diff --git a/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Names/Orders.hs b/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Names/Orders.hs
index d1d2f936d1..1f28acf81d 100644
--- a/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Names/Orders.hs
+++ b/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Names/Orders.hs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import StoreService.Names.Env (NamesEnv (..))
 import StoreService.Names.Phases (Phases)
 import StoreService.Names.Abi (bytes32FromHex)
 import StoreService.Names.Signatures (OrderFields (..), orderMessage, parseChecksumAddress, parseSignature, personalDigest)
-import StoreService.Names.Store (LiveOrder (..), NameRegistration (..), RegistrationRefused (..), VersionWrite (..), closeOverdue, getLiveOrders, getRegistrationByOrderHash, isLabelRegistering)
+import StoreService.Names.Store (LiveOrder (..), NameRegistration (..), RegistrationRefused (..), closeOverdue, getLiveOrders, getRegistrationByOrderHash, isLabelRegistering)
 import StoreService.Names.Turns (Turns)
 
 data OrdersEnv = OrdersEnv
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ placeOrder OrdersEnv {oeStore, oeNow} req insert = do
         Nothing -> E.throwIO $ OrderRefused OROrderExists
     close db now r =
       closeOverdue db r now >>= \case
-        Written v -> pure ClosedOrder {coRegistration = r, coVersion = v}
-        _ -> E.throwIO $ OrderRefused OROrderExists
+        Just v -> pure ClosedOrder {coRegistration = r, coVersion = v}
+        Nothing -> E.throwIO $ OrderRefused OROrderExists
 
 checkTimestamp :: UTCTime -> Word64 -> Either OrderRefusal ()
 checkTimestamp now timestamp =
diff --git a/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Names/Store.hs b/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Names/Store.hs
index a497df10ed..fabcde83c0 100644
--- a/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Names/Store.hs
+++ b/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Names/Store.hs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import Data.ByteArray.Encoding (Base (Base16), convertToBase)
 import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import Data.Int (Int64)
+import Data.Functor ((<&>))
 import Data.Maybe (isJust, listToMaybe)
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
@@ -206,8 +207,7 @@ data RegistrationRefused = RRLiveOrder | RRCodeNotReservable
   deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 -- | NotLive: the write would make a closed order live. LiveOrderExists: another live order holds its commitment, or its owner and label hash.
--- NotOverdue: closeOverdue found the order's invoice no longer open, or holding money.
-data VersionWrite = Written Int64 | VersionChanged | NotLive | LiveOrderExists | NotOverdue
+data VersionWrite = Written Int64 | VersionChanged | NotLive | LiveOrderExists
   deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 -- | A live order an order request meets; overdue when its open invoice is past its expiry time.
@@ -502,10 +502,10 @@ getLiveOrders db commitment owner (LabelHash lh) now =
 unfunded :: Query
 unfunded = unfundedQuery "i.invoice_id"
 
--- | Run in the transaction that inserts the next order, so the unique constraints let it in. The invoice is written before
--- the registration, as settlement, cancel and the sweep write them; a registration write that loses after it leaves the
--- caller to roll back.
-closeOverdue :: DB.Connection -> NameRegistration -> UTCTime -> IO VersionWrite
+-- | Run in the transaction that inserts the next order, so the unique constraints let it in; the registration's new version.
+-- Nothing when the order changed since it was read, or its invoice is no longer open or holds money: the caller rolls back,
+-- since the invoice is written before the registration, as settlement, cancel and the sweep write them.
+closeOverdue :: DB.Connection -> NameRegistration -> UTCTime -> IO (Maybe Int64)
 closeOverdue db r@NameRegistration {nrId = RegistrationId rid, nrVersion, nrPayment} now = do
   -- locked first, so the funding check below, a later statement, sees a payment a concurrent settlement committed
   mapM_ (\invId -> lockInvoice db invId now) $ case nrPayment of
@@ -527,11 +527,11 @@ closeOverdue db r@NameRegistration {nrId = RegistrationId rid, nrVersion, nrPaym
       )
       (invoiceStatusText ISExpired, truncateToSecond now, invoiceStatusText ISOpen, rid, nrVersion)
   if expired > 0
-    then updateRegistration db r {nrLive = False} now
-    else
-      DB.query db "SELECT version FROM sx_badge_service_name_registrations WHERE registration_id = ?" (Only rid) >>= \case
-        [Only version] | version == nrVersion -> pure NotOverdue
-        _ -> pure VersionChanged
+    then
+      updateRegistration db r {nrLive = False} now <&> \case
+        Written v -> Just v
+        _ -> Nothing
+    else pure Nothing
 
