diff --git a/website_sale_aplicoop/controllers/website_sale_validators.py b/website_sale_aplicoop/controllers/website_sale_validators.py
index 3a774b1..940a604 100644
--- a/website_sale_aplicoop/controllers/website_sale_validators.py
+++ b/website_sale_aplicoop/controllers/website_sale_validators.py
@@ -63,28 +63,29 @@ def _get_salesperson_for_order(self, partner):
 
 
 def _find_recent_draft_order(self, partner_id, group_order, request_obj=None):
+    """Return the active-cycle draft sale.order for the partner, or empty.
+
+    The active ordering period ends at group_order.cutoff_date and begins
+    6 days earlier (weekly cycle). Drafts created outside this window belong
+    to a previous cycle and must not be reused — otherwise stale carts come
+    back when the user re-enters the order page.
+    """
     req = request_obj or request
-    from datetime import datetime
     from datetime import timedelta
 
-    today = datetime.now().date()
-    start_of_week = today - timedelta(days=today.weekday())
-    end_of_week = start_of_week + timedelta(days=6)
+    if not group_order or not group_order.cutoff_date:
+        return req.env["sale.order"]
+
+    period_start = group_order.cutoff_date - timedelta(days=6)
+    period_end = group_order.cutoff_date
 
     domain = [
         ("partner_id", "=", partner_id),
         ("group_order_id", "=", group_order.id),
         ("state", "=", "draft"),
+        ("create_date", ">=", f"{period_start} 00:00:00"),
+        ("create_date", "<=", f"{period_end} 23:59:59"),
     ]
-    if group_order.pickup_date:
-        domain.append(("pickup_date", "=", group_order.pickup_date))
-    else:
-        domain.extend(
-            [
-                ("create_date", ">=", f"{start_of_week} 00:00:00"),
-                ("create_date", "<=", f"{end_of_week} 23:59:59"),
-            ]
-        )
 
     return (
         req.env["sale.order"].sudo().search(domain, order="create_date desc", limit=1)
diff --git a/website_sale_aplicoop/tests/test_group_order_status_endpoint.py b/website_sale_aplicoop/tests/test_group_order_status_endpoint.py
index 082ba01..0f42dc3 100644
--- a/website_sale_aplicoop/tests/test_group_order_status_endpoint.py
+++ b/website_sale_aplicoop/tests/test_group_order_status_endpoint.py
@@ -134,6 +134,93 @@ class TestGroupOrderStatusEndpoint(TransactionCase):
         self.assertEqual(data.get("action"), "clear_cart")
         self.assertNotIn("items", data)
 
+    def test_find_recent_draft_excludes_previous_cycle(self):
+        """_find_recent_draft_order must only return drafts whose create_date
+        falls in [cutoff_date - 6 days, cutoff_date].
+
+        Regression (observed on stage.elikabilbo.eus): when the previous
+        cycle's draft still matched group_order.pickup_date (because both
+        were the same stale value), the helper returned it and the cart
+        was repopulated with old products on the next page load.
+        """
+        partner = self.env.user.partner_id
+
+        # Ensure cutoff_date is in the (near) future so the active window is
+        # well-defined and the cutoff-passed guard is NOT what's being tested.
+        future_cutoff = fields.Date.today() + timedelta(days=2)
+        self.group_order.sudo().write({"cutoff_date": future_cutoff})
+        # Mirror production conditions where pickup_date matches between
+        # group_order and the stale draft — this is what made the old
+        # exact-pickup-date filter return the previous cycle's draft.
+        matching_pickup_date = self.group_order.pickup_date
+
+        previous_cycle_create = fields.Datetime.now() - timedelta(days=10)
+        stale_draft = self.env["sale.order"].create(
+            {
+                "partner_id": partner.id,
+                "group_order_id": self.group_order.id,
+                "pickup_date": matching_pickup_date,
+                "order_line": [
+                    (
+                        0,
+                        0,
+                        {
+                            "product_id": self.product.id,
+                            "product_uom_qty": 3,
+                        },
+                    )
+                ],
+            }
+        )
+        # create_date is auto-stamped; backdate it directly to simulate a draft
+        # left over from a previous weekly cycle.
+        self.env.cr.execute(
+            "UPDATE sale_order SET create_date = %s WHERE id = %s",
+            (previous_cycle_create, stale_draft.id),
+        )
+        stale_draft.invalidate_recordset(["create_date"])
+
+        request_mock = self._build_request_mock({})
+        with patch(
+            "odoo.addons.website_sale_aplicoop.controllers.website_sale.request",
+            request_mock,
+        ):
+            found = self.controller._find_recent_draft_order(
+                partner.id, self.group_order
+            )
+        self.assertFalse(
+            found,
+            "Previous-cycle draft must not be returned (create_date is outside "
+            "[cutoff-6, cutoff] window) even when pickup_date matches",
+        )
+
+        # Now create a current-cycle draft and confirm it IS returned.
+        current_draft = self.env["sale.order"].create(
+            {
+                "partner_id": partner.id,
+                "group_order_id": self.group_order.id,
+                "pickup_date": matching_pickup_date,
+                "order_line": [
+                    (
+                        0,
+                        0,
+                        {
+                            "product_id": self.product.id,
+                            "product_uom_qty": 1,
+                        },
+                    )
+                ],
+            }
+        )
+        with patch(
+            "odoo.addons.website_sale_aplicoop.controllers.website_sale.request",
+            request_mock,
+        ):
+            found = self.controller._find_recent_draft_order(
+                partner.id, self.group_order
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(found.id, current_draft.id)
+
     def test_save_order_endpoint_rejects_closed_group_order(self):
         """/eskaera/save-order must reject closed group order with clear_cart action."""
         self.group_order.action_close()