diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5132298d..dc10f192 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
 - 改日期查到新时区后又改回原日期，会重新查一次，不再沿用刚才那个日期的时区。
 - 记为 BUG-1506。Skill 版本不变。
 
+## 2026-11-02 — VedAstro 卡住或断线时，报告不再失败
+
+- 生成报告时，VedAstro 最多等 25 秒（从开始计算时算起，和本地计算同时进行），前端的等待是 90 秒。等不到就照常出报告，报告里的 VedAstro 一栏标「官方外部引擎本次未验证或不可用」，不会写成已验证。
+- 这次失败会记到当天：同一张盘当天再生成报告、或者同一份报告的下一个主题，直接用这条记录，不再等 VedAstro。之后 VedAstro 恢复并返回结果，就改用新结果。
+- 报告不再先跑一遍 VedAstro 主入口概览（按主题的区间扫描）。官方 VedAstro 证据仍然有，来自官方快照，按时返回就照常写进报告。
+- VedAstro 返回到一半连接断开（读响应时连接被重置或截断）时，按网络错误处理：报告照常出、VedAstro 标未验证；`/api/chart` 不带跳过概览的参数时也返回 200，不再报 500。
+- 对话、星盘页的行为不变。
+- 可调参数：`JYOTISH_REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS`（默认 25，最多 45）。
+- Skill 版本不变（Gitea #119 第 42 项缺口 2、3；BUG-1508、BUG-1504）。
+
 
 ## 2026-11-01 — 年运报告：从「我的报告」直接打开，写好一节出一节
 
diff --git a/docs/BUG_HISTORY.md b/docs/BUG_HISTORY.md
index 06637b41..bad6dc28 100644
--- a/docs/BUG_HISTORY.md
+++ b/docs/BUG_HISTORY.md
@@ -20573,19 +20573,22 @@
 
 ## BUG-1504 | VedAstro 响应读到一半连接断开时，报告生成与不带 skip 的排盘返回 500
 
-- 状态：investigating
+- 状态：resolved
 - 首次发现：2026-11-01（Gitea #119 第 42 项，外部依赖故障审计）
-- 最近更新：2026-11-01
+- 最近更新：2026-11-02
 - 影响面：同步调 VedAstro 官方快照的路径，包括个人报告生成（排盘主入口概览、生时门禁）和不带 `skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview` 的 `/api/chart`。星盘页、对话不受影响：前者总是跳过，后者在后台线程里调用。
 - 用户现象：报告以 `workflow_server_error` 失败（会退点）；接口返回 `ERR_INTERNAL`。
-- 触发条件：VedAstro 已经返回响应头，但响应体读到一半连接被重置或截断（`http.client.IncompleteRead`、`ConnectionResetError`、`ssl.SSLError`）。
-- 根因（读码 + 本机 stub 确认 IncompleteRead）：`scripts/vedastro_service_adapter.py` 的快照分发（约 2782–2808 行）和区间扫描（约 3010–3046 行）只接住 `HTTPError`、`URLError`、`RemoteDisconnected`、超时和 `JSONDecodeError`；`_attach_vedastro_main_entry_overview` 外面也没有 try，所以异常一直冒到请求总入口。
-- 修复：未修。本轮只审计，修法待产品决定是否排期（把这几类读错误归为 `network_error`）。
-- 验证：本机把 `urlopen` 换成读响应时抛 `IncompleteRead` 的 stub，调用排盘得到 500。脚本是临时的，没有入库；做法见 `docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md` 第一节。
-- 防复发：待修复单补「读错误降级、不 500」的测试。
-- 相关记录：Gitea #119 第 42 项；`docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md`。
+- 触发条件：VedAstro 已经返回响应头，但响应体读到一半连接被重置或截断（`http.client.IncompleteRead`、`ConnectionResetError`、`ssl.SSLError`）。读响应头时连接被重置也一样。
+- 根因（读码 + 本机 stub 确认 IncompleteRead）：`scripts/vedastro_service_adapter.py` 的快照分发（约 2782–2808 行）和区间扫描（约 3010–3046 行）只接住 `HTTPError`、`URLError`、`RemoteDisconnected`、超时和 `JSONDecodeError`；`urllib` 只包装发请求时的错误，读响应头和响应体时的错误原样抛出。`_attach_vedastro_main_entry_overview` 外面也没有 try，所以异常一直冒到请求总入口。
+- 修复：
+  - 适配器的 `_post_json` 把读响应时的 `http.client.HTTPException`（含 `IncompleteRead`、`RemoteDisconnected`）、`ConnectionError`（含 `ConnectionResetError`）和 `ssl.SSLError` 转成 `URLError("response_read_failed:<类型名>")`。所有调用点本来就把 `URLError` 记成 `network_error`，所以快照分节、区间扫描、外部技法证据都按网络错误处理，官方快照不再是 ok，网关结果是 `official_blocked`。前台和报告会话照原样把这个失败记进当天的失败缓存。读超时仍是 `timeout`，5xx 仍是 `http_error:<code>`。`RemoteDisconnected` 的标签从 `network_error:<原文>` 变成 `network_error:response_read_failed:RemoteDisconnected`。
+  - `_attach_vedastro_main_entry_overview` 外面包一层 try：任何异常都记成 `status=blocked`、`reason=vedastro_main_entry_overview_error`、`error_type=<类型名>`，排盘照常返回。
+  - `vedastro_rest_bridge.probe_calculate_health` 也接住 `http.client.HTTPException`，健康探测读到一半断开时记 `official_blocked`。
+- 验证：`tests/test_vedastro_report_deadline_20261102.py`：把 `urlopen` 换成 stub，分别在读响应体时抛 `IncompleteRead`、`ConnectionResetError`、`ssl.SSLError`，在打开连接时抛 `ConnectionResetError`、`RemoteDisconnected`。`_post_json` 抛 `URLError`；官方快照分节是 `network_error:response_read_failed:<类型名>`，没有 ok；区间扫描是 `network_error`。`/api/chart`（不带 skip）走真实 `do_POST` 返回 200，`vedastro_range_scan_result` 不是 ok；编排器直接抛 `IncompleteRead` 时也返回 200，概览为 blocked。503 仍是 `http_error:503`，读超时仍是 `timeout`。把适配器和 REST 桥换回修复前版本，这几条测试失败。
+- 防复发：该测试文件已加进 `scripts/run_quality_gate.py` 的 quick 清单。新增的 VedAstro 网络调用应当走 `_post_json`，不要自己调 `urlopen`。
+- 相关记录：BUG-1508（同一轮修复，报告等 VedAstro 的总时限）；Gitea #119 第 42 项；`docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md`。
 - 复发自：无
-- 修复版本：未修。
+- 修复版本：分支 `codex/vedastro-deadline-1504`。
 
