diff --git a/apps/mobile-rn/__tests__/durable-processing-queue-redteam-r1-25.test.ts b/apps/mobile-rn/__tests__/durable-processing-queue-redteam-r1-25.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32ab5cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile-rn/__tests__/durable-processing-queue-redteam-r1-25.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage'
+import { FileSystem } from 'react-native-file-access'
+import {
+  AudioPipelineError,
+  type AudioPipelineResult,
+  type LocalAudioInput,
+} from '../src/features/import/audio-import-types'
+
+const mockProcessAudioInput = jest.fn<Promise<AudioPipelineResult>, [LocalAudioInput, unknown]>()
+
+jest.mock('../src/features/import/audio-transcription-service', () => ({
+  processAudioInput: (input: LocalAudioInput, options: unknown) => mockProcessAudioInput(input, options),
+}))
+jest.mock('../src/features/meetings/meetings-service', () => ({
+  failMeetingRecording: jest.fn(async () => undefined),
+  markMeetingProcessingFailure: jest.fn(async () => undefined),
+  queueMeetingRecording: jest.fn(async () => undefined),
+}))
+
+import {
+  clearQueuedAudioForUser,
+  durableQueueTestContract,
+  processQueuedAudioNow,
+  QueuedAudioPendingError,
+  resumeQueuedAudioForUser,
+  type DurableQueueItem,
+} from '../src/features/recording/durable-processing-queue'
+
+const START_MS = 1_700_000_000_000
+const USER_A = '11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111'
+const USER_B = '22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222'
+const USER_C = '33333333-3333-4333-8333-333333333333'
+
+const mockFileSystem = FileSystem as typeof FileSystem & { filesystem: Map<string, string> }
+
+function queued(
+  userId: string,
+  suffix: string,
+  overrides: Partial<DurableQueueItem> = {},
+): DurableQueueItem {
+  const path = `${durableQueueTestContract.queueDirectory}/queued-${suffix}.wav`
+  return {
+    schemaVersion: 1,
+    id: suffix,
+    userId,
+    meetingId: null,
+    path,
+    uri: `file://${path}`,
+    fileName: `${suffix}.wav`,
+    mimeType: 'audio/wav',
+    sizeBytes: 5,
+    durationMs: 100,
+    source: 'recording',
+    languageCode: 'ko',
+    status: 'pending',
+    phase: null,
+    attempts: 0,
+    uploadedBytes: 0,
+    nextAttemptAtMs: START_MS,
+    lastErrorCode: null,
+    lastErrorMessage: null,
+    createdAtMs: 1,
+    updatedAtMs: 1,
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function result(): AudioPipelineResult {
+  return {
+    historyId: null,
+    audioFileId: 'audio-file',
+    meetingId: null,
+    processingJobId: null,
+    transcript: 'ok',
+    provider: 'test',
+    language: 'ko',
+    durationSeconds: 1,
+    deduplicated: false,
+  }
+}
+
+function deferred(): { promise: Promise<AudioPipelineResult>; resolve: () => void } {
+  let resolve: () => void = () => undefined
+  const promise = new Promise<AudioPipelineResult>(done => {
+    resolve = () => done(result())
+  })
+  return { promise, resolve }
+}
+
+async function seed(items: DurableQueueItem[]): Promise<void> {
+  for (const item of items) mockFileSystem.filesystem.set(item.path, 'audio')
+  await AsyncStorage.setItem(durableQueueTestContract.storageKey, JSON.stringify(items))
+}
+
+async function stored(): Promise<DurableQueueItem[]> {
+  return durableQueueTestContract.parseQueue(
+    await AsyncStorage.getItem(durableQueueTestContract.storageKey),
+  )
+}
+
+async function settle(): Promise<void> {
+  for (let index = 0; index < 5; index += 1) await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
+}
+
+function processedPaths(): string[] {
+  return mockProcessAudioInput.mock.calls.map(([input]) => input.path)
+}
+
+describe('durable processing queue retry scheduling (redteam r1-25)', () => {
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers({ now: START_MS })
+    await AsyncStorage.clear()
+    mockFileSystem.filesystem.clear()
+    mockProcessAudioInput.mockReset()
