diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/api-reference.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/api-reference.md
index 445adc8..d23734c 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/api-reference.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/api-reference.md
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ sealed class JobAttribute : Attribute
 
 enum OverlapPolicy { Skip, Queue, Concurrent }
 enum BackoffStrategy { Fixed, Exponential, ExponentialJitter }
+enum JobState
+{
+	AwaitingContinuation, AwaitingParameters, Scheduled, Pending, Active,
+	Succeeded, Failed, Cancelled, Skipped
+}
 
 sealed class QueueDefinitionAttribute : Attribute
 {
@@ -128,8 +133,9 @@ ValueTask<JobHandle> AddToBatchAsync(
 `ContinuationTrigger.Success` waits for every parent to succeed. `Failure` waits for every parent
 to become terminal and then runs when at least one failed. `Complete` waits for every parent to
 become terminal regardless of outcome. A `BatchHandle` is a single parent whose state becomes
-`Failed` when any item in the completed batch failed; cancellation alone does not satisfy
-`Failure`.
+`Failed` when any item in the completed batch failed; cancellation or skipped branches alone do
+not satisfy `Failure`. When a `Success` or `Failure` condition cannot be satisfied, the child and
+any ineligible descendants become terminal `Skipped` records.
 
 | `ContinuationOptions`           | Batch membership | Effect on the current job's existing continuations               |
 | ------------------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -220,11 +226,19 @@ interface IJobBatchMonitor
 		string batchId, BatchMemberQuery query, CancellationToken token = default);
 	ValueTask<BatchGraph?> GetGraphAsync(string batchId, CancellationToken token = default);
 }
+
+sealed record BatchStatus(
+	string Id, BatchState State,
+	int Total, int Succeeded, int Failed, int Cancelled, int Skipped, int Remaining,
+	DateTimeOffset CreatedAt, DateTimeOffset? StartedAt, DateTimeOffset? CompletedAt,
+	double FractionSettled
+);
 ```
 
 `BatchMemberQuery` and `JobBatchQuery` contain optional state, `Skip`, and `Take = 100`.
 `JobStatus`, `BatchStatus`, `BatchMemberStatus`, `BatchGraph`, `BatchGraphNode` and
-`BatchGraphEdge` are immutable monitoring records.
+`BatchGraphEdge` are immutable monitoring records. `FractionSettled` includes every terminal
+outcome, including `Skipped`.
 
 ## Dashboard
 
@@ -281,8 +295,8 @@ each `ScheduledJobCapture<T>` contains `Id`, `Payload`, `RunAt`, and `GroupId`.
 it exposes `Services`, `Storage`, `TimeProvider`, and `Batches`. Operations are `DrainAsync`, both
 `AdvanceTimeAndDrainAsync` overloads, `QueryJobsAsync`, both `GetJobAsync` overloads, both
 `AssertEnqueuedAsync<T>` overloads, `AssertBatchCommittedAtomicallyAsync`,
-`AssertContinuationReleasedAfterAsync`, `AssertCascadeCancelledAsync`, and
-`RunThroughPipelineAsync<T>`.
+`AssertContinuationReleasedAfterAsync`, `AssertCascadeSkippedAsync`, its compatibility alias
+`AssertCascadeCancelledAsync`, and `RunThroughPipelineAsync<T>`.
 
 ## Custom storage contracts
 
@@ -290,9 +304,11 @@ it exposes `Services`, `Storage`, `TimeProvider`, and `Batches`. Operations are
 | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `IJobStorage`          | Initialize; enqueue; lease/acquire/renew; persist execution telemetry; complete/fail; query/status; retry/delete/purge; heartbeat and health. |
 | `IRecurringJobStorage` | Upsert/remove/pause/resume schedules; identify due rows; uniquely materialize each occurrence; reconcile obsolete code-defined schedules.     |
-| `IJobGraphStorage`     | Atomically enqueue batches/edges; settle and release/cascade dependencies; add mid-run members; monitor/cancel/delete/purge graphs.           |
+| `IJobGraphStorage`     | Atomically enqueue batches/edges; settle and release/skip dependencies; add mid-run members; monitor/cancel/delete/purge graphs.              |
 | `IJobStorageReplica`   | Restore durable records and mirror explicit acquisitions for the single-server wrapper.                                                       |
 
 `StorageCapabilities` flags are `Queue`, `Recurring` and `Graph`; call
 `storage.GetCapabilities()` to detect the optional interfaces. Low-level `JobRecord`, acquisition,
 definition and graph persistence records are provider contracts, not application scheduling APIs.
+`IJobStorage.RetryAsync` accepts `Failed` and `Scheduled`: a scheduled invocation is moved to
+`Pending` immediately while retaining its attempt count and latest failure details.
