diff --git a/src/client/components/statsTiming.tsx b/src/client/components/statsTiming.tsx
index b7c6ae3..86b7b68 100644
--- a/src/client/components/statsTiming.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/statsTiming.tsx
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
  * lands in the residue. When the host folded the generation split (see
  * TimingTotals), the generation slice expands into what was being decoded:
  * thinking, answer text, and tool-call arguments. The slice rows lead with
- * the true duration and qualify it with the call count on the secondary line —
- * except the decode slices, which count BLOCKS (zero to many per call, so a
- * call count would be a false tally) and therefore carry no qualifier. A slice
- * that never happened (zero time) is omitted entirely — the ring already skips
+ * the true duration and qualify it with a tally on the secondary line — the
+ * model calls (TTFT), the tool runs, and the decode slices' own BLOCK counts
+ * (zero to many per call, so a call count would be a false tally there). A
+ * slice that never happened (zero time) is omitted entirely — the ring already skips
  * its arc, and a zero row would otherwise borrow the session's call count and
  * read as "no time, many calls". The donut and the rows sit side by side so
  * the head row stays half-height. Parallel tool calls each count, so the tools
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ interface Slice {
   label: string
   /** The TRUE duration (the row prints this; the ring clamps it into its window). */
   ms: number
-  /** The secondary-line qualifier (a call count), absent when there is none. */
+  /** The secondary-line qualifier (a call/run/block tally), absent when there is none. */
   times?: string
 }
 
@@ -90,19 +90,25 @@ export function makeStatsTiming(kit: ViewKit, Donut: (props: DonutProps) => Reac
       // (all-zero buckets) keeps the un-split shape instead of three dead rows.
       // An absent bucket reads as 0 (the host omits a zero span).
       //
-      // These slices carry NO call-count qualifier: they count DECODE BLOCKS,
-      // and one model call emits zero to many of them (a single call routinely
-      // requests several tools, and most calls emit no reasoning at all), so
-      // the call count would read as a per-slice tally that is simply untrue.
-      // TTFT and tools keep theirs — those happen exactly once per call/run.
-      const buckets: [key: string, color: string, label: string, ms: number][] = [
-        ['reasoning', COLOR.reasoning, t('timing.reasoning'), timing.reasoningMs ?? 0],
-        ['text', COLOR.text, t('timing.text'), timing.textMs ?? 0],
-        ['toolarg', COLOR.toolarg, t('timing.toolArgs'), timing.toolArgMs ?? 0],
+      // These slices qualify with their own BLOCK tally, never the call
+      // count: one model call emits zero to many decode blocks (a single call
+      // routinely requests several tools, and most calls emit no reasoning at
+      // all), so the call count would read as a per-slice tally that is simply
+      // untrue. TTFT and tools keep theirs — those happen exactly once per
+      // call/run. A host that folded no counts (an older cached row) serves
+      // the duration alone.
+      const blockTimes = (blocks?: number): string | undefined =>
+        blocks !== undefined && blocks > 0 ? t('timing.blockTimes', { n: fmt(blocks) }) : undefined
+      const buckets: [key: string, color: string, label: string, ms: number, times?: string][] = [
+        ['reasoning', COLOR.reasoning, t('timing.reasoning'), timing.reasoningMs ?? 0, blockTimes(timing.reasoningBlocks)],
+        ['text', COLOR.text, t('timing.text'), timing.textMs ?? 0, blockTimes(timing.textBlocks)],
+        ['toolarg', COLOR.toolarg, t('timing.toolArgs'), timing.toolArgMs ?? 0, blockTimes(timing.toolArgBlocks)],
       ]
       const split = buckets.some(([, , , ms]) => ms > 0)
       if (split) {
-        for (const [key, color, label, ms] of buckets) modelSlices.push({ key, color, label, ms })
+        for (const [key, color, label, ms, times] of buckets) {
+          modelSlices.push({ key, color, label, ms, ...(times !== undefined ? { times } : {}) })
+        }
       } else {
         modelSlices.push({ key: 'gen', color: COLOR.reasoning, label: t('timing.gen'), ms: timing.genMs })
       }
diff --git a/src/client/i18n.ts b/src/client/i18n.ts
index 3a220ef..bd9757d 100644
--- a/src/client/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/client/i18n.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const DICT_ZH: Record<string, string> = {
   'timing.toolArgs': '工具参数',
   'timing.tools': '工具执行',
   'timing.other': '其他开销',
-  'timing.callTimes': '{n}次', 'timing.toolTimes': '{n}次',
+  'timing.callTimes': '{n}次', 'timing.toolTimes': '{n}次', 'timing.blockTimes': '{n}次',
   'timing.empty': '暂无耗时数据 · 对话开始后这里会显示时长分布',
   'timing.tps': '{tps} tok/s',
   'timing.tpsTip': '输出速度（TPS）：累计解码输出 tokens ÷ 累计解码时长，与 DeepSeek Harness 会话统计同口径。',
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ export const DICT_EN: Record<string, string> = {
   'timing.toolArgs': 'Tool args',
   'timing.tools': 'Tool runs',
   'timing.other': 'Overhead',
-  'timing.callTimes': '{n} calls', 'timing.toolTimes': '{n} runs',
+  'timing.callTimes': '{n} calls', 'timing.toolTimes': '{n} runs', 'timing.blockTimes': '{n} blocks',
   'timing.empty': 'No timing data yet — durations appear as the conversation runs',
   'timing.tps': '{tps} tok/s',
   'timing.tpsTip': 'Output speed (TPS): summed decoded output tokens over summed decode time — the same pairing as the harness session stats.',
diff --git a/src/client/services.ts b/src/client/services.ts
index 5cc5e32..d616608 100644
--- a/src/client/services.ts
+++ b/src/client/services.ts
@@ -569,11 +569,12 @@ function msNumOf(value: unknown): number {
 }
 