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    for (const userId of [USER_A, USER_B, USER_C]) {
+      await clearQueuedAudioForUser(userId).catch(() => undefined)
+    }
+    await settle()
+    jest.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  test('an older item due sooner is not delayed by a newer item due later', async () => {
+    const soon = queued(USER_A, 'aaa001', { status: 'retry', createdAtMs: 1, nextAttemptAtMs: START_MS + 5_000 })
+    const later = queued(USER_A, 'aaa002', { status: 'retry', createdAtMs: 2, nextAttemptAtMs: START_MS + 15 * 60_000 })
+    await seed([soon, later])
+    mockProcessAudioInput.mockResolvedValue(result())
+
+    await resumeQueuedAudioForUser(USER_A)
+    expect(mockProcessAudioInput).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5_000)
+    await settle()
+
+    expect(processedPaths()).toEqual([soon.path])
+  })
+
+  test('a retry deadline that fires while another item is processing is not lost', async () => {
+    const waiting = queued(USER_B, 'bbb001', { status: 'retry', createdAtMs: 1, nextAttemptAtMs: START_MS + 30_000 })
+    const due = queued(USER_B, 'bbb002', { status: 'pending', createdAtMs: 2, nextAttemptAtMs: START_MS })
+    await seed([waiting, due])
+    const slow = deferred()
+    mockProcessAudioInput.mockImplementation(async input => (
+      input.path === due.path ? slow.promise : result()
+    ))
+
+    const run = resumeQueuedAudioForUser(USER_B)
+    await settle()
+    expect(processedPaths()).toEqual([due.path])
+
+    await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(30_000)
+    slow.resolve()
+    await run
+    await settle()
+
+    expect(processedPaths()).toEqual([due.path, waiting.path])
+    expect(await stored()).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test('the resume loop does not reprocess an item that failed meanwhile from a stale snapshot', async () => {
+    const first = queued(USER_C, 'ccc001', { createdAtMs: 1 })
+    const second = queued(USER_C, 'ccc002', { createdAtMs: 2 })
+    await seed([first, second])
+    const slow = deferred()
+    mockProcessAudioInput.mockImplementation(async input => {
+      if (input.path === first.path) return slow.promise
+      throw new AudioPipelineError('upload', 'offline')
+    })
+
+    const run = resumeQueuedAudioForUser(USER_C)
+    await settle()
+    await expect(processQueuedAudioNow(USER_C, second.id)).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(QueuedAudioPendingError)
+    const failed = (await stored()).find(item => item.id === second.id)
+    expect(failed).toMatchObject({ status: 'retry', attempts: 1, nextAttemptAtMs: START_MS + 5_000 })
+
+    slow.resolve()
+    await run
+    await settle()
+
+    expect(processedPaths()).toEqual([first.path, second.path])
+    expect((await stored()).find(item => item.id === second.id)).toEqual(failed)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/mobile-rn/__tests__/retry-scheduler.test.ts b/apps/mobile-rn/__tests__/retry-scheduler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cec1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile-rn/__tests__/retry-scheduler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+import { createRetryScheduler } from '../src/features/recording/retry-scheduler'
+import { createQueueRepository, type KeyValueStorage } from '../src/features/recording/durable-queue-repository'
+
+interface FakeTimer {
+  id: number
+  dueAtMs: number
+  callback: () => void
+}
+
+function fakeClock() {
+  let nowMs = 1_000
+  let nextId = 1
+  const timers = new Map<number, FakeTimer>()
+  return {
+    now: () => nowMs,
+    setTimer: (callback: () => void, delayMs: number): number => {
+      const id = nextId
+      nextId += 1
+      timers.set(id, { id, dueAtMs: nowMs + delayMs, callback })
+      return id
+    },
+    clearTimer: (handle: number): void => {
+      timers.delete(handle)
+    },
+    pending: (): number[] => [...timers.values()].map(timer => timer.dueAtMs).sort((a, b) => a - b),
