diff --git a/backend/src/services/export.rs b/backend/src/services/export.rs
index 6b82c71..85d22e5 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/export.rs
+++ b/backend/src/services/export.rs
@@ -303,11 +303,19 @@ async fn run_zip_export_inner(
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    // Flip the ready flag only while still current (a re-release between finalize and here
-    // would have cleared it; don't resurrect it for a superseded generation).
+    // Flip the ready flag only while still current AND still released. The `release_seq`
+    // EXISTS check alone is NOT enough: a reopen (`open_event`) landing in the window between
+    // our `finalize_job` above and this UPDATE clears `export_released_at` + both ready flags
+    // but leaves our `export_job` row `done` at this same seq — so EXISTS would still match and
+    // we'd resurrect `export_zip_ready = TRUE` on a keepsake that predates the reopen. The next
+    // re-release would then read that stale TRUE, skip regeneration (`if ready { continue }`),
+    // and serve a snapshot missing every upload added during the reopen window — the exact
+    // stale-keepsake data loss migration 012 exists to prevent. Anchoring on
+    // `export_released_at IS NOT NULL` makes the flip a no-op once a reopen has landed.
     sqlx::query(
         "UPDATE event SET export_zip_ready = TRUE
          WHERE id = $1
+           AND export_released_at IS NOT NULL
            AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM export_job
                        WHERE event_id = $1 AND type = 'zip'::export_type
                          AND release_seq = $2 AND status = 'done')",
@@ -644,9 +652,12 @@ async fn run_html_export_inner(
         return Ok(());
     }
 
+    // Same released-anchored guard as the ZIP flip (see run_zip_export): a reopen between our
+    // finalize and here must not resurrect `export_html_ready` on a pre-reopen snapshot.
     sqlx::query(
         "UPDATE event SET export_html_ready = TRUE
          WHERE id = $1
+           AND export_released_at IS NOT NULL
            AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM export_job
                        WHERE event_id = $1 AND type = 'html'::export_type
                          AND release_seq = $2 AND status = 'done')",
diff --git a/docs/USER_JOURNEYS.md b/docs/USER_JOURNEYS.md
index e738a76..a80887c 100644
--- a/docs/USER_JOURNEYS.md
+++ b/docs/USER_JOURNEYS.md
@@ -167,7 +167,11 @@ the Host can clean up later).
 5. Banning **always hides**: the user's existing uploads are filtered out of the feed for
    everyone (`v_feed`, `find_visible_media`, and the export query all enforce
    `is_banned = FALSE`), and a live `user-hidden` SSE event evicts their cards from every
-   open feed + the diashow without a reload.
+   open feed + the diashow without a reload. A client that was offline/disconnected during
+   the live event doesn't miss the eviction: `uploads_hidden_at` is stamped at ban time
+   (migration 013) and the reconnect delta (`GET /feed/delta`) returns the banned users in
+   `hidden_user_ids`, so the feed and diashow replay the eviction on the next reconnect —
+   the projector-missed-the-live-push case is exactly why this exists.
 
 ## 11. Admin — instance configuration
 
diff --git a/e2e/fixtures/api-client.ts b/e2e/fixtures/api-client.ts
index c86a61a..238ae0b 100644
--- a/e2e/fixtures/api-client.ts
+++ b/e2e/fixtures/api-client.ts
@@ -109,10 +109,11 @@ export class ApiClient {
     });
   }
 
-  async banUser(token: string, userId: string, hideUploads = false) {
+  // A ban ALWAYS hides the user's uploads — the backend takes no body and ignores any
+  // `hide_uploads` flag (the old opt-out was removed). No per-request options.
+  async banUser(token: string, userId: string) {
     return this.request<void>('POST', `/host/users/${userId}/ban`, {
       token,
-      body: { hide_uploads: hideUploads },
       expectedStatus: [200, 204],
     });
   }
diff --git a/e2e/specs/04-host/moderation.spec.ts b/e2e/specs/04-host/moderation.spec.ts
index c019255..ba10ea4 100644
--- a/e2e/specs/04-host/moderation.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/specs/04-host/moderation.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { seedUpload, seedComment } from '../../helpers/seed';
 test.describe('Host — moderation API', () => {
   test('ban with hide_uploads=true sets the right flags', async ({ api, host, guest }) => {
     const target = await guest('Banned1');
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, true);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
     const users = await api.listUsers(host.jwt);
     const row = users.find((u: any) => u.id === target.userId);
     expect(row?.is_banned).toBe(true);
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test.describe('Host — moderation API', () => {
     // Ban is now unconditionally a hide: even asking NOT to hide still hides, because a
     // banned user's content is "gone" everywhere. The legacy hide_uploads arg is ignored.
     const target = await guest('Banned2');
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, false);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
     const users = await api.listUsers(host.jwt);
     const row = users.find((u: any) => u.id === target.userId);
     expect(row?.is_banned).toBe(true);
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test.describe('Host — moderation API', () => {
 
   test('banned user cannot call /upload', async ({ api, host, guest }) => {
     const target = await guest('Banned3');
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, false);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
 
