diff --git a/server/lib/schemaVersions.js b/server/lib/schemaVersions.js
index cd828f8472..a197b6c480 100644
--- a/server/lib/schemaVersions.js
+++ b/server/lib/schemaVersions.js
@@ -364,7 +364,11 @@ export const PORTOS_SCHEMA_VERSIONS = Object.freeze({
   // scene records whether that protagonist is on-screen or speaking through a
   // side-device off-screen. A v3 peer would silently strip those fields on a
   // whole-record round trip and could restore wardrobe drift or put a removed
-  // protagonist back into a scene.
+  // protagonist back into a scene. v4 ALSO introduced per-episode beat outlines
+  // (`episode.storyOutline`) and the series delivery plan
+  // (`seriesPlan.deliveryOptions` / `.interEpisodeVoicemails` /
+  // `.nextSeasonTeaser`) — a v3 peer strips both, so the receiver restores them
+  // from the local record rather than treating the omission as a delete.
   // v5 = one loom-level render format pins the aspect ratio and concrete
   // dimensions shared by storyboard stills and motion clips; plot points and
   // scenes gained durable playable-challenge kinds/phase mappings; and durable
diff --git a/server/services/fableLoom/records.js b/server/services/fableLoom/records.js
index 065636b076..8607e61a5b 100644
--- a/server/services/fableLoom/records.js
+++ b/server/services/fableLoom/records.js
@@ -633,6 +633,53 @@ export async function deleteLoom(id) {
   emitRecordDeleted('fableLoom', id);
 }
 
+// Episode beat outlines arrived with schema v4, alongside the series delivery
+// plan. A <=v3 sender round-trips the record through an outline-unaware
+// sanitizer, so an absent outline there means "cannot represent" rather than
+// "the author deleted it" — restore the local one whole. A v4 sender knows the
+// outline but not the v5 plot-point/challenge mapping on its scenes, so its
+// outline wins except for those two per-scene fields.
+const preserveLegacyStoryOutline = (episode, localEpisode, senderVersion) => {
+  if (!episode.storyOutline) {
+    return senderVersion < 4 && localEpisode?.storyOutline
+      ? { storyOutline: localEpisode.storyOutline }
+      : {};
+  }
+  if (senderVersion >= 5) return {};
+  const localScenes = new Map((localEpisode?.storyOutline?.scenes || [])
+    .map((scene) => [scene.key, scene]));
+  return {
+    storyOutline: {
+      ...episode.storyOutline,
+      scenes: episode.storyOutline.scenes.map((scene) => ({
+        ...scene,
+        ...(localScenes.has(scene.key) ? {
+          plotPointId: localScenes.get(scene.key).plotPointId,
+          challengePhase: localScenes.get(scene.key).challengePhase,
+        } : {}),
+      })),
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+// The series delivery plan (overnight voicemails, inter-episode voicemails, and
+// the next-season teaser) also arrived with v4. `sanitizeSeriesPlan` omits the
+// three keys entirely when a record predates the feature, so a <=v3 sender that
+// omits them means "cannot represent" and the local plan must survive. A v4+
+// sender that omits them describes a record with genuinely no delivery plan.
+const preserveLegacyDeliveryPlan = (remotePlan, localPlan, senderVersion) => (
+  senderVersion < 4
+    && localPlan
+    && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(localPlan, 'deliveryOptions')
+    && !Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(remotePlan || {}, 'deliveryOptions')
+    ? {
+      deliveryOptions: localPlan.deliveryOptions,
+      interEpisodeVoicemails: localPlan.interEpisodeVoicemails,
+      nextSeasonTeaser: localPlan.nextSeasonTeaser,
+    }
+    : {}
+);
+
 // An older peer cannot represent newer scene production fields. When that
 // peer wins whole-record LWW after an unrelated edit, retain the local fields
 // on nodes that still exist instead of letting its unaware sanitizer clear
@@ -662,6 +709,7 @@ const preserveLegacyVisualProduction = (remote, local, senderVersion) => {
     } : {}),
     seriesPlan: senderVersion < 5 ? {
       ...remote.seriesPlan,
+      ...preserveLegacyDeliveryPlan(remote.seriesPlan, local.seriesPlan, senderVersion),
       plotPoints: (remote.seriesPlan?.plotPoints || []).map((item) => ({
         ...item,
         ...(localPlotPoints.has(item.id) ? { kind: localPlotPoints.get(item.id).kind } : {}),
@@ -675,22 +723,9 @@ const preserveLegacyVisualProduction = (remote, local, senderVersion) => {
     episodes: remote.episodes.map((episode) => {
       const localEpisode = localEpisodes.get(episode.id);
       const localNodes = new Map((localEpisode?.nodes || []).map((node) => [node.id, node]));
-      const localOutlineScenes = new Map((localEpisode?.storyOutline?.scenes || [])
-        .map((scene) => [scene.key, scene]));
       return {
         ...episode,
-        ...(senderVersion < 5 && episode.storyOutline ? {
-          storyOutline: {
-            ...episode.storyOutline,
-            scenes: episode.storyOutline.scenes.map((scene) => ({
-              ...scene,
-              ...(localOutlineScenes.has(scene.key) ? {
-                plotPointId: localOutlineScenes.get(scene.key).plotPointId,
-                challengePhase: localOutlineScenes.get(scene.key).challengePhase,
-              } : {}),
-            })),
-          },
-        } : {}),
+        ...preserveLegacyStoryOutline(episode, localEpisode, senderVersion),
         nodes: episode.nodes.map((node) => {
           const localNode = localNodes.get(node.id);
           return localNode ? {
diff --git a/server/services/fableLoom/records.test.js b/server/services/fableLoom/records.test.js
index a262248abc..7af457150e 100644
--- a/server/services/fableLoom/records.test.js
+++ b/server/services/fableLoom/records.test.js
@@ -492,6 +492,84 @@ describe('loom CRUD', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  // Beat outlines and the series delivery plan both arrived with fableLoom
+  // wire schema v4, so a v3 sender omitting them means "cannot represent" while
+  // a v4 sender omitting them means the author cleared them.
