test(ci): isolate scheduled alert self-test

.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue/action.yml

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 
 name: "Schedule Failure Issue"
 description: >-
-  Open (or update) a tracking issue when a scheduled workflow run fails.
+  Open (or update) a tracking issue when a scheduled workflow run fails or
+  does not complete normally.
   Dedupes by workflow name: if an open issue titled
-  "[scheduled-failure] <workflow name>" already exists, the failure is
+  "[scheduled-failure] <workflow name>" already exists, the result is
   appended as a comment; otherwise a new issue is created. This is the
   single alerting mechanism for all scheduled pipelines (backlog#1149 ci-8).
 
@@ -38,6 +39,26 @@ inputs:
       Set to an empty string to skip labeling.
     required: false
     default: "infrastructure"
+  source-run-id:
+    description: "Run ID to report. Defaults to the current workflow run."
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.run_id }}
+  source-run-attempt:
+    description: "Run attempt to report. Defaults to the current attempt."
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.run_attempt }}
+  source-event:
+    description: "Trigger event of the run being reported."
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.event_name }}
+  source-ref-name:
+    description: "Ref name of the run being reported."
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+  source-sha:
+    description: "Commit SHA of the run being reported."
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ github.sha }}
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -48,17 +69,21 @@ runs:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
         WORKFLOW_NAME: ${{ inputs.workflow-name }}
         ISSUE_LABEL: ${{ inputs.label }}
+        SOURCE_RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.source-run-id }}
+        SOURCE_RUN_ATTEMPT: ${{ inputs.source-run-attempt }}
+        SOURCE_EVENT: ${{ inputs.source-event }}
+        SOURCE_REF_NAME: ${{ inputs.source-ref-name }}
+        SOURCE_SHA: ${{ inputs.source-sha }}
       run: |
         set -euo pipefail
 
         title="[scheduled-failure] ${WORKFLOW_NAME}"
-        run_url="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}"
+        run_url="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${SOURCE_RUN_ID}"
 
-        # Failed job names for this run attempt. The alert job runs while the
-        # run as a whole is still in progress, so inspect the jobs that have
-        # already completed with a non-success conclusion.
+        # Inspect the reported run attempt. It can be the current in-workflow
+        # failure or a completed run observed by the external watchdog.
         failed_jobs="$(gh api \
-          "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}/attempts/${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT}/jobs" \
+          "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${SOURCE_RUN_ID}/attempts/${SOURCE_RUN_ATTEMPT}/jobs" \
           --paginate \
           --jq '.jobs[]
                 | select(.conclusion == "failure" or .conclusion == "timed_out" or .conclusion == "cancelled")
@@ -68,13 +93,13 @@ runs:
         fi
 
         body="$(cat <<EOF
-        Scheduled run of **${WORKFLOW_NAME}** failed.
+        Scheduled run of **${WORKFLOW_NAME}** did not complete successfully.
 
-        - Run: ${run_url} (attempt ${GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT})
-        - Event: \`${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}\`
-        - Ref: \`${GITHUB_REF_NAME}\` @ \`${GITHUB_SHA}\`
+        - Run: ${run_url} (attempt ${SOURCE_RUN_ATTEMPT})
+        - Event: \`${SOURCE_EVENT}\`
+        - Ref: \`${SOURCE_REF_NAME}\` @ \`${SOURCE_SHA}\`
 
-        Failed jobs:
+        Non-success jobs:
         ${failed_jobs}
         EOF
         )"

