diff --git a/CHANGELOG-MOQ.md b/CHANGELOG-MOQ.md
index 4fec2c7e3..dcabdb65d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-MOQ.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-MOQ.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ covers the parent. Each entry names the parent commit it carries and every
 change the fork carries on top, with its upstream status, so an advisory
 against the parent can be checked against a release.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Discarded Retry packets no longer prevent a client from following a genuine Retry or processing Version Negotiation. Retry packets whose source CID equals the client's original destination CID are now discarded too. Backport of [moq-dev/moq#5916](https://github.com/moq-dev/moq/pull/5916), adapted to the 1.3 connection state machine. Not offered upstream yet.
+
+No public API or wire change.
+
 ## 1.3.5
 
 Parent: n0-computer/noq [`1a26a8b0`](https://github.com/n0-computer/noq/commit/1a26a8b064d21e316fe6769f068617975bd8a27b), unchanged since 1.3.0.
diff --git a/noq-proto/src/connection/mod.rs b/noq-proto/src/connection/mod.rs
index 208540e7a..794f623a7 100644
--- a/noq-proto/src/connection/mod.rs
+++ b/noq-proto/src/connection/mod.rs
@@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ pub struct Connection {
     // Congestion Control
     /// Whether the most recently received packet had an ECN codepoint set
     receiving_ecn: bool,
-    /// Number of packets authenticated
-    total_authed_packets: u64,
 
     //
     // ObservedAddr
@@ -400,7 +398,6 @@ impl Connection {
             )),
 
             receiving_ecn: false,
-            total_authed_packets: 0,
 
             next_observed_addr_seq_no: 0u32.into(),
 
@@ -3844,7 +3841,6 @@ impl Connection {
             .network_path
             .is_probably_same_path(remote);
 
-        self.total_authed_packets += 1;
         self.reset_keep_alive(path_id, now);
         self.reset_idle_timeout(now, space_id, path_id);
         self.path_data_mut(path_id).permit_idle_reset = true;
@@ -4616,6 +4612,9 @@ impl Connection {
             StateType::Draining | StateType::Drained => return Ok(()),
             StateType::Handshake => self.state.as_handshake_mut().expect("checked"),
         };
+        // Whether a server Initial was processed or a Retry accepted. Packets the client discards
+        // never count, or a forged Retry would make it ignore the genuine one.
+        let processed_server_packet = state.remote_cid_set || self.retry_src_cid.is_some();
 
         match packet.header {
             Header::Retry {
@@ -4639,9 +4638,10 @@ impl Connection {
                         )
                     })
                     .unwrap_or_default();
-                if self.total_authed_packets > 1
+                if processed_server_packet
                     || packet.payload.len() <= 16 // token + 16 byte tag
                     || !is_valid_retry
+                    || remote_cid == self.initial_dst_cid
                 {
                     trace!("discarding invalid Retry");
                     // - After the client has received and processed an Initial or Retry packet from
@@ -4864,7 +4864,8 @@ impl Connection {
                 Ok(())
             }
             Header::VersionNegotiate { .. } => {
-                if self.total_authed_packets > 1 {
+                // RFC 9000 6.2: discard once any other packet was processed.
+                if processed_server_packet {
                     return Ok(());
                 }
                 let supported = packet
diff --git a/noq-proto/src/tests/mod.rs b/noq-proto/src/tests/mod.rs
index bc0be067e..f67e71838 100644
--- a/noq-proto/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/noq-proto/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ mod multipath;
 mod proptests;
 #[cfg(not(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown")))]
 mod random_interaction;
+mod retry;
 mod token;
 
