diff --git a/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/MAINT-24-charge-first.md b/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/MAINT-24-charge-first.md
index 8cdbe82..2a84b3f 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/MAINT-24-charge-first.md
+++ b/goodwe_controller/DECISIONS/MAINT-24-charge-first.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MAINT-24 - a started maintenance charge gets the cheap night
 
-**Status: for review.** Tests: `test_maint24.py` (`test_opt20.py`'s `ch_ch_maint` digest moved with it). No option added; the MAINT-13
+**Status: for review.** Also fixes MAINT-25 (last section). Tests: `test_maint24.py` (`test_opt20.py`'s `ch_ch_maint` digest moved with it). No option added; the MAINT-13
 timeout numbers are unchanged. Folds in SAFETY-80. SAFETY-111 stays on its card (section 3).
 
 **What happened (live 0.21.0, A, 2026-11-08..11).** A sat in its maintenance
@@ -68,3 +68,14 @@ gives.
 The MAINT-13 timeout, the peak aim itself, the month peak, `P_MAINT_SHAPE` and
 `P_ARBITRAGE`. The Home card for B does not say "the other battery is cycling"
 for a CHARGE phase (`other_cycle` reads "emptying"); that is a wording card.
+
+## MAINT-25: the Home plan honours the 7-day back-off
+
+After a failed cycle `wants_start()` waits 7 days (MAINT-13, `backoff_until()`),
+but `homeview.maintenance_runs()` only asked `due()`, so the plan drew a cycle at
+the start hour every night of the wait. During the back-off it now draws no run
+for that battery and shows one line instead: "Battery A: the monthly cycle waits
+until 19 November." (Dutch: "... wacht tot 19 november."). A cycle completed
+after the failure ends it, as in `backoff_until()`. The other battery is planned
+as before. Tests: `test_maint25.py` (N=1 and N=2, 1 day, 7 days, completion
+before and after the failure, Dutch).
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/app/homeview.py b/goodwe_controller/app/homeview.py
index ce644f1..dc19a7b 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/app/homeview.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/app/homeview.py
@@ -630,6 +630,11 @@ def maintenance_runs(c, day0, day1, now, shadow):
                              run_cycle_why(shadow),
                              run_cycle_amount(hours)))
             continue
+        until = m.backoff_until(now)
+        if until is not None:
+            # MAINT-25: a failed cycle waits (MAINT-13); no run is planned.
+            lines.append(line_cycle_backoff(inv.name, until))
+            continue
         if not m.due(now) and (m.next_due(now) is None
                                or m.next_due(now) >= day1):
             continue
@@ -1529,6 +1534,13 @@ def line_cycle_waits(name) -> str:
     return _t("cycle_waits", name=name)
 
 
+def line_cycle_backoff(name, until) -> str:
+    """MAINT-25: the failed cycle waits until `until` (MAINT-13)."""
+    local = brussels(until)
+    return _t("cycle_backoff", name=name, day=local.day,
+              month=month_name(local))
+
+
 def line_no_prices(since, now) -> str:
     """PRICE-01: no price covers now. `since` is an instant or None."""
     if since is None:
@@ -1669,6 +1681,8 @@ def _samples() -> list:
             ("plan", run_house_why()), ("plan", run_house_why(True)),
             ("plan", run_house_amount()),
             ("plan", line_cycle_waits("Battery B")),
+            ("plan", line_cycle_backoff("Battery B", datetime(
+                2026, 11, 19, 12, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc))),
             ("plan", line_no_prices(None, datetime(2026, 10, 14, 9, 0,
                                                    tzinfo=timezone.utc))),
             ("plan", line_no_prices(datetime(2026, 10, 14, 0, 0,
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/app/ui_text/en.json b/goodwe_controller/app/ui_text/en.json
index 12859a8..3fd2f34 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/app/ui_text/en.json
+++ b/goodwe_controller/app/ui_text/en.json
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@
       "give": "Tomorrow: gives power at {at}, {eur} per kWh.",
       "give_would": "Tomorrow: would give power at {at}, {eur} per kWh."
     },
+    "cycle_backoff": "{name}: the monthly cycle waits until {day} {month}.",
     "cycle_waits": "{name} waits its turn for the monthly cycle.",
     "no_prices_yet": "No prices yet, maintenance waits.",
     "no_prices_since": "No prices since {at}, maintenance waits.",
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/app/ui_text/nl.json b/goodwe_controller/app/ui_text/nl.json
index 75cd441..10315ff 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/app/ui_text/nl.json
+++ b/goodwe_controller/app/ui_text/nl.json
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@
       "no_level": "Nu geen handel op prijs: een laadniveau is onbekend."
