diff --git a/app/eventyay/api/views/order.py b/app/eventyay/api/views/order.py
index ed2491d49e..75608bb55d 100644
--- a/app/eventyay/api/views/order.py
+++ b/app/eventyay/api/views/order.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     generate_secret,
 )
 from eventyay.base.models.orders import QuestionAnswer, RevokedTicketSecret
-from eventyay.base.payment import PaymentException
+from eventyay.base.payment import PaymentException, PaymentAlreadyConfirmedException
 from eventyay.base.pdf import get_images
 from eventyay.base.secrets import assign_ticket_secret
 from eventyay.base.services import tickets
@@ -1192,6 +1192,8 @@ def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                         force=request.data.get('force', False),
                         send_mail=send_mail,
                     )
+                except PaymentAlreadyConfirmedException:
+                    pass
                 except Quota.QuotaExceededException:
                     pass
                 except SendMailException:
@@ -1224,6 +1226,7 @@ def confirm(self, request, **kwargs):
         if payment.state not in (
             OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_PENDING,
             OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_CREATED,
+            OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_CONFIRMED,
         ):
             return Response(
                 {'detail': 'Invalid state of payment'},
@@ -1238,6 +1241,8 @@ def confirm(self, request, **kwargs):
                 send_mail=send_mail,
                 force=force,
             )
+        except PaymentAlreadyConfirmedException as e:
+            return Response({'detail': str(e)}, status=status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT)
         except Quota.QuotaExceededException as e:
             return Response({'detail': str(e)}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         except PaymentException as e:
diff --git a/app/eventyay/base/models/orders.py b/app/eventyay/base/models/orders.py
index dd45617c92..f455cec48d 100644
--- a/app/eventyay/base/models/orders.py
+++ b/app/eventyay/base/models/orders.py
@@ -1664,17 +1664,20 @@ def confirm(
             generate_invoice,
             invoice_qualified,
         )
+        # Import here to avoid circular import (payment.py imports from models)
+        from eventyay.base.payment import PaymentAlreadyConfirmedException
 
         with transaction.atomic():
             locked_instance = OrderPayment.objects.select_for_update().get(pk=self.pk)
             if locked_instance.state == self.PAYMENT_STATE_CONFIRMED:
-                # Race condition detected, this payment is already confirmed
+                # Payment is already confirmed; log and raise exception to preserve observability of race conditions
                 logger.info(
-                    'Confirmed payment {} but ignored due to likely race condition.'.format(
-                        self.full_id,
-                    )
+                    "Concurrent confirm attempt for already confirmed payment %s",
+                    self.full_id,
+                )
+                raise PaymentAlreadyConfirmedException(
+                    f'Payment {self.full_id} has already been confirmed.'
                 )
-                return
 
             locked_instance.state = self.PAYMENT_STATE_CONFIRMED
             locked_instance.payment_date = payment_date or now()
diff --git a/app/eventyay/base/payment.py b/app/eventyay/base/payment.py
index df287394fd..e474e80f43 100644
--- a/app/eventyay/base/payment.py
+++ b/app/eventyay/base/payment.py
@@ -905,6 +905,13 @@ class PaymentException(Exception):  # NOQA: N818
     pass
 
 
+class PaymentAlreadyConfirmedException(PaymentException):
+    """
+    Raised when attempting to confirm a payment that has already been confirmed.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
 class FreeOrderProvider(BasePaymentProvider):
     is_implicit = True
     is_enabled = True