diff --git a/src/rizin/RizinDebugSessionManager.ts b/src/rizin/RizinDebugSessionManager.ts
index c3fa32da88..51869aadd5 100644
--- a/src/rizin/RizinDebugSessionManager.ts
+++ b/src/rizin/RizinDebugSessionManager.ts
@@ -745,9 +745,9 @@ export class RizinDebugSessionManager {
           },
         ),
       );
-    session.pendingCommandCount += 1;
     const acceptedDeadline = this.#commandDeadline;
     const acceptedOutput = this.#commandOutput;
+    session.pendingCommandCount += 1;
     let release: (() => void) | undefined;
     let acquired = false;
     let commandSent = false;
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/RizinDebugSessionAdmission.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/RizinDebugSessionAdmission.test.ts
index 9c5a462599..3af7e82cda 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/providers/RizinDebugSessionAdmission.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/RizinDebugSessionAdmission.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { RizinDebugSessionManager } from "../../../src/rizin/RizinDebugSessionManager.js";
 import { projectAnalysisError } from "../../../src/domain/analysisErrorProjection.js";
 import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+import { AnalysisSettings } from "../../../src/application/AnalysisSettings.js";
+import { createRizinCoverageHarness } from "./RizinDebugSessionCoverage.fixtures.js";
 
 it.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")(
   "identifies the rejected TTY field and physical reason before spawning Rizin",
@@ -44,3 +46,72 @@ it.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")(
     }
   },
 );
+
+it.skipIf(process.platform === "win32").each([
+  ["debugger.command_deadline_ms", "REA_DEBUGGER_COMMAND_DEADLINE_MS", 5000],
+  [
+    "debugger.max_command_output_bytes",
+    "REA_DEBUGGER_MAX_COMMAND_OUTPUT_BYTES",
+    4096,
+  ],
+] as const)(
+  "releases command capacity after an invalid %s is reset",
+  async (setting, environmentName, value) => {
+    const harness = createRizinCoverageHarness();
+    const environment = {
+      [environmentName]: "invalid",
+      REA_DEBUGGER_MAX_PENDING_COMMANDS: "1",
+    };
+    const settings = new AnalysisSettings(environment);
+    const set = () =>
+      settings.update({ changes: [{ setting, action: "set", value }] });
+    expect(set().ok).toBe(true);
+    const other =
+      setting === "debugger.command_deadline_ms"
+        ? "debugger.max_command_output_bytes"
+        : "debugger.command_deadline_ms";
+    expect(
+      settings.update({
+        changes: [{ setting: other, action: "set", value: 4096 }],
+      }).ok,
+    ).toBe(true);
+    try {
+      const provider = await harness.makeProvider(`process.stdout.write("\\0");
+let input = "";
+process.stdin.setEncoding("utf8");
+process.stdin.on("data", chunk => {
+ input += chunk;
+ for (;;) {
+  const end = input.indexOf("\\n"); if (end < 0) break;
+  const line = input.slice(0,end); input = input.slice(end+1);
+  if (line.startsWith("!echo ")) process.stdout.write(line.slice(6) + "\\0");
+  else if (line === "dr") process.stdout.write("ok\\0");
+ }
+});`);
+      const { manager, sessionId } = await harness.start(
+        provider,
+        {},
+        environment,
+      );
+      expect(
+        (await settings.run(() => manager.execute(sessionId, "dr"))).ok,
+      ).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        settings.update({ changes: [{ setting, action: "reset" }] }).ok,
+      ).toBe(true);
+      await expect(
+        settings.run(() => manager.execute(sessionId, "dr")),
+      ).rejects.toMatchObject({ _tag: "ConfigurationError" });
+      expect(set().ok).toBe(true);
+      const retried = await settings.run(() =>
+        manager.execute(sessionId, "dr"),
+      );
+      expect(retried).toMatchObject({
+        ok: true,
+        value: { result: { output: "ok" } },
+      });
+    } finally {
+      await harness.cleanup();
+    }
+  },
+);