diff --git a/packages/cachekit/README.md b/packages/cachekit/README.md
index 113dab3c..57011c6b 100644
--- a/packages/cachekit/README.md
+++ b/packages/cachekit/README.md
@@ -599,10 +599,13 @@ carries the instant the response arrived (`SetResult.receivedAt`), so work
 the wrapper does afterwards shortens the L1 copy instead of restarting it.
 The SDK learns that instant only when the wrapper resolves, so a
 write-behind copy, which is in L1 before the request is sent, keeps serving
-until then. A wrapper should resolve as soon as the inner `set` does. One
-that resolves to nothing drops `X-CacheKit-Fresh-For`, and the L1 copy keeps
-the full `ttl` from its L1 write. A write whose error degradation absorbed (a
-timeout, say) got no response, and keeps its L1 copy for `ttl`.
+until then, past that bound and even when the response's
+`X-CacheKit-Fresh-For` was `0`, though never past `ttl` from its L1 fill (the
+protocol's receipt-delay excess, API-103). A wrapper should resolve as soon
+as the inner `set` does. One that resolves to nothing drops
+`X-CacheKit-Fresh-For`, and the L1 copy keeps the full `ttl` from its L1
+write. A write whose error degradation absorbed (a timeout, say) got no
+response, and keeps its L1 copy for `ttl`.
 `refreshTTL` (`PATCH /ttl`) never changes how long an L1 copy is served.
 This SDK always sends a TTL (`defaultTtl`, one hour unless set), so it never
 stores a CacheKit Cloud entry without an expiry.
diff --git a/packages/cachekit/src/backends/cachekitio-freshness.test.ts b/packages/cachekit/src/backends/cachekitio-freshness.test.ts
index c2f6140f..cab64f6b 100644
--- a/packages/cachekit/src/backends/cachekitio-freshness.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cachekit/src/backends/cachekitio-freshness.test.ts
@@ -639,6 +639,92 @@ describe('CachekitIO writer L1 bound', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  // A write-behind copy is in L1 before its PUT is sent, and CacheImpl caps it
+  // only when the backend's set resolves. A wrapper still suspended after the
+  // PUT 2xx withholds receipt, so the copy serves past receipt plus Fresh-For
+  // until the wrapper resolves, but never past its own TTL from the L1 fill:
+  // the receipt-delay excess (protocol spec/saas-api.md § Remaining
+  // Freshness, API-103). Reads go through get(), which never waits on the
+  // pending write. A Fresh-For: 0 copy's drop once the wrapper resolves is
+  // the write-behind Fresh-For: 0 test above.
+  describe('behind a wrapper still suspended after the PUT 2xx', () => {
+    /** Date.now() as the inner set resolved: receipt of the PUT 2xx. */
+    let receivedAt: number | undefined;
+    let release: () => void;
+
+    const suspending = (inner: Backend): Backend => ({
+      get: (key) => inner.get(key),
+      getWithTtl: (key) => inner.getWithTtl!(key),
+      async set(key, value, ttl) {
+        const result = await inner.set(key, value, ttl);
+        receivedAt = Date.now();
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => (release = resolve));
+        return result;
+      },
+      delete: (key) => inner.delete(key),
+      exists: (key) => inner.exists(key),
+      close: () => inner.close(),
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      receivedAt = undefined;
+    });
+
+    /** A write-behind miss that fills L1, its wrapper suspended past receipt. */
+    async function suspendedWrite(ttl: number) {
+      const cache = createCache({ backend: suspending(cachekitio(config)), defaultTtl: 3600 });
+      const wrapped = cache.wrap(async () => 'computed', {
+        namespace: 'wb',
+        ttl,
+        writeBehind: true,
+      });
+      expect(await wrapped()).toBe('computed'); // cold miss: one GET, L1 filled
+      const filled = Date.now();
+      await vi.waitFor(() => expect(receivedAt).toBeDefined());
+      return { cache, key: generateKey('wb', []), filled };
+    }
+
+    /** Resolves the wrapper and lets the write's cap run. */
+    async function settle() {
+      release();
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    }
+
+    it('serves the copy past receipt plus Fresh-For: 1 until the wrapper resolves', async () => {
+      putHeaders = { 'X-CacheKit-Fresh-For': '1' };
+      const { cache, key } = await suspendedWrite(3600);
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(1_500);
+      expect(await cache.get(key)).toBe('computed');
+      expect(gets).toBe(1); // past receipt plus 1 s, served from L1
+
+      await settle();
+      expect(await cache.get(key)).toBe('computed');
+      expect(gets).toBe(2); // capped at receipt plus 1 s as the wrapper resolves
+
+      await cache.close();
+    });
+
+    // The header never reaches CacheImpl while the wrapper is suspended, so
+    // this pins the ceiling: the TTL from the L1 fill. '0' is the worst case
+    // the README names, a PUT that API-103 says keeps no copy.
+    it('never serves a suspended copy past its TTL from the L1 fill', async () => {
+      putHeaders = { 'X-CacheKit-Fresh-For': '0' };
+      const { cache, key, filled } = await suspendedWrite(2);
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(filled + 1_999 - Date.now());
+      expect(await cache.get(key)).toBe('computed');
+      expect(gets).toBe(1); // API-103 keeps no copy; L1 still serves it
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(1);
+      expect(await cache.get(key)).toBe('computed');
+      expect(gets).toBe(2); // expired at fill plus ttl, wrapper still suspended
+
+      await settle();
+      await cache.close();
+    });
+  });
+
   it('a PATCH /ttl response never creates, refreshes or extends an L1 bound (API-104)', async () => {
     const backend = cachekitioFull(config);
     const cache = createCache({ backend, defaultTtl: 3600 });
diff --git a/packages/cachekit/src/backends/types.ts b/packages/cachekit/src/backends/types.ts
index 8d73521e..d3594471 100644
--- a/packages/cachekit/src/backends/types.ts
+++ b/packages/cachekit/src/backends/types.ts
@@ -264,12 +264,13 @@ export interface GetWithTtlResult {
  * response, and any work the wrapper does after it shortens the L1 copy.
  * CacheImpl learns the bound only when the wrapper resolves, though: a
  * write-behind copy, filled in L1 before the request is sent, keeps serving
- * until then, even past the bound, so a wrapper should resolve as soon as the
- * inner set does and do any further work after that. A wrapper that rebuilds
- * the result from `freshFor` alone restarts the bound when set resolves. One
- * that resolves to nothing hides the bound: the copy keeps the full TTL from
- * its L1 write, and a `freshFor` is lost (protocol spec/saas-api.md
- * § Remaining Freshness, API-103).
+ * until then, even past the bound or when `freshFor` was `0`, though never
+ * past the TTL from its L1 fill (the receipt-delay excess). So a wrapper
+ * should resolve as soon as the inner set does and do any further work after
+ * that. A wrapper that rebuilds the result from `freshFor` alone restarts the
+ * bound when set resolves. One that resolves to nothing hides the bound: the
+ * copy keeps the full TTL from its L1 write, and a `freshFor` is lost
+ * (protocol spec/saas-api.md § Remaining Freshness, API-103).
  */
 export interface SetResult {
   /**