diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled-validation-freshness.yml b/.github/workflows/scheduled-validation-freshness.yml
index eef340869..69ddc844c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled-validation-freshness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled-validation-freshness.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check latest scheduled runs
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RUSTFS_DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
         run: |
           set +e
           python3 scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py \
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/api/mod.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/api/mod.rs
index 34e784288..437f5c458 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -196,15 +196,16 @@ pub mod bucket {
         pub use crate::bucket::metadata_sys::ConfigWriteLockProbe;
         pub use crate::bucket::metadata_sys::{
             BucketMetadataMutationGuard, BucketMetadataSys, ObjectLockConfigState, acquire_bucket_metadata_transaction_lock,
-            acquire_bucket_metadata_transaction_lock_for_incarnation, capture_bucket_metadata_incarnation, delete,
-            delete_if_incarnation, delete_under_transaction_lock, get, get_accelerate_config, get_bucket_policy,
-            get_bucket_policy_raw, get_bucket_targets_config, get_config_from_disk, get_cors_config, get_durability_config,
-            get_global_bucket_metadata_sys, get_lifecycle_config, get_logging_config, get_notification_config,
-            get_object_lock_config, get_object_lock_config_state, get_on_demand_migration_config, get_public_access_block_config,
-            get_quota_config, get_replication_config, get_request_payment_config, get_sse_config, get_tagging_config,
-            get_versioning_config, get_website_config, init_bucket_metadata_sys, list_bucket_targets, reload_bucket_metadata,
-            remove_bucket_metadata, set_bucket_metadata, update, update_bucket_targets_under_transaction_lock,
-            update_config_with, update_if_incarnation, update_quota_if_incarnation, update_under_transaction_lock,
+            acquire_bucket_metadata_transaction_lock_for_incarnation, acquire_scanner_bucket_incarnation_fence,
+            capture_bucket_metadata_incarnation, delete, delete_if_incarnation, delete_under_transaction_lock, get,
+            get_accelerate_config, get_bucket_policy, get_bucket_policy_raw, get_bucket_targets_config, get_config_from_disk,
+            get_cors_config, get_durability_config, get_global_bucket_metadata_sys, get_lifecycle_config, get_logging_config,
+            get_notification_config, get_object_lock_config, get_object_lock_config_state, get_on_demand_migration_config,
+            get_public_access_block_config, get_quota_config, get_replication_config, get_request_payment_config, get_sse_config,
+            get_tagging_config, get_versioning_config, get_website_config, init_bucket_metadata_sys, list_bucket_targets,
+            reload_bucket_metadata, remove_bucket_metadata, set_bucket_metadata, update,
+            update_bucket_targets_under_transaction_lock, update_config_with, update_if_incarnation, update_quota_if_incarnation,
+            update_under_transaction_lock,
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/metadata_sys.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/metadata_sys.rs
index eb40ed8c9..4a53927f9 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/metadata_sys.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/bucket/metadata_sys.rs
@@ -655,6 +655,12 @@ pub struct BucketMetadataMutationGuard {
 }
 
 impl BucketMetadataMutationGuard {
+    /// Returns the storage-verified identity while both incarnation fences remain valid.
+    pub fn checked_bucket_incarnation(&self) -> Result<(&str, Uuid)> {
+        self.ensure_valid(&self.bucket)?;
+        Ok((&self.bucket, self.incarnation_id))
+    }
+
     fn ensure_valid(&self, bucket: &str) -> Result<()> {
         if self.bucket != bucket {
             return Err(Error::other("bucket metadata mutation guard does not match bucket"));
@@ -674,6 +680,29 @@ async fn acquire_config_write_guard_for_incarnation(
     sys: Arc<RwLock<BucketMetadataSys>>,
     bucket: &str,
     expected_incarnation_id: Option<Uuid>,
+) -> Result<BucketMetadataMutationGuard> {
+    acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys, bucket, expected_incarnation_id, true).await
+}
+
+/// Scanner probes must not create an incarnation to make a capability available.
+pub async fn acquire_scanner_bucket_incarnation_fence(
+    bucket: &str,
+    expected_incarnation_id: Uuid,
+    expected_owner_id: Uuid,
+) -> Result<BucketMetadataMutationGuard> {
+    super::utils::check_valid_bucket_name(bucket)?;
+    let sys = get_bucket_metadata_sys()?;
+    if expected_owner_id.is_nil() || sys.read().await.api.id != expected_owner_id || expected_incarnation_id.is_nil() {
+        return Err(Error::other("scanner bucket incarnation owner does not match"));
+    }
+    acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys, bucket, Some(expected_incarnation_id), false).await
+}
+
+async fn acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(
+    sys: Arc<RwLock<BucketMetadataSys>>,
+    bucket: &str,
+    expected_incarnation_id: Option<Uuid>,
+    migrate: bool,
 ) -> Result<BucketMetadataMutationGuard> {
     let metadata_sys = sys.read().await.clone();
     let lifecycle_guard = metadata_sys.api.acquire_bucket_lifecycle_read_lock(bucket).await?;
@@ -681,13 +710,15 @@ async fn acquire_config_write_guard_for_incarnation(
     // Legacy buckets are migrated while the lifecycle fence prevents a
     // same-name replacement. The second read under the write transaction is
     // the CAS source of truth for the actual rewrite.
-    await_bucket_namespace_operation(
-        Some(&lifecycle_guard),
-        bucket,
-        "bucket config incarnation migration",
-        metadata_sys.get_bucket_incarnation_id(bucket),
-    )
-    .await?;
+    if migrate {
+        await_bucket_namespace_operation(
+            Some(&lifecycle_guard),
+            bucket,
+            "bucket config incarnation migration",
+            metadata_sys.get_bucket_incarnation_id(bucket),
+        )
+        .await?;
+    }
     let transaction_guard = await_bucket_namespace_operation(
         Some(&lifecycle_guard),
         bucket,
@@ -3176,6 +3207,82 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn scoped_dirty_usage_incarnation_probe_does_not_migrate_legacy_metadata() {
+        let (dirs, store) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
+        let sys = Arc::new(RwLock::new(BucketMetadataSys::new(store.clone())));
+        let bucket = "scoped-ack-legacy";
+        for dir in &dirs {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(dir.path().join(bucket)).expect("create legacy bucket");
+        }
+        let mut metadata = BucketMetadata::new(bucket);
+        metadata.bucket_incarnation_id = Uuid::nil();
+        sys.read()
+            .await
+            .persist_and_set(metadata)
+            .await
+            .expect("persist legacy metadata");
+        assert!(
+            acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys.clone(), bucket, Some(Uuid::new_v4()), false)
+                .await
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(load_bucket_incarnation(store, bucket).await.expect("read sidecar").is_none());
+        assert!(
+            sys.read()
+                .await
+                .get_config_from_disk(bucket)
+                .await
+                .expect("read metadata")
+                .bucket_incarnation_id
+                .is_nil()
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+    #[serial]
+    async fn scoped_dirty_usage_incarnation_rejects_deleted_and_recreated_bucket() {
+        let (_dirs, store) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
+        init_bucket_metadata_sys(store.clone(), Vec::new()).await;
+        let sys = bucket_metadata_sys_of(&store.ctx).expect("metadata owner");
+        let bucket = "scoped-ack-recreated";
+        store
+            .make_bucket(bucket, &MakeBucketOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("create bucket");
+        let old = store.bucket_incarnation_id_from_disk(bucket).await.expect("old incarnation");
+        let guard = acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys.clone(), bucket, Some(old), false)
+            .await
+            .expect("trusted incarnation fence");
+        assert_eq!(guard.checked_bucket_incarnation().expect("valid fences"), (bucket, old));
+        drop(guard);
+        store
+            .delete_bucket(bucket, &DeleteBucketOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("delete bucket");
+        assert!(
+            acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys.clone(), bucket, Some(old), false)
+                .await
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        store
+            .make_bucket(bucket, &MakeBucketOptions::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("recreate bucket");
+        let new = store.bucket_incarnation_id_from_disk(bucket).await.expect("new incarnation");
+        assert_ne!(old, new);
+        assert!(
+            acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys.clone(), bucket, Some(old), false)
+                .await
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(
+            acquire_config_write_guard_with_migration(sys, bucket, Some(new), false)
+                .await
+                .is_ok()
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn old_node_metadata_rewrite_cannot_replace_bucket_incarnation_sidecar() {
         let (dirs, ecstore) = isolated_store_over_temp_disks().await;
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/client.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/client.rs
index 435cbf64c..c4bf786f9 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/client.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/client.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use rustfs_protos::{
     ChannelClass, create_new_channel, get_channel_for_class,
     proto_gen::node_service::{
         heal_control_service_client::HealControlServiceClient, node_service_client::NodeServiceClient,
+        scanner_control_service_client::ScannerControlServiceClient,
         tier_mutation_control_service_client::TierMutationControlServiceClient,
     },
 };
@@ -60,6 +61,24 @@ pub async fn node_service_time_out_client(
     node_service_time_out_client_for_class(addr, interceptor, ChannelClass::Control).await
 }
 
+pub(crate) async fn scanner_control_time_out_client(
+    addr: &str,
+    interceptor: TonicInterceptor,
+) -> crate::error::Result<ScannerControlServiceClient<InterceptedService<AuthenticatedChannel, TonicInterceptor>>> {
+    let interceptor = interceptor.with_rpc_audience(addr)?;
+    let channel = match runtime_sources::cached_node_channel(addr).await {
+        Some(channel) => channel,
+        None => create_new_channel(addr)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| crate::error::Error::other(err.to_string()))?,
+    };
+    let channel = ReplayScopeChannel::new(channel, interceptor.replay_scope_audience());
+    let limit = rustfs_protos::scoped_dirty_usage::SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES as usize;
+    Ok(ScannerControlServiceClient::with_interceptor(channel, interceptor)
+        .max_decoding_message_size(limit)
+        .max_encoding_message_size(limit))
+}
+
 pub async fn heal_control_time_out_client(
     addr: &str,
     interceptor: TonicInterceptor,
diff --git a/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/peer_rest_client.rs b/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/peer_rest_client.rs
index 5316199e3..9d57c4647 100644
--- a/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/peer_rest_client.rs
+++ b/crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/peer_rest_client.rs
@@ -2050,6 +2050,53 @@ impl PeerRestClient {
         .await
     }
 
+    /// Probe only: scoped ACK production requires a durable per-bucket proof.
+    pub async fn scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_capability(
+        &self,
+        owner_id: String,
+        instance_id: String,
+        entries: Vec<rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry>,
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
+        use rustfs_protos::scoped_dirty_usage::*;
+        let payload = rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+            challenge: Uuid::new_v4().as_bytes().to_vec().into(),
+            protocol_version: SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+            owner_id,
+            instance_id,
+            scope: SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_SCOPE,
+            probe_only: true,
+            entries,
+        };
+        let canonical = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&payload).map_err(|err| Error::other(err.to_string()))?;
+        self.finalize_result(
+            async {
+                let mut client = super::client::scanner_control_time_out_client(
+                    &self.grid_host,
+                    TonicInterceptor::Signature(gen_tonic_signature_interceptor()),
+                )
+                .await?;
+                let mut request = Request::new(payload.clone());
+                set_tonic_canonical_body_digest(&mut request, &canonical)?;
+                let response = client.scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(request).await?.into_inner();
+                let body = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(&canonical, &response)
+                    .map_err(|_| Error::other("scoped dirty usage capability response is too large"))?;
+                verify_tonic_rpc_response_proof(&body, response.response_proof.as_ref())?;
+                if response.protocol_version != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION
+                    || response.owner_id != payload.owner_id
+                    || response.instance_id != payload.instance_id
+                    || response.max_entries != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES
+                    || response.max_request_bytes != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES
+                    || response.cleared != 0
+                {
+                    return Err(Error::other("scoped dirty usage capability response does not match request"));
+                }
+                Ok(response.supported)
+            }
+            .await,
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
     pub async fn acknowledge_scanner_dirty_usage(&self, instance_id: String, generation: u64) -> Result<ScannerPeerActivity> {
         let result = self
             .scanner_activity_request_with_protocol(instance_id.clone(), generation, SCANNER_ACTIVITY_PROTOCOL_VERSION)
diff --git a/crates/madmin/src/client.rs b/crates/madmin/src/client.rs
index 83f6c33d7..b49fde280 100644
--- a/crates/madmin/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/madmin/src/client.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ pub struct BackgroundHealStatus {
     pub heal_active_tasks: u64,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub cluster_status_complete: bool,
+    /// Missing on older servers; absent coverage or counts mean unknown.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub coverage: Option<BackgroundHealCoverage>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub progress: Option<serde_json::Value>,
     /// Remaining wire fields (flattened `BackgroundHealInfo` plus the
@@ -190,6 +193,22 @@ pub struct BackgroundHealStatus {
     pub extra: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
 }
 
