diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_buffer.py b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_buffer.py
index e41071cba..cba5dd7a6 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_buffer.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_buffer.py
@@ -771,3 +771,29 @@ def resolve_total_kv_heads(
         "nor kv_head_num. "
         "Ensure DecodePreallocQueue._init_kv_manager sets kv_args.kv_head_num."
     )
+
+
+def staging_grid_tokens(chunked_prefill_size: Optional[int], page_size: int) -> int:
+    """Token width of one staging grid slot; shared by prefetch and the
+    sender's grid alignment."""
+    cps = chunked_prefill_size or 8192
+    return max(1, cps // page_size) * page_size
+
+
+def compute_grid_segments(
+    start_idx: int, end_idx: int, base: int, grid_tokens: int
+) -> List[Tuple[int, int]]:
+    """Split [start_idx, end_idx) at grid boundaries base + k * grid_tokens
+    so each segment maps to exactly one staging slot. An empty range yields
+    one empty segment (a metadata-only last chunk still needs a send).
+    """
+    segments: List[Tuple[int, int]] = []
+    seg_start = start_idx
+    while seg_start < end_idx:
+        next_boundary = base + ((seg_start - base) // grid_tokens + 1) * grid_tokens
+        seg_end = min(next_boundary, end_idx)
+        segments.append((seg_start, seg_end))
+        seg_start = seg_end
+    if not segments:
+        segments = [(start_idx, end_idx)]
+    return segments
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py
index b2ef46ad1..823bd9460 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/staging_handler.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import dataclasses
 import logging
 import struct
 import threading
+import time
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import torch
@@ -82,11 +83,21 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
         self.total_kv_heads = total_kv_heads
         self.tp_rank = tp_rank
         self.scheduler = scheduler
+        # Same stall->Failed semantics (and knob) as _check_waiting_timeout,
+        # which is unreachable once the receiver has concluded Success.
+        from sglang.srt.environ import envs
+
+        self.completion_timeout = float(
+            envs.SGLANG_DISAGGREGATION_WAITING_TIMEOUT.get()
+        )
         self._room_to_decode_req: dict = {}
         # Stashed at registration: removal paths null decode_req.kv_receiver
         # before unregister runs, but release_room still needs it.
         self._room_to_receiver: dict = {}
         self._wm_subscribers: dict = {}
+        # room -> chunk_idx -> [(page_start, num_pages, writer_id)] fan-in
+        # arrivals; handler-owned so room teardown can purge them.
+        self._writer_counts: dict = {}
 
     def register_wm_subscriber(self, receiver, session_id: str) -> None:
         """Register a prefill's bootstrap connection for watermark broadcasts."""
@@ -96,9 +107,9 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
         if key not in self._wm_subscribers:
             self._wm_subscribers[key] = (receiver, session_id)
 
-    def num_writers_for(self, decode_req) -> int:
+    def num_writers_for(self, receiver) -> int:
         """Compute num_writers for a specific request based on its prefill TP."""
-        prefill_tp = decode_req.kv_receiver.prefill_info.attn_tp_size
+        prefill_tp = receiver.prefill_info.attn_tp_size
         if prefill_tp > self.decode_tp:
             return prefill_tp // max(1, self.decode_tp)
         return 1
@@ -141,15 +152,33 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
 
     def register_decode_req(self, room: int, decode_req: DecodeRequest) -> None:
         # Called once per room from pop_preallocated, before send_metadata.
+        decode_req._staging_all_success = False
+        decode_req._staging_success_ts = 0.0
+        decode_req._staging_failed = False
         decode_req._staging_scatter_done = False
         decode_req._chunk_events = []
         self._room_to_decode_req[room] = decode_req
         self._room_to_receiver[room] = decode_req.kv_receiver
+        # Scatter offsets shift suffix-relative page_start by the decode prefix,
+        # exact only when the prefix is page-aligned. Fail just this request on a
+        # mismatch instead of raising, which would kill the prefill scheduler.
+        page_size = self.kv_buffer_info["page_size"]
+        if decode_req.req.cache_protected_len % page_size != 0:
+            logger.error(
+                "[STAGING] decode prefix length %s is not page-aligned "
+                "(page_size=%s); failing room=%s (staging scatter offsets "
+                "would be wrong).",
+                decode_req.req.cache_protected_len,
+                page_size,
+                room,
+            )
+            decode_req._staging_failed = True
 
     def unregister_decode_req(self, room: int) -> None:
         # Pop before release_room so no new arrival can start consuming the slots.
         decode_req = self._room_to_decode_req.pop(room, None)
         receiver = self._room_to_receiver.pop(room, None)
+        self._writer_counts.pop(room, None)
         if decode_req is not None:
             self.release_room(room, decode_req, receiver)
         self.kv_manager._staging_ctx.room_receivers.pop(room, None)
@@ -214,7 +243,9 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
         if staging_offset < 0 or alloc_id < 0:
             return False
 
