diff --git a/docs/architecture/pwa-self-hosted.md b/docs/architecture/pwa-self-hosted.md
index e89adb84e..f7b128ea4 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/pwa-self-hosted.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/pwa-self-hosted.md
@@ -206,9 +206,12 @@ settings and guards read them in every build.
   `keepalive` flush when the page hides. Batches go out one after another
   (the page-hide flush waits for a batch still travelling), a failed write,
   including a refused `keepalive` one, stays queued for the next flush, and
-  every unconfirmed write (queued or travelling) is saved in the tab's own
-  `sessionStorage` (`iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:<instanceId>`) and sent
-  first after a reload; tabs never clear each other's.
+  every unconfirmed write (queued or travelling) is saved in `localStorage`
+  per page load (`iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:<instanceId>:<page>`). The
+  tab remembers its page load in `sessionStorage`, so a reload takes its
+  writes over and sends them first; the writes of a tab closed before it
+  could send them are replayed by the next re-read in another tab once
+  that tab's record has gone stale. Tabs never clear each other's.
   Cache and saved writes belong to one server database
   (`iptvnator-server:cache-owner`); another one behind the same address
   starts clean. Also,
@@ -221,19 +224,21 @@ settings and guards read them in every build.
   keeps its own before → after and carries the travelling one as `prior`
   (also in the saved writes): if that write was lost, a conflict replays
   both in order, and if it landed, adding and then removing an item still
-  removes it. An entry a re-read keeps from the cache gets no tag, so its
-  next write conflicts and is replayed too. Page-hide writes report their
+  removes it. An edit made on another tab's unsent change, and an entry a
+  re-read keeps from the cache, are sent on a version no entry has
+  (`UNKNOWN_TAG`), so they conflict and are replayed too. Page-hide writes report their
   new tag or conflict like any other, and one behind a travelling write is
   taken from the queue only when that one is answered. While a playlist is
   being deleted its edits wait; the delete drops them only when it
   succeeds. Edits made before the first successful read
   are held as before → after and applied to the server's value once it
   arrives (`applyEdit`): a new device or a stale cache adds its favorite
-  instead of replacing the server's list. They are saved in the tab too
-  (`iptvnator-server:deferred-edits:<instanceId>`). A shared registry in
-  `localStorage` (`iptvnator-server:unconfirmed:<instanceId>`, one record
-  per tab, ignored after ten minutes) lets a re-read in one tab keep the
-  cache values another tab is still sending. A value too big for
+  instead of replacing the server's list. They are saved per page load too
+  (`iptvnator-server:deferred-edits:<instanceId>:<page>`). A shared
+  registry in `localStorage` (`iptvnator-server:unconfirmed:<instanceId>`,
+  one record per page load, renewed every 30 s while it has unsent writes,
+  stale after ten minutes) lets a re-read in one tab keep the cache values
+  another tab is still sending. A value too big for
   `localStorage` stays readable from memory, so callers and the diff
   baseline agree. A re-read
   updates the cache; views already open show another device's changes on
@@ -272,7 +277,8 @@ settings and guards read them in every build.
   lists (playback positions by content type and Xtream id, renamed to the
   server playlist) and merges maps, the server's value winning on a
   conflict. Parental locks stay in the browser but move to the server
-  playlist id with it. Browser data is never
+  playlist id with it; while the lock store cannot be read the move counts
+  as failed. Browser data is never
   deleted, the move does not start while user-data writes are unsent, and
   the marker is written only when nothing failed, so Settings → Server
   keeps offering a partial move.
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-migration.service.spec.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-migration.service.spec.ts
index f56b7282c..d62011624 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-migration.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-migration.service.spec.ts
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ describe('ServerMigrationService', () => {
 
     const emptyLocks = () => ({ xtream: [], stalker: [], m3u: [] });
     let parentalLock: {
-        initialize: jest.Mock;
+        ensureLocksReadable: jest.Mock;
         locksFor: jest.Mock;
         replacePlaylistLocks: jest.Mock;
     };
 
