diff --git a/pulpcore/app/settings.py b/pulpcore/app/settings.py
index d4cda8adb4..28e110ab29 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/settings.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/settings.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 # The time a RemoteArtifact will be ignored after failure.
 # In on-demand, if a fetching content from a remote failed due to corrupt data,
 # the corresponding RemoteArtifact will be ignored for that time (seconds).
-FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_PROTECTION_TIME = 5 * 60  # 5 minutes
+FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_COOLDOWN_TIME = 5 * 60  # 5 minutes
 
 SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
     "SERVE_URLCONF": ROOT_URLCONF,
diff --git a/pulpcore/content/handler.py b/pulpcore/content/handler.py
index 34de754d4f..3bd94d5d61 100644
--- a/pulpcore/content/handler.py
+++ b/pulpcore/content/handler.py
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ async def _stream_content_artifact(self, request, response, content_artifact):
             ClientConnectionError,
         )
 
-        protection_time = settings.FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_PROTECTION_TIME
+        protection_time = settings.FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_COOLDOWN_TIME
         remote_artifacts = (
             content_artifact.remoteartifact_set.select_related("remote")
             .order_by_acs()
@@ -1151,14 +1151,14 @@ async def finalize():
             await remote_artifact.asave()
             await downloader.session.close()
             close_tcp_connection(request.transport._sock)
-            FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_PROTECTION_TIME = settings.FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_PROTECTION_TIME
+            FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_COOLDOWN_TIME = settings.FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_COOLDOWN_TIME
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"Pulp tried streaming {remote_artifact.url!r} to "
                 "the client, but it failed checksum validation.\n\n"
                 "We can't recover from wrong data already sent so we are:\n"
                 "- Forcing the connection to close.\n"
                 "- Marking this Remote to be ignored for "
-                f"{FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_PROTECTION_TIME=}s.\n\n"
+                f"{FAILED_REMOTE_ARTIFACT_COOLDOWN_TIME=}s.\n\n"
                 "If the Remote is known to be fixed, try resyncing the associated repository.\n"
                 "If the Remote is known to be permanently corrupted, try removing "
                 "affected Pulp Remote, adding a good one and resyncing.\n"
diff --git a/pulpcore/tests/functional/api/using_plugin/test_content_delivery.py b/pulpcore/tests/functional/api/using_plugin/test_content_delivery.py
index 1aa6560fd7..0ab11eaa2c 100644
--- a/pulpcore/tests/functional/api/using_plugin/test_content_delivery.py
+++ b/pulpcore/tests/functional/api/using_plugin/test_content_delivery.py
@@ -115,8 +115,13 @@ def test_remote_content_changed_with_on_demand(
 ):
     """
     GIVEN a remote synced on demand with fileA (e.g, digest=123),
-    WHEN on the remote server, fileA changed its content (e.g, digest=456),
-    THEN retrieving fileA from the content app will cause a connection-close/incomplete-response.
+    AND the remote server, fileA changed its content (e.g, digest=456),
+
+    WHEN the client first requests that content
+    THEN the content app will start a response but close the connection before finishing
+
+    WHEN the client requests that content again (within the RA cooldown interval)
+    THEN the content app will return a 404
     """
     # GIVEN
     basic_manifest_path = write_3_iso_file_fixture_data_factory("basic")
@@ -128,17 +133,25 @@ def test_remote_content_changed_with_on_demand(
     repo = file_bindings.RepositoriesFileApi.read(file_repo_with_auto_publish.pulp_href)
     distribution = file_distribution_factory(repository=repo.pulp_href)
     expected_file_list = list(get_files_in_manifest(remote.url))
-
-    # WHEN
     write_3_iso_file_fixture_data_factory("basic", overwrite=True)
 
-    # THEN
     get_url = urljoin(distribution.base_url, expected_file_list[0][0])
+
+    # WHEN (first request)
     result = subprocess.run(["curl", "-v", get_url], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+    # THEN
     assert result.returncode == 18
     assert b"* Closing connection 0" in result.stderr
     assert b"curl: (18) transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining" in result.stderr
 
+    # WHEN (second request)
+    result = subprocess.run(["curl", "-v", get_url], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+    # THEN
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+    assert b"< HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found" in result.stderr
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parallel
 def test_handling_remote_artifact_on_demand_streaming_failure(