diff --git a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner-reusable.yml
index 4131af91..c7170194 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner-reusable.yml
@@ -131,11 +131,50 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Check for hardcoded secrets in Rust
+        env:
+          # Findings outside ./src (newly visible — see the scan-scope note
+          # below) warn until this date, then block. Same warn-then-enforce
+          # idiom and same cutoff as check-package-policy.sh /
+          # check-docs-presence.sh.
+          ENFORCE_RUST_WIDE_SCAN_FROM: '2026-08-21'
         run: |
+          TODAY="${RUST_TODAY:-$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)}"
+
+          # An unparseable cutoff would pick the warn branch forever, silently
+          # disarming the widened scan. Refuse to run instead.
+          require_date() {
+            case "$2" in
+              [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-1][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]) : ;;
+              *) echo "::error::rust-secrets: $1='$2' is not YYYY-MM-DD."
+                 echo "Refusing to run: an unparseable cutoff would disarm this gate."
+                 exit 1 ;;
+            esac
+          }
+          require_date ENFORCE_RUST_WIDE_SCAN_FROM "$ENFORCE_RUST_WIDE_SCAN_FROM"
+          require_date RUST_TODAY "$TODAY"
+
           if ! find . -name Cargo.toml -not -path './target/*' -print -quit | grep -q .; then
             echo 'No Cargo.toml found — skipping Rust secrets check'
             exit 0
           fi
+
+          # Scan every .rs file, not just ./src. A Cargo workspace keeps its
+          # code in crates/*/src, and the previous `grep … src/` matched
+          # nothing there: grep exits 2 on a missing directory, which the `if`
+          # read as "clean". Measured 2026-07-21 across the 64 Rust repos in
+          # the estate re-pin sweep: 8 (12.5%) have no root src/ and were
+          # therefore never scanned at all — a planted secret in
+          # crates/core/src/lib.rs passed this job silently.
+          mapfile -t FILES < <(find . -name '*.rs' \
+            -not -path './target/*' -not -path '*/target/*' \
+            -not -path './vendor/*' -not -path '*/vendor/*' \
+            -not -path './.git/*' -print)
+          if [ ${#FILES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo 'Cargo.toml present but no .rs files — nothing to scan'
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          echo "Scanning ${#FILES[@]} Rust file(s)."
+
           PATTERNS=(
             'const.*SECRET.*=.*"'
             'const.*KEY.*=.*"[a-zA-Z0-9]{16,}"'
@@ -145,18 +184,74 @@ jobs:
             'password.*=.*"[^"]+"'
           )
 
-          found=0
+          # Exemptions, mirroring the four layers already documented on
+          # shell-secrets. All match on the VALUE or on an explicit pragma,
+          # never on a file path: a path-based exemption would blind the job
+          # to a genuine secret in the same file (the failure mode the
+          # .gitleaks.toml allowlist was rewritten to avoid, standards#512).
+          #
+          #  1. env-lookup RHS — `env::var("NAME")` IS the practice this job
+          #     exists to enforce, so flagging it fails the correct code. This
+          #     was the sole rust-secrets failure in the 201-repo sweep:
+          #     cloudguard-server src/main.rs:59,
+          #     `let api_key = env::var("CLOUDGUARD_API_KEY").ok();`. Anchored
+          #     to the assignment and stopped at `;`, so a literal secret with
+          #     an unrelated env::var mention later on the line still trips.
+          #  2. URL values — an OAuth endpoint is public and not a credential.
+          #     `const MS_TOKEN_URL = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/…"`
+          #     tripped `const.*TOKEN.*=.*"` in four places in one repo.
+          #  3. comment lines — documentation of a pattern is not a live secret.
+          #  4. inline pragma `// scanner-allow: rust-secrets`.
+          COMMENT='^[^:]*:[0-9][0-9]*:[[:space:]]*(//|/\*|\*)'
+          ENV_RHS='=[^;]*(env::var|env::var_os|std::env|env!\(|option_env!\(|from_env|dotenv)'
+          URL_RHS='=[[:space:]]*b?"(https?|wss?|ftp)://'
+          PRAGMA='scanner-allow:[[:space:]]*rust-secrets'
+
+          blocking=0
+          advisory=0
           for pattern in "${PATTERNS[@]}"; do
-            if grep -rn --include="*.rs" -E "$pattern" src/; then
+            hits="$(grep -nHE "$pattern" "${FILES[@]}" 2>/dev/null \
+              | grep -vE "$COMMENT" \
+              | grep -vE "$ENV_RHS" \
+              | grep -vE "$URL_RHS" \
+              | grep -vE "$PRAGMA" || true)"
+            [ -n "$hits" ] || continue
+
+            # ./src was the only path the previous version scanned. Hits there
+            # keep blocking exactly as before — no regression. Hits outside it
+            # are newly visible, so they warn until the cutoff rather than
+            # reddening repos that were never actually being scanned.
+            old_scope="$(printf '%s\n' "$hits" | grep -E '^\./src/' || true)"
+            new_scope="$(printf '%s\n' "$hits" | grep -vE '^\./src/' || true)"
+
+            if [ -n "$old_scope" ]; then
+              printf '%s\n' "$old_scope"
               echo "WARNING: Potential hardcoded secret found matching: $pattern"
-              found=1
+              blocking=1
+            fi
+            if [ -n "$new_scope" ]; then
+              printf '%s\n' "$new_scope"
+              if [[ "$TODAY" < "$ENFORCE_RUST_WIDE_SCAN_FROM" ]]; then
+                echo "::warning::Potential hardcoded secret outside ./src matching:" \
+                     "$pattern — becomes BLOCKING on $ENFORCE_RUST_WIDE_SCAN_FROM (today is $TODAY)."
+                advisory=1
+              else
+                echo "WARNING: Potential hardcoded secret found matching: $pattern"
+                blocking=1
+              fi
             fi
           done
 
-          if [ $found -eq 1 ]; then
+          if [ "$blocking" -eq 1 ]; then
             echo "::error::Potential hardcoded secrets detected. Use environment variables instead."
             exit 1
           fi
+          if [ "$advisory" -eq 1 ]; then
+            # Never claim a clean pass while findings are outstanding.
+            echo "NOT YET ENFORCED: findings outside ./src are advisory until $ENFORCE_RUST_WIDE_SCAN_FROM."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          echo 'No hardcoded secrets detected in Rust sources.'
 
   # Shell-specific: catch hardcoded credentials in shell scripts.
   # Added to canonical 2026-05-21 after default gitleaks missed a real