diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-scout.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-scout.yml
index 3bcadb0..239dee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-scout.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-scout.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 name: Docker Scout CVE Scan
 on:
+  # Also as soon as a new image is on Docker Hub: until 2026-10-24 the scan, and the
+  # Security Posture gate that reads it, kept describing the image a release had
+  # replaced until somebody dispatched them by hand.
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Build and Push Docker Image"]
+    types: [completed]
   # The scan reads maksimtech/patchradar:latest from Docker Hub, so it is only
   # meaningful once a new image is published — which happens on a tag, not on a
   # push to main. Without this, re-scanning after a release meant re-running an
@@ -15,6 +21,8 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   scout:
     name: Docker Scout
+    # After a push that failed, Docker Hub still has the old image: nothing to rescan.
+    if: github.event_name != 'workflow_run' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
     runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-posture.yml b/.github/workflows/security-posture.yml
index 4dd08ee..8c79a23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-posture.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-posture.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ on:
   # review date that passes while nobody pushes has to fail on its own.
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 6 * * 1'
+  # After Docker Scout has read a newly published image: the alerts it closes and
+  # opens are what main's verdict is about, and until 2026-10-24 that verdict
+  # waited for the next push or for somebody to run this by hand.
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Docker Scout CVE Scan"]
+    types: [completed]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2aa54a7..a8d1776 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ what has already shipped, and for nothing else. See `RELEASING.md`.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **Docker Scout scans the image as soon as it is published, and Security Posture reads that scan.**
+  The scan reads `latest` from Docker Hub but ran only on a push to main, weekly or by hand: after the
+  certifi release the gate stayed red on the replaced image until both were dispatched by hand.
+  `docker-scout.yml` now follows the image workflow (`workflow_run`, successful runs only) and
+  `security-posture.yml` follows the scan. `docs/nis2-compliance.md` already said the scan ran on every image build; now it does, and `tests/test_scan_after_publish.py`
+  holds them together.
+
 ## [2026.48] - 2026-10-23
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/tests/test_scan_after_publish.py b/tests/test_scan_after_publish.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8a6327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_scan_after_publish.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+"""Docker Scout reads the image as soon as it is published, and the Security Posture gate reads that scan.
+
+Docker Scout scans maksimtech/patchradar:latest from Docker Hub. It ran on a push to main, on a schedule and by
+hand, never after a new image was pushed: on 2026-10-24, after the certifi release, every Radar's gate stayed red
+on the published image's old certifi until Docker Scout was dispatched by hand, image by image, and the gate run
+again. Now the scan follows the workflow that pushes the image, and the gate follows the scan.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+
+WORKFLOWS = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / ".github" / "workflows"
+# The workflows that push maksimtech/patchradar to Docker Hub
+IMAGE_WORKFLOWS = ["Build and Push Docker Image"]
+
+
+def load(name: str) -> dict:
+    return yaml.safe_load((WORKFLOWS / name).read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+
+def triggers(workflow: dict) -> dict:
+    # YAML 1.1 reads the bare key `on` as the boolean True
+    return workflow.get("on", workflow.get(True)) or {}
+
+
+def names_of_workflows() -> set[str]:
+    return {load(path.name).get("name") for path in WORKFLOWS.glob("*.yml")}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def scout() -> dict:
+    return load("docker-scout.yml")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def posture() -> dict:
+    return load("security-posture.yml")
+
+
+def test_the_scan_follows_the_workflow_that_pushes_the_image(scout):
+    run = triggers(scout).get("workflow_run")
+    assert run, "docker-scout.yml has no workflow_run trigger"
+    assert sorted(run["workflows"]) == sorted(IMAGE_WORKFLOWS)
+    assert run["types"] == ["completed"]
+
+
+def test_the_workflows_it_follows_exist():
+    """workflow_run matches by name: a misspelt one would make the trigger silently never fire."""
+    assert set(IMAGE_WORKFLOWS) <= names_of_workflows()
+
+
+def test_a_failed_push_triggers_no_scan(scout):
+    """Nothing new is on Docker Hub when the image workflow failed: scanning would re-read the old image."""
+    for job in scout["jobs"].values():
+        condition = " ".join(str(job.get("if", "")).split())
+        assert "github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'" in condition
+        assert "github.event_name != 'workflow_run'" in condition
+
+
+def test_the_gate_follows_the_scan(posture):
+    run = triggers(posture).get("workflow_run")
+    assert run, "security-posture.yml has no workflow_run trigger"
+    assert run["workflows"] == ["Docker Scout CVE Scan"]
+    assert run["types"] == ["completed"]
+    assert "Docker Scout CVE Scan" in names_of_workflows()
+
+
+def test_the_scan_still_runs_by_hand_and_on_its_schedule(scout):
+    on = triggers(scout)
+    assert "workflow_dispatch" in on and "schedule" in on
+
+
+def test_the_customer_document_says_when_the_image_is_scanned():
+    """docs/nis2-compliance.md is held to what the repository does: the row for Docker Scout names the build."""
+    doc = (WORKFLOWS.parent.parent / "docs" / "nis2-compliance.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    row = next(line for line in doc.splitlines() if line.startswith("| `Docker Scout` |"))
+    assert "ogni build dell'immagine" in row