What this means
Steel should show a failed state explicitly and avoid pretending the newest attempt completed cleanly.
Recommended action
Try the scan again first.
If failures repeat, review recent environment or plugin changes.
Check whether the site is under unusual filesystem restrictions, timing pressure, or plugin conflicts.
- Run the scan again
- Review debug-safe logs if your environment supports them
- Check whether server-protection or other plugins are blocking expected reads
What Steel Security can do
Individual checks are designed to degrade to `Skipped` findings where possible so one weak probe does not collapse the whole run.