fix(clients): restore depleted clients on renewal and prioritize operator writes (#6987)

Restore usable clients when renewed, avoid duplicate reset updates, and prioritize operator writes in the serialized traffic writer. Preserve manual disables and keep every inbound consistent after traffic resets.

internal/web/service/client_crud.go

@@ -782,6 +782,12 @@ func (s *ClientService) update(inboundSvc *InboundService, id int, updated model
 		updated.Secret = existing.Secret
 	}
 
+	// A client the quota loop switched off comes back on when this update
+	// restores a usable window, as BulkAdjust already does on a renewal (#5619).
+	if !updated.Enable && s.renewalReenables(existing.Email, updated.TotalGB, updated.ExpiryTime) {
+		updated.Enable = true
+	}
+
 	if updated.Email != existing.Email {
 		var collisionCount int64
 		if err := database.GetDB().Model(&model.ClientRecord{}).
@@ -936,6 +942,15 @@ func (s *ClientService) update(inboundSvc *InboundService, id int, updated model
 			}).Error; err != nil {
 			return needRestart, err
 		}
+		// No inbound left, so UpdateClientStat never runs; re-assert the
+		// enforcement row's off switch here or a re-enabled client stays off.
+		if merged.Enable {
+			if err := database.GetDB().Model(xray.ClientTraffic{}).
+				Where("email = ?", existing.Email).
+				UpdateColumn("enable", true).Error; err != nil {
+				return needRestart, err
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	reverseStr := ""

internal/web/service/client_inbound_apply.go

@@ -1537,9 +1537,31 @@ func (s *ClientService) ResetClientIpLimitByEmail(inboundSvc *InboundService, cl
 	})
 }
 
+// renewalReenableFor projects the post-renewal limits for a single-field
+// renewal (nil side keeps the stored limit; no row means no quota state).
+func (s *ClientService) renewalReenableFor(email string, setExpiry *int64, setTotal *int64) bool {
+	total, expiry, ok := storedTrafficLimits(email)
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	if setExpiry != nil {
+		expiry = *setExpiry
+	}
+	if setTotal != nil {
+		total = *setTotal
+	}
+	return s.renewalReenables(email, total, expiry)
+}
+
 func (s *ClientService) ResetClientExpiryTimeByEmail(inboundSvc *InboundService, clientEmail string, expiry_time int64) (bool, error) {
+	reenable := s.renewalReenableFor(clientEmail, &expiry_time, nil)
 	return s.applyClientFieldByEmail(inboundSvc, clientEmail, func(c map[string]any) {
 		c["expiryTime"] = expiry_time
+		if reenable {
+			// A renewed client that the quota loop had switched off comes back
+			// with the renewal instead of waiting for a manual enable (#5619).
+			c["enable"] = true
+		}
 	})
 }
 
@@ -1547,7 +1569,12 @@ func (s *ClientService) ResetClientTrafficLimitByEmail(inboundSvc *InboundServic
 	if totalGB < 0 {
 		return false, common.NewError("totalGB must be >= 0")
 	}
+	newTotal := int64(totalGB) * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+	reenable := s.renewalReenableFor(clientEmail, nil, &newTotal)
 	return s.applyClientFieldByEmail(inboundSvc, clientEmail, func(c map[string]any) {
-		c["totalGB"] = totalGB * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+		c["totalGB"] = newTotal
+		if reenable {
+			c["enable"] = true
+		}
 	})
 }

