diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6944d796..98e92338 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,38 @@ above.
 | Redeem (request) | `request_redeem` | [`d6c02ee0…7524`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/d6c02ee0868235fd12c280ba8c4e17fd6d63f4a117e9c48a897185c72dc97524) |
 | Withdraw (claim cash) | `claim_redeem` | [`27a81778…db64`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/27a8177877ecac5a4c87c1b4bed12e5f8664ca387f13fd9c05f8062ec68bdb64) |
 
+## Redemption queue
+
+The notice-period queue on testnet, against the contract IDs above, run by the
+harness scenario [`redemption-queue.test.ts`](./scripts/harness/redemption-queue.test.ts)
+on 2026-11-02. Repeat it on a seeded deployment:
+
+```sh
+HARNESS_NETWORK=testnet npm run seed                            # once: holders hold shares
+HARNESS_NETWORK=testnet npm run test:queue -w scripts/harness   # prints `tx <label> <hash>`
+```
+
+The treasury deploys the free reserve first, so the redemption that follows is
+larger than the cash left in the vault. All steps are in epoch 3.
+
+| Step | Account | Entrypoint | Transaction |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Deploy the free reserve to the custodian (5,499 USDC) | treasury | `deploy_to_custodian` | [`93f5fad4…3c59`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/93f5fad45b33751197ee31de6062a70dbff058d69a98fc176aa8f193a5c93c59) |
+| Request a redemption (10 shares) | holder-2 | `request_redeem` | [`3c507d84…ee38`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/3c507d84b1b5bc40d1fd4fc231731f28ccef7aaaaa126a3ec07e16a9315aee38) |
+| Cancel it before the epoch closes | holder-2 | `cancel_redeem` | [`bd35fdcd…15c6`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/bd35fdcd76cae0938b753926c1b2094a660c49b0199cbccab4479678ef6d15c6) |
+| Request again (1,001 shares) | holder-2 | `request_redeem` | [`0b72ab37…4681`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/0b72ab37c7057aae3fe5466d4dc906a14bf54db20a900535d7a3be24066e4681) |
+| Seal the epoch | manager | `close_epoch` | [`d1f52849…7ec3`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/d1f528498e377777bf3dc941c137dbaf6653cc0ff4821b9563fffa7797a77ec3) |
+| Attest the NAV | attester | `attest` | [`14daff3d…3543`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/14daff3d640ebb5b84ca71cc2ba9326b43a57d3f50855adb70bf657b710e3543) |
+| Price the epoch | any account | `fulfill_epoch` | [`2f3b4564…9902`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/2f3b4564afd92014d0db369a707e9f82eb0d16cd107e7c41a0b1afea9c689902) |
+| Return the capital | custodian | `fund` | [`074cc4be…24fd`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/074cc4be2972a3ff27f3ea6ea332fa3a97da04bd460ef39eaf8c12abb71924fd) |
+| Claim the cash (1,001 USDC) | holder-2 | `claim_redeem` | [`8d169333…0eee`](https://stellar.expert/explorer/testnet/tx/8d169333d36a929616df933d64aa67b8e075a886d07b40d007b0d8696a180eee) |
+
+Once the epoch is priced the vault owes 1,001 USDC more against 1,000 USDC of
+liquid reserve, so `uncovered()` is above zero. The claim at that point is
+refused with `ClaimNotCovered`. It fails at simulation and leaves no
+transaction, so the evidence of the short reserve is the pricing transaction
+before it and the `fund` that clears it.
+
 ## Vault figures
 
 The [live dApp](https://strata-vault-kit-app.vercel.app) shows Withdrawable and
diff --git a/scripts/harness/README.md b/scripts/harness/README.md
index c7bd8ff5..da6d08ab 100644
--- a/scripts/harness/README.md
+++ b/scripts/harness/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ CI runs these in the `js` job through the root `npm run test`.
 # Run test suites
 npm run test:happy-path
 npm run test:guards
+
+# The redemption queue on a seeded deployment (`npm run seed`); prints each
+# transaction as `tx <label> <hash>`
+npm run test:queue
 ```
 
 `HARNESS_NETWORK` picks the network: `local` (the default) or `testnet`.
diff --git a/scripts/harness/lib/clients.ts b/scripts/harness/lib/clients.ts
index b8f0bc53..ba0963e4 100644
--- a/scripts/harness/lib/clients.ts
+++ b/scripts/harness/lib/clients.ts
@@ -76,16 +76,29 @@ export const complianceContract = (c: Connected, as: Keypair) =>
 
 interface Sendable<T> {
 	simulation?: unknown
-	signAndSend(): Promise<{ result: T }>
+	signAndSend(): Promise<{
+		result: T
+		sendTransactionResponse?: { hash: string }
+	}>
 }
 
-export async function send<T>(tx: Promise<Sendable<T>>): Promise<T> {
+// A label makes the run print `tx <label> <hash>`, so a scenario can be
+// linked to an explorer afterwards.
