diff --git a/docs/phase1-conformance.md b/docs/phase1-conformance.md
index b9a9a1a3..474e7aae 100644
--- a/docs/phase1-conformance.md
+++ b/docs/phase1-conformance.md
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ revision authorities can therefore have different workflow hashes:
 | `scripts/phase1-windows-supervisor-install.ps1` | 1,743 | `2baab275f0bb6789884cded5f6185d00bfa5348b9e7c3ad1e5575353639101d5` |
 | `scripts/windows-job-supervisor.cs` | 397,084 | `ec56ad9daf9cfd2e92de4420cfc5ce328e09a76b627a8253ef35f2e9ef151669` |
 | `scripts/windows-job-supervisor.test.ps1` | 201,048 | `0b9828c2cd801799bc0055fe4047e1e914ee7fcc921345dee6b0caa3a389386a` |
-| `scripts/windows-quota-diagnostics.test.ps1` | 39,744 | `f22177fd3b079a29333627f9a37c55a0a288010062685ffc9b08392f7b65b97d` |
+| `scripts/windows-quota-diagnostics.test.ps1` | 45,628 | `2a2f59c95e14d7687cc258d52ed233062a793ba516a2b0d18d9a473a3ed79d96` |
 | `scripts/windows-owner-directory-quota.test.ps1` | 14,789 | `a6fccce4e1e41b06c655bc1a70bf870ba115f0848ee647777d2606294483cd1f` |
 | `scripts/windows-quota-isolated-reader.test.ps1` | 24,200 | `22f3baa7272f0bf7f03e44b3dec98398a96e64a8b507ce5b11925bd777d58a31` |
 | `scripts/windows-quota-lifetime.test.ps1` | 2,513 | `dd10741c19cd97cc1b9ee29ebe18b8381503d589680acd0eddaabda08b5e7aec` |
diff --git a/docs/windows-quota-repeat-outcome.md b/docs/windows-quota-repeat-outcome.md
index bc5d080f..97f860c9 100644
--- a/docs/windows-quota-repeat-outcome.md
+++ b/docs/windows-quota-repeat-outcome.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ follow-up read:
 - `readable`: the follow-up callback returned successfully.
 - `missing`: it threw `FileNotFoundException` or `DirectoryNotFoundException`.
 - `persistent`: it threw another exception; this need not match the first error.
+  This label has since been split by the second exception's category; see below.
 - `none`: no diagnostic follow-up was requested.
 
 Protected run
@@ -28,25 +29,86 @@ attempt's partial list is discarded; only a fresh traversal that completes
 under the existing bounds can become the measurement. There is no wait, third
 read, identity switch, permission change, or resource-ceiling change.
 
-`missing` and `persistent` repeats remain terminal, as do every initial failure
-other than `UnauthorizedAccessException`. Attribute and file-length reads keep
+`missing` and every `persistent` repeat remain terminal, as do every initial
+failure other than `UnauthorizedAccessException`. Attribute and file-length reads keep
 their existing fail-closed diagnostic-only repeats. The terminal check performs
 the same bounded recovery and still rejects any path that cannot produce a
 complete readable snapshot.
 
+Protected run
+[35146928092](https://github.com/OpenCoven/chat/actions/runs/35146928092)
+then failed with `access-denied`, `root=harness-execution-aggregate`,
+`scope=checkouts`, `directory-enumeration-depth-3-plus`, and
+`repeat=persistent`. That label was as uninformative as `transient` had been.
+Both repeat sites classified every non-missing second exception with a bare
+`catch`, so `persistent` covered at least three different outcomes:
+
+- a second `UnauthorizedAccessException`, the only case the label suggests;
+- `QuotaEntryBoundException`, thrown when a snapshot reaches its entry limit.
+  `MaximumQuotaEntries` is one budget for the whole traversal of a root, not a
+  per-directory cap: `MeasureDirectoryBytes` counts entries once per root and
+  passes the remainder into each enumeration, so once the budget is spent the
+  bound fires on the first entry of every later directory, whatever its ACL;
+- another `IOException`, for example from concurrent mutation of the checkout
+  while the traversal runs.
