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+   "wall": 0.848,
+   "chars": 192,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the record provided, there is **no explicit status field** listed.\n\nThe available data points are:\n*   **Record",
+   "step": "S3"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.3271,
+   "wall": 0.461,
+   "chars": 58,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not explicitly provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S4"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.3266,
+   "wall": 0.468,
+   "chars": 47,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S5"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.3268,
+   "wall": 0.487,
+   "chars": 58,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not explicitly provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S6"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.5444,
+   "wall": 1.066,
+   "chars": 149,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "Based on the handbook provided, there are **17** rules that mention a field starting with `gamma`. Here is the list:\n\n* ",
+   "step": "C3"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 2.3164,
+   "wall": 2.531,
+   "chars": 69,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "Rule 007 mandates that the required field alpha160 maps to column 31.",
+   "step": "R2"
+  }
+ ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/mixed-ba4-inert.json b/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/mixed-ba4-inert.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c487ceed4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/mixed-ba4-inert.json
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+{
+ "label": "ba4",
+ "singles": 6,
+ "steps": [
+  {
+   "ttft": 2.2713,
+   "wall": 2.527,
+   "chars": 69,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "Rule 007 mandates that the required field alpha160 maps to column 31.",
+   "step": "R1"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 2.1964,
+   "wall": 2.992,
+   "chars": 278,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the handbook provided, here is a structured summary of the rules. The data has been organized by **Required** a",
+   "step": "C1"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.6028,
+   "wall": 1.124,
+   "chars": 182,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the handbook provided, there are **two** rules that map to column 42:\n\n1.  **RULE 067**: field `delta610` is op",
+   "step": "C2"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.5619,
+   "wall": 1.08,
+   "chars": 161,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the record provided, here is the extracted information:\n\n*   **Record ID:** R474354\n*   **Owner:** c\n*   **Amou",
+   "step": "S1"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.4927,
+   "wall": 0.636,
+   "chars": 58,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not explicitly provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S2"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.5007,
+   "wall": 1.029,
+   "chars": 192,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the record provided, there is **no explicit status field** listed.\n\nThe available data points are:\n*   **Record",
+   "step": "S3"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.4461,
+   "wall": 0.58,
+   "chars": 58,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not explicitly provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S4"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.3277,
+   "wall": 0.468,
+   "chars": 47,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S5"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.3267,
+   "wall": 0.487,
+   "chars": 58,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not explicitly provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S6"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.5449,
+   "wall": 1.081,
+   "chars": 175,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "There are many rules in the handbook that mention fields starting with `gamma`. Here is the complete list of rules invol",
+   "step": "C3"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 2.3159,
+   "wall": 2.53,
+   "chars": 69,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "Rule 007 mandates that the required field alpha160 maps to column 31.",
+   "step": "R2"
+  }
+ ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/mixed-ba4.json b/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/mixed-ba4.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e0a4a700a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/mixed-ba4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+{
+ "label": "ba4",
+ "singles": 6,
+ "steps": [
+  {
+   "ttft": 2.2626,
+   "wall": 2.522,
+   "chars": 69,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "Rule 007 mandates that the required field alpha160 maps to column 31.",
+   "step": "R1"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 2.2116,
+   "wall": 3.006,
+   "chars": 278,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the handbook provided, here is a structured summary of the rules. The data has been organized by **Required** a",
+   "step": "C1"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.5874,
+   "wall": 1.107,
+   "chars": 182,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the handbook provided, there are **two** rules that map to column 42:\n\n1.  **RULE 067**: field `delta610` is op",
+   "step": "C2"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.564,
+   "wall": 1.081,
+   "chars": 161,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the record provided, here is the extracted information:\n\n*   **Record ID:** R474354\n*   **Owner:** c\n*   **Amou",
+   "step": "S1"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.498,
+   "wall": 0.641,
+   "chars": 58,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not explicitly provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S2"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.5031,
+   "wall": 1.032,
+   "chars": 192,
+   "finish": "length",
+   "text": "Based on the record provided, there is **no explicit status field** listed.\n\nThe available data points are:\n*   **Record",
+   "step": "S3"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.4537,
+   "wall": 0.588,
+   "chars": 58,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not explicitly provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S4"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.328,
+   "wall": 0.47,
+   "chars": 47,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S5"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.3277,
+   "wall": 0.488,
+   "chars": 58,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "The status is not explicitly provided in the given record.",
+   "step": "S6"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 0.5492,
+   "wall": 1.086,
+   "chars": 175,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "There are many rules in the handbook that mention fields starting with `gamma`. Here is the complete list of rules invol",
+   "step": "C3"
+  },
+  {
+   "ttft": 2.3302,
+   "wall": 2.545,
+   "chars": 69,
+   "finish": "stop",
+   "text": "Rule 007 mandates that the required field alpha160 maps to column 31.",
+   "step": "R2"
+  }
+ ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/strata-mixed-probe.py b/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/strata-mixed-probe.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b80e6a0e1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/strata-mixed-probe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""mixed-probe: does the cache router's threshold cost anything OUTSIDE the single-shot lane?