+    advance(ms: number): void {
+      nowMs += ms
+      for (const timer of [...timers.values()].sort((a, b) => a.dueAtMs - b.dueAtMs)) {
+        if (timer.dueAtMs <= nowMs && timers.has(timer.id)) {
+          timers.delete(timer.id)
+          timer.callback()
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+async function flush(): Promise<void> {
+  for (let index = 0; index < 10; index += 1) await Promise.resolve()
+}
+
+describe('retry scheduler', () => {
+  test('keeps the earliest deadline armed and ignores later ones', async () => {
+    const clock = fakeClock()
+    const run = jest.fn(async () => undefined)
+    const scheduler = createRetryScheduler({ ...clock, run })
+
+    scheduler.arm('user', 1_000 + 5_000)
+    scheduler.arm('user', 1_000 + 900_000)
+    expect(scheduler.nextDeadline('user')).toBe(6_000)
+    expect(clock.pending()).toEqual([6_000])
+
+    scheduler.arm('user', 1_000 + 2_000)
+    expect(clock.pending()).toEqual([3_000])
+
+    clock.advance(2_000)
+    await flush()
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(scheduler.nextDeadline('user')).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  test('keeps one timer per key', () => {
+    const clock = fakeClock()
+    const scheduler = createRetryScheduler({ ...clock, run: async () => undefined })
+    scheduler.arm('a', 5_000)
+    scheduler.arm('b', 9_000)
+    expect(clock.pending()).toEqual([5_000, 9_000])
+  })
+
+  test('a request while running causes exactly one follow-up pass and the promise waits for it', async () => {
+    const clock = fakeClock()
+    const releases: Array<() => void> = []
+    const run = jest.fn(() => new Promise<void>(resolve => { releases.push(resolve) }))
+    const scheduler = createRetryScheduler({ ...clock, run })
+
+    let firstDone = false
+    const first = scheduler.requestRun('user').then(() => { firstDone = true })
+    await flush()
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(scheduler.isRunning('user')).toBe(true)
+
+    const second = scheduler.requestRun('user')
+    const third = scheduler.requestRun('user')
+    releases[0]()
+    await flush()
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(firstDone).toBe(false)
+
+    releases[1]()
+    await Promise.all([first, second, third])
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(scheduler.isRunning('user')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  test('a timer firing during a pass is not lost', async () => {
+    const clock = fakeClock()
+    const releases: Array<() => void> = []
+    const run = jest.fn(() => new Promise<void>(resolve => { releases.push(resolve) }))
+    const scheduler = createRetryScheduler({ ...clock, run })
+
+    const done = scheduler.requestRun('user')
+    await flush()
+    scheduler.arm('user', clock.now() + 30_000)
+    clock.advance(30_000)
+    releases[0]()
+    await flush()
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    releases[1]()
+    await done
+  })
+
+  test('cancel clears the timer and drops a pending follow-up pass', async () => {
+    const clock = fakeClock()
+    const releases: Array<() => void> = []
+    const run = jest.fn(() => new Promise<void>(resolve => { releases.push(resolve) }))
+    const scheduler = createRetryScheduler({ ...clock, run })
+
+    const done = scheduler.requestRun('user')
+    await flush()
+    void scheduler.requestRun('user')
+    scheduler.arm('user', 50_000)
+    scheduler.cancel('user')
+    expect(clock.pending()).toEqual([])
+    releases[0]()
+    await done
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  test('a failed pass still runs the requested follow-up and reports only a final failure', async () => {
+    const clock = fakeClock()
+    let calls = 0
+    let release: () => void = () => undefined
+    const run = jest.fn(async () => {
+      calls += 1
+      if (calls === 1) {
+        await new Promise<void>(resolve => { release = resolve })
