diff --git a/lib/queue-dedup.js b/lib/queue-dedup.js
index 4b97799..70a2254 100644
--- a/lib/queue-dedup.js
+++ b/lib/queue-dedup.js
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
       const keyUnambiguous = k !== null && filesPerKey.get(k).size <= 1;
       const uploadedAfterSnapshot = savedAtFloor !== null && k !== null && keyUnambiguous
         && logMaxTs.has(k) && logMaxTs.get(k) >= savedAtFloor;
-      if (doneInLog || uploadedAfterSnapshot) {
+      const hasTerminalResult = job && job.status === 'done' && job.result && typeof job.result === 'object';
+      if (!hasTerminalResult && (doneInLog || uploadedAfterSnapshot)) {
         removed.push(job);
       } else {
         kept.push(job);
diff --git a/tests/queue-dedup.test.js b/tests/queue-dedup.test.js
index c567d5b..8065724 100644
--- a/tests/queue-dedup.test.js
+++ b/tests/queue-dedup.test.js
@@ -73,6 +73,32 @@ test('empty/missing inputs do not throw', () => {
 
 const T = (s) => Date.parse(s.replace(' ', 'T'));
 
+test('history fallback keeps a serialized successful terminal result through log deduplication', () => {
+  const result = {
+    download_url: 'https://voe.sx/e/exact-link',
+    embed_url: 'https://voe.sx/e/exact-embed',
+    file_code: 'exact-code'
+  };
+  const restored = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify({
+    savedAt: T('2026-08-13 12:00:00'),
+    queueJobs: [{
+      id: 'history-fallback-done',
+      file: 'C:/dl/episode.mkv',
+      fileName: 'episode.mkv',
+      hoster: 'voe.sx',
+      status: 'done',
+      result
+    }]
+  }));
+  const log = [{ fileName: 'episode.mkv', hoster: 'voe.sx', ts: T('2026-08-13 12:00:05') }];
+
+  const { kept, removed } = partitionRestoredJobsByLog(restored.queueJobs, log, restored.savedAt);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(removed, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(kept, restored.queueJobs);
+  assert.deepEqual(kept[0].result, result);
+});
+
 test('ts-gate: preview job uploaded AFTER the snapshot is dropped (the ghost bug)', () => {
   const jobs = [job('preview', 'a.mkv', 'voe.sx')];
   const log = [{ fileName: 'a.mkv', hoster: 'voe.sx', ts: T('2026-06-19 12:00:05') }];