diff --git a/patches/meshcore/0010-Harden-emergency-forward-reliability.patch b/patches/meshcore/0010-Harden-emergency-forward-reliability.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43c97a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/meshcore/0010-Harden-emergency-forward-reliability.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h b/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h
+index 5eb71c6..7ee34c8 100644
+--- a/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h
++++ b/examples/companion_radio/BotTypes.h
+@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
+ #define BOT_COMMAND_COOLDOWN_MILLIS 5000UL
+ #define BOT_EMERGENCY_PREFIX "EMERGENCY MESSAGE FROM "
+ #define BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS 3
+-#define BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT_MILLIS 60000UL
+-#define BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT_COUNT 3
+ #define BOT_PENDING_EMERGENCY_SLOTS BOT_EMERGENCY_MAX_PARTS
+ #define BOT_COORDINATOR_PENDING_SLOTS 8
+ #define BOT_COORDINATOR_RECENT_SLOTS 16
+diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
+index 895be4b..89e130b 100644
+--- a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
++++ b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp
+@@ -960,23 +960,7 @@ bool MyMesh::findBotChannel(BotChannelKind kind, uint8_t &channel_idx) {
+   return false;
+ }
+ 
+-bool MyMesh::isEmergencyRateLimited() {
+-  unsigned long now = _ms->getMillis();
+-  if (!emergency_rate_window_started || millisHasNowPassed(emergency_rate_window_started + BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT_MILLIS)) {
+-    emergency_rate_window_started = now;
+-    emergency_rate_count = 0;
+-    return false;
+-  }
+-  return emergency_rate_count >= BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT_COUNT;
+-}
+-
+-void MyMesh::recordEmergencyRateLimitEvent() {
+-  if (emergency_rate_count < 0xFF) emergency_rate_count++;
+-}
+-
+ bool MyMesh::enqueueEmergencyForward(const BotMessage &message) {
+-  if (isEmergencyRateLimited()) return false;
+-
+   BotEmergencyForward forward;
+   if (!EmergencyForwarder::format(message, forward)) return false;
+ 
+@@ -999,7 +983,6 @@ bool MyMesh::enqueueEmergencyForward(const BotMessage &message) {
+     }
+   }
+ 
+-  recordEmergencyRateLimitEvent();
+   return true;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1175,10 +1158,10 @@ void MyMesh::sendQueuedEmergencyForwards() {
+ 
+     if (success) {
+       bot_stats.emergency_forwards++;
++      pending->active = false;
+     } else {
+       bot_stats.emergency_forward_failures++;
+     }
+-    pending->active = false;
+   }
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1561,8 +1544,6 @@ MyMesh::MyMesh(mesh::Radio &radio, mesh::RNG &rng, mesh::RTCClock &rtc, SimpleMe
+   ResponseCoordinator::clear(bot_coordinator_pending, BOT_COORDINATOR_PENDING_SLOTS);
+   ResponseCoordinator::clearRecent(bot_coordinator_recent, BOT_COORDINATOR_RECENT_SLOTS);
+   KnownBotRegistry::clear(known_bot_entries, BOT_KNOWN_BOT_SLOTS);
+-  emergency_rate_window_started = 0;
+-  emergency_rate_count = 0;
+   next_bot_local_advert = 0;
+   next_bot_flood_advert = 0;
+ #endif
+diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
+index e25f9a5..20497b7 100644
+--- a/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
++++ b/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.h
+@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ private:
+                           BotFingerprint response_fingerprint);
+   bool enqueueEmergencyForward(const BotMessage &message);
+   bool findBotChannel(BotChannelKind kind, uint8_t &channel_idx);
+-  bool isEmergencyRateLimited();
+-  void recordEmergencyRateLimitEvent();
+   void sendQueuedBotResponses();
+   void sendQueuedEmergencyForwards();
+   void tickBot();
+@@ -285,8 +283,6 @@ private:
+   BotCoordinatorPending bot_coordinator_pending[BOT_COORDINATOR_PENDING_SLOTS];
+   BotCoordinatorRecent bot_coordinator_recent[BOT_COORDINATOR_RECENT_SLOTS];
+   BotKnownBotEntry known_bot_entries[BOT_KNOWN_BOT_SLOTS];
+-  unsigned long emergency_rate_window_started;
+-  uint8_t emergency_rate_count;
+   unsigned long next_bot_local_advert;
+   unsigned long next_bot_flood_advert;
+ #endif
diff --git a/scripts/check-bot-safety.sh b/scripts/check-bot-safety.sh
index 518e428..f45959e 100644
--- a/scripts/check-bot-safety.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-bot-safety.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,31 @@ require_pattern 'recordBotObservation\(|sendQueuedEmergencyForwards\(|tickBot\('
   "${MESHCORE_DIR}/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp"
 require_pattern '_prefs\.path_hash_mode[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*1' 'bot firmware defaults to two-byte path hashes' \
   "${MESHCORE_DIR}/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp"
+if grep -R -n -E 'BOT_EMERGENCY_RATE_LIMIT|isEmergencyRateLimited|recordEmergencyRateLimitEvent|emergency_rate_window_started|emergency_rate_count' \
+  "${MESHCORE_DIR}/examples/companion_radio"; then
+  echo "Emergency forwarding must not be globally rate limited or dropped by a bot-local quota." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if ! python3 - "${MESHCORE_DIR}/examples/companion_radio/MyMesh.cpp" <<'PY'
+import re
+import sys
+text = open(sys.argv[1], encoding="utf-8").read()
+start = text.find("void MyMesh::sendQueuedEmergencyForwards() {")
+end = text.find("bool MyMesh::sendBotSelfAdvert", start)
+if start < 0 or end < 0:
+    sys.exit(1)
+body = text[start:end]
+success_block = re.search(r"if \(success\) \{(?P<block>.*?)\n    \} else \{", body, re.S)
+if not success_block or "pending->active = false;" not in success_block.group("block"):
+    sys.exit(1)
+else_block = re.search(r"\} else \{(?P<block>.*?)\n    \}\n  \}", body, re.S)
+if else_block and "pending->active = false;" in else_block.group("block"):
+    sys.exit(1)
+PY
+then
+  echo "Emergency forwards must stay queued after failed public sends." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 require_pattern 'CMESH_BOT_ENABLED=1' 'production bot build flag is enabled' \
   "${MESHCORE_DIR}/platformio.ini"
 require_pattern 'ENABLE_PRIVATE_KEY_IMPORT=0' 'private key import disabled in production bot flags' \