1. A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises: scanning a plurality of distributed storage units to identify one or more compromised encoded data slices (EDSs) of a set of EDSs, wherein the set of EDSs represents a first data segment; when one or more compromised EDSs of the set of EDSs is found, determining whether a decode threshold number of EDSs of the set of EDSs is available to recover the first data segment; when a decode threshold number of EDSs of the set of EDSs is determined not to be available to recover the first data segment, determining whether the first data segment is involved in an indeterminate state of processing a storage function; when the first data segment is involved in an indeterminate state of processing a storage function, waiting until the processing a storage function is complete; and when the first data segment is not involved in an indeterminate state of processing a storage function, initiating a process to recover at least a portion of the first data segment.