do not substitute for runtime
+proof. Initial title search hit its 100-result cap. Expanded SFTP search returned
+308 issue matches, including reports without SFTP in the title. The reports
+listed above were read as representative symptom clusters; this was not a claim
+to have investigated all 308 matching issues individually.
+
+## External reference points
+
+- [Tabby SFTP implementation](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/blob/master/tabby-ssh/src/session/sftp.ts):
+  stream transfer and temporary upload destination before rename. Useful as a
+  separation-of-concerns comparison; this file does not establish durable
+  restart recovery and must not be treated as a complete replacement design.
+- [WinSCP resume documentation](https://winscp.net/eng/docs/resume): partial-file
+  discovery and temporary filenames support interruption recovery; temporary
+  creation can be unavailable under some permission layouts.
+- [Electerm transfer implementation](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/blob/master/src/app/server/transfer.js):
+  separates a per-transfer object from queue/UI state, opens a separate SFTP
+  channel on the existing SSH connection when available, and uses 32 KiB chunks
+  with 64 requests. Its live pause flag stops scheduling additional reads. Its
+  ordinary transfer opens the destination with `w`; it is not evidence for
+  durable checkpoint recovery. Retain Netcatty's staging and contiguous-offset
+  protections when simplifying ownership.
+- [Electerm action store](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/blob/master/src/client/components/file-transfer/transports-action-store.jsx)
+  counts pending initializations toward admission; its
+  [mutation queue](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/blob/master/src/client/components/file-transfer/transfer-queue.jsx)
+  distinguishes completion of a state update from completion of transfer I/O.
+  This supports keeping control requests independent of long-lived transfer runs.
+
+## Coverage and practical limits
+
+| Area | Evidence and result |
+| --- | --- |
+| Transfer controls and global center | Actual component/store browser interactions; delayed replies, direct/worker, folder watcher and cross-window action regressions. PR 3284 fixes confirmed ordering failures, including root-state reconciliation and failed resume settlement. |
+| Upload/download and remote-to-remote durability | Four real SSH/SFTP fresh-process recovery experiments, including both remote-to-remote phases, all compare final bytes by SHA-256. Existing transfer tests cover changed source, sparse ranges, cancellation and publication. |
+| Local/SCP publication | Real filesystem conflict regressions and SCP abort tests; one shared no-overwrite publication helper. Copy fallback retains mode/timestamps and recovery files on failure. Actual FAT/exFAT hardware was unavailable. |
+| Folder traversal and final state | Discovery concurrency, replacement/rollback, manifest, pause latch, skip/conflict and history tests; actual live/recovery entrypoints reproduce compacted-child hang and pass after PR 3287. |
+| History, restart and ownership | Store history/large-manifest and dedicated recovery tests; PR 3285 rejects missing or ambiguous saved host identity. Full Electron quit/relaunch with restored user credentials was not exercised; engine-process recovery was. Editing endpoint details under an unchanged saved host ID remains a documented identity-model limitation. |
+| Connection sharing and cleanup | Connection pool, lease and initialization tests; real delayed SFTP OPEN followed by cancellation leaves browsing alive and closes the late channel after PR 3288. VPN/MFA/security-product and original jump-host environments were unavailable. |
+| Responsiveness | Actual browser controls, list virtualization, bounded directory discovery and 50k history cases; scheduler smoke figures below are diagnostic, not end-user throughput or Windows runtime proof. |
+
+No additional data-loss defect was established by these checks. User reports of
+VPN-specific hangs, proxy drag-upload path errors and Windows throughput/freezes
+still require their original environments and discriminating logs. They are not
+marked resolved solely because a related mechanism was repaired here.
+
+## Validation summary
+
+Each fix received two independent local reviews. Review-discovered gaps were
+corrected and checked again. PR 3284 latest focused control/worker tests: 35 pass;
+two actual direct-resume tests include the full undrained timeout and pass.
+PR 3285 full suite: 11,379 pass, 18 skip. PR 3286 full suite before its metadata
+follow-up: 11,386 pass, 18 skip; latest publication/abort tests: 34 pass.