+/// Node coverage of a background heal status snapshot. Counters describe only
+/// nodes with usable snapshots; unknown peers may still be running heal work.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct BackgroundHealCoverage {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub expected: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub responded: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub unknown: Option<usize>,
+    /// Stable reason codes; unknown future codes are preserved verbatim.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub reasons: Vec<String>,
+}
+
 /// `GET /v3/scanner/status` response, typed at the fields operators branch
 /// on; everything else passes through verbatim.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
@@ -630,9 +649,39 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(status.state, "active");
         assert_eq!(status.heal_queue_length, 3);
         assert!(status.cluster_status_complete);
+        assert!(status.coverage.is_none(), "legacy payloads have unknown coverage");
         assert!(status.extra.contains_key("healOperations"), "unknown nested payloads must pass through");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn background_heal_status_missing_coverage_fields_remain_unknown() {
+        for raw in [json!({"state": "degraded"}), json!({"state": "degraded", "coverage": {}})] {
+            let status: BackgroundHealStatus = serde_json::from_value(raw).expect("partial legacy payload decodes");
+            assert!(!status.cluster_status_complete);
+            if let Some(coverage) = status.coverage {
+                assert_eq!(coverage.expected, None);
+                assert_eq!(coverage.responded, None);
+                assert_eq!(coverage.unknown, None);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn background_heal_status_preserves_future_fields_and_reasons() {
+        let raw = json!({
+            "state": "degraded", "clusterStatusComplete": false,
+            "coverage": {"expected": 3, "responded": 1, "unknown": 2, "reasons": ["future_reason"], "futureCoverage": true},
+            "futureStatus": {"value": 7}
+        });
+        let status: BackgroundHealStatus = serde_json::from_value(raw).expect("future additive fields decode");
+        assert_eq!(status.extra["futureStatus"]["value"], 7);
+        let coverage = status.coverage.expect("coverage supplied");
+        assert_eq!(coverage.expected, Some(3));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.responded, Some(1));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.unknown, Some(2));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.reasons, ["future_reason"]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn scanner_status_defaults_freshness_to_unknown() {
         let raw = json!({"enabled": true, "freshness": {"state": "stale"}, "metrics": {}});
@@ -721,6 +770,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let status = client.background_heal_status().await.expect("status decodes");
         assert_eq!(status.state, "idle");
+        assert!(status.coverage.is_none(), "older HTTP responses retain unknown coverage");
         let request = server.recorded();
         // The server registers this route POST-only; a GET here answers 405.
         assert_eq!(request.method, "POST");
@@ -728,6 +778,28 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(request.query, "");
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn background_heal_status_decodes_partial_coverage_over_http() {
+        let body = r#"{"state":"degraded","healQueueLength":0,"healActiveTasks":0,"clusterStatusComplete":false,"coverage":{"expected":3,"responded":1,"unknown":2,"reasons":["notification_system_unavailable"]},"futureStatus":true}"#;
+        let server = TestServer::spawn(body, 200).await;
+        let client = AdminClient::new(&format!("http://{}", server.addr), "ak", "sk").expect("client builds");
+        let status = client
+            .background_heal_status()
+            .await
+            .expect("partial status is a successful response");
+        assert_eq!(status.state, "degraded");
+        assert!(!status.cluster_status_complete);
+        assert_eq!(status.extra["futureStatus"], true);
+        let coverage = status.coverage.expect("partial coverage supplied");
+        assert_eq!(coverage.expected, Some(3));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.responded, Some(1));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.unknown, Some(2));
+        assert_eq!(coverage.reasons, ["notification_system_unavailable"]);
+        let request = server.recorded();
+        assert_eq!(request.method, "POST");
+        assert_eq!(request.query, "", "reading status must not send heal control parameters");
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn http_error_status_maps_to_a_typed_error_with_body() {
         let server = TestServer::spawn(r#"{"code":"AccessDenied","message":"denied"}"#, 403).await;
diff --git a/crates/protos/src/generated/proto_gen/node_service.rs b/crates/protos/src/generated/proto_gen/node_service.rs
index f015305f0..fe04d93ab 100644
--- a/crates/protos/src/generated/proto_gen/node_service.rs
+++ b/crates/protos/src/generated/proto_gen/node_service.rs
@@ -1283,6 +1283,54 @@ pub struct ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshotResponse {
     #[prost(bytes = "bytes", tag = "7")]
     pub response_proof: ::prost::bytes::Bytes,
 }
+/// Receiver-only protocol. Producers must retain whole-cycle ACK until they
+/// have a durable per-bucket publication proof.
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry {
+    #[prost(string, tag = "1")]
+    pub bucket: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(bytes = "bytes", tag = "2")]
+    pub bucket_incarnation: ::prost::bytes::Bytes,
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "3")]
+    pub generation: u64,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+    #[prost(bytes = "bytes", tag = "1")]
+    pub challenge: ::prost::bytes::Bytes,
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "2")]
+    pub protocol_version: u32,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "3")]
+    pub owner_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "4")]
+    pub instance_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    /// Only scope 1 (a complete bucket) is supported; zero is invalid.
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "5")]
+    pub scope: u32,
+    #[prost(bool, tag = "6")]
+    pub probe_only: bool,
+    #[prost(message, repeated, tag = "7")]
+    pub entries: ::prost::alloc::vec::Vec<ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry>,
+}
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
+pub struct ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse {
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "1")]
+    pub protocol_version: u32,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "2")]
+    pub owner_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(string, tag = "3")]
+    pub instance_id: ::prost::alloc::string::String,
+    #[prost(bool, tag = "4")]
+    pub supported: bool,
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "5")]
+    pub max_entries: u32,
+    #[prost(uint32, tag = "6")]
+    pub max_request_bytes: u32,
+    #[prost(uint64, tag = "7")]
+    pub cleared: u64,
+    #[prost(bytes = "bytes", tag = "8")]
+    pub response_proof: ::prost::bytes::Bytes,
+}
 /// A short-lived storage-owned read admission used only around a final
 /// scanner metadata publication.  It is intentionally separate from the
 /// ScannerActivity observation wire so v6/v7 rolling compatibility remains
@@ -6282,6 +6330,244 @@ pub mod node_service_server {
     }
 }
 /// Generated client implementations.
+pub mod scanner_control_service_client {
+    #![allow(unused_variables, dead_code, missing_docs, clippy::wildcard_imports, clippy::let_unit_value)]
+    use tonic::codegen::http::Uri;
+    use tonic::codegen::*;
+    #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+    pub struct ScannerControlServiceClient<T> {
+        inner: tonic::client::Grpc<T>,
+    }
+    impl ScannerControlServiceClient<tonic::transport::Channel> {
+        /// Attempt to create a new client by connecting to a given endpoint.
+        pub async fn connect<D>(dst: D) -> Result<Self, tonic::transport::Error>
+        where
+            D: TryInto<tonic::transport::Endpoint>,
+            D::Error: Into<StdError>,
+        {
+            let conn = tonic::transport::Endpoint::new(dst)?.connect().await?;
+            Ok(Self::new(conn))
+        }
+    }
+    impl<T> ScannerControlServiceClient<T>
+    where
+        T: tonic::client::GrpcService<tonic::body::Body>,
+        T::Error: Into<StdError>,
+        T::ResponseBody: Body<Data = Bytes> + std::marker::Send + 'static,
+        <T::ResponseBody as Body>::Error: Into<StdError> + std::marker::Send,
+    {
+        pub fn new(inner: T) -> Self {
+            let inner = tonic::client::Grpc::new(inner);
+            Self { inner }
+        }
+        pub fn with_origin(inner: T, origin: Uri) -> Self {
+            let inner = tonic::client::Grpc::with_origin(inner, origin);
+            Self { inner }
+        }
+        pub fn with_interceptor<F>(inner: T, interceptor: F) -> ScannerControlServiceClient<InterceptedService<T, F>>
+        where
+            F: tonic::service::Interceptor,
+            T::ResponseBody: Default,
+            T: tonic::codegen::Service<
+                    http::Request<tonic::body::Body>,
+                    Response = http::Response<<T as tonic::client::GrpcService<tonic::body::Body>>::ResponseBody>,
+                >,
+            <T as tonic::codegen::Service<http::Request<tonic::body::Body>>>::Error:
+                Into<StdError> + std::marker::Send + std::marker::Sync,
+        {
+            ScannerControlServiceClient::new(InterceptedService::new(inner, interceptor))
+        }
+        /// Compress requests with the given encoding.
+        ///
+        /// This requires the server to support it otherwise it might respond with an
+        /// error.
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn send_compressed(mut self, encoding: CompressionEncoding) -> Self {
+            self.inner = self.inner.send_compressed(encoding);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Enable decompressing responses.
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn accept_compressed(mut self, encoding: CompressionEncoding) -> Self {
+            self.inner = self.inner.accept_compressed(encoding);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Limits the maximum size of a decoded message.
+        ///
+        /// Default: `4MB`
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn max_decoding_message_size(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+            self.inner = self.inner.max_decoding_message_size(limit);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Limits the maximum size of an encoded message.
+        ///
+        /// Default: `usize::MAX`
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn max_encoding_message_size(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+            self.inner = self.inner.max_encoding_message_size(limit);
+            self
+        }
+        pub async fn scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+            &mut self,
+            request: impl tonic::IntoRequest<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>,
+        ) -> std::result::Result<tonic::Response<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse>, tonic::Status> {
+            self.inner
+                .ready()
+                .await
+                .map_err(|e| tonic::Status::unknown(format!("Service was not ready: {}", e.into())))?;
+            let codec = tonic_prost::ProstCodec::default();
+            let path = http::uri::PathAndQuery::from_static("/node_service.ScannerControlService/ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck");
+            let mut req = request.into_request();
+            req.extensions_mut()
+                .insert(GrpcMethod::new("node_service.ScannerControlService", "ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck"));
+            self.inner.unary(req, path, codec).await
+        }
+    }
+}
+/// Generated server implementations.
+pub mod scanner_control_service_server {
+    #![allow(unused_variables, dead_code, missing_docs, clippy::wildcard_imports, clippy::let_unit_value)]
+    use tonic::codegen::*;
+    /// Generated trait containing gRPC methods that should be implemented for use with ScannerControlServiceServer.
+    #[async_trait]
+    pub trait ScannerControlService: std::marker::Send + std::marker::Sync + 'static {
+        async fn scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+            &self,
+            request: tonic::Request<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>,
+        ) -> std::result::Result<tonic::Response<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse>, tonic::Status>;
+    }
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    pub struct ScannerControlServiceServer<T> {
+        inner: Arc<T>,
+        accept_compression_encodings: EnabledCompressionEncodings,
+        send_compression_encodings: EnabledCompressionEncodings,
+        max_decoding_message_size: Option<usize>,
+        max_encoding_message_size: Option<usize>,
+    }
+    impl<T> ScannerControlServiceServer<T> {
+        pub fn new(inner: T) -> Self {
+            Self::from_arc(Arc::new(inner))
+        }
+        pub fn from_arc(inner: Arc<T>) -> Self {
+            Self {
+                inner,
+                accept_compression_encodings: Default::default(),
+                send_compression_encodings: Default::default(),
+                max_decoding_message_size: None,
+                max_encoding_message_size: None,
+            }
+        }
+        pub fn with_interceptor<F>(inner: T, interceptor: F) -> InterceptedService<Self, F>
+        where
+            F: tonic::service::Interceptor,
+        {
+            InterceptedService::new(Self::new(inner), interceptor)
+        }
+        /// Enable decompressing requests with the given encoding.
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn accept_compressed(mut self, encoding: CompressionEncoding) -> Self {
+            self.accept_compression_encodings.enable(encoding);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Compress responses with the given encoding, if the client supports it.
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn send_compressed(mut self, encoding: CompressionEncoding) -> Self {
+            self.send_compression_encodings.enable(encoding);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Limits the maximum size of a decoded message.
+        ///
+        /// Default: `4MB`
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn max_decoding_message_size(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+            self.max_decoding_message_size = Some(limit);
+            self
+        }
+        /// Limits the maximum size of an encoded message.
+        ///
+        /// Default: `usize::MAX`
+        #[must_use]
+        pub fn max_encoding_message_size(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+            self.max_encoding_message_size = Some(limit);
+            self
+        }
+    }
+    impl<T, B> tonic::codegen::Service<http::Request<B>> for ScannerControlServiceServer<T>
+    where
+        T: ScannerControlService,
+        B: Body + std::marker::Send + 'static,
+        B::Error: Into<StdError> + std::marker::Send + 'static,
+    {
+        type Response = http::Response<tonic::body::Body>;
+        type Error = std::convert::Infallible;
+        type Future = BoxFuture<Self::Response, Self::Error>;
+        fn poll_ready(&mut self, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<std::result::Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
+        }
+        fn call(&mut self, req: http::Request<B>) -> Self::Future {
+            match req.uri().path() {
+                "/node_service.ScannerControlService/ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck" => {
+                    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+                    struct ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckSvc<T: ScannerControlService>(pub Arc<T>);
+                    impl<T: ScannerControlService> tonic::server::UnaryService<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>
+                        for ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckSvc<T>
+                    {
+                        type Response = super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse;
+                        type Future = BoxFuture<tonic::Response<Self::Response>, tonic::Status>;
+                        fn call(&mut self, request: tonic::Request<super::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>) -> Self::Future {
+                            let inner = Arc::clone(&self.0);
+                            let fut = async move {
+                                <T as ScannerControlService>::scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(&inner, request).await
+                            };
+                            Box::pin(fut)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    let accept_compression_encodings = self.accept_compression_encodings;
+                    let send_compression_encodings = self.send_compression_encodings;
+                    let max_decoding_message_size = self.max_decoding_message_size;
+                    let max_encoding_message_size = self.max_encoding_message_size;
+                    let inner = self.inner.clone();
+                    let fut = async move {
+                        let method = ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckSvc(inner);
+                        let codec = tonic_prost::ProstCodec::default();
+                        let mut grpc = tonic::server::Grpc::new(codec)
+                            .apply_compression_config(accept_compression_encodings, send_compression_encodings)
+                            .apply_max_message_size_config(max_decoding_message_size, max_encoding_message_size);
+                        let res = grpc.unary(method, req).await;
+                        Ok(res)
+                    };
+                    Box::pin(fut)
+                }
+                _ => Box::pin(async move {
+                    let mut response = http::Response::new(tonic::body::Body::default());
+                    let headers = response.headers_mut();
+                    headers.insert(tonic::Status::GRPC_STATUS, (tonic::Code::Unimplemented as i32).into());
+                    headers.insert(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, tonic::metadata::GRPC_CONTENT_TYPE);
+                    Ok(response)
+                }),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    impl<T> Clone for ScannerControlServiceServer<T> {
+        fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+            let inner = self.inner.clone();
+            Self {
+                inner,
+                accept_compression_encodings: self.accept_compression_encodings,
+                send_compression_encodings: self.send_compression_encodings,
+                max_decoding_message_size: self.max_decoding_message_size,
+                max_encoding_message_size: self.max_encoding_message_size,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    /// Generated gRPC service name
+    pub const SERVICE_NAME: &str = "node_service.ScannerControlService";
+    impl<T> tonic::server::NamedService for ScannerControlServiceServer<T> {
+        const NAME: &'static str = SERVICE_NAME;
+    }
+}
+/// Generated client implementations.
 pub mod heal_control_service_client {
     #![allow(unused_variables, dead_code, missing_docs, clippy::wildcard_imports, clippy::let_unit_value)]
     use tonic::codegen::http::Uri;
diff --git a/crates/protos/src/lib.rs b/crates/protos/src/lib.rs
index fd8704382..81ead7d65 100644
--- a/crates/protos/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/protos/src/lib.rs
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ pub fn canonical_scanner_activity_v7_response_body(
     Ok(body)
 }
 
+pub mod scoped_dirty_usage;
+
 pub fn canonical_scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot_request_body(
     request: &proto_gen::node_service::ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshotRequest,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::num::TryFromIntError> {
diff --git a/crates/protos/src/node.proto b/crates/protos/src/node.proto
index d3796991c..abc030adc 100644
--- a/crates/protos/src/node.proto
+++ b/crates/protos/src/node.proto
@@ -903,6 +903,36 @@ message ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshotResponse {
   bytes response_proof = 7;
 }
 
+// Receiver-only protocol. Producers must retain whole-cycle ACK until they
+// have a durable per-bucket publication proof.
+message ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry {
+  string bucket = 1;
+  bytes bucket_incarnation = 2;
+  uint64 generation = 3;
+}
+
+message ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+  bytes challenge = 1;
+  uint32 protocol_version = 2;
+  string owner_id = 3;
+  string instance_id = 4;
+  // Only scope 1 (a complete bucket) is supported; zero is invalid.
+  uint32 scope = 5;
+  bool probe_only = 6;
+  repeated ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry entries = 7;
+}
+
+message ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse {
+  uint32 protocol_version = 1;
+  string owner_id = 2;
+  string instance_id = 3;
+  bool supported = 4;
+  uint32 max_entries = 5;
+  uint32 max_request_bytes = 6;
+  uint64 cleared = 7;
+  bytes response_proof = 8;
+}
+
 // A short-lived storage-owned read admission used only around a final
 // scanner metadata publication.  It is intentionally separate from the
 // ScannerActivity observation wire so v6/v7 rolling compatibility remains
@@ -1245,6 +1275,10 @@ service NodeService {
   rpc GetLiveEvents(GetLiveEventsRequest) returns (GetLiveEventsResponse) {}; // auth-policy: read-only
 }
 