internal/web/service/client_renewal_reenable.go

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/database"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/database/model"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/xray"
+)
+
+// renewalReenables reports whether the quota loop switched the client off and
+// this renewal (newTotal/newExpiry, usage unchanged) clears the depletion (#5619).
+func (s *ClientService) renewalReenables(email string, newTotal, newExpiry int64) bool {
+	db := database.GetDB()
+	var traffic xray.ClientTraffic
+	if err := db.Where("email = ?", email).First(&traffic).Error; err != nil {
+		return false // no enforcement row: the quota loop never switched this client off
+	}
+	if traffic.Enable {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	cond, condArgs := depletedCond(db)
+	var wasDepleted int64
+	if err := db.Model(xray.ClientTraffic{}).
+		Where(cond+" AND email = ?", append(append([]any{}, condArgs...), email)...).
+		Count(&wasDepleted).Error; err != nil || wasDepleted == 0 {
+		return false // off for another reason than depletion: the operator's off stands
+	}
+
+	// Project the post-renewal row: total/expiry move, up/down and a fresh
+	// cross-panel push can still deplete it.
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	used := traffic.Up + traffic.Down
+	if newTotal > 0 && used >= newTotal {
+		return false // still over quota
+	}
+	if newExpiry > 0 && newExpiry <= now {
+		return false // still expired
+	}
+	if newTotal > 0 {
+		var globalDepleted int64
+		if err := db.Model(&model.ClientGlobalTraffic{}).
+			Where("email = ? AND updated_at >= ? AND up + down >= ?", email, globalTrafficFreshSince(time.Now()), newTotal).
+			Count(&globalDepleted).Error; err == nil && globalDepleted > 0 {
+			return false // a master's pushed usage still depletes the fresh quota
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// storedTrafficLimits reads a client's enforcement row; ok is false when the
+// client has no row, in which case no quota state can be projected for it.
+func storedTrafficLimits(email string) (total, expiry int64, ok bool) {
+	var row xray.ClientTraffic
+	if err := database.GetDB().Where("email = ?", email).First(&row).Error; err != nil {
+		return 0, 0, false
+	}
+	return row.Total, row.ExpiryTime, true
+}

internal/web/service/client_traffic.go

@@ -50,17 +50,22 @@ func (s *ClientService) ResetTrafficByEmail(inboundSvc *InboundService, email st
 		needRestart = nr
 	}
 
-	// Enable only a client the quota switched off, once the counters are zero: a
+	// Restore quota-disabled clients after zeroing; preserve an operator
-	// hand-disabled one stays off, and a still-depleted one would be switched off again.
+	// disable, including when no inbound remains.
 	if !rec.Enable && len(quotaDisabled) > 0 {
-		updated := rec.ToClient()
+		// Inbound resets already restored hosted clients. Only an unhosted
-		updated.Enable = true
+		// record still needs the full update.
-		nr, uErr := s.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, rec.LimitHwid)
+		fresh, fErr := s.GetRecordByEmail(nil, email)
-		if uErr != nil {
+		if fErr == nil && !fresh.Enable {
-			logger.Warning("Failed to auto-enable client during traffic reset:", uErr)
+			updated := fresh.ToClient()
-		}
+			updated.Enable = true
-		if nr {
+			nr, uErr := s.Update(inboundSvc, fresh.Id, *updated, fresh.LimitHwid)
-			needRestart = true
+			if uErr != nil {
+				logger.Warning("Failed to auto-enable client during traffic reset:", uErr)
+			}
+			if nr {
+				needRestart = true
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return needRestart, nil

internal/web/service/client_traffic_reset_order_test.go

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func requireResetSurvivesTick(t *testing.T, reset func() error) {
 		tickDone <- err
 	}()
 	deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Second)
-	for len(twQueue) < 2 && time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+	for trafficWriterQueueLen() < 2 && time.Now().Before(deadline) {
 		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
 	}
 	close(release)