+        throw new Error('storage unavailable')
+      }
+    })
+    const scheduler = createRetryScheduler({ ...clock, run })
+
+    const done = scheduler.requestRun('user')
+    await flush()
+    void scheduler.requestRun('user')
+    release()
+    await expect(done).resolves.toBeUndefined()
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+    run.mockImplementationOnce(async () => { throw new Error('still down') })
+    await expect(scheduler.requestRun('user')).rejects.toThrow('still down')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('queue repository', () => {
+  function memoryStorage(): KeyValueStorage & { data: Map<string, string> } {
+    const data = new Map<string, string>()
+    return {
+      data,
+      getItem: async key => data.get(key) ?? null,
+      setItem: async (key, value) => { data.set(key, value) },
+      removeItem: async key => { data.delete(key) },
+    }
+  }
+
+  function parse(raw: string | null): Array<{ id: string; n: number }> {
+    return raw === null ? [] : JSON.parse(raw) as Array<{ id: string; n: number }>
+  }
+
+  test('serializes concurrent mutations and removes the key when empty', async () => {
+    const storage = memoryStorage()
+    const repository = createQueueRepository({ storage, key: 'k', parse })
+    await Promise.all([
+      repository.mutate(items => [...items, { id: 'a', n: 1 }]),
+      repository.mutate(items => [...items, { id: 'b', n: 2 }]),
+    ])
+    expect(await repository.read()).toEqual([{ id: 'a', n: 1 }, { id: 'b', n: 2 }])
+    expect(await repository.get('b')).toEqual({ id: 'b', n: 2 })
+    expect(await repository.get('missing')).toBeUndefined()
+
+    await repository.mutate(() => [])
+    expect(storage.data.has('k')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  test('a failed mutation does not wedge later writes', async () => {
+    const storage = memoryStorage()
+    const repository = createQueueRepository({ storage, key: 'k', parse })
+    await expect(repository.mutate(() => { throw new Error('bad') })).rejects.toThrow('bad')
+    await repository.mutate(items => [...items, { id: 'a', n: 1 }])
+    expect(await repository.read()).toEqual([{ id: 'a', n: 1 }])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/durable-processing-queue.ts b/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/durable-processing-queue.ts
index e4b32e0..085649c 100644
--- a/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/durable-processing-queue.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/durable-processing-queue.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import {
   queueMeetingRecording,
 } from '../meetings/meetings-service';
 import { createUuidV4 } from '../../lib/random-id';
+import { createQueueRepository, type QueueRepository } from './durable-queue-repository';
+import { createRetryScheduler, type RetryScheduler } from './retry-scheduler';
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = '@d3ro/audio-processing-queue/v1';
 const QUEUE_DIRECTORY = `${Dirs.DocumentDir}/d3ro-processing-queue`;
@@ -64,9 +66,6 @@ export class QueuedAudioPendingError extends Error {
 }
 
 const listeners = new Set<(event: DurableQueueEvent) => void>();
-let storageLock: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
-const runningUsers = new Set<string>();
-const scheduledRetries = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
 const runningControllers = new Map<string, AbortController>();
 const runningItemPromises = new Map<string, Promise<AudioPipelineResult>>();
 const discardedItems = new Set<string>();
@@ -131,24 +130,28 @@ function parseQueue(raw: string | null): DurableQueueItem[] {
   });
 }
 
-async function readQueue(): Promise<DurableQueueItem[]> {
-  await storageLock;
-  return parseQueue(await AsyncStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY));
+// Composition root: the queue logic below depends only on these two ports.
