diff --git a/python/sglang/kernels/jit/csrc/deepseek_v4/c_plan.cuh b/python/sglang/kernels/jit/csrc/deepseek_v4/c_plan.cuh
index 7e7b1005ee38..b157eebea28b 100644
--- a/python/sglang/kernels/jit/csrc/deepseek_v4/c_plan.cuh
+++ b/python/sglang/kernels/jit/csrc/deepseek_v4/c_plan.cuh
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct Prefill0Params {
   /// \brief Trailing tokens the write plan keeps resident in the compress state ring.
   /// Derived from the ring in `plan_compress_prefill`; see the bound there.
   int32_t mtp_pad;
+  bool use_req_ring;
 };
 
 struct Prefill1Params {
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ struct Prefill1Params {
   int32_t swa_page_size;
   int32_t ring_size;
   int32_t compress_ratio;
+  bool use_req_ring;
 };
 
 struct DecodeParams {
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ struct DecodeParams {
   int32_t swa_page_size;
   int32_t ring_size;
   int32_t compress_ratio;
+  bool use_req_ring;
 };
 
 struct Prefill1ParamsLegacy {
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ __global__ __launch_bounds__(1024, 1)  //
       const int32_t last_c_pos = (sl / cr) * cr;
       const int32_t first_w_pos = min(last_c_pos - (is_overlap ? cr : 0), sl - params.mtp_pad);
       bool do_write = position >= first_w_pos;
-      if (!do_write && is_overlap) do_write = (position % sps) >= (sps - cr);
+      if (!do_write && is_overlap && !params.use_req_ring) do_write = (position % sps) >= (sps - cr);
       if (do_write) {
         const uint32_t out_idx = atomicAdd(&counter_w, 1u);
         params.plan_w[out_idx] = pack_w(ragged_id, batch_id, position + 1);
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ __global__ __launch_bounds__(1024, 1)  //
         }
 
         bool do_write = position >= first_w_pos;
-        if (!do_write && is_overlap) do_write = (position % sps) >= (sps - cr);
+        if (!do_write && is_overlap && !params.use_req_ring) do_write = (position % sps) >= (sps - cr);
         if (do_write) {
           const uint32_t out_idx = atomicAdd(&counter_w, 1u);
           params.plan_w[out_idx] = pack_w(ragged_id, static_cast<uint32_t>(batch_id), position + 1);
@@ -270,7 +273,7 @@ __global__ void plan_compress_prefill_kernel_1(const Prefill1Params params) {
     const auto ring_offset = swa_loc % params.ring_size;
     return swa_page * params.ring_size + ring_offset;
   };
-  const auto compute_c128_loc = [&](int64_t rid, int32_t position) {
+  const auto compute_req_ring_loc = [&](int64_t rid, int32_t position) {
     return static_cast<int32_t>(rid * params.ring_size + position % params.ring_size);
   };
 
@@ -283,9 +286,9 @@ __global__ void plan_compress_prefill_kernel_1(const Prefill1Params params) {
       const auto position_1 = static_cast<int32_t>(plan_c.seq_len - 1);
       // only used for c4, harmless for c128
       const auto position_0 = max(position_1 - params.compress_ratio, 0);
-      if (params.compress_ratio == 128) {
-        plan_c.read_page_0 = compute_c128_loc(rid, position_0) / 128;
-        plan_c.read_page_1 = compute_c128_loc(rid, position_1) / 128;
+      if (params.compress_ratio == 128 || params.use_req_ring) {
+        plan_c.read_page_0 = compute_req_ring_loc(rid, position_0) / params.compress_ratio;
+        plan_c.read_page_1 = compute_req_ring_loc(rid, position_1) / params.compress_ratio;
       } else {
         const auto raw_loc_0 = mapping[position_0];
         const auto raw_loc_1 = mapping[position_1];
@@ -307,8 +310,8 @@ __global__ void plan_compress_prefill_kernel_1(const Prefill1Params params) {
     // `seq_len` (`write_loc`) may not be aligned here
     const auto position = static_cast<int32_t>(plan_w.write_loc - 1);
     plan_w.ragged_id = ragged_id;
-    if (params.compress_ratio == 128) {
-      plan_w.write_loc = compute_c128_loc(rid, position);
+    if (params.compress_ratio == 128 || params.use_req_ring) {
+      plan_w.write_loc = compute_req_ring_loc(rid, position);
     } else {
       const auto raw_loc = mapping[position];
       plan_w.write_loc = compute_loc(params.f2s_ptr[raw_loc]);
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ __global__ void plan_compress_decode_kernel(const DecodeParams params) {
     const auto ring_offset = swa_loc % params.ring_size;
     return swa_page * params.ring_size + ring_offset;
   };
-  const auto compute_c128_loc = [&](int64_t rid, int32_t position) {
+  const auto compute_req_ring_loc = [&](int64_t rid, int32_t position) {
     return static_cast<int32_t>(rid * params.ring_size + position % params.ring_size);
   };
   const auto seq_len = static_cast<int32_t>(params.seq_ptr[idx]);
@@ -338,10 +341,10 @@ __global__ void plan_compress_decode_kernel(const DecodeParams params) {
   int32_t write_loc;
   int32_t read_page_0;
   int32_t read_page_1;
-  if (params.compress_ratio == 128) {
-    write_loc = compute_c128_loc(rid, position_1);
-    read_page_0 = compute_c128_loc(rid, position_0) / 128;
-    read_page_1 = compute_c128_loc(rid, position_1) / 128;
+  if (params.compress_ratio == 128 || params.use_req_ring) {
+    write_loc = compute_req_ring_loc(rid, position_1);
+    read_page_0 = compute_req_ring_loc(rid, position_0) / params.compress_ratio;
+    read_page_1 = compute_req_ring_loc(rid, position_1) / params.compress_ratio;
   } else {
     const auto raw_loc_0 = mapping[position_0];
     const auto raw_loc_1 = mapping[position_1];
@@ -461,6 +464,7 @@ inline PrefillPlan plan_compress_prefill(
     const int32_t compress_ratio,
     const int32_t swa_page_size,
     const int32_t ring_size,
+    const bool use_req_ring,
     const bool use_cuda_graph) {
   auto B = SymbolicSize{"batch_size"};
   auto N = SymbolicSize{"num_q_tokens"};
@@ -503,6 +507,7 @@ inline PrefillPlan plan_compress_prefill(
   const auto batch_size = static_cast<uint32_t>(B.unwrap());
   constexpr auto kMaxTokens = static_cast<uint32_t>(std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max());
   RuntimeCheck(compress_ratio == 4 || compress_ratio == 128);
+  RuntimeCheck(!use_req_ring || compress_ratio == 4);
   RuntimeCheck(batch_size <= num_q_tokens && num_q_tokens <= kMaxTokens);
   // `swa_page_size` >= `ring_size` >= `compress_ratio`
   RuntimeCheck(swa_page_size % ring_size == 0 && ring_size % compress_ratio == 0);
@@ -537,6 +542,7 @@ inline PrefillPlan plan_compress_prefill(
         .compress_ratio = compress_ratio,
         .swa_page_size = swa_page_size,
         .mtp_pad = mtp_pad,
+        .use_req_ring = use_req_ring,
     };
     LaunchKernel(1, kMaxPrefillBatchSize, device)(plan_compress_prefill_kernel0, params0);
     // kernel_1 sees the already-padded buffers, so num_c == num_w == num_padded == num_q_tokens.
@@ -555,6 +561,7 @@ inline PrefillPlan plan_compress_prefill(
         .swa_page_size = swa_page_size,
         .ring_size = ring_size,
         .compress_ratio = compress_ratio,
+        .use_req_ring = use_req_ring,
     };
     const auto block_size_1 = 256;
     const auto num_blocks_1 = div_ceil(params1.num_work, block_size_1);
@@ -582,7 +589,7 @@ inline PrefillPlan plan_compress_prefill(
     RuntimeCheck(0 < extend_len && extend_len <= seq_len);
     const auto should_write = [=](int32_t position) {
       if (position >= first_w_pos) return true;
-      return is_overlap && position % swa_page_size >= (swa_page_size - compress_ratio);
+      return is_overlap && !use_req_ring && position % swa_page_size >= (swa_page_size - compress_ratio);
     };
     for (const auto j : irange(extend_len)) {
       const int32_t position = prefix_len + j;
@@ -631,6 +638,7 @@ inline PrefillPlan plan_compress_prefill(
       .swa_page_size = swa_page_size,
       .ring_size = ring_size,
       .compress_ratio = compress_ratio,
+      .use_req_ring = use_req_ring,
   };
   const auto block_size = 256;
   const auto num_blocks = div_ceil(params.num_work, block_size);
@@ -645,7 +653,8 @@ inline tvm::ffi::Tensor plan_compress_decode(
     const tvm::ffi::TensorView seq_lens,          // CPU/GPU
     const int32_t compress_ratio,
     const int32_t swa_page_size,
-    const int32_t ring_size) {
+    const int32_t ring_size,
+    const bool use_req_ring) {
   auto B = SymbolicSize{"batch_size"};
   auto device_ = SymbolicDevice{};
   device_.set_options<kDLGPU>();
@@ -667,6 +676,7 @@ inline tvm::ffi::Tensor plan_compress_decode(
       .with_device(device_)
       .verify(seq_lens);
 
