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 1ec95919..ec8ebe41 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
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     {
       "id": "R2-03-T5",
       "subject": "S13 cold-start suppression guards: missing-dep failure publishes no Bad; failure after all deps arrived publishes Bad (inputs-ready gate)",
-      "status": "pending",
+      "status": "completed",
       "blockedBy": [
         "R2-03-T3"
       ]
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/VirtualTags/VirtualTagActorTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/VirtualTags/VirtualTagActorTests.cs
index 1a9913ce..a63d9ed5 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/VirtualTags/VirtualTagActorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/VirtualTags/VirtualTagActorTests.cs
@@ -142,6 +142,44 @@ public sealed class VirtualTagActorTests : RuntimeActorTestBase
         parent.ExpectMsg<VirtualTagActor.EvaluationResult>().Quality.ShouldBe(OpcUaQuality.Bad);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>02/S13 inputs-ready gate: a multi-dep script that fails before all its declared
+    /// dependencies have arrived publishes NO Bad — the node stays at the materialiser's
+    /// BadWaitingForInitialData, avoiding a false Bad flash during deploy/respawn warm-up.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Cold_start_failure_with_missing_dependency_publishes_no_Bad()
+    {
+        var parent = CreateTestProbe();
+        var actor = parent.ChildActorOf(VirtualTagActor.Props(
+            "vt-1", "expr",
+            evaluator: new FailingEvaluator("boom"),
+            dependencyRefs: new[] { "a", "b" }));
+
+        // Only "a" has arrived — "b" is still missing, so the gate suppresses the Bad publish.
+        actor.Tell(new VirtualTagActor.DependencyValueChanged("a", 1, DateTime.UtcNow));
+
+        parent.ExpectNoMsg(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(300));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>02/S13 inputs-ready gate: once every declared dependency has arrived at least once, a
+    /// failure publishes exactly one Bad EvaluationResult.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Failure_after_all_dependencies_arrived_publishes_Bad()
+    {
+        var parent = CreateTestProbe();
+        var actor = parent.ChildActorOf(VirtualTagActor.Props(
+            "vt-1", "expr",
+            evaluator: new FailingEvaluator("boom"),
+            dependencyRefs: new[] { "a", "b" }));
+
+        actor.Tell(new VirtualTagActor.DependencyValueChanged("a", 1, DateTime.UtcNow));
+        // Still missing "b" — no publish yet.
+        parent.ExpectNoMsg(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200));
+
+        // "b" arrives — all refs now seen, so the failure degrades to Bad.
+        actor.Tell(new VirtualTagActor.DependencyValueChanged("b", 2, DateTime.UtcNow));
+        parent.ExpectMsg<VirtualTagActor.EvaluationResult>().Quality.ShouldBe(OpcUaQuality.Bad);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Test evaluator returning a fixed sequence of results, one per Evaluate call; the last
     /// result repeats once the queue is drained.</summary>
     private sealed class QueuedEvaluator : IVirtualTagEvaluator