diff --git a/SeaHaven.DataServices/Helpers/WorkOrderMutationLock.cs b/SeaHaven.DataServices/Helpers/WorkOrderMutationLock.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e15df5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SeaHaven.DataServices/Helpers/WorkOrderMutationLock.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using Data.SeaHavenIndustries;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace SeaHaven.DataServices.Helpers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The per-work-order gate that serializes work-order-scoped invariants (uplift create,
+    /// decide, revoke, and cancelling a work order's pending uplifts): an in-process gate per
+    /// work order, a transaction, and an update lock on the work order row on SQL Server.
+    /// Every caller shares the same gates, so a cancel and a create on one work order never
+    /// interleave.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class WorkOrderMutationLock
+    {
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<int, SemaphoreSlim> Gates = new();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Runs <paramref name="work"/> under the work order's gate and row lock. The
+        /// transaction commits when the work returns and <paramref name="commitWhen"/> (when
+        /// given) accepts its result; otherwise, or when the work throws, it rolls back.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static async Task<T> RunAsync<T>(
+            ApplicationDbContext context,
+            int workOrderId,
+            Func<CancellationToken, Task<T>> work,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken,
+            Func<T, bool>? commitWhen = null)
+        {
+            var gate = Gates.GetOrAdd(workOrderId, _ => new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1));
+            await gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
+            try
+            {
+                await using var transaction = context.Database.IsRelational()
+                    ? await context.Database.BeginTransactionAsync(cancellationToken)
+                    : null;
+                try
+                {
+                    await LockRowAsync(context, workOrderId, cancellationToken);
+                    var result = await work(cancellationToken);
+                    if (transaction is not null)
+                    {
+                        if (commitWhen is null || commitWhen(result))
+                            await transaction.CommitAsync(cancellationToken);
+                        else
+                            await transaction.RollbackAsync(cancellationToken);
+                    }
+                    return result;
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    if (transaction is not null)
+                        await transaction.RollbackAsync(cancellationToken);
+                    throw;
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                gate.Release();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static async Task LockRowAsync(
+            ApplicationDbContext context,
+            int workOrderId,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (context.Database.ProviderName?.Contains("SqlServer", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != true)
+                return;
+
+            await context.workOrders
+                .FromSqlRaw(
+                    "SELECT * FROM [workOrders] WITH (UPDLOCK, ROWLOCK, HOLDLOCK) WHERE [Id] = {0}",
+                    workOrderId)
+                .Select(workOrder => workOrder.Id)
+                .FirstOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/SeaHaven.DataServices/Implementation/UpliftDataService.cs b/SeaHaven.DataServices/Implementation/UpliftDataService.cs
index 3f9cf21..9f4e0c5 100644
--- a/SeaHaven.DataServices/Implementation/UpliftDataService.cs
+++ b/SeaHaven.DataServices/Implementation/UpliftDataService.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using Data.SeaHavenIndustries;
 using Data.SeaHavenIndustries.Enums;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
@@ -10,8 +9,6 @@ namespace SeaHaven.DataServices.Implementation
 {
     public class UpliftDataService : IUpliftDataService
     {
-        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<int, SemaphoreSlim> WorkOrderGates = new();
-
         // The Rejected queue also surfaces the legacy "Denied" spelling, which reads as Rejected.
         private static readonly string[] RejectedStatuses = { "Rejected", "Denied" };
         private readonly ApplicationDbContext _context;
@@ -590,50 +587,10 @@ namespace SeaHaven.DataServices.Implementation
             return message.Contains(activeDispatchIndex, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         }
 
-        public async Task<T> ExecuteWorkOrderMutationAsync<T>(
+        public Task<T> ExecuteWorkOrderMutationAsync<T>(
             int workOrderId,
             Func<CancellationToken, Task<T>> work,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            var gate = WorkOrderGates.GetOrAdd(workOrderId, _ => new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1));
-            await gate.WaitAsync(cancellationToken);
-            try
-            {
-                await using var transaction = _context.Database.IsRelational()
-                    ? await _context.Database.BeginTransactionAsync(cancellationToken)
-                    : null;
-                try
-                {
-                    await LockWorkOrderRowAsync(workOrderId, cancellationToken);
-                    var result = await work(cancellationToken);
-                    if (transaction is not null)
-                        await transaction.CommitAsync(cancellationToken);
-                    return result;
-                }
-                catch
-                {
-                    if (transaction is not null)
-                        await transaction.RollbackAsync(cancellationToken);
-                    throw;
-                }
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                gate.Release();
-            }
-        }
-
-        private async Task LockWorkOrderRowAsync(int workOrderId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            if (_context.Database.ProviderName?.Contains("SqlServer", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != true)
-                return;
-
-            await _context.workOrders
-                .FromSqlRaw(
-                    "SELECT * FROM [workOrders] WITH (UPDLOCK, ROWLOCK, HOLDLOCK) WHERE [Id] = {0}",
-                    workOrderId)
-                .Select(workOrder => workOrder.Id)
-                .FirstOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken);
-        }
+            => WorkOrderMutationLock.RunAsync(_context, workOrderId, work, cancellationToken);
     }
 }
diff --git a/SeaHaven.DataServices/Implementation/WorkOrderWebhookDataService.cs b/SeaHaven.DataServices/Implementation/WorkOrderWebhookDataService.cs
index 49cdc7b..bc0915a 100644
--- a/SeaHaven.DataServices/Implementation/WorkOrderWebhookDataService.cs
+++ b/SeaHaven.DataServices/Implementation/WorkOrderWebhookDataService.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,32 @@ namespace SeaHaven.DataServices.Implementation
         public async Task<WorkOrderWebhookPersistenceResult> ApplyAsync(
             WorkOrderWebhookMutation mutation,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            // A mutation that cancels an existing work order also cancels its pending uplifts,
+            // so it runs under the same per-work-order lock as uplift creation: a create in
+            // flight either commits first (and is cancelled here) or sees the cancelled order.
