diff --git a/gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py b/gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py
index 68434a1549..1901867a14 100644
--- a/gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py
+++ b/gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ class GatewayProfileReconcileMixin:
             # Only acknowledge the configuration observed before connecting;
             # a setup save during an awaited handshake needs another scan.
             scan_signature = profile_serve_signature(current[name])
+            if name in changed:
+                self._drop_stale_platform_verdicts(name)
             try:
                 connected = await self._start_one_profile_adapters(name, current[name], claimed)
             except MultiplexConfigError as exc:
@@ -328,6 +330,19 @@ class GatewayProfileReconcileMixin:
         result["served_profiles"] = self.served_profile_names()
         return result
 
+    def _drop_stale_platform_verdicts(self, name: str) -> None:
+        """Before a changed profile's rescan, drop its ``<name>:<platform>`` status entries for
+        platforms with no live or queued adapter: the rescan re-publishes every verdict that still
+        holds, so a fatal/disabled entry about a credential the user just removed can't outlive it."""
+        from gateway.run import _write_runtime_status_quiet
+        live = set((getattr(self, "_profile_adapters", None) or {}).get(name) or {})
+        live |= set((getattr(self, "_profile_failed_platforms", None) or {}).get(name) or {})
+        noted = getattr(self, "_unserved_secondary_platforms", None)
+        if isinstance(noted, set):
+            noted -= {entry for entry in noted if entry[0] == name}
+        _write_runtime_status_quiet(drop_profile_platforms=name,
+                                    keep_platforms={f"{name}:{getattr(p, 'value', p)}" for p in live})
+
     def _parked_profile_names(self) -> list:
         """Profiles that exist but could not be served (unusable store, home owned elsewhere); boot's
         ``initialize_gateway_runtime`` parks into the same published ``name -> reason`` map."""
diff --git a/gateway/status.py b/gateway/status.py
index 1fa16014e0..614607a913 100644
--- a/gateway/status.py
+++ b/gateway/status.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime, timezone, UTC
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Callable, NamedTuple, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable, NamedTuple, Optional
 from hermes_dir_acl import make_user_dir
 
 from gateway.status_inline_source import (
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ def _prepare_runtime_status_update(
     parked_profiles: Any = _UNSET, multiplex_standalone_reason: Any = _UNSET,
     platform_metrics: Any = _UNSET,
     ingress_url: Any = _UNSET, listener_base: Any = _UNSET, clear_profile_platforms: bool = False,
-    drop_profile_platforms: Optional[str] = None,
+    drop_profile_platforms: Optional[str] = None, keep_platforms: Iterable[str] = (),
     load_existing: bool = True, reload_existing: bool = False,
 ) -> tuple[Path, dict[str, Any], dict[str, Any]]:
     """Merge one update into the process-wide canonical status snapshot."""
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ def _prepare_runtime_status_update(
             payload["platforms"] = {
                 k: v for k, v in payload["platforms"].items()
                 if not isinstance(k, str) or ":" not in k
-                or (drop_prefix is not None and not k.startswith(drop_prefix))
+                or (drop_prefix is not None and not k.startswith(drop_prefix)) or k in keep_platforms
             }
         payload.update({key: current_record[key] for key in ("kind", "pid", "argv", "start_time")})
         payload["updated_at"] = _utc_now_iso()
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_reconcile_drops_stale_platform_verdicts.py b/tests/gateway/test_reconcile_drops_stale_platform_verdicts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab63f9724c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_reconcile_drops_stale_platform_verdicts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+"""A changed profile's rescan drops status verdicts about credentials the user removed.
+
+Removing a duplicated bot token from a secondary profile's .env must clear its
+``<profile>:<platform>`` fatal entry (Desktop: "Backend telegram down"), while a
+platform that is still live keeps its entry.
+"""
+import json
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from gateway.config import Platform
+from gateway.status import flush_runtime_status, publish_runtime_status
+from tests.gateway.test_multiplex_hot_serve import _mkprofile, _runner
+
+
+def _platforms(home):
+    flush_runtime_status()
+    return json.loads((home / "gateway_state.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8")).get("platforms") or {}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_rescan_drops_fatal_for_removed_credential_keeps_live(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    runner, home = _runner(tmp_path, monkeypatch)
+    alpha = _mkprofile(home, "alpha", "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=alpha-token\n")
+    with patch("hermes_cli.profiles.get_active_profile_name", return_value="default"):
+        await runner._start_secondary_profile_adapters()
+        assert Platform.DISCORD in runner._profile_adapters["alpha"]
+        publish_runtime_status(platform="alpha:discord", platform_state="connected")
+        publish_runtime_status(platform="alpha:telegram", platform_state="fatal",
+                               error_code="duplicate_credential", error_message="dup")
+        publish_runtime_status(platform="telegram", platform_state="connected")
+        assert _platforms(home)["alpha:telegram"]["state"] == "fatal"
+
+        # User deletes the copied TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN line: the .env change triggers a rescan.
+        (alpha / ".env").write_text("DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=alpha-token\n# edited\n", encoding="utf-8")
+        assert (await runner.reconcile_served_profiles())["rescanned"] == ["alpha"]
+
+        platforms = _platforms(home)
+        assert "alpha:telegram" not in platforms
+        assert platforms["alpha:discord"]["state"] == "connected"
+        assert platforms["telegram"]["state"] == "connected"