diff --git a/.changeset/settled-import-guard.md b/.changeset/settled-import-guard.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7328005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/settled-import-guard.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"capnweb": patch
+---
+
+Fix a whole-session abort when a settled `RpcPromise` (or a property of one) is passed back as an argument to a later call. Previously this re-sent an import id that had already been released.
diff --git a/__tests__/index.test.ts b/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 01bfd651..64a6b6c5 100644
--- a/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -4227,3 +4227,55 @@ describe("deserialization and transport correctness", () => {
     expect(sentReason).toBe("a".repeat(MAX_CLOSE_REASON_BYTES - 1));
   });
 });
+
+describe("settled import references", () => {
+  // Regression: ImportTableEntry.resolve() stores `resolution` and immediately calls
+  // sendRelease(), so the import id is dead on both sides -- but the entry keeps `importId`,
+  // because the release accounting names the id through it. getImport() then still handed out
+  // that dead id, so passing the settled promise object into a later message re-serialized a
+  // released id. The peer could not find it and threw inside readLoop, and because readLoop is
+  // wrapped in a single session-wide `.catch(err => this.abort(err))`, a call-level fault
+  // destroyed the entire session.
+  //
+  // dispose(), abort() and onBroken() all already branch on `resolution`; getImport() did not.
+  it("does not cite a released import id after the reference has settled", async () => {
+    await using harness = new TestHarness(new TestTarget());
+
+    // Awaiting settles the entry: the resolution is stored and the import is released.
+    let promise = harness.stub.returnNumber(7);
+    await promise;
+
+    // Passing the same *promise object* (not its awaited value) as an argument is what
+    // re-serialized the now-dead id.
+    expect(await harness.stub.square(promise)).toBe(49);
+
+    // The load-bearing assertion: a failing call would be tolerable, a dead session is not.
+    expect(await harness.stub.returnNumber(3)).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  // Same as above, but through a property path on the settled promise, which the serializer
+  // resolves via hook.get(path) on the settled entry rather than hook.dup().
+  it("does not cite a released import id via a property of a settled reference", async () => {
+    await using harness = new TestHarness(new TestTarget());
+
+    let promise = harness.stub.callSquare(harness.stub, 7);
+    await promise;
+
+    expect(await harness.stub.square(promise.result)).toBe(2401);
+    expect(await harness.stub.returnNumber(3)).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  // A guard that cleared `importId` instead of gating its use would stop the release
+  // accounting naming the id, leaking the peer's exports.
+  it("still releases settled imports by id", async () => {
+    await using harness = new TestHarness(new TestTarget());
+
+    await harness.stub.returnNumber(1);
+    await harness.stub.returnNumber(2);
+    await pumpMicrotasks();
+
+    // Both settled imports must have been released on the wire, not just dropped locally.
+    expect(harness.client.getStats()).toStrictEqual({imports: 1, exports: 1});
+    expect(harness.server.getStats()).toStrictEqual({imports: 1, exports: 1});
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/rpc.ts b/src/rpc.ts
index 8896fecc..d3fc8267 100644
--- a/src/rpc.ts
+++ b/src/rpc.ts
@@ -662,7 +662,11 @@ class RpcSessionImpl implements Importer, Exporter {
   }
 
   getImport(hook: StubHook): ImportId | undefined {
-    if (hook instanceof RpcImportHook && hook.entry && hook.entry.session === this) {
+    // A settled entry has already released its import (resolve() calls sendRelease()), so its
+    // importId no longer names anything on the peer. Fall through to exporting the resolution,
+    // the way dispose(), abort() and onBroken() all branch on `resolution`.
+    if (hook instanceof RpcImportHook && hook.entry && hook.entry.session === this &&
+        !hook.entry.resolution) {
       return hook.entry.importId;
     } else {
       return undefined;