diff --git a/packages/trpc/src/router/cloud-workspace/meter.test.ts b/packages/trpc/src/router/cloud-workspace/meter.test.ts
index 93d83baac5f..2d83eed4ec2 100644
--- a/packages/trpc/src/router/cloud-workspace/meter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/trpc/src/router/cloud-workspace/meter.test.ts
@@ -365,12 +365,13 @@ describe("settleBoot", () => {
 		expect(autumnCalls.some((call) => call.method === "track")).toBe(false);
 	});
 
-	test("a settle whose next lock fails keeps the billed window, so a retry does not confirm it again", async () => {
+	test("a settle whose next lock fails keeps the billed window and moves to a new lock id for the retry", async () => {
 		renewalError = new Error("autumn down");
 		await expect(settleBoot("boot_1")).rejects.toThrow("autumn down");
 		expect(writes).toContainEqual(
 			expect.objectContaining({
 				lockOpen: false,
+				lockSeq: 1,
 				finalizedThrough: expect.any(Date),
 			}),
 		);
diff --git a/packages/trpc/src/router/cloud-workspace/meter.ts b/packages/trpc/src/router/cloud-workspace/meter.ts
index 20d33e560da..b569ba3f9e6 100644
--- a/packages/trpc/src/router/cloud-workspace/meter.ts
+++ b/packages/trpc/src/router/cloud-workspace/meter.ts
@@ -415,9 +415,15 @@ export async function settleBoot(
 			amount: gbMinutes({ ms: end - from, memoryMb: session.memoryMb }),
 			user,
 		});
+		const nextSeq = boot.lockSeq + 1;
+		// Autumn answers a repeated lock id with 409, so a retry after a failed renewal needs a fresh one.
 		await db
 			.update(cloudWorkspaceBoots)
-			.set({ finalizedThrough: new Date(end), lockOpen: false })
+			.set({
+				finalizedThrough: new Date(end),
+				lockOpen: false,
+				lockSeq: nextSeq,
+			})
 			.where(eq(cloudWorkspaceBoots.id, bootId));
 
 		if (session.endedAt !== null) {
@@ -434,7 +440,6 @@ export async function settleBoot(
 			return "closed";
 		}
 
-		const nextSeq = boot.lockSeq + 1;
 		const renewal = await autumnClient.check({
 			customerId: boot.organizationId,
 			featureId: BOX_GB_MINUTES_FEATURE_ID,