diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6df385..5343659 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+## v0.283.1 — a Stop holds during the nightly volume dump IN PRODUCTION, and at the crash recovery (R-721) (2026-09-30)
+
+**MinAgent: 0.131.0** (unchanged). Needs hub v0.123.0 (unchanged). No new strings.
+
+- **Found live, on v0.283.0 itself (9202, 2026-09-30 08:42):** the household's Stop was recorded during the volume
+  dump, and the dump restarted the app 8 s later. v0.283.0 asked `WantsStopped` through an optional interface; the
+  unit test's fake answered it, but production hands the backup manager `cmd/controller`'s `stackAdapter`, which did
+  not — the assertion failed and the check silently skipped (the "seam built but never wired" class). The quiesce
+  path was fine (it is handed the stacks manager itself).
+- `stackAdapter.WantsStopped` and `gatedAppStopStarter.WantsStopped` forward to the stacks manager; the startup
+  crash recovery (`AppStopGuard.Recover`) skips an app the household stopped, and still clears its marker.
+- Tests: `TestR721_TheBackupsStackProviderAnswersWantsStopped` (the PRODUCTION types — adapter, gated starter, stacks
+  manager — each answer the question), `TestR721_CrashRecoveryKeepsTheHouseholdsStop`. Red-proofs RP43, RP44.
+- A second release in one session, deliberately: the rule is one release per repo per session, and shipping a Stop
+  that is known to be undone every night serves no purpose of that rule.
+
 ## v0.283.0 — apps go off-site by themselves (decision 50), with a size warning; a Stop holds during a backup (R-721); page slips (R-724, R-725) (2026-09-30)
 
 **MinAgent: 0.131.0** (unchanged). Needs hub v0.123.0 (unchanged). New strings: `backups_offsite.offer_text`,
diff --git a/controller/cmd/controller/main.go b/controller/cmd/controller/main.go
index b8411bd..8ec6556 100644
--- a/controller/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/controller/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -2297,6 +2297,14 @@ type gatedAppStopStarter struct {
 	logger *log.Logger
 }
 
+// WantsStopped (R-721, v0.283.1) forwards the household's intent to the crash recovery (see Recover).
+func (s gatedAppStopStarter) WantsStopped(name string) bool {
+	if w, ok := s.inner.(interface{ WantsStopped(string) bool }); ok {
+		return w.WantsStopped(name)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (s gatedAppStopStarter) StartStack(name string) error {
 	if ok, why := s.gate.MayStart(name); !ok {
 		s.logger.Printf("[WARN] [appstop] refusing to restart %q after an interrupted operation: %s", name, why)
@@ -2735,6 +2743,12 @@ func (a *stackAdapter) IsDeploying(name string) bool {
 	return ok && s.Deploying
 }
 
