diff --git a/contrib/testing/smtp-telnet-timeout-check.py b/contrib/testing/smtp-telnet-timeout-check.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6f8197e..d986459
--- a/contrib/testing/smtp-telnet-timeout-check.py
+++ b/contrib/testing/smtp-telnet-timeout-check.py
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     test_configuration = copy.deepcopy(original)
     test_configuration["socket_timeout"] = SOCKET_TIMEOUT
     results: list[str] = []
+    test_error: BaseException | None = None
     restore_error: BaseException | None = None
     try:
         replace_configuration(test_configuration)
@@ -279,6 +280,8 @@ def main() -> int:
             paced = check_paced(host, port, name)
             results.append(
                 f"{name}=idle:{idle:.2f}s,paced-idle:{paced:.2f}s")
+    except BaseException as error:
+        test_error = error
     finally:
         try:
             replace_configuration(original)
@@ -289,8 +292,14 @@ def main() -> int:
         except BaseException as error:
             restore_error = error
     if restore_error is not None:
+        if test_error is not None:
+            raise TelnetTimeoutError(
+                f"test failed ({test_error}) and SMTP configuration "
+                f"restoration also failed ({restore_error})")
         raise TelnetTimeoutError(
             f"failed to restore SMTP configuration: {restore_error}")
+    if test_error is not None:
+        raise test_error
 
     print(
         "SMTP-32 PASS "
diff --git a/docs/release-testing-0.7.md b/docs/release-testing-0.7.md
index 13860f1..3ef414b 100644
--- a/docs/release-testing-0.7.md
+++ b/docs/release-testing-0.7.md
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ inputs and outputs is absent from the ZIP.
 | SMTP-06 | Local authenticated delivery from test1 to test2 | [PASS](test-evidence/0.7-r1.md#smtp-06) |  |  |
 | SMTP-30 | curl, swaks, Xeams, GNU Mailutils, and paced Telnet delivery over authenticated submission and unauthenticated port 25/26 | [PASS](test-evidence/0.7-r1.md#smtp-30) |  |  |
 | SMTP-31 | Unprivileged sendmail-compatible local submission without the Bongo system credential | [PASS](test-evidence/0.7-r1.md#smtp-31) |  |  |
-| SMTP-32 | Telnet activity resets the configured per-operation timeout; abandoned port 25/26 sessions close |  |  |  |
+| SMTP-32 | Telnet activity resets the configured per-operation timeout; abandoned port 25/26 sessions close | [PASS](test-evidence/0.7-r1.md#smtp-32) |  |  |
 | SMTP-07 | Internet delivery prefers STARTTLS and follows opportunistic fallback |  |  |  |
 | SMTP-08 | Required TLS and `REQUIRETLS` defer rather than downgrade |  |  |  |
 | SMTP-27 | DANE takes precedence; MTA-STS enforce/testing/cache and MX wildcard policy |  |  |  |
diff --git a/docs/test-evidence/0.7-r1.md b/docs/test-evidence/0.7-r1.md
index 0f52b1a..13f1a09 100644
--- a/docs/test-evidence/0.7-r1.md
+++ b/docs/test-evidence/0.7-r1.md
@@ -2264,3 +2264,41 @@ SMTP-31 PASS user=1000 sendmail=/usr/sbin/sendmail clients=sendmail,GNU-mail mas
 The test removed both exact Store objects and any matching Queue entries.
 The maildrop spool was empty afterward. No Internet recipient or external
 relay was used.
+
+## SMTP-32
+
+Result: **PASS**
+
+The SMTP listener previously read `socket_timeout` from the Store but started
+ConnIO with a fixed 600-second value. Source commit
+`95d4273fef2b3f6104bf68606dba783a738731e3` makes the ConnIO default a
+run-time setting, changes the fresh-install default to Postfix's normal 300
+seconds, and rejects values outside 1 through 3600 seconds. The complete GCC
+debug build and all 96 CTests passed, including the new ConnIO default-timeout
+test and configuration-model bounds test.
+
+The reusable `smtp-telnet-timeout-check.py` then changed the installed test
+instance to a three-second timeout. It opened a real Telnet client in a
+pseudo-terminal against both port 25 and trusted-device port 26. For each
+listener it first waited without sending a command. It then opened a second
+connection and waited two seconds after each server reply before typing
+`EHLO`, `NOOP`, and `RSET`. Those paced sessions lasted longer than three
+seconds in total, proving that activity resets the next-operation timer, then
+were deliberately abandoned.
+
+```sh
+export BONGO_ALLOW_LIVE_SMTP_TEST=1
+./contrib/testing/smtp-telnet-timeout-check.py
+```
+
+The installed-service run reported:
+
+```text
+SMTP-32 PASS configured-timeout=3s command-delay=2s sessions=inbound=idle:3.00s,paced-idle:3.00s;internal=idle:3.00s,paced-idle:3.00s paced-commands=EHLO,NOOP,RSET config-restored=yes service=active
+```
+
+All four abandoned sessions closed at the configured boundary. The original
+SMTP document was restored and its canonical `bongo-admin __config-read smtp`
+output had SHA-256
+`7666db995baf210638d92ae241f7bb10e0991efc7334d980bbb5fcd438f23925`.
+`bongo.service` was active after the final restart.