 #[cfg(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown"))]
diff --git a/noq-proto/src/tests/retry.rs b/noq-proto/src/tests/retry.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2969b47db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noq-proto/src/tests/retry.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+//! Retry validation and handshake progress after discarded packets.
+
+use assert_matches::assert_matches;
+
+use crate::{ConnectionError, ConnectionHandle, ConnectionId, Event};
+
+use super::util::{Inbound, Pair, client_config, server_config, subscribe, validate_incoming};
+
+#[cfg(all(target_family = "wasm", target_os = "unknown"))]
+use wasm_bindgen_test::wasm_bindgen_test as test;
+
+/// Rebuilds a Retry datagram with `src_cid`, under a valid integrity tag
+fn forge_retry(retry: &[u8], src_cid: &[u8], orig_dst_cid: ConnectionId) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let version = u32::from_be_bytes(retry[1..5].try_into().unwrap());
+    let dst_cid_end = 6 + retry[5] as usize;
+    let src_cid_end = dst_cid_end + 1 + retry[dst_cid_end] as usize;
+    let mut packet = retry[..dst_cid_end].to_vec();
+    packet.push(src_cid.len() as u8);
+    packet.extend_from_slice(src_cid);
+    packet.extend_from_slice(&retry[src_cid_end..retry.len() - 16]);
+    let tag = server_config()
+        .crypto
+        .retry_tag(version, orig_dst_cid, &packet);
+    packet.extend_from_slice(&tag);
+    packet
+}
+
+/// Rewrites the server's Retry datagram, given the client's original DCID, into the datagrams
+/// the client receives instead
+type Mangle = fn(&[u8], ConnectionId) -> Vec<Vec<u8>>;
+
+/// A Retry whose integrity tag fails
+fn bad_tag(retry: &[u8], _: ConnectionId) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut retry = retry.to_vec();
+    *retry.last_mut().unwrap() ^= 0xff;
+    vec![retry]
+}
+
+/// A Retry naming the client's original DCID as the server's new CID
+fn same_cid(retry: &[u8], orig_dst_cid: ConnectionId) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
+    vec![forge_retry(retry, &orig_dst_cid, orig_dst_cid)]
+}
+
+/// The server's Retry, then a second, different one
+fn second(retry: &[u8], orig_dst_cid: ConnectionId) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
+    vec![retry.to_vec(), forge_retry(retry, &[0x22; 8], orig_dst_cid)]
+}
+
+/// Starts a connection the server Retries, queueing for the client what `mangle` makes of the
+/// Retry, and returning the client's original DCID
+fn retried(mangle: Mangle) -> (Pair, ConnectionHandle, ConnectionId) {
+    let mut pair = Pair::default();
+    pair.server.handle_incoming = Box::new(validate_incoming);
+    let client_ch = pair.begin_connect(client_config());
+    pair.drive_client();
+    let (time, initial) = pair.server.inbound.pop_first().unwrap();
+    let packet = &initial.packet;
+    let orig_dst_cid = ConnectionId::new(&packet[6..6 + packet[5] as usize]);
+    pair.server.inbound.push(time, initial);
+    pair.drive_server();
+    let (time, retry) = pair.client.inbound.pop_last().unwrap();
+    assert!(pair.client.inbound.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(retry.packet[0] & 0xf0, 0xf0, "a Retry");
+    for datagram in mangle(&retry.packet, orig_dst_cid) {
+        pair.client.inbound.push(
+            time,
+            Inbound {
+                packet: datagram.as_slice().into(),
+                ..retry.clone()
+            },
+        );
+    }
+    (pair, client_ch, orig_dst_cid)
+}
+
+/// The client's next Initial keeps its original DCID unless it accepted a Retry
+#[test]
+fn invalid_retry_is_discarded() {
+    let _guard = subscribe();
+    for (mangle, accepted) in [
+        (bad_tag as Mangle, false),
+        (same_cid, false),
+        (second, true),
+    ] {
+        let (mut pair, _, orig_dst_cid) = retried(mangle);
+        pair.drive_client();
+        while pair.server.inbound.is_empty() {
+            pair.time = pair.client.next_wakeup().unwrap();
+            pair.drive_client();
+        }
+        let (_, initial) = pair.server.inbound.pop_first().unwrap();
+        let packet = &initial.packet;
+        let dst_cid = ConnectionId::new(&packet[6..6 + packet[5] as usize]);
+        assert_eq!(dst_cid != orig_dst_cid, accepted);
+    }
+}
+
+/// The client follows the first Retry and ignores the second
+#[test]
+fn second_retry_is_discarded() {
+    let _guard = subscribe();
+    let (mut pair, client_ch, _) = retried(second);
+    pair.drive();
+    let server_ch = pair.server.assert_accept();
+    pair.lax_finish_connect(client_ch, server_ch);
+}
+
+/// A discarded Retry does not stop the client from following the server's genuine Retry of its
+/// retransmitted Initial
+#[test]
+fn retry_after_invalid_retry() {
+    let _guard = subscribe();
+    for mangle in [bad_tag as Mangle, same_cid] {
+        let (mut pair, client_ch, _) = retried(mangle);
+        pair.drive();
+        let server_ch = pair.server.assert_accept();
+        pair.lax_finish_connect(client_ch, server_ch);
+    }
+}
+
+/// A discarded Retry does not stop the client from processing a Version Negotiation packet
+#[test]
+fn version_negotiation_after_invalid_retry() {
+    let _guard = subscribe();
+    for mangle in [bad_tag as Mangle, same_cid] {
+        let (mut pair, client_ch, orig_dst_cid) = retried(mangle);
+        let (time, retry) = pair.client.inbound.pop_last().unwrap();
+        pair.client.inbound.push(time, retry.clone());
+        let packet = &retry.packet;
+        // Echo the client's CIDs, offering only a reserved version
+        let dst_cid_end = 6 + packet[5] as usize;
+        let mut vn = vec![0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+        vn.extend_from_slice(&packet[5..dst_cid_end]);
+        vn.push(orig_dst_cid.len() as u8);
+        vn.extend_from_slice(&orig_dst_cid);
+        vn.extend_from_slice(&[0x0a, 0x1a, 0x2a, 0x3a]);
+        pair.client.inbound.push(
+            time,
+            Inbound {
+                packet: vn.as_slice().into(),
+                ecn: None,
+                ..retry
+            },
+        );
+        pair.drive_client();
+        assert_matches!(
+            pair.client_conn_mut(client_ch).poll(),
+            Some(Event::ConnectionLost {
+                reason: ConnectionError::VersionMismatch
+            })
+        );
+    }
+}