diff --git a/docs/changes/unreleased/2091-displaced-window-keeps-turns.md b/docs/changes/unreleased/2091-displaced-window-keeps-turns.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e6ff5fced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/unreleased/2091-displaced-window-keeps-turns.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+kind: fixed
+title: A displaced window keeps its unsent turns, and a taken chat can be taken again
+pr: 2091
+surface: [remote, chat, docs]
+invalidates:
+  - "When an ownership check found another device holding the chat, Drive.CheckLease made the window a viewer without telling the batcher, so unsent turns were not kept as a branch then; now the hold is retired at once and Batcher.Displaced resolves pending work before the window names the new holder, once."
+  - "A publish refused with a stale fence announced 'another device continued this chat' and then '<device> continued this chat'; OnLost now only retires the hold, and the window speaks once, after the branch."
+  - "Materialize left the sender's earlier .cell/published.json in place, naming a head this store never fetched, so the next take refused with 'snapshot … is not held in this store'; Materialize now records the received head as published."
+  - "The conversation tip read 'space space takes you back to home'; it now reads 'space space brings you back to home'."
+---
diff --git a/internal/cellstore/syncops.go b/internal/cellstore/syncops.go
index 44f4fdb4f7..b51b6ef5c7 100644
--- a/internal/cellstore/syncops.go
+++ b/internal/cellstore/syncops.go
@@ -288,6 +288,12 @@ func (e SyncEngine) Materialize(ctx context.Context, c cell.Cell, head string) e
 	if err := noteAdopted(c, head); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// A snapshot sealed after the first publish carries the sender's earlier
+	// upload note, whose snapshot this store may never have fetched; record
+	// the received head so local-work checks compare against a snapshot held here.
+	if err := NotePublished(c, head); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return noteHeld(c, e.holdDir(c), mergeHeld(earlier, out.Held))
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cellsync/batch.go b/internal/cellsync/batch.go
index 49d30391dc..d1d1b979cd 100644
--- a/internal/cellsync/batch.go
+++ b/internal/cellsync/batch.go
@@ -516,6 +516,17 @@ func (b *Batcher) beat(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Displaced records that an ownership read found this writer's hold gone: new
+// work is refused immediately and any pending turns are resolved under flushMu
+// so an in-flight publish and a watch wakeup never announce displacement twice.
+func (b *Batcher) Displaced(ctx context.Context) {
+	seen, _, stale := b.view()
+	if stale {
+		return
+	}
+	b.lost(ctx, seen)
+}
+
 // lost handles a heartbeat that found the lease of seen gone. It waits for any
 // flush in flight, and does nothing if that flush already branched. When the
 // branch fails the state stays stale and the next flush retries it.
@@ -525,7 +536,7 @@ func (b *Batcher) lost(ctx context.Context, seen Driving) {
 	if b.isClosing() {
 		return
 	}
-	if now, _, _ := b.view(); now.ID() != seen.ID() || now.Fence != seen.Fence {
+	if now, _, stale := b.view(); stale || now.ID() != seen.ID() || now.Fence != seen.Fence {
 		return
 	}
 	b.setStale()
diff --git a/internal/e2e/pairjourney_steps_e2e_test.go b/internal/e2e/pairjourney_steps_e2e_test.go
index 92f0b11e7d..b4ca3f1e94 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/pairjourney_steps_e2e_test.go
+++ b/internal/e2e/pairjourney_steps_e2e_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func journeyRun(j *journey, env []string, homeA, homeB, wsA, wsB string, online
 		a.keys("Space")
 		screen, ok := waitPlain(a, 12*time.Second, "Add another device")
 		j.check(ok, "the home screen never offered another machine")
-		j.check(strings.Contains(screen, "pick up your work anywhere"), "pitch missing")
+		j.check(strings.Contains(screen, say(t, "addMachinePitch")), "pitch missing")
 		j.see(a)
 	})
 
diff --git a/internal/e2e/tuiwords_test.go b/internal/e2e/tuiwords_test.go
index afcb8d8357..ba7fd08756 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/tuiwords_test.go
+++ b/internal/e2e/tuiwords_test.go
@@ -1227,6 +1227,11 @@ var tuiWords = map[string]tuiWord{
 		why: "the dim line the conversation says after esc, which is the other half of a front door: " +
 			"a person who declined is told the next direct road rather than left on an empty screen",
 	},
+	"addMachinePitch": {
+		screen: "Pick up your work anywhere, exactly where you left it.",
+		why: "the pitch on home's add-another-device card (homeband_addmachine.go's addMachinePitch), " +
+			"read by the pairing journey so a respelled card fails the untagged word gate before tmux runs",
+	},
 }
 
