From 4a9dc5c4af9631b658c6f9d61129f5d2ac32e500 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kan Wu <wukanustc@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:49:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [sgl-router] refactor - move policy-required states under
 src/state (#40272)

Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../sgl-router/benches/tree_lookup.rs         |   2 +-
 experimental/sgl-router/src/config/cli.rs     |  14 +-
 experimental/sgl-router/src/config/mod.rs     |   2 +-
 experimental/sgl-router/src/config/types.rs   |   6 +-
 experimental/sgl-router/src/discovery/k8s.rs  |   2 +-
 experimental/sgl-router/src/lib.rs            |   1 +
 experimental/sgl-router/src/main.rs           |  33 +--
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/admission.rs      |  96 +++++---
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/decode.rs         |  10 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/factory.rs        |   6 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/load_based.rs     |  31 +--
 experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/mod.rs   |  23 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/power_of_two.rs   |  22 +-
 .../src/policies/prefix_provider.rs           |   2 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/registry.rs       |  13 +-
 .../src/policies/scoring/admission.rs         |   4 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/argmax.rs |   7 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/mod.rs    |  12 +-
 .../src/policies/scoring/prefix_cache.rs      |   6 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/selection.rs      |  26 ++-
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/session_aware.rs  | 101 ++------
 .../sgl-router/src/policies/sticky.rs         | 218 ++++++------------
 experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/mod.rs      |   2 +-
 experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/sse.rs      |   2 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/server/app_context.rs      |  36 +--
 .../sgl-router/src/server/inflight.rs         |   2 +-
 experimental/sgl-router/src/server/metrics.rs |  31 +--
 .../sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat.rs      |  10 +-
 .../src/server/routes/chat/forward.rs         |   8 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/server/routes/metrics.rs   |  10 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/server/routes/tokenize.rs  |   2 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/state/affinity_store.rs    | 195 ++++++++++++++++
 .../kv_events/block_size_oracle.rs            |   2 +-
 .../kv_events/discovery.rs                    |   0
 .../src/{policies => state}/kv_events/hash.rs |   0
 .../{policies => state}/kv_events/index.rs    |  57 ++---
 .../src/{policies => state}/kv_events/mod.rs  |   0
 .../kv_events/subscriber.rs                   |   6 +-
 .../{policies => state}/kv_events/tally.rs    |   0
 .../src/{policies => state}/kv_events/tree.rs |   0
 .../src/{policies => state}/kv_events/wire.rs |   0
 .../load_monitor/engine_reported_load.rs}     |  68 +++---
 .../sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/mod.rs  |   7 +
 .../load_monitor/router_inflight_load.rs}     |  70 +++---
 experimental/sgl-router/src/state/mod.rs      |  12 +
 experimental/sgl-router/src/tokenizer/mod.rs  |   2 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/workers/introspect.rs      |   4 +-
 .../sgl-router/src/workers/manager.rs         |  40 ++--
 .../sgl-router/src/workers/registry.rs        |   4 +-
 experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/worker.rs |  24 +-
 .../tests/component/discovery/static_urls.rs  |   5 +-
 .../policies/cache_prefix_provider.rs         |   4 +-
 .../tests/component/policies/decode.rs        |  10 +-
 .../tests/component/policies/fused_score.rs   |  20 +-
 .../policies/kv_events_hash_parity.rs         |   2 +-
 .../policies/kv_events_tree_concurrent.rs     |   4 +-
 .../policies/kv_events_two_subscribers.rs     |   4 +-
 .../tests/component/policies/zmq_helpers.rs   |   2 +-
 .../component/tokenizer/render_parity.rs      |   4 +-
 .../component/workers/concurrent_state.rs     |   6 +-
 .../tests/component/workers/manager.rs        |   2 +-
 .../sgl-router/tests/proxy/bucket_routing.rs  |  10 +-
 .../tests/proxy/cache_aware_input_ids.rs      |   2 +-
 .../sgl-router/tests/proxy/chat_routing.rs    |  66 +++---
 .../tests/proxy/common/cache_aware_fixture.rs |   6 +-
 .../tests/proxy/external_indexer_routing.rs   |   2 +-
 .../sgl-router/tests/proxy/failover.rs        |   2 +-
 .../tests/proxy/graceful_shutdown.rs          |   8 +-
 .../tests/proxy/header_forwarding.rs          |   4 +-
 .../tests/proxy/pd_bootstrap_injection.rs     |   6 +-
 .../tests/proxy/pd_pool_isolation.rs          |   4 +-
 .../tests/proxy/pd_protocol_binding.rs        |   4 +-
 .../tests/proxy/radix_tree_routing.rs         |   4 +-
 .../tests/proxy/roundrobin_input_ids.rs       |   4 +-
 .../tests/proxy/shared_prefill_admission.rs   |  14 +-
 .../tests/proxy/sticky_input_ids.rs           |   4 +-
 .../sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_routing.rs  |   4 +-
 .../sgl-router/tests/proxy/timeout.rs         |   4 +-
 78 files changed, 787 insertions(+), 655 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 experimental/sgl-router/src/state/affinity_store.rs
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/block_size_oracle.rs (98%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/discovery.rs (100%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/hash.rs (100%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/index.rs (96%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/mod.rs (100%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/subscriber.rs (99%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/tally.rs (100%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/tree.rs (100%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies => state}/kv_events/wire.rs (100%)
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies/engine_load.rs => state/load_monitor/engine_reported_load.rs} (94%)
 create mode 100644 experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/mod.rs
 rename experimental/sgl-router/src/{policies/active_load.rs => state/load_monitor/router_inflight_load.rs} (94%)
 create mode 100644 experimental/sgl-router/src/state/mod.rs

diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/benches/tree_lookup.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/benches/tree_lookup.rs
index 35f7b1159..dddcd486b 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/benches/tree_lookup.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/benches/tree_lookup.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use std::thread;
 use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion, Throughput};
 use rand::rngs::StdRng;
 use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::tree::{HashTree, KvWorkerId};
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::tree::{HashTree, KvWorkerId};
 
