diff --git a/.github/workflows/ofl-ota-cronjob.yml b/.github/workflows/ofl-ota-cronjob.yml
index 4b2db9ee94..e60e2b3971 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ofl-ota-cronjob.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ofl-ota-cronjob.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ name: Daily OFL OTA Update
 # workflow trusts and uses to bypass the FOLDER_MERGERS check for this trigger. That same explicit-
 # vendor-dispatch path is also what makes post_merge_profiles.yml call the OTA auto-publish API after
 # uploading - see post_merge_profiles.yml for both sides of that contract.
+#
+# If at least one branch was dispatched this run, a final step clears OFL's pending-publish
+# table (POST /api/v1/ota/ofl/pending/clear) - the daily "published everything, reset" signal.
+# That table is populated only by this pipeline's own auto-publish calls.
 
 on:
   schedule:
@@ -42,11 +46,13 @@ jobs:
         run: git fetch origin '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'
 
       - name: Scan branches and publish changed OFL profiles
+        id: scan
         shell: bash
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          published_any=false
 
           mapfile -t branches < <(
             gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/branches" --paginate --jq '.[].name' \
@@ -89,13 +95,48 @@ jobs:
               # Tolerate a per-branch failure (e.g. a pre-existing release branch
               # whose post_merge_profiles.yml predates the vendor/auto_publish
               # inputs) rather than aborting the whole scan under set -e.
-              if ! gh workflow run post_merge_profiles.yml \
+              if gh workflow run post_merge_profiles.yml \
                 --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
                 --ref "$branch" \
                 -f vendor="$VENDOR" -f auto_publish=true; then
+                published_any=true
+              else
                 echo "::warning::failed to dispatch post_merge_profiles.yml for $branch - its post_merge_profiles.yml at this ref may predate the vendor/auto_publish inputs"
               fi
             fi
 
             echo "::endgroup::"
           done
+
+          echo "published_any=$published_any" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Clear OFL pending queue
+        # Only when this run actually kicked off at least one publish - the
+        # daily reset is scoped to today's real activity, not called on a day
+        # where every branch reported no changes. Note "published_any" reflects
+        # a successful DISPATCH, not a confirmed live publish: gh workflow run
+        # is fire-and-forget, so this workflow never learns whether the
+        # dispatched post_merge_profiles.yml run actually reached its own
+        # auto-publish call. Acceptable since the table is populated only by
+        # our own auto-publish calls, not by anything else.
+        if: steps.scan.outputs.published_any == 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          OTA_API_BASE_URL: ${{ vars.OTA_API_BASE_URL }}
+          OTA_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OFL_OTA_PUBLISH_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          [ -n "$OTA_API_BASE_URL" ] || { echo "::error::vars.OTA_API_BASE_URL is not set"; exit 1; }
+          [ -n "$OTA_API_KEY" ] || { echo "::error::secrets.OFL_OTA_PUBLISH_KEY is not set"; exit 1; }
+
+          resp_file="$RUNNER_TEMP/ota-pending-clear-response.json"
+          status="$(curl -sS -o "$resp_file" -w '%{http_code}' -X POST \
+            "${OTA_API_BASE_URL%/}/api/v1/ota/ofl/pending/clear" \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer $OTA_API_KEY")"
+          body="$(cat "$resp_file")"
+          echo "$body"
+
+          if [ "$status" != "200" ]; then
+            echo "::error::OTA pending-clear call failed with HTTP $status"
+            exit 1
+          fi