diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 984df77..6e1962e 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -49,20 +49,25 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     public function boot(): void
     {
         // Send-time guard for maintenance mail (X-CP-Notification carries the
-        // ledger id). Uses a distinct in-flight claim (claimed_at) so exactly one
-        // copy ships without ever pre-marking delivery:
-        //   • already delivered (sent_at set) or window cancelled → suppress;
-        //   • otherwise atomically claim claimed_at (null or older than the TTL) —
-        //     the winner sends; a concurrent duplicate loses the claim and aborts.
-        // sent_at is set only on real delivery (MessageSent), so a transport
-        // failure leaves the claim to expire and the mail stays retryable.
+        // ledger id). Deliberately READ-ONLY — it never marks the row sent or
+        // claimed, because returning false makes Laravel treat the send as a
+        // successful cancellation: pre-claiming here would silently DROP a mail
+        // whose transport later fails and retries. It only suppresses a send that
+        // is definitively pointless: the window was cancelled, or a sibling copy
+        // already delivered (sent_at set). sent_at is recorded on real delivery
+        // in MessageSent, so nothing is ever lost.
+        //
+        // Residual: two jobs whose MessageSending both fire before either's
+        // MessageSent (true simultaneous multi-worker send of a stale resend) can
+        // still both deliver. That cannot happen on the current single-worker
+        // log-mail setup; true exactly-once needs a transactional outbox + a
+        // dedicated delivery worker keyed on claimed_at, to be added with real mail.
         Event::listen(MessageSending::class, function (MessageSending $event) {
             $header = $event->message->getHeaders()->get('X-CP-Notification');
             if ($header === null) {
                 return null;
             }
-            $id = (int) $header->getBodyAsString();
-            $notification = MaintenanceNotification::query()->with('window')->find($id);
+            $notification = MaintenanceNotification::query()->with('window')->find((int) $header->getBodyAsString());
             if ($notification === null) {
                 return null;
             }
@@ -73,13 +78,7 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
                 return false; // window cancelled meanwhile — do not deliver
             }
 
-            $claimed = MaintenanceNotification::query()
-                ->whereKey($id)
-                ->whereNull('sent_at')
-                ->where(fn ($q) => $q->whereNull('claimed_at')->orWhere('claimed_at', '<=', now()->subMinutes(15)))
-                ->update(['claimed_at' => now()]);
-
-            return $claimed === 0 ? false : null; // lost the claim → a sibling is delivering
+            return null;
         });
 
         // Stamp a maintenance-notification ledger row as delivered only once the