diff --git a/cmd/codeaf/hosted_takeback_test.go b/cmd/codeaf/hosted_takeback_test.go
index 83d73feffb..993a2cef0b 100644
--- a/cmd/codeaf/hosted_takeback_test.go
+++ b/cmd/codeaf/hosted_takeback_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ type hostedMoveRig struct {
 	mu         sync.Mutex
 	requests   []string
 	acquires   []time.Time
+	resumes    []time.Time
 	changes    chan struct{}
 }
 
@@ -87,6 +89,9 @@ func newHostedMoveRig(t *testing.T, wrap ...func(http.Handler) http.Handler) *ho
 		if strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/acquire") {
 			h.acquires = append(h.acquires, time.Now())
 		}
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/heartbeat") {
+			h.resumes = append(h.resumes, time.Now())
+		}
 		h.mu.Unlock()
 		service.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 	}))
@@ -321,7 +326,7 @@ func TestHostedTakeBackReachesAcquireWithoutSharedUploadsOrReleaseDelay(t *testi
 	h.wait("take-back card", func() bool { return strings.Contains(screen.String(), "Continue this chat here?") })
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	h.requests = nil
-	h.acquires = nil
+	h.acquires, h.resumes = nil, nil
 	h.mu.Unlock()
 	started = time.Now()
 	if _, err := io.WriteString(typed, "1\r"); err != nil {
@@ -330,8 +335,18 @@ func TestHostedTakeBackReachesAcquireWithoutSharedUploadsOrReleaseDelay(t *testi
 	h.wait("hosted take-back arrival", func() bool { return strings.Contains(screen.String(), "Moved from other computer") })
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	defer h.mu.Unlock()
-	if len(h.acquires) < 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("take and reopened hosted writer made %d acquires; want both", len(h.acquires))
+	if len(h.acquires) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("take-back made no acquire")
+	}
+	// The reopened writer resumes the hold the take acquired (F1, #2009): it
+	// renews that fence rather than acquiring another.
+	resumed := slices.IndexFunc(h.resumes, func(at time.Time) bool { return !at.Before(h.acquires[0]) })
+	if resumed < 0 {
+		t.Fatal("the reopened hosted writer never resumed the taken hold")
+	}
+	t.Logf("relay resume after first acquire: %s", h.resumes[resumed].Sub(h.acquires[0]))
+	if gap := h.resumes[resumed].Sub(h.acquires[0]); gap >= 5*time.Second {
+		t.Errorf("resume gap=%s", gap)
 	}
 	t.Logf("relay first acquire after key: %s", h.acquires[0].Sub(started))
 	if elapsed := h.acquires[0].Sub(started); elapsed > time.Second {
diff --git a/docs/changes/unreleased/2183-reopen-fence-test.md b/docs/changes/unreleased/2183-reopen-fence-test.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94fd0ba996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/unreleased/2183-reopen-fence-test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+kind: internal
+title: F1 reopen resumes the same hold in the stale-consent and hosted take-back tests
+pr: 2183
+surface: [chat]
+---
diff --git a/internal/syncsetup/continue_reopened_writer_test.go b/internal/syncsetup/continue_reopened_writer_test.go
index b504bb0a68..d85db69540 100644
--- a/internal/syncsetup/continue_reopened_writer_test.go
+++ b/internal/syncsetup/continue_reopened_writer_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ func TestAReturnAfterTheWriterReopensIsNotALostRace(t *testing.T) {
 	moved, err := h.continuerB().Take(ctx, h.cell.ID)
 	mustNil(t, err)
 	stale := &directory.LeaseExpectation{Device: h.b.Device.ID(), Fence: moved.Taken.Driving.Fence}
+	// Opening an installed copy resumes the same hold (F1, #2009); a clean
+	// quit releases it, so the writer's return is a new ownership.
+	first := h.openOn(h.b, h.engB, moved.Taken.Cell, workspaceOf(moved.Taken.Cell.Root), nameB)
+	mustNil(t, first.drive.Close(ctx))
 	h.openOn(h.b, h.engB, moved.Taken.Cell, workspaceOf(moved.Taken.Cell.Root), nameB)
 	current, err := h.a.Dir.Cell(ctx, h.cell.ID)
 	mustNil(t, err)