     // Direct fetch — multipart body shape is just a marker; the auth middleware should reject before parsing.
     const res = await fetch((process.env.E2E_FRONTEND_URL ?? 'http://localhost:3101') + '/api/v1/upload', {
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ test.describe('Host — live role/ban revocation (H1)', () => {
     // Sanity: host token works.
     await api.listUsers(host.jwt);
 
-    await api.banUser(adminToken, host.userId, false);
+    await api.banUser(adminToken, host.userId);
 
     // Banned users are rejected with 403 by the auth extractor before any handler runs.
     await expect(api.listUsers(host.jwt)).rejects.toThrow(/→ 403/);
   });
 
   test('a banned host cannot unban themselves', async ({ api, adminToken, host }) => {
-    await api.banUser(adminToken, host.userId, false);
+    await api.banUser(adminToken, host.userId);
     await expect(
       api.unbanUser(host.jwt, host.userId, { expectedStatus: [204] })
     ).rejects.toThrow(/→ 403/);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ test.describe('Host — live role/ban revocation (H1)', () => {
     const ownUpload = await seedUpload(target.jwt, { caption: 'mine' });
     const ownComment = await seedComment(target.jwt, ownUpload, 'my comment');
 
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, false);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
 
     // Reads still succeed.
     const read = await fetch(base + '/api/v1/me/context', { headers: auth(target.jwt) });
diff --git a/e2e/specs/04-host/sse-eviction.spec.ts b/e2e/specs/04-host/sse-eviction.spec.ts
index a7f698c..463647a 100644
--- a/e2e/specs/04-host/sse-eviction.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/specs/04-host/sse-eviction.spec.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ test.describe('Host — live SSE eviction (H3)', () => {
     const sse = new SseListener();
     await sse.start(host.jwt);
 
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, true);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
 
     await sse.waitForEvent(
       'user-hidden',
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ test.describe('Host — live SSE eviction (H3)', () => {
     await expect(page.getByText('evict-me-live-xyz').first()).toBeVisible();
 
     // Host hides the target — the viewer's feed must drop the card via SSE, no reload.
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, true);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
     await expect(page.getByText('evict-me-live-xyz')).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 15_000 });
   });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/specs/07-adversarial/authorization-deep.spec.ts b/e2e/specs/07-adversarial/authorization-deep.spec.ts
index 964dfb4..7a22943 100644
--- a/e2e/specs/07-adversarial/authorization-deep.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/specs/07-adversarial/authorization-deep.spec.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ test.describe('Adversarial — deep authorization', () => {
 
   test('banned user cannot toggle a like', async ({ api, host, guest }) => {
     const target = await guest('BannedLike');
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, false);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
 
     const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/api/v1/upload/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/like`, {
       method: 'POST',
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ test.describe('Adversarial — deep authorization', () => {
 
   test('banned user cannot post a comment', async ({ api, host, guest }) => {
     const target = await guest('BannedComment');
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, false);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
 
     const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/api/v1/upload/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/comments`, {
       method: 'POST',
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ test.describe('Adversarial — deep authorization', () => {
 
   test('banned user can still read the feed (read-only access preserved)', async ({ api, host, guest }) => {
     const target = await guest('BannedRead');
-    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId, false);
+    await api.banUser(host.jwt, target.userId);
 
