diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/mobile-relay-credential-refresh.test.ts b/mobile/src/transport/mobile-relay-credential-refresh.test.ts
index 0d423a4ed62..3fcc428a07e 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/mobile-relay-credential-refresh.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/mobile-relay-credential-refresh.test.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ const rotated = {
   relay: { v: 1, directorUrl: 'https://relay.example', cellUrl: 'https://c1.relay.example' }
 }
 const rotate = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
+const needsRotation = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn(() => true))
 vi.mock('./mobile-relay-credential-rotation', () => ({
-  mobileRelayCredentialNeedsRotation: () => true,
+  mobileRelayCredentialNeedsRotation: needsRotation,
   rotateMobileRelayCredential: rotate
 }))
 
@@ -40,6 +41,14 @@ function fixture(overrides: { persistResolvedRelay?: () => Promise<void> } = {})
 }
 
 describe('MobileRelayCredentialRefresh', () => {
+  it('does nothing unforced while the credential is still fresh', async () => {
+    needsRotation.mockReturnValueOnce(false)
+    const { refresh, order } = fixture()
+    await refresh.run(false)
+    expect(order).toEqual([])
+    expect(rotate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('lifts the gate and starts the relay race only after the endpoint is durable', async () => {
     const { refresh, order } = fixture()
     await refresh.run(true)
diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-session-liveness-watchdog.test.ts b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-session-liveness-watchdog.test.ts
index ca6599f213e..0ceaad449b7 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-session-liveness-watchdog.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-session-liveness-watchdog.test.ts
@@ -276,14 +276,13 @@ describe('RpcSessionLivenessWatchdog', () => {
     })
     watchdog.start(identity)
 
+    // Resumes every 1.5 s on a black-holed socket: each lands inside the 2 s urgent
+    // window, so none may re-arm the deadline or the verdict never comes.
     watchdog.probeNow(identity, 'resume')
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000)
-    expect(terminate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    // The second resume restarts the 2 s clock on the miss already booked.
-    watchdog.probeNow(identity, 'resume')
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_000)
-    watchdog.probeNow(identity, 'resume')
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(2_000)
+    for (let elapsed = 0; elapsed < 6_000; elapsed += 1_500) {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1_500)
+      watchdog.probeNow(identity, 'resume')
+    }
     expect(terminate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
   })
 
diff --git a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-session-liveness-watchdog.ts b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-session-liveness-watchdog.ts
index 4b487766a20..cf8f40a67be 100644
--- a/mobile/src/transport/rpc-session-liveness-watchdog.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/transport/rpc-session-liveness-watchdog.ts
@@ -127,9 +127,12 @@ export class RpcSessionLivenessWatchdog {
     this.lastVoluntaryProbeAt = now
     // Why: a resume is a new observation on a cold radio, so it starts the urgent window
     // with a clean budget (startProbe zeroes the count on a profile switch). A resume that
-    // lands while an urgent probe is already in flight restarts the clock but keeps the
-    // count: otherwise repeated resumes, or a user tapping reconnect on a dead socket,
-    // zero the budget on every tap and the verdict never lands.
+    // lands while an urgent probe is already in flight keeps that probe's deadline and
+    // count: re-arming the 2 s clock on every tap would let a user tapping reconnect, or
+    // an AppState flap, hold a dead socket open for as long as they keep tapping.
+    if (urgent && this.probing && this.profile === this.urgentProfile) {
+      return
+    }
     this.startProbe(identity, urgent ? this.urgentProfile : this.ordinaryProfile)
   }