diff --git a/door.lua b/door.lua
index 20a15df..186594a 100644
--- a/door.lua
+++ b/door.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ function Door:initialize(x, y, color)
 		collision = "unmoveable",
 		sprite = loadSprite("art/game/door_" .. color:sub(1, 1) .. ".png"),
 	})
+	self.isDoor = true
 	self.locked = true
 	self:refreshSprites()
 end
@@ -27,10 +28,10 @@ function Door:refreshSprites()
 	self.sprites = { [self.doorColor] = sprite }
 end
 
-function Door:setColors(colors)
+function Door:setColors(colors, canClose)
 	if colors[self.doorColor] then
 		if self.locked then self:unlock() end
-	else
+	elseif canClose ~= false then
 		if not self.locked then self:lock() end
 	end
 
diff --git a/room.lua b/room.lua
index f38e8cc..baf426a 100644
--- a/room.lua
+++ b/room.lua
@@ -538,10 +538,29 @@ end
 function Room:resolveSwitchesAndDoors()
 	local setDoorColors = self:switchCheck()
 	for _, door in pairs(self.doors) do
-		door:setColors(setDoorColors)
+		door:setColors(setDoorColors, self:doorCanClose(door))
 	end
 end
 
+-- Match World:doorCanClose for ordinary room-local doors.  All colour layers
+-- count, while other layers of the same doorway do not obstruct each other.
+function Room:doorCanClose(door)
+	for _, cell in ipairs(door:getOccupiedCells()) do
+		for _, player in pairs(self.player or {}) do
+			if player:occupiesCell(cell) then return false end
+		end
+		for _, entities in pairs(self.collideables or {}) do
+			for _, entity in ipairs(entities) do
+				if entity ~= door and not entity.isDoor and entity:occupiesCell(cell) and
+					not (entity.canPassOver and entity:canPassOver()) then
+					return false
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	return true
+end
+
 function Room:playerJoinCheck(previousPositions, newPositions)
 	local activate = {}
 	local deactivate = {}
diff --git a/tests/test_wire.lua b/tests/test_wire.lua
index 8dc5c1c..9dda775 100644
--- a/tests/test_wire.lua
+++ b/tests/test_wire.lua
@@ -192,6 +192,66 @@ test("an orphaned stub at a door does not block a valid switch run", function()
 	assertTrue(wiredDoor.powered)
 end)
 
+test("real wired and regular doors stay open while any player or collidable blocks the doorway", function()
+	local oldLoadSprite = loadSprite
+	loadSprite = function()
+		return {getWidth = function() return 16 end, getHeight = function() return 16 end}
+	end
+	require "color"
+	require "wired_door"
+
+	local function occupant(x, y)
+		local entity = {x = x, y = y}
+		function entity:occupiesCell(cell) return self.x == cell.x and self.y == cell.y end
+		function entity:canPassOver() return false end
+		return entity
+	end
+
+	local wired = WiredDoor:new(2, 2, "blue", "circuit_a")
+	local ordinary = Door:new(4, 2, "red")
+	local room = {
+		player = {green = occupant(2, 2)},
+		collideables = {
+			red = {ordinary}, green = {occupant(4, 2)}, blue = {wired},
+		},
+	}
+	local world = setmetatable({}, {__index = World})
+
+	wired:setPowered(true)
+	assertFalse(wired.locked, "wired door did not open")
+	assertFalse(world:doorCanClose(room, wired), "green player did not block blue wired door")
+	wired:setPowered(false, world:doorCanClose(room, wired))
+	assertFalse(wired.locked, "wired door shut on player")
+
+	ordinary:setColors({red = true})
+	assertFalse(ordinary.locked, "regular door did not open")
+	assertFalse(world:doorCanClose(room, ordinary), "green collidable did not block red regular door")
+	ordinary:setColors({red = false}, world:doorCanClose(room, ordinary))
+	assertFalse(ordinary.locked, "regular door shut on collidable")
+
+	room.player.green.x, room.player.green.y = 1, 1
+	room.collideables.green[1].x, room.collideables.green[1].y = 1, 1
+	wired:setPowered(false, world:doorCanClose(room, wired))
+	ordinary:setColors({red = false}, world:doorCanClose(room, ordinary))
+	assertTrue(wired.locked, "wired door did not close once clear")
+	assertTrue(ordinary.locked, "regular door did not close once clear")
+	loadSprite = oldLoadSprite
+end)
+
+test("circuit resolution passes doorway occupancy to a wired door", function()
+	local world, roomA, _, wiredDoor = makeWorld()
+	local player = {x = 1, y = 1}
+	function player:occupiesCell(cell) return self.x == cell.x and self.y == cell.y end
+	roomA.player.green = player
+	function wiredDoor:setPowered(powered, canClose)
+		self.powered, self.canClose = powered, canClose
+	end
+
+	world:resolveCircuits()
+	assertFalse(wiredDoor.powered, "unpressed switch unexpectedly powered door")
+	assertFalse(wiredDoor.canClose, "resolver omitted player doorway obstruction")
+end)
+
 test("selecting a parked colour changes to its room", function()
 	local function player()
 		local entity = {switched = false}
diff --git a/wired_door.lua b/wired_door.lua
index 8d30528..b780e14 100644
--- a/wired_door.lua
+++ b/wired_door.lua
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ function WiredDoor:initialize(x, y, color, circuitId)
 	self.wired = true
 end
 
-function WiredDoor:setPowered(powered)
+function WiredDoor:setPowered(powered, canClose)
 	if powered then
 		if self.locked then self:unlock() end
-	elseif not self.locked then
+	elseif canClose ~= false and not self.locked then
 		self:lock()
 	end
 	self:refreshSprites()
diff --git a/world.lua b/world.lua
index de792b6..2d1059a 100644
--- a/world.lua
+++ b/world.lua
@@ -284,6 +284,28 @@ function World:isSwitchPressed(room, switch)
 	return target ~= nil or (player and player:occupiesCell(switch:getGridPos())) or false
 end
 
+-- Check every rendered/colliding colour layer.  A red or green player/box can
+-- visibly occupy a blue door cell, so checking only the door's own layer lets
+-- wired doors close through an apparent occupant.  Other door layers at the
+-- same location are intentionally ignored: they are one layered doorway.
+function World:doorCanClose(room, door)
+	local cells = door.getOccupiedCells and door:getOccupiedCells() or {door:getGridPos()}
+	for _, cell in ipairs(cells) do
+		for _, player in pairs(room.player or {}) do
+			if player:occupiesCell(cell) then return false end
+		end
+		for _, entities in pairs(room.collideables or {}) do
+			for _, entity in ipairs(entities) do
+				if entity ~= door and not entity.isDoor and entity:occupiesCell(cell) and
+					not (entity.canPassOver and entity:canPassOver()) then
+					return false
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	return true
+end
+
 function World:rebuildCircuitMatrices()
 	self.wireMatrix = {}
 	self.wiredSwitchMatrix = {}
@@ -448,7 +470,7 @@ function World:resolveCircuits()
 				doorPowered[door] = powered
 				-- locked/collision is a projection of world state onto the physical
 				-- room entity so the existing movement renderer can consume it.
-				door:setPowered(powered)
+				door:setPowered(powered, self:doorCanClose(device.room, door))
 			end
 		end
 	end