diff --git a/server/lib/downloadPreflight.js b/server/lib/downloadPreflight.js
index 4c60db550a..7ffb395c13 100644
--- a/server/lib/downloadPreflight.js
+++ b/server/lib/downloadPreflight.js
@@ -542,8 +542,7 @@ const IDLE_STALL_TIMEOUT_MS = 20 * 60 * 1000;
  * migrated download path stayed unprotected until somebody remembered to add
  * that clause. Registering here removes that step for every path that claims a
  * slot; what such a path must still do is BE LOADED, which
- * `orphanedPartialGc.test.js` pins. (A path that claims no slot — `loras.js`
- * today — is still unprotected; issue #6190 migrates it.)
+ * `orphanedPartialGc.test.js` pins.
  *
  * Call `createDownloadSlot` at MODULE scope only: this Set is add-only, so a
  * per-request slot would grow it for the process's lifetime and slow
diff --git a/server/services/loras.js b/server/services/loras.js
index 1e72456f74..0ce404428c 100644
--- a/server/services/loras.js
+++ b/server/services/loras.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { ServerError } from '../lib/errorHandler.js';
 import {
   assessDownloadPreflight,
   assertDownloadFits,
+  createDownloadSlot,
   etagPathFor,
   probeRemoteSize,
   siblingDownloadMeta,
@@ -82,6 +83,14 @@ const loraMetadataCache = new Map();
 // files, while two explicitly different versions remain independent.
 const civitaiInstalls = createSingleFlight();
 
+// Keyed on the resolved destination path — what `isAnyDownloadInFlight` (and the
+// orphaned-partial GC sweep) asks about, and what a second install of the same
+// file would otherwise race. Not `exclusive`: LoRA files are small relative to a
+// checkpoint, so installing several at once is normal, not a hazard. Cancel
+// discards the `.partial` (`keepPartialOnCancel` defaults false) — a single
+// abandoned file, not a multi-shard checkpoint worth resuming.
+const downloadSlot = createDownloadSlot({ codePrefix: 'LORA' });
+
 const sidecarPath = (loraFilename) => join(PATHS.loras, `${loraFilename}${SIDECAR_SUFFIX}`);
 const invalidateLoraMetadataCache = (filename) => {
   loraMetadataCache.delete(join(PATHS.loras, filename));
@@ -465,70 +474,88 @@ const downloadToFile = async (url, destPath, { fetchImpl = fetch, headers = {} ,
     throw new ServerError(`${label} download failed: ${res.status} ${res.statusText}`, { status: 502, code });
   };
 
