diff --git a/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_project.rs b/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_project.rs
index ab2b7ef82..a2d1ce0b4 100644
--- a/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_project.rs
+++ b/server-rs/crates/api-server/src/editor_project.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ use spacetime_client::{
 use crate::{
     api_response::json_success_body,
     asset_billing::{
-        begin_editor_generation_commit_attempt, editor_generation_commit_attempt_was_dispatched,
+        begin_editor_generation_commit_attempt,
+        current_external_generation_billing_price_mud_points,
+        editor_generation_commit_attempt_was_dispatched,
         execute_billable_asset_operation_with_cost, mark_editor_generation_commit_dispatched,
         mark_editor_generation_commit_outcome_confirmed,
         with_editor_generation_durable_billing_boundary,
@@ -2952,20 +2954,25 @@ where
     } else {
         provider_request_size
     };
-    let configured_price_mud_points = state
-        .editor_generation_pricing()
-        .await
-        .map_err(|error| {
-            AppError::from_status(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).with_details(json!({
-                "provider": "editor-generation-pricing",
-                "message": error.to_string(),
-            }))
-        })?
-        .image_generation_mud_points(
-            normalized_kind,
-            Some(generation_options.model),
-            Some(generation_options.image_size),
-        );
+    let effective_price_mud_points =
+        if let Some(price_mud_points) = current_external_generation_billing_price_mud_points() {
+            price_mud_points
+        } else {
+            state
+                .editor_generation_pricing()
+                .await
+                .map_err(|error| {
+                    AppError::from_status(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).with_details(json!({
+                        "provider": "editor-generation-pricing",
+                        "message": error.to_string(),
+                    }))
+                })?
+                .image_generation_mud_points(
+                    normalized_kind,
+                    Some(generation_options.model),
+                    Some(generation_options.image_size),
+                )
+        };
     let prompt_generation_inputs = payload.generation_inputs.take();
     let generate_operation = async {
         let prompt_build = prompt_builder(prompt_generation_inputs).await?;
@@ -3062,7 +3069,7 @@ where
         caller.owner_user_id.as_str(),
         editor_image_generation_billing_asset_kind(normalized_kind),
         request_context.request_id(),
-        u64::from(configured_price_mud_points),
+        u64::from(effective_price_mud_points),
         generate_operation,
     )
     .await?;
@@ -3168,7 +3175,7 @@ where
                     .clone()
                     .or_else(|| Some("character".to_string())),
                 generation_inputs: generation_inputs.clone(),
-                generation_cost_mud_points: u64::from(configured_price_mud_points),
+                generation_cost_mud_points: u64::from(effective_price_mud_points),
                 thumbnail_src: None,
                 group_task_id: None,
                 group_task_expected_asset_count: None,
@@ -3435,7 +3442,7 @@ where
             generation_cost_mud_points: if is_character_generation {
                 0
             } else {
-                u64::from(configured_price_mud_points)
+                u64::from(effective_price_mud_points)
             },
             image_sequence_frames: None,
             image_sequence_duration_ms: None,
@@ -15970,7 +15977,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_function_contains(
             source,
             "pub(crate) async fn generate_editor_image_for_owner",
-            "let configured_price_mud_points",
+            "let effective_price_mud_points",
             &[
                 "is_publication_material_generation",
                 "Some(GPT_IMAGE_2_MODEL)",
@@ -18951,7 +18958,7 @@ mod tests {
             "fn normalize_editor_image_generation_size",
             &[
                 "execute_billable_asset_operation_with_cost",
-                "configured_price_mud_points",
+                "effective_price_mud_points",
             ],
         );
         assert_function_contains(
@@ -18983,6 +18990,23 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn queued_image_generation_persists_the_frozen_billing_price() {
+        let source = include_str!("editor_project.rs");
+        assert_function_contains_in_order(
+            source,
+            "pub(crate) async fn generate_editor_image_for_owner_with_prompt_builder",
+            "fn editor_image_generation_billing_asset_kind",
+            &[
+                "current_external_generation_billing_price_mud_points()",
+                ".editor_generation_pricing()",
+                "execute_billable_asset_operation_with_cost(",
+                "u64::from(effective_price_mud_points)",
+                "generation_cost_mud_points: u64::from(effective_price_mud_points)",
+            ],
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn editor_ui_design_asset_extraction_commits_prepared_bundle_atomically() {
         let source = include_str!("editor_project.rs");