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1032,3 +1032,23 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "🎉 Released $TAG successfully!"
           echo "📄 Release URL: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_url }}"
+
+  alert-on-failure:
+    name: Alert on scheduled failure
+    needs: [build-check, prepare-platform-matrix, build-rustfs, build-summary]
+    if: >-
+      always() && github.event_name == 'schedule' &&
+      (contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Open or update failure-tracking issue
+        uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1032,3 +1032,37 @@ jobs:
           path: artifacts/s3tests-single/**
           if-no-files-found: ignore
           retention-days: 3
+
+  alert-on-failure:
+    name: Alert on scheduled failure
+    needs:
+      - typos
+      - quick-checks
+      - test-and-lint
+      - test-ilm-integration-serial
+      - test-and-lint-rio-v2
+      - test-and-lint-protocols
+      - build-rustfs-debug-binary
+      - build-rustfs-debug-binary-rio-v2
+      - uring-integration
+      - e2e-tests
+      - e2e-full
+      - e2e-tests-rio-v2
+      - s3-implemented-tests
+      - s3-lifecycle-behavior-tests
+    if: >-
+      always() && github.event_name == 'schedule' &&
+      (contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Open or update failure-tracking issue
+        uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/minio-interop.yml

@@ -121,3 +121,21 @@ jobs:
           cargo nextest run --run-ignored ignored-only --no-tests=fail \
             -p "$INTEROP_PACKAGE" --features "$INTEROP_FEATURES" \
             -E "$INTEROP_FILTER"
+
+  alert-on-failure:
+    name: Alert on scheduled failure
+    needs: [minio-interop]
+    if: always() && github.event_name == 'schedule' && contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Open or update failure-tracking issue
+        uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/nightly-gnu.yml

@@ -194,3 +194,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run HA leader failover live checks (three-node Raft cluster in Docker)
         run: bash scripts/test/vault_ha_kms_live.sh
+
+  alert-on-failure:
+    name: Alert on scheduled failure
+    needs: [build, kms-vault-lane, kms-vault-ha-failover]
+    if: >-
+      always() && github.event_name == 'schedule' &&
+      (contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Open or update failure-tracking issue
+        uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/scheduled-validation-watchdog.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Copyright 2024 RustFS Team
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Scheduled Validation Watchdog
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows:
+      - "Security Audit"
+      - "Build and Release"
+      - "Continuous Integration"
+      - "coverage"
+      - "e2e-nightly"
+      - "e2e-s3tests"
+      - "Fuzz"
+      - "mint"
+      - "minio-interop"
+      - "Nightly GNU Build"
+      - "Performance A/B"
+      - "Runner Hygiene"
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  alert-on-incomplete-run:
+    name: Alert on incomplete scheduled run
+    if: >-
+      github.event.workflow_run.event == 'schedule' &&
+      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'success' &&
+      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'failure'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Open or update incomplete-run issue
+        uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          workflow-name: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.name }}
+          source-run-id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
+          source-run-attempt: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.run_attempt }}
+          source-event: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.event }}
+          source-ref-name: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+          source-sha: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}

crates/ecstore/src/cluster/rpc/remote_disk.rs

@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ use rustfs_protos::evict_failed_connection;
 use rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::RenamePartRequest;
 use rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::{
     BatchReadVersionRequest, BatchReadVersionResponse, CheckPartsRequest, DeletePathsRequest, DeleteRequest,
-    DeleteVersionRequest, DeleteVersionsRequest, DeleteVolumeRequest, DiskInfoRequest, ListDirRequest, ListVolumesRequest,
-    MakeVolumeRequest, MakeVolumesRequest, PreparePartTransactionRequest, ReadAllRequest, ReadMetadataRequest,
-    ReadMultipleRequest, ReadMultipleResponse, ReadPartsRequest, ReadVersionRequest, ReadXlRequest, RenameDataRequest,
-    RenameFileRequest, SettlePartTransactionRequest, SnapshotLeaseReleaseRequest, SnapshotLeaseRenewRequest,
+    DeleteVersionRequest, DeleteVersionsRequest, DeleteVersionsResponse, DeleteVolumeRequest, DiskInfoRequest, ListDirRequest,
+    ListVolumesRequest, MakeVolumeRequest, MakeVolumesRequest, PreparePartTransactionRequest, ReadAllRequest,
+    ReadMetadataRequest, ReadMultipleRequest, ReadMultipleResponse, ReadPartsRequest, ReadVersionRequest, ReadXlRequest,
+    RenameDataRequest, RenameFileRequest, SettlePartTransactionRequest, SnapshotLeaseReleaseRequest, SnapshotLeaseRenewRequest,
     SnapshotLeaseRequest, SnapshotLeaseResponse, StatVolumeRequest, UpdateMetadataRequest, VerifyFileRequest, WriteAllRequest,
     WriteMetadataRequest, node_service_client::NodeServiceClient,
 };
@@ -112,6 +112,28 @@ const EVENT_REMOTE_DISK_RPC: &str = "remote_disk_rpc";
 const SNAPSHOT_LEASE_PROTOCOL_VERSION: u32 = 1;
 pub const REMOTE_SNAPSHOT_LEASE_TTL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
 