-  let lastEmit = 0;
-  let lastTick = { received: 0, total: 0 };
-  const { tmpPath } = await streamResumableDownload({
-    url,
-    destPath,
-    headers,
-    fetchImpl,
-    signal,
-    finalize: false,
-    isCancelled: () => Boolean(signal?.aborted),
-    onHttpError,
-    onBytes: onProgress
-      ? (received, total) => {
-        lastTick = { received, total };
-        const now = Date.now();
-        if (now - lastEmit < 150) return;
-        lastEmit = now;
-        onProgress({ received, total });
-      }
-      : undefined,
+  // Claim before the first await: two presses landing inside the same tick
+  // would otherwise both pass the caller's existsSync pre-check and start a
+  // parallel transfer of the same file. Released in the finally below.
+  const slot = downloadSlot.claim(destPath, {
+    busyMessage: `${basename(destPath)} is already downloading`,
   });
-  // `finalize: false` means streamResumableDownload never had a chance to
-  // clean up its own etag sidecar (that only happens on ITS finalize path).
-  // Reaching here means the stream completed successfully — every branch
-  // below either moves or deletes tmpPath outright, never leaves it for a
-  // future resume, so the sidecar describing it is equally done.
-  await rmGuarded(etagPathFor(destPath), { force: true }).catch(() => {});
-  if (onProgress) onProgress(lastTick);
-  // Atomic no-clobber finalize: `link` is POSIX-atomic and fails with EEXIST
-  // when destPath already exists (concurrent install that snuck past our
-  // pre-check). On success we unlink the tmp; on EEXIST we clean up and
-  // throw CIVITAI_ALREADY_INSTALLED. For other link errors (cross-device
-  // EXDEV, read-only fs, etc.) fall back to rename, which is the only
-  // portable option on those platforms.
-  const linkErr = await link(tmpPath, destPath).catch((e) => e);
-  if (!linkErr) {
-    await unlinkGuarded(tmpPath).catch(() => {});
-    return;
+  // An external abort signal (SSE client-disconnect) cancels through the slot
+  // rather than its own controller, so the typed CANCELLED/STALLED error from
+  // `wrapError` below applies uniformly regardless of who triggered the abort.
+  const onExternalAbort = () => downloadSlot.cancel(destPath);
+  if (signal) {
+    if (signal.aborted) onExternalAbort();
+    else signal.addEventListener('abort', onExternalAbort, { once: true });
   }
-  if (linkErr.code === 'EEXIST') {
-    await rmGuarded(tmpPath, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
-    const basename_ = basename(destPath);
-    throw new ServerError(
-      `Already installed: ${basename_}. Delete it first or pick a different version.`,
-      { status: 409, code: 'CIVITAI_ALREADY_INSTALLED' },
-    );
-  }
-  // EXDEV or similar — fall back to rename. Re-check destPath right before
-  // the rename so a concurrent install that landed between our link attempt
-  // and now can't be silently clobbered (POSIX rename overwrites). Treat
-  // late-arriving dest as CIVITAI_ALREADY_INSTALLED, matching the EEXIST
-  // path above.
-  if (existsSync(destPath)) {
-    await rmGuarded(tmpPath, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
-    const basename_ = basename(destPath);
-    throw new ServerError(
-      `Already installed: ${basename_}. Delete it first or pick a different version.`,
-      { status: 409, code: 'CIVITAI_ALREADY_INSTALLED' },
-    );
+  const emitProgress = onProgress
+    ? slot.throttle((received, total) => onProgress({ received, total }))
+    : null;
+  try {
+    let lastTick = { received: 0, total: 0 };
+    const { tmpPath } = await streamResumableDownload({
+      url,
+      destPath,
+      headers,
+      fetchImpl,
+      finalize: false,
+      onHttpError,
+      onBytes: (received, total) => {
+        lastTick = { received, total };
+        slot.track(received, total);
+        if (emitProgress) emitProgress(received, total);
+      },
+      ...slot.downloadOptions(),
+    });
+    // `finalize: false` means streamResumableDownload never had a chance to
+    // clean up its own etag sidecar (that only happens on ITS finalize path).
+    // Reaching here means the stream completed successfully — every branch
+    // below either moves or deletes tmpPath outright, never leaves it for a
+    // future resume, so the sidecar describing it is equally done.
+    await rmGuarded(etagPathFor(destPath), { force: true }).catch(() => {});
+    if (onProgress) onProgress(lastTick);
+    // Atomic no-clobber finalize: `link` is POSIX-atomic and fails with EEXIST
+    // when destPath already exists (concurrent install that snuck past our
+    // pre-check). On success we unlink the tmp; on EEXIST we clean up and
+    // throw CIVITAI_ALREADY_INSTALLED. For other link errors (cross-device
+    // EXDEV, read-only fs, etc.) fall back to rename, which is the only
+    // portable option on those platforms.
+    const linkErr = await link(tmpPath, destPath).catch((e) => e);
+    if (!linkErr) {
+      await unlinkGuarded(tmpPath).catch(() => {});
+      return;
+    }
+    if (linkErr.code === 'EEXIST') {
+      await rmGuarded(tmpPath, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
+      const basename_ = basename(destPath);
+      throw new ServerError(
+        `Already installed: ${basename_}. Delete it first or pick a different version.`,
+        { status: 409, code: 'CIVITAI_ALREADY_INSTALLED' },
+      );
+    }
+    // EXDEV or similar — fall back to rename. Re-check destPath right before
+    // the rename so a concurrent install that landed between our link attempt
+    // and now can't be silently clobbered (POSIX rename overwrites). Treat
+    // late-arriving dest as CIVITAI_ALREADY_INSTALLED, matching the EEXIST
+    // path above.
+    if (existsSync(destPath)) {
+      await rmGuarded(tmpPath, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
+      const basename_ = basename(destPath);
+      throw new ServerError(
+        `Already installed: ${basename_}. Delete it first or pick a different version.`,
+        { status: 409, code: 'CIVITAI_ALREADY_INSTALLED' },
+      );
+    }
+    await rename(tmpPath, destPath).catch(async (err) => {
+      await rmGuarded(tmpPath, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
+      throw err;
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw slot.wrapError(err);
+  } finally {
+    if (signal) signal.removeEventListener('abort', onExternalAbort);
+    slot.release();
   }
-  await rename(tmpPath, destPath).catch(async (err) => {
-    await rmGuarded(tmpPath, { force: true }).catch(() => {});
-    throw err;
-  });
 };
 