 fn build_tree(num_workers: usize, blocks_per_worker: usize, seed: u64) -> HashTree {
     let tree = HashTree::new();
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/cli.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/cli.rs
index 581072783..30d5c34cf 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/cli.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/cli.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ use std::num::NonZeroU32;
 use crate::config::sampling::{parse_sampling_overrides, ConflictPolicy};
 use crate::config::{
     default_cb_cool_down, default_host, default_port, default_proxy_request_timeout_secs,
-    default_shutdown_drain_secs, default_stale_request_timeout_secs, resolve_mode,
-    ActiveLoadConfig, AffinityConfig, AffinityMode, CacheAwareConfig, CachePrefixProvider,
-    CircuitBreakerConfig, Config, DecodePolicyKind, DiscoveryBackend, EligibilityConfig,
-    FilterKind, FusedTerm, K8sDiscoveryConfig, KvIndexerEndpointConfig, LogFormat, ModelConfig,
+    default_shutdown_drain_secs, default_stale_request_timeout_secs, resolve_mode, AffinityConfig,
+    AffinityMode, CacheAwareConfig, CachePrefixProvider, CircuitBreakerConfig, Config,
+    DecodePolicyKind, DiscoveryBackend, EligibilityConfig, FilterKind, FusedTerm,
+    InflightLoadConfig, K8sDiscoveryConfig, KvIndexerEndpointConfig, LogFormat, ModelConfig,
     ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind, ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, SessionAffinityMode,
     StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig, StickyConfig, StickyFallbackKind, DEFAULT_FUSE,
 };
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ impl Cli {
             proxy: ProxyConfig {
                 request_timeout_secs: self.server.request_timeout_secs,
             },
-            active_load: ActiveLoadConfig {
+            router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig {
                 stale_request_timeout_secs: self.server.stale_request_timeout_secs,
             },
         };
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(c.model.policy, PolicyKind::RoundRobin);
         assert_eq!(c.model.id, "qwen3-0.6b");
         assert_eq!(c.proxy.request_timeout_secs, 300);
-        assert_eq!(c.active_load.stale_request_timeout_secs, 600);
+        assert_eq!(c.router_inflight_load.stale_request_timeout_secs, 600);
         assert_eq!(c.server.shutdown_drain_secs, 30);
     }
 
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ mod tests {
         ]))
         .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(c.proxy.request_timeout_secs, 120);
-        assert_eq!(c.active_load.stale_request_timeout_secs, 240);
+        assert_eq!(c.router_inflight_load.stale_request_timeout_secs, 240);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/mod.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/mod.rs
index f5b84fd62..f086f4607 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ mod tests {
                 urls: urls.iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect(),
             }),
             proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-            active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+            router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/types.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/types.rs
index ed704ec28..58bae48da 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/types.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/config/types.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Discovery mode resolved from CLI options; static URLs are checked by [`Config::validate`].
     pub discovery: DiscoveryBackend,
     pub proxy: ProxyConfig,
-    pub active_load: ActiveLoadConfig,
+    pub router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig,
 }
 
 /// Outbound request timeout settings.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl Default for ProxyConfig {
 
 /// Request-tracking timeout; defaults above the proxy timeout.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub struct ActiveLoadConfig {
+pub struct InflightLoadConfig {
     /// Maximum request-entry lifetime before cancellation with 504 `stale_request_expired`.
     pub stale_request_timeout_secs: u64,
 }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn default_stale_request_timeout_secs() -> u64 {
     600
 }
 
-impl Default for ActiveLoadConfig {
+impl Default for InflightLoadConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             stale_request_timeout_secs: default_stale_request_timeout_secs(),
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/discovery/k8s.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/discovery/k8s.rs
index e0230fc74..ec9598b22 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/discovery/k8s.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/discovery/k8s.rs
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     /// Pod is replaced (same IP, different UID) — router must see this as
-    /// a Removed+Added cycle so the new pod gets fresh CB/active_load
+    /// a Removed+Added cycle so the new pod gets fresh CB/router_inflight_load
     /// state. Without UID-keyed WorkerIds, two consecutive
     /// `process_events` snapshots would dedup by `addr:port` and the
     /// new pod would inherit the dead pod's state.
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/lib.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/lib.rs
index 469e1fddc..bb7a1252e 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/lib.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ pub mod health;
 pub mod policies;
 pub mod proxy;
 pub mod server;
+pub mod state;
 pub mod tokenizer;
 pub mod workers;
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/main.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/main.rs
index 71e6ecdab..dd2c132e9 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/main.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/main.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@ use sgl_router::{
     config::{CachePrefixProvider, Cli, Config, KvIndexerEndpointConfig, LogFormat, PolicyKind},
     discovery::spawn_discovery,
     policies::{
-        active_load::{spawn_janitor, ActiveLoadRegistry, JanitorHandle, SystemTimeClock},
-        factory::build_registry as build_policy_registry,
-        kv_events::{BlockSizeOracle, KvEventIndex},
-        prefix_provider::RadixTreePrefixProvider,
+        factory::build_registry as build_policy_registry, prefix_provider::RadixTreePrefixProvider,
         PolicyRegistry,
     },
     proxy::Proxy,
     server::{app::build_router, app_context::AppContext, shutdown::drain_for_termination},
+    state::{
+        kv_events::{BlockSizeOracle, KvEventIndex},
+        load_monitor::router_inflight_load::{
+            spawn_janitor, JanitorHandle, RouterInflightLoadRegistry, SystemTimeClock,
+        },
+    },
     tokenizer::TokenizerRegistry,
     workers::{manager, WorkerRegistry},
 };
@@ -228,10 +231,14 @@ fn start_engine_state_monitor(use_external_indexer: bool) -> Arc<KvEventIndex> {
     }
 }
 