 // say is how the tmux suite reaches a literal, and THE ONLY WAY IT MAY.
diff --git a/internal/manual/chat/hints-and-tips.md b/internal/manual/chat/hints-and-tips.md
index ca7eb7d012..5676b66ff0 100644
--- a/internal/manual/chat/hints-and-tips.md
+++ b/internal/manual/chat/hints-and-tips.md
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ build if the two disagree), so a tip you saw is on it word for word.
   has three or more earlier conversations. Retired the first time the automations place
   opens, by any door (`/automations`, `alt+7`, a row that leads there), or the first time
   an automation is proposed to you on a card in a conversation.
-- `space space takes you back to home` — after the first exchange, in a conversation only
+- `space space brings you back to home` — after the first exchange, in a conversation only
   (never on home itself). Retired the first time two spaces in an empty box open home,
   from a conversation or from a place; reaching home by `/home` or the tab does not retire
   it. It is the first tip a conversation says, ahead of `/task`.
diff --git a/internal/manual/chat/home.md b/internal/manual/chat/home.md
index 58779205e1..265037a99a 100644
--- a/internal/manual/chat/home.md
+++ b/internal/manual/chat/home.md
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ advertised. (Until 2026-09-17 these words were the right end of the rule above t
 **It stays when a tip is showing.** A conversation's tip covers the project at the keys
 row's right end, never the keys. Until 2026-09-24 a tip took the whole row and the
 door went with it. One of the tips is about the door itself:
-`space space takes you back to home`.
+`space space brings you back to home`.
 
 **You can click it.** A press on the words `space space home` opens home; a press on the
 rule beside them is a press on a rule.
diff --git a/internal/syncsetup/drive.go b/internal/syncsetup/drive.go
index 71cc7013a6..4490a3a70b 100644
--- a/internal/syncsetup/drive.go
+++ b/internal/syncsetup/drive.go
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ type Drive struct {
 
 	sent string // fingerprint of the vault as last sent; touched by the flush loop and Close only
 
-	mu      sync.Mutex
-	line    string // the superseded line, empty while this device drives
-	spoken  bool
-	sealMu  sync.Mutex
-	stopped bool
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+	line      string // the superseded line, empty until pending work is resolved and the notice said
+	lost      bool   // true as soon as this writer learns its hold is gone, before branching finishes
+	announced bool   // true once becomeViewer has claimed announcing displacement
+	spoken    bool
+	sealMu    sync.Mutex
+	stopped   bool
 }
 
 // Drive starts the drive side of c. The lease is acquired when the chat has a
@@ -332,7 +334,7 @@ func (s *Sync) batcher(eng cellstore.Engine, c cell.Cell, drv cellsync.Driving,
 		Info:            d.info,
 		OnFlush:         d.flushed(),
 		OnSuperseded:    d.becomeViewer,
-		OnLost:          func() { d.refusal(directory.ErrFenceStale) },
+		OnLost:          d.loseHold,
 		OnError:         d.refusal,
 		Sleep:           d.opt.Sleep,
 		Liveness:        s.Liveness(),
@@ -349,28 +351,47 @@ func (d *Drive) info() cellsync.PublishInfo {
 	return d.sync.publishInfo(d.cell, title)
 }
 
-// becomeViewer is the Batcher's word that another device took the chat over:
-// from now on this window only shows it, and says who has it.
-func (d *Drive) becomeViewer(s cellsync.Superseded) {
+// loseHold retires this writer's permission to run tools and clears its send
+// receipt at once, while leaving the viewer line and notice until pending work
+// has been preserved as a branch and the new holder named.
+func (d *Drive) loseHold() {
 	d.mu.Lock()
-	changed := d.line == ""
-	d.line = chatlist.Superseded(unknownDevice)
+	changed := !d.lost && d.line == ""
+	d.lost = true
 	expected := sendLease{Cell: d.directoryID, Fence: d.recordedFence}
 	d.mu.Unlock()
-	if err := d.sync.forgetSendLease(d.cell.ID, expected); err != nil {
-		d.notice(err.Error())
+	if d.sync != nil {
+		if err := d.sync.forgetSendLease(d.cell.ID, expected); err != nil {
+			d.notice(err.Error())
+		}
 	}
 	if changed && d.opt.OnRenewalChange != nil {
 		d.opt.OnRenewalChange()
 	}
+}
+
+func (d *Drive) displaced() bool {
+	d.mu.Lock()
+	defer d.mu.Unlock()
+	return d.lost || d.line != ""
+}
+
+// becomeViewer is the Batcher's word that another device took the chat over:
+// from now on this window only shows it, and says who has it.
+func (d *Drive) becomeViewer(s cellsync.Superseded) {
+	d.loseHold()
+	d.mu.Lock()
+	if d.announced {
+		d.mu.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+	d.announced = true
+	d.mu.Unlock()
 	device := unknownDevice
-	if s.By != "" && s.By != unknownDevice {
+	if s.By != "" && s.By != unknownDevice && d.sync != nil {
 		device = d.sync.deviceName(s.By)
 	}
 	line := chatlist.Superseded(device)
-	d.mu.Lock()
-	d.line = line
-	d.mu.Unlock()
 	// Refuse new work immediately, then preserve the pending save before
 	// announcing displacement. A routine ownership check does no fsync (C28).
 	if d.batcher != nil {
@@ -384,6 +405,9 @@ func (d *Drive) becomeViewer(s cellsync.Superseded) {
 		d.notice(chatlist.KeptEdits(s.Turns, d.opt.DeviceName))
 	}
 	d.notice(line)
+	d.mu.Lock()
+	d.line = line
+	d.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
 // refusal shows the person-facing line of a refused request, which the
@@ -430,7 +454,7 @@ func (d *Drive) Viewer() (string, bool) {
 
