diff --git a/src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.nativeLinuxWebcamCursor.test.tsx b/src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.nativeLinuxWebcamCursor.test.tsx
index 3bd1c2a04..7711b3552 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.nativeLinuxWebcamCursor.test.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.nativeLinuxWebcamCursor.test.tsx
@@ -125,3 +125,40 @@ describe("useScreenRecorder native Linux webcam attachment", () => {
 		);
 	});
 });
+
+describe("useScreenRecorder native Linux prepare", () => {
+	// #1340: a second press while the portal picker was up raised a second picker,
+	// and the two prepares discarded each other's grant.
+	it("ignores a press while the portal picker is up", async () => {
+		let answerPicker: (value: { success: boolean; recordingId: number }) => void = () => undefined;
+		api.prepareNativeLinuxRecording = vi.fn(
+			() =>
+				new Promise((resolve) => {
+					answerPicker = resolve;
+				}),
+		);
+		api.cancelNativeLinuxPrepare = vi.fn(async () => ({ success: true }));
+		const view = renderHook(() => useScreenRecorder());
+		await settle();
+
+		await act(async () => {
+			view.result.current.toggleRecording();
+		});
+		await settle();
+		await act(async () => {
+			view.result.current.toggleRecording();
+		});
+		await settle();
+		expect(api.prepareNativeLinuxRecording).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+		await act(async () => {
+			answerPicker({ success: true, recordingId: 42 });
+		});
+		await settle(3_500);
+		expect(api.startNativeLinuxRecording).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		expect(api.startNativeLinuxRecording).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.objectContaining({ recordingId: 42 }),
+		);
+		expect(view.result.current.recording).toBe(true);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.ts b/src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.ts
index 3a0e6702a..3ec0a4ac4 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.ts
@@ -360,6 +360,13 @@ export function useScreenRecorder(): UseScreenRecorderReturn {
 	const discardRecordingId = useRef<number | null>(null);
 	const restarting = useRef(false);
 	const countdownRunId = useRef(0);
+	/**
+	 * Held from the press until the countdown shows. Neither `countdownActive` nor
+	 * `recording` is set before then, and on Linux the portal's picker is up for that
+	 * whole wait: a second press raised a second picker, whose prepare threw away the
+	 * grant the user had just given the first (#1340).
+	 */
+	const countdownStarting = useRef<object | null>(null);
 	const cursorAccessibilityWarningShown = useRef(false);
 	const [countdownActive, setCountdownActive] = useState(false);
 	const webcamReady = useRef(false);
@@ -1633,10 +1640,21 @@ export function useScreenRecorder(): UseScreenRecorderReturn {
 	};
 
 	const startRecordCountdown = async () => {
-		if (countdownActive || recording) {
+		if (countdownActive || recording || countdownStarting.current) {
 			return;
 		}
+		const starting = {};
+		countdownStarting.current = starting;
+		try {
+			await runRecordCountdown();
+		} finally {
+			if (countdownStarting.current === starting) {
+				countdownStarting.current = null;
+			}
+		}
+	};
 
+	const runRecordCountdown = async () => {
 		const runId = countdownRunId.current + 1;
 		countdownRunId.current = runId;
 
@@ -1731,6 +1749,8 @@ export function useScreenRecorder(): UseScreenRecorderReturn {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		// From here `countdownActive` takes over, and a press cancels the countdown.
+		countdownStarting.current = null;
 		setCountdownActive(true);
 
 		let overlayHiddenBeforeStart = false;