diff --git a/alembic/versions/028_sec_filing_retry_queue.py b/alembic/versions/028_sec_filing_retry_queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9735c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/028_sec_filing_retry_queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""SEC filing retry queue and setup-quality gate
+
+Revision ID: 028
+Revises: 027
+Create Date: 2026-08-03 00:00:00.000000
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+revision: str = "028"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "027"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.create_table(
+        "sec_filing_gaps",
+        sa.Column("id", sa.Integer(), primary_key=True),
+        sa.Column("cik", sa.String(length=10), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("accession", sa.String(length=25), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("form", sa.String(length=12), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("index_date", sa.Date(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("reason", sa.String(length=64), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("coregistrant_ciks_json", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("first_seen_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("last_attempted_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.UniqueConstraint("accession", name="uq_sec_filing_gaps_accession"),
+    )
+    op.create_index("ix_sec_filing_gaps_cik", "sec_filing_gaps", ["cik"])
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index("ix_sec_filing_gaps_cik", table_name="sec_filing_gaps")
+    op.drop_table("sec_filing_gaps")
diff --git a/app/models/__init__.py b/app/models/__init__.py
index eedcf09..198dfb0 100644
--- a/app/models/__init__.py
+++ b/app/models/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from app.models.regime_snapshot import RegimeSnapshot
 from app.models.benchmark_price import BenchmarkPrice
 from app.models.signal_context_snapshot import SignalContextSnapshot
 from app.models.system_event import SystemEvent
+from app.models.sec_filing_gap import SecFilingGap
 
 __all__ = [
     "Ticker",
@@ -40,4 +41,5 @@ __all__ = [
     "BenchmarkPrice",
     "SignalContextSnapshot",
     "SystemEvent",
+    "SecFilingGap",
 ]
diff --git a/app/models/sec_filing_gap.py b/app/models/sec_filing_gap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2612b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/sec_filing_gap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from datetime import date, datetime
+
+from sqlalchemy import Date, DateTime, Index, String, Text, UniqueConstraint
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
+
+from app.database import Base
+
+
+class SecFilingGap(Base):
+    """Active SEC filing that could not yet be reconstructed.
+
+    Rows form a small retry queue. Successful snapshot ingestion deletes the
+    matching row; while a row remains, tickers mapped to its CIK are not eligible
+    for actionable trade setups.
+    """
+
+    __tablename__ = "sec_filing_gaps"
+    __table_args__ = (
+        UniqueConstraint("accession", name="uq_sec_filing_gaps_accession"),
+        Index("ix_sec_filing_gaps_cik", "cik"),
+    )
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True)
+    cik: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(10), nullable=False)
+    accession: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(25), nullable=False)
+    form: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(12), nullable=True)
+    index_date: Mapped[date | None] = mapped_column(Date, nullable=True)
+    reason: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(64), nullable=False)
+    coregistrant_ciks_json: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    first_seen_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False)
+    last_attempted_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False)
diff --git a/app/services/fundamentals_quality_service.py b/app/services/fundamentals_quality_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91e3ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/fundamentals_quality_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+"""Actionability gate for incomplete SEC fundamentals."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+
+from sqlalchemy import exists, select
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+
+from app.models.data_import_run import DataImportRun
+from app.models.fundamental_snapshot import FundamentalSnapshot
+from app.models.sec_filing_gap import SecFilingGap
+from app.models.ticker import Ticker
+from app.services import fundamental_data_refresh_service
+
+
+async def blocked_ciks(db: AsyncSession) -> set[str]:
+    """CIKs whose SEC inputs are known incomplete.
+
+    The durable queue covers filings already promoted around. The latest
+    validation payload covers young filings still in the deferred retry window
+    and new registrants with no XBRL history.
+    """
+    if not await fundamental_data_refresh_service.is_enabled(db):
