diff --git a/gitgalaxy/security/security_auditor.py b/gitgalaxy/security/security_auditor.py
index abed1c583..8e97a17ec 100644
--- a/gitgalaxy/security/security_auditor.py
+++ b/gitgalaxy/security/security_auditor.py
@@ -382,7 +382,22 @@ def _construct_feature_matrix(self, artifacts):
                     "log_max_func_complexity": np.log1p(np.maximum(max_func_comp, 0)),
                     "log_avg_func_args": np.log1p(np.maximum(avg_func_args, 0)),
                     "func_complexity_gini": float(tel.get("func_complexity_gini", 0.0)),
-                    "func_internal_density": float(tel.get("func_internal_density", 0.0)),
+                    # func_internal_density (#2714): a permanent 0.0 placeholder,
+                    # not a live feature. No telemetry writer has ever emitted
+                    # this key -- signal_processor's telemetry_payload, the
+                    # galaxyscope augmentation block and the ecosystem pass all
+                    # skip it, and the density is computed only inside
+                    # record_keeper.py (~L496) while the file_data row is
+                    # written. The old tel.get(...) read therefore took its 0.0
+                    # default for every file, every scan, exactly like the
+                    # prompt_injection/agentic_rce placeholders documented in
+                    # analysis_lens.py. The column is frozen rather than deleted
+                    # because audit_repository aligns the frame by name via
+                    # df.reindex(columns=self.feature_names, fill_value=np.nan):
+                    # dropping it would feed a trained model NaN where it has
+                    # always seen 0.0. Populating it for real is a scored-model
+                    # input change that needs a retrain, not this fix.
+                    "func_internal_density": 0.0,
                     "orphaned_logic": float(hit_dict.get("orphaned_logic", 0)),
                     "duplicate_logic": float(hit_dict.get("duplicate_logic", 0)),
                     "log_direct_upstream": np.log1p(np.maximum(dep.get("direct_upstream", 0), 0)),
diff --git a/tests/ruff_audit_baseline.json b/tests/ruff_audit_baseline.json
index 2a62db1f2..213f921c2 100644
--- a/tests/ruff_audit_baseline.json
+++ b/tests/ruff_audit_baseline.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   "gitgalaxy/recorders/record_keeper.py:965: W291": "Trailing whitespace",
   "gitgalaxy/recorders/sbom_recorder.py:221: PERF401": "Use `list.extend` to create a transformed list",
   "gitgalaxy/security/security_auditor.py:359: RUF046": "Value being cast to `int` is already an integer",
-  "gitgalaxy/security/security_auditor.py:426: PERF203": "`try`-`except` within a loop incurs performance overhead",
+  "gitgalaxy/security/security_auditor.py:441: PERF203": "`try`-`except` within a loop incurs performance overhead",
   "gitgalaxy/security/security_lens.py:443: SIM102": "Use a single `if` statement instead of nested `if` statements",
   "gitgalaxy/standards/config_resolver.py:254: UP045": "Use `X | None` for type annotations",
   "gitgalaxy/standards/config_resolver.py:255: UP045": "Use `X | None` for type annotations",
diff --git a/tests/security_auditing/test_security_auditor.py b/tests/security_auditing/test_security_auditor.py
index 8ca7ab5a1..0eb3158a5 100644
--- a/tests/security_auditing/test_security_auditor.py
+++ b/tests/security_auditing/test_security_auditor.py
@@ -93,6 +93,29 @@ def test_construct_feature_matrix(mock_artifacts):
     assert "log_logic_loc" in df.columns
 
 
+def test_func_internal_density_is_a_frozen_placeholder(mock_artifacts):
+    """#2714: the frame's func_internal_density column is a permanent 0.0.
+
+    Nothing ever writes that key into artifact telemetry -- the density is
+    computed only inside record_keeper.py while the file_data row is written --
+    so the column has been a constant 0.0 in every frame the model was ever
+    scored or trained against. Making it vary is a scored-model input change
+    that needs a retrain, so this pins the constant: if some future pass does
+    start emitting the telemetry key, the security frame must not silently
+    start moving with it.
+    """
+    auditor = SecurityAuditor()
+    auditor.SIGNAL_SCHEMA = ["high_risk_execution", "io", "state_mutation", "safety", "dead_code"]
+
+    mock_artifacts[0]["telemetry"]["func_internal_density"] = 0.87
+
+    auditor._resolve_dependency_graph(mock_artifacts)
+    df = auditor._construct_feature_matrix(mock_artifacts)
+
+    assert "func_internal_density" in df.columns
+    assert (df["func_internal_density"] == 0.0).all()
+
+
 def test_construct_feature_matrix_exception_fallback():
     """Proves a corrupted artifact payload generates a safe, empty fallback row."""
     auditor = SecurityAuditor()