     beforeEach(() => {
         parentalLock = {
-            initialize: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+            ensureLocksReadable: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
             locksFor: jest.fn(() => emptyLocks()),
             replacePlaylistLocks: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
         };
@@ -367,4 +367,23 @@ describe('ServerMigrationService', () => {
             }
         );
     });
+
+    it('keeps the move on offer while parental locks cannot be read', async () => {
+        session.documentStore.dbGetAppPlaylistMetas.mockResolvedValue([
+            {
+                _id: 'server-x',
+                title: 'Provider',
+                serverUrl: 'http://panel.test',
+                username: 'user',
+            },
+        ]);
+        parentalLock.ensureLocksReadable.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        const result = await TestBed.inject(
+            ServerMigrationService
+        ).moveBrowserData();
+
+        expect(result.failed).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(parentalLock.replacePlaylistLocks).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
 });
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-migration.service.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-migration.service.ts
index 4791ed4ef..f8ff50802 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-migration.service.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-migration.service.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,14 @@ export class ServerMigrationService {
     private async moveParentalLocks(
         targets: ReadonlyMap<string, string>
     ): Promise<number> {
-        await this.parentalLock.initialize();
+        const moving = [...targets].filter(([from, to]) => from !== to);
+        // An unreadable lock store reads as empty: keep the move on offer.
+        if (
+            moving.length > 0 &&
+            !(await this.parentalLock.ensureLocksReadable())
+        ) {
+            return moving.length;
+        }
         let failed = 0;
         for (const [browserId, serverId] of targets) {
             const from = this.parentalLock.locksFor(browserId);
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-storage-session.spec.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-storage-session.spec.ts
index 46e6b3a38..44fb7889f 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-storage-session.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-storage-session.spec.ts
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ describe('ServerStorageSession', () => {
         });
 
         it('sends no write before the reload checks the instance', async () => {
-            // A write the last visit could not send, for instance i-1.
-            sessionStorage.setItem(
-                'iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:i-1',
+            // A write this tab's last page load could not send.
+            sessionStorage.setItem('iptvnator-server:page:i-1', 'last');
+            localStorage.setItem(
+                'iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:i-1:last',
                 JSON.stringify([
                     {
                         namespace: 'xtream-favorites',
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-storage-session.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-storage-session.ts
index 14ef3d5ca..f71c9095e 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-storage-session.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-storage-session.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ export class ServerStorageSession {
             this.userData.flushWithKeepalive()
         );
         setInterval(() => {
+            this.userData.touch();
             if (this.status.state() === 'offline') {
                 void this.refresh();
             }
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-unsent-writes.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-unsent-writes.ts
index c5063fad9..2195c75cf 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-unsent-writes.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-unsent-writes.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,25 @@ import {
 import type { UserDataStorage } from '../user-data-storage';
 
 /**
- * User-data writes the server has not confirmed, kept across reloads: a
- * failed write, or a page-hide write whose answer the page did not live to
- * see, is sent again on the next visit instead of being replaced by the
- * server's older value.
+ * User-data writes the server has not confirmed, kept in `localStorage`
+ * per page load: a failed write, or a page-hide write whose answer the page
+ * did not live to see, is sent again after a reload (by the same tab) or
+ * after the tab closed (by another, see `orphanedPages`), instead of being
+ * replaced by the server's older value.
  */
 export const UNSENT_WRITES_KEY = 'iptvnator-server:unsent-writes';
 /** Which server database the cached user data belongs to. */
 export const CACHE_OWNER_KEY = 'iptvnator-server:cache-owner';
+/** The tab's current page load, in the tab's own storage. */
+export const PAGE_KEY = 'iptvnator-server:page';
 
-const writesKey = (instanceId: string) => `${UNSENT_WRITES_KEY}:${instanceId}`;
+const writesKey = (instanceId: string, page: string) =>
+    `${UNSENT_WRITES_KEY}:${instanceId}:${page}`;
 /**
- * Which entries each open tab has not had confirmed yet, so a re-read in
- * one tab keeps the cache values another tab is still sending. A record
- * older than `UNCONFIRMED_TTL_MS` belongs to a tab that is gone.
+ * Which entries each page load has not had confirmed yet, so a re-read in
+ * one tab keeps the cache values another tab is still sending. A live tab
+ * renews its record; one older than `UNCONFIRMED_TTL_MS` belongs to a tab
+ * that is gone. The records also list whose saved writes exist.
  */
 export const UNCONFIRMED_KEY = 'iptvnator-server:unconfirmed';
 export const UNCONFIRMED_TTL_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000;
@@ -28,8 +33,8 @@ const unconfirmedKey = (instanceId: string) =>
 
