diff --git a/desktop/src/features/settings/ui/acceptedDeletionRefresh.ts b/desktop/src/features/settings/ui/acceptedDeletionRefresh.ts
index f7573547b2..1ded51885c 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/settings/ui/acceptedDeletionRefresh.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/features/settings/ui/acceptedDeletionRefresh.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type RefreshContext = {
 export async function refreshAcceptedCommunityDeletions(
   context: RefreshContext,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  if (!context.isCurrent()) return;
+  if (!context.isCurrent() || context.identityMismatch) return;
   let auth = await invoke<BuilderlabAuth | null>("get_builderlab_auth");
   if (!context.isCurrent()) return;
   context.setAuth(auth);
@@ -40,39 +40,47 @@ export async function refreshAcceptedCommunityDeletions(
   if (auth.canDeleteBuzzCommunities !== true) return;
 
   let restored = false;
-  for (const [communityId, envelope] of [...context.accepted.entries()]) {
-    if (!listed.some((community) => community.id === communityId)) continue;
-    const stillEligible = () =>
-      context.isCurrent() &&
-      context.ownerPubkey() === envelope.bound_owner_pubkey &&
-      envelope.backend_origin === BUILDERLAB_BACKEND_ORIGIN &&
-      context.accepted.get(communityId) === envelope &&
-      !context.identityMismatch;
-    if (!stillEligible()) return;
-    auth = await invoke<BuilderlabAuth | null>("get_builderlab_auth");
-    if (!stillEligible()) return;
-    context.setAuth(auth);
-    if (!auth) {
-      context.clearAccount();
-      return;
-    }
-    if (auth.canDeleteBuzzCommunities !== true) return;
-    const request = publicDeletionRequest(envelope);
-    if (!stillEligible()) return;
-    const response = await invoke<CommunityDeletionTransport>(
-      "delete_builderlab_community",
-      {
-        communityId: request.community_id,
-        host: request.host,
-        requestId: request.request_id,
-        acknowledgementVersion: request.acknowledgement_version,
-      },
-    );
-    if (!stillEligible()) return;
-    if (deletionResponseDisposition(response, envelope, "check") === "abort") {
-      context.accepted.delete(communityId);
-      restored = true;
+  try {
+    for (const [communityId, envelope] of [...context.accepted.entries()]) {
+      if (!listed.some((community) => community.id === communityId)) continue;
+      const stillEligible = () =>
+        context.isCurrent() &&
+        context.ownerPubkey() === envelope.bound_owner_pubkey &&
+        envelope.backend_origin === BUILDERLAB_BACKEND_ORIGIN &&
+        context.accepted.get(communityId) === envelope;
+      if (!stillEligible()) return;
+      auth = await invoke<BuilderlabAuth | null>("get_builderlab_auth");
+      if (!stillEligible()) return;
+      context.setAuth(auth);
+      if (!auth) {
+        context.clearAccount();
+        return;
+      }
+      if (auth.canDeleteBuzzCommunities !== true) return;
+      const request = publicDeletionRequest(envelope);
+      const response = await invoke<CommunityDeletionTransport>(
+        "delete_builderlab_community",
+        {
+          communityId: request.community_id,
+          host: request.host,
+          requestId: request.request_id,
+          acknowledgementVersion: request.acknowledgement_version,
+        },
+      );
+      if (!stillEligible()) return;
+      const disposition = deletionResponseDisposition(
+        response,
+        envelope,
+        "check",
+      );
+      if (disposition === "abort") {
+        context.accepted.delete(communityId);
+        restored = true;
+      } else if (disposition !== "accept") {
+        throw new Error("Couldn't check deletion status.");
+      }
     }
+  } finally {
+    if (restored && context.isCurrent()) context.restoreListed(listed);
   }
-  if (restored && context.isCurrent()) context.restoreListed(listed);
 }
diff --git a/desktop/src/testing/e2eBridge.ts b/desktop/src/testing/e2eBridge.ts
index ef97936fae..3da04a45ad 100644
--- a/desktop/src/testing/e2eBridge.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/testing/e2eBridge.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ type E2eConfig = {