     const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/api/v1/feed`, {
       headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${target.jwt}` },
diff --git a/e2e/specs/10-flow-review/export-reopen-rerelease.spec.ts b/e2e/specs/10-flow-review/export-reopen-rerelease.spec.ts
index 949a93c..705d05f 100644
--- a/e2e/specs/10-flow-review/export-reopen-rerelease.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/specs/10-flow-review/export-reopen-rerelease.spec.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@
  * superseded worker discards its output instead of resurrecting a stale keepsake. The
  * download follows the current `done` row's `file_path`, never a fixed name.
  *
+ * A second, narrower window on the SAME class of bug (fixed alongside): a reopen (`open_event`)
+ * landing between a *current* worker's `finalize_job` and its ready-flag flip. `open_event`
+ * clears `export_released_at` + both ready flags but leaves the `export_job` row `done` at the
+ * current seq — so the seq-guarded flip would still match and resurrect `export_zip_ready=TRUE`
+ * on a pre-reopen snapshot, and the next re-release would `if ready { continue }` and skip
+ * regeneration. The flip UPDATEs are therefore additionally anchored on
+ * `export_released_at IS NOT NULL`, making them a no-op once a reopen has landed. The
+ * "completeness" test below exercises the real reopen→re-release worker path end-to-end; the
+ * sub-millisecond finalize↔flip interleave itself isn't deterministically forceable with the
+ * fast fixtures, so that exact window is covered by the SQL guard + code review rather than a
+ * timing-dependent assertion.
+ *
  * Coverage:
  *  - churn integrity: rapid reopen→re-release yields exactly one INTACT ZIP, no stuck jobs.
  *  - completeness: an upload added during the reopen window IS present in the re-released
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/upload-queue.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/upload-queue.test.ts
index 70e0961..632e79a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/upload-queue.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/upload-queue.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { classifyUploadStatus } from './upload-queue';
+import { classifyUploadStatus, isReversibleLock, entryToQueueItem } from './upload-queue';
 
