Surgical instruments of the present disclosure include a firing assembly including a fuse, and a staple cartridge assembly. The firing assembly is configured to advance to perform a staple firing stroke and apply a firing load to the staple cartridge assembly. The firing assembly of instruments is configured to stop the staple firing stroke if the fuse in the firing assembly fails or changes state, such as to a failed state. The firing assemb.ly is retractable to reset the fuse
