diff --git a/composables/useShopApi.ts b/composables/useShopApi.ts
index 1baa4fe..c0f8877 100644
--- a/composables/useShopApi.ts
+++ b/composables/useShopApi.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
 	PaymentMethod,
 	ApiResponse
 } from "~/types";
+import type { AlreadyCaptured } from "~/utils/captureResponse";
 
 /**
  * Shop API composable.
@@ -116,8 +117,9 @@ export function useShopApi() {
 			});
 		},
 
-		async capturePayment(uuid: string, paypalOrderId: string): Promise<Order> {
-			return await $fetch<Order>(`/api/orders/${uuid}/capture/${paypalOrderId}`, {
+		/** The paid order, or { success: true, alreadyCaptured: true } when an earlier capture of this PayPal order went through. */
+		async capturePayment(uuid: string, paypalOrderId: string): Promise<Order | AlreadyCaptured> {
+			return await $fetch<Order | AlreadyCaptured>(`/api/orders/${uuid}/capture/${paypalOrderId}`, {
 				method: "POST"
 			});
 		},
diff --git a/pages/checkout/3.vue b/pages/checkout/3.vue
index 16064cc..5bd5ecd 100644
--- a/pages/checkout/3.vue
+++ b/pages/checkout/3.vue
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
 import { numberFormatter } from "~/utils/numberFormatter";
 import { trackEvent } from "~/utils/trackEvent";
 import { checkoutErrorMessageFor } from "~/utils/checkoutError";
+import { isAlreadyCaptured } from "~/utils/captureResponse";
 import type { Order } from "~/types";
 
 const config = useRuntimeConfig();
@@ -312,10 +313,14 @@ async function initializePayPalButtons() {
 				onApprove: async (data) => {
 					try {
 						// Capture payment server-side (CMS captures via PayPal server SDK and updates order)
-						const capturedOrder = await shopApi.capturePayment(orderData.value.uuid, data.orderID!);
+						const captured = await shopApi.capturePayment(orderData.value.uuid, data.orderID!);
 
-						if (capturedOrder.paymentAuthorised) {
-							orderData.value = capturedOrder;
+						if (isAlreadyCaptured(captured)) {
+							// An earlier capture of this PayPal order went through: reload the paid order, keeping the shown one if that fails.
+							orderData.value = await shopApi.getOrder(orderData.value.uuid).catch(() => orderData.value);
+							await handleSuccessfulPayment();
+						} else if (captured.paymentAuthorised) {
+							orderData.value = captured;
 							await handleSuccessfulPayment();
 						} else {
 							console.error("Payment capture did not result in authorisation");
diff --git a/tests/unit/captureResponse.test.ts b/tests/unit/captureResponse.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1470882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/captureResponse.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { isAlreadyCaptured } from "../../utils/captureResponse.ts";
+
+test("recognises the CMS's answer to a repeated capture", () => {
+	assert.equal(isAlreadyCaptured({ success: true, alreadyCaptured: true }), true);
+});
+
+test("takes the paid order of a first capture for no repeated capture", () => {
+	const order = { uuid: "11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555", total: 22.85, paymentAuthorised: true, email: "erika@example.org" };
+
+	assert.equal(isAlreadyCaptured(order), false);
+	assert.equal(isAlreadyCaptured({ ...order, alreadyCaptured: false }), false);
+});
+
+test("takes nothing but true for both fields as a repeated capture", () => {
+	assert.equal(isAlreadyCaptured({ alreadyCaptured: true }), false);
+	assert.equal(isAlreadyCaptured({ success: true, alreadyCaptured: "true" }), false);
+	assert.equal(isAlreadyCaptured({ success: false, alreadyCaptured: true }), false);
+	for (const response of [undefined, null, "alreadyCaptured", 1, [true]]) assert.equal(isAlreadyCaptured(response), false);
+});
diff --git a/utils/captureResponse.ts b/utils/captureResponse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dca3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/captureResponse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// The answer of POST /api/orders/:uuid/capture/:paypalOrderId: the paid order, or, when the order is already paid with this
+// PayPal order (a repeated capture), { success: true, alreadyCaptured: true } (libreshop/cms src/api/order/controllers/order.ts).
+// Pure: no Nuxt or Vue imports, tested in tests/unit/captureResponse.test.ts.
+
+/** The CMS's answer to a repeated capture: the payment went through before, and the order is paid. */
+export type AlreadyCaptured = { success: true; alreadyCaptured: true };
+
+export const isAlreadyCaptured = (response: unknown): response is AlreadyCaptured =>
+	typeof response === "object" &&
+	response !== null &&
+	(response as Record<string, unknown>).success === true &&
+	(response as Record<string, unknown>).alreadyCaptured === true;