 ## BUG-1505 | 报告任务最后一次尝试租约过期时，报告标为失败但点数不退
 
@@ -20645,3 +20648,25 @@
 - 相关记录：BUG-1506；`docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md` 第二节。新疆 `Asia/Urumqi`（+6）对报北京时间的用户差两小时，另待产品决定，没有单独记 Bug。
 - 复发自：无
 - 修复版本：未修。
+
+## BUG-1508 | 报告生成同步等 VedAstro，没有总时限，VedAstro 卡住时报告超时失败
+
+- 状态：resolved
+- 首次发现：2026-11-01（Gitea #119 第 42 项，外部依赖故障审计，缺口 2）
+- 最近更新：2026-11-02
+- 影响面：个人报告生成（`/api/reports` 创建和报告 worker 调 `/api/consultation_workflow`）。对话、星盘页不受影响。
+- 用户现象：VedAstro 卡住时报告以 `workflow_timeout` 失败（会退点）。期间一直占着进程级两个重计算名额中的一个，并发两份报告会让对话和校正拿到 429。下一份报告还要再等一遍。
+- 触发条件：VedAstro 不响应（每次请求都等满 `VEDASTRO_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`，生产 20 秒）时生成报告。
+- 根因（读码 + 本机 stub 确认）：报告调用没有传 `foreground`，所以 `defer_optional_external_evidence=false`，Python 端同步跑两段 VedAstro：排盘里的主入口概览（约 4 × 20 秒）和生时门禁里的官方快照（含 8 秒健康探测，约 48 秒）。合计约 128 秒，超过前端 90 秒（`frontend/src/mastra/consultation-workflow.ts:149`）。这条路径的结果直接取自门禁，不经过前台会话，也就不写失败缓存。
+- 修复：复用对话已有的前台会话、后台线程和当天失败缓存（#130），不另起一套。
+  - 前端：报告的两处调用（`frontend/src/app/api/reports/route.ts`、`frontend/src/lib/personal-report-worker.ts`）传 `vedastroEvidenceBudget: "report"`，请求体带 `vedastro_evidence_budget: "report"`。报告仍不传 `foreground`。
+  - Python：`scripts/vedastro_foreground.py` 新增报告档。带这个字段的请求按 defer 处理，和对话一样：不跑同步的主入口概览；生时门禁只读缓存；官方网关在后台线程里跑，和本地计算并行。不同的是等待时长：对话从收尾时起最多等 1.5 秒；报告从会话开始起算，最多等 25 秒（`JYOTISH_REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS`，上限 45 秒）。单次请求超时沿用适配器的配置值，报告不会把它调高，也不超过 2 倍时限。
+  - 到时限网关还在跑：报告照常继续，VedAstro 记 `official_blocked` / `report_vedastro_deadline_exceeded`，并写进这张盘当天（UTC）的失败缓存，下一份报告和下一个主题直接用它，不再等。后台线程继续跑：之后成功就写进正常快照缓存（查缓存时成功优先），失败就用真实失败覆盖这条记录。还没开始就被取消的任务不记。
+  - 5xx、连接截断等很快返回的失败照旧记进失败缓存。
+  - 报告里的证据如实标出：`machine_evidence_packet` 的 `external_oracle_status` 是 `official_blocked`，`vedastro_official_raw_response` 是 `missing`，报告的技法审计表按原有规则显示 blocked（「官方外部引擎本次未验证或不可用」）。对话技法审计的说明文字加了 `report_vedastro_deadline_exceeded` 的中文。
+- 取舍：报告不再跑主入口概览（按主题的区间扫描），引导话题里的 VedAstro 区间事件显示为没有；官方 VedAstro 证据改由网关的官方快照提供，按时返回就照常进报告。
+- 验证：`tests/test_vedastro_report_deadline_20261102.py`，VedAstro 全部是 stub：网关卡住、时限 0.4 秒时，会话 0.4 秒左右返回 blocked，失败写进缓存，第二次 0.15 秒内返回、网关只调过一次；时限从会话开始起算，本地计算占掉的时间不再额外等；到时限后网关成功，下一次读到成功快照；很快返回的 503 类失败和抛 `IncompleteRead`、`ConnectionResetError` 的网关都记成 blocked 并写缓存；健康时照常用网关结果；对话档的 1.5 秒超时仍不记；单次请求超时沿用配置值。整条 `consultation_workflow` 带报告字段时不调主入口概览，证据段落为 `official_blocked` / `missing`，第二次不再调网关。本机脚本把时限设为 6 秒、单次超时 20 秒、VedAstro 全部卡住：第一份 6.23 秒，第二份 0.11 秒（修复前同样条件约 128 秒）。脚本是临时的，没有入库。
+- 防复发：该测试文件已加进 `scripts/run_quality_gate.py` 的 quick 清单；`frontend/tests/consultation-workflow-contract.test.ts` 锁住报告两处调用都带 `vedastroEvidenceBudget: "report"`、都不带 `foreground: true`。
+- 相关记录：BUG-1504；BUG-161、BUG-727、#130（前台会话和失败缓存）；`docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md` 第一节、第五节第 2 条。
+- 复发自：无
+- 修复版本：分支 `codex/vedastro-deadline-1504`。
diff --git a/docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md b/docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md
index feabebf5..a1d862e5 100644
--- a/docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md
+++ b/docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ Gitea #119 第 42 项：「VedAstro、地点服务、模型供应商挂掉时网
 
