diff --git a/archreview/plans/R2-01-s7-fault-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json b/archreview/plans/R2-01-s7-fault-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
index bb19fed9..06a23643 100644
--- a/archreview/plans/R2-01-s7-fault-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
+++ b/archreview/plans/R2-01-s7-fault-hardening-plan.md.tasks.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     {
       "id": 7,
       "subject": "GREEN: broaden IsS7ConnectionFatal to the ISO-on-TCP framing surface (NOT InvalidDataException) + xmldoc (STAB-15a)",
-      "status": "pending",
+      "status": "completed",
       "blockedBy": [6]
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7Driver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7Driver.cs
index 1e93068b..0fc53c50 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7Driver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.S7/S7Driver.cs
@@ -1256,10 +1256,24 @@ public sealed class S7Driver
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     True when <paramref name="ex"/> (or any inner exception) is a socket-level / connection
-    ///     loss that a reopen can repair — a <see cref="System.Net.Sockets.SocketException"/> /
-    ///     <see cref="System.IO.IOException"/> / <see cref="ObjectDisposedException"/>, or an S7.Net
-    ///     <see cref="PlcException"/> carrying <see cref="ErrorCode.ConnectionError"/>. A
-    ///     data-address / type error (S7.Net's <see cref="ErrorCode.ReadData"/> /
+    ///     loss OR an ISO-on-TCP framing/desync fault that a reopen can repair — a
+    ///     <see cref="System.Net.Sockets.SocketException"/> / <see cref="System.IO.IOException"/> /
+    ///     <see cref="ObjectDisposedException"/>; an S7.Net framing violation
+    ///     (<see cref="TPKTInvalidException"/> / <see cref="TPDUInvalidException"/> /
+    ///     <see cref="WrongNumberOfBytesException"/>); or a <see cref="PlcException"/> carrying
+    ///     <see cref="ErrorCode.ConnectionError"/> or <see cref="ErrorCode.WrongNumberReceivedBytes"/>.
+    ///     A framing violation means the single serialized stream's position is untrustworthy — a
+    ///     half-read PDU left by a timeout/cancellation makes every later response mis-frame, so only
+    ///     a reopen recovers (STAB-15a: the Modbus STAB-3 desync mode rebuilt in S7).
+    ///     <para>
+    ///         Deliberately NOT <see cref="System.IO.InvalidDataException"/>: the driver's own decode
+    ///         backstop (<see cref="ReinterpretRawValue"/> / <see cref="DecodeScalarBlock"/>) throws
+    ///         it for a declared-type/address-size CONFIG mismatch on a HEALTHY socket — classifying
+    ///         it would churn a full reopen on every read of a mis-authored tag. A genuinely desynced
+    ///         stream's very next PDU still lands in TPKT/TPDU/WrongNumber territory, which now tears
+    ///         down, so a real desync self-heals within one extra failed call.
+    ///     </para>
+    ///     A data-address / type error (S7.Net's <see cref="ErrorCode.ReadData"/> /
     ///     <see cref="ErrorCode.WriteData"/> for a bad address, PUT/GET-denied, etc.) is deliberately
     ///     NOT treated as fatal — reopening wouldn't help and would churn a healthy connection.
     /// </summary>
@@ -1271,7 +1285,13 @@ public sealed class S7Driver
         {
             if (e is System.Net.Sockets.SocketException or System.IO.IOException or ObjectDisposedException)
                 return true;
-            if (e is PlcException { ErrorCode: ErrorCode.ConnectionError })
+            // ISO-on-TCP framing/desync surface (STAB-15a): the stream position is untrustworthy —
+            // a half-read PDU left by a timeout/cancellation makes every later response mis-frame.
+            // NOTE: deliberately NOT System.IO.InvalidDataException — ReinterpretRawValue throws it
+            // for a declared-type/address-size CONFIG mismatch on a healthy socket.
+            if (e is TPKTInvalidException or TPDUInvalidException or WrongNumberOfBytesException)
+                return true;
+            if (e is PlcException { ErrorCode: ErrorCode.ConnectionError or ErrorCode.WrongNumberReceivedBytes })
                 return true;
         }
         return false;