diff --git a/cron/scheduler_ownership.py b/cron/scheduler_ownership.py
index fc92a52531..bc0027d918 100644
--- a/cron/scheduler_ownership.py
+++ b/cron/scheduler_ownership.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def register_ticked_homes(homes) -> None:
     live until process exit, so serving (or churning) many profiles leaks one ThreadPoolExecutor
     and its worker threads per home ever ticked.
     """
-    from cron.store_health import forget_homes, store_key
+    from cron.store_health import forget_stores, store_key
 
     resolved, stores = {}, {}
     for home in homes:
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ def register_ticked_homes(homes) -> None:
         stores[key] = store_key(path)
     with _ticked_lock:
         departed = set(_ticked_homes) - set(resolved)
-        departed_stores = [_ticked_stores[k] for k in departed if k in _ticked_stores]
+        # A store another still-ticked profile reaches (cron/ symlinked to one place) keeps its state.
+        departed_stores = {_ticked_stores[k] for k in departed if k in _ticked_stores} - set(stores.values())
         _ticked_homes.clear()
         _ticked_homes.update(resolved)
         _ticked_stores.clear()
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ def register_ticked_homes(homes) -> None:
         # Late import: cron.scheduler imports this module.
         from cron.scheduler import discard_parallel_pools
         discard_parallel_pools(departed)
-        forget_homes(departed_stores)
+        forget_stores(departed_stores)
 
 
 def ticked_homes() -> dict:
diff --git a/tests/cron/test_due_scan_save_failure.py b/tests/cron/test_due_scan_save_failure.py
index 3663d2768e..85e365d966 100644
--- a/tests/cron/test_due_scan_save_failure.py
+++ b/tests/cron/test_due_scan_save_failure.py
@@ -456,7 +456,11 @@ def test_unwritable_store_is_shown_in_cron_status_and_announced_once(cron_store,
     assert any(r.levelname == "WARNING" and "unwritable notice for" in r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records)
     from cron import scheduler_ownership  # the profile leaves this gateway, its home already deleted
     monkeypatch.setattr(scheduler_ownership, "_ticked_homes", {})
-    scheduler_ownership.register_ticked_homes([profile])
+    sibling = cron_store / "sibling"  # a second profile whose cron/ reaches the same store
+    sibling.mkdir()
+    (sibling / "cron").symlink_to(cron_dir, target_is_directory=True)
+    scheduler_ownership.register_ticked_homes([profile, sibling])
+    scheduler_ownership.register_ticked_homes([profile])  # sibling leaves; the store is still ticked
     assert store_health.degraded_record(cron_dir) is not None
     shutil.rmtree(profile)  # removes the cron/ symlink, never the store it points at
     scheduler_ownership.register_ticked_homes([])