diff --git a/apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts b/apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts
index 5e45a21..f4dc79f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/broker/outboxWorker.ts
@@ -434,10 +434,23 @@ export async function runOutboxDrain(): Promise<void> {
         const result = await dispatchRow(row)
 
         if (result.conflict) {
+          // WR-06: distinguish an edit-as-move create-412 from a same-calendar conflict.
+          // For a move (D-04) the create runs first; on 412 the paired delete is later
+          // marked failed and the original event survives — so this is NOT a "the event
+          // changed elsewhere" conflict, it is "the move could not be applied". The PWA
+          // set lastSyncedUid to the NEW (move) uid, whose only outbox row is this failed
+          // create, so without a distinct message the user sees the wrong conflict copy
+          // and has no cue to retry. Emit a move-specific lastError that does NOT contain
+          // '412' so the toast routes it to the dedicated move-failed copy instead of the
+          // generic etag-conflict copy.
+          const isMoveCreate = !!row.groupId && row.operation === 'create'
+          const conflictError = isMoveCreate
+            ? 'move-failed: the event could not be moved — re-open it and save again'
+            : (result.error ?? '412 conflict')
           // 412 — mark failed (no retry), re-sync calendar so UI sees authoritative state (D-08)
           await db
             .update(calendarOutbox)
-            .set({ status: 'failed', lastError: result.error ?? '412 conflict' })
+            .set({ status: 'failed', lastError: conflictError })
             .where(eq(calendarOutbox.id, row.id))
           await triggerTargetedResync(row.calendarUrl, row.userId)
 
diff --git a/apps/pwa/src/components/SyncStateToast.tsx b/apps/pwa/src/components/SyncStateToast.tsx
index a82f704..56b3bec 100644
--- a/apps/pwa/src/components/SyncStateToast.tsx
+++ b/apps/pwa/src/components/SyncStateToast.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ export function SyncStateToast() {
   })
 
   const status = data?.status
-  const isConflict = status === 'failed' && data?.error?.includes('412')
+  // WR-06: an edit-as-move whose create hits 412 dead-ends with no retry path (the
+  // original event is preserved, but the new uid's only outbox row is failed). The
+  // worker tags that case with a 'move-failed:' lastError so we can show distinct copy
+  // guiding the user to re-open and re-save, rather than the etag-conflict copy.
+  const isMoveFailed = status === 'failed' && !!data?.error?.startsWith('move-failed')
+  const isConflict = status === 'failed' && !isMoveFailed && data?.error?.includes('412')
   const isPersistent = status === 'failed' || status === 'dead'
 
   // Invalidate events on done OR on conflict (D-06/D-08)
@@ -113,6 +118,16 @@ export function SyncStateToast() {
         aria-hidden="true"
       />
     )
+  } else if (isMoveFailed) {
+    // WR-06: the move could not be applied; the original event is unchanged.
+    copy = "Couldn't move the event. Open it and save again."
+    icon = (
+      <AlertCircle
+        size={14}
+        style={{ color: 'var(--color-destructive)', flexShrink: 0 }}
+        aria-hidden="true"
+      />
+    )
   } else if (status === 'failed') {
     copy = "Didn't save. Try again."
     icon = (