diff --git a/src/AR.Iec61850/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlanner.cs b/src/AR.Iec61850/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlanner.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb531efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AR.Iec61850/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlanner.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+using AR.Iec61850.Engineering.Canonical;
+
+namespace AR.Iec61850.Mms;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Selects exact configured RCB references ahead of bounded discovery fallback.
+/// A reference match authorizes READ-only DatSet verification, not activation.
+/// Unknown candidates remain deferred with a stable continuation offset.
+/// </summary>
+public static class MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlanner
+{
+    public static MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePage Select(
+        CanonicalStaticReportCoveragePlan coverage,
+        IReadOnlyList<MmsReportControlCandidate> candidates,
+        int maxReads,
+        int continuationOffset = 0)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(coverage);
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(candidates);
+        if (maxReads < 1) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(maxReads));
+        if (continuationOffset < 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(continuationOffset));
+
+        var expected = coverage.Segments
+            .SelectMany(segment => segment.ReportControls)
+            .Select(report => report.Reference)
+            .Where(reference => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(reference))
+            .ToHashSet(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+        var ordered = candidates
+            .OrderBy(candidate => candidate.Reference, StringComparer.Ordinal)
+            .ToArray();
+        var exact = ordered.Where(candidate => expected.Contains(candidate.Reference)).ToArray();
+        var unknown = ordered.Where(candidate => !expected.Contains(candidate.Reference)).ToArray();
+
+        // Discovery without an exact catalog reference is not evidence that an
+        // arbitrary first RCB belongs to the selected DataSet. Only bounded
+        // read-only DatSet checks may resolve it, and completion remains partial.
+        // If every configured target has an exact live catalog reference,
+        // never probe unrelated siblings. A failed DatSet verification remains
+        // unresolved rather than silently falling back to broad mutation.
+        var allTargetsMapped = expected.Count > 0 && expected.All(reference =>
+            exact.Any(candidate => candidate.Reference == reference));
+        var scope = allTargetsMapped ? exact : exact.Concat(unknown).ToArray();
+        var selected = scope.Skip(continuationOffset).Take(maxReads).ToArray();
+        var next = Math.Min(scope.Length, continuationOffset + selected.Length);
+        return new MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePage(
+            selected, ordered.Length, exact.Length,
+            next < scope.Length ? next : null);
+    }
+}
+
+public sealed record MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePage(
+    IReadOnlyList<MmsReportControlCandidate> Candidates,
+    int CatalogCount,
+    int ExactReferenceCount,
+    int? NextOffset);
diff --git a/src/AR.Iec61850/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliation.cs b/src/AR.Iec61850/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliation.cs
index d2f3b82e..e33d9682 100644
--- a/src/AR.Iec61850/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliation.cs
+++ b/src/AR.Iec61850/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliation.cs
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ public sealed class MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliationOptions
     /// The operation fails closed rather than reading an arbitrary subset.
     /// </summary>
     public int MaxReportControlCandidates { get; init; } = 64;
+
+    /// <summary>Stable index for resuming deferred candidate READs in this inventory.</summary>
+    public int CandidateContinuationOffset { get; init; }
 }
 
 public sealed class MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliationResult
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ public sealed class MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliationResult
     public int EnumeratedVariableCount { get; init; }
     public int CandidateReportControlCount { get; init; }
     public int DataSetBoundReportControlCount { get; init; }
+    public int? NextCandidateOffset { get; init; }
+    public int CandidateReadCount { get; init; }
     public IReadOnlyList<string> Warnings { get; init; } = Array.Empty<string>();
 
     public bool HasLiveInventory =>
@@ -280,31 +285,21 @@ public async Task<MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliationResult> ReconcileCanonical
             .ToArray();
 
