diff --git a/action/finding-evidence-bounds.test.cts b/action/finding-evidence-bounds.test.cts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91726ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/action/finding-evidence-bounds.test.cts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const test = require("node:test");
+const { validateFindingEvidenceBounds } = require("./post.cts");
+
+function evidence(retained: number, sampled: number, truncated: boolean): any {
+  return {
+    findings: Array.from({ length: retained }, () => ({})),
+    findings_truncated: truncated,
+    counters: {
+      total_violations: sampled,
+      sampled_violations: sampled,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+test("accepts resident finding evidence at producer boundaries", () => {
+  assert.equal(validateFindingEvidenceBounds(evidence(0, 0, false)).findings.length, 0);
+  assert.equal(validateFindingEvidenceBounds(evidence(1, 1, false)).findings.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(validateFindingEvidenceBounds(evidence(1024, 1024, false)).findings.length, 1024);
+  assert.equal(validateFindingEvidenceBounds(evidence(1024, 1025, true)).findings.length, 1024);
+});
+
+test("rejects resident finding evidence the producer cannot emit", () => {
+  for (const invalid of [
+    { ...evidence(0, 0, false), findings: "not-an-array" },
+    evidence(1025, 1025, false),
+    evidence(1023, 1024, true),
+    evidence(1, 2, false),
+    evidence(1024, 1024, true),
+  ]) {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => validateFindingEvidenceBounds(invalid),
+      /bounded network findings/,
+    );
+  }
+});
diff --git a/action/post.cts b/action/post.cts
index 56b8acd..feb25f3 100644
--- a/action/post.cts
+++ b/action/post.cts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const MANIFEST = path.join(ACTION_ROOT, "bundle-manifest.json");
 const EVIDENCE_SETTLE_INTERVAL_MILLISECONDS = 40;
 const EVIDENCE_SETTLE_MAX_READS = 4;
 const EVIDENCE_SETTLE_TIMEOUT_NANOSECONDS = 160_000_000n;
+const MAX_RETAINED_FINDINGS = 1024;
 const CHILD_ENV = {
   LANG: "C.UTF-8",
   LC_ALL: "C.UTF-8",
@@ -99,6 +100,31 @@ function networkEvidenceCounters(report: any): { total: number; sampled: number
   };
 }
 
+function validateFindingEvidenceBounds(report: any): any {
+  const findings = report.findings;
+  const counters = networkEvidenceCounters(report);
+  if (
+    !Array.isArray(findings) ||
+    findings.length > MAX_RETAINED_FINDINGS ||
+    typeof report.findings_truncated !== "boolean" ||
+    (
+      report.findings_truncated &&
+      findings.length !== MAX_RETAINED_FINDINGS
+    ) ||
+    (
+      !report.findings_truncated &&
+      counters.sampled !== findings.length
+    ) ||
+    (
+      report.findings_truncated &&
+      counters.sampled <= findings.length
+    )
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("Fence resident report does not contain bounded network findings");
+  }
+  return report;
+}
+
 function settleResidentReport(
   reportPath: string,
   unit: string,
@@ -221,7 +247,9 @@ function main(): void {
     readJsonBounded(reportPath, MAX_REPORT_BYTES, "Fence report"),
     false,
   );
-  const report = settleResidentReport(reportPath, paths.unit, initialReport);
+  const report = validateFindingEvidenceBounds(
+    settleResidentReport(reportPath, paths.unit, initialReport),
+  );
   let dnsEvidence;
   const effectiveDnsReportPath = dnsReportPath || paths.dnsReport;
   if (fs.existsSync(effectiveDnsReportPath)) {
@@ -318,7 +346,7 @@ function main(): void {
   for (const warning of resultsStorageWarnings(dnsEvidence)) {
     log.warning(warning);
   }
-  validateReport(report, true);
+  validateFindingEvidenceBounds(validateReport(report, true));
   const auditDestinationCount = auditSummary.hostnameRows.length + auditSummary.ipRows.length;
   const evidenceLine = log.postEvidenceLine(report, auditDestinationCount);
   if (evidenceLine) {
@@ -337,4 +365,4 @@ if (require.main === module) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { main, settleResidentReport };
+module.exports = { main, settleResidentReport, validateFindingEvidenceBounds };
diff --git a/script/test-action-wrapper b/script/test-action-wrapper
index 3c60132..313e41c 100755
--- a/script/test-action-wrapper
+++ b/script/test-action-wrapper
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source script/env "$@"
 require_cmd node
 
 node -e 'require("./action/lib.cts"); require("./action/main.cts"); require("./action/post.cts")'
-node --test action/test.cts
+node --test action/test.cts action/finding-evidence-bounds.test.cts
 python3 -B -E script/lib/host_observation.py --self-test
 python3 -B -E script/lib/action_bundle_host.py --self-test
 script/test-action-bundle-provenance