+PR 3287 serial full suite: 11,383 pass, 18 skip; production build passes.
+PR 3288 real SSH cancellation experiment and nine channel tests pass; its full
+suite has 11,380 passes and one unrelated terminal write-queue timing failure,
+independently reproduced on the unchanged baseline. That entire test file passes
+alone (81 tests). A separate integration worktree combines all five branches;
+one test-only insertion conflict was resolved by retaining both regressions.
+The folder test was subsequently relocated in its own PR; a fresh merge-tree
+check confirms it combines with the other control tests without a conflict.
+
+## Architectural assessment
+
+The staged-file and contiguous-checkpoint design is worth retaining. A simpler
+client that writes directly into the destination is not an equivalent safety
+reference. The most important simplification is ownership: a long-lived stream
+must not block its own control requests, and one authoritative lifecycle must
+inform every window. PR 3284 removes a duplicate state-writing recovery path
+and makes obsolete controls explicit.
+
+Publication is a second useful module boundary. PR 3286 replaces repeated
+check/rename/check/rollback branches with one no-overwrite operation shared by
+publication and restoration. On hardlink-capable filesystems its commit is
+atomic; the documented exclusive-copy fallback trades atomic visibility for
+compatibility while preserving recoverable data and cancellation.
+
+The current transfer list virtualizes beyond 20 visible tasks, directory listing
+has a tree-wide concurrency gate, and history migration yields cooperatively.
+A scheduler-only smoke workload of 1000 and 10000 immediately completing jobs
+finished in 87 ms and 4362 ms, with maximum timer gaps of 15 ms and 111 ms during
+other validation activity. The queue still scans for eligibility/priority/fairness;
+this is a follow-up performance lead, not proof of the Windows freeze reports or
+a standalone throughput benchmark. Folder fan-out bounds ordinary queue growth.
+
+Do not weaken full saved-prefix verification merely to improve resume timings.
+The loopback experiments include extra verification reads; those bytes are not
+payload throughput. A future optimization needs proof that changed sources and
+out-of-order durable ranges still cannot produce mixed file contents.
+
+PR 3287 makes final transfer ownership independent of visible history retention:
+observers capture terminal settlement before compaction and are disposed after
+the waiting invocation exits. PR 3288 keeps per-channel cancellation from
+claiming ownership of a shared SSH connection. These targeted boundaries reduce
+duplicated policy without replacing the working durable-transfer engine.
+
+Combined-engine live checks also passed: shared-connection cancellation retains
+working browsing and closes the late channel; a 32 MiB download killed at a
+16809984-byte checkpoint resumes in a new process to the expected SHA-256. An
+initial 8 MiB fixture completed before an intermediate checkpoint was sampled;
+the larger paced fixture supplies the intended process-death evidence.
+
+## Final combined validation
+
+The combined full suite passed: 11,439 passed, 0 failed, 18 skipped. Lint and
+production build passed. This run includes all five fixes and the failed-child
+admission follow-up. A final control-aggregation follow-up then corrected mixed
+success/superseded resume outcomes and current IPC rejection handling; both
+independent reviewers approved it. After bringing that follow-up and the
+test-only relocation into the integration checkout, all 202 affected control,
+store, folder, observation, recovery and worker tests passed. Final lint/build
+are recorded in the PR descriptions. No production changes were made in the
+integration checkout; the only merge edits preserve independent regression tests.
+
+The initial combined run stopped after an older exact-result assertion rejected
+the newly structured superseded response and left its fixture alive. The
+assertion was updated, its fixture completed, and the successful full run above
+supersedes that aborted run. Tests were not removed or weakened.
+
+## Delivery follow-ups
+
+The remote publication branch received an automated patch during final review.
+It was fetched and checked rather than assuming earlier validation covered it.
