diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Diagnostics/ConnectedR6SoakContractTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Diagnostics/ConnectedR6SoakContractTests.cs
index 53ef5409..84061a32 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Diagnostics/ConnectedR6SoakContractTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Diagnostics/ConnectedR6SoakContractTests.cs
@@ -236,15 +236,24 @@ public sealed class ConnectedR6SoakContractTests
         // records can masquerade as retained memory in the return gate.
         // The script previously slept only 12s despite the comment already
         // citing the 25s deadline.
-        string source = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(
+        string script = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(
             FindRepoRoot(),
             "tools",
             "run-connected-r6-soak.ps1"));
+        string route = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(
+            FindRepoRoot(),
+            "tools",
+            "connected-r6-soak.route.txt"));
 
         AssertAppearsInOrder(
-            source,
-            "LiveEntityLivenessController's authoritative absence deadline is 25",
-            "Start-Sleep -Seconds 26");
+            script,
+            "LiveEntityLivenessController's 25-second authoritative absence",
+            "$checkpointPattern =",
+            "Wait-ForLogPattern $process $stdoutLog $checkpointPattern",
+            "$stationaryProfiles = Get-FrameProfiles $stdoutLog",
+            "Capture-Sample $process $destination.Name 'stationary'");
+        Assert.Equal(9, CountOccurrences(route, "sleep 27000"));
+        Assert.Equal(9, CountOccurrences(route, "sleep 3000"));
     }
 
     [Fact]
diff --git a/tools/connected-dense-town.route.txt b/tools/connected-dense-town.route.txt
index bf143348..3cb30812 100644
--- a/tools/connected-dense-town.route.txt
+++ b/tools/connected-dense-town.route.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ sleep 8000
 input down MovementTurnRight
 sleep 6000
 input up MovementTurnRight
-sleep 26000
+sleep 27000
 screenshot arwic-dense 10000
 checkpoint arwic-dense
+sleep 3000
diff --git a/tools/connected-r6-soak.route.txt b/tools/connected-r6-soak.route.txt
index 8786fbc0..00a92552 100644
--- a/tools/connected-r6-soak.route.txt
+++ b/tools/connected-r6-soak.route.txt
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ sleep 500
 input up MovementForward
 sleep 700
 input press CombatToggleCombat
-sleep 7400
+sleep 27000
 screenshot caul-baseline 10000
 checkpoint caul-baseline
+sleep 3000
 
 # Sawato baseline.
 command /teleloc 0x3032001C 83.3 89.2 133.005 1 0 0 0
@@ -56,9 +57,10 @@ sleep 8000
 input down MovementTurnRight
 sleep 6000
 input up MovementTurnRight
-sleep 22000
+sleep 27000
 screenshot sawato-baseline 10000
 checkpoint sawato-baseline
+sleep 3000
 
 # Rynthid world-edge streaming.
 command /teleloc 0xF6820033 145.7 49.855 58.010 1 0 0 0
@@ -67,9 +69,10 @@ sleep 8000
 input down MovementTurnRight
 sleep 6000
 input up MovementTurnRight
-sleep 22000
+sleep 27000
 screenshot rynthid 10000
 checkpoint rynthid
+sleep 3000
 
 # Aerlinthe dense island.
 command /teleloc 0x09040008 11.4 188.6 87.705 1 0 0 0
@@ -78,9 +81,10 @@ sleep 8000
 input down MovementTurnRight
 sleep 6000
 input up MovementTurnRight
-sleep 22000
+sleep 27000
 screenshot aerlinthe 10000
 checkpoint aerlinthe
+sleep 3000
 
 # Same-location lifecycle revisit.
 command /teleloc 0x3032001C 83.3 89.2 133.005 1 0 0 0
@@ -89,9 +93,10 @@ sleep 8000
 input down MovementTurnRight
 sleep 6000
 input up MovementTurnRight
-sleep 22000
+sleep 27000
 screenshot sawato-return 10000
 checkpoint sawato-return
+sleep 3000
 
 # Holtburg mixed-town workload + local exercise.
 command /teleloc 0xA9B40019 84.0 7.1 94.005 1 0 0 0
@@ -128,9 +133,10 @@ sleep 500
 input up MovementForward
 sleep 700
 input press CombatToggleCombat
-sleep 7400
+sleep 27000
 screenshot holtburg 10000
 checkpoint holtburg
+sleep 3000
 
 # Caul return/leak oracle + final local exercise.
 command /teleloc 0xC95B0001 14.8 0.3 12.005 1 0 0 0
@@ -167,9 +173,10 @@ sleep 500
 input up MovementForward
 sleep 700
 input press CombatToggleCombat
-sleep 15000
+sleep 27000
 screenshot caul-return 10000
 checkpoint caul-return
+sleep 3000
 
