diff --git a/changes/stats-vocabulary-summary-totals.md b/changes/stats-vocabulary-summary-totals.md
index 3168cd17..7c1b7f76 100644
--- a/changes/stats-vocabulary-summary-totals.md
+++ b/changes/stats-vocabulary-summary-totals.md
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ area: stats
 - New-word history now uses permanent daily lexical rollups, backfilled in the background and repaired when tracked material is removed or reprocessed; playback writes queue safely during the one-time rebuild and resume afterward.
 - Calendar-day chart labels now preserve the recorded local date in time zones west of UTC.
 - Vocabulary summary cards and charts refresh automatically after the word exclusion list changes, and failed loads retry with backoff before showing an inline error with a Retry control.
+- Rapid exclusion edits no longer race each other; writes are sent in order so a slower earlier save cannot overwrite a newer list.
diff --git a/src/core/services/immersion-tracker-service.test.ts b/src/core/services/immersion-tracker-service.test.ts
index f2df4bd8..4c154e09 100644
--- a/src/core/services/immersion-tracker-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/immersion-tracker-service.test.ts
@@ -5058,6 +5058,7 @@ test('getVocabularySummary coalesces concurrent requests into one worker task',
   let tracker: ImmersionTrackerService | null = null;
   let taskRuns = 0;
   let releaseTask: (() => void) | null = null;
+  const seenKnownWords: Array<ReadonlySet<string> | null> = [];
   const summary = {
     uniqueWords: 1,
     uniqueWordsWithoutNames: 1,
@@ -5073,8 +5074,9 @@ test('getVocabularySummary coalesces concurrent requests into one worker task',
     tracker = new Ctor(
       { dbPath },
       {
-        runVocabularySummaryTask: async () => {
+        runVocabularySummaryTask: async (_dbPath, knownWords) => {
           taskRuns += 1;
+          seenKnownWords.push(knownWords);
           await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
             releaseTask = resolve;
           });
@@ -5093,6 +5095,9 @@ test('getVocabularySummary coalesces concurrent requests into one worker task',
     assert.deepEqual(await first, summary);
     assert.equal(await second, await first);
     assert.equal(taskRuns, 1);
+    // The coalesced caller's known-words set must not replace the snapshot the
+    // in-flight scan already started with.
+    assert.deepEqual(seenKnownWords, [null]);
 
     releaseTask = null;
     const third = tracker.getVocabularySummary(null);
diff --git a/stats/src/hooks/useExcludedWords.test.ts b/stats/src/hooks/useExcludedWords.test.ts
index 6f460e93..41e0684c 100644
--- a/stats/src/hooks/useExcludedWords.test.ts
+++ b/stats/src/hooks/useExcludedWords.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   initializeExcludedWordsStore,
   resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests,
   setExcludedWords,
+  subscribeExcludedWordsServerSync,
 } from './useExcludedWords';
 import { BASE_URL } from '../lib/api-client';
 
@@ -199,3 +200,90 @@ test('initializeExcludedWordsStore retries after transient database load failure
     resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests();
   }
 });
+
+test('a failing server-sync listener neither rolls back the write nor blocks other listeners', async () => {
+  resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests();
+  const { values: storage, restore } = installLocalStorage();
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  const originalConsoleError = console.error;
+  console.error = () => {};
+  globalThis.fetch = (async () =>
+    new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), { status: 200 })) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+  const notified: string[] = [];
+  const unsubscribeFirst = subscribeExcludedWordsServerSync(() => {
+    notified.push('first');
+    throw new Error('listener exploded');
+  });
+  const unsubscribeSecond = subscribeExcludedWordsServerSync(() => {
+    notified.push('second');
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const rows = [{ headword: 'する', word: 'する', reading: 'する' }];
+    await assert.doesNotReject(() => setExcludedWords(rows));
+
+    assert.deepEqual(notified, ['first', 'second']);
+    assert.deepEqual(getExcludedWordsSnapshot(), rows);
+    assert.equal(storage.get(STORAGE_KEY), JSON.stringify(rows));
+  } finally {
+    unsubscribeFirst();
+    unsubscribeSecond();
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    console.error = originalConsoleError;
+    restore();
+    resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests();
+  }
+});
+
+test('overlapping writes serialize so an older list cannot overwrite a newer edit', async () => {
+  resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests();
+  const { restore } = installLocalStorage();
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  const sentBodies: string[] = [];
+  let releaseFirst: (() => void) | null = null;
+  globalThis.fetch = (async (_input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
+    sentBodies.push(String(init?.body ?? ''));
+    if (sentBodies.length === 1) {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        releaseFirst = resolve;
+      });
+    }
+    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), { status: 200 });
+  }) as typeof globalThis.fetch;
+  const syncs: string[] = [];
+  const unsubscribe = subscribeExcludedWordsServerSync(() => {
+    syncs.push(JSON.stringify(getExcludedWordsSnapshot()));
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const first = [{ headword: '猫', word: '猫', reading: 'ねこ' }];
+    const second = [...first, { headword: '犬', word: '犬', reading: 'いぬ' }];
+    const third = [...second, { headword: '鳥', word: '鳥', reading: 'とり' }];
+
+    // The first write reaches the network before the later edits are made.