 /**
- * The OPTIONAL timing scalars (the generation split): a real non-negative
- * number passes, anything else — including absence — reads as undefined so the
- * field stays absent on the narrowed value (see `timingOf`).
+ * The OPTIONAL timing scalars (the generation split's spans and block counts):
+ * a real non-negative number passes, anything else — including absence — reads
+ * as undefined so the field stays absent on the narrowed value (see
+ * `timingOf`).
  */
-function optMsNumOf(value: unknown): number | undefined {
+function optNumOf(value: unknown): number | undefined {
   return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value) && value >= 0 ? value : undefined
 }
 
@@ -590,10 +591,10 @@ function timingFastOk(value: unknown): boolean {
   for (const k of ['wallMs', 'ttftMs', 'genMs', 'calls', 'toolsMs', 'toolCalls']) {
     if (typeof t[k] !== 'number') return false
   }
-  // The generation split is optional but, when present, must be a finite
-  // non-negative number — the same gate the slow path applies, so a hostile
-  // bucket cannot slip through the fast path (see `timingOf`).
-  for (const k of ['reasoningMs', 'textMs', 'toolArgMs']) {
+  // The generation split and the block counts are optional but, when present,
+  // must be finite non-negative numbers — the same gate the slow path applies,
+  // so a hostile bucket cannot slip through the fast path (see `timingOf`).
+  for (const k of ['reasoningMs', 'textMs', 'toolArgMs', 'reasoningBlocks', 'textBlocks', 'toolArgBlocks']) {
     const v = t[k]
     if (v !== undefined && (typeof v !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(v) || v < 0)) return false
   }
@@ -642,15 +643,21 @@ export function timingOf(value: unknown): TimingTotals | null {
     toolCalls: msNumOf(data.toolCalls),
     tools,
   }
-  // The generation split stays ABSENT when the host did not serve it (a row
-  // cached before the split) or served a non-number: the card then renders the
-  // un-split shape instead of three meaningless zero rows.
-  const reasoning = optMsNumOf(data.reasoningMs)
+  // The optional scalars stay ABSENT when the host did not serve them (a row
+  // cached before the split / the counts) or served a non-number: the card
+  // renders the un-split shape / no qualifier instead of meaningless zeros.
+  const reasoning = optNumOf(data.reasoningMs)
   if (reasoning !== undefined) totals.reasoningMs = reasoning
-  const textMs = optMsNumOf(data.textMs)
+  const reasoningBlocks = optNumOf(data.reasoningBlocks)
+  if (reasoningBlocks !== undefined) totals.reasoningBlocks = reasoningBlocks
+  const textMs = optNumOf(data.textMs)
   if (textMs !== undefined) totals.textMs = textMs
-  const toolArgMs = optMsNumOf(data.toolArgMs)
+  const textBlocks = optNumOf(data.textBlocks)
+  if (textBlocks !== undefined) totals.textBlocks = textBlocks
+  const toolArgMs = optNumOf(data.toolArgMs)
   if (toolArgMs !== undefined) totals.toolArgMs = toolArgMs
+  const toolArgBlocks = optNumOf(data.toolArgBlocks)
+  if (toolArgBlocks !== undefined) totals.toolArgBlocks = toolArgBlocks
   return totals
 }
 
diff --git a/src/host/fold.ts b/src/host/fold.ts
index e9230e4..a6f6957 100644
--- a/src/host/fold.ts
+++ b/src/host/fold.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ import {
 } from './pricing'
 import type { ContentBlock, MessageSource } from './pricing'
 import { deriveEventMessage } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session'
-import { decodeKindOfBlock, decodeSpansOfStream, firstTokenTimeOfStream, isTokenChunk, replaceRangeOf } from './logShapes'
-import type { DecodeKind } from './logShapes'
+import { decodeKindOfBlock, decodeTallyOfStream, firstTokenTimeOfStream, isTokenChunk, replaceRangeOf } from './logShapes'
+import type { DecodeCounts, DecodeKind } from './logShapes'
 import { opBearingTool, opsOfCall, parseCallArgs, rawArgsNeeded } from '../shared/fileOps'
 
