diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index a265456..d7c6645 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ export class StableMem extends Service {
    * disagree — the failure mode D4 exists to prevent.
    *
    * @type {{mode: string, skipped_fp: number, skipped_dim: number,
-   *   skipped_score: number, skipped_no_evidence: number, truncated: number,
+   *   skipped_score: number, skipped_no_evidence: number,
+   *   skipped_unscoreable: number, truncated: number,
    *   embed_error: string|null, at: number} | null}
    */
   lastRecall = null
@@ -567,6 +568,11 @@ export class StableMem extends Service {
       skipped_dim: hits.skippedDim ?? 0,
       skipped_score: hits.skippedScore ?? 0,
       skipped_no_evidence: hits.skippedNoEvidence ?? 0,
+      // D2's second hole: blocks dropped BEFORE they could enter the candidate
+      // pool (bad JSON, wrong width, non-finite component, zero norm, or — since
+      // C4 — a vector that centring collapses onto the space mean). Those are not
+      // "gated": no gate ever saw them, which is why they were invisible.
+      skipped_unscoreable: hits.skippedUnscoreable ?? 0,
       truncated: hits.truncated ?? 0,
       embed_error: hits.degradedError ?? null,
       at: Date.now(),
@@ -681,7 +687,9 @@ export class StableMem extends Service {
           raw?.skippedDim ?? 0
         } skippedScore=${raw?.skippedScore ?? 0} skippedNoEvidence=${
           raw?.skippedNoEvidence ?? 0
-        } truncated=${raw?.truncated ?? 0} err=${summarizeError(raw?.degradedError)}`,
+        } skippedUnscoreable=${raw?.skippedUnscoreable ?? 0} truncated=${
+          raw?.truncated ?? 0
+        } err=${summarizeError(raw?.degradedError)}`,
         `inject=${injectChars}ch`,
       ].join(' | ')
 
diff --git a/lib/recall.js b/lib/recall.js
index 1a7c763..4fcdc47 100644
--- a/lib/recall.js
+++ b/lib/recall.js
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ function allIndexesOf(haystack, needle) {
  * @returns {Array<{id: string, text: string, source: string, score: number,
  *                  exact: boolean, why: string}>}
  */
-export function recallBlocks(store, query, { topK = 5, poolSize = 50, fingerprint, dimension, vectorScores, minScore } = {}) {
+export function recallBlocks(store, query, { topK = 5, poolSize = 50, fingerprint, dimension, vectorScores, minScore, skippedUnscoreable = 0 } = {}) {
   const text = String(query ?? '').trim()
   if (text === '') return []
 
@@ -554,7 +554,10 @@ export function recallBlocks(store, query, { topK = 5, poolSize = 50, fingerprin
   scored.sort((a, b) => (b.score === a.score ? a.id.localeCompare(b.id) : b.score - a.score))
   // ported from go: internal/memory/fusion.go:557-559 — final caller topK,
   // after candidate union, scoring, filtering and the asymmetric gate.
-  const drops = { gatedByScore, gatedNoEvidence, truncated: Math.max(0, scored.length - topK) }
+  const drops = {
+    gatedByScore, gatedNoEvidence, skippedUnscoreable,
+    truncated: Math.max(0, scored.length - topK),
+  }
   return withSkipped(scored.slice(0, topK), skipped, skippedDim, drops)
 }
 
@@ -599,6 +602,9 @@ function withSkipped(hits, skipped, skippedDim = 0, drops = {}) {
     ['gatedByScore', 'skippedScore'],
     ['gatedNoEvidence', 'skippedNoEvidence'],
     ['truncated', 'truncated'],
+    // D2's second hole: blocks dropped BEFORE the candidate pool existed. They
+    // are not "gated" (no gate ever saw them) — they could not be scored at all.
+    ['skippedUnscoreable', 'skippedUnscoreable'],
   ]) {
     Object.defineProperty(hits, label, {
       value: Number.isInteger(drops[key]) ? drops[key] : 0,
@@ -797,14 +803,34 @@ export async function recallBlocksHybrid(store, embedder, query, options = {}) {
   // step, `allBlocks(-1)`), so the fused path was always O(total blocks); what is
   // added here is one narrow indexed read plus the cosine arithmetic, and the
   // decode is bounded to the active space and width instead of the whole table.
-  const vectorScores = scoreVectorCandidates(store, queryVector, scoped)
+  // ── D2: blocks that could not be scored at all ──────────────────────────
+  //
+  // `scoreVectorCandidates` skips a row when it cannot produce a number: bad
+  // JSON, wrong width, a non-finite component, a zero-norm vector, or — since C4
+  // — a vector that centring collapses to dust. Such a block never enters
+  // `vectorScores`, so `recallBlocks` never puts it in the candidate pool, so
+  // none of the downstream counters can see it.
+  //
+  // Measured: three identical blocks with centring active produced
+  // `hits=0 skipped=0 skippedDim=0 skippedScore=0 skippedNoEvidence=0 truncated=0`
+  // — the whole space vanished while every counter read zero. That is exactly the
+  // silent branch D2 forbids, one stage EARLIER than where D2 first looked.
+  //
+  // The counter is threaded by reference so it can be reported on both the fused
+  // path and the early `no_vector_space` return.
+  const unscoreable = { count: 0 }
+
+  const vectorScores = scoreVectorCandidates(store, queryVector, scoped, unscoreable)
   const vectorRoute = vectorScores.size > 0
   if (!vectorRoute) {
     // An empty map would still open the fused candidate assembly (minScore is
     // finite) and then admit symbol matches with a vector weight of 0 — the
     // `0.7*0 + 0.3*coverage` regression V2 forbids. Reporting the honest reason
     // and taking the untouched symbol path is both correct and cheaper.
-    return withDiagnosis(recallBlocks(store, query, scoped), 'no_vector_space')
+    return withDiagnosis(
+      recallBlocks(store, query, { ...scoped, skippedUnscoreable: unscoreable.count }),
+      'no_vector_space',
+    )
   }
 
