diff --git a/data/upload_log.csv b/data/upload_log.csv
index 89fc117..f710a20 100644
--- a/data/upload_log.csv
+++ b/data/upload_log.csv
@@ -20,3 +20,48 @@ add,280794,,Etherfields,458300,,added,2026-08-06T02:49:53+00:00,
 add,380837,,Botany,650545,,added,2026-08-06T02:50:00+00:00,
 add,393672,,Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs,669782,,failed,2026-08-06T02:50:07+00:00,RuntimeError: 'Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs (English edition) (2024)' was listed a moment ago but vanished on the second pass — retryable
 add,14535,,SPANC: Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls,29075,,added,2026-08-06T02:50:15+00:00,
+add,255984,,Sleeping Gods,701034,,added,2026-08-06T02:54:05+00:00,
+add,393672,,Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs,669782,,added,2026-08-06T02:54:12+00:00,
+add,9666,,Greed Quest,215137,,added,2026-08-06T02:54:19+00:00,
+add,40508,,Scrabble Slam!,644326,,added,2026-08-06T02:54:27+00:00,
+add,3181,,Farkle,87931,,added,2026-08-06T02:54:36+00:00,
+add,193485,,Dastardly Dirigibles,300446,,added,2026-08-06T02:54:54+00:00,
+add,226065,,Sheriff of Nottingham: Merry Men,353389,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:01+00:00,
+add,143884,,Machi Koro,453051,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:09+00:00,
+add,358880,,Etherfields: Kittenburg Expansion,603694,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:15+00:00,
+add,432858,,Artistry,734890,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:21+00:00,
+add,417060,,Botany: Tantalizing Trees,706506,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:27+00:00,
+add,417064,,Botany: Perilous Perfumes,706510,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:33+00:00,
+add,161928,,Utter Nonsense,,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:40+00:00,
+add,50381,,Cards Against Humanity,,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:44+00:00,
+add,1269,,Skip-Bo,,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:50+00:00,
+add,202982,,Scrawl,,,added,2026-08-06T02:55:56+00:00,
+add,195314,,Herbaceous,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:02+00:00,
+add,320202,,Dragon Land,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:07+00:00,
+add,2452,,Jenga,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:12+00:00,
+add,42063,,Code Master,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:18+00:00,
+add,340420,,Throw Throw Avocado,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:23+00:00,
+add,1260,,Rook,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:28+00:00,
+add,116,,Guillotine,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:34+00:00,
+add,169124,,Flick 'em Up!,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:40+00:00,
+add,20866,,The Rocky Horror Trivia Game,,,added,2026-08-06T02:56:45+00:00,
+add,269564,,Captain Marvel: Secret Skrulls,,,added,2026-08-06T02:57:37+00:00,
+add,18755,,Pie Face!,,,added,2026-08-06T02:57:41+00:00,
+add,140509,,Dungeons & Dragons,,,failed,2026-08-06T02:58:01+00:00,"TimeoutError: Locator.wait_for: Timeout 15000ms exceeded. Call log: - waiting for get_by_role(""dialog"").get_by_role(""heading"", name=re.compile(r""Dungeons\ \&\ Dragons"", re.IGNORECASE)) to be visible"
+add,201248,,Evolution: The Beginning,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:05+00:00,
+add,362205,,Sleeping Gods: Primeval Peril,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:11+00:00,
+add,453845,,Murder at the Manor,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:16+00:00,
+add,329230,,Bluffaneer,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:20+00:00,
+add,358320,,Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:26+00:00,
+add,389113,,Rivals,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:31+00:00,
+add,324937,,Wiz-War (9th Edition),,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:35+00:00,
+add,295770,,Frosthaven,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:40+00:00,
+add,174430,,Gloomhaven,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:46+00:00,
+add,442312,,Deadly Doodles,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:51+00:00,
+add,332398,,Everdell: The Complete Collection,,,added,2026-08-06T02:58:56+00:00,
+add,334065,,Verdant,,,added,2026-08-06T02:59:01+00:00,
+add,283155,,Calico,,,added,2026-08-06T02:59:06+00:00,
+add,291457,,Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion,,,added,2026-08-06T02:59:12+00:00,
+add,150925,,Hold Your Breath!,,,added,2026-08-06T02:59:18+00:00,
+add,2980,,The Simpsons Trivia Game,,,added,2026-08-06T02:59:23+00:00,
+add,1197,,Blink,,,added,2026-08-06T02:59:29+00:00,
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/upload.py b/src/bggpipe/upload.py
index 092d018..79faa14 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/upload.py
+++ b/src/bggpipe/upload.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ import typer
 from bggpipe.bgg_client import BGGAuthError, BGGClient, client_for
 from bggpipe.config import Config
 from bggpipe.fsio import atomic_write_text
-from bggpipe.models import CollectionItem
+from bggpipe.models import CollectionItem, is_recognized
+from bggpipe.resolve import read_matches
 
