diff --git a/crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs b/crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs
index 0ce1e655c..88ecedec8 100644
--- a/crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e_test/src/heal_erasure_disk_rebuild_test.rs
@@ -460,6 +460,10 @@ mod tests {
         .collect()
     }
 
+    fn transient_degraded_request_error(error: &str) -> bool {
+        error.contains("ServiceUnavailable") || error.contains("503")
+    }
+
     fn matching_manifest_count(
         disk: &Path,
         bucket: &str,
@@ -1344,16 +1348,50 @@ mod tests {
 
         let outage_key = "cluster/written-while-node-down.bin";
         let outage_payload_seed = 0xf1;
-        timeout(
-            Duration::from_secs(30),
-            clients[2]
-                .put_object()
-                .bucket(bucket)
-                .key(outage_key)
-                .body(ByteStream::from(deterministic_object_body(object_size_bytes, outage_payload_seed)))
-                .send(),
-        )
-        .await??;
+        let outage_put_deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(30);
+        loop {
+            match timeout(
+                Duration::from_secs(10),
+                clients[2]
+                    .put_object()
+                    .bucket(bucket)
+                    .key(outage_key)
+                    .body(ByteStream::from(deterministic_object_body(object_size_bytes, outage_payload_seed)))
+                    .send(),
+            )
+            .await
+            {
+                Ok(Ok(_)) => break,
+                Ok(Err(error))
+                    if Instant::now() < outage_put_deadline && transient_degraded_request_error(&error.to_string()) =>
+                {
+                    info!(
+                        event = "heal_interruption_outage_put_retry",
+                        component = "e2e_test",
+                        subsystem = "heal",
+                        interruption_kind,
+                        "Retrying outage object PUT after transient degraded-cluster response"
+                    );
+                    sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+                }
+                Ok(Err(error)) => {
+                    return Err(format!("outage object PUT failed after target interruption: {error}").into());
+                }
+                Err(error) if Instant::now() < outage_put_deadline => {
+                    info!(
+                        event = "heal_interruption_outage_put_retry",
+                        component = "e2e_test",
+                        subsystem = "heal",
+                        interruption_kind,
+                        "Retrying outage object PUT after timeout: {error}"
+                    );
+                    sleep(Duration::from_millis(250)).await;
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    return Err(format!("outage object PUT timed out after target interruption: {error}").into());
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         let mut outage_peer_erasure_indices = HashSet::new();
         for (node_index, node) in cluster.nodes.iter().enumerate() {
diff --git a/scripts/diagnose_scanner_enumeration_restart.py b/scripts/diagnose_scanner_enumeration_restart.py
index 3be70cdfb..95a784380 100644
--- a/scripts/diagnose_scanner_enumeration_restart.py
+++ b/scripts/diagnose_scanner_enumeration_restart.py
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ def converged(report, objects):
 
 
 def replays_raw_window(previous, current):
+    if previous["raw_entries"] == 0 or current["raw_entries"] == 0:
+        return False
     return (previous["raw_first_entry"] == current["raw_first_entry"]
             and previous["raw_last_entry"] == current["raw_last_entry"]
             and previous["objects_retained"] == current["objects_before"]
diff --git a/scripts/test_diagnose_scanner_enumeration_restart.py b/scripts/test_diagnose_scanner_enumeration_restart.py
index 370ebf580..5c67820d0 100644
--- a/scripts/test_diagnose_scanner_enumeration_restart.py
+++ b/scripts/test_diagnose_scanner_enumeration_restart.py
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ class ReportTests(unittest.TestCase):
         advanced = dict(current, objects_retained=1)
         self.assertFalse(replays_raw_window(previous, advanced))
 
+        finalization = dict(current, raw_entries=0, raw_first_entry=None,
+                            raw_last_entry=None, raw_name_bytes=0,
+                            objects_processed=1)
+        self.assertFalse(replays_raw_window(previous, finalization))
+
     def test_recoverable_quantum_rejects_replayed_raw_window(self):
         previous = self.report()
         previous.update(objects_retained=0, versions_retained=0, bytes_retained=0,
@@ -191,6 +196,25 @@ class ReportTests(unittest.TestCase):
                       raw_page_index_indexed_entries=1)
         validate_recoverable_quantum([first, second], objects=4, budget=16, require_converged=False)
 
+    def test_recoverable_quantum_allows_no_raw_finalization_after_full_processing(self):
+        first = self.report()
+        first.update(snapshot_complete=False, outcome="partial", objects_before=0,
+                     objects_processed=4, objects_retained=4, versions_retained=4,
+                     bytes_retained=4, raw_page_index_parent="bucket",
+                     raw_page_index_complete=False, raw_page_index_committed_entries=4,
+                     raw_page_index_indexed_entries=4)
+        second = self.report()
+        second.update(round=1, pid=124, raw_entries=0, raw_first_entry=None,
+                      raw_last_entry=None, raw_name_bytes=0, objects_before=4,
+                      objects_processed=1, objects_retained=4,
+                      versions_retained=4, bytes_retained=4,
+                      snapshot_complete=True, outcome="complete",
+                      raw_page_index_parent=None,
+                      raw_page_index_complete=False,
+                      raw_page_index_committed_entries=0,
+                      raw_page_index_indexed_entries=0)
+        validate_recoverable_quantum([first, second], objects=4, budget=16, require_converged=True)
+
     def test_recoverable_quantum_rejects_missing_processing_stage(self):
         report = self.report()
         report["objects_processed"] = 0