diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Runtime/CultMesh/EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport.cs b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Runtime/CultMesh/EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport.cs
index 171ea4f..45a14d7 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Runtime/CultMesh/EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport.cs
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Runtime/CultMesh/EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport.cs
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ namespace GameCult.Eve.UnityScene
                 ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
                     $"Provider did not publish CultMesh body generation '{handle.RecordKey.Value}'.");
             handle.Validate(publication);
+            var now = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
+            if (!IsPublicationLive(publication, now))
+                return;
             var lease = _bodyResolver.ResolveReadOnly(publication, new CultMeshBodyValidationRequest
             {
                 BodyId = handle.BodyId,
@@ -322,7 +325,7 @@ namespace GameCult.Eve.UnityScene
                 Sequence = document.Sequence,
                 Capacity = document.Capacity,
                 AccessMode = CultMeshBodyAccessMode.ReadOnly,
-                NowUtc = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow
+                NowUtc = now
             });
             var handler = EntityViewAvailable;
             if (handler == null)
@@ -341,6 +344,11 @@ namespace GameCult.Eve.UnityScene
             }
         }
 
+        private static bool IsPublicationLive(
+            CultMeshBodyPublicationDocument publication,
+            DateTimeOffset now) =>
+            publication.LivenessExpiresAtUnixMs > now.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds();
+
         private void RefreshSurface()
         {
             var surface = _snapshot!
diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Tests/Editor/EveUnitySceneSurfaceLowererTests.cs b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Tests/Editor/EveUnitySceneSurfaceLowererTests.cs
index 3df7dfd..1ad7b11 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Tests/Editor/EveUnitySceneSurfaceLowererTests.cs
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Tests/Editor/EveUnitySceneSurfaceLowererTests.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,26 @@ namespace GameCult.Eve.UnityScene.Tests
             Assert.That(handle.RecordKey, Is.Not.EqualTo(generationNPlusOne.RecordKey));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void LiveTransportDropsExpiredHistoricalGenerationWithoutReinterpretingLatest()
+        {
+            var view = EntityLeaseDocument();
+            var publication = BodyPublication(view, view.Sequence);
+            publication.LivenessExpiresAtUnixMs = 999;
+            var method = typeof(EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport)
+                .GetMethod("IsPublicationLive", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static)!;
+
+            var live = (bool)method.Invoke(null, new object[]
+            {
+                publication,
+                DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeMilliseconds(1000)
+            })!;
+
+            Assert.That(live, Is.False);
+            Assert.That(publication.RecordKey, Is.EqualTo(
+                new CultMeshBodyPublicationHandle(view.Buffers[0].BufferId, view.ProducerEpoch, view.Sequence).RecordKey));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void EntitySoaViewReadsGenericSemanticColumnsFromInjectedLease()
         {
diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
index ee51a03..f02b183 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene",
     "displayName": "Eve Unity Scene Lowering",
-    "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
     "unity": "2021.3",
     "description": "Provider-agnostic Unity scene shell for gamecult.eve.surface.v1 interactive world surfaces.",
     "dependencies": {