diff --git a/crates/pdfs-fuse/src/filesystem.rs b/crates/pdfs-fuse/src/filesystem.rs
index 5d3e443..4f6dd33 100644
--- a/crates/pdfs-fuse/src/filesystem.rs
+++ b/crates/pdfs-fuse/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -1434,6 +1434,14 @@ impl ProtonFs {
                     // (`ContentCache::clone_or_copy`).
                     if let Err(e) = ContentCache::clone_or_copy(&pending.path, &path) {
                         let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&path);
+                        // The drain lets go of the pending entry before it
+                        // discards the blob, so a blob that went away under the
+                        // copy is a revision that landed or was replaced: the
+                        // same race the re-check below catches, only earlier.
+                        if self.core.pending_blob(&uid).as_ref() != Some(&pending.path) {
+                            warn!(%uid, attempt, "queued revision went away while opening for write; retrying");
+                            continue;
+                        }
                         error!(%uid, source = %pending.path.display(), error = %e,
                             "copy queued revision into write scratch failed");
                         break 'install Err(Errno::EIO);
diff --git a/crates/pdfs-fuse/src/sim/daemon.rs b/crates/pdfs-fuse/src/sim/daemon.rs
index 52c6080..7081a5e 100644
--- a/crates/pdfs-fuse/src/sim/daemon.rs
+++ b/crates/pdfs-fuse/src/sim/daemon.rs
@@ -592,14 +592,22 @@ mod tests {
             daemon.pending(),
             drive.tree()
         );
-        // The bytes kept for the handle went once the trash landed with it closed.
-        let cached: Vec<_> = std::fs::read_dir(dir.join("cache"))
-            .unwrap()
-            .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
-            .filter(|e| e.file_type().is_ok_and(|t| t.is_file()))
-            .map(|e| e.file_name())
-            .collect();
-        assert!(cached.is_empty(), "{cached:?}");
+        // The bytes kept for the handle went once the trash landed with it
+        // closed. The queue empties as the trash's row goes, a moment before
+        // the eviction, so this waits too.
+        let cached = || -> Vec<_> {
+            std::fs::read_dir(dir.join("cache"))
+                .unwrap()
+                .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
+                .filter(|e| e.file_type().is_ok_and(|t| t.is_file()))
+                .map(|e| e.file_name())
+                .collect()
+        };
+        assert!(
+            wait_until(Duration::from_secs(30), || cached().is_empty()),
+            "{:?}",
+            cached()
+        );
 
         assert!(matches!(daemon.stop(), Ok(MountOutcome::Shutdown)));
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
@@ -1998,6 +2006,21 @@ mod tests {
         daemon.write_new(&path, b"first").unwrap();
         assert!(wait_until(Duration::from_secs(30), || held.reached()));
         std::fs::write(&path, b"second").unwrap();
+        // The kernel sends the release after `close` returns. Attaching the
+        // bytes resets the create's attempts, so a release that came after the
+        // lost reply had it retried at once, and the retry landed before
+        // anything here saw it fail. The bytes it replaced go only once they
+        // are attached.
+        let staged = dir.join("cache").join("staging");
+        assert!(wait_until(Duration::from_secs(30), || {
+            let blobs: Vec<Vec<u8>> = std::fs::read_dir(&staged)
+                .into_iter()
+                .flatten()
+                .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
+                .filter_map(|e| std::fs::read(e.path()).ok())
+                .collect();
+            blobs.iter().any(|b| b == b"second") && !blobs.iter().any(|b| b == b"first")
+        }));
         drop(held);
         assert!(wait_until(Duration::from_secs(30), || {
             daemon
diff --git a/docs/BUGS.md b/docs/BUGS.md
index 319b4ca..a66532e 100644
--- a/docs/BUGS.md
+++ b/docs/BUGS.md
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ a live account since.
 
 | Entry | Title |
 |---|---|
+| [B274](#b274--opening-a-file-for-writing-fails-with-eio-while-its-queued-revision-lands) | Opening a file for writing fails with EIO while its queued revision lands |
 | [B256](#b256--pdfs-copy-right-after-a-save-copies-the-old-version) | `pdfs copy` right after a save copies the old version |
 | [B255](#b255--a-synced-folder-whose-files-are-all-gone-here-is-stuck-for-good) | A synced folder whose files are all gone here is stuck for good |
 | [B254](#b254--an-edit-in-the-same-second-as-a-new-upload-never-arrives) | An edit in the same second as a new upload never arrives |
@@ -375,6 +376,32 @@ a live account since.
 
 Newest first.
 
+### B274 — Opening a file for writing fails with EIO while its queued revision lands
+
+**Status:** Fixed, not verified live
+**Found:** 2026-10-31, CI: the simulation
+`a_file_whose_upload_was_not_read_back_takes_two_writes_at_once` failed once with
+`Input/output error` on a write, after `copy queued revision into write scratch failed … No
+such file or directory`. It did not fail in 54 local runs.
+**Where:** the write open in `crates/pdfs-fuse/src/filesystem.rs`
+
+**Repro:** Write a file, and open it for writing again at the moment its queued revision
+finishes uploading. The open fails with EIO, and the program sees its save fail.
+
+**Cause.** The open samples the queued revision, then copies its blob into the new handle's
+scratch file. The drain lets go of the pending entry and then deletes the blob when the upload
+lands. A blob deleted between the sample and the copy failed the open, although the re-check
+just after the copy already retries a revision that changed during it.
+
+**Fix.** A failed copy checks whether the pending entry still names that blob. When it does
+not, the revision landed or was replaced, and the open goes around again with the base the
+file has now, as the re-check does. Since the drain drops the entry before the blob, a blob
+that is gone and still named is a real failure and still returns EIO.
+
+**Test:** none deterministic; the simulation above covers the window.
+
+---
+
 ### B273 — A restore proposes another computer's paths when the two share a hostname
 
 **Status:** Open