diff --git a/docs/concepts/scopes.md b/docs/concepts/scopes.md
index a692c5b..11519bd 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/scopes.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/scopes.md
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ announced purge. If the call fails, the
 rows stay, and [`purge-scopes`](../operations/commands.md#purge-scopes) catches them later.
 The global scope `''` is refused. A generation message still queued for the deleted scope
 is refused before the provider is called, once the host no longer declares the scope, and a
-run of that scope already started stops before its next batch.
+run of that scope already started stops before its next batch; if the provider fails on the
+batch it had sent, the keys never sent get no errored row under the deleted code.
 `ScopePurger::findStoredScopes()` lists the scopes the bundle stores something for, with
 what each holds. See the [decision record](../adr/0025-a-deleted-scope-is-purged-journal-kept.md).
 
diff --git a/docs/public-contract.md b/docs/public-contract.md
index 86b3b10..d83b859 100644
--- a/docs/public-contract.md
+++ b/docs/public-contract.md
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ and only change in a major version:
   (`InvalidOverrideException`), when the host declares scopes: a message queued for a scope
   deleted since bills nothing. The scope is checked again before every batch: a run whose
   scope is deleted meanwhile stops before its next batch, journaled as a failure, and
-  throws the same exception. Only the batch already with the provider is billed.
+  throws the same exception. Only the batch already with the provider is billed; if that
+  batch fails, the keys never sent get no errored suggestion in the scope that is gone.
 - **A key that has a pending suggestion is not sent**, an errored one included, unless the run
   retries errors.
 - **The keys of a batch are reserved before the provider is called**: stored as errored
diff --git a/src/Suggestion/SuggestionGenerator.php b/src/Suggestion/SuggestionGenerator.php
index be8b57d..66395db 100644
--- a/src/Suggestion/SuggestionGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Suggestion/SuggestionGenerator.php
@@ -522,7 +522,12 @@ private function storeFailures(array $texts, array &$done, array &$new, array $e
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->suggestionRepository->transactional(function () use ($texts, &$done, &$new, $errored, $error, $catalogue, $targetLocale, $sourceLocale, $providerName, $scope, $onlyMissing): void {
+        // A scope deleted (and purged) while the failing batch was with the provider gets no
+        // new row: a scope created again under its code would find errored suggestions
+        // nobody asked it for, and the purge command no longer sees the code.
+        $scopeKnown = $this->scopes->isKnownScope($scope);
+
+        $this->suggestionRepository->transactional(function () use ($texts, &$done, &$new, $errored, $error, $catalogue, $targetLocale, $sourceLocale, $providerName, $scope, $onlyMissing, $scopeKnown): void {
             // The rows already stored are re-read and locked: one reviewed while the run
             // went on (filled by hand and approved, rejected) is never written over.
             $stillErrored = $this->lockStillPendingByKey(array_intersect_key($errored, $texts));
@@ -535,7 +540,7 @@ private function storeFailures(array $texts, array &$done, array &$new, array $e
                     $this->recordFailure($stillErrored[$key], $error, $providerName, $sourceValue);
                 } elseif (isset($errored[$key])) {
                     $this->logLeftOut('AI translation failure not recorded: the errored suggestion was reviewed while the run went on.', $catalogue, $targetLocale, $scope, $key);
-                } else {
+                } elseif ($scopeKnown) {
                     $failed = $new[] = TranslationSuggestion::failed($key, $catalogue, $targetLocale, $sourceValue, $sourceLocale, $providerName, $error, $scope);
                     $failed->setMetadata([self::ONLY_MISSING => $onlyMissing]);
                     $this->suggestionRepository->saveDeferred($failed);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Suggestion/TranslationAiServiceTest.php b/tests/Unit/Suggestion/TranslationAiServiceTest.php
index 7f71242..33d8c20 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Suggestion/TranslationAiServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Suggestion/TranslationAiServiceTest.php
@@ -488,6 +488,55 @@ public function getAvailableScopes(): array
         self::assertSame('b2b', $this->recordedLogs[0]->getScope());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The scope deleted (and purged) while the first batch is with the provider, which then
+     * fails: the keys of the batches never sent get no errored row in the scope that is gone.
+     */
+    public function testAProviderFailureAfterTheScopeIsDeletedLeavesNoNewRowInIt(): void
+    {
+        $messages = [];
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 25; ++$i) {
+            $messages[\sprintf('k%02d', $i)] = \sprintf('V%02d', $i);
+        }
+
+        $scopes = new class implements ScopeProviderInterface {
+            /** @var array<string, string> */
+            public array $available = ['b2b' => 'B2B'];
+
+            public function getScope(): ?string
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            public function getAvailableScopes(): array
+            {
+                return $this->available;
+            }
+        };
+        $service = $this->createService(
+            frMessages: $messages,
+            enMessages: [],
+            pending: [],
+            translator: static function () use ($scopes): string {
+                $scopes->available = ['retail' => 'Retail'];
+
+                throw TranslationProviderException::requestFailed('stub', 'quota exceeded');
+            },
+            scopeProvider: $scopes,
+        );
+
+        try {
+            $service->generateSuggestions('messages', 'en_US', 'fr_FR', scope: 'b2b');
+            self::fail('The run was expected to fail.');
+        } catch (TranslationProviderException) {
+        }
+
+        self::assertCount(1, $this->providerCalls);
+        self::assertCount(20, $this->stagedRowsByKey(), 'Only the reserved keys of the first batch have a row.');
+        self::assertCount(1, $this->recordedLogs);
+        self::assertTrue($this->recordedLogs[0]->isFailure());
+    }
+
     /** An every-key run sends the keys that have a value: one written during the run is no exception. */
     public function testAnEveryKeyRunStillSendsAKeyGivenAValueDuringTheRun(): void
     {