 /** Edits made before the first read of a visit, kept as before → after. */
 export const DEFERRED_EDITS_KEY = 'iptvnator-server:deferred-edits';
-const deferredKey = (instanceId: string) =>
-    `${DEFERRED_EDITS_KEY}:${instanceId}`;
+const deferredKey = (instanceId: string, page: string) =>
+    `${DEFERRED_EDITS_KEY}:${instanceId}:${page}`;
 
 /**
  * Another database behind this address (a new volume, another backend):
@@ -46,9 +51,11 @@ export function claimCache(local: UserDataStorage, instanceId: string): void {
             local.removeItem(`iptvnator-server:${namespace}`);
         }
         if (owner) {
+            for (const page of Object.keys(readRegistry(local, owner))) {
+                local.removeItem(writesKey(owner, page));
+                local.removeItem(deferredKey(owner, page));
+            }
             local.removeItem(unconfirmedKey(owner));
-            local.removeItem(writesKey(owner));
-            local.removeItem(deferredKey(owner));
         }
         local.setItem(CACHE_OWNER_KEY, instanceId);
     } catch {
@@ -80,13 +87,63 @@ interface StoredWrite {
     readonly prior?: { readonly before?: unknown; readonly after?: unknown };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Records `page` as the tab's current page load and returns the one
+ * before it: a reload, whose saved writes this page takes over.
+ */
+export function swapPage(
+    tabStore: UserDataStorage,
+    instanceId: string,
+    page: string
+): string | null {
+    try {
+        const previous = tabStore.getItem(`${PAGE_KEY}:${instanceId}`);
+        tabStore.setItem(`${PAGE_KEY}:${instanceId}`, page);
+        return previous;
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+/** Page loads whose record went stale: closed tabs nobody sends for. */
+export function orphanedPages(
+    local: UserDataStorage,
+    instanceId: string,
+    page: string,
+    now = Date.now()
+): string[] {
+    return Object.entries(readRegistry(local, instanceId))
+        .filter(
+            ([owner, record]) =>
+                owner !== page &&
+                !(now - Number(record?.at) < UNCONFIRMED_TTL_MS)
+        )
+        .map(([owner]) => owner);
+}
+
+/** Forgets a page load's saved writes, early edits and record. */
+export function removePage(
+    local: UserDataStorage,
+    instanceId: string,
+    page: string
+): void {
+    try {
+        local.removeItem(writesKey(instanceId, page));
+        local.removeItem(deferredKey(instanceId, page));
+    } catch {
+        // Storage unavailable: nothing was saved there either.
+    }
+    markUnconfirmed(local, instanceId, page, []);
+}
+
 export function readUnsentWrites(
     local: UserDataStorage,
-    instanceId: string
+    instanceId: string,
+    page: string
 ): UnsentWrite[] {
     let stored: unknown;
     try {
-        stored = JSON.parse(local.getItem(writesKey(instanceId)) ?? '[]');
+        stored = JSON.parse(local.getItem(writesKey(instanceId, page)) ?? '[]');
     } catch {
         return [];
     }
@@ -121,11 +178,12 @@ export function readUnsentWrites(
 export function saveUnsentWrites(
     local: UserDataStorage,
     instanceId: string,
+    page: string,
     writes: readonly UnsentWrite[]
 ): void {
     try {
         if (writes.length === 0) {
-            local.removeItem(writesKey(instanceId));
+            local.removeItem(writesKey(instanceId, page));
             return;
         }
         const stored: StoredWrite[] = writes.map(
@@ -140,7 +198,7 @@ export function saveUnsentWrites(
                     : { prior: { before: prior.before, after: prior.after } }),
             })
         );
-        local.setItem(writesKey(instanceId), JSON.stringify(stored));
+        local.setItem(writesKey(instanceId, page), JSON.stringify(stored));
     } catch {
         // Storage unavailable or full: the queue stays in memory only.
     }
@@ -170,11 +228,14 @@ export interface SavedDeferredEdit {
 
