diff --git a/core/src/ops/fft.rs b/core/src/ops/fft.rs
index 4e55aac9ad..11b05af225 100644
--- a/core/src/ops/fft.rs
+++ b/core/src/ops/fft.rs
@@ -223,5 +223,42 @@ impl TypedOp for Stft {
         Ok(tvec!(inputs[0].datum_type.fact(shape)))
     }
 
+    fn axes_mapping(
+        &self,
+        inputs: &[&TypedFact],
+        _outputs: &[&TypedFact],
+    ) -> TractResult<crate::axes::AxesMapping> {
+        // Stft is NOT rank-preserving: it inserts a frame axis at
+        // `axis + 1`. The mapping is:
+        //   - axes 0..self.axis (leading dims): 1-to-1 input <-> output.
+        //   - input axis `self.axis` (the time axis) <-> output axis
+        //     `self.axis` (now the n_frames axis -- same position, the
+        //     dim shrinks from `T` to `(T - frame) / stride + 1`).
+        //   - output axis `self.axis + 1` (the inserted frame axis):
+        //     output-only, no input correspondence.
+        //   - input axes `self.axis + 1..rank` (trailing dims incl.
+        //     the complex pair) <-> output axes `self.axis + 2..rank+1`
+        //     (shifted right by 1 to make room for the frame axis).
+        //
+        // Without this mapping the generic `PulseWrappingOp` fallback
+        // bails with "could not track pulsing axis" the moment a user
+        // streams a non-time axis through STFT (typical pattern: a
+        // batched STFT pipeline that streams the batch axis).
+        let in_rank = inputs[0].rank();
+        let mut axes = tvec!();
+        let mut alphabet = 'a'..;
+        for i in 0..in_rank {
+            let out_axis = if i <= self.axis { i } else { i + 1 };
+            axes.push(
+                crate::axes::Axis::new(alphabet.next().unwrap(), 1, 1)
+                    .input(0, i)
+                    .output(0, out_axis),
+            );
+        }
+        // Inserted frame axis (output-only).
+        axes.push(crate::axes::Axis::new(alphabet.next().unwrap(), 1, 1).output(0, self.axis + 1));
+        crate::axes::AxesMapping::new(1, 1, axes)
+    }
+
     as_op!();
 }
diff --git a/harness/core-proptest-pulse/src/lib.rs b/harness/core-proptest-pulse/src/lib.rs
index a8866e9294..252e0ee0e6 100644
--- a/harness/core-proptest-pulse/src/lib.rs
+++ b/harness/core-proptest-pulse/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ mod delay_plus_downsample;
 mod delay_plus_pool;
 mod einsum;
 mod pad_plus_conv;
+mod stft;
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 fn setup_test_logger() {
diff --git a/harness/core-proptest-pulse/src/stft.rs b/harness/core-proptest-pulse/src/stft.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3ed69f576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harness/core-proptest-pulse/src/stft.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+use proptest::test_runner::TestCaseResult;
+use tract_core::ops::fft::Stft;
+
+use super::*;
+
+/// STFT applied with the streaming axis distinct from the STFT axis
+/// must be pulsifiable: every non-STFT axis is a 1-to-1 passthrough
+/// once `Stft::axes_mapping` declares the relationship (input axis
+/// `op.axis` maps to output `op.axis` as `n_frames`; output `op.axis +
+/// 1` is the inserted frame axis; the rest shift naturally). Without
+/// the mapping the pulse pass bails with "could not track pulsing
+/// axis" the moment a batched STFT pipeline streams its batch axis.
+///
+/// Setup: input is rank-3 `(B_stream, T, 2)`. B_stream is the
+/// streaming axis (axis 0); STFT runs on the T axis (axis 1); the
+/// trailing 2 holds (re, im). One pulse = one batch element; tract
+/// runs the full-length STFT inside each pulse.
+fn stft_on_non_stft_axis(
+    batch_len: usize,
+    pulse: usize,
+    time_len: usize,
+    frame: usize,
+    stride: usize,
+) -> TestCaseResult {
+    let mut model = TypedModel::default();
+    let s = model.symbols.sym("S");
+    let a = model.add_source("a", f32::fact(dims!(s, time_len, 2))).unwrap();
+    model.wire_node("stft", Stft { axis: 1, frame, stride, window: None }, &[a]).unwrap();
+    model.auto_outputs().unwrap();
+
+    let input: ArrayD<f32> = ArrayD::from_shape_fn(vec![batch_len, time_len, 2], |idx| {
+        (idx[0] * time_len * 2 + idx[1] * 2 + idx[2]) as f32 * 0.01
+    });
+    proptest_regular_against_pulse(model, pulse, input, 0)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn stft_pulse_batch_axis_smoke_4_pulse2_t8_frame4_stride2() {
+    stft_on_non_stft_axis(4, 2, 8, 4, 2).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn stft_pulse_batch_axis_smoke_3_pulse1_t6_frame3_stride1() {
+    stft_on_non_stft_axis(3, 1, 6, 3, 1).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn stft_pulse_batch_axis_smoke_2_pulse2_t12_frame4_stride4() {
+    stft_on_non_stft_axis(2, 2, 12, 4, 4).unwrap();
+}
+
+proptest! {
+    #[test]
+    fn proptest_stft_pulse_batch_axis(
+        batch_len in 1usize..6,
+        pulse in 1usize..3,
+        time_len in 4usize..16,
+        frame in proptest::sample::select(vec![2usize, 4]),
+        stride in proptest::sample::select(vec![1usize, 2]),
+    ) {
+        // Skip frame > time_len -- the STFT would produce 0 frames.
+        prop_assume!(time_len >= frame);
+        stft_on_non_stft_axis(batch_len, pulse, time_len, frame, stride)?
+    }
+}