 // RenewalStatus reads this writer's cached renewal health without network work.
 func (d *Drive) RenewalStatus() (time.Time, time.Duration, bool) {
-	if _, viewer := d.Viewer(); viewer || d.batcher == nil || d.sync.removed.Load() {
+	if d.displaced() || d.batcher == nil || d.sync.removed.Load() {
 		return time.Time{}, 0, false
 	}
 	return d.batcher.RenewalStatus()
@@ -443,7 +467,7 @@ func (d *Drive) RenewalStatus() (time.Time, time.Duration, bool) {
 // directory that cannot be asked answers true, because a drive side that cannot
 // tell must not be thrown away for it.
 func (d *Drive) HoldsLease(ctx context.Context) bool {
-	if _, viewer := d.Viewer(); viewer || d.batcher == nil {
+	if d.displaced() || d.batcher == nil {
 		return false
 	}
 	v, err := d.sync.Dir.Cell(ctx, d.directoryID)
@@ -461,12 +485,17 @@ func (d *Drive) CheckLease(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err := cellstore.Captured(ctx, d.cell); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if _, viewer := d.Viewer(); viewer || d.batcher == nil {
+	if d.displaced() || d.batcher == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 	v, err := d.sync.Dir.Cell(ctx, d.directoryID)
 	if err == nil && (v.Cell.Lease.Expires <= v.Now || v.Cell.Lease.Device != d.sync.Device.ID() || v.Cell.Lease.Fence != d.batcher.Fence()) {
-		d.becomeViewer(cellsync.Superseded{By: v.Cell.Lease.Device})
+		// Retire the hold at once so no new seal starts, then wait for any seal
+		// already past Gate to note its turn before resolving pending work.
+		d.loseHold()
+		d.sealMu.Lock()
+		d.sealMu.Unlock()
+		d.batcher.Displaced(ctx)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -489,6 +518,9 @@ func (d *Drive) Gate() error {
 	if d.line != "" {
 		return errors.New(d.line)
 	}
+	if d.lost {
+		return errors.New(chatlist.Superseded(unknownDevice))
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/syncsetup/drive_refusal_safety_test.go b/internal/syncsetup/drive_refusal_safety_test.go
index 869a8eeb59..cb6f72ca81 100644
--- a/internal/syncsetup/drive_refusal_safety_test.go
+++ b/internal/syncsetup/drive_refusal_safety_test.go
@@ -1,20 +1,59 @@
 package syncsetup
 
 import (
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/codeaf/internal/cellstore"
+	"github.com/Agent-Field/codeaf/internal/chatlist"
 	"github.com/Agent-Field/codeaf/internal/directory"
 )
 