+const repository: QueueRepository<DurableQueueItem> = createQueueRepository({
+  storage: AsyncStorage,
+  key: STORAGE_KEY,
+  parse: parseQueue,
+});
+
+const scheduler: RetryScheduler = createRetryScheduler({
+  now: () => Date.now(),
+  setTimer: (callback, delayMs) => setTimeout(callback, delayMs),
+  clearTimer: handle => clearTimeout(handle),
+  run: runResumePass,
+});
+
+function readQueue(): Promise<DurableQueueItem[]> {
+  return repository.read();
 }
 
-async function mutateQueue(
+function mutateQueue(
   mutation: (items: DurableQueueItem[]) => DurableQueueItem[],
 ): Promise<DurableQueueItem[]> {
-  let result: DurableQueueItem[] = [];
-  const operation = storageLock.then(async () => {
-    const current = parseQueue(await AsyncStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY));
-    result = mutation(current);
-    if (result.length === 0) await AsyncStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY);
-    else await AsyncStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(result));
-  });
-  storageLock = operation.catch(() => undefined);
-  await operation;
-  return result;
+  return repository.mutate(mutation);
 }
 
 async function ensureQueueDirectory(): Promise<void> {
@@ -375,7 +378,7 @@ async function processItemCore(item: DurableQueueItem): Promise<AudioPipelineRes
     };
     await replaceItem(current);
     await reportMeetingFailure(current, error, !canRetry);
-    if (canRetry) scheduleRetry(current.userId, current.nextAttemptAtMs);
+    if (canRetry) scheduler.arm(current.userId, current.nextAttemptAtMs);
     throw canRetry ? new QueuedAudioPendingError(current) : error;
   } finally {
     runningControllers.delete(item.id);
@@ -394,16 +397,6 @@ function processItem(item: DurableQueueItem): Promise<AudioPipelineResult> {
   return operation;
 }
 
-function scheduleRetry(userId: string, atMs: number): void {
-  const existing = scheduledRetries.get(userId);
-  if (existing !== undefined) clearTimeout(existing);
-  const timer = setTimeout(() => {
-    scheduledRetries.delete(userId);
-    void resumeQueuedAudioForUser(userId).catch(() => undefined);
-  }, Math.max(0, atMs - Date.now()));
-  scheduledRetries.set(userId, timer);
-}
-
 export async function processQueuedAudioNow(
   userId: string,
   itemId: string,
@@ -413,39 +406,52 @@ export async function processQueuedAudioNow(
   return processItem(item);
 }
 
-export async function resumeQueuedAudioForUser(userId: string): Promise<void> {
-  if (runningUsers.has(userId)) return;
-  runningUsers.add(userId);
-  try {
-    const items = (await readQueue())
-      .filter(item => item.userId === userId)
-      .sort((left, right) => left.createdAtMs - right.createdAtMs);
-    for (const item of items) {
-      if (item.status === 'terminal') continue;
-      if (item.status === 'cleanup') {
-        try {
-          await removeOwnedFile(item.path);
-          await removeItem(item);
-        } catch {
-          scheduleRetry(userId, Date.now() + 60_000);
-        }
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (item.nextAttemptAtMs > Date.now()) {
-        scheduleRetry(userId, item.nextAttemptAtMs);
-        continue;
-      }
+/**
+ * One pass over the user's queue. The listing only fixes the visiting order;
+ * every item is re-read right before acting on it, so work done meanwhile by
+ * processQueuedAudioNow, retryQueuedAudio or discardQueuedAudio (new status,
+ * attempts, nextAttemptAtMs, or removal) is respected instead of being
+ * overwritten from a stale snapshot.
+ */
+async function runResumePass(userId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const order = (await readQueue())
+    .filter(item => item.userId === userId)
+    .sort((left, right) => left.createdAtMs - right.createdAtMs)
+    .map(item => item.id);
+  for (const itemId of order) {
+    const item = await repository.get(itemId);
+    if (item === undefined || item.userId !== userId) continue;
+    if (item.status === 'terminal') continue;
+    if (item.status === 'cleanup') {
       try {
-        await processItem(item);
+        await removeOwnedFile(item.path);
+        await removeItem(item);
       } catch {
-        // The item itself holds the truthful retry/terminal state.