+    const firstWrite = setExcludedWords(first);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    const secondWrite = setExcludedWords(second);
+    const thirdWrite = setExcludedWords(third);
+
+    const release = releaseFirst as (() => void) | null;
+    assert.ok(release, 'expected the first write to be in flight');
+    release();
+    await Promise.all([firstWrite, secondWrite, thirdWrite]);
+
+    // The in-flight write finishes first, the superseded middle write is
+    // dropped, and the newest list is the last thing the server is told.
+    assert.deepEqual(sentBodies, [
+      JSON.stringify({ words: first }),
+      JSON.stringify({ words: third }),
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(getExcludedWordsSnapshot(), third);
+    assert.equal(syncs.length, 2);
+    assert.equal(syncs.at(-1), JSON.stringify(third));
+  } finally {
+    unsubscribe();
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    restore();
+    resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/stats/src/hooks/useExcludedWords.ts b/stats/src/hooks/useExcludedWords.ts
index 69a1343c..5b4ede0d 100644
--- a/stats/src/hooks/useExcludedWords.ts
+++ b/stats/src/hooks/useExcludedWords.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ export function subscribeExcludedWordsServerSync(fn: () => void): () => void {
   };
 }
 
+function notifyServerSync(): void {
+  // Listener failures are their own concern: one must not roll back a write
+  // that already succeeded, nor stop the remaining listeners from running.
+  for (const fn of serverSyncListeners) {
+    try {
+      fn();
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Excluded words server-sync listener failed', error);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Full-list writes are serialized so a slow earlier request cannot land after a
+// newer one and overwrite it with a stale list.
+let writeChain: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
+
 function readLocalStorage(): ExcludedWord[] {
   if (typeof localStorage === 'undefined') return [];
   try {
@@ -112,17 +128,24 @@ export async function setExcludedWords(words: ExcludedWord[]): Promise<void> {
   const normalized = dedupeExcludedWords(words);
   revision = writeRevision;
   applyWords(normalized);
-  try {
-    await apiClient.setExcludedWords(normalized);
-    for (const fn of serverSyncListeners) fn();
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (revision === writeRevision) {
-      revision = previousRevision;
-      applyWords(previousWords);
+  const write = writeChain.then(async () => {
+    // A newer edit already superseded this list and carries the newest state,
+    // so sending this one would push a stale list to the server.