-fn start_local_inflight_tracker(config: &Config) -> (Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>, JanitorHandle) {
-    let timeout_secs = config.active_load.stale_request_timeout_secs;
-    let local_inflight_requests =
-        ActiveLoadRegistry::new(Arc::new(SystemTimeClock), Duration::from_secs(timeout_secs));
+fn start_local_inflight_tracker(
+    config: &Config,
+) -> (Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>, JanitorHandle) {
+    let timeout_secs = config.router_inflight_load.stale_request_timeout_secs;
+    let local_inflight_requests = RouterInflightLoadRegistry::new(
+        Arc::new(SystemTimeClock),
+        Duration::from_secs(timeout_secs),
+    );
     // Reap stale requests at one tenth of their timeout, bounded to 1–60 seconds.
     let sweep_interval = Duration::from_secs((timeout_secs / 10).clamp(1, 60));
     let inflight_cleanup = spawn_janitor(Arc::clone(&local_inflight_requests), sweep_interval);
@@ -242,7 +249,7 @@ async fn start_worker_discovery_and_manager(
     config: &Config,
     worker_registry: &Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
     engine_state: &Arc<KvEventIndex>,
-    local_inflight_requests: &Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>,
+    local_inflight_requests: &Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>,
 ) -> Result<(JoinHandle<()>, JoinHandle<()>)> {
     let (worker_events, discovery_handle) =
         spawn_discovery(config).await.context("spawn discovery")?;
@@ -262,7 +269,7 @@ fn build_app_context(
     tokenizers: Arc<TokenizerRegistry>,
     worker_registry: Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
     routing_policies: Arc<PolicyRegistry>,
-    local_inflight_requests: Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>,
+    local_inflight_requests: Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>,
     engine_state: &KvEventIndex,
     external_kv_indexer_client: Option<Arc<dyn PrefixIndex>>,
 ) -> Result<Arc<AppContext>> {
@@ -272,7 +279,7 @@ fn build_app_context(
             .context("build proxy client")?,
     );
 
-    let mut app_context = AppContext::with_active_load(
+    let mut app_context = AppContext::with_router_inflight_load(
         config.clone(),
         tokenizers,
         proxy,
@@ -289,7 +296,7 @@ fn build_app_context(
             .is_some_and(|cache| cache.prefix_provider == CachePrefixProvider::RadixTree))
     .then(|| RadixTreePrefixProvider::new(engine_state.tree(), Arc::clone(&block_size_oracle)));
     app_context.block_size_oracle = block_size_oracle;
-    app_context.engine_load = engine_state.engine_load();
+    app_context.engine_reported_load = engine_state.engine_reported_load();
     app_context.kv_metrics = engine_state.metrics_source();
     Ok(Arc::new(app_context))
 }
@@ -350,7 +357,7 @@ async fn report_drain_progress(
             tracing::$level!(
                 elapsed_secs = $elapsed,
                 inflight_http = app_context.inflight_http.count(),
-                inflight_proxied = app_context.active_load.inflight_count(),
+                inflight_proxied = app_context.router_inflight_load.inflight_count(),
                 "still draining in-flight requests; this phase is unbounded and ends at \
                  SIGKILL when terminationGracePeriodSeconds expires",
             )
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/admission.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/admission.rs
index 75dce9554..6807cdd2e 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/admission.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/admission.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //! Router-local load.
 //!
 //! The optional queue gate (`--worker-queue-limit`) is the one criterion here
-//! that reads [`EngineWorkerLoad::num_waiting_reqs`] rather than the native
+//! that reads [`EngineReportedWorkerLoad::num_waiting_reqs`] rather than the native
 //! monitor fields: a worker already making requests wait cannot win on cache
 //! affinity. It fails open on a missing sample — see [`queue_gate_admits`].
 //! The optional saturation floor (`--saturation-queue-floor`) cancels a
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 //! fleet reads below the floor, the request pins to the least-pressured
 //! prefix owner instead of cold-prefilling on a non-owner.
 
-use crate::policies::engine_load::{EngineLoadSnapshot, EngineWorkerLoad, NativeCacheWorkerLoad};
 use crate::policies::power_of_two::select_k_with_snapshot;
 use crate::policies::{CacheCandidate, CacheCandidateProposal, GuardHints, SelectionProposal};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{
+    EngineReportedLoadSnapshot, EngineReportedSchedulingLoad, EngineReportedWorkerLoad,
+};
 use crate::workers::Worker;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -173,13 +175,13 @@ pub struct CacheCandidateResolution {
 /// The queue gate, in one place. Both subtle decisions live here: the
 /// boundary is `<` (a worker AT the limit is already making this request
 /// wait), and an unknown queue ADMITS. The gate reads
-/// [`EngineWorkerLoad::num_waiting_reqs`] because that is what the request
+/// [`EngineReportedWorkerLoad::num_waiting_reqs`] because that is what the request
 /// cares about, and the router-side in-flight counter cannot separate a
 /// running request from a waiting one — so there is no honest substitute,
 /// and the gate fails open rather than comparing the limit against a
 /// different quantity.
 pub(crate) fn queue_gate_admits(
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
     worker: &Worker,
     limit: Option<u64>,
 ) -> bool {
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ pub(crate) fn queue_gate_admits(
 /// an empty fleet, or a single worker with no fresh sample all make this
 /// false — an unknown queue is not a proven full one.
 pub(crate) fn fleet_is_all_queued(
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
     fleet: &[Arc<Worker>],
     limit: Option<u64>,
 ) -> bool {
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ pub(crate) fn fleet_is_all_queued(
 pub fn resolve_cache_candidates(
     proposal: &CacheCandidateProposal,
     request_input_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
     fleet: &[Arc<Worker>],
 ) -> CacheCandidateResolution {
     let queue_limit = proposal.worker_queue_limit;
@@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ pub fn resolve_prefill(
     range: &CandidateRange<'_>,
     proposal: &SelectionProposal,
     request_input_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
     queue_limit: Option<u64>,
     min_load_choices: usize,
 ) -> Option<FinalDecision> {
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@ pub fn resolve_prefill_admitted(
     range: &CandidateRange<'_>,
     proposal: &SelectionProposal,
     request_input_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
     queue_limit: Option<u64>,
 ) -> Option<FinalDecision> {
     if !contains_worker(range, &proposal.primary) {
@@ -492,7 +494,7 @@ pub fn resolve_decode(
     domain: &CandidateDomain,
     proposal: &SelectionProposal,
     request_kv_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
 ) -> Option<FinalDecision> {
     if domain.stage != RoutingStage::Decode || !contains_domain_worker(domain, &proposal.primary) {
         return None;
@@ -548,7 +550,7 @@ fn is_proposal_worker_eligible(proposal: &SelectionProposal, candidate: &Arc<Wor
 
