diff --git a/lib/screens/hardware_connect_bitbox/bloc/connect_bitbox_cubit.dart b/lib/screens/hardware_connect_bitbox/bloc/connect_bitbox_cubit.dart
index 60170bb6..3ad9b0d3 100644
--- a/lib/screens/hardware_connect_bitbox/bloc/connect_bitbox_cubit.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/hardware_connect_bitbox/bloc/connect_bitbox_cubit.dart
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ class ConnectBitboxCubit extends Cubit<BitboxConnectionState> {
   }
 
   Future<void> connectToBitbox(sdk.BitboxDevice device) async {
-    if (state is BitboxConnecting) return;
+    // Coalesce overlapping scan ticks onto ONE connect attempt: the state
+    // guard alone is defeated once the flow moves past BitboxConnecting
+    // (e.g. BitboxCheckHash) while the init future is still pending — a late
+    // tick then started a second init() on the shared SDK manager and wedged
+    // pairing (issue #657 P7 F1). `_pendingInit` covers that whole window; it
+    // is cleared on failure, so a genuine retry still passes.
+    if (state is BitboxConnecting || _pendingInit != null) return;
     emit(BitboxConnecting(device));
     try {
       // Snapshot any hash from a prior pairing on the same BitboxService
diff --git a/test/screens/hardware_connect_bitbox/bloc/connect_bitbox_cubit_test.dart b/test/screens/hardware_connect_bitbox/bloc/connect_bitbox_cubit_test.dart
index aa0420f2..6c9cd320 100644
--- a/test/screens/hardware_connect_bitbox/bloc/connect_bitbox_cubit_test.dart
+++ b/test/screens/hardware_connect_bitbox/bloc/connect_bitbox_cubit_test.dart
@@ -116,6 +116,36 @@ void main() {
       verify(() => authService.ensureSignatureFor(any())).called(1);
     });
 
+    test('a late scan tick does not start a second init while one is pending '
+        '(issue #657 P7 F1)', () async {
+      final initCompleter = Completer<bool>();
+      var pollCount = 0;
+      when(() => service.getAllUsbDevices()).thenAnswer((_) async => [device]);
+      when(() => service.init(any())).thenAnswer((_) => initCompleter.future);
+      when(() => service.getChannelHash()).thenAnswer((_) async {
+        pollCount++;
+        return pollCount < 2 ? '' : 'HASH-1';
+      });
+
+      final cubit = makeCubit();
+      addTearDown(cubit.close);
+
+      // First connect runs init() once and settles in BitboxCheckHash — state
+      // is now past BitboxConnecting while the init future is still pending.
+      await waitForState<BitboxCheckHash>(cubit);
+      verify(() => service.init(any())).called(1);
+
+      // An overlapping/late scan tick re-invokes connectToBitbox.
+      await cubit.connectToBitbox(device);
+
+      // It must coalesce onto the in-flight init, NOT start a second init on
+      // the shared SDK manager (which used to wedge pairing).
+      verifyNever(() => service.init(any()));
+      expect(cubit.state, isA<BitboxCheckHash>());
+
+      initCompleter.complete(true);
+    });
+
     test('emits BitboxSignatureFailed when the signature capture throws', () async {
       var pollCount = 0;
       when(() => service.getAllUsbDevices()).thenAnswer((_) async => [device]);