-        ok = self._scatter_region(staging_offset, page_start, num_pages, decode_req)
+        ok = self._scatter_region(
+            staging_offset, page_start, num_pages, decode_req, receiver
+        )
         if ok:
             event = torch.cuda.Event()
             event.record(self.staging_allocator._scatter_stream)
@@ -242,38 +273,36 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
         page_start: int,
         num_pages: int,
         writer_id: str,
-        chunk_writer_counts: dict,
     ) -> bool:
         """Process a staging chunk arrival from any transport (NIXL RDMA notif or ZMQ CHUNK_READY).
 
-        Accumulates writer arrivals in *chunk_writer_counts* and submits scatter
-        once all writers for this chunk have reported in. Returns True if scatter
-        was submitted.
+        Accumulates writer arrivals and submits scatter once all writers for
+        this chunk have reported in. Returns True if scatter was submitted.
         """
-        chunk_writer_counts[room][chunk_idx].append((page_start, num_pages, writer_id))
-        decode_req = self._room_to_decode_req.get(room)
-        if decode_req is None:
+        # Read from the stash, not decode_req.kv_receiver: a concurrent teardown
+        # nulls the latter before unregister removes the room.
+        receiver = self._room_to_receiver.get(room)
+        if receiver is None:
             logger.warning(
-                "Staging chunk arrived for unregistered room=%s chunk=%d, skipping",
+                "Staging chunk arrived for unregistered room=%s chunk=%d, " "skipping",
                 room,
                 chunk_idx,
             )
             return False
-        writers_arrived = len(chunk_writer_counts[room][chunk_idx])
-        num_writers = self.num_writers_for(decode_req)
-        if writers_arrived >= num_writers:
+        room_counts = self._writer_counts.setdefault(room, {})
+        arrivals = room_counts.setdefault(chunk_idx, [])
+        arrivals.append((page_start, num_pages, writer_id))
+        num_writers = self.num_writers_for(receiver)
+        if len(arrivals) >= num_writers:
             self.submit_chunk_scatter(room, chunk_idx, page_start, num_pages)
-            del chunk_writer_counts[room][chunk_idx]
+            del room_counts[chunk_idx]
             return True
         return False
 
     def submit_last_scatter_async(self, room: int) -> bool:
-        """Submit scatter for the last chunk when all ranks report Success.
-
-        Called from decode_thread.  Sets ``_scatter_event`` **before**
-        ``_staging_last_scatter_submitted`` so the main thread sees the
-        event when it checks the flag (CPython GIL guarantees ordering).
-        """
+        """Record all-ranks Success. Scatter is fully arrival-driven (every
+        chunk, including the last); advance_scatter completes the room once
+        no allocation is still waiting for its arrival."""
         decode_req = self._room_to_decode_req.get(room)
         if decode_req is None:
             logger.warning(
@@ -283,15 +312,11 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
                 room,
             )
             return False
-        alloc_id = self._submit_last_scatter(decode_req)
-        if alloc_id >= 0:
-            event = torch.cuda.Event()
-            event.record(self.staging_allocator._scatter_stream)
-            decode_req._scatter_event = event
-            decode_req._scatter_alloc_id = alloc_id
-            decode_req._staging_last_scatter_submitted = True
-        else:
-            decode_req._staging_scatter_done = True
+        if not decode_req._staging_all_success:
+            # Set the timestamp before the flag so the deadline check never
+            # reads a zero ts.
+            decode_req._staging_success_ts = time.monotonic()
+            decode_req._staging_all_success = True
         return True
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -302,15 +327,19 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
         """Return True if staging scatter is complete for this request."""
         return decode_req._staging_scatter_done and not decode_req._chunk_events
 
-    def advance_scatter(self, decode_req: DecodeRequest) -> None:
-        """Check CUDA events and free completed staging allocations.
+    def is_failed(self, decode_req: DecodeRequest) -> bool:
+        """Return True if staging completion timed out for this request."""
+        return decode_req._staging_failed
 
-        Scatter kernels have already been submitted by the decode_thread
-        (via submit_chunk_scatter / submit_last_scatter_async).  This
-        method only polls the recorded events and releases staging memory.
+    def advance_scatter(self, decode_req: DecodeRequest) -> None:
+        """Poll scatter events, free completed allocations, detect completion.
+
+        The room is done once all ranks reported Success AND every allocation
+        was scattered AND every event fired; gating on outstanding allocations
+        keeps it open while a CHUNK_READY is still in flight after Success.
+        Rooms incomplete past the disaggregation waiting timeout are failed.
         """
-        room = decode_req.req.bootstrap_room
-        chunk_events = getattr(decode_req, "_chunk_events", None)
+        chunk_events = decode_req._chunk_events
         if chunk_events:
             for i in range(len(chunk_events) - 1, -1, -1):
                 event, alloc_id = chunk_events[i]
@@ -318,15 +347,24 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
                     chunk_events.pop(i)
                     self._free_and_send_watermark(alloc_id, decode_req)
 
