diff --git a/web/js/i18n/de.js b/web/js/i18n/de.js
index 3bec4b8..0112cd4 100644
--- a/web/js/i18n/de.js
+++ b/web/js/i18n/de.js
@@ -616,4 +616,6 @@ export default {
   "keys.h.st.installed": "Auf der Gateway-Maschine installiert",
   "keys.h.st.configured": "Bereits für dieses Gateway konfiguriert",
   "keys.h.st.notFound": "Auf der Gateway-Maschine nicht gefunden",
+  "bm.degraded": "Router degradiert",
+  "bm.routerDegraded": "Der Router hat nicht rechtzeitig geantwortet — die Anfrage nutzte die Fallback-Kette; die Klassifikation wird nicht gewertet.",
 };
diff --git a/web/js/i18n/en.js b/web/js/i18n/en.js
index 4883f18..0ef2998 100644
--- a/web/js/i18n/en.js
+++ b/web/js/i18n/en.js
@@ -609,4 +609,6 @@ export default {
   "keys.h.st.installed": "Installed on the gateway machine",
   "keys.h.st.configured": "Already configured for this gateway",
   "keys.h.st.notFound": "Not found on the gateway machine",
+  "bm.degraded": "router degraded",
+  "bm.routerDegraded": "The router did not answer in time — the request used the fallback chain; classification is not judged.",
 };
diff --git a/web/js/i18n/es.js b/web/js/i18n/es.js
index d9e5395..969a1bd 100644
--- a/web/js/i18n/es.js
+++ b/web/js/i18n/es.js
@@ -616,4 +616,6 @@ export default {
   "keys.h.st.installed": "Instalado en la máquina de la pasarela",
   "keys.h.st.configured": "Ya configurado para esta pasarela",
   "keys.h.st.notFound": "No encontrado en la máquina de la pasarela",
+  "bm.degraded": "router degradado",
+  "bm.routerDegraded": "El router no respondió a tiempo — la petición usó la cadena de reserva; la clasificación no se cuenta.",
 };
diff --git a/web/js/i18n/fr.js b/web/js/i18n/fr.js
index f15444f..ca5b61f 100644
--- a/web/js/i18n/fr.js
+++ b/web/js/i18n/fr.js
@@ -616,4 +616,6 @@ export default {
   "keys.h.st.installed": "Installé sur la machine de la passerelle",
   "keys.h.st.configured": "Déjà configuré pour cette passerelle",
   "keys.h.st.notFound": "Introuvable sur la machine de la passerelle",
+  "bm.degraded": "routeur dégradé",
+  "bm.routerDegraded": "Le routeur n'a pas répondu à temps — la requête a suivi la chaîne de secours ; la classification n'est pas comptée.",
 };
diff --git a/web/js/i18n/ru.js b/web/js/i18n/ru.js
index e9326f9..2930096 100644
--- a/web/js/i18n/ru.js
+++ b/web/js/i18n/ru.js
@@ -608,4 +608,6 @@ export default {
   "keys.h.st.installed": "Установлен на машине шлюза",
   "keys.h.st.configured": "Уже настроен на этот шлюз",
   "keys.h.st.notFound": "Не найден на машине шлюза",
+  "bm.degraded": "роутер деградировал",
+  "bm.routerDegraded": "Роутер не успел ответить — запрос ушёл по резервной цепочке; классификация не засчитывается.",
 };
diff --git a/web/js/i18n/tr.js b/web/js/i18n/tr.js
index 146f161..4aeedfc 100644
--- a/web/js/i18n/tr.js
+++ b/web/js/i18n/tr.js
@@ -616,4 +616,6 @@ export default {
   "keys.h.st.installed": "Ağ geçidi makinesinde kurulu",
   "keys.h.st.configured": "Bu ağ geçidi için zaten yapılandırılmış",
   "keys.h.st.notFound": "Ağ geçidi makinesinde bulunamadı",
+  "bm.degraded": "yönlendirici yedeğe düştü",
+  "bm.routerDegraded": "Yönlendirici zamanında yanıt vermedi — istek yedek zincire gitti; sınıflandırma sayılmaz.",
 };
diff --git a/web/js/i18n/zh.js b/web/js/i18n/zh.js
index dbbd70c..1a90a9e 100644
--- a/web/js/i18n/zh.js
+++ b/web/js/i18n/zh.js
@@ -616,4 +616,6 @@ export default {
   "keys.h.st.installed": "已安装在网关所在机器上",
   "keys.h.st.configured": "已配置为使用此网关",
   "keys.h.st.notFound": "网关所在机器上未找到",
+  "bm.degraded": "路由器降级",
+  "bm.routerDegraded": "路由器未及时响应 — 请求走了备用链路；分类不计入统计。",
 };
diff --git a/web/js/ui.js b/web/js/ui.js
index 7113d4c..eae147b 100644
--- a/web/js/ui.js
+++ b/web/js/ui.js
@@ -100,13 +100,16 @@ export function confirmDialog(message) {
 export function moneyEl(n) {
   if (n == null) return document.createTextNode("—");
   if (n === 0) return document.createTextNode("$0");
-  const s = n.toFixed(4);
