diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/scanner.rs b/crates/scanner/src/scanner.rs
index 62a3d0527..fcf67eed0 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/scanner.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/scanner.rs
@@ -2895,7 +2895,7 @@ where
         );
         let mut wait_plan =
             scanner_cycle_wait_plan(&runtime_config, clean_idle_backoff, backoff_enabled, randomized_cycle_delay_for);
-        let superseded_retry_interval = superseded_backoff.retry_interval(runtime_config.cycle_interval);
+        let superseded_retry_interval = scanner_superseded_retry_interval(superseded_backoff, &runtime_config);
         let deferred_retry_interval = deferred_backoff.retry_interval(runtime_config.cycle_interval);
         let mut convergence_retry_interval = superseded_retry_interval.or(deferred_retry_interval);
         if let Some(retry_interval) = convergence_retry_interval {
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/activity.rs b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/activity.rs
index 815679c01..2f8aed1b5 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/activity.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/activity.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,22 @@ impl ScannerRetryBackoff {
     }
 }
 
+pub(super) fn scanner_superseded_retry_interval(
+    backoff: ScannerRetryBackoff,
+    runtime_config: &ScannerRuntimeConfig,
+) -> Option<Duration> {
+    let retry_interval = backoff.retry_interval(runtime_config.cycle_interval)?;
+    if runtime_config.cycle_interval_source == ScannerRuntimeConfigSource::Default {
+        return Some(retry_interval);
+    }
+
+    // An explicit cycle is an operator-selected duty-cycle floor. A
+    // superseded snapshot keeps its dirty work pending, but retrying that work
+    // sooner than the configured cadence would turn continuous writes into a
+    // repeated full-walk loop despite the override.
+    Some(retry_interval.max(runtime_config.cycle_interval))
+}
+
 const SCANNER_PUBLICATION_PROOF_RETRY_MAX_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 
 pub(crate) fn scanner_publication_proof_retry_delay(consecutive_failures: u32) -> Duration {
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs
index d9abe98e6..efe29f612 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs
@@ -7197,6 +7197,40 @@ fn superseded_retry_backoff_grows_from_the_default_cycle() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn superseded_retry_preserves_explicit_cycle_cadence() {
+    let mut backoff = ScannerRetryBackoff::default();
+    backoff.record_retryable_cycle(true);
+
+    let default_config = ScannerRuntimeConfig {
+        cycle_interval: Duration::from_secs(6 * 60 * 60),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    assert_eq!(
+        scanner_superseded_retry_interval(backoff, &default_config),
+        Some(SCANNER_RETRY_BASE_INTERVAL),
+        "the default adaptive cadence must retain fast convergence"
+    );
+
+    for source in [
+        ScannerRuntimeConfigSource::Env,
+        ScannerRuntimeConfigSource::Config,
+        ScannerRuntimeConfigSource::ScannerCompatConfig,
+    ] {
+        let runtime_config = ScannerRuntimeConfig {
+            cycle_interval: Duration::from_secs(6 * 60 * 60),
+            cycle_interval_source: source,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            scanner_superseded_retry_interval(backoff, &runtime_config),
+            Some(runtime_config.cycle_interval),
+            "{source:?} cycle cadence must not be shortened by convergence retries"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn publication_proof_retry_backoff_reaches_its_short_cap() {
     for (failures, expected) in [(1, 5), (2, 10), (3, 20), (4, 30), (20, 30)] {