+export async function send<T>(
+	tx: Promise<Sendable<T>>,
+	label?: string,
+): Promise<T> {
 	const awaited = await tx
 	const simulation = awaited.simulation as { error?: string } | undefined
 	if (simulation?.error !== undefined) {
 		throw new Error(`simulation failed: ${simulation.error}`)
 	}
-	return (await awaited.signAndSend()).result
+	const sent = await awaited.signAndSend()
+	const hash = sent.sendTransactionResponse?.hash
+	if (label !== undefined && hash !== undefined) {
+		console.log(`tx ${label} ${hash}`)
+	}
+	return sent.result
 }
 
 export function usdcBalance(c: Connected, address: string): Promise<bigint> {
diff --git a/scripts/harness/lib/oracle.ts b/scripts/harness/lib/oracle.ts
index 285bb446..25bacf6e 100644
--- a/scripts/harness/lib/oracle.ts
+++ b/scripts/harness/lib/oracle.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ export function navInput(nav: bigint): NavInput {
 }
 
 // The cooldown is ledger time, so the second attestation of a run waits it out.
-export async function attest(c: Connected, nav: bigint): Promise<void> {
+export async function attest(
+	c: Connected,
+	nav: bigint,
+	label?: string,
+): Promise<void> {
 	const attester = c.keys.attester
 	const client = oracle(c, attester)
 	const deadline = Date.now() + (c.net.oracle.cooldown_secs + 60) * 1_000
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ export async function attest(c: Connected, nav: bigint): Promise<void> {
 		})
 		const result = outcome(tx, client)
 		if (result === "accepted") {
-			await send(Promise.resolve(tx))
+			await send(Promise.resolve(tx), label)
 			return
 		}
 		if (result !== "refused: CooldownActive") throw new Error(result)
diff --git a/scripts/harness/package.json b/scripts/harness/package.json
index a86309af..e4dd3aaa 100644
--- a/scripts/harness/package.json
+++ b/scripts/harness/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "test:happy-path": "vitest run happy-path.test.ts",
     "test:guards": "vitest run guards.test.ts",
     "test:wind-down": "vitest run wind-down.test.ts",
+    "test:queue": "vitest run redemption-queue.test.ts",
     "seed": "tsx seed.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/harness/redemption-queue.test.ts b/scripts/harness/redemption-queue.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac017725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/harness/redemption-queue.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest"
+
+import { assetsFor, price, sharesFor, units } from "./lib/amounts.js"
+import {
+	connect,
+	oracle,
+	send,
+	shareToken,
+	usdcBalance,
+	vault,
+	type Connected,
+} from "./lib/clients.js"
+import { waitForNotice } from "./lib/notice.js"
+import { attest } from "./lib/oracle.js"
+import { expectRefused } from "./lib/refused.js"
+
+// The redemption queue on a seeded deployment (`npm run seed`): holder-2
+// already holds shares and has no request in the open epoch. Every transaction
+// prints `tx <label> <hash>`.
+const c: Connected = connect()
+const holder = c.keys["holder-2"]
+const { custodian, manager, treasury, outsider } = c.keys
+
+let decimals = 7
+const cancelled = () => units(10, decimals)
+
+const reader = vault(c, outsider)
+const vaultId = c.deployment.contracts.async_vault
+const shares = async (who: string) =>
+	(await shareToken(c, outsider).balance({ account: who })).result
+const epochStatus = async (id: bigint) =>
+	(await reader.get_epoch({ epoch_id: id })).result?.status.tag
+const request = async (who: string, id: bigint) =>
+	(await reader.get_redeem_request({ epoch_id: id, holder: who })).result
+
+let nav = price(1)
+let epoch = 0n
+let deployed = 0n
+let redeemed = 0n
+let owed = 0n
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+	decimals = (await shareToken(c, outsider).decimals()).result
+	// The vault prices at the oracle's standing valuation, so the run attests it
+	// again rather than a price the deviation cap could refuse.
+	try {
+		nav = (await oracle(c, outsider).latest()).result.nav_per_share
+	} catch {
+		nav = price(1)
+	}
+})
+
+// A claim is refused only when the liquid reserve is below that claim, and
+// the reserve already holds what earlier exits are owed. So the treasury
+// deploys the free reserve first, and the redemption is sized above what is
+// left. Pricing an epoch releases the deposits it holds into the reserve, so
+// the open epoch must hold none.
