diff --git a/scripts/taler-monitoring/check_goa_ladder.sh b/scripts/taler-monitoring/check_goa_ladder.sh
index ea3767e..91bc43e 100755
--- a/scripts/taler-monitoring/check_goa_ladder.sh
+++ b/scripts/taler-monitoring/check_goa_ladder.sh
@@ -346,16 +346,17 @@ for AMT in "$@"; do
       "${BANK}/accounts/${EXP_USER}/withdrawals/${WID}/confirm"
   }
   extract_rpub() {
+    # Prefer *last* match (current withdraw), not first (stale from older accepts/tx).
     python3 -c '
 import re, sys, json
 paths = sys.argv[1:]
+found = []
 blob = ""
 for p in paths:
     try:
         blob += open(p, errors="replace").read() + "\n"
     except Exception:
         pass
-# JSON fields
 for pat in (
     r"\"reserve_pub\"\s*:\s*\"([A-Z0-9]+)\"",
     r"\"reservePub\"\s*:\s*\"([A-Z0-9]+)\"",
@@ -363,29 +364,26 @@ for pat in (
     r"reservePub[\"\s:=]+([A-Z0-9]{40,})",
     r"reserve[_ ]?pub[\"=: ]+([A-Z0-9]{40,})",
 ):
-    m = re.search(pat, blob, re.I)
-    if m:
-        print(m.group(1))
-        raise SystemExit
-# line-wise JSON
+    found.extend(m.group(1) for m in re.finditer(pat, blob, re.I))
+def walk(o):
+    if isinstance(o, dict):
+        for k, v in o.items():
+            if k.lower() in ("reserve_pub", "reservepub") and isinstance(v, str) and len(v) >= 40:
+                found.append(v)
+            walk(v)
+    elif isinstance(o, list):
+        for i in o:
+            walk(i)
 for line in blob.splitlines():
     line = line.strip()
     if not line.startswith("{"):
         continue
     try:
-        d = json.loads(line)
+        walk(json.loads(line))
     except Exception:
-        continue
-    def walk(o):
-        if isinstance(o, dict):
-            for k, v in o.items():
-                if k.lower() in ("reserve_pub", "reservepub") and isinstance(v, str) and len(v) >= 40:
-                    print(v); raise SystemExit
-                walk(v)
-        elif isinstance(o, list):
-            for i in o:
-                walk(i)
-    walk(d)
+        pass
+if found:
+    print(found[-1])
 ' "$@" 2>/dev/null || true
   }
 
@@ -393,10 +391,11 @@ for line in blob.splitlines():
     local st_now="$1"
     [ "$st_now" = "pending" ] || [ -z "$st_now" ] || return 0
     local rpub epayto code_fs
-    rpub=$(extract_rpub "$SCRATCH/accept-$tag.out" "$SCRATCH/tx-$tag.json")
+    # current accept only first — avoid reusing reserve from previous rungs via tx dump
+    rpub=$(extract_rpub "$SCRATCH/accept-$tag.out")
     if [ -z "$rpub" ]; then
       wcli transactions >"$SCRATCH/tx-$tag.json" 2>&1 || true
-      rpub=$(extract_rpub "$SCRATCH/accept-$tag.out" "$SCRATCH/tx-$tag.json")
+      rpub=$(extract_rpub "$SCRATCH/tx-$tag.json")
     fi
     epayto=$(curl -sS -m 10 "${EX%/}/keys" 2>/dev/null | python3 -c '
 import json,sys
@@ -414,7 +413,16 @@ else:
         -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -d "{\"reserve_pub\":\"${rpub}\",\"selected_exchange\":\"${epayto}\"}" \
         "${BANK}/taler-integration/withdrawal-operation/${WID}" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
-      info "force-select" "HTTP ${code_fs} rpub=${rpub:0:12}…"
+      # 409: conflict (wrong/stale reserve, or already bound) — log body once, keep polling
+      if [ "$code_fs" = "409" ]; then
+        if [ "${FORCE_SEL_409_LOGGED:-0}" != "1" ]; then
+          info "force-select" "HTTP 409 rpub=${rpub:0:12}… body=$(tr '\n' ' ' <"$SCRATCH/force-sel-$tag.json" | head -c 160)"
+          FORCE_SEL_409_LOGGED=1
+        fi
+      else
+        info "force-select" "HTTP ${code_fs} rpub=${rpub:0:12}…"
+        FORCE_SEL_409_LOGGED=0
+      fi
     else
       _rpub_empty=no
       [ -z "$rpub" ] && _rpub_empty=yes
@@ -452,13 +460,13 @@ else:
         break
         ;;
     esac
-    # aggressive force-select while pending (no run-until-done)
+    # force-select while pending (no run-until-done); avoid spam on repeated 409
     if [ "$st" = "pending" ] || [ -z "$st" ]; then
-      if [ "$i" -eq 1 ] || [ $((i % 3)) -eq 0 ]; then
+      if [ "$i" -eq 1 ] || [ "$i" -eq 2 ] || [ $((i % 5)) -eq 0 ]; then
         force_select_if_needed "$st"
       fi
     fi
-    sleep 0.4
+    sleep 0.35
   done
   ms_confirm=$(elapsed_ms "$t0")
   st=$(printf '%s' "${st:-}" | tr -d '\r\n' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//')