+service ScannerControlService {
+  rpc ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck(ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest) returns (ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse) {}; // auth-policy: body-bound
+}
+
 service HealControlService {
   rpc HealControl(HealControlRequest) returns (HealControlResponse) {};
 }
diff --git a/crates/protos/src/scoped_dirty_usage.rs b/crates/protos/src/scoped_dirty_usage.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac3effaf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/protos/src/scoped_dirty_usage.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+// Copyright 2024 RustFS Team
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+//! Bounded, authenticated receiver contract for per-bucket dirty acknowledgements.
+
+use crate::CanonicalBodyBuilder;
+use crate::proto_gen::node_service::{ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest, ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse};
+use prost::Message;
+
+pub const SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 1;
+pub const SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_SCOPE: u32 = 1;
+pub const SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES: u32 = 32;
+pub const SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES: u32 = 8192;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError {
+    UnsupportedProtocol,
+    UnsupportedScope,
+    InvalidIdentity,
+    InvalidGeneration,
+    InvalidEntries,
+    TooLarge,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(match self {
+            Self::UnsupportedProtocol => "unsupported scoped dirty usage protocol",
+            Self::UnsupportedScope => "unsupported scoped dirty usage scope",
+            Self::InvalidIdentity => "invalid scoped dirty usage identity",
+            Self::InvalidGeneration => "invalid scoped dirty usage generation",
+            Self::InvalidEntries => "scoped dirty usage entries must be nonempty and strictly ordered",
+            Self::TooLarge => "scoped dirty usage request exceeds its budget",
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError {}
+
+pub fn validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(
+    request: &ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest,
+) -> Result<(), ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError> {
+    use ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError as E;
+    if request.entries.len() > SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES as usize
+        || request.encoded_len() > SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES as usize
+    {
+        return Err(E::TooLarge);
+    }
+    if request.protocol_version != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION {
+        return Err(E::UnsupportedProtocol);
+    }
+    if request.scope != SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_SCOPE {
+        return Err(E::UnsupportedScope);
+    }
+    if request.challenge.len() != 16 || request.owner_id.len() != 36 || request.instance_id.len() != 32 {
+        return Err(E::InvalidIdentity);
+    }
+    if request.entries.is_empty() || request.entries.windows(2).any(|pair| pair[0].bucket >= pair[1].bucket) {
+        return Err(E::InvalidEntries);
+    }
+    for entry in &request.entries {
+        if entry.bucket.is_empty()
+            || entry.bucket.len() > 63
+            || entry.bucket_incarnation.len() != 16
+            || entry.bucket_incarnation.iter().all(|byte| *byte == 0)
+        {
+            return Err(E::InvalidIdentity);
+        }
+        if entry.generation == 0 || entry.generation == u64::MAX {
+            return Err(E::InvalidGeneration);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(
+    request: &ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest,
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError> {
+    validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(request)?;
+    let mut body = CanonicalBodyBuilder::new(b"rustfs-scoped-dirty-usage-ack-request-v1\0");
+    let encode = |_: std::num::TryFromIntError| ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::TooLarge;
+    body.push_bytes(request.challenge.as_ref()).map_err(encode)?;
+    body.push_u32(request.protocol_version);
+    body.push_str(&request.owner_id).map_err(encode)?;
+    body.push_str(&request.instance_id).map_err(encode)?;
+    body.push_u32(request.scope);
+    body.push_bool(request.probe_only);
+    body.push_count(request.entries.len()).map_err(encode)?;
+    for entry in &request.entries {
+        body.push_str(&entry.bucket).map_err(encode)?;
+        body.push_bytes(entry.bucket_incarnation.as_ref()).map_err(encode)?;
+        body.push_u64(entry.generation);
+    }
+    Ok(body.finish())
+}
+
+pub fn canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(
+    request_body: &[u8],
+    response: &ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse,
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::num::TryFromIntError> {
+    let mut body = CanonicalBodyBuilder::new(b"rustfs-scoped-dirty-usage-ack-response-v1\0");
+    body.push_bytes(request_body)?;
+    body.push_u32(response.protocol_version);
+    body.push_str(&response.owner_id)?;
+    body.push_str(&response.instance_id)?;
+    body.push_bool(response.supported);
+    body.push_u32(response.max_entries);
+    body.push_u32(response.max_request_bytes);
+    body.push_u64(response.cleared);
+    Ok(body.finish())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry;
+
+    fn request() -> ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+        ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+            challenge: vec![1; 16].into(),
+            protocol_version: 1,
+            owner_id: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111".into(),
+            instance_id: "a".repeat(32),
+            scope: 1,
+            probe_only: false,
+            entries: vec![ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry {
+                bucket: "photos".into(),
+                bucket_incarnation: vec![2; 16].into(),
+                generation: 8,
+            }],
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_binds_every_request_field() {
+        let base = request();
+        let baseline = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&base).expect("valid request");
+        for field in 0..9 {
+            let mut changed = base.clone();
+            match field {
+                0 => changed.challenge = vec![3; 16].into(),
+                1 => changed.protocol_version += 1,
+                2 => changed.owner_id = "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222".into(),
+                3 => changed.instance_id = "b".repeat(32),
+                4 => changed.scope += 1,
+                5 => changed.probe_only = true,
+                6 => changed.entries[0].bucket = "videos".into(),
+                7 => changed.entries[0].bucket_incarnation = vec![3; 16].into(),
+                _ => changed.entries[0].generation += 1,
+            }
+            assert!(canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&changed).map_or(true, |body| body != baseline));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_binds_capability_and_ack_to_exact_request() {
+        let request = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&request()).expect("valid request");
+        let response = ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse {
+            protocol_version: 1,
+            owner_id: "owner".into(),
+            instance_id: "process".into(),
+            supported: true,
+            max_entries: 32,
+            max_request_bytes: 8192,
+            cleared: 1,
+            response_proof: vec![1; 32].into(),
+        };
+        let baseline = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(&request, &response).expect("valid response");
+        for field in 0..7 {
+            let mut changed = response.clone();
+            match field {
+                0 => changed.protocol_version += 1,
+                1 => changed.owner_id.push('x'),
+                2 => changed.instance_id.push('x'),
+                3 => changed.supported = false,
+                4 => changed.max_entries += 1,
+                5 => changed.max_request_bytes += 1,
+                _ => changed.cleared += 1,
+            }
+            assert_ne!(
+                canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(&request, &changed).expect("response variant"),
+                baseline
+            );
+        }
+        assert_ne!(
+            canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(b"another request", &response).expect("request variant"),
+            baseline
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_rejects_overflow_unknown_and_duplicate_entries() {
+        let base = request();
+        let mut invalid = base.clone();
+        invalid.entries = vec![base.entries[0].clone(); SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES as usize + 1];
+        assert_eq!(validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&invalid), Err(ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::TooLarge));
+        invalid = base.clone();
+        invalid.entries[0].bucket = "x".repeat(SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES as usize);
+        assert_eq!(validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&invalid), Err(ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::TooLarge));
+        invalid = base.clone();
+        invalid.entries.push(base.entries[0].clone());
+        assert_eq!(
+            validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&invalid),
+            Err(ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::InvalidEntries)
+        );
+        invalid = base;
+        invalid.entries[0].bucket_incarnation = vec![0; 16].into();
+        assert_eq!(
+            validate_scoped_dirty_usage_request(&invalid),
+            Err(ScopedDirtyUsageRequestError::InvalidIdentity)
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/lib.rs b/crates/scanner/src/lib.rs
index f85a2e0b6..28cf638e9 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/lib.rs
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ pub use scanner::{
 };
 pub use scanner_io::{
     ScannerDirtyUsageAckError, ScannerDirtyUsageBucket, ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshot, ScannerDirtyUsageState,
-    acknowledge_dirty_usage_generation, clear_dirty_usage_bucket, record_dirty_usage_bucket, record_scanner_maintenance_change,
-    scanner_activity_epoch, scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot, scanner_dirty_usage_state, scanner_maintenance_generation,
+    acknowledge_dirty_usage_generation, acknowledge_scoped_dirty_usage, clear_dirty_usage_bucket, record_dirty_usage_bucket,
+    record_scanner_maintenance_change, scanner_activity_epoch, scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot, scanner_dirty_usage_state,
+    scanner_maintenance_generation,
 };
 pub use sleeper::{DynamicSleeper, SCANNER_IDLE_MODE, SCANNER_SLEEPER};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/cycle_state.rs b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/cycle_state.rs
index dc29e3331..6913ed836 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/cycle_state.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/cycle_state.rs
@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ pub(super) fn decode_recovery_marker_for_reset(
     if !matches!(marker_revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Etag(_)) {
         return Err(ScannerError::Other("cycle recovery marker has no object revision".to_string()));
     }
+    if let Ok(value) = serde_json::from_slice::<serde_json::Value>(data)
+        && let Some(state) = value.get("state")
+        && !matches!(state.as_str(), Some("blocked" | "cleanup-pending"))
+    {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("cycle recovery marker state is unsupported".to_string()));
+    }
     let compat = serde_json::from_slice::<ScannerCycleRecoveryMarkerCompat>(data).ok();
     let _schema_version = compat.as_ref().and_then(|marker| marker.schema_version);
     let primary_revision = compat
@@ -406,7 +412,10 @@ pub(super) fn decode_recovery_marker_for_reset(
     };
     let state = match compat.as_ref().and_then(|marker| marker.state.as_deref()) {
         Some("cleanup-pending") => "cleanup-pending",
-        _ => "blocked",
+        Some("blocked") | None => "blocked",
+        Some(_) => {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other("cycle recovery marker state is unsupported".to_string()));
+        }
     };
     let now = unix_now_secs();
     Ok(ScannerCycleRecoveryMarker {
@@ -721,17 +730,19 @@ async fn mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(
     mut marker: ScannerCycleRecoveryMarker,
     marker_revision: &DataUsageCacheRevision,
     expected_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
 ) -> Result<(ScannerCycleRecoveryMarker, DataUsageCacheRevision), ScannerError> {
     marker.state = "cleanup-pending".to_string();
     marker.last_attempt_at_unix_secs = unix_now_secs();
     let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&marker)
         .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to encode cycle recovery marker: {err}")))?;
-    let info = save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+    let info = save_reset_config(
         storeapi.clone(),
         DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(),
         bytes,
         marker_revision.preconditions(),
         expected_epoch,
+        owns_reset,
     )
     .await
     .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to mark cycle recovery cleanup pending: {err}")))?;
@@ -933,6 +944,7 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
         .get_write_lock_quiet(Duration::from_secs(5))
         .await
         .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("scanner leader lock is busy: {err}")))?;
+    let owns_reset = || !guard.is_lock_lost() && !ctx.is_cancelled();
 
     if guard.is_lock_lost() {
         return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner leader lock was lost before recovery reset".to_string()));
@@ -952,7 +964,27 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
         }
         Err(err) => return Err(ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to read cycle recovery marker: {err}"))),
     };
-    let marker_data = marker_data.ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner cycle recovery marker is absent".to_string()))?;
+    let Some(marker_data) = marker_data else {
+        // A delete may commit before its reply is lost. Confirm both durable
+        // fences before treating a retry without its marker as completed.
+        let (cycle, epoch, revision) = read_cycle_state_for_usage_reset(storeapi.clone()).await?;
+        let floor = persisted_usage_floor(storeapi.clone()).await?;
+        if !matches!(revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Etag(_))
+            || epoch < floor.leader_epoch
+            || cycle.next < floor.next_cycle
+            || !owns_reset()
+            || scanner_publication_admission_for_epoch(storeapi.clone(), reset_epoch)
+                .await
+                .is_none()
+        {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other(
+                "scanner cycle recovery marker is absent without a completed reset fence".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+        set_scanner_cycle_recovery_status(recovery_status("healthy", None, false));
+        super::notify_scanner_cycle_recovery_wake();
+        return Ok(());
+    };
     let (marker, force_full_rescan) = match serde_json::from_slice::<ScannerCycleRecoveryMarker>(&marker_data) {
         Ok(marker) if validate_recovery_marker(&marker).is_ok() => (marker, false),
         _ => (decode_recovery_marker_for_reset(&marker_data, &marker_revision)?, true),
@@ -1026,8 +1058,10 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
             }
         };
         if let Some((primary_cycle, primary_epoch)) = primary_state {
+            verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
             let (cleanup_marker, cleanup_marker_revision) =
-                mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(storeapi.clone(), marker.clone(), &marker_revision, reset_epoch).await?;
+                mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(storeapi.clone(), marker.clone(), &marker_revision, reset_epoch, &owns_reset)
+                    .await?;
             set_scanner_cycle_recovery_status(recovery_status_from_marker(&cleanup_marker, "cleanup-pending"));
             let usage_floor = persisted_usage_floor(storeapi.clone()).await?;
             let fence_epoch = primary_epoch
@@ -1047,12 +1081,14 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
                     "preserved scanner cycle state exceeds the bounded object size".to_string(),
                 ));
             }
-            let preserved_info = save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+            verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &cleanup_marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+            let preserved_info = save_reset_config(
                 storeapi.clone(),
                 DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
                 preserved_data,
                 primary_revision.preconditions(),
                 reset_epoch,
+                &owns_reset,
             )
             .await
             .map_err(|err| {
@@ -1072,9 +1108,17 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
                     "scanner leader lock was lost after fencing newer cycle state".to_string(),
                 ));
             }
-            fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&ctx, storeapi.clone(), fence_epoch, Some(reset_epoch), false)
-                .await
-                .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to fence preserved scanner usage epoch: {err}")))?;
+            verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &cleanup_marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+            fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(
+                &ctx,
+                storeapi.clone(),
+                fence_epoch,
+                Some(reset_epoch),
+                false,
+                &owns_reset,
+            )
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to fence preserved scanner usage epoch: {err}")))?;
             if guard.is_lock_lost() {
                 return Err(ScannerError::Other(
                     "scanner leader lock was lost after fencing newer cycle state".to_string(),
@@ -1088,7 +1132,8 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
                     "scanner cycle state changed before recovery marker cleanup".to_string(),
                 ));
             }
-            delete_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+            verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &cleanup_marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+            delete_reset_config(
                 storeapi.clone(),
                 RUSTFS_META_BUCKET,
                 DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(),
@@ -1100,6 +1145,7 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
                 reset_epoch,
+                &owns_reset,
             )
             .await
             .map_err(|err| {
@@ -1149,17 +1195,20 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
     // Persist the cleanup-pending phase before rewriting the primary. If the
     // process dies after the rewrite, startup still sees a durable fence and
     // cannot mistake the partially completed reset for a healthy state.
+    verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
     let (marker, marker_revision) = if marker.state == "cleanup-pending" {
         (marker, marker_revision)
     } else {
-        mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(storeapi.clone(), marker, &marker_revision, reset_epoch).await?
+        mark_cycle_recovery_cleanup_pending(storeapi.clone(), marker, &marker_revision, reset_epoch, &owns_reset).await?
     };
-    let rebuilt_info = save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+    verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+    let rebuilt_info = save_reset_config(
         storeapi.clone(),
         DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
         data,
         primary_revision.preconditions(),
         reset_epoch,
+        &owns_reset,
     )
     .await
     .map_err(|err| {
@@ -1178,8 +1227,10 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
             "scanner leader lock was lost after rebuilding cycle state".to_string(),
         ));
     }
+    verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
     if let Err(err) =
-        fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&ctx, storeapi.clone(), leader_epoch, Some(reset_epoch), false).await
+        fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&ctx, storeapi.clone(), leader_epoch, Some(reset_epoch), false, &owns_reset)
+            .await
     {
         set_scanner_cycle_recovery_status(ScannerCycleRecoveryStatus {
             path: DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.clone(),
@@ -1249,7 +1300,8 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
         ));
     }
 
-    if let Err(err) = delete_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+    verify_cycle_reset_intent(storeapi.clone(), &marker_revision, &owns_reset).await?;
+    if let Err(err) = delete_reset_config(
         storeapi.clone(),
         RUSTFS_META_BUCKET,
         DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(),
@@ -1261,6 +1313,7 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
             ..Default::default()
         },
         reset_epoch,
+        &owns_reset,
     )
     .await
     {
@@ -1310,6 +1363,57 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(ctx: CancellationToken, storeapi: Arc<
     Ok(())
 }
 
+async fn verify_cycle_reset_intent(
+    storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO>,
+    expected_revision: &DataUsageCacheRevision,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
+) -> Result<(), ScannerError> {
+    let revision = read_config_revision(storeapi, DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to verify scanner cycle reset intent: {err}")))?;
+    if &revision != expected_revision {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner cycle reset intent changed".to_string()));
+    }
+    if !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner cycle reset ownership was lost".to_string()));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn save_reset_config(
+    storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO + ScannerConfigObjectDelete>,
+    path: &str,
+    data: Vec<u8>,
+    preconditions: crate::HTTPPreconditions,
+    expected_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
+) -> Result<crate::ScannerObjectInfo, EcstoreError> {
+    let Some(_admission) = scanner_publication_admission_for_epoch(storeapi.clone(), expected_epoch).await else {
+        return Err(EcstoreError::other(SCANNER_PUBLICATION_EPOCH_CHANGED));
+    };
+    if !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(EcstoreError::other("scanner reset ownership was lost before write"));
+    }
+    save_config_with_preconditions(storeapi, path, data, preconditions).await
+}
+
+async fn delete_reset_config(
+    storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO + ScannerConfigObjectDelete>,
+    bucket: &str,
+    path: &str,
+    options: ScannerObjectOptions,
+    expected_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
+) -> Result<crate::ScannerObjectInfo, EcstoreError> {
+    let Some(_admission) = scanner_publication_admission_for_epoch(storeapi.clone(), expected_epoch).await else {
+        return Err(EcstoreError::other(SCANNER_PUBLICATION_EPOCH_CHANGED));
+    };
+    if !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(EcstoreError::other("scanner reset ownership was lost before delete"));
+    }
+    storeapi.delete_config_object(bucket, path, options).await
+}
+
 fn scanner_usage_state_reset_paths() -> Vec<String> {
     vec![
         DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str().to_string(),
@@ -1333,8 +1437,14 @@ pub(super) async fn read_usage_state_reset_slots(
     Ok(slots)
 }
 
-fn usage_state_reset_floor(slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot]) -> Result<PersistedUsageFloor, ScannerError> {
-    let mut floor = PersistedUsageFloor::default();
+enum ScannerUsageResetFloor {
+    Missing,
+    Trusted(PersistedUsageFloor),
+    Corrupt,
+}
+
+fn usage_state_reset_floor(slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot]) -> Result<ScannerUsageResetFloor, ScannerError> {
+    let mut floor = None;
     for slot in slots {
         let Some(data) = slot.data.as_deref() else {
             continue;
@@ -1342,9 +1452,21 @@ fn usage_state_reset_floor(slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot]) -> Result<Persi
         let Ok(usage) = serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data) else {
             continue;
         };
-        update_persisted_usage_floor(&mut floor, &usage, &slot.path)?;
+        if !data_usage_info_has_persisted_baseline_identity(&usage)
+            && !(slot.path == DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str() && data_usage_info_is_bootstrap_pending(&usage))
+            && legacy_incomplete_usage_fence(data, &usage)
+                .and_then(|fence| fence.claimable_epoch())
+                .is_none()
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+        update_persisted_usage_floor(floor.get_or_insert_with(PersistedUsageFloor::default), &usage, &slot.path)?;
     }
-    Ok(floor)
+    Ok(match floor {
+        Some(floor) => ScannerUsageResetFloor::Trusted(floor),
+        None if slots.iter().any(|slot| slot.data.is_some()) => ScannerUsageResetFloor::Corrupt,
+        None => ScannerUsageResetFloor::Missing,
+    })
 }
 
 async fn read_cycle_state_for_usage_reset(
@@ -1401,11 +1523,12 @@ async fn delete_usage_state_reset_slot(
     storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO + ScannerConfigObjectDelete>,
     slot: &ScannerUsageStateResetSlot,
     expected_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
 ) -> Result<bool, ScannerError> {
     if matches!(slot.revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Missing) {
         return Ok(false);
     }
-    let delete_result = delete_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+    let delete_result = delete_reset_config(
         storeapi.clone(),
         RUSTFS_META_BUCKET,
         &slot.path,
@@ -1415,6 +1538,7 @@ async fn delete_usage_state_reset_slot(
             ..Default::default()
         },
         expected_epoch,
+        owns_reset,
     )
     .await;
     match delete_result {
@@ -1486,21 +1610,24 @@ pub(super) async fn publish_scanner_usage_bootstrap_primary(
     expected_publication_epoch: u64,
     leader_epoch: Option<u64>,
     context: ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext,
+    owns_publication: impl Fn() -> bool + Sync,
 ) -> Result<(), ScannerError> {
     async fn inner(
         storeapi: Arc<impl ScannerObjectIO + ScannerConfigObjectDelete>,
         expected_revision: &DataUsageCacheRevision,
         expected_publication_epoch: u64,
         leader_epoch: Option<u64>,
+        owns_publication: &(impl Fn() -> bool + Sync),
     ) -> Result<(), ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishError> {
         let marker = scanner_usage_bootstrap_marker(std::time::SystemTime::now(), leader_epoch);
         let data = serde_json::to_vec(&marker).map_err(ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishError::Encode)?;
-        let save_result = save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
+        let save_result = save_reset_config(
             storeapi.clone(),
             DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
             data.clone(),
             expected_revision.preconditions(),
             expected_publication_epoch,
+            owns_publication,
         )
         .await;
         if save_result
@@ -1524,7 +1651,7 @@ pub(super) async fn publish_scanner_usage_bootstrap_primary(
         })
     }
 