+
+The router flips the engine's `prompt_cache` to 0 after `batch_after` consecutive never-seen single-shot prompts
+and back to the shipped value when a conversational request arrives.  The question this probe answers is not
+"is a single shot faster" (that is strata-shortrun-probe.py) but "does flipping the pool off throw away work a
+later request would have reused":
+
+  R1  a repeat of one prompt                      -> the repeat lane (router must keep this on)
+  C1  a long conversation, turn 1                 -> full prefill
+  C2  the same conversation, turn 2               -> must be a cache hit
+  S   N unique single-shot prompts                -> this is what moves the router to BATCH
+  C3  the same conversation, turn 3               -> if the parked context was dropped, this re-prefills
+  R2  the same prompt as R1 again                 -> is R1's parked context still there?
+
+Every step reports its streaming TTFT, so an eviction shows up as a step that jumps from ~0.3 s to seconds.
+  strata-mixed-probe.py --url http://127.0.0.1:8097 --label a4 --singles 2 --out ~/mixed-a4.json
+"""
+import argparse, json, random, statistics as st, time, urllib.request
+
+def post_stream(url, model, messages, cap, tools=None):
+    body = {"model": model, "messages": messages, "max_tokens": cap, "temperature": 0, "stream": True,
+            # thinking would spend the whole cap before any answer text: this probe measures the CACHE, and a
+            # reasoning-only stream has no content piece at all (first iteration got finish=length, 0 chars)
+            "chat_template_kwargs": {"enable_thinking": False}}
+    if tools:
+        body["tools"] = tools
+    req = urllib.request.Request(url.rstrip("/") + "/v1/chat/completions",
+                                 data=json.dumps(body).encode(), headers={"content-type": "application/json"})
+    t0 = time.monotonic(); ttft = None; out = []; finish = None
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=900) as r:
+        for raw in r:
+            line = raw.decode("utf-8", "replace").strip()
+            if not line.startswith("data:"):
+                continue
+            p = line[5:].strip()
+            if p == "[DONE]":
+                break
+            try:
+                d = json.loads(p)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                continue
+            ch = (d.get("choices") or [{}])[0]
+            delta = ch.get("delta") or {}
+            if ttft is None and (delta.get("content") or delta.get("reasoning_content")):
+                ttft = time.monotonic() - t0          # first token of any kind: that is when the client sees life
+            piece = delta.get("content")
+            if piece:
+                out.append(piece)
+            if ch.get("finish_reason"):
+                finish = ch["finish_reason"]
+    return {"ttft": round(ttft, 4) if ttft else None, "wall": round(time.monotonic() - t0, 3),
+            "chars": len("".join(out)), "finish": finish, "text": "".join(out)[:120]}
+
+def doc(seed, n_rules=120):
+    rnd = random.Random(seed)
+    lines = [f"RULE {i:03d}: field {rnd.choice(['alpha','beta','gamma','delta'])}{rnd.randrange(100,999)} "
+             f"is {'required' if rnd.random() < .5 else 'optional'} and maps to column {rnd.randrange(1,90)}."
