diff --git a/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/SyncGuardState.ts b/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/SyncGuardState.ts
index 41f9bce0..d3484064 100644
--- a/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/SyncGuardState.ts
+++ b/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/SyncGuardState.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ export class SyncGuardState {
         return this.bypassed;
     }
 
+    get isCatchUpActive(): boolean {
+        return this.catchUpActive;
+    }
+
     /** Begins a fresh, initially non-blocking observation window on app resume. */
     resume(enabled: boolean, minimumFiles: number): void {
         this.minimumFiles = Number.isFinite(minimumFiles) ? Math.max(1, Math.floor(minimumFiles)) : 20;
diff --git a/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/index.ts b/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/index.ts
index 468bbd2c..fc7b83e0 100644
--- a/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/index.ts
+++ b/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/index.ts
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ export function useSyncGuardFeature(host: LiveSyncCore, createOverlay: SyncGuard
             guard.disable();
             return;
         }
-        // A duplicate resume in the same active catch-up must honour a user's
-        // explicit decision to continue editing rather than silently re-lock.
-        if (guard.wasBypassed && isCouchDbCatchUp()) {
+        // PouchDB briefly reports 'idle' when disposing its progress observer, while
+        // the enclosing CouchDB catch-up still owns the previous guard generation.
+        // Do not reset that generation on duplicate resume, even before the threshold.
+        const sameCatchUp = guard.isCatchUpActive || isCouchDbCatchUp();
+        // An explicit bypass must survive this same transient 'idle'.
+        if (guard.wasBypassed && sameCatchUp) {
             return;
         }
         // Duplicate resume notifications or a visibility transition must not discard an
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ export function useSyncGuardFeature(host: LiveSyncCore, createOverlay: SyncGuard
             guard.presentation.phase === "interrupted") {
             return;
         }
-        if (guard.presentation.phase === "observing" && isCouchDbCatchUp()) {
+        if (guard.presentation.phase === "observing" && sameCatchUp) {
             return;
         }
         guard.resume(Boolean(isEnabled()), settings.syncGuardMinimumFiles);
diff --git a/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/syncGuardFeature.unit.spec.ts b/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/syncGuardFeature.unit.spec.ts
index 26495757..108d7644 100644
--- a/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/syncGuardFeature.unit.spec.ts
+++ b/src/serviceFeatures/syncGuard/syncGuardFeature.unit.spec.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,41 @@ describe("useSyncGuardFeature", () => {
         await h.onUnload[0]();
     });
 
+    it("keeps received-note counting across duplicate resume during transient idle with finite pull active", async () => {
+        vi.useFakeTimers();
+        const h = setup({ minimumFiles: 3 });
+        await h.onResumed[0]();
+        h.setCouchDbPhase("catch-up");
+        h.finiteReplicationActivityCount.value = 1;
+        await h.parseHandlers[0]([receivedNote("first"), receivedNote("second")]);
+        h.setCouchDbPhase("idle");
+        await h.onResumed[0](); // Must not reset the already observed two notes.
+        await h.parseHandlers[0]([receivedNote("third")]);
+        expect(h.updates[h.updates.length - 1]).toMatchObject({
+            phase: "transferring",
+            receivedFiles: 3,
+        });
+        h.finiteReplicationActivityCount.value = 0;
+        h.setCouchDbPhase("continuous");
+        expect(h.updates[h.updates.length - 1]?.phase).toBe("applying");
+        await h.onUnload[0]();
+    });
+
+    it("honours manual bypass across duplicate resume while catch-up reports transient idle", async () => {
+        vi.useFakeTimers();
+        const h = setup({ minimumFiles: 1 });
+        await h.onResumed[0]();
+        h.setCouchDbPhase("catch-up");
+        h.finiteReplicationActivityCount.value = 1;
+        await h.parseHandlers[0]([receivedNote("first")]);
+        h.bypass();
+        h.setCouchDbPhase("idle");
+        await h.onResumed[0]();
+        await h.parseHandlers[0]([receivedNote("second")]);
+        expect(h.updates[h.updates.length - 1]?.phase).toBe("idle");
+        await h.onUnload[0]();
+    });
+
     it("ignores large P2P finite transfers when CouchDB catch-up is not running", async () => {
         const h = setup({ minimumFiles: 2 });
         await h.onResumed[0]();