diff --git a/examples/alphaevolve_math_problems/second_autocorr_ineq/evaluator.py b/examples/alphaevolve_math_problems/second_autocorr_ineq/evaluator.py
index ce51b43d69..84b80c125a 100644
--- a/examples/alphaevolve_math_problems/second_autocorr_ineq/evaluator.py
+++ b/examples/alphaevolve_math_problems/second_autocorr_ineq/evaluator.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ def verify_c2_solution(f_values: np.ndarray, c2_achieved_from_opt: float, n_poin
     if f_values.shape != (n_points,):
         raise ValueError(f"Expected function values shape {(n_points,)}. Got {f_values.shape}.")
 
+    if not np.isfinite(f_values).all():
+        raise ValueError("Function values must be finite.")
+
     if np.any(f_values < -1e-6):  # Allow for small floating point errors
         raise ValueError("Function must be non-negative.")
 
diff --git a/examples/alphaevolve_math_problems/third_autocorr_ineq/evaluator.py b/examples/alphaevolve_math_problems/third_autocorr_ineq/evaluator.py
index b33c77d62b..ba915ed5b7 100644
--- a/examples/alphaevolve_math_problems/third_autocorr_ineq/evaluator.py
+++ b/examples/alphaevolve_math_problems/third_autocorr_ineq/evaluator.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ def verify_c3_solution(f_values: np.ndarray, c3_achieved: float, n_points: int):
     if f_values.shape != (n_points,):
         raise ValueError(f"Expected function values shape {(n_points,)}. Got {f_values.shape}.")
 
+    if not np.isfinite(f_values).all() or not np.isfinite(c3_achieved):
+        raise ValueError("Function values and the reported C3 must be finite.")
+
     # Recompute C3 using NumPy to verify
     dx = 0.5 / n_points
 
diff --git a/tests/test_autocorr_evaluators_finite.py b/tests/test_autocorr_evaluators_finite.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a05a0964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_autocorr_evaluators_finite.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+"""The second/third autocorrelation example evaluators must reject non-finite inputs and still score valid ones."""
+
+import importlib.util
+import os
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+import numpy as np
+
+BASE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "examples", "alphaevolve_math_problems")
+
+
+def _load(name):
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("ev_" + name, os.path.join(BASE, name, "evaluator.py"))
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+def _write_program(directory, name, f_values, claimed, n_points):
+    path = os.path.join(directory, name + ".py")
+    with open(path, "w") as handle:
+        handle.write(
+            "import numpy as np\n"
+            "def run():\n"
+            f"    return np.array({[float(x) for x in f_values]!r}), {float(claimed)!r}, 0.0, {int(n_points)}\n"
+        )
+    return path
+
+
+def _c3(f_values):
+    dx = 0.5 / len(f_values)
+    return np.max(np.abs(np.convolve(f_values, f_values))) * dx / (np.sum(f_values) * dx) ** 2
+
+
+class TestAutocorrEvaluatorsFinite(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.second = _load("second_autocorr_ineq")
+        cls.third = _load("third_autocorr_ineq")
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(self._tmp.cleanup)
+        self.dir = self._tmp.name
+
+    def test_second_rejects_nan_and_inf(self):
+        for i, bad in enumerate((np.nan, np.inf, -np.inf)):
+            f = np.ones(10)
+            f[3] = bad
+            result = self.second.evaluate(_write_program(self.dir, f"s_bad{i}", f, 0.9, 10))
+            self.assertIn("error", result)
+            self.assertEqual(result["combined_score"], 0.0)
+
+    def test_second_accepts_valid(self):
+        result = self.second.evaluate(_write_program(self.dir, "s_ok", np.ones(10), 0.9, 10))
+        self.assertNotIn("error", result)
+        self.assertGreater(result["combined_score"], 0.0)
+        self.assertTrue(np.isfinite(result["c2"]))
+
+    def test_third_rejects_nan_inf_and_nonfinite_claim(self):
+        for i, bad in enumerate((np.nan, np.inf, -np.inf)):
+            f = np.ones(10)
+            f[3] = bad
+            result = self.third.evaluate(_write_program(self.dir, f"t_bad{i}", f, 1.5, 10))
+            self.assertIn("error", result)
+            self.assertEqual(result["combined_score"], 0.0)
+        result = self.third.evaluate(_write_program(self.dir, "t_nanclaim", np.ones(10), np.nan, 10))
+        self.assertIn("error", result)
+        self.assertEqual(result["combined_score"], 0.0)
+
+    def test_third_accepts_valid(self):
+        f = np.ones(10)
+        result = self.third.evaluate(_write_program(self.dir, "t_ok", f, _c3(f), 10))
+        self.assertNotIn("error", result)
+        self.assertGreater(result["combined_score"], 0.0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()