diff --git a/src/Cobalt.Tui/Tasks/Published.cs b/src/Cobalt.Tui/Tasks/Published.cs
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+namespace Cobalt.Tui.Tasks;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// An atomic publish/read pair for view-model state: one volatile reference holding one
+/// immutable <typeparamref name="T"/>. Generalizes the <c>PrDiffViewModel.DiffState</c>
+/// pattern (ADR 0008): related values that must never tear live together inside a single
+/// <c>sealed record</c>, published by a single reference write and read back by a single
+/// reference read. Consumers snapshot <see cref="Current"/> once and destructure — reading
+/// two properties through two separate reads would re-introduce the tear on the read side
+/// (the ADR 0008 amendment behind <c>CurrentDiffSnapshot</c>).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class Published<T> where T : class
+{
+    private T? _current;
+
+    /// <summary>The last published value, from a single volatile read; null before the first publish.</summary>
+    public T? Current => Volatile.Read(ref _current);
+
+    /// <summary>Replaces the published value in a single volatile write; null clears it.</summary>
+    public void Publish(T? value) => Volatile.Write(ref _current, value);
+}
diff --git a/src/Cobalt.Tui/Tasks/SingleFlightCache.cs b/src/Cobalt.Tui/Tasks/SingleFlightCache.cs
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+namespace Cobalt.Tui.Tasks;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The typed SUPERSEDE primitive of ADR 0008: at most one logical in-flight fetch, where
+/// scheduling a new key cancels and abandons the previous one and only the newest may publish.
+/// Generalizes the <c>_loadSeq</c> stamp guard proven in <c>PrListViewModel.LoadTabAsync</c> —
+/// cancellation is cooperative, so a fetch may ignore its token and still complete, and the
+/// stamp comparison (not the cancel) is what keeps its stale result from landing. This is NOT
+/// the diff dialog's join/dedup cache (the <c>ConcurrentDictionary</c>+<c>Lazy</c> single-flight
+/// in ADR 0008 §"Single-flight diff fetches") — that shares one fetch between converging
+/// callers; this one abandons the old fetch entirely.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class SingleFlightCache<TKey, TValue> : IDisposable where TKey : notnull
+{
+    private readonly object _gate = new();
+    private readonly CancellationToken _lifetime;
+    private CancellationTokenSource? _cts;
+    private long _stamp;
+    private bool _disposed;
+
+    /// <summary>Every per-schedule token source is created linked to <paramref name="lifetime"/>,
+    /// so the owner's shutdown cancels whatever fetch is in flight.</summary>
+    public SingleFlightCache(CancellationToken lifetime) => _lifetime = lifetime;
+
+    /// <summary>The monotonic supersede stamp, incremented once per schedule.</summary>
+    public long Stamp
+    {
+        get { lock (_gate) { return _stamp; } }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Supersedes any in-flight fetch (cancelling its token) and runs <paramref name="fetch"/>;
+    /// <paramref name="publish"/> is invoked only if this schedule is still the newest when the
+    /// fetch completes, checked atomically with any concurrent schedule's stamp increment. The
+    /// returned task completes successfully when the fetch published, was cancelled, or was
+    /// superseded — cancellation is swallowed (<see cref="TaskCancellationExtensions.IgnoreCancellationAsync"/>
+    /// semantics). A fault from the fetch that is still the newest propagates; a fault from a
+    /// superseded fetch is observed and swallowed, so an abandoned fetch nobody awaits can never
+    /// reach the <see cref="TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException"/> crash-log hook (ADR 0013;
+    /// precedent: <c>PrDiffViewModel.ObserveFault</c>).
+    /// <para><paramref name="publish"/> runs under the cache's internal lock — that lock is the
+    /// atomicity guarantee against a concurrent schedule — so it must stay a cheap reference swap
+    /// (e.g. <c>Published&lt;T&gt;.Publish</c>): never raise events, block, or take other locks.</para>
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task ScheduleAsync(
+        TKey key, Func<TKey, CancellationToken, Task<TValue>> fetch, Action<TKey, TValue> publish)
+    {
+        long stamp;
+        CancellationToken token;
+        CancellationTokenSource? previous;
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf(_disposed, this);
+            stamp = ++_stamp;
+            previous = _cts;
+            _cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(_lifetime);
+            token = _cts.Token;
+        }
+        // Cancel outside the lock: Cancel() runs token registrations synchronously, and running
+        // arbitrary callbacks while holding _gate is a lock-inversion hazard. The detached CTS is
+        // cancelled exactly once, by whoever detached it. Correctness never rested on the cancel
+        // anyway — the stamp was already bumped under the lock, so the old fetch is superseded
+        // before its token even trips.