 ## 五、缺口（按风险从高到低）
 
-1. **报告任务租约过期不退点（BUG-1505）。** 进程在最后一次尝试时重启就会触发，发版时尤其容易遇到。点数扣掉了、报告失败，用户要么删报告，要么重新付一次。退点 RPC 失败也被忽略。
-2. **报告生成同步等 VedAstro，没有总时限。** VedAstro 卡住时约 128 秒，超过前端 90 秒，报告失败；同时占着两个重计算名额中的一个，并发两份报告会让对话和校正拿到 429。这条路径的失败也不写失败缓存，下一份报告会重来一遍。可选做法：报告也走 `defer_optional_external_evidence`，或者跳过主入口概览，或者复用对话的前台预算和失败缓存。
-3. **VedAstro 连接被截断会变成 500（BUG-1504）。** 报告失败（会退点），不带 skip 的 `/api/chart` 也会 500。
+1. **报告任务租约过期不退点（BUG-1505）。** 进程在最后一次尝试时重启就会触发，发版时尤其容易遇到。点数扣掉了、报告失败，用户要么删报告，要么重新付一次。退点 RPC 失败也被忽略。**2026-11-02 已修**：租约回收在判失败前先退点（与删除触发器、worker 同一个请求号，不会重复退）；退点失败的任务留到下次回收重试，并记 `errorCode=report_refund_failed`。
+2. **报告生成同步等 VedAstro，没有总时限。** VedAstro 卡住时约 128 秒，超过前端 90 秒，报告失败；同时占着两个重计算名额中的一个，并发两份报告会让对话和校正拿到 429。这条路径的失败也不写失败缓存，下一份报告会重来一遍。可选做法：报告也走 `defer_optional_external_evidence`，或者跳过主入口概览，或者复用对话的前台预算和失败缓存。**2026-11-02 已修（BUG-1508）**：报告复用对话的前台会话和失败缓存，VedAstro 最多等 25 秒，到时限标 blocked 并记当天。
+3. **VedAstro 连接被截断会变成 500（BUG-1504）。** 报告失败（会退点），不带 skip 的 `/api/chart` 也会 500。**2026-11-02 已修**：读响应时的截断和重置按网络错误处理，主入口概览出错时排盘照常返回。
 4. **出生资料编辑时，时区服务失败会默默清掉出生地（BUG-1506）。**2026-11-02 已修。
 5. **早期中国资料默默按 +8 计算（BUG-1507）。** 这是正确性问题，与故障无关：1986–1991 年夏季出生的差一小时。新疆 +6 要产品决定。
 6. **模型调用不重试、没有备用供应商。** 一次 429 或 503 就让付费用户这一轮失败。会退点，但体验差；目录里配了多个模型，失败时也不切换。
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/api/reports/route.ts b/frontend/src/app/api/reports/route.ts
index 437568a1..193c8e3d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/api/reports/route.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/api/reports/route.ts
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
           return released.success;
         },
       },
-      runWorkflow: (input) => runConsultationWorkflow(input),
+      runWorkflow: (input) => runConsultationWorkflow(input, { vedastroEvidenceBudget: "report" }),
       createAgent: (model) => createPersonalReportAgent(model as Parameters<typeof createPersonalReportAgent>[0]),
       skillSnapshot: resolveSkillSnapshot(),
       jobs: createSupabasePersonalReportJobService(admin),
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/consultation-technique-audit.ts b/frontend/src/lib/consultation-technique-audit.ts
index 43d1bf0e..9b1fbd09 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/consultation-technique-audit.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/consultation-technique-audit.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const NOTE_LABELS: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
   official_raw_archive_is_auditable: "官方原始档案可审计",
   official_cloud_evidence_available: "官方云证据可用",
   foreground_optional_evidence_timeout: "前台官方云证据超时，本轮未赶上",
+  report_vedastro_deadline_exceeded: "报告等待官方云证据超过时限，本次未采用",
   gateway_invocation_error: "官方云网关调用失败",
   claims_capped_until_pyjhora_jhora_jyotishganit_are_invoked_for_this_run: "结论上限受外部引擎调用限制",
   three_engine_runtime_closure_available: "三引擎运行时已闭环",
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/personal-report-worker.ts b/frontend/src/lib/personal-report-worker.ts
index 890c33a9..7dda27c0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/personal-report-worker.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/personal-report-worker.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ async function generateWriterReport(
     try {
       workflows.push({
         theme: rawTheme,
-        workflow: await runConsultationWorkflow(input, { signal: context.signal }),
+        workflow: await runConsultationWorkflow(input, { signal: context.signal, vedastroEvidenceBudget: "report" }),
       });
     } catch (error) {
       if (context.signal.aborted) throw error;
diff --git a/frontend/src/mastra/consultation-workflow.ts b/frontend/src/mastra/consultation-workflow.ts
index 98008c05..c2fed075 100644
--- a/frontend/src/mastra/consultation-workflow.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/mastra/consultation-workflow.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ export async function runConsultationWorkflow(
   input: ConsultationInput,
   options?: {
     foreground?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * "report": the API waits for VedAstro only up to its report deadline
+     * (well inside the 90 s below), then marks it blocked and remembers the
+     * failure for the day. BUG-1508.
+     */
+    vedastroEvidenceBudget?: "report";
     signal?: AbortSignal;
     plan?: ConsultationPlan;
     requestId?: string;
@@ -161,6 +167,7 @@ export async function runConsultationWorkflow(
       question_text: workflowRequest.question,
       theme: workflowRequest.themes,
       defer_optional_external_evidence: options?.foreground === true,
+      ...(options?.vedastroEvidenceBudget ? { vedastro_evidence_budget: options.vedastroEvidenceBudget } : {}),
       plan_version: workflowRequest.plan_version,
       strict_workflow_route: workflowRequest.strictWorkflowRoute,
       required_layers: workflowRequest.requiredLayers,
diff --git a/frontend/tests/consultation-workflow-contract.test.ts b/frontend/tests/consultation-workflow-contract.test.ts
index 7b2590ee..2412ddac 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/consultation-workflow-contract.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/consultation-workflow-contract.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const mastra = readFileSync(new URL("../src/mastra/index.ts", import.meta.url),
 const tools = readFileSync(new URL("../src/mastra/consultation-tools.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 const stream = readFileSync(new URL("../src/lib/stream-agent-response.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 const workflow = readFileSync(new URL("../src/mastra/consultation-workflow.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+const reportWorker = readFileSync(new URL("../src/lib/personal-report-worker.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 const plan = readFileSync(new URL("../src/lib/consultation-plan.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 const routeService = readFileSync(new URL("../src/lib/consultation-route-service.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 const pythonPlanContract = readFileSync(new URL("../../scripts/consultation_plan_contract.py", import.meta.url), "utf8");
@@ -339,8 +340,14 @@ test("personal consultation lets the Agent invoke the server-bound workflow tool
 
