diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index a7a9ed1af..07325cbf6 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -812,9 +812,30 @@ if (cliFlags.maintain) {
 		const prefs = (loadEffectiveSFPreferences()?.preferences ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
 		const coverage = computeBenchmarkCoverage(prefs);
 		writeBenchmarkCoverage(coverage);
+		// Self-feedback triage drain. The daemon's 6h maintenance timer fires
+		// `sf --maintain` in every allowed repo (set via daemon config), so
+		// triage runs unattended across the whole project portfolio. Bounded
+		// at max=10 per invocation to keep each run finite. Items beyond the
+		// bound flush on subsequent maintenance ticks.
+		let triageCount = 0;
+		try {
+			const { handleTriage } = await import("./headless-triage.js");
+			const triageResult = await handleTriage(process.cwd(), {
+				apply: true,
+				json: true, // suppress chatty stdout in the maintenance path
+				max: 10,
+			});
+			triageCount = triageResult.exitCode === 0 ? 10 : 0;
+		} catch (err) {
+			process.stderr.write(
+				`[sf --maintain] triage drain failed (non-fatal): ${
+					err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+				}\n`,
+			);
+		}
 		const ms = Date.now() - startedAt;
 		process.stdout.write(
-			`[sf --maintain] catalog + quota refresh + coverage audit done in ${ms}ms — coverage ${coverage.summary.coveredCount}/${coverage.summary.total} (${coverage.uncovered.length} uncovered)\n`,
+			`[sf --maintain] catalog + quota refresh + coverage audit + triage drain done in ${ms}ms — coverage ${coverage.summary.coveredCount}/${coverage.summary.total} (${coverage.uncovered.length} uncovered), triage attempted up to ${triageCount} candidates\n`,
 		);
 	} catch (err) {
 		process.stderr.write(