diff --git a/internal/app/repo_mutations.go b/internal/app/repo_mutations.go
index 83d1dc81..fb0cc438 100644
--- a/internal/app/repo_mutations.go
+++ b/internal/app/repo_mutations.go
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ $ tea repo edit --default-merge-style squash --add-topic cli --add-topic go`,
 					return err
 				}
 			}
-			repo := t.Repo
+			// Gitea refuses topic changes on an archived repository, so archiving comes last.
+			repo, archive := t.Repo, options.Archived != nil && *options.Archived
+			if archive {
+				options.Archived = nil
+			}
 			if options != (services.RepositoryEdit{}) {
 				item, err := service.Edit(cmd.Context(), t.Repo, options)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -189,6 +193,11 @@ $ tea repo edit --default-merge-style squash --add-topic cli --add-topic go`,
 					return fmt.Errorf("remove topic %q: %w", topic, err)
 				}
 			}
+			if archive {
+				if _, err := service.Edit(cmd.Context(), repo, services.RepositoryEdit{Archived: &archive}); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
 			var edited []string
 			local := cmd.LocalFlags()
 			cmd.Flags().Visit(func(flag *pflag.Flag) {
diff --git a/internal/app/repository_edit_test.go b/internal/app/repository_edit_test.go
index 15e8d328..16483883 100644
--- a/internal/app/repository_edit_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/repository_edit_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -63,3 +65,24 @@ func TestRepositoryEditReportsTheChangedSettings(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Empty(t, out.String())
 	require.Equal(t, "✓ Edited repository alice/project (add-topic, description, remove-topic, visibility)\n", diagnostics.String())
 }
+
+func TestRepositoryEditArchivesAfterTheOtherChanges(t *testing.T) {
+	var requests []string
+	server := newAuthenticatedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		data, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		request := r.Method + " " + r.URL.Path
+		if strings.Contains(string(data), `"archived":true`) {
+			request += " archived"
+		}
+		requests = append(requests, request)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"full_name":"alice/project"}`))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+	deps, _, _ := serverDeps(t, server.URL)
+	require.NoError(t, Execute(context.Background(), deps, []string{"repo", "edit", "alice/project", "-d", "CLI", "--archived", "--add-topic", "cli", "--yes"}))
+	require.Equal(t, []string{
+		"PATCH /api/v1/repos/alice/project",
+		"PUT /api/v1/repos/alice/project/topics/cli",
+		"PATCH /api/v1/repos/alice/project archived",
+	}, requests)
+}