 BGG = "https://boardgamegeek.com"
 UPLOAD_LOG_COLUMNS = [
@@ -89,6 +90,33 @@ def _job_key(row: dict) -> tuple[str, str, str]:
     return _key(row["action"], row["bgg_id"], row["collid"], row["version_id"])
 
 
+def stale_jobs(queue_rows: list[dict], match_rows: list[dict]) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """bgg_id -> why, for queued games the CURRENT matches.csv no longer
+    endorses. to_add.csv is a snapshot from the last diff; a review
+    decision taken afterwards (marking a game local, rejecting it, calling
+    a match wrong) must not still upload."""
+    if not match_rows:
+        # nothing to compare against (no matches.csv, or a test harness
+        # driving the queue directly): absence is not a verdict
+        return {}
+    live: dict[str, list[dict]] = {}
+    for row in match_rows:
+        if row.get("bgg_id"):
+            live.setdefault(row["bgg_id"], []).append(row)
+    stale = {}
+    for row in queue_rows:
+        bgg_id = row.get("bgg_id") or ""
+        rows = live.get(bgg_id, [])
+        if any(is_recognized(r) for r in rows):
+            continue
+        if not rows:
+            stale[bgg_id] = "no longer matched to this game in matches.csv"
+        else:
+            statuses = sorted({r["match_status"] for r in rows})
+            stale[bgg_id] = f"now {', '.join(statuses)} in matches.csv"
+    return stale
+
+
 def outstanding_failures(log_rows: list[dict]) -> int:
     """Jobs whose LATEST attempt failed. upload_log.csv is an append-only
     audit trail, so counting every 'failed' row ever written would keep
@@ -515,10 +543,12 @@ class PlaywrightUploader:
         self._goto(f"{BGG}/boardgame/{job.bgg_id}/")
         add_btn = page.get_by_role("button", name="Add To").first
         dialog = self._open_dialog(add_btn)
-        # Content settles when the game-name heading replaces "Loading...".
-        dialog.get_by_role(
-            "heading", name=re.compile(re.escape(job.name), re.I)
-        ).wait_for(timeout=15_000)
+        # Wait for the form itself, NOT for a heading matching our stored
+        # name: a match made through an ALTERNATE name (BGG 140509 is
+        # "Dungeons & Dragons" to search, "Dragones Y Mazmorras" on the
+        # page) would never show it. The /boardgame/<id>/ URL already
+        # guarantees which game this is.
+        dialog.get_by_role("checkbox", name="Own", exact=True).wait_for(timeout=15_000)
         # exact: "Own" is a substring of "Prev. Owned", and a loose label
         # match resolves to both checkboxes (strict-mode violation)
         dialog.get_by_role("checkbox", name="Own", exact=True).check()
@@ -747,6 +777,18 @@ def run_upload(
     to_update = _read_csv(cfg.to_update_path)
     log_rows = _read_csv(log_path)
 
+    # The queue is a snapshot; review decisions since the last diff win.
+    stale = stale_jobs(to_add + to_update, read_matches(cfg.matches_path))
+    if stale:
+        to_add = [r for r in to_add if r.get("bgg_id") not in stale]
+        to_update = [r for r in to_update if r.get("bgg_id") not in stale]
+        typer.echo(
+            f"Skipping {len(stale)} queued game(s) whose review decision "
+            "changed since the last diff — re-run diff to refresh the queue:"
+        )
+        for bgg_id, why in stale.items():
+            typer.echo(f"  {bgg_id}: {why}")
+
     jobs, skipped_done, skipped_failed, deferred = build_queue(
         to_add, to_update, log_rows, retry_failed=retry_failed
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_upload.py b/tests/test_upload.py
index 98615ea..c17e403 100644
--- a/tests/test_upload.py
+++ b/tests/test_upload.py
@@ -754,3 +754,22 @@ def test_paging_state_survives_reopen_so_page_one_is_clicked():
     assert picked is True
     assert why == ""
     assert dialog.clicked.startswith("Sleeping Gods (English Gamefound")
+
+
+def test_stale_queue_jobs_are_skipped(tmp_path):
+    """to_add.csv is a snapshot from the last diff. A review decision made
+    afterwards — marking a game local, rejecting it, calling the match
+    wrong — must win over the stale queue."""
+    from bggpipe.upload import stale_jobs
+
+    queue = [{"bgg_id": "13"}, {"bgg_id": "140509"}, {"bgg_id": "999"}]
+    matches = [
+        {"bgg_id": "13", "match_status": "auto"},
+        {"bgg_id": "140509", "match_status": "local"},
+    ]
+    stale = stale_jobs(queue, matches)
+    assert "13" not in stale  # still endorsed
+    assert "now local" in stale["140509"]
+    assert "no longer matched" in stale["999"]
+    # unverifiable (no matches.csv at all) never condemns a job
+    assert stale_jobs(queue, []) == {}