diff --git a/archreview/plans/R2-02-resilience-config-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json b/archreview/plans/R2-02-resilience-config-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
index fa41c229..e79a243d 100644
--- a/archreview/plans/R2-02-resilience-config-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
+++ b/archreview/plans/R2-02-resilience-config-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     { "id": 14, "subject": "C-7 implement: JsonObject-bag FromJson/ToJson (TagConfigJson idiom), ParseFailed + RawStoredJson, blank->null contract preserved, parser-interop test green", "status": "completed", "blockedBy": [13] },
     { "id": 15, "subject": "C-7 razor: ParseFailed warning banner + input lockout + explicit discard button; raw pane shows the stored ResilienceConfig; live-/run on docker-dev :9200 (rebuild BOTH centrals; SQL-mangle + unknown-key survival checks; also drive task 5 warnings and task 9 disabled cells)", "status": "deferred-live", "note": "docker-dev :9200 live-/run; serial live pass", "blockedBy": [14] },
     { "id": 16, "subject": "S-7 builder: add options-generation to PipelineKey + GetOrCreate(optionsGeneration=0) + thread through CapabilityInvoker; StaleGeneration_ReCache_IsNotServed_ToNewGeneration", "status": "completed", "blockedBy": [3] },
-    { "id": 17, "subject": "S-7 factory: Interlocked per-Create generation stamp + Respawn_interleaved_with_old_invoker_call_still_applies_new_options wiring proof; update Invalidate comment (cleanup, not correctness)", "status": "pending", "blockedBy": [16] },
+    { "id": 17, "subject": "S-7 factory: Interlocked per-Create generation stamp + Respawn_interleaved_with_old_invoker_call_still_applies_new_options wiring proof; update Invalidate comment (cleanup, not correctness)", "status": "completed", "blockedBy": [16] },
     { "id": 18, "subject": "Wrap-up: whole-solution build (0 warnings, analyzer silent) + full dotnet test gate; record the pass + the two report anchor drifts in archreview/plans/STATUS.md", "status": "pending", "blockedBy": [4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17] }
   ],
   "lastUpdated": "2026-07-12"
diff --git a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Resilience/DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory.cs b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Resilience/DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory.cs
index dc9919f7..ba014e52 100644
--- a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Resilience/DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Resilience/DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory.cs
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Resilience;
 ///
 ///     <para>Options are snapshotted once per <see cref="Create"/> (a driver actor's options are fixed
 ///     for its lifetime — a ResilienceConfig change respawns the child), so the invoker's per-call
-///     options accessor is allocation-free on the hot path. Because the pipeline builder caches
-///     pipelines keyed on <c>(instance, host, capability)</c> and <b>ignores options on a cache hit</b>,
-///     <see cref="Create"/> first <see cref="DriverResiliencePipelineBuilder.Invalidate"/>s any pipelines
-///     cached for the instance so a respawn with changed options rebuilds them (rather than silently
-///     reusing the stale pipeline). On a first spawn this removes nothing.</para>
+///     options accessor is allocation-free on the hot path. The pipeline builder caches pipelines keyed on
+///     <c>(instance, host, capability, generation)</c> and ignores options on a cache hit; each
+///     <see cref="Create"/> stamps a fresh monotonic <b>generation</b> (01/S-7) so the new invoker can only
+///     read pipelines it built — a lingering old child's post-invalidate re-cache lands under its own older
+///     generation and is unreachable. <see cref="Create"/> still
+///     <see cref="DriverResiliencePipelineBuilder.Invalidate"/>s the instance's pipelines as cleanup (bounds
+///     the cache), but correctness now rests on the generation key, not the invalidate timing.</para>
 /// </remarks>
 public sealed class DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory : IDriverCapabilityInvokerFactory
 {
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ public sealed class DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory : IDriverCapabilityInvokerFac
     private readonly DriverResilienceStatusTracker _statusTracker;
     private readonly Func<string, DriverTier> _tierResolver;
     private readonly ILogger? _logger;
+    private long _generation;
 
     /// <summary>Construct the factory over the shared resilience infrastructure.</summary>
     /// <param name="builder">Process-singleton Polly pipeline builder (shared pipeline cache).</param>
@@ -65,9 +68,14 @@ public sealed class DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory : IDriverCapabilityInvokerFac
                 driverInstanceId, driverType, diagnostic);
         }
 