 /**
@@ -178,13 +178,21 @@ export interface TimelineState {
    * durations, never to unbounded state. Same arm/remove lifecycle as
    * `pendingShadowedSeqs`.
    *
-   * `decode` and `block` carry the generation split (reasoning / answer text /
-   * tool arguments — see TimingTotals): a V0 log's `assistant/chunk`
-   * `block-start` markers open `block` and close the previous one into
-   * `decode`; a V2+ log carries no such events, so `decode` stays absent and
-   * `assistant/message` reads the spans off its embedded stream instead.
+   * `decode`, `blocks` and `block` carry the generation split (reasoning /
+   * answer text / tool arguments — see TimingTotals): a V0 log's
+   * `assistant/chunk` `block-start` markers open `block`, close the previous
+   * one into `decode`, and count the opened bucket into `blocks` (the card's
+   * per-slice tally); a V2+ log carries no such events, so `decode` stays
+   * absent and `assistant/message` reads the spans and counts off its embedded
+   * stream instead.
    */
-  stepStart?: { time: number; firstToken?: number; decode?: Record<DecodeKind, number>; block?: { kind: DecodeKind; since: number } }
+  stepStart?: {
+    time: number
+    firstToken?: number
+    decode?: Record<DecodeKind, number>
+    blocks?: DecodeCounts
+    block?: { kind: DecodeKind; since: number }
+  }
   /**
    * Tool callId → the call's name, start instant, and raw arguments, armed by
    * `tool/call` and DELETED when its `tool/result` folds in (one result per
@@ -773,17 +781,24 @@ function ensureTiming(st: TimelineState): TimingTotals {
   return st.timing
 }
 
+/** The TimingTotals fields each decode bucket's span and count land in. */
+const DECODE_FIELDS: Record<DecodeKind, { ms: 'reasoningMs' | 'textMs' | 'toolArgMs'; n: 'reasoningBlocks' | 'textBlocks' | 'toolArgBlocks' }> = {
+  reasoning: { ms: 'reasoningMs', n: 'reasoningBlocks' },
+  text: { ms: 'textMs', n: 'textBlocks' },
+  toolarg: { ms: 'toolArgMs', n: 'toolArgBlocks' },
+}
+
 /**
- * Fold one block's decode span into the totals' generation split (see
- * TimingTotals). A zero span stays ABSENT — the field then carries the
- * "no time was decoded in this bucket" fact without adding dead properties to
- * every pre-split-shaped state, and the card reads absence as 0.
+ * Fold one block's decode span and count into the totals' generation split
+ * (see TimingTotals). A zero span or count stays ABSENT — the field then
+ * carries the "nothing was decoded/counted in this bucket" fact without adding
+ * dead properties to every pre-split-shaped state, and the card reads absence
+ * as 0.
  */
-function addDecode(timing: TimingTotals, kind: DecodeKind, ms: number): void {
-  if (!(ms > 0)) return
-  if (kind === 'reasoning') timing.reasoningMs = (timing.reasoningMs ?? 0) + ms
-  else if (kind === 'text') timing.textMs = (timing.textMs ?? 0) + ms
-  else timing.toolArgMs = (timing.toolArgMs ?? 0) + ms
+function addDecode(timing: TimingTotals, kind: DecodeKind, ms: number, blocks: number): void {
+  const field = DECODE_FIELDS[kind]
+  if (ms > 0) timing[field.ms] = (timing[field.ms] ?? 0) + ms
+  if (blocks > 0) timing[field.n] = (timing[field.n] ?? 0) + blocks
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1026,12 +1041,17 @@ export function applyTimeline(state: TimelineState, event: TimelineEvent, bounds
           const s = ensure([])