+Two actual filesystem regressions showed lost normal mtime preservation and a
+remaining final-path stamping race. The repair prepares staged timestamps before
+publication and restrictive chmod, skips post-commit stamping of that pathname,
+and uses a verified file handle on non-promoted local paths. Fallback close
+errors also retain recovery artifacts. Publication/bridge/SCP checks: 31 pass;
+independent targeted review: 10 pass.
+
+Fresh dedicated recovery now recognizes only the exact unchanged paused child
+rows captured at its entry as old pauses eligible to resume. A newer row,
+pausing state, root/child latch or cancellation still blocks admission. This
+avoids a 4096-row batching deadlock without removing later pause protection.
+Actual batched paused-history and later-pause regressions pass; 163 relevant
+tests and an independent 60-test review pass.
+
+The delivery rerun includes all follow-ups above: 11,452 tests passed, 0 failed,
+18 skipped (182.9 seconds, four test processes). This is the final combined
+full-suite result and supersedes the earlier intermediate counts.
diff --git a/electron/bridges/transferBridge.cjs b/electron/bridges/transferBridge.cjs
index b6fd5354a..644aff969 100644
--- a/electron/bridges/transferBridge.cjs
+++ b/electron/bridges/transferBridge.cjs
@@ -6792,7 +6792,13 @@ async function pauseTransfer(_event, payload) {
   ) {
     return { success: false, reason: "This transfer cannot be paused yet" };
   }
-  if (transfer.pauseOperation) return transfer.pauseOperation;
+  // A repeated pause is still a newer user decision: invalidate any resume
+  // waiting for verification or outstanding ranges, even if already paused.
+  transfer.pauseRequestToken = Symbol("pause");
+  if (transfer.pauseOperation) {
+    transfer.pauseSuperseded = false;
+    return transfer.pauseOperation;
+  }
   if (transfer.paused && transfer.lifecycleState === "paused") {
     const result = {
       success: true,
@@ -6844,7 +6850,7 @@ async function pauseTransfer(_event, payload) {
   if (usesContiguousRangeCheckpoint) {
     await transfer.waitForPause();
     if (!transfer.paused || transfer.pauseSuperseded) {
-      return { success: false, reason: "Pause was superseded by resume" };
+      return { success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "resume", reason: "Pause was superseded by resume" };
     }
     // Concurrent path already tracks contiguous durable bytes — do not spend
     // hundreds of ms waiting for writeStream drain before acknowledging pause.
@@ -6959,7 +6965,7 @@ async function pauseTransfer(_event, payload) {
     return { success: false, reason: "Transfer is no longer active" };
   }
   if (!transfer.paused || transfer.pauseSuperseded) {
-    return { success: false, reason: "Pause was superseded by resume" };
+    return { success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "resume", reason: "Pause was superseded by resume" };
   }
   // Confirm pause as soon as soft-drain + durable checkpoint are ready.
   // Source identity (remote sample reads on download) used to block this IPC
@@ -7014,6 +7020,20 @@ async function resumeTransfer(_event, payload) {
       reason: transfer.pauseUnavailableReason || "This transfer cannot be resumed safely",
     };
   }
+  const pauseRequestToken = transfer.pauseRequestToken;
+  const invalidResumeResult = (reason) => ({
+    success: false, reason,
+    ...(transfer.pauseRequestToken !== pauseRequestToken ? { superseded: true, supersededBy: "pause" } : {}),
+  });
+  const resumeInvalidReason = () => {
+    if (activeTransfers.get(payload?.transferId) !== transfer || transfer.cancelled) {
+      return "Transfer is no longer active";
+    }
+    if (transfer.pauseRequestToken !== pauseRequestToken) {
+      return "Resume was superseded by a newer pause";
+    }
+    return null;
+  };
   if (transfer.pauseOperation) {
     transfer.pauseSuperseded = true;
     try { transfer.cancelPauseWait?.(); } catch { }
@@ -7023,6 +7043,8 @@ async function resumeTransfer(_event, payload) {
   if (currentTransfer !== transfer || transfer.cancelled) {
     return { success: false, reason: "Transfer is no longer active" };
   }
+  const initialInvalidReason = resumeInvalidReason();
+  if (initialInvalidReason) return invalidResumeResult(initialInvalidReason);
   // Already flowing (e.g. double-click resume): do not pipe() again.