-    inner(storeapi, expected_revision, expected_publication_epoch, leader_epoch)
+    inner(storeapi, expected_revision, expected_publication_epoch, leader_epoch, &owns_publication)
         .await
         .map_err(|err| err.into_scanner_error(context))
 }
@@ -1534,32 +1661,108 @@ pub(super) async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(
     slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot],
     expected_epoch: u64,
     leader_epoch: u64,
+    owns_reset: impl Fn() -> bool + Sync,
 ) -> Result<Vec<String>, ScannerError> {
     let mut reset_paths = Vec::new();
     let primary = slots
         .iter()
         .find(|slot| slot.path == DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
         .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset primary slot was not inspected".to_string()))?;
-    publish_scanner_usage_bootstrap_primary(
-        storeapi.clone(),
-        &primary.revision,
-        expected_epoch,
-        Some(leader_epoch),
-        ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext::Reset,
-    )
-    .await?;
+    if !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset ownership was lost".to_string()));
+    }
+    let resume_epoch = usage_state_reset_resume_epoch(slots)?;
+    match resume_epoch {
+        Some(epoch) if epoch == leader_epoch => {}
+        Some(_) => return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset bootstrap epoch changed".to_string())),
+        None => {
+            publish_scanner_usage_bootstrap_primary(
+                storeapi.clone(),
+                &primary.revision,
+                expected_epoch,
+                Some(leader_epoch),
+                ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext::Reset,
+                &owns_reset,
+            )
+            .await?;
+        }
+    }
+    let (data, intent_revision) = read_config_with_revision(storeapi.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to inspect scanner usage reset intent: {err}")))?;
+    data.as_deref()
+        .and_then(|data| serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data).ok())
+        .filter(|usage| data_usage_info_is_bootstrap_pending(usage) && usage.scanner_epoch == Some(leader_epoch))
+        .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset intent changed before cleanup".to_string()))?;
+    if !matches!(intent_revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Etag(_))
+        || (resume_epoch.is_some() && intent_revision != primary.revision)
+    {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset intent revision changed".to_string()));
+    }
     reset_paths.push(DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str().to_string());
 
     for slot in slots.iter().filter(|slot| slot.path != DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str()) {
-        if delete_usage_state_reset_slot(storeapi.clone(), slot, expected_epoch).await? {
+        if let Some(usage) = slot
+            .data
+            .as_deref()
+            .and_then(|data| serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data).ok())
+            && usage_epoch(&usage) >= leader_epoch
+        {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other(format!(
+                "scanner usage reset slot is not older than its intent: {}",
+                slot.path
+            )));
+        }
+        let revision = read_config_revision(storeapi.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to verify scanner usage reset intent: {err}")))?;
+        if revision != intent_revision {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset intent changed during cleanup".to_string()));
+        }
+        if !owns_reset() {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset ownership was lost".to_string()));
+        }
+        if delete_usage_state_reset_slot(storeapi.clone(), slot, expected_epoch, &owns_reset).await? {
             reset_paths.push(slot.path.clone());
         }
     }
+    let revision = read_config_revision(storeapi.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to confirm scanner usage reset intent: {err}")))?;
+    if revision != intent_revision || !owns_reset() {
+        return Err(ScannerError::Other(
+            "scanner usage reset intent or ownership changed before completion".to_string(),
+        ));
+    }
     invalidate_admin_data_usage_snapshot_cache().await;
     invalidate_data_usage_snapshot_cache().await;
     Ok(reset_paths)
 }
 
+fn usage_state_reset_resume_epoch(slots: &[ScannerUsageStateResetSlot]) -> Result<Option<u64>, ScannerError> {
+    let primary = slots.iter().find(|slot| slot.path == DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str());
+    let usage = primary
+        .and_then(|slot| slot.data.as_deref())
+        .and_then(|data| serde_json::from_slice::<DataUsageInfo>(data).ok());
+    match usage {
+        Some(usage) if usage.usage_snapshot_bootstrap_pending => {
+            if !data_usage_info_is_bootstrap_pending(&usage) {
+                return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset bootstrap is invalid".to_string()));
+            }
+            if usage.scanner_epoch.is_none() {
+                // Initial bootstrap has no reset owner yet.
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+            usage
+                .scanner_epoch
+                .filter(|epoch| *epoch > 0 && *epoch < u64::MAX)
+                .map(Some)
+                .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset bootstrap has no valid epoch".to_string()))
+        }
+        _ => Ok(None),
+    }
+}
+
 pub async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(
     ctx: CancellationToken,
     storeapi: Arc<ECStore>,
@@ -1584,12 +1787,31 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(
     };
     let (cycle, cycle_epoch, cycle_revision) = read_cycle_state_for_usage_reset(storeapi.clone()).await?;
     let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(storeapi.clone()).await?;
-    let usage_floor = usage_state_reset_floor(&slots)?;
-    let leader_epoch = cycle_epoch
-        .max(usage_floor.leader_epoch)
-        .checked_add(1)
-        .filter(|epoch| *epoch < u64::MAX)
-        .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner leader epoch is exhausted".to_string()))?;
+    let usage_floor = match usage_state_reset_floor(&slots)? {
+        ScannerUsageResetFloor::Trusted(floor) => floor,
+        ScannerUsageResetFloor::Corrupt if matches!(cycle_revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Missing) => {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset has no trusted cycle or usage floor".to_string()));
+        }
+        ScannerUsageResetFloor::Missing | ScannerUsageResetFloor::Corrupt => PersistedUsageFloor {
+            next_cycle: cycle.next,
+            leader_epoch: cycle_epoch,
+        },
+    };
+    let resume_epoch = usage_state_reset_resume_epoch(&slots)?;
+    let leader_epoch = if let Some(epoch) = resume_epoch {
+        if epoch != cycle_epoch || usage_floor.leader_epoch > epoch || usage_floor.next_cycle > cycle.next {
+            return Err(ScannerError::Other(
+                "scanner usage reset bootstrap conflicts with the persisted cycle fence".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+        epoch
+    } else {
+        cycle_epoch
+            .max(usage_floor.leader_epoch)
+            .checked_add(1)
+            .filter(|epoch| *epoch < u64::MAX)
+            .ok_or_else(|| ScannerError::Other("scanner leader epoch is exhausted".to_string()))?
+    };
     let rebuilt_cycle = CurrentCycle {
         next: cycle.next.max(usage_floor.next_cycle),
         ..Default::default()
@@ -1602,21 +1824,24 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(
             "scanner leader lock was lost before fencing usage reset cycle state".to_string(),
         ));
     }
-    save_config_with_publication_admission_for_epoch(
-        storeapi.clone(),
-        DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
-        cycle_data,
-        cycle_revision.preconditions(),
-        reset_epoch,
-    )
-    .await
-    .map_err(|err| {
-        if scanner_publication_epoch_changed(&err) {
-            ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset deferred by a movement epoch change".to_string())
-        } else {
-            ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to fence scanner cycle state for usage reset: {err}"))
-        }
-    })?;
+    if resume_epoch.is_none() {
+        save_reset_config(
+            storeapi.clone(),
+            DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
+            cycle_data,
+            cycle_revision.preconditions(),
+            reset_epoch,
+            &|| !guard.is_lock_lost() && !ctx.is_cancelled(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| {
+            if scanner_publication_epoch_changed(&err) {
+                ScannerError::Other("scanner usage reset deferred by a movement epoch change".to_string())
+            } else {
+                ScannerError::Other(format!("failed to fence scanner cycle state for usage reset: {err}"))
+            }
+        })?;
+    }
 
     if guard.is_lock_lost() {
         return Err(ScannerError::Other(
@@ -1624,7 +1849,10 @@ pub async fn reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(
         ));
     }
     let reset_paths =
-        reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(storeapi.clone(), &slots, reset_epoch, leader_epoch).await?;
+        reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(storeapi.clone(), &slots, reset_epoch, leader_epoch, || {
+            !guard.is_lock_lost() && !ctx.is_cancelled()
+        })
+        .await?;
     if guard.is_lock_lost() {
         return Err(ScannerError::Other(
             "scanner leader lock was lost after publishing usage reset marker".to_string(),
@@ -2135,6 +2363,7 @@ async fn recover_legacy_incomplete_usage_floor(
         expected_publication_epoch,
         Some(primary.epoch),
         ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext::Recovery,
+        || true,
     )
     .await?;
     warn!(
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/leadership.rs b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/leadership.rs
index 8283a987a..260476e7a 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/leadership.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/leadership.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ pub(super) async fn initialize_usage_baseline_bootstrap(
         expected_epoch,
         None,
         ScannerUsageBootstrapPublishContext::Initial,
+        || true,
     )
     .await
 }
@@ -201,9 +202,10 @@ pub(super) async fn fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(
     claimed_epoch: u64,
     expected_publication_epoch: Option<u64>,
     allow_bootstrap_pending: bool,
+    owns_fence: impl Fn() -> bool,
 ) -> Result<(), ScannerError> {
     for retry in 0..=SCANNER_PERSIST_CAS_RETRIES {
-        if ctx.is_cancelled() {
+        if ctx.is_cancelled() || !owns_fence() {
             return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner leadership was cancelled before usage fencing".to_string()));
         }
 
@@ -264,6 +266,9 @@ pub(super) async fn fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(
                     "scanner usage epoch fence changed while preparing its conditional write".to_string(),
                 ));
             };
+            if ctx.is_cancelled() || !owns_fence() {
+                return Err(ScannerError::Other("scanner leadership was lost before usage fencing".to_string()));
+            }
             save_config_with_preconditions(storeapi.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), data, revision.preconditions())
                 .await
         };
@@ -319,6 +324,7 @@ pub(super) async fn complete_scanner_leadership_claim(
         claimed_epoch,
         expected_publication_epoch,
         allow_bootstrap_pending,
+        || true,
     )
     .await
     {
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs
index 244e9088f..b9b4cd299 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/scanner/tests.rs
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ struct MemoryConfigStore {
     cancel_after_successful_puts: Mutex<HashMap<String, (usize, CancellationToken)>>,
     replace_after_successful_puts: Mutex<HashMap<String, (usize, Vec<u8>)>>,
     error_after_commit_deletes: Mutex<HashSet<String>>,
+    cancel_after_deletes: Mutex<HashMap<String, CancellationToken>>,
+    pause_next_publication_admission: Mutex<Option<(Arc<tokio::sync::Notify>, Arc<tokio::sync::Notify>)>>,
     put_counts: Mutex<HashMap<String, usize>>,
     publication_admission_blocked: AtomicBool,
     block_publication_after_admissions: AtomicUsize,
@@ -4081,6 +4083,9 @@ impl crate::ScannerConfigObjectDelete for MemoryConfigStore {
         revisions.remove(&key);
         drop(revisions);
         drop(objects);
+        if let Some(token) = self.cancel_after_deletes.lock().await.remove(&key) {
+            token.cancel();
+        }
         if self.error_after_commit_deletes.lock().await.remove(&key) {
             return Err(EcstoreError::other("injected delete error after commit"));
         }
@@ -4088,6 +4093,11 @@ impl crate::ScannerConfigObjectDelete for MemoryConfigStore {
     }
 
     async fn scanner_data_usage_publication_admission(&self) -> Option<crate::ScannerDataUsagePublicationAdmission> {
+        let pause = self.pause_next_publication_admission.lock().await.take();
+        if let Some((entered, resume)) = pause {
+            entered.notify_one();
+            resume.notified().await;
+        }
         if self.publication_admission_blocked.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
             return None;
         }
@@ -4589,7 +4599,7 @@ async fn scanner_legacy_usage_backup_survives_fencing_and_restart_after_real_met
         .expect("publication must also read the intact backup");
     assert_eq!(baseline.data.as_deref(), Some(data.as_slice()));
     assert_eq!(baseline.revision, DataUsageCacheRevision::Missing);
-    fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&CancellationToken::new(), store.clone(), 7, None, false)
+    fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&CancellationToken::new(), store.clone(), 7, None, false, || true)
         .await
         .expect("legacy backup must be fenced into v2");
     let fenced = read_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
@@ -4818,6 +4828,28 @@ async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_publishes_fenced_bootstrap_marker() {
         );
     }
 
+    let cycle_before_retry = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("cycle should remain before retry");
+    let marker_before_retry = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("bootstrap should remain before retry");
+    let retry = reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("completed cleanup should be reentrant");
+    assert_eq!(retry.leader_epoch, result.leader_epoch);
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("cycle should remain"),
+        cycle_before_retry
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("bootstrap should remain"),
+        marker_before_retry
+    );
     let (floor, state) = persisted_usage_floor_for_startup(store, false)
         .await
         .expect("reset marker should be resumable");
@@ -4973,7 +5005,7 @@ async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_slots_reject_primary_aba() {
 