+  RuntimeCheck(!use_req_ring || compress_ratio == 4);
   const auto batch_size = static_cast<uint32_t>(B.unwrap());
   const auto device = device_.unwrap();
   auto D = ffi::empty({batch_size, sizeof(PlanD)}, kDLUInt8, device);
@@ -681,6 +691,7 @@ inline tvm::ffi::Tensor plan_compress_decode(
       .swa_page_size = swa_page_size,
       .ring_size = ring_size,
       .compress_ratio = compress_ratio,
+      .use_req_ring = use_req_ring,
   };
   const auto block_size = 256;
   const auto num_blocks = div_ceil(batch_size, block_size);
diff --git a/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/attn.py b/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/attn.py
index f973bf916290..8996bb5226f6 100644
--- a/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/attn.py
+++ b/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/attn.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def create_paged_compress_data_kernel(
     stride_out_1_1: tl.constexpr,
     compress_ratio: tl.constexpr,
     is_overlap: tl.constexpr,
+    use_req_ring: tl.constexpr,
     swa_page_size: tl.constexpr,
     ring_size: tl.constexpr,
     BLOCK: tl.constexpr,
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ def create_paged_compress_data_kernel(
         else:
             pos = write_overlap_pos
         pos = tl.maximum(pos, 0)
-        if compress_ratio == 128:
+        if compress_ratio == 128 or use_req_ring:
             state_loc = rid * ring_size + (pos % ring_size)
         else:
             loc = tl.load(
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ def triton_create_paged_compress_data(
     extend_seq_lens: torch.Tensor,
     req_to_token: torch.Tensor,
     full_to_swa_index_mapping: torch.Tensor,
+    use_req_ring: bool = False,
     block: int = 128,
 ) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
     batch_size = req_pool_indices.shape[0]
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ def triton_create_paged_compress_data(
         stride_out_1_1=out_1.stride(1),  # type: ignore
         compress_ratio=compress_ratio,  # type: ignore
         is_overlap=1 if is_overlap else 0,  # type: ignore
+        use_req_ring=1 if use_req_ring else 0,  # type: ignore
         swa_page_size=swa_page_size,  # type: ignore
         ring_size=ring_size,  # type: ignore
         BLOCK=block,  # type: ignore
diff --git a/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/compress.py b/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/compress.py
index a9e915d67887..9650bb5228c8 100644
--- a/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/compress.py
+++ b/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/compress.py
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def generate(
         seq_lens: torch.Tensor,
         swa_page_size: int,
         ring_size: int,
+        use_req_ring: bool = False,
     ) -> CompressorDecodePlan:
         if _is_xpu:
             fn = plan_compress_decode
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ def generate(
             module = _jit_compress_plan_module()
             fn = module.plan_decode
 
-        plan_d = fn(
+        args = (
             req_pool_indices,
             req_to_token,
             full_to_state,
@@ -178,6 +179,10 @@ def generate(
             int(swa_page_size),
             int(ring_size),
         )
+        assert not (_is_xpu and use_req_ring), (
+            "use_req_ring is not supported by the XPU compress plan builder"
+        )
+        plan_d = fn(*args) if _is_xpu else fn(*args, bool(use_req_ring))
         return CompressorDecodePlan(compress_ratio, torch.from_dlpack(plan_d))
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -247,6 +252,7 @@ def generate(
         ring_size: int,
         num_q_tokens: int,
         use_cuda_graph: bool = False,
+        use_req_ring: bool = False,
     ) -> CompressorPrefillPlan:
         is_gpu_input = seq_lens.device.type in ["cuda", "xpu"]
         pin_buffer = torch.empty(
@@ -274,7 +280,7 @@ def generate(
             module = _jit_compress_plan_module()
             fn = module.plan_prefill
 
-        plan_c, plan_w = fn(
+        args = (
             req_pool_indices,
             req_to_token,
             full_to_state,
@@ -285,7 +291,14 @@ def generate(
             int(compress_ratio),
             int(swa_page_size),
             int(ring_size),
-            bool(use_cuda_graph),
+        )
+        assert not (_is_xpu and use_req_ring), (
+            "use_req_ring is not supported by the XPU compress plan builder"
+        )
+        plan_c, plan_w = (
+            fn(*args, bool(use_cuda_graph))
+            if _is_xpu
+            else fn(*args, bool(use_req_ring), bool(use_cuda_graph))
         )
         return CompressorPrefillPlan(
             compress_ratio,
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/decode.py b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/decode.py
index 9d6d91966357..11c1494c1987 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/decode.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/decode.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from concurrent.futures import Future
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import numpy as np
 import torch
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 from sglang.srt.managers.schedule_policy import match_prefix_for_req
 from sglang.srt.managers.utils import GenerationBatchResult
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator import BaseTokenToKVPoolAllocator
+from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.swa import is_swa_req_ring
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.base_prefix_cache import (
     BasePrefixCache,
     DecLockRefParams,
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ class DecodeReqToTokenPool:
     #running <= 8, #pre-allocated + #transfer <= pre_alloc_size, so we can use the free memory to pre-allocate requests to unblock prefill.
     """
 
+    # Mirrors ReqToTokenPool.register_on_alloc_rows.
+    _on_alloc_rows: Optional[Callable[[List[int]], None]] = None
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         size: int,
@@ -204,6 +208,8 @@ def alloc(self, reqs: List[Req]) -> Optional[List[int]]:
             return None
         select_index = self.free_slots[:need_size]
         self.free_slots = self.free_slots[need_size:]
+        if self._on_alloc_rows is not None and select_index:
+            self._on_alloc_rows(select_index)
         offset = 0
         for r in reqs:
             if not r.kv.holds_kv:
@@ -221,6 +227,10 @@ def clear(self):
         self.free_slots = list(range(1, self._alloc_size))
         self.req_generation.zero_()
 
+    def register_on_alloc_rows(self, hook: Callable[[List[int]], None]) -> None:
+        assert self._on_alloc_rows is None
+        self._on_alloc_rows = hook
+
 
 class HybridMambaDecodeReqToTokenPool(HybridReqToTokenPool):
     def __init__(
@@ -1711,7 +1721,13 @@ def _swa_tail_allocatable_token_budget(
         window_size = self.scheduler.sliding_window_size or 0
         swa_total = self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator.size_swa
         swa_available = self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator.swa_available_size()
-        swa_evictable = self.tree_cache.swa_evictable_size()
+        # Per-request SWA ring: cached prefixes still report swa_evictable, but
+        # evicting them frees no ring space.
+        swa_evictable = (
+            0
+            if is_swa_req_ring(self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator)
+            else self.tree_cache.swa_evictable_size()
+        )
         swa_used = swa_total - swa_available - swa_evictable
         swa_growth_potential = max(0, n_active * window_size - swa_used)
         swa_reserved_tokens = min(reserved_tokens, swa_growth_potential)
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compress_hip.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compress_hip.py
index 225a008a3c4b..5c0addf33211 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compress_hip.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compress_hip.py
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ def compress_extend_paged(
             assert isinstance(backend, DeepseekV4HipRadixBackend)
         token_to_kv_pool = backend.token_to_kv_pool
         assert isinstance(token_to_kv_pool, DeepSeekV4TokenToKVPool)
+        req_ring_state = self.ratio == 128 or (
+            self.ratio == 4 and token_to_kv_pool._unified_kv
+        )
 
         state_pool = self._get_state_pool(backend)
         prefix_lens = forward_batch.extend_prefix_lens_cpu
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ def compress_extend_paged(
             pre_state_indices = self.compute_state_len_indices(
                 seq_len=prefix_lens[i], ratio=self.ratio
             ).to(device)
-            if self.ratio == 128:
+            if req_ring_state:
                 state_loc = state_pool.translate_from_req_position_to_state_loc(
                     req_pool_indices[i], pre_state_indices
                 )
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ def compress_extend_paged(
             post_state_len = post_state_indices.size(0)
 
             assert post_state_len <= valid_kv_len
-            if self.ratio == 128:
+            if req_ring_state:
                 post_state_loc = state_pool.translate_from_req_position_to_state_loc(
                     req_pool_indices[i], post_state_indices
                 )
@@ -260,6 +263,9 @@ def compress_decode_paged(
         state_pool = self._get_state_pool(attn_backend)
         token_to_kv_pool = attn_backend.token_to_kv_pool
         assert isinstance(token_to_kv_pool, DeepSeekV4TokenToKVPool)
+        req_ring_state = self.ratio == 128 or (
+            self.ratio == 4 and token_to_kv_pool._unified_kv
+        )
         req_pool_indices = forward_batch.req_pool_indices
         req_to_token = attn_backend.req_to_token_pool.req_to_token
         seq_lens = forward_batch.seq_lens
@@ -271,7 +277,7 @@ def compress_decode_paged(
             seq_lens = seq_lens_2d.view(-1)
             req_pool_indices = req_pool_indices.repeat_interleave(draft_tokens)
 