internal/web/service/client_update_reenable_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/database"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/database/model"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/xray"
+)
+
+// renewalReenableDay keeps the seeds one day past (or before) their boundary.
+const renewalReenableDay = int64(24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+
+// seedRenewableDepletedClient seeds a local inbound whose client the quota loop
+// switched off: record off, inbound JSON off, and the traffic row off and depleted.
+func seedRenewableDepletedClient(t *testing.T, svc *ClientService, port int, email string, total, expiry, up, down int64) *model.Inbound {
+	t.Helper()
+	ib := seedLocalDisabledClient(t, svc, port, "", email, total, expiry, up, down)
+	if got := trafficOf(t, email); got.Enable {
+		t.Fatalf("seed %s: want an off traffic row, got %+v", email, got)
+	}
+	return ib
+}
+
+func TestUpdate_ReenablesDepletedClient_WhenExpiryExtended(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	email := "renew-exp@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53101, email, 0, now-2*renewalReenableDay, 0, 0)
+
+	rec, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, email)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRecordByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	updated := rec.ToClient()
+	updated.ExpiryTime = now + 30*renewalReenableDay
+	// The editor round-trips the switch as the stored off state; the renewal
+	// must turn it back on by itself.
+	if _, err := svc.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Update: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, true)
+	if got := trafficOf(t, email).ExpiryTime; got != now+30*renewalReenableDay {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: expiry = %d, want %d", email, got, now+30*renewalReenableDay)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUpdate_ReenablesDepletedClient_WhenTotalRaised(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	email := "renew-total@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53102, email, 100, 0, 60, 40)
+
+	rec, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, email)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRecordByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	updated := rec.ToClient()
+	updated.TotalGB = 300
+	if _, err := svc.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Update: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, true)
+	if got := trafficOf(t, email).Total; got != 300 {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: total = %d, want 300", email, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUpdate_KeepsDisabled_StillExpiredAfterUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	email := "renew-sml@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53103, email, 0, now-10*renewalReenableDay, 0, 0)
+
+	rec, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, email)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRecordByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	updated := rec.ToClient()
+	updated.ExpiryTime = now - 5*renewalReenableDay // an extension that still lands in the past
+	if _, err := svc.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Update: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, false)
+}
+
+func TestUpdate_KeepsDisabled_StillOverQuotaAfterUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	email := "renew-quota@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53104, email, 100, 0, 60, 40)
+
+	rec, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, email)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRecordByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	updated := rec.ToClient()
+	updated.TotalGB = 80 // still below the 100 bytes of usage
+	if _, err := svc.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Update: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, false)
+}
+
+func TestUpdate_KeepsDisabled_ManuallyDisabledNotDepleted(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	email := "renew-manual@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53105, email, 0, now+30*renewalReenableDay, 0, 0)
+
+	rec, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, email)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRecordByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	updated := rec.ToClient()
+	updated.ExpiryTime = now + 60*renewalReenableDay
+	if _, err := svc.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Update: %v", err)
+	}
+	// The quota loop never switched this client off — it reads under quota —
+	// so a manual switch-off survives a renewal.
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, false)
+}
+
+func TestUpdate_ReenablesDepletedClient_SkipsStillDepletedGlobalUsage(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	email := "renew-global@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53106, email, 100, now+30*renewalReenableDay, 0, 0)
+	// A fresh master push depletes the local limits even though up/down read 0.
+	global := model.ClientGlobalTraffic{MasterGuid: "master-a", Email: email, Up: 90, Down: 60}
+	if err := database.GetDB().Create(&global).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed global traffic: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	rec, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, email)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRecordByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	updated := rec.ToClient()
+	updated.TotalGB = 100
+	if _, err := svc.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Update: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, false)
+
+	// Raising the quota above the pushed usage re-enables it.
+	updated.TotalGB = 1000
+	if _, err := svc.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Update: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, true)
+}
+
+func TestUpdate_ReenablesDepletedClient_WithoutInbound(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	email := "renew-noib@x"
+	rec := &model.ClientRecord{
+		Email: email,
+		UUID:  "44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444",
+		SubID: email,
+	}
+	if err := database.GetDB().Create(rec).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create record: %v", err)
+	}
+	forceRecordDisabled(t, svc, email)
+	if err := database.GetDB().Create(&xray.ClientTraffic{
+		Email: email, Enable: false, ExpiryTime: now - 2*renewalReenableDay,
+	}).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed client_traffics: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	updated := rec.ToClient()
+	updated.ExpiryTime = now + 30*renewalReenableDay
+	if _, err := svc.Update(inboundSvc, rec.Id, *updated, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Update: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := recordEnableOf(t, svc, email); !got {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: client_records.enable = false, want true", email)
+	}
+	if got := trafficOf(t, email).Enable; !got {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: client_traffics.enable = false, want true (no-inbound re-enable gap)", email)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResetClientExpiryTimeByEmail_ReenablesDepletedClient(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	email := "renew-setter@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53107, email, 0, now-2*renewalReenableDay, 0, 0)
+
+	if _, err := svc.ResetClientExpiryTimeByEmail(inboundSvc, email, now+30*renewalReenableDay); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResetClientExpiryTimeByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, true)
+}
+
+func TestResetClientExpiryTimeByEmail_KeepsDisabled_ManuallyDisabledNotDepleted(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	email := "renew-setter-off@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53108, email, 0, now+30*renewalReenableDay, 0, 0)
+
+	if _, err := svc.ResetClientExpiryTimeByEmail(inboundSvc, email, now+60*renewalReenableDay); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResetClientExpiryTimeByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, false)
+}
+
+func TestResetClientTrafficLimitByEmail_ReenablesDepletedClient(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	email := "renew-setter-total@x"
+	ib := seedRenewableDepletedClient(t, svc, 53109, email, 100, 0, 60, 40)
+
+	if _, err := svc.ResetClientTrafficLimitByEmail(inboundSvc, email, 1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResetClientTrafficLimitByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ib.Id, email, true)
+	if got := trafficOf(t, email).Total; got != 1<<30 {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: total = %d, want %d", email, got, 1<<30)
+	}
+}
+
+// A client living on several inbounds must come back on every one of them,
+// not only the inbound whose reset ran first.
+func TestResetTrafficByEmail_ReenablesEveryInboundOfTheClient(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	email := "renew-multi@x"
+	c := model.Client{
+		Email: email, ID: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111", SubID: email,
+		Enable: false, TotalGB: 1000,
+	}
+	ibA := mkInbound(t, 53201, model.VLESS, clientsSettings(t, []model.Client{c}))
+	ibB := mkInbound(t, 53202, model.VLESS, clientsSettings(t, []model.Client{c}))
+	for _, ib := range []*model.Inbound{ibA, ibB} {
+		if err := svc.SyncInbound(nil, ib.Id, []model.Client{c}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("SyncInbound %d: %v", ib.Id, err)
+		}
+	}
+	mkTraffic(t, ibA.Id, email, 600, 500, 1000, 0, false)
+	forceRecordDisabled(t, svc, email)
+
+	if _, err := svc.ResetTrafficByEmail(inboundSvc, email); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResetTrafficByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ibA.Id, email, true)
+	assertEnableEverywhere(t, svc, inboundSvc, ibB.Id, email, true)
+	if got := trafficOf(t, email); !got.Enable || got.Up+got.Down != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: traffic row enable=%v used=%d, want enabled at 0", email, got.Enable, got.Up+got.Down)
+	}
+}

