diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs
index 62d0001e6..0805da668 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs
@@ -3312,6 +3312,59 @@ mod test {
         assert!(!cancel.is_cancelled());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn list_path_forward_past_is_idempotent_for_same_marker() {
+        let mut first_page = sorted_entries(&["obj-0001", "obj-0002", "obj-0003", "obj-0004"]);
+        first_page.forward_past(Some("obj-0002".to_string()));
+
+        let first_page_names = first_page
+            .entries()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|entry| entry.name.clone())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        let mut second_page = sorted_entries(&["obj-0001", "obj-0002", "obj-0003", "obj-0004"]);
+        second_page.forward_past(Some("obj-0002".to_string()));
+
+        let second_page_names = second_page
+            .entries()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|entry| entry.name.clone())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        assert_eq!(first_page_names, second_page_names);
+        assert_eq!(first_page_names, vec!["obj-0003".to_string(), "obj-0004".to_string()]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn list_path_parse_marker_replay_still_stable() {
+        let marker = "photos/2026/image.jpg[rustfs_cache:v1,id:list-cache-id,p:3,s:7]".to_string();
+
+        let mut parsed = ListPathOptions {
+            marker: Some(marker),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        parsed.parse_marker();
+        assert_eq!(parsed.marker.as_deref(), Some("photos/2026/image.jpg"));
+        assert_eq!(parsed.id.as_deref(), Some("list-cache-id"));
+        assert_eq!(parsed.pool_idx, Some(3));
+        assert_eq!(parsed.set_idx, Some(7));
+
+        let base_marker = parsed.marker.clone().expect("marker should parse");
+        let replay_marker = parsed.encode_marker(base_marker.as_str());
+        let mut replay = ListPathOptions {
+            marker: Some(replay_marker),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        replay.parse_marker();
+
+        assert_eq!(replay.marker.as_deref(), Some("photos/2026/image.jpg"));
+        assert_eq!(replay.id.as_deref(), Some("list-cache-id"));
+        assert_eq!(replay.pool_idx, Some(3));
+        assert_eq!(replay.set_idx, Some(7));
+        assert_eq!(replay.create, false);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_max_keys_plus_one_caps_before_lookahead() {
         assert_eq!(max_keys_plus_one(999, true), 1000);
diff --git a/scripts/validate_issue_785_list_objects.sh b/scripts/validate_issue_785_list_objects.sh
index 0931c738e..91e588ff8 100755
--- a/scripts/validate_issue_785_list_objects.sh
+++ b/scripts/validate_issue_785_list_objects.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ run_unit_checks() {
     list_path_gather_results_returns_after_limit_without_waiting_for_input_close
     list_path_gather_results_keeps_marker_entry_for_version_marker_listing
     list_path_gather_results_skips_marker_entry_by_default
+    list_path_forward_past_is_idempotent_for_same_marker
+    list_path_parse_marker_replay_still_stable
     normalize_list_quorum_falls_back_to_strict
     list_objects_quorum_from_env_defaults_to_optimal
   )
@@ -91,8 +93,12 @@ run_live_smoke() {
 run_metrics_context() {
   log_info "Collecting local metric symbol index for review"
   local metric_log="$OUT_DIR/issue-785-metrics-context.log"
-  rg -n "record_stage_duration\(\"store_list_objects_|record_stage_duration\(\"sets_list_objects_|record_stage_duration\(\"set_disks_list_objects_" "$PROJECT_ROOT/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs" > "$metric_log"
-  log_info "Metric context saved: $metric_log"
+  if rg -n "record_stage_duration\(" "$PROJECT_ROOT/crates/ecstore/src/store/list_objects.rs" > "$metric_log"; then
+    log_info "Metric context saved: $metric_log"
+  else
+    log_error "No metric stage context found"
+    return 1
+  fi
 }
 
 parse_args() {