+
+The repeat label now carries the second exception's category, using only the
+fixed categories the monitor already reports for a first failure:
+
+- `readable`, `missing`, and `none` are unchanged.
+- `persistent-access-denied`: the follow-up threw a second
+  `UnauthorizedAccessException`.
+- `persistent-entry-bound`: the follow-up threw `QuotaEntryBoundException`; the
+  traversal-wide entry budget was already spent when this directory was read.
+- `persistent-io`, `persistent-io-file-not-found`,
+  `persistent-io-path-not-found`, `persistent-io-sharing-violation`,
+  `persistent-io-lock-violation`, `persistent-io-name-too-long`,
+  `persistent-io-invalid-directory`, `persistent-io-delete-pending`: the
+  follow-up threw an `IOException`, classified by the same reviewed Win32
+  HRESULT table as an initial I/O failure.
+- `persistent-arithmetic-overflow` and `persistent-unexpected`: the remaining
+  first-failure categories, applied to the follow-up.
+- `persistent` is still accepted by the context normalizer for records
+  produced before the split; the supervisor no longer emits it.
+
+Both catch sites map through one helper, `ClassifyPersistentQuotaRepeat`, which
+prefixes `ClassifyQuotaMonitorError` of the second exception. Any value outside
+the fixed list normalizes to `none`, so no exception text or path can enter the
+label. The first failure's category is preserved: a denial followed by an
+entry-bound repeat still reports `access-denied` with
+`repeat=persistent-entry-bound`. The change adds no read, wait, identity switch,
+permission change, or change to `MaximumQuotaEntries` or any other ceiling.
+
 Managed regression coverage exercises both missing exception types, a successful
-metadata follow-up, repeated access denial, and a different second error. A
+metadata follow-up, repeated access denial, and a different second error. Both
+production seams are then driven through one injected second failure at a time:
+every normalized repeat label: a second denial, an entry-bound exception,
+generic I/O and each classified I/O HRESULT, arithmetic overflow, both missing
+types, and an unexpected exception, each of which must keep its own label after
+exactly two calls. A real directory read over a spent entry
+budget must report `entry-bound` with `repeat=persistent-entry-bound` through
+the production enumeration path without any injection. A
 separate snapshot regression requires exactly two calls and verifies that the
 accepted result contains the complete fresh directory contents. Native Windows
 coverage first holds a real owner-only ACL denial across both reads and requires
-the bounded `persistent` failure. The isolated-reader fixture then denies the
+the bounded `persistent-access-denied` failure. The isolated-reader fixture then denies the
 validated isolated identity, temporarily reverts only for the fixture ACL
 restoration, verifies impersonation is restored before the second enumeration,
 and requires two identity-checked reads to return the complete fresh snapshot.
 A subsequent 512-byte limit check proves the production accounting path still
 enforces the byte quota.
 
-Status: local diagnostic tests pass after a demonstrated failing regression.
-Native Windows validation, reviewed frozen-source binding, SDK rebinding and
-fresh protected evidence are still required before claiming deployed coverage.
-Tracks Chat #219 and `cave-k0aqq.2`. Preserve chat and active worktrees.
+Status: the `readable`/`missing` split passed local diagnostic tests after a
+demonstrated failing regression. The `persistent-<category>` split is in the
+frozen supervisor source. The managed diagnostic file, including the per-seam
+repeat-outcome matrix and the spent-budget check, passed on macOS under
+PowerShell 7.6.6 on .NET 10, and the `windows-supervisor-behavior` job passed on
+`windows-2025` for PR #338 in run
+[35561671518](https://github.com/OpenCoven/chat/actions/runs/35561671518).
+Which cause fired in protected run 35146928092 remains unproven: that record
+says only `persistent`, and this change does not repair the underlying denial.
