diff --git a/multiplayer-todo.md b/multiplayer-todo.md
index ecdf3f07..9b2d1269 100644
--- a/multiplayer-todo.md
+++ b/multiplayer-todo.md
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ the local/CI/community transport, not a silent production fallback.
 
 | # | Task | Acceptance |
 |---|---|---|
-| 8.14 `[D:8.4,8.5,8.8]` | **IN PROGRESS.** Pure Go queue domain enforces one active ticket per verified player under concurrent mutation, 10 s heartbeat/30 s expiry, retry-safe create/heartbeat/cancel, owner-only recovery reads and deterministic candidate projection; store layer adds a rebuildable candidate-cache boundary and authenticated HTTP queue adapter with playlist/build/protocol compatibility metadata | `server/domain/queue.go`, `server/store/candidates.go`, `server/store/queue_sql.go` and `server/api/service.go` cover ownership/expiry/idempotency, concurrent create fencing, candidate/player ownership binding, owner/revision-scoped SQL heartbeat/cancel/recovery, expired recovery as a terminal error, server-owned candidate resolution, strict compatibility metadata and cache loss/atomic rebuild; live PostgreSQL row execution, real Redis index/TTLs and restart/failover integration remain |
+| 8.14 `[D:8.4,8.5,8.8]` | **IN PROGRESS.** Pure Go queue domain enforces one active ticket per verified player under concurrent mutation, 10 s heartbeat/30 s expiry, retry-safe create/heartbeat/cancel, owner-only recovery reads and deterministic candidate projection; store layer adds a rebuildable candidate-cache boundary and authenticated HTTP queue adapter with playlist/build/protocol compatibility metadata | `server/domain/queue.go`, `server/store/candidates.go`, `server/store/queue_sql.go` and `server/api/service.go` cover ownership/expiry/idempotency, concurrent create fencing, candidate/player ownership binding, owner/revision-scoped SQL heartbeat/cancel/recovery, authoritative queue-to-cache rebuild, expired recovery as a terminal error, server-owned candidate resolution, strict compatibility metadata and cache loss/atomic rebuild; live PostgreSQL row execution, real Redis index/TTLs and restart/failover integration remain |
 | 8.15 `[D:7.8,8.3]` | **IN PROGRESS.** Pure Go probe validation treats Steam location as opaque, requires nonce/freshness/region and server-computed RTT, and implements discrepancy quarantine/release; authenticated HTTP now accepts only opaque location/nonce input through a server-owned probe provider | `server/domain/probes.go`, adversarial fixtures and `server/api/service.go` cover stale/wrong/forged evidence, the 25 ms/30% threshold, three-sample quarantine, five-clean release, authenticated provider arguments and rejection of client RTT fields; Steam coordinator and regional probe adapters remain |
 | 8.16 `[D:8.14,8.15]` | **IN PROGRESS.** Pure Go candidate/team selection implements the <=100 ms ceiling, pairwise widening tolerance, anchor inclusion, deterministic set/region scoring and balanced team partitioning; queue-backed formation now consumes the server-owned projection, fences duplicate player identities and rejects playlist/build/protocol mixing | `server/domain/matcher.go`, `teams.go` and adversarial fixtures cover no-common-region, tolerance boundaries, lexical ties, mean-rating balance, malformed candidates, duplicate identities, compatibility mismatches and queue-backed oldest-anchor formation; full population fixtures and durable matcher claim integration remain |
 | 8.17 `[D:8.14,8.16]` | **IN PROGRESS.** Pure Go proposal policy sends a 10-second response window to every selected human, requires unanimous acceptance, applies exact decline/timeout cooldowns and ranked escalation; authenticated API exposes revisioned accept/decline mutations; formed matches now pass through a playlist-aware proposal boundary | `server/domain/proposal.go`, `formation.go` and `server/api/service.go` plus adversarial fixtures cover partial/unanimous response, expiry, replay/conflict, stale API revision, casual lineup preparation and ranked metadata validation; queue precedence and allocation integration remain |
diff --git a/server/store/candidates.go b/server/store/candidates.go
index f98ea1e2..b0520eef 100644
--- a/server/store/candidates.go
+++ b/server/store/candidates.go
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ func NewCandidateCache() *CandidateCache {
 	return &CandidateCache{candidates: make(map[string]domain.Candidate)}
 }
 
+// RebuildFromQueue is the safe restart/failover path for the cache. Queue
+// expiry and state filtering happen at the authoritative source before the
+// cache is atomically replaced; callers never have to reconstruct those
+// rules from a stale Redis index.
+func RebuildFromQueue(cache *CandidateCache, queue *domain.Queue, now time.Time) error {
+	if cache == nil || queue == nil || now.IsZero() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid candidate rebuild arguments")
+	}
+	return cache.Rebuild(queue.Candidates(now))
+}
+
 func (c *CandidateCache) Upsert(candidate domain.Candidate) error {
 	if candidate.TicketID == "" || candidate.PlayerID == "" || candidate.EnqueuedAt.IsZero() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid candidate")
diff --git a/server/store/candidates_test.go b/server/store/candidates_test.go
index 9191aeb3..990299c7 100644
--- a/server/store/candidates_test.go
+++ b/server/store/candidates_test.go
@@ -37,3 +37,30 @@ func TestCandidateCacheRejectsInvalidOrDuplicateDurableProjection(t *testing.T)
 		t.Fatal("duplicate candidate accepted")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRebuildFromQueueUsesAuthoritativeExpiryAndState(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Unix(1000, 0)
+	queue := domain.NewQueue()
+	active := domain.Candidate{TicketID: "ticket-active", PlayerID: "player-active", EnqueuedAt: now}
+	stale := domain.Candidate{TicketID: "ticket-stale", PlayerID: "player-stale", EnqueuedAt: now}
+	if _, err := queue.Create(active.PlayerID, active.TicketID, "create-active-123456", active, now); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := queue.Create(stale.PlayerID, stale.TicketID, "create-stale-123456", stale, now); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := queue.Cancel(stale.PlayerID, stale.TicketID, "cancel-stale-123456", 0, now); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	cache := NewCandidateCache()
+	if err := cache.Upsert(domain.Candidate{TicketID: "obsolete", PlayerID: "obsolete", EnqueuedAt: now}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := RebuildFromQueue(cache, queue, now); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	got := cache.Snapshot(now)
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0].TicketID != active.TicketID {
+		t.Fatalf("authoritative rebuild = %+v", got)
+	}
+}