-        if not getattr(decode_req, "_staging_last_scatter_submitted", False):
+        if not decode_req._staging_all_success:
             return
-
-        event = getattr(decode_req, "_scatter_event", None)
-        if event is not None and event.query():
-            self._free_and_send_watermark(decode_req._scatter_alloc_id, decode_req)
-            decode_req._scatter_event = None
-            decode_req._scatter_alloc_id = -1
+        room = decode_req.req.bootstrap_room
+        receiver = self._room_to_receiver.get(room)
+        chunk_infos = receiver.chunk_staging_infos if receiver is not None else []
+        incomplete = bool(chunk_events) or any(info[0] >= 0 for info in chunk_infos)
+        if not incomplete:
             decode_req._staging_scatter_done = True
+            return
+        elapsed = time.monotonic() - decode_req._staging_success_ts
+        if elapsed > self.completion_timeout:
+            logger.error(
+                "[STAGING] room=%s not complete %.0fs after all-ranks Success "
+                "(a scatter never arrived); failing the request.",
+                room,
+                elapsed,
+            )
+            decode_req._staging_failed = True
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Internal methods
@@ -338,6 +376,7 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
         page_start: int,
         num_pages: int,
         decode_req: DecodeRequest,
+        receiver,
     ) -> bool:
         """Submit scatter kernels for a staging region to scatter_stream.
 
@@ -365,9 +404,12 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
         staging_view = self.staging_allocator.buffer.buffer[staging_offset:]
 
         req_pool_idx = decode_req.req.req_pool_idx
-        token_start = page_start * page_size
+        # page_start is suffix-relative (pages after the decode-side cached
+        # prefix); req_to_token rows are absolute.
+        prefix_tokens = decode_req.req.cache_protected_len
+        token_start = prefix_tokens + page_start * page_size
         token_end = token_start + num_pages * page_size
-        prefill_tp = decode_req.kv_receiver.prefill_info.attn_tp_size
+        prefill_tp = receiver.prefill_info.attn_tp_size
 
         with torch.cuda.stream(scatter_stream):
             kv_indices = self.scheduler.req_to_token_pool.req_to_token[
@@ -392,28 +434,6 @@ class DecodeStagingHandler:
 
         return True
 
-    def _submit_last_scatter(self, decode_req: DecodeRequest) -> int:
-        """Submit scatter for the last chunk. Returns alloc_id >= 0, or -1."""
-        receiver = decode_req.kv_receiver
-        chunk_infos = receiver.chunk_staging_infos if receiver is not None else []
-        if not chunk_infos:
-            return -1
-
-        last_info = chunk_infos[-1]
-        alloc_id, staging_offset, _, _, last_num_pages = last_info
-        if staging_offset < 0 or alloc_id < 0:
-            return -1
-
-        seq_len = len(decode_req.req.origin_input_ids)
-        ps = self.scheduler.token_to_kv_pool_allocator.page_size
-        total_pages = (seq_len + ps - 1) // ps
-        page_start = total_pages - last_num_pages
-
-        ok = self._scatter_region(
-            staging_offset, page_start, last_num_pages, decode_req
-        )
-        return alloc_id if ok else -1
-
     def _free_and_send_watermark(
         self, alloc_id: int, decode_req: DecodeRequest
     ) -> None:
@@ -542,11 +562,17 @@ class PrefillStagingStrategy:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, kv_manager, staging_buffer):
+        from sglang.srt.disaggregation.common.staging_buffer import (
+            staging_grid_tokens,
+        )
+
         self.kv_manager = kv_manager
         self.staging_buffer = staging_buffer
         page_size = kv_manager.kv_buffer_tensors["page_size"]
-        cps = kv_manager.server_args.chunked_prefill_size or 8192
-        self.full_chunk_pages = max(1, cps // page_size)
+        self.full_chunk_pages = (
+            staging_grid_tokens(kv_manager.server_args.chunked_prefill_size, page_size)
+            // page_size
+        )
 
     def check_ready(
         self,
@@ -831,11 +857,11 @@ def prefetch_staging_reqs(
     """
     import zmq
 
