diff --git a/tests/inbox_frontend.py b/tests/inbox_frontend.py
index b2055ab..a12f662 100644
--- a/tests/inbox_frontend.py
+++ b/tests/inbox_frontend.py
@@ -124,6 +124,32 @@ def _ingest_csv(rel_name, text, bundle, provenance, rejected):
     _materialize_text(rel_name, text, "csv", bundle, provenance)
 
 
+def _extract_docx_text(fs_path) -> str:
+    """Extract text from a ``.docx``, including the regions a human reviewing the
+    document in Word does not see: hidden/vanish runs (still runs, so ``paragraph
+    .text`` includes them), core metadata properties, and review comments.
+
+    ``python-docx`` is imported lazily — it is a dev/showcase-scoped parser, not a
+    core dependency; a consumer would guard the import behind their own extra.
+    """
+    from docx import Document
+
+    doc = Document(str(fs_path))
+    parts = [para.text for para in doc.paragraphs if para.text]
+
+    cp = doc.core_properties
+    for attr in ("title", "subject", "keywords", "comments", "category", "author"):
+        value = getattr(cp, attr, None)
+        if value:
+            parts.append(str(value))
+
+    for comment in doc.comments:
+        if comment.text:
+            parts.append(comment.text)
+
+    return "\n".join(parts)
+
+
 def _ingest_regular_file(fs_path, rel_name, bundle, provenance, rejected, *, strict):
     """Dispatch one on-disk file by suffix. ``strict`` raises on an unsupported
     suffix (a top-level drop); a folder walk passes ``strict=False`` to skip it."""
@@ -131,6 +157,8 @@ def _ingest_regular_file(fs_path, rel_name, bundle, provenance, rejected, *, str
     if suffix == ".csv":
         text = Path(fs_path).read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
         _ingest_csv(rel_name, text, bundle, provenance, rejected)
+    elif suffix == ".docx":
+        _materialize_text(rel_name, _extract_docx_text(fs_path), "docx", bundle, provenance)
     elif suffix in _TEXT_SUFFIXES:
         text = Path(fs_path).read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
         _materialize_text(rel_name, text, suffix.lstrip("."), bundle, provenance)
diff --git a/tests/test_okf_inbox_uploads.py b/tests/test_okf_inbox_uploads.py
index 719b433..09031f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_okf_inbox_uploads.py
+++ b/tests/test_okf_inbox_uploads.py
@@ -224,3 +224,63 @@ def test_clean_folder_admits(tmp_path):
     extracted, _result, verdict = receive([folder])
     assert set(extracted.bundle) == {"uploads/tables/users.md", "uploads/notes.md"}
     assert verdict == "ADMIT"
+
+
+# --- slice 2d: .docx (python-docx) ------------------------------------------
+# The payload hides where a human reviewing the doc in Word does not look: a
+# hidden (vanish) run, a review comment, or a core metadata property. The
+# extractor must surface all three regions so the stage-2 scan catches them.
+
+
+def _make_docx(tmp_path, name="doc.docx", *, body="A normal paragraph.",
+               hidden=None, comment=None, subject=None):
+    from docx import Document
+
+    d = Document()
+    p = d.add_paragraph()
+    p.add_run(body)
+    if hidden is not None:
+        run = p.add_run(hidden)
+        run.font.hidden = True                       # w:vanish — invisible in Word
+    if subject is not None:
+        d.core_properties.subject = subject          # core metadata property
+    if comment is not None:
+        d.add_comment(runs=p.runs, text=comment, author="m", initials="m")
+    fp = tmp_path / name
+    d.save(str(fp))
+    return fp
+
+
+def test_docx_hidden_run_injection_is_caught(tmp_path):
+    fp = _make_docx(tmp_path, hidden=_INJECTION)
+    extracted, result, verdict = receive([fp])
+    assert extracted.provenance[0].source_type == "docx"
+    assert result.disposition is Disposition.FAIL_SECURE
+    assert verdict == "REJECT"
+
+
+def test_docx_comment_injection_is_caught(tmp_path):
+    fp = _make_docx(tmp_path, comment=_INJECTION)
+    _extracted, _result, verdict = receive([fp])
+    assert verdict == "REJECT"
+
+
+def test_docx_core_metadata_injection_is_caught(tmp_path):
+    fp = _make_docx(tmp_path, subject=_INJECTION)
+    _extracted, _result, verdict = receive([fp])
+    assert verdict == "REJECT"
+
+
+def test_clean_docx_admits(tmp_path):
+    fp = _make_docx(tmp_path, name="clean.docx", body="A routine paragraph. No behavior change.")
+    extracted, _result, verdict = receive([fp])
+    assert "uploads/clean.md" in extracted.bundle
+    assert verdict == "ADMIT"
+
+
+def test_docx_hidden_run_detach_proof(tmp_path):
+    # The same visible body WITHOUT the hidden run ADMITs, proving it is the
+    # extractor surfacing the hidden region that caught it (not just "a docx").
+    fp = _make_docx(tmp_path, body="A normal paragraph.")
+    _extracted, _result, verdict = receive([fp])
+    assert verdict == "ADMIT"