     store.objects.lock().await.insert(key.clone(), b"newer-json".to_vec());
     store.revisions.lock().await.insert(key, 2);
-    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store, &slots, 0, 3)
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store, &slots, 0, 3, || true)
         .await
         .expect_err("stale primary revision must not be overwritten");
     assert!(
@@ -4983,6 +5015,348 @@ async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_slots_reject_primary_aba() {
     );
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_resumes_every_cleanup_boundary_without_rewriting_intent() {
+    for completed in 0..=4 {
+        let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
+        let primary_path = DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str();
+        let cleanup_paths = [
+            format!("{primary_path}.bkp"),
+            LEGACY_DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str().to_string(),
+            format!("{}.bkp", LEGACY_DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str()),
+            DATA_USAGE_OBSERVED_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str().to_string(),
+        ];
+        for path in std::iter::once(primary_path).chain(cleanup_paths.iter().map(String::as_str)) {
+            let mut usage = complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0);
+            usage.scanner_epoch = Some(1);
+            save_config(store.clone(), path, serde_json::to_vec(&usage).expect("fixture should encode"))
+                .await
+                .expect("fixture should persist");
+        }
+        // These objects belong to other owners, even when reset cleanup resumes.
+        for path in ["buckets/quota-reservations/ledger", "buckets/example/incarnation"] {
+            save_config(store.clone(), path, b"retain".to_vec())
+                .await
+                .expect("unrelated state should persist");
+        }
+        let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone()).await.expect("slots should load");
+        let cancelled = CancellationToken::new();
+        if completed == 0 {
+            store
+                .cancel_after_successful_puts
+                .lock()
+                .await
+                .insert(memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, primary_path), (2, cancelled.clone()));
+        } else {
+            store
+                .cancel_after_deletes
+                .lock()
+                .await
+                .insert(memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, &cleanup_paths[completed - 1]), cancelled.clone());
+        }
+        let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || !cancelled.is_cancelled())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("interruption should stop cleanup");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("ownership"), "boundary {completed}: {err}");
+        for (index, path) in cleanup_paths.iter().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                store
+                    .objects
+                    .lock()
+                    .await
+                    .contains_key(&memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, path)),
+                index >= completed,
+                "boundary {completed}, slot {index}"
+            );
+        }
+        let intent = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), primary_path)
+            .await
+            .expect("intent should persist");
+        let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone())
+            .await
+            .expect("restart should reload slots");
+        reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || true)
+            .await
+            .expect("restart should complete the same intent");
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), primary_path)
+                .await
+                .expect("intent should remain"),
+            intent
+        );
+        assert_eq!(store.put_counts.lock().await[&memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, primary_path)], 2);
+        for path in cleanup_paths {
+            assert!(
+                !store
+                    .objects
+                    .lock()
+                    .await
+                    .contains_key(&memory_config_key(RUSTFS_META_BUCKET, &path))
+            );
+        }
+        for path in ["buckets/quota-reservations/ledger", "buckets/example/incarnation"] {
+            assert_eq!(read_config(store.clone(), path).await.expect("unrelated state should remain"), b"retain");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_stops_usage_fence_after_owner_loss() {
+    let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
+    let mut usage = complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0);
+    usage.scanner_epoch = Some(1);
+    let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&usage).expect("baseline should encode");
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), bytes.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("baseline should persist");
+    let checks = AtomicUsize::new(0);
+    let err = fence_scanner_usage_epoch_with_expected_epoch(&CancellationToken::new(), store.clone(), 3, Some(0), false, || {
+        checks.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst) == 0
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect_err("ownership lost during reads must prevent the write");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("leadership was lost"), "{err}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config(store, DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("baseline should remain"),
+        bytes
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_cancels_during_publication_admission() {
+    for resuming in [false, true] {
+        let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
+        let usage = if resuming {
+            scanner_usage_bootstrap_marker(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH, Some(3))
+        } else {
+            complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0)
+        };
+        save_config(
+            store.clone(),
+            DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
+            serde_json::to_vec(&usage).expect("primary should encode"),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("primary should persist");
+        save_config(store.clone(), LEGACY_DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), b"corrupt".to_vec())
+            .await
+            .expect("cleanup target should persist");
+        let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone()).await.expect("slots should load");
+        let before = store.objects.lock().await.clone();
+        let revisions_before = store.revisions.lock().await.clone();
+        let entered = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
+        let resume = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
+        *store.pause_next_publication_admission.lock().await = Some((entered.clone(), resume.clone()));
+        let cancelled = CancellationToken::new();
+        let (result, ()) = tokio::join!(
+            reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || !cancelled.is_cancelled()),
+            async {
+                entered.notified().await;
+                cancelled.cancel();
+                resume.notify_one();
+            }
+        );
+        let err = result.expect_err("losing ownership during admission must prevent mutation");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("ownership was lost"), "resuming={resuming}: {err}");
+        assert_eq!(*store.objects.lock().await, before);
+        assert_eq!(*store.revisions.lock().await, revisions_before);
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_rejects_corruption_without_a_trusted_floor() {
+    let (_temp_dir, store) = setup_scanner_cycle_store_with_usage_baseline(false).await;
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), b"{corrupt".to_vec())
+        .await
+        .expect("corrupt primary should persist");
+    let before = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("evidence should load");
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect_err("corruption must not become a zero floor");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("no trusted cycle or usage floor"), "{err}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("evidence should remain"),
+        before
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(
+        read_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str()).await,
+        Err(EcstoreError::ConfigNotFound)
+    ));
+    let mut backup = complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0);
+    backup.scanner_epoch = Some(7);
+    backup.scanner_cycle = Some(40);
+    save_config(
+        store.clone(),
+        &format!("{}.bkp", DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str()),
+        serde_json::to_vec(&backup).expect("backup should encode"),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("valid backup should persist");
+    let result = reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(CancellationToken::new(), store)
+        .await
+        .expect("valid backup should supply the recovery floor");
+    assert_eq!(result.leader_epoch, 8);
+    assert_eq!(result.next_cycle, 41);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_rejects_replaced_intent_and_newer_cleanup_slot() {
+    let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
+    let marker = scanner_usage_bootstrap_marker(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH, Some(3));
+    let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&marker).expect("marker should encode");
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), bytes.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("intent should persist");
+    let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone()).await.expect("slots should load");
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(), bytes)
+        .await
+        .expect("another intent should persist");
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || true)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("same epoch cannot replace an intent revision");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("intent revision changed"), "{err}");
+
+    let mut newer = complete_usage_with_bucket_count(Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH), 0);
+    newer.scanner_epoch = Some(3);
+    let path = format!("{}.bkp", DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str());
+    let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&newer).expect("newer snapshot should encode");
+    save_config(store.clone(), &path, bytes.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("newer snapshot should persist");
+    let slots = read_usage_state_reset_slots(store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("slots should reload");
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store.clone(), &slots, 0, 3, || true)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("cleanup cannot delete same-epoch progress");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("not older than its intent"), "{err}");
+    assert_eq!(read_config(store, &path).await.expect("newer snapshot should remain"), bytes);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_rejects_decodable_untrusted_floor() {
+    let (_temp_dir, store) = setup_scanner_cycle_store_with_usage_baseline(false).await;
+    let invalid_identity = DataUsageInfo {
+        usage_snapshot_complete: true,
+        buckets_count: 1,
+        last_update: Some(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    for usage in [DataUsageInfo::default(), invalid_identity] {
+        save_config(
+            store.clone(),
+            DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str(),
+            serde_json::to_vec(&usage).expect("fixture should encode"),
+        )
+        .await
+        .expect("untrusted primary should persist");
+        let before = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("primary should load");
+        let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_for_full_rebuild(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+            .await
+            .expect_err("valid JSON alone cannot prove a usage floor");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("no trusted cycle or usage floor"), "{err}");
+        assert_eq!(
+            read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+                .await
+                .expect("evidence should remain"),
+            before
+        );
+        assert!(matches!(
+            read_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str()).await,
+            Err(EcstoreError::ConfigNotFound)
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn full_rescan_reset_rejects_unknown_marker_phase_even_with_invalid_compat_fields() {
+    for state in [serde_json::json!("rewrite-v2"), serde_json::json!(7), serde_json::Value::Null] {
+        let marker = serde_json::json!({"state": state, "retry_count": "future-type", "schema_version": 99});
+        let err = super::cycle_state::decode_recovery_marker_for_reset(
+            &serde_json::to_vec(&marker).expect("future marker should encode"),
+            &DataUsageCacheRevision::Etag("intent-1".to_string()),
+        )
+        .expect_err("unknown persistent phases must remain fenced");
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("state is unsupported"), "{err}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[serial]
+async fn full_rescan_reset_preserves_unknown_phase_and_retries_completed_cleanup() {
+    let (_temp_dir, store) = setup_scanner_cycle_store().await;
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str(), b"corrupt".to_vec())
+        .await
+        .expect("corrupt primary should persist");
+    save_config(
+        store.clone(),
+        DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(),
+        br#"{"state":"future-rewrite"}"#.to_vec(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("future marker should persist");
+    let primary_before = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("primary should load");
+    let marker_before = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("marker should load");
+    let err = reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect_err("unknown phase must block explicit reset");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("state is unsupported"), "{err}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("primary should remain"),
+        primary_before
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("marker should remain"),
+        marker_before
+    );
+
+    save_config(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_RECOVERY_PATH.as_str(), b"{malformed".to_vec())
+        .await
+        .expect("recoverable marker should persist");
+    reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("reset should complete");
+    let primary = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("rebuilt primary should load");
+    let usage = read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+        .await
+        .expect("fenced usage should load");
+    reset_scanner_cycle_recovery(CancellationToken::new(), store.clone())
+        .await
+        .expect("retry after marker deletion should complete");
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_BLOOM_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("rebuilt primary should remain"),
+        primary
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        read_config_with_revision(store.clone(), DATA_USAGE_OBJ_NAME_PATH.as_str())
+            .await
+            .expect("fenced usage should remain"),
+        usage
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_slots_defer_when_publication_epoch_moves() {
     let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfigStore::default());
@@ -4993,7 +5367,7 @@ async fn scanner_usage_state_reset_slots_defer_when_publication_epoch_moves() {
         .expect("usage reset slots should be inspected");
     store.publication_admission_blocked.store(true, Ordering::Release);
 
-    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store, &slots, 0, 3)
+    let err = reset_scanner_usage_state_slots_for_full_rebuild(store, &slots, 0, 3, || true)
         .await
         .expect_err("movement admission loss must defer reset");
     assert!(
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/scanner_io.rs b/crates/scanner/src/scanner_io.rs
index c8353bae9..0d5e82eeb 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/scanner_io.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/scanner_io.rs
@@ -883,8 +883,9 @@ pub(crate) use cache::{
 };
 pub use dirty_usage::{
     ScannerDirtyUsageAckError, ScannerDirtyUsageBucket, ScannerDirtyUsageSnapshot, ScannerDirtyUsageState,
-    acknowledge_dirty_usage_generation, clear_dirty_usage_bucket, record_dirty_usage_bucket, record_scanner_maintenance_change,
-    scanner_activity_epoch, scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot, scanner_dirty_usage_state, scanner_maintenance_generation,
+    acknowledge_dirty_usage_generation, acknowledge_scoped_dirty_usage, clear_dirty_usage_bucket, record_dirty_usage_bucket,
+    record_scanner_maintenance_change, scanner_activity_epoch, scanner_dirty_usage_snapshot, scanner_dirty_usage_state,
+    scanner_maintenance_generation,
 };
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use dirty_usage::{clear_dirty_usage_buckets_for_tests, dirty_usage_buckets_for_tests};
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/dirty_usage.rs b/crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/dirty_usage.rs
index a5978e263..18db78a81 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/dirty_usage.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/scanner_io/dirty_usage.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,112 @@ pub enum ScannerDirtyUsageAckError {
     ProcessChanged,
     #[error("scanner dirty usage generation cannot be acknowledged")]
     InvalidGeneration,
+    #[error("scanner dirty usage bucket incarnation fence is unavailable")]
+    IncarnationUnavailable,
+}
+
+/// A scoped ACK requires storage-owned lifecycle and incarnation fences.
+/// Callers must only send ACKs backed by durable per-bucket publication.
+pub fn acknowledge_scoped_dirty_usage(
+    instance_id: &str,
+    entries: &[(&crate::storage_api::EcstoreBucketMetadataMutationGuard, u64)],
+    probe_only: bool,
+) -> std::result::Result<u64, ScannerDirtyUsageAckError> {
+    // Lock order: sorted bucket lifecycle/metadata fences (caller), then dirty map.
+    // No await or storage operation occurs while the dirty map is locked.
+    let (cleared, pending) = {
+        let mut dirty = dirty_usage_buckets();
+        let checked = entries
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(guard, generation)| {
+                guard
+                    .checked_bucket_incarnation()
+                    .map(|(bucket, _)| (bucket, *generation))
+                    .map_err(|_| ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::IncarnationUnavailable)
+            })
+            .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        let cleared = apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+            instance_id,
+            scanner_activity_epoch(),
+            DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_GENERATION.load(Ordering::Acquire),
+            &mut dirty,
+            &checked,
+            probe_only,
+        )?;
+        if cleared > 0 {
+            advance_generation(&DIRTY_USAGE_BUCKET_GENERATION);
+        }
+        (cleared, dirty.len())
+    };
+    if !probe_only {
+        global_metrics().record_scanner_dirty_usage_cycle_clear(usize_to_u64_saturated(cleared), usize_to_u64_saturated(pending));
+    }
+    Ok(usize_to_u64_saturated(cleared))
+}
+
+fn apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+    instance_id: &str,
+    current_instance: &str,
+    current_generation: u64,
+    dirty: &mut DirtyUsageBuckets,
+    entries: &[(&str, u64)],
+    probe_only: bool,
+) -> std::result::Result<usize, ScannerDirtyUsageAckError> {
+    if instance_id != current_instance {
+        return Err(ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::ProcessChanged);
+    }
+    if current_generation == u64::MAX
+        || entries
+            .iter()
+            .any(|(_, generation)| *generation == 0 || *generation == u64::MAX || *generation > current_generation)
+    {
+        return Err(ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::InvalidGeneration);
+    }
+    let mut cleared = 0;
+    if !probe_only {
+        for (bucket, generation) in entries {
+            if dirty.get(*bucket) == Some(generation) {
+                dirty.remove(*bucket);
+                cleared += 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(cleared)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod scoped_dirty_usage_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_preserves_uncovered_newer_and_replayed_generations() {
+        let mut dirty = HashMap::from([("hot".to_string(), 7), ("cold".to_string(), 8)]);
+        assert_eq!(apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], true), Ok(0));
+        assert_eq!(dirty.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], false), Ok(1));
+        assert_eq!(dirty.get("hot"), Some(&7));
+        assert_eq!(apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], false), Ok(0));
+        dirty.insert("cold".to_string(), 9);
+        assert_eq!(apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 9, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], false), Ok(0));
+        assert_eq!(dirty.get("cold"), Some(&9));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_rejects_restart_and_invalid_batch_before_clearing() {
+        let original = HashMap::from([("hot".to_string(), 7), ("cold".to_string(), 8)]);
+        let mut dirty = original.clone();
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("old", "new", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8)], false),
+            Err(ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::ProcessChanged)
+        );
+        for generation in [0, 9, u64::MAX] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                apply_scoped_dirty_usage_ack("p", "p", 8, &mut dirty, &[("cold", 8), ("hot", generation)], false),
+                Err(ScannerDirtyUsageAckError::InvalidGeneration)
+            );
+            assert_eq!(dirty, original);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub(super) fn dirty_usage_buckets() -> MutexGuard<'static, DirtyUsageBuckets> {
diff --git a/crates/scanner/src/storage_api.rs b/crates/scanner/src/storage_api.rs
index f81065d59..7b2cda493 100644
--- a/crates/scanner/src/storage_api.rs
+++ b/crates/scanner/src/storage_api.rs
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::lifecycle::lifecycle::object_opts_fr
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata_sys::init_bucket_metadata_sys as ecstore_init_bucket_metadata_sys;
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::metadata_sys::{
-    get_lifecycle_config as ecstore_get_lifecycle_config, get_object_lock_config as ecstore_get_object_lock_config,
-    get_replication_config as ecstore_get_replication_config,
+    BucketMetadataMutationGuard as EcstoreBucketMetadataMutationGuard, get_lifecycle_config as ecstore_get_lifecycle_config,
+    get_object_lock_config as ecstore_get_object_lock_config, get_replication_config as ecstore_get_replication_config,
 };
 pub(crate) use rustfs_ecstore::api::bucket::replication::{
     ReplicateObjectInfo, ReplicationConfig as EcstoreReplicationConfig,
diff --git a/rustfs/src/admin/handlers/heal.rs b/rustfs/src/admin/handlers/heal.rs
index f10ad9123..74a2da980 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/admin/handlers/heal.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/admin/handlers/heal.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use rustfs_utils::path::path_join;
 use s3s::header::{CONTENT_LENGTH, CONTENT_TYPE};
 use s3s::{Body, S3Request, S3Response, S3Result, s3_error};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet};
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashSet};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ struct BackgroundHealStatus<'a> {
     heal_active_tasks: u64,
     heal_operations: rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot,
     cluster_status_complete: bool,
+    coverage: &'a BackgroundHealCoverage,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     progress: Option<BackgroundHealProgress>,
 }
@@ -300,6 +301,23 @@ fn background_heal_runtime_state(
 
 type BackgroundHealProgress = rustfs_heal::HealProgress;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+struct BackgroundHealCoverage {
+    expected: usize,
+    responded: usize,
+    unknown: usize,
+    reasons: BTreeSet<BackgroundHealCoverageReason>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+enum BackgroundHealCoverageReason {
+    NotificationSystemUnavailable,
+    PeerTopologyIncomplete,
+    PeerStatusUnsupported,
+    PeerStatusUnavailable,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct ClusterHealStatusSnapshot {
     info: BackgroundHealInfo,
@@ -307,6 +325,7 @@ struct ClusterHealStatusSnapshot {
     operations: rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot,
     progress: Option<BackgroundHealProgress>,
     complete: bool,
+    coverage: BackgroundHealCoverage,
 }
 
 fn add_priority_counts(total: &mut rustfs_heal::HealPriorityCounts, next: rustfs_heal::HealPriorityCounts) {
@@ -338,6 +357,7 @@ fn add_operations(total: &mut rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot, next: rustfs_
 }
 
 fn aggregate_cluster_heal_status(snapshots: Vec<NodeHealStatusSnapshot>) -> ClusterHealStatusSnapshot {
+    let responded = snapshots.len();
     let mut info = BackgroundHealInfo::default();
     let mut operations = rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot::default();
     let mut progress = Vec::new();
@@ -379,6 +399,12 @@ fn aggregate_cluster_heal_status(snapshots: Vec<NodeHealStatusSnapshot>) -> Clus
         operations,
         progress,
         complete: true,
+        coverage: BackgroundHealCoverage {
+            expected: responded,
+            responded,
+            unknown: 0,
+            reasons: BTreeSet::new(),
+        },
     }
 }
 
@@ -413,12 +439,14 @@ fn merge_peer_heal_statuses(
     mut snapshots: Vec<NodeHealStatusSnapshot>,
     peer_statuses: Vec<Result<Option<NodeHealStatusSnapshot>, String>>,
     expected_nodes: usize,
-    topology_complete: bool,
+    coverage_reason: Option<BackgroundHealCoverageReason>,
 ) -> S3Result<ClusterHealStatusSnapshot> {
+    let mut reasons: BTreeSet<_> = coverage_reason.into_iter().collect();
     for peer_status in peer_statuses {
         match peer_status {
             Ok(Some(snapshot)) => snapshots.push(snapshot),
             Ok(None) => {
+                reasons.insert(BackgroundHealCoverageReason::PeerStatusUnsupported);
                 warn!(
                     event = EVENT_ADMIN_REQUEST_FAILED,
                     component = LOG_COMPONENT_ADMIN_API,
@@ -430,6 +458,7 @@ fn merge_peer_heal_statuses(
                 );
             }
             Err(err) => {
+                reasons.insert(BackgroundHealCoverageReason::PeerStatusUnavailable);
                 warn!(
                     event = EVENT_ADMIN_REQUEST_FAILED,
                     component = LOG_COMPONENT_ADMIN_API,
@@ -452,9 +481,12 @@ fn merge_peer_heal_statuses(
     // so during a reconfiguration the count can equal `expected_nodes` while
     // the topology is known-incomplete. Counting alone would report a
     // definitive answer precisely when the membership itself is in doubt.
-    let complete = topology_complete && snapshots.len() == expected_nodes;
+    let complete = reasons.is_empty() && snapshots.len() == expected_nodes;
     let mut status = aggregate_cluster_heal_status(snapshots);
     status.complete = complete;
+    status.coverage.expected = expected_nodes;
+    status.coverage.unknown = expected_nodes.saturating_sub(status.coverage.responded);
+    status.coverage.reasons = reasons;
     // A partial answer must never be mistakable for a definitive verdict: an
     // unreachable peer might be mid-heal, so reporting the reachable nodes'
     // "idle" (or disabled/uninitialized) as the cluster state would falsely
@@ -497,7 +529,12 @@ async fn read_cluster_heal_status(
         return Ok(aggregate_cluster_heal_status(snapshots));
     }
     let Some(notification_system) = notification_system else {
-        return Err(cluster_heal_status_unavailable("notification_system_unavailable"));
+        return merge_peer_heal_statuses(
+            snapshots,
+            Vec::new(),
+            expected_nodes,
+            Some(BackgroundHealCoverageReason::NotificationSystemUnavailable),
+        );
     };
     // An incomplete peer topology (a down member's client slot, a rolling
     // upgrade) previously failed the whole endpoint here, before any peer was
@@ -540,7 +577,12 @@ async fn read_cluster_heal_status(
     }))
     .await;
 