+        return set()
+
+    active = (
+        await db.execute(
+            select(SecFilingGap.cik).where(
+                ~exists().where(
+                    FundamentalSnapshot.accession == SecFilingGap.accession
+                )
+            )
+        )
+    ).scalars().all()
+    blocked = set(active)
+
+    # Migration bootstrap: before the first scheduled import has materialized
+    # the durable queue, recover unresolved promoted gaps from the import audit.
+    # Once the queue has rows, the importer owns this state and this history scan
+    # is no longer needed on setup reads.
+    if not active and not await retry_queue_initialized(db):
+        blocked.update(await _historical_unresolved_ciks(db))
+
+    payload = (
+        await db.execute(
+            select(DataImportRun.validation_json)
+            .where(
+                DataImportRun.source == "sec_facts",
+                DataImportRun.validation_json.is_not(None),
+            )
+            .order_by(DataImportRun.id.desc())
+            .limit(1)
+        )
+    ).scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not payload:
+        return blocked
+    try:
+        summary = json.loads(payload)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return blocked
+
+    for item in summary.get("missing_xbrl") or []:
+        if item.get("cik"):
+            blocked.add(str(item["cik"]))
+    for item in summary.get("no_xbrl_filings") or []:
+        if item.get("cik"):
+            blocked.add(str(item["cik"]))
+    return blocked
+
+
+async def retry_queue_initialized(db: AsyncSession) -> bool:
+    """Whether a promoted run has synchronized the durable retry queue."""
+    payload = (
+        await db.execute(
+            select(DataImportRun.row_counts_json)
+            .where(
+                DataImportRun.source == "sec_facts",
+                DataImportRun.status == "promoted",
+                DataImportRun.row_counts_json.is_not(None),
+            )
+            .order_by(DataImportRun.id.desc())
+            .limit(1)
+        )
+    ).scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not payload:
+        return False
+    try:
+        counts = json.loads(payload)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return False
+    return "retry_queue_added" in counts
+
+
+async def _historical_unresolved_ciks(db: AsyncSession) -> set[str]:
+    payloads = (
+        await db.execute(
+            select(DataImportRun.validation_json).where(
+                DataImportRun.source == "sec_facts",
+                DataImportRun.status == "promoted",
+                DataImportRun.validation_json.is_not(None),
+            )
+        )
+    ).scalars().all()
+
+    accession_to_cik: dict[str, str] = {}
+    for payload in payloads:
+        try:
+            summary = json.loads(payload)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            continue
+        for item in summary.get("missing_xbrl") or []:
+            accession = item.get("accession")
+            cik = item.get("cik")
+            if accession and cik:
+                accession_to_cik[str(accession)] = str(cik)
+
+    if not accession_to_cik:
+        return set()
+    resolved = set(
+        (
+            await db.execute(
+                select(FundamentalSnapshot.accession).where(
+                    FundamentalSnapshot.accession.in_(accession_to_cik)
+                )
+            )
+        ).scalars()
+    )
+    return {
+        cik for accession, cik in accession_to_cik.items() if accession not in resolved
+    }
+
+
+async def blocked_ticker_ids(db: AsyncSession) -> set[int]:
+    ciks = await blocked_ciks(db)
+    if not ciks:
+        return set()
+    rows = await db.execute(select(Ticker.id).where(Ticker.cik.in_(ciks)))
+    return {int(ticker_id) for ticker_id in rows.scalars()}
+
+
+async def ticker_is_eligible(db: AsyncSession, ticker_id: int) -> bool:
+    return ticker_id not in await blocked_ticker_ids(db)
diff --git a/app/services/rr_scanner_service.py b/app/services/rr_scanner_service.py
index 7c1503b..ce5158b 100644
--- a/app/services/rr_scanner_service.py
+++ b/app/services/rr_scanner_service.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from app.models.signal_context_snapshot import SignalContextSnapshot
 from app.models.ticker import Ticker
 from app.models.trade_setup import TradeSetup
 from app.services.indicator_service import _extract_ohlcv, compute_atr
+from app.services import fundamentals_quality_service
 from app.services.price_service import query_ohlcv
 from app.services.qualification import setup_qualifies
 from app.services.sr_service import detect_gate_target_ladder
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ async def scan_ticker(
     primary_min_rr: float | None = None,
     gate_levels_override: list[Any] | None = None,
     scan_run_id: str | None = None,
+    fundamentals_eligible: bool | None = None,
 ) -> list[TradeSetup]:
     """Scan a single ticker for trade setups meeting the R:R threshold.
 
