diff --git a/lifecycle/graph_enrich.py b/lifecycle/graph_enrich.py
index b54868b..9c1a598 100644
--- a/lifecycle/graph_enrich.py
+++ b/lifecycle/graph_enrich.py
@@ -324,6 +324,15 @@ async def graph_enrich(layer: str = "user") -> dict[str, Any]:
             logger.warning("miner %s failed: %s", name, exc)
             miners[name] = {"edges": -1, "error": str(exc)[:200]}  # -1 = failure (edge counts are non-negative)
 
+    # Per-miner edge counts, on one line. The phase timings above already say
+    # which miner ran; they cannot say that a miner ran and produced nothing.
+    # A miner returning a flat 0 used to be indistinguishable from a healthy
+    # miner with no work, and on 2026-10-05 that hid a six-day outage of
+    # `embedding`: `semantic_overlap` stayed frozen while every other relation
+    # kept growing. `-1` here means the miner failed outright and the reason is
+    # on the warning line above.
+    logger.info("miner edges: layer=%s %s", layer, " ".join(f"{name}={res.get('edges')}" for name, res in miners.items()))
+
     # S17 addendum 11: HDBSCAN clusters of MIB vectors + cross-check against louvain — a
     # report section behind a flag (graph.embed_clusters, default off — the report shape stays stable).
     from config import config
diff --git a/lifecycle/graph_miners.py b/lifecycle/graph_miners.py
index 758a0a9..3ff81d6 100644
--- a/lifecycle/graph_miners.py
+++ b/lifecycle/graph_miners.py
@@ -1025,17 +1025,28 @@ async def miner_embedding(cm: AsyncConnectionManager, layer: str) -> dict[str, i
 
     crosscheck = bool(config.get("graph", "embedding_crosscheck", default=False))
 
-    try:
-        # A-MEM rich embedding: f"{content} {tags}"; canonicalization (_canon from T2)
-        # applies to tags so that name/technology variants land in one meaning
-        # cache key. Cache key = raw content — reuses vectors seeded by the ingestor.
-        # anomaly:* tags (addendum 10) never enter the text — a flag does not
-        # change the node's vector.
-        vecs = await embed_texts([f"{c} {' '.join(sorted(t for t in tags.get(nid, []) if not t.startswith('anomaly:')))}" for nid, c in nodes])
-        binary = [embed_to_binary(v, dim=len(v)) for v in vecs]
-        bits = [_bits_int(b) for b in binary]
-    except Exception:
-        return {"edges": 0}  # embedding backend unavailable (no numpy/model) — miner skipped
+    # No try/except here, on purpose. This used to be
+    # `except Exception: return {"edges": 0}` with a comment claiming it only
+    # covered "no numpy/model" — two things that are both wrong. `embed_texts`
+    # does not raise when no model is available (it falls back to hash vectors,
+    # see `_compute_missing_embeddings`), and `embed_to_binary` has its own
+    # numpy-less path, so the only exceptions reaching here are real failures:
+    # a dead or slow embedding service above all.
+    #
+    # Swallowing them made a six-day outage of this one miner invisible: the
+    # graph lost `semantic_overlap` while the log stayed empty and this miner
+    # still reported a normal zero. `graph_enrich` already knows how to report
+    # a failed miner (`{"edges": -1}` plus a warning) and that branch is only
+    # reachable if the exception is allowed to escape.
+    #
+    # A-MEM rich embedding: f"{content} {tags}"; canonicalization (_canon from T2)
+    # applies to tags so that name/technology variants land in one meaning
+    # cache key. Cache key = raw content — reuses vectors seeded by the ingestor.
+    # anomaly:* tags (addendum 10) never enter the text — a flag does not
+    # change the node's vector.
+    vecs = await embed_texts([f"{c} {' '.join(sorted(t for t in tags.get(nid, []) if not t.startswith('anomaly:')))}" for nid, c in nodes])
+    binary = [embed_to_binary(v, dim=len(v)) for v in vecs]
+    bits = [_bits_int(b) for b in binary]
 
     # S17 addendum 10: bit-degenerate vectors (0 bits — text without significant
     # tokens, junk from L3 dumps) → flagged `anomaly:junk_vector`, cleanup candidate.
diff --git a/shared/embeddings.py b/shared/embeddings.py
index bd4a9a1..56ea0dd 100644
--- a/shared/embeddings.py
+++ b/shared/embeddings.py
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ def _decode_int8(blob: bytes) -> list[float] | None:
 # limit is 32766 on modern builds but 999 on older ones, so stay well below both.
 _CACHE_LOOKUP_CHUNK = 500
 