+            var current = mutation.IsStateEvent && mutation.LifecycleStatus.HasValue
+                ? await _context.workOrders
+                    .AsNoTracking()
+                    .Where(w => w.ExternalWorkOrderId == mutation.ExternalWorkOrderId)
+                    .Select(w => new { w.Id, w.LifecycleStatus })
+                    .SingleOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken)
+                : null;
+
+            if (current is null || !PendingUpliftCancellation.Applies(current.LifecycleStatus, mutation.LifecycleStatus))
+                return await ApplyUnlockedAsync(mutation, cancellationToken);
+
+            return await WorkOrderMutationLock.RunAsync(
+                _context,
+                current.Id,
+                ct => ApplyUnlockedAsync(mutation, ct),
+                cancellationToken,
+                commitWhen: result => result.Status == WorkOrderWebhookPersistenceStatus.Applied);
+        }
+
+        private async Task<WorkOrderWebhookPersistenceResult> ApplyUnlockedAsync(
+            WorkOrderWebhookMutation mutation,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var prior = await _context.WorkOrderWebhookDeliveries
                 .AsNoTracking()
diff --git a/SeaHavenIndustries.Tests/WorkOrderCrmCancelUpliftTests.cs b/SeaHavenIndustries.Tests/WorkOrderCrmCancelUpliftTests.cs
index 8b7c42a..e576095 100644
--- a/SeaHavenIndustries.Tests/WorkOrderCrmCancelUpliftTests.cs
+++ b/SeaHavenIndustries.Tests/WorkOrderCrmCancelUpliftTests.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,43 @@ public sealed class WorkOrderCrmCancelUpliftTests
         Assert.Equal(UpliftStatus.Withdrawn, upliftAudit.NewValue);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CrmCancel_WaitsForAnUpliftCreateInFlightAndCancelsWhatItCommitted()
+    {
+        var options = await SeedInMemoryAsync();
+        var createEntered = new TaskCompletionSource(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+        var releaseCreate = new TaskCompletionSource(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+
+        // An uplift create holding the work order's lock, committing its Pending request
+        // only after the CRM cancel has started.
+        await using var createContext = new ApplicationDbContext(options);
+        var create = new UpliftDataService(createContext).ExecuteWorkOrderMutationAsync(1, async ct =>
+        {
+            createEntered.SetResult();
+            await releaseCreate.Task;
+            createContext.DispatchUpliftRequests.Add(WorkOrderBoardPatchCancelUpliftTests.Uplift(200, "Pending", 800m));
+            await createContext.SaveChangesAsync(ct);
+            return true;
+        }, CancellationToken.None);
+        await createEntered.Task;
+
+        await using var crmContext = new ApplicationDbContext(options);
+        var cancel = new WorkOrderWebhookDataService(crmContext)
+            .ApplyAsync(CrmMutation("work_order.cancelled", cancelled: true), CancellationToken.None);
+
+        var finishedFirst = await Task.WhenAny(cancel, Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)));
+        Assert.NotSame(cancel, finishedFirst);
+
+        releaseCreate.SetResult();
+        await create;
+        await cancel;
+
+        await using var verify = new ApplicationDbContext(options);
+        Assert.Equal(LifecycleStatus.Canceled, verify.workOrders.Single().LifecycleStatus);
+        Assert.Equal(UpliftStatus.Withdrawn, verify.DispatchUpliftRequests.Single(u => u.Id == 200).Status);
+        Assert.Single(verify.WorkOrderAuditLogs, log => log.Action == "uplift_cancel");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task CrmUpdateThatDoesNotCancel_LeavesPendingUpliftPending()
     {