+fn decode_delete_versions_errors(response: DeleteVersionsResponse, expected_len: usize) -> Vec<Option<Error>> {
+    if !response.item_errors.is_empty() {
+        if response.item_errors.len() != expected_len {
+            return vec![Some(Error::other("malformed delete_versions item errors")); expected_len];
+        }
+        return response
+            .item_errors
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|error| (error.code != 0).then(|| error.into()))
+            .collect();
+    }
+
+    if response.errors.len() != expected_len {
+        return vec![Some(Error::other("malformed delete_versions errors")); expected_len];
+    }
+    response
+        .errors
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|error| (!error.is_empty()).then(|| Error::other(error)))
+        .collect()
+}
+
 fn snapshot_lease_token_from_response(response: SnapshotLeaseResponse) -> Result<SnapshotLeaseToken> {
     if !response.success {
         return Err(response.error.unwrap_or_default().into());
@@ -2406,8 +2428,6 @@ impl DiskAPI for RemoteDisk {
             return errors;
         }
 
-        // TODO(backlog): replace string errors with typed `StorageError` variants
-
         let result = self
             .execute_with_timeout(
                 || async {
@@ -2439,17 +2459,7 @@ impl DiskAPI for RemoteDisk {
             }
             return errors;
         }
-        response
-            .errors
-            .iter()
-            .map(|error| {
-                if error.is_empty() {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(Error::other(error.to_string()))
-                }
-            })
-            .collect()
+        decode_delete_versions_errors(response, versions.len())
     }
 
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all)]
@@ -3760,6 +3770,63 @@ mod tests {
 
     static INIT: Once = Once::new();
 
+    #[test]
+    fn delete_versions_response_preserves_typed_item_errors() {
+        let errors = decode_delete_versions_errors(
+            DeleteVersionsResponse {
+                success: true,
+                errors: vec!["file not found".to_string(), String::new()],
+                error: None,
+                item_errors: vec![
+                    rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::Error {
+                        code: DiskError::FileNotFound.to_u32(),
+                        error_info: "file not found".to_string(),
+                    },
+                    rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::Error::default(),
+                ],
+            },
+            2,
+        );
+
+        assert!(matches!(errors.as_slice(), [Some(DiskError::FileNotFound), None]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn delete_versions_response_accepts_legacy_string_errors() {
+        let errors = decode_delete_versions_errors(
+            DeleteVersionsResponse {
+                success: true,
+                errors: vec!["legacy error".to_string(), String::new()],
+                error: None,
+                item_errors: Vec::new(),
+            },
+            2,
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(errors.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(errors[0].as_ref().map(ToString::to_string).as_deref(), Some("io error legacy error"));
+        assert!(errors[1].is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn delete_versions_response_rejects_misaligned_item_errors() {
+        let errors = decode_delete_versions_errors(
+            DeleteVersionsResponse {
+                success: true,
+                errors: vec!["file not found".to_string()],
+                error: None,
+                item_errors: vec![rustfs_protos::proto_gen::node_service::Error {
+                    code: DiskError::FileNotFound.to_u32(),
+                    error_info: "file not found".to_string(),
+                }],
+            },
+            2,
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(errors.len(), 2);
+        assert!(errors.iter().all(Option::is_some));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn disk_mutation_digest_marks_rolling_compatibility() {
         let mut request = Request::new(());