 -- | Whether an order can still progress to a registration for its name. The unique live indexes allow one such order per commitment,
 -- and one per owner and label hash, so a wallet can order a name again once its registration is done.
diff --git a/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Orders.hs b/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Orders.hs
index 31f1cb8d0f..a1b2c4ad76 100644
--- a/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Orders.hs
+++ b/apps/simplex-store-service/src/StoreService/Orders.hs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ nameSettled db before after wrotePayment holdsMoney r@NameRegistration {nrId, nr
             updateRegistration db r {nrPhase = PQueued} now >>= \case
               Written v -> pure [NOWritten nrId v]
               NotLive -> pure [NOLate nrId]
-              -- another live order holds the name, so this payment can only be refunded; it is still recorded
+              -- not expected while this order is live; kept so the payment is still recorded
               LiveOrderExists -> pure [NOLate nrId]
               _ -> E.throwIO (RegistrationChanged nrId)
       Just ISExpired -> (<> [NOLate nrId | holdsMoney]) . maybe [] (\(rid, v) -> [NOWritten rid v]) <$> closeOrder db r now
diff --git a/tests/Bots/StoreService/NamesOrdersTests.hs b/tests/Bots/StoreService/NamesOrdersTests.hs
index 47119783d8..9efac23221 100644
--- a/tests/Bots/StoreService/NamesOrdersTests.hs
+++ b/tests/Bots/StoreService/NamesOrdersTests.hs
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ testFundedOverdueKept = withOrders $ \ctx -> do
   placeOrder ctx aliceOrder {oCommitment = commitmentOf 2, oTimestamp = seconds now, oDuration = durationAt now} `shouldReturn` refusedWith 409 "order_exists"
   r <- invoiceRegistration ctx inv
   (nrLive r, nrPhase r) `shouldBe` (True, PUnpaid)
-  withTransaction (cStore ctx) (\db -> closeOverdue db r now) >>= (`shouldNotBe` Written (nrVersion r + 1))
+  withTransaction (cStore ctx) (\db -> closeOverdue db r now) `shouldReturn` Nothing
   (irStatus <$>) <$> getInvoice (cStore ctx) inv `shouldReturn` Just ISOpen
   settleNow ctx inv settled `shouldReturn` Right ISPaid
   nrPhase <$> invoiceRegistration ctx inv `shouldReturn` PQueued
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ testFundedAgreement = withServiceStore $ \st -> do
     [LiveOrder {loRegistration, loOverdue}] <- withTransaction st $ \db -> getLiveOrders db (ofCommitment o) ownerA (ofLabelHash o) now
     (rid, loOverdue) `shouldBe` (rid, not funded)
     closed <- withTransaction st $ \db -> closeOverdue db loRegistration now
-    (rid, closed == Written (nrVersion loRegistration + 1)) `shouldBe` (rid, not funded)
+    (rid, closed) `shouldBe` (rid, if funded then Nothing else Just (nrVersion loRegistration + 1))
 
 testViewFields :: IO ()
 testViewFields = withServiceStore $ \st -> withFakeEthNode $ \node -> do
diff --git a/tests/Bots/StoreService/NamesStoreTests.hs b/tests/Bots/StoreService/NamesStoreTests.hs
index fc778c9925..c32ea0b0e2 100644
--- a/tests/Bots/StoreService/NamesStoreTests.hs
+++ b/tests/Bots/StoreService/NamesStoreTests.hs
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ testOrderHashLookup = withServiceStore $ \st -> do
   placePaid st "r1" ownerA o (at 1) `shouldReturn` Right ()
   r <- reg st "r1"
   closed <- withTransaction st $ \db -> closeOverdue db r (at 2)
-  closed `shouldBe` Written 2
+  closed `shouldBe` Just 2
   found <- withTransaction st $ \db -> getRegistrationByOrderHash db (orderHash ownerA o (OTInvoice btc price))
   (nrId <$> found, nrLive <$> found) `shouldBe` (Just (RegistrationId "r1"), Just False)
   withTransaction st (\db -> getRegistrationByOrderHash db (orderHash ownerA o (OTInvoice btc (price + 1)))) `shouldReturn` Nothing
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ testCloseOverdueStale = withServiceStore $ \st -> do
   placePaid st "r1" ownerA (order "alicebakery" 1) (at 60) `shouldReturn` Right ()
   r <- reg st "r1"
   write st r {nrPhase = PQueued} `shouldReturn` Written 2
-  withTransaction st (\db -> closeOverdue db r (at 61)) `shouldReturn` VersionChanged
+  withTransaction st (\db -> closeOverdue db r (at 61)) `shouldReturn` Nothing
   invoiceStatus st "inv-r1" `shouldReturn` "open"
   (nrLive &&& nrPhase) <$> reg st "r1" `shouldReturn` (True, PQueued)
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ testLatePayment = withServiceStore $ \st -> do
       o' = o {ofCommitment = digestFixture 2, ofSealed = "new"}
   placePaid st "r1" ownerA o (at 60) `shouldReturn` Right ()
   closed <- reg st "r1"
-  withTransaction st (\db -> closeOverdue db closed (at 61)) `shouldReturn` Written 2
+  withTransaction st (\db -> closeOverdue db closed (at 61)) `shouldReturn` Just 2
   r1 <- reg st "r1"
   write st r1 {nrPhase = PQueued} `shouldReturn` NotLive
   reg st "r1" `shouldReturn` r1
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ testSameSecondOrder = withServiceStore $ \st -> do
   forM_ ["r5", "r4"] $ \rid -> do
     placePaid st rid ownerB o (at 60) `shouldReturn` Right ()
     r <- reg st rid
-    withTransaction st (\db -> closeOverdue db r (at 61)) `shouldReturn` Written 2
+    withTransaction st (\db -> closeOverdue db r (at 61)) `shouldReturn` Just 2
   found <- withTransaction st $ \db -> getRegistrationByOrderHash db (orderHash ownerB o (OTInvoice btc price))
   nrId <$> found `shouldBe` Just (RegistrationId "r5")