 test("defers optional external evidence only for foreground chat", () => {
   assert.match(workflow, /defer_optional_external_evidence: options\?\.foreground === true/);
-  assert.match(reportsRoute, /runWorkflow: \(input\) => runConsultationWorkflow\(input\)/);
+  // 原值: /runWorkflow: \(input\) => runConsultationWorkflow\(input\)/
+  // 新值: 报告带 vedastroEvidenceBudget: "report"，仍不是前台对话（不带 foreground）
+  // 原因: BUG-1508，报告等 VedAstro 要有总时限，超时标 blocked 并记当天失败
+  assert.match(reportsRoute, /runWorkflow: \(input\) => runConsultationWorkflow\(input, \{ vedastroEvidenceBudget: "report" \}\)/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(reportsRoute, /foreground:\s*true/);
+  assert.match(workflow, /vedastro_evidence_budget: options\.vedastroEvidenceBudget/);
+  assert.match(reportWorker, /runConsultationWorkflow\(input, \{ signal: context\.signal, vedastroEvidenceBudget: "report" \}\)/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(reportWorker, /foreground:\s*true/);
 });
 
 test("personal Agent owns the Skill and context-bound calculation tool", () => {
diff --git a/scripts/jyotish_api_server.py b/scripts/jyotish_api_server.py
index 6816fed4..fc73cedc 100644
--- a/scripts/jyotish_api_server.py
+++ b/scripts/jyotish_api_server.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ try:
         _foreground_vedastro_join_seconds,
         _join_foreground_vedastro,
         _run_foreground_vedastro_gateway,
+        defers_optional_vedastro,
         finish_foreground_vedastro,
         should_include_western_evidence_packet,
         start_foreground_vedastro,
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover - script execution path
         _foreground_vedastro_join_seconds,
         _join_foreground_vedastro,
         _run_foreground_vedastro_gateway,
+        defers_optional_vedastro,
         finish_foreground_vedastro,
         should_include_western_evidence_packet,
         start_foreground_vedastro,
@@ -2151,7 +2153,8 @@ def execute_consultation_workflow(
     question = body.get('question') or ''
     entry_mode = body.get('entry_mode', 'direct_chart')
     high_rigor = bool(body.get('return_high_rigor_shape'))
-    defer_optional_external_evidence = bool(body.get('defer_optional_external_evidence'))
+    # A report's VedAstro budget defers like consult, with a longer deadline (BUG-1508).
+    defer_optional_external_evidence = defers_optional_vedastro(body)
     try:
         from scripts.three_engine_parity_replay_validator import validate_manifest
     except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover - direct script execution
@@ -2901,6 +2904,21 @@ def _attach_vedastro_main_entry_overview(chart_result, birth_payload):
         or birth_payload.get('today')
         or datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
     )[:10]
+    try:
+        return _attach_vedastro_main_entry_overview_from(orchestrator, priority, chart_result, modules, birth_payload, reference_date)
+    except Exception as exc:  # BUG-1504: the overview is optional evidence; never a 500.
+        modules['vedastro_range_scan_result'] = {
+            'backend': 'vedastro_service_adapter_candidate',
+            'available': False,
+            'status': 'blocked',
+            'reason': 'vedastro_main_entry_overview_error',
+            'error_type': type(exc).__name__,
+            'source_metadata': {'ingestion_profile': 'main_entry_overview', 'reference_date': reference_date},
+        }
+        return chart_result
+
+
+def _attach_vedastro_main_entry_overview_from(orchestrator, priority, chart_result, modules, birth_payload, reference_date):
     vedastro_evidence = orchestrator.orchestrate_vedastro_evidence({
         'year': birth_payload.get('year'),
         'month': birth_payload.get('month'),
diff --git a/scripts/run_quality_gate.py b/scripts/run_quality_gate.py
index dc4d7e3c..ce3800e9 100644
--- a/scripts/run_quality_gate.py
+++ b/scripts/run_quality_gate.py
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ CORE_PYTEST_TARGETS = [
     "tests/test_report_english_sweep_smoke.py",
     # /api/shadbala with the birth moment over real HTTP, plus ruff F821 on the API server (BUG-1463).
     "tests/test_shadbala_service_api.py",
+    # Report waits on VedAstro only to its deadline, then blocked + remembered (BUG-1508);
+    # a cut VedAstro response is a network error, /api/chart stays 200 (BUG-1504).
+    "tests/test_vedastro_report_deadline_20261102.py",
 ]
 
 RUNTIME_TRUTH_PYTEST_TARGETS = [
diff --git a/scripts/vedastro_foreground.py b/scripts/vedastro_foreground.py
index 288c1692..891cecd8 100644
--- a/scripts/vedastro_foreground.py
+++ b/scripts/vedastro_foreground.py
@@ -19,11 +19,31 @@ budget <= k * join (k=2) keeps leftover occupancy of an already-running
 worker from stretching later requests past the join cap. The previous
 default budget of 8s with a 1.5s join left cancelled-too-late workers
 holding the two-thread pool for the rest of the 8s.
+
+Report profile (body ``vedastro_evidence_budget="report"``, gap 2 of
+docs/operations/outage-behaviour-2026-11-01.md, BUG-1508). A report used to
+wait synchronously on the main-entry overview and the rectification gate,
+about 128s when VedAstro hangs, past the frontend's 90s. A report now runs
+the same deferred session as consultation, with a longer wait so a healthy
+VedAstro still lands in the report:
+
+deadline: measured from session start, so it overlaps local compute
+          (default 25s, cap 45s).
+budget:   the per-request timeout already configured for the adapter, never
+          more than k * deadline.
+
+When the deadline passes while the gateway is still running, the report
+continues with VedAstro marked ``official_blocked`` /
+``report_vedastro_deadline_exceeded`` and that is remembered for the chart
+and UTC day, so the next report answers at once. The worker keeps running;
+if it later succeeds the positive snapshot wins, if it fails its own failure
+replaces the deadline entry.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import threading
+import time
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, TimeoutError as FuturesTimeoutError
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -65,6 +85,13 @@ FOREGROUND_VEDASTRO_BUDGET_JOIN_RATIO = 2.0
 FOREGROUND_VEDASTRO_WORKERS_DEFAULT = 2
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# --- report profile: deadline / budget (change together, see docstring) ---
+REPORT_VEDASTRO_EVIDENCE_BUDGET = "report"
+REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS_DEFAULT = 25.0
+REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS_MAX = 45.0
+REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_EXCEEDED = "report_vedastro_deadline_exceeded"
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 _FOREGROUND_VEDASTRO_WORKERS = max(
     int(os.environ.get("JYOTISH_FOREGROUND_VEDASTRO_WORKERS", str(FOREGROUND_VEDASTRO_WORKERS_DEFAULT))),
     1,
@@ -98,6 +125,35 @@ def _foreground_vedastro_budget_seconds() -> float:
     return min(budget, cap)
 
