diff --git a/crates/measure/src/snap.rs b/crates/measure/src/snap.rs
index 3cf6bbd17..37e64e8b8 100644
--- a/crates/measure/src/snap.rs
+++ b/crates/measure/src/snap.rs
@@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ impl Walker<'_> {
                         self.geometry.truncated = true;
                         break;
                     }
-                    // An undecodable part is skipped; the rest of the page still snaps.
+                    // An undecodable part is skipped; the parts before it still snap.
                     match s.decoded_within(remaining) {
                         Ok(data) => {
                             joined.extend(data);
                             // A space, as the renderer joins pieces: a trailing comment runs on.
                             joined.push(b' ');
                         }
-                        Err(_) => self.geometry.unreadable = self.geometry.unreadable.saturating_add(1),
+                        Err(_) => self.decode_failed(remaining),
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -236,11 +236,17 @@ impl Walker<'_> {
         match stream.decoded_within(remaining) {
             Ok(data) => self.ops(&data, resources, initial, depth),
             Err(_) => {
-                self.geometry.unreadable = self.geometry.unreadable.saturating_add(1);
+                self.decode_failed(remaining);
                 Ok(())
             }
         }
     }
+    /// A tolerant decode fails on an unsupported filter or once it has produced `remaining` bytes,
+    /// so a failure uses up the byte budget: repeating a failing stream cannot repeat that work.
+    fn decode_failed(&mut self, remaining: usize) {
+        self.geometry.unreadable = self.geometry.unreadable.saturating_add(1);
+        self.bytes = self.bytes.saturating_add(remaining);
+    }
     fn ops(&mut self, data: &[u8], resources: &Dict, initial: Matrix, depth: usize) -> Result<()> {
         self.bytes = self.bytes.saturating_add(data.len());
         self.streams = self.streams.saturating_add(1);
diff --git a/crates/measure/src/tests.rs b/crates/measure/src/tests.rs
index 315fedc93..e9722cb62 100644
--- a/crates/measure/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/measure/src/tests.rs
@@ -423,3 +423,16 @@ fn listing_skips_repeated_refs_and_caps_what_it_keeps() {
     assert!(listing.measurements.iter().map(retained).sum::<usize>() <= MAX_LISTED_BYTES);
     assert!(!listing.measurements.is_empty());
 }
+#[test]
+fn a_stream_over_the_byte_budget_uses_it_up_once() {
+    // 50 references to one Flate stream that inflates past the 16 MiB budget decode once.
+    let big = pdfcraft_cos::Stream::flate(Dict::new(), &vec![b' '; 17 << 20]);
+    let hex: String = big.raw.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect();
+    let bomb = String::from_utf8(pdfcraft_testkit::stream_obj("/Filter [/ASCIIHexDecode /FlateDecode]", hex)).unwrap();
+    let contents = format!("[4 0 R{}]", " 5 0 R".repeat(50));
+    let d = fixture_with(&contents, "0 0 m 10 0 l S", "", &[bomb.as_str()]);
+    let g = snap::geometry(&d, 0).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(g.unreadable, 1);
+    assert!(g.truncated);
+    assert_eq!(g.segments.len(), 1, "the parts before it still snap");
+}