           const decode = { ...(start.decode ?? { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 }) }
           if (start.block !== undefined) decode[start.block.kind] += durOf(start.block.since, event.time)
+          // A known-kind marker is one counted decode block (the card's
+          // per-slice tally); the unknown one counted nothing.
+          const blocks = { ...(start.blocks ?? { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 }) }
+          if (kind !== undefined) blocks[kind] += 1
           // The next block is ABSENT (not undefined-valued) when unknown — the
           // plain-JSON persisted-state precondition (see TimelineState).
           s.stepStart = {
             time: start.time,
             ...(start.firstToken !== undefined ? { firstToken: start.firstToken } : {}),
             decode,
+            blocks,
             ...(kind !== undefined ? { block: { kind, since: event.time } } : {}),
           }
           break
@@ -1294,11 +1314,11 @@ export function applyTimeline(state: TimelineState, event: TimelineEvent, bounds
               timing.speedTokens = (timing.speedTokens ?? 0) + output
             }
             // Generation split: a V0 log's chunk stream accumulated the block
-            // spans in the slot (its last block closes HERE, at the message);
-            // a V2+ log has no chunk events, so the spans come off the embedded
-            // stream. Either way the three buckets tile the generation window
-            // and only the settlement tail stays unattributed. The split is
-            // priced ONLY when the window was: an unstamped call's model time
+            // spans and counts in the slot (its last block closes HERE, at the
+            // message); a V2+ log has no chunk events, so both come off the
+            // embedded stream. Either way the three buckets tile the generation
+            // window and only the settlement tail stays unattributed. The split
+            // is priced ONLY when the window was: an unstamped call's model time
             // is unattributed wholesale, so its spans must not reappear as
             // generation time the caller never charged.
             if (stepStart.decode !== undefined) {
@@ -1306,10 +1326,10 @@ export function applyTimeline(state: TimelineState, event: TimelineEvent, bounds
               if (stepStart.block !== undefined) {
                 decode[stepStart.block.kind] += durOf(stepStart.block.since, event.time)
               }
-              for (const kind of DECODE_KINDS) addDecode(timing, kind, decode[kind])
+              for (const kind of DECODE_KINDS) addDecode(timing, kind, decode[kind], stepStart.blocks?.[kind] ?? 0)
             } else {
-              const spans = decodeSpansOfStream(data?.stream, event.time)
-              for (const kind of DECODE_KINDS) addDecode(timing, kind, spans[kind])
+              const tally = decodeTallyOfStream(data?.stream, event.time)
+              for (const kind of DECODE_KINDS) addDecode(timing, kind, tally.spans[kind], tally.blocks[kind])
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/host/logShapes.ts b/src/host/logShapes.ts
index 3496ed7..a1a5983 100644
--- a/src/host/logShapes.ts
+++ b/src/host/logShapes.ts
@@ -56,21 +56,32 @@ export function decodeKindOfBlock(blockType: unknown): DecodeKind | undefined {
   return undefined
 }
 