+        scheduler.arm(userId, Date.now() + 60_000);
       }
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (item.nextAttemptAtMs > Date.now()) {
+      scheduler.arm(userId, item.nextAttemptAtMs);
+      continue;
+    }
+    try {
+      await processItem(item);
+    } catch {
+      // The item itself holds the truthful retry/terminal state.
     }
-  } finally {
-    runningUsers.delete(userId);
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Processes every due item of the user and arms a timer for the earliest
+ * pending retry. A call while a pass is already running requests one more
+ * pass after it, and the returned promise settles when that pass is done.
+ */
+export function resumeQueuedAudioForUser(userId: string): Promise<void> {
+  return scheduler.requestRun(userId);
+}
+
 export async function listQueuedAudio(userId: string): Promise<DurableQueueItem[]> {
   return (await readQueue()).filter(item => item.userId === userId);
 }
@@ -476,9 +482,7 @@ export async function discardQueuedAudio(userId: string, itemId: string): Promis
 }
 
 export async function clearQueuedAudioForUser(userId: string): Promise<void> {
-  const timer = scheduledRetries.get(userId);
-  if (timer !== undefined) clearTimeout(timer);
-  scheduledRetries.delete(userId);
+  scheduler.cancel(userId);
   const owned = (await readQueue()).filter(item => item.userId === userId);
   const removedIds = new Set<string>();
   let firstRemovalError: unknown = null;
diff --git a/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/durable-queue-repository.ts b/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/durable-queue-repository.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3811fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/durable-queue-repository.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * Persistence port for the durable audio processing queue.
+ *
+ * The queue itself only needs "read everything", "atomically rewrite" and
+ * "look one item up"; how the rows are stored (AsyncStorage JSON under one key)
+ * and how writes are serialized (a promise-chain lock) live here.
+ */
+
+export interface KeyValueStorage {
+  getItem(key: string): Promise<string | null>;
+  setItem(key: string, value: string): Promise<void>;
+  removeItem(key: string): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export interface QueueRepository<T extends { id: string }> {
+  /** Reads all rows after any in-flight write has settled. */
+  read(): Promise<T[]>;
+  /** Serialized read-modify-write. An empty result removes the storage key. */
+  mutate(mutation: (items: T[]) => T[]): Promise<T[]>;
+  /** Reads the current version of a single row, or undefined when it is gone. */
+  get(itemId: string): Promise<T | undefined>;
+}
+
+export interface QueueRepositoryOptions<T> {
+  storage: KeyValueStorage;
+  key: string;
+  parse: (raw: string | null) => T[];
+}
+
+export function createQueueRepository<T extends { id: string }>(
+  options: QueueRepositoryOptions<T>,
+): QueueRepository<T> {
+  const { storage, key, parse } = options;
+  let storageLock: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
+
+  async function read(): Promise<T[]> {
+    await storageLock;
+    return parse(await storage.getItem(key));
+  }
+
+  async function mutate(mutation: (items: T[]) => T[]): Promise<T[]> {
+    let result: T[] = [];
+    const operation = storageLock.then(async () => {
+      const current = parse(await storage.getItem(key));
+      result = mutation(current);
+      if (result.length === 0) await storage.removeItem(key);
+      else await storage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(result));
+    });
+    storageLock = operation.catch(() => undefined);
+    await operation;
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  async function get(itemId: string): Promise<T | undefined> {
+    return (await read()).find(item => item.id === itemId);
+  }
+
+  return { read, mutate, get };
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/retry-scheduler.ts b/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/retry-scheduler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d84cff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile-rn/src/features/recording/retry-scheduler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/**
+ * Per-key retry scheduling policy for the durable audio processing queue.