+A fresh protected run will instead report `persistent-entry-bound`,
+`persistent-access-denied`, or a `persistent-io-*` label, which is the evidence
+still required. Reviewed frozen-source binding and SDK rebinding are unchanged
+by this diagnostic. Tracks Chat #219 and `cave-k0aqq.2`. Preserve chat and
+active worktrees.
diff --git a/scripts/windows-quota-diagnostics.test.ps1 b/scripts/windows-quota-diagnostics.test.ps1
index f9835bcb..8e5aa151 100644
--- a/scripts/windows-quota-diagnostics.test.ps1
+++ b/scripts/windows-quota-diagnostics.test.ps1
@@ -314,6 +314,25 @@ namespace OpenCoven.Tests
             throw new IOException("private-second-snapshot");
         }
 
+        public static int RepeatFailureCalls;
+        public static Exception RepeatFailure;
+        public static Func<string> RepeatFailureRead { get { return RepeatFailureMetadata; } }
+        public static Func<List<FileSystemInfo>> RepeatFailureSnapshotRead { get { return RepeatFailureSnapshot; } }
+
+        public static string RepeatFailureMetadata()
+        {
+            RepeatFailureCalls++;
+            if (RepeatFailureCalls == 1) throw new UnauthorizedAccessException("private-first-denial");
+            throw RepeatFailure;
+        }
+
+        private static List<FileSystemInfo> RepeatFailureSnapshot()
+        {
+            RepeatFailureCalls++;
+            if (RepeatFailureCalls == 1) throw new UnauthorizedAccessException("private-first-denial");
+            throw RepeatFailure;
+        }
+
         public static Func<List<FileSystemInfo>> TransientSnapshotRead
         {
             get { return TransientSnapshot; }
@@ -456,6 +475,84 @@ if ($null -eq $changedSnapshotError -or
 }
 Write-Host 'Snapshot retry distinguishes changed I/O failure from repeated access denial.'
 
+# Chat #219: run 35146928092 reported only `repeat=persistent` after an access
+# denial. That label could not tell a second denial from an exhausted
+# traversal-wide entry budget or a changed I/O failure. Each second-attempt
+# outcome must keep its own fixed label at both production seams, with exactly
+# one repeat and no private text.
+$repeatOutcomeCases = @(
+  @($bound, 'persistent-entry-bound'),
+  @([UnauthorizedAccessException]::new('private-second-denial'), 'persistent-access-denied'),
+  @([IO.IOException]::new('private-second-io'), 'persistent-io'),
+  # A plain IOException carrying the file- or path-not-found HRESULT is not a
+  # FileNotFoundException or DirectoryNotFoundException, so it must reach the
+  # classifier rather than the missing catch.
+  @([IO.IOException]::new('private-second-file-hresult', -2147024894), 'persistent-io-file-not-found'),
+  @([IO.IOException]::new('private-second-path-hresult', -2147024893), 'persistent-io-path-not-found'),
+  @([IO.IOException]::new('private-second-sharing', -2147024864), 'persistent-io-sharing-violation'),
+  @([IO.IOException]::new('private-second-lock', -2147024863), 'persistent-io-lock-violation'),
+  @([IO.IOException]::new('private-second-name', -2147024690), 'persistent-io-name-too-long'),
+  @([IO.IOException]::new('private-second-directory-hresult', -2147024629), 'persistent-io-invalid-directory'),
+  @([IO.IOException]::new('private-second-delete', -2147024593), 'persistent-io-delete-pending'),
+  @([OverflowException]::new('private-second-overflow'), 'persistent-arithmetic-overflow'),
+  @([IO.FileNotFoundException]::new('private-second-file'), 'missing'),
+  @([IO.DirectoryNotFoundException]::new('private-second-directory'), 'missing'),
+  @([InvalidOperationException]::new('private-second-unexpected'), 'persistent-unexpected')
+)