+             for i in range(n_rules)]
+    return "Handbook excerpt:\n" + "\n".join(lines)
+
+def main():
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    p.add_argument("--url", default="http://127.0.0.1:8097")
+    p.add_argument("--model", default="qwen3.8-flash-next-coder-iq1_m")
+    p.add_argument("--label", required=True)
+    p.add_argument("--singles", type=int, default=2, help="unique single-shot prompts inserted between C2 and C3")
+    p.add_argument("--cap", type=int, default=64)
+    p.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=11)
+    p.add_argument("--out", required=True)
+    a = p.parse_args()
+    rnd = random.Random(a.seed)
+    text = doc(a.seed)
+    steps = []
+
+    def run(name, messages, tools=None):
+        r = post_stream(a.url, a.model, messages, a.cap, tools)
+        r["step"] = name
+        steps.append(r)
+        print(f"  {a.label} {name:<3} ttft {r['ttft'] if r['ttft'] is not None else -1:.3f} s  "
+              f"wall {r['wall']:6.2f} s  chars {r['chars']:>3}  {r['finish']}")
+        return r
+
+    # R1 / R2: one prompt, sent twice, with everything else in between
+    r_prompt = f"Summarise rule 007 of this handbook in one line.\n{text}"
+    first = run("R1", [{"role": "user", "content": r_prompt}])
+
+    # the conversation: turn 1 and 2
+    conv = [{"role": "user", "content": f"Here is a handbook. Read it.\n{text}"}]
+    c1 = run("C1", conv)
+    conv.append({"role": "assistant", "content": c1["text"] or "Understood."})
+    conv.append({"role": "user", "content": "Which rule maps to column 42?"})
+    c2 = run("C2", conv)
+    conv.append({"role": "assistant", "content": c2["text"] or "Not stated."})
+
+    # the single-shot run that moves the router
+    for i in range(a.singles):
+        q = f"Extract the status from record R{rnd.randrange(10**6)}; owner {rnd.choice(['a','b','c'])}; " \
+            f"amount {rnd.randrange(100,999)}.{rnd.randrange(10,99)} EUR; date 2024-0{rnd.randrange(1,9)}-1{rnd.randrange(0,9)}."
+        run(f"S{i+1}", [{"role": "user", "content": q}])
+
+    # C3: does the conversation's parked context survive the flip?
+    conv.append({"role": "user", "content": "And which rule mentions gamma?"})
+    c3 = run("C3", conv)
+
+    # R2: is the R1 context still parked?
+    run("R2", [{"role": "user", "content": r_prompt}])
+
+    json.dump({"label": a.label, "singles": a.singles, "steps": steps}, open(a.out, "w"), indent=1)
+    c2t, c3t = steps[2]["ttft"], steps[3 + a.singles]["ttft"]
+    r2t = steps[-1]["ttft"]
+    # absolute, not relative to C2: comparing C3 with C2 calls a warm C2 followed by a warm C3 "re-prefilled", and
+    # a cold C2 followed by a warm C3 "still warm" (the a1 arm of 2026-11-09 read exactly that way)
+    label = lambda t: "hit" if t is not None and t < 1.0 else "RE-PREFILL"
+    print(f"  {a.label}: C2 {c2t:.3f} s [{label(c2t)}]  C3 {c3t:.3f} s [{label(c3t)}]  R2 {r2t:.3f} s [{label(r2t)}]"
+          f"  after {a.singles} single shot(s)")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/strata-mixed-sweep.sh b/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/strata-mixed-sweep.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..0b29d6731c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/strata-mixed-sweep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# strata-mixed-sweep.sh - does turning the cache off sooner cost a conversation anything?
+#
+# Two card windows on the 0.2.13 tree, the same engine and model, differing only in conv_route_batch_after:
+#   ba4  the deployed value        (4 consecutive single-shot prompts before the cache goes off)
+#   ba1  the value the single-shot probe favoured (1)
+#
+# Each window runs ~/bin/strata-mixed-probe.py --singles 6: a repeated prompt, a two-turn conversation, six unique
+# single-shot prompts, then the conversation's next turn and the repeated prompt again. A step that jumps from
+# ~0.3 s to seconds is a re-prefill, which is the cost of a flip.