internal/web/service/inbound_disable.go

@@ -275,6 +275,48 @@ func (s *InboundService) markClientsDisabledInSettings(tx *gorm.DB, inboundID in
 	return &snapshot, &ib, nil
 }
 
+// markClientEnabledInSettings is the re-enable twin of
+// markClientsDisabledInSettings: flip one email's stored entry back on.
+func (s *InboundService) markClientEnabledInSettings(tx *gorm.DB, inboundID int, email string) error {
+	var ib model.Inbound
+	if err := tx.Model(&model.Inbound{}).Where("id = ?", inboundID).First(&ib).Error; err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	settings := map[string]any{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(ib.Settings), &settings); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	clients, _ := settings["clients"].([]any)
+	now := time.Now().Unix() * 1000
+	mutated := false
+	for i := range clients {
+		entry, ok := clients[i].(map[string]any)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		if e, _ := entry["email"].(string); e != email {
+			continue
+		}
+		if cur, _ := entry["enable"].(bool); cur {
+			continue
+		}
+		entry["enable"] = true
+		entry["updated_at"] = now
+		clients[i] = entry
+		mutated = true
+	}
+	if !mutated {
+		return nil
+	}
+	settings["clients"] = clients
+	bs, err := json.MarshalIndent(settings, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return tx.Model(&model.Inbound{}).Where("id = ?", inboundID).
+		Update("settings", string(bs)).Error
+}
+
 // trafficDisabledEmails reports which emails have a switched-off stats row. The
 // table is email-keyed and its inbound_id goes stale, so never filter on it.
 func trafficDisabledEmails(db *gorm.DB, emails []string) (map[string]struct{}, error) {