+    from sglang.srt.disaggregation.common.staging_buffer import staging_grid_tokens
     from sglang.srt.utils.network import NetworkAddress
 
     page_size = kv_buffer_tensors["page_size"]
-    cps = chunked_prefill_size or 8192
-    full_chunk_pages = max(1, cps // page_size)
+    full_chunk_pages = staging_grid_tokens(chunked_prefill_size, page_size) // page_size
 
     for session_id, tinfo in transfer_infos[room].items():
         # mooncake exposes is_dummy as a dataclass bool field, NIXL exposes it
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/utils.py b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/utils.py
index 650f226e0..8b574904f 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/utils.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/common/utils.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class TransferKVChunk:
     trace_ctx: Union[TraceReqContext, TraceNullContext] = dataclasses.field(
         default_factory=TraceNullContext
     )
+    # Set when the staging worker first counts this chunk toward the per-room
+    # outstanding count; stays set across re-enqueue on a watermark defer.
+    staging_counted: bool = False
 
 
 def pack_list_of_buffers(buffers: List[bytes]) -> bytes:
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/mooncake/conn.py b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/mooncake/conn.py
index 1907e0ee6..353e50bbe 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/mooncake/conn.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/mooncake/conn.py
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ class MooncakeKVManager(CommonKVManager):
             self.start_prefill_thread()
             self.session_failures = defaultdict(int)
             self.failed_sessions = set()
+            # Per-room count of chunks not yet transferred; teardown waits for
+            # zero so a deferred chunk is not dropped by an early conclude.
+            self._staging_outstanding = defaultdict(int)
             self.session_lock = threading.Lock()
             # Determine the number of threads to use for kv sender
             cpu_count = os.cpu_count()
@@ -270,7 +273,6 @@ class MooncakeKVManager(CommonKVManager):
             if self.enable_staging:
                 self._init_staging_allocator()
                 self._staging_handler = None
-                self._chunk_writer_counts: dict = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
             self.start_decode_thread()
 
     def init_engine(self):
@@ -402,7 +404,8 @@ class MooncakeKVManager(CommonKVManager):
         return PrefillStagingStrategy(self, staging_buffer)
 
     def _send_chunk_ready(self, req, chunk_idx, kv_chunk, prefill_unique_rank):
-        """Notify decode that a non-last staging chunk RDMA is complete."""
+        """Notify decode that a staging chunk RDMA is complete (every chunk;
+        scatter is arrival-driven)."""
         na = NetworkAddress(req.endpoint, req.dst_port)
         self._send_multipart_locked(
             na.to_tcp(),
@@ -477,7 +480,7 @@ class MooncakeKVManager(CommonKVManager):
                 "reduce chunked_prefill_size."
             )
             return (-1, False)
-        if ret == 0 and not kv_chunk.is_last_chunk:
+        if ret == 0:
             self._send_chunk_ready(req, chunk_idx, kv_chunk, prefill_unique_rank)
         return (ret, False)
 
@@ -1549,8 +1552,14 @@ class MooncakeKVManager(CommonKVManager):
                             MooncakeRequestStage.MOONCAKE_WORKER_SEND.level,
                             thread_finish_flag=True,
                         )
+                    self._staging_outstanding.pop(kv_chunk.room, None)
                     continue
 
+                # Count each chunk once; the flag survives re-enqueue on defer.
+                if not kv_chunk.staging_counted:
+                    self._staging_outstanding[kv_chunk.room] += 1
+                    kv_chunk.staging_counted = True
+
                 if (
                     self.enable_staging
                     and staging_strategy is None
@@ -1812,10 +1821,21 @@ class MooncakeKVManager(CommonKVManager):
                 if staging_deferred:
                     continue
 
-                if (
+                self._staging_outstanding[kv_chunk.room] -= 1
+                # Tear down only when no chunk is still outstanding and the room
+                # has concluded: already cleared, Success, or a Failed *last*
+                # chunk. A non-last Failed chunk keeps the room (more chunks may
+                # follow), not on the last chunk alone since an earlier deferred
+                # chunk may still need to transfer.
+                if self._staging_outstanding.get(kv_chunk.room, 0) <= 0 and (
                     kv_chunk.room not in self.request_status
                     or self.check_status(kv_chunk.room) == KVPoll.Success
+                    or (
+                        kv_chunk.is_last_chunk
+                        and self.check_status(kv_chunk.room) == KVPoll.Failed
+                    )
                 ):
+                    self._staging_outstanding.pop(kv_chunk.room, None)
                     if kv_chunk.room in self.transfer_infos:
                         self.transfer_infos.pop(kv_chunk.room)
                     self.req_to_decode_prefix_len.pop(kv_chunk.room, None)
@@ -1969,7 +1989,6 @@ class MooncakeKVManager(CommonKVManager):
                         page_start,
                         num_pages,
                         session_id,
-                        self._chunk_writer_counts,
                     )
                     continue
 