 /// Applies snapshot-backed capacity admission when native monitor data is complete.
 /// Workers without monitor data remain eligible and use Router-local ordering.
-fn has_kv_capacity(load: Option<&NativeCacheWorkerLoad>, requested_tokens: u64) -> bool {
+fn has_kv_capacity(load: Option<&EngineReportedSchedulingLoad>, requested_tokens: u64) -> bool {
     let Some(load) = load else {
         return true;
     };
@@ -560,7 +562,7 @@ fn is_prefill_admitted(
     range: &CandidateRange<'_>,
     worker: &Arc<Worker>,
     request_input_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
 ) -> bool {
     let load = snapshot.fresh_native_cache_load_for_url(&worker.url);
     has_kv_capacity(load, request_input_tokens)
@@ -576,7 +578,7 @@ fn is_prefill_admitted(
 fn is_decode_admitted(
     worker: &Arc<Worker>,
     request_kv_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
 ) -> bool {
     has_kv_capacity(
         snapshot.fresh_native_cache_load_for_url(&worker.url),
@@ -692,8 +694,8 @@ fn materially_more_pressured(
 /// External values are compared only when every candidate is present. Mixed
 /// candidate sets use Router-local active load to preserve ordering.
 pub(crate) struct FreshLoadLookup<'a> {
-    by_worker_id: HashMap<String, &'a NativeCacheWorkerLoad>,
-    basic_by_worker_id: HashMap<String, &'a EngineWorkerLoad>,
+    by_worker_id: HashMap<String, &'a EngineReportedSchedulingLoad>,
+    basic_by_worker_id: HashMap<String, &'a EngineReportedWorkerLoad>,
     local_active_by_worker_id: HashMap<String, usize>,
     compare_engine: bool,
     compare_basic_engine: bool,
@@ -701,13 +703,13 @@ pub(crate) struct FreshLoadLookup<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> FreshLoadLookup<'a> {
     pub(crate) fn new<'w>(
-        snapshot: Option<&'a EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+        snapshot: Option<&'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
         workers: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'w Arc<Worker>>,
     ) -> Self {
         let workers: Vec<&Arc<Worker>> = workers.into_iter().collect();
         let local_active_by_worker_id: HashMap<String, usize> = workers
             .iter()
-            .map(|worker| (worker.id.0.clone(), worker.active_load()))
+            .map(|worker| (worker.id.0.clone(), worker.router_inflight_load()))
             .collect();
         let by_worker_id = snapshot
             .into_iter()
@@ -745,14 +747,14 @@ impl<'a> FreshLoadLookup<'a> {
     pub(crate) fn get(
         &self,
         worker_id: &crate::discovery::WorkerId,
-    ) -> Option<&'a NativeCacheWorkerLoad> {
+    ) -> Option<&'a EngineReportedSchedulingLoad> {
         self.by_worker_id.get(worker_id.0.as_str()).copied()
     }
 
     fn comparable_get(
         &self,
         worker_id: &crate::discovery::WorkerId,
-    ) -> Option<&'a NativeCacheWorkerLoad> {
+    ) -> Option<&'a EngineReportedSchedulingLoad> {
         self.compare_engine.then(|| self.get(worker_id)).flatten()
     }
 
@@ -853,7 +855,7 @@ impl<'a> FreshLoadLookup<'a> {
 }
 
 struct PressureKey<'a> {
-    load: Option<&'a NativeCacheWorkerLoad>,
+    load: Option<&'a EngineReportedSchedulingLoad>,
     local_active: usize,
 }
 
@@ -861,7 +863,7 @@ fn range_fallback(
     range: &CandidateRange<'_>,
     legal: &[Arc<Worker>],
     request_input_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
     queue_limit: Option<u64>,
 ) -> Option<(Arc<Worker>, DecisionReason)> {
     let admitted = legal
@@ -922,7 +924,7 @@ fn legal_prefill_candidates(
 fn decode_domain_fallback(
     domain: &CandidateDomain,
     request_kv_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
 ) -> Option<(Arc<Worker>, DecisionReason)> {
     let admitted = domain
         .workers
@@ -940,7 +942,7 @@ fn decode_domain_fallback(
 pub(crate) fn compare_prefill_pressure(
     left: &Arc<Worker>,
     right: &Arc<Worker>,
-    snapshot: Option<&EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    snapshot: Option<&EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
 ) -> Ordering {
     match snapshot.and_then(|snapshot| {
         Some((
@@ -948,13 +950,19 @@ pub(crate) fn compare_prefill_pressure(
             snapshot.fresh_native_cache_load_for_url(&right.url)?,
         ))
     }) {
-        Some((left_load, right_load)) => compare_prefill_load(left_load, right_load)
-            .then_with(|| left.active_load().cmp(&right.active_load())),
-        None => left.active_load().cmp(&right.active_load()),
+        Some((left_load, right_load)) => {
+            compare_prefill_load(left_load, right_load).then_with(|| {
+                left.router_inflight_load()
+                    .cmp(&right.router_inflight_load())
+            })
+        }
+        None => left
+            .router_inflight_load()
+            .cmp(&right.router_inflight_load()),
     }
 }
 
-fn prefill_pressure_key(load: &NativeCacheWorkerLoad) -> (u64, u64, u64) {
+fn prefill_pressure_key(load: &EngineReportedSchedulingLoad) -> (u64, u64, u64) {
     (
         load.num_waiting_uncached_tokens,
         load.num_waiting_reqs,
@@ -962,7 +970,10 @@ fn prefill_pressure_key(load: &NativeCacheWorkerLoad) -> (u64, u64, u64) {
     )
 }
 