     },
     "tomorrow_trade": {"grid": "Morgen: laadt om {at}, {eur} per kWh.", "grid_would": "Morgen: zou laden om {at}, {eur} per kWh.", "give": "Morgen: levert stroom om {at}, {eur} per kWh.", "give_would": "Morgen: zou stroom leveren om {at}, {eur} per kWh."},
+    "cycle_backoff": "{name}: de maandelijkse cyclus wacht tot {day} {month}.",
     "cycle_waits": "{name} wacht zijn beurt af voor de maandelijkse cyclus.",
     "no_prices_yet": "Nog geen prijzen, onderhoud wacht.",
     "no_prices_since": "Geen prijzen sinds {at}, onderhoud wacht.",
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/test_maint25.py b/goodwe_controller/test_maint25.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d8c1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/goodwe_controller/test_maint25.py
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+"""Runnable check for MAINT-25.  `python3 test_maint25.py`
+
+After a failed monthly cycle the add-on waits 7 days (MAINT-13, `backoff_until`).
+The Home plan ignored that and drew a cycle at the start hour every night of
+the wait. Through the plan builder (`status()` as in test_home.py), N=1 and N=2:
+during the back-off no cycle run is drawn and a short line says when it waits
+until, in English and Dutch; after 7 days the run is drawn again; a cycle
+completed after the failure ends the back-off.
+Read MUTATION.md before you report a survivor.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+sys.path.insert(0, HERE)
+
+from app import homeview                                        # noqa: E402
+from app.main import Controller                                 # noqa: E402
+
+fails = []
+
+
+def check(name, cond):
+    print(f"  {'ok  ' if cond else 'FAIL'} {name}")
+    if not cond:
+        fails.append(name)
+
+
+class _Store:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.data = {}
+
+    def set(self, k, v):
+        self.data[k] = v
+
+    def get(self, k, d=None):
+        return self.data.get(k, d)
+
+    def set_time(self, k, v):
+        self.data[k] = v.isoformat()
+
+    def get_time(self, k):
+        v = self.data.get(k)
+        return None if v is None else datetime.fromisoformat(v)
+
+
+class _Pub:
+    enabled = False
+
+    def publish(self, _v):
+        pass
+
+    def close(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class _Hass:
+    session = None
+    token = ""
+
+    async def limits(self, _e):
+        return (-5000.0, 5000.0, 1.0)
+
+    async def number(self, _e, invert=False):
+        return None
+
+    async def state(self, _e):
+        return None
+
+    async def set_number(self, _e, _v):
+        return True
+
+    async def call(self, *_a):
+        return True
+
+    async def states(self):
+        return []
+
+
+ONE = {"setpoint_entity": "number.sp", "meter_entity": "sensor.grid",
+       "soc_entity": "sensor.soc", "batt_entity": "sensor.batt",
+       "meter_source": "off", "max_w": 5000, "shadow_mode": "off",
+       "maintenance_enabled": False}
+TWO = dict(ONE, inverters=[
+    {"name": "Battery A", "setpoint_entity": "number.a", "soc_entity":
+     "sensor.soc_a", "batt_entity": "sensor.batt_a", "max_w": 2500,
+     "capacity_kwh": 9.6},
+    {"name": "Battery B", "setpoint_entity": "number.b", "soc_entity":
+     "sensor.soc_b", "batt_entity": "sensor.batt_b", "max_w": 2500,
+     "capacity_kwh": 5.4}])
+
+# Sunday 27 September 2026, 11:40 in Brussels (09:40 UTC): the mockup's day.
+NOW = datetime(2026, 9, 27, 9, 40, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+DAY0 = datetime(2026, 9, 26, 22, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+MOCK = [.24, .22, .21, .20, .21, .22, .24, .27, .26, .22, .18, .16, .15, .14,
+        .16, .19, .23, .28, .33, .36, .34, .29, .26, .24]
+
+
+def make(opts, *, soc=(62.0, 35.0), batt=(-2500.0, -300.0), grid=10.0,
+         auto=True, wrote=0.0):
+    """`wrote` is each inverter's last accepted power request (None: none yet)."""