-    merge_peer_heal_statuses(snapshots, peer_statuses, expected_nodes, topology_complete)
+    merge_peer_heal_statuses(
+        snapshots,
+        peer_statuses,
+        expected_nodes,
+        (!topology_complete).then_some(BackgroundHealCoverageReason::PeerTopologyIncomplete),
+    )
 }
 
 async fn query_peer_replacement_recovery_status<E>(
@@ -1164,6 +1206,7 @@ fn encode_background_heal_status(
     heal_operations: rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot,
     progress: Option<BackgroundHealProgress>,
     cluster_status_complete: bool,
+    coverage: &BackgroundHealCoverage,
 ) -> S3Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let status = BackgroundHealStatus {
         info,
@@ -1172,6 +1215,7 @@ fn encode_background_heal_status(
         heal_active_tasks: heal_operations.active_tasks,
         heal_operations,
         cluster_status_complete,
+        coverage,
         progress,
     };
     serde_json::to_vec(&status).map_err(|e| {
@@ -1461,6 +1505,7 @@ impl Operation for BackgroundHealStatusHandler {
             cluster_status.operations,
             cluster_status.progress,
             cluster_status.complete,
+            &cluster_status.coverage,
         )?;
         info!(
             event = EVENT_ADMIN_RESPONSE_EMITTED,
@@ -1515,13 +1560,14 @@ impl Operation for ReplacementRecoveryStatusHandler {
 mod tests {
     use super::extract_heal_init_params;
     use super::{
-        BackgroundHealProgress, HealInitParams, HealResp, HealRuntimeState, aggregate_cluster_heal_status,
-        aggregate_replacement_recovery_cluster_status, background_heal_runtime_state, build_heal_channel_request,
-        build_replacement_recovery_status_response, encode_background_heal_status, encode_heal_control_path,
-        encode_heal_start_success, encode_heal_task_status, execute_after_heal_control_capability, heal_channel_response_items,
-        heal_channel_response_progress, heal_channel_response_summary, heal_control_response_id, json_response,
-        map_heal_response, merge_peer_heal_statuses, peer_topology_complete, query_peer_heal_status,
-        query_peer_replacement_recovery_status, reject_heal_admission, validate_heal_request_mode, validate_heal_target,
+        BackgroundHealCoverage, BackgroundHealCoverageReason, BackgroundHealProgress, HealInitParams, HealResp, HealRuntimeState,
+        aggregate_cluster_heal_status, aggregate_replacement_recovery_cluster_status, background_heal_runtime_state,
+        build_heal_channel_request, build_replacement_recovery_status_response, encode_background_heal_status,
+        encode_heal_control_path, encode_heal_start_success, encode_heal_task_status, execute_after_heal_control_capability,
+        heal_channel_response_items, heal_channel_response_progress, heal_channel_response_summary, heal_control_response_id,
+        json_response, map_heal_response, merge_peer_heal_statuses, peer_topology_complete, query_peer_heal_status,
+        query_peer_replacement_recovery_status, read_cluster_heal_status, reject_heal_admission, validate_heal_request_mode,
+        validate_heal_target,
     };
     use crate::storage::rpc::node_service::heal::{
         NodeHealProgress, NodeHealStatusSnapshot, NodeReplacementRecoveryStatusSnapshot, encode_node_replacement_recovery_status,
@@ -2175,7 +2221,13 @@ mod tests {
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
-        let encoded = encode_background_heal_status(&info, HealRuntimeState::Active, operations, None, true)
+        let coverage = BackgroundHealCoverage {
+            expected: 1,
+            responded: 1,
+            unknown: 0,
+            reasons: Default::default(),
+        };
+        let encoded = encode_background_heal_status(&info, HealRuntimeState::Active, operations, None, true, &coverage)
             .expect("background heal info should serialize");
         let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&encoded).expect("json should deserialize");
 
@@ -2225,6 +2277,12 @@ mod tests {
             rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot::default(),
             Some(progress),
             true,
+            &BackgroundHealCoverage {
+                expected: 1,
+                responded: 1,
+                unknown: 0,
+                reasons: Default::default(),
+            },
         )
         .expect("background heal info should serialize");
         let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&encoded).expect("json should deserialize");
@@ -2398,6 +2456,84 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(peer_topology_complete(1, 0, 0, 1, 0));
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_background_heal_status_without_notification_preserves_local_snapshot() {
+        let initialized = rustfs_heal::heal_runtime_initialized();
+        let info = BackgroundHealInfo {
+            bitrot_start_cycle: 37,
+            current_scan_mode: HealScanMode::Deep,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        for expected in [1, 3] {
+            let status = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), read_cluster_heal_status(info.clone(), None, expected))
+                .await
+                .expect("local status must not wait for remote peers")
+                .expect("missing notification must retain the local snapshot");
+            assert_eq!(status.info.bitrot_start_cycle, 37);
+            assert_eq!(status.info.current_scan_mode, HealScanMode::Deep);
+            assert_eq!(status.complete, expected == 1);
+            assert_eq!(status.coverage.expected, expected);
+            assert_eq!(status.coverage.responded, 1);
+            assert_eq!(status.coverage.unknown, expected - 1);
+            if expected == 1 {
+                assert!(status.coverage.reasons.is_empty());
+            } else {
+                assert!(matches!(status.state, HealRuntimeState::Degraded | HealRuntimeState::Active));
+                assert_eq!(
+                    status.coverage.reasons,
+                    [BackgroundHealCoverageReason::NotificationSystemUnavailable].into()
+                );
+            }
+            let encoded = encode_background_heal_status(
+                &status.info,
+                status.state,
+                status.operations,
+                status.progress,
+                status.complete,
+                &status.coverage,
+            )
+            .expect("fallback status must encode");
+            let decoded: rustfs_madmin::client::BackgroundHealStatus =
+                serde_json::from_slice(&encoded).expect("the actual madmin client must decode the server response");
+            assert_eq!(decoded.cluster_status_complete, expected == 1);
+            let coverage = decoded.coverage.expect("new server supplies coverage");
+            assert_eq!(coverage.expected, Some(expected));
+            assert_eq!(coverage.responded, Some(1));
+            assert_eq!(coverage.unknown, Some(expected - 1));
+            if expected > 1 {
+                assert_eq!(coverage.reasons, ["notification_system_unavailable"]);
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(
+            rustfs_heal::heal_runtime_initialized(),
+            initialized,
+            "reading status must not initialize heal"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_background_heal_status_coverage_reasons_are_bounded() {
+        let local = NodeHealStatusSnapshot::for_test(true, true, BackgroundHealInfo::default(), Default::default(), None);
+        let peers = (0..100)
+            .map(|index| {
+                if index % 2 == 0 {
+                    Ok(None)
+                } else {
+                    Err("peer unavailable".to_owned())
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let status = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local], peers, 101, None).expect("local status remains available");
+        assert_eq!(status.coverage.responded, 1);
+        assert_eq!(status.coverage.unknown, 100);
+        assert_eq!(status.coverage.reasons.len(), 2);
+        let encoded = serde_json::to_vec(&status.coverage).expect("coverage encodes");
+        assert!(encoded.len() < 256, "coverage must not grow with peer failures");
+        let decoded: rustfs_madmin::client::BackgroundHealCoverage =
+            serde_json::from_slice(&encoded).expect("client coverage decodes");
+        assert_eq!(decoded.reasons, ["peer_status_unsupported", "peer_status_unavailable"]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_peer_status_merge_degrades_explicitly_and_never_claims_idle() {
         let local = || {
@@ -2413,15 +2549,20 @@ mod tests {
         // but the safety property of the previous fail-closed behaviour is
         // preserved: the partial answer is labelled Degraded, never Idle, so
         // unknown peer work cannot be mistaken for "nothing is running".
-        let partial = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local()], vec![Err("peer timeout".to_string())], 2, true)
+        let partial = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local()], vec![Err("peer timeout".to_string())], 2, None)
             .expect("an unreachable peer degrades the answer instead of destroying it");
         assert!(!partial.complete);
         assert_eq!(partial.state, HealRuntimeState::Degraded);
+        assert_eq!(partial.coverage.expected, 2);
+        assert_eq!(partial.coverage.responded, 1);
+        assert_eq!(partial.coverage.unknown, 1);
+        assert_eq!(partial.coverage.reasons, [BackgroundHealCoverageReason::PeerStatusUnavailable].into());
 
-        let older_peer = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local()], vec![Ok(None)], 2, true)
+        let older_peer = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![local()], vec![Ok(None)], 2, None)
             .expect("an older peer degrades the answer instead of destroying it");
         assert!(!older_peer.complete);
         assert_eq!(older_peer.state, HealRuntimeState::Degraded);
+        assert_eq!(older_peer.coverage.reasons, [BackgroundHealCoverageReason::PeerStatusUnsupported].into());
 
         let known_active = NodeHealStatusSnapshot::for_test(
             true,
@@ -2433,12 +2574,12 @@ mod tests {
             },
             None,
         );
-        let partial_active = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![known_active], vec![Ok(None)], 2, true)
+        let partial_active = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![known_active], vec![Ok(None)], 2, None)
             .expect("known active work may be reported as an explicit partial status");
         assert!(!partial_active.complete);
         assert_eq!(partial_active.state, HealRuntimeState::Active);
 
-        merge_peer_heal_statuses(Vec::new(), vec![Err("peer timeout".to_string())], 2, true)
+        merge_peer_heal_statuses(Vec::new(), vec![Err("peer timeout".to_string())], 2, None)
             .expect_err("no snapshot at all still fails closed");
     }
 
@@ -2459,12 +2600,22 @@ mod tests {
                 None,
             )
         };
-        let full_count_incomplete_topology = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![snapshot()], vec![Ok(Some(snapshot()))], 2, false)
-            .expect("incomplete topology degrades the answer instead of destroying it");
+        let full_count_incomplete_topology = merge_peer_heal_statuses(
+            vec![snapshot()],
+            vec![Ok(Some(snapshot()))],
+            2,
+            Some(BackgroundHealCoverageReason::PeerTopologyIncomplete),
+        )
+        .expect("incomplete topology degrades the answer instead of destroying it");
         assert!(!full_count_incomplete_topology.complete);
         assert_eq!(full_count_incomplete_topology.state, HealRuntimeState::Degraded);
+        assert_eq!(full_count_incomplete_topology.coverage.unknown, 0);
+        assert_eq!(
+            full_count_incomplete_topology.coverage.reasons,
+            [BackgroundHealCoverageReason::PeerTopologyIncomplete].into()
+        );
 
-        let full_count_complete_topology = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![snapshot()], vec![Ok(Some(snapshot()))], 2, true)
+        let full_count_complete_topology = merge_peer_heal_statuses(vec![snapshot()], vec![Ok(Some(snapshot()))], 2, None)
             .expect("complete topology and full count is a definitive answer");
         assert!(full_count_complete_topology.complete);
         assert_eq!(full_count_complete_topology.state, HealRuntimeState::Idle);
@@ -2478,6 +2629,12 @@ mod tests {
             rustfs_heal::HealOperationsSnapshot::default(),
             None,
             false,
+            &BackgroundHealCoverage {
+                expected: 2,
+                responded: 1,
+                unknown: 1,
+                reasons: [BackgroundHealCoverageReason::PeerStatusUnavailable].into(),
+            },
         )
         .expect("degraded status must serialize");
         let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&encoded).expect("valid json");
diff --git a/rustfs/src/app/object/shared.rs b/rustfs/src/app/object/shared.rs
index c35619edb..ffc9e7db2 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/app/object/shared.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/app/object/shared.rs
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ fn classify_bucket_default_sse_lookup(
 ) -> S3Result<Option<(ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration, OffsetDateTime)>> {
     match lookup {
         Ok(config) => Ok(Some(config)),
-        Err(err) if err == StorageError::ConfigNotFound => Ok(None),
+        Err(StorageError::ConfigNotFound) => Ok(None),
         Err(err) => {
             let api_error = ApiError::from(err);
             error!(
diff --git a/rustfs/src/server/http.rs b/rustfs/src/server/http.rs
index 78ce81e5b..d82d67f20 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/server/http.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/server/http.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ const EVENT_PEER_ADDR_UNAVAILABLE: &str = "peer_addr_unavailable";
 const EVENT_RPC_SIGNATURE_VERIFICATION_FAILED: &str = "rpc_signature_verification_failed";
 const EVENT_GRPC_TRACE_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION_FAILED: &str = "grpc_trace_context_propagation_failed";
 const HEAL_CONTROL_TONIC_RPC_PATH: &str = "/node_service.HealControlService/HealControl";
+const SCANNER_SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_ACK_TONIC_RPC_PATH: &str = "/node_service.ScannerControlService/ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck";
 const TIER_MUTATION_PREPARE_TONIC_RPC_PATH: &str = "/node_service.TierMutationControlService/PrepareTierMutation";
 const TIER_MUTATION_COMMIT_TONIC_RPC_PATH: &str = "/node_service.TierMutationControlService/CommitTierMutation";
 const TIER_MUTATION_ABORT_TONIC_RPC_PATH: &str = "/node_service.TierMutationControlService/AbortTierMutation";
@@ -1856,6 +1857,7 @@ fn process_connection(
         );
         let rpc_service = RpcRequestPathService::new(
             Routes::new(node_service)
+                .add_service(InterceptedService::new(storage::tonic_service::make_scanner_control_server(), check_auth))
                 .add_service(heal_control_service)
                 .add_service(tier_mutation_control_service)
                 .prepare(),
@@ -2259,6 +2261,7 @@ fn check_auth(req: Request<()>) -> std::result::Result<Request<()>, Status> {
         .strip_prefix(TONIC_RPC_PREFIX)
         .and_then(|suffix| suffix.strip_prefix('/'))
         .or_else(|| (target.uri.path() == HEAL_CONTROL_TONIC_RPC_PATH).then_some("HealControl"))
+        .or_else(|| (target.uri.path() == SCANNER_SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_ACK_TONIC_RPC_PATH).then_some("ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck"))
         .or_else(|| (target.uri.path() == TIER_MUTATION_PREPARE_TONIC_RPC_PATH).then_some("PrepareTierMutation"))
         .or_else(|| (target.uri.path() == TIER_MUTATION_COMMIT_TONIC_RPC_PATH).then_some("CommitTierMutation"))
         .or_else(|| (target.uri.path() == TIER_MUTATION_ABORT_TONIC_RPC_PATH).then_some("AbortTierMutation"))
@@ -3427,6 +3430,50 @@ mod tests {
         rustfs_common::set_global_local_node_name(&previous_node_name).await;
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[serial_test::serial]
+    async fn scoped_dirty_usage_peer_probe_reaches_handler_through_production_auth() {
+        let _ = rustfs_credentials::set_global_rpc_secret("rpc-http-test-secret".to_string());
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.expect("bind scoped ACK auth test");
+        let addr = listener.local_addr().expect("listener address");
+        let previous_node_name = rustfs_common::get_global_local_node_name().await;
+        rustfs_common::set_global_local_node_name(&addr.to_string()).await;
+        let node = InterceptedService::new(NodeServiceServer::new(make_server()), check_auth);
+        let scanner = InterceptedService::new(storage::tonic_service::make_scanner_control_server(), check_auth);
+        let service = RpcRequestPathService::new(Routes::new(node).add_service(scanner).prepare());
+        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let (socket, _) = listener.accept().await.expect("accept test connection");
+            ConnBuilder::new(TokioExecutor::new())
+                .serve_connection(TokioIo::new(socket), TowerToHyperService::new(service))
+                .await
+                .expect("serve scoped ACK auth test");
+        });
+        let host = rustfs_utils::XHost::try_from(addr.to_string()).expect("peer address");
+        let client = storage::PeerRestClient::new(host, format!("http://{addr}"));
+        let result = client
+            .scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_capability(
+                "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111".to_string(),
+                "a".repeat(32),
+                vec![rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry {
+                    bucket: "photos".into(),
+                    bucket_incarnation: vec![1; 16].into(),
+                    generation: 8,
+                }],
+            )
+            .await;
+        client.evict_connection().await;
+        server.abort();
+        let _ = server.await;
+        rustfs_common::set_global_local_node_name(&previous_node_name).await;
+        let error = result
+            .expect_err("probe must fail closed without the requested storage owner")
+            .to_string();
+        assert!(
+            error.contains("storage layer is not initialized") || error.contains("scoped dirty usage peer or process changed"),
+            "signed probe must pass production path authentication and reach owner validation: {error}"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial_test::serial]
     async fn peer_rest_heal_control_uses_production_auth_and_keeps_validation_errors_online() {
diff --git a/rustfs/src/site_replication/tests.rs b/rustfs/src/site_replication/tests.rs
index e2ab27bb7..3b2c48666 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/site_replication/tests.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/site_replication/tests.rs
@@ -867,7 +867,6 @@ fn test_retry_drain_bounds_each_peer_round_to_one_small_request_chain() {
             r#type: "tags".to_string(),
             ..Default::default()
         }],
-        ..Default::default()
     };
     let make = RetryDrainAction::BucketOpReplay {
         operation: SITE_REPLICATION_BUCKET_OP_MAKE_WITH_VERSIONING.to_string(),
@@ -973,7 +972,7 @@ fn test_lightweight_bucket_retry_plan_orders_real_metadata_and_counts_it() {
     operator_replication.rules.push(operator_rule("operator-backup"));
     let mut bucket_with_operator_rule = bucket;
     bucket_with_operator_rule.replication_config =
-        Some(BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(&serialize(&operator_replication).expect("operator replication config")));
+        Some(BASE64_STANDARD.encode_to_string(serialize(&operator_replication).expect("operator replication config")));
     let plan = site_replication_bucket_retry_plan_from_info(&bucket_with_operator_rule, false).expect("targeted retry plan");
     assert!(
         plan.bucket_items.iter().any(|item| item.r#type == "replication-config"),
@@ -1050,7 +1049,7 @@ fn test_reachable_probe_promotion_is_fenced_by_the_observed_event() {
         .peers
         .insert("remote".to_string(), peer("remote", "https://remote.example.com"));
 
