diff --git a/doc/observability.md b/doc/observability.md
index 5c1e57c1784..e8d1262a0bb 100644
--- a/doc/observability.md
+++ b/doc/observability.md
@@ -269,9 +269,9 @@ environment variables: `SENTRY_DSN_FRONTEND` for the browser and
 `SENTRY_DSN_BACKEND` for the server. Each variable is optional. A
 specific variable always wins for its own component; a legacy variable,
 `SENTRY_DSN`, supplies a component that has no specific value set. An
-empty string counts as absent for all three variables. The feature uses
-built-in Sentry options only. It adds no `beforeSend` hook and no custom
-filter code.
+empty string counts as absent for all three variables. SDK configuration uses
+built-in Sentry options only. It adds no `beforeSend` hook. The run-failure
+reporter selects reportable outcomes before calling the SDK, as described below.
 
 The server is inactive when the backend DSN resolves to `null`; then it
 imports no Sentry package. The browser is inactive when the front-end DSN
@@ -434,6 +434,15 @@ They do not change the ambient Sentry scope, whose isolation is unavailable
 without an OpenTelemetry context manager. Later, unrelated exceptions must
 not inherit a previous run's identity or fingerprint.
 
+Known missing-secret configuration blockers are kept in the task's run log,
+blocked state, and owner recovery action, without a Sentry run-failure event.
+This requires a failed `configuration_incomplete` run in the preparing stage,
+a setup-phase report, explicit proof that provider work did not start, and a
+nonempty list of recognized missing or inactive secret bindings. Process exit
+evidence, unknown binding reasons, secret-provider failures, ambiguous missing
+secret-definition lookups, and workspace failures remain reportable. This filter
+does not change task recovery, credentials, or execution policy.
+
 The `run_failure` context also includes the recorded process `exitCode` and
 `signal`, so a generic adapter error can still distinguish a nonzero exit from
 a signal termination. Exit codes must fit the database's signed 32-bit integer;
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
index cc60102766a..86b3867ae50 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/heartbeat-process-recovery.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { legacyDispositionFingerprint, LEGACY_DISPOSITION_REPAIR_INSTRUCTION } f
 import * as controllerLeases from "../services/legacy-controller-lease.js";
 import * as instructionWorkingCopies from "../services/agent-instruction-working-copies.js";
 import * as runEvents from "../services/heartbeat-run-events.js";
+import { waitForPendingRunFailureReports } from "../services/run-failure-report.js";
 import { instanceSettingsService } from "../services/instance-settings.js";
 import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { terminalizeLegacyExecution } from "../services/legacy-execution-recovery.js";
@@ -5688,6 +5689,9 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("heartbeat orphaned process recovery", () => {
       );
     });
     expect(configurationComment).toBeTruthy();
+    await heartbeat.waitForRunExecutionDrain(runId);
+    await waitForPendingRunFailureReports();
+    expect(mockCaptureRunFailure.mock.calls.filter(([event]) => event.runId === runId)).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("queues one finish-handoff wake when a successful run leaves in-progress work without a next action", async () => {
diff --git a/server/src/services/__tests__/run-failure-report.test.ts b/server/src/services/__tests__/run-failure-report.test.ts
index a717dfd3479..9176bdb659b 100644
--- a/server/src/services/__tests__/run-failure-report.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/__tests__/run-failure-report.test.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,99 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("reportRunFailure", () => {
     } as unknown as typeof heartbeatRuns.$inferSelect;
   }
 
