diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-workflow-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/release-workflow-checks.yml
index 1ca556c..3a18d7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-workflow-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-workflow-checks.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ name: Validate release workflow
 on:
   push:
     branches: ['feature/**', 'master-1.12', 'master-1.12.2']
-    paths: ['.github/workflows/**', '.github/scripts/**']
   pull_request:
     branches: ['master-1.12']
-    paths: ['.github/workflows/**', '.github/scripts/**']
 permissions:
   contents: read
 jobs:
diff --git a/tools/fixture_login.py b/tools/fixture_login.py
index e83620f..a747166 100644
--- a/tools/fixture_login.py
+++ b/tools/fixture_login.py
@@ -27,13 +27,24 @@ def completed_client(home, role):
         if any(line==marker or line.endswith(': '+marker) for line in lines):return True
     return False
 
+def planned_disconnect(home, role, phase):
+    expected={'8':'A','10':'B'}
+    if expected.get(phase)!=role:return False
+    log=home/('client'+role+'.log')
+    if not log.is_file():return False
+    marker='VISIBILITY_CLIENT_PHASE '+role+' '+phase
+    return any(line==marker or line.endswith(': '+marker)
+               for line in log.read_text(encoding='utf-8',errors='replace').splitlines())
+
 class LoginMonitor:
     def __init__(self, home):
-        self.home=Path(home);self.seen=0;self.counts={'A':0,'B':0}
+        self.home=Path(home);self.seen=0;self.counts={'A':0,'B':0};self.visibility_phase=None
     def poll(self):
         text=(self.home/'server.log').read_text(encoding='utf-8',errors='replace')
         lines=text[:text.rfind('\n')+1].splitlines()
         for line in lines[self.seen:]:
+            phase=re.search(r'(?:^|: )VISIBILITY_PHASE ([0-9]+)$',line)
+            if phase:self.visibility_phase=phase[1]
             joined=JOIN.fullmatch(line)
             if joined and joined[1]=='A' and joined[2]=='joined':
                 (self.home/'sync/client-A-joined').touch()
@@ -44,7 +55,7 @@ def poll(self):
                 (self.home/'sync'/('login-retry-'+role)).write_text(str(self.counts[role]))
             elif 'lost connection: Internal Exception:' in line:
                 reset=RESET.fullmatch(line)
-                if not reset or not completed_client(self.home,reset[1]):
+                if not reset or not (completed_client(self.home,reset[1]) or planned_disconnect(self.home,reset[1],self.visibility_phase)):
                     raise RuntimeError('Unrecognised connection failure: '+line)
         self.seen=len(lines)
 
diff --git a/tools/test_fixture_login.py b/tools/test_fixture_login.py
index 4cc0725..9981515 100644
--- a/tools/test_fixture_login.py
+++ b/tools/test_fixture_login.py
@@ -14,6 +14,27 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.root=Path(self.temp.name);(self.root/'sync').mkdir()
         self.log=self.root/'server.log';self.log.write_text('')
         self.monitor=LoginMonitor(self.root)
+    def test_planned_owner_and_observer_disconnects_do_not_abort_reconnect(self):
+        for phase,role in [('8','A'),('10','B')]:
+            with self.subTest(phase=phase,role=role):
+                reset=FAILURE.replace("io.netty.handler.codec.EncoderException: java.io.IOException: Can't serialize unregistered packet",'io.netty.channel.unix.Errors$NativeIoException: syscall:read(..) failed: Connection reset by peer').replace('ContainerA','Container'+role)
+                (self.root/('client'+role+'.log')).write_text('VISIBILITY_CLIENT_PHASE '+role+' '+phase+'\n')
+                self.log.write_text('VISIBILITY_PHASE '+phase+'\n'+reset+'VISIBILITY_PHASE '+str(int(phase)+1)+'\n')
+                LoginMonitor(self.root).poll()
+                self.assertFalse((self.root/('sync/login-retry-'+role)).exists())
+    def test_planned_disconnect_rejects_wrong_player_or_missing_client_phase(self):
+        reset=FAILURE.replace("io.netty.handler.codec.EncoderException: java.io.IOException: Can't serialize unregistered packet",'io.netty.channel.unix.Errors$NativeIoException: syscall:read(..) failed: Connection reset by peer')
+        self.log.write_text('VISIBILITY_PHASE 8\n'+reset)
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):LoginMonitor(self.root).poll()
+        (self.root/'clientA.log').write_text('VISIBILITY_CLIENT_PHASE A 8\n')
+        self.log.write_text('VISIBILITY_PHASE 10\n'+reset)
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):LoginMonitor(self.root).poll()
+    def test_old_disconnect_phase_cannot_explain_a_later_active_reset(self):
+        reset=FAILURE.replace("io.netty.handler.codec.EncoderException: java.io.IOException: Can't serialize unregistered packet",'io.netty.channel.unix.Errors$NativeIoException: syscall:read(..) failed: Connection reset by peer')
+        (self.root/'clientA.log').write_text('VISIBILITY_CLIENT_PHASE A 8\n')
+        self.log.write_text('VISIBILITY_PHASE 8\nVISIBILITY_PHASE 12\n'+reset)
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):LoginMonitor(self.root).poll()
+
     def test_completed_respawn_client_may_close_its_transport(self):
         reset=FAILURE.replace("io.netty.handler.codec.EncoderException: java.io.IOException: Can't serialize unregistered packet",'io.netty.channel.unix.Errors$NativeIoException: syscall:read(..) failed: Connection reset by peer')
         self.log.write_text(reset)