diff --git a/docs/testing.md b/docs/testing.md
index 64725841cf..a21d082712 100644
--- a/docs/testing.md
+++ b/docs/testing.md
@@ -227,6 +227,16 @@ Flaky tests are quarantined ON SIGHT and deleted on a 2-week clock. This is writ
 
 **The clock:** an entry expires 14 days after `quarantinedAt`. Whoever touches the suite and finds an expired entry deletes the test file, its ledger entry, and its config exclude (git history is the archive). `scripts/check-test-inventory.mjs --diff` stays deliberately unwired in CI because it would fail on exactly these deletions.
 
+### Quarantine deadline visibility check
+
+Run `pnpm check:quarantine-ledger` to print a soonest-deadline-first summary of `scripts/lib/test-quarantine.json`. The command uses the same 14-day deletion clock (`quarantinedAt + 14d`) as the velocity baseline and reports each entry as expired, near-deadline, healthy, or unknown when `quarantinedAt` is missing/invalid. It is a visibility aid only: default mode exits 0 even when entries are near or expired, preserving the deliberately-unwired policy and leaving rescue-or-delete decisions to maintainers.
+
+Flags:
+
+- `--warn-within=<days>` changes the near-deadline window from the default 5 days.
+- `--json` emits the computed rows plus summary counts for machine consumption.
+- `--strict` exits 1 when any entry is expired or near-deadline, for opt-in local or project-specific gates only. Do not wire this into `pretest`, `test:gate`, or other default blocking lanes without an explicit policy change.
+
 **Rescue** (before the clock runs out) requires both: evidence the test catches real regressions, and a root-cause fix for the flake. Stabilization passes — widened timeouts, retries, loosened assertions — are appeasement, not rescue, and are banned (for agents especially).
 
 ### Vitest timeout-appeasement guard
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 909f14cadc..7b16df5df9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "pretest:full": "node scripts/check-no-nohup.mjs && node scripts/check-no-kill-4040.mjs && node scripts/check-no-test-timeout-appeasement.mjs && node scripts/check-changeset-format.mjs",
     "check:line-count": "node scripts/check-file-line-count.mjs",
     "check:changesets": "node scripts/check-changeset-format.mjs",
+    "check:quarantine-ledger": "node scripts/check-quarantine-ledger.mjs",
     "test:gate": "node scripts/check-no-nohup.mjs && node scripts/check-no-kill-4040.mjs && node scripts/check-no-test-timeout-appeasement.mjs && node scripts/check-changeset-format.mjs && pnpm --filter @fusion/engine test:core && pnpm --filter @runfusion/fusion test:ci-shape",
     "smoke:boot": "node scripts/boot-smoke.mjs",
     "local": "node scripts/start-local.mjs",
diff --git a/scripts/__tests__/check-quarantine-ledger.test.mjs b/scripts/__tests__/check-quarantine-ledger.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf9b8a38ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/__tests__/check-quarantine-ledger.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import {
+  computeDeadlines,
+  main,
+  readLedger,
+  renderReport,
+} from "../check-quarantine-ledger.mjs";
+
+function captureStream() {
+  let text = "";
+  return {
+    stream: { write(chunk) { text += chunk; } },
+    get text() { return text; },
+  };
+}
+
+function tempRoot() {
+  return mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "fusion-quarantine-ledger-"));
+}
+
+function writeLedger(rootDir, ledger) {
+  const ledgerPath = path.join(rootDir, "scripts/lib/test-quarantine.json");
+  mkdirSync(path.dirname(ledgerPath), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(ledgerPath, `${JSON.stringify(ledger, null, 2)}\n`, "utf8");
+  return ledgerPath;
+}
+
+const fixedNow = new Date("2026-07-12T12:00:00.000Z");
+
+const fixtureLedger = {
+  entries: [
+    {
+      file: "healthy.test.ts",
+      reason: "fresh quarantine",
+      quarantinedAt: "2026-07-12",
+    },
+    {
+      file: "near.test.ts",
+      reason: "approaching deletion deadline",
+      quarantinedAt: "2026-07-04",
+    },
+    {
+      file: "expired.test.ts",
+      reason: "past deletion deadline",
+      quarantinedAt: "2026-06-27",
+    },
+    {
+      file: "unknown.test.ts",
+      reason: "missing quarantine date",
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+test("computeDeadlines buckets healthy, near, expired, and unknown entries", () => {
+  const rows = computeDeadlines(fixtureLedger, { now: fixedNow, warnWithinDays: 6 });
+  const byFile = Object.fromEntries(rows.map((row) => [row.file, row]));
+
