diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/main.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/main.tsx
index 6af04de..fe3c396 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/main.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/main.tsx
@@ -489,7 +489,10 @@ function Connections({ me, run }: { me: Me; run: Run }) {
                 </>
               )}
             </dl>
-            {me.user.role === 'admin' && (
+            {server.id.startsWith('store-') && (
+              <p className="muted">Managed in Stores</p>
+            )}
+            {me.user.role === 'admin' && !server.id.startsWith('store-') && (
               <div className="actions">
                 <button onClick={() => setEditing(server)}>Edit</button>
                 <button
diff --git a/docs/verification.md b/docs/verification.md
index 5f7ee34..bed2ebf 100644
--- a/docs/verification.md
+++ b/docs/verification.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Automated test suite
 
-`npm test` runs 66 deterministic unit and protocol tests across fifteen test files without making paid OpenAI calls:
+`npm test` runs 67 deterministic unit and protocol tests across fifteen test files without making paid OpenAI calls:
 
 - **`tests/gateway.test.ts`:** API key HMAC digest lookup, revoked-key attribution after restart, `<slug>__<alias>` tool collision routing (`time__get_status` vs `ops__get_status`), immediate route removal on disable, hung upstream timeout isolation, uncertain mutation auditing without retries, argument schema validation, cross-team route isolation, audit-failure fail-closed behavior, and full MCP SDK Streamable HTTP exchanges.
 - **`tests/mcp-notifications.test.ts`:** Stateful Streamable HTTP + GET SSE sessions, team-scoped `notifications/tools/list_changed` delivery, suppression of unchanged catalog refreshes, cross-user/cross-key session rejection (`403`), revoked-key notification cutoff, per-user/global session limits (`429`), `DELETE` cleanup, and idle session expiry (`404`).
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ All cluster scripts run against the local k3d deployment (`storelink` namespace)
 
 ## Multi-store bonus acceptance
 
-`node scripts/smoke-multistore.ts` passed locally on 2026-10-26. Two users created independent stores from the dashboard. The check reproduced a terminal bootstrap failure, retried through the UI with a new attempt, restarted the provisioner and confirmed that credentials survived unchanged. A real concurrent admission test accepted one request and rejected the other with 409 when one personal slot remained. Members could not delete/retry another user's store.
-
-The gateway discovered ten additional tools. Cross-store connections to WordPress and MariaDB were blocked while authorized calls worked. COD checkout created one order per store, totaling ₹149.00 and ₹249.00. One dashboard chat turn called the time server and both stores' order tools and compared the totals. Deleting one store removed its tools while the other stayed usable; final deletion removed both namespaces and all four PVs, returning the gateway to nine tools.
-
-Private evidence: `.data/multi-store-evidence.json` and `.cache/multi-store-*.png`. The test cleans up its stores/products/orders and preserves the chat and audit evidence. Deterministic tests in `tests/stores.test.ts` and `tests/store-requests.test.ts` cover manifests, namespace safety, attempt-based retries, token crash recovery, TLS readiness, quota admission and state transitions. The check also passed with the platform namespace’s optional default-deny mode enabled, after which its original setting was restored. The final run used 7,458 input / 278 output model tokens. Both runs used local HTTP; public DNS/certificate issuance and disaster restore are not claimed. See [operations](multi-store.md).
+- **`node scripts/smoke-multistore.ts`:** Creates stores through two users' dashboards, checks ownership, and admits exactly one concurrent request when one personal slot remains. Discovers ten additional tools, places a COD order in each store (₹149.00 and ₹249.00), and uses dashboard chat to compare today's totals through the time server and both stores' order tools. Deleting one store removes its tools while the other remains usable; final deletion removes both namespaces and all four PVs, returning the gateway to nine tools.
+- **Recovery and isolation:** Forces a terminal bootstrap failure, retries through the UI with a new attempt, restarts the provisioner, and checks that credentials remain unchanged. Blocks cross-store WordPress/MariaDB connections while authorized calls work. Covers platform default-deny mode both off and on, restoring the original setting afterward.
+- **Deterministic coverage:** `tests/stores.test.ts` and `tests/store-requests.test.ts` cover manifests, namespace safety, attempt-based retries, token crash recovery, TLS readiness, atomic admission, deletion-collision messages and state transitions.
+- **Evidence and scope:** `.data/multi-store-evidence.json` and `.cache/multi-store-*.png` contain private evidence. The script makes one paid, read-only model turn, cleans up its stores/products/orders, and preserves chat/audit evidence. Checks use local HTTP; public DNS/certificate issuance and disaster restore are outside this coverage. See [operations](multi-store.md).
 