-/** Per-kind decode spans (see {@link decodeSpansOfStream}). */
+/** Per-kind decode spans (see {@link decodeTallyOfStream}). */
 export type DecodeSpans = Record<DecodeKind, number>
 
+/** Per-kind count of opened decode blocks (see {@link decodeTallyOfStream}). */
+export type DecodeCounts = Record<DecodeKind, number>
+
+/** Both decode tallies of one stream: the spans that price the split and the marker counts that qualify its rows. */
+export interface DecodeTally {
+  spans: DecodeSpans
+  blocks: DecodeCounts
+}
+
 /**
- * Per-kind decode spans inside one embedded assistant stream, tiling
- * [first block-start, endTime]: each `block-start` record owns the interval up
- * to the next one, the last one up to `endTime`. This is the V2+ shape, whose
- * timed stream rides the settlement (`assistant/message.data.stream`) instead
- * of separate `assistant/chunk` events. Total over untrusted input — a
- * malformed record is skipped, a non-finite boundary yields zero, and a stream
- * with no marker (or not an array) yields all zeros.
+ * Per-kind decode spans AND counted `block-start` markers inside one embedded
+ * assistant stream, tiling [first block-start, endTime]: each `block-start`
+ * record owns the interval up to the next one, the last one up to `endTime`.
+ * This is the V2+ shape, whose timed stream rides the settlement
+ * (`assistant/message.data.stream`) instead of separate `assistant/chunk`
+ * events. Total over untrusted input — a malformed record is skipped whole (a
+ * marker with an unusable time anchors no span and counts nothing), a
+ * non-finite boundary yields zero, and a stream with no marker (or not an
+ * array) yields all zeros.
  */
-export function decodeSpansOfStream(stream: unknown, endTime: number): DecodeSpans {
-  const spans: DecodeSpans = { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 }
-  if (!Array.isArray(stream) || !Number.isFinite(endTime)) return spans
+export function decodeTallyOfStream(stream: unknown, endTime: number): DecodeTally {
+  const tally: DecodeTally = { spans: { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 }, blocks: { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 } }
+  if (!Array.isArray(stream) || !Number.isFinite(endTime)) return tally
   let kind: DecodeKind | undefined
   let since = 0
   for (const record of stream) {
@@ -81,12 +92,13 @@ export function decodeSpansOfStream(stream: unknown, endTime: number): DecodeSpa
     if (chunk.type !== 'block-start') continue
     const time = r.time
     if (typeof time !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(time)) continue
-    if (kind !== undefined) spans[kind] += Math.max(0, time - since)
+    if (kind !== undefined) tally.spans[kind] += Math.max(0, time - since)
     kind = decodeKindOfBlock(chunk.blockType)
+    if (kind !== undefined) tally.blocks[kind] += 1
     since = time
   }
-  if (kind !== undefined) spans[kind] += Math.max(0, endTime - since)
-  return spans
+  if (kind !== undefined) tally.spans[kind] += Math.max(0, endTime - since)
+  return tally
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/host/timeline.ts b/src/host/timeline.ts
index a773a23..6b0e014 100644
--- a/src/host/timeline.ts
+++ b/src/host/timeline.ts
@@ -150,10 +150,14 @@ const timingTotalsSchema = z.object({
   ttftMs: z.number().nonnegative(),
   genMs: z.number().nonnegative(),
   // Additive-optional (see TimingTotals): rows cached before the generation
-  // split carry `genMs` without these, and must keep parsing.
+  // split carry `genMs` without these, and must keep parsing. The block counts
+  // are additive-optional the same way (rows cached before they existed).
   reasoningMs: z.number().nonnegative().optional(),
+  reasoningBlocks: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional(),
   textMs: z.number().nonnegative().optional(),
+  textBlocks: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional(),
   toolArgMs: z.number().nonnegative().optional(),
+  toolArgBlocks: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional(),
   // The throughput seat, additive-optional for the same reason.
   speedTokens: z.number().nonnegative().optional(),
   speedMs: z.number().nonnegative().optional(),
@@ -256,8 +260,10 @@ const timelineStateSchema = z.object({
   stepStart: z.object({
     time: z.number(),
     firstToken: z.number().optional(),
-    // The generation split's in-flight accumulator (see TimelineState.stepStart).
+    // The generation split's in-flight accumulator (see TimelineState.stepStart),
+    // with the opened blocks counted per bucket.
     decode: z.object({ reasoning: z.number(), text: z.number(), toolarg: z.number() }).strict().optional(),
+    blocks: z.object({ reasoning: z.number().int(), text: z.number().int(), toolarg: z.number().int() }).strict().optional(),
     block: z.object({ kind: z.enum(['reasoning', 'text', 'toolarg']), since: z.number() }).strict().optional(),
   }).strict().optional(),
   callNames: z.record(z.string(), z.object({ name: z.string(), start: z.number(), argsRaw: z.string().optional() }).strict()),
diff --git a/src/shared/types.ts b/src/shared/types.ts
index 9c4111a..d5769bd 100644
--- a/src/shared/types.ts
+++ b/src/shared/types.ts
@@ -492,10 +492,22 @@ export interface TimingTotals {
   genMs: number
   /** Reasoning-decode slice of `genMs` (the model's thinking). */
   reasoningMs?: number
+  /** Counted reasoning-decode blocks (the Thinking slice's tally). */
+  reasoningBlocks?: number
   /** Answer-text decode slice of `genMs`. */
   textMs?: number
+  /** Counted answer-text decode blocks (the Answer slice's tally). */
+  textBlocks?: number
   /** Tool-call-argument decode slice of `genMs`. */
   toolArgMs?: number
+  /**
+   * Counted tool-call-argument decode blocks — one per tool call whose
+   * arguments the stream decoded (the Tool args slice's tally). The counts are
+   * ADDITIVE-OPTIONAL like their spans: a row cached before they existed (or a
+   * call whose stream framed no blocks) carries none, and the card qualifies
+   * only what was actually counted.
+   */
+  toolArgBlocks?: number
   /**
    * The decode-throughput seat, paired exactly as the harness's own
    * session-stats fold pairs them: `speedTokens` sums provider-reported
diff --git a/tests/client/components/statsTiming.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/statsTiming.spec.ts
index 6d60f5e..651e4e6 100644
--- a/tests/client/components/statsTiming.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/client/components/statsTiming.spec.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,26 @@ describe('StatsTiming — the generation split', () => {
     await m.unmount()
   })
 