 
+def is_report_vedastro_budget(body: dict | None) -> bool:
+    payload = body if isinstance(body, dict) else {}
+    return str(payload.get("vedastro_evidence_budget") or "").strip().lower() == REPORT_VEDASTRO_EVIDENCE_BUDGET
+
+
+def defers_optional_vedastro(body: dict | None) -> bool:
+    """Consult asks with the flag; a report budget implies it (BUG-1508)."""
+    payload = body if isinstance(body, dict) else {}
+    return bool(payload.get("defer_optional_external_evidence")) or is_report_vedastro_budget(payload)
+
+
+def _report_vedastro_deadline_seconds() -> float:
+    raw = str(os.environ.get("JYOTISH_REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS", str(REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS_DEFAULT))).strip()
+    try:
+        return min(max(float(raw), 0.0), REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS_MAX)
+    except ValueError:
+        return REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS_DEFAULT
+
+
+def _report_vedastro_budget_seconds() -> float:
+    """The adapter's own per-request timeout; a report never raises it."""
+    try:
+        from scripts.vedastro_service_adapter import _timeout_seconds as configured_timeout
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover - script execution path
+        from vedastro_service_adapter import _timeout_seconds as configured_timeout
+    cap = FOREGROUND_VEDASTRO_BUDGET_JOIN_RATIO * _report_vedastro_deadline_seconds()
+    return min(float(configured_timeout()), cap)
+
+
 def _blocked_foreground_vedastro(*, reason: str, error_type: str | None = None) -> dict:
     packet = {
         "scope": "vedastro_gateway_run",
@@ -110,11 +166,18 @@ def _blocked_foreground_vedastro(*, reason: str, error_type: str | None = None)
     return packet
 
 
-def _run_foreground_vedastro_gateway(handler, body: dict, cancel_event: threading.Event | None = None) -> dict:
+def _run_foreground_vedastro_gateway(
+    handler,
+    body: dict,
+    cancel_event: threading.Event | None = None,
+    *,
+    budget_seconds: float | None = None,
+) -> dict:
     if cancel_event is not None and cancel_event.is_set():
         return _blocked_foreground_vedastro(reason="foreground_optional_evidence_timeout")
+    budget = _foreground_vedastro_budget_seconds() if budget_seconds is None else budget_seconds
     try:
-        with temporary_timeout_seconds(_foreground_vedastro_budget_seconds()):
+        with temporary_timeout_seconds(budget):
             result = handler._compute_vedastro_gateway_run(body)
     except Exception as exc:
         return _blocked_foreground_vedastro(
@@ -150,8 +213,9 @@ def _run_foreground_vedastro_gateway_and_store(
     handler,
     body: dict,
     cancel_event: threading.Event | None = None,
+    budget_seconds: float | None = None,
 ) -> dict:
-    result = _run_foreground_vedastro_gateway(handler, body, cancel_event)
+    result = _run_foreground_vedastro_gateway(handler, body, cancel_event, budget_seconds=budget_seconds)
     # A run cancelled before it started never asked VedAstro: nothing to remember.
     if not (cancel_event is not None and cancel_event.is_set() and result.get("official_closure_reason") == "foreground_optional_evidence_timeout"):
         _remember_gateway_outcome(body, result)
@@ -198,8 +262,38 @@ class ForegroundVedastroSession:
         self.future = None
         self.cancel_event = threading.Event()
         self.meta: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        self.report = is_report_vedastro_budget(self.body)
+        self.started_at = time.monotonic()
+
+    def _budget_seconds(self) -> float | None:
+        return _report_vedastro_budget_seconds() if self.report else None
+
+    def _join_seconds(self) -> float:
+        if not self.report:
+            return _foreground_vedastro_join_seconds()
+        return max(self.started_at + _report_vedastro_deadline_seconds() - time.monotonic(), 0.0)
+
+    def _report_deadline_exceeded(self, result: dict) -> dict:
+        """A report gave up on a gateway that is still running: remember it for today."""
+        future = self.future
+        if (
+            not self.report
+            or result.get("official_closure_reason") != "foreground_optional_evidence_timeout"
+            or future is None
+            or future.cancelled()
+            or future.done()
+        ):
+            return result
+        packet = _blocked_foreground_vedastro(reason=REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_EXCEEDED)
+        packet["deadline_seconds"] = _report_vedastro_deadline_seconds()
+        try:
+            store_negative_snapshot(self.body, packet)
+        except (OSError, ValueError):
+            pass
+        return packet
 
     def start(self) -> "ForegroundVedastroSession":
+        self.started_at = time.monotonic()
         today = official_snapshot_reference_date(self.body)
         hit = lookup_snapshot(self.body, today=today)
         if hit is not None:
@@ -221,6 +315,7 @@ class ForegroundVedastroSession:
                     self.handler,
                     refresh_body,
                     None,
+                    self._budget_seconds(),
                 )
             self.cached_gateway = gateway
             self.meta = {
@@ -253,6 +348,7 @@ class ForegroundVedastroSession:
                 self.handler,
                 dict(self.body),
                 self.cancel_event,
+                self._budget_seconds(),
             )
         return self
 