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/batches-and-continuations.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/batches-and-continuations.md
index 8859aed..9622ea6 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/batches-and-continuations.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/batches-and-continuations.md
@@ -102,15 +102,18 @@ handles from unrelated open batches are rejected. `ScheduleAfterAsync(BatchHandl
 the entire prior batch. `batches.Begin(previousBatch, trigger)` creates a follow-up batch whose
 root members all depend on it.
 
-| `ContinuationTrigger` | Child is released when…                                                      |
-| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `Success`             | all parents succeed; otherwise the child is cascade-cancelled.               |
-| `Failure`             | all parents are terminal and at least one failed; otherwise it is cancelled. |
-| `Complete`            | all parents reach any terminal state.                                        |
+| `ContinuationTrigger` | Condition and unmatched outcome                                                      |
+| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `Success`             | Released when every parent succeeds; skipped when a parent settles unsuccessfully.   |
+| `Failure`             | Released after every parent settles if at least one failed; otherwise skipped.       |
+| `Complete`            | Released after every parent reaches any terminal state; it has no unmatched outcome. |
 
 For a continuation attached to a `BatchHandle`, the batch is one parent. It becomes `Failed` after
 all of its items finish when **any item failed**, so a `Failure` continuation is released in that
-case. Cancelled items alone make the batch `Cancelled` and do not satisfy `Failure`.
+case. Explicitly cancelled items alone make the batch `Cancelled`, while skipped branches do not
+fail the batch. Neither outcome satisfies `Failure`. Conditional branches that are not selected
+become terminal `Skipped` records, and skipping propagates through descendants whose own triggers
+cannot be satisfied.
 
 ## Expanding a running workflow
 
@@ -159,5 +162,7 @@ except for detached scheduling, the current job must belong to a batch. `IJOB001
 
 </Callout>
 
-Monitor a graph through `IJobBatchMonitor.GetStatusAsync`, `QueryMembersAsync` and `GetGraphAsync`,
-or use the dashboard's workflow view and batch cancel/delete operations.
+Monitor a graph through `IJobBatchMonitor.GetStatusAsync`, `QueryMembersAsync` and `GetGraphAsync`.
+`BatchStatus` counts succeeded, failed, cancelled and skipped members separately; a batch can
+succeed when every executed member succeeded even if conditional branches were skipped. The
+dashboard exposes the same progress and workflow states alongside batch cancel/delete operations.
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/configuring-storage-providers.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/configuring-storage-providers.md
index 1f7c03d..9244b36 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/configuring-storage-providers.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/configuring-storage-providers.md
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ support graph workflows or fair queues.
 
 Storage initialization is idempotent provider startup, not a substitute for controlled production
 schema evolution. Keep migrations/bootstrap and provider packages at the same preview revision as
-the core package.
+the core package. The batch table now includes a non-null `SkippedCount` column; existing SQL
+schemas created before that field need an application-owned migration that defaults it to zero.
 
 </Callout>
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/creating-jobs.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/creating-jobs.md
index 4ff5bf9..d0eeedc 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/creating-jobs.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/creating-jobs.md
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ rejected. Interfaces, abstract types, open generics, pointers, delegates, ref-li
 unsupported `System` types are also rejected.
 
 Prefer records or classes with a public constructor whose parameters match their public members.
-Constructor availability is not currently an analyzer error, so a type that receives metadata but
-cannot be constructed by `System.Text.Json` can still fail when a worker deserializes it. Generated
-metadata is used for both serialization and Native AOT; no reflection fallback is needed.
+Public `init` properties that are not constructor parameters are also supported, including
+optional and `required` properties; generated metadata initializes them through an object
+initializer. Constructor availability is not currently an analyzer error, so a type that receives
+metadata but cannot be constructed by `System.Text.Json` can still fail when a worker deserializes
+it. Generated metadata is used for both serialization and Native AOT; no reflection fallback is
+needed.
 
 A payloadless job receives `EmptyJobRequest`:
 
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/dashboard-and-monitoring.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/dashboard-and-monitoring.md
index 431902b..fc95799 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/dashboard-and-monitoring.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/dashboard-and-monitoring.md
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ Without `RequireAuthorization`, every dashboard endpoint is development-only and
 other environments. Treat the dashboard as an administrative surface: it exposes payloads,
 errors, identifiers and mutations. A named policy applies to UI assets and APIs together.
 
-The UI shows queue/state totals, recent history, jobs and details, recurring schedules, scheduler
-servers, batches and workflow graphs. Graph views appear only for graph-capable storage.
+The UI shows queue/state totals, including skipped work, recent history, jobs and details,
+recurring schedules, scheduler servers, batches and workflow graphs. Graph views appear only for
+graph-capable storage.
 
 ## Dashboard UI
 
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ servers, batches and workflow graphs. Graph views appear only for graph-capable
 
 The Jobs view lists recent executions and their current state. Select a job to inspect its
 invocation, execution metadata, payload, errors and any application-defined telemetry links.