-        if self.ratio == 128:
+        if req_ring_state:
             state_locs = state_pool.translate_from_req_position_to_state_loc(
                 req_pool_indices, seq_lens - 1
             )
@@ -286,7 +292,7 @@ def compress_decode_paged(
             -compress_bulk_len, 0, device=seq_lens.device
         )
         compress_indices.clamp_(min=-1)
-        if self.ratio == 128:
+        if req_ring_state:
             compress_indices_state = (
                 state_pool.translate_from_req_position_to_state_loc(
                     req_pool_indices[:, None], compress_indices
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compressor.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compressor.py
index 9b213c1bac81..2e420f65367a 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compressor.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compressor.py
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ def create_paged_compressor_data(
 ) -> FusedCompressMetadata:
     swa_page_size = token_to_kv_pool.swa_page_size
     ring_size = token_to_kv_pool.get_ring_size(compress_ratio=compress_ratio)
+    use_req_ring = compress_ratio == 4 and token_to_kv_pool._unified_kv
     # assert ring_size % compress_ratio == 0
 
     def clip_down(positions: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ def clip_down(positions: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
 
     def get_raw_loc(positions: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
         positions = positions.masked_fill(positions < 0, 0)
-        if compress_ratio == 128:
+        if compress_ratio == 128 or use_req_ring:
             state_loc = req_pool_indices * ring_size + positions % ring_size
         else:
             loc = req_to_token[req_pool_indices, positions]
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ def get_raw_loc(positions: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
             extend_seq_lens=extend_lens,
             req_to_token=req_to_token,
             full_to_swa_index_mapping=token_to_kv_pool.full_to_swa_index_mapping,
+            use_req_ring=use_req_ring,
         )
 
         plan_kwargs: dict
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compressor_v2.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compressor_v2.py
index 707efb74d7e1..c3515413119b 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compressor_v2.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/compressor_v2.py
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ def create_paged_compressor_data(
 
     swa_page_size = token_to_kv_pool.swa_page_size
     ring_size = token_to_kv_pool.get_ring_size(compress_ratio=compress_ratio)
+    use_req_ring = compress_ratio == 4 and token_to_kv_pool._unified_kv
     # NOTE: This is actually a proxy, which encounter some bug with tvm-ffi.
     # As a workaround, we use `.detach()` to get the real tensor.
     full_to_swa = token_to_kv_pool.full_to_swa_index_mapping.detach()
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@ def create_paged_compressor_data(
             full_to_state=full_to_swa,
             swa_page_size=swa_page_size,
             ring_size=ring_size,
+            use_req_ring=use_req_ring,
             num_q_tokens=num_q_tokens,
             use_cuda_graph=use_prefill_cuda_graph,
         )
@@ -479,6 +481,7 @@ def create_paged_compressor_data(
             seq_lens=seq_lens.to(torch.int64),
             swa_page_size=swa_page_size,
             ring_size=ring_size,
+            use_req_ring=use_req_ring,
         )
 
 
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
index 3f9e5dd0f235..ceb9d56aec30 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_policy.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.swa import (
     PureSWATokenToKVPoolAllocator,
     SWATokenToKVPoolAllocator,
+    is_swa_req_ring,
 )
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.unified_hybrid_swa import (
     UnifiedMambaSWATokenToKVPoolAllocator,
@@ -500,6 +501,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.prefill_tile_block_m = prefill_tile_block_m
         self.tree_cache = tree_cache
         self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator = token_to_kv_pool_allocator
+        # Per-request SWA ring: one fixed slot per request, not a token budget.
+        self._swa_req_ring = is_swa_req_ring(token_to_kv_pool_allocator)
         self.running_batch = running_batch
         self.new_token_ratio = new_token_ratio
         self.rem_input_tokens = rem_input_tokens - num_mixed_decode_tokens
@@ -659,8 +662,13 @@ def rem_total_tokens(self):
 
     @property
     def rem_swa_tokens(self):
+        allocator = self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            # swa_available_size() already reports ring capacity; tree
+            # swa_evictable is in linear token units and frees no ring space.
+            return allocator.swa_available_size() - self.rem_swa_token_offset
         return (
-            self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator.swa_available_size()
+            allocator.swa_available_size()
             + self.tree_cache.swa_evictable_size()
             - self.rem_swa_token_offset
         )
@@ -707,6 +715,10 @@ def _swa_budget_for_req(
         where alloc = min(extend, rem_chunk); the min() cap keeps the two terms
         from double-counting extend, so budget <= extend + max_new_tokens + page.
         """
+        allocator = self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            # One ring slot per request, in the same unit as swa_available_size.
+            return allocator.swa_ring_cost_tokens
         if self.rem_chunk_tokens is not None:
             alloc = min(extend_input_len, self.rem_chunk_tokens)
         else:
@@ -834,6 +846,7 @@ def _update_prefill_budget(
         max_new_tokens: int,
         retracted_stain: bool,
         mamba_gap_reserve: int = 0,
+        is_chunked_continuation: bool = False,
     ):
         # TODO(lsyin): check this workaround logic, which only ensures the prefill will not out of memory, and may be too conservative
         extend_input_len = self.ceil_paged_tokens(extend_input_len)
@@ -857,9 +870,12 @@ def _update_prefill_budget(
         self.rem_input_tokens -= extend_input_len
 
         if self.is_hybrid_swa:
-            self.rem_swa_token_offset += self._swa_budget_for_req(
-                extend_input_len, max_new_tokens
-            )
+            # The ring slot is reserved once at first admission; charging it
+            # again on a continuation would double-count and over-throttle.
+            if not (self._swa_req_ring and is_chunked_continuation):
+                self.rem_swa_token_offset += self._swa_budget_for_req(
+                    extend_input_len, max_new_tokens
+                )
 
         if self.dllm_config is not None:
             self.rem_dllm_tokens -= extend_input_len
@@ -994,9 +1010,10 @@ def add_chunked_req(self, req: Req):
             _rem_tokens = self._get_dllm_remain_tokens()
         else:
             _rem_tokens = min(self.rem_chunk_tokens, int(self.rem_total_tokens))
-            if self.is_hybrid_swa:
+            if self.is_hybrid_swa and not self._swa_req_ring:
                 # alloc_extend needs extend_num_tokens + page_size per request,
-                # so reserve one page here to avoid OOM
+                # so reserve one page here to avoid OOM.
+                # Ring mode skips it: rem_swa_tokens counts slots, not chunk tokens.
                 _rem_tokens = min(
                     _rem_tokens, int(self.rem_swa_tokens) - self.page_size
                 )
@@ -1035,6 +1052,7 @@ def add_chunked_req(self, req: Req):
             ),
             req.retracted_stain,
             mamba_gap_reserve=self._mamba_gap_budget_for_req(req),
+            is_chunked_continuation=True,
         )
 
         # Return if chunked prefill not finished
@@ -1238,7 +1256,13 @@ def add_one_req(
                 self._swa_new_tokens(req),
                 swa_host_hit_length=req.swa_host_hit_length,
             )
-            if swa_needed >= self.rem_swa_tokens:
+            # Ring-slot capacity is exact, so needing exactly what is left still
+            # fits; the legacy SWA-token path keeps its conservative `>=`.
+            if (
+                swa_needed > self.rem_swa_tokens
+                if self._swa_req_ring
+                else swa_needed >= self.rem_swa_tokens
+            ):
                 if not self._swa_req_never_fits(
                     real_input_tokens,
                     self._swa_new_tokens(req),
@@ -1274,7 +1298,11 @@ def add_one_req(
                     self._swa_new_tokens(req),
                     swa_host_hit_length=req.swa_host_hit_length,
                 )
-                if swa_needed >= self.rem_swa_tokens:
+                if (
+                    swa_needed > self.rem_swa_tokens
+                    if self._swa_req_ring
+                    else swa_needed >= self.rem_swa_tokens
+                ):
                     if not self._swa_req_never_fits(
                         real_input_tokens,
                         self._swa_new_tokens(req),
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_components/invariant_checker.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_components/invariant_checker.py
index ed24b842220c..a7340ca20346 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_components/invariant_checker.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_components/invariant_checker.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     SchedulerPoolStatsObserver,
 )
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator import BaseTokenToKVPoolAllocator
+from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.swa import is_swa_req_ring
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.unified_hybrid_swa import (
     UnifiedMambaSWATokenToKVPoolAllocator,
 )
@@ -152,6 +153,15 @@ def _check_full_pool(self, ps: PoolStats, uncached: int = 0) -> Tuple[bool, str]
 
     def _check_swa_pool(self, ps: PoolStats, uncached: int = 0) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
         allocator = self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator
+        if is_swa_req_ring(allocator):
+            # Per-request SWA ring: there is no token pool to conserve; ring-slot
+            # leaks are caught by the req_to_token check instead.
+            return False, (
+                "[swa] unified ring (leak-check skipped): "
+                f"available={ps.swa_available_size}, "
+                f"evictable={ps.swa_evictable_size}, "
+                f"total={self.swa_tokens_per_layer}"
+            )
         swa_available = ps.swa_available_size
         if isinstance(allocator, UnifiedMambaSWATokenToKVPoolAllocator):
             # Tri-pool: same floating-boundary phantom as the full pool -- use the
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_components/pool_stats_observer.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_components/pool_stats_observer.py
index e1dd565ebd6d..9e1b962bac21 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_components/pool_stats_observer.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler_components/pool_stats_observer.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     Tuple,
 )
 
+from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.swa import is_swa_req_ring
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.unified_hybrid_swa import (
     UnifiedMambaSWATokenToKVPoolAllocator,
 )
@@ -301,6 +302,10 @@ def _get_swa_token_info(self) -> PoolStats:
             swa_available_size = allocator.swa_available_size()
         full_evictable_size = self.tree_cache.full_evictable_size()
         swa_evictable_size = self.tree_cache.swa_evictable_size()
+        # Per-request SWA ring: released with the req slot, yet cached radix
+        # prefixes still report swa_evictable; counting it drives usage negative.
+        if is_swa_req_ring(self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator):
+            swa_evictable_size = 0
         full_num_used = self.full_tokens_per_layer - (
             full_available_size + full_evictable_size
         )
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/allocator/swa.py b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/allocator/swa.py
index ba4a3ae7cf9f..9528c96cbc6a 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/allocator/swa.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/allocator/swa.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import logging
+
 import torch
 
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.base import BaseTokenToKVPoolAllocator
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@
 from sglang.srt.utils.common import get_num_new_pages
 from sglang.srt.utils.invariants import Bucket, Invariant, IsTrue, expect
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 _is_npu = is_npu()
 
 if _is_npu:
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@
 class SWATokenToKVPoolAllocator(BaseTokenToKVPoolAllocator):
     """Allocator for SWA hybrid KV cache."""
 
