diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 59c88722b..67cc0a186 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
         // Remotes: finding people to push to, and starting an org, as the web's New remote and New org do...
         Route::middleware('throttle:conversations')->group(function (): void {
             Route::get('remotes/candidates', [RemoteCandidateController::class, 'index'])->name('api-remote-candidate.index');
-            Route::post('remotes/orgs', [OrgController::class, 'store'])->middleware('throttle:messages')->name('api-org.store');
+            Route::post('remotes/orgs', [OrgController::class, 'store'])->middleware([PreventPostingInTimeout::class, 'throttle:messages'])->name('api-org.store');
         });
 
         // Remotes: renaming an org and managing its members, as the web's org settings do...
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Controllers/Api/OrgControllerTest.php b/tests/Feature/Controllers/Api/OrgControllerTest.php
index 481a25101..b9d0b5b3f 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Controllers/Api/OrgControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Controllers/Api/OrgControllerTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@
         ->and(Message::query()->sole()->event)->toBe(OrgEvent::Created);
 });
 
+it('refuses to start an org for a user in timeout, as the web does', function (): void {
+    [$nuno] = followersOf($this->user, 1);
+    UserTimeout::factory()->for($this->user)->create();
+
+    signedApiRequest($this->keyPair, 'POST', route('api-org.store'), ['name' => 'buy my course', 'members' => [$nuno->handle]])
+        ->assertForbidden()
+        ->assertJsonPath('code', 'timed_out');
+
+    expect(Conversation::query()->exists())->toBeFalse()
+        ->and(Message::query()->exists())->toBeFalse();
+});
+
 it('leaves an org without a name when none is given', function (?string $name): void {
     [$nuno] = followersOf($this->user, 1);