@@ -542,6 +544,17 @@ async def scan_ticker(
     """
     ticker = await _get_ticker(db, symbol)
 
+    if fundamentals_eligible is None:
+        fundamentals_eligible = await fundamentals_quality_service.ticker_is_eligible(
+            db, ticker.id
+        )
+    if not fundamentals_eligible:
+        logger.info(
+            "Skipping %s: unresolved or unavailable SEC fundamentals",
+            ticker.symbol,
+        )
+        return []
+
     if primary_min_rr is None:
         primary_min_rr = PRIMARY_TARGET_MIN_RR
 
@@ -726,6 +739,19 @@ async def scan_all_tickers(
     ticker_rows = [(int(ticker_id), symbol) for ticker_id, symbol in result.all()]
     total = len(ticker_rows)
 
+    # Data-quality failures are not weak signals: they make a ticker ineligible.
+    # Resolve once for the universe scan and pass the decision into scan_ticker.
+    try:
+        fundamentals_blocked_ids = (
+            await fundamentals_quality_service.blocked_ticker_ids(db)
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        await db.rollback()
+        logger.exception(
+            "Could not resolve fundamentals quality; blocking this scan closed"
+        )
+        fundamentals_blocked_ids = {ticker_id for ticker_id, _ in ticker_rows}
+
     # Gate-reset observations must use the same runtime activation settings as
     # the live setup list. If the config cannot be loaded, scan normally but do
     # not mutate reset state from an evaluation whose rules are unknown.
@@ -765,6 +791,12 @@ async def scan_all_tickers(
     for index, (ticker_id, symbol) in enumerate(ticker_rows):
         if progress_callback is not None:
             progress_callback(index, total, symbol)
+        if ticker_id in fundamentals_blocked_ids:
+            logger.info(
+                "Skipping %s: unresolved or unavailable SEC fundamentals",
+                symbol,
+            )
+            continue
         # Refresh Structural S/R once, then scores. get_sr_levels is read-only;
         # without this recalculate the score path would see yesterday's zones.
         # A refresh failure still scans the ticker: qualification re-gates on
@@ -795,6 +827,7 @@ async def scan_all_tickers(
                 volatility_percentile=(ranks.get(symbol) or {}).get("volatility_percentile"),
                 primary_min_rr=PRIMARY_TARGET_MIN_RR,
                 scan_run_id=scan_run_id,
+                fundamentals_eligible=True,
             )
             all_setups.extend(setups)
             if activation is not None:
@@ -882,6 +915,16 @@ async def get_trade_setups(
         stmt = stmt.where(TradeSetup.recommended_action == recommended_action)
     excluded_ticker_ids: set[int] = set()
     reentry_gate_locks: dict[int, datetime] = {}
+    try:
+        excluded_ticker_ids.update(
+            await fundamentals_quality_service.blocked_ticker_ids(db)
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        await db.rollback()
+        logger.exception(
+            "Could not resolve fundamentals quality; hiding actionable setups"
+        )
+        return []
     if exclude_open_trade_tickers:
         # Manual book only. The shadow book holds the *top-ranked* names by
         # construction, so letting its positions hide setups would leave the
diff --git a/app/services/sec_fundamentals_importer.py b/app/services/sec_fundamentals_importer.py
index 579327b..2dbbb25 100644
--- a/app/services/sec_fundamentals_importer.py
+++ b/app/services/sec_fundamentals_importer.py
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ Guardrails (design + reviews):
   stored as the parent's. Confirmed 2026-07-27 (NEE via FPL, DOW via Dow Chemical)
   and it is not transient: an NEE filing misattributed in 2014 is still misfiled.
 - **Bounded blocking.** Anything still unresolvable after ``MISSING_XBRL_RETRY_DAYS``
-  stops failing the run and is promoted around, with a named ``unresolved_filing``
-  warning. One filing SEC misfiled must not wedge every later import; the index
-  only moves forward, so a tolerated accession returns only via a reparse, and
-  only once SEC has re-filed it under the filer's own CIK.
+  stops failing the whole import and enters a durable retry queue. The scheduled
+  importer retries queued accessions automatically, while the affected issuer is
+  excluded from actionable setups until its filing is recovered.
 - ``promote`` inserts snapshots ``ON CONFLICT (accession) DO NOTHING`` (immutable),
   reports differing existing accessions, and applies ticker updates in the same
   transaction.
@@ -48,18 +47,21 @@ Guardrails (design + reviews):
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 import logging
 from collections import Counter, defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, replace
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
-from sqlalchemy import select, update
+from sqlalchemy import delete, select, update
 
 from app.database import insert_for_session
 from app.models.data_import_run import DataImportRun
 from app.models.fundamental_snapshot import FundamentalSnapshot
+from app.models.sec_filing_gap import SecFilingGap
 from app.models.system_event import SystemEvent
+from app.services import fundamentals_quality_service
 from app.services import sec_facts_parser as parser
 from app.services import sec_universe
 from app.services.data_import import STATUS_PROMOTED, ValidationResult
@@ -151,6 +153,8 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
         # accession -> the OTHER CIKs the daily index lists it under (co-registrants
         # of a combined filing). Only populated for accessions a tracked issuer filed.
         self._coregistrants: dict[str, list[int]] = {}
+        self._retry_rows: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+        self._retry_queue_bootstrap_pending = False
         self._latest_index_date: date | None = None
         self._backfill = False
 
@@ -176,9 +180,23 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
                     client, last_processed, self._latest_index_date
                 )
         content = sec_universe.index_content_hash(self._index_rows)
-        return sec_universe.compose_revision(
+        revision = sec_universe.compose_revision(
             self._latest_index_date, content, self._resolved.symbol_to_cik
         )
+        self._retry_rows = []
+        if not self._backfill:
+            self._retry_queue_bootstrap_pending = not (
+                await fundamentals_quality_service.retry_queue_initialized(db)
+            )
+            self._retry_rows = await self._retry_backlog(
+                db,
+                set(self._resolved.cik_to_ticker_ids),
+                include_history=self._retry_queue_bootstrap_pending,
+            )
+        # Company Facts can change while the daily index revision stays fixed.
+        # Returning None deliberately bypasses the framework's no-op gate so a
+        # scheduled run retries every active gap.
+        return None if self._retry_rows or self._retry_queue_bootstrap_pending else revision
 
     async def stage(self, db) -> StagedFundamentals:
         assert self._resolved is not None, "detect_revision must run first"
@@ -193,6 +211,27 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
             if r["cik"] in cik_to_tids:
                 filed_by_cik[r["cik"]].append(r)
 