+    # Per-request SWA ring (BaseSWAKVPool.swa_req_ring_size). Class default so
+    # subclasses that bypass this __init__ read False.
+    _swa_req_ring = False
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         size: int,
@@ -37,6 +45,7 @@ def __init__(
         device: str,
         kvcache: BaseSWAKVPool,
         need_sort: bool,
+        req_to_token_pool=None,
     ):
         assert isinstance(kvcache, BaseSWAKVPool)
         self._size_full = size
@@ -104,10 +113,45 @@ def __init__(
         self.swa_free_group = []
 
         self._kvcache = kvcache
+
+        # Per-request SWA ring: the paged SWA indices built here are unused and
+        # SWA capacity is bounded by req slots, not tokens.
+        ring_size = kvcache.swa_req_ring_size
+        self._swa_req_ring = ring_size is not None
+        self._req_to_token_pool = req_to_token_pool
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            assert req_to_token_pool is not None, (
+                "per-request SWA ring: capacity is counted in req slots"
+            )
+            self._swa_ring_cost = (
+                (ring_size + self.page_size - 1) // self.page_size
+            ) * self.page_size
+            # Total SWA capacity is every req slot's ring; all slots are free here.
+            self._size_swa = req_to_token_pool.available_size() * self._swa_ring_cost
+            logger.info(
+                "SWA per-request ring accounting enabled: "
+                f"ring_size={ring_size}, ring_cost_tokens={self._swa_ring_cost}, "
+                f"size_swa={self._size_swa} (paged size_swa={size_swa} bypassed)"
+            )
+        else:
+            self._swa_ring_cost = 0
+
         self.clear()
         self._kvcache.register_mapping(self.full_to_swa_index_mapping)
 
+    @property
+    def swa_req_ring(self) -> bool:
+        return self._swa_req_ring
+
+    @property
+    def swa_ring_cost_tokens(self) -> int:
+        return self._swa_ring_cost
+
     def available_size(self):
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            # The SWA ring is pre-allocated per slot and reused by decode, so it
+            # never constrains token growth; full attention is the real limiter.
+            return self.full_attn_allocator.available_size()
         return min(
             self.full_attn_allocator.available_size(),
             self.swa_attn_allocator.available_size(),
@@ -117,6 +161,9 @@ def full_available_size(self):
         return self.full_attn_allocator.available_size()
 
     def swa_available_size(self):
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            # Ring-based availability: free request slots * per-slot ring cost.
+            return self._req_to_token_pool.available_size() * self._swa_ring_cost
         return self.swa_attn_allocator.available_size()
 
     # Slot-conservation views for the leak invariant. On the non-shared allocator
@@ -142,7 +189,7 @@ def size_full(self):
 
     def debug_print(self) -> str:
         msg = ""
-        msg += f"#swa-available-size: {self.swa_attn_allocator.available_size()}, "
+        msg += f"#swa-available-size: {self.swa_available_size()}, "
         msg += (
             f"#full-attn-available-size: {self.full_attn_allocator.available_size()}, "
         )
@@ -171,11 +218,15 @@ def alloc(self, need_size: int):
         return alloc_full_indices
 
     def new_pages_available(self, num_full_pages: int, num_swa_pages: int) -> bool:
-        return (
+        full_ok = (
             num_full_pages
             <= self.full_attn_allocator.available_size() // self.page_size
-            and num_swa_pages
-            <= self.swa_attn_allocator.available_size() // self.page_size
+        )
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            # SWA ring rows are pre-allocated per slot; no per-token SWA paging.
+            return full_ok
+        return full_ok and (
+            num_swa_pages <= self.swa_attn_allocator.available_size() // self.page_size
         )
 
     def alloc_extend(
@@ -195,6 +246,18 @@ def alloc_extend(
         if not self.new_pages_available(num_new_pages, num_new_pages):
             return None
 
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            # Ring mode pages full KV only; full_to_swa_index_mapping stays unwritten.
+            return self.full_attn_allocator.alloc_extend(
+                prefix_lens,
+                prefix_lens_cpu,
+                seq_lens,
+                seq_lens_cpu,
+                last_loc,
+                extend_num_tokens,
+                num_new_pages=num_new_pages,
+            )
+
         swa_last_loc = self.translate_loc_from_full_to_swa(last_loc)
 
         alloc_full_indices = self.full_attn_allocator.alloc_extend(
@@ -245,6 +308,18 @@ def alloc_extend_swa_tail(
         if not self.new_pages_available(num_full_pages, num_swa_pages):
             return None
 
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            # See alloc_extend: full KV only.
+            return self.full_attn_allocator.alloc_extend(
+                prefix_lens,
+                prefix_lens_cpu,
+                seq_lens,
+                seq_lens_cpu,
+                last_loc,
+                extend_num_tokens,
+                num_new_pages=num_full_pages,
+            )
+
         alloc_full_indices = self.full_attn_allocator.alloc_extend(
             prefix_lens,
             prefix_lens_cpu,
@@ -291,6 +366,12 @@ def alloc_decode(
         last_loc: torch.Tensor,  # last_loc for full layers
     ):
         assert self.page_size > 1
+        if self._swa_req_ring:
+            # See alloc_extend: slot-addressed ring, so full-attention KV only.
+            return self.full_attn_allocator.alloc_decode(
+                seq_lens, seq_lens_cpu, last_loc
+            )
+
         swa_last_loc = self.translate_loc_from_full_to_swa(last_loc)
 
         alloc_full_indices = self.full_attn_allocator.alloc_decode(
@@ -453,7 +534,9 @@ def resize(self, config) -> None:
         size_full = int(config.full_max_total_num_tokens)
         size_swa = int(config.swa_max_total_num_tokens)
         self._size_full = size_full
-        self._size_swa = size_swa
+        if not self._swa_req_ring:
+            # Ring capacity follows the req slot count, not the token config.
+            self._size_swa = size_swa
         for alloc, sz in (
             (self.full_attn_allocator, size_full),
             (self.swa_attn_allocator, size_swa),
@@ -625,3 +708,7 @@ def free_group_end(self):
     def clear(self):
         self.swa_attn_allocator.clear()
         self.free_group = None
+
+
+def is_swa_req_ring(allocator) -> bool:
+    return isinstance(allocator, SWATokenToKVPoolAllocator) and allocator.swa_req_ring
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/base_swa_memory_pool.py b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/base_swa_memory_pool.py
index 06ff43984c2c..2b44bf942e0e 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/base_swa_memory_pool.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/base_swa_memory_pool.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import abc
-from typing import List, Tuple
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import torch
 
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class BaseSWAKVPool(KVCache):
     """
 
     swa_kv_pool: KVCache
+    # Set when SWA KV is a per-request ring of this many tokens (addressed by
+    # req_pool_idx) rather than a paged token pool; SWA is then not budgeted per token.
+    swa_req_ring_size: Optional[int] = None
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def register_mapping(self, full_to_swa_index_mapping: torch.Tensor) -> None:
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/deepseek_v4_memory_pool.py b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/deepseek_v4_memory_pool.py
index 72f59e72a118..455847942777 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/deepseek_v4_memory_pool.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/deepseek_v4_memory_pool.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import logging
 from contextlib import nullcontext
-from typing import List, Literal, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import List, Literal, NamedTuple, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
 import torch
 
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ def get_compress_state_write_pad(compress_ratio: int, ring_size: int) -> int:
     return ring_size - window_size + 2 if ring_size > window_size else 0
 
 
+def get_swa_ring_size(sliding_window: int, is_speculative: bool = False) -> int:
+    # A verify batch writes its draft tokens ahead of the committed position.
+    spec_extra = (get_spec().speculative_num_draft_tokens - 1) if is_speculative else 0
+    return sliding_window + spec_extra
+
+
 class DeepSeekV4SingleKVPool(KVCache):
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -566,6 +572,18 @@ def __init__(
         self.c4_size = c4_size
         self.c4_logical_size = c4_logical_size
         self.c128_size = c128_size
+        from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.dsv4.unified_kv_kernels.env_gate import (
+            is_unified_kv_triton,
+        )
+
+        # Resolve the unified-kv gate before any sizing so the two cannot drift.
+        self._unified_kv = is_unified_kv_triton()
+        c4_ring_size = self.get_ring_size(4)
+        if self._unified_kv:
+            # Unified C4 state is request-addressed: one ring per req slot,
+            # so the caller-supplied, SWA-scaled size does not apply here.
+            c4_state_pool_size = self.num_req_slots * c4_ring_size
+        # Non-unified (fp8) keeps the caller-supplied, SWA-addressed size.
         self.c4_state_pool_size = c4_state_pool_size
         c128_ring_size = self.get_ring_size(128)
         if ONLINE_C128:
@@ -621,20 +639,12 @@ def __init__(
         c4_page_size = page_size // 4
         c128_page_size = page_size // 128
 