-        // Drop any pipelines cached for this instance under the PREVIOUS options — the builder keys on
-        // (instance, host, capability) and reuses a cached pipeline regardless of options, so a respawn
-        // with a changed ResilienceConfig would otherwise keep serving the stale pipeline. No-op on first spawn.
+        // Stamp a fresh options generation for this invoker. The generation is part of the pipeline-cache
+        // key (01/S-7), so this invoker can only ever read pipelines it built — a lingering old child's
+        // late re-cache lands under its OWN (older) generation and is unreachable here. Correctness rests on
+        // the epoch key, not on the timing of the invalidate below.
+        var generation = Interlocked.Increment(ref _generation);
+
+        // Cleanup (no longer the correctness mechanism): drop this instance's cached pipelines across all
+        // generations so lingering old-generation entries don't accumulate. No-op on first spawn.
         _builder.Invalidate(driverInstanceId);
 
         return new CapabilityInvoker(
@@ -75,6 +83,7 @@ public sealed class DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory : IDriverCapabilityInvokerFac
             driverInstanceId,
             optionsAccessor: () => options,
             driverType: driverType,
-            statusTracker: _statusTracker);
+            statusTracker: _statusTracker,
+            optionsGeneration: generation);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Resilience/DriverCapabilityInvokerFactoryTests.cs b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Resilience/DriverCapabilityInvokerFactoryTests.cs
index 04aeecc0..329096b3 100644
--- a/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Resilience/DriverCapabilityInvokerFactoryTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Tests/Resilience/DriverCapabilityInvokerFactoryTests.cs
@@ -161,6 +161,48 @@ public sealed class DriverCapabilityInvokerFactoryTests
             (e.Message.Contains("timeoutSeconds") || e.Message.Contains("breakerFailureThreshold")));
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     01/S-7 production-wiring proof: a respawn interleaved with a lingering old-invoker call must still
+    ///     apply the new options. The old invoker (a captured reference — exactly what the old child holds)
+    ///     re-caches its stale pipeline AFTER the new <see cref="DriverCapabilityInvokerFactory.Create"/>'s
+    ///     invalidate; the new invoker must nonetheless behave per the new config. Fails without the per-Create
+    ///     generation stamp (both invokers share the (instance, host, capability) key and the stale entry wins).
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Respawn_interleaved_with_old_invoker_call_still_applies_new_options()
+    {
+        var builder = new DriverResiliencePipelineBuilder();
+        var factory = MakeFactory(builder);
+
+        // Old invoker: Read retries (tier-A default 3). Warm its cache.
+        var oldInvoker = factory.Create("d1", "Modbus", "{\"capabilityPolicies\":{\"Read\":{\"retryCount\":3}}}");
+        await FailingRead(oldInvoker);   // caches the retrying pipeline under the old generation
+
+        // Respawn with new options: Read no longer retries.
+        var newInvoker = factory.Create("d1", "Modbus", "{\"capabilityPolicies\":{\"Read\":{\"retryCount\":0}}}");
+
+        // The lingering old child's late call lands AFTER the new Create's invalidate — re-caching the stale
+        // retrying pipeline under the OLD generation.
+        await FailingRead(oldInvoker);
+
+        // The new invoker must honor the new options (no retry) — a single attempt.
+        var attempts = 0;
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await newInvoker.ExecuteAsync(
+                DriverCapability.Read, "host-1",
+                async _ => { attempts++; await Task.Yield(); throw new InvalidOperationException("boom"); },
+                CancellationToken.None));
+
+        attempts.ShouldBe(1, "the new invoker must apply the new options (retryCount 0), not the stale re-cache");
+    }
+
+    private static async Task FailingRead(IDriverCapabilityInvoker invoker) =>
+        await Should.ThrowAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            await invoker.ExecuteAsync(
+                DriverCapability.Read, "host-1",
+                async _ => { await Task.Yield(); throw new InvalidOperationException("boom"); },
+                CancellationToken.None));
+
     private sealed class CapturingLogger : ILogger
     {
         public List<(LogLevel Level, string Message)> Entries { get; } = new();