diff --git a/internal/api/handler/admin_est.go b/internal/api/handler/admin_est.go
index c1b2fbb..c8813b8 100644
--- a/internal/api/handler/admin_est.go
+++ b/internal/api/handler/admin_est.go
@@ -170,12 +170,12 @@ func (s *AdminESTServiceImpl) Profiles(_ context.Context, now time.Time) ([]serv
 }
 
 // ReloadTrust implements AdminESTService.
-func (s *AdminESTServiceImpl) ReloadTrust(_ context.Context, pathID string) error {
+func (s *AdminESTServiceImpl) ReloadTrust(ctx context.Context, pathID string) error {
 	svc, ok := s.services[pathID]
 	if !ok {
 		return ErrAdminESTProfileNotFound
 	}
-	return svc.ReloadTrust()
+	return svc.ReloadTrust(ctx)
 }
 
 // Compile-time interface check.
diff --git a/internal/service/est_counters.go b/internal/service/est_counters.go
index f007abd..9b18359 100644
--- a/internal/service/est_counters.go
+++ b/internal/service/est_counters.go
@@ -178,8 +178,12 @@ func (s *ESTService) Stats(now time.Time) ESTStatsSnapshot {
 //
 // Phase 11.3: emits AuditActionESTTrustAnchorReloaded on successful
 // reload so operators have a typed grep target for "who rotated the
-// trust bundle for which profile + when".
-func (s *ESTService) ReloadTrust() error {
+// trust bundle for which profile + when". The caller-supplied ctx is
+// forwarded into RecordEvent so the audit row carries the same
+// request-scoped trace identifiers as the rest of the admin pipeline,
+// and so the contextcheck linter doesn't flag the admin handler for
+// silently dropping its r.Context() at the service boundary.
+func (s *ESTService) ReloadTrust(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if s.estTrustAnchor == nil {
 		return ErrESTMTLSDisabled
 	}
@@ -192,7 +196,7 @@ func (s *ESTService) ReloadTrust() error {
 			"trust_anchor_path": s.estTrustAnchor.Path(),
 			"protocol":          "EST",
 		}
-		_ = s.auditService.RecordEvent(context.Background(), "est-admin", "system",
+		_ = s.auditService.RecordEvent(ctx, "est-admin", "system",
 			AuditActionESTTrustAnchorReloaded, "trust_anchor", s.estPathIDForLog, details)
 	}
 	return nil