         var maxCandidates = Math.Clamp(options.MaxReportControlCandidates, 1, 512);
-        if (candidates.Length > maxCandidates)
-        {
-            return new MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliationResult
-            {
-                Plan = plan,
-                Status = MmsCanonicalStaticLiveReconciliationStatus.CandidateBudgetExceeded,
-                Inventory = emptyInventory,
-                EnumeratedVariableCount = variables.Values.Sum(list => list.Count),
-                CandidateReportControlCount = candidates.Length,
-                Warnings = plan.Warnings
-                    .Concat(new[]
-                    {
-                        $"Target domains expose {candidates.Length} required-family RCB candidates, exceeding live reconciliation budget {maxCandidates}; no partial RCB read subset was started."
-                    })
-                    .ToArray()
-            };
-        }
+        var page = MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlanner.Select(
+            coverage, candidates, maxCandidates, options.CandidateContinuationOffset);
+        // A page is a work budget, not an inventory completeness claim.
+        // Discovery never performs RCB writes or steals another association's reservation.
 
         var inventory = new MmsReportInventory
         {
             Authority = MmsReportInventoryAuthority.LiveMmsObserved
         };
-        inventory.ReportControls.AddRange(candidates);
+        var expectedDataSets = coverage.Segments
+            .Select(segment => segment.DataSetReference)
+            .Where(reference => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(reference))
+            .ToHashSet(StringComparer.Ordinal);
 
-        foreach (var candidate in candidates)
+        foreach (var candidate in page.Candidates)
         {
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
@@ -322,18 +317,25 @@ await TryReadReportAttributeSmartAsync(
                     .ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
+            // A catalog name alone never qualifies operational routing.
+            // DatSet must be read and match the selected static segment exactly.
+            if (expectedDataSets.Contains(candidate.DataSetReference))
+                inventory.ReportControls.Add(candidate);
+
             if (!IsMmsInitiated)
                 break;
         }
 
-        var complete = IsMmsInitiated && chains.All(chain => chain.IsComplete);
+        var complete = IsMmsInitiated && chains.All(chain => chain.IsComplete) && page.NextOffset is null;
         var warnings = plan.Warnings
+            .Concat(page.NextOffset is null ? Array.Empty<string>() :
+                [$"RCB candidate checks deferred; resume from candidate offset {page.NextOffset.Value}."])
             .Concat(chains
                 .Where(chain => !chain.IsComplete)
                 .Select(chain => $"Target domain '{chain.Domain}' NamedVariable enumeration is partial: {chain.Message}"))
-            .Concat(candidates
-                .Where(candidate => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(candidate.DataSetReference))
-                .Select(candidate => $"Live RCB '{candidate.Reference}' did not expose a usable DatSet binding."))
+            .Concat(page.Candidates
+                .Where(candidate => !expectedDataSets.Contains(candidate.DataSetReference))
+                .Select(candidate => $"Live RCB '{candidate.Reference}' is not proven bound to a selected exact DataSet."))
             .Distinct(StringComparer.Ordinal)
             .ToArray();
 