-    assert_eq!(mark_reachable_deferred_retry_events(&mut state, &[recovered.clone()]), 1);
+    assert_eq!(mark_reachable_deferred_retry_events(&mut state, std::slice::from_ref(&recovered)), 1);
     assert_eq!(state.retry_queue[0].updated_at, None);
     assert!(!state.retry_queue[0].peer_unreachable);
     assert_eq!(
diff --git a/rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service.rs b/rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service.rs
index 0dd18424e..111726af3 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service.rs
@@ -493,6 +493,13 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for NodeService {
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn make_scanner_control_server() -> scanner_control_service_server::ScannerControlServiceServer<NodeService> {
+    let limit = rustfs_protos::scoped_dirty_usage::SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES as usize;
+    scanner_control_service_server::ScannerControlServiceServer::new(make_server())
+        .max_decoding_message_size(limit)
+        .max_encoding_message_size(limit)
+}
+
 pub fn make_server() -> NodeService {
     let context = runtime_sources::current_app_context();
     make_server_for_context(context)
@@ -1087,6 +1094,74 @@ impl NodeService {
     }
 }
 
+#[tonic::async_trait]
+impl scanner_control_service_server::ScannerControlService for NodeService {
+    async fn scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(
+        &self,
+        request: Request<ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest>,
+    ) -> Result<Response<ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse>, Status> {
+        use rustfs_protos::scoped_dirty_usage::*;
+        static ADMISSION: tokio::sync::Semaphore = tokio::sync::Semaphore::const_new(4);
+
+        let canonical =
+            canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(request.get_ref()).map_err(|err| Status::invalid_argument(err.to_string()))?;
+        verify_tonic_canonical_body_digest(&request, &canonical)
+            .map_err(|_| Status::permission_denied("scoped dirty usage authentication failed"))?;
+        let _admission = ADMISSION
+            .try_acquire()
+            .map_err(|_| Status::resource_exhausted("scoped dirty usage receiver is busy"))?;
+        let request = request.into_inner();
+        let store = self
+            .resolve_object_store()
+            .ok_or_else(|| Status::unavailable("storage layer is not initialized"))?;
+        if store.id.is_nil()
+            || request.owner_id != store.id.to_string()
+            || request.instance_id != rustfs_scanner::scanner_activity_epoch()
+        {
+            return Err(Status::failed_precondition("scoped dirty usage peer or process changed"));
+        }
+        let cleared = timeout(Duration::from_secs(30), async {
+            // Strict bucket order is validated before admission. Acquire every
+            // lifecycle/metadata fence before clearing any dirty record.
+            let mut guards = Vec::with_capacity(request.entries.len());
+            for entry in &request.entries {
+                let incarnation = Uuid::from_slice(entry.bucket_incarnation.as_ref())
+                    .map_err(|_| Status::invalid_argument("invalid bucket incarnation"))?;
+                let guard =
+                    crate::storage::storage_api::acquire_scanner_bucket_incarnation_fence(&entry.bucket, incarnation, store.id)
+                        .await
+                        .map_err(|_| Status::failed_precondition("trusted bucket incarnation is unavailable"))?;
+                guards.push(guard);
+            }
+            let entries = guards
+                .iter()
+                .zip(&request.entries)
+                .map(|(guard, entry)| (guard, entry.generation))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            rustfs_scanner::acknowledge_scoped_dirty_usage(&request.instance_id, &entries, request.probe_only)
+                .map_err(|err| Status::failed_precondition(err.to_string()))
+        })
+        .await
+        .map_err(|_| Status::deadline_exceeded("scoped dirty usage incarnation validation timed out"))??;
+        let mut response = ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckResponse {
+            protocol_version: SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+            owner_id: request.owner_id,
+            instance_id: request.instance_id,
+            supported: true,
+            max_entries: SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_ENTRIES,
+            max_request_bytes: SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES,
+            cleared,
+            response_proof: Bytes::new(),
+        };
+        let body = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_response(&canonical, &response)
+            .map_err(|_| Status::internal("scoped dirty usage response is too large"))?;
+        response.response_proof = sign_tonic_rpc_response_proof(&body)
+            .map_err(|_| Status::unavailable("scoped dirty usage response authentication is unavailable"))?
+            .into();
+        Ok(Response::new(response))
+    }
+}
+
 #[tonic::async_trait]
 impl Node for NodeService {
     async fn ping(&self, request: Request<PingRequest>) -> Result<Response<PingResponse>, Status> {
@@ -2623,6 +2698,7 @@ mod tests {
     use rustfs_kms::KmsServiceManager;
     use rustfs_protos::CanonicalMutationBody as _;
     use rustfs_protos::models::PingBodyBuilder;
+    use rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::scanner_control_service_server::ScannerControlService as _;
     use rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::{
         BackgroundHealStatusRequest, BatchGenerallyLockRequest, CancelDecommissionRequest, CheckPartsRequest,
         ClearDecommissionRequest, ControlPlaneErrorCode, DeleteBucketMetadataRequest, DeleteBucketRequest, DeletePathsRequest,
@@ -5990,6 +6066,74 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    fn scoped_dirty_usage_request() -> rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+        rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAckRequest {
+            challenge: vec![7; 16].into(),
+            protocol_version: 1,
+            owner_id: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111".into(),
+            instance_id: "a".repeat(32),
+            scope: 1,
+            probe_only: false,
+            entries: vec![rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::ScannerScopedDirtyUsageEntry {
+                bucket: "photos".into(),
+                bucket_incarnation: vec![1; 16].into(),
+                generation: 8,
+            }],
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn scoped_dirty_usage_authenticates_before_storage_and_rejects_tampering() {
+        use rustfs_protos::scoped_dirty_usage::canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request;
+        let service = create_test_node_service();
+        let unsigned = service
+            .scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(Request::new(scoped_dirty_usage_request()))
+            .await
+            .expect_err("unsigned ACK must not access storage");
+        assert_eq!(unsigned.code(), tonic::Code::PermissionDenied);
+        for field in 0..9 {
+            let mut signed = Request::new(scoped_dirty_usage_request());
+            let canonical = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(signed.get_ref()).expect("canonical request");
+            set_tonic_canonical_body_digest(&mut signed, &canonical).expect("digest");
+            mark_v2_authenticated(&mut signed);
+            match field {
+                0 => signed.get_mut().challenge = vec![3; 16].into(),
+                1 => signed.get_mut().owner_id = "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222".into(),
+                2 => signed.get_mut().instance_id = "b".repeat(32),
+                3 => signed.get_mut().probe_only = true,
+                4 => signed.get_mut().entries[0].bucket = "videos".into(),
+                5 => signed.get_mut().entries[0].bucket_incarnation = vec![2; 16].into(),
+                6 => signed.get_mut().entries[0].generation += 1,
+                7 => signed.get_mut().scope += 1,
+                _ => signed.get_mut().protocol_version += 1,
+            }
+            let error = service
+                .scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(signed)
+                .await
+                .expect_err("tampered ACK must fail");
+            assert_eq!(
+                error.code(),
+                if field < 7 {
+                    tonic::Code::PermissionDenied
+                } else {
+                    tonic::Code::InvalidArgument
+                }
+            );
+        }
+        let mut signed = Request::new(scoped_dirty_usage_request());
+        let canonical = canonical_scoped_dirty_usage_request(signed.get_ref()).expect("canonical request");
+        set_tonic_canonical_body_digest(&mut signed, &canonical).expect("digest");
+        mark_v2_authenticated(&mut signed);
+        assert_eq!(
+            service
+                .scanner_scoped_dirty_usage_ack(signed)
+                .await
+                .expect_err("missing owner cannot advertise capability")
+                .code(),
+            tonic::Code::Unavailable
+        );
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_scanner_activity_requires_body_bound_auth_before_storage_lookup() {
         let service = create_test_node_service();
@@ -6485,6 +6629,62 @@ mod tests {
         )
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn scoped_dirty_usage_transport_rejects_oversized_unknown_and_duplicate_fields() {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0")
+            .await
+            .expect("bind scoped ACK transport test");
+        let addr = listener.local_addr().expect("test listener address");
+        let (shutdown, stopped) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            tonic::transport::Server::builder()
+                .add_service(super::make_scanner_control_server())
+                .serve_with_incoming_shutdown(TcpListenerStream::new(listener), async {
+                    let _ = stopped.await;
+                })
+                .await
+                .expect("scoped ACK transport server");
+        });
+        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .no_proxy()
+            .http2_prior_knowledge()
+            .build()
+            .expect("HTTP/2 client");
+        let limit = rustfs_protos::scoped_dirty_usage::SCOPED_DIRTY_USAGE_MAX_REQUEST_BYTES as usize;
+        for tag in [0x78, 0x0a] {
+            // Unknown varint field 15, or repeated empty singular challenge:
+            // both decode to a tiny default struct despite the large wire body.
+            for oversized in [false, true] {
+                let mut payload = [tag, 0].repeat(if oversized { (limit - 4) / 2 } else { limit / 2 });
+                if oversized {
+                    // Unknown fixed32 field 15 makes a valid cap+1 protobuf.
+                    payload.extend_from_slice(&[0x7d, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
+                }
+                assert_eq!(payload.len(), limit + usize::from(oversized));
+                let mut frame = vec![0];
+                frame.extend_from_slice(&u32::try_from(payload.len()).expect("bounded test payload").to_be_bytes());
+                frame.extend_from_slice(&payload);
+                let response = client
+                    .post(format!("http://{addr}/node_service.ScannerControlService/ScannerScopedDirtyUsageAck"))
+                    .header("content-type", "application/grpc")
+                    .header("te", "trailers")
+                    .body(frame)
+                    .send()
+                    .await
+                    .expect("send raw protobuf frame");
+                let status = response.headers().get("grpc-status").expect("gRPC failure status");
+                assert_eq!(
+                    status.to_str().expect("status text"),
+                    if oversized { "11" } else { "3" },
+                    "cap+1 must fail in the codec, while cap bytes reach request validation"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        drop(client);
+        shutdown.send(()).expect("stop test server");
+        server.await.expect("join test server");
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn heal_control_transport_enforces_codec_limit_and_fails_closed() {
         let Some(mut client) = connect_test_heal_control_client().await else {
diff --git a/rustfs/src/storage/storage_api.rs b/rustfs/src/storage/storage_api.rs
index 9e1e92dc4..2216db7f4 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/storage/storage_api.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/storage/storage_api.rs
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tonic_service_consumer {
     #[cfg(test)]
     pub(crate) use super::super::tonic_service::{heal_topology_fingerprint, make_heal_control_server_for_source};
     pub(crate) use super::super::tonic_service::{
-        make_heal_control_server_with_cache, make_server, make_tier_mutation_control_server,
+        make_heal_control_server_with_cache, make_scanner_control_server, make_server, make_tier_mutation_control_server,
     };
 }
 
@@ -1704,6 +1704,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn acquire_bucket_metadata_transaction_lock(
     ecstore_bucket::metadata_sys::acquire_bucket_metadata_transaction_lock(bucket).await
 }
 
+pub(crate) async fn acquire_scanner_bucket_incarnation_fence(
+    bucket: &str,
+    incarnation: uuid::Uuid,
+    owner_id: uuid::Uuid,
+) -> Result<ecstore_bucket::metadata_sys::BucketMetadataMutationGuard> {
+    ecstore_bucket::metadata_sys::acquire_scanner_bucket_incarnation_fence(bucket, incarnation, owner_id).await
+}
+
 pub(crate) async fn update_bucket_targets_under_transaction_lock(
     guard: &ecstore_bucket::metadata_sys::BucketMetadataMutationGuard,
     bucket: &str,
diff --git a/rustfs/src/storage/tonic_service.rs b/rustfs/src/storage/tonic_service.rs
index 539361507..c7d2ee28a 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/storage/tonic_service.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/storage/tonic_service.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 pub(crate) use crate::storage::rpc::node_service::make_heal_control_server_with_cache;
+pub(crate) use crate::storage::rpc::node_service::make_scanner_control_server;
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use crate::storage::rpc::node_service::{heal::heal_topology_fingerprint, make_heal_control_server_for_source};
 pub use crate::storage::rpc::{make_heal_control_server, make_server, make_tier_mutation_control_server};
diff --git a/rustfs/src/storage_api.rs b/rustfs/src/storage_api.rs
index db459b72d..4f824f8da 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/storage_api.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/storage_api.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ pub(crate) mod server {
                 heal_topology_fingerprint, make_heal_control_server_for_source,
             };
             pub(crate) use crate::storage::storage_api::tonic_service_consumer::{
-                make_heal_control_server_with_cache, make_server, make_tier_mutation_control_server,
+                make_heal_control_server_with_cache, make_scanner_control_server, make_server, make_tier_mutation_control_server,
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py b/scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py
index a5812c7a3..c694e3c89 100644
--- a/scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py
+++ b/scripts/check_scheduled_validation_freshness.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""Fail when a critical scheduled validation has not started recently."""
+"""Require recent scheduled attempts and completed successes on the default branch."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+import io
 import json
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
-from urllib.parse import quote, urlencode
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, quote, urlencode, urlsplit
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
 
@@ -75,15 +76,8 @@ def stale_reason(
     run: dict[str, object] | None,
     now: datetime,
     max_age_hours: int,
-    never_ran_grace_until: datetime | None = None,
 ) -> str | None:
     if run is None:
-        # The grace deadline only covers a workflow whose first scheduled slot
-        # has not arrived yet (for example a monthly cron enabled mid-month).
-        # A recorded-but-old run proves the schedule used to fire and stopped,
-        # so the grace never masks that case.
-        if never_ran_grace_until is not None and now <= never_ran_grace_until:
-            return None
         return "no scheduled run has been recorded"
     created_at = parse_timestamp(run.get("created_at"))
     age = now - created_at
@@ -93,14 +87,23 @@ def stale_reason(
 
 
 def fetch_latest_scheduled_run(
-    repository: str, workflow: str, token: str, api_url: str
+    repository: str,
+    workflow: str,
+    token: str,
+    api_url: str,
+    default_branch: str,
+    successful: bool = False,
 ) -> dict[str, object] | None:
     owner, repo = repository.split("/", 1)
     workflow_name = Path(workflow).name
+    query = {"event": "schedule", "branch": default_branch, "per_page": 1}
+    if successful:
+        # Filter on the server: the last success may be beyond a page of failures.
+        query["status"] = "success"
     endpoint = (
         f"{api_url.rstrip('/')}/repos/{quote(owner, safe='')}/{quote(repo, safe='')}"
         f"/actions/workflows/{quote(workflow_name, safe='')}/runs?"
-        + urlencode({"event": "schedule", "per_page": 1})
+        + urlencode(query)
     )
     request = Request(
         endpoint,
@@ -110,57 +113,104 @@ def fetch_latest_scheduled_run(
             "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
         },
     )
-    with urlopen(request, timeout=30) as response:
+    # Two requests per manifest entry must fit the watchdog's ten-minute job.
+    with urlopen(request, timeout=15) as response:
         payload = json.load(response)
-    runs = payload.get("workflow_runs")
+    runs = payload.get("workflow_runs") if isinstance(payload, dict) else None
     if not isinstance(runs, list):
         raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned no workflow_runs list for {workflow}")
+    total_count = payload.get("total_count")
+    if not isinstance(total_count, int) or isinstance(total_count, bool) or total_count < len(runs):
+        raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned an invalid run count for {workflow}")
     if not runs:
+        if total_count:
+            raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned an empty first page with recorded runs for {workflow}")
         return None
-    if not isinstance(runs[0], dict):
+    run = runs[0]
+    if not isinstance(run, dict):
         raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned an invalid workflow run for {workflow}")
-    return runs[0]
+    if run.get("event") != "schedule" or run.get("head_branch") != default_branch:
+        raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned a run outside the scheduled default-branch query for {workflow}")
+    if not isinstance(run.get("status"), str) or not run["status"]:
+        raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned no run status for {workflow}")
+    conclusion = run.get("conclusion")
+    if (conclusion is not None and not isinstance(conclusion, str)) or (
+        run["status"] == "completed" and not conclusion
+    ):
+        raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned an invalid run conclusion for {workflow}")
+    if successful and (run["status"] != "completed" or conclusion != "success"):
+        raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned a run without a completed success for {workflow}")
+    parse_timestamp(run.get("created_at"))
+    if not isinstance(run.get("html_url"), str) or not run["html_url"]:
+        raise ValueError(f"GitHub returned no run URL for {workflow}")
+    return run
 