-fn compare_prefill_load(left: &NativeCacheWorkerLoad, right: &NativeCacheWorkerLoad) -> Ordering {
+fn compare_prefill_load(
+    left: &EngineReportedSchedulingLoad,
+    right: &EngineReportedSchedulingLoad,
+) -> Ordering {
     match (
         left.estimated_prefill_queue_ms,
         right.estimated_prefill_queue_ms,
@@ -978,7 +989,7 @@ fn compare_prefill_load(left: &NativeCacheWorkerLoad, right: &NativeCacheWorkerL
 pub(crate) fn compare_decode_pressure(
     left: &Arc<Worker>,
     right: &Arc<Worker>,
-    snapshot: Option<&EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    snapshot: Option<&EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
 ) -> Ordering {
     match snapshot.and_then(|snapshot| {
         Some((
@@ -986,13 +997,22 @@ pub(crate) fn compare_decode_pressure(
             snapshot.fresh_native_cache_load_for_url(&right.url)?,
         ))
     }) {
-        Some((left_load, right_load)) => compare_decode_load(left_load, right_load)
-            .then_with(|| left.active_load().cmp(&right.active_load())),
-        None => left.active_load().cmp(&right.active_load()),
+        Some((left_load, right_load)) => {
+            compare_decode_load(left_load, right_load).then_with(|| {
+                left.router_inflight_load()
+                    .cmp(&right.router_inflight_load())
+            })
+        }
+        None => left
+            .router_inflight_load()
+            .cmp(&right.router_inflight_load()),
     }
 }
 
-fn compare_decode_load(left: &NativeCacheWorkerLoad, right: &NativeCacheWorkerLoad) -> Ordering {
+fn compare_decode_load(
+    left: &EngineReportedSchedulingLoad,
+    right: &EngineReportedSchedulingLoad,
+) -> Ordering {
     let kv_usage = match (left.max_total_num_tokens, right.max_total_num_tokens) {
         (left_cap, right_cap) if left_cap > 0 && right_cap > 0 => u128::from(left.num_used_tokens)
             .saturating_mul(u128::from(right_cap))
@@ -1010,7 +1030,7 @@ fn pressure_guard_prefers_backup(
     primary: &Arc<Worker>,
     backup: &Arc<Worker>,
     hints: &GuardHints,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
 ) -> bool {
     if !hints.enable_pressure_guard {
         return false;
@@ -1059,15 +1079,15 @@ mod tests {
         }))
     }
 
-    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64, u64, u64)]) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-        EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64, u64, u64)]) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
             7,
             entries
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(worker, running, waiting, used, capacity)| {
                     (
                         worker.url.clone(),
-                        NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                             num_running_reqs: *running,
                             num_waiting_reqs: *waiting,
                             num_waiting_uncached_tokens: *waiting,
@@ -1693,7 +1713,7 @@ mod tests {
         ];
         let proposal = SelectionProposal::primary(Arc::clone(&primary));
         let load = |waiting: u64, waiting_uncached: u64, total: u64, max_total: u64| {
-            NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+            EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                 num_running_reqs: 0,
                 num_waiting_reqs: waiting,
                 num_waiting_uncached_tokens: waiting_uncached,
@@ -1710,7 +1730,7 @@ mod tests {
         // waits 5 (over the limit) behind 1 uncached token, busy_unqueued
         // waits 3 (under the limit) behind 1000 uncached tokens. The primary
         // is KV-full, so it is not admitted at all.
-        let loads = EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+        let loads = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
             7,
             [
                 (primary.url.clone(), load(0, 0, 10_000, 10_000)),
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/decode.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/decode.rs
index cbfe5dc77..2edb82877 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/decode.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/decode.rs
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ use crate::policies::admission::{
     compare_decode_pressure, resolve_decode, CandidateDomain, DecisionReason, FinalDecision,
     RoutingStage,
 };
-use crate::policies::engine_load::EngineLoadSnapshot;
 use crate::policies::registry::select_decode_with_affinity;
 use crate::policies::{ProposalKind, SelectionProposal};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::EngineReportedLoadSnapshot;
 use rand::Rng;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct DecodeSelectionContext<'a> {
-    load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
     prefill_url: Option<&'a str>,
 }
 
