diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/itemStore.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/itemStore.svelte.ts
index 64bf32ae5c..bc2652bab1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/itemStore.svelte.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/itemStore.svelte.ts
@@ -481,13 +481,15 @@ class Entry<V> {
 	 *  was asked to throw away. `absent`: never had the item, so the row is the caller's.
 	 *  `failed`: it has the item, on a baseline it cannot refresh, and still shows the draft. */
 	async discarded(): Promise<'done' | 'absent' | 'failed'> {
-		await this.discard()
+		const asked = this.asOf()
+		await this.discard(asked)
 		if (this.retired || !this.loaded) return 'absent'
 		if (!this.stale) return 'done'
 		// Stale refused it. A reload is what clears that, and with a baseline it can trust the
-		// discard means something again — so the one thing worth trying before giving up.
+		// discard means something again — so the one thing worth trying before giving up. The
+		// retry carries the state as of the request, so an edit typed during that reload stands.
 		if (!this.adapter || !(await this.load(this.adapter)).ok) return 'failed'
-		await this.discard()
+		await this.discard(asked)
 		return this.stale ? 'failed' : 'done'
 	}
 
@@ -615,7 +617,10 @@ class Entry<V> {
 		if (changed) this.replaceValue(next as V)
 	}
 
-	discard(): Promise<DiscardOutcome> {
+	/** `asked`: for a caller retrying after recovering the item, the state as of the *first*
+	 *  attempt. Taking a fresh one would let an edit made during that recovery look like part of
+	 *  what the discard was asked to throw away. */
+	discard(asked?: AsOf): Promise<DiscardOutcome> {
 		return this.run(async (at) => {
 			if (!this.loaded || this.retired) return { removed: false }
 			// Reverting to a baseline known to be behind the server would write it back.
@@ -655,7 +660,7 @@ class Entry<V> {
 			this.reconcile()
 			await this.settleRows([this.key])
 			return { removed: false }
-		})
+		}, asked)
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -831,7 +836,9 @@ export type ItemHandle<V> = {
 	readonly pristine: boolean
 	readonly revision: number
 	readonly meta: unknown
-	/** `dirty && valid && writable && !busy`. */
+	/** `dirty && valid && writable && !busy`, and not stale: a write landed on this item
+	 *  elsewhere and the re-read meant to pick it up failed, so saving would put a baseline known
+	 *  to be behind the server back over it. A reload clears that. */
 	readonly canSave: boolean
 	save(): Promise<SaveOutcome>
 	discard(): Promise<DiscardOutcome>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/itemStore.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/itemStore.test.ts
index a1b19d8d71..dca6531139 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/itemStore.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/itemStore.test.ts
@@ -1386,6 +1386,43 @@ describe('item store: conflicts', () => {
 		expect(item.status).not.toBe('conflicted')
 	})
 
+	it('keeps an edit typed while a stale discard was recovering the item', async () => {
+		const rows = fakeRows()
+		const store = createItemStore(rows.port)
+		const recovery = deferred<ItemLoad<Res>>()
+		let reads = 0
+		const key: ItemKey = { workspace: 'w', kind: 'resource', path: 'u/me/r' }
+		const { handle: item } = store.acquire(
+			key,
+			{ workspace: 'w', path: 'u/me/r' },
+			adapter(() => {
+				reads++
+				if (reads === 1) return Promise.resolve({ deployed: deployedRes })
+				if (reads === 2) return Promise.reject(new Error('the GET failed'))
+				return recovery.promise
+			})
+		)
+		await settle()
+		item.value = { ...deployedRes, description: 'mine' }
+		// A write landed elsewhere and the re-read for it failed, so this editor is stale.
+		expect(await store.bridge.refresh('w', 'resource', 'u/me/r')).toBe('failed')
+
+		// The chat discards. That is refused while stale, so it reloads to recover — and the
+		// user types while that GET is out.
+		const discarding = store.bridge.discard('w', 'resource', 'u/me/r')
+		await settle()
+		item.value = { ...deployedRes, description: 'typed during the recovery' }
+		recovery.resolve({ deployed: deployedRes })
+
+		// The retry is about the value the chat named, not this one, so the edit stands.
+		expect(await discarding).toBe('done')
+		expect(item.value?.description).toBe('typed during the recovery')
+		expect(rows.writes.at(-1)).toEqual({
+			path: 'u/me/r',
+			value: { ...deployedRes, description: 'typed during the recovery' }
+		})
+	})
+
 	it('stops an editor acting on a baseline its failed re-read left behind', async () => {
 		const rows = fakeRows()
 		const store = createItemStore(rows.port)