diff --git a/modules/claude-code/cmd/claude-code/replace_registered_test.go b/modules/claude-code/cmd/claude-code/replace_registered_test.go
index fb25e05dd..e19299c13 100644
--- a/modules/claude-code/cmd/claude-code/replace_registered_test.go
+++ b/modules/claude-code/cmd/claude-code/replace_registered_test.go
@@ -252,4 +252,22 @@ func TestRegisteredSectionEdgeCases(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("the changed registered text was swallowed by the old approval:\n%s", got)
 		}
 	})
+	t.Run("TestARemovalOfARemovedSectionIsRefused", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p, _ := node(t, "g14")
+		register(t, p, "registered")
+		store, r := &memProposals{m: map[string]json.RawMessage{}}, newRouter()
+		in := ProposeInput{Scope: ScopeMesh, Name: name, Remove: true}
+		out, err := Propose(p, in, store, r, t0)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		id := out["proposed"].(string)
+		r.close(r.chose(id, OptionApprove, t0.Add(time.Hour)))
+		if _, _, err := Reconcile(p, store, r, nil, t0.Add(time.Hour)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if _, err := Propose(p, in, store, r, t0.Add(2*time.Hour)); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "removed already") {
+			t.Errorf("a removed section was removed again: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
 }