diff --git a/src/api/__tests__/calendar.test.ts b/src/api/__tests__/calendar.test.ts
index ea16e878..9f376758 100644
--- a/src/api/__tests__/calendar.test.ts
+++ b/src/api/__tests__/calendar.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   queryEvents,
   getEvents,
   createEvent,
+  createCalendar,
   updateEvent,
   deleteEvents,
   batchCreateEvents,
@@ -557,6 +558,35 @@ describe('calendar operations', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('createCalendar', () => {
+    it('returns the new calendar with the name and colour sent when the server echoes only its id', async () => {
+      mockRequest.mockResolvedValue({
+        methodResponses: [
+          ['Calendar/set', { created: { 'new-cal': { id: 'c9', color: null, myRights: { mayDelete: true } } } }, '0'],
+          ['error', { type: 'serverFail' }, '1'],
+        ],
+      });
+      const cal = await createCalendar('Work', '#123456');
+      expect(cal).toMatchObject({ id: 'c9', name: 'Work', color: '#123456', isVisible: true, myRights: { mayDelete: true } });
+    });
+
+    it('takes the read-back calendar with its rights', async () => {
+      const rights = { mayReadItems: true, mayWriteAll: true, mayDelete: true, mayShare: true };
+      mockRequest.mockResolvedValue({
+        methodResponses: [
+          ['Calendar/set', { created: { 'new-cal': { id: 'c9' } } }, '0'],
+          ['Calendar/get', { list: [{ id: 'c9', name: 'Work', color: '#123456', myRights: rights }] }, '1'],
+        ],
+      });
+      const cal = await createCalendar('Work', '#123456');
+      expect(cal).toMatchObject({ id: 'c9', name: 'Work', color: '#123456', myRights: rights });
+      const calls = mockRequest.mock.calls[0][0];
+      expect(calls[1][0]).toBe('Calendar/get');
+      // The creation id: 0.16 refuses a result reference into `created`.
+      expect(calls[1][1].ids).toEqual(['#new-cal']);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('refusals for the participant limit (Stalwart 1.0)', () => {
     // 1.0 enforces maxParticipantsPerEvent on every create and update, an
     // answer included; 0.16 advertises the limit without enforcing it.
diff --git a/src/api/__tests__/live-stalwart-calendar.test.ts b/src/api/__tests__/live-stalwart-calendar.test.ts
index e5b382e8..546507cd 100644
--- a/src/api/__tests__/live-stalwart-calendar.test.ts
+++ b/src/api/__tests__/live-stalwart-calendar.test.ts
@@ -700,6 +700,27 @@ live('live Stalwart calendar', () => {
     }, 60_000);
   });
 
+  describe('a new calendar', () => {
+    let newCalendarId = '';
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      if (newCalendarId) {
+        await raw(client, [['Calendar/set', { accountId: client.accountId, destroy: [newCalendarId], onDestroyRemoveEvents: true }, '0']]).catch(() => undefined);
+      }
+    }, 30_000);
+
+    it('has its name, colour and rights in the store right after it is made', async () => {
+      await connectSingleton();
+      await useCalendarStore.getState().fetchCalendars();
+      const made = await useCalendarStore.getState().createCalendar(`${RUN} new`, '#0f766e');
+      newCalendarId = made.id;
+      const inStore = useCalendarStore.getState().calendars.find((c) => c.id === made.id);
+      expect(inStore).toMatchObject({ name: `${RUN} new`, color: '#0f766e' });
+      expect(inStore?.myRights?.mayDelete).toBe(true);
+      expect(inStore?.myRights?.mayWriteAll).toBe(true);
+    }, 30_000);
+  });
+
   describe('a calendar\'s default reminders (#1209)', () => {
     let defaultsCalendarId = '';
     let otherCalendarId = '';
diff --git a/src/api/calendar.ts b/src/api/calendar.ts
index d66e7471..a21b3ea5 100644
--- a/src/api/calendar.ts
+++ b/src/api/calendar.ts
@@ -1250,23 +1250,43 @@ export async function createCalendar(
   const accountId = targetAccountId || jmapClient.accountId;
   const props: Record<string, unknown> = { name, color, isVisible: true, isSubscribed: true };
   if (description?.trim()) props.description = description.trim();
+  // Stalwart's create answer never carries the name sent, and 1.0 answers
+  // `color: null` for one it stored. A get in the same request reads the
+  // calendar back with its rights, as the webmail re-reads it. The creation
+  // id stands for the new id: 0.16 refuses a result reference into
+  // `created`, both take `#new-cal`.
   const res = await jmapClient.request(
-    [['Calendar/set', {
-      accountId,
-      create: { 'new-cal': props },
-    }, '0']],
+    [
+      ['Calendar/set', {
+        accountId,
+        create: { 'new-cal': props },
+      }, '0'],
+      ['Calendar/get', {
+        accountId,
+        ids: ['#new-cal'],
+        properties: CALENDAR_PROPERTIES,
+      }, '1'],
+    ],
     USING,
   );
   const result = methodResult<{
     created?: Record<string, Calendar>;
     notCreated?: Record<string, { description?: string; type?: string }>;
-  }>(res);
+  }>(res, '0');
   const created = result.created?.['new-cal'];
   if (!created) {
     const err = result.notCreated?.['new-cal'];
     throw new Error(err?.description || err?.type || 'Failed to create calendar');
   }
-  return created;
+  let stored: Calendar | undefined;
+  try {
+    stored = methodResult<{ list?: Calendar[] }>(res, '1').list?.find((c) => c.id === created.id);
+  } catch {
+    // The calendar exists; what was sent stands in for the read-back.
+  }
+  if (stored) return { ...props, ...created, ...stored } as Calendar;
+  const echoed = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(created).filter(([, v]) => v !== null));
+  return { ...props, ...echoed } as Calendar;
 }
 
 /**