diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b663733..ef19c18 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ checksum = "05c8b63e8d9609db387f0324918f81d68fe27748f084ef092fb35954d0539a85"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "postil-cli"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.7"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa48dea..ae7c9db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "postil-cli"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.7"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Postil: a low-noise AI review gate. Silent on clean PRs, hard gate on real risk."
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/bench/src/scorer-eval.test.ts b/bench/src/scorer-eval.test.ts
index 5943490..837630a 100644
--- a/bench/src/scorer-eval.test.ts
+++ b/bench/src/scorer-eval.test.ts
@@ -1486,23 +1486,30 @@ describe("aggregate", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test("fails a scorer with missing structured score fields", () => {
+  test("reports a timed-out scorer case without double-counting a structured failure", () => {
     const cases = qualificationCases(1);
     cases[0] = result({
       id: TRUE_FINDING_CASES[0],
       timedOut: true,
       scorerModel: null,
       scorerConfidence: null,
+      reasonContractValid: false,
     });
+    cases[1]!.passed = false;
 
     const aggregateResult = aggregate("scorer/model", cases, 1);
     expect(aggregateResult).toMatchObject({
       timedOutCases: 1,
-      structuredFailures: 1,
+      structuredFailures: 0,
+      reasonContractFailures: 0,
+      trueFindingHighConfidence: TRUE_FINDING_CASES.length - 2,
       trueFindingCases: TRUE_FINDING_CASES.length - 1,
       admissionFailures: expect.arrayContaining(["1 case timeout(s)"]),
       passed: false,
     });
+    expect(aggregateResult.admissionFailures).not.toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([expect.stringContaining("structured-output failure")]),
+    );
     expect(aggregateResult.admissionFailures).not.toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining([expect.stringContaining("true risk(s)")]),
     );
diff --git a/bench/src/scorer-eval.ts b/bench/src/scorer-eval.ts
index 3436f1f..d047e00 100644
--- a/bench/src/scorer-eval.ts
+++ b/bench/src/scorer-eval.ts
@@ -2228,7 +2228,9 @@ export function aggregate(
   repeats = DEFAULT_QUALIFICATION_REPEATS,
 ): ScorerEvalAggregate {
   const timedOutCases = cases.filter((c) => c.timedOut).length;
-  const structuredFailures = cases.filter((c) => isAdmissionFatalStructuralResult(c, model)).length;
+  const structuredFailures = cases.filter((c) =>
+    !c.timedOut && isAdmissionFatalStructuralResult(c, model)
+  ).length;
   const trueCases = cases.filter((c) => c.scenario === "trueFinding");
   const falseCases = cases.filter((c) => c.scenario === "falseFinding");
   const eligibleTrueCases = trueCases.filter((c) =>
@@ -2245,7 +2247,9 @@ export function aggregate(
   const falseFindingDownscored = eligibleFalseCases.filter((c) => c.passed).length;
   const durations = cases.map((c) => c.durationMs).filter((value): value is number => value !== null);
   const costs = cases.map((c) => c.costUsd).filter((value): value is number => value !== null);
-  const reasonContractFailures = cases.filter((c) => !c.reasonContractValid).length;
+  const reasonContractFailures = cases.filter((c) =>
+    !c.timedOut && !c.reasonContractValid
+  ).length;
   const p50DurationMs = percentile(durations, 0.5);
   const p95DurationMs = percentile(durations, 0.95);
   const maxDurationMs = durations.length > 0 ? Math.max(...durations) : 0;
@@ -2261,7 +2265,7 @@ export function aggregate(
   }
   if (structuredFailures > 0) admissionFailures.push(`${structuredFailures} structured-output failure(s)`);
   if (timedOutCases > 0) admissionFailures.push(`${timedOutCases} case timeout(s)`);
-  const structuralPass = matrixComplete && structuredFailures === 0;
+  const structuralPass = matrixComplete && structuredFailures === 0 && timedOutCases === 0;
   if (structuralPass) {
     if (trueFindingHighConfidence !== eligibleTrueCases.length) {
       admissionFailures.push(
diff --git a/tests/e2e.rs b/tests/e2e.rs
index 95e6521..5741e09 100644
--- a/tests/e2e.rs
+++ b/tests/e2e.rs
@@ -9825,7 +9825,7 @@ async fn diff_fetch_failure_advisory_emits_envelope_and_exits_zero() {
 
     // The review check failed, while the gate stood aside with success.
     let reqs = server.received_requests().await.unwrap();
-    let conclusions: Vec<String> = reqs
+    let mut conclusions: Vec<String> = reqs
         .iter()
         .filter(|r| r.method == wiremock::http::Method::PATCH)
         .map(|r| {
@@ -9835,6 +9835,7 @@ async fn diff_fetch_failure_advisory_emits_envelope_and_exits_zero() {
                 .to_string()
         })
         .collect();
+    conclusions.sort_unstable();
     assert_eq!(conclusions, vec!["failure", "success"]);
 }