 // After a LoRA finishes downloading, verify the on-disk `.safetensors` before
diff --git a/server/services/loras.test.js b/server/services/loras.test.js
index 8591f8c01f..537d1f9173 100644
--- a/server/services/loras.test.js
+++ b/server/services/loras.test.js
@@ -988,25 +988,76 @@ describe('installFromHuggingface', () => {
     expect(ticks[ticks.length - 1]).toEqual({ received: 10, total: 0 });
   });
 
-  it('forwards an AbortSignal to the download fetch so an SSE disconnect can cancel it', async () => {
+  it('lets an external AbortSignal cancel the in-flight weights download so an SSE disconnect stops it', async () => {
+    // The download claims a slot keyed on destPath and downloads through the
+    // SLOT's own AbortController (so a stall/cancel gets the same typed error
+    // regardless of who triggered it) — an external `signal` (the route's
+    // res.on('close') controller) is wired to cancel THROUGH the slot rather
+    // than being handed to fetch directly. Prove the wiring by aborting mid-
+    // transfer and asserting the actual weights fetch's signal aborts too.
     const controller = new AbortController();
     let sawSignal;
     const fetchImpl = async (url, opts) => {
       if (url.startsWith('https://huggingface.co/api/models/')) return mockJsonResponse(HF_MODEL);
       if (url.includes('/resolve/main/pytorch_lora_weights.safetensors')) {
         sawSignal = opts?.signal;
-        const stream = new ReadableStream({ start(c) { c.enqueue(new Uint8Array(validSafetensors())); c.close(); } });
-        return { ok: true, status: 200, body: stream };
+        // Never closes on its own: this stream only ends when the abort
+        // listener below errors it, mirroring how real fetch aborts an
+        // in-flight response body when its signal fires.
+        const stream = new ReadableStream({
+          start(c) {
+            c.enqueue(new Uint8Array(validSafetensors().slice(0, 8)));
+            sawSignal.addEventListener('abort', () => c.error(new Error('aborted')), { once: true });
+          },
+        });
+        return { ok: true, status: 200, body: stream, headers: new Map([['content-length', String(validSafetensors().length)]]) };
       }
       throw new Error(`unexpected fetch: ${url}`);
     };
-    await lorasService.installFromHuggingface(
+    const install = lorasService.installFromHuggingface(
       { url: 'https://huggingface.co/fal/ltx2.3-audio-reactive-lora', token: 'hf_test' },
       { fetchImpl, signal: controller.signal },
     );
-    // The controller's signal must reach the actual weights download (not just
-    // the metadata fetch) — that's the transfer a disconnect needs to cancel.
-    expect(sawSignal).toBe(controller.signal);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(sawSignal).toBeDefined());
+    expect(sawSignal.aborted).toBe(false);
+    controller.abort();
+    expect(sawSignal.aborted).toBe(true);
+    const err = await install.catch((e) => e);
+    expect(err.message).toMatch(/cancel/i);
+    expect(err.code).toBe('LORA_DOWNLOAD_CANCELLED');
+  });
+
+  it('refuses a second install of the same destination while the first is still downloading', async () => {
+    let release;
+    const gate = new Promise((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+    const full = validSafetensors();
+    const fetchImpl = async (url) => {
+      if (url.startsWith('https://huggingface.co/api/models/')) return mockJsonResponse(HF_MODEL);
+      if (url.includes('/resolve/main/pytorch_lora_weights.safetensors')) {
+        const stream = new ReadableStream({
+          start(c) {
+            c.enqueue(new Uint8Array(full.slice(0, 8)));
+            gate.then(() => { c.enqueue(new Uint8Array(full.slice(8))); c.close(); });
+          },
+        });
+        return { ok: true, status: 200, body: stream, headers: new Map([['content-length', String(full.length)]]) };
+      }
+      throw new Error(`unexpected fetch: ${url}`);
+    };
+    const first = lorasService.installFromHuggingface(
+      { url: 'https://huggingface.co/fal/ltx2.3-audio-reactive-lora', token: 'hf_test' },
+      { fetchImpl },
+    );
+    const destPath = join(tmpLoras, 'lora-fal-ltx2.3-audio-reactive-lora-hf.safetensors');
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(existsSync(`${destPath}.partial`)).toBe(true));
+    const err = await lorasService.installFromHuggingface(
+      { url: 'https://huggingface.co/fal/ltx2.3-audio-reactive-lora', token: 'hf_test' },
+      { fetchImpl },
+    ).catch((e) => e);
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+    expect(err.code).toBe('LORA_DOWNLOAD_IN_FLIGHT');
+    release();
+    await first;
   });
 
   it('installs a Flux.2 Klein 9B collection as flux2 and picks the klein9b file', async () => {
@@ -1113,6 +1164,56 @@ describe('installFromHuggingface', () => {
   });
 });
 