 
-def write_report(path: Path, failures: list[tuple[str, int, str, str]]) -> None:
-    lines = ["## Scheduled validation freshness"]
-    if not failures:
-        lines.append("")
-        lines.append("All critical scheduled validations have a recent scheduled run.")
-    else:
-        lines.extend(
-            [
-                "",
-                "The following critical validations are stale or could not be inspected:",
-                "",
-                "| Workflow | Limit | Result | Last run |",
-                "| --- | ---: | --- | --- |",
-            ]
-        )
-        for workflow, max_age_hours, reason, run_url in failures:
-            link = f"[open]({run_url})" if run_url else "—"
-            lines.append(f"| `{workflow}` | {max_age_hours}h | {reason} | {link} |")
+def describe_run(run: dict[str, object] | None) -> str:
+    if run is None:
+        return "No recorded run"
+    outcome = run["status"]
+    if run.get("conclusion"):
+        outcome = f"{outcome}/{run['conclusion']}"
+    return f"[{outcome}]({run['html_url']}) — created {run['created_at']}"
+
+
+def write_report(path: Path, rows: list[tuple[str, int, str, str, str]], default_branch: str) -> None:
+    lines = [
+        "## Scheduled validation freshness",
+        "",
+        f"Default branch: `{default_branch}`. Ages use scheduled-run creation time; rerunning an old commit does not refresh its evidence.",
+        "Attempt outcomes are shown independently of successful-run freshness.",
+        "Success is the GitHub workflow run conclusion; suite completeness remains the responsibility of each workflow.",
+        "",
+        "| Workflow | Limit | Freshness | Last attempt | Last completed success |",
+        "| --- | ---: | --- | --- | --- |",
+    ]
+    for workflow, max_age_hours, result, attempt, success in rows:
+        cells = [f"`{workflow}`", f"{max_age_hours}h", result, attempt, success]
+        lines.append("| " + " | ".join(cell.replace("|", "\\|").replace("\n", " ") for cell in cells) + " |")
     path.write_text("\n".join(lines) + "\n")
 
 
 def check_freshness(
-    config: Path, report: Path, repository: str, token: str, api_url: str
+    config: Path, report: Path, repository: str, token: str, api_url: str, default_branch: str
 ) -> int:
     now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
-    failures: list[tuple[str, int, str, str]] = []
+    rows: list[tuple[str, int, str, str, str]] = []
+    failed = False
     for workflow, max_age_hours, never_ran_grace_until in load_validations(config):
-        try:
-            run = fetch_latest_scheduled_run(repository, workflow, token, api_url)
-            reason = stale_reason(run, now, max_age_hours, never_ran_grace_until)
-            if reason is not None:
-                run_url = str(run.get("html_url", "")) if run else ""
-                failures.append((workflow, max_age_hours, reason, run_url))
-        except Exception as error:
-            failures.append(
-                (workflow, max_age_hours, f"inspection failed: {error}", "")
-            )
-    write_report(report, failures)
-    return 1 if failures else 0
+        runs: dict[str, dict[str, object] | None] = {}
+        reasons: list[str] = []
+        for label, successful in (("Last attempt", False), ("Last completed success", True)):
+            try:
+                runs[label] = fetch_latest_scheduled_run(
+                    repository, workflow, token, api_url, default_branch, successful
+                )
+            except Exception as error:
+                reasons.append(f"{label}: inspection failed: {error}")
+        # A failed inspection or any recorded attempt ends first-run grace.
+        initial_grace = (
+            len(runs) == 2
+            and all(run is None for run in runs.values())
+            and never_ran_grace_until is not None
+            and now <= never_ran_grace_until
+        )
+        if not initial_grace:
+            for label, run in runs.items():
+                reason = stale_reason(run, now, max_age_hours)
+                if reason is not None:
+                    reasons.append(f"{label}: {reason}")
+        failed |= bool(reasons)
+        result = "; ".join(reasons) if reasons else "Fresh"
+        if initial_grace:
+            result = f"Initial grace until {never_ran_grace_until.isoformat()}"
+        evidence = [
+            describe_run(runs[label]) if label in runs else "Inspection failed"
+            for label in ("Last attempt", "Last completed success")
+        ]
+        rows.append((workflow, max_age_hours, result, *evidence))
+    write_report(report, rows, default_branch)
+    return 1 if failed else 0
 
 
 class SelfTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -173,15 +223,6 @@ class SelfTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsNotNone(stale_reason(past_limit, self.NOW, 36))
         self.assertIsNotNone(stale_reason(None, self.NOW, 36))
 
-    def test_never_ran_grace_only_covers_missing_runs(self) -> None:
-        future_grace = self.NOW + timedelta(hours=1)
-        past_grace = self.NOW - timedelta(seconds=1)
-        self.assertIsNone(stale_reason(None, self.NOW, 36, future_grace))
-        self.assertIsNone(stale_reason(None, self.NOW, 36, self.NOW))
-        self.assertIsNotNone(stale_reason(None, self.NOW, 36, past_grace))
-        stale_run = {"created_at": "2026-08-20T23:59:59Z"}
-        self.assertIsNotNone(stale_reason(stale_run, self.NOW, 36, future_grace))
-
     def test_config_rejects_duplicate_and_invalid_entries(self) -> None:
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             path = Path(tmp) / "validations.json"
@@ -238,63 +279,205 @@ class SelfTests(unittest.TestCase):
                 ],
             )
 
-    def test_check_reports_missing_runs(self) -> None:
+    @staticmethod
+    def run_fixture(**overrides: object) -> dict[str, object]:
+        return {
+            "status": "completed",
+            "conclusion": "success",
+            "event": "schedule",
+            "head_branch": "release/current",
+            "created_at": "2026-08-22T00:00:00Z",
+            "html_url": "https://github.test/rustfs/rustfs/actions/runs/1",
+            **overrides,
+        }
+
+    def check_payloads(
+        self, payloads: list[object], *, grace: str | None = None, workflows: int = 1
+    ) -> tuple[int, str, list]:
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             root = Path(tmp)
             config = root / "validations.json"
             report = root / "report.md"
-            config.write_text(
-                json.dumps(
-                    [
-                        {"workflow": ".github/workflows/ci.yml", "max_age_hours": 36},
-                        {"workflow": ".github/workflows/fuzz.yml", "max_age_hours": 36},
-                        {"workflow": ".github/workflows/mint.yml", "max_age_hours": 36},
-                    ]
-                )
-            )
-            with mock.patch(
-                __name__ + ".fetch_latest_scheduled_run",
-                side_effect=[
-                    {"created_at": "2999-01-01T00:00:00Z"},
-                    None,
-                    RuntimeError("API unavailable"),
-                ],
+            entries = [
+                {"workflow": f".github/workflows/check-{index}.yml", "max_age_hours": 36}
+                for index in range(workflows)
+            ]
+            if grace is not None:
+                entries[0]["never_ran_grace_until"] = grace
+            config.write_text(json.dumps(entries))
+            responses = []
+            for payload in payloads:
+                if isinstance(payload, dict) and isinstance(payload.get("workflow_runs"), list):
+                    payload = {"total_count": len(payload["workflow_runs"]), **payload}
+                responses.append(payload if isinstance(payload, Exception) else io.StringIO(json.dumps(payload)))
+            with (
+                mock.patch(__name__ + ".urlopen", side_effect=responses) as request,
+                mock.patch(__name__ + ".datetime", wraps=datetime) as clock,
             ):
-                self.assertEqual(
-                    check_freshness(
-                        config,
-                        report,
-                        "rustfs/rustfs",
-                        "token",
-                        "https://api.github.test",
-                    ),
-                    1,
+                clock.now.return_value = self.NOW
+                status = check_freshness(
+                    config, report, "rustfs/rustfs", "test-token",
+                    "https://api.github.test", "release/current",
                 )
-            contents = report.read_text()
-            self.assertIn(".github/workflows/fuzz.yml", contents)
-            self.assertIn("inspection failed: API unavailable", contents)
-            self.assertNotIn(".github/workflows/ci.yml`", contents)
+            return status, report.read_text(), request.call_args_list
 
-            config.write_text(
-                json.dumps(
-                    [{"workflow": ".github/workflows/ci.yml", "max_age_hours": 36}]
+    def test_requests_filter_schedule_default_branch_and_success_on_server(self) -> None:
+        attempt = self.run_fixture(status="in_progress", conclusion=None)
+        success = self.run_fixture(html_url="https://github.test/rustfs/rustfs/actions/runs/2")
+        status, report, calls = self.check_payloads([
+            {"workflow_runs": [attempt], "total_count": 1001},
+            {"workflow_runs": [success], "total_count": 1},
+        ])
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 2)
+        for call, successful in zip(calls, (False, True)):
+            request = call.args[0]
+            url = urlsplit(request.full_url)
+            self.assertEqual(url.path, "/repos/rustfs/rustfs/actions/workflows/check-0.yml/runs")
+            expected = {"event": ["schedule"], "branch": ["release/current"], "per_page": ["1"]}
+            if successful:
+                expected["status"] = ["success"]
+            self.assertEqual(parse_qs(url.query), expected)
+            self.assertEqual(request.get_header("Authorization"), "Bearer test-token")
+            self.assertEqual(call.kwargs, {"timeout": 15})
+        self.assertIn("[in_progress]", report)
+        self.assertIn(str(attempt["html_url"]), report)
+        self.assertIn(str(success["html_url"]), report)
+
+    def test_cancelled_attempt_cannot_refresh_expired_success(self) -> None:
+        attempt = self.run_fixture(conclusion="cancelled")
+        success = self.run_fixture(
+            created_at="2026-08-20T23:59:59Z", updated_at="2026-08-22T11:59:59Z",
+            html_url="https://github.test/rustfs/rustfs/actions/runs/2",
+        )
+        status, report, _ = self.check_payloads([
+            {"workflow_runs": [attempt]}, {"workflow_runs": [success]},
+        ])
+        self.assertEqual(status, 1)
+        self.assertIn("Last completed success: last scheduled run is", report)
+        self.assertIn("[completed/cancelled]", report)
+        for run in (attempt, success):
+            self.assertIn(str(run["html_url"]), report)
+            self.assertIn(str(run["created_at"]), report)
+
+    def test_attempt_outcome_does_not_replace_recent_success(self) -> None:
+        success = self.run_fixture(created_at="2026-08-21T00:00:00Z")
+        for state, conclusion in (
+            ("completed", "failure"), ("completed", "cancelled"),
+            ("completed", "timed_out"), ("completed", "success"),
+            ("queued", None), ("in_progress", None),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(state=state, conclusion=conclusion):
+                status, report, _ = self.check_payloads([
+                    {"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture(status=state, conclusion=conclusion)]},
+                    {"workflow_runs": [success]},
+                ])
+                self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+                self.assertIn(f"[{state}" + (f"/{conclusion}" if conclusion else "") + "]", report)
+                self.assertIn("Fresh", report)
+                self.assertNotIn("All critical scheduled validations", report)
+
+    def test_grace_requires_two_successful_queries_with_no_history(self) -> None:
+        for attempt, success, grace, expected in (
+            (None, None, "2026-08-22T12:00:00Z", 0),
+            (None, None, "2026-08-22T11:59:59Z", 1),
+            (self.run_fixture(conclusion="failure"), None, "2026-08-23T00:00:00Z", 1),
+            (self.run_fixture(status="queued", conclusion=None), None, "2026-08-23T00:00:00Z", 1),
+            (None, self.run_fixture(), "2026-08-23T00:00:00Z", 1),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(attempt=attempt, success=success, grace=grace):
+                status, report, _ = self.check_payloads([
+                    {"workflow_runs": [] if attempt is None else [attempt]},
+                    {"workflow_runs": [] if success is None else [success]},
+                ], grace=grace)
+                self.assertEqual(status, expected)
+                self.assertEqual("Initial grace until" in report, expected == 0)
+
+    def test_api_failures_preserve_other_evidence_and_never_enter_grace(self) -> None:
+        good = {"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture()]}
+        for first, second in (
+            (RuntimeError("API unavailable"), good),
+            (good, RuntimeError("API unavailable")),
+            (RuntimeError("API unavailable"), {"workflow_runs": []}),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(first=first, second=second):
+                status, report, calls = self.check_payloads(
+                    [first, second], grace="2026-08-23T00:00:00Z"
                 )
-            )
-            with mock.patch(
-                __name__ + ".fetch_latest_scheduled_run",
-                return_value={"created_at": "2999-01-01T00:00:00Z"},
-            ):
-                self.assertEqual(
-                    check_freshness(
-                        config,
-                        report,
-                        "rustfs/rustfs",
-                        "token",
-                        "https://api.github.test",
-                    ),
-                    0,
-                )
-            self.assertIn("All critical scheduled validations", report.read_text())
+                self.assertEqual(status, 1)
+                self.assertEqual(len(calls), 2)
+                self.assertIn("inspection failed: API unavailable", report)
+                self.assertNotIn("Initial grace until", report)
+                if first is good or second is good:
+                    self.assertIn(str(self.run_fixture()["html_url"]), report)
+
+    def test_invalid_api_evidence_fails_closed(self) -> None:
+        malformed = [
+            [], {}, {"workflow_runs": {}}, {"workflow_runs": [None]},
+            {"workflow_runs": [], "total_count": 1},
+            {"workflow_runs": [], "total_count": -1},
+            {"workflow_runs": [], "total_count": None},
+            {"workflow_runs": [], "total_count": True},
+            *({"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture(**override)]} for override in (
+                {"event": "workflow_dispatch"}, {"head_branch": "other"},
+                {"created_at": "invalid"}, {"created_at": "2026-08-22T00:00:00"},
+                {"status": None}, {"conclusion": None}, {"conclusion": 1},
+                {"html_url": ""},
+            )),
+        ]
+        for payload in malformed:
+            for index, label in enumerate(("Last attempt", "Last completed success")):
+                with self.subTest(payload=payload, label=label):
+                    payloads = [{"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture()]} for _ in range(2)]
+                    payloads[index] = payload
+                    status, report, _ = self.check_payloads(payloads, grace="2026-08-23T00:00:00Z")
+                    self.assertEqual(status, 1)
+                    self.assertIn(f"{label}: inspection failed", report)
+                    self.assertNotIn("Initial grace until", report)
+                    self.assertIn(str(self.run_fixture()["html_url"]), report)
+        for state, conclusion in (("in_progress", "success"), ("completed", "failure"), ("completed", "skipped")):
+            with self.subTest(state=state, conclusion=conclusion):
+                status, report, _ = self.check_payloads([
+                    {"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture()]},
+                    {"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture(status=state, conclusion=conclusion)]},
+                ])
+                self.assertEqual(status, 1)
+                self.assertIn("without a completed success", report)
+
+    def test_report_retains_every_workflow(self) -> None:
+        status, report, calls = self.check_payloads([
+            {"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture()]}, {"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture()]},
+            {"workflow_runs": []}, {"workflow_runs": []},
+            RuntimeError("API unavailable"), {"workflow_runs": [self.run_fixture()]},
+        ], workflows=3)
+        self.assertEqual(status, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(calls), 6)
+        for index in range(3):
+            self.assertEqual(report.count(f"`.github/workflows/check-{index}.yml`"), 1)
+        self.assertIn("No recorded run", report)
+        self.assertIn("Inspection failed", report)
+
+    def test_cli_requires_the_repository_default_branch(self) -> None:
+        from check_test_wiring import yaml_block
+
+        workflow = (ROOT / ".github/workflows/scheduled-validation-freshness.yml").read_text().splitlines()
+        job = yaml_block(workflow, "check-freshness", 2)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(job)
+        start = job.index("      - name: Check latest scheduled runs")
+        end = next((index for index in range(start + 1, len(job)) if job[index].startswith("      - ")), len(job))
+        environment = yaml_block(job[start:end], "env", 8)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(environment)
+        self.assertIn("          RUSTFS_DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}", environment)
+
+        with (
+            mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {"GITHUB_REPOSITORY": "rustfs/rustfs", "GH_TOKEN": "test-token"}, clear=True),
+            mock.patch.object(sys, "argv", ["checker", "--report", "unused.md"]),
+            mock.patch("sys.stderr", new=io.StringIO()) as stderr,
+            self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as error,
+        ):
+            main()
+        self.assertEqual(error.exception.code, 2)
+        self.assertIn("RUSTFS_DEFAULT_BRANCH", stderr.getvalue())
 
 
 def main() -> int:
@@ -318,11 +501,14 @@ def main() -> int:
     repository = os.environ.get("GITHUB_REPOSITORY", "")
     token = os.environ.get("GH_TOKEN", "")
     api_url = os.environ.get("GITHUB_API_URL", "https://api.github.com")
+    default_branch = os.environ.get("RUSTFS_DEFAULT_BRANCH", "")
     if not re.fullmatch(r"[^/\s]+/[^/\s]+", repository):
         parser.error("GITHUB_REPOSITORY must be owner/repository")
     if not token:
         parser.error("GH_TOKEN is required")
-    return check_freshness(args.config, args.report, repository, token, api_url)
+    if not default_branch or any(character.isspace() for character in default_branch):
+        parser.error("RUSTFS_DEFAULT_BRANCH is required and must name the repository default branch")
+    return check_freshness(args.config, args.report, repository, token, api_url, default_branch)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":