 func TestAStaleDriveRefusalImmediatelyMakesTheWindowAViewer(t *testing.T) {
 	// Refusal retires a saved send hold, so even this minimal drive needs an isolated home.
-	d := &Drive{sync: &Sync{Home: t.TempDir()}}
+	var notices []string
+	d := &Drive{
+		sync: &Sync{Home: t.TempDir()},
+		opt:  DriveOptions{OnNotice: func(line string) { notices = append(notices, line) }},
+	}
+	d.refusal(directory.ErrFenceStale)
 	d.refusal(directory.ErrFenceStale)
 	if d.Gate() == nil {
 		t.Fatal("a refused drive still allows new work")
 	}
+	want := chatlist.Superseded(unknownDevice)
+	if line, viewer := d.Viewer(); !viewer || line != want {
+		t.Fatalf("viewer = %q, %v; want %q, true", line, viewer, want)
+	}
+	if !slices.Equal(notices, []string{want}) {
+		t.Fatalf("notices = %v, want [%q] once", notices, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStalePublishRefusalMakesViewerAndNotifiesOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newTwoHomes(t)
+	ctx := t.Context()
+	a := h.openA()
+	a.mustSay("durable")
+	h.durable(h.cell.ID, h.cell)
+	h.block.set(true)
+	a.mustSay("orphaned")
+	h.lapse()
+	mustNil(t, h.b.putDevice(ctx, nameB))
+	if _, err := h.continuerB().Take(ctx, h.cell.ID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	h.block.set(false)
+	want := chatlist.Superseded(nameB)
+	waitFor(t, "A to become a viewer after stale publish", func() bool { _, viewer := a.drive.Viewer(); return viewer })
+	if line, viewer := a.drive.Viewer(); !viewer || line != want {
+		t.Fatalf("viewer = %q, %v; want %q, true", line, viewer, want)
+	}
+	kept := chatlist.KeptEdits(1, nameA)
+	if got := h.wall.all(); !slices.Equal(got, []string{kept, want}) {
+		t.Fatalf("notices = %v, want [%q %q]", got, kept, want)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestTheSendProofNamesTheDrivesActualFence(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/syncsetup/drive_watch.go b/internal/syncsetup/drive_watch.go
index 235706e573..cbbe306f6b 100644
--- a/internal/syncsetup/drive_watch.go
+++ b/internal/syncsetup/drive_watch.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (d *Drive) followOwnership(ctx context.Context) {
 			_ = d.CheckLease(read)
 			cancel()
 		}
-		if _, viewer := d.Viewer(); viewer || state.Refused != nil {
+		if d.displaced() || state.Refused != nil {
 			return
 		}
 		select {
diff --git a/internal/syncsetup/leadership_native_test.go b/internal/syncsetup/leadership_native_test.go
index 6e4a58954b..1b0e765f25 100644
--- a/internal/syncsetup/leadership_native_test.go
+++ b/internal/syncsetup/leadership_native_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ func personalLeader(t *testing.T, r *memberRig, s *Sync) cs.LeadershipReceipt {
 	if status.Leader != receipt.Node || !slices.Equal(status.Configuration.Voters, []uint64{1, 2, receipt.Node}) || status.Configuration.Joint() || !slices.Contains(status.Configuration.Learners, 3) || status.Membership.Leadership == nil || !status.Membership.Leadership.Completed {
 		t.Fatalf("R6 transfer lacks durable settlement/elected leader: %+v %+v", receipt, status)
 	}
+	// Status returns as soon as one anchor voter answers ReadIndex quorum, while
+	// the remaining peer responses and their cursor acknowledgments finish on
+	// the member socket; settle them before callers snapshot post-decision traffic.
+	waitMember(t, s, func(m *personalMember) bool { return m.idle })
 	return receipt
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/syncsetup/sendlease.go b/internal/syncsetup/sendlease.go
index b78455918f..4f0085af7a 100644
--- a/internal/syncsetup/sendlease.go
+++ b/internal/syncsetup/sendlease.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (d *Drive) recordSendLease() error {
 	fence := d.batcher.Fence()
 	d.mu.Lock()
 	defer d.mu.Unlock()
-	if d.line != "" || fence == 0 || fence == d.recordedFence {
+	if d.lost || d.line != "" || fence == 0 || fence == d.recordedFence {
 		return nil
 	}
 	if err := d.sync.recordSendLease(d.cell.ID, sendLease{Cell: d.directoryID, Fence: fence}); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/tui3/chattip_test.go b/internal/tui3/chattip_test.go
index d6a59fb460..1960f34963 100644
--- a/internal/tui3/chattip_test.go
+++ b/internal/tui3/chattip_test.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func TestTheWayHomeTipIsSaidAwayFromHomeOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	if row.id == "" {
 		t.Fatal("the way-home tip is not on the table")
 	}
-	if row.text != "space space takes you back to home" || row.retire != eventHomeGesture {
+	if row.text != "space space brings you back to home" || row.retire != eventHomeGesture {
 		t.Fatalf("the way-home tip reads %q and retires on %q", row.text, row.retire)
 	}
 	a, _ := chatTipLab(t)
diff --git a/internal/tui3/notice.go b/internal/tui3/notice.go
index 355bc7a2ae..4593088bdf 100644
--- a/internal/tui3/notice.go
+++ b/internal/tui3/notice.go
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ var notices = []notice{
 		// it.
 		id: "home-by-two-spaces", slot: slotHint,
 		armed:  awayFromHome,
-		text:   "space space takes you back to home",
+		text:   "space space brings you back to home",
 		retire: eventHomeGesture,
 	},
 	{