 export function readDeferredEdits(
     local: UserDataStorage,
-    instanceId: string
+    instanceId: string,
+    page: string
 ): SavedDeferredEdit[] {
     let stored: unknown;
     try {
-        stored = JSON.parse(local.getItem(deferredKey(instanceId)) ?? '[]');
+        stored = JSON.parse(
+            local.getItem(deferredKey(instanceId, page)) ?? '[]'
+        );
     } catch {
         return [];
     }
@@ -204,15 +265,16 @@ export function readDeferredEdits(
 export function saveDeferredEdits(
     local: UserDataStorage,
     instanceId: string,
+    page: string,
     edits: readonly SavedDeferredEdit[]
 ): void {
     try {
         if (edits.length === 0) {
-            local.removeItem(deferredKey(instanceId));
+            local.removeItem(deferredKey(instanceId, page));
             return;
         }
         local.setItem(
-            deferredKey(instanceId),
+            deferredKey(instanceId, page),
             JSON.stringify(
                 edits.map((edit) => ({
                     namespace: edit.namespace,
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-edit.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-edit.ts
index edd45a6bf..2f0c52ab3 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-edit.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-edit.ts
@@ -114,3 +114,18 @@ function isMapOrMissing(
 function isListOrMissing(value: unknown): value is unknown[] | undefined {
     return value === undefined || Array.isArray(value);
 }
+
+/** A saved write's edits, its `prior` first, applied to `server`. */
+export function replayWrite(
+    server: unknown,
+    write: {
+        readonly before?: unknown;
+        readonly value: unknown;
+        readonly prior?: { readonly before: unknown; readonly after: unknown };
+    }
+): unknown {
+    const base = write.prior
+        ? applyEdit(server, write.prior.before, write.prior.after)
+        : server;
+    return applyEdit(base, write.before, write.value);
+}
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-entries.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-entries.ts
index 1cd75e875..cc088c40d 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-entries.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-entries.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ export interface PriorEdit {
     readonly edit: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * A version no entry ever has: a write based on what the cache shows but
+ * the server may not have (another tab's unsent change) always conflicts
+ * and is replayed on the server's value.
+ */
+export const UNKNOWN_TAG = '~unknown';
+
 /** `If-Match` / `If-None-Match` for a write based on `tag`. */
 export function preconditionHeaders(
     tag: string | null | undefined
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-queue.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-queue.ts
index 30a0f7ed9..f31731bdf 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-queue.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-queue.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import {
     type PendingEntry,
     preconditionHeaders,
     type PriorEdit,
+    UNKNOWN_TAG,
 } from './server-user-data-entries';
-import { applyEdit } from './server-user-data-edit';
+import { replayWrite } from './server-user-data-edit';
 import { newestWrites } from './server-unsent-writes';
 
 const FLUSH_DELAY_MS = 500;
@@ -118,15 +119,20 @@ export class UserDataWriteQueue {
     /**
      * Queues an edit (`before` → `value`). A newer edit of an entry still
      * queued joins it; one behind a travelling write keeps its own edit,
-     * carries the write's as `prior` and is based on the write's tag.
+     * carries the write's as `prior` and is based on the write's tag. A
+     * `foreign` edit was made on another tab's unsent change: its write
+     * must conflict and be replayed.
      */
     queue(
         namespace: ServerUserStateNamespace,
         playlistId: string,
         value: unknown,
         before: unknown,
-        tag = this.tagFor(namespace, playlistId),
-        prior?: Omit<PriorEdit, 'edit'>
+        base: {
+            readonly tag?: string | null;
+            readonly prior?: Omit<PriorEdit, 'edit'>;
+            readonly foreign?: boolean;
+        } = {}
     ): void {
         const key = `${namespace}|${playlistId}`;
         const queued = this.pending.get(key);
@@ -152,11 +158,18 @@ export class UserDataWriteQueue {
                 },
             };
         } else {
+            const tag =
+                base.tag !== undefined
+                    ? base.tag
+                    : this.tagFor(namespace, playlistId);
             entry = { namespace, playlistId, value, edit, before, tag };
-            if (prior) {
-                entry = { ...entry, prior: { ...prior, edit: 0 } };
+            if (base.prior) {
+                entry = { ...entry, prior: { ...base.prior, edit: 0 } };
             }
         }
+        if (base.foreign) {
+            entry = { ...entry, tag: UNKNOWN_TAG };
+        }
         this.pending.set(key, entry);
         this.edits.set(key, edit);
     }
@@ -410,7 +423,12 @@ export class UserDataWriteQueue {
         const key = entryKey(entry);
         const next = this.pending.get(key);
         if (next?.prior?.edit === entry.edit) {
-            this.pending.set(key, { ...next, prior: undefined, tag });
+            // A foreign edit stays unknown: its baseline is not this value.
+            this.pending.set(key, {
+                ...next,
+                prior: undefined,
+                tag: next.tag === UNKNOWN_TAG ? UNKNOWN_TAG : tag,
+            });
         }
     }
 