+# Texts per HTTP request to the embedding service, and the per-request timeout.
+# The whole list used to travel in ONE POST, bounded by a fixed 30 s timeout,
+# and the measured batch time for a ~6k-text layer was 24.4 s — about 20 % of
+# headroom. `miner_embedding` used to swallow the resulting timeout as a silent
+# zero, which is how one relation stayed frozen for six days. Splitting keeps a
+# single request near 2 s, so the timeout stops being a ceiling on layer size.
+# 500 matches `_CACHE_LOOKUP_CHUNK`, already the convention for "how much goes
+# into one round trip".
+_REMOTE_BATCH_SIZE = 500
+_REMOTE_TIMEOUT_S = 30.0
+
 
 def _decode_blob(blob: bytes) -> list[float] | None:
     """Decode a stored cache blob; None for corrupt/truncated rows (→ cache miss).
@@ -330,6 +341,18 @@ async def _get_results_from_cache(self, texts: list[str], cache_tag: str) -> tup
         return results, to_compute
 
     async def _remote_embed(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
+        """Embed any number of texts, one bounded request per `_REMOTE_BATCH_SIZE`.
+
+        Callers pass a whole layer; the service is asked in pieces so that one
+        slow response cannot exceed `_REMOTE_TIMEOUT_S` for the entire layer.
+        Vectors are returned in input order.
+        """
+        out: list[list[float]] = []
+        for batch in _chunked(texts, _REMOTE_BATCH_SIZE):
+            out.extend(await self._remote_embed_batch(batch))
+        return out
+
+    async def _remote_embed_batch(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
         """POST /v1/embeddings to the configured embeddings.url.
 
         Response is model-tagged with the configured model name, so cache
@@ -354,7 +377,7 @@ async def _remote_embed(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
 
         def _post() -> dict[str, Any]:
             # Scheme is validated above (http/https only).
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp:  # noqa: S310
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=_REMOTE_TIMEOUT_S) as resp:  # noqa: S310
                 data: dict[str, Any] = json.loads(resp.read())
                 return data
 