+  const seedDeliveryAndOutlineLoom = async () => {
+    let loom = await makeLoom({ name: 'Local delivery plan' });
+    loom = await addEpisode(loom.id, { title: 'Pilot' });
+    const episodeId = loom.episodes[0].id;
+    loom = await addNode(loom.id, episodeId, { title: 'The keypad' });
+    const nodeId = loom.episodes[0].nodes[0].id;
+    loom = await updateLoom(loom.id, {
+      seriesPlan: {
+        storyArc: 'The courier crosses the first blockade.',
+        plotPoints: [],
+        sideQuests: [],
+        deliveryOptions: { overnightVoicemails: true, nextSeasonTeaser: true },
+        interEpisodeVoicemails: [{
+          id: 'voicemail-1',
+          fromEpisodeId: episodeId,
+          toEpisodeId: null,
+          title: 'Between blockades',
+          transcript: 'Call the courier when the lights go out.',
+        }],
+        nextSeasonTeaser: { title: 'Season two', transcript: 'The blockade moves north.' },
+      },
+    });
+    loom = await updateEpisode(loom.id, episodeId, {
+      storyOutline: {
+        startKey: nodeId,
+        scenes: [{
+          key: nodeId, title: 'The keypad', summary: 'The planted code becomes actionable.',
+          isEnding: true, transitions: [],
+        }],
+        validation: { status: 'draft', issues: [] },
+      },
+    });
+    return loom;
+  };
+
+  const stripDeliveryAndOutline = (loom, name) => ({
+    ...loom,
+    name,
+    updatedAt: '2099-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+    seriesPlan: { storyArc: loom.seriesPlan.storyArc, plotPoints: [], sideQuests: [] },
+    episodes: loom.episodes.map(({ storyOutline: _outline, ...episode }) => episode),
+  });
+
+  it('preserves the delivery plan and beat outline when a v3 peer wins an unrelated LWW edit', async () => {
+    const loom = await seedDeliveryAndOutlineLoom();
+    const remoteV3 = stripDeliveryAndOutline(loom, 'Renamed by v3 peer');
+
+    await mergeLoomsFromSync([remoteV3], { senderSchemaVersions: { fableLoom: 3 } });
+
+    const merged = await getLoom(loom.id);
+    expect(merged.name).toBe('Renamed by v3 peer');
+    expect(merged.seriesPlan).toMatchObject({
+      deliveryOptions: { overnightVoicemails: true, nextSeasonTeaser: true },
+      interEpisodeVoicemails: [{
+        id: 'voicemail-1', transcript: 'Call the courier when the lights go out.',
+      }],
+      nextSeasonTeaser: { title: 'Season two', transcript: 'The blockade moves north.' },
+    });
+    expect(merged.episodes[0].storyOutline).toEqual(loom.episodes[0].storyOutline);
+  });
+
+  it('lets a v4 peer clear the delivery plan and beat outline it fully understands', async () => {
+    const loom = await seedDeliveryAndOutlineLoom();
+    const remoteV4 = stripDeliveryAndOutline(loom, 'Renamed by v4 peer');
+
+    await mergeLoomsFromSync([remoteV4], { senderSchemaVersions: { fableLoom: 4 } });
+
+    const merged = await getLoom(loom.id);
+    expect(merged.name).toBe('Renamed by v4 peer');
+    expect(merged.seriesPlan.deliveryOptions).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(merged.seriesPlan.interEpisodeVoicemails).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(merged.seriesPlan.nextSeasonTeaser).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(merged.episodes[0].storyOutline).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it('journals divergent story edits and can restore the authored snapshot', async () => {
     const local = await makeLoom({ name: 'Local story', premise: 'Local premise' });
     const base = { ...local, name: 'Shared story', premise: 'Shared premise' };