@@ -2004,7 +2023,6 @@ class MooncakeKVManager(CommonKVManager):
                                 handler = self._staging_handler
                                 if handler.is_staging_room(bootstrap_room):
                                     handler.submit_last_scatter_async(bootstrap_room)
-                                self._chunk_writer_counts.pop(bootstrap_room, None)
                             self.update_status(bootstrap_room, KVPoll.Success)
                 elif status == KVPoll.Failed:
                     self.record_failure(
@@ -2177,6 +2195,13 @@ class MooncakeKVSender(CommonKVSender):
     def poll(self) -> KVPoll:
         if self.conclude_state is None:
             status = self.kv_mgr.check_status(self.bootstrap_room)
+            # Hold Success until all staging chunks transferred: a deferred
+            # chunk can still be pending, and concluding now would drop it.
+            if (
+                status == KVPoll.Success
+                and self.kv_mgr._staging_outstanding.get(self.bootstrap_room, 0) > 0
+            ):
+                return KVPoll.Transferring
             if status in (KVPoll.Success, KVPoll.Failed):
                 self.conclude_state = status
                 self.trace_ctx.trace_req_finish()
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/nixl/conn.py b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/nixl/conn.py
index 86a5b2904..447f88935 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/nixl/conn.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/nixl/conn.py
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@ class NixlKVManager(CommonKVManager):
                 FastQueue() for _ in range(transfer_queue_size)
             ]
             self.exceptions: Dict[int, Exception] = {}
+            # Per-room count of chunks not yet transferred; teardown waits for
+            # zero so a deferred chunk is not dropped by an early conclude.
+            self._staging_outstanding = defaultdict(int)
             # Mirror mooncake: one staging buffer per worker queue, all
             # built before workers spawn so each worker owns a private
             # buffer (no cross-worker contention on the staging ring).
@@ -506,7 +509,6 @@ class NixlKVManager(CommonKVManager):
             if self.enable_staging:
                 self._init_staging_decode_ctx()
                 self._staging_handler = None
-                self._chunk_writer_counts: dict = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
                 self._start_decode_staging_thread()
             self._start_heartbeat_checker_thread()
         else:
@@ -1115,10 +1117,16 @@ class NixlKVManager(CommonKVManager):
             handles: List[Any] = []
             try:
                 if self.check_status(room) == KVPoll.Failed:
+                    self._staging_outstanding.pop(room, None)
                     continue
 
                 assert room in self.transfer_infos
 
+                # Count each chunk once; the flag survives re-enqueue on defer.
+                if not kv_chunk.staging_counted:
+                    self._staging_outstanding[room] += 1
+                    kv_chunk.staging_counted = True
+
                 # Lazily build a per-worker staging strategy bound to this
                 # worker's private staging buffer (matches mooncake).
                 if (
@@ -1329,10 +1337,26 @@ class NixlKVManager(CommonKVManager):
                         break
                     time.sleep(0)
 
+                self._staging_outstanding[room] -= 1
                 if kv_chunk.is_last_chunk:
                     self.update_status(room, KVPoll.Success)
-                    # Drop per-room state on Success (parity with mooncake
-                    # transfer_worker; staging prefetch sets are NIXL-only).
+                elif self.check_status(room) != KVPoll.Success:
+                    # A deferred earlier chunk can complete after the last chunk
+                    # already concluded Success; don't regress the status.
+                    self.update_status(room, KVPoll.Transferring)
+
+                # Drop per-room state only when no chunk is still outstanding and
+                # the room has concluded: Success, or a Failed *last* chunk. A
+                # non-last Failed chunk keeps the room (more chunks may follow); a
+                # late chunk for an already-Failed room is skipped at loop top.
+                if self._staging_outstanding.get(room, 0) <= 0 and (
+                    self.check_status(room) == KVPoll.Success
+                    or (
+                        kv_chunk.is_last_chunk
+                        and self.check_status(room) == KVPoll.Failed
+                    )
+                ):
+                    self._staging_outstanding.pop(room, None)
                     self.transfer_infos.pop(room, None)
                     self.req_to_decode_prefix_len.pop(room, None)
                     if self.enable_staging and self._staging_ctx is not None:
@@ -1341,8 +1365,6 @@ class NixlKVManager(CommonKVManager):
                         for k in list(self._staging_ctx.prefetch_requested):
                             if k[0] == room:
                                 self._staging_ctx.prefetch_requested.discard(k)
-                else:
-                    self.update_status(room, KVPoll.Transferring)
             except Exception as e:
                 # Catch all exceptions to prevent silently killing this
                 # worker thread, but still propagate via failure_exception().
@@ -2461,10 +2483,12 @@ class NixlKVManager(CommonKVManager):
         page_start = int(components[6])
         num_pages = int(components[7])
         agent_name = components[8] if len(components) > 8 else ""
-        self._track_kv_arrival(room, chunk_id, is_last_chunk, pp_rank)
+        # Count this notif's own arrival BEFORE _track_kv_arrival, which can
+        # conclude the transfer and record all-ranks Success.
         self._handle_staging_chunk_arrived(
             room, chunk_idx, page_start, num_pages, agent_name
         )
+        self._track_kv_arrival(room, chunk_id, is_last_chunk, pp_rank)
 