+    if (revision !== writeRevision) return;
+    try {
+      await apiClient.setExcludedWords(normalized);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (revision === writeRevision) {
+        revision = previousRevision;
+        applyWords(previousWords);
+      }
+      console.error('Failed to persist excluded words to stats database', error);
+      throw error;
     }
-    console.error('Failed to persist excluded words to stats database', error);
-    throw error;
-  }
+    notifyServerSync();
+  });
+  writeChain = write.catch(() => {});
+  return write;
 }
 
 export function initializeExcludedWordsStore(): Promise<void> {
@@ -167,6 +190,7 @@ export function resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests(): void {
   revision = 0;
   listeners.clear();
   serverSyncListeners.clear();
+  writeChain = Promise.resolve();
 }
 
 function subscribe(fn: () => void): () => void {
diff --git a/stats/src/hooks/useVocabulary.test.tsx b/stats/src/hooks/useVocabulary.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a69204db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stats/src/hooks/useVocabulary.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { Window } from 'happy-dom';
+import { act } from 'react';
+import { createRoot, type Root } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { apiClient } from '../lib/api-client';
+import { resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests, setExcludedWords } from './useExcludedWords';
+import { useVocabulary } from './useVocabulary';
+import type { StatsVocabularyCharts, StatsVocabularySummary } from '../types/stats';
+
+type VocabularyState = ReturnType<typeof useVocabulary>;
+
+function installDom(): () => void {
+  const previousWindow = globalThis.window;
+  const previousDocument = globalThis.document;
+  const previousHTMLElement = globalThis.HTMLElement;
+  const globals = globalThis as typeof globalThis & { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean };
+  const previousIsReactActEnvironment = globals.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT;
+  const window = new Window();
+
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', { value: window, configurable: true });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', { value: window.document, configurable: true });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'HTMLElement', {
+    value: window.HTMLElement,
+    configurable: true,
+  });
+  globals.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+
+  return () => {
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', { value: previousWindow, configurable: true });
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', { value: previousDocument, configurable: true });
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'HTMLElement', {
+      value: previousHTMLElement,
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+    globals.IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = previousIsReactActEnvironment;
+  };
+}
+
+function installLocalStorage(): () => void {
+  const previous = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(globalThis, 'localStorage');
+  const values = new Map<string, string>();
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'localStorage', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      getItem: (key: string) => values.get(key) ?? null,
+      setItem: (key: string, value: string) => values.set(key, value),
+      removeItem: (key: string) => values.delete(key),
+    },
+  });
+  return () => {
+    if (previous) Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'localStorage', previous);
+    else delete (globalThis as { localStorage?: unknown }).localStorage;
+  };
+}
+
+interface FakeClock {
+  tick: (ms: number) => void;
+  restore: () => void;
+}
+
+/** Bun's `node:test` shim has no `mock.timers`, so the retry clock is faked here. */
+function installFakeTimers(): FakeClock {
+  const originalSetTimeout = globalThis.setTimeout;
+  const originalClearTimeout = globalThis.clearTimeout;
+  const timers = new Map<number, { at: number; fn: () => void }>();
+  let now = 0;
+  let nextId = 1;
+
+  globalThis.setTimeout = ((fn: () => void, delay = 0) => {
+    const id = nextId;
+    nextId += 1;
+    timers.set(id, { at: now + delay, fn });
+    return id;
+  }) as unknown as typeof globalThis.setTimeout;
+  globalThis.clearTimeout = ((id: number) => {
+    timers.delete(id);
+  }) as unknown as typeof globalThis.clearTimeout;
+
+  return {
+    tick: (ms: number) => {
+      now += ms;
+      const due = [...timers.entries()]
+        .filter(([, timer]) => timer.at <= now)
+        .sort(([, a], [, b]) => a.at - b.at);
+      for (const [id, timer] of due) {
+        timers.delete(id);
+        timer.fn();
+      }
+    },
+    restore: () => {
+      globalThis.setTimeout = originalSetTimeout;
+      globalThis.clearTimeout = originalClearTimeout;
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function summaryFixture(): StatsVocabularySummary {
+  return {
+    uniqueWords: 42,
+    uniqueWordsWithoutNames: 40,
+    uniqueKanji: 7,
+    newThisWeek: 3,
+    newThisWeekWithoutNames: 2,
+    knownWordCount: 10,
+    knownWordCountWithoutNames: 9,
+  };
+}
+
+function chartsFixture(overrides: Partial<StatsVocabularyCharts> = {}): StatsVocabularyCharts {
+  return {
+    ready: true,
+    topWords: [{ wordId: 1, headword: '猫', frequency: 5 }],
+    topWordsWithoutNames: [{ wordId: 1, headword: '猫', frequency: 5 }],
+    newWordsTimeline: [{ epochDay: 20_000, wordCount: 4 }],
+    newWordsTimelineWithoutNames: [{ epochDay: 20_000, wordCount: 4 }],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+interface Harness {
+  state: () => VocabularyState;
+  flush: () => Promise<void>;
+  tick: (ms: number) => Promise<void>;
+  unmount: () => Promise<void>;
+  teardown: () => void;
+}
+
+async function mountHook(): Promise<Harness> {
+  const uninstallDom = installDom();
+  const uninstallLocalStorage = installLocalStorage();
+  const clock = installFakeTimers();
+
+  let latest: VocabularyState | null = null;
+  function Probe() {
+    latest = useVocabulary();
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const container = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.append(container);
+  let root: Root | null = createRoot(container);
+  await act(async () => {
+    root!.render(<Probe />);
+  });
+
+  const flush = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    // Drain promise callbacks without advancing the mocked clock.
