diff --git a/app/ui/features/training/index.js b/app/ui/features/training/index.js
index 60eab916..6269e2cd 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/training/index.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/training/index.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export default {
         }
         let snap = null;
         try { snap = await api.trainRun(ui.run.loss.length); } catch { /* try again */ }
-        if (snap && snap.run && snap.run !== ui.before && !(ui.awaitStart && (snap.state === "paused" || (ui.staleStarted && snap.started === ui.staleStarted)))) {
+        if (snap && snap.run && snap.run !== ui.before && !(ui.awaitStart && (ui.staleStarted ? snap.started === ui.staleStarted : snap.state === "paused"))) {
           ui.awaitStart = false;
           const times = snap.loss_from === ui.run.loss.length ? ui.run.times.concat(snap.times || []) : ui.run.times;
           const loss = snap.loss_from === ui.run.loss.length ? ui.run.loss.concat(snap.loss) : ui.run.loss;
@@ -182,6 +182,29 @@ export default {
       };
       runPoll = setTimeout(tick, POLL);
     }
+    // The server is the truth. A window that sits idle on a pause (a tab left in the background, a missed poll) asks now and then and takes over what it finds.
+    let syncPoll = 0;
+    async function reconcile() {
+      clearTimeout(syncPoll);
+      if (!win) return;
+      syncPoll = setTimeout(reconcile, POLL * 5);
+      if (ui.run.active || ui.run.state !== "paused") return;
+      let snap = null;
+      try { snap = await api.trainRun(0); } catch { return; }
+      if (!win || ui.run.active || ui.run.state !== "paused" || !snap || !snap.run) return;
+      const moved = snap.state === "training" || (snap.state === "paused" && (snap.run !== ui.run.runId || snap.step !== ui.run.step));
+      if (!moved) return;
+      ui.before = "";
+      if (snap.state === "training") {
+        setRun({ shown: true, active: true, state: "training", runId: snap.run, loss: snap.loss, times: snap.times || [], stepSeconds: snap.step_seconds, lastStep: snap.last_step_seconds, smooth: smooth(snap.loss), step: snap.step, total: snap.total, elapsed: snap.elapsed, message: snap.message, error: "", paused: null });
+        draw();
+        watch();
+      } else {
+        setRun({ shown: true, active: false, state: "paused", runId: snap.run, loss: snap.loss, times: snap.times || [], stepSeconds: snap.step_seconds, lastStep: snap.last_step_seconds, smooth: smooth(snap.loss), step: snap.step, total: snap.total, elapsed: snap.elapsed, message: "", paused: snap.paused });
+        draw();
+        if (snap.paused && snap.paused.reason === "preview" && !ui.holdPause) previewNow(true);
+      }
+    }
     async function stop() {
       const waiting = ui.run.state === "paused" || ui.run.state === "previewing";
       setRun({ message: "Stopping" });
@@ -237,7 +260,8 @@ export default {
       if (win) return;
       body = c.region.stack({ gap: "md", fill: true });
       win = c.floating.window({ id: "training", title: "Training", subtitle: "make a LoRA", body, width: 780, height: 720, x: 240, y: 40,
-        onClose: () => { win = null; session.flush(); clearTimeout(tagPoll); } });
+        onClose: () => { win = null; session.flush(); clearTimeout(tagPoll); clearTimeout(syncPoll); } });
+      syncPoll = setTimeout(reconcile, POLL * 5);
       offSession = session.on(draw);
       session.refresh().then(async () => {
         if (!session.name) {
@@ -254,6 +278,6 @@ export default {
     }
     const offOpen = session.on(() => { try { if (session.name) localStorage.setItem("fp.training.set", session.name); } catch { /* private mode */ } });
 
-    return () => { clearTimeout(tagPoll); clearTimeout(runPoll); timers.forEach(clearTimeout); if (offSession) offSession(); offOpen(); if (win) win.close(); };