-        from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.dsv4.unified_kv_kernels.env_gate import (
-            is_unified_kv_triton,
-        )
-
-        self._unified_kv = is_unified_kv_triton()
-
         if self._unified_kv:
             self.swa_kv_pool = None
             self.c4_kv_pool = None
             self.c128_kv_pool = None
-            spec_extra = (
-                (get_spec().speculative_num_draft_tokens - 1)
-                if get_spec().speculative_algorithm is not None
-                else 0
+            swa_ring_size = get_swa_ring_size(
+                self.sliding_window, get_spec().speculative_algorithm is not None
             )
             self.unified_kv_pool = DeepSeekV4UnifiedKVPool(
                 stage_ratios=stage_ratios,
@@ -646,12 +656,13 @@ def __init__(
                 device=device,
                 memory_saver_adapter=self.memory_saver_adapter,
                 custom_mem_pool=self.custom_mem_pool,
-                swa_ring_size=self.sliding_window + spec_extra,
+                swa_ring_size=swa_ring_size,
             )
 
             self.unified_swa_window = self.sliding_window
-            self.unified_swa_ring_size = self.sliding_window + spec_extra
+            self.unified_swa_ring_size = swa_ring_size
             self.unified_swa_pages = self.unified_kv_pool.swa_pages
+            self.swa_req_ring_size = self.unified_swa_ring_size
         else:
             self.unified_kv_pool = None
             self.swa_kv_pool = self._make_kv_pool(
@@ -1052,6 +1063,32 @@ def get_online_c128_mtp_pending_seq_lens(self) -> torch.Tensor:
         assert self.online_c128_mtp_pending_seq_lens is not None
         return self.online_c128_mtp_pending_seq_lens
 
+    def clear_c4_req_states(self, req_pool_indices: Sequence[int]) -> None:
+        if not self._unified_kv or not req_pool_indices:
+            return
+
+        pools = [
+            pool
+            for pool in self.compress_state_pools + self.indexer_compress_state_pools
+            if pool is not None and pool.ratio == 4
+        ]
+        if not pools:
+            return
+
+        ring_size = self.get_ring_size(4)
+        device = pools[0].kv_score_buffer.kv_score.device
+        req_indices = torch.as_tensor(req_pool_indices, dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+        state_locs = (
+            req_indices[:, None] * ring_size
+            + torch.arange(ring_size, dtype=torch.long, device=device)
+        ).flatten()
+
+        for pool in pools:
+            state = pool.kv_score_buffer.kv_score
+            half = state.shape[-1] // 2
+            state[state_locs, :half] = 0
+            state[state_locs, half:] = float("-inf")
+
     def clear_c128_req_state(self, req_pool_idx: int) -> None:
         """Reset request-scoped C128 state for one req slot."""
         for pool in self.compress_state_pools:
@@ -1078,7 +1115,9 @@ def clear_unaccepted_c128_draft_states(
         accept_lens: torch.Tensor,
         num_draft_tokens: int,
     ) -> None:
-        """Clear offline C128 ring slots written for rejected speculative tokens."""
+        """Clear offline C128 ring slots written for rejected speculative tokens.
+        C4 needs no counterpart: its draft states are overwritten in position order
+        before any read; a C128 compression boundary can read a stale draft slot."""
         if ONLINE_C128 or num_draft_tokens <= 1 or req_pool_indices.numel() == 0:
             return
 
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/kv_cache_configurator.py b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/kv_cache_configurator.py
index d3c615a03b00..33b58fe59ffc 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/kv_cache_configurator.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/kv_cache_configurator.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.swa import (
     PureSWATokenToKVPoolAllocator,
     SWATokenToKVPoolAllocator,
+    is_swa_req_ring,
 )
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator.unified_hybrid_swa import (
     UnifiedSWATokenToKVPoolAllocator,
@@ -336,6 +337,18 @@ def configure(self, *, pre_model_load_memory: int) -> KVCacheConfigResult:
             token_to_kv_pool_allocator=self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator,
         )
 
+        swa_max_total_num_tokens = sizes.swa_max_total_num_tokens
+        alloc = pools.token_to_kv_pool_allocator
+        if not self.is_draft_worker and is_swa_req_ring(alloc):
+            # Per-request SWA ring: the sizer's swa token count describes the
+            # vestigial paged pool; the allocator knows the real ring total.
+            swa_max_total_num_tokens = alloc.size_swa
+            logger.info(
+                "SWA ring: swa_max_total_num_tokens "
+                f"{sizes.swa_max_total_num_tokens} -> {swa_max_total_num_tokens} "
+                "(fixed per-request SWA ring capacity)."
+            )
+
         logger.info(
             f"Memory pool end. "
             f"avail mem={get_available_gpu_memory(self.device, self.gpu_id):.2f} GB"
@@ -345,7 +358,7 @@ def configure(self, *, pre_model_load_memory: int) -> KVCacheConfigResult:
             max_total_num_tokens=sizes.max_total_num_tokens,
             max_running_requests=sizes.max_running_requests,
             full_max_total_num_tokens=sizes.full_max_total_num_tokens,
-            swa_max_total_num_tokens=sizes.swa_max_total_num_tokens,
+            swa_max_total_num_tokens=swa_max_total_num_tokens,
             req_to_token_pool=pools.req_to_token_pool,
             token_to_kv_pool=pools.token_to_kv_pool,
             token_to_kv_pool_allocator=pools.token_to_kv_pool_allocator,
@@ -1348,6 +1361,12 @@ def _build_dsv4_kv_pool(
             enable_hisparse=get_memory().enable_hisparse,
             online_mtp_max_draft_tokens=(max_speculative_num_draft_tokens() or 0),
         )
+        if not self.is_draft_worker and token_to_kv_pool._unified_kv:
+            # The draft pool has no C4 layers and shares this req pool, so only
+            # the target registers the per-slot C4 reset.
+            req_to_token_pool.register_on_alloc_rows(
+                token_to_kv_pool.clear_c4_req_states
+            )
         return token_to_kv_pool
 
     def _build_oot_dsa_kv_pool(self, *, max_total_num_tokens: int) -> KVCache:
@@ -1979,6 +1998,7 @@ def _build_token_to_kv_pool_allocator(
                         device=self.device,
                         kvcache=token_to_kv_pool,
                         need_sort=need_sort,
+                        req_to_token_pool=req_to_token_pool,
                     )
                 else:
                     if get_memory().enable_hisparse:
@@ -2275,6 +2295,12 @@ def config_from_budget(
         max_tokens = self._apply_token_constraints(config.max_total_num_tokens)
         if cap_tokens is not None:
             max_tokens = min(max_tokens, cap_tokens)
+        # calculate_pool_sizes_from_max_tokens takes a token count, not a byte
+        # budget; it cannot re-subtract the fixed pools, so capacity must not rise.
+        assert max_tokens <= config.max_total_num_tokens, (
+            f"token constraints must not raise capacity: {max_tokens} > "
+            f"{config.max_total_num_tokens}"
+        )
         if max_tokens != config.max_total_num_tokens:
             # Token-capped re-derivation: the profiled budget no longer
             # applies; the recalced config's unified_total_bytes stays None
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/memory_pool.py b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/memory_pool.py
index 5607bcd07453..1ec550735aec 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/memory_pool.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/memory_pool.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager, nullcontext
 from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
 from functools import cached_property
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 import torch
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ class ReqToTokenPool:
     """A memory pool that maps a request to its token locations."""
 
     enable_mamba_extra_buffer_lazy: bool = False
+    # Class default: some decode pools borrow another __init__ (see
+    # DecodeReqToTokenPool) but inherit alloc_rows.
+    _on_alloc_rows: Optional[Callable[[List[int]], None]] = None
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -322,6 +325,8 @@ def alloc_rows(self, need_size: int) -> Optional[List[int]]:
         select_index = self.free_slots[-need_size:]
         del self.free_slots[-need_size:]
         self.req_generation[select_index] += 1
+        if self._on_alloc_rows is not None:
+            self._on_alloc_rows(select_index)
         return select_index
 
     def free_rows(self, indices: List[int]) -> None:
@@ -347,6 +352,10 @@ def attach_aux_cache(self, aux_cache: Any) -> None:
         assert self._aux_cache is None
         self._aux_cache = aux_cache
 
+    def register_on_alloc_rows(self, hook: Callable[[List[int]], None]) -> None:
+        assert self._on_alloc_rows is None
+        self._on_alloc_rows = hook
+
     def reset_aux_cache_allocator(self) -> None:
         if self._aux_cache is not None:
             self._aux_cache.reset_allocator()
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/model_executor/pool_configurator.py b/python/sglang/srt/model_executor/pool_configurator.py
index cc7cbfeb9634..473f099e2857 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/model_executor/pool_configurator.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/model_executor/pool_configurator.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     get_compress_state_ring_size,
     get_compress_state_write_pad,
     get_dsv4_indexer_bytes_per_token,
+    get_swa_ring_size,
 )
 from sglang.srt.mem_cache.memory_pool import DSATokenToKVPool
 from sglang.srt.runtime_context import (
@@ -875,7 +876,8 @@ class DSV4PoolConfigurator(MemoryPoolConfigurator):
 
