diff --git a/src/lib/sharing/grants.ts b/src/lib/sharing/grants.ts
index 06fdc954a..7ffa09461 100644
--- a/src/lib/sharing/grants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sharing/grants.ts
@@ -379,6 +379,42 @@ export async function inviteGrant(
   }
 
   const now = new Date();
+
+  // An expired grant confers nothing (see `grantState`), but its row still
+  // sits in the live-pair slot the partial unique index guards: the index
+  // predicate is `WHERE revoked_at IS NULL` and cannot read the clock. Without
+  // ending the lapsed row here, a re-invitation for the same pair after expiry
+  // always collides on P2002 and 409s, though the person genuinely has no
+  // access anymore. Close it now — conditionally, the expiry state in the
+  // WHERE — so "revocation never deletes" still holds and the fresh invitation
+  // can mint its row. A live (unexpired) row is not matched, so its P2002 stays
+  // correct. `revokedBy` is stamped GRANTOR rather than left null because the
+  // paired CHECK (`account_grants_revoked_by_check`) requires revoked_at and
+  // revoked_by to be both set or both null and the revoker enum has no expiry
+  // member; the owner re-inviting is the actor that ends the lapsed row.
+  const closed = await db.accountGrant.updateMany({
+    where: {
+      grantorId: input.grantorId,
+      granteeId: input.granteeId,
+      revokedAt: null,
+      expiresAt: { lte: now },
+    },
+    data: { revokedAt: now, revokedBy: "GRANTOR" },
+  });
+  if (closed.count > 0) {
+    // Keep "who had access, from when to when, and who ended it" answering
+    // truthfully: the lapsed row ended by its own expiry, closed on re-invite.
+    await auditLog("sharing.grant.expired_closed", {
+      userId: input.grantorId,
+      details: {
+        granteeId: input.granteeId,
+        closedCount: closed.count,
+        reason: "expired",
+      },
+      client: db,
+    }).catch(() => {});
+  }
+
   try {
     return await db.accountGrant.create({
       data: {
diff --git a/tests/integration/account-grant-lifecycle.test.ts b/tests/integration/account-grant-lifecycle.test.ts
index dc7d85bd5..bc1752441 100644
--- a/tests/integration/account-grant-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/account-grant-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -439,6 +439,70 @@ describe("account grant lifecycle", () => {
     ).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it("re-invites after a grant EXPIRED, closing the lapsed row instead of colliding", async () => {
+    // The bug carrier is the partial unique index `WHERE revoked_at IS NULL`:
+    // it cannot read the clock, so an expired-but-never-revoked row keeps
+    // occupying the live-pair slot and every re-invitation 409s. A mocked
+    // Prisma cannot reproduce this — the index is the thing under test — so it
+    // lives here, against real Postgres.
+    for (const accepted of [true, false]) {
+      const owner = await makeUser("owner");
+      const delegate = await makeUser("delegate");
+
+      const first = await inviteGrant({
+        grantorId: owner.id,
+        granteeId: delegate.id,
+        access: "READ",
+        scope: null,
+        expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() - 1000),
+      });
+      if (accepted) {
+        // Acceptance is refused once lapsed, so stamp it directly to build the
+        // "accepted then expired" row the report describes.
+        await getPrismaClient().accountGrant.update({
+          where: { id: first.id },
+          data: { acceptedAt: new Date(Date.now() - 2000) },
+        });
+      }
+
+      // The lapsed row confers nothing already.
+      expect(
+        await findActiveGrant({ grantorId: owner.id, granteeId: delegate.id }),
+      ).toBeNull();
+
+      // Re-inviting the same pair must succeed rather than 409 on the index.
+      const second = await inviteGrant({
+        grantorId: owner.id,
+        granteeId: delegate.id,
+        access: "READ",
+        scope: null,
+      });
+      expect(second.id).not.toBe(first.id);
+      expect(second.revokedAt).toBeNull();
+
+      // History kept, not deleted: the old row is now closed by expiry, and its
+      // revoker is stamped so the paired CHECK holds.
+      const old = await getPrismaClient().accountGrant.findUniqueOrThrow({
+        where: { id: first.id },
+      });
+      expect(old.revokedAt).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(old.revokedBy).toBe("GRANTOR");
+
+      // Two rows for the pair: the ended one and the fresh one.
+      expect(
+        await getPrismaClient().accountGrant.count({
+          where: { grantorId: owner.id, granteeId: delegate.id },
+        }),
+      ).toBe(2);
+
+      // And the close is on the audit trail.
+      const trail = await getPrismaClient().auditLog.findMany({
+        where: { action: "sharing.grant.expired_closed", userId: owner.id },
+      });
+      expect(trail).toHaveLength(1);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("keeps history without limit — a third grant does not collide with two ended ones", async () => {
     const owner = await makeUser("owner");
     const delegate = await makeUser("delegate");