crates/protos/src/generated/proto_gen/node_service.rs

@@ -722,6 +722,10 @@ pub struct DeleteVersionsResponse {
     pub errors: ::prost::alloc::vec::Vec<::prost::alloc::string::String>,
     #[prost(message, optional, tag = "3")]
     pub error: ::core::option::Option<Error>,
+    /// Senders dual-write the legacy strings and typed entries. Receivers prefer typed entries
+    /// when present and fall back to strings for peers that predate this field. Code zero means success.
+    #[prost(message, repeated, tag = "4")]
+    pub item_errors: ::prost::alloc::vec::Vec<Error>,
 }
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, ::prost::Message)]
 pub struct ReadMultipleRequest {

crates/protos/src/node.proto

@@ -493,6 +493,9 @@ message DeleteVersionsResponse {
   bool success = 1;
   repeated string errors = 2;
   optional Error error = 3;
+  // Senders dual-write the legacy strings and typed entries. Receivers prefer typed entries
+  // when present and fall back to strings for peers that predate this field. Code zero means success.
+  repeated Error item_errors = 4;
 }
 
 message ReadMultipleRequest {

rustfs/src/storage/rpc/node_service/disk.rs

@@ -146,6 +146,29 @@ fn encode_file_info_msgpack(value: &FileInfo) -> std::result::Result<Vec<u8>, Di
     encode_msgpack_with_capacity(value, "FileInfo", FILE_INFO_MSGPACK_ENCODE_CAPACITY_HINT)
 }
 
+fn encode_delete_versions_errors(disk_errors: Vec<Option<DiskError>>) -> (Vec<String>, Vec<Error>) {
+    let mut errors = Vec::with_capacity(disk_errors.len());
+    let mut item_errors = Vec::with_capacity(disk_errors.len());
+    for error in disk_errors {
+        match error {
+            Some(error) => {
+                let code = match &error {
+                    DiskError::Io(source) if source.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => DiskError::FileNotFound.to_u32(),
+                    _ => error.to_u32(),
+                };
+                let error_info = error.to_string();
+                errors.push(error_info.clone());
+                item_errors.push(Error { code, error_info });
+            }
+            None => {
+                errors.push(String::new());
+                item_errors.push(Error::default());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    (errors, item_errors)
+}
+
 fn encode_msgpack_named<T: serde::Serialize>(value: &T, value_name: &str) -> std::result::Result<Vec<u8>, DiskError> {
     let mut serializer = rmp_serde::Serializer::new(Vec::with_capacity(MSGPACK_ENCODE_CAPACITY_HINT)).with_struct_map();
     value
@@ -552,6 +575,7 @@ impl NodeService {
                             success: false,
                             errors: Vec::new(),
                             error: Some(DiskError::other(format!("decode FileInfoVersions failed: {err}")).into()),
+                            item_errors: Vec::new(),
                         }));
                     }
                 };
@@ -563,30 +587,26 @@ impl NodeService {
                         success: false,
                         errors: Vec::new(),
                         error: Some(DiskError::other(format!("decode DeleteOptions failed: {err}")).into()),
+                        item_errors: Vec::new(),
                     }));
                 }
             };
 
-            let errors = disk
-                .delete_versions(&request.volume, versions, opts)
-                .await
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(|error| match error {
-                    Some(e) => e.to_string(),
-                    None => "".to_string(),
-                })
-                .collect();
+            let (errors, item_errors) =
+                encode_delete_versions_errors(disk.delete_versions(&request.volume, versions, opts).await);
 