 /**
  * Regression guard for the upload-queue retry policy (H2 + M1). The bug being locked out:
@@ -40,3 +40,70 @@ describe('classifyUploadStatus', () => {
     expect(classifyUploadStatus(503)).toBe('transient');
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * Regression guard for the reversible-lock discrimination inside the `terminal` bucket — the
+ * branch that decides whether a 4xx KEEPS the blob (event closed / gallery released: a host can
+ * reopen and the photo resumes) or PURGES it (permanent ban / quota). Getting this wrong either
+ * loses a photo the guest expected to survive a reopen, or lets a banned device retry forever.
+ */
+describe('isReversibleLock', () => {
+  it('an `uploads_locked` code is reversible at any status (event closed / released)', () => {
+    expect(isReversibleLock(403, 'uploads_locked')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isReversibleLock(409, 'uploads_locked')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('a `forbidden` 403 (banned) is PERMANENT — purge, never resume', () => {
+    expect(isReversibleLock(403, 'forbidden')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('an unidentifiable 403 (unparseable proxy/WAF/captive-portal body) is treated reversible', () => {
+    // Losing a photo is the worst outcome; 403 is the reversible-lock status here.
+    expect(isReversibleLock(403, undefined)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isReversibleLock(403, null)).toBe(true);
+    expect(isReversibleLock(403, '')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('a non-403 permanent 4xx (e.g. 413 quota) is NOT reversible unless explicitly locked', () => {
+    expect(isReversibleLock(413, undefined)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isReversibleLock(400, 'bad_request')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isReversibleLock(413, 'uploads_locked')).toBe(true); // explicit tag still wins
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * Regression guard for the queue-rehydration mapping. The bug this locks out: `loadQueue`
+ * rebuilt items from IndexedDB WITHOUT copying `lastModified`, so a reloaded item had
+ * `lastModified === undefined`. addToQueue's dedup keys on (name, size, lastModified), so
+ * re-selecting the same file after a reload would MISS the duplicate and queue it twice.
+ */
+describe('entryToQueueItem', () => {
+  const base = {
+    id: 'e1',
+    userId: 'u1',
+    fileName: 'photo.jpg',
+    fileSize: 1234,
+    lastModified: 1_700_000_000_000,
+    mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
+    status: 'pending' as const
+  };
+
+  it('carries lastModified across rehydration (dedup depends on it)', () => {
+    expect(entryToQueueItem(base).lastModified).toBe(1_700_000_000_000);
+  });
+
+  it('downgrades an interrupted `uploading` entry to `pending` so it resumes', () => {
+    expect(entryToQueueItem({ ...base, status: 'uploading' }).status).toBe('pending');
+  });
+
+  it('a `done` entry reports 100% progress; others start at 0', () => {
+    expect(entryToQueueItem({ ...base, status: 'done' }).progress).toBe(100);
+    expect(entryToQueueItem(base).progress).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('defaults caption/hashtags to empty strings', () => {
+    const item = entryToQueueItem(base);
+    expect(item.caption).toBe('');
+    expect(item.hashtags).toBe('');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/upload-queue.ts b/frontend/src/lib/upload-queue.ts
index 780a29e..a6505f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/upload-queue.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/upload-queue.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,57 @@ export function classifyUploadStatus(status: number): UploadOutcome {
 	return 'transient';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Within the `terminal` bucket, decide whether a 4xx is a REVERSIBLE lock (keep the blob,
+ * park retryable for a host reopen) rather than a permanent rejection (purge the blob).
+ * Pure + exported so this data-loss-critical rule is unit-testable without an XHR harness.
+ *
+ * Reversible when:
+ *  - the backend tagged it `uploads_locked` (event closed / gallery released — a host can reopen), OR
+ *  - it's ANY 403 we can't positively identify as a permanent ban (`forbidden`). An unparseable
+ *    403 body (proxy/WAF/captive portal) must NOT purge the blob — losing a photo is the worst
+ *    outcome, and 403 is the reversible-lock status here.
+ * A `forbidden` 403 (banned) and every non-403 4xx (e.g. 413 quota) are permanent → purge.
+ */
+export function isReversibleLock(status: number, errorCode: unknown): boolean {
+	return errorCode === 'uploads_locked' || (status === 403 && errorCode !== 'forbidden');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Rehydrate a persisted IndexedDB entry into an in-memory `QueueItem`. Pure + exported so the
+ * field-mapping is unit-testable. The rule that must not regress: `lastModified` MUST be carried
+ * across — addToQueue's dedup keys on it, so an item restored from IndexedDB (page reload / PWA
+ * relaunch) with an undefined lastModified would fail to match a re-selection of the same file
+ * and silently queue it twice. `uploading` is downgraded to `pending` (an interrupted in-flight
+ * upload must resume, not stay stuck spinning).
+ */
+export function entryToQueueItem(entry: {
+	id: string;
+	userId: string;
+	fileName: string;
+	fileSize: number;
+	lastModified?: number;
+	mimeType: string;
+	caption?: string;
+	hashtags?: string;
+	status: QueueItem['status'] | 'uploading';
+	error?: string;
+}): QueueItem {
+	return {
+		id: entry.id,
+		userId: entry.userId,
+		fileName: entry.fileName,
+		fileSize: entry.fileSize,
+		lastModified: entry.lastModified,
+		mimeType: entry.mimeType,
+		caption: entry.caption ?? '',
+		hashtags: entry.hashtags ?? '',
+		status: entry.status === 'uploading' ? 'pending' : entry.status,
+		progress: entry.status === 'done' ? 100 : 0,
+		error: entry.error
+	};
+}
+
 export async function loadQueue(): Promise<void> {
 	const database = await getDb();
 	const myUserId = getUserId();
@@ -220,18 +271,7 @@ export async function loadQueue(): Promise<void> {
 	// explicit logout via `clearQueue`).
 	const items: QueueItem[] = all
 		.filter((entry) => entry.userId && entry.userId === myUserId)
-		.map((entry) => ({
-			id: entry.id,
-			userId: entry.userId,
-			fileName: entry.fileName,
-			fileSize: entry.fileSize,
-			mimeType: entry.mimeType,
-			caption: entry.caption ?? '',
-			hashtags: entry.hashtags ?? '',
-			status: entry.status === 'uploading' ? 'pending' : entry.status,
-			progress: entry.status === 'done' ? 100 : 0,
-			error: entry.error
-		}));
+		.map(entryToQueueItem);
 	queueItems.set(items);
 	// Staged-but-unsent items from a prior session (queued offline, tab closed before
 	// reconnect) must resume now — otherwise the "queue flushes when you're back online"
@@ -501,10 +541,7 @@ async function uploadItem(id: string): Promise<void> {
 						// = banned) as reversible: an unparseable 403 body (proxy/WAF/captive
 						// portal) must NOT purge the blob — losing a photo is the worst outcome, and
 						// 403 is the reversible-lock status here.
-						if (
-							body?.error === 'uploads_locked' ||
-							(xhr.status === 403 && body?.error !== 'forbidden')
-						) {
+						if (isReversibleLock(xhr.status, body?.error)) {
 							reject(new LockedError(body?.message || 'Event ist geschlossen.'));
 							break;
 						}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/diashow/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/diashow/+page.svelte
index 8879344..e8239d5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/diashow/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/diashow/+page.svelte
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
 		showBottomNav.set(true);
 		clearTimer();
 		if (overlayHideTimer) clearTimeout(overlayHideTimer);
+		if (processedDebounce) clearTimeout(processedDebounce);
 		void releaseWakeLock();
 		for (const unsub of unsubs) unsub();
 	});