+  test('the decode rows qualify with their OWN block tallies when the host folded them', async () => {
+    const timing: TimingTotals = { ...SPLIT, reasoningBlocks: 14, textBlocks: 5, toolArgBlocks: 26 }
+    const m = await mount(h(StatsTiming, { timing }))
+    assert.deepEqual(rowOf(m.container, 1), { pct: '15.0%', label: 'Thinking', count: '1m30s · 14 blocks', dim: false })
+    assert.deepEqual(rowOf(m.container, 2), { pct: '5.0%', label: 'Answer', count: '30.0s · 5 blocks', dim: false })
+    assert.deepEqual(rowOf(m.container, 3), { pct: '3.3%', label: 'Tool args', count: '20.0s · 26 blocks', dim: false })
+    await m.unmount()
+  })
+
+  test('a zero or absent block tally renders the duration alone; the count localizes', async () => {
+    const zh = await mount(h(StatsTimingZh, { timing: { ...SPLIT, reasoningBlocks: 3 } }))
+    assert.equal(rowOf(zh.container, 1).count, '1m30s · 3次')
+    await zh.unmount()
+    for (const counts of [{ reasoningBlocks: 0 }, {}]) {
+      const m = await mount(h(StatsTiming, { timing: { ...SPLIT, ...counts } }))
+      assert.equal(rowOf(m.container, 1).count, '1m30s', JSON.stringify(counts))
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+
   test('the split labels localize', async () => {
     const m = await mount(h(StatsTimingZh, { timing: SPLIT }))
     assert.equal(rowOf(m.container, 1).label, '模型思考')
diff --git a/tests/client/services.spec.ts b/tests/client/services.spec.ts
index 74ea05a..9dbb477 100644
--- a/tests/client/services.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/client/services.spec.ts
@@ -516,6 +516,26 @@ describe('timingOf', () => {
     assert.equal(out?.reasoningMs, undefined)
     assert.equal(out?.wallMs, wellFormed.wallMs)
   })
+
+  test('the block counts pass through when well-formed and stay absent otherwise', () => {
+    const out = timingOf({ ...wellFormed, reasoningBlocks: 3, textBlocks: 1, toolArgBlocks: 9 })
+    assert.deepEqual(out, { ...wellFormed, reasoningBlocks: 3, textBlocks: 1, toolArgBlocks: 9 })
+    const bare = timingOf(wellFormed)
+    assert.ok(bare !== null)
+    for (const k of ['reasoningBlocks', 'textBlocks', 'toolArgBlocks']) {
+      assert.equal(Object.hasOwn(bare, k), false, `${k} stays absent`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('a wrong-typed or negative count drops alone; a non-finite one cannot slip through', () => {
+    const out = timingOf({ ...wellFormed, reasoningBlocks: 'x', textBlocks: -1, toolArgBlocks: 4 })
+    assert.equal(out?.reasoningBlocks, undefined)
+    assert.equal(out?.textBlocks, undefined)
+    assert.equal(out?.toolArgBlocks, 4)
+    const out2 = timingOf({ ...wellFormed, textBlocks: Number.NaN })
+    assert.equal(out2?.textBlocks, undefined)
+    assert.equal(out2?.wallMs, wellFormed.wallMs)
+  })
 })
 
 describe('timelineOf — the live system-prompt nodes', () => {
diff --git a/tests/host/fold-timing.spec.ts b/tests/host/fold-timing.spec.ts
index 46ebc94..710aa81 100644
--- a/tests/host/fold-timing.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/host/fold-timing.spec.ts
@@ -289,6 +289,10 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
     assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningMs, 500, 'reasoning owns 200→700')
     assert.equal(state.timing?.textMs, 500, 'text owns 700→1200')
     assert.equal(state.timing?.toolArgMs, 800, 'tool args own 1200→message')
+    // Each marker is one counted block — the card's per-slice tally.
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningBlocks, 1)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.textBlocks, 1)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.toolArgBlocks, 1)
   })
 
   test('V0: the buckets tile the marker span (they account for the generation window)', () => {
@@ -307,7 +311,8 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
 
   test('an unstamped call carries no split (its model time is unattributed wholesale)', () => {
     // Block markers but no token delta: the call prices no generation time,
-    // so its spans must not reappear as generation the caller never charged.
+    // so its spans must not reappear as generation the caller never charged —
+    // and its blocks count nothing either (the tally rides the same gate).
     const { state } = driveTimeline([
       stepStart(1, { time: 0 }),
       blockStart(2, 'reasoning', 100),
@@ -317,6 +322,8 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
     assert.equal(state.timing?.genMs, 0)
     assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningMs, undefined)
     assert.equal(state.timing?.textMs, undefined)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningBlocks, undefined)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.textBlocks, undefined)
   })
 
   test('V0: an unknown block marker closes the open block but opens nothing', () => {
@@ -330,6 +337,8 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
     assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningMs, 400, 'the reasoning span ends at the unknown marker')
     assert.equal(state.timing?.textMs, undefined)
     assert.equal(state.timing?.toolArgMs, undefined)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningBlocks, 1, 'the unknown marker itself counted nothing')
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.textBlocks, undefined)
   })
 
