diff --git a/cmd/relay/credential_ops.go b/cmd/relay/credential_ops.go
index 53b8d351..2c312d04 100644
--- a/cmd/relay/credential_ops.go
+++ b/cmd/relay/credential_ops.go
@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@ type CredentialOps struct {
 	Issuance IssuanceAuditor
 }
 
-func (o *CredentialOps) runQueued(ctx context.Context, fn func() error) error {
+// runCommitted runs fn through the config command queue. An admitted step is
+// never abandoned on caller cancellation, so the closure's outputs cannot race
+// the worker. A nil Queue runs fn directly.
+func (o *CredentialOps) runCommitted(ctx context.Context, fn func() error) error {
 	if o.Queue == nil {
 		return fn()
 	}
-	return o.Queue.Do(ctx, func(context.Context) error { return fn() })
+	return o.Queue.DoCommitted(ctx, func(context.Context) error { return fn() })
 }
 
 // presenceDigest binds a credential.mint grant to exactly the name, class
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ func (o *CredentialOps) Mint(ctx context.Context, req credentialMintRequest, via
 
 	var cred config.APICredential
 	var plaintext string
-	err = o.runQueued(ctx, func() error {
+	err = o.runCommitted(ctx, func() error {
 		var mintErr error
 		cred, plaintext, mintErr = mintAPICredential(o.Store, credentialMintRequest{Name: name, Classes: req.Classes, TTL: req.TTL})
 		if mintErr != nil {
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ func (o *CredentialOps) Revoke(ctx context.Context, id, via, credID string) (con
 	}
 
 	var removed config.APICredential
-	err = o.runQueued(ctx, func() error {
+	err = o.runCommitted(ctx, func() error {
 		var revokeErr error
 		removed, revokeErr = revokeAPICredential(o.Store, id)
 		if revokeErr != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/relay/login_ops.go b/cmd/relay/login_ops.go
index b3af8ab6..4cacff73 100644
--- a/cmd/relay/login_ops.go
+++ b/cmd/relay/login_ops.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (o *LoginOps) MintBootstrap(ctx context.Context, via string) (loginCodeView
 		return loginCodeView{}, err
 	}
 	var plaintext, expires string
-	if err := o.runQueued(ctx, func() error {
+	if err := o.runCommitted(ctx, func() error {
 		var err error
 		plaintext, expires, err = mintLoginBootstrap(o.Store)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func (o *LoginOps) RevokePasskey(ctx context.Context, id string) (config.Passkey
 		return config.Passkey{}, err
 	}
 	var removed config.Passkey
-	if err := o.runQueued(ctx, func() error {
+	if err := o.runCommitted(ctx, func() error {
 		var err error
 		removed, err = revokePasskey(o.Store, id)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/relay/ops_commit_race_test.go b/cmd/relay/ops_commit_race_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13c2d22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/relay/ops_commit_race_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/barelyworkingcode/relay/internal/bridge"
+	"github.com/barelyworkingcode/relay/internal/config"
+)
+
+type ocrDeps struct {
+	store *config.FileSettingsStore
+	hook  *odwHookStore
+	queue *config.CommandQueue
+	block func()
+}
+
+type ocrVerify func(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings)
+
+// ocrReloadBlocker holds a config save at its restart: the file is already
+// written, so the save has committed and only the process side is pending.