     Splits available memory across full / swa / c4 / c128 + c4_state / c128_state
     pools. coeff is bytes_per_full_token (inflated by (T+D)/T when speculative
-    decode reserves a draft worker, mirroring dflash's cell_size scaling); bias = 0.
+    decode reserves a draft worker, mirroring dflash's cell_size scaling). bias
+    is the request-scoped fixed pools that do not scale with full_token.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, kvc: KVCacheConfigurator):
@@ -932,6 +934,16 @@ def __init__(self, kvc: KVCacheConfigurator):
         self.num_layers_ca4 = sum(1 for r in self.compression_ratios if r == 4)
         self.num_layers_ca128 = sum(1 for r in self.compression_ratios if r == 128)
 
+        from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.dsv4.unified_kv_kernels.env_gate import (
+            is_unified_kv_triton,
+        )
+
+        self._unified = is_unified_kv_triton()
+        self.attn_head_dim = self.qk_nope_head_dim + self.qk_rope_head_dim
+        # swa_page_size is the model's sliding window (cfg.window_size).
+        self._swa_ring_size = get_swa_ring_size(self.swa_page_size, self.is_speculative)
+        self._spec_infl = 1.0
+
         if self.is_speculative:
             # Ring is sized once here, so it must serve the largest adaptive tier.
             self._assert_ring_serves_draft_tokens(
@@ -946,7 +958,8 @@ def __init__(self, kvc: KVCacheConfigurator):
             # bytes_per_full_token: tokens = avail / (bpft * (T+D)/T).
             draft_layers = 1
             target_layers = self.num_layers_total
-            self.bytes_per_full_token *= (target_layers + draft_layers) / target_layers
+            self._spec_infl = (target_layers + draft_layers) / target_layers
+            self.bytes_per_full_token *= self._spec_infl
 
         # Online c128 keeps a single in-progress (max, sum, kv) state per index
         # and assumes a strict forward-only schedule. Speculative decode (MTP)
@@ -999,7 +1012,11 @@ def _assert_ring_serves_draft_tokens(self, num_draft_tokens: int) -> None:
             )
 
     def _get_bytes_per_full_token(self) -> float:
-        kv_bytes = self.qk_nope_head_dim + self.qk_rope_head_dim * 2 + 8
+        if self._unified:
+            # Unified_kv stores the whole latent in bf16.
+            kv_bytes = self.attn_head_dim * 2
+        else:
+            kv_bytes = self.qk_nope_head_dim + self.qk_rope_head_dim * 2 + 8
 
         attn_head_dim = self.qk_nope_head_dim + self.qk_rope_head_dim
         c4_state_dtype_size, c128_state_dtype_size = (
@@ -1023,28 +1040,52 @@ def _get_bytes_per_full_token(self) -> float:
 
         c4_frac = 1 / (4 * self.c4_shrink_factor)
         return (
-            self.swa_ratio * kv_bytes * self.num_layers_total
+            # Ring mode: SWA is a fixed per-request pool (see _fixed_swa_bytes).
+            (
+                0.0
+                if self._unified
+                else self.swa_ratio * kv_bytes * self.num_layers_total
+            )
             + c4_frac * kv_bytes * self.num_layers_ca4
             + 1 / 128 * kv_bytes * self.num_layers_ca128
             + 1 / 4 * self.indexer_bytes_per_token * self.num_layers_ca4
-            + self.swa_ratio * c4_state_ratio * c4_state_bytes * self.num_layers_ca4
+            # Ring mode: C4 state is per-request too (see _fixed_c4_state_bytes).
+            + (
+                0.0
+                if self._unified
+                else self.swa_ratio
+                * c4_state_ratio
+                * c4_state_bytes
+                * self.num_layers_ca4
+            )
             + c128_state_ratio * c128_state_bytes * self.num_layers_ca128
-            + self.swa_ratio
-            * c4_state_ratio
-            * c4_indexer_state_bytes
-            * self.num_layers_ca4
+            + (
+                0.0
+                if self._unified
+                else self.swa_ratio
+                * c4_state_ratio
+                * c4_indexer_state_bytes
+                * self.num_layers_ca4
+            )
         )
 
     def _compute_dsv4_sizes(self, full_token: int, page_size: int) -> _DSV4PoolSizes:
         full_token = full_token // page_size * page_size
         swa_tokens = int(full_token * self.swa_ratio) // page_size * page_size
-        self.validate_swa_pool_size(swa_tokens, self.sliding_window_size, page_size)
+        if not self._unified:
+            # Ring mode: the paged SWA pool is vestigial, so its floor does not apply.
+            self.validate_swa_pool_size(swa_tokens, self.sliding_window_size, page_size)
         return _DSV4PoolSizes(
             full_max_total_num_tokens=full_token,
             swa_max_total_num_tokens=swa_tokens,
             c4_max_total_num_tokens=full_token // (4 * self.c4_shrink_factor),
             c128_max_total_num_tokens=full_token // 128,
-            c4_state_pool_size=swa_tokens // self.swa_page_size * self.c4_ring_size,
+            # Unified_kv: request-scoped, finalized once concurrency is known.
+            c4_state_pool_size=(
+                0
+                if self._unified
+                else swa_tokens // self.swa_page_size * self.c4_ring_size
+            ),
             c128_state_pool_size=0,
         )
 
@@ -1075,18 +1116,48 @@ def _get_c128_state_fixed_bytes(self, max_running_requests: int) -> int:
             state_rows * state_last_dim * c128_state_dtype_size * self.num_layers_ca128
         )
 
-    def _get_c128_state_fixed_bytes_for_token_capacity(
-        self, token_capacity: int
-    ) -> int:
+    def _unified_c4_state_pool_size(self, max_running_requests: int) -> int:
+        # Unified C4 state loc is req_pool_idx * c4_ring_size + pos % c4_ring_size.
+        num_req_slots = self._get_num_req_slots(max_running_requests)
+        return num_req_slots * self.c4_ring_size
+
+    def _fixed_c4_state_bytes(self, max_running_requests: int) -> int:
+        if not self._unified or self.num_layers_ca4 == 0:
+            return 0
+
+        c4_state_dtype_size, _ = _get_dsv4_compress_state_dtype_sizes()
+        # Mirror CompressStatePool.__init__: it allocates `size + ring_size + 1`
+        # rows, padded to the compress ratio.
+        state_rows = self._unified_c4_state_pool_size(max_running_requests)
+        state_rows = ceil_div(state_rows + self.c4_ring_size + 1, 4) * 4
+        # overlap c4: last_dim = 2 * (1 + overlap) * head_dim = 4 * head_dim.
+        core_bytes = 4 * self.attn_head_dim * c4_state_dtype_size
+        indexer_bytes = 4 * self.indexer_head_dim * c4_state_dtype_size
+        return state_rows * (core_bytes + indexer_bytes) * self.num_layers_ca4
+
+    def _resolve_max_running_requests_per_worker(self, available_bytes: int) -> int:
+        # Approximates ModelRunner._resolve_max_num_reqs. Over-estimating is safe:
+        # a larger fixed bias yields a smaller full_token.
         if self.requested_max_running_requests_per_worker is not None:
-            return self._get_c128_state_fixed_bytes(
-                self.requested_max_running_requests_per_worker
-            )
+            return self.requested_max_running_requests_per_worker
 
-        estimated = int(token_capacity / self.context_len * 512)
+        full_token = int(available_bytes / self.bytes_per_full_token)
+        estimated = int(full_token / self.context_len * 512)
         estimated = max(min(estimated, 4096), 2048)
-        max_running_requests = min(estimated, token_capacity // 2)
-        return self._get_c128_state_fixed_bytes(max_running_requests)
+        return min(estimated, full_token // 2)
+
+    def _fixed_swa_bytes(self, max_running_requests: int) -> int:
+        if not self._unified:
+            return 0
+        num_req_slots = self._get_num_req_slots(max_running_requests)
+        ring_bytes = (
+            num_req_slots
+            * self._swa_ring_size
+            * self.attn_head_dim
+            * 2  # bf16
+            * self.num_layers_total
+        )
+        return int(ring_bytes * self._spec_infl)
 
     def _to_config(self, sizes: _DSV4PoolSizes) -> MemoryPoolConfig:
         full = sizes.full_max_total_num_tokens
@@ -1117,6 +1188,11 @@ def finalize_with_max_running_requests(
             config.c128_state_pool_size = num_req_slots
         else:
             config.c128_state_pool_size = num_req_slots * self.c128_ring_size
+        # Ring mode: C4 state is request-scoped, so size it from the known concurrency.
+        if self._unified and self.num_layers_ca4 > 0:
+            config.c4_state_pool_size = self._unified_c4_state_pool_size(
+                config.max_running_requests
+            )
         return config
 
     def calculate_pool_sizes(
@@ -1126,25 +1202,34 @@ def calculate_pool_sizes(
             "page_size must be multiple of 128 for compressed attention"
         )
 
-        if self.requested_max_running_requests_per_worker is not None:
-            c128_state_fixed_bytes = self._get_c128_state_fixed_bytes(
-                self.requested_max_running_requests_per_worker
-            )
-        else:
-            full_token = int(available_bytes / self.bytes_per_full_token)
-            c128_state_fixed_bytes = (
-                self._get_c128_state_fixed_bytes_for_token_capacity(full_token)
-            )
+        max_running_requests_per_worker = self._resolve_max_running_requests_per_worker(
+            available_bytes
+        )
+        c128_state_fixed_bytes = self._get_c128_state_fixed_bytes(
+            max_running_requests_per_worker
+        )
+        swa_ring_fixed_bytes = self._fixed_swa_bytes(max_running_requests_per_worker)
+        c4_state_fixed_bytes = self._fixed_c4_state_bytes(
+            max_running_requests_per_worker
+        )
 