     def _handle_aux_notification(self, room: int, components: List[str]):
         """Handle an aux notification and trigger last scatter if staging is complete.
@@ -2567,7 +2591,6 @@ class NixlKVManager(CommonKVManager):
             page_start,
             num_pages,
             agent_name,
-            self._chunk_writer_counts,
         )
 
     def _maybe_submit_last_scatter(self, room: int):
@@ -2587,7 +2610,6 @@ class NixlKVManager(CommonKVManager):
         handler = self._staging_handler
         if handler is not None and handler.is_staging_room(room):
             handler.submit_last_scatter_async(room)
-            self._chunk_writer_counts.pop(room, None)
 
     def check_transfer_done(self, room: int):
         if room not in self.transfer_statuses:
@@ -2762,6 +2784,13 @@ class NixlKVSender(CommonKVSender):
         if self._send_failed:
             return KVPoll.Failed  # type: ignore
         status = self.kv_mgr.check_status(self.bootstrap_room)
+        # Hold Success until all staging chunks transferred: a deferred chunk
+        # can still be pending, and concluding now would drop it.
+        if (
+            status == KVPoll.Success
+            and self.kv_mgr._staging_outstanding.get(self.bootstrap_room, 0) > 0
+        ):
+            return KVPoll.Transferring  # type: ignore
         if (
             status == KVPoll.Success
             and self._transfer_start_time is not None
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/prefill.py b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/prefill.py
index 5642c64ef..02db16862 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/prefill.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/prefill.py
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ import torch
 from sglang.srt.disaggregation.base import KVPoll
 from sglang.srt.disaggregation.base.conn import StateType
 from sglang.srt.disaggregation.common.conn import CommonKVManager
+from sglang.srt.disaggregation.common.staging_buffer import (
+    compute_grid_segments,
+    staging_grid_tokens,
+)
 from sglang.srt.disaggregation.utils import (
     FAKE_BOOTSTRAP_HOST,
     DisaggregationMode,
@@ -334,6 +338,8 @@ class PrefillBootstrapQueue:
         decode_prefix_len = req.disagg_kv_sender.pop_decode_prefix_len()
         num_kv_indices = len(req.origin_input_ids)
         req.start_send_idx = decode_prefix_len
+        # Base of the staging chunk grid (suffix-relative send coordinates).
+        req.disagg_decode_prefix_len = decode_prefix_len
         num_kv_indices_to_send = num_kv_indices - decode_prefix_len
         num_pages = kv_to_page_num(
             num_kv_indices_to_send,
@@ -1075,16 +1081,26 @@ class SchedulerDisaggregationPrefillMixin:
                 running_batch.batch_is_full = False
 
     def maybe_send_cached_prefix_chunk(self: Scheduler, req: Req) -> None:
-        # Only bootstrap-finalized requests; staging excluded.
-        if (
-            not envs.SGLANG_DISAGG_PREFILL_EARLY_SEND_CACHED_PREFIX.get()
-            or self.enable_staging
-            or req.pending_bootstrap
-        ):
+        if not envs.SGLANG_DISAGG_PREFILL_EARLY_SEND_CACHED_PREFIX.get():
+            return
+
+        # Staging sends into positional grid slots, so the early-send boundary
+        # must stay stable across the request's batches: snapshot the at-rest
+        # prefix on the first batch. Non-staging reads the live prefix.
+        if self.enable_staging and req.early_send_prefix_end is None:
+            req.early_send_prefix_end = max(
+                0, len(req.prefix_indices) - req.host_hit_length
+            )
+
+        if req.pending_bootstrap:
             return
 