@@ -260,11 +356,12 @@ class ForegroundVedastroSession:
         if self.cached_gateway is not None:
             return self.cached_gateway
         if self.defer:
-            return _join_foreground_vedastro(
+            result = _join_foreground_vedastro(
                 self.future,
-                timeout=_foreground_vedastro_join_seconds(),
+                timeout=self._join_seconds(),
                 cancel_event=self.cancel_event,
             )
+            return self._report_deadline_exceeded(result)
         try:
             result = self.handler._compute_vedastro_gateway_run(self.body)
         except Exception as exc:
diff --git a/scripts/vedastro_rest_bridge.py b/scripts/vedastro_rest_bridge.py
index e53c1a0f..c4cdf5eb 100644
--- a/scripts/vedastro_rest_bridge.py
+++ b/scripts/vedastro_rest_bridge.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and remains ``official_blocked``.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
+import http.client
 import json
 import os
 import sys
@@ -155,7 +156,8 @@ def probe_calculate_health(*, opener: Any | None = None, timeout: float = 8) ->
             "endpoint": API,
             "transport": "rest",
         }
-    except (urllib.error.URLError, TimeoutError, json.JSONDecodeError, OSError) as error:
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, TimeoutError, json.JSONDecodeError, OSError, http.client.HTTPException) as error:
+        # HTTPException: IncompleteRead and friends when the body is cut (BUG-1504).
         return {
             "status": "official_blocked",
             "reason": type(error).__name__,
diff --git a/scripts/vedastro_service_adapter.py b/scripts/vedastro_service_adapter.py
index a947665b..71b055b9 100644
--- a/scripts/vedastro_service_adapter.py
+++ b/scripts/vedastro_service_adapter.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import hashlib
 import json
 import os
 import socket
+import ssl
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import threading
@@ -2016,6 +2017,12 @@ def _acquire_free_tier_slot(request_url: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     }
 
 
+# A connection cut while reading headers or the body. urllib only wraps errors
+# raised while sending, so these reach the caller raw (BUG-1504). RemoteDisconnected
+# is both an HTTPException and a ConnectionResetError.
+_TRANSPORT_READ_ERRORS = (http.client.HTTPException, ConnectionError, ssl.SSLError)
+
+
 def _post_json(endpoint: str, request_preview: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | str:
     request_url, headers, vedastro_payload = _build_live_request(endpoint, request_preview)
     req = request.Request(
@@ -2024,9 +2031,15 @@ def _post_json(endpoint: str, request_preview: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]
         headers=headers,
         method="POST",
     )
-    with request.urlopen(req, timeout=_timeout_seconds()) as resp:
-        raw = resp.read().decode("utf-8")
-        return json.loads(raw)
+    try:
+        with request.urlopen(req, timeout=_timeout_seconds()) as resp:
+            raw = resp.read().decode("utf-8")
+    except error.URLError:
+        raise
+    except _TRANSPORT_READ_ERRORS as exc:
+        # Every caller already turns URLError into network_error.
+        raise error.URLError(f"response_read_failed:{type(exc).__name__}") from exc
+    return json.loads(raw)
 