+// #6190: loras.js is the third `streamResumableDownload` caller to register a
+// slot — the orphaned-partial GC sweeps PATHS.loras but, before this, couldn't
+// see a live LoRA download's `.partial` because loras.js claimed no slot.
+describe('loras.js download-slot registration with the orphaned-partial GC', () => {
+  const HF_MODEL = {
+    id: 'fal/ltx2.3-audio-reactive-lora',
+    tags: ['ltxv', 'lora'],
+    cardData: { base_model: 'Lightricks/LTX-2.3', instance_prompt: 'audio reactive' },
+    siblings: [
+      { rfilename: 'README.md' },
+      { rfilename: 'pytorch_lora_weights.safetensors' },
+    ],
+  };
+  const ANCIENT = new Date(Date.now() - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+
+  it('protects a live LoRA download from the sweep even once its .partial is aged past the gate', async () => {
+    const { sweepOrphanedDownloadPartials } = await import('./orphanedPartialGc.js');
+    let release;
+    const gate = new Promise((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+    const fetchImpl = async (url) => {
+      if (url.startsWith('https://huggingface.co/api/models/')) return mockJsonResponse(HF_MODEL);
+      if (url.includes('/resolve/main/pytorch_lora_weights.safetensors')) {
+        const full = validSafetensors();
+        const stream = new ReadableStream({
+          start(c) {
+            c.enqueue(new Uint8Array(full.slice(0, 8)));
+            gate.then(() => { c.enqueue(new Uint8Array(full.slice(8))); c.close(); });
+          },
+        });
+        return { ok: true, status: 200, body: stream, headers: new Map([['content-length', String(full.length)]]) };
+      }
+      throw new Error(`unexpected fetch: ${url}`);
+    };
+    const install = lorasService.installFromHuggingface(
+      { url: 'https://huggingface.co/fal/ltx2.3-audio-reactive-lora', token: 'hf_test' },
+      { fetchImpl },
+    );
+    const partialPath = join(tmpLoras, 'lora-fal-ltx2.3-audio-reactive-lora-hf.safetensors.partial');
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(existsSync(partialPath)).toBe(true));
+    const fs = await import('fs/promises');
+    await fs.utimes(partialPath, ANCIENT, ANCIENT);
+
+    expect(await sweepOrphanedDownloadPartials({ dirs: [tmpLoras] })).toMatchObject({ deleted: 0, keptProtected: 1 });
+    expect(existsSync(partialPath)).toBe(true);
+
+    release();
+    await install;
+  });
+});
+
 describe('LoRA key layout', () => {
   const writeLora = async (name, header) => {
     const fs = await import('fs/promises');
diff --git a/server/services/orphanedPartialGc.js b/server/services/orphanedPartialGc.js
index 9f3b48c4fe..002ac530a6 100644
--- a/server/services/orphanedPartialGc.js
+++ b/server/services/orphanedPartialGc.js
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ import { resolveSpecModelPath } from './specDecodeModels.js';
 import { getModelsDir as getOllamaModelsDir } from './ollamaManager.js';
 import { getModelsDir as getLmStudioModelsDir } from './lmStudioManager.js';
 import { slotstreamCacheDir } from '../lib/slotstreamModels.js';
-// Side-effect import: constructing the module is what registers its download
+// Side-effect imports: constructing a module is what registers its download
 // slot with `isAnyDownloadInFlight`, and an unregistered slot's live shards are
 // unprotected from the sweep below. `orphanedPartialGc.test.js` fails if a
 // module calling `createDownloadSlot` stops being reachable from here.
 import './slotstreamModelManager.js';
+import './loras.js';
 import { createSweepScheduler } from './sweepScheduler.js';
 
 export { ORPHANED_PARTIAL_MAX_AGE_MS };
@@ -65,9 +66,7 @@ export async function sweepOrphanedDownloadPartials({
 } = {}) {
   const targets = dirs || await collectPartialSweepDirs();
   // One predicate for every runtime: each download slot registers itself, so a
-  // path that claims a slot is protected without a clause added here. (A path
-  // that claims none — `loras.js`, which writes into `PATHS.loras` above — is
-  // not; migrating it is issue #6190.)
+  // path that claims a slot is protected without a clause added here.
   return sweepOrphanedPartials(targets, { now, maxAgeMs, isProtected: isAnyDownloadInFlight });
 }