diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Health/PeerProbeSupervisor.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Health/PeerProbeSupervisor.cs
index 72c9f9f9..76efaddd 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Health/PeerProbeSupervisor.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Health/PeerProbeSupervisor.cs
@@ -108,12 +108,15 @@ public sealed class PeerProbeSupervisor : ReceiveActor
     /// <param name="t">The termination notice for the dead child.</param>
     private void OnTerminated(Terminated t)
     {
-        var dead = _children.FirstOrDefault(kvp => kvp.Value.Equals(t.ActorRef));
-        if (!dead.Equals(default(KeyValuePair<NodeId, IActorRef>)) && dead.Value is not null)
-        {
-            _children.Remove(dead.Key);
-            _log.Debug("PeerProbeSupervisor: pruned terminated child for peer {Peer}", dead.Key);
-        }
+        var entry = _children.FirstOrDefault(kvp => kvp.Value.Equals(t.ActorRef));
+        // No-match yields Value == null because IActorRef is a reference type. A null here means the
+        // terminated ref isn't our CURRENT child for any peer — either it was already pruned in
+        // OnSnapshot (deliberate stop pre-removes from _children), or it's a stale old-generation
+        // child whose peer has since been re-spawned with a fresh child. Either way: no-op, so we
+        // never evict the fresh same-peer child on a stale Terminated.
+        if (entry.Value is null) return;
+        _children.Remove(entry.Key);
+        _log.Debug("PeerProbeSupervisor: pruned terminated child for peer {Peer}", entry.Key);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Health/PeerProbeSupervisorTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Health/PeerProbeSupervisorTests.cs
index ebbd5e2d..f65136c4 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Health/PeerProbeSupervisorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Health/PeerProbeSupervisorTests.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ public sealed class PeerProbeSupervisorTests : RuntimeActorTestBase
 
     private static Props NoopProps() => Akka.Actor.Props.Create(() => new NoopActor());
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// No-op child stub that records its own <see cref="ActorBase.Self"/> into a shared list on
+    /// start, in spawn order — lets a test grab a specific (e.g. the FIRST, old-generation) child
+    /// ref so it can deliver a synthetic <see cref="Terminated"/> for it.
+    /// </summary>
+    private sealed class RecordingNoopActor : ReceiveActor
+    {
+        public RecordingNoopActor(List<IActorRef> spawned) => spawned.Add(Self);
+    }
+
+    private static Props RecordingProps(List<IActorRef> spawned) =>
+        Akka.Actor.Props.Create(() => new RecordingNoopActor(spawned));
+
     private static NodeRedundancyState State(NodeId id, RedundancyRole role) =>
         new(id, role, IsClusterLeader: false, IsRoleLeaderForDriver: false, DateTime.UtcNow);
 
@@ -102,4 +115,44 @@ public sealed class PeerProbeSupervisorTests : RuntimeActorTestBase
         AwaitAssert(() => sup.UnderlyingActor.ChildCount.ShouldBe(1),
             duration: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
     }
+
+    /// <summary>Locks in the stale-Terminated guard: when an OLD (already-replaced) child's
+    /// <see cref="Terminated"/> for a peer arrives AFTER a NEW child for the SAME peer was spawned,
+    /// the fresh child must NOT be evicted (removal is keyed by current-child ref-equality, not by
+    /// peer key). Without this guard a late stale Terminated would silently drop a live probe.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Stale_terminated_for_old_child_does_not_evict_fresh_peer_child()
+    {
+        var spawned = new List<IActorRef>();
+        var sup = ActorOfAsTestActorRef<PeerProbeSupervisor>(
+            PeerProbeSupervisor.PropsForTests(Local, _ => RecordingProps(spawned)));
+
+        // First add of the peer -> child #0 (the OLD ref).
+        sup.Tell(Snapshot(
+            State(Local, RedundancyRole.Primary),
+            State(Peer, RedundancyRole.Secondary)));
+        AwaitAssert(() => sup.UnderlyingActor.ChildCount.ShouldBe(1),
+            duration: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        AwaitAssert(() => spawned.Count.ShouldBe(1), duration: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        var oldRef = spawned[0];
+
+        // Drop the peer -> child #0 stopped, ChildCount back to 0.
+        sup.Tell(Snapshot(State(Local, RedundancyRole.Primary)));
+        AwaitAssert(() => sup.UnderlyingActor.ChildCount.ShouldBe(0),
+            duration: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+
+        // Re-add the SAME peer -> a NEW child #1 (the FRESH ref) is spawned.
+        sup.Tell(Snapshot(
+            State(Local, RedundancyRole.Primary),
+            State(Peer, RedundancyRole.Secondary)));
+        AwaitAssert(() => sup.UnderlyingActor.ChildCount.ShouldBe(1),
+            duration: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        AwaitAssert(() => spawned.Count.ShouldBe(2), duration: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+
+        // Now deliver a STALE Terminated for the OLD ref. The current child for Peer is the fresh
+        // child #1, so ref-equality finds no match and the supervisor must leave ChildCount at 1.
+        sup.Tell(new Terminated(oldRef, existenceConfirmed: true, addressTerminated: false));
+        AwaitAssert(() => sup.UnderlyingActor.ChildCount.ShouldBe(1),
+            duration: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+    }
 }