   if (!transfer.paused) {
     transfer.lifecycleState = "transferring";
@@ -7057,7 +7079,7 @@ async function resumeTransfer(_event, payload) {
           await transfer.captureSourceFingerprint?.();
         }
         if (!transfer.sourceFingerprint) {
-          return { success: false, reason: "Could not verify the source file for resume" };
+          return invalidResumeResult("Could not verify the source file for resume");
         }
         await transfer.verifySourceFingerprint(transfer.sourceFingerprint);
       }
@@ -7065,12 +7087,11 @@ async function resumeTransfer(_event, payload) {
       if (transfer.cancelled || activeTransfers.get(payload?.transferId) !== transfer) {
         return { success: false, reason: "Transfer is no longer active" };
       }
-      return {
-        success: false,
-        reason: error?.message || "Could not verify the source file for resume",
-      };
+      return invalidResumeResult(error?.message || "Could not verify the source file for resume");
     }
   }
+  const verifiedInvalidReason = resumeInvalidReason();
+  if (verifiedInvalidReason) return invalidResumeResult(verifiedInvalidReason);
   // Soft-drained concurrent pause may leave a sparse tail past the contiguous
   // checkpoint. Wait with Resume's own budget, then single-flight truncate so
   // background settle cannot race new writes after unpause.
@@ -7081,15 +7102,14 @@ async function resumeTransfer(_event, payload) {
       { maxWaitMs: RESUME_RANGE_SETTLE_MS },
     );
     if (!settled?.ok) {
-      return {
-        success: false,
-        reason: settled?.reason || "The current file is still finishing. Try resume again.",
-      };
+      return invalidResumeResult(settled?.reason || "The current file is still finishing. Try resume again.");
     }
     if (transfer.cancelled || activeTransfers.get(payload?.transferId) !== transfer) {
       return { success: false, reason: "Transfer is no longer active" };
     }
   }
+  const finalInvalidReason = resumeInvalidReason();
+  if (finalInvalidReason) return invalidResumeResult(finalInvalidReason);
   transfer.paused = false;
   transfer.pauseSuperseded = false;
   transfer.lifecycleEpoch += 1;
@@ -7264,6 +7284,37 @@ function registerWorkerHandle(ipcMain, terminalWorkerManager, channel) {
 function registerHandlers(ipcMain, options = {}) {
   const terminalWorkerManager = options.terminalWorkerManager || null;
   if (terminalWorkerManager) {
+    // Control replies can arrive out of order across windows. Only the latest
+    // request may publish lifecycle state; retain tokens only while in flight.
+    const workerControlRequests = new Map();
+    const withWorkerControl = async (transferId, action, work) => {
+      const token = Symbol("control");
+      const state = workerControlRequests.get(transferId) || { token, action, pending: 0 };
+      state.token = token;
+      state.action = action;
+      state.pending += 1;
+      workerControlRequests.set(transferId, state);
+      const isCurrent = () => workerControlRequests.get(transferId) === state && state.token === token;
+      const superseded = () => ({ success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: state.action });
+      try {
+        const result = await work(isCurrent, superseded);
+        if (isCurrent() && !result?.success && !result?.superseded) {
+          if (action === "pause") state.action = "resume";
+          else if (action === "resume") state.action = "pause";
+        }
+        return result;
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!isCurrent()) return superseded();
+        if (action === "pause") state.action = "resume";
+        else if (action === "resume") state.action = "pause";
+        throw error;
+      } finally {
+        state.pending -= 1;
+        if (state.pending === 0 && workerControlRequests.get(transferId) === state) {
+          workerControlRequests.delete(transferId);