   // `minScore` is only defaulted when the caller did not decide: an explicit
@@ -813,7 +839,7 @@ export async function recallBlocksHybrid(store, embedder, query, options = {}) {
   const minScore = Number.isFinite(scoped.minScore) ? scoped.minScore : DEFAULT_MIN_SCORE
 
   return withDiagnosis(
-    recallBlocks(store, query, { ...scoped, vectorScores, minScore }),
+    recallBlocks(store, query, { ...scoped, vectorScores, minScore, skippedUnscoreable: unscoreable.count }),
     // 'hybrid' from here on is a statement of fact, not an aspiration: the vector
     // route contributed at least one scoreable candidate to the same call that
     // produced these hits. Group A shipped `vector_ready_unused` precisely so this
@@ -848,7 +874,7 @@ export async function recallBlocksHybrid(store, embedder, query, options = {}) {
  * @param {{fingerprint?: string, dimension?: number}} options
  * @returns {Map<string, number>}
  */
-function scoreVectorCandidates(store, queryVector, { fingerprint, dimension } = {}) {
+function scoreVectorCandidates(store, queryVector, { fingerprint, dimension } = {}, unscoreable = { count: 0 }) {
   const scores = new Map()
   // Without a space identity there is nothing to compare against: the vectors in
   // the table may belong to several incompatible spaces (§0.1), and a cosine
@@ -893,16 +919,28 @@ function scoreVectorCandidates(store, queryVector, { fingerprint, dimension } =
     try {
       vector = JSON.parse(String(row.vector ?? ''))
     } catch {
+      unscoreable.count += 1
+      continue
+    }
+    if (!Array.isArray(vector) || vector.length !== queryVector.length) {
+      unscoreable.count += 1
       continue
     }
-    if (!Array.isArray(vector) || vector.length !== queryVector.length) continue
 
     // ★ 两边都中心化。只处理一边 = 一边带公共分量、另一边不带，算出来的
     //   余弦是两种量纲的混合（HA centroid_store.go:439-442 的原话）。
     //   实测：只减 query 时，C4b 那个 5 块 fixture 上同值对的余弦从 1.0 掉到
     //   0.1897（余弦对称，只减块侧同值）—— 那就不是在量夹角了。
     const scoringVector = centering ? centerVector(vector, mean) : vector
-    if (scoringVector === null) continue
+    if (scoringVector === null) {
+      // ★ C4's dust guard fired: the block sits on the space mean, so it has no
+      // direction to compare against. Counted explicitly, because otherwise this
+      // block disappears BEFORE the candidate pool is assembled and no downstream
+      // counter can see it — measured as "the whole space vanished while every
+      // counter read zero".
+      unscoreable.count += 1
+      continue
+    }
 
     let dot = 0
     let norm = 0
@@ -918,7 +956,10 @@ function scoreVectorCandidates(store, queryVector, { fingerprint, dimension } =
       dot += value * scoringQuery[index]
       norm += value * value
     }
-    if (!Number.isFinite(dot) || !(norm > 0)) continue
+    if (!Number.isFinite(dot) || !(norm > 0)) {
+      unscoreable.count += 1
+      continue
+    }
     scores.set(row.id, dot / (queryNorm * Math.sqrt(norm)))
   }
   return scores
diff --git a/test/memory-log.test.js b/test/memory-log.test.js
index 436d485..a631c08 100644
--- a/test/memory-log.test.js
+++ b/test/memory-log.test.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ test('L2: debugLog=true emits one line covering recall, budget, degradation and
     assert.match(record.text, /skipped=0 skippedDim=0/, 'skip counters')
     // D2: the three downstream counters must be PRINTED, not merely computed.
     // A counter nobody can read is indistinguishable from no counter at all.
-    assert.match(record.text, /skippedScore=0 skippedNoEvidence=0 truncated=0/, 'downstream drop counters')
+    assert.match(record.text, /skippedScore=0 skippedNoEvidence=0 skippedUnscoreable=0 truncated=0/, 'downstream drop counters')
     assert.match(record.text, /err=-/, 'no error digest when there is no error')
 
