diff --git a/crates/pptx/src/read.rs b/crates/pptx/src/read.rs
index 288e497f8..ad8453538 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/src/read.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/src/read.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ pub struct Imp<'a> {
     pub vml_previews: HashMap<String, HashMap<String, String>>,
     /// Aggregate byte count of retained chart sidecars across the presentation.
     pub kept_sidecar_bytes: usize,
+    /// Data slots of the charts decoded so far (see `chart::MAX_PRESENTATION_CHART_POINTS`).
+    pub chart_points: usize,
     /// Cached kept sidecars by normalized chart part name.
     pub kept_charts: HashMap<String, deckcraft_model::chart::ChartKept>,
     /// Add-in tags parts, parsed once each, by normalized part name.
@@ -442,6 +444,7 @@ pub fn import_theme(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(deckcraft_model::theme::Theme, Vec<
         table_style_ids: Vec::new(),
         vml_previews: HashMap::new(),
         kept_sidecar_bytes: 0,
+        chart_points: 0,
         kept_charts: HashMap::new(),
         tags_by_part: HashMap::new(),
         tag_bytes: 0,
@@ -483,6 +486,7 @@ pub fn import_checked(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(Presentation, Vec<String>), PptxE
         table_style_ids: Vec::new(),
         vml_previews: HashMap::new(),
         kept_sidecar_bytes: 0,
+        chart_points: 0,
         kept_charts: HashMap::new(),
         tags_by_part: HashMap::new(),
         tag_bytes: 0,
diff --git a/crates/pptx/src/read/chart.rs b/crates/pptx/src/read/chart.rs
index 358f88ff5..af54ebd8e 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/src/read/chart.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/src/read/chart.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ pub(crate) fn rich_text(t: &El) -> Option<String> {
 /// Most category/value/size slots one chart may decode across all its series and caches, so
 /// sparse `ptCount`/`idx` declarations can't expand far beyond the XML they came from.
 pub(crate) const MAX_CHART_POINTS: usize = 1_000_000;
+/// Data slots (values and categories) the charts of one presentation may hold in all; a chart past
+/// it is read as a placeholder frame. Each frame that references a chart decodes its own copy.
+pub(crate) const MAX_PRESENTATION_CHART_POINTS: usize = 4_000_000;
+
+/// Slots a decoded chart holds, counting the chart itself as at least one.
+pub(crate) fn point_count(c: &Chart) -> usize {
+    1 + c.categories.len() + c.series.iter().map(|s| s.values.len()).sum::<usize>()
+}
 
 /// Most slots one cache may hold.
 const MAX_CACHE_POINTS: usize = 100_000;
@@ -466,6 +474,13 @@ pub(crate) fn capture_kept(imp: &mut super::Imp, chart_part: &str) -> deckcraft_
 
     let key = crate::opc::norm(chart_part);
     if let Some(cached) = imp.kept_charts.get(&key) {
+        // Every frame that shows this chart gets its own copy, so each copy is charged like the first.
+        let bytes: usize = cached.parts.iter().map(|p| p.bytes.len()).sum();
+        if imp.kept_sidecar_bytes.saturating_add(bytes) > MAX_KEPT_TOTAL_BYTES {
+            log::warn!("pptx: chart sidecar retained byte budget exceeded for {chart_part}");
+            return ChartKept::default();
+        }
+        imp.kept_sidecar_bytes += bytes;
         return cached.clone();
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/pptx/src/read/shapes.rs b/crates/pptx/src/read/shapes.rs
index b3e3d48e6..96de4dd3c 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/src/read/shapes.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/src/read/shapes.rs
@@ -428,10 +428,12 @@ fn frame(imp: &mut Imp, part: &Part, ctx: &mut IdCtx, e: &El, depth: usize) -> S
             return s;
         }
         if let Some(c) = gd.child("chart")
+            && imp.chart_points < super::chart::MAX_PRESENTATION_CHART_POINTS
             && let Some(rel) = part.rels.get(c.attr("r:id").unwrap_or(""))
             && let Some(bytes) = imp.pkg.xml_bytes(&rel.target)
             && let Some(mut chart) = if uri.ends_with("/chartex") { super::read_chartex_xml(bytes) } else { super::read_chart_xml(bytes) }
         {
+            imp.chart_points = imp.chart_points.saturating_add(super::chart::point_count(&chart));
             chart.kept = super::chart::capture_kept(imp, &rel.target);
             s.kind = ShapeKind::Chart(Box::new(chart));
             return s;