+        # Promoted-around filings live in a small durable retry queue. Historical
+        # validation payloads bootstrap gaps created before the queue existed.
+        # Merge them into the normal incremental work so the scheduled import,
+        # not an operator-run full reparse, heals them when SEC catches up.
+        if not self._backfill:
+            seen = {
+                (int(cik), row["accession"])
+                for cik, rows in filed_by_cik.items()
+                for row in rows
+            }
+            for row in self._retry_rows:
+                cik = int(row["cik"])
+                key = (cik, row["accession"])
+                if key in seen:
+                    continue
+                filed_by_cik[cik].append(row)
+                seen.add(key)
+                coregistrants = [int(value) for value in row.get("coregistrants") or []]
+                if coregistrants:
+                    self._coregistrants[row["accession"]] = coregistrants
+
         existing = await self._ciks_with_snapshots(db, set(cik_to_tids))
         if self._backfill:
             backfill_ciks = set(cik_to_tids)
@@ -262,7 +301,13 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
                     # or a co-registrant filing). NOT a Company-Facts lag — separate
                     # cause, separate fix, so it gets its own reason.
                     staged.missing_xbrl.append(
-                        _missing(cik, index_row, "not_in_submissions", self.today)
+                        _missing(
+                            cik,
+                            index_row,
+                            "not_in_submissions",
+                            self.today,
+                            self._coregistrants.get(accn),
+                        )
                     )
                 elif accn in present:
                     accns.add(accn)
@@ -289,6 +334,7 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
                             "coregistrant_facts_rejected" if source_cik
                             else "not_in_companyfacts",
                             self.today,
+                            self._coregistrants.get(accn),
                         ))
 
         # fiscalYearEnd (MMDD) is what lets the parser derive period identity from
@@ -396,12 +442,12 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
             "skipped_filings": len(staged.skipped_filings),
             "field_issues": len(staged.field_issues),
             "skipped_non_xbrl": len(staged.skipped_non_xbrl),
-            "no_xbrl_filings": staged.no_xbrl_filings[:50],
+            "no_xbrl_filings": staged.no_xbrl_filings,
             "no_xbrl_filings_count": len(staged.no_xbrl_filings),
-            "missing_xbrl": staged.missing_xbrl[:50],
+            "missing_xbrl": staged.missing_xbrl,
             "missing_xbrl_count": len(staged.missing_xbrl),
             "missing_xbrl_blocking": len(blocking),
-            "recovered_from_coregistrant": staged.recovered[:50],
+            "recovered_from_coregistrant": staged.recovered,
             "recovered_count": len(staged.recovered),
             "invalid_payloads": staged.invalid_payloads,
             "cik_updates": len(staged.resolved.cik_updates),
@@ -426,8 +472,8 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
             deferred_alert_messages=(
                 [
                     f"{len(aged_out)} tracked SEC filing(s) remain unresolved past "
-                    f"the {MISSING_XBRL_RETRY_DAYS}-day retry window and risk being "
-                    f"promoted around without automatic retry: "
+                    f"the {MISSING_XBRL_RETRY_DAYS}-day retry window. They will "
+                    f"enter automatic retry and block affected symbols from setups: "
                     f"{_missing_detail(aged_out)}"
                 ]
                 if aged_out
@@ -462,6 +508,53 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
             await db.execute(stmt)
             inserted += 1
 
+        # Synchronize the active retry queue in the same transaction as snapshot
+        # promotion. Reconstructed accessions leave the queue; aged-out gaps enter
+        # or refresh it and will be retried by the next scheduled import.
+        existing_gap_accessions = set(
+            (await db.execute(select(SecFilingGap.accession))).scalars().all()
+        )
+        resolved_accessions = {row.accession for row in staged.rows}
+        queue_resolved = 0
+        if resolved_accessions:
+            result = await db.execute(
+                delete(SecFilingGap).where(
+                    SecFilingGap.accession.in_(resolved_accessions)
+                )
+            )
+            queue_resolved = int(result.rowcount or 0)
+
+        tolerated = _past_retry_window(staged.missing_xbrl)
+        now = _now()
+        for gap in tolerated:
+            stmt = insert_for_session(db, SecFilingGap).values(
+                cik=gap["cik"],
+                accession=gap["accession"],
+                form=gap.get("form"),
+                index_date=gap.get("index_date"),
+                reason=gap["reason"],
+                coregistrant_ciks_json=json.dumps(gap.get("coregistrants") or []),
+                first_seen_at=now,
+                last_attempted_at=now,
+            )
+            await db.execute(
+                stmt.on_conflict_do_update(
+                    index_elements=["accession"],
+                    set_={
+                        "cik": stmt.excluded.cik,
+                        "form": stmt.excluded.form,
+                        "index_date": stmt.excluded.index_date,
+                        "reason": stmt.excluded.reason,
+                        "coregistrant_ciks_json": stmt.excluded.coregistrant_ciks_json,
+                        "last_attempted_at": stmt.excluded.last_attempted_at,
+                    },
+                )
+            )
+        newly_queued = [
+            gap for gap in tolerated
+            if gap["accession"] not in existing_gap_accessions
+        ]
+
         # Warn (in-transaction, so it commits atomically with the promotion) when
         # any existing accession reconstructed differently — kept immutable.
         if staged.discrepancies:
@@ -487,63 +580,47 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
             named = ", ".join(
                 f"{r['accession']} <- CIK {r['source_cik']}" for r in staged.recovered[:10]
             )
-            db.add(SystemEvent(
-                severity="warning",
-                source="sec_facts",
-                code="coregistrant_recovery",
-                message=(
-                    f"{len(staged.recovered)} filing(s) were absent from the filer's "
-                    f"own Company Facts and were parsed from a co-registrant's file "
-                    f"instead (share count checked against the issuer's history): {named}"
-                )[:4000],
-                dedup_key=f"sec_facts:coregistrant_recovery:{run_id}",
-                created_at=_now(),
-            ))
+            logger.info(
+                "sec_facts: recovered %d filing(s) from co-registrants: %s",
+                len(staged.recovered),
+                named,
+            )
 
