diff --git a/archreview/plans/R2-03-vt-failure-quality-plan.md.tasks.json b/archreview/plans/R2-03-vt-failure-quality-plan.md.tasks.json
index 86bfffdd..91e07e35 100644
--- a/archreview/plans/R2-03-vt-failure-quality-plan.md.tasks.json
+++ b/archreview/plans/R2-03-vt-failure-quality-plan.md.tasks.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     {
       "id": "R2-03-T1",
       "subject": "S13 stale-Good repro test at host level (RED — must fail on f6eaa267): fail-after-success evaluator, publish probe sees Good then expects Bad AttributeValueUpdate",
-      "status": "pending",
+      "status": "completed",
       "blockedBy": []
     },
     {
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/VirtualTags/VirtualTagHostActorTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/VirtualTags/VirtualTagHostActorTests.cs
index 9b1590e8..447db41e 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/VirtualTags/VirtualTagHostActorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/VirtualTags/VirtualTagHostActorTests.cs
@@ -365,6 +365,65 @@ public sealed class VirtualTagHostActorTests : RuntimeActorTestBase
         AwaitAssert(() => evaluator.ClearCount.ShouldBe(2));
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 02/S13 stale-Good repro (RED on current code): a script that succeeds once then starts failing
+    /// must degrade its node's quality to Bad — carrying the last-known value — rather than freezing on
+    /// the last Good value forever. Drives the REAL host + real child + parent-Tell bridge: apply one
+    /// plan (deps ["a"]), capture the spawned child via the mux probe's RegisterInterest sender, then
+    /// feed it two dependency changes. The first evaluates Ok(42) → a Good AttributeValueUpdate; the
+    /// second fails → the fix publishes a Bad AttributeValueUpdate carrying the stale 42. On the
+    /// unfixed tree the second publish never arrives (the second ExpectMsg times out).
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Failing_script_after_success_degrades_node_quality_to_Bad()
+    {
+        var publish = CreateTestProbe();
+        var mux = CreateTestProbe();
+        var host = Sys.ActorOf(VirtualTagHostActor.Props(publish.Ref, mux.Ref,
+            new FailAfterFirstSuccessEvaluator()));
+
+        host.Tell(new VirtualTagHostActor.ApplyVirtualTags(new[] { Plan("vt-1", "eq-1", "speed-rpm") }));
+
+        // The child self-registers with the mux in PreStart — capture its ref from the sender so we can
+        // drive it directly through the real evaluate → parent-Tell → bridge path.
+        mux.ExpectMsg<DependencyMuxActor.RegisterInterest>();
+        var child = mux.LastSender;
+
+        var ts1 = new DateTime(2026, 7, 12, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        var ts2 = new DateTime(2026, 7, 12, 12, 0, 1, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        // First dep change → evaluator Ok(42) → Good publish.
+        child.Tell(new VirtualTagActor.DependencyValueChanged("a", 1, ts1));
+        var good = publish.ExpectMsg<OpcUaPublishActor.AttributeValueUpdate>();
+        good.Quality.ShouldBe(OpcUaQuality.Good);
+        good.Value.ShouldBe(42.0);
+
+        // Second dep change → evaluator Failure → Bad publish carrying the last-known value 42.
+        child.Tell(new VirtualTagActor.DependencyValueChanged("a", 2, ts2));
+        var bad = publish.ExpectMsg<OpcUaPublishActor.AttributeValueUpdate>();
+        bad.Quality.ShouldBe(OpcUaQuality.Bad);
+        bad.Value.ShouldBe(42.0);
+        bad.TimestampUtc.ShouldBe(ts2);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Evaluator that returns <c>Ok(42.0)</c> on its first call and <c>Failure</c> thereafter —
+    /// the S13 "was working, now broken" shape. Interlocked counter so it is safe across the actor's
+    /// evaluation thread.</summary>
+    private sealed class FailAfterFirstSuccessEvaluator : IVirtualTagEvaluator
+    {
+        private int _calls;
+
+        /// <summary>Returns Ok(42.0) once, then Failure("boom").</summary>
+        /// <param name="id">The tag identifier.</param>
+        /// <param name="expr">The expression string.</param>
+        /// <param name="deps">The dependency values.</param>
+        /// <returns>Ok(42.0) on the first call; Failure on every subsequent call.</returns>
+        public VirtualTagEvalResult Evaluate(string id, string expr, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?> deps)
+            => Interlocked.Increment(ref _calls) == 1
+                ? VirtualTagEvalResult.Ok(42.0)
+                : VirtualTagEvalResult.Failure("boom");
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Capturing <see cref="IHistoryWriter"/>: records every Record call so H5c tests can
     /// assert the host historizes (or does not) and with what path + snapshot.</summary>
     private sealed class CapturingHistoryWriter : IHistoryWriter