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ impl<'a> DecodeSelectionContext<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Engine load snapshot captured at request ingress.
-    pub fn with_load_snapshot(mut self, load_snapshot: &'a EngineLoadSnapshot) -> Self {
+    pub fn with_load_snapshot(mut self, load_snapshot: &'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot) -> Self {
         self.load_snapshot = Some(load_snapshot);
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn load_snapshot(&self) -> Option<&EngineLoadSnapshot> {
+    pub fn load_snapshot(&self) -> Option<&EngineReportedLoadSnapshot> {
         self.load_snapshot
     }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub fn resolve_decode_with_capacity_fallback(
     domain: &CandidateDomain,
     proposal: &SelectionProposal,
     request_kv_tokens: u64,
-    snapshot: &EngineLoadSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &EngineReportedLoadSnapshot,
 ) -> Option<FinalDecision> {
     if let Some(decision) = resolve_decode(domain, proposal, request_kv_tokens, snapshot) {
         return Some(decision);
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/factory.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/factory.rs
index 132755cb9..82a69604e 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/factory.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/factory.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use crate::config::{
 use crate::discovery::ModelId;
 use crate::policies::{
     cache_aware::CacheAwarePolicy,
-    kv_events::{BlockSizeOracle, HashTree},
     load_based::LoadBasedPolicy,
     power_of_two::PowerOfTwoChoicesPolicy,
     random::RandomPolicy,
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ use crate::policies::{
     sticky::StickyPolicy,
     Policy, PolicyRegistry,
 };
+use crate::state::kv_events::{BlockSizeOracle, HashTree};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ pub fn build_registry_with_defaults(cfg: &Config) -> Result<PolicyRegistry> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::config::{
-        ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ProxyConfig, ServerConfig,
+        Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ProxyConfig, ServerConfig,
         StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
     };
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ mod tests {
                 urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
             }),
             proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-            active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+            router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/load_based.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/load_based.rs
index 2a6b70578..c26fd81e6 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/load_based.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/load_based.rs
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ impl ScoringPolicy for LoadBasedPolicy {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
-    use crate::policies::engine_load::{EngineLoadSnapshot, EngineWorkerLoad};
     use crate::policies::scoring::argmax::TIE_EPSILON;
     use crate::policies::Policy;
+    use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot, EngineReportedWorkerLoad,
+    };
     use std::collections::HashMap;
     use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -94,7 +96,10 @@ mod tests {
                 let ok = (scores[i] > scores[j] + TIE_EPSILON, scores[i].is_nan());
                 assert_eq!(ok, (loads[i] < loads[j], false), "{spec} scored {scores:?}");
             }
-            let got = p.select(&ws, &ctx).expect("non-empty").active_load();
+            let got = p
+                .select(&ws, &ctx)
+                .expect("non-empty")
+                .router_inflight_load();
             assert_eq!(got, *loads.iter().min().expect("non-empty"), "{spec}");
         }
     }
@@ -107,12 +112,12 @@ mod tests {
         // After the request snapshot, local counters say w0 is lighter.
         // The policy must still preserve the frozen Engine Load ordering.
         let _after_snapshot: Vec<_> = (0..10).map(|_| w1.load_guard()).collect();
-        let snapshot = EngineLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
+        let snapshot = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
             23,
             HashMap::from([
                 (
                     w0.url.clone(),
-                    EngineWorkerLoad {
+                    EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                         num_running_reqs: 50,
                         num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                         num_tokens: 0,
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ),
                 (
                     w1.url.clone(),
-                    EngineWorkerLoad {
+                    EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                         num_running_reqs: 1,
                         num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                         num_tokens: 0,
@@ -148,12 +153,12 @@ mod tests {
         let w0 = worker("w0");
         let w1 = worker("w1");
         let captured_at = Instant::now();
-        let snapshot = EngineLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
+        let snapshot = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
             37,
             HashMap::from([
                 (
                     w0.url.clone(),
-                    EngineWorkerLoad {
+                    EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                         num_running_reqs: 0,
                         num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                         num_tokens: 0,
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ),
                 (
                     w1.url.clone(),
-                    EngineWorkerLoad {
+                    EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                         num_running_reqs: 1,
                         num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                         num_tokens: 0,
@@ -192,12 +197,12 @@ mod tests {
         let _before_snapshot = [w0.timestamped_load_guard(), w0.timestamped_load_guard()];
         std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(5));
         let captured_at = Instant::now();
-        let snapshot = EngineLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
+        let snapshot = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
             41,
             HashMap::from([
                 (
                     w0.url.clone(),
-                    EngineWorkerLoad {
+                    EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                         num_running_reqs: 0,
                         num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                         num_tokens: 0,
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ),
                 (
                     w1.url.clone(),
-                    EngineWorkerLoad {
+                    EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                         num_running_reqs: 1,
                         num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                         num_tokens: 0,
@@ -233,11 +238,11 @@ mod tests {
         let w0 = worker("w0");
         let w1 = worker("w1");
         let _local_load = [w0.load_guard(), w0.load_guard()];
-        let snapshot = EngineLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
+        let snapshot = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
             43,
             HashMap::from([(
                 w0.url.clone(),
-                EngineWorkerLoad {
+                EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                     num_running_reqs: 0,
                     num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                     num_tokens: 0,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/mod.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/mod.rs
index 35095ee30..a154cb16c 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/mod.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/mod.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 The SGLang Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-pub mod active_load;
 pub mod admission;
 pub mod buckets;
 pub mod cache_aware;
 pub mod decode;
-pub mod engine_load;
 pub mod factory;
-pub mod kv_events;
 pub mod load_based;
 pub mod power_of_two;
 pub mod prefix_provider;
@@ -22,9 +19,9 @@ pub mod sticky;
 
 use crate::discovery::ModelId;
 use crate::policies::buckets::{BucketRequest, BucketSelector};
-use crate::policies::engine_load::EngineLoadSnapshot;
 use crate::policies::scoring::{EligibilityFilter, ScoringPolicy};
 use crate::server::metrics::MetricsRegistry;
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::EngineReportedLoadSnapshot;
 use crate::tokenizer::{adapter, TokenizerRegistry};
 use crate::workers::Worker;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ pub struct SelectionContext<'a> {
     input_tokens: Option<u64>,
     request_tokens: Option<&'a [u32]>,
     external_prefix: Option<&'a ExternalPrefixSignal>,
-    load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
     prefill_cache_bucket: Option<(&'a BucketSelector, BucketRequest)>,
     affinity_lookup_enabled: bool,
     affinity_assignment_enabled: bool,
@@ -254,7 +251,7 @@ impl<'a> SelectionContext<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Attaches the engine load snapshot captured at request ingress.
-    pub fn with_load_snapshot(mut self, load_snapshot: &'a EngineLoadSnapshot) -> Self {
+    pub fn with_load_snapshot(mut self, load_snapshot: &'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot) -> Self {
         self.load_snapshot = Some(load_snapshot);
         self
     }
@@ -315,7 +312,7 @@ impl<'a> SelectionContext<'a> {
         self.external_prefix
     }
 
-    pub fn load_snapshot(&self) -> Option<&EngineLoadSnapshot> {
+    pub fn load_snapshot(&self) -> Option<&EngineReportedLoadSnapshot> {
         self.load_snapshot
     }
 
@@ -592,10 +589,12 @@ mod tests {
         resolve_cache_candidates, resolve_prefill, CandidateRange, DecisionReason, FreshLoadLookup,
     };
     use crate::policies::cache_aware::CacheAwarePolicy;
-    use crate::policies::engine_load::{EngineLoadSnapshot, NativeCacheWorkerLoad};
     use crate::policies::power_of_two::PowerOfTwoChoicesPolicy;
     use crate::policies::round_robin::RoundRobinPolicy;
     use crate::policies::session_aware::SessionAwarePolicy;
+    use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot, EngineReportedSchedulingLoad,
+    };
     use std::collections::HashMap;
     use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -1222,15 +1221,15 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(proposal.backup.is_some());
     }
 