   test('V0: a marker before any open block starts a span; hostile times clamp', () => {
@@ -341,11 +350,31 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
       // A non-finite marker time poisons only its OWN span: the reasoning
       // block closes to a zero span and the text block it opens can never be
       // priced — both stay absent rather than reporting a bogus duration.
+      // No token delta ever stamps the call, so the split (spans AND counts)
+      // stays unattributed wholesale.
       assistantChunk(4, { type: 'block-start', index: 0, blockType: 'text' }, { time: Number.NaN }),
       assistantMessage(5, { time: 900 }),
     ])
     assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningMs, undefined)
     assert.equal(state.timing?.textMs, undefined)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningBlocks, undefined)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.textBlocks, undefined)
+  })
+
+  test('V0: a zero-span block still counts its marker (the tally needs no time)', () => {
+    const { state } = driveTimeline([
+      stepStart(1, { time: 0 }),
+      assistantChunk(2, { type: 'text-delta', text: 'x' }, { time: 100 }),
+      blockStart(3, 'reasoning', 200),
+      // The text marker's unusable time prices no span, but the block opened.
+      assistantChunk(4, { type: 'block-start', index: 0, blockType: 'text' }, { time: Number.NaN }),
+      assistantMessage(5, { time: 900 }),
+    ])
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.genMs, 800)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningMs, undefined)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.textMs, undefined)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningBlocks, 1)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.textBlocks, 1)
   })
 
   test('a chunk with no open step stays uninteresting for the split too', () => {
@@ -374,6 +403,10 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
     assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningMs, 500)
     assert.equal(state.timing?.textMs, 500)
     assert.equal(state.timing?.toolArgMs, 800)
+    // The embedded stream's markers count too — one block per bucket here.
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningBlocks, 1)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.textBlocks, 1)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.toolArgBlocks, 1)
   })
 
   test('a stream with no block marker contributes no split (the card keeps the un-split shape)', () => {
@@ -388,6 +421,7 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
     assert.equal(state.timing?.reasoningMs, undefined)
     assert.equal(state.timing?.textMs, undefined)
     assert.equal(state.timing?.toolArgMs, undefined)
+    assert.equal(state.timing?.textBlocks, undefined)
   })
 
   test('split totals accumulate across steps and stay plain JSON', () => {
@@ -406,9 +440,27 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
     ])
     assert.equal(drive.state.timing?.reasoningMs, 200 + 300)
     assert.equal(drive.state.timing?.textMs, 200)
+    assert.equal(drive.state.timing?.reasoningBlocks, 2)
+    assert.equal(drive.state.timing?.textBlocks, 1)
     assertPlainJson(drive.state)
   })
 
+  test('a slot cached before the block tally existed merges its spans without counts', () => {
+    // Rows cached by the previous build can hold a stamped slot with decode
+    // spans but no `blocks` record (additive-optional, see TimelineState):
+    // the merge reads it as no tallies.
+    const { def, state } = driveTimeline([
+      stepStart(1, { time: 0 }),
+      assistantChunk(2, { type: 'reasoning-delta', text: 'x' }, { time: 100 }),
+      assistantChunk(3, { type: 'block-start', blockType: 'reasoning' }, { time: 100 }),
+    ])
+    const stale = structuredClone(state)
+    if (stale.stepStart !== undefined) delete stale.stepStart.blocks
+    const merged = def.apply(stale, assistantMessage(4, { time: 400 }))
+    assert.equal(merged.timing?.reasoningMs, 300)
+    assert.equal(merged.timing?.reasoningBlocks, undefined)
+  })
+
   test('the generation split rides the wire view as plain values', () => {
     const drive = driveTimeline([
       stepStart(1, { time: 0 }),
@@ -417,6 +469,7 @@ describe('timing — the generation split (reasoning / text / tool args)', () =>
       assistantMessage(4, { time: 400 }),
     ])
     assert.equal(drive.view.timing?.reasoningMs, 300)
+    assert.equal(drive.view.timing?.reasoningBlocks, 1)
   })
 })
 
@@ -443,10 +496,17 @@ describe('timing — served wire view', () => {
     const drive = driveTimeline([...step(1, 0, 1_000, { tokenMs: 300 }),
       toolCall(5, { callId: 'c1', name: 'bash' }),
       toolResult(6, { callId: 'c1', content: text('ok') }),
-      stepEnd(7, { time: 30_000 })])
+      stepEnd(7, { time: 30_000 }),
+      // A step left OPEN with counted block markers in the slot: the final
+      // state carries stepStart.{decode,blocks,block} for the gate.
+      stepStart(8, { time: 40_000 }),
+      assistantChunk(9, { type: 'reasoning-delta', text: 'x' }, { time: 40_100 }),
+      assistantChunk(10, { type: 'block-start', blockType: 'reasoning' }, { time: 40_100 }),
+      assistantChunk(11, { type: 'block-start', blockType: 'text' }, { time: 40_300 })])
     // The 0.1.1+ contract validates persisted state through stateSchema.
     const c = def as unknown as { stateSchema: { parse(s: unknown): unknown } }
     for (const state of drive.states) c.stateSchema.parse(structuredClone(state)) // throws on drift
+    assert.ok(drive.state.stepStart?.blocks !== undefined, 'the open slot carried the counted markers')
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/tests/host/logShapes.spec.ts b/tests/host/logShapes.spec.ts
index 159a9d0..0d48aa3 100644
--- a/tests/host/logShapes.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/host/logShapes.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
 import { describe, test } from 'vitest'
-import { decodeKindOfBlock, decodeSpansOfStream, firstTokenTimeOfStream, isTokenChunk, replaceRangeOf } from '../../src/host/logShapes'
+import { decodeKindOfBlock, decodeTallyOfStream, firstTokenTimeOfStream, isTokenChunk, replaceRangeOf } from '../../src/host/logShapes'
 
