diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/GalaxyDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/GalaxyDriver.cs
index 8800aa65f..2cfc682e4 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/GalaxyDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/GalaxyDriver.cs
@@ -1065,6 +1065,10 @@ public sealed class GalaxyDriver
             lock (_pumpLock) replayPump = _eventPump;
             if (replayPump is { HasEnded: true })
             {
+                // A teardown cancelling this replay can end the pump too: that is a clean cancellation.
+                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                // The synchronous case; a stream that ends a round trip later reports a transport failure
+                // while Replaying, which the supervisor itself turns into a failed attempt.
                 throw new InvalidOperationException(
                     "The Galaxy event stream ended during the reconnect replay — retrying after backoff.");
             }
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/Runtime/ReconnectSupervisor.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/Runtime/ReconnectSupervisor.cs
index 41c1e5a52..43ab2d920 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/Runtime/ReconnectSupervisor.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy/Runtime/ReconnectSupervisor.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ public sealed class ReconnectSupervisor : IDisposable
 
     private bool _attemptInProgress;
 
+    // Set (under _stateLock) by a ReportTransportFailure that arrives while Replaying; cleared on entering Replaying.
+    private bool _faultDuringReplay;
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     True while a reopen or replay is actually running — false between attempts (the backoff delay,
     ///     during which the state still reads Reopening/Replaying) and while Healthy. #865: an advise waits
@@ -151,7 +154,10 @@ public sealed class ReconnectSupervisor : IDisposable
             _lastError = cause.Message;
             if (_state != State.Healthy)
             {
-                // Already recovering — nothing else to do.
+                // Already recovering — nothing else to do, except: a failure DURING the replay means the
+                // replay ran onto a transport that is already gone again (#865 — e.g. the restarted event
+                // stream refused or ended); the replay's success must not then be reported as Healthy.
+                if (_state == State.Replaying) _faultDuringReplay = true;
                 _logger.LogDebug("Transport failure reported during {State}: {Message}", _state, cause.Message);
                 return;
             }
@@ -241,7 +247,11 @@ public sealed class ReconnectSupervisor : IDisposable
             }
 
             // === Replaying phase ===
-            lock (_stateLock) TransitionLocked(State.Replaying, _lastError);
+            lock (_stateLock)
+            {
+                _faultDuringReplay = false;
+                TransitionLocked(State.Replaying, _lastError);
+            }
 
             try
             {
@@ -259,11 +269,24 @@ public sealed class ReconnectSupervisor : IDisposable
                 Volatile.Write(ref _attemptInProgress, false);
             }
 
-            // === Done ===
+            // === Done — unless the transport failed again while the replay ran ===
+            bool faultedDuringReplay;
             lock (_stateLock)
             {
-                _lastError = null;
-                TransitionLocked(State.Healthy, null);
+                faultedDuringReplay = _faultDuringReplay;
+                if (!faultedDuringReplay)
+                {
+                    _lastError = null;
+                    TransitionLocked(State.Healthy, null);
+                }
+            }
+            if (faultedDuringReplay)
+            {
+                // Going Healthy here would hide a dead transport (the fault was swallowed above), and the
+                // next report would restart at attempt 1 with no backoff. Retry this cycle with backoff.
+                _logger.LogWarning(
+                    "Galaxy replay completed but the transport failed again while it ran (attempt {Attempt}) — retrying", attempt);
+                continue;
             }
             _logger.LogInformation("Galaxy reconnect succeeded after {Attempt} attempt(s)", attempt);
             return;
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Tests/Runtime/ReconnectSupervisorTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Tests/Runtime/ReconnectSupervisorTests.cs
index b99f3b43c..10ecb016a 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Tests/Runtime/ReconnectSupervisorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Tests/Runtime/ReconnectSupervisorTests.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,35 @@ public sealed class ReconnectSupervisorTests
         sup.CurrentState.ShouldBe(ReconnectSupervisor.State.Reopening, "the backoff still reads Reopening — why the flag exists");
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     #865 review: a transport failure reported WHILE the replay runs (e.g. the restarted event stream is
+    ///     refused a round trip later) must fail that attempt — not go Healthy over a dead transport. The
+    ///     supervisor retries (with backoff) and goes Healthy only after a clean replay. Without the fix the
+    ///     first replay's success went Healthy and replay ran once.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task A_failure_reported_during_the_replay_fails_that_attempt()
+    {
+        ReconnectSupervisor? self = null;
+        var replays = 0;
+        using var sup = new ReconnectSupervisor(
+            reopen: _ => Task.CompletedTask,
+            replay: _ =>
+            {
+                if (Interlocked.Increment(ref replays) == 1)
+                {
+                    self!.ReportTransportFailure(new IOException("stream refused during replay"));
+                }
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            },
+            options: FastBackoff());
+        self = sup;
+
+        sup.ReportTransportFailure(new IOException("drop"));
+        await TestWait.HealthyAsync(sup, "the second, clean replay must recover");
+        Volatile.Read(ref replays).ShouldBe(2, "the faulted replay must not count as recovered");
+    }
+
     /// <summary>#865: a transport failure reported after StopAsync never starts a recovery loop (it throws ODE).</summary>
     [Fact]
     public async Task ReportTransportFailure_after_stop_never_starts_a_loop()