diff --git a/hermes_state_search.py b/hermes_state_search.py
index 4f7744fb4cfc2..117840a4610a9 100644
--- a/hermes_state_search.py
+++ b/hermes_state_search.py
@@ -1208,7 +1208,8 @@ def rebuild_fts(self) -> int:
 
         Uses the FTS5 ``'rebuild'`` command, which rewrites the internal b-tree segments from the content
         rows. Unlike ``optimize_fts`` (which merges existing segments), ``rebuild`` discards and recreates
-        the index data entirely. See #50502.
+        the index data entirely — the more destructive of the two, so it is quarantined the same way. See
+        #50502.
         A full structural rebuild must never run concurrently in two processes sharing one state.db — that
         interleaving has structurally corrupted the database in production (PR #93200) — so this admits
         through the cross-process ``fts_rebuild_admission`` authority and FAILS CLOSED: if another process
@@ -1217,6 +1218,8 @@ def rebuild_fts(self) -> int:
         path, which retries in-process from the gateway housekeeping tick (``retry_deferred_fts_recovery``)
         and at next startup.
         """
+        self._raise_if_db_corrupt()
+        self._raise_if_db_replaced()
         rebuilt = 0
         with fts_rebuild_admission(self.db_path) as admitted:
             if not admitted:
diff --git a/tests/hermes_state/test_state_db_corrupt_quarantine.py b/tests/hermes_state/test_state_db_corrupt_quarantine.py
index 05475ba3aacec..4228abf6603a9 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_state/test_state_db_corrupt_quarantine.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_state/test_state_db_corrupt_quarantine.py
@@ -307,3 +307,26 @@ def test_optimize_fts_refuses_when_quarantined(self, tmp_path, flag_name, expect
             _clear_flag(db, flag_name)
             db._conn = real_conn
             db.close()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("flag_name,expected_exc", _QUARANTINE_FLAGS)
+    def test_rebuild_fts_refuses_when_quarantined(self, tmp_path, flag_name, expected_exc):
+        """rebuild_fts() is reachable outside _execute_write's own quarantine check — the gateway's
+        FTS-corruption transcript-retry path (gateway/session_transcript.py::_rebuild_fts_once)
+        calls it directly. Unlike optimize_fts ("merges existing segments"), rebuild_fts "discards
+        and recreates the index data entirely" — strictly more destructive — so it must refuse at
+        least as eagerly."""
+        db = SessionDB(db_path=tmp_path / "state.db")
+        real_conn = db._conn
+        try:
+            db.create_session(session_id="s1", source="cli", model="test")
+            db.append_message("s1", role="user", content="hello world")
+            recorder = _RecordingConn(real_conn)
+            db._conn = recorder
+            _force_flag(db, flag_name)
+            with pytest.raises(expected_exc):
+                db.rebuild_fts()
+            assert recorder.recorded == []
+        finally:
+            _clear_flag(db, flag_name)
+            db._conn = real_conn
+            db.close()