diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9233c011..b84ae32b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@
 All notable changes to `plotjuggler_sdk` are recorded here. Versioning policy is in
 [`CLAUDE.md`](./CLAUDE.md) → "Release Versioning".
 
+## [0.34.1]
+
+Host contract: unchanged (no floor impact).
+
+### Fix: `armWatchdog` stores the watchdog handle before the watchdog can read it (PATCH)
+
+`JobControl::armWatchdog` started the watchdog thread and then move-assigned it
+into the job state without holding `watchdog_mu`. An `on_expire` callback that
+re-arms from the watchdog thread reads that handle for its self-re-arm guard, so
+a body thread preempted for longer than the timeout between thread creation and
+the store let the guard read an empty handle: the re-arm then joined or
+overwrote a thread it should have left alone (`std::terminate` on assigning over
+a joinable thread). The store now happens under `watchdog_mu`, which the
+watchdog takes before anything else. ThreadSanitizer reported it in
+`ProviderJobTest.RearmingTheWatchdogFromOnExpireIsANoOp` on every run. No API or
+ABI change.
+
 ## [0.34.0]
 
 Host contract: extended: PJ_DATA_PROCESSOR_FLAG_HISTORY_EXEMPT (floor 0.34.0).
diff --git a/pj_base/src/source/provider_job.cpp b/pj_base/src/source/provider_job.cpp
index 51dfc761..e16d9800 100644
--- a/pj_base/src/source/provider_job.cpp
+++ b/pj_base/src/source/provider_job.cpp
@@ -196,23 +196,26 @@ void JobControl::armWatchdog(std::chrono::milliseconds timeout, std::function<vo
     return;
   }
   state_.stopWatchdog();
+  detail::JobState* state = &state_;
+  std::binary_semaphore started{0};
   {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(state_.watchdog_mu);
+    // Held across the handle store: the watchdog takes watchdog_mu before
+    // anything else, so an on_expire that re-enters armWatchdog reads
+    // state_.watchdog only after this thread has assigned it.
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> store_lock(state_.watchdog_mu);
     state_.watchdog_stop = false;
+    state_.watchdog = std::thread([state, timeout, on_expire = std::move(on_expire), &started]() {
+      std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(state->watchdog_mu);
+      started.release();
+      const bool stopped = state->watchdog_cv.wait_for(lock, timeout, [state] { return state->watchdog_stop; });
+      lock.unlock();
+      if (!stopped) {
+        try {
+          on_expire();
+        } catch (...) {}
+      }
+    });
   }
-  detail::JobState* state = &state_;
-  std::binary_semaphore started{0};
-  state_.watchdog = std::thread([state, timeout, on_expire = std::move(on_expire), &started]() {
-    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(state->watchdog_mu);
-    started.release();
-    const bool stopped = state->watchdog_cv.wait_for(lock, timeout, [state] { return state->watchdog_stop; });
-    lock.unlock();
-    if (!stopped) {
-      try {
-        on_expire();
-      } catch (...) {}
-    }
-  });
   started.acquire();
 }