+  function missingSecretRun(overrides: Partial<typeof heartbeatRuns.$inferSelect> = {}) {
+    return buildRun({
+      errorCode: "configuration_incomplete",
+      executionStage: "preparing",
+      resultJson: {
+        configurationIncomplete: {
+          reason: "secret_binding_missing",
+          missingBindings: [{ bindingType: "user_secret_ref", errorCode: "user_secret_missing" }],
+        },
+        executionRecovery: { kind: "bootstrap", providerWorkStarted: false },
+      },
+      ...overrides,
+    });
+  }
+
+  it.each([
+    { bindingType: "secret_ref" },
+    { bindingType: "secret_ref", errorCode: "binding_missing" },
+    ...["binding_missing", "responsible_user_missing", "user_secret_missing", "secret_inactive", "user_secret_definition_inactive"]
+      .map((errorCode) => ({ bindingType: "user_secret_ref", errorCode })),
+  ])("keeps the known pre-dispatch secret blocker local: %j", async (binding) => {
+    await seedCompanyAndAgent();
+    const run = missingSecretRun();
+    (run.resultJson!.configurationIncomplete as Record<string, unknown>).missingBindings = [binding];
+    const saved = structuredClone(run);
+
+    await reportRunFailure(db, run, { phase: "setup" });
+
+    expect(mockCaptureRunFailure).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(run).toEqual(saved);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    {},
+    { reason: "secret_binding_missing", missingBindings: [] },
+    { reason: "secret_binding_missing", missingBindings: [null] },
+    { reason: "secret_binding_missing", missingBindings: [{ errorCode: "user_secret_missing" }] },
+    { reason: "secret_binding_missing", missingBindings: [{ bindingType: "user_secret_ref", errorCode: "provider_error" }] },
+    { reason: "secret_binding_missing", missingBindings: [{ bindingType: "user_secret_ref", errorCode: "user_secret_definition_missing" }] },
+    { reason: "secret_binding_missing", missingBindings: [{ bindingType: "user_secret_ref", errorCode: "new_unknown_reason" }] },
+    { reason: "secret_binding_missing", missingBindings: [
+      { bindingType: "user_secret_ref", errorCode: "user_secret_missing" },
+      { bindingType: "secret_ref", errorCode: "provider_error" },
+    ] },
+    { reason: "ai_connection_unavailable" },
+  ])("reports ambiguous, unknown, and provider failures: %j", async (configurationIncomplete) => {
+    await seedCompanyAndAgent();
+    const run = missingSecretRun();
+    run.resultJson!.configurationIncomplete = configurationIncomplete;
+
+    await reportRunFailure(db, run, { phase: "setup" });
+
+    expect(mockCaptureRunFailure).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    { status: "timed_out" },
+    { errorCode: "setup_failed" },
+    { errorCode: "workspace_validation_failed" },
+    { errorCode: "adapter_failed" },
+    { executionStage: "executing" },
+    { executionStage: null },
+    { exitCode: 1 },
+    { exitCode: 0 },
+    { signal: "SIGTERM" },
+  ])("reports missing-secret text without a proven pre-dispatch outcome: %j", async (overrides) => {
+    await seedCompanyAndAgent();
+
+    await reportRunFailure(db, missingSecretRun(overrides), { phase: "setup" });
+
+    expect(mockCaptureRunFailure).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it.each([undefined, { kind: "bootstrap" }, { kind: "bootstrap", providerWorkStarted: true }])(
+    "reports missing-secret failures without explicit bootstrap proof: %j", async (executionRecovery) => {
+      await seedCompanyAndAgent();
+      const run = missingSecretRun();
+      run.resultJson!.executionRecovery = executionRecovery;
+
+      await reportRunFailure(db, run, { phase: "setup" });
+
+      expect(mockCaptureRunFailure).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each([undefined, "execute"] as const)("reports configuration failures outside setup: %s", async (phase) => {
+    await seedCompanyAndAgent();
+
+    await reportRunFailure(db, missingSecretRun(), { phase });
+
+    expect(mockCaptureRunFailure).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it("captures once for the status failed", async () => {
     await seedCompanyAndAgent();
     const run = buildRun({ status: "failed" });
diff --git a/server/src/services/run-failure-report.ts b/server/src/services/run-failure-report.ts
index 2ed65286119..9c341eeca6a 100644
--- a/server/src/services/run-failure-report.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/run-failure-report.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,50 @@ function readTaskId(run: HeartbeatRun): string | null {
   return typeof contextIssueId === "string" && contextIssueId.length > 0 ? contextIssueId : null;
 }
 
+function asRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+  return value !== null && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
+    ? value as Record<string, unknown>
+    : null;
+}
+
+/** A known owner action before dispatch, not a secret-provider or runtime failure. */
+function isMissingSecretConfigurationBlocker(run: HeartbeatRun, options: RunFailureReportOptions): boolean {
+  if (
+    run.status !== "failed" ||
+    run.errorCode !== "configuration_incomplete" ||
+    run.executionStage !== "preparing" ||
+    options.phase !== "setup" ||
+    run.exitCode != null ||
+    run.signal != null
+  ) return false;
+
+  const configuration = asRecord(run.resultJson?.configurationIncomplete);
+  const recovery = asRecord(run.resultJson?.executionRecovery);
+  if (
+    configuration?.reason !== "secret_binding_missing" ||
+    recovery?.kind !== "bootstrap" ||
+    recovery.providerWorkStarted !== false ||
+    !Array.isArray(configuration.missingBindings) ||
+    configuration.missingBindings.length === 0
+  ) return false;
+
+  return configuration.missingBindings.every((value: unknown) => {
+    const binding = asRecord(value);
+    if (!binding) return false;
+    if (binding.bindingType === "secret_ref") {
+      return binding.errorCode == null || binding.errorCode === "binding_missing";
+    }
+    if (binding.bindingType !== "user_secret_ref") return false;
+    // Missing-definition resolution can also catch a database error. Keep that
+    // ambiguous case, unknown codes, and provider errors visible in Sentry.
+    return binding.errorCode === "binding_missing" ||
+      binding.errorCode === "responsible_user_missing" ||
+      binding.errorCode === "user_secret_missing" ||
+      binding.errorCode === "secret_inactive" ||
+      binding.errorCode === "user_secret_definition_inactive";
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * Report a terminal run failure to Sentry. Returns at once for any status
  * other than failures and unexpected started cancellations. Never throws — a Sentry failure or a
@@ -54,6 +98,7 @@ function readTaskId(run: HeartbeatRun): string | null {
 export function reportRunFailure(db: Db, run: HeartbeatRun, options: RunFailureReportOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
   if (!isRunFailureStatus(run.status)) return Promise.resolve();
   if (run.status === "cancelled" && !isUnexpectedRunCancellation(run)) return Promise.resolve();
+  if (isMissingSecretConfigurationBlocker(run, options)) return Promise.resolve();
   const runStatus = run.status;
   const report = captureTerminalRunFailure(db, run, runStatus, options);
   pendingRunFailureReports.add(report);