-        available_bytes_for_tokens = max(available_bytes - c128_state_fixed_bytes, 0)
+        available_bytes_for_tokens = max(
+            available_bytes
+            - c128_state_fixed_bytes
+            - swa_ring_fixed_bytes
+            - c4_state_fixed_bytes,
+            0,
+        )
         full_token = int(available_bytes_for_tokens / self.bytes_per_full_token)
 
         sizes = self._compute_dsv4_sizes(full_token, page_size)
         logger.info(
-            f"DSV4 memory calculation: "
+            f"DSV4 memory calculation: unified={self._unified}, "
             f"bytes_per_full_token={self.bytes_per_full_token:.2f}, "
             f"available_bytes={available_bytes / (1 << 30):.2f} GB, "
             f"c128_state_fixed={c128_state_fixed_bytes / (1 << 30):.2f} GB, "
+            f"swa_ring_fixed={swa_ring_fixed_bytes / (1 << 30):.2f} GB, "
+            f"c4_state_fixed={c4_state_fixed_bytes / (1 << 30):.2f} GB, "
             f"full_token={sizes.full_max_total_num_tokens}"
         )
         return self._to_config(sizes)
@@ -1152,6 +1237,8 @@ def calculate_pool_sizes(
     def calculate_pool_sizes_from_max_tokens(
         self, max_total_num_tokens: int, page_size: int
     ) -> MemoryPoolConfig:
+        # Token count, not a byte budget: the fixed pools are not re-subtracted, so
+        # the input must not exceed what calculate_pool_sizes derived for it.
         assert page_size % 128 == 0, (
             "page_size must be multiple of 128 for compressed attention"
         )
diff --git a/test/registered/kernels/ops/attention/test_c4_v2.py b/test/registered/kernels/ops/attention/test_c4_v2.py
index f05aaa9039ad..cd419ef76db6 100644
--- a/test/registered/kernels/ops/attention/test_c4_v2.py
+++ b/test/registered/kernels/ops/attention/test_c4_v2.py
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 import torch
 import triton
 
-from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.dsv4 import compress_forward
+from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.dsv4 import (
+    CompressorDecodePlan,
+    CompressorPrefillPlan,
+    compress_forward,
+)
 from sglang.srt.utils import get_device
 from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_amd_ci, register_cuda_ci
 from sglang.test.kernels.deepseek_v4.common import (
@@ -122,6 +126,91 @@ def _make_inputs(
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("ring_size", [8, 16])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("gpu_inputs", "use_cuda_graph"),
+    [(False, False), (True, False), (True, True)],
+)
+def test_unified_request_ring_plans_ignore_full_to_state(
+    ring_size: int, gpu_inputs: bool, use_cuda_graph: bool
+) -> None:
+    """C4 plans must address state by request slot, not the full-cache map."""
+    device = torch.device(get_device())
+    req_pool_indices = torch.tensor([2, 5], dtype=torch.int64, device=device)
+    req_to_token = torch.zeros((6, 16), dtype=torch.int32, device=device)
+    full_to_state = torch.zeros(1, dtype=torch.int64, device=device)
+    seq_lens = torch.tensor([8, 12], dtype=torch.int64)
+    extend_lens = torch.tensor([4, 4], dtype=torch.int64)
+    if gpu_inputs:
+        seq_lens = seq_lens.to(device)
+        extend_lens = extend_lens.to(device)
+
+    prefill = CompressorPrefillPlan.generate(
+        compress_ratio=RATIO,
+        req_pool_indices=req_pool_indices,
+        seq_lens=seq_lens,
+        extend_lens=extend_lens,
+        req_to_token=req_to_token,
+        full_to_state=full_to_state,
+        swa_page_size=256,
+        ring_size=ring_size,
+        num_q_tokens=8,
+        use_cuda_graph=use_cuda_graph,
+        use_req_ring=True,
+    )
+    plan_c = prefill.plan_c.view(torch.int32).reshape(-1, 4).cpu()
+    plan_w = prefill.plan_w.view(torch.int32).reshape(-1, 2).cpu()
+
+    valid_c = plan_c[plan_c[:, 2] >= 0]
+    got_reads = {
+        int(row[1].item()) & 0xFFFF: (int(row[2].item()), int(row[3].item()))
+        for row in valid_c
+    }
+    expected_reads = {
+        3: (
+            (2 * ring_size + 3 % ring_size) // RATIO,
+            (2 * ring_size + 7 % ring_size) // RATIO,
+        ),
+        7: (
+            (5 * ring_size + 7 % ring_size) // RATIO,
+            (5 * ring_size + 11 % ring_size) // RATIO,
+        ),
+    }
+    assert got_reads == expected_reads
+
+    valid_w = plan_w[plan_w[:, 1] >= 0]
+    got_writes = {int(row[0].item()): int(row[1].item()) for row in valid_w}
+    expected_writes = {
+        **{j: 2 * ring_size + (4 + j) % ring_size for j in range(4)},
+        **{4 + j: 5 * ring_size + (8 + j) % ring_size for j in range(4)},
+    }
+    assert got_writes == expected_writes
+    assert {got_writes[j] for j in range(4)}.isdisjoint(
+        {got_writes[j] for j in range(4, 8)}
+    )
+
+    decode = CompressorDecodePlan.generate(
+        compress_ratio=RATIO,
+        req_pool_indices=req_pool_indices,
+        req_to_token=req_to_token,
+        full_to_state=full_to_state,
+        seq_lens=torch.tensor([8, 12], dtype=torch.int64, device=device),
+        swa_page_size=256,
+        ring_size=ring_size,
+        use_req_ring=True,
+    )
+    got_decode = decode.plan_d.view(torch.int32).reshape(-1, 4).cpu()
+    expected_decode = torch.tensor(
+        [
+            [8, 2 * ring_size + 7 % ring_size, *expected_reads[3]],
+            [12, 5 * ring_size + 11 % ring_size, *expected_reads[7]],
+        ],
+        dtype=torch.int32,
+    )
+    assert torch.equal(got_decode, expected_decode)
+    assert got_decode[0, 1] != got_decode[1, 1]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["legacy", "paged"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("seq_len", [4, 8, 32, 256, 1024])
 def test_prefill_no_context(mode: str, seq_len: int) -> None:
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_dsv4_c4_state_lifecycle.py b/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_dsv4_c4_state_lifecycle.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0b2b7a1a8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_dsv4_c4_state_lifecycle.py
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+"""CPU/mock tests for unified DSV4 C4 request-state lifecycle."""
+
+import unittest
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import torch
+
+from sglang.srt.disaggregation.decode import DecodeReqToTokenPool
+from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocation import alloc_req_slots
+from sglang.srt.mem_cache.deepseek_v4_compress_state import KVAndScore
+from sglang.srt.mem_cache.deepseek_v4_memory_pool import DeepSeekV4TokenToKVPool
+from sglang.srt.mem_cache.memory_pool import ReqToTokenPool
+from sglang.srt.model_executor.pool_configurator import DSV4PoolConfigurator
+from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cpu_ci
+
+register_cpu_ci(est_time=5, suite="base-a-test-cpu")
+
+
+def _request(req_pool_idx=None, *, reused=False):
+    return SimpleNamespace(
+        kv=SimpleNamespace(
+            req_pool_idx=req_pool_idx,
+            kv_committed_len=1 if reused else 0,
+            kv_allocated_len=1 if reused else 0,
+            holds_kv=reused,
+        ),
+        inflight_middle_chunks=1 if reused else 0,
+    )
+
+
+def _mark_reused(req):
+    req.kv.kv_committed_len = 1
+    req.kv.kv_allocated_len = 1
+    req.kv.holds_kv = True
+    req.inflight_middle_chunks = 1
+
+
+def _c4_pool(rows: int, width: int, ring_size: int):
+    return SimpleNamespace(
+        ratio=4,
+        ring_size=ring_size,
+        kv_score_buffer=KVAndScore(torch.full((rows, width), 7.0)),
+    )
+
+
+def _token_pool(unified: bool, ring_size: int = 8):
+    logical_rows = 4 * ring_size
+    physical_rows = logical_rows + ring_size + 4
+    attn = _c4_pool(physical_rows, width=12, ring_size=ring_size)
+    indexer = _c4_pool(physical_rows, width=8, ring_size=ring_size)
+    c128 = SimpleNamespace(
+        ratio=128,
+        ring_size=128,
+        kv_score_buffer=KVAndScore(torch.full((physical_rows, 8), 9.0)),
+    )
+    token_pool = object.__new__(DeepSeekV4TokenToKVPool)
+    token_pool._unified_kv = unified
+    token_pool.compress_state_pools = [attn, c128]
+    token_pool.indexer_compress_state_pools = [indexer, None]
+    token_pool.get_ring_size = MagicMock(return_value=ring_size)
+    return token_pool, attn, indexer, c128, logical_rows
+
+
+class TestUnifiedC4StateLifecycle(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_pool_size_is_exact_request_ring_product(self):
+        configurator = object.__new__(DSV4PoolConfigurator)
+        configurator.disaggregation_mode = "decode"
+        configurator.disaggregation_decode_extra_slots = 3
+        configurator.c4_ring_size = 16
+
+        self.assertEqual(configurator._unified_c4_state_pool_size(10), 14 * 16)
+
+    def test_clear_resets_only_selected_request_rings(self):
+        ring_size = 8
+        token_pool, attn, indexer, c128, logical_rows = _token_pool(
+            unified=True, ring_size=ring_size
+        )
+
+        token_pool.clear_c4_req_states([1, 3])
+
+        selected = torch.tensor(list(range(8, 16)) + list(range(24, 32)))
+        untouched = torch.tensor(list(range(0, 8)) + list(range(16, 24)))
+        for pool in (attn, indexer):
+            state = pool.kv_score_buffer.kv_score
+            half = state.shape[-1] // 2
+            self.assertTrue(
+                torch.equal(
+                    state[selected, :half], torch.zeros_like(state[selected, :half])
+                )
+            )
+            self.assertTrue(torch.isneginf(state[selected, half:]).all())
+            self.assertTrue((state[untouched] == 7).all())
+            self.assertTrue((state[logical_rows:] == 7).all())
+        self.assertTrue((c128.kv_score_buffer.kv_score == 9).all())
+
+    def test_clear_is_noop_off_the_unified_path(self):
+        """The non-unified (fp8) pool addresses C4 state by SWA page, so a
+        req-slot reset must not touch it."""
+        token_pool, attn, indexer, _, _ = _token_pool(unified=False)
+
+        token_pool.clear_c4_req_states([1, 3])
+
+        for pool in (attn, indexer):
+            self.assertTrue((pool.kv_score_buffer.kv_score == 7).all())
+
+    def test_req_pool_hook_fires_for_new_slots_only(self):
+        req_pool = ReqToTokenPool(3, 16, "cpu", enable_memory_saver=False)
+        hook = MagicMock()
+        req_pool.register_on_alloc_rows(hook)
+        reused = _request()
+
+        # First admission: a brand-new slot, so its C4 ring must be cleared.
+        (reused_idx,) = alloc_req_slots(req_pool, [reused], None)
+        hook.assert_called_once_with([reused_idx])
+
+        # Chunked continuation reuses the same slot -- clearing it here would
+        # wipe the state captured by the previous chunk.
+        hook.reset_mock()
+        _mark_reused(reused)
+        self.assertEqual(alloc_req_slots(req_pool, [reused], None), [reused_idx])
+        hook.assert_not_called()
+
+        # Mixed batch: only the newly allocated slot is reported.
+        fresh = _request()
+        indices = alloc_req_slots(req_pool, [reused, fresh], None)
+        self.assertEqual(indices[0], reused_idx)
+        self.assertNotEqual(indices[1], reused_idx)
+        hook.assert_called_once_with([indices[1]])
+
+    def test_decode_req_pool_hook_fires_for_new_slots_only(self):
+        """PD decode pre-allocates through DecodeReqToTokenPool, which has its
+        own alloc; it must report fresh rows the same way."""
+        req_pool = DecodeReqToTokenPool(
+            2, 16, "cpu", enable_memory_saver=False, pre_alloc_size=2
+        )
+        hook = MagicMock()
+        req_pool.register_on_alloc_rows(hook)
+
+        first = _request()
+        (first_idx,) = req_pool.alloc([first])
+        hook.assert_called_once_with([first_idx])
+
+        hook.reset_mock()
+        _mark_reused(first)
+        second = _request()
+        indices = req_pool.alloc([first, second])
+        self.assertEqual(indices[0], first_idx)
+        hook.assert_called_once_with([indices[1]])
+
+        hook.reset_mock()
+        self.assertEqual(req_pool.alloc([first]), [first_idx])
+        hook.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_req_pool_without_hook_is_unchanged(self):
+        req_pool = ReqToTokenPool(2, 16, "cpu", enable_memory_saver=False)
+        (idx,) = alloc_req_slots(req_pool, [_request()], None)
+        self.assertGreater(idx, 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_swa_alloc_extend_page_estimation.py b/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_swa_alloc_extend_page_estimation.py
index ee759cfd47fb..08c153e35710 100644
--- a/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_swa_alloc_extend_page_estimation.py
+++ b/test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_swa_alloc_extend_page_estimation.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ def set_full_to_swa_mapping(
 
