diff --git a/src/provider.ts b/src/provider.ts
index 81292c4..b6a9fb2 100644
--- a/src/provider.ts
+++ b/src/provider.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ function record(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
   return value !== null && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
 }
 
+const ROUNDING_STEP = 0.005; // worst-case error of one probability rounded to two decimals
+const MAX_SUM_DRIFT = 0.05;
+
 function distribution(value: unknown, keys: string[]): { ok: true; probabilities: Record<string, number> } | { ok: false; reason: string } {
   if (!record(value) || Object.keys(value).length !== keys.length || keys.some((key) => !Object.hasOwn(value, key))) {
     return { ok: false, reason: "distribution must contain exactly the criteria keys" };
@@ -82,9 +85,15 @@ function distribution(value: unknown, keys: string[]): { ok: true; probabilities
     entries.push([key, probability]);
     sum += probability as number;
   }
-  // Upstream distributions are rounded; permit a one-percent sum drift and
-  // a 0.001 selection tie, but not a different winner.
-  if (Math.abs(sum - 1) > 0.01) return { ok: false, reason: "distribution must sum to approximately 1" };
+  // Upstream distributions are rounded to two decimals, so each nonzero entry
+  // can be off by up to 0.005 and the drift grows with how many options carry
+  // weight (a results page with 8 live options can legitimately sum to 0.98).
+  // Permit that rounding drift (never less than one percent, never more than
+  // five, so garbage still fails) and a 0.001 selection tie, but not a
+  // different winner. The epsilon keeps an exact 1.01 from failing on IEEE-754.
+  const nonzero = entries.filter(([, probability]) => probability > 0).length;
+  const tolerance = Math.min(MAX_SUM_DRIFT, Math.max(0.01, ROUNDING_STEP * nonzero)) + 1e-9;
+  if (Math.abs(sum - 1) > tolerance) return { ok: false, reason: "distribution must sum to approximately 1" };
   return { ok: true, probabilities: Object.fromEntries(entries) };
 }
 
diff --git a/test/transports.test.mjs b/test/transports.test.mjs
index 22f1d9e..2159cf1 100644
--- a/test/transports.test.mjs
+++ b/test/transports.test.mjs
@@ -80,6 +80,25 @@ test("forced credentials reject every missing or invalid variant without leaking
   assert.equal(resolveTransport({ CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: "account-secret", AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY: "ai-secret" }).name, "vercel");
 });
 
+test("sum tolerance scales with two-decimal rounding across live options, but stays bounded", async () => {
+  // A wide action space (like a search results page): 60 options, most at 0.
+  const criteria = Object.fromEntries(Array.from({ length: 60 }, (_, i) => [`o${i}`, `option ${i}`]));
+  const wide = { ...input, questions: { pick: { type: "choice", criteria } } };
+  const reply = (weights) => {
+    const probabilities = Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(criteria).map((key, i) => [key, weights[i] ?? 0]));
+    return carrier({ answers: { pick: { type: "choice", choice: "o0", probabilities } } });
+  };
+  // 8 live options rounded to two decimals, summing to 0.98 (seen live) and 1.02: accepted.
+  assert.equal((await askJev(reply([0.4, 0.2, 0.14, 0.1, 0.06, 0.04, 0.02, 0.02]), wide)).ok, true);
+  assert.equal((await askJev(reply([0.44, 0.15, 0.15, 0.1, 0.08, 0.05, 0.03, 0.02]), wide)).ok, true);
+  // Two live options can only drift 0.01: 0.97 is not rounding.
+  rejected(await askJev(reply([0.6, 0.37]), wide), "invalid_distribution", /approximately 1/);
+  // An exact 1.01 on two options is valid rounding, despite 1.01 - 1 > 0.01 in IEEE-754.
+  assert.equal((await askJev(carrier({ answers: { ...answers, item: { ...answers.item, probabilities: { alpha: 0.2, beta: 0.81 } } } }), input)).ok, true);
+  // The drift is capped at five percent no matter how many options are live.
+  rejected(await askJev(reply(Array.from({ length: 20 }, (_, i) => (i === 0 ? 0.13 : 0.05))), wide), "invalid_distribution", /approximately 1/);
+});
+
 test("facade validates the complete answer contract before usage can be credited", async () => {
   const good = await askJev(carrier(), input);
   assert.equal(good.ok, true);