diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84b3eea..fc9c59e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The supported surface (per [`CLAUDE.md`](CLAUDE.md)):
 | `BrowseTagNamesAsync` | live-verified |
 | `GetTagMetadataAsync` | live-verified for 17 distinct native data-type codes |
 | `GetConnectionStatusAsync` | synthesized from authenticated probe (matches native semantic) |
-| `GetStoreForwardStatusAsync` | synthesized defaults (no SF sidecar to probe) |
+| `GetStoreForwardStatusAsync` | gRPC: measured idle-state (live-verified — contacts server, reports `ErrorOccurred` when unreachable; active-SF magnitude is D2-gated). Non-gRPC: synthesized defaults |
 | `GetSystemParameterAsync` | live-verified via `Stat/GetSystemParameter` |
 | `EnsureTagAsync` | live-verified for analog Float/Double/Int2/Int4/UInt4; `ApplyScaling=true` persists distinct MinRaw/MaxRaw |
 | `DeleteTagAsync` | live-verified |
diff --git a/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/Grpc/HistorianGrpcStatusClient.cs b/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/Grpc/HistorianGrpcStatusClient.cs
index d245b88..f96141a 100644
--- a/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/Grpc/HistorianGrpcStatusClient.cs
+++ b/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/Grpc/HistorianGrpcStatusClient.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using Grpc.Core;
+using AVEVA.Historian.Client.Models;
 using GrpcStatus = ArchestrA.Grpc.Contract.Status;
 
 namespace AVEVA.Historian.Client.Grpc;
@@ -36,6 +37,78 @@ internal static class HistorianGrpcStatusClient
         return (response.Status?.BSuccess ?? false) ? response.StrParameterValue : null;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns a <em>measured</em> store-forward status over the 2023 R2 gRPC transport (R4.3).
+    /// <para>
+    /// Unlike the non-gRPC <see cref="Wcf.HistorianWcfStatusClient"/> path — which synthesizes an
+    /// all-false result <em>without contacting the server</em> — this opens an authenticated session
+    /// and calls <c>StatusService.GetHistorianConsoleStatus</c>, the only SF-adjacent signal reachable
+    /// from a pure managed client. (The direct <c>StorageService.GetSFParameter</c> /
+    /// <c>GetRemainingSnapshotsSize</c> RPCs that carry the SF buffer magnitude require the
+    /// <c>OpenStorageConnection</c> storage-engine console handle, which is gated behind the D2
+    /// storage-engine-pipe wall and is unobtainable here — see
+    /// <c>docs/plans/store-forward-cache-reverse-engineering.md</c> §9.7.)
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// Semantics: a successful console-status read means the server is reachable and its storage
+    /// console is reporting normally ⇒ the not-storing baseline (all flags false), but now
+    /// <em>measured</em> rather than blindly assumed. If the server cannot be reached/authenticated,
+    /// or the console-status call itself fails, <see cref="HistorianStoreForwardStatus.ErrorOccurred"/>
+    /// is set with the underlying error. The active-SF state (<see cref="HistorianStoreForwardStatus.Storing"/>
+    /// / <see cref="HistorianStoreForwardStatus.Pending"/> / <see cref="HistorianStoreForwardStatus.DataStored"/>
+    /// magnitude) is NOT observable from this signal and remains false; populating it requires the
+    /// D2-gated storage-console path.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    public static Task<HistorianStoreForwardStatus> GetStoreForwardStatusAsync(
+        HistorianClientOptions options,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        => Task.Run(() => GetStoreForwardStatus(options, cancellationToken), cancellationToken);
+
+    private static HistorianStoreForwardStatus GetStoreForwardStatus(HistorianClientOptions options, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        HistorianStoreForwardStatus NotStoring(bool errorOccurred, string? error) => new(
+            ServerName: options.Host,
+            Pending: false,
+            ErrorOccurred: errorOccurred,
+            Error: error,
+            DataStored: false,
+            Storing: false,
+            ConnectionKind: HistorianConnectionKind.Process);
+
+        try
+        {
+            using HistorianGrpcConnection connection = HistorianGrpcChannelFactory.Create(options);
+            HistorianGrpcHandshake.Session session = HistorianGrpcHandshake.OpenSession(connection, options, cancellationToken);
+
+            var statusClient = new GrpcStatus.StatusService.StatusServiceClient(connection.Channel);
+            GrpcStatus.GetHistorianConsoleStatusResponse response = statusClient.GetHistorianConsoleStatus(
+                new GrpcStatus.GetHistorianConsoleStatusRequest { StrHandle = session.StringHandle },
+                connection.Metadata,
+                DateTime.UtcNow.Add(options.RequestTimeout),
+                cancellationToken);
+
+            if (response.Status?.BSuccess ?? false)
+            {
+                // Measured: server reachable, storage console reporting normally → not-storing baseline.
