diff --git a/app/ui/features/placeholders/early.js b/app/ui/features/placeholders/early.js
index 3eed2146..22005886 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/placeholders/early.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/placeholders/early.js
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 // Stand-ins that sit BEFORE a real feature in the same row (see index.js).
 import { composer as c } from "../../composer/composer.js";
 
-export default [{ id: "placeholder:sampler", mount: "timeline.status",
+// v4's rating block: "Scene N · Rate…", shown only while the selected scene has a render. Inert until ratings land.
+const rating = { id: "placeholder:rating", mount: "timeline.actions", needs: ["project"],
+  setup({ host, app }) {
+    const p = app.project;
+    const label = c.text.sm({ text: "" }), rate = c.button.sm({ label: "Rate…", tone: "ghost", disabled: true });
+    const box = c.toolbar.default({ items: [label, rate] });
+    host.append(box.node);
+    const draw = () => {
+      const sc = p.selected, has = sc && p.project && (p.project.scene_renders || {})[sc.id];
+      box.node.hidden = !has;
+      if (has) label.setText ? label.setText(`Scene ${p.scenes.indexOf(sc) + 1}`) : (label.node.textContent = `Scene ${p.scenes.indexOf(sc) + 1}`);
+    };
+    draw();
+    return app.on(draw);
+  } };
+
+export default [rating, { id: "placeholder:sampler", mount: "timeline.status",
   setup: ({ host }) => host.append(c.button.sm({ label: "⏱ Sampler", tone: "neutral", disabled: true }).node) }];