+        }
+      }
+    };
     const nextWorkerLifecycleEpoch = (transferId, suggestedEpoch) => {
       const entry = workerTransferLifecycleEpochs.get(transferId);
       const current = Math.max(0, Number(entry?.epoch) || 0);
@@ -7289,6 +7340,7 @@ function registerHandlers(ipcMain, options = {}) {
           && workerTransferLifecycleEpochs.get(payload.transferId) === lifecycleEntry
         ) {
           workerTransferLifecycleEpochs.delete(payload.transferId);
+          workerControlRequests.delete(payload.transferId);
         }
       };
       // Renderer (or outer main) already admitted — skip a second queue so
@@ -7314,20 +7366,22 @@ function registerHandlers(ipcMain, options = {}) {
     ipcMain.handle("netcatty:transfer:cancel", (event, payload) => (
       cancelQueuedTransfer(payload?.transferId)
         ? { success: true }
-        : workerRequest(event, "netcatty:transfer:cancel", payload)
+        : withWorkerControl(payload?.transferId, "cancel", () => workerRequest(event, "netcatty:transfer:cancel", payload))
     ));
     ipcMain.handle("netcatty:transfer:pause", async (event, payload) => {
       const queued = pauseQueuedTransfer(payload?.transferId);
       if (queued) return queued;
-      const lifecycleEpoch = nextWorkerLifecycleEpoch(payload?.transferId);
-      broadcastGlobalTransferEvent({
-        type: "pausing",
-        transferId: payload?.transferId,
-        lifecycleEpoch,
-        lifecycleState: "pausing",
+      return withWorkerControl(payload?.transferId, "pause", async (isCurrent, superseded) => {
+        const lifecycleEpoch = nextWorkerLifecycleEpoch(payload?.transferId);
+        broadcastGlobalTransferEvent({
+          type: "pausing",
+          transferId: payload?.transferId,
+          lifecycleEpoch,
+          lifecycleState: "pausing",
       });
       try {
         const result = await workerRequest(event, "netcatty:transfer:pause", payload);
+        if (!isCurrent()) return superseded();
         if (!result?.success) {
           const rollbackEpoch = nextWorkerLifecycleEpoch(payload?.transferId);
           broadcastGlobalTransferEvent({
@@ -7351,6 +7405,7 @@ function registerHandlers(ipcMain, options = {}) {
         });
         return { ...result, lifecycleEpoch };
       } catch (error) {
+        if (!isCurrent()) throw error;
         const rollbackEpoch = nextWorkerLifecycleEpoch(payload?.transferId);
         broadcastGlobalTransferEvent({
           type: "resumed",
@@ -7360,24 +7415,28 @@ function registerHandlers(ipcMain, options = {}) {
         });
         throw error;
       }
+      });
     });
     ipcMain.handle("netcatty:transfer:resume", async (event, payload) => {
       const queuedResume = resumeQueuedTransfer(payload?.transferId);
       if (queuedResume) return queuedResume;
-      const result = await workerRequest(event, "netcatty:transfer:resume", payload);
-      if (result?.success) {
-        // Normalize into main-process epoch space (may advance past worker-local).
-        // Soft-resume UI must stamp THIS epoch or later worker progress is stale.
-        const lifecycleEpoch = nextWorkerLifecycleEpoch(payload?.transferId, result.lifecycleEpoch);
-        broadcastGlobalTransferEvent({
-          type: "resumed",
-          transferId: payload?.transferId,
-          lifecycleEpoch,
-          lifecycleState: "transferring",
-        });
-        return { ...result, lifecycleEpoch };
-      }
-      return result;
+      return withWorkerControl(payload?.transferId, "resume", async (isCurrent, superseded) => {
+        const result = await workerRequest(event, "netcatty:transfer:resume", payload);
+        if (!isCurrent()) return superseded();
+        if (result?.success) {
+          // Normalize into main-process epoch space (may advance past worker-local).
+          // Soft-resume UI must stamp THIS epoch or later worker progress is stale.
