diff --git a/.changeset/pending-battery-relief.md b/.changeset/pending-battery-relief.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14b74790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pending-battery-relief.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"ftw": patch
+---
+
+Keep pending battery import and export increases reserved when ending existing fuse relief, so successive commands cannot spend the same phase headroom before the meter observes their effect.
diff --git a/go/internal/control/battery_pending_relief_test.go b/go/internal/control/battery_pending_relief_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe670a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/internal/control/battery_pending_relief_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package control
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/srcfl/ftw/go/internal/telemetry"
+)
+
+// Ending discharge raises import; ending charge raises export. A prior rise
+// still absent from the meter must consume room before either can rise again.
+func TestPendingBatteryReliefDoesNotSpendPhaseRoomTwice(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, direction := range []float64{1, -1} {
+		for _, layer := range []string{"allocation", "manual", "idle"} {
+			name := "import"
+			if direction < 0 {
+				name = "export"
+			}
+			t.Run(name+"/"+layer, func(t *testing.T) {
+				now := time.Now().UTC()
+				store := telemetry.NewStore()
+				data, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]float64{
+					"l1_a": 22.3 * direction, "l2_a": 12.3 * direction, "l3_a": 12.3 * direction,
+					"l1_w": 22.3 * 230 * direction, "l2_w": 12.3 * 230 * direction, "l3_w": 12.3 * 230 * direction,
+				})
+				store.Update("meter", telemetry.DerMeter, 10787*direction, nil, data)
+				store.RecordDriverSuccess("meter")
+				soc := .5
+				actual := -2000 * direction
+				store.Update("battery", telemetry.DerBattery, actual, &soc, nil)
+				store.RecordDriverSuccess("battery")
+				store.Get("meter", telemetry.DerMeter).UpdatedAt = now
+				store.Get("battery", telemetry.DerBattery).UpdatedAt = now
+				st := phaseState(25, 1)
+				st.clock = func() time.Time { return now }
+				st.DriverLimits = map[string]PowerLimits{"battery": {MaxChargeW: 10000, MaxDischargeW: 5000}}
+				st.batteryCommands = map[string]commandLog{"battery": commandLog{}.add(now.Add(-time.Hour), actual).add(now.Add(-2*time.Second), -1000*direction)}
+				var out []DispatchTarget
+				if layer == "allocation" {
+					out = fitBatteryRisesToFuse([]DispatchTarget{{Driver: "battery", TargetW: 0}}, store, st)
+				} else {
+					st.SlewEnabled = false
+					st.MinDispatchIntervalS = 0
+					if layer == "manual" {
+						st.SetBatteryManualHold(BatteryManualHold{PowerW: 0, ExpiresAt: now.Add(time.Minute)})
+					} else {
+						st.Mode = ModeIdle
+					}
+					out = ComputeDispatch(store, st, map[string]float64{"battery": 20000}, 17250)
+				}
+				if len(out) != 1 {
+					t.Fatalf("missing battery target: %+v", out)
+				}
+				projected := 22.3 + direction*(out[0].TargetW-actual)/690
+				if !finiteFuseValue(out[0].TargetW) || projected > 24.01 {
+					t.Fatalf("pending rise spent twice: target %.1f W projects %.3f A", out[0].TargetW, projected)
+				}
+				if math.Abs(out[0].TargetW+827*direction) > 1e-6 {
+					t.Fatalf("target %.3f W, want %.3f W", out[0].TargetW, -827*direction)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPendingBatteryReliefRespectsAvailableRoomAndBounds(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name                            string
+		pending, room, last, keep, want float64
+	}{
+		{"pending", 1000, 1173, -1000, 1000, -827},
+		{"settled", 0, 1173, -1000, 1000, 0},
+		{"room_for_both", 1000, 2500, -1000, 1000, 0},
+		{"direction_blocked", 1000, 1173, -1000, 0, 0},
+		{"battery_floor_bounds_relief", 1000, 1173, -1000, 500, -500},
+		{"no_existing_relief", 2000, 1173, 0, 1000, 0},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			out := capBatteryCharge([]DispatchTarget{{Driver: "battery", TargetW: 0}}, map[string]float64{"battery": c.last}, c.pending, c.room, map[string]float64{"battery": c.keep})
+			if got := out[0].TargetW; math.Abs(got-c.want) > 1e-6 {
+				t.Fatalf("target %.3f want %.3f", got, c.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/internal/control/fuse_phase.go b/go/internal/control/fuse_phase.go
index 2adf893a..067065c1 100644
--- a/go/internal/control/fuse_phase.go
+++ b/go/internal/control/fuse_phase.go
@@ -333,7 +333,10 @@ func capBatteryCharge(targets []DispatchTarget, latest map[string]float64, pendi
 			out[i].TargetW, out[i].Clamped = capped, true
 		}
 	}
-	if short := -spare - holdW; short > 0 && lostW > 0 {
+	// Pending rises consume room when ending relief too, not only when
+	// adding positive charge. Otherwise two successive reductions of
+	// discharge (or charge on the export pass) can spend the same room.
+	if short := pendingW - spare - holdW; short > 0 && lostW > 0 {
 		k := math.Min(1, short/lostW)
 		for i := range out {
 			if keep := math.Min(lost[i]*k, keepW[out[i].Driver]); keep > 0 {