diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9cbaa52c..5d38f32e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1094,6 +1094,14 @@ jobs:
       # private log carries the report. This step re-reads those logs from outside, so the claim
       # does not rest only on the assertion that produced them.
       #
+      # AND IT COUNTS, NEEDING TWO (V1 fix round 2). The server reads the pack field twice inside
+      # the ReadPixels window - PipeApplier::read_pixels saves the application's pack before it
+      # installs the neutral one, the backend's ReadPixels reads it after - and the hook perturbs
+      # its oracle once per read, because the ID-49 overwrite inside the window wipes the first
+      # perturbation before the second read's compare. A step satisfied by ONE line was satisfied
+      # by either perturbation alone and falsified neither; two is one per read, each falsified on
+      # its own. Measured at landing: 3 (DirectGLES) / 2 (DirectVulkan).
+      #
       # THE GREEN HALF is the lane run above: the same hook, the same window, with no corruption
       # armed, across 1070 entries at zero divergences.
       - name: Negative control A (split, read side) - the server's own read must report it
@@ -1110,12 +1118,14 @@ jobs:
           ctest --output-on-failure -L '^integration-verify-split$' -R "${FILTER}" --no-tests=error
           for backend in DirectGLES DirectVulkan; do
             log="MobileGL/MG_IntegrationTest/pipe-verify-split-read-corrupt-${backend}.server.log"
-            if ! grep -q 'Fatal{PipeVerifyDiffer, "GetPixelStoreParameters@ReadPixels".*where=read}' "${log}"; then
-              echo "::error::${log} carries no compare-at-read report for the corrupted pack field: the hook is not comparing on the server's apply thread, or the ID-49 neutral-pack window swallowed the perturbation"
+            reads=$(grep -c 'Fatal{PipeVerifyDiffer, "GetPixelStoreParameters@ReadPixels".*where=read}' "${log}" 2>/dev/null || true)
+            reads=${reads:-0}
+            if [ "${reads}" -lt 2 ]; then
+              echo "::error::${log} carries ${reads} compare-at-read report(s) for the corrupted pack field, fewer than the two reads the server makes inside the ReadPixels window (the applier's saved-pack read and the backend's post-install read): the hook is not comparing on the server's apply thread, or one of its two perturbations no longer reaches its read because the ID-49 neutral-pack overwrite swallowed it"
               exit 1
             fi
           done
-          echo "both backends reported GetPixelStoreParameters@ReadPixels where=read in the SERVER half, as they must"
+          echo "both backends reported GetPixelStoreParameters@ReadPixels where=read at least twice in the SERVER half, as they must"
 
       # NEGATIVE CONTROL B ON THE SPLIT ARM, WITH THE SPLIT ARM'S PAIR. The monolith pair
       # (GenerateMipmap:GetActiveTextureUnit) is inert here - the split backend's generate_mipmap
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/Pipe/PipeFill.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/Pipe/PipeFill.cpp
index b01aabb6..6a588fca 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Impl/Pipe/PipeFill.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Impl/Pipe/PipeFill.cpp
@@ -738,6 +738,17 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Pipe {
         // exactly like a hook with nothing to report. The perturbation goes on the ORACLE, for
         // EntryCompare's reason: the arm under test is the stored value, so corrupting THAT would
         // be testing the corruption.
+        //
+        // WHICH READ THIS BLOCK TURNS RED (V1 fix round 2). The server reads the pack field TWICE
+        // inside the ReadPixels verb window, and both reads sit inside
+        // ServerReadsInsideTheNeutralPackWindow below (the verb stamp is up for the whole apply):
+        // PipeApplier::read_pixels saves the application's pack through the accessor BEFORE it
+        // installs the neutral one, and the backend's ReadPixels reads the field AFTER. This block
+        // is what turns the FIRST of them red: at that read `self` still holds the application's
+        // pack, so the first compare only reaches the window if this perturbation made it differ,
+        // and inside the window the application's pack against the neutral oracle differs on its
+        // own. It does nothing for the second read - `self` IS the neutral pack there - which is
+        // what the re-application inside the window is for.
         if (g_verify.Corrupt && *g_verify.Corrupt == field) {
             MGPipeApplyVerifyCorruption(g_readScratch, field);
         }
@@ -758,10 +769,18 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Pipe {
             });
             // AND THE CONTROL IS RE-APPLIED, because the overwrite above replaces the pack half
             // WHOLESALE - the corruption included, since CorruptStorage perturbs an array's FIRST
-            // ELEMENT and the pack half is element 0. Without this line the one window in which
-            // this arm is most load-bearing (the server's read_pixels, 8530 reads over 220 of the
-            // lane's entries) would be the one window MOBILEGL_PIPE_VERIFY_CORRUPT=
-            // GetPixelStoreParameters cannot turn red.
+            // ELEMENT and the pack half is element 0. This is the block for the POST-INSTALL read
+            // (the backend's ReadPixels, after PipeApplier::read_pixels installed the neutral pack
+            // into gPipeInputs): there `self` is the neutral pack, the overwrite just made the
+            // oracle equal to it, and only a perturbation applied AFTER the overwrite can make
+            // that compare differ - the block above cannot reach it. Without this line the one
+            // window in which this arm is most load-bearing (the server's read_pixels, 8530 reads
+            // over 220 of the lane's entries) would be the one window MOBILEGL_PIPE_VERIFY_CORRUPT=
+            // GetPixelStoreParameters cannot turn red - and a control that accepted ONE report
+            // would never notice, because the saved-pack read still reports through the block
+            // above. The VerifySplitReadCorrupted. entries and the CI step therefore require at
+            // least TWO `where=read` reports in the server half: one per block, each falsified
+            // alone (V1 fix round 2).
             if (g_verify.Corrupt && *g_verify.Corrupt == field) {
                 MGPipeApplyVerifyCorruption(g_readScratch, field);
             }
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_IntegrationTest/Scenarios/PipeVerifyArmingScenario.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_IntegrationTest/Scenarios/PipeVerifyArmingScenario.cpp
index 066f4799..95b8c0e0 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_IntegrationTest/Scenarios/PipeVerifyArmingScenario.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_IntegrationTest/Scenarios/PipeVerifyArmingScenario.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,25 @@ void main() { o_color = vec4(0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0); }
             return value != nullptr && *value != '\0';
         }
 
