diff --git a/packages/typescript-edit-benchmark/src/report.ts b/packages/typescript-edit-benchmark/src/report.ts
index 44a2ddc5c..580417c86 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-edit-benchmark/src/report.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript-edit-benchmark/src/report.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ export function generateReport(result: BenchmarkResult): string {
 	if (summary.ghostRuns > 0) {
 		lines.push(`| Ghost Runs (0/0/0) | ${summary.ghostRuns} |`);
 	}
+	if (summary.transportFailureRuns > 0) {
+		lines.push(`| Transport Failures (excluded) | ${summary.transportFailureRuns} |`);
+	}
 	if (summary.totalTimeoutRetries > 0 || summary.totalZeroToolRetries > 0 || summary.totalProviderFailureRetries > 0) {
 		lines.push(`| Timeout Retries | ${summary.totalTimeoutRetries} |`);
 		lines.push(`| Zero-Tool Retries | ${summary.totalZeroToolRetries} |`);
diff --git a/packages/typescript-edit-benchmark/src/runner.ts b/packages/typescript-edit-benchmark/src/runner.ts
index 41aabb4fc..3f791665f 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-edit-benchmark/src/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript-edit-benchmark/src/runner.ts
@@ -833,6 +833,8 @@ export interface BenchmarkSummary {
 	totalProviderFailureRetries: number;
 	/** Runs where the 0/0/0 ghost signature was detected (0 tokens, 0 tool calls) */
 	ghostRuns: number;
+	/** Runs excluded because provider/transport stalls exhausted retries (subset of ghostRuns when error matches). */
+	transportFailureRuns: number;
 	mutationIntentMatchRate?: number;
 	/** Hashline edit subtype totals — only when editVariant is hashline */
 	hashlineEditSubtypes?: Record<string, number>;
@@ -1891,10 +1893,19 @@ function diffTokenStats(
 	return { input, output, total };
 }
 
+function isTransportFailure(r: TaskRunResult): boolean {
+	if (r.success) return false;
+	const err = r.error ?? "";
+	// Provider/transport stalls retried until the cap was hit. These don't reflect
+	// edit-tool quality, so we exclude them from the score denominator.
+	return err.includes("Timeout exhausted");
+}
+
 function isGhostRun(r: TaskRunResult): boolean {
-	return (
-		!r.success && r.tokens.total === 0 && r.toolCalls.read === 0 && r.toolCalls.edit === 0 && r.toolCalls.write === 0
-	);
+	if (r.success) return false;
+	const noProgress =
+		r.tokens.total === 0 && r.toolCalls.read === 0 && r.toolCalls.edit === 0 && r.toolCalls.write === 0;
+	return noProgress || isTransportFailure(r);
 }
 
 function summarizeTaskRuns(task: EditTask, runs: TaskRunResult[]): TaskResult {
@@ -2089,6 +2100,7 @@ export async function runBenchmark(
 	const allRuns = taskResults.flatMap(t => t.runs);
 	const totalRuns = allRuns.length;
 	const ghostRuns = allRuns.filter(r => isGhostRun(r)).length;
+	const transportFailureRuns = allRuns.filter(r => isTransportFailure(r)).length;
 	const effectiveRuns = totalRuns - ghostRuns;
 	const nonGhostRuns = allRuns.filter(r => !isGhostRun(r));
 	const successfulRuns = allRuns.filter(r => r.success).length;
@@ -2197,6 +2209,7 @@ export async function runBenchmark(
 		totalZeroToolRetries,
 		totalProviderFailureRetries,
 		ghostRuns,
+		transportFailureRuns,
 		mutationIntentMatchRate,
 		hashlineEditSubtypes,
 		chunkEditSubtypes,