+          const lifecycleEpoch = nextWorkerLifecycleEpoch(payload?.transferId, result.lifecycleEpoch);
+          broadcastGlobalTransferEvent({
+            type: "resumed",
+            transferId: payload?.transferId,
+            lifecycleEpoch,
+            lifecycleState: "transferring",
+          });
+          return { ...result, lifecycleEpoch };
+        }
+        return result;
+      });
     });
     ipcMain.handle("netcatty:transfer:prioritize", (event, payload) => (
       prioritizeQueuedTransfer(payload?.transferId)
diff --git a/electron/bridges/transferBridge.globalFanout.test.cjs b/electron/bridges/transferBridge.globalFanout.test.cjs
index dd9ebdc4e..b88cc6eab 100644
--- a/electron/bridges/transferBridge.globalFanout.test.cjs
+++ b/electron/bridges/transferBridge.globalFanout.test.cjs
@@ -299,3 +299,85 @@ test("worker-backed pause and resume fan authoritative lifecycle to every window
     delete require.cache[require.resolve(bridgePath)];
   }
 });
+
+for (const latestAction of ["pause", "resume", "cancel"]) {
+  test(`stale worker pause retains latest ${latestAction} after that newer request has settled`, async (t) => {
+    const bridgePath = require.resolve("./transferBridge.cjs");
+    delete require.cache[bridgePath];
+    t.after(() => { delete require.cache[bridgePath]; });
+    const bridge = require(bridgePath);
+    const handlers = new Map();
+    let finishFirst;
+    const firstGate = new Promise((resolve) => { finishFirst = resolve; });
+    let requests = 0;
+    bridge.registerHandlers({ handle: (channel, fn) => handlers.set(channel, fn) }, {
+      terminalWorkerManager: { request: async () => ++requests === 1 ? firstGate : { success: true } },
+    });
+    const payload = { transferId: `worker-last-action-${latestAction}` };
+    const first = handlers.get("netcatty:transfer:pause")(null, payload);
+    await handlers.get(`netcatty:transfer:${latestAction}`)(null, payload);
+    finishFirst({ success: true });
+    const stale = await first;
+    assert.equal(stale.superseded, true);
+    assert.equal(stale.supersededBy, latestAction, "completed newer request must retain intent for older pending replies");
+  });
+}
+
+for (const outcome of ["resume-success", "pause-success", "pause-failure", "pause-error", "resume-error"]) {
+  test(`worker ${outcome} arriving after a newer pause cannot broadcast resumed`, async (t) => {
+    const sent = [];
+    const restore = withElectronVersionStub();
+    const originalLoad = Module._load;
+    Module._load = function (request, parent, isMain) {
+      if (request === "electron") return { BrowserWindow: { getAllWindows: () => [{
+        isDestroyed: () => false,
+        webContents: { isDestroyed: () => false, send: (_channel, payload) => sent.push(payload) },
+      }] } };
+      return originalLoad(request, parent, isMain);
+    };
+    const bridgePath = require.resolve("./transferBridge.cjs");
+    delete require.cache[bridgePath];
+    t.after(() => { Module._load = originalLoad; restore(); delete require.cache[bridgePath]; });
+    const bridge = require(bridgePath);
+    const handlers = new Map();
+    let resolveFirst;
+    let rejectFirst;
+    const firstGate = new Promise((resolve, reject) => { resolveFirst = resolve; rejectFirst = reject; });
+    let requests = 0;
+    bridge.registerHandlers({ handle: (channel, fn) => handlers.set(channel, fn) }, {
+      terminalWorkerManager: { request: async () => ++requests === 1 ? firstGate : { success: true } },
+    });
+    const payload = { transferId: `worker-order-${outcome}` };
+    const channel = outcome.startsWith("resume") ? "resume" : "pause";
+    const first = handlers.get(`netcatty:transfer:${channel}`)(null, payload).catch(() => null);
+    await handlers.get("netcatty:transfer:pause")(null, payload);
+    const afterPause = sent.length;
+    if (outcome.endsWith("error")) rejectFirst(new Error("channel closed"));
+    else resolveFirst({ success: outcome.endsWith("success"), reason: "pause unavailable" });
+    assert.deepEqual(await first, { success: false, superseded: true, supersededBy: "pause" });
+    assert.equal(sent.slice(afterPause).some((event) => event.type === "resumed"), false);