         # Device-resident prefix only; page-aligned so start_send_idx stays exact.
-        cached_end = len(req.prefix_indices) - req.host_hit_length
+        cached_end = (
+            req.early_send_prefix_end
+            if self.enable_staging
+            else len(req.prefix_indices) - req.host_hit_length
+        )
         if cached_end <= req.start_send_idx:
             return
         if cached_end % self.token_to_kv_pool_allocator.page_size != 0:
@@ -1124,6 +1140,15 @@ class SchedulerDisaggregationPrefillMixin:
         if not last_chunk:
             # if not the last chunk and the last page is partial, delay the last partial page to the next send
             end_idx = end_idx - end_idx % page_size
+            if self.enable_staging:
+                # Staging identifies chunks positionally against a uniform
+                # prefetched grid, so non-last sends must end on a grid
+                # boundary; the remainder rides with the next send.
+                grid_tokens = staging_grid_tokens(
+                    self.server_args.chunked_prefill_size, page_size
+                )
+                base = req.disagg_decode_prefix_len
+                end_idx = base + ((end_idx - base) // grid_tokens) * grid_tokens
 
         if end_idx < start_idx:
             logger.debug(
@@ -1238,17 +1263,35 @@ class SchedulerDisaggregationPrefillMixin:
                 payloads[st]() if st in payloads else None for st in state_types
             ]
 
-        kv_indices = self.req_to_token_pool.req_to_token[
-            req.req_pool_idx, start_idx:end_idx
-        ]
-        page_indices = kv_to_page_indices(kv_indices, page_size)
-        if not req.disagg_kv_sender.should_send_kv_chunk(len(page_indices), last_chunk):
-            return
-        req.disagg_kv_sender.send(
-            page_indices,
-            state_indices,
-            num_kv_tokens=end_idx - start_idx,
-        )
+        if self.enable_staging:
+            # One sender.send per grid slot; the sender's cumulative page
+            # counter marks only the final sub-send of the final chunk as
+            # is_last, routing aux/state correctly.
+            segments = compute_grid_segments(
+                start_idx,
+                end_idx,
+                req.disagg_decode_prefix_len,
+                staging_grid_tokens(self.server_args.chunked_prefill_size, page_size),
+            )
+        else:
+            segments = [(start_idx, end_idx)]
+
+        for seg_start, seg_end in segments:
+            is_final_segment = seg_end == end_idx
+            kv_indices = self.req_to_token_pool.req_to_token[
+                req.req_pool_idx, seg_start:seg_end
+            ]
+            page_indices = kv_to_page_indices(kv_indices, page_size)
+            segment_is_last = last_chunk and is_final_segment
+            if not req.disagg_kv_sender.should_send_kv_chunk(
+                len(page_indices), segment_is_last
+            ):
+                continue
+            req.disagg_kv_sender.send(
+                page_indices,
+                state_indices if segment_is_last else None,
+                num_kv_tokens=seg_end - seg_start,
+            )
         req.start_send_idx = end_idx
 
     def optimistic_release_and_requeue(self: Scheduler, req: Req) -> None:
@@ -1260,6 +1303,8 @@ class SchedulerDisaggregationPrefillMixin:
         req.output_ids = array("q")
         req.start_send_idx = 0
         req.tmp_end_idx = -1
+        req.disagg_decode_prefix_len = 0
+        req.early_send_prefix_end = None
         req.hidden_states_tensor = None
         req.output_dsa_topk_indices = None
         req.pending_bootstrap = True
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/utils.py b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/utils.py
index 237f293ec..e6f35fac7 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/utils.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/disaggregation/utils.py
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ def poll_and_all_reduce_with_staging(
     receivers = [dr.kv_receiver for dr in decode_reqs]
     raw_polls = _poll_with_failure_injection(receivers)
     for i, decode_req in enumerate(decode_reqs):
+        if decode_req.kv_receiver.require_staging and staging_handler.is_failed(
+            decode_req
+        ):
+            # Staging completion timed out; KVPoll.Failed == 0 propagates
+            # through the MIN all_reduce.
+            raw_polls[i] = int(KVPoll.Failed)
+            continue
         if raw_polls[i] == int(KVPoll.Success):
             if decode_req.kv_receiver.require_staging and not staging_handler.is_done(
                 decode_req
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_batch.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_batch.py
index 7ceeabf77..15e9f8805 100755
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_batch.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/schedule_batch.py
@@ -1149,6 +1149,12 @@ class Req(ReqDllmMixin):
         # This is because kv is not ready in `process_prefill_chunk`.
         # We use `tmp_end_idx` to store the end index of the kv cache to send.
         self.tmp_end_idx: int = -1
+        # Decode-side cached-prefix length; base of the staging chunk grid
+        # (start_send_idx starts here but advances with every send).
+        self.disagg_decode_prefix_len: int = 0
+        # At-rest device-resident prefix end, snapshotted on the request's
+        # first prefill batch; the cached-prefix early-send never goes past it.
+        self.early_send_prefix_end: Optional[int] = None
         self.metadata_buffer_index: int = -1
         # Used in overlap sequence to signal that an optimistic request should
         # abort chunking. Set in create_sender, consumed in process_batch_result.
diff --git a/test/registered/disaggregation/test_disaggregation_different_tp.py b/test/registered/disaggregation/test_disaggregation_different_tp.py
index a1972895d..2849c3c50 100644
--- a/test/registered/disaggregation/test_disaggregation_different_tp.py
+++ b/test/registered/disaggregation/test_disaggregation_different_tp.py
@@ -595,5 +595,104 @@ class TestDisaggregationGDNHybridHeteroTP(PDDisaggregationServerBase):
         self.assertGreater(metrics["score"], 0.60)
 
