diff --git a/include/bitcoin/node/chasers/chaser_check.hpp b/include/bitcoin/node/chasers/chaser_check.hpp
index 6d0718b7..3bf5dbd8 100644
--- a/include/bitcoin/node/chasers/chaser_check.hpp
+++ b/include/bitcoin/node/chasers/chaser_check.hpp
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class BCN_API chaser_check
     const float allowed_deviation_;
     const size_t maximum_concurrency_;
     const size_t maximum_height_;
+    const size_t bypass_height_;
     const size_t connections_;
     const size_t step_;
 
diff --git a/src/chasers/chaser_check.cpp b/src/chasers/chaser_check.cpp
index 5561d276..ba52328e 100644
--- a/src/chasers/chaser_check.cpp
+++ b/src/chasers/chaser_check.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ chaser_check::chaser_check(full_node& node) NOEXCEPT
     allowed_deviation_(node.node_settings().allowed_deviation),
     maximum_concurrency_(node.node_settings().maximum_concurrency_()),
     maximum_height_(node.node_settings().maximum_height_()),
+    bypass_height_(std::max(node.system_settings().milestone.height(),
+        node.system_settings().top_checkpoint().height())),
     connections_(get_target_connections(node.network_settings())),
     step_(get_step(connections_, maximum_concurrency_))
 {
@@ -509,10 +511,14 @@ size_t chaser_check::set_unassociated() NOEXCEPT
     // The last request (requested_) stops at the last gap in the window, but
     // validation continues until the next gap. Start next scan above validated
     // not last requested, since all between are already downloaded.
+    // Bypassed blocks may archive unprobed, so the window must not extend
+    // above the bypass height until all blocks at/below it are associated.
     const auto& query = archive();
     const auto previous = requested_;
     const auto step = ceilinged_add(position(), maximum_concurrency_);
-    const auto stop = std::min(step, maximum_height_);
+    const auto span = std::min(step, maximum_height_);
+    const auto stop = position() < bypass_height_ ?
+        std::min(span, bypass_height_) : span;
     size_t count{};
 
     while (true)
diff --git a/test/functional/p2p.cpp b/test/functional/p2p.cpp
index 0d244a86..61fffefa 100644
--- a/test/functional/p2p.cpp
+++ b/test/functional/p2p.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(functional_p2p__handshake__default__provides_network_and_wi
 {
     BOOST_REQUIRE(handshake());
     BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(node_version->value, config_.network.protocol_maximum);
-    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(node_version->services,
-        service::node_network | service::node_witness);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(node_version->services, service::node_network | service::node_witness);
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(functional_p2p__ping__nonce__pong_echo)