-        # Filings past the retry window: promoted WITHOUT them so one misfiled
-        # filing cannot wedge every later import. This is the deliberate trade —
-        # loud and named, because the index only moves forward and nothing will
-        # revisit them on its own.
-        tolerated = _past_retry_window(staged.missing_xbrl)
-        if tolerated:
+        # One warning when a gap first enters automatic retry. Repeating it every
+        # day adds noise; the queue remains the durable actionable state.
+        if newly_queued:
+            symbols_by_cik: dict[str, list[str]] = defaultdict(list)
+            for symbol, cik in staged.resolved.symbol_to_cik.items():
+                symbols_by_cik[cik10(cik)].append(symbol)
+            named = ", ".join(
+                f"{'/'.join(symbols_by_cik.get(gap['cik'], [])) or gap['cik']}"
+                f"/{gap['accession']}"
+                for gap in newly_queued[:10]
+            )
             db.add(SystemEvent(
                 severity="warning",
                 source="sec_facts",
                 code="unresolved_filing",
                 message=(
-                    f"{len(tolerated)} tracked filing(s) still unresolvable after "
-                    f"{MISSING_XBRL_RETRY_DAYS} days; promoting without them rather "
-                    f"than blocking every later import. They are NOT retried. "
-                    f"scripts/reparse_fundamentals.py recovers them ONLY once SEC "
-                    f"re-files under the filer's own CIK — it walks no index, so it "
-                    f"cannot reach facts still sitting under a co-registrant: "
-                    f"{_missing_detail(tolerated)}"
+                    f"{len(newly_queued)} filing(s) entered automatic SEC retry. "
+                    f"Affected symbols are blocked from new actionable setups until "
+                    f"their filing is recovered: {named}"
                 )[:4000],
                 dedup_key=f"sec_facts:unresolved_filing:{run_id}",
                 created_at=_now(),
             ))
 
-        # A tracked issuer whose registrant has no XBRL filings can never produce a
-        # snapshot, and it is restaged on every run forever. That is a resolution
-        # problem, not missing data, and it is silent without this.
+        # A new registrant may have no XBRL filing yet. Keep it out of actionable
+        # setups, but log it instead of raising a recurring operator warning.
         if staged.no_xbrl_filings:
             named = ", ".join(
                 f"{e['cik']} ({e.get('name') or '?'})" for e in staged.no_xbrl_filings[:10]
             )
-            db.add(SystemEvent(
-                severity="warning",
-                source="sec_facts",
-                code="no_xbrl_filings",
-                message=(
-                    f"{len(staged.no_xbrl_filings)} tracked issuer(s) resolved to a "
-                    f"registrant with no XBRL 10-K/10-Q. Either a successor shell "
-                    f"(pin the real filer via the '{sec_universe.CIK_OVERRIDES_KEY}' "
-                    f"setting) or a new registrant that has not filed its first "
-                    f"10-K/10-Q yet, which needs nothing and clears itself: {named}"
-                )[:4000],
-                dedup_key=f"sec_facts:no_xbrl_filings:{run_id}",
-                created_at=_now(),
-            ))
+            logger.info(
+                "sec_facts: %d registrant(s) have no XBRL history yet: %s",
+                len(staged.no_xbrl_filings),
+                named,
+            )
 
         ticker_counts = await sec_universe.apply_ticker_updates(
             db, staged.resolved, staged.sic_updates
@@ -553,11 +630,105 @@ class SecFundamentalsImporter:
             "updated": updated,
             "existing_unchanged": len(staged.existing_accessions) - updated,
             "discrepancies": len(staged.discrepancies),
+            "retry_queue_added": len(newly_queued),
+            "retry_queue_resolved": queue_resolved,
             **ticker_counts,
         }
 