internal/web/service/inbound_node.go

@@ -390,7 +390,9 @@ func (s *InboundService) SnapshotHasUnadoptedInbounds(nodeID int, snap *runtime.
 // config push just landed, whose snapshot may still predate it (#6228).
 func (s *InboundService) SetRemoteTraffic(nodeID int, snap *runtime.TrafficSnapshot, dirty, justPushed bool) (bool, error) {
 	var structuralChange bool
-	err := submitTrafficWrite(func() error {
+	// Node merges take the background lane: a per-client mutation the operator
+	// is waiting on must not queue behind the next batch of 5s snapshots.
+	err := submitTrafficWriteBackground(func() error {
 		var inner error
 		structuralChange, inner = s.setRemoteTrafficLocked(nodeID, snap, dirty, justPushed)
 		return inner

internal/web/service/inbound_traffic.go

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ func (s *InboundService) AddTraffic(inboundTraffics []*xray.Traffic, clientTraff
 	var disabledNodeIDs []int
 	var remotePlans []trafficInboundUpdatePlan
 	var renewed []string
-	err = submitTrafficWrite(func() error {
+	// The periodic poll takes the background lane: an operator's save or reset
+	// queued while a poll runs must not sit behind the next merge batch.
+	err = submitTrafficWriteBackground(func() error {
 		var inner error
 		needRestart, clientsDisabled, disabledNodeIDs, remotePlans, renewed, inner = s.addTrafficLocked(inboundTraffics, clientTraffics)
 		return inner
@@ -720,55 +722,61 @@ func (s *InboundService) resetClientTrafficLocked(id int, clientEmail string) (b
 	needRestart := false
 	var reenablePlan *trafficLocalApplyPlan
 	var reenableNodeID *int
+	// This inbound's stored entry read off and this reset flips it back on,
+	// in the same transaction as the zeroing.
+	flipStoredEntry := false
 
 	traffic, err := s.GetClientTrafficByEmail(clientEmail)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, nil, err
 	}
-	// A reset lifts the quota gate only: a client switched off by hand stays off.
 	keepOff, err := handDisabledEmails(database.GetDB(), []string{clientEmail})
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, nil, err
 	}
 	handDisabled := len(keepOff) > 0
-
+	inbound, err := s.GetInbound(id)
-	if !traffic.Enable && !handDisabled {
+	if err != nil {
-		inbound, err := s.GetInbound(id)
+		return false, nil, err
-		if err != nil {
+	}
-			return false, nil, err
+	clients, err := s.GetClients(inbound)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, nil, err
+	}
+	// Check each stored entry: the first reset already enables the shared
+	// row. A row-only check would leave sibling inbounds disabled.
+	entry := (*model.Client)(nil)
+	for i := range clients {
+		if clients[i].Email == clientEmail {
+			entry = &clients[i]
+			break
 		}
-		clients, err := s.GetClients(inbound)
+	}
-		if err != nil {
+	if entry != nil && !handDisabled && (!entry.Enable || !traffic.Enable) {
-			return false, nil, err
+		flipStoredEntry = true
-		}
+		cipher := ""
-		for _, client := range clients {
+		if string(inbound.Protocol) == "shadowsocks" {
-			if client.Email == clientEmail && client.Enable {
+			var oldSettings map[string]any
-				cipher := ""
+			err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(inbound.Settings), &oldSettings)
-				if string(inbound.Protocol) == "shadowsocks" {
+			if err != nil {
-					var oldSettings map[string]any
+				return false, nil, err
-					err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(inbound.Settings), &oldSettings)
-					if err != nil {
-						return false, nil, err
-					}
-					cipher, _ = oldSettings["method"].(string)
-				}
-				clientMap := map[string]any{
-					"email":    client.Email,
-					"id":       client.ID,
-					"auth":     client.Auth,
-					"security": client.Security,
-					"flow":     client.Flow,
-					"password": client.Password,
-					"cipher":   cipher,
-					"reverse":  client.Reverse,
-				}
-				if inbound.NodeID != nil {
-					reenableNodeID = inbound.NodeID
-				} else {
-					reenablePlan = &trafficLocalApplyPlan{action: trafficAddUser, inbound: *inbound, client: clientMap}
-				}
-				break
 			}
+			cipher, _ = oldSettings["method"].(string)
+		}
+		clientMap := map[string]any{
+			"email":    entry.Email,
+			"id":       entry.ID,
+			"auth":     entry.Auth,
+			"security": entry.Security,
+			"flow":     entry.Flow,
+			"password": entry.Password,
+			"cipher":   cipher,
+			"reverse":  entry.Reverse,
+		}
+		if inbound.NodeID != nil {
+			reenableNodeID = inbound.NodeID
+		} else {
+			reenablePlan = &trafficLocalApplyPlan{action: trafficAddUser, inbound: *inbound, client: clientMap}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -778,10 +786,6 @@ func (s *InboundService) resetClientTrafficLocked(id int, clientEmail string) (b
 