@@ -432,7 +450,7 @@ export class UserDataWriteQueue {
         if (!latest) {
             return;
         }
-        const merged = replay(current.value, latest);
+        const merged = replayWrite(current.value, latest);
         this.hooks.show(entry.namespace, entry.playlistId, merged);
         if (
             latest === entry &&
@@ -450,11 +468,3 @@ export class UserDataWriteQueue {
         this.scheduleFlush();
     }
 }
-
-/** An entry's edits, its `prior` first, applied to the server's value. */
-function replay(server: unknown, entry: PendingEntry): unknown {
-    const base = entry.prior
-        ? applyEdit(server, entry.prior.before, entry.prior.after)
-        : server;
-    return applyEdit(base, entry.before, entry.value);
-}
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-storage.spec.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-storage.spec.ts
index 0b7266e10..ef48b93aa 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-storage.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-storage.spec.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ function memoryStorage() {
 }
 
 /** Lets chained promises run without advancing the fake timers. */
+/** The saved writes of the one page load that has any, for `instanceId`. */
+function savedWrites(
+    local: ReturnType<typeof memoryStorage>,
+    instanceId = 'default'
+): unknown[] {
+    const prefix = `iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:${instanceId}:`;
+    const key = [...local.values.keys()].find((name) =>
+        name.startsWith(prefix)
+    );
+    return key ? JSON.parse(local.values.get(key) ?? '[]') : [];
+}
+
 async function settle(): Promise<void> {
     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
         await Promise.resolve();
@@ -470,13 +482,7 @@ describe('ServerUserDataStorage', () => {
         );
         await first.storage.flush();
         expect(first.storage.hasUnsentWrites()).toBe(true);
-        expect(
-            JSON.parse(
-                first.local.values.get(
-                    'iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:default'
-                ) ?? '[]'
-            )
-        ).toMatchObject([
+        expect(savedWrites(first.local)).toMatchObject([
             {
                 namespace: 'xtream-favorites',
                 playlistId: 'p1',
@@ -506,9 +512,7 @@ describe('ServerUserDataStorage', () => {
             {}
         );
         expect(reloaded.hasUnsentWrites()).toBe(false);
-        expect(
-            first.local.values.has('iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:default')
-        ).toBe(false);
+        expect(savedWrites(first.local)).toEqual([]);
     });
 
     it('saves a write still travelling when the page hides', async () => {
@@ -521,12 +525,7 @@ describe('ServerUserDataStorage', () => {
         await settle();
         storage.flushWithKeepalive();
 