       code: string;
       message?: string;
     } | null>;
+    builderlabDeletionRejectSequence?: boolean[];
     builderlabDeletionStatusSequence?: string[];
     builderlabDeletionHttpStatusSequence?: number[];
     builderlabDeletionBodyStatus?: number;
@@ -12664,6 +12665,16 @@ export function maybeInstallE2eTauriMocks() {
             heldBuilderlabDeletionReleases.push(resolve);
           });
         }
+        const rejectSequence =
+          activeConfig?.mock?.builderlabDeletionRejectSequence;
+        if (
+          rejectSequence?.length &&
+          (rejectSequence.length > 1
+            ? rejectSequence.shift()
+            : rejectSequence[0])
+        ) {
+          throw new Error("Mock deletion transport failure");
+        }
         const sequence = activeConfig?.mock?.builderlabDeletionErrorSequence;
         const deletionError = sequence?.length
           ? sequence.length > 1
diff --git a/desktop/tests/e2e/hosted-communities-settings-screenshots.spec.ts b/desktop/tests/e2e/hosted-communities-settings-screenshots.spec.ts
index 251ec38eb2..9d9ae6f156 100644
--- a/desktop/tests/e2e/hosted-communities-settings-screenshots.spec.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/e2e/hosted-communities-settings-screenshots.spec.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ async function openDeletionFixture(
     mismatch?: boolean;
     errorCode?: string;
     errorSequence?: Array<{ code: string; message?: string } | null>;
+    rejectSequence?: boolean[];
     statusSequence?: string[];
     capabilitySequence?: boolean[];
     quota?: { used: number; limit: number; canCreate: boolean };
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ async function openDeletionFixture(
       ? { code: options.errorCode, message: "mock deletion error" }
       : undefined,
     builderlabDeletionErrorSequence: options.errorSequence,
+    builderlabDeletionRejectSequence: options.rejectSequence,
     builderlabDeletionStatusSequence: options.statusSequence,
     builderlabDeletionHttpStatusSequence: options.httpStatusSequence,
     builderlabDeletionBodyStatus: options.bodyStatus,
@@ -156,6 +158,23 @@ async function startArchivedDeletion(page: Page) {
     .click();
 }
 
+async function startSecondArchivedDeletion(page: Page) {
+  await page
+    .getByTestId("hosted-community-row")
+    .filter({ hasText: "Second archived team" })
+    .getByRole("button", { name: "Delete", exact: true })
+    .click();
+  await page
+    .getByLabel(
+      `Type the exact host to continue: ${SECOND_ARCHIVED.normalized_host}`,
+    )
+    .fill(SECOND_ARCHIVED.normalized_host);
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Continue" }).click();
+  await page
+    .getByRole("button", { name: "Delete community permanently" })
+    .click();
+}
+
 async function storedDeletionRequestId(page: Page) {
   return page.evaluate(() => {
     const raw = window.localStorage.getItem(
@@ -1036,20 +1055,7 @@ test("Refresh restores only the aborted row while another accepted deletion rema
   await expect(
     page.getByText("Deletion started", { exact: true }),
   ).toBeVisible();
-  await page
-    .getByTestId("hosted-community-row")
-    .filter({ hasText: "Second archived team" })
-    .getByRole("button", { name: "Delete", exact: true })
-    .click();
-  await page
-    .getByLabel(
-      `Type the exact host to continue: ${SECOND_ARCHIVED.normalized_host}`,
-    )
-    .fill(SECOND_ARCHIVED.normalized_host);
-  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Continue" }).click();
-  await page
-    .getByRole("button", { name: "Delete community permanently" })
-    .click();
+  await startSecondArchivedDeletion(page);
   await expect.poll(() => deletionPayloads(page)).toHaveLength(2);
   const acceptedCalls = await deletionPayloads(page);
   await expect(
@@ -1082,15 +1088,99 @@ test("Refresh restores only the aborted row while another accepted deletion rema
     ]);
 });
 
+test("Refresh restores an earlier abort when a later replay rejects", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await openDeletionFixture(page, {
+    capability: true,
+    communities: [...DELETION_COMMUNITIES, SECOND_ARCHIVED],
