diff --git a/.changeset/settled-custom-dialogs.md b/.changeset/settled-custom-dialogs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bb1690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/settled-custom-dialogs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@okyrychenko-dev/react-action-guard-router": patch
+---
+
+Settle pending custom confirmation dialogs as false on effect teardown, including unmount and hiding a preserved React Activity subtree. Clear preserved dialog state so it cannot reappear after effects reconnect. Dialog-specific resolvers now close their own dialog exactly once and cannot affect a replacement dialog. Stable hook-level controls continue to act on the current dialog.
diff --git a/packages/router/README.md b/packages/router/README.md
index 5229c95..0064b26 100644
--- a/packages/router/README.md
+++ b/packages/router/README.md
@@ -159,11 +159,24 @@ Helper hook for managing custom confirmation dialogs.
 - `dialogState: DialogState<TMessage> | null` - Current dialog state
   - `message: TMessage` - The message passed to confirm
   - `isOpen: boolean` - Whether dialog is open
-  - `resolve: (value: boolean) => void` - Internal resolver
+  - `resolve: (value: boolean) => void` - Settle and close this specific dialog
 - `confirm: (message: TMessage) => Promise<boolean>` - Show dialog, returns Promise
 - `onConfirm: () => void` - Resolve dialog with `true`
 - `onCancel: () => void` - Resolve dialog with `false`
 
+Each request settles once: confirmation resolves `true`; cancellation, replacement by
+another `confirm` call, and hook unmount resolve `false`. Calling `dialogState.resolve`
+also closes that dialog. Repeated calls and resolvers captured from an older dialog
+have no effect on a newer dialog.
+
+Effect teardown also cancels and clears the pending dialog when React preserves
+hook state, such as when an `Activity` becomes hidden. Revealing the subtree starts
+with no open dialog and allows new confirmation requests.
+
+`confirm`, `onConfirm`, and `onCancel` retain stable references across renders.
+The hook-level `onConfirm` and `onCancel` always act on the current dialog; use its
+`dialogState.resolve` when a captured callback must belong to a specific dialog.
+
 **Example:**
 
 ```tsx
diff --git a/packages/router/src/core/__tests__/useDialogState.test.ts b/packages/router/src/core/__tests__/useDialogState.test.ts
index bb4387c..38330a7 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/core/__tests__/useDialogState.test.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/core/__tests__/useDialogState.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,141 @@
 import { act, renderHook } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { Activity, createElement, StrictMode } from "react";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { useDialogState } from "../useDialogState";
+import type { PropsWithChildren } from "react";
 
 describe("useDialogState", () => {
+  it("should clear a pending dialog when Activity hides and support a new dialog after reveal", async () => {
+    let mode: "visible" | "hidden" = "visible";
+    const { result, rerender } = renderHook(() => useDialogState(), {
+      wrapper: ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => createElement(Activity, { mode, children }),
+    });
+    const outcomes: Array<boolean> = [];
+
+    act(() => {
+      void result.current.confirm("First").then((value) => outcomes.push(value));
+    });
+
+    const firstDialog = result.current.dialogState;
+
+    if (!firstDialog) {
+      throw new Error("Expected an open dialog");
+    }
+
+    mode = "hidden";
+
+    rerender();
+
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(outcomes).toEqual([false]);
+
+    mode = "visible";
+
+    rerender();
+
+    expect(result.current.dialogState).toBeNull();
+
+    act(() => {
+      void result.current.confirm("Second").then((value) => outcomes.push(value));
+      firstDialog.resolve(true);
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current.dialogState?.message).toBe("Second");
+
+    act(() => result.current.onConfirm());
+
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(outcomes).toEqual([false, true]);
+    expect(result.current.dialogState).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each([true, false])("should ignore a replaced resolver settling with %s", async (value) => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useDialogState());
+    const outcomes: Array<boolean> = [];
+
+    act(() => {
+      void result.current.confirm("First").then((outcome) => outcomes.push(outcome));
+    });
+
+    const firstDialog = result.current.dialogState;
+
+    if (!firstDialog) {
+      throw new Error("Expected an open dialog");
+    }
+    act(() => {
+      void result.current.confirm("Second").then((outcome) => outcomes.push(outcome));
+      firstDialog.resolve(value);
+    });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(outcomes).toEqual([false]);
+    expect(result.current.dialogState?.message).toBe("Second");
+
+    act(() => result.current.onConfirm());
