diff --git a/frontend/today-session-sync.js b/frontend/today-session-sync.js
index e0ebdd3..35da98d 100644
--- a/frontend/today-session-sync.js
+++ b/frontend/today-session-sync.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 function createTodaySessionSync({
   fetchJson, getDeviceId, timer, onRemote = () => {}, onTransferred = () => {}, onStatus = () => {},
+  onOwnedRestore = () => {},
   setInterval = globalThis.setInterval, clearInterval = globalThis.clearInterval,
 }) {
   let current = null;
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ function createTodaySessionSync({
     current = session;
     if (session.device_id === deviceId()) {
       ownedRevision = session.revision;
+      if (Number.isFinite(session.break_deadline_at) &&
+          timer?.restoreBreak?.(session.identity, session.break_deadline_at)) onOwnedRestore(session);
       onRemote(null);
     } else if ((session.running || Number.isFinite(session.break_deadline_at)) && session.identity) {
       if (previousOwned) {
@@ -186,6 +189,7 @@ function attachTodaySessionHandoff({
   };
   const sync = createTodaySessionSync({
     fetchJson, getDeviceId, timer,
+    onOwnedRestore:renderTimer,
     onStatus:state => showSessionStatus(
       state === 'syncing' ? 'Session syncing…' :
         (state === 'offline' ? 'Session offline · will retry.' : '')
diff --git a/frontend/today-timer.js b/frontend/today-timer.js
index 958900d..03eb206 100644
--- a/frontend/today-timer.js
+++ b/frontend/today-timer.js
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ function createTodayTimer({ storage, getLogin, now = () => Date.now(), onChange
       state.timed_break = { identity, deadline_at:now() + duration * 60000 };
       return write(state) ? validBreak(state) : false;
     },
+    restoreBreak(identity, deadlineAt) {
+      const deadline = Number(deadlineAt);
+      if (typeof identity !== 'string' || !identity || !Number.isFinite(deadline) || deadline <= now()) return false;
+      const state = read();
+      const entry = state.entries[identity];
+      if (state.active_identity !== identity || !entry || entry.running || validBreak(state)) return false;
+      state.timed_break = { identity, deadline_at:Math.floor(deadline) };
+      return write(state);
+    },
     breakSnapshot() {
       return validBreak(read());
     },
diff --git a/tests/test_today_session_sync.py b/tests/test_today_session_sync.py
index faa8c66..b6f6882 100644
--- a/tests/test_today_session_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_today_session_sync.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 
 SOURCE = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "today-session-sync.js"
+TIMER = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "frontend" / "today-timer.js"
 
 
 def run_node(script: str) -> dict:
@@ -92,6 +93,43 @@ const sync=createTodaySessionSync({
     assert result["claimed"]["device_id"] == "desktop-b"
 
 
+def test_owner_refresh_recovers_a_server_confirmed_break_missing_from_device_state():
+    result = run_node(
+        f"""
+const createTimer = require({json.dumps(str(TIMER))});
+const values = new Map();
+const storage = {{
+  getItem:key=>values.get(key)||null,
+  setItem:(key,value)=>values.set(key,value),
+}};
+const timer = createTimer({{storage,getLogin:()=> 'timmy',now:()=>100000}});
+timer.adopt('issue:r:42:', 90000, false);
+let rendered = 0;
+const remote = {{
+  revision:3,device_id:'phone-a',identity:'issue:r:42:',elapsed_ms:90000,
+  running:false,break_deadline_at:400000,updated_at:10,
+}};
+const sync = createTodaySessionSync({{
+  getDeviceId:()=> 'phone-a',fetchJson:async()=>remote,timer,
+  onOwnedRestore:()=>{{rendered += 1;}},
+}});
+(async()=>{{
+  await sync.refresh();
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{breakSnapshot:timer.breakSnapshot(),rendered}}));
+}})().catch(error=>{{console.error(error);process.exit(1);}});
+"""
+    )
+
+    assert result == {
+        "breakSnapshot": {
+            "identity": "issue:r:42:",
+            "deadline_at": 400_000,
+            "expired": False,
+        },
+        "rendered": 1,
+    }
+
+
 def test_break_handoff_summary_is_actionable_and_privacy_safe():
     result = run_node(
         r"""