diff --git a/lifecycle/graph_miners.py b/lifecycle/graph_miners.py
index 3ff81d6..c3ad819 100644
--- a/lifecycle/graph_miners.py
+++ b/lifecycle/graph_miners.py
@@ -1283,16 +1283,17 @@ async def miner_zero_results(cm: AsyncConnectionManager, layer: str) -> dict[str
     if not rows:
         return {"edges": 0}
     surfaced = 0
-    try:
-        from graph.epistemic import EpistemicGraph
-
-        g = EpistemicGraph(cm=cm, layer=layer)
-        for r in rows:
-            await g.find_or_add_entity(str(r["user_id"]), str(r["query"])[:300], "question")
-            surfaced += 1
-    except Exception:
-        logger.debug("zero-result surfacing failed", exc_info=True)
-        return {"edges": 0}
+    # No try/except here, for the same reason `miner_embedding` has none: a
+    # failure that returns `{"edges": 0}` is indistinguishable from "there was
+    # nothing to surface", and this one logged at `debug`, which is invisible
+    # at the level this service actually runs at. Letting it escape reaches the
+    # handler in `graph_enrich` that records `edges: -1` with a warning.
+    from graph.epistemic import EpistemicGraph
+
+    g = EpistemicGraph(cm=cm, layer=layer)
+    for r in rows:
+        await g.find_or_add_entity(str(r["user_id"]), str(r["query"])[:300], "question")
+        surfaced += 1
     return {"edges": surfaced}
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_s17_stage1_tail.py b/tests/test_s17_stage1_tail.py
index 75bc71a..4b74f6d 100644
--- a/tests/test_s17_stage1_tail.py
+++ b/tests/test_s17_stage1_tail.py
@@ -243,6 +243,35 @@ async def test_zero_result_single_hit_not_surfaced(migrated_cm) -> None:
     assert res["edges"] == 0, "один провал — не сигнал"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_zero_result_miner_lets_a_failure_escape(migrated_cm, monkeypatch) -> None:
+    """Сбой обязан выйти наружу, а не стать нулём с записью в `debug`.
+
+    07.10.2026: здесь был второй такой же глушитель, как в `miner_embedding` —
+    `except Exception` писал в `debug` (невидимо на рабочем уровне) и возвращал
+    `{"edges": 0}`, то есть «нечего выносить». Договор один на всех шахтёров:
+    ноль — это работа, которая не нашлась, а сбой пусть ловит `graph_enrich`.
+    """
+    from graph.epistemic import EpistemicGraph
+    from lifecycle.graph_miners import log_zero_result, miner_zero_results
+    from shared.constants import DB_NAME
+
+    cm = migrated_cm
+    conn = await cm.get(DB_NAME)
+    await conn.execute("DELETE FROM recall_zero_results")
+    await conn.commit()
+    for _ in range(2):
+        await log_zero_result(cm, "user", "s17zr3", "провал запроса, который надо вынести наверх")
+
+    async def _boom(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise RuntimeError("find_or_add_entity is down")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(EpistemicGraph, "find_or_add_entity", _boom)
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="find_or_add_entity is down"):
+        await miner_zero_results(cm, "user")
+
+
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