diff --git a/web/src/plan/PlanPage.test.tsx b/web/src/plan/PlanPage.test.tsx
index 6f8584d..3f2904e 100644
--- a/web/src/plan/PlanPage.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/plan/PlanPage.test.tsx
@@ -392,6 +392,41 @@ describe('PlanPage', () => {
     expect(planReads(fetchMock)).toBe(2)
   })
 
+  it('pushes nothing again until the changed plan is read and shown', async () => {
+    let read: () => Response | Promise<Response> = () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft'))
+    let push = () => errorResponse(409, 'plan_changed')
+    const fetchMock = stubServer({
+      [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => read(),
+      [`POST ${PUSH}`]: () => push(),
+    })
+    await renderPage()
+
+    await screen.findByText('Beef tacos')
+    const reread = deferred()
+    read = () => reread.response
+    const pushButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Looks good — push to Calendar' })
+    fireEvent.click(pushButton)
+    await waitFor(() => expect(planReads(fetchMock)).toBe(2))
+    // While the changed plan is read, the push stays busy: neither Push
+    // nor Retry sends it again.
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Pushing to Calendar…' })).toBeDisabled()
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Retry' })).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Pushing to Calendar…' }))
+    expect(screen.getByText('Beef tacos')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(posts(fetchMock)).toEqual([`${PUSH} undefined`])
+
+    reread.send(jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft', ['Lasagna', ...NAMES.slice(1)])))
+    const alert = await screen.findByRole('alert')
+    expect(alert).toHaveTextContent("Couldn't push to Calendar. The plan changed while it was being pushed; push it again.")
+    expect(screen.getByText('Lasagna')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Looks good — push to Calendar' })).toBeEnabled()
+
+    push = () => jsonResponse(200, syncedNow())
+    fireEvent.click(within(alert).getByRole('button', { name: 'Retry' }))
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Synced to Google Calendar just now')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(posts(fetchMock)).toEqual([`${PUSH} undefined`, `${PUSH} undefined`])
+  })
+
   it('rebuilds a draft at once, showing skeleton tiles until the new plan is read', async () => {
     let plan = planBody('draft')
     let job = draftJob('running')
diff --git a/web/src/plan/api.ts b/web/src/plan/api.ts
index 6477089..491efda 100644
--- a/web/src/plan/api.ts
+++ b/web/src/plan/api.ts
@@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ export function useSwapDay(weekStart: string): SwapDay {
 // chosen Google calendar (POST /api/v1/plans/{weekStart}/push-calendar). The
 // server answers with the plan as synced, which replaces the one shown, as a
 // swap's answer does. A push refused because the plan changed meanwhile
-// reads the plan again; one Google refused the grant for reads the Google
-// Calendar connection again, which is now reconnect required.
+// reads the plan again, and stays pending until that read lands: nothing is
+// pushed again before the changed plan is shown. One Google refused the
+// grant for reads the Google Calendar connection again, which is now
+// reconnect required.
 export function usePushToCalendar(weekStart: string) {
   const { apiFetch } = useApi()
   const queryClient = useQueryClient()
@@ -292,9 +294,9 @@ export function usePushToCalendar(weekStart: string) {
       return parsePlan(`POST ${path}`, weekStart, await apiFetch<unknown>(path, { method: 'POST' }), false)
     },
     onSuccess: (plan) => queryClient.setQueryData<Plan>(key, plan),
-    onError: (error) => {
-      if (error instanceof ApiError && error.code === 'plan_changed') void queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: key })
+    onError: async (error) => {
       noteGoogleFailure(queryClient, error)
+      if (error instanceof ApiError && error.code === 'plan_changed') await queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: key })
     },
   })
 }
diff --git a/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.module.css b/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.module.css
index ccfbc5f..3c6f7bf 100644
--- a/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.module.css
+++ b/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.module.css
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@
   font-weight: 400;
 }
 
+.reconnectStatus {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 10px;
+}
+
 .reconnectText {
   margin: 0;
   font-family: var(--font-body);
diff --git a/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.test.tsx b/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.test.tsx
index 4baa7b1..6803202 100644
--- a/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.test.tsx
@@ -279,7 +279,14 @@ describe('CalendarSettingsPage', () => {
     })
     await renderPage()
 
-    expect(await screen.findByRole('region', { name: 'Reconnect Google Calendar' })).toBeInTheDocument()
+    const banner = await screen.findByRole('region', { name: 'Reconnect Google Calendar' })
+    // Why and what to do are announced as the screen turns to the banner.
+    const alert = screen.getByRole('alert')
+    expect(banner).toContainElement(alert)
+    expect(alert).toHaveTextContent(
+      'Google access was revoked or expired — reconnect' + 'Nothing can be pushed to Calendar until you connect again.',
+    )
+    expect(within(alert).queryByRole('link')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.queryByRole('combobox')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.queryByText('Connected · Dinners')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
diff --git a/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.tsx b/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.tsx
index 40af793..ffb78b0 100644
--- a/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/settings/CalendarSettingsPage.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ function Connection({ connection }: { connection: GoogleConnection }) {
 }
 
 // ReconnectBanner is the grape banner of a grant Google refused, with why
-// and Reconnect.
+// and Reconnect. Why and what to do are an alert, as ErrorBanner's message
+// is: a calendar request that meets the refusal turns the screen to it.
 function ReconnectBanner({ error }: { error: string | null }) {
   const titleId = useId()
   return (
@@ -104,8 +105,10 @@ function ReconnectBanner({ error }: { error: string | null }) {
       <h2 id={titleId} className={styles.reconnectTitle}>
         Reconnect Google Calendar
       </h2>
-      {error !== null && <p className={styles.reconnectText}>{error}</p>}
-      <p className={styles.reconnectText}>Nothing can be pushed to Calendar until you connect again.</p>
+      <div role="alert" className={styles.reconnectStatus}>
+        {error !== null && <p className={styles.reconnectText}>{error}</p>}
+        <p className={styles.reconnectText}>Nothing can be pushed to Calendar until you connect again.</p>
+      </div>
       <ConnectLink icon={RefreshCw}>Reconnect</ConnectLink>
     </section>
   )