+#
+# UNDO: rm this file and ~/strata-mixed-sweep
+set -uo pipefail
+S=/media/bob/3d651e2c-e9a4-4758-ba77-863725fe3731
+TREE=$S/strata-0.2.13
+BASE=$TREE/strata-coder-iq1_m-sycl-tuned.json
+OUT=$HOME/strata-mixed-sweep
+PROBE=$HOME/bin/strata-mixed-probe.py
+mkdir -p "$OUT"
+
+variant() {   # name key value
+    python3 - "$BASE" "$OUT/conf-$1.json" "$2" "$3" <<'PY'
+import json, sys
+src, dst, key, val = sys.argv[1:5]
+d = json.load(open(src)); d[key] = json.loads(val)
+json.dump(d, open(dst, "w"), indent=1); print(dst, key, "=", d[key])
+PY
+}
+
+arm() {   # tag [server args]
+    local tag=$1; shift
+    local conf="$OUT/conf-$tag.json"
+    # the batch_after value is a SERVER flag: serve/server.py reads --conv-route-batch-after and ignores the
+    # config's "conv_route_batch_after" key, so a config variant alone is inert (measured 2026-11-14).
+    echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] ===== mixed-$tag SRV_ARGS='$*'"
+    SRV_ARGS="$*" ~/bin/strata-card-window.sh "$TREE" 8097 --conf "$conf" -- bash -c "
+        curl -s -m 5 http://127.0.0.1:\$PORT/v1/status | python3 -c 'import json,sys;d=json.load(sys.stdin);print(\"  engine:\",d[\"engine\"])'
+        /usr/bin/python3 $PROBE --url http://127.0.0.1:\$PORT --label $tag --singles 6 --out $OUT/mixed-$tag.json
+    " 2>&1 | grep -E '=====|engine:|conv route:|ttft|C2|wrote|restore'
+}
+
+variant ba4 conv_route_batch_after 4
+variant ba1 conv_route_batch_after 1
+
+arm ba4                                  # the deployed value (server default 4)
+arm ba1 --conv-route-batch-after 1       # the value the single-shot probe favoured
+echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] mixed sweep done"
diff --git a/docs/PERF-NEXT.md b/docs/PERF-NEXT.md
index 71e2235f970..d3dc0478edf 100644
--- a/docs/PERF-NEXT.md
+++ b/docs/PERF-NEXT.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ important as the open one.
 | `--ple-row-cache` 4 M / 16 M rows, `--ple-inflight` 1024 | 4 M rows and inflight 1024 are **flat** (inside the 0.2–3.6 % drift band); 16 M rows (1.44 GB) costs **−8 % on fresh 4.2k, −8…−12 % on 8.8k, −17 % on a 4.4k follow-up, −10 % on 30k**. The 94 MB default and inflight 256 stand — [the sweep](../dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/ple-sweep/) |
 | `spec_window` policy | recovered only half the retrieval loss (+1.3…4.8 % vs +3.6…7.5 %) — left off |
 | DFlash2 / DSpark drafters | **CUDA/HIP only**; the SYCL delta in 0.2.12 is 3 lines in `prefill.cpp` |
+| `conv-route-batch-after` 1 | wins 0.52 s over the first six single-shot requests of a burst, loses **1.88 s** on the conversation turn that follows it — §7 | 
 | `--spec 0` to remove drafting entirely | the engine refuses it on a native IQ pack: *"it needs `--native` SHARD1, `--spec T (T >= 2)` and `--prefill` CHUNK"* — so drafting cannot be excluded this way |
 
 ## 3. Where the remaining time is
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ fixed term.