+  // sub-0.0001 costs (cheap flash models) would collapse to $0.0000 — grow
+  // precision until two significant digits survive
+  const s = Math.abs(n) >= 0.0001 ? n.toFixed(4) : n.toFixed(Math.min(8, 1 - Math.floor(Math.log10(Math.abs(n)))));
   return h("span", { class: "money" }, "$" + s.slice(0, -2), h("small", { class: "money-tail" }, s.slice(-2)));
 }
 
 export function money(n) {
   if (n == null) return "—";
   if (n === 0) return "$0";
+  if (Math.abs(n) > 0 && Math.abs(n) < 0.0001) return "$" + n.toFixed(Math.min(8, 1 - Math.floor(Math.log10(Math.abs(n)))));
   // up to 4 decimals, trailing zeros trimmed (but keep money-like 2 minimum)
   let s = n.toFixed(4).replace(/0+$/, "").replace(/\.$/, "");
   if (/\.\d$/.test(s)) s += "0";
diff --git a/web/js/views/benchmark.js b/web/js/views/benchmark.js
index aa53427..13cce3f 100644
--- a/web/js/views/benchmark.js
+++ b/web/js/views/benchmark.js
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ export async function renderBenchmark() {
         let text = "";
         try {
           const info = await testStream(
-            { model, messages: [{ role: "user", content: test.prompt }], temperature: 0, max_tokens: test.max || 128 },
+            // +256: headroom for reasoning models — a tight cap cuts them
+            // mid-<think> and turns a correct model into a false ❌
+            { model, messages: [{ role: "user", content: test.prompt }], temperature: 0, max_tokens: (test.max || 128) + 256 },
             (d) => (text += d)
           );
           const latency = performance.now() - started;
@@ -183,12 +185,17 @@ export async function renderBenchmark() {
           if (info.ttft_ms != null) rec.ttft.push(info.ttft_ms);
           const row = { id: test.id, cat: test.cat, ...ev, latency: Math.round(latency), cost: info.cost_usd || 0, answer: stripThink(text).slice(0, 300) };
           if (mode === "routing") {
+            // router timed out / fell back — there was no classification to
+            // judge, so it must not count against accuracy
+            row.degraded = !info.task_label
+              || info.task_label === "degraded"
+              || String(info.route_source || "").includes("degraded");
             row.task = info.task_label || "—";
             row.tier = info.tier || "—";
             row.chosen = info.selected_model || "—";
             row.source = info.route_source || "—";
             row.expected = test.label; // null = classification not judged
-            row.taskOk = test.label ? test.label.includes(info.task_label) : null;
+            row.taskOk = test.label && !row.degraded ? test.label.includes(info.task_label) : null;
           }
           rec.results.push(row);
         } catch (e) {
@@ -311,11 +318,13 @@ export async function renderBenchmark() {
         h("tr", {},
           h("td", {}, h("div", {}, r.id), h("div", { class: "muted small" }, r.cat)),
           h("td", {},
-            r.taskOk == null
-              ? h("span", { class: "muted" }, r.task || "—")
-              : h("span", { class: r.taskOk ? "" : "err" },
-                  (r.taskOk ? "✓ " : "✗ ") + r.task,
-                  r.taskOk ? "" : h("div", { class: "muted small" }, t("bm.expectedLbl") + " " + (r.expected || []).join("/")))),
+            r.degraded
+              ? h("span", { class: "muted", title: t("bm.routerDegraded") }, "⚠ " + t("bm.degraded"))
+              : r.taskOk == null
+                ? h("span", { class: "muted" }, r.task || "—")
+                : h("span", { class: r.taskOk ? "" : "err" },
+                    (r.taskOk ? "✓ " : "✗ ") + r.task,
+                    r.taskOk ? "" : h("div", { class: "muted small" }, t("bm.expectedLbl") + " " + (r.expected || []).join("/")))),
           h("td", {}, r.tier ? h("span", { class: "badge tier-" + r.tier }, r.tier) : "—"),
           h("td", {},
             h("span", { class: "mono small" }, r.chosen || "—"),