diff --git a/src/scenes/director.js b/src/scenes/director.js
index 98364dfff..a0c61cec1 100644
--- a/src/scenes/director.js
+++ b/src/scenes/director.js
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ export class SceneDirector {
     this._runAbort = null;
     /** @type {AbortController|null} Aborts the in-flight LOAD's layer transitions */
     this._loadAbort = null;
+    /** @type {AbortController|null} Aborts a same-shot seek's layer reconcile */
+    this._seekAbort = null;
     this._clock = createPlaybackClock({
       isRunning: () => this._running,
       timingForShot: (scene, shot) => this._sceneTimingForShot(scene, shot),
@@ -1516,17 +1518,24 @@ export class SceneDirector {
     return new Promise((resolve) => this._runIdleResolvers.add(resolve));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Supersede any pending seek. Only a seek's own layer reconcile is aborted:
+   * a request that is later rejected must not cancel an in-flight LOAD.
+   */
+  _bumpSceneSeekGeneration() {
+    if (this._seekAbort) {
+      this._seekAbort.abort();
+      if (this._loadAbort === this._seekAbort) this._loadAbort = null;
+      this._seekAbort = null;
+    }
+    return ++this._sceneSeekGeneration;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Apply a new time inside the already-loaded shot without rebuilding its stack.
    * @returns {Promise<boolean|null>} Null when the shortcut does not apply and
    *   LOAD must rebuild the shot; otherwise whether the seek settled.
    */
-  _bumpSceneSeekGeneration() {
-    this._loadAbort?.abort();
-    this._loadAbort = null;
-    return ++this._sceneSeekGeneration;
-  }
-
   async _seekLoadedShot(
     scene,
     seekState,
@@ -1578,32 +1587,35 @@ export class SceneDirector {
       const previousEnabled = new Map(
         Object.keys(staleStates).map((id) => [
           id,
-          Boolean(this.dataManager.getLayerLifecycleState(id)?.enabled),
+          this.dataManager.isEffectivelyEnabled(id),
         ]),
       );
       const controller = new AbortController();
       this._loadAbort = controller;
+      this._seekAbort = controller;
       const layerResult = await this._applyLayerStates(
         staleStates,
         this._loadToken(generation, controller.signal, seekGeneration),
         { stopOnRefusal: true, exitContextMode: false },
       );
       if (this._loadAbort === controller) this._loadAbort = null;
-      if (
-        layerResult.cancelled ||
-        layerResult.refused.length ||
+      if (this._seekAbort === controller) this._seekAbort = null;
+      const superseded = () =>
         this._destroyed ||
-        seekGeneration !== this._sceneSeekGeneration
-      ) {
-        if (!this._destroyed && !this._loadAbort && !this._running) {
-          for (const id of [...layerResult.applied].reverse()) {
-            if (this._destroyed || this._loadAbort || this._running) break;
-            await this.dataManager.setEnabled(
-              id,
-              previousEnabled.get(id) ?? false,
-              { origin: 'scene' },
-            );
-          }
+        this._loadAbort ||
+        this._running ||
+        seekGeneration !== this._sceneSeekGeneration;
+      if (layerResult.cancelled || superseded()) return false;
+      if (layerResult.refused.length) {
+        // Only a refusal rolls back. A cancelled reconcile leaves layer state
+        // to whatever superseded it, as a cancelled LOAD does.
+        for (const id of [...layerResult.applied].reverse()) {
+          if (superseded()) break;
+          await this.dataManager.setEnabled(
+            id,
+            previousEnabled.get(id) ?? false,
+            { origin: 'scene' },
+          );
         }
         return false;
       }
@@ -1998,6 +2010,8 @@ export class SceneDirector {
     this._interactions?.clear();
     this._dataPacks?.clear();
     this._bumpSceneSeekGeneration();
+    this._loadAbort?.abort();
+    this._loadAbort = null;
     this._loadGeneration++;
     this._clock.stopShot();
     this._cancelActiveSceneTravel();
diff --git a/src/scenes/director.test.mjs b/src/scenes/director.test.mjs
index b2981a68b..fd8db6149 100644
--- a/src/scenes/director.test.mjs
+++ b/src/scenes/director.test.mjs
@@ -428,6 +428,77 @@ test('same-shot seeking aborts in-flight admission when superseded by an early-r
   }
 });
 
+test('a rejected loadShot does not cancel an in-flight LOAD', async () => {
+  const { styleManager, viewer, restore } = makeDirector();
+  let holdEnable = true;
+  let releaseEnable;
+  const enableGate = new Promise((resolve) => {
+    releaseEnable = resolve;
+  });
+  const lifecycle = new LayerLifecycle(viewer);
+  lifecycle.register({
+    id: 'flights',
+    name: 'flights',
+    init() {},
+    async enable() {
+      if (holdEnable) await enableGate;
+    },
+    disable() {},
+    update() {},
+  });
+  const director = new SceneDirector(viewer, styleManager, lifecycle);
+  try {
+    const load = director.loadShot('scene-1', 'shot-a', { flyDuration: 0 });
+    for (
+      let i = 0;
+      i < 20 && lifecycle.getLayerLifecycleState('flights').lifecycleState !== 'enabling';
+      i++
+    ) {
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    }
+    assert.equal(lifecycle.getLayerLifecycleState('flights').lifecycleState, 'enabling');
+
+    assert.equal((await director.loadShot('missing', 'nope')).reason, 'shot-not-found');
+    holdEnable = false;
+    releaseEnable();
+    assert.equal((await load)?.started, true, 'the valid LOAD still lands');
+    assert.equal(lifecycle.isEnabled('flights'), true);
+  } finally {
+    releaseEnable?.();
+    await director.destroy();
+    restore();
+  }
+});
+
+test('refused same-shot seek rollback keeps a manual toggle still in flight', async () => {
+  let refuse = () => false;
+  const { director, dataManager, restore } = makeDirector({
+    data: { refuse: (id, on) => refuse(id, on) },
+  });
+  try {
+    const shot = director._project.scenes[0].shots[0];
+    shot.layers = { flights: { enabled: true }, traffic: { enabled: true } };
+    await director.loadShot('scene-1', 'shot-a', { flyDuration: 0 });
+    assert.equal(await director.seekScene('scene-1', 0.1), true);
+    await dataManager.setEnabled('flights', false);
+    await dataManager.setEnabled('traffic', false);
+    refuse = (id) => id === 'traffic';
+    const manualEnable = dataManager.setEnabled('flights', true);
+
+    assert.equal(await director.seekScene('scene-1', 0.25), false);
+    await manualEnable;
+    await settle();
+    assert.equal(
+      dataManager.getAll().find(({ id }) => id === 'flights').enabled,
+      true,
+      'rollback restores the operator\'s intended state, not the stale committed one',
+    );
+  } finally {
+    await director.destroy();
+    restore();
+  }
+});
+
 test('same-shot seeking keeps the shortcut when declared visibility is unchanged', async () => {
   const { director, dataManager, styleManager, restore } = makeDirector();
   try {