diff --git a/src/gui_2.py b/src/gui_2.py
index 16f476e9..9562bb89 100644
--- a/src/gui_2.py
+++ b/src/gui_2.py
@@ -7299,6 +7299,29 @@ def _dag_cycle_check_result(app: "App") -> Result[bool]:
    source="gui_2._dag_cycle_check_result",
    original=e,
   )])
+
+def _ticket_id_max_int_result(tid: str) -> Result[int]:
+ """Drain-aware variant of render_task_dag_panel ticket-ID parsing (L7315 INTERNAL_SILENT_SWALLOW).
+
+ Extracts the bare-except int(tid[2:]) parse from the ticket-ID loop in
+ render_task_dag_panel into a Result-returning helper. On success (valid
+ T-XXX id), returns Result(data=int). On failure (T-abc, T-, etc.),
+ returns Result(data=0, errors=[ErrorInfo]). The legacy loop skips
+ malformed tickets via the data plane (logging NOT a drain per the
+ user's principle 2026-06-17). The caller drains to
+ app._last_request_errors.
+
+ [C: src/gui_2.py:render_task_dag_panel (L7315 caller)]
+ """
+ try:
+  return Result(data=int(tid[2:]))
+ except Exception as e:
+  return Result(data=0, errors=[ErrorInfo(
+   kind=ErrorKind.INTERNAL,
+   message=f"ticket id parse failed for {tid!r}: {e}",
+   source="gui_2._ticket_id_max_int_result",
+   original=e,
+  )])
   
   ed.end()
   # 5. Add Ticket Form
@@ -7306,18 +7329,21 @@ def _dag_cycle_check_result(app: "App") -> Result[bool]:
   if imgui.button("Add Ticket"):
    app._show_add_ticket_form = not app._show_add_ticket_form
    if app._show_add_ticket_form:
-   # Default Ticket ID
+    # Default Ticket ID
     max_id = 0
     for t in app.active_tickets:
      tid = t.get('id', '')
      if tid.startswith('T-'):
-      #TODO(Ed): Exception(Review)
-      try: max_id = max(max_id, int(tid[2:]))
-      except: pass
-    app.ui_new_ticket_id     = f"T-{max_id + 1:03d}"
-    app.ui_new_ticket_desc   = ""
-    app.ui_new_ticket_target = ""
-    app.ui_new_ticket_deps   = ""
+      parse_result = _ticket_id_max_int_result(tid)
+      if parse_result.ok:
+       max_id = max(max_id, parse_result.data)
+      else:
+       if not hasattr(app, '_last_request_errors'): app._last_request_errors = []
+       app._last_request_errors.append(("render_task_dag_panel.ticket_id_parse", parse_result.errors[0]))
+   app.ui_new_ticket_id     = f"T-{max_id + 1:03d}"
+   app.ui_new_ticket_desc   = ""
+   app.ui_new_ticket_target = ""
+   app.ui_new_ticket_deps   = ""
   if app._show_add_ticket_form:
    imgui.begin_child("add_ticket_form", imgui.ImVec2(-1, 220), True)
    imgui.text_colored(C_VAL(), "New Ticket Details")
diff --git a/tests/test_gui_2_result.py b/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
index a30297d3..c1c031ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
@@ -2267,4 +2267,37 @@ def test_phase_10_l7271_dag_cycle_check_result_failure():
  assert "dag engine failure" in err.message
 
 
+def test_phase_10_l7315_ticket_id_max_int_result_success():
+ """
+ L7315 _ticket_id_max_int_result returns Result(data=int) on success.
+
+ The helper extracts the int(tid[2:]) parsing from the ticket-ID loop
+ in render_task_dag_panel into a Result-returning helper. On success
+ (valid T-XXX id), returns Result(data=int). The legacy loop continues
+ with the maximum value.
+ """
+ import src.gui_2 as gui2_mod
+ result = gui2_mod._ticket_id_max_int_result("T-042")
+ assert result.ok, f"Expected ok=True on success, got errors: {result.errors}"
+ assert result.data == 42
+
+
+def test_phase_10_l7315_ticket_id_max_int_result_failure():
+ """
+ L7315 _ticket_id_max_int_result returns Result(data=0, errors=[ErrorInfo]) on failure.
+
+ When tid[2:] is not parseable as int (e.g., "T-abc", "T-"), the helper
+ converts to ErrorInfo. The legacy loop skips this ticket and continues
+ with the current max. The caller drains to app._last_request_errors.
+ """
+ import src.gui_2 as gui2_mod
+ result = gui2_mod._ticket_id_max_int_result("T-abc")
+ assert not result.ok, f"Expected ok=False on failure, got data: {result.data}"
+ assert result.data == 0
+ assert result.errors, "Expected at least one error on failure"
+ err = result.errors[0]
+ assert err.source == "gui_2._ticket_id_max_int_result"
+ assert "invalid literal" in err.message or "T-abc" in err.message
+
+