             Ok(Response::new(DeleteVersionsResponse {
                 success: true,
                 errors,
                 error: None,
+                item_errors,
             }))
         } else {
             Ok(Response::new(DeleteVersionsResponse {
                 success: false,
                 errors: Vec::new(),
                 error: Some(DiskError::other("cannot find disk".to_string()).into()),
+                item_errors: Vec::new(),
             }))
         }
     }
@@ -1612,8 +1632,8 @@ impl NodeService {
 mod tests {
     use super::{
         compat_response_json, decode_msgpack_or_json, decode_rename_data_request_file_info,
-        encode_batch_read_version_response_payloads, encode_file_info_msgpack, encode_msgpack, encode_msgpack_named,
-        encode_read_multiple_response_payloads, encode_rename_data_response_payloads,
+        encode_batch_read_version_response_payloads, encode_delete_versions_errors, encode_file_info_msgpack, encode_msgpack,
+        encode_msgpack_named, encode_read_multiple_response_payloads, encode_rename_data_response_payloads,
     };
     use crate::storage::rpc::node_service::make_server;
     use crate::storage::storage_api::ReadMultipleResp;
@@ -1632,6 +1652,18 @@ mod tests {
         count: u32,
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn delete_versions_response_dual_writes_typed_item_errors() {
+        let raw_not_found = super::DiskError::Io(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound));
+        let (errors, item_errors) = encode_delete_versions_errors(vec![Some(raw_not_found), None]);
+
+        assert!(errors[0].starts_with("io error "));
+        assert!(errors[1].is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(item_errors[0].code, super::DiskError::FileNotFound.to_u32());
+        assert_eq!(item_errors[0].error_info, errors[0]);
+        assert_eq!(item_errors[1].code, 0);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial]
     async fn handle_read_version_records_attribution_for_missing_disk() {

scripts/check_test_wiring.py

@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+SCHEDULED_ALERT_WORKFLOWS = (
+    ".github/workflows/audit.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/build.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/ci.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/coverage.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/e2e-replication-nightly.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/e2e-s3tests.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/fuzz.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/mint.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/minio-interop.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/nightly-gnu.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/performance-ab.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/runner-hygiene.yml",
+)
 
 
 def words(value: str) -> set[str]:
@@ -252,6 +266,72 @@ def check_profile_definitions(root: Path) -> list[str]:
     return errors
 
 
+def check_scheduled_alerts(root: Path) -> list[str]:
+    errors: list[str] = []
+    for relative in SCHEDULED_ALERT_WORKFLOWS:
+        path = root / relative
+        try:
+            lines = path.read_text().splitlines()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            errors.append(f"{relative}: missing scheduled validation workflow")
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            start = lines.index("  alert-on-failure:") + 1
+        except ValueError:
+            errors.append(f"{relative}: missing alert-on-failure job")
+            continue
+        end = next(
+            (index for index in range(start, len(lines)) if re.fullmatch(r"  [A-Za-z0-9_-]+:", lines[index])),
+            len(lines),
+        )
+        job = "\n".join(line.split("#", 1)[0] for line in lines[start:end])
+        required = (
+            "always()",
+            "github.event_name == 'schedule'",
+            "contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')",
+            "issues: write",
+            "uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue",
+            "github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}",
+        )
+        missing = [token for token in required if token not in job]
+        if missing:
+            errors.append(f"{relative}: alert-on-failure missing {', '.join(missing)}")
+
+    watchdog_path = root / ".github/workflows/scheduled-validation-watchdog.yml"
+    try:
+        watchdog = "\n".join(
+            line.split("#", 1)[0] for line in watchdog_path.read_text().splitlines()
+        )
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        errors.append(".github/workflows/scheduled-validation-watchdog.yml: missing completion watchdog")
+        return errors
+    for relative in SCHEDULED_ALERT_WORKFLOWS:
+        path = root / relative
+        if not path.is_file():
+            continue
+        source = path.read_text()
+        match = re.search(r"^name:\s*[\"']?([^\"'\n]+)", source, re.MULTILINE)
+        if not match:
+            errors.append(f"{relative}: missing workflow name")
+        elif f'- "{match.group(1).strip()}"' not in watchdog:
+            errors.append(f"{relative}: missing from scheduled completion watchdog")
+    required = (
+        "github.event.workflow_run.event == 'schedule'",
+        "github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'success'",
+        "github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'failure'",
+        "workflow-name: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.name }}",
+        "source-run-id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}",
+        "source-run-attempt: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.run_attempt }}",
+    )
+    missing = [token for token in required if token not in watchdog]
+    if missing:
+        errors.append(
+            ".github/workflows/scheduled-validation-watchdog.yml: missing " + ", ".join(missing)
+        )
+    return errors
+
+
 def check_profile_listing(root: Path, profile: str, listing: Path) -> list[str]:
     try:
         expected_digest = profile_selection(root, profile)
@@ -281,6 +361,7 @@ def validate(root: Path) -> list[str]:
     errors.extend(check_runner_selection(root))
     errors.extend(check_s3_tests_runner(root))
     errors.extend(check_profile_definitions(root))
+    errors.extend(check_scheduled_alerts(root))
     return errors
 
