diff --git a/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py b/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
index c710f3f..529e1e3 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ async def register_magic_link(request: Request, token: str) -> Response:
     magic_link_service = request.app.state.magic_link_service
     user_repo = request.app.state.user_repo
 
-    link = await magic_link_service.validate(token)
+    # Atomically validate and consume the token (single-use, no replay race).
+    link = await magic_link_service.consume(token)
     if link is None:
         return HTMLResponse("<p>Invalid or expired registration link.</p>", status_code=400)
 
@@ -91,8 +92,6 @@ async def register_magic_link(request: Request, token: str) -> Response:
         user = User(userid=userid, username=link.username, groups=["users"])
         await user_repo.create(user)
 
-    await magic_link_service.mark_used(token)
-
     request.session["userid"] = user.userid
     request.session["username"] = user.username
 
diff --git a/src/porchlight/invite/service.py b/src/porchlight/invite/service.py
index b8b5ef8..4766442 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/invite/service.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/invite/service.py
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ class MagicLinkService:
         """Mark a magic link as used. Returns True if found and marked."""
         return await self._repo.mark_used(self._hash_token(token))
 
+    async def consume(self, token: str) -> MagicLink | None:
+        """Atomically validate and consume a token in one step.
+
+        Prefer this over validate()+mark_used(): it closes the replay race
+        where two concurrent requests could both pass validation before either
+        marks the token used. Returns the link (raw token re-attached) on
+        success, else None.
+        """
+        link = await self._repo.consume(self._hash_token(token))
+        if link is None:
+            return None
+        return link.model_copy(update={"token": token})
+
     async def cleanup_expired(self) -> int:
         """Delete expired unused links. Returns count deleted."""
         return await self._repo.delete_expired()
diff --git a/src/porchlight/store/protocols.py b/src/porchlight/store/protocols.py
index ba1af34..034d6d9 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/store/protocols.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/store/protocols.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class MagicLinkRepository(Protocol):
 
     async def mark_used(self, token: str) -> bool: ...
 
+    async def consume(self, token: str) -> MagicLink | None: ...
+
     async def delete_expired(self) -> int: ...
 
 
diff --git a/src/porchlight/store/sqlite/repositories.py b/src/porchlight/store/sqlite/repositories.py
index 37d02bb..6acc941 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/store/sqlite/repositories.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/store/sqlite/repositories.py
@@ -311,6 +311,25 @@ class SQLiteMagicLinkRepository:
         await self._db.commit()
         return cursor.rowcount > 0
 
+    async def consume(self, token: str) -> MagicLink | None:
+        """Atomically validate-and-mark a token as used.
+
+        The conditional UPDATE is the single point of decision, so two
+        concurrent requests cannot both consume the same token. Returns the
+        link if this call won the race (unused and unexpired), else None.
+        """
+        now = datetime.now(UTC).isoformat()
+        cursor = await self._db.execute(
+            "UPDATE magic_links SET used = 1 WHERE token = ? AND used = 0 AND expires_at > ?",
+            (token, now),
+        )
+        await self._db.commit()
+        if cursor.rowcount == 0:
+            return None
+        async with self._db.execute("SELECT * FROM magic_links WHERE token = ?", (token,)) as c:
+            row = await c.fetchone()
+        return self._row_to_magic_link(row) if row is not None else None
+
     async def delete_expired(self) -> int:
         now = datetime.now(UTC).isoformat()
         cursor = await self._db.execute("DELETE FROM magic_links WHERE expires_at < ? AND used = 0", (now,))
diff --git a/tests/test_invite/test_service.py b/tests/test_invite/test_service.py
index e7a20bd..166e7cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_invite/test_service.py
+++ b/tests/test_invite/test_service.py
@@ -102,6 +102,22 @@ async def test_validate_expired_token(service: MagicLinkService, repo: SQLiteMag
     assert result is None
 
 
+async def test_consume_validates_and_is_single_use(service: MagicLinkService) -> None:
+    link = await service.create(username="alice")
+    consumed = await service.consume(link.token)
+    assert consumed is not None
+    assert consumed.username == "alice"
+    assert consumed.token == link.token  # raw token re-attached
+    # A second consume of the same token fails.
+    assert await service.consume(link.token) is None
+
+
+async def test_consume_expired_returns_none(service: MagicLinkService, repo: SQLiteMagicLinkRepository) -> None:
+    expired_service = MagicLinkService(repo=repo, ttl=-1)
+    link = await expired_service.create(username="alice")
+    assert await service.consume(link.token) is None
+
+
 async def test_mark_used_returns_true(service: MagicLinkService) -> None:
     link = await service.create(username="alice")
     result = await service.mark_used(link.token)
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_magic_link_repo.py b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_magic_link_repo.py
index c2c9571..bb4f8b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_magic_link_repo.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_magic_link_repo.py
@@ -63,6 +63,34 @@ async def test_mark_used_not_found(magic_link_repo: SQLiteMagicLinkRepository) -
     assert marked is False
 
 
+async def test_consume_marks_used_and_returns_link(magic_link_repo: SQLiteMagicLinkRepository) -> None:
+    await magic_link_repo.create(_make_link())
+
+    consumed = await magic_link_repo.consume("abc123")
+    assert consumed is not None
+    assert consumed.used is True
+    assert consumed.username == "alice"
+
+
+async def test_consume_is_single_use(magic_link_repo: SQLiteMagicLinkRepository) -> None:
+    await magic_link_repo.create(_make_link())
+
+    first = await magic_link_repo.consume("abc123")
+    assert first is not None
+    # A second consume of the same token must fail (atomic single-use).
+    second = await magic_link_repo.consume("abc123")
+    assert second is None
+
+
+async def test_consume_expired_returns_none(magic_link_repo: SQLiteMagicLinkRepository) -> None:
+    await magic_link_repo.create(_make_link(token="exp", expires_at=datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(hours=1)))
+    assert await magic_link_repo.consume("exp") is None
+
+
+async def test_consume_nonexistent_returns_none(magic_link_repo: SQLiteMagicLinkRepository) -> None:
+    assert await magic_link_repo.consume("nope") is None
+
+
 async def test_delete_expired(magic_link_repo: SQLiteMagicLinkRepository) -> None:
     expired = _make_link(token="expired", expires_at=datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(hours=1))
     await magic_link_repo.create(expired)