+type ocrReloadBlocker struct {
+	*cfgSaveManager
+	block func()
+}
+
+func (m *ocrReloadBlocker) Reload(id string, c *config.ServiceConfig) error {
+	m.block()
+	return m.cfgSaveManager.Reload(id, c)
+}
+
+func ocrCredentialOps(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) *CredentialOps {
+	return &CredentialOps{Store: d.hook, Queue: d.queue, Gate: allowGate(t), Issuance: enabledIssuanceRecorder(t)}
+}
+
+func ocrServiceOps(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) *ServiceOps {
+	return &ServiceOps{Store: d.hook, Registry: noopServiceManager{}, Queue: d.queue, Gate: allowGate(t), Issuance: enabledIssuanceRecorder(t)}
+}
+
+func ocrLoginOps(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) *LoginOps {
+	return &LoginOps{Store: d.hook, Queue: d.queue, Gate: allowGate(t), Audit: enabledIssuanceRecorder(t)}
+}
+
+func ocrWantStoredService(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings, cfg config.ServiceConfig, err error, id, name string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if err != nil || cfg.ID != id || cfg.DisplayName != name {
+		t.Fatalf("got (id %q, name %q, err %v), want (%q, %q, nil)", cfg.ID, cfg.DisplayName, err, id, name)
+	}
+	if got, _ := config.FindServiceByID(stored, id); got == nil || got.DisplayName != name {
+		t.Fatalf("stored service = %+v, want %q named %q", got, id, name)
+	}
+}
+
+// A caller that cancels after its step is admitted must still be told what
+// the step committed; for a mint, an error in its place drops the only copy
+// of a secret that is already stored.
+func TestOps_CommittedResultSurvivesCallerCancel(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name  string
+		setup func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify
+	}{
+		{"CredentialOps.Mint", func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(context.Context) ocrVerify {
+			ops := ocrCredentialOps(t, d)
+			return func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify {
+				cred, plaintext, err := ops.Mint(ctx, credentialMintRequest{Name: "Acme CLI", Classes: []string{"read"}}, auditViaCLI, "")
+				return func(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings) {
+					if err != nil {
+						for _, c := range stored.APICredentials {
+							if c.Name == "Acme CLI" {
+								t.Fatalf("Mint err = %v, but credential %s was stored: the caller lost its only plaintext", err, c.ID)
+							}
+						}
+						t.Fatalf("Mint err = %v, want the committed credential", err)
+					}
+					if got := authenticateAPICredential(stored, plaintext); got == nil || got.ID != cred.ID {
+						t.Fatalf("returned plaintext authenticates as %+v, want the returned credential %q", got, cred.ID)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}},
+		{"CredentialOps.Revoke", func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(context.Context) ocrVerify {
+			seeded, _, err := mintAPICredential(d.store, credentialMintRequest{Name: "Acme CLI", Classes: []string{"read"}})
+			assertNoErr(t, err, "seed credential")
+			ops := ocrCredentialOps(t, d)
+			return func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify {
+				removed, err := ops.Revoke(ctx, seeded.ID, auditViaCLI, "")
+				return func(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings) {
+					if err != nil || removed.ID != seeded.ID {
+						t.Fatalf("Revoke = (id %q, err %v), want (%q, nil)", removed.ID, err, seeded.ID)
+					}
+					if findAPICredential(stored, seeded.ID) != nil {
+						t.Fatalf("credential %q still stored after a successful revoke", seeded.ID)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}},
+		{"ServiceOps.Register", func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(context.Context) ocrVerify {
+			ops := ocrServiceOps(t, d)
+			return func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify {
+				cfg, err := ops.Register(ctx, serviceFields{ID: "acme-agent", DisplayName: "Acme Agent", Command: "/bin/true"}, auditViaCLI, "")
+				return func(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings) {
+					ocrWantStoredService(t, stored, cfg, err, "acme-agent", "Acme Agent")
+				}
+			}
+		}},
+		{"ServiceOps.Create", func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(context.Context) ocrVerify {
+			ops := ocrServiceOps(t, d)
+			return func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify {
+				cfg, err := ops.Create(ctx, serviceFields{DisplayName: "Acme Worker", Command: "/bin/true"}, auditViaCLI, "")
+				return func(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings) {
+					ocrWantStoredService(t, stored, cfg, err, "acme-worker", "Acme Worker")
+				}
+			}
+		}},
+		{"ServiceOps.Update", func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(context.Context) ocrVerify {
+			odwSeedService(t, d.store)
+			ops := ocrServiceOps(t, d)
+			return func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify {
+				cfg, err := ops.Update(ctx, "keeper", serviceFields{DisplayName: "Keeper Renamed", Command: "/bin/true"}, auditViaCLI, "")
+				return func(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings) {
+					ocrWantStoredService(t, stored, cfg, err, "keeper", "Keeper Renamed")
+				}
+			}
+		}},
+		{"ServiceOps.SaveConfigFile", func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(context.Context) ocrVerify {
+			root := t.TempDir()
+			path := filepath.Join(root, "settings.json")
+			writeFile(t, path, `{"a":"seed"}`)
+			sorSeedService(t, d.store, config.ServiceConfig{ID: "svc", DisplayName: "Svc", Command: "/bin/x", WorkingDir: root})
+			m := configManifest(path)
+			m.Config.ApplyMode = bridge.ConfigApplyRestart
+			reg := NewEnhancedServiceRegistry(nil)
+			assertNoErr(t, reg.RegisterManifest("svc", "/sock", "tok", m), "register manifest")
+			mgr := &ocrReloadBlocker{cfgSaveManager: &cfgSaveManager{running: true, path: path}, block: d.block}
+			ops := &ServiceOps{Store: d.store, Registry: mgr, Enhanced: reg, Queue: d.queue, Gate: allowGate(t), Issuance: enabledIssuanceRecorder(t)}
+			const text = `{"a":"saved"}`
+			return func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify {
+				res, err := ops.SaveConfigFile(ctx, "svc", text)
+				return func(t *testing.T, _ *config.Settings) {
+					if err != nil || !res.Restarted {
+						t.Fatalf("SaveConfigFile = (restarted %v, err %v), want (true, nil)", res.Restarted, err)
+					}
+					if got, readErr := os.ReadFile(path); readErr != nil || string(got) != text {
+						t.Fatalf("config file = %q (read err %v), want %q", got, readErr, text)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}},
+		{"LoginOps.MintBootstrap", func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(context.Context) ocrVerify {
+			ops := ocrLoginOps(t, d)
+			return func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify {
+				view, err := ops.MintBootstrap(ctx, auditViaCLI)
+				return func(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings) {
+					if err != nil {
+						if stored.LoginBootstrap != nil {
+							t.Fatalf("MintBootstrap err = %v, but a login code was stored: the caller lost its only plaintext", err)
+						}
+						t.Fatalf("MintBootstrap err = %v, want the committed code", err)
+					}
+					if view.Code == "" || stored.LoginBootstrap == nil || stored.LoginBootstrap.Hash != config.HashToken(view.Code) {
+						t.Fatalf("returned code %q is not the stored anchor %+v", view.Code, stored.LoginBootstrap)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}},
+		{"LoginOps.RevokePasskey", func(t *testing.T, d ocrDeps) func(context.Context) ocrVerify {
+			const id = "pk-acme-1"
+			assertNoErr(t, d.store.With(func(s *config.Settings) {
+				s.Passkeys = append(s.Passkeys, config.Passkey{ID: id, Name: "Acme key"})
+			}), "seed passkey")
+			ops := ocrLoginOps(t, d)
+			return func(ctx context.Context) ocrVerify {
+				removed, err := ops.RevokePasskey(ctx, id)
+				return func(t *testing.T, stored *config.Settings) {
+					if err != nil || removed.ID != id {
+						t.Fatalf("RevokePasskey = (id %q, err %v), want (%q, nil)", removed.ID, err, id)
+					}
+					for _, p := range stored.Passkeys {
+						if p.ID == id {
+							t.Fatalf("passkey %q still stored after a successful revoke", id)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, store := odwSandbox(t)
+
+			queue, err := config.NewCommandQueue(1)
+			assertNoErr(t, err, "NewCommandQueue")
+			t.Cleanup(func() { _ = queue.Shutdown(context.Background()) })
+
+			entered := make(chan struct{})
+			release := make(chan struct{})
+			var enterOnce, releaseOnce sync.Once
+			releaseWrite := func() { releaseOnce.Do(func() { close(release) }) }
+			// Registered after the queue's cleanup so it runs first: Shutdown
+			// waits for the blocked step, which ignores its ctx.