+    quota: { used: 3, limit: 5, canCreate: true },
+    statusSequence: ["submitted", "submitted", "aborted"],
+    rejectSequence: [false, false, false, true],
+  });
+  await startArchivedDeletion(page);
+  await startSecondArchivedDeletion(page);
+  await expect.poll(() => deletionPayloads(page)).toHaveLength(2);
+  const acceptedCalls = await deletionPayloads(page);
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Refresh" }).click();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByText("Mock deletion transport failure", { exact: true }),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  const firstRow = page
+    .getByTestId("hosted-community-row")
+    .filter({ hasText: "Archived team" })
+    .filter({ hasNotText: "Second archived team" });
+  await expect(firstRow).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(
+    firstRow.getByRole("button", { name: "Delete", exact: true }),
+  ).toBeEnabled();
+  await expect(
+    page
+      .getByTestId("hosted-community-row")
+      .filter({ hasText: "Second archived team" }),
+  ).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(
+    page.getByText("Deletion started", { exact: true }),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  await expect
+    .poll(() => deletionPayloads(page))
+    .toEqual([
+      acceptedCalls?.[0],
+      acceptedCalls?.[1],
+      acceptedCalls?.[0],
+      acceptedCalls?.[1],
+    ]);
+});
+
+test("Refresh restores an earlier abort when a later capability check fails", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await openDeletionFixture(page, {
+    capability: true,
+    capabilitySequence: [true, true, true, false],
+    communities: [...DELETION_COMMUNITIES, SECOND_ARCHIVED],
+    quota: { used: 3, limit: 5, canCreate: true },
+    statusSequence: ["submitted", "submitted", "aborted"],
+  });
+  await startArchivedDeletion(page);
+  await startSecondArchivedDeletion(page);
+  await expect.poll(() => deletionPayloads(page)).toHaveLength(2);
+  const acceptedCalls = await deletionPayloads(page);
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Refresh" }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "Refresh" })).toBeEnabled();
+  const firstRow = page
+    .getByTestId("hosted-community-row")
+    .filter({ hasText: "Archived team" })
+    .filter({ hasNotText: "Second archived team" });
+  await expect(firstRow).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(
+    page
+      .getByTestId("hosted-community-row")
+      .filter({ hasText: "Second archived team" }),
+  ).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(
+    page.getByText("Deletion started", { exact: true }),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  expect(await deletionPayloads(page)).toEqual([
+    acceptedCalls?.[0],
+    acceptedCalls?.[1],
+    acceptedCalls?.[0],
+  ]);
+});
+
 for (const scenario of [
   { name: "non-aborted stage", statusSequence: ["submitted", "approved"] },
   {
     name: "uncertain 503",
     errorSequence: [null, { code: "acceptance_unknown" }],
+    expectsCheckError: true,
   },
   {
     name: "error-only 409",
     errorSequence: [null, { code: "deletion_aborted" }],
+    expectsCheckError: true,
   },
 ]) {
   test(`Refresh keeps an accepted row hidden after ${scenario.name}`, async ({
@@ -1123,6 +1213,14 @@ for (const scenario of [
         exact: true,
       }),
     ).toHaveCount(0);
+    const checkError = page.getByText("Couldn't check deletion status.", {
+      exact: true,
+    });
+    if (scenario.expectsCheckError) {
+      await expect(checkError).toBeVisible();
+    } else {
+      await expect(checkError).toHaveCount(0);
+    }
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/desktop/tests/helpers/bridge.ts b/desktop/tests/helpers/bridge.ts
index 2500a5fdd4..29a24e609a 100644
--- a/desktop/tests/helpers/bridge.ts
+++ b/desktop/tests/helpers/bridge.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ type MockBridgeOptions = {
     code: string;
     message?: string;
   } | null>;
+  builderlabDeletionRejectSequence?: boolean[];
   builderlabDeletionStatusSequence?: string[];
   builderlabDeletionHttpStatusSequence?: number[];
   builderlabDeletionBodyStatus?: number;