diff --git a/apps/fluux/src/e2ee/OpenPGPPluginBase.ts b/apps/fluux/src/e2ee/OpenPGPPluginBase.ts
index a08d0bf2..df2abf6d 100644
--- a/apps/fluux/src/e2ee/OpenPGPPluginBase.ts
+++ b/apps/fluux/src/e2ee/OpenPGPPluginBase.ts
@@ -1511,13 +1511,19 @@ export abstract class OpenPGPPluginBase implements E2EEPlugin {
           : `${this.pluginName()}: signcrypt <to/> does not address ${ownBareJid}`,
       )
     }
-    const skew = Math.abs(envelope.timestamp.getTime() - this.now())
-    if (skew > SIGNCRYPT_CLOCK_SKEW_MS) {
-      throw new E2EEPluginError(
-        'permanent',
-        'envelope-stale',
-        `${this.pluginName()}: signcrypt <time/> is ${Math.round(skew / 1000)}s outside the ±7-day skew window`,
-      )
+    // Skip timestamp skew check for archived messages (MAM replay,
+    // retryPendingDecrypts). The check is an anti-replay defence that
+    // only makes sense for live messages — archived messages are
+    // authentically old and would always fail the ±7-day window.
+    if (!context?.fromArchive) {
+      const skew = Math.abs(envelope.timestamp.getTime() - this.now())
+      if (skew > SIGNCRYPT_CLOCK_SKEW_MS) {
+        throw new E2EEPluginError(
+          'permanent',
+          'envelope-stale',
+          `${this.pluginName()}: signcrypt <time/> is ${Math.round(skew / 1000)}s outside the ±7-day skew window`,
+        )
+      }
     }
 
     const plaintextBytes = new TextEncoder().encode(envelope.payloadXml)
diff --git a/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/e2ee/stanzaDecrypt.ts b/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/e2ee/stanzaDecrypt.ts
index a9bdc5a1..dd105405 100644
--- a/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/e2ee/stanzaDecrypt.ts
+++ b/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/e2ee/stanzaDecrypt.ts
@@ -138,11 +138,13 @@ export async function decryptStanzaInPlace(
   try {
     const messageId = stanza.attrs.id
     const isSelfOutgoing = options?.isSelfOutgoing === true
+    const fromArchive = source === 'archive'
     const context: InboundDecryptContext | undefined =
-      messageId || isSelfOutgoing
+      messageId || isSelfOutgoing || fromArchive
         ? {
             ...(messageId && { messageId }),
             ...(isSelfOutgoing && { isSelfOutgoing: true as const }),
+            ...(fromArchive && { fromArchive: true as const }),
           }
         : undefined
     const target = { kind: 'direct' as const, peer: senderPeer }
diff --git a/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/e2ee/types.ts b/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/e2ee/types.ts
index d6edd7c3..15445dd9 100644
--- a/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/e2ee/types.ts
+++ b/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/e2ee/types.ts
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ export interface InboundDecryptContext {
    * (OpenPGP, OMEMO) must branch on this flag.
    */
   isSelfOutgoing?: boolean
+  /**
+   * `true` when this stanza was replayed from the XEP-0313 MAM archive
+   * or is being re-decrypted by {@link XMPPClient.retryPendingDecrypts}.
+   * Plugins should relax time-based anti-replay checks (e.g. signcrypt
+   * timestamp skew) for archived messages, since they may be arbitrarily
+   * old yet still authentic.
+   */
+  fromArchive?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/modules/MAM.e2ee.test.ts b/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/modules/MAM.e2ee.test.ts
index 6c6a3b44..d1a7abe1 100644
--- a/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/modules/MAM.e2ee.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fluux-sdk/src/core/modules/MAM.e2ee.test.ts
@@ -393,6 +393,6 @@ describe('MAM E2EE wiring', () => {
     await runQueryWithEntry(harness, PEER, archiveEntry)
 
     const lastCall = decryptSpy.mock.calls[decryptSpy.mock.calls.length - 1]
-    expect(lastCall[2]).toEqual({ messageId: 'mam-msg-id' })
+    expect(lastCall[2]).toEqual({ messageId: 'mam-msg-id', fromArchive: true })
   })
 })