diff --git a/bin/dipper-service/src/network/service/chain_listener.rs b/bin/dipper-service/src/network/service/chain_listener.rs
index bfc83eb4..a3ce327c 100644
--- a/bin/dipper-service/src/network/service/chain_listener.rs
+++ b/bin/dipper-service/src/network/service/chain_listener.rs
@@ -881,7 +881,9 @@ where
 
     let already_terminal_cancel = matches!(
         agreement.status,
-        IndexingAgreementStatus::CanceledByRequester | IndexingAgreementStatus::CanceledByIndexer,
+        IndexingAgreementStatus::CanceledByRequester
+            | IndexingAgreementStatus::CanceledByIndexer
+            | IndexingAgreementStatus::AbandonedByIndexer,
     );
     // Classify off the on-chain state, which carries the contract's own
     // "canceled by" flag. The canceler address is the payer, not dipper's
@@ -3151,6 +3153,31 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_reconcile_records_the_end_of_an_abandoned_agreement() {
+        // Dipper can mark it ended without the transaction that ended it, and its terminated
+        // event waits for that transaction, which only this record supplies.
+        let registry = MockRegistry::new();
+        let chain_client = MockChainClient::default();
+        let agreement_id = IndexingAgreementId::from_bytes(rand::random());
+        registry.add_agreement(agreement_id, IndexingAgreementStatus::AbandonedByIndexer);
+
+        let snapshot = make_snapshot(agreement_id, AgreementState::CanceledByPayer, Address::ZERO);
+        reconcile_agreement(
+            &snapshot,
+            &registry,
+            &chain_client,
+            test_agreement_conf().as_ref(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("reconcile ok");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            registry.audit_writes(),
+            vec![("accept and cancel", agreement_id)]
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_reconcile_survives_a_failed_accept_and_cancel_record() {
         let registry = MockRegistry::new();
diff --git a/dipper-pgregistry/src/postgres.rs b/dipper-pgregistry/src/postgres.rs
index 3c3fdfd2..e9b7411e 100644
--- a/dipper-pgregistry/src/postgres.rs
+++ b/dipper-pgregistry/src/postgres.rs
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ impl sqlx::FromRow<'_, sqlx::postgres::PgRow> for CancellingAgreement {
     }
 }
 
+/// How long an ended agreement's `terminated` event waits for the transaction that ended it.
+/// Dipper can mark an agreement ended before the chain listener records that transaction, so
+/// the wait lets the event carry it; after this the event goes out without one.
+const TERMINATED_TX_WAIT_MINUTES: i32 = 60;
+
 /// Statuses an on-chain cancel by dipper ends.
 const CANCEL_BY_REQUESTER_FROM: &[IndexingAgreementStatus] = &[
     IndexingAgreementStatus::Created,
@@ -1385,7 +1390,8 @@ impl PgRegistry {
     /// Fetch a batch of agreements awaiting a `terminated` event: in a
     /// terminal-cancel state, genuinely accepted on-chain (`accepted_at IS NOT
     /// NULL`, so a never-accepted local cancel is excluded), and not yet
-    /// emitted. Oldest-marked first so the backlog drains in order.
+    /// emitted, once the transaction that ended it is known or
+    /// [`TERMINATED_TX_WAIT_MINUTES`] have passed. Oldest-marked first.
     pub async fn get_agreements_pending_terminated_emission(
         &self,
         limit: i64,
@@ -1397,6 +1403,8 @@ impl PgRegistry {
             WHERE status IN ($1, $2, $3)
               AND accepted_at IS NOT NULL
               AND terminated_event_emitted_at IS NULL
+              AND (canceled_tx IS NOT NULL
+                   OR updated_at < timezone('UTC', now()) - make_interval(mins => $5))
             ORDER BY updated_at ASC
             LIMIT $4
             "#,
@@ -1405,6 +1413,7 @@ impl PgRegistry {
         .bind(IndexingAgreementStatus::CanceledByIndexer)
         .bind(IndexingAgreementStatus::AbandonedByIndexer)
         .bind(limit)
+        .bind(TERMINATED_TX_WAIT_MINUTES)
         .fetch_all(&self.pool)
         .await?;
         Ok(rows)
diff --git a/dipper-pgregistry/tests/it_registry_postgres.rs b/dipper-pgregistry/tests/it_registry_postgres.rs
index 8937d3f1..d5fd3cef 100644
--- a/dipper-pgregistry/tests/it_registry_postgres.rs
+++ b/dipper-pgregistry/tests/it_registry_postgres.rs
@@ -3995,3 +3995,61 @@ async fn an_accept_and_end_from_the_chain_are_recorded_in_1_write() {
         "what is already known stays"
     );
 }
+
+/// An ended agreement's `terminated` event waits for the transaction that ended it, which the
+/// chain listener can record after dipper marks it ended, but not for ever.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn an_end_is_announced_once_its_transaction_is_known_or_after_an_hour() {
+    let (db, _temp_db) = temp_registry_db().await;
+    run_fixture(
+        &db,
+        include_str!("fixtures/0003_multi_indexer_agreements.sql"),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("Failed to run fixture");
+    let id = fixture_agreement(0xaa);
+    let registry = PgRegistry::new(db.clone());
+    registry
+        .mark_indexing_agreement_as_canceled_by_requester(&id)
+        .await
+        .expect("dipper ends it");
+    registry
+        .record_accepted_audit(&id, 1_700_000_000, "0xacc")
+        .await
+        .expect("its accept is known");
+    let pending = async || {
+        registry
+            .get_agreements_pending_terminated_emission(100)
+            .await
+            .expect("terminated query")
+            .iter()
+            .any(|p| p.agreement_id == id)
+    };
+    assert!(!pending().await, "waits for its transaction");
+
+    sqlx::query(
+        "UPDATE dipper_reg_indexing_agreements \
+         SET updated_at = timezone('UTC', now()) - interval '61 minutes' WHERE id = $1",
+    )
+    .bind(id)
+    .execute(&db)
+    .await
+    .expect("age it");
+    assert!(pending().await, "goes out without one after an hour");
+
+    sqlx::query(
+        "UPDATE dipper_reg_indexing_agreements SET updated_at = timezone('UTC', now()) WHERE id = $1",
+    )
+    .bind(id)
+    .execute(&db)
+    .await
+    .expect("make it recent again");
+    registry
+        .record_cancel_audit(&id, 1_700_000_100, "0xmgr", Some("0xend"))
+        .await
+        .expect("its transaction is recorded");
+    assert!(
+        pending().await,
+        "goes out as soon as its transaction is known"
+    );
+}