-        expect(
-            JSON.parse(
-                local.values.get('iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:default') ??
-                    '[]'
-            )
-        ).toMatchObject([
+        expect(savedWrites(local)).toMatchObject([
             { namespace: 'xtream-favorites', playlistId: 'p1', value: ['x'] },
         ]);
     });
@@ -536,7 +535,11 @@ describe('ServerUserDataStorage', () => {
         local.setItem('iptvnator-server:cache-owner', 'old-db');
         local.setItem('iptvnator-server:xtream-favorites', '{"p1":["a"]}');
         local.setItem(
-            'iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:old-db',
+            'iptvnator-server:unconfirmed:old-db',
+            JSON.stringify({ tab: { at: 0, keys: ['xtream-favorites|p1'] } })
+        );
+        local.setItem(
+            'iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:old-db:tab',
             JSON.stringify([
                 {
                     namespace: 'xtream-favorites',
@@ -557,7 +560,8 @@ describe('ServerUserDataStorage', () => {
         expect(local.values.has('iptvnator-server:xtream-favorites')).toBe(
             false
         );
-        expect(local.values.has('iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:old-db')).toBe(
+        expect(savedWrites(local, 'old-db')).toEqual([]);
+        expect(local.values.has('iptvnator-server:unconfirmed:old-db')).toBe(
             false
         );
         expect(local.values.get('iptvnator-server:cache-owner')).toBe('new-db');
@@ -582,12 +586,7 @@ describe('ServerUserDataStorage', () => {
         await settle();
 
         expect(storage.hasUnsentWrites()).toBe(true);
-        expect(
-            JSON.parse(
-                local.values.get('iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:default') ??
-                    '[]'
-            )
-        ).toMatchObject([
+        expect(savedWrites(local)).toMatchObject([
             { namespace: 'xtream-favorites', playlistId: 'p1', value: ['new'] },
         ]);
     });
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-storage.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-storage.ts
index 3ff49b553..86d8860c6 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-storage.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-storage.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,28 @@ import {
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import type { UserDataStorage } from '../user-data-storage';
 import type { ServerApiClient } from './server-api-client';
-import { parseMap, splitEditKey } from './server-user-data-entries';
-import { type DeferredEdit, refreshedNamespace } from './server-user-data-edit';
+import {
+    parseMap,
+    splitEditKey,
+    UNKNOWN_TAG,
+} from './server-user-data-entries';
+import {
+    type DeferredEdit,
+    refreshedNamespace,
+    replayWrite,
+} from './server-user-data-edit';
 import { UserDataWriteQueue } from './server-user-data-queue';
 import {
     claimCache,
     markUnconfirmed,
+    orphanedPages,
     othersUnconfirmed,
     readDeferredEdits,
     readUnsentWrites,
+    removePage,
     saveDeferredEdits,
     saveUnsentWrites,
+    swapPage,
 } from './server-unsent-writes';
 