     return SimpleNamespace(
         page_size=page_size,
+        # alloc_extend reads _swa_req_ring; pin the paged-SWA path.
+        _swa_req_ring=False,
         full_attn_allocator=SimpleNamespace(
             available_size=lambda: full_available,
             alloc_extend=MagicMock(return_value=full_indices),
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/model_executor/test_pool_configurator.py b/test/registered/unit/model_executor/test_pool_configurator.py
index 86914d6b1782..5a6b532925da 100644
--- a/test/registered/unit/model_executor/test_pool_configurator.py
+++ b/test/registered/unit/model_executor/test_pool_configurator.py
@@ -1044,9 +1044,9 @@ def test_hybrid_swa_accepts_pool_above_floor(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(config.swa_max_total_num_tokens, 3072)
 
-    def _dsv4_sizes(self, max_tokens, page_size):
+    def _dsv4_sizes(self, max_tokens, page_size, unified=False):
         """Exercise the DSV4 size arithmetic without a full V4 model fixture:
-        _compute_dsv4_sizes reads only these five attributes."""
+        _compute_dsv4_sizes reads only these six attributes."""
         from sglang.srt.model_executor.pool_configurator import DSV4PoolConfigurator
 
         cfg = object.__new__(DSV4PoolConfigurator)
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ def _dsv4_sizes(self, max_tokens, page_size):
         cfg.swa_page_size = 128
         cfg.c4_ring_size = 8
         cfg.c4_shrink_factor = 1
+        cfg._unified = unified
         return cfg._compute_dsv4_sizes(max_tokens, page_size)
 
     def test_dsv4_rejects_single_page_pool(self):
@@ -1068,6 +1069,76 @@ def test_dsv4_accepts_pool_above_floor(self):
         sizes = self._dsv4_sizes(max_tokens=32768, page_size=256)
         self.assertEqual(sizes.full_max_total_num_tokens, 32768)
         self.assertEqual(sizes.swa_max_total_num_tokens, 3072)
+        # Non-unified: the c4 state pool scales with the paged SWA pool.
+        self.assertEqual(sizes.c4_state_pool_size, 3072 // 128 * 8)
+
+    def test_dsv4_token_cap_never_grows_total_footprint(self):
+        """Regression: the token-cap path subtracts no fixed-pool bias, so
+        capping the budget-derived token count must still shrink the total."""
+        cfg = self._dsv4_configurator_for_budget()
+        page_size = 128
+        budget = 256 * (1 << 30)
+        base = cfg.calculate_pool_sizes(budget, page_size)
+        base_bytes = self._dsv4_total_bytes(cfg, base.max_total_num_tokens)
+        self.assertLessEqual(base_bytes, budget)
+        for numerator in (999, 900, 500, 100, 1):
+            capped_tokens = (
+                base.max_total_num_tokens * numerator // 1000 // page_size * page_size
+            )
+            if capped_tokens <= 0:
+                continue
+            capped = cfg.calculate_pool_sizes_from_max_tokens(capped_tokens, page_size)
+            capped_bytes = self._dsv4_total_bytes(cfg, capped.max_total_num_tokens)
+            with self.subTest(numerator=numerator):
+                self.assertLessEqual(capped_bytes, base_bytes)
+
+    # White-box 671B-class shape: the byte arithmetic runs without a model fixture.
+    def _dsv4_configurator_for_budget(self):
+        from sglang.srt.model_executor.pool_configurator import DSV4PoolConfigurator
+
+        cfg = object.__new__(DSV4PoolConfigurator)
+        cfg.qk_nope_head_dim, cfg.qk_rope_head_dim = 128, 64
+        cfg.attn_head_dim = 192
+        cfg.indexer_head_dim = 128
+        cfg.num_layers_total = 61
+        cfg.num_layers_ca4 = 61
+        cfg.num_layers_ca128 = 61
+        cfg.c4_ring_size = 8
+        cfg.c128_ring_size = 128
+        cfg._swa_ring_size = 128
+        cfg._spec_infl = 1.0
+        cfg.context_len = 65536
+        cfg.bytes_per_full_token = 576.0
+        cfg.requested_max_running_requests_per_worker = None
+        cfg.swa_ratio = 0.1
+        cfg.sliding_window_size = 4096
+        cfg.swa_page_size = 128
+        cfg.c4_shrink_factor = 1
+        cfg.online_c128_mtp_max_draft_tokens = 0
+        cfg.disaggregation_mode = None
+        cfg.disaggregation_decode_extra_slots = 0
+        cfg._unified = True
+        return cfg
+
+    # Token pool plus the three request-scoped fixed pools, sized from the
+    # concurrency resolve_max_num_reqs derives from this token count.
+    def _dsv4_total_bytes(self, cfg, tokens):
+        estimated = max(min(int(tokens / cfg.context_len * 512), 4096), 2048)
+        max_running_requests = min(estimated, tokens // 2)
+        return int(
+            tokens * cfg.bytes_per_full_token
+            + cfg._fixed_swa_bytes(max_running_requests)
+            + cfg._fixed_c4_state_bytes(max_running_requests)
+            + cfg._get_c128_state_fixed_bytes(max_running_requests)
+        )
+
+    def test_dsv4_unified_c4_state_not_token_scaled(self):
+        # Unified-KV sizes the c4 state ring from max_running_requests in
+        # finalize_with_max_running_requests, so it must not scale here.
+        sizes = self._dsv4_sizes(max_tokens=32768, page_size=256, unified=True)
+        self.assertEqual(sizes.full_max_total_num_tokens, 32768)
+        self.assertEqual(sizes.swa_max_total_num_tokens, 3072)
+        self.assertEqual(sizes.c4_state_pool_size, 0)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":