+  assert.equal(byFile["healthy.test.ts"].status, "healthy");
+  assert.equal(byFile["healthy.test.ts"].daysRemaining, 14);
+  assert.equal(byFile["healthy.test.ts"].deadline, "2026-07-26");
+
+  assert.equal(byFile["near.test.ts"].status, "near");
+  assert.equal(byFile["near.test.ts"].daysRemaining, 6);
+
+  assert.equal(byFile["expired.test.ts"].status, "expired");
+  assert.ok(byFile["expired.test.ts"].daysRemaining <= 0);
+
+  assert.equal(byFile["unknown.test.ts"].status, "unknown");
+  assert.equal(byFile["unknown.test.ts"].daysRemaining, null);
+  assert.equal(byFile["unknown.test.ts"].deadline, null);
+});
+
+test("computeDeadlines sorts soonest deadline first with unknown entries last", () => {
+  const rows = computeDeadlines(fixtureLedger, { now: fixedNow, warnWithinDays: 6 });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(rows.map((row) => row.file), [
+    "expired.test.ts",
+    "near.test.ts",
+    "healthy.test.ts",
+    "unknown.test.ts",
+  ]);
+});
+
+test("renderReport handles an empty ledger without throwing", () => {
+  const rows = computeDeadlines({ entries: [] }, { now: fixedNow });
+  const report = renderReport(rows);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(rows, []);
+  assert.match(report, /Ledger is empty; nothing quarantined\./);
+  assert.match(report, /Summary: total=0 expired=0 near=0 healthy=0 unknown=0/);
+});
+
+test("readLedger tolerates a missing ledger and rejects non-array entries", () => {
+  const rootDir = tempRoot();
+  try {
+    assert.deepEqual(readLedger(path.join(rootDir, "missing.json")), { entries: [] });
+    const ledgerPath = writeLedger(rootDir, { entries: {} });
+    assert.throws(
+      () => readLedger(ledgerPath),
+      /quarantine ledger .* must have an "entries" array/,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(rootDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test("main is report-only by default but --strict fails on near or expired entries", () => {
+  const rootDir = tempRoot();
+  try {
+    const ledgerPath = writeLedger(rootDir, fixtureLedger);
+    const stdout = captureStream();
+    const stderr = captureStream();
+
+    assert.equal(main([], { rootDir, ledgerPath, stdout: stdout.stream, stderr: stderr.stream, now: fixedNow }), 0);
+    assert.match(stdout.text, /expired=1 near=0 healthy=2 unknown=1/);
+    assert.equal(stderr.text, "");
+
+    const strictStdout = captureStream();
+    assert.equal(main(["--strict", "--warn-within=6"], { rootDir, ledgerPath, stdout: strictStdout.stream, stderr: stderr.stream, now: fixedNow }), 1);
+
+    const healthyLedgerPath = writeLedger(rootDir, { entries: [{ file: "healthy.test.ts", quarantinedAt: "2026-07-12" }] });
+    const healthyStdout = captureStream();
+    assert.equal(main(["--strict"], { rootDir, ledgerPath: healthyLedgerPath, stdout: healthyStdout.stream, stderr: stderr.stream, now: fixedNow }), 0);
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(rootDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test("--json output parses and includes per-entry status and days remaining", () => {
+  const rootDir = tempRoot();
+  try {
+    const ledgerPath = writeLedger(rootDir, fixtureLedger);
+    const stdout = captureStream();
+    const stderr = captureStream();
+
+    assert.equal(main(["--json", "--warn-within=6"], { rootDir, ledgerPath, stdout: stdout.stream, stderr: stderr.stream, now: fixedNow }), 0);
+
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(stdout.text);
+    assert.equal(parsed.summary.expired, 1);
+    assert.equal(parsed.summary.near, 1);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      parsed.rows.map((row) => ({ file: row.file, status: row.status, daysRemaining: row.daysRemaining })),
+      [
+        { file: "expired.test.ts", status: "expired", daysRemaining: -1 },
+        { file: "near.test.ts", status: "near", daysRemaining: 6 },
+        { file: "healthy.test.ts", status: "healthy", daysRemaining: 14 },
+        { file: "unknown.test.ts", status: "unknown", daysRemaining: null },
+      ],
+    );
+    assert.equal(stderr.text, "");
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(rootDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/scripts/check-quarantine-ledger.mjs b/scripts/check-quarantine-ledger.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1aca8c281a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-quarantine-ledger.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/*
+FNXC:TestQuarantine 2026-07-12-00:00:
+The flaky-test deletion ratchet had no visibility tool for entries approaching the `quarantinedAt + 14d` deletion deadline.