     # -- helpers -----------------------------------------------------------
 
+    async def _retry_backlog(
+        self,
+        db,
+        tracked_ciks: set[int],
+        *,
+        include_history: bool,
+    ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Active gaps plus pre-queue gaps from promoted validation history."""
+        if not tracked_ciks:
+            return []
+        tracked = {cik10(cik) for cik in tracked_ciks}
+        candidates: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+
+        queued = (
+            await db.execute(
+                select(SecFilingGap).where(SecFilingGap.cik.in_(tracked))
+            )
+        ).scalars().all()
+        for gap in queued:
+            try:
+                coregistrants = json.loads(gap.coregistrant_ciks_json or "[]")
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                coregistrants = []
+            candidates[gap.accession] = {
+                "cik": gap.cik,
+                "accession": gap.accession,
+                "form": gap.form,
+                "index_date": gap.index_date,
+                "reason": gap.reason,
+                "coregistrants": coregistrants,
+            }
+
+        # Bootstrap warnings produced before sec_filing_gaps existed. Promoted
+        # runs contain only aged-out gaps; deferred/failed runs are naturally
+        # retried because source_max_date has not advanced.
+        if include_history:
+            histories = (
+                await db.execute(
+                    select(DataImportRun.validation_json)
+                    .where(
+                        DataImportRun.source == SOURCE,
+                        DataImportRun.status == STATUS_PROMOTED,
+                        DataImportRun.validation_json.is_not(None),
+                    )
+                    .order_by(DataImportRun.id.asc())
+                )
+            ).scalars().all()
+            for payload in histories:
+                try:
+                    summary = json.loads(payload)
+                except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                    continue
+                for item in summary.get("missing_xbrl") or []:
+                    accession = item.get("accession")
+                    cik = str(item.get("cik") or "")
+                    if not accession or cik not in tracked or accession in candidates:
+                        continue
+                    raw_date = item.get("index_date")
+                    try:
+                        index_date = (
+                            date.fromisoformat(raw_date)
+                            if isinstance(raw_date, str)
+                            else raw_date
+                        )
+                    except ValueError:
+                        index_date = None
+                    candidates[accession] = {
+                        "cik": cik,
+                        "accession": accession,
+                        "form": item.get("form"),
+                        "index_date": index_date,
+                        "reason": item.get("reason") or "not_in_companyfacts",
+                        "coregistrants": item.get("coregistrants") or [],
+                    }
+
+        if not candidates:
+            return []
+        resolved = set(
+            (
+                await db.execute(
+                    select(FundamentalSnapshot.accession).where(
+                        FundamentalSnapshot.accession.in_(list(candidates))
+                    )
+                )
+            ).scalars().all()
+        )
+        return [
+            item
+            for accession, item in candidates.items()
+            if accession not in resolved
+        ]
+
     async def _last_processed_index_date(self, db) -> date | None:
         return (
             await db.execute(
@@ -666,7 +837,13 @@ def _companyfacts_structure_error(cf: Any) -> str | None:
     return None
 
 
-def _missing(cik: int, row: dict[str, Any], reason: str, today: date) -> dict[str, Any]:
+def _missing(
+    cik: int,
+    row: dict[str, Any],
+    reason: str,
+    today: date,
+    coregistrants: list[int] | None = None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """One unresolvable index row, carrying everything needed to look the filing
     up by hand (EDGAR accession + the index date it was seen on) and to decide
     whether it is still young enough to be worth blocking on."""
@@ -679,6 +856,7 @@ def _missing(cik: int, row: dict[str, Any], reason: str, today: date) -> dict[st
         # No index date (older cached rows) => age 0 => blocks, the safe default.
         "age_days": (today - index_date).days if isinstance(index_date, date) else 0,
         "reason": reason,
+        "coregistrants": list(coregistrants or []),
     }
 
 
diff --git a/docs/fundamentals-deployment.md b/docs/fundamentals-deployment.md
index 1b0ea7f..f68d3f3 100644
--- a/docs/fundamentals-deployment.md
+++ b/docs/fundamentals-deployment.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ not add OS cron entries: the application scheduler owns both jobs.
 - Cron expressions are editable in Admin → Schedule.
 - Every attempt is recorded in `data_import_runs`; failures also create a system
   event. A failed validation does not promote partial data.
+- An SEC filing still missing after the short publication-lag window enters
+  `sec_filing_gaps`. The daily importer retries it automatically; affected
+  tickers are excluded from actionable setups until a snapshot is recovered.
 