-    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, TestEngineLoad)]) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-        EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, TestEngineLoad)]) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
             1,
             entries
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(worker, aggregate)| {
                     (
                         worker.url.clone(),
-                        NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                             num_running_reqs: aggregate.num_running_reqs,
                             num_waiting_reqs: aggregate.num_waiting_reqs,
                             num_waiting_uncached_tokens: aggregate
@@ -1616,7 +1615,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn missing_engine_snapshot_does_not_hard_reject_a_registry_healthy_primary() {
         let primary = worker("primary");
         let workers = vec![Arc::clone(&primary)];
-        let snapshot = EngineLoadSnapshot::default();
+        let snapshot = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::default();
 
         let decision = resolve_prefill(
             &CandidateRange::global(&workers),
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/power_of_two.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/power_of_two.rs
index 35c44d841..8f178b991 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/power_of_two.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/power_of_two.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 use crate::config::DEFAULT_MIN_LOAD_CHOICES;
 use crate::policies::admission::{compare_prefill_pressure, queue_gate_admits};
-use crate::policies::engine_load::EngineLoadSnapshot;
 use crate::policies::{Policy, ProposalKind, SelectionContext, SelectionProposal};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::EngineReportedLoadSnapshot;
 use crate::workers::Worker;
 use rand::seq::index::sample;
 use rand::Rng;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ impl Policy for PowerOfTwoChoicesPolicy {
 
 pub(crate) fn select_k_with_snapshot(
     workers: &[Arc<Worker>],
-    snapshot: Option<&EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    snapshot: Option<&EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
     choices: usize,
     queue_limit: Option<u64>,
 ) -> Option<Arc<Worker>> {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub(crate) fn select_k_with_snapshot(
 /// a queueing worker while an unqueued one exists.
 fn sample_pool<'w>(
     workers: &'w [Arc<Worker>],
-    snapshot: Option<&EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    snapshot: Option<&EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
     queue_limit: Option<u64>,
 ) -> Cow<'w, [Arc<Worker>]> {
     // Without a limit there is nothing to gate on, and without a snapshot
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fn sample_pool<'w>(
 /// unwinding whichever request task was selecting at the time.
 fn best_two_of_sample(
     pool: &[Arc<Worker>],
-    snapshot: Option<&EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    snapshot: Option<&EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
     choices: usize,
 ) -> Option<(Arc<Worker>, Option<Arc<Worker>>)> {
     let len = pool.len();
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ fn best_two_of_sample(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
-    use crate::policies::engine_load::NativeCacheWorkerLoad;
+    use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::EngineReportedSchedulingLoad;
     use std::time::Instant;
 
     fn worker(id: &str) -> Arc<Worker> {
@@ -202,15 +202,15 @@ mod tests {
     /// Snapshot keyed on waiting depth; `waiting` sets both the queue-gate
     /// reading (`num_waiting_reqs`) and the pressure ordering
     /// (`num_waiting_uncached_tokens`), so one knob drives both.
-    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64)]) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-        EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64)]) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
             7,
             entries
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(worker, waiting)| {
                     (
                         worker.url.clone(),
-                        NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                             num_running_reqs: 0,
                             num_waiting_reqs: *waiting,
                             num_waiting_uncached_tokens: *waiting,
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ mod tests {
     /// `compare_prefill_pressure` intransitive: a slow worker with a shallow
     /// queue loses to a fast worker with a deep one on the estimate, while
     /// both are ordered against an estimate-less worker on waiting tokens.
-    fn mixed_estimate_snapshot(workers: &[Arc<Worker>]) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-        EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+    fn mixed_estimate_snapshot(workers: &[Arc<Worker>]) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
             11,
             workers
                 .iter()
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ mod tests {
                     let waiting = (index as u64 * 7) % 13;
                     (
                         worker.url.clone(),
-                        NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                             num_running_reqs: 0,
                             num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                             num_waiting_uncached_tokens: waiting,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/prefix_provider.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/prefix_provider.rs
index 7ec544cf0..bdbf0b632 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/prefix_provider.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/prefix_provider.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use super::ExternalPrefixSignal;
-use crate::policies::kv_events::{
+use crate::state::kv_events::{
     compute_block_hashes, compute_block_hashes_bigram, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree,
 };
 use sgl_kv_indexer::{PrefixMatch, PrefixOutcome};
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/registry.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/registry.rs
index 44c4bb5e3..e01530ae5 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/registry.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/registry.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ impl PdPoolResolver {
 ///
 /// 1. **Same-host preference.** Parse the host portion of both URLs
 ///    (`url::Url::host_str`). If any candidate shares the host AND has
-///    a closed circuit breaker AND has `active_load <=
+///    a closed circuit breaker AND has `router_inflight_load <=
 ///    AFFINITY_LOAD_TOLERANCE × median(decode_pool_load)`, return it.
 /// 2. **Fallback: min-load among closed-breaker candidates.** No
 ///    same-host peer, or the same-host peer was filtered by rule 1's
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ pub fn select_decode_with_affinity(
     let load_tolerance = if healthy.is_empty() {
         0
     } else {
-        let mut loads: Vec<usize> = healthy.iter().map(|w| w.active_load()).collect();
+        let mut loads: Vec<usize> = healthy.iter().map(|w| w.router_inflight_load()).collect();
         loads.sort_unstable();
         let median = loads[loads.len() / 2];
         ((median as f64) * AFFINITY_LOAD_TOLERANCE).ceil() as usize
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ pub fn select_decode_with_affinity(
     if let Some(host) = prefill_host.as_deref() {
         let affinity_peer = healthy.iter().find(|w| {
             host_of(&w.url).as_deref() == Some(host)
-                && (load_tolerance == 0 || w.active_load() <= load_tolerance)
+                && (load_tolerance == 0 || w.router_inflight_load() <= load_tolerance)
         });
         if let Some(w) = affinity_peer {
             return Some(Arc::clone(w));
@@ -275,14 +275,17 @@ pub fn select_decode_with_affinity(
     }
 
     // Rule 2: min-load among healthy.
-    if let Some(w) = healthy.iter().min_by_key(|w| w.active_load()) {
+    if let Some(w) = healthy.iter().min_by_key(|w| w.router_inflight_load()) {
         return Some(Arc::clone(w));
     }
 
