diff --git a/benchmarks/terminal-fill-quality.yml b/benchmarks/terminal-fill-quality.yml
index 1b6ed21d7..4be396b1a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/terminal-fill-quality.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/terminal-fill-quality.yml
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ metric_panels:
     tab: false
     description: "Priced swaps in the rolling window."
 
+ledger_reliability: false
 ledger_columns:
   - { label: "Value lost", slot: p50 }
   - { label: "Median swap", panel: trade_usd }
diff --git a/src/components/ledger-table.tsx b/src/components/ledger-table.tsx
index 3f43d5456..d4fe54f87 100644
--- a/src/components/ledger-table.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ledger-table.tsx
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ export function LedgerTable({
   // story), tightens cell padding and keeps the tag and embed button for
   // xl screens.
   const dense = !!customCols && customCols.length >= 5;
+  // Reliability columns (Success, Errors) only when the success query is a
+  // probe success rate; a publication gate reads 100 % or 0 % everywhere.
+  const showRel = benchmark.ledgerReliability !== false;
   const cellPad = dense ? "px-2" : "px-3";
   const panelById = useMemo(
     () => new Map((benchmark.metricPanels ?? []).map((p) => [p.id, p])),
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ export function LedgerTable({
 
   return (
     <div
-      className={`overflow-x-auto -mx-4 sm:mx-0 px-4 sm:px-0 ${dense ? "xl:-mx-20 2xl:-mx-32" : ""}`}
+      className="overflow-x-auto -mx-4 sm:mx-0 px-4 sm:px-0"
     >
       {hasWindows && (
         <div className="mb-3 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1">
@@ -433,13 +436,15 @@ export function LedgerTable({
             >
               {customCols ? colLabel(customCols[0]) : activePanel ? "Value" : "p50"}
             </th>
-            <th
-              colSpan={dense ? 1 : 2}
-              scope="colgroup"
-              className={`border-y-2 border-ink py-2 pl-3 text-right ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : "hidden md:table-cell"}`}
-            >
-              Reliability
-            </th>
+            {showRel && (
+              <th
+                colSpan={dense ? 1 : 2}
+                scope="colgroup"
+                className={`border-y-2 border-ink py-2 pl-3 text-right ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : "hidden md:table-cell"}`}
+              >
+                Reliability
+              </th>
+            )}
             <th
               scope="col"
               className={`border-y-2 border-ink py-2 pl-3 text-right ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : ""}`}
@@ -565,17 +570,19 @@ export function LedgerTable({
                 Δ field
               </SortableHeader>
             )}
-            <SortableHeader
-              sortKey="success"
-              activeKey={sortKey}
-              dir={sortDir}
-              onClick={handleHeaderClick}
-              align="right"
-              className={`py-2 px-3 ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : "hidden md:table-cell"}`}
-            >
-              Success
-            </SortableHeader>
-            {!dense && (
+            {showRel && (
+              <SortableHeader
+                sortKey="success"
+                activeKey={sortKey}
+                dir={sortDir}
+                onClick={handleHeaderClick}
+                align="right"
+                className={`py-2 px-3 ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : "hidden md:table-cell"}`}
+              >
+                Success
+              </SortableHeader>
+            )}
+            {!dense && showRel && (
               <SortableHeader
                 sortKey="errors"
                 activeKey={sortKey}
@@ -617,7 +624,7 @@ export function LedgerTable({
             <td
               colSpan={
                 (customCols
-                  ? 7 + customCols.length - (dense ? 2 : 0)
+                  ? 7 + customCols.length - (dense ? 2 : 0) - (showRel ? 0 : 1)
                   : panelActive || singleValueColumn
                     ? 8
                     : 11) +
@@ -643,6 +650,7 @@ export function LedgerTable({
               hasSecondary={!!secondary}
               hasSlots={hasSlots}
               dense={dense}
+              showRel={showRel}
               customCells={customCols?.map((c) => ({
                 v: colValueW(r, c),
                 unit: colUnit(c),
@@ -727,6 +735,7 @@ export function LedgerTable({
 