 describe('decodeKindOfBlock', () => {
   test('maps the three block kinds the harness emits', () => {
@@ -23,52 +23,71 @@ describe('decodeKindOfBlock', () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe('decodeSpansOfStream', () => {
+describe('decodeTallyOfStream', () => {
   const chunk = (time: number, blockType: string) => ({ type: 'chunk', time, chunk: { type: 'block-start', blockType } })
+  const tally = { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 }
 
-  test('tiles [first marker, endTime] by block, in marker order', () => {
+  test('tiles [first marker, endTime] by block, in marker order, counting each marker', () => {
     // reasoning 1000→1300, text 1300→1500, tool args 1500→2000 (endTime).
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream([
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream([
       chunk(1000, 'reasoning'),
       { type: 'reasoning-chunks', time0: 1010, index: 0, dt: [], texts: ['think'] },
       chunk(1300, 'text'),
       { type: 'text-chunks', time0: 1310, index: 1, dt: [], texts: ['answer'] },
       chunk(1500, 'tool-call'),
       { type: 'tool-call-chunks', time0: 1510, index: 2, dt: [], id: 'c1', args: ['{}'] },
-    ], 2000), { reasoning: 300, text: 200, toolarg: 500 })
+    ], 2000), {
+      spans: { reasoning: 300, text: 200, toolarg: 500 },
+      blocks: { reasoning: 1, text: 1, toolarg: 1 },
+    })
   })
 
   test('a later block closes the previous one even when its own kind is unknown', () => {
-    // The unknown marker still ends the reasoning span; its own interval is lost.
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream([chunk(1000, 'reasoning'), chunk(1400, 'image')], 1900), {
-      reasoning: 400, text: 0, toolarg: 0,
+    // The unknown marker still ends the reasoning span; its own interval is
+    // lost and it counts nothing.
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream([chunk(1000, 'reasoning'), chunk(1400, 'image')], 1900), {
+      spans: { reasoning: 400, text: 0, toolarg: 0 },
+      blocks: { reasoning: 1, text: 0, toolarg: 0 },
     })
   })
 
   test('a single block owns the whole tail to endTime', () => {
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream([chunk(500, 'text')], 900), { reasoning: 0, text: 400, toolarg: 0 })
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream([chunk(500, 'text')], 900), {
+      spans: { ...tally, text: 400 },
+      blocks: { ...tally, text: 1 },
+    })
+  })
+
+  test('a zero-span block still counts (same-instant markers)', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream([chunk(500, 'reasoning'), chunk(500, 'text')], 900), {
+      spans: { ...tally, text: 400 },
+      blocks: { reasoning: 1, text: 1, toolarg: 0 },
+    })
   })
 
   test('malformed records, non-finite times, and hostile containers degrade to zero', () => {
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream(undefined, 100), { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 })
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream('stream', 100), { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 })
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream([], 100), { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 })
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream([chunk(500, 'text')], Number.NaN), { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 })
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream([
+    const zero = { spans: tally, blocks: tally }
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream(undefined, 100), zero)
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream('stream', 100), zero)
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream([], 100), zero)
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream([chunk(500, 'text')], Number.NaN), zero)
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream([
       null, 7, 'x',
       { type: 'chunk' },
       { type: 'chunk', time: 1, chunk: null },
       { type: 'chunk', time: 2, chunk: { type: 'text-delta', text: 'x' } },
+      // The unusable time skips the record WHOLE: no span, no count.
       { type: 'chunk', time: 'x', chunk: { type: 'block-start', blockType: 'text' } },
       { type: 'text-chunks', time0: 1, index: 0, dt: [], texts: ['a'] },
-    ], 100), { reasoning: 0, text: 0, toolarg: 0 })
+    ], 100), zero)
   })
 
   test('a backwards marker clamps to a zero span instead of a negative one', () => {
     // The text block's interval is negative → 0; the reasoning block is last,
     // so it owns the tail to endTime.
-    assert.deepEqual(decodeSpansOfStream([chunk(1000, 'text'), chunk(900, 'reasoning')], 950), {
-      reasoning: 50, text: 0, toolarg: 0,
+    assert.deepEqual(decodeTallyOfStream([chunk(1000, 'text'), chunk(900, 'reasoning')], 950), {
+      spans: { reasoning: 50, text: 0, toolarg: 0 },
+      blocks: { reasoning: 1, text: 1, toolarg: 0 },
     })
   })
 })