diff --git a/scripts/tools/daily-checkin-data.mjs b/scripts/tools/daily-checkin-data.mjs
index 79cae767..1501ca1d 100644
--- a/scripts/tools/daily-checkin-data.mjs
+++ b/scripts/tools/daily-checkin-data.mjs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import {
   approximateDeployedSha,
+  buildHealthEmailQuery,
   buildWorkersQuery,
   collectWorkflowRuns,
   deriveBaselineFlag,
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ const d1 = probe(() => {
     ? d1Query(`SELECT queue, job_type, substr(exception, 1, 160) exception, COUNT(*) count, MIN(failed_at) first_failed_at, MAX(failed_at) last_failed_at FROM failed_jobs WHERE failed_at >= ${sinceSec} GROUP BY queue, job_type, substr(exception, 1, 160) ORDER BY count DESC LIMIT 10`)
     : null
   const healthEmail = has('daily_health_checks')
-    ? parseHealthEmailRows(d1Query(`SELECT report_date, health_status, delivery_status, recipient, sent_at, error, summary_json FROM daily_health_checks ORDER BY report_date DESC LIMIT 2`))
+    ? parseHealthEmailRows(d1Query(buildHealthEmailQuery()))
     : null
   const recentJobBatches = has('job_batches')
     ? d1Query(`SELECT id, name, total_jobs, pending_jobs, failed_jobs, created_at, updated_at, finished_at FROM job_batches ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 10`)
diff --git a/scripts/tools/daily-checkin-observability.mjs b/scripts/tools/daily-checkin-observability.mjs
index 3e83b222..c18d51dc 100644
--- a/scripts/tools/daily-checkin-observability.mjs
+++ b/scripts/tools/daily-checkin-observability.mjs
@@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ function stringArray(value, field) {
   return value
 }
 
+// The gate is one sent operator report per Melbourne date, so the read has to
+// show enough days to verify continuity. The old two-row page could only ever
+// verify the two newest dates, which is how a gap three days back stayed
+// invisible. Melbourne runs up to one day ahead of UTC, so eight UTC days is
+// the smallest bound that always covers seven Melbourne dates. `report_date`
+// is the table's primary key, so a row cap equal to the window can never hide
+// an in-window date.
+export function buildHealthEmailQuery() {
+  return `SELECT report_date, health_status, delivery_status, recipient, sent_at, error, summary_json FROM daily_health_checks WHERE report_date >= date('now', '-8 days') ORDER BY report_date DESC LIMIT 8`
+}
+
 export function parseHealthEmailRows(rows) {
   return rows.map((row) => {
     const summary = (() => {
diff --git a/test/unit/daily-checkin-observability.test.ts b/test/unit/daily-checkin-observability.test.ts
index 682cfc87..2f638fac 100644
--- a/test/unit/daily-checkin-observability.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/daily-checkin-observability.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
   approximateDeployedSha,
+  buildHealthEmailQuery,
   buildWorkersQuery,
   collectWorkflowRuns,
   deriveBaselineFlag,
@@ -107,6 +108,24 @@ describe('daily check-in observability', () => {
     )).toContain('filter: {scriptName: "skilld-dev"')
   })
 
+  // The one-sent-report-per-Melbourne-date gate needs more than the two newest
+  // days: a two-row page cannot show continuity, so a gap three days back was
+  // invisible. report_date is the table's primary key, so the row cap can equal
+  // the window without ever hiding an in-window date.
+  it('bounds the health email read to a window that covers a week of Melbourne dates', () => {
+    const query = buildHealthEmailQuery()
+
+    const windowDays = Number(query.match(/report_date >= date\('now', '-(\d+) days'\)/)?.[1])
+    // Melbourne runs up to one day ahead of UTC, so eight UTC days is the
+    // smallest bound that always covers seven Melbourne dates.
+    expect(windowDays).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(8)
+
+    const limit = Number(query.match(/LIMIT (\d+)\s*$/)?.[1])
+    expect(limit).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(windowDays)
+
+    expect(query).toContain('ORDER BY report_date DESC')
+  })
+
   // The exact shape from issue #195: the routine ran on 2026-09-09 and not
   // again until the 21:40Z slot six days later, so every "overnight" rate in
   // the archive covered six days while reading as an ordinary window.