diff --git a/server/store/postgres_integration_test.go b/server/store/postgres_integration_test.go
index d5c13c42..e30de833 100644
--- a/server/store/postgres_integration_test.go
+++ b/server/store/postgres_integration_test.go
@@ -570,6 +570,77 @@ func TestPostgreSQLProposalDeclineRequeuesEveryParticipant(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestPostgreSQLProposalTimeoutRequeuesEveryParticipant is the timeout
+// sibling of the decline test above: a proposal that simply times out (no
+// explicit decline, nobody ever responds) hits the exact same
+// ProposalExpireSQL/ProposalParticipantExpireSQL path with the exact same
+// gap -- neither ever touched queue_tickets, so this is the same severe
+// stranding bug reached a different way. Uses GetProposal (the recovery/read
+// path) rather than RespondToProposal, since a real client that just missed
+// the expiry event and comes back later to check on it is exactly the
+// scenario this path exists for.
+func TestPostgreSQLProposalTimeoutRequeuesEveryParticipant(t *testing.T) {
+	db := openIntegrationPostgres(t)
+	applyIntegrationMigrations(t, db)
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(time.Microsecond)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for _, player := range []string{"timeout-player-a", "timeout-player-b"} {
+		if _, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO identities (player_id, steam_id) VALUES ($1, $1)`, player); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	for i, player := range []string{"timeout-player-a", "timeout-player-b"} {
+		if _, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, `INSERT INTO queue_tickets (ticket_id, player_id, playlist, state, client_build, protocol_version, enqueued_at, expires_at) VALUES ($1, $2, 'casual', 'QUEUED', 'integration-build', 1, $3, $4)`, fmt.Sprintf("timeout-ticket-%d", i), player, now, now.Add(time.Minute)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	proposal, err := domain.NewProposal("timeout-proposal", domain.Casual, []string{"timeout-player-a", "timeout-player-b"}, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := CreateProposal(ctx, db, proposal, map[string]string{"timeout-player-a": "timeout-ticket-0", "timeout-player-b": "timeout-ticket-1"}, now); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create proposal: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Nobody ever responds; recover the proposal well after its 10s window,
+	// exactly as a client reconnecting after missing the expiry event would.
+	afterExpiry := now.Add(domain.ProposalWindow + time.Second)
+	recovered, err := GetProposal(ctx, db, "timeout-player-a", proposal.ProposalID, afterExpiry)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("recover expired proposal: %v", err)
+	}
+	if recovered.State != domain.Expired {
+		t.Fatalf("proposal did not expire: %+v", recovered)
+	}
+
+	var stateA, stateB string
+	var expiresB time.Time
+	if err := db.QueryRow(`SELECT state FROM queue_tickets WHERE ticket_id = 'timeout-ticket-0'`).Scan(&stateA); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := db.QueryRow(`SELECT state, expires_at FROM queue_tickets WHERE ticket_id = 'timeout-ticket-1'`).Scan(&stateB, &expiresB); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if stateA != "QUEUED" || stateB != "QUEUED" {
+		t.Fatalf("timed-out participants left stranded: a=%s b=%s", stateA, stateB)
+	}
+	if !expiresB.After(afterExpiry) {
+		t.Fatalf("requeued ticket expiry %v was not refreshed forward from %v", expiresB, afterExpiry)
+	}
+	candidates, err := ListQueuedCandidates(ctx, db, domain.Casual, afterExpiry, 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list queued candidates: %v", err)
+	}
+	found := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, candidate := range candidates {
+		found[candidate.PlayerID] = true
+	}
+	if !found["timeout-player-a"] || !found["timeout-player-b"] {