 ## External MCP client verification
 
diff --git a/services/gateway/src/store-requests.ts b/services/gateway/src/store-requests.ts
index ff5be08..42b43f1 100644
--- a/services/gateway/src/store-requests.ts
+++ b/services/gateway/src/store-requests.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ export async function requestStore(
     // A short database admission transaction, independent of the long-running worker.
     // The shared lock makes limits authoritative across gateway replicas.
     await client.query('SELECT pg_advisory_xact_lock(87264005)');
+    const existing = await client.query<{ status: string }>(
+      'SELECT status FROM stores WHERE slug=$1',
+      [input.slug],
+    );
+    if (existing.rows[0])
+      throw new StoreRequestError(
+        409,
+        existing.rows[0].status === 'Deleting'
+          ? 'That store address is still being removed; wait a moment and try again'
+          : 'That store name is in use',
+      );
+
     const { rows } = await client.query<{ total: string; mine: string }>(
       'SELECT count(*) AS total,count(*) FILTER (WHERE created_by=$2) AS mine FROM stores WHERE team_id=$1',
       [user.teamId, user.userId],
diff --git a/tests/store-requests.test.ts b/tests/store-requests.test.ts
index 71541ec..ba48b4d 100644
--- a/tests/store-requests.test.ts
+++ b/tests/store-requests.test.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,15 @@ const settings = {
   maxPerTeam: 3,
   provisionTimeoutMs: 240000,
 };
-function fixture(existing: { team: string; owner: string }[]) {
+type Record = { team: string; owner: string; slug?: string; status?: string };
+function fixture(existing: Record[]) {
   const records = [...existing];
   let tail = Promise.resolve();
   let rollbacks = 0;
   const pool = {
     async connect() {
       let release: (() => void) | undefined;
-      let pending: { team: string; owner: string } | undefined;
+      let pending: Record | undefined;
       return {
         async query(sql: string, args: unknown[] = []) {
           if (sql === 'BEGIN') return { rows: [] };
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ function fixture(existing: { team: string; owner: string }[]) {
             await previous;
             return { rows: [] };
           }
+          if (sql === 'SELECT status FROM stores WHERE slug=$1')
+            return {
+              rows: records
+                .filter((r) => r.slug === args[0])
+                .map((r) => ({ status: r.status })),
+            };
           if (sql.includes('count(*) AS total')) {
             const team = records.filter((r) => r.team === args[0]);
             return {
@@ -53,7 +60,12 @@ function fixture(existing: { team: string; owner: string }[]) {
           if (sql.includes('SELECT 1 FROM upstream_servers'))
             return { rows: [], rowCount: 0 };
           if (sql.includes('INSERT INTO stores')) {
-            pending = { team: String(args[1]), owner: String(args[2]) };
+            pending = {
+              team: String(args[1]),
+              owner: String(args[2]),
+              slug: String(args[3]),
+              status: 'Provisioning',
+            };
             return { rows: [], rowCount: 1 };
           }
           if (sql.includes('pg_notify')) return { rows: [] };
@@ -121,3 +133,35 @@ test('store admission enforces per-user limits independently of another team and
   assert.equal(f.records.length, 3);
   assert.equal(f.rollbacks(), 1);
 });
+
+test('a deleting address reports termination across teams and can be reused after removal', async () => {
+  for (const team of ['team', 'another-team']) {
+    const f = fixture([
+      { team, owner: 'other', slug: 'north', status: 'Deleting' },
+    ]);
+    await assert.rejects(
+      () =>
+        requestStore(
+          f.pool,
+          user,
+          { slug: 'north', displayName: 'North' },
+          { ...settings, maxPerTeam: 1 },
+        ),
+      (error) =>
+        error instanceof StoreRequestError &&
+        error.status === 409 &&
+        error.message ===
+          'That store address is still being removed; wait a moment and try again',
+    );
+    assert.equal(f.records.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(f.rollbacks(), 1);
+    f.records.length = 0;
+    await requestStore(
+      f.pool,
+      user,
+      { slug: 'north', displayName: 'North' },
+      { ...settings, maxPerTeam: 1 },
+    );
+    assert.equal(f.records.length, 1);
+  }
+});