diff --git a/fleetd/src/test/java/dev/ltms/fleet/msg/LeadCoordLoopTest.java b/fleetd/src/test/java/dev/ltms/fleet/msg/LeadCoordLoopTest.java
index dc35d24..2f626b8 100644
--- a/fleetd/src/test/java/dev/ltms/fleet/msg/LeadCoordLoopTest.java
+++ b/fleetd/src/test/java/dev/ltms/fleet/msg/LeadCoordLoopTest.java
@@ -68,6 +68,26 @@ class LeadCoordLoopTest {
         assertEquals(List.of("m1", "m1"), channel.acked(), "the redelivery still needs a fresh broker ack");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void aRedeliveryIsAckedEvenWhileTheLeadIsMidTurn() {
+        var channel = new FakeLeadChannel(SELF).hold(new LeadMessage("m1", PEER, SELF, "recover me"));
+        var herdr = new FakeHerdr().agentStatus("idle");
+        var loop = loop(channel, herdr, Map.of(LEAD_TERM, SELF));
+
+        loop.tick();
+        channel.hold(new LeadMessage("m1", PEER, SELF, "recover me"));
+        herdr.agentStatus("working");
+        loop.tick();
+
+        assertEquals(1, prompts(herdr).size(), "the pane is still written exactly once");
+        assertEquals(List.of("m1", "m1"), channel.acked(),
+                "a message already written to the pane must be acked even mid-turn: the mid-turn "
+                + "gate exists to protect the pane, and this message needs no pane. Gating the ack "
+                + "on it leaves the message held on a lead that is busy most of the time, and every "
+                + "recovery redelivers it again — which is the loop this fix exists to stop");
+        assertTrue(channel.peek().isEmpty(), "so it is no longer held");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void leavesTheMessageUnackedWhenTheLeadIsMidTurn() {
         var channel = new FakeLeadChannel(SELF).hold(new LeadMessage("m1", PEER, SELF, "hello"));