+		t.Fatalf("requeued players are not visible to the matcher: %+v", candidates)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPostgreSQLProposalCreationRollsBackPartialClaims(t *testing.T) {
 	db := openIntegrationPostgres(t)
 	applyIntegrationMigrations(t, db)
diff --git a/server/store/proposal_recovery_sql.go b/server/store/proposal_recovery_sql.go
index d7510e5e..fb2b21dc 100644
--- a/server/store/proposal_recovery_sql.go
+++ b/server/store/proposal_recovery_sql.go
@@ -21,6 +21,22 @@ SET response = 'TIMED_OUT', responded_at = $2
 WHERE proposal_id = $1 AND response = 'PENDING'
   AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM proposals WHERE proposals.proposal_id = proposal_participants.proposal_id AND proposals.expires_at <= $2)`
 
+// ProposalExpireRequeueSQL is the timeout sibling of
+// ProposalDeclineRequeueSQL: a proposal that simply times out (no unanimous
+// response inside the 10s window) leaves any participant still holding a
+// PROPOSED ticket exactly as stranded as an explicit decline does, and for
+// the identical reason -- nothing else ever moves a PROPOSED ticket back to
+// QUEUED. The `state = 'EXPIRED'` guard makes this safe to call
+// unconditionally right after ProposalExpireSQL: it's a no-op on a proposal
+// that was already OPEN and stays OPEN (nothing to requeue) or one that was
+// already EXPIRED on a prior pass (its participants' tickets, if any were
+// still PROPOSED, were already requeued then).
+const ProposalExpireRequeueSQL = `UPDATE queue_tickets q
+SET state = 'QUEUED', expires_at = $2, revision = revision + 1
+FROM proposal_participants pp
+WHERE pp.proposal_id = $1 AND q.ticket_id = pp.ticket_id AND q.player_id = pp.player_id AND q.state = 'PROPOSED'
+  AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM proposals WHERE proposals.proposal_id = $1 AND proposals.state = 'EXPIRED')`
+
 const ProposalRecoverySelectSQL = `SELECT proposal_id, playlist, state, revision, expires_at
 FROM proposals
 WHERE proposal_id = $1
@@ -108,6 +124,9 @@ func GetProposal(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, playerID, proposalID string, n
 	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, ProposalParticipantExpireSQL, proposalID, now); err != nil {
 		return domain.Proposal{}, err
 	}
+	if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, ProposalExpireRequeueSQL, proposalID, now.Add(domain.QueueExpiryWindow)); err != nil {
+		return domain.Proposal{}, err
+	}
 	var proposal domain.Proposal
 	var playlist, state string
 	if err := tx.QueryRowContext(ctx, ProposalRecoverySelectSQL, proposalID, playerID).Scan(&proposal.ProposalID, &playlist, &state, &proposal.Revision, &proposal.ExpiresAt); err != nil {
@@ -188,6 +207,9 @@ func RespondToProposal(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, playerID, proposalID, id
 		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, ProposalParticipantExpireSQL, proposalID, now); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if _, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, ProposalExpireRequeueSQL, proposalID, now.Add(domain.QueueExpiryWindow)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		if !now.Before(expiresAt) {
 			return domain.ErrProposalClosed
 		}
diff --git a/server/store/proposal_recovery_sql_test.go b/server/store/proposal_recovery_sql_test.go
index d2566d32..981d9620 100644
--- a/server/store/proposal_recovery_sql_test.go
+++ b/server/store/proposal_recovery_sql_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func TestProposalRecoverySQLBindsParticipantAndExpiresAtReadBoundary(t *testing.
 		ProposalParticipantRespondSQL:        {"response = 'PENDING'", "responded_at"},
 		ProposalRevisionBumpSQL:              {"revision = revision + 1", "state = 'OPEN'"},
 		ProposalDeclineRequeueSQL:            {"SET state = 'QUEUED'", "state = 'PROPOSED'", "proposal_participants"},
+		ProposalExpireRequeueSQL:             {"SET state = 'QUEUED'", "state = 'PROPOSED'", "state = 'EXPIRED'"},
 	} {
 		for _, fragment := range fragments {
 			if !contains(query, fragment) {