+    await act(async () => {
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+  };
+
+  return {
+    state: () => {
+      assert.ok(latest, 'expected the hook to have rendered');
+      return latest;
+    },
+    flush,
+    tick: async (ms: number) => {
+      await act(async () => {
+        clock.tick(ms);
+      });
+      await flush();
+    },
+    unmount: async () => {
+      await act(async () => {
+        root?.unmount();
+        root = null;
+      });
+    },
+    teardown: () => {
+      if (root) root.unmount();
+      clock.restore();
+      uninstallLocalStorage();
+      uninstallDom();
+      resetExcludedWordsStoreForTests();
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function stubVocabularyClient(overrides: {
+  getVocabularySummary: () => Promise<StatsVocabularySummary>;
+  getVocabularyCharts: () => Promise<StatsVocabularyCharts>;
+}): () => void {
+  const original = {
+    getVocabulary: apiClient.getVocabulary,
+    getKanji: apiClient.getKanji,
+    getKnownWords: apiClient.getKnownWords,
+    getVocabularySummary: apiClient.getVocabularySummary,
+    getVocabularyCharts: apiClient.getVocabularyCharts,
+    setExcludedWords: apiClient.setExcludedWords,
+  };
+  apiClient.getVocabulary = async () => [];
+  apiClient.getKanji = async () => [];
+  apiClient.getKnownWords = async () => [];
+  apiClient.setExcludedWords = async () => {};
+  apiClient.getVocabularySummary = overrides.getVocabularySummary;
+  apiClient.getVocabularyCharts = overrides.getVocabularyCharts;
+  return () => Object.assign(apiClient, original);
+}
+
+test('aggregate failures retry with backoff, then surface an error that Retry clears', async () => {
+  const originalConsoleError = console.error;
+  console.error = () => {};
+  let summaryCalls = 0;
+  let failSummary = true;
+  const restoreClient = stubVocabularyClient({
+    getVocabularySummary: async () => {
+      summaryCalls += 1;
+      if (failSummary) throw new Error('summary unavailable');
+      return summaryFixture();
+    },
+    getVocabularyCharts: async () => chartsFixture(),
+  });
+  const harness = await mountHook();
+
+  try {
+    await harness.flush();
+    assert.equal(summaryCalls, 1);
+    assert.equal(harness.state().aggregatesError, null, 'no error until retries are exhausted');
+
+    // Backoff is 1s, 2s, 4s, 8s across the remaining four attempts.
+    for (const delayMs of [1_000, 2_000, 4_000, 8_000]) {
+      await harness.tick(delayMs);
+    }
+    assert.equal(summaryCalls, 5, 'retries are bounded at the attempt limit');
+    assert.match(harness.state().aggregatesError ?? '', /totals failed to load/i);
+
+    // Nothing further is scheduled once the limit is reached.
