diff --git a/handshake.go b/handshake.go
index d89d9cf..07c0360 100644
--- a/handshake.go
+++ b/handshake.go
@@ -267,8 +267,9 @@ func (hm *Manager) removeWaiter(nodeID uint32, target chan struct{}) {
 // --- Trust persistence ---
 
 type trustSnapshot struct {
-	Trusted []trustSnapshotEntry   `json:"trusted"`
-	Pending []pendingSnapshotEntry `json:"pending,omitempty"`
+	Trusted []trustSnapshotEntry    `json:"trusted"`
+	Pending []pendingSnapshotEntry  `json:"pending,omitempty"`
+	Revoked []revokedSnapshotEntry  `json:"revoked,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type trustSnapshotEntry struct {
@@ -286,6 +287,11 @@ type pendingSnapshotEntry struct {
 	ReceivedAt    string `json:"received_at"`
 }
 
+type revokedSnapshotEntry struct {
+	NodeID   uint32 `json:"node_id"`
+	Until    string `json:"until"` // RFC3339 timestamp of cooldown expiry
+}
+
 func (hm *Manager) saveTrust() {
 	if hm.storePath == "" {
 		return
@@ -309,6 +315,15 @@ func (hm *Manager) saveTrust() {
 			ReceivedAt:    p.ReceivedAt.Format(time.RFC3339),
 		})
 	}
+	for nodeID, until := range hm.revoked {
+		// Only persist entries whose cooldown hasn't expired yet.
+		if time.Now().Before(until) {
+			snap.Revoked = append(snap.Revoked, revokedSnapshotEntry{
+				NodeID: nodeID,
+				Until:  until.Format(time.RFC3339),
+			})
+		}
+	}
 
 	// MarshalIndent on trustSnapshot is infallible: every field is a
 	// primitive (uint32/string/bool/uint16), pre-formatted via
@@ -325,7 +340,7 @@ func (hm *Manager) saveTrust() {
 		slog.Error("write trust state", "err", err)
 		return
 	}
-	slog.Debug("trust state saved", "peers", len(hm.trusted), "pending", len(hm.pending))
+	slog.Debug("trust state saved", "peers", len(hm.trusted), "pending", len(hm.pending), "revoked", len(snap.Revoked))
 }
 
 func (hm *Manager) loadTrust() {
@@ -363,7 +378,17 @@ func (hm *Manager) loadTrust() {
 			ReceivedAt:    received,
 		}
 	}
-	slog.Info("loaded trust state", "peers", len(hm.trusted), "pending", len(hm.pending))
+	for _, e := range snap.Revoked {
+		until, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, e.Until)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Only restore if the cooldown hasn't expired yet.
+		if time.Now().Before(until) {
+			hm.revoked[e.NodeID] = until
+		}
+	}
+	slog.Info("loaded trust state", "peers", len(hm.trusted), "pending", len(hm.pending), "revoked", len(hm.revoked))
 }
 
 // Start binds port 444 and begins handling handshake connections.
diff --git a/zz_logic_test.go b/zz_logic_test.go
index 73a35f3..22ed928 100644
--- a/zz_logic_test.go
+++ b/zz_logic_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,52 @@ func TestSaveLoadTrustRoundTripPreservesEntries(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSaveLoadTrustRoundTripPreservesRevoked(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	idPath := filepath.Join(dir, "identity.json")
+	hm := newTestHM(t, idPath)
+	if hm.storePath == "" {
+		t.Fatal("storePath should be derived from IdentityPath")
+	}
+
+	// Add a revoked entry with a cooldown 10 minutes in the future.
+	futureCooldown := time.Now().Add(10 * time.Minute).Truncate(time.Second).UTC()
+	hm.revoked[13] = futureCooldown
+	hm.saveTrust()
+
+	// Load into a fresh manager — revoked[13] must survive the roundtrip.
+	hm2 := newTestHM(t, idPath)
+	until, ok := hm2.revoked[13]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("revoked[13] missing after load — restart resurrects revoked peers")
+	}
+	if !until.Equal(futureCooldown) {
+		t.Fatalf("revoked[13] = %v, want %v", until, futureCooldown)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadTrustDropsExpiredRevokedCooldowns(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	idPath := filepath.Join(dir, "identity.json")
+	hm := newTestHM(t, idPath)
+	if hm.storePath == "" {
+		t.Fatal("storePath should be derived from IdentityPath")
+	}
+
+	// Add a revoked entry whose cooldown is already in the past.
+	pastCooldown := time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Minute).Truncate(time.Second).UTC()
+	hm.revoked[7] = pastCooldown
+	hm.saveTrust()
+
+	// Load — expired cooldown should be silently dropped.
+	hm2 := newTestHM(t, idPath)
+	if _, ok := hm2.revoked[7]; ok {
+		t.Fatal("revoked[7] should be dropped on load — cooldown already expired")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoadTrustMissingFileIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	dir := t.TempDir()