diff --git a/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.defaultGrants.test.ts b/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.defaultGrants.test.ts
index 8947f60dd..838eaffeb 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.defaultGrants.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.defaultGrants.test.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,13 @@ describe('check on default grants', () => {
     it('answers a default grant without reading the scan cache', async () => {
         const getScanCache = vi.spyOn(server.stores.permission, 'getScanCache');
         try {
-            for (const actor of [actors.user, actors.looseUser, actors.app]) {
+            // A full-access token holds its issuer's defaults.
+            for (const actor of [
+                actors.user,
+                actors.looseUser,
+                actors.app,
+                actors.fullToken,
+            ]) {
                 expect(
                     await permService.check(
                         actor,
@@ -211,10 +217,7 @@ describe('check on default grants', () => {
                     actors.scopedToken,
                     'service:puter-chat-completion:ii:puter-chat-completion',
                 ],
-                [
-                    actors.fullToken,
-                    'service:puter-chat-completion:ii:puter-chat-completion',
-                ],
+                [actors.fullToken, `fs:${fileUid}:read`],
                 [actors.app, 'feature:something'],
                 [actors.user, `fs:${fileUid}:read`],
             ] as const) {
diff --git a/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.test.ts b/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.test.ts
index 40239d1e5..dbf9d30cc 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.test.ts
@@ -2113,6 +2113,31 @@ describe('PermissionService — scan paths', () => {
             ).toBe(false);
         });
 
+        it('answers default grants for full-access tokens without reading the scan cache', async () => {
+            const { actor } = await makeGroupedUser();
+            const token: Actor = {
+                user: actor.user,
+                accessToken: {
+                    uid: `tok-${uuidv4()}`,
+                    issuer: actor,
+                    authorized: null,
+                    fullAccess: true,
+                },
+            };
+            const get = vi.spyOn(server.clients.redis, 'get');
+            try {
+                expect(
+                    await permService.check(
+                        token,
+                        'service:puter-kvstore:ii:puter-kvstore',
+                    ),
+                ).toBe(true);
+                expect(get).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            } finally {
+                get.mockRestore();
+            }
+        });
+
         it('a full-access token resolves anything its issuer holds, and nothing more', async () => {
             const { row, actor } = await makeGroupedUser();
             const held = `zztest:full-${uuidv4()}:ii:read`;
diff --git a/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.ts b/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.ts
index 80f35d252..cb8a6cc6a 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/permission/PermissionService.ts
@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@ export class PermissionService extends PuterService {
         permissionOptions: string | string[],
         scanOptions?: ScanOptions,
     ): Promise<boolean> {
-        if (this.#heldByDefault(actor, permissionOptions)) return true;
+        const defaultActor = actor.accessToken?.fullAccess
+            ? actor.accessToken.issuer
+            : actor;
+        if (this.#heldByDefault(defaultActor, permissionOptions)) return true;
         const reading = await this.scan(
             actor,
             permissionOptions,
@@ -626,8 +629,11 @@ export class PermissionService extends PuterService {
         // Account-management endpoints stay closed because they gate on actor
         // type (requireUserActor / session cookie), not permissions.
         if (actor.accessToken.fullAccess) {
-            for (const permission of options) {
-                const issuerReading = await this.scan(issuerActor, permission);
+            const issuerReadings = await Promise.all(
+                options.map((permission) => this.scan(issuerActor, permission)),
+            );
+            for (const [index, permission] of options.entries()) {
+                const issuerReading = issuerReadings[index];
                 reading.push({
                     $: 'path',
                     via: 'access-token',