@@ -348,8 +350,9 @@ await TryReadReportAttributeSmartAsync(
             Inventory = inventory,
             EnumeratedVariableCount = variables.Values.Sum(list => list.Count),
             CandidateReportControlCount = candidates.Length,
-            DataSetBoundReportControlCount = candidates.Count(candidate =>
-                !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(candidate.DataSetReference)),
+            CandidateReadCount = page.Candidates.Count,
+            NextCandidateOffset = page.NextOffset,
+            DataSetBoundReportControlCount = inventory.ReportControls.Count,
             Warnings = warnings
         };
     }
diff --git a/tests/AR.Iec61850.Tests/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlannerTests.cs b/tests/AR.Iec61850.Tests/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlannerTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e117440e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/AR.Iec61850.Tests/Mms/MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlannerTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+using AR.Iec61850.Engineering.Canonical;
+using AR.Iec61850.Mms;
+
+namespace AR.Iec61850.Tests.Mms;
+
+public sealed class MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlannerTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(2)]
+    [InlineData(66)]
+    [InlineData(300)]
+    public void Exact_Target_Reads_Are_Independent_Of_Global_Rcb_Count(int catalogSize)
+    {
+        var catalog = Enumerable.Range(0, catalogSize)
+            .Select(i => Candidate($"IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.R{i:000}"))
+            .Reverse().ToArray();
+        var exact = $"IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.R{catalogSize-1:000}";
+        var page = MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlanner.Select(
+            Coverage(exact), catalog, maxReads: 4);
+
+        Assert.Equal(catalogSize, page.CatalogCount);
+        Assert.Equal(1, page.ExactReferenceCount);
+        Assert.Equal(exact, Assert.Single(page.Candidates).Reference);
+        Assert.Null(page.NextOffset);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Unresolved_Catalog_Pages_Resume_Without_Repeats_And_Never_Claim_Completeness()
+    {
+        var catalog = Enumerable.Range(0, 300)
+            .Select(i => Candidate($"IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.R{i:000}")).Reverse().ToArray();
+        var coverage = Coverage("IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.UNKNOWN");
+        var all = new List<string>();
+        int? offset = 0;
+        for (var pageNumber = 0; offset is not null; pageNumber++)
+        {
+            Assert.True(pageNumber < 10);
+            var page = MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlanner.Select(
+                coverage, catalog, 64, offset.Value);
+            Assert.InRange(page.Candidates.Count, 1, 64);
+            all.AddRange(page.Candidates.Select(item => item.Reference));
+            offset = page.NextOffset;
+        }
+        Assert.Equal(300, all.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(300, all.Distinct(StringComparer.Ordinal).Count());
+        Assert.Equal(all.OrderBy(item => item, StringComparer.Ordinal), all);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Exact_Multi_Target_Order_Is_Deterministic()
+    {
+        var catalog = Enumerable.Range(0, 66)
+            .Select(i => Candidate($"IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.R{i:000}")).Reverse().ToArray();
+        var coverage = Coverage("IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.R030", "IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.R010");
+        var page = MmsCanonicalStaticLiveCandidatePlanner.Select(coverage, catalog, 8);
+        Assert.Equal(new[] {"IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.R010", "IEDLD0/LLN0.BR.R030"},
+            page.Candidates.Select(x => x.Reference));
+        Assert.Null(page.NextOffset);
+    }
+
+    private static MmsReportControlCandidate Candidate(string reference) => new()
+    {
+        Reference = reference,
+        Domain = "IEDLD0",
+        LogicalNode = "LLN0",
+        Buffered = true,
+        FunctionalConstraint = "BR",
+        Name = reference.Split('.').Last()
+    };
+
+    private static CanonicalStaticReportCoveragePlan Coverage(params string[] reports) => new()
+    {
+        Signals = [new CanonicalStaticReportSignalCoverage
+        {
+            RequestedReference = "IEDLD0/XCBR1.Pos.stVal",
+            CanonicalReference = "IEDLD0/XCBR1.Pos.stVal",
+            Status = CanonicalStaticReportSignalCoverageStatus.Covered
+        }],
+        Segments = [new CanonicalStaticReportCoverageSegment
+        {
+            DataSetReference = "IEDLD0/LLN0.Events",
+            SourceDataSetReference = "IEDLD0/LLN0.Events",
+            SelectedSignalReferences = ["IEDLD0/XCBR1.Pos.stVal"],
+            ReportControls = reports.Select(reference => new CanonicalReportControl
+            {
+                Reference = reference,
+                MmsDomain = "IEDLD0",
+                LogicalNode = "LLN0",
+                Buffered = true,
+                DataSetReference = "IEDLD0/LLN0.Events",
+                Provenance = new CanonicalProvenance(
+                    CanonicalEvidenceSource.SclDeclared, CanonicalConfidence.Exact)
+            }).ToArray()
+        }]
+    };
+}