+                return NotStoring(errorOccurred: false, error: null);
+            }
+
+            byte[] err = response.Status?.BtError?.ToByteArray() ?? [];
+            string detail = err.Length == 0 ? "GetHistorianConsoleStatus returned failure." : Convert.ToHexString(err);
+            return NotStoring(errorOccurred: true, error: $"GetHistorianConsoleStatus failed: {detail}");
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            // Server unreachable / auth failed — genuinely measured: report it instead of a silent all-false.
+            return NotStoring(errorOccurred: true, error: $"{ex.GetType().Name}: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Reads the Historian server's system time-zone name (roadmap item R1.3,
     /// <c>StatusService.GetSystemTimeZoneName</c>). Unlike the 2020 WCF surface — where the native
diff --git a/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/Protocol/Historian2020ProtocolDialect.cs b/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/Protocol/Historian2020ProtocolDialect.cs
index 7442edf..82b4290 100644
--- a/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/Protocol/Historian2020ProtocolDialect.cs
+++ b/src/AVEVA.Historian.Client/Protocol/Historian2020ProtocolDialect.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ internal sealed class Historian2020ProtocolDialect
     public Task<HistorianStoreForwardStatus> GetStoreForwardStatusAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-        return Wcf.HistorianWcfStatusClient.GetStoreForwardStatusAsync(_options, cancellationToken);
+
+        // Over gRPC (2023 R2) we return a MEASURED idle-state: the client actually contacts the server
+        // (GetHistorianConsoleStatus) and reports ErrorOccurred when unreachable. The active-SF buffer
+        // magnitude lives behind the D2 storage-engine console wall and stays false. Non-gRPC transports
+        // keep the synthesized all-false (no SF sidecar to probe). See R4.3 §9.7.
+        return UseGrpc
+            ? HistorianGrpcStatusClient.GetStoreForwardStatusAsync(_options, cancellationToken)
+            : Wcf.HistorianWcfStatusClient.GetStoreForwardStatusAsync(_options, cancellationToken);
     }
 
     public Task<string?> GetSystemParameterAsync(string name, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
diff --git a/tests/AVEVA.Historian.Client.Tests/HistorianGrpcIntegrationTests.cs b/tests/AVEVA.Historian.Client.Tests/HistorianGrpcIntegrationTests.cs
index 6512464..36bbdd6 100644
--- a/tests/AVEVA.Historian.Client.Tests/HistorianGrpcIntegrationTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AVEVA.Historian.Client.Tests/HistorianGrpcIntegrationTests.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,31 @@ public sealed class HistorianGrpcIntegrationTests
         Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(zone));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GetStoreForwardStatusAsync_OverGrpc_ReturnsMeasuredIdleState()
+    {
+        string? host = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_GRPC_HOST");
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(host) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HISTORIAN_USER")))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // R4.3 measured idle-state: over gRPC, GetStoreForwardStatusAsync actually contacts the server
+        // (StatusService.GetHistorianConsoleStatus) rather than synthesizing. On an idle/normal server
+        // it reports the not-storing baseline WITHOUT ErrorOccurred. The active-SF buffer magnitude
+        // lives behind the D2 storage-engine console wall and is intentionally not surfaced (stays
+        // false). See docs/plans/store-forward-cache-reverse-engineering.md §9.7.
+        HistorianClient client = new(BuildOptions(host));
+        HistorianStoreForwardStatus status = await client.GetStoreForwardStatusAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.Equal(host, status.ServerName);
+        Assert.False(status.ErrorOccurred, $"reachable server should not report an error: {status.Error}");
+        Assert.Null(status.Error);
+        Assert.False(status.Storing);
+        Assert.False(status.Pending);
+        Assert.False(status.DataStored);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task GetTagMetadataAsync_OverGrpc_ReturnsRequestedTag()
     {