diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Diagnostics/GpuFrameTimer.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Diagnostics/GpuFrameTimer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d75621e9
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+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Diagnostics/GpuFrameTimer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+using System;
+using Silk.NET.OpenGL;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Diagnostics;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// MP0 (2026-07-05) — whole-frame GPU time via a ring of
+/// <see cref="QueryTarget.TimeElapsed"/> queries (depth 4, so results are
+/// read ~3 frames late and never stall). Mirrors WbDrawDispatcher's query
+/// idiom including the #125 lesson: a glGenQueries name is not a query
+/// OBJECT until first glBeginQuery, so never-begun slots are skipped via
+/// the Begun flags.
+///
+/// <para>MUST NOT be active while ACDREAM_WB_DIAG=1: GL forbids two
+/// simultaneously active TimeElapsed queries and WbDrawDispatcher brackets
+/// its passes with them under that flag. The caller (FrameProfiler)
+/// enforces the exclusion; this class just does the ring.</para>
+/// </summary>
+internal sealed class GpuFrameTimer : IDisposable
+{
+    private const int RingDepth = 4;
+
+    private readonly GL _gl;
+    private readonly uint[] _queries = new uint[RingDepth];
+    private readonly bool[] _begun = new bool[RingDepth];
+    private int _frameIndex;
+    private bool _queryActive;
+
+    public GpuFrameTimer(GL gl)
+    {
+        _gl = gl ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(gl));
+        for (int i = 0; i < RingDepth; i++)
+            _queries[i] = _gl.GenQuery();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Call once per frame at the frame boundary. Ends the previous
+    /// frame's query, polls the oldest slot non-blocking, begins this
+    /// frame's query. Returns the completed GPU time in microseconds for
+    /// a ~RingDepth-frames-old frame, or null when no result is ready.
+    /// </summary>
+    public long? FrameBoundary()
+    {
+        if (_queryActive)
+        {
+            _gl.EndQuery(QueryTarget.TimeElapsed);
+            _queryActive = false;
+        }
+
+        long? completedUs = null;
+        int readSlot = _frameIndex % RingDepth;   // about to be reused — oldest
+        if (_begun[readSlot])
+        {
+            _gl.GetQueryObject(_queries[readSlot], QueryObjectParameterName.ResultAvailable, out int avail);
+            if (avail != 0)
+            {
+                _gl.GetQueryObject(_queries[readSlot], QueryObjectParameterName.Result, out ulong ns);
+                completedUs = (long)(ns / 1000UL);
+            }
+            // Not available ⇒ sample silently dropped (same policy as
+            // WbDrawDispatcher) — percentiles tolerate missing samples.
+        }
+
+        _gl.BeginQuery(QueryTarget.TimeElapsed, _queries[readSlot]);
+        _begun[readSlot] = true;
+        _queryActive = true;
+        _frameIndex++;
+        return completedUs;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>End any active query without beginning a new one (used when the profiler is toggled off mid-session).</summary>
+    public void Stop()
+    {
+        if (_queryActive)
+        {
+            _gl.EndQuery(QueryTarget.TimeElapsed);
+            _queryActive = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        Stop();
+        for (int i = 0; i < RingDepth; i++)
+            _gl.DeleteQuery(_queries[i]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/AcDream.Core/Rendering/RenderingDiagnostics.cs b/src/AcDream.Core/Rendering/RenderingDiagnostics.cs
index 872285e4..b265cb1c 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Core/Rendering/RenderingDiagnostics.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Core/Rendering/RenderingDiagnostics.cs
@@ -567,4 +567,21 @@ public static class RenderingDiagnostics
     /// </summary>
     public static bool ShouldRenderIndoor(uint playerCellId, bool renderRootResolved)
         => renderRootResolved && IsEnvCellId(playerCellId);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// MP0 (2026-07-05) — master toggle for the permanent frame profiler
+    /// (<c>AcDream.App.Diagnostics.FrameProfiler</c>): CPU frame time
+    /// (swap-to-swap), whole-frame GPU time, per-stage CPU attribution,
+    /// per-frame allocation counters, reported as one <c>[frame-prof]</c>
+    /// line every ~5 s. Permanent apparatus (every MP-track gate reads it) —
+    /// do NOT strip with session probes. The whole-frame GPU query is
+    /// self-disabled while <c>ACDREAM_WB_DIAG=1</c> (GL forbids nested
+    /// TimeElapsed queries; WbDrawDispatcher owns per-pass queries under
+    /// that flag — the 2026-06-23 "separate flags" measurement lesson).
+    /// Initial state from <c>ACDREAM_FRAME_PROF=1</c>; runtime-toggleable
+    /// via the DebugPanel mirror (<c>DebugVM.FrameProf</c>).
+    /// Spec: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-05-modern-pipeline-design.md §5.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static bool FrameProfEnabled { get; set; } =
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ACDREAM_FRAME_PROF") == "1";
 }