diff --git a/src/server/page-service.ts b/src/server/page-service.ts
index 4b55f817..b103ad8a 100644
--- a/src/server/page-service.ts
+++ b/src/server/page-service.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ export class PageService {
             name: page.title,
           }),
         );
+        // The page may have been deleted while Intelligence created its thread.
+        // Recheck before binding a local conversation or marking it ready.
+        this.workspace.pages.get(spaceId, pageId);
         if (!this.workspace.canAccessSpace(dotId, spaceId))
           throw new PageError('Space access has been revoked.');
         const thread =
diff --git a/tests/page-conversation-deletion.test.ts b/tests/page-conversation-deletion.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1689168f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/page-conversation-deletion.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { WorkspaceStore } from '../src/server/workspace.js';
+import { PageService } from '../src/server/page-service.js';
+
+it('does not bind a conversation when its page is deleted during thread creation', async () => {
+  const ws = new WorkspaceStore(':memory:', 'owner');
+  try {
+    const dot = ws.dots()[0];
+    const page = ws.pages.create(dot.spaceId, { title: 'Temporary' });
+    let resolve!: () => void;
+    const remote = new Promise<void>((done) => {
+      resolve = done;
+    });
+    const getOrCreateThread = vi.fn(() => remote);
+    const service = new PageService(ws, () => ({
+      getOrCreateThread,
+      getThreadMessages: async () => ({ messages: [] }),
+    }));
+    const pending = service.conversation(dot.spaceId, page.id, dot.id);
+    const outcome = expect(pending).rejects.toThrow(/Page not found/);
+    expect(getOrCreateThread).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    ws.pages.delete(dot.spaceId, page.id);
+    resolve();
+    await outcome;
+    expect(ws.conversations()).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(ws.pages.thread(page.id, dot.id)).toBeUndefined();
+    const replacement = ws.pages.create(dot.spaceId, { title: 'Replacement' });
+    const thread = await service.conversation(
+      dot.spaceId,
+      replacement.id,
+      dot.id,
+    );
+    expect(ws.pages.forThread(thread.id)?.id).toBe(replacement.id);
+  } finally {
+    ws.close();
+  }
+});