diff --git a/modules/billing/middlewares/billing.attachUsageContext.js b/modules/billing/middlewares/billing.attachUsageContext.js
index f4a97df04..140a781a9 100644
--- a/modules/billing/middlewares/billing.attachUsageContext.js
+++ b/modules/billing/middlewares/billing.attachUsageContext.js
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ const attachUsageContext = async (req, res, next) => {
 
     const meterUsed = meter?.meterUsed ?? 0;
     const meterQuota = meter?.meterQuota ?? 0;
-    const remaining = (meterQuota - meterUsed) + extrasBalance;
+    // Clamp plan headroom to 0 so overflow past quota is not double-counted against
+    // the extras balance (mirrors billing.quota.service enforcement).
+    const remaining = Math.max(0, meterQuota - meterUsed) + extrasBalance;
 
     req.meterContext = {
       used: meterUsed,
diff --git a/modules/billing/services/billing.quota.service.js b/modules/billing/services/billing.quota.service.js
index 90d3c5654..e561c3cf4 100644
--- a/modules/billing/services/billing.quota.service.js
+++ b/modules/billing/services/billing.quota.service.js
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ async function assertCanExecute({ orgId, organization, user, resource, action })
       meterQuota = usage.meterQuota ?? 0;
     }
 
-    const remaining = (meterQuota - meterUsed) + extrasBalance;
+    // Clamp plan headroom to 0: meterUsed is $inc'd uncapped past meterQuota, and the
+    // overflow units are also debited from extrasBalance. Without the clamp the same
+    // overflow is subtracted twice, denying paying orgs that still hold extras.
+    const remaining = Math.max(0, meterQuota - meterUsed) + extrasBalance;
     if (remaining <= 0) {
       throw new AppError('Meter exhausted', {
         status: 402,
diff --git a/modules/billing/tests/billing.attachUsageContext.unit.tests.js b/modules/billing/tests/billing.attachUsageContext.unit.tests.js
index 8e71c84d6..3f7aa6727 100644
--- a/modules/billing/tests/billing.attachUsageContext.unit.tests.js
+++ b/modules/billing/tests/billing.attachUsageContext.unit.tests.js
@@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ describe('billing.attachUsageContext middleware unit tests:', () => {
     expect(next).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  test('should clamp plan headroom to 0 when meterUsed exceeds meterQuota', async () => {
+    mockBillingUsageService.getMeter.mockResolvedValue({
+      meterUsed: 6000,
+      meterQuota: 5000,
+      meterBreakdown: {},
+    });
+    mockBillingExtraBalanceRepository.getBalance.mockResolvedValue(500);
+
+    await attachUsageContext(req, res, next);
+
+    // remaining = Math.max(0, 5000 - 6000) + 500 = 500 (extras only), NOT -500
+    expect(res.setHeader).toHaveBeenCalledWith('X-Meter-Remaining', '500');
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   test('should be a no-op when meterMode is false', async () => {
     mockConfig.billing.meterMode = false;
 
diff --git a/modules/billing/tests/billing.quota.service.unit.tests.js b/modules/billing/tests/billing.quota.service.unit.tests.js
index fa8727532..8aa518f73 100644
--- a/modules/billing/tests/billing.quota.service.unit.tests.js
+++ b/modules/billing/tests/billing.quota.service.unit.tests.js
@@ -160,6 +160,21 @@ describe('assertCanExecute — meter mode (meterMode: true)', () => {
     })).resolves.toEqual({ degraded: false });
   });
 
+  test('resolves when meterUsed > meterQuota but extras cover the overflow (headroom clamps to 0)', async () => {
+    const assertCanExecute = await setupMocks(meterConfig);
+    mockSubscriptionRepository.findByOrganization.mockResolvedValue({ status: 'active', pastDueSince: null });
+    // meterUsed is $inc'd past meterQuota; the overflow (6000 - 5000 = 1000) is already
+    // debited from extras. remaining must be Math.max(0, 5000 - 6000) + 500 = 500 (extras),
+    // NOT (5000 - 6000) + 500 = -500 which would wrongly deny with a positive extras balance.
+    mockBillingUsageService.getMeter.mockResolvedValue({ meterUsed: 6000, meterQuota: 5000 });
+    mockBillingExtraBalanceRepository.getBalance.mockResolvedValue(500);
+
+    await expect(assertCanExecute({
+      orgId: ORG_ID, organization: BASE_ORG, user: { roles: ['user'] },
+      resource: 'scraps', action: 'execute',
+    })).resolves.toEqual({ degraded: false });
+  });
+
   test('throws AppError status 402 METER_EXHAUSTED when meter is exhausted', async () => {
     const assertCanExecute = await setupMocks(meterConfig);
     mockSubscriptionRepository.findByOrganization.mockResolvedValue({ status: 'active', pastDueSince: null });