+			t.Cleanup(releaseWrite)
+			block := func() {
+				enterOnce.Do(func() { close(entered) })
+				<-release
+			}
+
+			d := ocrDeps{store: store, hook: &odwHookStore{FileSettingsStore: store, preWrite: block}, queue: queue, block: block}
+			run := tc.setup(t, d)
+
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+			defer cancel()
+			done := make(chan ocrVerify, 1)
+			go func() { done <- run(ctx) }()
+
+			select {
+			case <-entered:
+			case v := <-done:
+				v(t, store.Get())
+				t.Fatal("returned before its step reached the commit point, so the fixture proves nothing")
+			}
+			cancel()
+			releaseWrite()
+			check := <-done
+
+			assertNoErr(t, queue.Do(context.Background(), func(context.Context) error { return nil }), "drain queue")
+			check(t, store.Get())
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/relay/service_ops.go b/cmd/relay/service_ops.go
index 1f31d089..21b97523 100644
--- a/cmd/relay/service_ops.go
+++ b/cmd/relay/service_ops.go
@@ -469,6 +469,16 @@ func (o *ServiceOps) runQueued(ctx context.Context, fn func() error) error {
 	return o.Queue.Do(ctx, func(context.Context) error { return fn() })
 }
 
+// runCommitted is runQueued for steps whose results the caller reads after
+// return: an admitted step is never abandoned on caller cancellation, so the
+// closure's outputs cannot race the worker.
+func (o *ServiceOps) runCommitted(ctx context.Context, fn func() error) error {
+	if o.Queue == nil {
+		return fn()
+	}
+	return o.Queue.DoCommitted(ctx, func(context.Context) error { return fn() })
+}
+
 func (o *ServiceOps) notify() {
 	if o.OnChange != nil {
 		o.OnChange()
@@ -522,7 +532,7 @@ func (o *ServiceOps) Register(ctx context.Context, f serviceFields, via, credID
 			return config.ServiceConfig{}, err
 		}
 	}
-	err = o.runQueued(ctx, func() error {
+	err = o.runCommitted(ctx, func() error {
 		if svc, _ := config.FindServiceByID(config.FreshSettings(o.Store), id); svc != nil {
 			if err := o.preflightUpdate(id, f); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -548,7 +558,7 @@ func (o *ServiceOps) Create(ctx context.Context, f serviceFields, via, credID st
 	if err != nil {
 		return config.ServiceConfig{}, err
 	}
-	err = o.runQueued(ctx, func() error {
+	err = o.runCommitted(ctx, func() error {
 		var innerErr error
 		cfg, innerErr = o.commitCreate(id, f, via, credID, approval)
 		return innerErr
@@ -672,7 +682,7 @@ func (o *ServiceOps) Update(ctx context.Context, id string, f serviceFields, via
 	if err != nil {
 		return config.ServiceConfig{}, err
 	}
-	err = o.runQueued(ctx, func() error {
+	err = o.runCommitted(ctx, func() error {
 		var innerErr error
 		cfg, innerErr = o.commitUpdate(id, f, via, credID, approval)
 		return innerErr
@@ -934,7 +944,7 @@ type ConfigSaveResult struct {
 // An error wrapping errServiceProcess means the file WAS written and only the
 // restart failed; every other error means nothing was written.
 func (o *ServiceOps) SaveConfigFile(ctx context.Context, id, text string) (res ConfigSaveResult, err error) {
-	err = o.runQueued(ctx, func() error {
+	err = o.runCommitted(ctx, func() error {
 		var innerErr error
 		res, innerErr = o.saveConfigFile(id, text)
 		return innerErr