+        // The number of LINES in `text` that carry `needle` and `where=read`: one per backend read
+        // the compare-at-read hook reported for that field and verb (ReportDivergence is a single
+        // MGLOG_F, so a report never spans lines and two reports never share one).
+        std::size_t CountReadReports(const std::string& text, const std::string& needle) {
+            std::size_t count = 0;
+            std::size_t pos = 0;
+            while (pos < text.size()) {
+                const std::size_t eol = text.find('\n', pos);
+                const std::string line =
+                    text.substr(pos, eol == std::string::npos ? std::string::npos : eol - pos);
+                if (line.find(needle) != std::string::npos && line.find("where=read") != std::string::npos) {
+                    ++count;
+                }
+                if (eol == std::string::npos) break;
+                pos = eol + 1;
+            }
+            return count;
+        }
+
         class PipeVerifyArmingScenario : public ScenarioTest {
         protected:
             // The library log this process is writing, or an empty path when none was configured.
@@ -350,6 +369,26 @@ void main() { o_color = vec4(0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0); }
                    "arm - `where=` says which comparator spoke, and only `read` is this case's "
                    "subject. Line:\n"
                 << line;
+
+            // TWO REPORTS, NOT ONE (V1 fix round 2) - the count is what makes BOTH perturbation
+            // blocks in the hook load-bearing. The server reads this field twice inside the
+            // ReadPixels window, and both reads sit inside the hook's neutral-pack branch:
+            // PipeApplier::read_pixels saves the application's pack BEFORE it installs the neutral
+            // one, and the backend's ReadPixels reads the field AFTER. The hook's first perturbation
+            // is what turns the saved-pack read red (past the first compare, the application's
+            // pack against the neutral oracle differs on its own); only the perturbation re-applied
+            // after the window's overwrite can turn the post-install read red, because there the
+            // stored value IS the neutral pack. A control satisfied by ONE line is satisfied by
+            // either block alone and so falsified neither. Measured at landing the server half
+            // carries 3 (DirectGLES) / 2 (DirectVulkan); removing either block drops it to 1.
+            const std::size_t reads = CountReadReports(server, expected);
+            EXPECT_GE(reads, std::size_t{2})
+                << "the server half carries " << reads << " `where=read` report(s) for " << expected
+                << ", ...}. The server reads that field twice inside the ReadPixels window (the "
+                   "applier's saved-pack read and the backend's post-install read) and the hook "
+                   "perturbs the oracle once per read, so fewer than two means one perturbation has "
+                   "stopped reaching its read. Server half of the log appended by this case:\n"
+                << server;
         }
 
     } // namespace