diff --git a/token/services/auditor/manager.go b/token/services/auditor/manager.go
index fce2bf612f..a422190847 100644
--- a/token/services/auditor/manager.go
+++ b/token/services/auditor/manager.go
@@ -29,6 +29,42 @@ type TokenManagementServiceProvider interface {
 	GetManagementService(opts ...token.ServiceOption) (*token.ManagementService, error)
 }
 
+// auditTokenExistenceChecker can tell whether a given txID was already committed to tokenDB.
+type auditTokenExistenceChecker interface {
+	TransactionExists(ctx context.Context, id string) (bool, error)
+}
+
+// auditStatusSetter can promote an auditDB record from Pending to Confirmed.
+type auditStatusSetter interface {
+	SetStatus(ctx context.Context, txID string, status TxStatus, message string) error
+}
+
+// recoverAuditCommittedPending heals the split-brain state that arises when the node crashes
+// after auditDB.Append (tokenDB write) succeeds but before auditDB.SetStatus(Confirmed) runs.
+//
+// Returns true if the record was healed — the caller should then skip AddFinalityListener
+// because the transaction is already fully committed.
+// Returns false on any error so the caller falls back to the normal finality-listener path.
+func recoverAuditCommittedPending(ctx context.Context, txID string, checker auditTokenExistenceChecker, setter auditStatusSetter) bool {
+	committed, err := checker.TransactionExists(ctx, txID)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Warnf("recover audit tx [%s]: failed to check token existence, falling back to finality listener: %v", txID, err)
+
+		return false
+	}
+	if !committed {
+		return false
+	}
+	logger.Infof("recover audit tx [%s]: tokens committed to tokenDB but auditDB still Pending; setting Confirmed directly", txID)
+	if err := setter.SetStatus(ctx, txID, auditdb.Confirmed, "recovered on restart: tokenDB committed before auditDB status update"); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("recover audit tx [%s]: failed to set Confirmed: %v; falling back to finality listener", txID, err)
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 type StoreServiceManager = auditdb.StoreServiceManager
 
 type TokensServiceManager = services.ServiceManager[*tokens.Service]
@@ -126,6 +162,14 @@ func (cm *ServiceManager) RestoreTMS(tmsID token.TMSID) error {
 	return iterators.ForEach(it, func(record *storage.TokenRequestRecord) error {
 		logger.Debugf("restore transaction [%s] with status [%s]", record.TxID, TxStatusMessage[record.Status])
 
+		// Crash-recovery: if tokens were already committed to tokenDB but the audit
+		// status was never flipped to Confirmed (crash between Append and SetStatus),
+		// heal the record directly instead of waiting for a finality event that may
+		// never be re-delivered.
+		if recoverAuditCommittedPending(context.Background(), record.TxID, tokenDB.Storage, auditor.auditDB) {
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		return net.AddFinalityListener(
 			tmsID.Namespace,
 			record.TxID,
diff --git a/token/services/storage/db/sql/common/transactions.go b/token/services/storage/db/sql/common/transactions.go
index 7d12f88063..b2b5dc99ec 100644
--- a/token/services/storage/db/sql/common/transactions.go
+++ b/token/services/storage/db/sql/common/transactions.go
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ func (w *AtomicWrite) AddTokenRequest(ctx context.Context, txID string, tr []byt
 	query, args := q.InsertInto(w.table.Requests).
 		Fields("tx_id", "request", "status", "status_message", "application_metadata", "public_metadata", "pp_hash").
 		Row(txID, tr, driver4.Pending, "", ja, jp, ppHash).
+		OnConflictDoNothing().
 		Format()
 	logging.Debug(logger, query, txID, fmt.Sprintf("(%d bytes)", len(tr)), len(applicationMetadata), len(publicMetadata), len(ppHash))
 	_, err = w.txn.ExecContext(ctx, query, args...)