diff --git a/packages/blockly/core/gesture.ts b/packages/blockly/core/gesture.ts
index 9d617c4c62b..aefbce51cb1 100644
--- a/packages/blockly/core/gesture.ts
+++ b/packages/blockly/core/gesture.ts
@@ -418,6 +418,14 @@ export class Gesture {
 
     this.mouseDownXY = new Coordinate(e.clientX, e.clientY);
 
+    // Re-establish the touch identifier for this gesture's starting pointer.
+    // If getGesture() cancelled a stale gesture for this pointer (a missed
+    // pointerup), that cancel() cleared the global touch identifier via
+    // dispose(). Without restoring it here, this gesture's terminating
+    // pointerup is rejected by Touch.shouldHandleEvent and the gesture is
+    // never disposed, permanently locking the workspace.
+    Touch.checkTouchIdentifier(e);
+
     this.bindMouseEvents(e);
 
     if (!this.isEnding_) {
diff --git a/packages/blockly/tests/mocha/gesture_test.js b/packages/blockly/tests/mocha/gesture_test.js
index 9036141ef25..5dd90f6b478 100644
--- a/packages/blockly/tests/mocha/gesture_test.js
+++ b/packages/blockly/tests/mocha/gesture_test.js
@@ -130,4 +130,26 @@ suite('Gesture', function () {
       this.workspace.id,
     );
   });
+
+  test('Duplicate pointerdown (missed pointerup) does not lock the workspace', function () {
+    // Some touch environments emit a pointerdown for a pointer that is already
+    // down (a missed pointerup). getGesture() handles this by cancelling the
+    // stale gesture and starting a new one; that new gesture must still be
+    // disposable so the workspace does not lock up permanently.
+    const target = this.workspace.getSvgGroup();
+    dispatchPointerEvent(target, 'pointerdown', {pointerId: 1});
+    assert.isTrue(
+      Blockly.Gesture.inProgress(),
+      'Precondition: first pointerdown must start a gesture.',
+    );
+    // Duplicate pointerdown for the same pointer id (missed pointerup).
+    dispatchPointerEvent(target, 'pointerdown', {pointerId: 1});
+    // Releasing the pointer must end the gesture.
+    dispatchPointerEvent(document, 'pointerup', {pointerId: 1});
+
+    assert.isFalse(
+      Blockly.Gesture.inProgress(),
+      'Gesture should not remain in progress after the pointer is released.',
+    );
+  });
 });