diff --git a/routing/scripts/measure-astar-oracle-sweep.mjs b/routing/scripts/measure-astar-oracle-sweep.mjs
index 11e22fc..1d23a2c 100644
--- a/routing/scripts/measure-astar-oracle-sweep.mjs
+++ b/routing/scripts/measure-astar-oracle-sweep.mjs
@@ -268,14 +268,16 @@ async function main() {
   // environment fact, not a failure.
   if (!existsSync(GRAPH_PATH)) {
     console.log(
-      `SKIP: no graph at ${GRAPH_PATH} — the real-graph optimality pin needs the gitignored binary; ` +
+      `SKIP: no graph at ${GRAPH_PATH} — the real-graph optimality pin needs the gitignored ARG3 binary; ` +
         `build it first: node routing/scripts/build-road-graph.mjs`,
     );
     process.exit(0);
   }
   const buffer = readFileSync(GRAPH_PATH);
   const graph = decodeGraph(toArrayBuffer(buffer));
-  if (graph === null) fail(`${GRAPH_PATH} does not decode (fail-honest null) — rebuild the binary`);
+  if (graph === null) {
+    fail(`${GRAPH_PATH} does not decode (fail-honest null — the current binary must be ARG3) — rebuild it: node routing/scripts/build-road-graph.mjs`);
+  }
 
   const rawPairs = generateCrossMetroPairs(graph.bbox, {
     count: SWEEP_PAIR_COUNT * SWEEP_OVERSAMPLE_FACTOR,
diff --git a/routing/scripts/measure-optimality-gate.mjs b/routing/scripts/measure-optimality-gate.mjs
index 57a0098..292688a 100644
--- a/routing/scripts/measure-optimality-gate.mjs
+++ b/routing/scripts/measure-optimality-gate.mjs
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
  * Inputs:
  *   - the COMMITTED record  routing/test/fixtures/alt-baseline.json (IMMUTABLE
  *     — the recorder refuses overwrite; delete by explicit git revert only);
- *   - the LOCAL rebuilt binary routing/data/kl-roadgraph.v1.bin (ARG2 — the
- *     storage NAME stays v1; the header version is the format truth).
+ *   - the LOCAL rebuilt binary routing/data/kl-roadgraph.v1.bin (ARG3 since
+ *     Phase 08.1 — the storage NAME stays v1; the header version is the
+ *     format truth).
  *
  * Constant-mirror law: this script's OPTIMALITY_EPSILON_PCT is asserted EQUAL
  * to the record's epsilon block BEFORE any measurement — a record edit alone
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ function toArrayBuffer(buf) {
  *   "unsnapped"  — a record-routed pair whose snap now misses (a D03B class
  *                  break — the pair no longer routes at all).
  *
- * @param graph  decoded RoadGraph (the current ARG2 build)
+ * @param graph  decoded RoadGraph (the current ARG3 build)
  * @param record parsed alt-baseline.json (the frozen pre-ALT record)
  * @param opts   { snap, astar } — the live modules (injected like the corpus core)
  * @returns {{ checks: { D03A: check, D03B: check }, rows: Array, reSnapped: number, pass: boolean }}
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ function main() {
   const graph = decodeGraph(toArrayBuffer(readFileSync(GRAPH_PATH)));
   if (graph === null) {
     fail(
-      `${GRAPH_PATH} does not decode (fail-honest null — still ARG1 or corrupt) — rebuild the ARG2 binary: node routing/scripts/build-road-graph.mjs`,
+      `${GRAPH_PATH} does not decode (fail-honest null — the current binary must be ARG3) — rebuild it: node routing/scripts/build-road-graph.mjs`,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/routing/test/rollout.test.mjs b/routing/test/rollout.test.mjs
index 3961b2e..c83a95c 100644
--- a/routing/test/rollout.test.mjs
+++ b/routing/test/rollout.test.mjs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ test("RO1 upload-format-agnostic — the upload path is byte-shipping, never for
     "decodeGraph",
     "0x41524731", // ARG1 magic
     "0x41524732", // ARG2 magic
+    "0x41524733", // ARG3 magic (Phase 08.1 — the ban covers the CURRENT format too)
     "GRAPH_VERSION",
   ]) {
     assert.ok(!code.includes(token), `upload code must never reference ${token} (the migration is byte-shipping — D-01)`);
@@ -90,8 +91,9 @@ test("RO2 one decode path at the Worker — the router never branches on format"
   const calls = code.match(/decodeGraph\(/g) ?? [];
   assert.equal(calls.length, 1, "exactly one decodeGraph call site — the ONE decode path");
   // NO version-conditional branch against the graph bytes: no version
-  // constant import/compare, no magic, no `=== 2` anywhere in the file.
-  for (const token of ["GRAPH_VERSION", "0x41524731", "0x41524732", "=== 2"]) {
+  // constant import/compare, no magic (ARG1, ARG2, or the current ARG3),
+  // no `=== 2` anywhere in the file.
+  for (const token of ["GRAPH_VERSION", "0x41524731", "0x41524732", "0x41524733", "=== 2"]) {
     assert.ok(!code.includes(token), `the router must never branch on format (${token})`);
   }
 });