 
 def _retry_status_codes() -> set[int]:
diff --git a/tests/test_vedastro_report_deadline_20261102.py b/tests/test_vedastro_report_deadline_20261102.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e4febb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_vedastro_report_deadline_20261102.py
@@ -0,0 +1,344 @@
+"""BUG-1508 and BUG-1504: VedAstro can no longer stall or break a report.
+
+BUG-1508 (outage audit gap 2): a report now waits for VedAstro only up to its
+deadline, then goes on with VedAstro marked blocked and remembers that for the
+day, so the next report does not wait again.
+
+BUG-1504: a response cut while it is being read is a network error, like the
+other transport failures, and the main-entry overview never turns into a 500.
+
+VedAstro is always a stub here; nothing leaves the machine.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import http.client
+import io
+import socket
+import ssl
+import threading
+import time
+from urllib import error
+
+import pytest
+
+import scripts.vedastro_foreground as foreground
+import scripts.vedastro_service_adapter as adapter
+from scripts.jyotish_api_server import JyotishComputeService
+from scripts.vedastro_consultation_snapshot import lookup_negative_snapshot
+from scripts.vedastro_rest_bridge import probe_calculate_health
+from scripts.vedastro_runtime_context import timeout_override_seconds
+from tests.test_api_heavy_compute_gate import _PostCaptureHandler
+
+TODAY = "2026-11-02"
+BIRTH = {"year": 1990, "month": 6, "day": 15, "hour": 10, "minute": 20, "lat": 31.2, "lon": 121.5, "tz": 8,
+         "ayanamsa": "lahiri", "today": TODAY}
+REPORT = {**BIRTH, "vedastro_evidence_budget": "report"}
+BLOCKED = {"scope": "vedastro_gateway_run", "status": "official_blocked", "official_closure_state": "official_blocked",
+           "official_closure_reason": "official_raw_response_missing"}
+VERIFIED = {"scope": "vedastro_gateway_run", "status": "ok", "official_closure_state": "official_verified",
+            "official_closure_reason": "official_raw_response_present", "official_raw_response": {"ok": True}}
+
+
+class Gateway:
+    """Stands in for the handler's gateway call; `hang` blocks until released."""
+
+    def __init__(self, result=None, *, hang=False, raises=None, delay=0.0):
+        self.result, self.hang, self.raises, self.delay = result, hang, raises, delay
+        self.calls = 0
+        self.release = threading.Event()
+        self.timeouts: list[float | None] = []
+
+    def _compute_vedastro_gateway_run(self, body):
+        self.calls += 1
+        self.timeouts.append(timeout_override_seconds())
+        if self.hang:
+            self.release.wait(5)
+        time.sleep(self.delay)
+        if self.raises is not None:
+            raise self.raises
+        return dict(self.result or BLOCKED)
+
+
+def _report(handler, body=REPORT, *, pause=0.0):
+    started = time.perf_counter()
+    session = foreground.start_foreground_vedastro(
+        handler, body, defer_optional_external_evidence=foreground.defers_optional_vedastro(body),
+    )
+    time.sleep(pause)  # local compute runs here in the real workflow
+    gateway = foreground.finish_foreground_vedastro(session)
+    return gateway, time.perf_counter() - started, session.meta
+
+
+def _drain():
+    deadline = time.time() + 5
+    while time.time() < deadline and not foreground._FOREGROUND_VEDASTRO_EXECUTOR._work_queue.empty():
+        time.sleep(0.01)
+    time.sleep(0.05)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def short_deadline(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS", "0.4")
+
+
+# ---- BUG-1508: deadline, blocked, remembered --------------------------------
+
+
+def test_a_report_budget_defers_and_a_plain_request_still_does_not():
+    assert foreground.defers_optional_vedastro(REPORT)
+    assert foreground.defers_optional_vedastro({**BIRTH, "defer_optional_external_evidence": True})
+    assert not foreground.defers_optional_vedastro(BIRTH)
+
+
+def test_a_hung_vedastro_stops_the_report_at_its_deadline_and_the_next_report_does_not_wait(short_deadline):
+    hung = Gateway(hang=True)
+    try:
+        gateway, seconds, meta = _report(hung)
+        assert meta["freshness"] == "miss"
+        assert 0.3 <= seconds < 0.9, seconds
+        assert gateway["official_closure_state"] == "official_blocked"
+        assert gateway["official_closure_reason"] == foreground.REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+        remembered = lookup_negative_snapshot(REPORT, today=TODAY)
+        assert remembered["official_closure_reason"] == foreground.REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+
+        again, again_seconds, again_meta = _report(hung)
+        assert again_seconds < 0.15, again_seconds
+        assert again_meta["freshness"] == "negative"
+        assert again == gateway
+        assert hung.calls == 1, "the second report did not ask VedAstro again"
+    finally:
+        hung.release.set()
+        _drain()
+
+
+def test_the_deadline_counts_from_the_start_so_local_compute_overlaps_it(short_deadline):
+    hung = Gateway(hang=True)
+    try:
+        _, seconds, _ = _report(hung, pause=0.3)
+        assert seconds < 0.7, f"waited the whole deadline again after local compute: {seconds}"
+    finally:
+        hung.release.set()
+        _drain()
+
+
+def test_a_gateway_that_finishes_after_the_deadline_replaces_the_deadline_entry(short_deadline):
+    late = Gateway(VERIFIED, hang=True)
+    gateway, _, _ = _report(late)
+    assert gateway["official_closure_reason"] == foreground.REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+    late.release.set()
+    _drain()
+    again, _, meta = _report(Gateway(BLOCKED))
+    assert meta["freshness"] == "fresh", "a later success wins over the deadline entry"
+    assert again["official_closure_state"] == "official_verified"
+
+
+def test_a_fast_5xx_failure_returns_at_once_and_is_remembered(short_deadline):
+    failing = Gateway({**BLOCKED, "official_closure_reason": "http_error:503"})
+    gateway, seconds, _ = _report(failing)
+    assert seconds < 0.3 and gateway["official_closure_reason"] == "http_error:503"
+    _drain()
+    again, _, meta = _report(failing)
+    assert failing.calls == 1 and meta["freshness"] == "negative" and again == gateway
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exc", [http.client.IncompleteRead(b"{", 10), ConnectionResetError(104, "reset")])
+def test_a_gateway_that_raises_a_read_error_is_blocked_and_remembered(short_deadline, exc):
+    broken = Gateway(raises=exc)
+    gateway, _, _ = _report(broken)
+    assert gateway["official_closure_state"] == "official_blocked"
+    assert gateway["error_type"] == type(exc).__name__
+    _drain()
+    assert lookup_negative_snapshot(REPORT, today=TODAY)["error_type"] == type(exc).__name__
+
+
+def test_a_healthy_vedastro_inside_the_deadline_is_used(short_deadline):
+    healthy = Gateway(VERIFIED, delay=0.05)
+    gateway, _, _ = _report(healthy)
+    assert gateway == VERIFIED
+    assert lookup_negative_snapshot(REPORT, today=TODAY) is None
+
+
+def test_a_report_keeps_the_configured_request_timeout_and_never_raises_it(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("VEDASTRO_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", "20")
+    seen = Gateway(VERIFIED)
+    _report(seen)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("VEDASTRO_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", "120")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS", "25")
+    _report(Gateway(VERIFIED), body={**REPORT, "today": "2026-11-03"})
+    _drain()
+    assert seen.timeouts == [20.0]
+    assert foreground._report_vedastro_budget_seconds() == 50.0, "capped at k * deadline"
+
+
+def test_the_deadline_has_a_cap_well_inside_the_frontend_wait(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS", "600")
+    assert foreground._report_vedastro_deadline_seconds() == foreground.REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS_MAX
+    assert foreground.REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_SECONDS_MAX <= 45, "frontend waits 90 s per workflow call"
+
+
+def test_a_consultation_join_timeout_is_still_not_remembered(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_FOREGROUND_VEDASTRO_JOIN_SECONDS", "0.05")
+    hung = Gateway(hang=True)