 /** Server-mode cache keys; the legacy unprefixed keys are never touched. */
@@ -45,7 +56,7 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
      */
     private readonly deferred = new Map<string, DeferredEdit>();
     private hydrated = false;
-    /** This tab, in the shared registry of unconfirmed entries. */
+    /** This page load: names its saved writes and its registry record. */
     private readonly tabId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2);
     /** Cache values that did not fit into browser storage. */
     private readonly overflow = new Map<ServerUserStateNamespace, string>();
@@ -59,11 +70,10 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
         /** Scopes the cache and saved writes to one server database. */
         private readonly instanceId = 'default',
         /**
-         * Where this tab keeps what the server has not confirmed: its own
-         * (`sessionStorage` in the app), so tabs never clear each other's,
-         * and a reload of the tab finds it again.
+         * The tab's own storage (`sessionStorage` in the app): remembers
+         * its page load, so a reload takes over the writes it saved.
          */
-        private readonly tabStore: UserDataStorage = local
+        tabStore: UserDataStorage = local
     ) {
         this.writes = new UserDataWriteQueue(api, {
             changed: () => this.saveUnsent(),
@@ -72,22 +82,81 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
             writeFailed: onWriteFailure,
         });
         claimCache(local, instanceId);
-        // Writes a previous visit could not confirm go out with the first
-        // flush, and the first read keeps them.
-        for (const write of readUnsentWrites(tabStore, instanceId)) {
+        const previous = swapPage(tabStore, instanceId, this.tabId);
+        if (previous) {
+            this.takeOver(previous);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A reload of this tab: the writes its last page load could not confirm
+     * go out with the first flush, and the first read keeps them.
+     */
+    private takeOver(page: string): void {
+        for (const write of readUnsentWrites(
+            this.local,
+            this.instanceId,
+            page
+        )) {
             this.writes.queue(
                 write.namespace,
                 write.playlistId,
                 write.value,
                 write.before,
-                write.tag,
-                write.prior
+                { tag: write.tag, prior: write.prior }
             );
         }
-        this.unsentSaved = this.writes.hasUnsent();
-        for (const edit of readDeferredEdits(tabStore, instanceId)) {
+        for (const edit of readDeferredEdits(
+            this.local,
+            this.instanceId,
+            page
+        )) {
             this.deferred.set(`${edit.namespace}|${edit.playlistId}`, edit);
         }
+        // Saved under this page load before the old one is forgotten.
+        this.saveDeferred();
+        this.saveUnsent();
+        this.publishUnconfirmed();
+        removePage(this.local, this.instanceId, page);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Saved writes and early edits of closed tabs: replayed as this tab's
+     * own edits on what it shows now, then forgotten there.
+     */
+    private adoptClosedTabs(): void {
+        for (const page of orphanedPages(
+            this.local,
+            this.instanceId,
+            this.tabId
+        )) {
+            const edits = [
+                ...readDeferredEdits(this.local, this.instanceId, page).map(
+                    (edit) => ({ ...edit, value: edit.after })
+                ),
+                ...readUnsentWrites(this.local, this.instanceId, page),
+            ];
+            for (const edit of edits) {
+                const before = this.baseline(edit.namespace);
+                const after = { ...before };
+                const value = replayWrite(before[edit.playlistId], edit);
+                if (value === undefined) {
+                    delete after[edit.playlistId];
+                } else {
+                    after[edit.playlistId] = value;
+                }
+                this.writeCache(edit.namespace, JSON.stringify(after));
+                this.queueChanges(edit.namespace, after, before);
+            }
+            removePage(this.local, this.instanceId, page);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Tells other tabs this one is alive and still sending its writes. */
+    touch(): void {
+        if (this.hasUnsentWrites()) {
+            this.publishUnconfirmed();
+        }
     }
 
     /** Whether a write is queued, being retried, or still travelling. */
@@ -177,9 +246,7 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
                 this.deferred.delete(key);
             }
         }
-        saveDeferredEdits(this.tabStore, this.instanceId, [
-            ...this.deferred.values(),
-        ]);
+        this.saveDeferred();
         this.writes.drop(matches, playlistId);
         for (const namespace of SERVER_USER_STATE_NAMESPACES) {
             const map = this.baseline(namespace);
@@ -232,7 +299,7 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
                 // next write must conflict and be replayed on the server's.
                 const fresh = { ...tags[namespace] };
                 for (const playlistId of keepCached) {
-                    delete fresh[playlistId];
+                    fresh[playlistId] = UNKNOWN_TAG;
                 }
                 this.writes.setTags(namespace, fresh);
             }
@@ -250,9 +317,10 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
                     entries[edit.namespace]?.[edit.playlistId]
                 );
             }
-            saveDeferredEdits(this.tabStore, this.instanceId, []);
+            this.saveDeferred();
             this.writes.scheduleFlush();
         }
+        this.adoptClosedTabs();
     }
 
     private readCache(namespace: ServerUserStateNamespace): string | null {
@@ -314,13 +382,18 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
         next: Record<string, unknown>,
         previous: Record<string, unknown>
     ): void {
+        // The cache shows other tabs' unsent changes too.
+        const foreign = this.hydrated
+            ? othersUnconfirmed(this.local, this.instanceId, this.tabId)
+            : new Set<string>();
         const change = (playlistId: string, value: unknown) => {
             if (this.hydrated) {
                 this.writes.queue(
                     namespace,
                     playlistId,
                     value,
-                    previous[playlistId]
+                    previous[playlistId],
+                    { foreign: foreign.has(`${namespace}|${playlistId}`) }
                 );
                 return;
             }
@@ -333,9 +406,7 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
                 before: earlier ? earlier.before : previous[playlistId],
                 after: value,
             });
-            saveDeferredEdits(this.tabStore, this.instanceId, [
-                ...this.deferred.values(),
-            ]);
+            this.saveDeferred();
             this.publishUnconfirmed();
         };
         for (const [playlistId, value] of Object.entries(next)) {
@@ -360,11 +431,17 @@ export class ServerUserDataStorage implements UserDataStorage {
         if (writes.length === 0 && !this.unsentSaved) {
             return;
         }
-        saveUnsentWrites(this.tabStore, this.instanceId, writes);
+        saveUnsentWrites(this.local, this.instanceId, this.tabId, writes);
         this.unsentSaved = writes.length > 0;
         this.publishUnconfirmed();
     }
 