+This report surfaces near-deadline quarantines so maintainers can make deliberate rescue-or-expire decisions while preserving the policy's report-only default; `--strict` is the opt-in enforcement path.
+*/
+
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+import { DEFAULT_QUARANTINE_PATH, DELETION_CLOCK_DAYS } from "./test-velocity-baseline.mjs";
+
+const MS_PER_DAY = 86_400_000;
+const DEFAULT_WARN_WITHIN_DAYS = 5;
+const REASON_MAX_LENGTH = 140;
+
+const currentFilePath = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const repoRoot = path.resolve(path.dirname(currentFilePath), "..");
+
+function toDate(value) {
+  if (!value) return null;
+  const parsed = new Date(value);
+  return Number.isNaN(parsed.getTime()) ? null : parsed;
+}
+
+function ageDays(quarantinedAt, now) {
+  const quarantinedAtDate = toDate(quarantinedAt);
+  if (!quarantinedAtDate) return null;
+  return Math.floor((now.getTime() - quarantinedAtDate.getTime()) / MS_PER_DAY);
+}
+
+function formatIsoDate(date) {
+  return date.toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+}
+
+function normalizeWarnWithinDays(value) {
+  const parsed = Number(value);
+  if (!Number.isInteger(parsed) || parsed < 0) {
+    throw new Error(`--warn-within must be a non-negative integer, got ${value}`);
+  }
+  return parsed;
+}
+
+function truncateReason(reason) {
+  const normalized = String(reason ?? "").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+  if (normalized.length <= REASON_MAX_LENGTH) return normalized;
+  return `${normalized.slice(0, REASON_MAX_LENGTH - 1)}…`;
+}
+
+function summarizeRows(rows) {
+  return rows.reduce(
+    (summary, row) => {
+      summary[row.status] += 1;
+      summary.total += 1;
+      return summary;
+    },
+    { total: 0, expired: 0, near: 0, healthy: 0, unknown: 0 },
+  );
+}
+
+export function readLedger(ledgerPath) {
+  if (!existsSync(ledgerPath)) {
+    return { entries: [] };
+  }
+
+  const json = JSON.parse(readFileSync(ledgerPath, "utf8"));
+  if (json?.entries != null && !Array.isArray(json.entries)) {
+    throw new Error(`quarantine ledger ${ledgerPath} must have an "entries" array`);
+  }
+  return json ?? { entries: [] };
+}
+
+export function computeDeadlines(json, { now = new Date(), warnWithinDays = DEFAULT_WARN_WITHIN_DAYS } = {}) {
+  const entries = Array.isArray(json?.entries) ? json.entries : [];
+  const rows = entries.map((entry, index) => {
+    const quarantinedAtDate = toDate(entry?.quarantinedAt);
+    const age = ageDays(entry?.quarantinedAt, now);
+    const daysRemaining = age == null ? null : DELETION_CLOCK_DAYS - age;
+    const deadlineDate = quarantinedAtDate == null
+      ? null
+      : new Date(quarantinedAtDate.getTime() + DELETION_CLOCK_DAYS * MS_PER_DAY);
+    let status = "unknown";
+    if (daysRemaining != null) {
+      if (daysRemaining <= 0) {
+        status = "expired";
+      } else if (daysRemaining <= warnWithinDays) {
+        status = "near";
+      } else {
+        status = "healthy";
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      index,
+      file: entry?.file ?? "unknown",
+      reason: entry?.reason ?? "",
+      quarantinedAt: entry?.quarantinedAt ?? null,
+      ageDays: age,
+      daysRemaining,
+      deadline: deadlineDate == null ? null : formatIsoDate(deadlineDate),
+      status,
+    };
+  });
+
+  return rows.sort((a, b) => {
+    if (a.deadline == null && b.deadline == null) return a.index - b.index;