+        previous?.Cancel();
+        previous?.Dispose();
+
+        TValue value;
+        try
+        {
+            value = await fetch(key, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            return; // a superseded or shut-down fetch is never an error (IgnoreCancellationAsync semantics)
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            lock (_gate)
+            {
+                if (!_disposed && stamp == _stamp)
+                {
+                    throw; // still the newest — the caller owns surfacing this fault
+                }
+            }
+            return; // superseded (or disposed, the final supersede) — the fault is observed here and goes no further
+        }
+
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_disposed || stamp != _stamp)
+            {
+                return; // superseded or disposed mid-flight — drop the result, even if the fetch ignored its token
+            }
+            publish(key, value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Cancels and disposes the current token source; idempotent. A schedule after
+    /// dispose throws <see cref="ObjectDisposedException"/>.</summary>
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        CancellationTokenSource? current;
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_disposed)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            _disposed = true;
+            current = _cts;
+            _cts = null;
+        }
+        // Outside the lock for the same lock-inversion reason as in ScheduleAsync; _disposed is
+        // already set, so the in-flight fetch is dropped at completion regardless of this cancel.
+        current?.Cancel();
+        current?.Dispose();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Cobalt.Tui.Tests/Tasks/PublishedTests.cs b/tests/Cobalt.Tui.Tests/Tasks/PublishedTests.cs
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+using Cobalt.Tui.Tasks;
+
+namespace Cobalt.Tui.Tests.Tasks;
+
+public class PublishedTests
+{
+    private sealed record Snapshot(string Key, int Value);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Current_Is_Null_Initially_Publish_Sets_And_Null_Clears()
+    {
+        var published = new Published<Snapshot>();
+        Assert.Null(published.Current);
+
+        var snapshot = new Snapshot("a", 1);
+        published.Publish(snapshot);
+        Assert.Same(snapshot, published.Current);
+
+        published.Publish(null);
+        Assert.Null(published.Current);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Cobalt.Tui.Tests/Tasks/SingleFlightCacheTests.cs b/tests/Cobalt.Tui.Tests/Tasks/SingleFlightCacheTests.cs
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+using Cobalt.Tui.Tasks;
+
+namespace Cobalt.Tui.Tests.Tasks;
+
+public class SingleFlightCacheTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Single_Schedule_Publishes_Once_With_The_Scheduled_Key()
+    {
+        using var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var published = new List<(string Key, int Value)>();
+
+        await cache.ScheduleAsync(
+            "a",
+            (key, _) => Task.FromResult(42),
+            (key, value) => published.Add((key, value)));
+
+        Assert.Equal([("a", 42)], published);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Rapid_Reschedule_Cancels_Previous_Fetches_And_Only_The_Newest_Publishes()
+    {
+        using var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var published = new List<(string Key, int Value)>();
+        var tokens = new Dictionary<string, CancellationToken>();
+
+        // A and B are held open on TCSes that honour their token; C completes immediately.
+        var taskA = cache.ScheduleAsync("a", (key, ct) => Hold(key, ct, tokens), Publish(published));
+        var taskB = cache.ScheduleAsync("b", (key, ct) => Hold(key, ct, tokens), Publish(published));
+        var taskC = cache.ScheduleAsync("c", (key, ct) => Task.FromResult(3), Publish(published));
+
+        await Task.WhenAll(taskA, taskB, taskC);
+
+        Assert.Equal([("c", 3)], published);
+        Assert.True(tokens["a"].IsCancellationRequested);
+        Assert.True(tokens["b"].IsCancellationRequested);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Stamp_Guard_Drops_A_Superseded_Fetch_That_Ignores_Its_Token_And_Completes()
+    {
+        using var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var published = new List<(string Key, int Value)>();
+        var b = new TaskCompletionSource<int>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+
+        // B's fake IGNORES its token: cancellation alone cannot stop it from completing.
+        var taskB = cache.ScheduleAsync("b", (_, _) => b.Task, Publish(published));
+        var taskC = cache.ScheduleAsync("c", (_, _) => Task.FromResult(3), Publish(published));
+        await taskC;
+
+        // B completes successfully AFTER C was scheduled — only the stamp guard can drop it.
+        b.SetResult(2);
+        await taskB;
+
+        Assert.Equal([("c", 3)], published);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Superseded_Fetch_That_Faults_Is_Consumed_Without_Throwing()
+    {
+        using var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var published = new List<(string Key, int Value)>();
+        var b = new TaskCompletionSource<int>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+
+        var taskB = cache.ScheduleAsync("b", (_, _) => b.Task, Publish(published));
+        var taskC = cache.ScheduleAsync("c", (_, _) => Task.FromResult(3), Publish(published));
+        await taskC;
+
+        // B faults AFTER being superseded: nobody is waiting on the abandoned fetch, so its
+        // fault must be observed and swallowed rather than escaping (ADR 0013).