 	db := database.GetDB()
 	now := time.Now().UnixMilli()
-	inbound, err := s.GetInbound(id)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, nil, err
-	}
 	if err := db.Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
 		if err := adjustGroupBaselinesForRemovedTraffic(tx, []string{clientEmail}); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -803,16 +807,32 @@ func (s *InboundService) resetClientTrafficLocked(id int, clientEmail string) (b
 			Update("last_traffic_reset_time", now).Error; err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if flipStoredEntry {
+			// Restore quota-disabled entries with the counters; an operator
+			// disable has already been excluded.
+			if err := s.markClientEnabledInSettings(tx, id, clientEmail); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := tx.Model(&model.ClientRecord{}).Where("email = ?", clientEmail).
+				Updates(map[string]any{"enable": true, "updated_at": now}).Error; err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 		if reenableNodeID != nil {
 			return (&NodeService{}).MarkNodeDirtyTx(tx, *reenableNodeID)
 		}
-		if inbound != nil && inbound.NodeID != nil {
+		if inbound.NodeID != nil {
 			return (&NodeService{}).MarkNodeDirtyTx(tx, *inbound.NodeID)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
 		return false, nil, err
 	}
+	if flipStoredEntry {
+		// The entry left the subscription in its disabled state; a just
+		// re-enabled client must not keep missing from it.
+		InvalidateSubData()
+	}
 
 	if reenablePlan != nil {
 		rt, err := s.runtimeFor(&reenablePlan.inbound)
@@ -826,10 +846,7 @@ func (s *InboundService) resetClientTrafficLocked(id int, clientEmail string) (b
 		}
 	}
 
-	if inbound != nil {
+	return needRestart, inbound.NodeID, nil
-		return needRestart, inbound.NodeID, nil
-	}
-	return needRestart, nil, nil
 }
 
 // ResetAllTraffics zeroes every inbound's counters and brings back the inbounds a traffic

internal/web/service/inbound_traffic_global.go

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (s *InboundService) AcceptGlobalTraffic(masterGuid string, traffics []*xray
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return submitTrafficWrite(func() error {
+	return submitTrafficWriteBackground(func() error {
 		db := database.GetDB()
 		known := make([]string, 0, len(emails))
 		for _, batch := range chunkStrings(emails, sqlInChunk) {

internal/web/service/traffic_writer.go

@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ type trafficWriteRequest struct {
 type serializedTxContextKey struct{}
 
 var (
-	twMu     sync.Mutex
+	twMu         sync.Mutex
-	twQueue  chan *trafficWriteRequest
+	twAdminQueue chan *trafficWriteRequest
-	twCtx    context.Context
+	twBgQueue    chan *trafficWriteRequest
-	twCancel context.CancelFunc
+	twCtx        context.Context
-	twDone   chan struct{}
+	twCancel     context.CancelFunc
+	twDone       chan struct{}
 )
 
 // StartTrafficWriter spins up the serial writer goroutine. Safe to call again
@@ -53,16 +54,18 @@ func StartTrafficWriter() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	queue := make(chan *trafficWriteRequest, trafficWriterQueueSize)
+	adminQueue := make(chan *trafficWriteRequest, trafficWriterQueueSize)
+	bgQueue := make(chan *trafficWriteRequest, trafficWriterQueueSize)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 
-	twQueue = queue
+	twAdminQueue = adminQueue
+	twBgQueue = bgQueue
 	twCtx = ctx
 	twCancel = cancel
 	twDone = done
 
