diff --git a/internal/planning/executor.go b/internal/planning/executor.go
index eaf7736..4a3ad46 100644
--- a/internal/planning/executor.go
+++ b/internal/planning/executor.go
@@ -800,8 +800,8 @@ func (e *Executor) reconsider(ctx context.Context, p Plan, it volition.Intention
 	rc := volition.Reconsider(it, t, volition.ReconsiderContext{Replans: p.Revision - 1, MaxReplans: p.MaxReplans, Now: e.now()})
 	switch rc.Outcome {
 	case volition.Replan, volition.Tighten:
-		if err := e.Plans.SetStatus(ctx, nil, p.ID, PlanReplanning, rc.Reason); err != nil {
-			return err
+		if won, err := e.Plans.BeginReplan(ctx, p.ID, rc.Reason); err != nil || !won {
+			return err // another reconsideration is already replanning or has closed this plan
 		}
 		cur, err := e.Volition.Apply(ctx, r, p.MindID, it.ID, rc, t)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/planning/executor_test.go b/internal/planning/executor_test.go
index a51e0ce..12861d0 100644
--- a/internal/planning/executor_test.go
+++ b/internal/planning/executor_test.go
@@ -538,3 +538,22 @@ func TestStaleStepCopyCannotMoveStepBackwards(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("stale copy overwrote a claimed step: %s", got.Status)
 	}
 }
+
+// Two reconsiderations holding the same plan (an event reaction and an
+// executor tick) must replan it once, not twice.
+func TestConcurrentReconsiderationReplansOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFixture(t)
+	f.allow("service.restart")
+	it := f.intention(false)
+	p := f.start(it)
+	trig := volition.Trigger{Kind: volition.TriggerStepFailed, Detail: "test"}
+	if err := f.exec.reconsider(f.ctx, p, it, trig); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := f.exec.reconsider(f.ctx, p, it, trig); err != nil { // stale copies of the plan and intention
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if ps, _ := f.plans.ForIntention(f.ctx, nil, it.ID); len(ps) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("want one replan, got %d plans", len(ps))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/planning/store.go b/internal/planning/store.go
index 25dc130..a04329e 100644
--- a/internal/planning/store.go
+++ b/internal/planning/store.go
@@ -399,6 +399,18 @@ func (s *Store) SetStatus(ctx context.Context, q storage.Querier, id ids.ID, sta
 	return err
 }
 
+// BeginReplan moves an open plan into replanning only if no one else has,
+// so two reconsiderations holding the same plan cannot both replan it. It
+// reports whether this caller won.
+func (s *Store) BeginReplan(ctx context.Context, id ids.ID, reason string) (bool, error) {
+	tag, err := s.db.Exec(ctx, `UPDATE plans SET status=$2, status_reason=$3, updated_at=now() WHERE id=$1 AND status = ANY($4)`,
+		id, PlanReplanning, trunc(reason, 500), []string{PlanValidated, PlanWaiting, PlanExecuting, PlanBlocked, PlanAwaitingApproval})
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return tag.RowsAffected() == 1, nil
+}
+
 // AddActual adds consumed resources to a plan and returns the new totals.
 func (s *Store) AddActual(ctx context.Context, id ids.ID, delta Resources) (Resources, error) {
 	var raw []byte