diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc/FailoverSecretsHubReader.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc/FailoverSecretsHubReader.cs
index 8ad8fe4..161fdc8 100644
--- a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc/FailoverSecretsHubReader.cs
+++ b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc/FailoverSecretsHubReader.cs
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ internal sealed partial class FailoverSecretsHubReader : ISecretsHubReader
                 nameof(endpointLabels));
         }
 
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(logger);
+
         _readers = readers;
         _endpointLabels = endpointLabels;
-        _logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+        _logger = logger;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -115,11 +117,13 @@ internal sealed partial class FailoverSecretsHubReader : ISecretsHubReader
 
                 if (attempt < _readers.Count - 1)
                 {
-                    // The message carries the two endpoint URIs and the status code — nothing from
-                    // the exception detail, which is server-authored text no credential belongs in
-                    // but this node cannot vouch for.
+                    // The exception object is deliberately NOT attached to this warning: sinks
+                    // render an attached exception's ToString(), which for RpcException includes
+                    // Status.Detail — server-authored text no credential belongs in but this node
+                    // cannot vouch for. The two endpoint URIs plus the status code are what make
+                    // the warning actionable, and the terminal failure still reaches the sweep's
+                    // catch-all with the full exception when every endpoint has failed.
                     LogEndpointFailedOver(
-                        ex,
                         _endpointLabels[index],
                         ex.StatusCode,
                         _endpointLabels[(start + attempt + 1) % _readers.Count]);
@@ -137,5 +141,5 @@ internal sealed partial class FailoverSecretsHubReader : ISecretsHubReader
         Level = LogLevel.Warning,
         Message = "Secrets hub endpoint {FailedEndpoint} did not answer ({StatusCode}); failing over to {NextEndpoint}.")]
     private partial void LogEndpointFailedOver(
-        Exception exception, string failedEndpoint, StatusCode statusCode, string nextEndpoint);
+        string failedEndpoint, StatusCode statusCode, string nextEndpoint);
 }
diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc/SecretsGrpcHubClientOptions.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc/SecretsGrpcHubClientOptions.cs
index a832079..f5c8c04 100644
--- a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc/SecretsGrpcHubClientOptions.cs
+++ b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc/SecretsGrpcHubClientOptions.cs
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ public sealed class SecretsGrpcHubClientOptions
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>
     /// Getter-only so the configuration binder adds entries to this instance rather than needing a
-    /// setter. Each entry carries the same http-cleartext caveat as <see cref="Endpoint"/>: a plain
-    /// <c>http</c> fallback sends <see cref="BearerToken"/> in cleartext on every failed-over call.
+    /// setter. Mutating the list after <see cref="Validate"/> has run is unsupported — the DI
+    /// extension reads it exactly once, at registration, to shape the channel graph. Each entry
+    /// carries the same http-cleartext caveat as <see cref="Endpoint"/>: a plain <c>http</c>
+    /// fallback sends <see cref="BearerToken"/> in cleartext on every failed-over call.
     /// </remarks>
     public IList<string> FallbackEndpoints { get; } = [];
 
diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc.Tests/FailoverSecretsHubReaderTests.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc.Tests/FailoverSecretsHubReaderTests.cs
index 6c4c1b6..e5c1cf1 100644
--- a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc.Tests/FailoverSecretsHubReaderTests.cs
+++ b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc.Tests/FailoverSecretsHubReaderTests.cs
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ public sealed class FailoverSecretsHubReaderTests
         }
 
         Assert.Equal(1, _logger.WarningCount);
+
+        // The exception object must not ride along either: sinks render an attached exception's
+        // ToString(), which for RpcException includes Status.Detail — the very text the message
+        // template deliberately excludes. A clean message with the exception attached would still
+        // leak in production, so the warning must carry NO exception at all.
+        Assert.All(_logger.WarningExceptions, Assert.Null);
     }
 
     [Fact]
diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc.Tests/TestDoubles.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc.Tests/TestDoubles.cs
index ed412a7..0b4e05d 100644
--- a/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc.Tests/TestDoubles.cs
+++ b/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Secrets.Replicator.Grpc.Tests/TestDoubles.cs
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@ internal sealed class RecordingLogger<TCategory> : ILogger<TCategory>
     /// <summary>Formatted messages logged at <see cref="LogLevel.Warning"/>.</summary>
     public List<string> Warnings { get; } = [];
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The exception object attached to each Warning entry, index-aligned with
+    /// <see cref="Warnings"/>. Captured separately from the formatted message because real sinks
+    /// ALSO render an attached exception's <c>ToString()</c> — for <c>RpcException</c> that includes
+    /// <c>Status.Detail</c> — so a leak test that only scans the message would miss that channel.
+    /// </summary>
+    public List<Exception?> WarningExceptions { get; } = [];
+
     /// <summary>Count of information entries.</summary>
     public int InformationCount => Information.Count;
 
@@ -161,6 +169,7 @@ internal sealed class RecordingLogger<TCategory> : ILogger<TCategory>
                 break;
             case LogLevel.Warning:
                 Warnings.Add(message);
+                WarningExceptions.Add(exception);
                 break;
             default:
                 break;