-	go runTrafficWriter(ctx, queue, done)
+	go runTrafficWriter(ctx, adminQueue, bgQueue, done)
 }
 
 // StopTrafficWriter cancels the writer context and waits for the goroutine to
@@ -89,31 +92,68 @@ func StopTrafficWriter() {
 }
 
 func clearTrafficWriterState() {
-	twQueue = nil
+	twAdminQueue = nil
+	twBgQueue = nil
 	twCtx = nil
 	twCancel = nil
 	twDone = nil
 }
 
-func runTrafficWriter(ctx context.Context, queue chan *trafficWriteRequest, done chan struct{}) {
+// trafficWriterQueueLen is the test's view of both lanes' pending requests.
+func trafficWriterQueueLen() int {
+	twMu.Lock()
+	defer twMu.Unlock()
+	return len(twAdminQueue) + len(twBgQueue)
+}
+
+// One goroutine serves both lanes (no two writes side by side — the Postgres
+// deadlock guard c5d31de4e; the admin lane is preferred over the 5s poll and node merges, #6035).
+func runTrafficWriter(ctx context.Context, adminQueue, bgQueue chan *trafficWriteRequest, done chan struct{}) {
 	defer close(done)
 	for {
 		select {
-		case req := <-queue:
+		case req := <-adminQueue:
 			req.done <- safeApply(req.apply)
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			for {
+			drainTrafficWriter(adminQueue, bgQueue)
-				select {
+			return
-				case req := <-queue:
+		default:
-					req.done <- safeApply(req.apply)
+			select {
-				default:
+			case req := <-adminQueue:
-					return
+				req.done <- safeApply(req.apply)
-				}
+			case req := <-bgQueue:
+				req.done <- safeApply(req.apply)
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				drainTrafficWriter(adminQueue, bgQueue)
+				return
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+// drainTrafficWriter finishes every request already queued on shutdown, as the
+// single-queue writer used to: both lanes drain until empty, so no write is dropped.
+func drainTrafficWriter(adminQueue, bgQueue chan *trafficWriteRequest) {
+	for {
+		drained := false
+		select {
+		case req := <-adminQueue:
+			req.done <- safeApply(req.apply)
+			drained = true
+		default:
+		}
+		select {
+		case req := <-bgQueue:
+			req.done <- safeApply(req.apply)
+			drained = true
+		default:
+		}
+		if !drained {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // runSerializedTx runs fn inside one DB transaction on the shared serial
 // traffic-writer goroutine, so it can never execute concurrently with the
 // @every 5s traffic poll (AddTraffic). Both touch the hot client_traffics and
@@ -167,13 +207,28 @@ func safeApply(fn func() error) (err error) {
 	return fn()
 }
 
+// submitTrafficWrite runs fn on the serial writer's admin lane, ahead of any
+// queued periodic work (the traffic poll, the node sync merges).
 func submitTrafficWrite(fn func() error) error {
+	return submitTrafficWriteLane(fn, false)
+}
+
+// submitTrafficWriteBackground runs fn on the periodic lane (the 5s traffic poll
+// and node snapshot merges), served only when no admin-lane write is queued.
+func submitTrafficWriteBackground(fn func() error) error {
+	return submitTrafficWriteLane(fn, true)
+}
+
+func submitTrafficWriteLane(fn func() error, background bool) error {
 	req := &trafficWriteRequest{apply: fn, done: make(chan error, 1)}
 
 	twMu.Lock()
-	queue := twQueue
+	queue := twAdminQueue
 	ctx := twCtx
 	done := twDone
+	if background {
+		queue = twBgQueue
+	}
 	if queue == nil || ctx == nil || done == nil {
 		twMu.Unlock()
 		return safeApply(fn)