+    assert.equal(sent.at(-1).type, "paused");
+  });
+}
+
+for (const action of ["pause", "resume"]) {
+  test(`superseded result follows rollback after latest ${action} fails`, async (t) => {
+    const bridgePath = require.resolve("./transferBridge.cjs");
+    delete require.cache[bridgePath];
+    t.after(() => { delete require.cache[bridgePath]; });
+    const bridge = require(bridgePath);
+    const handlers = new Map();
+    let finish;
+    let calls = 0;
+    bridge.registerHandlers({ handle: (channel, fn) => handlers.set(channel, fn) }, {
+      terminalWorkerManager: { request: () => ++calls === 1
+        ? new Promise(resolve => { finish = resolve; })
+        : Promise.resolve({ success: false, reason: "unavailable" }) },
+    });
+    const payload = { transferId: `rollback-${action}` };
+    const older = handlers.get("netcatty:transfer:pause")(null, payload);
+    await handlers.get(`netcatty:transfer:${action}`)(null, payload);
+    finish({ success: true });
+    assert.equal((await older).supersededBy, action === "pause" ? "resume" : "pause");
+  });
+}
diff --git a/electron/bridges/transferBridge.test.cjs b/electron/bridges/transferBridge.test.cjs
index 3d273efd8..5d08eb797 100644
--- a/electron/bridges/transferBridge.test.cjs
+++ b/electron/bridges/transferBridge.test.cjs
@@ -1607,6 +1607,125 @@ test("pause soft-drains concurrent ranges but resume waits before truncating", a
   assert.equal(durableBytes, payload.length);
 });
 
+for (const settleWrites of [true, false]) {
+test(`a newer pause supersedes resume while concurrent writes are draining: settle=${settleWrites}`, async (t) => {
+  const tempDir = await fs.promises.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "netcatty-transfer-resume-repause-"));
+  t.after(async () => {
+    await fs.promises.rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  // Several MB so concurrent fanout stays saturated while we hold writes.
+  const payload = Buffer.alloc(UPLOAD_TRANSFER_CONCURRENCY * TRANSFER_CHUNK_SIZE * 4, 65);
+  const localPath = path.join(tempDir, "upload.bin");
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(localPath, payload);
+  let holdWrites = true;
+  const pendingWrites = [];
+  let durableBytes = 0;
+  const truncateCalls = [];
+  const fastSftp = createFastSftp({
+    open(_remotePath, _flags, callback) {
+      callback(null, Buffer.from("remote-handle"));
+    },
+    write(_handle, _buffer, _offset, length, position, callback) {
+      const complete = () => {
+        durableBytes = Math.max(durableBytes, position + length);
+        callback(null);
+      };
+      if (holdWrites) pendingWrites.push({ position, complete });
+      else setImmediate(complete);
+    },
+    close(_handle, callback) {
+      callback(null);
+    },
+  });
+  const client = {
+    sftp: createFastSftp({}),
+    stat() {
+      return Promise.resolve({ size: durableBytes });
+    },
+    truncate(_remotePath, size) {
+      truncateCalls.push(size);
+      durableBytes = size;
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    },
+    rename() {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    },
+    delete() {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    },
+    client: {
+      sftp(callback) {
+        callback(null, fastSftp);
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  transferBridge.init({ sftpClients: new Map([["target", client]]) });
+
+  const running = transferBridge.startTransfer(
+    { sender: createSender() },
+    {
+      transferId: "upload-resume-repause",
+      sourcePath: localPath,
+      targetPath: "/tmp/upload-soft.bin",
+      sourceType: "local",
+      targetType: "sftp",
+      targetSftpId: "target",
+      totalBytes: payload.length,
+      resumable: true,
+    },
+  );
+
+  const readyDeadline = Date.now() + 1000;
+  while (pendingWrites.length < UPLOAD_TRANSFER_CONCURRENCY && Date.now() < readyDeadline) {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+  }
+  assert.ok(pendingWrites.length >= 1, "expected in-flight concurrent writes");
+
+  const started = Date.now();
+  // Hold writes so active ranges never drain — soft-drain must still resolve.