 # A second warm-cache Sawato/Caul revisit is the plateau oracle. The first
 # circuit intentionally warms bounded DAT/GPU caches, so comparing the cold
@@ -181,9 +188,10 @@ sleep 8000
 input down MovementTurnRight
 sleep 6000
 input up MovementTurnRight
-sleep 22000
+sleep 27000
 screenshot sawato-plateau 10000
 checkpoint sawato-plateau
+sleep 3000
 
 command /teleloc 0xC95B0001 14.8 0.3 12.005 1 0 0 0
 wait materialized 9 60000
@@ -191,6 +199,7 @@ sleep 8000
 input down MovementTurnRight
 sleep 6000
 input up MovementTurnRight
-sleep 22000
+sleep 27000
 screenshot caul-plateau 10000
 checkpoint caul-plateau
+sleep 3000
diff --git a/tools/run-connected-r6-soak.ps1 b/tools/run-connected-r6-soak.ps1
index 22a44f39..2a010232 100644
--- a/tools/run-connected-r6-soak.ps1
+++ b/tools/run-connected-r6-soak.ps1
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Password)) { $Password = 'testpassword' }
 
 if ($DenseTown) {
     [object[]]$destinations = @(
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Arwic dense'; Occurrence = 1; Exercise = $false }
+        [pscustomobject]@{
+            Name = 'Arwic dense'
+            Checkpoint = 'arwic-dense'
+            Occurrence = 1
+            Exercise = $false
+        }
     )
     [string[]]$expectedCheckpointNames = @('arwic-dense')
     $routeFileName = 'connected-dense-town.route.txt'
@@ -27,15 +32,15 @@ if ($DenseTown) {
 }
 else {
     [object[]]$destinations = @(
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Caul'; Occurrence = 1; Exercise = $true },
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Sawato'; Occurrence = 2; Exercise = $false },
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Rynthid'; Occurrence = 3; Exercise = $false },
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Aerlinthe'; Occurrence = 4; Exercise = $false },
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Sawato revisit'; Occurrence = 5; Exercise = $false },
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Holtburg'; Occurrence = 6; Exercise = $true },
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Caul return'; Occurrence = 7; Exercise = $true },
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Sawato plateau'; Occurrence = 8; Exercise = $false },
-        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Caul plateau'; Occurrence = 9; Exercise = $false }
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Caul'; Checkpoint = 'caul-baseline'; Occurrence = 1; Exercise = $true },
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Sawato'; Checkpoint = 'sawato-baseline'; Occurrence = 2; Exercise = $false },
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Rynthid'; Checkpoint = 'rynthid'; Occurrence = 3; Exercise = $false },
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Aerlinthe'; Checkpoint = 'aerlinthe'; Occurrence = 4; Exercise = $false },
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Sawato revisit'; Checkpoint = 'sawato-return'; Occurrence = 5; Exercise = $false },
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Holtburg'; Checkpoint = 'holtburg'; Occurrence = 6; Exercise = $true },
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Caul return'; Checkpoint = 'caul-return'; Occurrence = 7; Exercise = $true },
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Sawato plateau'; Checkpoint = 'sawato-plateau'; Occurrence = 8; Exercise = $false },
+        [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Caul plateau'; Checkpoint = 'caul-plateau'; Occurrence = 9; Exercise = $false }
     )
     [string[]]$expectedCheckpointNames = @(
         'caul-baseline',
@@ -744,13 +749,20 @@ try {
         Write-Marker "turn-sample destination='$($destination.Name)' cpuP95=$($turnSample.CpuP95Ms) gpuP95=$($turnSample.GpuP95Ms)"
 
         $null = Wait-ForLogPattern $process $stdoutLog '[input] MovementTurnRight Release' $destination.Occurrence 12
-        # LiveEntityLivenessController's authoritative absence deadline is 25
-        # seconds. Sample only after that deadline so a previous destination's
-        # records cannot masquerade as retained memory in the return gate.
-        Start-Sleep -Seconds 26
-        $stationaryProfileStart = (Get-FrameProfiles $stdoutLog).Count
-        $stationaryResult = Wait-ForNextFrameProfile $process $stdoutLog $stationaryProfileStart 12
-        $stationarySample = Capture-Sample $process $destination.Name 'stationary' $stationaryResult.Line
+        # Each route block dwells 27 seconds after its final input (past
+        # LiveEntityLivenessController's 25-second authoritative absence
+        # deadline), then emits a named checkpoint and holds for three more
+        # seconds. Bind the process/title sample to that barrier rather than
+        # racing a free-running sleep against the next teleport.
+        $checkpointPattern =
+            "[world-gate] checkpoint name=$($destination.Checkpoint) sequence=$($destination.Occurrence)"
+        $null = Wait-ForLogPattern $process $stdoutLog $checkpointPattern 1 60
+        $stationaryProfiles = Get-FrameProfiles $stdoutLog
+        if ($stationaryProfiles.Count -eq 0) {
+            throw "no frame-prof report exists at checkpoint '$($destination.Checkpoint)'"
+        }
+        $stationarySample =
+            Capture-Sample $process $destination.Name 'stationary' $stationaryProfiles[-1]
         Write-Marker "stationary-sample destination='$($destination.Name)' wsMiB=$($stationarySample.WorkingSetMiB) privateMiB=$($stationarySample.PrivateMiB) ent=$($stationarySample.EntityCount) anim=$($stationarySample.AnimationCount) updateP95=$($stationarySample.UpdateP95Ms)"
 
         if ($destination.Exercise) {