+Failed jobs offer **Retry**; scheduled first attempts and delayed retries offer **Run now**, which
+moves the existing invocation to `Pending` without changing its attempt or failure history.
 
 <figure class="not-prose my-8">
     <img
@@ -80,8 +83,9 @@ invocation, execution metadata, payload, errors and any application-defined tele
 
 ### Follow batch workflows
 
-The Batches view visualizes the jobs in a batch and the continuations between them. Select a node
-to inspect that job without losing the surrounding workflow context.
+The Batches view visualizes the jobs in a batch and the continuations between them. Progress and
+workflow nodes distinguish skipped conditional branches from explicitly cancelled work. Select a
+node to inspect that job without losing the surrounding workflow context.
 
 <figure class="not-prose my-8">
     <img
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@ All paths below are relative to the mapped prefix.
 | `GET /api/jobs`                               | Filter by `state`, `queue`, `search`; `skip`; `take` 1–200 (default 50). |
 | `GET /api/jobs/{jobId}`                       | Latest durable record.                                                   |
 | `GET /api/jobs/{jobId}/telemetry-links`       | Configured trace/log destinations.                                       |
-| `POST /api/jobs/{jobId}/retry`                | Retry failed work.                                                       |
+| `POST /api/jobs/{jobId}/retry`                | Retry failed work or run scheduled work now.                             |
 | `DELETE /api/jobs/{jobId}`                    | Delete terminal work.                                                    |
 | `GET /api/recurring`                          | Recurring schedules.                                                     |
 | `POST /api/recurring/{name}/trigger`          | Materialize an immediate invocation.                                     |
@@ -154,6 +158,11 @@ All paths below are relative to the mapped prefix.
 | `GET /api/events`                             | SSE `state` snapshots at `UpdateInterval`.                               |
 | `GET /api/batches/{id}/stream`                | SSE `status` and `graph` events on change.                               |
 
+Successful retry, delete, pause, resume and batch mutations return `204`; recurring trigger returns
+`202`. A mutation returns `404` when its job, batch or recurring schedule does not exist (or the
+provider lacks the required capability), and `409` when the resource exists but its lifecycle
+state does not allow the operation.
+
 SSE sends `retry: 3000`, disables proxy buffering and ends when the request is aborted. It is a
 poll-backed live view, not a durable event log; clients must refresh after reconnecting.
 
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/delivery-guarantees.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/delivery-guarantees.md
index f7e9d20..a81a6ce 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/delivery-guarantees.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/delivery-guarantees.md
@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ scheduler, accepting that the relay itself also needs idempotency.
 
 ## Lifecycle
 
-| State                  | Meaning                                                     |
-| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `Pending`              | Due for acquisition now.                                    |
-| `Scheduled`            | Persisted for a future `DueAt`.                             |
-| `AwaitingContinuation` | Waiting for parent jobs or a parent batch.                  |
-| `Processing`           | Acquired by a worker under a renewable lease.               |
-| `Succeeded`            | The attempt and completion transition succeeded.            |
-| `Failed`               | Attempts exhausted or an operator-visible terminal failure. |
-| `Cancelled`            | Cascade- or batch-cancelled terminal work.                  |
+| State                  | Meaning                                                                 |
+| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `AwaitingContinuation` | Waiting for parent jobs or a parent batch.                              |
+| `AwaitingParameters`   | Reserved for future deferred-input work; currently never produced.      |
+| `Scheduled`            | Persisted for a future `DueAt`.                                         |
+| `Pending`              | Due for acquisition now.                                                |
+| `Active`               | Acquired by a worker under a renewable lease.                           |
+| `Succeeded`            | The attempt and completion transition succeeded.                        |
+| `Failed`               | Attempts exhausted or an operator-visible terminal failure.             |
+| `Cancelled`            | Terminal work stopped by an explicit cancellation, including a batch.   |
+| `Skipped`              | Terminal work not selected by a continuation or recurring overlap rule. |
 
 An acquisition increments `Attempt`. On failure, the worker calls `FailAsync` with either the next
 retry time or no retry after `MaxAttempts`. Fixed and exponential backoff use `BackoffBase`;
@@ -48,12 +50,14 @@ expiry and recovery.
 
 ## History and operations
 
-Defaults are 24 hours for succeeded jobs/batches, seven days for failed or cancelled jobs/batches,
-and one hour between purge passes. Set `SucceededRetention`, `FailedRetention`,
+Defaults are 24 hours for succeeded jobs and batches; seven days for failed, cancelled or skipped
+jobs and for failed or cancelled batches; and one hour between purge passes. Set
+`SucceededRetention`, `FailedRetention`,
 `BatchSucceededRetention`, `BatchFailedRetention` and `PurgeInterval` on
 `ImmediateJobsOptions`. Zero retention is valid; negative retention is rejected.