+    if (a.deadline == null) return 1;
+    if (b.deadline == null) return -1;
+    return a.deadline.localeCompare(b.deadline) || a.file.localeCompare(b.file) || a.index - b.index;
+  });
+}
+
+export function renderReport(rows, { warnWithinDays = DEFAULT_WARN_WITHIN_DAYS } = {}) {
+  const summary = summarizeRows(rows);
+  const lines = [
+    "Quarantine ledger deadline report",
+    `Deletion clock: quarantinedAt + ${DELETION_CLOCK_DAYS} days; near-deadline window: ${warnWithinDays} days`,
+    `Summary: total=${summary.total} expired=${summary.expired} near=${summary.near} healthy=${summary.healthy} unknown=${summary.unknown}`,
+  ];
+
+  if (rows.length === 0) {
+    lines.push("Ledger is empty; nothing quarantined.");
+    return `${lines.join("\n")}\n`;
+  }
+
+  lines.push("Entries (soonest deadline first):");
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    const timing = row.status === "expired"
+      ? `EXPIRED (${Math.abs(row.daysRemaining)} day${Math.abs(row.daysRemaining) === 1 ? "" : "s"} overdue)`
+      : row.daysRemaining == null
+        ? "deadline unknown"
+        : `${row.daysRemaining} day${row.daysRemaining === 1 ? "" : "s"} remaining`;
+    const deadline = row.deadline == null ? "unknown" : row.deadline;
+    const reason = truncateReason(row.reason) || "no reason recorded";
+    lines.push(`- [${row.status}] ${row.file} — ${timing}; deadline=${deadline}; reason=${reason}`);
+  }
+
+  return `${lines.join("\n")}\n`;
+}
+
+function parseArgs(argv) {
+  const args = {
+    warnWithinDays: DEFAULT_WARN_WITHIN_DAYS,
+    json: false,
+    strict: false,
+    help: false,
+  };
+
+  for (const arg of argv) {
+    if (arg === "--json") {
+      args.json = true;
+    } else if (arg === "--strict") {
+      args.strict = true;
+    } else if (arg === "--help" || arg === "-h") {
+      args.help = true;
+    } else if (arg.startsWith("--warn-within=")) {
+      args.warnWithinDays = normalizeWarnWithinDays(arg.slice("--warn-within=".length));
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown argument: ${arg}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return args;
+}
+
+export function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2), { rootDir = repoRoot, stdout = process.stdout, stderr = process.stderr, now = new Date(), ledgerPath = path.join(rootDir, DEFAULT_QUARANTINE_PATH) } = {}) {
+  let args;
+  try {
+    args = parseArgs(argv);
+  } catch (error) {
+    stderr.write(`${error.message}\n`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  if (args.help) {
+    stdout.write("Usage: node scripts/check-quarantine-ledger.mjs [--warn-within=<days>] [--json] [--strict]\n");
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  let ledger;
+  try {
+    ledger = readLedger(ledgerPath);
+  } catch (error) {
+    stderr.write(`Failed to read quarantine ledger: ${error.message}\n`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  const rows = computeDeadlines(ledger, { now, warnWithinDays: args.warnWithinDays });
+  const summary = summarizeRows(rows);
+  if (args.json) {
+    stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ summary, rows }, null, 2)}\n`);
+  } else {
+    stdout.write(renderReport(rows, { warnWithinDays: args.warnWithinDays }));
+  }
+
+  return args.strict && (summary.expired > 0 || summary.near > 0) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+if (process.argv[1] && fileURLToPath(import.meta.url) === process.argv[1]) {
+  process.exitCode = main();
+}