 The systemd service uses one application worker. The import framework also holds
 a PostgreSQL advisory lock per source, so an overlapping manual/scheduled run is
@@ -231,6 +234,9 @@ least several scheduled cycles before A6 removes the legacy providers.
   must stop. Existing promoted snapshots/events remain available.
 - Inspect the job runtime, latest `data_import_runs.validation_json`, service
   logs, and Admin → System Events before retrying.
+- `unresolved_filing` is emitted once when a filing enters automatic retry. It
+  does not require a server command. Successful co-registrant recovery and new
+  registrants with no XBRL history are logged without recurring warning events.
 - Re-run `sudo -u deploy bash ./deploy/provision_fundamentals.sh --check` for
   binary, clone, permission, disk, or environment failures.
 - The Dolt clone is a reproducible cache and does not need a bespoke backup.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_fundamentals_quality_service.py b/tests/unit/test_fundamentals_quality_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb85f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_fundamentals_quality_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from datetime import date, datetime, timezone
+
+from app.models.data_import_run import DataImportRun
+from app.models.fundamental_snapshot import FundamentalSnapshot
+from app.models.sec_filing_gap import SecFilingGap
+from app.models.settings import SystemSetting
+from app.models.ticker import Ticker
+from app.services import fundamentals_quality_service
+
+
+async def test_latest_sec_validation_blocks_deferred_and_no_history_ciks(
+    db_session,
+):
+    missing = Ticker(symbol="MISSING", cik="0000000001")
+    no_history = Ticker(symbol="NEWREG", cik="0000000002")
+    healthy = Ticker(symbol="HEALTHY", cik="0000000003")
+    db_session.add_all([missing, no_history, healthy])
+    await db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add(
+        SystemSetting(
+            key="fundamental_data_sec_dolt_cutover_enabled",
+            value="true",
+        )
+    )
+    db_session.add(
+        DataImportRun(
+            source="sec_facts",
+            status="deferred",
+            validation_json=json.dumps({
+                "missing_xbrl": [{"cik": missing.cik, "accession": "MISSING-Q"}],
+                "no_xbrl_filings": [{"cik": no_history.cik}],
+            }),
+            started_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        )
+    )
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    assert await fundamentals_quality_service.blocked_ticker_ids(db_session) == {
+        missing.id,
+        no_history.id,
+    }
+
+
+async def test_sec_quality_gate_is_inactive_before_cutover(db_session):
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="SHADOW", cik="0000000042")
+    db_session.add(ticker)
+    await db_session.flush()
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    db_session.add(
+        SecFilingGap(
+            cik=ticker.cik,
+            accession="SHADOW-Q",
+            form="10-Q",
+            index_date=date.today(),
+            reason="not_in_companyfacts",
+            first_seen_at=now,
+            last_attempted_at=now,
+        )
+    )
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    assert await fundamentals_quality_service.blocked_ticker_ids(db_session) == set()
+
+
+
+
+async def test_promoted_gap_is_blocked_during_queue_migration_bootstrap(db_session):
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="HIST", cik="0000000043")
+    db_session.add_all([
+        ticker,
+        SystemSetting(
+            key="fundamental_data_sec_dolt_cutover_enabled",
+            value="true",
+        ),
+        DataImportRun(
+            source="sec_facts",
+            status="promoted",
+            validation_json=json.dumps({
+                "missing_xbrl": [{"cik": ticker.cik, "accession": "HIST-Q"}],
+            }),
+            started_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        ),
+        DataImportRun(
+            source="sec_facts",
+            status="promoted",
+            validation_json=json.dumps({"missing_xbrl": []}),
+            started_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        ),
+    ])
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    assert await fundamentals_quality_service.blocked_ticker_ids(db_session) == {
+        ticker.id
+    }
+
+    db_session.add(
+        FundamentalSnapshot(
+            cik=ticker.cik,
+            accession="HIST-Q",
+            form="10-Q",
+            filed_date=date.today(),
+            accepted_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+            period_end=date.today(),
+            fiscal_year=date.today().year,
+            fiscal_period="Q2",
+        )
+    )
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    assert await fundamentals_quality_service.blocked_ticker_ids(db_session) == set()
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_preservation.py b/tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_preservation.py
index c5f6cd5..b9fba53 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_preservation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_preservation.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from app.models.ohlcv import OHLCVRecord
 from app.models.paper_trade import PaperTrade
 from app.models.signal_context_snapshot import SignalContextSnapshot
+from app.models.sec_filing_gap import SecFilingGap
+from app.models.settings import SystemSetting
 from app.models.sr_level import SRLevel
 from app.models.ticker import Ticker
 from app.models.trade_setup import TradeSetup
@@ -513,6 +515,45 @@ async def test_get_trade_setups_excludes_stale_rows(db_session: AsyncSession):
     assert stale_rows == []
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_trade_setups_hides_active_sec_filing_gap(
+    db_session: AsyncSession,
+):
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="SECWAIT", cik="0000000042")
+    db_session.add(ticker)
+    await db_session.flush()
+    db_session.add_all([
+        SystemSetting(
+            key="fundamental_data_sec_dolt_cutover_enabled",
+            value="true",
+        ),
+        SecFilingGap(
+            cik=ticker.cik,
+            accession="0000000042-26-000001",
+            form="10-Q",
+            index_date=date.today(),
+            reason="not_in_companyfacts",
+            first_seen_at=now,
+            last_attempted_at=now,
+        ),
+        TradeSetup(
+            ticker_id=ticker.id,
+            direction="long",
+            entry_price=100.0,
+            stop_loss=97.0,
+            target=109.0,
+            rr_ratio=3.0,
+            composite_score=70.0,
+            confidence_score=80.0,
+            detected_at=now,
+        ),
+    ])
+    await db_session.flush()
+
+    assert await get_trade_setups(db_session, symbol="SECWAIT") == []
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_trade_setups_can_exclude_tickers_with_open_paper_trades(
     db_session: AsyncSession,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_scan_all.py b/tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_scan_all.py
index 27f6775..c46b475 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_scan_all.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_rr_scanner_scan_all.py
@@ -108,3 +108,26 @@ async def test_scan_error_does_not_stop_later_tickers(session, monkeypatch):
     await rr_scanner_service.scan_all_tickers(session)
 
