diff --git a/docs/plans/2026-09-10-handshake-reset-echo-design.md b/docs/plans/2026-09-10-handshake-reset-echo-design.md
index 4d008f04..3ccff0f0 100644
--- a/docs/plans/2026-09-10-handshake-reset-echo-design.md
+++ b/docs/plans/2026-09-10-handshake-reset-echo-design.md
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ public readonly record struct HandshakeResult(
     HandshakePhase Phase, string? ErrorMessage);
 ```
 
+`ResetFailed` (`!Matched && Phase == Reset`) is a computed convenience: script bodies import only
+`System`, `System.Collections.Generic`, `System.Linq` and `System.Threading.Tasks`, so a script
+branching on the enum would have to spell `ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types.HandshakePhase`.
+
 Semantics of the new overload, in execution order:
 
 1. **Reset write** — `resetKey = resetValue` through the existing `SetAttribute` path (static or
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Types/HandshakeResult.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Types/HandshakeResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1698b389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Types/HandshakeResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Which leg of a reset-aware <c>Attributes.WriteBatchAndWaitAsync</c> handshake a
+/// <see cref="HandshakeResult"/> describes (Gitea #36, design 2026-09-10 §4).
+/// </summary>
+public enum HandshakePhase
+{
+    /// <summary>The reset write + reset-echo wait that precedes the batch and trigger.</summary>
+    Reset,
+
+    /// <summary>The batch + trigger write and the response wait that follow an observed reset echo.</summary>
+    Response,
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Result of the reset-aware <c>Attributes.WriteBatchAndWaitAsync</c> overload (Gitea #36):
+/// like <see cref="WaitResult"/>, plus the <see cref="Phase"/> the outcome belongs to so a
+/// script can report "timed out waiting for the reset echo" separately from "timed out
+/// waiting for the device to complete". A reset that is never echoed means the batch and
+/// trigger were NEVER written.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Matched">
+/// <see langword="true"/> when the response attribute reached its target within the timeout
+/// (which implies the reset echo was observed first).
+/// </param>
+/// <param name="Value">The matched value of the phase's attribute; <see langword="null"/> on timeout / error.</param>
+/// <param name="Quality">The attribute quality at match time; <see langword="null"/> on the non-match paths.</param>
+/// <param name="TimedOut"><see langword="true"/> when the phase's wait timed out before a match.</param>
+/// <param name="Phase">The leg this result describes — <see cref="HandshakePhase.Reset"/> only when that leg failed.</param>
+/// <param name="ErrorMessage">Why the phase did not match, when known; <see langword="null"/> on success.</param>
+public readonly record struct HandshakeResult(
+    bool Matched,
+    object? Value,
+    string? Quality,
+    bool TimedOut,
+    HandshakePhase Phase,
+    string? ErrorMessage)
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// <see langword="true"/> when the reset leg did not match (timeout or error), i.e. the
+    /// device never echoed the reset value and nothing else was written. Provided so a
+    /// script can branch without spelling the <see cref="HandshakePhase"/> type name, which
+    /// is not in the script imports.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool ResetFailed => !Matched && Phase == HandshakePhase.Reset;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Tests/Types/HandshakeResultTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Tests/Types/HandshakeResultTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6427e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Tests/Types/HandshakeResultTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Tests.Types;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Gitea #36: <see cref="HandshakeResult"/> lets a script tell WHICH leg of a reset-aware
+/// handshake failed without naming the <see cref="HandshakePhase"/> enum (script bodies
+/// import only System/System.Collections.Generic/System.Linq/System.Threading.Tasks).
+/// </summary>
+public class HandshakeResultTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void ResetFailed_IsTrue_OnlyForAnUnmatchedResetPhase()
+    {
+        var resetTimeout = new HandshakeResult(false, null, null, true, HandshakePhase.Reset, "reset timed out");
+        var responseTimeout = new HandshakeResult(false, null, null, true, HandshakePhase.Response, "response timed out");
+        var matched = new HandshakeResult(true, true, "Good", false, HandshakePhase.Response, null);
+
+        Assert.True(resetTimeout.ResetFailed);
+        Assert.False(responseTimeout.ResetFailed);
+        Assert.False(matched.ResetFailed);
+    }
+}