internal/web/service/traffic_writer_test.go

@@ -161,13 +161,7 @@ func waitTrafficWriterQueued(t *testing.T) {
 
 	deadline := time.Now().Add(time.Second)
 	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
-		twMu.Lock()
+		if trafficWriterQueueLen() > 0 {
-		queued := 0
-		if twQueue != nil {
-			queued = len(twQueue)
-		}
-		twMu.Unlock()
-		if queued > 0 {
 			return
 		}
 		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
@@ -217,10 +211,7 @@ func parkSerializedWriter(t *testing.T) (release func()) {
 func waitForQueuedWrite() bool {
 	deadline := time.Now().Add(time.Second)
 	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
-		twMu.Lock()
+		if trafficWriterQueueLen() > 0 {
-		queued := len(twQueue) > 0
-		twMu.Unlock()
-		if queued {
 			return true
 		}
 		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
@@ -228,6 +219,99 @@ func waitForQueuedWrite() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// A write the operator is waiting on must not queue behind the periodic work
+// that keeps arriving every 5s (#6035): with both lanes filled, admin runs first.
+func TestTrafficWriterAdminLanePreemptsBackgroundQueue(t *testing.T) {
+	resetTrafficWriterForTest(t)
+
+	StartTrafficWriter()
+	parkStarted := make(chan struct{})
+	releasePark := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		_ = submitTrafficWrite(func() error {
+			close(parkStarted)
+			<-releasePark
+			return nil
+		})
+	}()
+	waitTrafficWriterSignal(t, parkStarted, "parking write did not start")
+
+	order := make(chan string, 2)
+	bgDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		bgDone <- submitTrafficWriteBackground(func() error {
+			order <- "background"
+			return nil
+		})
+	}()
+	adminDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		adminDone <- submitTrafficWrite(func() error {
+			order <- "admin"
+			return nil
+		})
+	}()
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(time.Second)
+	for trafficWriterQueueLen() < 2 && time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	if trafficWriterQueueLen() < 2 {
+		t.Fatal("both writes did not reach the queues")
+	}
+
+	close(releasePark)
+	if got := <-order; got != "admin" {
+		t.Fatalf("first write served after the parked one = %q, want admin: the lane the operator waits on", got)
+	}
+	if got := <-order; got != "background" {
+		t.Fatalf("second write served = %q, want background", got)
+	}
+	if err := <-adminDone; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("admin write: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := <-bgDone; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("background write: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// A stop must drain every queued write on both lanes, not one per lane: a
+// submitter blocked behind two queued writes must not read "stopped".
+func TestTrafficWriterStopDrainsEveryQueuedWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	resetTrafficWriterForTest(t)
+
+	StartTrafficWriter()
+	parkStarted := make(chan struct{})
+	releasePark := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		_ = submitTrafficWrite(func() error {
+			close(parkStarted)
+			<-releasePark
+			return nil
+		})
+	}()
+	waitTrafficWriterSignal(t, parkStarted, "parking write did not start")
+
+	results := make(chan error, 3)
+	go func() { results <- submitTrafficWrite(func() error { return nil }) }()
+	go func() { results <- submitTrafficWrite(func() error { return nil }) }()
+	go func() { results <- submitTrafficWriteBackground(func() error { return nil }) }()
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(time.Second)
+	for trafficWriterQueueLen() < 3 && time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	if trafficWriterQueueLen() < 3 {
+		t.Fatal("queued writes did not all reach the lanes")
+	}
+
+	close(releasePark)
+	StopTrafficWriter()
+	for range 3 {
+		if err := waitTrafficWriterErr(t, results); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("a queued write was dropped on stop: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func waitWriterResult(t *testing.T, done <-chan error) error {
 	t.Helper()
 	select {

internal/web/service/tuic_traffic_receipt.go

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ func (s *InboundService) AddTuicTrafficBatch(id string, traffic []*xray.ClientTr
 	if id == "" {
 		return errors.New("TUIC traffic batch has no ID")
 	}
-	return submitTrafficWrite(func() error {
+	// The receipt journal is periodic accounting, not an operator action.
+	return submitTrafficWriteBackground(func() error {
 		return database.GetDB().Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
 			result := tx.Clauses(clause.OnConflict{DoNothing: true}).Create(&model.TuicTrafficReceipt{ID: id})
 			if result.Error != nil {