+    c = Controller(dict(opts), _Hass(), _Store(), _Pub(), stop=asyncio.Event())
+    c.auto = auto
+    for i, inv in enumerate(c.inverters):
+        inv.soc, inv.batt = soc[i], batt[i]
+        inv.last_write = wrote
+        inv.dev_min, inv.dev_max = -5000.0, 5000.0
+    c.grid = grid
+    return c
+
+
+
+NOW = datetime(2026, 9, 27, 9, 40, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+ONE = {"setpoint_entity": "number.sp", "meter_entity": "sensor.grid",
+       "soc_entity": "sensor.soc", "batt_entity": "sensor.batt",
+       "meter_source": "off", "max_w": 5000, "shadow_mode": "off",
+       "maintenance_enabled": True, "maintenance_start_hour": 12}
+TWO = dict(ONE, inverters=[
+    {"name": "Battery A", "setpoint_entity": "number.a", "soc_entity":
+     "sensor.soc_a", "batt_entity": "sensor.batt_a", "max_w": 2500,
+     "capacity_kwh": 9.6},
+    {"name": "Battery B", "setpoint_entity": "number.b", "soc_entity":
+     "sensor.soc_b", "batt_entity": "sensor.batt_b", "max_w": 2500,
+     "capacity_kwh": 5.4}])
+
+
+def make(opts, failed=None, done=None):
+    c = Controller(dict(opts), _Hass(), _Store(), _Pub(), stop=asyncio.Event())
+    c.auto = True
+    for inv in c.inverters:
+        inv.soc, inv.batt, inv.last_write = 50.0, 0.0, 0.0
+        inv.dev_min, inv.dev_max = -5000.0, 5000.0
+    c.grid = 10.0
+    m = c.maints[0]
+    if failed is not None:
+        m.store.set_time("last_failed", failed)
+    if done is not None:
+        m.store.set_time("last_completed", done)
+    return c
+
+
+def plan(c, lang=None):
+    s = c.status_payload()
+    s.update(homeview.build(c, level=s["level"], checks=s["checks"], now=NOW,
+                              **({} if lang is None else {"lang": lang})))
+    p = s["plan"]
+    return [r for r in p["runs"] if r["kind"] == "cycle"], p["lines"]
+
+
+D = timedelta(days=1)
+print("1. a cycle failed 1 day ago (N=2: Battery A failed, B never ran)")
+runs, lines = plan(make(TWO, failed=NOW - D))
+print("   ", [r["from"] for r in runs], lines)
+check("the run tonight is B's, not A's (A waits out the back-off)",
+      len(runs) == 1 and not any("Battery A waits its turn" in x for x in lines))
+check("a plain line says Battery A waits until 3 October",
+      any("Battery A: the monthly cycle waits until 3 October." == x
+          for x in lines))
+
+print("\n2. N=1")
+runs1, lines1 = plan(make(ONE, failed=NOW - D))
+check("no cycle run is drawn, one line says when it waits until",
+      runs1 == [] and any("waits until 3 October" in x for x in lines1))
+runs1b, lines1b = plan(make(ONE))
+check("without a failure the run is drawn (non-vacuous)",
+      len(runs1b) == 1 and not any("waits until" in x for x in lines1b))
+
+print("\n3. after the 7 days, and after a cycle that completed")
+runs2, lines2 = plan(make(ONE, failed=NOW - timedelta(days=7, hours=1)))
+check("7 days and an hour after the failure the run is drawn again, no line",
+      len(runs2) == 1 and not any("waits until" in x for x in lines2))
+runs3, lines3 = plan(make(ONE, failed=NOW - D, done=NOW - D / 2))
+check("a cycle completed after the failure ends the back-off (the run is "
+      "not drawn only if it is no longer due)",
+      not any("waits until" in x for x in lines3))
+runs3b, lines3b = plan(make(ONE, failed=NOW - 2 * D, done=NOW - 3 * D))
+check("a completion BEFORE the failure does not end it",
+      runs3b == [] and any("waits until" in x for x in lines3b))
+
+print("\n4. Dutch")
+_, lnl = plan(make(ONE, failed=NOW - D), lang="nl")
+print("   ", lnl)
+check("the Dutch line says it plainly",
+      any("de maandelijkse cyclus wacht tot 3 oktober" in x for x in lnl))
+
+print()
+if fails:
+    print(f"{len(fails)} FAILED:")
+    for f in fails:
+        print(f"  - {f}")
+    sys.exit(1)
+print("all checks passed")