diff --git a/hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py b/hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py
index 2c36161482..7e8a9fdc12 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ def _pause_windows_gateways_for_update() -> dict | None:
         token = _pause_windows_gateway_services(service_gateways, token, profiles, unmapped)
     except RuntimeError as exc:
         if "rollback failures" not in str(exc):  # everything stopped was restarted in-line
-            pause_record.discharge(intended)
+            pause_record.abandon_pause(intended, adopted)
         raise
     return pause_record.finish_pause(token, intended, adopted)
 
diff --git a/hermes_cli/update_pause_record.py b/hermes_cli/update_pause_record.py
index 3f0e348034..07ed56a2dc 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/update_pause_record.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/update_pause_record.py
@@ -317,6 +317,16 @@ def finish_pause(token: dict, intended: dict, adopted: dict | None) -> dict:
     return token
 
 
+def abandon_pause(intended: dict, adopted: dict | None) -> None:
+    """This run's own stops were rolled back in-line: only an adopted orphan set is still owed,
+    and it goes back on disk unowned for the next launch."""
+    if adopted is None:
+        discharge(intended)
+        return
+    carried = {key: intended[key] for key in ("pause_id", "pre_sha", "dirty_at_pause") if key in intended}
+    write({**adopted, **carried}, owner=UNOWNED)
+
+
 def drop_never_stopped(token: dict) -> dict:
     """Entries whose recorded process is still the same live incarnation were never stopped."""
     alive = {pid for pid, ct in (token.get("identities") or {}).items()