+    await harness.tick(60_000);
+    assert.equal(summaryCalls, 5);
+
+    failSummary = false;
+    await act(async () => {
+      harness.state().refreshAggregates();
+    });
+    await harness.flush();
+
+    assert.equal(summaryCalls, 6);
+    assert.equal(harness.state().aggregatesError, null);
+    assert.deepEqual(harness.state().summary, summaryFixture());
+  } finally {
+    harness.teardown();
+    restoreClient();
+    console.error = originalConsoleError;
+  }
+});
+
+test('charts poll while the backfill is pending and stop once it is ready', async () => {
+  let chartCalls = 0;
+  const restoreClient = stubVocabularyClient({
+    getVocabularySummary: async () => summaryFixture(),
+    getVocabularyCharts: async () => {
+      chartCalls += 1;
+      return chartsFixture({ ready: chartCalls >= 3 });
+    },
+  });
+  const harness = await mountHook();
+
+  try {
+    await harness.flush();
+    assert.equal(chartCalls, 1);
+    assert.equal(harness.state().charts?.ready, false);
+
+    await harness.tick(1_000);
+    assert.equal(chartCalls, 2);
+    await harness.tick(1_000);
+    assert.equal(chartCalls, 3);
+    assert.equal(harness.state().charts?.ready, true);
+
+    // A ready result ends the poll.
+    await harness.tick(60_000);
+    assert.equal(chartCalls, 3);
+  } finally {
+    harness.teardown();
+    restoreClient();
+  }
+});
+
+test('aggregates refetch after an exclusion edit is acknowledged by the server', async () => {
+  let summaryCalls = 0;
+  let chartCalls = 0;
+  const restoreClient = stubVocabularyClient({
+    getVocabularySummary: async () => {
+      summaryCalls += 1;
+      return summaryFixture();
+    },
+    getVocabularyCharts: async () => {
+      chartCalls += 1;
+      return chartsFixture();
+    },
+  });
+  const harness = await mountHook();
+
+  try {
+    await harness.flush();
+    assert.equal(summaryCalls, 1);
+    assert.equal(chartCalls, 1);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      await setExcludedWords([{ headword: '猫', word: '猫', reading: 'ねこ' }]);
+    });
+    await harness.flush();
+
+    assert.equal(summaryCalls, 2, 'totals must not keep counting the excluded word');
+    assert.equal(chartCalls, 2);
+  } finally {
+    harness.teardown();
+    restoreClient();
+  }
+});
+
+test('pending retries are cancelled when the tab unmounts', async () => {
+  const originalConsoleError = console.error;
+  console.error = () => {};
+  let summaryCalls = 0;
+  const restoreClient = stubVocabularyClient({
+    getVocabularySummary: async () => {
+      summaryCalls += 1;
+      throw new Error('summary unavailable');
+    },
+    getVocabularyCharts: async () => chartsFixture(),
+  });
+  const harness = await mountHook();
+
+  try {
+    await harness.flush();
+    assert.equal(summaryCalls, 1);
+
+    await harness.unmount();
+    await harness.tick(60_000);
+
+    assert.equal(summaryCalls, 1, 'no retry may run after unmount');
+  } finally {
+    harness.teardown();
+    restoreClient();
+    console.error = originalConsoleError;
+  }
+});
diff --git a/stats/src/lib/vocabulary-tab.test.ts b/stats/src/lib/vocabulary-tab.test.ts
index b11743ec..1df79380 100644
--- a/stats/src/lib/vocabulary-tab.test.ts
+++ b/stats/src/lib/vocabulary-tab.test.ts
@@ -50,17 +50,3 @@ test('useVocabulary loads exact card totals without holding up the vocabulary ta
   assert.match(source, /client\s*\.getVocabularySummary\(\)\s*\.then\(/);
   assert.match(source, /client\s*\.getVocabularyCharts\(\)/);
 });
-
-test('useVocabulary refetches aggregates after server-acknowledged exclusion edits', () => {
-  const source = fs.readFileSync(VOCABULARY_HOOK_PATH, 'utf8');
-
-  assert.match(source, /subscribeExcludedWordsServerSync\(refreshAggregates\)/);
-});
-
-test('useVocabulary bounds aggregate retries instead of polling failures forever', () => {
-  const source = fs.readFileSync(VOCABULARY_HOOK_PATH, 'utf8');
-
-  assert.match(source, /AGGREGATE_RETRY_LIMIT/);
-  assert.match(source, /aggregateRetryDelayMs\(attempt\)/);
-  assert.match(source, /CHART_BACKFILL_SLOW_POLL_MS/);
-});