diff --git a/src/daemon/admin/index.ts b/src/daemon/admin/index.ts
index a54ad60..a085607 100644
--- a/src/daemon/admin/index.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/admin/index.ts
@@ -397,13 +397,33 @@ class AdminInterface {
         return new Promise((resolve) => {
             console.log(`requesting permission for`, keyName, { remotePubkey, method });
 
+            const ids: string[] = [];
+            let settled = false;
+            // Resolve once and ALWAYS clear every pending sendRequest callback —
+            // on timeout AND on the first admin response. Previously the timeout
+            // cleared nothing and a single admin's response cleared only its own
+            // id, so every timed-out request and (with multiple admins) the
+            // non-responding admins' entries leaked in transport.pending for the
+            // process lifetime (review AD-1/CS-2). The `settled` latch also stops
+            // a late approval from acting after the request resolved (review AD-2).
+            const finish = (value: boolean | undefined) => {
+                if (settled) return;
+                settled = true;
+                for (const id of ids) this.transport.clearPending(id);
+                resolve(value);
+            };
+
             // If an admin doesn't respond within 10 seconds, report timeout.
-            setTimeout(() => {
-                resolve(undefined);
-            }, 10000);
+            setTimeout(() => finish(undefined), 10000);
 
             for (const npub of this.npubs) {
-                const adminPubkey = nip19.decode(npub).data as string;
+                let adminPubkey: string;
+                try {
+                    adminPubkey = nip19.decode(npub).data as string;
+                } catch {
+                    console.log(`skipping malformed admin npub: ${npub}`);
+                    continue;
+                }
                 const params = JSON.stringify({
                     keyName,
                     remotePubkey,
@@ -419,17 +439,18 @@ class AdminInterface {
                     'nip44',
                     NIP46_ADMIN_RESPONSE_KIND,
                     (res) => {
-                        this.transport.clearPending(id);
+                        if (settled) return; // ignore late / duplicate responses
                         this.requestPermissionResponse(
                             remotePubkey,
                             keyName,
                             method,
                             param,
-                            resolve,
+                            finish,
                             res
                         );
                     }
                 );
+                ids.push(id);
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/daemon/nip46/transport.ts b/src/daemon/nip46/transport.ts
index b787cee..2a08a5f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/nip46/transport.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/nip46/transport.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ export class Nip46Transport {
     ): string {
         const id = Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 12);
         this.pending.set(id, cb);
+        // Defense-in-depth bound: callers (admin requestPermission) clear pending
+        // entries on resolve/timeout, but cap the map so any un-cleared path can't
+        // grow it without limit — evict the oldest (it would time out anyway).
+        // (review AD-1/CS-2)
+        if (this.pending.size > 1000) {
+            const oldest = this.pending.keys().next().value;
+            if (oldest !== undefined) this.pending.delete(oldest);
+        }
         const content = this.encrypt(remotePubkey, JSON.stringify({ id, method, params }), encryption);
         const event = finalizeEvent(
             { kind, created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000), tags: [["p", remotePubkey]], content },