diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14e20b04..b571fc55 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ This library ships with a few `CacheProvider` implementations, including:
 
 - [`PrefixedCache`](src/prefixed.ts): A cache wrapper that prefixes all keys with a string.
 - [`AdaptedCache`](src/adapted.ts): A cache wrapper that adapts a typed `CacheProvider<K, V>` into a 
-`CacheProvider<IK, IV>` by transforming keys and values. Available transformers:
+`CacheProvider<IK, IV>` by transforming keys and values. If a cached value cannot be transformed,
+the adapter deletes it and retries once through the underlying cache. Loader reuse and recovery are
+scoped to each execution; the adapter does not coordinate separate calls. To share the entire read
+and recovery operation, wrap the adapter in a `SharedInFlightCache`. Freshly loaded values are
+validated before the underlying cache can store them; validation failures propagate without starting
+recovery. Available transformers:
      - `AdaptedCache.createHashSerializer`: Serializes any object into a hash. This is typically used to transform keys into strings.
      - `AdaptedCache.jsonSerializer`: Serializes any object to a JSON string. This is a typed wrapper around `JSON.stringify`.
      - `AdaptedCache.jsonDeserializer`: Deserializes a JSON string into a `JsonValue`. This is a typed wrapper around `JSON.parse`.
diff --git a/src/adapted.ts b/src/adapted.ts
index 77ed4808..b3769095 100644
--- a/src/adapted.ts
+++ b/src/adapted.ts
@@ -82,12 +82,36 @@ export class AdaptedCache<K, V, IK = K, IV = V> implements CacheProvider<K, V> {
     }
 
     public async get(key: K, loader: CacheLoader<K, V>): Promise<V> {
-        return this.cache
-            .get(
-                await this.keyTransformer(key),
-                () => loader(key).then(this.valueInputTransformer),
-            )
-            .then(this.valueOutputTransformer);
+        const transformedKey = await this.keyTransformer(key);
+
+        const retrieveAndTransform = async (): Promise<IV> => {
+            const loaderValue = await loader(key);
+            const transformedValue = await this.valueInputTransformer(loaderValue);
+
+            await this.valueOutputTransformer(transformedValue);
+
+            return transformedValue;
+        };
+
+        let loadedValue: Promise<IV> | undefined;
+
+        const transformedLoader: CacheLoader<IK, IV> = () => {
+            if (loadedValue === undefined) {
+                loadedValue = retrieveAndTransform();
+            }
+
+            return loadedValue;
+        };
+
+        const value = await this.cache.get(transformedKey, transformedLoader);
+
+        try {
+            return await this.valueOutputTransformer(value);
+        } catch {
+            await this.cache.delete(transformedKey);
+        }
+
+        return this.valueOutputTransformer(await this.cache.get(transformedKey, transformedLoader));
     }
 
     public async set(key: K, value: V): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/test/adapted.test.ts b/test/adapted.test.ts
index 429af6a6..09ae33f6 100644
--- a/test/adapted.test.ts
+++ b/test/adapted.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import type {CacheProvider} from '../src';
-import {AdaptedCache} from '../src';
+import {Instant, TimeZone} from '@croct/time';
+import {FixedClock} from '@croct/time/clock/fixedClock';
+import type {CacheProvider, TimestampedCacheEntry} from '../src';
+import {AdaptedCache, AutoSaveCache, InMemoryCache, SharedInFlightCache, StaleWhileRevalidateCache} from '../src';
 