     // injection: the exact string length that reached the model.
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ test('L2b: non-zero drop counters appear in the log and in last_recall', async (
     assert.equal(emitted.length, 1, `exactly one line per recall turn; got ${JSON.stringify(emitted)}`)
     assert.match(
       emitted[0].text,
-      /skippedScore=1 skippedNoEvidence=1 truncated=0/,
+      /skippedScore=1 skippedNoEvidence=1 skippedUnscoreable=0 truncated=0/,
       `D2: the counters must survive segmenting and reach the log; got ${emitted[0].text}`,
     )
     assert.equal(mem.lastRecall.skipped_score, 1, 'and the durable surface must agree')
diff --git a/test/recall-accounting.test.js b/test/recall-accounting.test.js
index f7f3a9a..92077bc 100644
--- a/test/recall-accounting.test.js
+++ b/test/recall-accounting.test.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
 import test from 'node:test'
 import { BlockStore } from '../lib/store.js'
-import { recallBlocks } from '../lib/recall.js'
+import { recallBlocks, recallBlocksHybrid } from '../lib/recall.js'
 
 const DIM = 8
 const FP = 'd2:accounting'
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ test('D2: hits plus every counter reconciles with the candidate pool', () => {
     const accounted = hits.length
       + hits.skippedScore
       + hits.skippedNoEvidence
+      + hits.skippedUnscoreable
       + hits.truncated
       + hits.skipped
       + hits.skippedDim
@@ -131,3 +132,60 @@ test('D2: hits plus every counter reconciles with the candidate pool', () => {
     store.close()
   }
 })
+
+// ── D2 的第二个洞：在候选池存在之前就消失的块 ──────────────────────────────
+//
+// 07f8438 给三个「门」加了计数，但候选池是三处之外还有一段：`scoreVectorCandidates`
+// 里算不出分数的行直接 continue —— 坏 JSON、宽度不符、非有限分量、零模，以及
+// C4 之后新增的一种：**中心化把向量抹成尘埃**。这些块压根不进 vectorScores，
+// 于是 recallBlocks 装配候选池时（`if (!symbolMatch && !vectorSource) continue`）
+// 也看不到它们。
+//
+// 实测（3 条完全相同的块 + 中心化生效）：
+//   hits=0 skipped=0 skippedDim=0 skippedScore=0 skippedNoEvidence=0 truncated=0
+//   —— 整个空间凭空消失，六个计数器全读 0。这正是 D2 自己禁止的静默分支，
+//      只是位置比当初看的更深一层。
+//
+// 这条判据同时钉住两件事：计数非零，以及「命中 + 全部计数」仍能对上候选池。
+test('D2: a vector that centring collapses is counted, not silently lost', async () => {
+  const DIM = 4
+  const FP = 'd2:unscoreable'
+  const unit = (v) => { const n = Math.hypot(...v); return n === 0 ? v : v.map((x) => x / n) }
+  const blockVec = unit([1, 0.2, 0.1, 0])
+  const queryVec = unit([1, 0.9, 0.1, 0])
+
+  const store = new BlockStore({ path: ':memory:' }).open()
+  try {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) {
+      store.putBlock({ text: `重复块 ${i}`, vector: blockVec, fingerprint: FP })
+    }
+    const built = store.rebuildCentroid(FP)
+    assert.ok(built.meanLength > 0.999, `precondition: identical blocks give a unit mean; got ${built.meanLength}`)
+    assert.equal(built.isAnomalous, true, 'precondition: centring must actually engage')
+
+    const embedder = {
+      async embedText() { return queryVec },
+      info: () => ({ fingerprint: FP, dimension: DIM }),
+    }
+    const hits = await recallBlocksHybrid(store, embedder, 'zzz-no-symbol-match', { topK: 10, minScore: 0 })
+
+    assert.equal(hits.length, 0, 'precondition: every block is centred onto the mean and dropped')
+    assert.equal(
+      hits.skippedUnscoreable,
+      3,
+      'D2: these blocks were dropped before the candidate pool existed, so no other '
+        + 'counter can see them. Reporting 0 here is what made a whole space vanish '
+        + 'while the log read "skipped=0".',
+    )
+
+    const accounted = hits.length + hits.skipped + hits.skippedDim + hits.skippedScore
+      + hits.skippedNoEvidence + hits.skippedUnscoreable + hits.truncated
+    assert.equal(
+      accounted,
+      3,
+      `D2: hits + every counter must equal the space's blocks; ${accounted} of 3.`,
+    )
+  } finally {
+    store.close()
+  }
+})