 
 | # | idea | evidence it could pay | cost | first test |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| 1 | ship `conv-route-batch-after` 1–2 | measured **−21 % median TTFT** (0.371 → 0.293 s); §6 prices what it saves at **+212 ms per request** while the cache is on, and at `batch_after 4` the first three fresh requests of a run still pay it | a flag + a probe | a chat-after-single-shot shape to price the flip-back |
+| 1 | ~~ship `conv-route-batch-after` 1–2~~ | **closed, keep 4.** §7: 1 buys 0.52 s across the first six single-shot requests and costs **1.88 s** on the next conversation turn (`C2` 2.465 s against 0.587) — break-even at ~21 single-shots per conversation re-open | — | done; the config key that would have set it was also dead (PR #16) |
 | 2 | engine-side per-request timer | §6 leaves **~165 ms** inside prefill that no configuration lever explains (PLE reads excluded, cache slots ~58 ms of it); naming it needs a phase timer in the request path | code, a day | timestamp slot setup / first-layer expert reach / KV alloc per request |
 | 3 | a one-shot mode that also drops the cache slots | §6: `--prompt-cache 0` is **58 ms cheaper per request** than the router's cache-off path at 75 tokens, and far more stable (324 ms against 382, spread 323–339 against 327–537). The setting is restart-class today | engine work to make it per-request | the same ladder with a 0-slot variant |
 | 4 | residency-biased router on SYCL | `route_prior.cu` is CUDA-only; here **12,288 of 24,576** experts are resident, so half of every token's experts cross PCIe. Upstream measured +15 % / +37 % on a 12 GB NVIDIA card | engine port, days | decode lanes, 5 interleaved pairs |
@@ -112,7 +113,45 @@ on, like stock) — client TTFT from the first content delta, and the engine's o
 Artifacts: [`0.2.13-port/intercept/`](../dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/) — both ladders, the three
 cause-sweep arms, `summary.json`, the probe and both drivers, and the logs with every restore line.
 
-## 7. Method rules these numbers were produced under
+## 7. Mixed traffic: why `batch_after` stays at 4
+
+One traffic shape, two card windows, the same build and model, differing only in the server's
+`--conv-route-batch-after` (4, the deployed value, against 1). Each window: a repeated ~3,000-token prompt, a
+two-turn conversation, six unique single-shot prompts, then the conversation's next turn and the repeat again. TTFT in
+seconds:
+
+| step | what it is | `batch_after 4` | `batch_after 1` |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| R1 | the 3k prompt, first time | 2.263 | 2.134 |
+| C1 | conversation, turn 1 | 2.212 | 1.973 |
+| **C2** | **conversation, turn 2 — should reuse** | **0.587** | **2.465** |
+| S1 | single-shot 1 | 0.564 | 0.517 |
+| S2 | single-shot 2 | 0.498 | 0.328 |
+| S3 | single-shot 3 | 0.503 | 0.325 |
+| S4 | single-shot 4 | 0.454 | 0.327 |
+| S5–S6 | single-shot 5–6 | 0.328 / 0.328 | 0.327 / 0.327 |
+| C3 | conversation, turn 3 | 0.549 | 0.544 |
+| R2 | the 3k prompt again | 2.330 | 2.316 |
+
+1. **`batch_after 1` wins 0.52 s across six single-shot requests** — 0.17 s, 0.18 s and 0.13 s on the second, third
+   and fourth, then nothing, because the cache is off either way by the fifth.
+2. **It loses 1.88 s on the conversation's second turn.** Served with the cache off, the first turn parks nothing, so
+   the second turn re-reads its whole context: 2.465 s against 0.587 s.
+3. **Break-even is ~21 single-shot requests per conversation re-open** (1.88 s ÷ 0.087 s saved per request). A one-shot
+   extraction queue clears that easily; anything that alternates a tool call with a chat turn never does.
+4. **The flip costs the request right after it, and nothing else** — `C3` reuses in both arms (0.549 / 0.544), and the
+   repeat `R2` re-reads in both (2.330 / 2.316), because another conversation's context displaced it either way.
+5. **The value was never actually settable.** Both configs produced identical results on all eleven steps until the flag
+   was passed by hand: `serve/server.py` read `--conv-route-batch-after` and ignored the config's
+   `conv_route_batch_after`, while the launcher writes the key and passes no flag. Fixed in
+   [PR #16](https://github.com/rwkeyes/Strata/pull/16) (unmerged — it must not touch `serve/` on this branch).
+
+Decision: **4 stands.** 1 is only right for a pure single-shot queue, and this fork is not sold as one.
+
+Artifacts: [`0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/`](../dirigo-results/0.2.13-port/intercept/mixed/) — both arms, the two inert
+runs that exposed the dead key, the probe and the driver.
+
+## 8. Method rules these numbers were produced under
 
 - Paired or interleaved arms; median of repeats; the box's run-to-run spread stated next to the effect.
 - One prompt per configuration is not a measurement: every lane here has several requests, and a single-prompt