diff --git a/frontend/src/__tests__/settings-service-payment.test.ts b/frontend/src/__tests__/settings-service-payment.test.ts
index 1f2b8fe37..0b6d22df4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__tests__/settings-service-payment.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__tests__/settings-service-payment.test.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,63 @@ describe('Settings Save payment tokens (issue #545)', () => {
     expect(awsPayment.classList.contains('dirty')).toBe(false);
     consoleError.mockRestore();
   });
+  // Issue #617: after #614 a scoped admin's service PUTs all 403. With no
+  // global change and no service saved, the toast must not claim "Settings
+  // saved" or repeat the same denial 17 times.
+  function denied(): Error {
+    return Object.assign(new Error('permission denied: global configuration requires unrestricted account access'), { status: 403 });
+  }
+
+  it('scoped admin: every service PUT denied shows one permission-denied failure toast', async () => {
+    const consoleError = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    (api.updateServiceConfig as jest.Mock).mockRejectedValue(denied());
+    await loadGlobalSettings();
+    const awsPayment = document.getElementById('aws-ec2-payment') as HTMLSelectElement;
+    awsPayment.value = 'no-upfront';
+
+    await saveGlobalSettings(new Event('submit'));
+
+    expect(api.updateConfig).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockShowToast).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockShowToast).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      message: 'Failed to save settings: permission denied: global configuration requires unrestricted account access',
+      kind: 'error',
+    });
+    // Nothing saved, so the edited card stays dirty for a retry.
+    expect(awsPayment.classList.contains('dirty')).toBe(true);
+    consoleError.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('every service PUT failing for other reasons says the save failed, listing each service', async () => {
+    const consoleError = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    (api.updateServiceConfig as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(async (provider: string, service: string) => {
+      throw provider === 'aws' && service === 'ec2' ? new Error('boom') : denied();
+    });
+    await loadGlobalSettings();
+
+    await saveGlobalSettings(new Event('submit'));
+
+    const { message } = mockShowToast.mock.calls[0]![0] as { message: string };
+    expect(message).toMatch(/^Failed to save settings: 17 services failed: /);
+    expect(message).toContain('aws/ec2: boom');
+    consoleError.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('a saved global change still reports "Settings saved, but" when every service PUT fails', async () => {
+    const consoleError = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    (api.updateServiceConfig as jest.Mock).mockRejectedValue(new Error('unavailable'));
+    await loadGlobalSettings();
+    const notify = document.getElementById('setting-notification-days') as HTMLInputElement;
+    notify.value = '9';
+
+    await saveGlobalSettings(new Event('submit'));
+
+    expect(api.updateConfig).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const { message } = mockShowToast.mock.calls[0]![0] as { message: string };
+    expect(message).toMatch(/^Settings saved, but 17 services failed: /);
+    consoleError.mockRestore();
+  });
+
   it.each([
     ['no-upfront', 'monthly'],
     ['partial-upfront', 'monthly'],
diff --git a/frontend/src/settings.ts b/frontend/src/settings.ts
index efbed45af..7725a70d9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/settings.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/settings.ts
@@ -3558,7 +3558,8 @@ export async function saveGlobalSettings(e: Event): Promise<void> {
     for (const [key, ids] of GLOBAL_CONFIG_FIELDS) {
       if (ids.every(id => getFieldValue(id) === savedSnapshot[id])) delete changedGlobal[key];
     }
-    if (Object.keys(changedGlobal).length > 0) {
+    const globalSent = Object.keys(changedGlobal).length > 0;
+    if (globalSent) {
       await api.updateConfig(changedGlobal);
       // Persisted: advance the snapshot now, so a later validation failure or
       // service-save error does not leave these fields looking unsaved.
@@ -3678,10 +3679,7 @@ export async function saveGlobalSettings(e: Event): Promise<void> {
 
     if (failures.length > 0) {
       console.error('Failed to save service configs:', failures);
-      showToast({
-        message: `Settings saved, but ${failures.length} service${failures.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} failed: ${failures.join('; ')}`,
-        kind: 'error',
-      });
+      showToast({ message: serviceSaveFailureMessage(results, failures, globalSent), kind: 'error' });
     } else {
       showToast({ message: 'Settings saved successfully', kind: 'success', timeout: 5_000 });
     }
@@ -3695,6 +3693,31 @@ export async function saveGlobalSettings(e: Event): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Toast text for a Save where at least one service PUT failed. Only claim
+ * "Settings saved" when something was: the global PUT went out or a service
+ * PUT succeeded. When nothing saved and every service PUT was denied (a
+ * scoped admin after #614 gated service config on unrestricted account
+ * scope), show the single backend reason, matching the global PUT's
+ * "Failed to save settings: permission denied: ..." toast instead of
+ * repeating it once per service (#617).
+ */
+function serviceSaveFailureMessage(
+  results: PromiseSettledResult<void>[],
+  failures: string[],
+  globalSent: boolean,
+): string {
+  const savedSomething = globalSent || results.some(r => r.status === 'fulfilled');
+  if (savedSomething) {
+    return `Settings saved, but ${failures.length} service${failures.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} failed: ${failures.join('; ')}`;
+  }
+  const reasons = results.map(r => (r.status === 'rejected' ? r.reason : null));
+  if (reasons.every(isPermissionDeniedError)) {
+    return `Failed to save settings: ${(reasons[0] as Error).message}`;
+  }
+  return `Failed to save settings: ${failures.length} service${failures.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} failed: ${failures.join('; ')}`;
+}
+
 /**
  * Reset settings to defaults
  */