+    private saveDeferred(): void {
+        saveDeferredEdits(this.local, this.instanceId, this.tabId, [
+            ...this.deferred.values(),
+        ]);
+    }
+
     private publishUnconfirmed(): void {
         markUnconfirmed(this.local, this.instanceId, this.tabId, [
             ...this.writes.unconfirmedKeys(),
diff --git a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-sync.spec.ts b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-sync.spec.ts
index 2ce301391..cc61185b8 100644
--- a/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-sync.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/services/src/lib/server-storage/server-user-data-sync.spec.ts
@@ -452,4 +452,86 @@ describe('ServerUserDataStorage with other devices', () => {
             [...(server.state['xtream-favorites']['p1'] as string[])].sort()
         ).toEqual(['S', 'X', 'Y', 'Z']);
     });
+
+    it('keeps a removal made after another tab built on the unsent item', async () => {
+        const server = fakeServer({ 'xtream-favorites': { p1: ['S'] } });
+        const shared = memoryStorage();
+        const tab = () =>
+            new ServerUserDataStorage(
+                server.api as never,
+                shared,
+                jest.fn(),
+                'default',
+                memoryStorage()
+            );
+        const tabA = tab();
+        const tabB = tab();
+        await tabA.hydrate();
+        await tabB.hydrate();
+
+        tabA.setItem('xtream-favorites', JSON.stringify({ p1: ['S', 'X'] }));
+        // Tab B sees X in the shared cache and adds Y next to it.
+        tabB.setItem(
+            'xtream-favorites',
+            JSON.stringify({ p1: [...favorites(tabB).p1, 'Y'] })
+        );
+        // Tab A takes X back before anything was sent.
+        tabA.setItem(
+            'xtream-favorites',
+            JSON.stringify({
+                p1: favorites(tabA).p1.filter((id: string) => id !== 'X'),
+            })
+        );
+        for (let round = 0; round < 4; round += 1) {
+            await tabB.flush();
+            await tabA.flush();
+        }
+
+        expect(server.state['xtream-favorites']['p1']).toEqual(['S', 'Y']);
+    });
+
+    it('sends the saved writes of a tab that was closed offline', async () => {
+        const server = fakeServer({ 'xtream-favorites': { p1: ['S'] } });
+        const shared = memoryStorage();
+        const offline = {
+            ...server.api,
+            sendJson: jest
+                .fn()
+                .mockRejectedValue(new ServerApiError(0, 'network', 'offline')),
+        };
+        const closed = new ServerUserDataStorage(
+            offline as never,
+            shared,
+            jest.fn(),
+            'default',
+            memoryStorage()
+        );
+        await closed.hydrate();
+        closed.setItem('xtream-favorites', JSON.stringify({ p1: ['S', 'X'] }));
+        await closed.flush();
+        // The tab is gone: its record stops being renewed.
+        const registry = 'iptvnator-server:unconfirmed:default';
+        const records = JSON.parse(shared.values.get(registry) ?? '{}');
+        for (const record of Object.values(records)) {
+            (record as { at: number }).at = 0;
+        }
+        shared.setItem(registry, JSON.stringify(records));
+
+        const next = new ServerUserDataStorage(
+            server.api as never,
+            shared,
+            jest.fn(),
+            'default',
+            memoryStorage()
+        );
+        await next.hydrate();
+        await next.flush();
+
+        expect(server.state['xtream-favorites']['p1']).toEqual(['S', 'X']);
+        expect(
+            [...shared.values.keys()].filter((key) =>
+                key.startsWith('iptvnator-server:unsent-writes:')
+            )
+        ).toEqual([]);
+    });
 });