+    try:
+        gateway, _, _ = _report(hung, body={**BIRTH, "defer_optional_external_evidence": True})
+        assert gateway["official_closure_reason"] == "foreground_optional_evidence_timeout"
+        assert lookup_negative_snapshot(BIRTH, today=TODAY) is None
+    finally:
+        hung.release.set()
+        _drain()
+
+
+def test_the_report_workflow_skips_the_overview_and_marks_vedastro_unavailable(short_deadline, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_API_CHART_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", "0")
+    hung = Gateway(hang=True)
+    service = JyotishComputeService()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(JyotishComputeService, "_compute_vedastro_gateway_run",
+                        lambda self, body: hung._compute_vedastro_gateway_run(body))
+
+    def no_overview(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise AssertionError("a report must not run the synchronous main-entry overview")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("scripts.jyotish_api_server._attach_vedastro_main_entry_overview", no_overview)
+    body = {**REPORT, "question": "请为个人报告计算 career 主题证据", "theme": ["career"], "entry_mode": "direct_chart"}
+    try:
+        result = service._compute_consultation_workflow(dict(body))
+        sections = result["machine_evidence_packet"]["sections"]
+        assert sections["external_oracle_status"]["status"] == "official_blocked"
+        assert sections["vedastro_official_raw_response"]["status"] == "missing"
+        cross_check = result["consumer_context"]["vedastro_cross_check"]
+        assert cross_check["official_closure_reason"] == foreground.REPORT_VEDASTRO_DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
+
+        started = time.perf_counter()
+        service._compute_consultation_workflow(dict(body))
+        assert hung.calls == 1, "the second report answered from the remembered failure"
+        assert time.perf_counter() - started < 30
+    finally:
+        hung.release.set()
+        _drain()
+
+
+# ---- BUG-1504: truncated responses are network errors -----------------------
+
+
+class _CutResponse:
+    def __init__(self, exc):
+        self.exc = exc
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *exc_info):
+        return False
+
+    def read(self):
+        raise self.exc
+
+
+def _urlopen_raising(exc, *, on_read):
+    def fake(req, timeout=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        if on_read:
+            return _CutResponse(exc)
+        raise exc
+
+    return fake
+
+
+READ_ERRORS = [
+    pytest.param(http.client.IncompleteRead(b'{"Status":', 200), True, id="incomplete-read"),
+    pytest.param(ConnectionResetError(104, "Connection reset by peer"), True, id="reset-on-read"),
+    pytest.param(ConnectionResetError(104, "Connection reset by peer"), False, id="reset-on-headers"),
+    pytest.param(http.client.RemoteDisconnected("closed"), False, id="remote-disconnected"),
+    pytest.param(ssl.SSLError("bad record mac"), True, id="ssl"),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def stub_network(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("VEDASTRO_API_ENDPOINT", "https://oracle.stub.invalid/api")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("VEDASTRO_ENABLE_NETWORK", "1")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("VEDASTRO_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", "0")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("VEDASTRO_RETRY_BACKOFF_SECONDS", "0")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_API_CHART_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", "0")
+    empty = {"available": False, "status": "stubbed", "snapshot_sections": {}, "section_statuses": {}}
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter, "_try_official_capability_runner_snapshot_bundle", lambda case: dict(empty))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter, "_try_official_python_bridge_snapshot_bundle", lambda case: dict(empty))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter, "_try_official_full_capability_catalog_bundle", lambda case: dict(empty))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter, "_load_cached_payload", lambda key: (None, None))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter, "_write_artifact", lambda result: None)
+
+
+def _case():
+    return {**BIRTH, "case_id": "stub", "reference_date": TODAY}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exc,on_read", READ_ERRORS)
+def test_a_cut_response_is_a_network_error_in_the_snapshot_and_the_range_scan(stub_network, monkeypatch, exc, on_read):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter.request, "urlopen", _urlopen_raising(exc, on_read=on_read))
+    with pytest.raises(error.URLError):
+        adapter._post_json("https://oracle.stub.invalid/api", {"operation": "official_full_snapshot",
+                                                                 "section": "x", "official_request_profile": {}})
+    snapshot = adapter._run_official_full_snapshot_case(_case(), case_id="stub")
+    statuses = [value for value in snapshot["section_statuses"].values() if isinstance(value, str)]
+    expected = f"network_error:response_read_failed:{type(exc).__name__}"
+    assert expected in statuses, statuses
+    assert "ok" not in statuses and snapshot["status"] != "ok"
+    scan = adapter._run_range_scan_case(_case(), "career", "2026-11-01", "2026-11-30")
+    assert scan["status"] == "network_error" and scan["available"] is False
+
+
+def test_a_5xx_is_still_an_http_error(stub_network, monkeypatch):
+    def fake(req, timeout=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise error.HTTPError(req.full_url, 503, "Service Unavailable", {}, io.BytesIO(b""))
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter.request, "urlopen", fake)
+    snapshot = adapter._run_official_full_snapshot_case(_case(), case_id="stub")
+    assert any(value == "http_error:503" for value in snapshot["section_statuses"].values())
+
+
+def test_a_read_timeout_is_still_a_timeout(stub_network, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter.request, "urlopen", _urlopen_raising(socket.timeout("timed out"), on_read=True))
+    scan = adapter._run_range_scan_case(_case(), "career", "2026-11-01", "2026-11-30")
+    assert scan["status"] == "timeout"
+
+
+def _chart_request():
+    return _PostCaptureHandler("/api/chart", {**BIRTH, "date": "1990-06-15", "time": "10:20"})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exc,on_read", READ_ERRORS[:2])
+def test_api_chart_with_the_overview_returns_200_when_vedastro_cuts_the_response(stub_network, monkeypatch, exc, on_read):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(adapter.request, "urlopen", _urlopen_raising(exc, on_read=on_read))
+    handler = _chart_request()
+    handler.do_POST()
+    assert handler.status_code == 200, handler.wfile.getvalue()[:300]
+    overview = handler.payload()["modules"]["vedastro_range_scan_result"]
+    assert overview["status"] != "ok"
+    assert overview["official_full_snapshot"]["status"] != "ok"
+
+
+def test_api_chart_overview_attach_fails_soft_on_any_error(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("JYOTISH_API_CHART_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", "0")
+    from scripts.jyotish_api_server import _load_local_module
+
+    orchestrator = _load_local_module("vedastro_evidence_orchestrator")
+
+    def cut(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise http.client.IncompleteRead(b"", 5)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(orchestrator, "orchestrate_vedastro_evidence", cut)
+    handler = _chart_request()
+    handler.do_POST()
+    assert handler.status_code == 200, handler.wfile.getvalue()[:300]
+    overview = handler.payload()["modules"]["vedastro_range_scan_result"]
+    assert overview["status"] == "blocked"
+    assert overview["reason"] == "vedastro_main_entry_overview_error"
+    assert overview["error_type"] == "IncompleteRead"
+
+
+def test_the_rest_health_probe_blocks_on_a_cut_body():
+    def opener(req, timeout=None):
+        return _CutResponse(http.client.IncompleteRead(b"{", 9))
+
+    result = probe_calculate_health(opener=opener)
+    assert result["status"] == "official_blocked" and result["reason"] == "IncompleteRead"