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(outcomes).toEqual([false, true]);
+  });
+
+  it("should support dialogs after Strict Mode effect cleanup and deny retained controls after unmount", async () => {
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() => useDialogState(), { wrapper: StrictMode });
+    const { confirm, onConfirm, onCancel } = result.current;
+    const outcomes: Array<boolean> = [];
+
+    act(() => {
+      void confirm("Leave?").then((value) => outcomes.push(value));
+    });
+    expect(result.current.dialogState?.message).toBe("Leave?");
+    unmount();
+    onConfirm();
+    onCancel();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(outcomes).toEqual([false]);
+    await expect(confirm("After unmount")).resolves.toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("should deny the pending dialog on unmount", async () => {
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() => useDialogState());
+    const settled: Array<boolean> = [];
+
+    act(() => {
+      void result.current.confirm("Leave?").then((value) => settled.push(value));
+    });
+    unmount();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(settled).toEqual([false]);
+  });
+
+  it("should close its own dialog and ignore repeated or stale resolvers", async () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useDialogState());
+    const outcomes: Array<boolean> = [];
+
+    act(() => {
+      void result.current.confirm("First").then((value) => outcomes.push(value));
+    });
+
+    const firstDialog = result.current.dialogState;
+
+    if (!firstDialog) {
+      throw new Error("Expected an open dialog");
+    }
+    act(() => firstDialog.resolve(true));
+    expect(result.current.dialogState).toBeNull();
+
+    act(() => {
+      void result.current.confirm("Second").then((value) => outcomes.push(value));
+      firstDialog.resolve(false);
+      firstDialog.resolve(true);
+    });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(outcomes).toEqual([true]);
+    expect(result.current.dialogState?.message).toBe("Second");
+
+    act(() => result.current.onCancel());
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(outcomes).toEqual([true, false]);
+  });
+
   describe("Initialization", () => {
     it("should initialize with null dialog state", () => {
       const { result } = renderHook(() => useDialogState());
diff --git a/packages/router/src/core/useDialogState.ts b/packages/router/src/core/useDialogState.ts
index ca72c38..f146613 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/core/useDialogState.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/core/useDialogState.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import type { Nullable } from "@okyrychenko-dev/type-utils";
 
 /**
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface DialogState<T = string> {
   /** The data to display in the dialog (typically a message) */
   message: T;
 
-  /** Resolver function to confirm/cancel navigation */
+  /** Settle and close this dialog; repeated or stale calls have no effect */
   resolve: (confirmed: boolean) => void;
 }
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface UseDialogStateReturn<T = string> {
 
   /**
    * Function to use as onConfirm callback.
-   * Returns a Promise that resolves when user confirms/cancels.
+   * Resolves true on confirmation, false on cancellation, replacement or effect teardown.
    */
   confirm: (message: T) => Promise<boolean>;
 
@@ -41,29 +41,50 @@ export interface UseDialogStateReturn<T = string> {
 export function useDialogState<T = string>(): UseDialogStateReturn<T> {
   const [dialogState, setDialogState] = useState<Nullable<DialogState<T>>>(null);
   const resolveRef = useRef<Nullable<DialogState<T>["resolve"]>>(null);
+  const mountedRef = useRef(true);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    mountedRef.current = true;
+
+    return () => {
+      mountedRef.current = false;
+      resolveRef.current?.(false);
+    };
+  }, []);
 
   const confirm = useCallback((message: T): Promise<boolean> => {
+    if (!mountedRef.current) {
+      return Promise.resolve(false);
+    }
+
     return new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
       if (resolveRef.current) {
         resolveRef.current(false);
       }
-      resolveRef.current = resolve;
+
+      const settle = (confirmed: boolean): void => {
+        if (resolveRef.current !== settle) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        resolveRef.current = null;
+        resolve(confirmed);
+
+        setDialogState(null);
+      };
+
+      resolveRef.current = settle;
+
       setDialogState({
         isOpen: true,
         message,
-        resolve,
+        resolve: settle,
       });
     });
   }, []);
 
   const closeDialog = useCallback((confirmed: boolean) => {
-    const resolve = resolveRef.current;
-
-    if (resolve) {
-      resolve(confirmed);
-    }
-    resolveRef.current = null;
-    setDialogState(null);
+    resolveRef.current?.(confirmed);
   }, []);
 
   const onConfirm = useCallback(() => {