+ *
+ * - `arm(key, atMs)` keeps ONE timer per key, always at the earliest pending
+ *   deadline. A later deadline never replaces an earlier one, so an item that
+ *   is due soon is not starved by an item that is due much later.
+ * - `requestRun(key)` coalesces re-entrant triggers: while a pass is running,
+ *   further requests (a timer firing, a manual retry, a foreground transition)
+ *   mark the key dirty and one more pass runs after the current one. The
+ *   returned promise settles when the whole run, including that follow-up
+ *   pass, has finished.
+ *
+ * Clock and timer functions are injected so the policy is testable without
+ * real time.
+ */
+
+export interface RetrySchedulerDeps<TimerHandle> {
+  now: () => number;
+  setTimer: (callback: () => void, delayMs: number) => TimerHandle;
+  clearTimer: (handle: TimerHandle) => void;
+  /** One processing pass for the key. */
+  run: (key: string) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export interface RetryScheduler {
+  arm(key: string, atMs: number): void;
+  cancel(key: string): void;
+  requestRun(key: string): Promise<void>;
+  /** Earliest armed deadline for the key, if any. */
+  nextDeadline(key: string): number | undefined;
+  isRunning(key: string): boolean;
+}
+
+interface ArmedTimer<TimerHandle> {
+  atMs: number;
+  handle: TimerHandle;
+}
+
+interface ActiveRun {
+  rerunRequested: boolean;
+  done: Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export function createRetryScheduler<TimerHandle>(
+  deps: RetrySchedulerDeps<TimerHandle>,
+): RetryScheduler {
+  const armed = new Map<string, ArmedTimer<TimerHandle>>();
+  const active = new Map<string, ActiveRun>();
+
+  function arm(key: string, atMs: number): void {
+    const existing = armed.get(key);
+    if (existing !== undefined) {
+      if (existing.atMs <= atMs) return;
+      deps.clearTimer(existing.handle);
+    }
+    const entry: ArmedTimer<TimerHandle> = {
+      atMs,
+      handle: deps.setTimer(() => {
+        if (armed.get(key) === entry) armed.delete(key);
+        void requestRun(key).catch(() => undefined);
+      }, Math.max(0, atMs - deps.now())),
+    };
+    armed.set(key, entry);
+  }
+
+  function cancel(key: string): void {
+    const existing = armed.get(key);
+    if (existing !== undefined) deps.clearTimer(existing.handle);
+    armed.delete(key);
+    const current = active.get(key);
+    if (current !== undefined) current.rerunRequested = false;
+  }
+
+  async function loop(key: string, state: ActiveRun): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      let failed = false;
+      let failure: unknown = null;
+      do {
+        state.rerunRequested = false;
+        try {
+          await deps.run(key);
+          failed = false;
+        } catch (error) {
+          failed = true;
+          failure = error;
+        }
+      } while (state.rerunRequested);
+      if (failed) throw failure;
+    } finally {
+      if (active.get(key) === state) active.delete(key);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function requestRun(key: string): Promise<void> {
+    const current = active.get(key);
+    if (current !== undefined) {
+      current.rerunRequested = true;
+      return current.done;
+    }
+    const state: ActiveRun = { rerunRequested: false, done: Promise.resolve() };
+    // Register before the first pass starts, and start it on a microtask, so a
+    // re-entrant request from inside a pass joins this run (and its promise)
+    // instead of starting a parallel one.
+    active.set(key, state);
+    state.done = Promise.resolve().then(() => loop(key, state));
+    return state.done;
+  }
+
+  function nextDeadline(key: string): number | undefined {
+    return armed.get(key)?.atMs;
+  }
+
+  function isRunning(key: string): boolean {
+    return active.has(key);
+  }
+
+  return { arm, cancel, requestRun, nextDeadline, isRunning };
+}