diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyDriver.cs
index ffc96f46..28b6fbe7 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy/AbLegacyDriver.cs
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ public sealed partial class AbLegacyDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITag
             await opLock.WaitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
             try
             {
+                runtime = await CurrentRuntimeUnderLockAsync(device, def, runtime, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 await runtime.ReadAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 status = runtime.GetStatus();
                 var parsed = AbLegacyAddress.TryParse(def.Address, device.Options.PlcFamily);
@@ -942,6 +943,7 @@ public sealed partial class AbLegacyDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITag
                 await opLock.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 try
                 {
+                    runtime = await CurrentRuntimeUnderLockAsync(device, def, runtime, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     if (arrayValue is not null) runtime.EncodeArray(arrayFileType, arrayValue);
                     else runtime.EncodeValue(def.DataType, parsed.BitIndex, w.Value);
                     await runtime.WriteAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -1356,7 +1358,10 @@ public sealed partial class AbLegacyDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITag
             {
                 if (!key.StartsWith(prefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                     || string.Equals(key, resolvedName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) continue;
-                EvictRuntime(device, key);
+                // Under the key's own gate (review 07 r0 M3), so no reader is mid-operation on the handle we dispose.
+                var gate = device.GetRuntimeLock(key);
+                await gate.WaitAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                try { EvictRuntime(device, key); } finally { gate.Release(); }
                 device.ForgetGates(key);
             }
         }
@@ -1601,6 +1606,23 @@ public sealed partial class AbLegacyDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITag
             .ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Re-resolves a tag's runtime once its operation gate is HELD (review 07 r0 M3): the handle fetched before
+    ///     the wait may since have been evicted and disposed (a failed sibling call, or an indirect index sweep), and
+    ///     using it would fail spuriously as a comms fault. Returns the live cached handle, or connects a fresh one.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task<IAbLegacyTagRuntime> CurrentRuntimeUnderLockAsync(
+        DeviceState device, AbLegacyTagDefinition def, IAbLegacyTagRuntime fetched, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        if (device.Runtimes.TryGetValue(def.Name, out var live))
+            return live;
+        // Evicted between the fetch and the lock: a native runtime refused at init is cached too, so absence means
+        // it really was released. Connect again (single-flight per device).
+        // A retired (torn-down) state never reconnects: the in-flight call finishes on what it has.
+        if (device.IsRetired) return fetched;
+        return await EnsureTagRuntimeAsync(device, def, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Evict the runtime for <paramref name="tagName"/> from the device's cache and dispose it so
     ///     the next read/write call re-creates and re-initializes a fresh libplctag handle. Called
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.Tests/AbLegacyHealthEvidenceTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.Tests/AbLegacyHealthEvidenceTests.cs
index a982e84e..c65004f0 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.Tests/AbLegacyHealthEvidenceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbLegacy.Tests/AbLegacyHealthEvidenceTests.cs
@@ -219,4 +219,40 @@ public sealed class AbLegacyHealthEvidenceTests
         await drv.ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None);
         drv.GetHealth().State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Unknown);
     }
+
+    private sealed class DisposeAwareTag(AbLegacyTagCreateParams p) : FakeAbLegacyTag(p)
+    {
+        public override Task ReadAsync(CancellationToken ct) =>
+            Disposed ? throw new ObjectDisposedException("tag") : base.ReadAsync(ct);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Review 07 r0 M3: a reader that fetched a handle and then waited on its gate while another path evicted and
+    ///     disposed it used to read the disposed instance — a spurious comms fault and Degraded. It now re-resolves
+    ///     the handle once the gate is held.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task A_handle_evicted_while_a_reader_waited_for_its_gate_is_re_resolved()
+    {
+        var f = new SwitchableFactory { Make = p => new DisposeAwareTag(p) { Value = 4 } };
+        var drv = NewDriver(f, new AbLegacyTagDefinition("X", Host, "N7:0", AbLegacyDataType.Int));
+        await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
+        (await drv.ReadAsync(["X"], CancellationToken.None))[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(AbLegacyStatusMapper.Good);
+        var state = drv.GetDeviceState(Host)!;
+        var first = f.Tags["N7:0"];
+
+        var gate = state.GetRuntimeLock("X");
+        await gate.WaitAsync();
+        var read = drv.ReadAsync(["X"], CancellationToken.None); // fetches `first`, then parks on the gate
+        await Task.Delay(30);
+        state.Runtimes.TryRemove("X", out var evicted).ShouldBeTrue();
+        evicted!.Dispose();
+        gate.Release();
+        var r = await read;
+
+        r[0].StatusCode.ShouldBe(AbLegacyStatusMapper.Good);
+        f.Tags["N7:0"].ShouldNotBeSameAs(first); // a fresh handle served it
+        drv.GetHealth().State.ShouldBe(DriverState.Healthy);
+        await drv.ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+    }
 }