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@@ -4819,6 +4819,12 @@ subscription is the thing that actually runs out.
 
 - **Armed is not correct.** `exhaustionDetectionArmed: true` means a pattern is configured, not
   that it matches what this backend prints. A wrong pattern reports as armed.
+- **After a reload, the field lies — fleetd #404, open.** `exhaustedPattern` is a **deferred** key:
+  the patterns are compiled once into a map at startup and a reload never re-reads them. The field
+  reads the *live* config instead. So if you add a pattern to `fleetd.yaml` and reload, the field
+  flips to `true` while detection stays off until the daemon restarts. Until #404 lands, trust the
+  field only on a freshly started daemon, and **restart after editing `exhaustedPattern`** — the
+  reload report is the honest door here, and it names `profiles` as needing a restart.
 - **`errorPattern` has the same opt-in shape** and is not covered by this report. It is less
   severe: with none set, the code falls back to a narrow built-in pattern rather than going inert.
 - **The startup call site is not pinned by a test.** Deleting `reportExhaustedPatternGap(cfg)` from