 function Row({
   dense = false,
+  showRel = true,
   r,
   i,
   unit,
@@ -747,6 +756,8 @@ function Row({
   embedRegion,
   embedKind,
 }: {
+  /** false: hide the Success and Errors cells (publication-gate benches). */
+  showRel?: boolean;
   r: ProviderResult;
   i: number;
   unit: string;
@@ -902,10 +913,10 @@ function Row({
               </Hint>
             )}
             {isUnresponsive && (
-              <Hint label="No successful probes in the current window. The endpoint is still probed on schedule, but every call fails, so no latency percentile exists. Success rate comes from the call counters, which keep recording through the outage. The row rejoins the ranking as soon as calls succeed again.">
+              <Hint label={showRel ? "No successful probes in the current window. The endpoint is still probed on schedule, but every call fails, so no latency percentile exists. Success rate comes from the call counters, which keep recording through the outage. The row rejoins the ranking as soon as calls succeed again." : "Not published yet: under the bench's publication threshold in the current window (the sample is still filling, or the harness holds the entry for a reason given in its methodology). The row joins the ranking as soon as the threshold is met."}>
                 <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 shrink-0 font-sans text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.14em] text-ink-muted">
                   <span className="inline-block w-1.5 h-1.5 rounded-full bg-[var(--color-danger,#b0402e)]" aria-hidden />
-                  Unresponsive
+                  {showRel ? "Unresponsive" : "Filling"}
                 </span>
               </Hint>
             )}
@@ -969,7 +980,7 @@ function Row({
       {isOffline ? (
         <td
           colSpan={
-            (customCells ? customCells.length + (dense ? 2 : 4) : 8) +
+            (customCells ? customCells.length + (dense ? 2 : 4) - (showRel ? 0 : 1) : 8) +
             (hasSlots ? 1 : 0) +
             (hasSecondary ? 1 : 0)
           }
@@ -1012,10 +1023,12 @@ function Row({
               —
             </td>
           )}
-          <td className={`py-2.5 px-3 text-right text-ink-soft whitespace-nowrap ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : "hidden md:table-cell"}`}>
-            {r.successRate.toFixed(2)}%
-          </td>
-          {!dense && (
+          {showRel && (
+            <td className={`py-2.5 px-3 text-right text-ink-soft whitespace-nowrap ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : "hidden md:table-cell"}`}>
+              {r.successRate.toFixed(2)}%
+            </td>
+          )}
+          {!dense && showRel && (
             <td className="py-2.5 px-3 text-right text-ink-faint tabular-nums whitespace-nowrap hidden md:table-cell">
               {errorCount(r)?.toLocaleString("en-US") ?? "—"}
             </td>
@@ -1082,10 +1095,12 @@ function Row({
               {isUnranked ? "—" : fieldValue > 0 ? `${deltaSign}${Math.abs(deltaPct).toFixed(0)}%` : "-"}
             </td>
           )}
-          <td className={`py-2.5 px-3 text-right text-ink-soft whitespace-nowrap ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : "hidden md:table-cell"}`}>
-            {isUnranked ? "—" : `${r.successRate.toFixed(2)}%`}
-          </td>
-          {!dense && (
+          {showRel && (
+            <td className={`py-2.5 px-3 text-right text-ink-soft whitespace-nowrap ${dense ? "hidden xl:table-cell" : "hidden md:table-cell"}`}>
+              {isUnranked ? "—" : `${r.successRate.toFixed(2)}%`}
+            </td>
+          )}
+          {!dense && showRel && (
             <td className="py-2.5 px-3 text-right text-ink-faint tabular-nums whitespace-nowrap hidden md:table-cell">
               {isUnranked ? "—" : (errorCount(r)?.toLocaleString("en-US") ?? "—")}
             </td>
diff --git a/src/lib/materialize/load.ts b/src/lib/materialize/load.ts
index 65cd03b73..2f8bf020b 100644
--- a/src/lib/materialize/load.ts
+++ b/src/lib/materialize/load.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export function buildEditorial(
     dimensions: spec.dimensions,
     aggregateFilters: spec.aggregate_filters,
     ledgerColumns: spec.ledger_columns,
+    ledgerReliability: spec.ledger_reliability,
     providerNotes: spec.provider_notes,
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/spec-schema.ts b/src/lib/spec-schema.ts
index 6c4901ee5..69c56a6d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/spec-schema.ts
+++ b/src/lib/spec-schema.ts
@@ -614,6 +614,11 @@ export const SpecSchema = z
      * `panel` reads the values of a metric_panels entry by id. The first
      * column is the headline (sort key, data bar, mobile column).
      */
+    /** false when the providers' `success` query is a publication gate
+     *  (0 or 1) rather than a probe success rate: the ledger then hides
+     *  the Success and Reliability columns and describes an unpublished
+     *  row as under its threshold, not as a dead endpoint. */
+    ledger_reliability: z.boolean().default(true),
     ledger_columns: z
       .array(
         z
diff --git a/src/types/benchmark.ts b/src/types/benchmark.ts
index 98ed02d7a..424e617c5 100644
--- a/src/types/benchmark.ts
+++ b/src/types/benchmark.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ export type Benchmark = {
    *  so the table headers describe what each slot actually holds. The
    *  first column is the headline (sort key, data bar, mobile column). */
   ledgerColumns?: LedgerColumn[];
+  /** false: the success query is a publication gate; hide Success and Reliability. */
+  ledgerReliability?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type LedgerColumn = {