diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7addfb8..db3bf4d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ Individuals
 
  * Jean-Frédéric Clere <jfclere apache.org> <jfclere gmail.com>
  * Tarek Ibrahim <tareki pulsarxtech.com> <t1br4h1m gmail.com>
+ * Alexander Gerasimov <codeguard gmail.com> <codeit.guru>
 
  
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fff1d37..a93e7c8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ mod_http3 changes
 Changes are listed most recent first.
 Security-related entries always appear at the top of their release block.
 
+v0.0.71 (2026-10-11)
+--------------------
+  *) Fixed an event-thread spin while a client holds its flow-control window
+     shut: a blocked stream is now blocked again each time nghttp3 offers it.
+     [Alexander Gerasimov <codeguard gmail.com>]
+
+  *) Fixed a graceful restart that never ended: a handshake still pending
+     when the child started to drain did not finish or time out, so the old
+     child kept its connection count and the port.
+     [Alexander Gerasimov <codeguard gmail.com>]
+
+  *) Fixed a heap race that crashed the child: worker threads and the event
+     thread allocated from one session allocator that had no mutex.
+     [Alexander Gerasimov <codeguard gmail.com>]
+
 v0.0.70 (2026-09-06)
 --------------------
   *) SECURITY: Updated the httpd submodule so mpm_event tolerates a connection
diff --git a/mod_http3/include/h3_version.h b/mod_http3/include/h3_version.h
index 4aa3ee9..41161f8 100644
--- a/mod_http3/include/h3_version.h
+++ b/mod_http3/include/h3_version.h
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 
 #define MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_MINOR 0
-#define MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_PATCH 70
+#define MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_PATCH 71
 
 // Construct a 24-bit packed version number from major, minor and patch. Version 1.2.3 becomes 0x010203.
 #define MOD_HTTP3_MAKE_VERSION(major, minor, patch) (((major) << 16) | ((minor) << 8) | (patch))
 
 #define MOD_HTTP3_VERSION MOD_HTTP3_MAKE_VERSION(MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_MAJOR, MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_MINOR, MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_PATCH)
 
-#define MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_STRING "0.0.70"
+#define MOD_HTTP3_VERSION_STRING "0.0.71"
 
 #endif /* H3_VERSION_H */
diff --git a/mod_http3/src/h3_io.c b/mod_http3/src/h3_io.c
index 7e74937..7f764b7 100644
--- a/mod_http3/src/h3_io.c
+++ b/mod_http3/src/h3_io.c
@@ -271,6 +271,15 @@ static apr_status_t spawn_serviced_session(h3_io_t* io, h3q_conn* conn)
     }
     apr_allocator_owner_set(allocator, session_pool);
     apr_pool_tag(session_pool, "h3_session");
+    /* Workers allocate from stream subpools while this thread makes its own: share the allocator safely. */
+    apr_thread_mutex_t* alloc_mutex = NULL;
+    if (apr_thread_mutex_create(&alloc_mutex, APR_THREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT, session_pool) != APR_SUCCESS)
+    {
+        apr_pool_destroy(session_pool);
+        h3q_conn_free(conn);
+        return APR_EGENERAL;
+    }
+    apr_allocator_mutex_set(allocator, alloc_mutex);
 
     h3_session* session = NULL;
     if (h3_session_create(&session, io->server, conn, session_pool) != APR_SUCCESS)
diff --git a/mod_http3/src/h3_stream.c b/mod_http3/src/h3_stream.c
index 894b5bd..c999028 100644
--- a/mod_http3/src/h3_stream.c
+++ b/mod_http3/src/h3_stream.c
@@ -128,13 +128,14 @@ void flush_nghttp3(h3_session* session)
         nghttp3_conn_add_ack_offset(session->ngh3, sid, res.accepted);
         if (res.blocked)
         {
-            /* Send buffer full: skip this stream instead of busy-looping on the same vec. */
+            /* Send buffer full: skip this stream instead of busy-looping on the same vec.
+             * Block it again every time: resume_stream reschedules a blocked stream. */
             if (!h3s->write_blocked)
             {
                 h3s->write_blocked = 1;
                 session->blocked_streams++;
-                nghttp3_conn_block_stream(session->ngh3, sid);
             }
+            nghttp3_conn_block_stream(session->ngh3, sid);
             continue;
         }
     }
diff --git a/mod_http3/src/h3_threads.c b/mod_http3/src/h3_threads.c
index bfe1d66..68dbc50 100644
--- a/mod_http3/src/h3_threads.c
+++ b/mod_http3/src/h3_threads.c
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ void* APR_THREAD_FUNC h3_event_thread(apr_thread_t* thread, void* data)
                     h3q_conn_free(conn);
                 }
             }
+        }
+        if (io->thread_running)
+        {
+            /* Also while draining: a pending handshake counts as an MPM connection, so it must finish or time out. */
             progress_pending_handshakes(io);
         }