 
@@ -363,6 +444,7 @@ class SelfTests(unittest.TestCase):
                 mock.patch(__name__ + ".check_fuzz_targets", return_value=[]),
                 mock.patch(__name__ + ".check_runner_selection", return_value=[]),
                 mock.patch(__name__ + ".check_profile_definitions", return_value=[]),
+                mock.patch(__name__ + ".check_scheduled_alerts", return_value=[]),
             ):
                 self.assertEqual(len(validate(root)), 1)
 
@@ -413,6 +495,54 @@ class SelfTests(unittest.TestCase):
             with mock.patch.object(sys, "platform", "linux"):
                 self.assertEqual(len(check_profile_listing(root, "e2e-full", listing)), 1)
 
+    def test_scheduled_alerts_require_completion_watchdog(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp)
+            alert = (
+                "  alert-on-failure:\n"
+                "    if: always() && github.event_name == 'schedule' && "
+                "contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')\n"
+                "    permissions:\n"
+                "      issues: write\n"
+                "    steps:\n"
+                "      - uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue\n"
+                "        with:\n"
+                "          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}\n"
+            )
+            names: list[str] = []
+            for relative in SCHEDULED_ALERT_WORKFLOWS:
+                path = root / relative
+                path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+                names.append(path.stem)
+                path.write_text(f'name: "{path.stem}"\n{alert}')
+            watchdog = root / ".github/workflows/scheduled-validation-watchdog.yml"
+            watchdog.write_text(
+                "\n".join(f'- "{name}"' for name in names)
+                + "\ngithub.event.workflow_run.event == 'schedule'\n"
+                + "github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'success'\n"
+                + "github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'failure'\n"
+                + "workflow-name: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.name }}\n"
+                + "source-run-id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}\n"
+                + "source-run-attempt: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.run_attempt }}\n"
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(check_scheduled_alerts(root), [])
+
+            first = root / SCHEDULED_ALERT_WORKFLOWS[0]
+            mutations = (
+                ("contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')", "false"),
+                ("issues: write", "issues: read"),
+                ("uses: ./.github/actions/schedule-failure-issue", "uses: actions/checkout@v7"),
+                ("github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}", "github-token: missing"),
+            )
+            for required, replacement in mutations:
+                original = first.read_text()
+                first.write_text(original.replace(required, replacement))
+                self.assertEqual(len(check_scheduled_alerts(root)), 1)
+                first.write_text(original)
+
+            watchdog.write_text(watchdog.read_text().replace(f'- "{names[0]}"\n', ""))
+            self.assertEqual(len(check_scheduled_alerts(root)), 1)
+
 def main() -> int:
     if sys.argv[1:] == ["--self-test"]:
         suite = unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromTestCase(SelfTests)
@@ -436,7 +566,7 @@ def main() -> int:
         for error in errors:
             print(f"ERROR: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
         return 1
-    print("OK: e2e modules, runner selection, fuzz matrices, profiles, and bounded diagnostics are wired")
+    print("OK: e2e modules, runner selection, fuzz matrices, profiles, and scheduled alerts are wired")
     return 0