+describe("a reserve that cannot cover an exit", () => {
+	it("the treasury deploys the whole free reserve", async () => {
+		expect((await reader.uncovered()).result).toBe(0n)
+		expect(
+			(await reader.cancellable_escrow()).result,
+			"the open epoch holds deposits: seal and price it first",
+		).toBe(0n)
+		deployed = (await reader.free_reserve()).result
+		expect(deployed).toBeGreaterThan(0n)
+		await send(
+			vault(c, treasury).deploy_to_custodian({
+				caller: treasury.publicKey(),
+				assets: deployed,
+			}),
+			"deploy_to_custodian treasury",
+		)
+		expect((await reader.free_reserve()).result).toBe(0n)
+	})
+})
+
+describe("request and cancel", () => {
+	it("the holder has the shares and no request in the open epoch", async () => {
+		epoch = (await reader.current_epoch()).result
+		const liquid = (await reader.liquid_reserve()).result
+		redeemed = sharesFor(liquid, nav) + units(1, decimals)
+		expect(
+			await shares(holder.publicKey()),
+			`holder-2 needs ${redeemed + cancelled()} shares: run npm run seed first`,
+		).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(redeemed + cancelled())
+		expect(await request(holder.publicKey(), epoch)).toBeFalsy()
+	})
+
+	it("the holder requests a redemption in the open epoch", async () => {
+		const before = await shares(holder.publicKey())
+		const vaultBefore = await shares(vaultId)
+		expect(
+			await send(
+				vault(c, holder).request_redeem({
+					holder: holder.publicKey(),
+					shares: cancelled(),
+				}),
+				"request_redeem holder-2",
+			),
+		).toBe(epoch)
+		expect(await shares(holder.publicKey())).toBe(before - cancelled())
+		expect(await shares(vaultId)).toBe(vaultBefore + cancelled())
+	})
+
+	it("the holder cancels before the epoch closes and the shares return", async () => {
+		const before = await shares(holder.publicKey())
+		expect(
+			await send(
+				vault(c, holder).cancel_redeem({
+					holder: holder.publicKey(),
+					epoch_id: epoch,
+				}),
+				"cancel_redeem holder-2",
+			),
+		).toBe(cancelled())
+		expect(await shares(holder.publicKey())).toBe(before + cancelled())
+		expect(await request(holder.publicKey(), epoch)).toBeFalsy()
+	})
+
+	it("refuses to cancel the same request twice", async () => {
+		const v = vault(c, holder)
+		expectRefused(
+			await v.cancel_redeem({ holder: holder.publicKey(), epoch_id: epoch }),
+			v,
+			"RequestNotFound",
+		)
+	})
+
+	it("the holder requests again, for more than the vault has left in cash", async () => {
+		const before = await shares(holder.publicKey())
+		expect(
+			await send(
+				vault(c, holder).request_redeem({
+					holder: holder.publicKey(),
+					shares: redeemed,
+				}),
+				"request_redeem holder-2 again",
+			),
+		).toBe(epoch)
+		expect(await shares(holder.publicKey())).toBe(before - redeemed)
+	})
+})
+
+describe("pricing", () => {
+	it("the manager seals the epoch", async () => {
+		expect(
+			await send(
+				vault(c, manager).close_epoch({ caller: manager.publicKey() }),
+				"close_epoch manager",
+			),
+		).toBe(epoch)
+		expect(await epochStatus(epoch)).toBe("Pending")
+	})
+
+	it("the attester prices it and an account with no role fulfils it", async () => {
+		await attest(c, nav, "attest attester")
+		await waitForNotice(c, reader, epoch)
+		expect(
+			await send(
+				vault(c, outsider).fulfill_epoch({ epoch_id: epoch }),
+				"fulfill_epoch outsider",
+			),
+		).toBe(nav)
+		expect(await epochStatus(epoch)).toBe("Fulfilled")
+		owed = assetsFor(redeemed, nav)
+	})
+})
+
+describe("reserve short", () => {
+	it("the redemption is owed but the vault cannot cover it", async () => {
+		const committed = (await reader.committed()).result
+		const liquid = (await reader.liquid_reserve()).result
+		expect(committed).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(owed)
+		expect(liquid).toBeLessThan(owed)
+		expect((await reader.uncovered()).result).toBe(committed - liquid)
+		expect((await reader.uncovered()).result).toBeGreaterThan(0n)
+	})
+
+	it("the claim is refused, with nothing paid", async () => {
+		const v = vault(c, holder)
+		expectRefused(
+			await v.claim_redeem({ holder: holder.publicKey(), epoch_id: epoch }),
+			v,
+			"ClaimNotCovered",
+		)
+	})
+
+	it("fund returns the capital and uncovered falls to zero", async () => {
+		await send(
+			vault(c, custodian).fund({
+				caller: custodian.publicKey(),
+				assets: deployed,
+			}),
+			"fund custodian",
+		)
+		expect((await reader.uncovered()).result).toBe(0n)
+	})
+
+	it("the holder claims the cash", async () => {
+		const before = await usdcBalance(c, holder.publicKey())
+		const paid = await send(
+			vault(c, holder).claim_redeem({
+				holder: holder.publicKey(),
+				epoch_id: epoch,
+			}),
+			"claim_redeem holder-2",
+		)
+		expect(paid).toBe(owed)
+		expect(await usdcBalance(c, holder.publicKey())).toBe(before + paid)
+	})
+})