diff --git a/src/Integrations/Divi/Design/DesignLock.php b/src/Integrations/Divi/Design/DesignLock.php
index 747d1fb..21aa837 100644
--- a/src/Integrations/Divi/Design/DesignLock.php
+++ b/src/Integrations/Divi/Design/DesignLock.php
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
  * DiviCheckRoute (add_option() reads first and writes after, so two requests could both win; audit L6). A lock
  * older than STALE_AFTER seconds (a request that died) is taken over with a conditional UPDATE on the value just
  * read, so only one taker wins; release() deletes the row only while it still holds this instance's token, so a
- * holder that lost a stale lock cannot free the new holder's.
+ * holder that lost a stale lock cannot free the new holder's. A taken lock drops the cache of the autoloaded
+ * options, so the inventory read under the lock (and design_rev) is the stored one.
  */
 final class DesignLock
 {
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ final class DesignLock
         }
         if ($taken) {
             $this->tokens[$option] = $token;
+            // Audit L5: what the holder reads and rewrites must be the stored state, not the request-start cache
+            // (autoloaded options like Divi's live in "alloptions"); another writer may have finished since.
+            wp_cache_delete('alloptions', 'options');
         }
 
         return $taken;
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Integrations/Divi/Design/DesignLockTest.php b/tests/Unit/Integrations/Divi/Design/DesignLockTest.php
index dc260aa..e448db1 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Integrations/Divi/Design/DesignLockTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Integrations/Divi/Design/DesignLockTest.php
@@ -94,4 +94,34 @@ final class DesignLockTest extends TestCase
         $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
         DesignLock::option('pages');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Audit L5 (re-review): get_option('et_divi') comes from the object cache loaded at the start of the request
+     * (autoload / alloptions). A writer that finished meanwhile is invisible until the lock holder drops that cache.
+     */
+    public function testTheLockHolderReadsEtDiviFreshNotFromTheRequestStartCache(): void
+    {
+        $db = $this->table();
+        $stored = ['et_divi' => ['color' => 'alt']];
+        $cache = [];
+        Functions\when('get_option')->alias(static function (string $name) use (&$stored, &$cache) {
+            if (! isset($cache['options:' . $name]) && ! isset($cache['options:alloptions'][$name])) {
+                $cache['options:alloptions'][$name] = $stored[$name] ?? false;
+            }
+
+            return $cache['options:' . $name] ?? $cache['options:alloptions'][$name];
+        });
+        Functions\when('wp_cache_delete')->alias(static function (string $key, string $group = '') use (&$cache): bool {
+            unset($cache[$group . ':' . $key]);
+
+            return true;
+        });
+
+        self::assertSame(['color' => 'alt'], get_option('et_divi'), 'request B cached the old array');
+        $stored['et_divi'] = ['color' => 'neu']; // request A wrote and released meanwhile
+
+        self::assertTrue((new DesignLock())->acquire('colors'));
+        self::assertSame(['color' => 'neu'], get_option('et_divi'));
+        self::assertNotSame([], $db->rows);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/TestCase.php b/tests/Unit/TestCase.php
index 269a3bc..5f9a98b 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/TestCase.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
             'absint' => static fn ($value): int => abs((int) $value),
             'wp_slash' => static fn ($value) => $value,
             'wp_unslash' => static fn ($value) => $value,
+            'wp_cache_delete' => true,
             'sanitize_text_field' => static fn ($value): string => trim(strip_tags((string) $value)),
         ]);