diff --git a/apps/studio/data/storage/versioning/archived-object-purge-mutation.test.tsx b/apps/studio/data/storage/versioning/archived-object-purge-mutation.test.tsx
index 2a6b6eea2a8..3c8b4522484 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/storage/versioning/archived-object-purge-mutation.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/data/storage/versioning/archived-object-purge-mutation.test.tsx
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ describe('useArchivedObjectPurgeMutation', () => {
     expect(deleted).toEqual([])
   })
 
+  it('stops rather than delete a version that went live mid-purge', async () => {
+    // The first round clears the history; by the second, the path has been written again.
+    mockListPages([[marker(), row('v2')], [row('v-new', { archived_at: null })]])
+
+    await expect(purge()).rejects.toThrow(/restored or replaced/)
+    expect(deleted).toEqual([[MARKER, 'v2']])
+  })
+
   it('gives up rather than spin when a round deletes nothing', async () => {
     mockListPages([[marker(), row('v1')]])
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/storage/versioning/archived-object-purge-mutation.ts b/apps/studio/data/storage/versioning/archived-object-purge-mutation.ts
index 381c51a09aa..277bc43c107 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/storage/versioning/archived-object-purge-mutation.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/storage/versioning/archived-object-purge-mutation.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ export const useArchivedObjectPurgeMutation = ({
       await deleteVersions(versions)
 
       const remaining = await listVersions()
+      // Deleting the marker promotes nothing, so nothing here should be live. One that is
+      // arrived while the purge was running — a restore, or a new upload to the same path —
+      // and belongs to the user, not to the archive the next round would hand to `del`.
+      const live = remaining.find((version) => version.isCurrent)
+      if (live !== undefined && live.versionId !== archivedObjectId) {
+        throw new Error(`${path} was restored or replaced while it was being deleted`)
+      }
       // Nothing went away, so another round would spin rather than make progress.
       if (remaining.length >= versions.length) {
         throw new Error(`Some versions of ${path} could not be deleted`)