+    return () => { clearTimeout(tagPoll); clearTimeout(runPoll); clearTimeout(syncPoll); timers.forEach(clearTimeout); if (offSession) offSession(); offOpen(); if (win) win.close(); };
   },
 };
diff --git a/app/ui/features/training/training.test.js b/app/ui/features/training/training.test.js
index daa285db..95011c3c 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/training/training.test.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/training/training.test.js
@@ -331,6 +331,27 @@ test("a preview step pauses the run, the pipeline makes a preview with the LoRA
   off();
 });
 
+test("a pause that the window never saw training towards is still shown at the step the server is at", async () => {
+  const f = fake();
+  f.app.runner = { preview: async () => ({ image: { filename: "pv.png", subfolder: "", type: "output" } }) };
+  let queued = 0;
+  f.api.queueGraph = async () => { queued += 1; return "pid"; };
+  const pause = (step, started) => ({ run: "r1", state: "paused", step, total: 6, started, elapsed: 3, message: "", loss: [0.9, 0.8], loss_from: 0, paused: { reason: "user", step, preview: "p.safetensors", checkpoint: true } });
+  f.api.trainRun = async () => (queued === 0 ? { run: "", state: "idle", loss: [], loss_from: 0 } : queued === 1 ? pause(2, 100) : pause(4, 200));
+  const { button, off } = await open(f);
+  button.click();
+  await wait(60);
+  click("Skip to training").click();
+  await wait(20);
+  click("Start training").click();
+  await wait(1100);
+  assert.ok(text().includes("paused at step 2"));
+  click("Resume").click();
+  await wait(1400);
+  assert.ok(text().includes("paused at step 4"), "the second pause is not mistaken for the old one");
+  off();
+});
+
 test("Pause asks the server, a paused run offers Resume, Preview now and Stop, and Stop ends it", async () => {
   const f = fake();
   f.app.runner = { preview: async () => ({ error: "x" }) };
diff --git a/modules/training/lora/nodes.py b/modules/training/lora/nodes.py
index a2e75bee..5d5d1c00 100644
--- a/modules/training/lora/nodes.py
+++ b/modules/training/lora/nodes.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class FunPackTrainLora(io.ComfyNode):
             outputs=[io.String.Output(display_name="lora")],
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def fingerprint_inputs(cls, **_):
+        """Always different: a run is work to do, never a result to reuse. Without this ComfyUI answers a second 'carry on' from a pause (same inputs as the first) with its cached output in 0 seconds."""
+        return float("nan")
+
     @classmethod
     def execute(cls, clip, vae, set_name, name, use, steps, learning_rate, rank, algorithm, optimizer, loss, batch_size,
                 grad_accumulation, resolution, aspect_buckets, frames, fps, start, trigger, seed, training_dtype, lora_dtype,
diff --git a/modules/training/lora/tests/test_plan_and_routes.py b/modules/training/lora/tests/test_plan_and_routes.py
index b3391528..ee45c5b8 100644
--- a/modules/training/lora/tests/test_plan_and_routes.py
+++ b/modules/training/lora/tests/test_plan_and_routes.py
@@ -313,3 +313,9 @@ def test_a_rated_result_is_captioned_from_its_own_file_and_an_older_rating_on_a_
     got["results"] = [r for r in got["results"] if r["media"]["filename"] != "bare.png"]
     assert [(r["media"]["filename"], r["caption"], r["doubtful"]) for r in got["results"]] == [("now.png", "a red fox runs through the snow", False), ("reused.png", "a city street at night", True)]
     assert got["doubtful"] == 1
+
+
+def test_the_training_node_is_never_answered_from_comfys_cache():
+    from modules.training.lora.nodes import FunPackTrainLora
+    a, b = FunPackTrainLora.fingerprint_inputs(resume="r1"), FunPackTrainLora.fingerprint_inputs(resume="r1")
+    assert a != b, "NaN never equals itself: ComfyUI runs the node again even with identical inputs"