 describe('A cache adapter that can transform keys and values', () => {
     const mockCache: jest.MockedObject<CacheProvider<string, string>> = {
@@ -74,11 +76,270 @@ describe('A cache adapter that can transform keys and values', () => {
         expect(loader).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('should delete a malformed cached value and reload it through the cache', async () => {
+        const deserializationError = new Error('Failed to deserialize cached value');
+        const keyTransformer = jest.fn().mockReturnValue('transformed-key');
+        const inputTransformer = jest.fn((value: string) => value);
+        const outputTransformer = jest.fn((value: string) => {
+            if (value === 'malformed') {
+                throw deserializationError;
+            }
+
+            return value;
+        });
+        const loader = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('fresh');
+        const cache = new AdaptedCache({
+            cache: mockCache,
+            keyTransformer: keyTransformer,
+            valueInputTransformer: inputTransformer,
+            valueOutputTransformer: outputTransformer,
+        });
+
+        mockCache.get
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce('malformed')
+            .mockImplementationOnce((_key, cacheLoader) => cacheLoader('transformed-key'));
+
+        await expect(cache.get('key', loader)).resolves.toBe('fresh');
+
+        expect(mockCache.delete).toHaveBeenCalledWith('transformed-key');
+    });
+
+    it('should propagate deserialization errors from freshly loaded values without retrying', async () => {
+        const deserializationError = new Error('Failed to deserialize loaded value');
+        const keyTransformer = jest.fn().mockReturnValue('transformed-key');
+        const inputTransformer = jest.fn((value: string) => value);
+        const outputTransformer = jest.fn(() => {
+            throw deserializationError;
+        });
+        const loader = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('malformed');
+        const cache = new AdaptedCache({
+            cache: mockCache,
+            keyTransformer: keyTransformer,
+            valueInputTransformer: inputTransformer,
+            valueOutputTransformer: outputTransformer,
+        });
+
+        mockCache.get.mockImplementation((_key, cacheLoader) => cacheLoader('transformed-key'));
+
+        await expect(cache.get('key', loader)).rejects.toThrow(deserializationError);
+
+        expect(mockCache.delete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should reuse a loaded value when output transformation fails after a cache miss', async () => {
+        mockCache.get.mockImplementation((key, cacheLoader) => cacheLoader(key));
+
+        const error = new Error('Failed to transform loaded value');
+        const outputTransformer = jest.fn()
+            .mockReturnValueOnce('fresh')
+            .mockRejectedValueOnce(error)
+            .mockReturnValueOnce('fresh');
+        const loader = jest.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce('fresh');
+        const cache = AdaptedCache.transformValues(mockCache, (value: string) => value, outputTransformer);
+
+        await expect(cache.get('key', loader)).resolves.toBe('fresh');
+
+        expect(mockCache.delete).toHaveBeenCalledWith('key');
+        expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should reuse rejected transformations only within the current invocation', async () => {
+        mockCache.get.mockImplementation(async (key, cacheLoader) => {
+            try {
+                return await cacheLoader(key);
+            } catch {
+                return 'malformed';
+            }
+        });
+
+        const error = new Error('Failed to transform loaded value');
+        const outputTransformer = jest.fn(() => {
+            throw error;
+        });
+        const loader = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('fresh');
+        const cache = AdaptedCache.transformValues(mockCache, (value: string) => value, outputTransformer);
+
+        await expect(cache.get('key', loader)).rejects.toBe(error);
+        expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        await expect(cache.get('key', loader)).rejects.toBe(error);
+        expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    it('should propagate shared freshly loaded deserialization errors without retrying', async () => {
+        const deserializationError = new Error('Failed to deserialize shared loaded value');
+        const inputTransformer = jest.fn((value: string) => value);
+        const outputTransformer = jest.fn(() => {
+            throw deserializationError;
+        });
+        const sharedCache = new SharedInFlightCache(mockCache);
+        const cache = AdaptedCache.transformValues(sharedCache, inputTransformer, outputTransformer);
+
+        let resolveLoader!: (value: string) => void;
+        let markLoaderStarted!: () => void;
+        const loaderStarted = new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+            markLoaderStarted = resolve;
+        });
+        const firstLoader = jest.fn(
+            () => new Promise<string>(resolve => {
+                resolveLoader = resolve;
+                markLoaderStarted();
+            }),
+        );
+        const secondLoader = jest.fn();
+
+        mockCache.get.mockImplementation((_key, cacheLoader) => cacheLoader('key'));
+
+        const firstRequest = cache.get('key', firstLoader);
+
+        await loaderStarted;
+
+        const secondRequest = cache.get('key', secondLoader);
+
+        resolveLoader('malformed');
+
+        await expect(Promise.allSettled([firstRequest, secondRequest])).resolves.toStrictEqual([
+            {status: 'rejected', reason: deserializationError},
+            {status: 'rejected', reason: deserializationError},
+        ]);
+
+        expect(mockCache.delete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(firstLoader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(secondLoader).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should recover a malformed cached value while background revalidation is pending', async () => {