 
-Operators can retry a failed job, delete a terminal job, cancel a non-terminal batch and delete a
-terminal batch through provider operations or the dashboard. Active/non-terminal records reject
-unsafe delete/retry mutations with a conflict. Batch retention removes its members and edges as a
-unit.
+Operators can retry a failed job, move a scheduled invocation to `Pending` immediately, delete a
+terminal job, cancel a non-terminal batch and delete a terminal batch through provider operations
+or the dashboard. Fast-forwarding a scheduled retry preserves its attempt count and latest failure
+details. Other non-terminal records reject unsafe delete/retry mutations with a conflict. Batch
+retention removes its members and edges as a unit.
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/diagnostics.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/diagnostics.md
index 000109d..dc6a416 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/diagnostics.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/diagnostics.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Some facts depend on runtime values or durable state and cannot be diagnosed at
   detects multiple-process replica drift;
 - unknown stored job names fail terminally because no generated definition can execute them;
 - unknown context slices are logged and skipped so rolling deployments can continue;
+- dashboard mutations return HTTP 404 for an unknown job, batch or recurring schedule;
 - retry/delete/cancel operations reject incompatible lifecycle states with
   `ImmediateJobException` (HTTP 409 in the dashboard).
 
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/how-it-works.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/how-it-works.md
index 8540aaa..e287714 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/how-it-works.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/how-it-works.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ generators.
 
 The hosted service initializes storage and recurring definitions, then builds acquisition requests
 from queue priority plus node, queue and job capacity. Storage atomically changes eligible due work
-to `Processing`, assigns a worker/lease and increments attempts. Distributed providers coordinate
+to `Active`, assigns a worker/lease and increments attempts. Distributed providers coordinate
 this in the shared backend; single-server mode acquires from memory and mirrors ownership to its
 durable replica.
 
@@ -50,14 +50,16 @@ generated handler. The call enters Immediate.Handlers behaviors and ends at the
 
 Success atomically records completion and any buffered mid-execution continuations. Failure stores
 the exception and either schedules a retry or leaves a terminal failure. Settling a graph node
-releases eligible children or cascade-cancels children whose trigger can no longer be satisfied.
+releases eligible children or marks unselected branches `Skipped`. Release and recursive skipping
+are committed in the same transaction as the parent's terminal transition.
 
 ## Recurring materialization
 
 Code-defined schedules are reconciled at startup. The recurring loop asks storage for due
 schedules; the provider atomically materializes a uniquely keyed occurrence and advances its next
 run. This keeps multiple distributed nodes from creating the same occurrence. Overlap policy is
-evaluated against active occurrences of the same schedule.
+evaluated against active occurrences of the same schedule; `Skip` persists a terminal skipped
+occurrence so monitoring retains the scheduling decision.
 
 ## Generated JSON, trimming and Native AOT
 
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/recurring-jobs.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/recurring-jobs.md
index 25c71d3..d3ef2f2 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/recurring-jobs.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/recurring-jobs.md
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ dashboard can trigger, pause and resume existing schedules.
 
 ## Overlap policy
 
-| Policy       | When the previous occurrence is still active                            |
-| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `Skip`       | Do not materialize this occurrence.                                     |
-| `Queue`      | Materialize it and let it wait.                                         |
-| `Concurrent` | Allow both invocations to execute, subject to other concurrency limits. |
+| Policy       | When the previous occurrence is still active                               |
+| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `Skip`       | Persist the occurrence as terminal `Skipped` history without executing it. |
+| `Queue`      | Materialize it and let it wait.                                            |
+| `Concurrent` | Allow both invocations to execute, subject to other concurrency limits.    |
 
 Materialization is coordinated in durable storage, so `Recurring` capability is required. Redis
 and the SQL providers support it; graph support is unrelated.
diff --git a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/testing-jobs.md b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/testing-jobs.md
index 0a95219..0c2a384 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/testing-jobs.md
+++ b/src/content/docs/Immediate.Jobs/testing-jobs.md
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Assert.Equal(JobState.Succeeded, (await harness.GetJobAsync(handle, cancellation
 exposes `Storage`, `TimeProvider`, `Services` and `Batches`.
 
 For graphs, use `AssertBatchCommittedAtomicallyAsync`,
-`AssertContinuationReleasedAfterAsync` and `AssertCascadeCancelledAsync`. Call
+`AssertContinuationReleasedAfterAsync` and `AssertCascadeSkippedAsync`.
+`AssertCascadeCancelledAsync` remains as a compatibility alias. Call
 `RunThroughPipelineAsync<TPayload>` when a test already has a record/payload and needs to execute
 its generated invoker through the real DI/behavior pipeline.