+foreach ($seam in @(
+    @('entry-attributes', $readQuota, [OpenCoven.Tests.QuotaRepeatProbe]::RepeatFailureRead),
+    @('directory-enumeration-depth-3-plus', $readSnapshot, [OpenCoven.Tests.QuotaRepeatProbe]::RepeatFailureSnapshotRead))) {
+  foreach ($outcome in $repeatOutcomeCases) {
+    [OpenCoven.Tests.QuotaRepeatProbe]::RepeatFailureCalls = 0
+    [OpenCoven.Tests.QuotaRepeatProbe]::RepeatFailure = $outcome[0]
+    $repeatOutcomeError = $null
+    try {
+      $seam[1].Invoke($null, [object[]]@($seam[0], $seam[2], $true, [Type]::Missing)) | Out-Null
+    } catch {
+      $repeatOutcomeError = $_.Exception.GetBaseException()
+    }
+    if ($null -eq $repeatOutcomeError -or $repeatOutcomeError.GetType() -ne $contextType -or
+        [OpenCoven.Tests.QuotaRepeatProbe]::RepeatFailureCalls -ne 2 -or
+        $contextType.GetProperty('Category', $instanceFlags).GetValue($repeatOutcomeError) -cne 'access-denied' -or
+        $contextType.GetProperty('Operation', $instanceFlags).GetValue($repeatOutcomeError) -cne $seam[0] -or
+        $contextType.GetProperty('Repeat', $instanceFlags).GetValue($repeatOutcomeError) -cne $outcome[1] -or
+        $repeatOutcomeError.ToString().Contains('private-')) {
+      throw "Repeat outcome lost its label at $($seam[0]): expected $($outcome[1])."
+    }
+  }
+}
+[OpenCoven.Tests.QuotaRepeatProbe]::RepeatFailure = $null
+Write-Host 'Second denial, exhausted entry budget, other I/O failures, and missing paths keep distinct repeat labels at both seams.'
+
+# The entry budget is spent across one whole traversal, not per directory, so a
+# denied directory can be followed by an entry-bound repeat with no ACL change.
+# Without injection, a real directory over a spent budget must report
+# `entry-bound` on both attempts through the production enumeration path.
+$readBoundedSnapshot = [OpenCoven.WindowsJobSupervisor].GetMethod('ReadBoundedDirectorySnapshot', $flags)
+if ($null -eq $readBoundedSnapshot) { throw 'Missing bounded directory snapshot seam.' }
+$budgetRoot = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ('.quota-budget-' + [guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))
+try {
+  [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($budgetRoot) | Out-Null
+  [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $budgetRoot 'first'), 'quota')
+  [IO.File]::WriteAllText((Join-Path $budgetRoot 'second'), 'quota')
+  $budgetError = $null
+  try {
+    $readBoundedSnapshot.Invoke($null, [object[]]@([string]$budgetRoot, $null, $false, 1, 3, $true)) | Out-Null
+  } catch {
+    $budgetError = $_.Exception.GetBaseException()
+  }
+  if ($null -eq $budgetError -or $budgetError.GetType() -ne $contextType -or
+      $contextType.GetProperty('Category', $instanceFlags).GetValue($budgetError) -cne 'entry-bound' -or
+      $contextType.GetProperty('Operation', $instanceFlags).GetValue($budgetError) -cne 'directory-enumeration-depth-3-plus' -or
+      $contextType.GetProperty('Repeat', $instanceFlags).GetValue($budgetError) -cne 'persistent-entry-bound' -or
+      $budgetError.ToString().Contains($budgetRoot)) {
+    throw 'Spent entry budget was not reported as entry-bound on both attempts.'
+  }
+} finally {
+  Remove-Item -LiteralPath $budgetRoot -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+}
+Write-Host 'A spent traversal entry budget reports entry-bound on the first attempt and its repeat.'
+
 $snapshotRoot = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ('.quota-readable-' + [guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))
 try {
   [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($snapshotRoot) | Out-Null