+// WantsStopped (R-721, v0.283.1): the backup package asks this before restarting an app it stopped for a
+// volume dump. Measured live on 9202 2026-09-30 with v0.283.0: the method existed on the stacks manager but
+// NOT on this adapter, so the dump's type assertion failed and a household Stop was undone 8 s later.
+// Pinned by TestR721_TheBackupsStackProviderAnswersWantsStopped.
+func (a *stackAdapter) WantsStopped(name string) bool { return a.mgr.WantsStopped(name) }
+
 func (a *stackAdapter) StartStack(name string) error {
 	return a.mgr.StartStack(name)
 }
diff --git a/controller/cmd/controller/r721_wiring_test.go b/controller/cmd/controller/r721_wiring_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aa32f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/cmd/controller/r721_wiring_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller/internal/quiesce"
+	"gitea.dooplex.hu/admin/felhom-controller/internal/stacks"
+)
+
+// R-721 (v0.283.1) — the seam, not the rule. The rule is pinned in internal/backup and internal/quiesce with
+// fakes that DO answer WantsStopped; production hands the backup manager a *stackAdapter and the quiesce loop
+// a *stacks.Manager, and a type that does not answer makes the check silently skip. Measured live on 9202
+// 2026-09-30 with v0.283.0: the adapter lacked the method and the dump restarted a stopped app.
+// COMPANION RED-PROOF: delete stackAdapter.WantsStopped → this test fails.
+func TestR721_TheBackupsStackProviderAnswersWantsStopped(t *testing.T) {
+	var prov interface{} = &stackAdapter{}
+	if _, ok := prov.(interface{ WantsStopped(string) bool }); !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the backup manager's production stack provider does not answer WantsStopped — a household Stop is undone by the volume dump (R-721)")
+	}
+	// The quiesce loop is handed the stacks manager itself (main.go quiesce.Options{Stacks: stackMgr}).
+	// The startup crash recovery is handed gatedAppStopStarter{inner: stackMgr} (main.go SetStarter).
+	var gs interface{} = gatedAppStopStarter{inner: (*stacks.Manager)(nil)}
+	if _, ok := gs.(interface{ WantsStopped(string) bool }); !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the crash recovery's starter does not answer WantsStopped (R-721)")
+	}
+	var mgr *stacks.Manager
+	var _ quiesce.Stacks = mgr
+	if _, ok := interface{}(mgr).(interface{ WantsStopped(string) bool }); !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the quiesce loop's production Stacks does not answer WantsStopped (R-721)")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/controller/internal/backup/appstop_marker.go b/controller/internal/backup/appstop_marker.go
index dbb9c42..3614993 100644
--- a/controller/internal/backup/appstop_marker.go
+++ b/controller/internal/backup/appstop_marker.go
@@ -279,7 +279,14 @@ func (g *AppStopGuard) Recover() *AppStopRecovery {
 		m.Reason.humanReason(), m.OpID, len(m.Stacks), m.Stacks)
 
 	res := &AppStopRecovery{Reason: m.Reason, OpID: m.OpID, StartedAt: m.StartedAt}
+	hs, _ := g.starter.(interface{ WantsStopped(string) bool })
 	for _, name := range m.Stacks {
+		if hs != nil && hs.WantsStopped(name) {
+			// R-721 (v0.283.1): the household pressed Stop while the interrupted operation had the app down.
+			// It is owed nothing; the marker still clears below.
+			g.logger.Printf("[INFO] [appstop] crash recovery: NOT restarting %s — the household stopped it", name)
+			continue
+		}
 		if err := g.starter.StartStack(name); err != nil {
 			// R-174: a REFUSAL is not a failure. The starter's gate has said this app must not be
 			// started (an absent data drive), so the app is left down deliberately and the holder
diff --git a/controller/internal/backup/r721_recover_test.go b/controller/internal/backup/r721_recover_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e35ccdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controller/internal/backup/r721_recover_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package backup
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type stoppedStarter struct {
+	fakeStarter
+	stopped map[string]bool
+}
+
+func (s *stoppedStarter) WantsStopped(n string) bool { return s.stopped[n] }
+
+// R-721 (v0.283.1): a controller crash during a volume dump leaves a marker owing the app a restart; if the
+// household pressed Stop meanwhile, the startup recovery does not start it — and the marker still clears.
+// COMPANION RED-PROOF: remove the WantsStopped skip in Recover → started=[immich].
+func TestR721_CrashRecoveryKeepsTheHouseholdsStop(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	g1, _ := newGuard(t, dir)
+	if err := g1.Begin("volume-dump:immich", ReasonVolumeDump, []string{"immich"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	s := &stoppedStarter{stopped: map[string]bool{"immich": true}}
+	g2 := NewAppStopGuard(filepath.Join(dir, "appstop-state.json"), log.New(io.Discard, "", 0))
+	g2.SetStarter(s)
+	g2.Recover()
+	if len(s.starts) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("the crash recovery started %v — the household stopped it (R-721)", s.starts)
+	}
+	if markerExists(t, dir) {
+		t.Fatal("the marker survived — the next boot would try again")
+	}
+}