+        const now = Instant.ofEpochMilli(12345);
+        const inner = new InMemoryCache<TimestampedCacheEntry<string>>();
+        const staleCache = new StaleWhileRevalidateCache({
+            cacheProvider: inner,
+            freshPeriod: 10,
+            clock: FixedClock.of(now, TimeZone.UTC),
+        });
+
+        const outputTransformer = (value: string): string => {
+            if (value === 'malformed') {
+                throw new Error('Failed to deserialize cached value');
+            }
+
+            return value;
+        };
+        const cache = AdaptedCache.transformValues(staleCache, (value: string) => value, outputTransformer);
+
+        await inner.set('key', {
+            value: 'malformed',
+            timestamp: now.plusSeconds(-11),
+        });
+
+        let resolveLoader!: (value: string) => void;
+        let markLoaderStarted!: () => void;
+        const loaderStarted = new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+            markLoaderStarted = resolve;
+        });
+        const loader = jest.fn(
+            () => new Promise<string>(resolve => {
+                resolveLoader = resolve;
+                markLoaderStarted();
+            }),
+        );
+
+        let markRecoveryStarted!: () => void;
+        const recoveryStarted = new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+            markRecoveryStarted = resolve;
+        });
+        const deleteEntry = inner.delete.bind(inner);
+
+        jest.spyOn(inner, 'delete').mockImplementation(async key => {
+            await deleteEntry(key);
+            markRecoveryStarted();
+        });
+
+        const request = cache.get('key', loader);
+
+        await Promise.all([loaderStarted, recoveryStarted]);
+        resolveLoader('fresh');
+
+        await expect(request).resolves.toBe('fresh');
+        await expect(cache.get('key', jest.fn())).resolves.toBe('fresh');
+
+        expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should recover concurrent calls independently without a coordinating wrapper', async () => {
+        mockCache.get
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce('malformed')
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce('malformed')
+            .mockImplementation((key, loader) => loader(key));
+
+        const cache = AdaptedCache.transformValues(
+            mockCache,
+            AdaptedCache.jsonSerializer<string>(),
+            AdaptedCache.jsonDeserializer<string>(),
+        );
+        const firstLoader = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('first');
+        const secondLoader = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('second');
+
+        const results = await Promise.all([
+            cache.get('key', firstLoader),
+            cache.get('key', secondLoader),
+        ]);
+
+        expect(results).toStrictEqual(['first', 'second']);
+        expect(firstLoader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(secondLoader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should share malformed entry recovery when wrapped in a shared in-flight cache', async () => {
+        const inner = new InMemoryCache<string>();
+        const adaptedCache = AdaptedCache.transformValues(
+            new AutoSaveCache(inner),
+            AdaptedCache.jsonSerializer<string>(),
+            AdaptedCache.jsonDeserializer<string>(),
+        );
+        const cache = new SharedInFlightCache(adaptedCache);
+
+        await inner.set('key', 'malformed');
+
+        let resolveLoader!: (value: string) => void;
+        let markLoaderStarted!: () => void;
+        const loaderStarted = new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+            markLoaderStarted = resolve;
+        });
+        const loader = jest.fn()
+            .mockImplementationOnce(
+                () => new Promise<string>(resolve => {
+                    resolveLoader = resolve;
+                    markLoaderStarted();
+                }),
+            )
+            .mockResolvedValue('fresh');
+
+        const firstRequest = cache.get('key', loader);
+        const secondRequest = cache.get('key', loader);
+
+        await loaderStarted;
+        resolveLoader('fresh');
+
+        await expect(firstRequest).resolves.toBe('fresh');
+
+        await expect(secondRequest).resolves.toBe('fresh');
+        await expect(cache.get('key', jest.fn())).resolves.toBe('fresh');
+
+        expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        await inner.set('key', 'malformed');
+
+        await expect(cache.get('key', loader)).resolves.toBe('fresh');
+
+        expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
     it('should apply the value input transformer on loader value', async () => {
         mockCache.get.mockImplementation((key, loader) => loader(key));
 
         const inputTransformer = jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce('transformedInput');
-        const outputTransformer = jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce('transformedOutput');
+        const outputTransformer = jest.fn().mockReturnValue('transformedOutput');
 
         const loader = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('loaderValue');
 
@@ -91,7 +352,9 @@ describe('A cache adapter that can transform keys and values', () => {
         const result = await cache.get('key', loader);
 
         expect(inputTransformer).toHaveBeenCalledWith('loaderValue');
-        expect(outputTransformer).toHaveBeenCalledWith('transformedInput');
+        expect(outputTransformer).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(outputTransformer).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'transformedInput');
+        expect(outputTransformer).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'transformedInput');
         expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledWith('key');
         expect(result).toBe('transformedOutput');
     });