diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/core/pools.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/core/pools.rs
index bf6ab9dd2..c6bc5ab8d 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/core/pools.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/core/pools.rs
@@ -5228,7 +5228,7 @@ where
     R: Into<PoolMetaReplicaRead>,
 {
     let replicas = replicas.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    if let Some(err) = pool_meta_replica_read_failure(&replicas) {
+    if let Some(err) = pool_meta_replica_read_failure(&replicas, "pool_read") {
         return Err(err);
     }
     match select_pool_meta_replica_reads(replicas) {
@@ -5248,13 +5248,14 @@ fn block_pool_meta_validation(write_state: &mut PoolMetaWriteState, err: Error,
     Error::other(context)
 }
 
-fn pool_meta_replica_read_failure(replicas: &[PoolMetaReplicaRead]) -> Option<Error> {
+fn pool_meta_replica_read_failure(replicas: &[PoolMetaReplicaRead], operation: &str) -> Option<Error> {
     replicas.iter().find_map(|read| match &read.replica {
-        PoolMetaReplica::Unreadable(source) => Some(Error::other(pool_metadata_error(
-            crate::error::PoolMetadataFailure::ReadUnavailable,
-            "pool_read",
-            Some(Arc::clone(source)),
-        ))),
+        PoolMetaReplica::Unreadable(source) => {
+            let mut context =
+                pool_metadata_error(crate::error::PoolMetadataFailure::ReadUnavailable, "pool_read", Some(Arc::clone(source)));
+            context.operation = operation.to_owned();
+            Some(Error::other(context))
+        }
         _ => None,
     })
 }
@@ -5268,7 +5269,7 @@ where
     R: Into<PoolMetaReplicaRead>,
 {
     let replicas = replicas.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    if let Some(err) = pool_meta_replica_read_failure(&replicas) {
+    if let Some(err) = pool_meta_replica_read_failure(&replicas, operation) {
         return Err(err);
     }
     let selection = select_pool_meta_replica_reads(replicas)?;
@@ -6349,7 +6350,7 @@ where
             write_state.observe_identity(&identity)?;
         }
         let reads = read_pool_meta_replicas(pools, true).await;
-        if let Some(err) = pool_meta_replica_read_failure(&reads) {
+        if let Some(err) = pool_meta_replica_read_failure(&reads, "pool metadata transaction recovery") {
             return Err(err);
         }
         if reads
@@ -6771,7 +6772,7 @@ impl PoolMeta {
             write_state.observe_identity(&identity)?;
         }
         let reads = read_pool_meta_replicas(pools, true).await;
-        if let Some(err) = pool_meta_replica_read_failure(&reads) {
+        if let Some(err) = pool_meta_replica_read_failure(&reads, "pool metadata load") {
             write_state.block_with_context(pool_metadata_error(
                 crate::error::PoolMetadataFailure::RecoveryRequired,
                 "startup_read",
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/store/heal.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/store/heal.rs
index c5ea6d52f..8144e7eea 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/store/heal.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/store/heal.rs
@@ -2353,14 +2353,19 @@ mod tests {
             .await
             .expect("quorum boundary heal should return a mapped result");
         *store.pools[0].disk_set[0].disks.write().await = original_quorum_disks;
-        let quorum_err_text = quorum_err.as_ref().map(ToString::to_string);
-        assert!(
-            quorum_err_text.as_deref().is_some_and(|err| {
-                err.contains("target capacity admission failed")
-                    && err.contains("pool metadata update cannot overwrite an unreadable replica")
-            }),
-            "heal must fail closed when capacity admission cannot verify pool metadata, got {quorum_err:?}"
+        let quorum_err = quorum_err
+            .as_ref()
+            .expect("heal must fail closed when capacity admission cannot verify pool metadata");
+        let quorum_failure = quorum_err
+            .pool_metadata_failure()
+            .expect("capacity admission failure should preserve typed pool metadata context");
+        assert_eq!(
+            quorum_failure.kind,
+            crate::error::PoolMetadataFailure::ReadUnavailable,
+            "read-only capacity admission failure must remain retryable"
         );
+        assert_eq!(quorum_failure.operation, "target capacity admission failed");
+        assert_eq!(quorum_failure.phase, "pool_read");
         assert!(
             store.pool_meta_writes_ready().await,
             "read-only capacity admission failure must not latch the pool metadata writer"
diff --git a/scripts/error-other-format-baseline.txt b/scripts/error-other-format-baseline.txt
index 613b4098d..ddd906666 100644
--- a/scripts/error-other-format-baseline.txt
+++ b/scripts/error-other-format-baseline.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 10|crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/remote_disk.rs
 6|crates/ecstore/src/config/com.rs
 14|crates/ecstore/src/config/storageclass.rs
-182|crates/ecstore/src/core/pools.rs
+181|crates/ecstore/src/core/pools.rs
 7|crates/ecstore/src/data_movement/mod.rs
 2|crates/ecstore/src/data_usage/local_snapshot.rs
 12|crates/ecstore/src/data_usage/mod.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 3|crates/ecstore/src/set_disk/read.rs
 5|crates/ecstore/src/store/bucket.rs
 1|crates/ecstore/src/store/heal_walk.rs
-12|crates/ecstore/src/store/init.rs
+10|crates/ecstore/src/store/init.rs
 3|crates/ecstore/src/store/multipart.rs
 6|crates/ecstore/src/store/object.rs
 5|crates/ecstore/src/store/rebalance/support.rs