     assert scanned == ["AAA", "BBB"]
+
+
+async def test_scan_skips_ticker_with_incomplete_sec_fundamentals(
+    session, monkeypatch
+):
+    ticker = Ticker(symbol="BLOCKED", cik="0000000001")
+    session.add(ticker)
+    await session.commit()
+
+    async def _blocked(db):
+        return {ticker.id}
+
+    async def _unexpected_scan(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise AssertionError("fundamentals-incomplete ticker was scanned")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        rr_scanner_service.fundamentals_quality_service,
+        "blocked_ticker_ids",
+        _blocked,
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rr_scanner_service, "scan_ticker", _unexpected_scan)
+
+    assert await rr_scanner_service.scan_all_tickers(session) == []
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_sec_fundamentals_importer.py b/tests/unit/test_sec_fundamentals_importer.py
index 8f10dd3..b2b1f3e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_sec_fundamentals_importer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_sec_fundamentals_importer.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, async_sessionmaker, create_asyn
 from app.database import Base
 import app.models  # noqa: F401
 from app.models.fundamental_snapshot import FundamentalSnapshot
+from app.models.sec_filing_gap import SecFilingGap
 from app.models.system_event import SystemEvent
 from app.models.ticker import Ticker
 from app.services.data_import import (
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ async def test_recovers_facts_misfiled_under_coregistrant(engine):
     # Stamped to the issuer that filed, NOT the co-registrant whose file it came from.
     assert q2.cik == "0000320193"
     assert q2.revenue == 254940 and q2.shares_outstanding == 14687
-    assert "coregistrant_recovery" in codes
+    assert "coregistrant_recovery" not in codes
 
 
 async def test_coregistrant_recovery_rejects_discontinuous_share_count(engine):
@@ -425,11 +426,59 @@ async def test_unresolved_filing_stops_blocking_after_retry_window(engine):
     assert run.source_max_date == date(2026, 5, 2)  # and the index advances
     summary = json.loads(run.validation_json or "{}")
     assert summary["missing_xbrl_count"] == 1 and summary["missing_xbrl_blocking"] == 0
+    assert await _count(factory, SecFilingGap) == 1
 
     async with factory() as s:
         events = (await s.execute(select(SystemEvent))).scalars().all()
     unresolved = [e for e in events if e.code == "unresolved_filing"]
     assert len(unresolved) == 1 and "GHOST" in unresolved[0].message
+    assert "automatic SEC retry" in unresolved[0].message
+
+    # The next scheduled run retries even though the SEC daily-index revision
+    # has not changed. Company Facts is a separate SEC product and may catch up
+    # independently, so the generic revision no-op must not suppress this work.
+    still_missing_run = await run_import(
+        _importer(incr, today=date(2026, 5, 11)),
+        engine=engine,
+    )
+    assert still_missing_run.status == STATUS_PROMOTED
+    assert still_missing_run.revision is None
+    assert await _count(factory, SecFilingGap) == 1
+
+    # A later normal scheduled import retries only the queued issuer. Once SEC
+    # publishes the accession in Company Facts, it is inserted and unblocked
+    # without a full-universe reparse or operator action.
+    cf_ghost = _rev("2025-09-28", "2026-03-28", 254940, 2026, "Q2", "GHOST")
+    sh_ghost = _shares("2026-04-17", 14687, "GHOST", 2026, "Q2")
+    healed = FakeSecClient(
+        tickers={"AAPL": 320193},
+        companyfacts={
+            320193: _companyfacts(
+                [CF_K, CF_Q1, cf_ghost],
+                [SH_K, SH_Q1, sh_ghost],
+            )
+        },
+        submissions={
+            320193: _submissions(SUB_FILINGS + [
+                _filing(
+                    "GHOST",
+                    "10-Q",
+                    "2026-03-28",
+                    "2026-05-01",
+                    "2026-05-01T10:01:00.000Z",
+                )
+            ])
+        },
+        latest_index=date(2026, 5, 2),
+    )
+    healed_run = await run_import(
+        _importer(healed, today=date(2026, 5, 12)),
+        engine=engine,
+    )
+
+    assert healed_run.status == STATUS_PROMOTED
+    assert await _count(factory, FundamentalSnapshot) == 3
+    assert await _count(factory, SecFilingGap) == 0
 
 
 async def test_non_xbrl_amendment_skipped_not_failed(engine):