 
+class TestDisaggregationStagingRadixPrefillLargerTP(PDDisaggregationServerBase):
+    """Prefill TP=4 -> Decode TP=2, staging + radix cache on both sides.
+
+    The gsm8k few-shot preamble is a prefix shared by every request. With a
+    small chunked-prefill-size it spans several staging grid slots, so a
+    prefill radix hit bundles a multi-slot prefix into the first send and the
+    decode side reuses its own cached prefix -- the exact grid-split and
+    decode-prefix scatter-offset paths that a default (single-slot) prefix
+    never reaches. Unpatched, this configuration corrupts KV or wedges; the
+    gsm8k score guards against both.
+    """
+
+    # Small enough that the shared gsm8k few-shot prefix (~900 tokens) spans
+    # several staging grid slots, so a radix hit exercises the grid-split path.
+    CHUNKED_PREFILL_SIZE = "256"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        envs.SGLANG_ENABLE_JIT_DEEPGEMM.set(False)
+
+        cls.model = try_cached_model(DEFAULT_MODEL_NAME_FOR_TEST)
+
+        cls.start_prefill()
+        cls.start_decode()
+
+        cls.wait_server_ready(cls.prefill_url + "/health", process=cls.process_prefill)
+        cls.wait_server_ready(cls.decode_url + "/health", process=cls.process_decode)
+
+        cls.launch_lb()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def start_prefill(cls):
+        prefill_args = [
+            "--trust-remote-code",
+            "--disaggregation-mode",
+            "prefill",
+            "--disaggregation-bootstrap-port",
+            cls.bootstrap_port,
+            "--tp",
+            "4",
+            "--chunked-prefill-size",
+            cls.CHUNKED_PREFILL_SIZE,
+            "--enable-metrics",
+            "--enable-request-time-stats-logging",
+        ]
+        prefill_args += cls.transfer_backend + cls.rdma_devices
+        env = {**os.environ, **STAGING_ENV}
+        cls.process_prefill = popen_launch_pd_server(
+            cls.model,
+            cls.prefill_url,
+            timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_FOR_SERVER_LAUNCH,
+            other_args=prefill_args,
+            env=env,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def start_decode(cls):
+        decode_args = [
+            "--trust-remote-code",
+            "--disaggregation-mode",
+            "decode",
+            "--disaggregation-bootstrap-port",
+            cls.bootstrap_port,
+            "--tp",
+            "2",
+            "--base-gpu-id",
+            "4",
+            "--chunked-prefill-size",
+            cls.CHUNKED_PREFILL_SIZE,
+            "--disaggregation-decode-enable-radix-cache",
+            "--enable-metrics",
+            "--enable-request-time-stats-logging",
+        ]
+        decode_args += cls.transfer_backend + cls.rdma_devices
+        env = {**os.environ, **STAGING_ENV}
+        cls.process_decode = popen_launch_pd_server(
+            cls.model,
+            cls.decode_url,
+            timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_FOR_SERVER_LAUNCH,
+            other_args=decode_args,
+            env=env,
+        )
+
+    def test_gsm8k(self):
+        args = SimpleNamespace(
+            base_url=self.base_url,
+            model=self.model,
+            eval_name="gsm8k",
+            api="completion",
+            max_tokens=512,
+            num_examples=200,
+            num_threads=128,
+        )
+        metrics = run_eval(args)
+        print(f"[Staging Radix PrefillLargerTP] Evaluation metrics: {metrics}")
+        self.assertGreater(metrics["score"], 0.60)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/disaggregation/test_nixl_backend_basic.py b/test/registered/unit/disaggregation/test_nixl_backend_basic.py
index 61c8d2f5c..763842ea2 100644
--- a/test/registered/unit/disaggregation/test_nixl_backend_basic.py
+++ b/test/registered/unit/disaggregation/test_nixl_backend_basic.py
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ class TestNixlTransferWorker(CustomTestCase):
         mgr.req_to_decode_prefix_len = {room: 4}
         mgr.enable_staging = False
         mgr._staging_ctx = None
+        mgr._staging_outstanding = defaultdict(int)
         mgr.is_mla_backend = False
         mgr.is_hybrid_mla_backend = False
         mgr.attn_tp_size = 1