diff --git a/src/cliproxy/accounts/__tests__/account-safety-quota-exhaustion.test.ts b/src/cliproxy/accounts/__tests__/account-safety-quota-exhaustion.test.ts
index 32b59c5c..ebac4851 100644
--- a/src/cliproxy/accounts/__tests__/account-safety-quota-exhaustion.test.ts
+++ b/src/cliproxy/accounts/__tests__/account-safety-quota-exhaustion.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   restoreExpiredQuotaPauses,
 } from '../../accounts/account-safety';
 import { sanitizeEmail } from '../../auth/auth-utils';
+import { pauseAccount } from '../registry';
 
 // Setup test isolation
 let tmpDir: string;
@@ -1228,6 +1229,65 @@ describe('Quota Exhaustion Handlers', () => {
       expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(tmpDir, '.ccs', 'cliproxy', 'quota-paused.json'))).toBe(false);
     });
 
+    it('does not auto-resume when a user manually re-pauses a quota-paused account', async () => {
+      writeRegistry({
+        agy: {
+          default: 'cooldown@gmail.com',
+          accounts: {
+            'cooldown@gmail.com': {
+              email: 'cooldown@gmail.com',
+              tokenFile: 'agy-cooldown.json',
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+      writeAuthToken('agy-cooldown.json', {
+        type: 'agy',
+        email: 'cooldown@gmail.com',
+        access_token: 'token',
+      });
+
+      const now = Date.now();
+      expect(pauseAccountForQuotaCooldown('agy', 'cooldown@gmail.com', 5, now)).toBe(true);
+
+      const registryPath = path.join(tmpDir, '.ccs', 'cliproxy', 'accounts.json');
+      const quotaPausedPath = path.join(tmpDir, '.ccs', 'cliproxy', 'quota-paused.json');
+      const originalPausedAt = '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z';
+      const registry = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(registryPath, 'utf8')) as {
+        providers: {
+          agy: {
+            accounts: Record<string, { paused?: boolean; pausedAt?: string }>;
+          };
+        };
+      };
+      const quotaPaused = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(quotaPausedPath, 'utf8')) as {
+        entries: Array<{ pausedAt: string }>;
+      };
+      registry.providers.agy.accounts['cooldown@gmail.com'].pausedAt = originalPausedAt;
+      quotaPaused.entries[0].pausedAt = originalPausedAt;
+      fs.writeFileSync(registryPath, JSON.stringify(registry, null, 2));
+      fs.writeFileSync(quotaPausedPath, JSON.stringify(quotaPaused, null, 2));
+
+      expect(pauseAccount('agy', 'cooldown@gmail.com')).toBe(true);
+
+      const refreshedRegistry = JSON.parse(
+        fs.readFileSync(registryPath, 'utf8')
+      ) as typeof registry;
+      expect(refreshedRegistry.providers.agy.accounts['cooldown@gmail.com'].pausedAt).not.toBe(
+        originalPausedAt
+      );
+
+      const resumed = restoreExpiredQuotaPauses(now + 6 * 60 * 1000);
+      const { getAccount } = await import('../account-manager');
+
+      expect(resumed).toBe(0);
+      expect(getAccount('agy', 'cooldown@gmail.com')?.paused).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        fs.existsSync(path.join(tmpDir, '.ccs', 'cliproxy', 'auth-paused', 'agy-cooldown.json'))
+      ).toBe(true);
+      expect(fs.existsSync(quotaPausedPath)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it('does not auto-resume quota-paused accounts when pausedAt metadata is missing', async () => {
       writeRegistry({
         agy: {
diff --git a/src/cliproxy/accounts/registry.ts b/src/cliproxy/accounts/registry.ts
index fb688341..b87d0dd6 100644
--- a/src/cliproxy/accounts/registry.ts
+++ b/src/cliproxy/accounts/registry.ts
@@ -660,6 +660,10 @@ export function pauseAccount(provider: CLIProxyProvider, accountId: string): boo
 
     const accountMeta = providerAccounts.accounts[accountId];
     if (accountMeta.paused) {
+      // Treat an explicit pause request for an already paused account as a fresh
+      // manual decision. This changes the pause metadata so quota cooldown
+      // restore cannot later mistake the pause for its original auto-pause.
+      accountMeta.pausedAt = new Date().toISOString();
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/cliproxy/quota-subcommand.ts b/src/commands/cliproxy/quota-subcommand.ts
index b53dd770..5094e4e2 100644
--- a/src/commands/cliproxy/quota-subcommand.ts
+++ b/src/commands/cliproxy/quota-subcommand.ts
@@ -1056,8 +1056,13 @@ export async function handlePauseAccount(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
   }
 
   if (account.paused) {
+    const refreshed = pauseAccount(provider, account.id);
+    const refreshedAccount = refreshed ? findAccountByQuery(provider, account.id) : account;
     console.log(warn(`Account already paused: ${formatCliAccountLabel(account)}`));
-    console.log(info(`Paused at: ${account.pausedAt || 'unknown'}`));
+    if (refreshed) {
+      console.log(info('Manual pause refreshed; account will stay out of quota rotation'));
+    }
+    console.log(info(`Paused at: ${refreshedAccount?.pausedAt || account.pausedAt || 'unknown'}`));
     return;
   }