diff --git a/tests/test_lifecycle/test_graph_enrich.py b/tests/test_lifecycle/test_graph_enrich.py
index 01cebdb..ad498bc 100644
--- a/tests/test_lifecycle/test_graph_enrich.py
+++ b/tests/test_lifecycle/test_graph_enrich.py
@@ -85,6 +85,46 @@ async def test_graph_enrich_miner_stubs_report_zero_edges(graph):
     assert all(v == {"edges": 0} for v in result["miners"].values())
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_graph_enrich_reports_a_failed_miner_as_minus_one(graph, monkeypatch):
+    """Сбой майнера — это `-1` и текст ошибки, а не честный ноль.
+
+    07.10.2026: молчаливый `except` внутри `miner_embedding` обесценивал эту
+    ветку — исключение до неё не доходило, и один тип связей пропал на шесть
+    дней без единой строки в логе.
+    """
+    import lifecycle.graph_miners as gm
+    from lifecycle.graph_enrich import graph_enrich
+
+    async def _boom(cm: Any, layer: str) -> dict[str, int]:
+        raise RuntimeError("embedding service is down")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gm, "MINERS", {"embedding": _boom})
+
+    result = await graph_enrich(layer="user")
+
+    assert result["miners"]["embedding"]["edges"] == -1
+    assert "embedding service is down" in result["miners"]["embedding"]["error"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_graph_enrich_logs_edge_counts_per_miner(graph, monkeypatch, caplog):
+    """Число рёбер по каждому майнеру идёт в лог — «дал 0» видно сразу."""
+    import lifecycle.graph_miners as gm
+    from lifecycle.graph_enrich import graph_enrich
+
+    async def _seven(cm: Any, layer: str) -> dict[str, int]:
+        return {"edges": 7}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gm, "MINERS", {"embedding": _seven})
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="lifecycle.graph_enrich"):
+        await graph_enrich(layer="user")
+
+    lines = [r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records if r.name == "lifecycle.graph_enrich"]
+    assert any("miner edges:" in m and "embedding=7" in m for m in lines), lines
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_graph_enrich_noop_layer_keeps_stats_shape(graph):
     from lifecycle.graph_enrich import graph_enrich
diff --git a/tests/test_lifecycle/test_graph_miners.py b/tests/test_lifecycle/test_graph_miners.py
index b949380..15ed56a 100644
--- a/tests/test_lifecycle/test_graph_miners.py
+++ b/tests/test_lifecycle/test_graph_miners.py
@@ -564,6 +564,30 @@ async def test_miner_embedding_skips_tool_junk(db):
     assert await _edges("semantic_overlap") == []
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_miner_embedding_lets_a_backend_failure_escape(db, monkeypatch):
+    """Сбой эмбеддингов обязан выйти наружу, а не стать тихим нулём.
+
+    07.10.2026: `except Exception: return {"edges": 0}` прятал сбой шесть дней —
+    `semantic_overlap` стоял на месте, а в логе было пусто. Договор теперь такой:
+    ноль означает «делать было нечего», сбой обязан дойти до `graph_enrich`,
+    который запишет `edges: -1` и предупреждение.
+    """
+    await _node("первый текст про деплой сервиса", T)
+    await _node("второй текст про мониторинг", T)
+
+    import shared.embeddings as emb
+    from lifecycle.graph_miners import miner_embedding
+
+    async def _boom(texts: list[str], prefix: str = "") -> list[list[float]]:
+        raise RuntimeError("embeddings service is down")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(emb, "embed_texts", _boom)
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="embeddings service is down"):
+        await miner_embedding(db, "user")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_miner_entities_synonym_canon_creates_co_mentions(db):
     # «Лили» и «Lily» — один канон-класс сущности (словарь rag.synonyms, обе стороны)
diff --git a/tests/test_shared/test_remote_embed_batching.py b/tests/test_shared/test_remote_embed_batching.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c74bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_shared/test_remote_embed_batching.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+"""One bounded HTTP request per batch, instead of one request for the layer.
+
+Why these exist: `_remote_embed` used to POST the whole text list in a single
+request bounded by a fixed 30 s timeout. A ~6k-text layer measured 24.4 s, so
+the timeout was a ceiling on layer size with ~20 % of headroom — and
+`miner_embedding` swallowed the resulting timeout as a silent `{"edges": 0}`,
+which is how `semantic_overlap` stayed frozen for six days without a log line.
+
+These pin that the list is split, that nothing is lost or reordered by the
+split, and that the ordinary small case still costs exactly one request.
+"""
+
+import json
+import urllib.request
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
+from typing import Self
+
+import pytest
+
+import shared.embeddings as emb
+from shared.connection import connection_manager
+
+URL = "http://127.0.0.1:8710/v1/embeddings"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def cache(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> AsyncIterator[emb.EmbeddingCache]:
+    """Своя база на tmp_path — и уборка за собой.
+
+    `connection_manager._conns` кэширует соединение по имени файла, поэтому
+    фикстура, которая не чистит `_conns` на выходе, оставляет следующему тесту
+    соединение к уже удалённому каталогу. Проверено: без этой уборки соседний
+    `test_archived_memories` падал на `no such table: archived_memories` — он
+    не изолирован и берёт соединение из того же кэша.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setattr(connection_manager, "base_dir", tmp_path)
+    connection_manager._conns.clear()
+    c = emb.EmbeddingCache(cm=connection_manager)
+    await c.ensure()
+    yield c
+    connection_manager._conns.clear()
+
+
+def _install_fake_service(monkeypatch, calls: list[dict]) -> None:
+    """Record every POST; answer with `index` reversed to exercise the sort."""
+
+    class _Resp:
+        def __init__(self, payload: dict) -> None:
+            self._payload = payload
+
+        def read(self) -> bytes:
+            return json.dumps(self._payload).encode()
+
+        def __enter__(self) -> Self:
+            return self
+
+        def __exit__(self, *exc: object) -> bool:
+            return False
+
+    def fake_urlopen(req, timeout=None):
+        texts = json.loads(req.data)["input"]
+        calls.append({"texts": texts, "timeout": timeout, "url": req.full_url})
+        items = [{"index": i, "embedding": [float(t.lstrip("t") or 0), 0.5]} for i, t in enumerate(texts)]
+        return _Resp({"data": list(reversed(items))})
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(emb, "_remote_url", lambda: URL)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(urllib.request, "urlopen", fake_urlopen)
+
+
+async def test_remote_embed_splits_a_long_list_into_bounded_requests(cache, monkeypatch):
+    """25 текстов при батче 10 — три запроса, последний короткий."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(emb, "_REMOTE_BATCH_SIZE", 10)
+    calls: list[dict] = []
+    _install_fake_service(monkeypatch, calls)
+
+    out = await cache._remote_embed([f"t{i}" for i in range(25)])
+
+    assert len(out) == 25
+    assert [len(c["texts"]) for c in calls] == [10, 10, 5], f"запросы: {[len(c['texts']) for c in calls]}"
+    assert all(c["timeout"] == emb._REMOTE_TIMEOUT_S for c in calls)
+    assert all(c["url"] == URL for c in calls)
+
+
+async def test_remote_embed_keeps_input_order_across_batches(cache, monkeypatch):
+    """Склейка чанков обязана сохранить порядок входа, а не порядок ответов."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(emb, "_REMOTE_BATCH_SIZE", 5)
+    calls: list[dict] = []
+    _install_fake_service(monkeypatch, calls)
+
+    out = await cache._remote_embed([f"t{i}" for i in range(12)])
+
+    assert [v[0] for v in out] == [float(i) for i in range(12)]
+    assert len(calls) == 3
+
+
+async def test_remote_embed_uses_one_request_when_under_batch_size(cache, monkeypatch):
+    """Обычный случай не подорожал: список меньше батча — ровно один POST."""
+    calls: list[dict] = []
+    _install_fake_service(monkeypatch, calls)
+
+    out = await cache._remote_embed(["t0", "t1", "t2"])
+
+    assert len(calls) == 1
+    assert [v[0] for v in out] == [0.0, 1.0, 2.0]
+
+
+async def test_remote_embed_empty_input_makes_no_request(cache, monkeypatch):
+    """Пустой список — ноль запросов, а не запрос с пустым телом."""
+    calls: list[dict] = []
+    _install_fake_service(monkeypatch, calls)
+
+    assert await cache._remote_embed([]) == []
+    assert calls == []