diff --git a/packages/mosaic/src/lease-broker/lease-broker.acceptance.spec.ts b/packages/mosaic/src/lease-broker/lease-broker.acceptance.spec.ts
index db9b6ec..d2fbc29 100644
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/lease-broker/lease-broker.acceptance.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/lease-broker/lease-broker.acceptance.spec.ts
@@ -333,6 +333,77 @@ describe('authenticated external lease broker', () => {
     silent.destroy();
   });
 
+  test('queued silent peers cannot serialize the next valid registration', async () => {
+    const { socket } = await startBroker();
+    const silentConnections = await Promise.all(
+      Array.from(
+        { length: 4 },
+        () =>
+          new Promise<Socket>((resolve, reject) => {
+            const connection = createConnection(socket);
+            connection.once('connect', () => resolve(connection));
+            connection.once('error', reject);
+          }),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    try {
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+      const started = performance.now();
+      const registered = await withTimeout(
+        request(socket, { action: 'register_anchor', runtime_generation: 1 }),
+        'registration behind queued silent connections',
+        6_000,
+      );
+      const elapsed = performance.now() - started;
+
+      expect(registered.ok).toBe(true);
+      expect(elapsed).toBeLessThan(1_500);
+    } finally {
+      for (const connection of silentConnections) connection.destroy();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('silent peers are reaped at the concurrency bound and their slots are reclaimed', async () => {
+    const { socket } = await startBroker();
+    const concurrencyCap = 16;
+    const peers = Array.from({ length: concurrencyCap }, () => {
+      const connection = createConnection(socket);
+      return {
+        connection,
+        connected: new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+          connection.once('connect', resolve);
+          connection.once('error', reject);
+        }),
+        closed: new Promise<void>((resolve) => connection.once('close', () => resolve())),
+      };
+    });
+
+    try {
+      await Promise.all(peers.map(({ connected }) => connected));
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+      const started = performance.now();
+      const registration = withTimeout(
+        request(socket, { action: 'register_anchor', runtime_generation: 1 }),
+        'registration while silent peers hold the concurrency bound',
+        2_500,
+      );
+      const reaping = withTimeout(
+        Promise.all(peers.map(({ closed }) => closed)),
+        'silent peer deadline reaping',
+        2_500,
+      );
+      const [registered] = await Promise.all([registration, reaping]);
+      const elapsed = performance.now() - started;
+
+      expect(registered.ok).toBe(true);
+      expect(elapsed).toBeGreaterThan(500);
+      expect(elapsed).toBeLessThan(2_500);
+    } finally {
+      for (const { connection } of peers) connection.destroy();
+    }
+  });
+
   test('newline-only client without half-close gets no success and cannot block next request', async () => {
     const { socket } = await startBroker();
     const incomplete = createConnection(socket);