+        b.SetException(new InvalidOperationException("boom"));
+        await taskB;
+
+        Assert.Equal([("c", 3)], published);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Newest_Fetch_That_Faults_Propagates_Out_Of_Its_Returned_Task()
+    {
+        using var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        var task = cache.ScheduleAsync(
+            "a",
+            (_, _) => Task.FromException<int>(new InvalidOperationException("boom")),
+            (_, _) => { });
+
+        var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() => task);
+        Assert.Equal("boom", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Lifetime_Cancellation_Completes_The_Newest_Fetch_Without_Throwing_And_Without_Publishing()
+    {
+        using var lifetime = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        using var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(lifetime.Token);
+        var published = new List<(string Key, int Value)>();
+        var tokens = new Dictionary<string, CancellationToken>();
+
+        var task = cache.ScheduleAsync("a", (key, ct) => Hold(key, ct, tokens), Publish(published));
+        await lifetime.CancelAsync();
+        await task;
+
+        Assert.Empty(published);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Stamp_Increments_Once_Per_Schedule()
+    {
+        using var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var before = cache.Stamp;
+
+        await cache.ScheduleAsync("a", (_, _) => Task.FromResult(1), (_, _) => { });
+        Assert.Equal(before + 1, cache.Stamp);
+
+        await cache.ScheduleAsync("b", (_, _) => Task.FromResult(2), (_, _) => { });
+        Assert.Equal(before + 2, cache.Stamp);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Dispose_Cancels_The_InFlight_Fetch_And_A_Later_Schedule_Throws()
+    {
+        var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var published = new List<(string Key, int Value)>();
+        var tokens = new Dictionary<string, CancellationToken>();
+
+        var task = cache.ScheduleAsync("a", (key, ct) => Hold(key, ct, tokens), Publish(published));
+        cache.Dispose();
+        await task;
+
+        Assert.True(tokens["a"].IsCancellationRequested);
+        Assert.Empty(published);
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ObjectDisposedException>(
+            () => cache.ScheduleAsync("b", (_, _) => Task.FromResult(2), Publish(published)));
+
+        cache.Dispose(); // double-dispose is a no-op
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Dispose_Supersedes_A_Token_Ignoring_Fetch_So_Its_Late_Result_Never_Publishes()
+    {
+        var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var published = new List<(string Key, int Value)>();
+        var a = new TaskCompletionSource<int>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+
+        // The fake IGNORES its token: only the disposed-guard can stop the late publish.
+        var task = cache.ScheduleAsync("a", (_, _) => a.Task, Publish(published));
+        cache.Dispose();
+        a.SetResult(1);
+        await task;
+
+        Assert.Empty(published);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Dispose_Supersedes_A_Token_Ignoring_Fetch_So_Its_Late_Fault_Is_Consumed()
+    {
+        var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var published = new List<(string Key, int Value)>();
+        var a = new TaskCompletionSource<int>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+
+        var task = cache.ScheduleAsync("a", (_, _) => a.Task, Publish(published));
+        cache.Dispose();
+
+        // The fetch faults AFTER dispose: nobody is listening any more, so the fault must be
+        // observed and swallowed (dispose is the final supersede), not thrown to the awaiter.
+        a.SetException(new InvalidOperationException("boom"));
+        await task;
+
+        Assert.Empty(published);
+    }
+
+    private sealed record Snapshot(string Key, int Value);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Composition_Rapid_A_B_C_Leaves_Only_C_In_The_Published_State()
+    {
+        // The ticket's acceptance (#46): a fake source of controllable latency, moving A->B->C
+        // fast, publishing snapshots into a Published<T> — only C lands, A/B are cancelled, and
+        // no fault goes unobserved (every returned task completes cleanly).
+        using var cache = new SingleFlightCache<string, int>(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        var state = new Published<Snapshot>();
+        var tokens = new Dictionary<string, CancellationToken>();
+        void PublishSnapshot(string key, int value) => state.Publish(new Snapshot(key, value));
+
+        var taskA = cache.ScheduleAsync("a", (key, ct) => Hold(key, ct, tokens), PublishSnapshot);
+        var taskB = cache.ScheduleAsync("b", (key, ct) => Hold(key, ct, tokens), PublishSnapshot);
+        var taskC = cache.ScheduleAsync("c", (_, _) => Task.FromResult(3), PublishSnapshot);
+
+        await Task.WhenAll(taskA, taskB, taskC);
+
+        var current = state.Current;
+        Assert.NotNull(current);
+        Assert.Equal(new Snapshot("c", 3), current);
+        Assert.True(tokens["a"].IsCancellationRequested);
+        Assert.True(tokens["b"].IsCancellationRequested);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>A fetch held open forever that honours its token — completes only by cancellation.</summary>
+    private static Task<int> Hold(string key, CancellationToken ct, Dictionary<string, CancellationToken> tokens)
+    {
+        tokens[key] = ct;
+        var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<int>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+        ct.Register(() => tcs.TrySetCanceled(ct));
+        return tcs.Task;
+    }
+
+    private static Action<string, int> Publish(List<(string Key, int Value)> published) =>
+        (key, value) => published.Add((key, value));
+}