+  const paused = await transferBridge.pauseTransfer(null, { transferId: "upload-resume-repause" });
+  const elapsed = Date.now() - started;
+  assert.equal(paused.success, true);
+  // Soft drain is PAUSE_RANGE_DRAIN_MS (~50ms); allow headroom without full drain.
+  assert.ok(elapsed < 1500, `soft pause took too long: ${elapsed}ms`);
+
+  const outOfOrderWrite = pendingWrites.pop();
+  assert.ok(outOfOrderWrite?.position > 0, "expected a range beyond the contiguous checkpoint");
+  outOfOrderWrite.complete();
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+  let resumeSettled = false;
+  const resuming = transferBridge.resumeTransfer(null, { transferId: "upload-resume-repause" })
+    .then((result) => {
+      resumeSettled = true;
+      return result;
+    });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
+  const truncatedBeforeDrain = truncateCalls.length > 0;
+  const resumedBeforeDrain = resumeSettled;
+
+  const newerPause = await transferBridge.pauseTransfer(null, { transferId: "upload-resume-repause" });
+  assert.equal(newerPause.success, true);
+  if (settleWrites) {
+    holdWrites = false;
+    for (const { complete } of pendingWrites.splice(0)) complete();
+  }
+  const resumeResult = await resuming;
+  holdWrites = false;
+  for (const { complete } of pendingWrites.splice(0)) complete();
+  await transferBridge.cancelTransfer(null, { transferId: "upload-resume-repause" });
+  await running;
+  assert.equal(resumeResult.success, false, "old resume must not restart writes after a newer pause");
+  if (settleWrites) assert.match(resumeResult.reason, /superseded.*pause/i);
+  assert.equal(resumeResult.superseded, true, "direct callers need a structured superseded result too");
+  assert.equal(resumeResult.supersededBy, "pause");
+  assert.equal(truncatedBeforeDrain, false);
+  assert.equal(resumedBeforeDrain, false);
+});
+
+}
+
 test("cancelling resume during soft-drain does not truncate the staged file", async (t) => {
   const tempDir = await fs.promises.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "netcatty-transfer-resume-cancel-"));
   t.after(async () => {
@@ -1766,6 +1885,8 @@ test("resuming while a fast pause is pending settles the pause request", async (
   assert.deepEqual(await pausing, {
     success: false,
     reason: "Pause was superseded by resume",
+    superseded: true,
+    supersededBy: "resume",
   });
 
   finishWrite();
diff --git a/types/global/netcatty-bridge-sftp.d.ts b/types/global/netcatty-bridge-sftp.d.ts
index c75c986a4..990c68238 100644
--- a/types/global/netcatty-bridge-sftp.d.ts
+++ b/types/global/netcatty-bridge-sftp.d.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ declare global {
     ): Promise<{ transferId: string; totalBytes?: number; error?: string; cancelled?: boolean }>;
     pauseTransfer?(transferId: string): Promise<{
       success: boolean;
+      superseded?: boolean;
+      supersededBy?: "pause" | "resume" | "cancel";
       checkpointBytes?: number;
       resumeStage?: 'direct' | 'download' | 'upload';
       downloadCheckpointBytes?: number;
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ declare global {
       lifecycleEpoch?: number;
       reason?: string;
     }>;
-    resumeTransfer?(transferId: string): Promise<{ success: boolean; reason?: string; lifecycleEpoch?: number }>;
+    resumeTransfer?(transferId: string): Promise<{ success: boolean; reason?: string; lifecycleEpoch?: number; superseded?: boolean; supersededBy?: "pause" | "resume" | "cancel" }>;
     prioritizeTransfer?(transferId: string): Promise<{ success: boolean }>;
     setGlobalTransferConcurrency?(limit: number): Promise<{ success: boolean; limit: number }>;
     cleanupTransferArtifacts?(payload: {