diff --git a/platform/repo/resources.go b/platform/repo/resources.go
index ef8daaa..d47c6d4 100644
--- a/platform/repo/resources.go
+++ b/platform/repo/resources.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ type JobRepository interface {
 	GetByIdempotency(runEndpointID string, idempotencyKey string) (domain.Job, error)
 	List(domain.JobFilter) ([]domain.Job, error)
 	Update(domain.Job) error
+	Delete(id string) error
 }
 
 type ArtifactRepository interface {
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ type LogStreamRepository interface {
 	Get(id string) (domain.LogStream, error)
 	List(domain.LogStreamFilter) ([]domain.LogStream, error)
 	Update(domain.LogStream) error
+	Delete(id string) error
 }
 
 type MetricSampleRepository interface {
diff --git a/platform/service/scum_query_ingest.go b/platform/service/scum_query_ingest.go
index 10bea0d..e043941 100644
--- a/platform/service/scum_query_ingest.go
+++ b/platform/service/scum_query_ingest.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"math"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -24,6 +25,15 @@ const (
 
 const scumQueryTemplateIdempotencyPrefix = "scum-query:"
 
+// Steady-state bounds for the recurring database poll. Every dispatched poll
+// creates one durable job, so a new poll retires older terminal jobs of the
+// same template together with their job log streams instead of leaving an
+// unbounded history behind.
+const (
+	scumQueryJobRetention = 2
+	scumQueryJobScanLimit = 64
+)
+
 // ReconcileSCUMQueryTemplatesForRunEndpoint dispatches due SCUM database read
 // templates for every live server instance registered to one run endpoint.
 func (svc *CoreService) ReconcileSCUMQueryTemplatesForRunEndpoint(runEndpointID string) error {
@@ -128,9 +138,57 @@ func (svc *CoreService) ReconcileSCUMQueryTemplates(serverInstanceID string) err
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		if _, err := svc.CreateJob(job); err != nil {
+		created, err := svc.CreateJob(job)
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		svc.pruneSCUMQueryJobs(instance.ID, job.InputRef, created.ID)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// pruneSCUMQueryJobs keeps the newest terminal jobs for one dispatched template
+// and removes the rest. It runs once per poll interval, so the caller pays one
+// bounded job read per dispatch and no work at all while a poll is in flight.
+func (svc *CoreService) pruneSCUMQueryJobs(serverInstanceID string, inputRef string, keepJobID string) {
+	jobs, err := svc.store.Jobs().List(domain.JobFilter{ServerInstanceID: serverInstanceID, Limit: scumQueryJobScanLimit})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("SCUM query job retention skipped server=%s error=%s", serverInstanceID, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	expired := make([]domain.Job, 0, len(jobs))
+	for _, candidate := range jobs {
+		if candidate.ID == keepJobID || candidate.InputRef != inputRef || !isTerminalJobState(candidate.State) {
+			continue
+		}
+		expired = append(expired, candidate)
+	}
+	retained := scumQueryJobRetention - 1
+	if retained < 0 {
+		retained = 0
+	}
+	if len(expired) <= retained {
+		return
+	}
+	sort.SliceStable(expired, func(i, j int) bool { return expired[i].CreatedAt.After(expired[j].CreatedAt) })
+	for _, job := range expired[retained:] {
+		if err := svc.deleteJobWithLogStreams(job); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("SCUM query job retention failed server=%s job=%s error=%s", serverInstanceID, job.ID, err.Error())
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (svc *CoreService) deleteJobWithLogStreams(job domain.Job) error {
+	for _, streamKey := range []string{"stdout", "stderr"} {
+		err := svc.store.LogStreams().Delete(jobLogStreamID(job.ID, streamKey))
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, repo.ErrNotFound) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	err := svc.store.Jobs().Delete(job.ID)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, repo.ErrNotFound) {
+		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/platform/service/scum_query_ingest_test.go b/platform/service/scum_query_ingest_test.go
index c76f7db..176efa6 100644
--- a/platform/service/scum_query_ingest_test.go
+++ b/platform/service/scum_query_ingest_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package service
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -225,3 +226,61 @@ func TestSCUMQueryProjectionIgnoresUndeclaredTemplateResults(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected no projected users for an undeclared template, users=%+v err=%v", users, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSCUMQueryJobRetentionKeepsBoundedHistory(t *testing.T) {
+	svc, _, instance, clock := newSCUMQueryIngestFixture(t)
+	aligned := time.Date(2026, 9, 16, 8, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	*clock = aligned
+	refreshSCUMQueryRunHeartbeat(t, svc, aligned)
+
+	playersJobs := func() []domain.Job {
+		jobs := countSCUMQueryJobs(t, svc, instance.ID)
+		players := make([]domain.Job, 0, len(jobs))
+		for _, job := range jobs {
+			if job.ExecutionInput.Inputs["templateKey"] == "scum.database.players" {
+				players = append(players, job)
+			}
+		}
+		return players
+	}
+
+	var firstJob domain.Job
+	for cycle := 0; cycle < 4; cycle++ {
+		if cycle > 0 {
+			*clock = aligned.Add(time.Duration(cycle) * 61 * time.Second)
+			refreshSCUMQueryRunHeartbeat(t, svc, *clock)
+		}
+		if err := svc.ReconcileSCUMQueryTemplates(instance.ID); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("reconcile cycle %d: %v", cycle, err)
+		}
+		for _, job := range playersJobs() {
+			if isTerminalJobState(job.State) {
+				continue
+			}
+			if cycle == 0 {
+				firstJob = job
+			}
+			job.State = domain.JobStateSucceeded
+			job.TerminalAt = *clock
+			if err := svc.store.Jobs().Update(job); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("complete query job: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	retained := playersJobs()
+	if len(retained) != scumQueryJobRetention {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d retained player query jobs, got %d", scumQueryJobRetention, len(retained))
+	}
+	for _, job := range retained {
+		if !isTerminalJobState(job.State) {
+			t.Fatalf("retention must not remove in-flight jobs: %+v", job)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := svc.store.Jobs().Get(firstJob.ID); !errors.Is(err, repo.ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the oldest query job to be retired, err=%v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := svc.store.LogStreams().Get(jobLogStreamID(firstJob.ID, "stdout")); !errors.Is(err, repo.ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected retired query job log streams to be removed, err=%v", err)
+	}
+}