     // Rule 3: last-resort min-load over all candidates (every
     // breaker is open). The caller's dispatch will likely fail and
     // surface `BreakerOpen`, but the selection function stays total.
-    candidates.iter().min_by_key(|w| w.active_load()).cloned()
+    candidates
+        .iter()
+        .min_by_key(|w| w.router_inflight_load())
+        .cloned()
 }
 
 /// Parse the host portion of a worker URL. Returns `None` when the URL
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/admission.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/admission.rs
index 900d7047a..73c647ed8 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/admission.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/admission.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl Overloaded {
 impl EligibilityFilter for Overloaded {
     fn keep(&self, workers: &[Arc<Worker>], _ctx: &SelectionContext<'_>) -> Vec<bool> {
         (workers.iter())
-            .map(|w| w.active_load() < self.max_in_flight)
+            .map(|w| w.router_inflight_load() < self.max_in_flight)
             .collect()
     }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl Policy for Overloaded {
             .collect();
         eligible
             .iter()
-            .min_by_key(|w| w.active_load())
+            .min_by_key(|w| w.router_inflight_load())
             .map(Arc::clone)
     }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/argmax.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/argmax.rs
index 1d1fa4ee5..f64ac44d2 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/argmax.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/argmax.rs
@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ impl Selector for Argmax {
             );
             band = (0..workers.len()).collect();
         }
-        let min_load = band.iter().map(|&i| workers[i].active_load()).min()?;
+        let min_load = band
+            .iter()
+            .map(|&i| workers[i].router_inflight_load())
+            .min()?;
         let tied: Vec<usize> = band
             .into_iter()
-            .filter(|&i| workers[i].active_load() == min_load)
+            .filter(|&i| workers[i].router_inflight_load() == min_load)
             .collect();
         let k = self.rotor.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) % tied.len();
         Some(tied[k])
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/mod.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/mod.rs
index 6332d1a9d..23df9fcbd 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/mod.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/mod.rs
@@ -417,11 +417,13 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::config::AffinityConfig;
     use crate::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
     use crate::policies::admission::{resolve_prefill, CandidateRange};
-    use crate::policies::engine_load::{EngineLoadSnapshot, NativeCacheWorkerLoad};
     use crate::policies::load_based::LoadBasedPolicy;
     use crate::policies::power_of_two::PowerOfTwoChoicesPolicy;
     use crate::policies::round_robin::RoundRobinPolicy;
     use crate::policies::session_aware::SessionAwarePolicy;
+    use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot, EngineReportedSchedulingLoad,
+    };
     use std::collections::HashMap;
     use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -439,15 +441,15 @@ mod tests {
         vec![worker("a"), worker("b"), worker("c")]
     }
 
-    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64, u64, u64)]) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-        EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64, u64, u64)]) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
             1,
             entries
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(worker, running, waiting, used, capacity)| {
                     (
                         worker.url.clone(),
-                        NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                             num_running_reqs: *running,
                             num_waiting_reqs: *waiting,
                             num_waiting_uncached_tokens: *waiting,
@@ -789,7 +791,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(proposal.primary.id, ws[2].id);
 
-        let snapshot = EngineLoadSnapshot::default();
+        let snapshot = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::default();
         let decision = resolve_prefill(
             &CandidateRange::global(&ws),
             &proposal,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/prefix_cache.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/prefix_cache.rs
index 326802277..ea33dc875 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/prefix_cache.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/scoring/prefix_cache.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 //! Prefix-cache scores from the KV-event [`HashTree`].
 
 use super::{EligibilityFilter, ScoringPolicy};
-use crate::policies::kv_events::{
+use crate::policies::SelectionContext;
+use crate::state::kv_events::{
     compute_block_hashes, compute_block_hashes_bigram, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree,
 };
-use crate::policies::SelectionContext;
 use crate::workers::Worker;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl EligibilityFilter for PrefixCachePolicy {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
-    use crate::policies::kv_events::KvWorkerId;
+    use crate::state::kv_events::KvWorkerId;
 
     const BLOCK: usize = 4;
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/selection.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/selection.rs
index 92fc274b3..a7a996046 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/selection.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/selection.rs
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ use crate::policies::buckets::{BucketRequest, BucketSelector};
 use crate::policies::decode::{
     build_decode_policy, resolve_decode_with_capacity_fallback, DecodeSelectionContext,
 };
-use crate::policies::engine_load::EngineLoadSnapshot;
 use crate::policies::{
     ExternalPrefixSignal, Policy, PrefillProposal, ProposalKind, SelectionContext,
 };
 use crate::server::metrics::{CacheAwareDecision, MetricsRegistry, PolicySelectionFailureReason};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::EngineReportedLoadSnapshot;
 use crate::workers::Worker;
 
 /// Everything one prefill selection reads. Collaborators first, then the
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub(crate) struct PrefillSelectionInputs<'a> {
     /// per-domain rung panics without it. `Policy::needs_load_snapshot`
     /// defaults to `uses_shared_prefill_admission`, which is what keeps the
     /// two in step for the ingress caller.
-    pub load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    pub load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
     pub workers: &'a [Arc<Worker>],
     pub ttft_slo_ms: Option<u64>,
     pub tps_slo: Option<f64>,
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ pub(crate) struct DecodeSelectionInputs<'a> {
     /// Required: every rung resolves its proposal against the snapshot, so
     /// without one the ladder reports no peer at all rather than picking one
     /// blind.
-    pub load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    pub load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
 }
 
 /// Runs the decode selection ladder.
@@ -699,12 +699,14 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::policies::admission::{resolve_prefill_admitted, CandidateRange, DecisionReason};
     use crate::policies::buckets::BucketSelector;
     use crate::policies::cache_aware::CacheAwarePolicy;
-    use crate::policies::engine_load::{EngineLoadSnapshot, NativeCacheWorkerLoad};
     use crate::policies::power_of_two::PowerOfTwoChoicesPolicy;
     use crate::policies::{ExternalPrefixSignal, Policy, ProposalKind, SelectionProposal};
     use crate::server::metrics::{
         CacheAwareDecision, MetricsRegistry, PolicySelectionFailureReason,
     };
+    use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot, EngineReportedSchedulingLoad,
+    };
     use crate::workers::Worker;
     use std::sync::Arc;
     use std::time::Instant;
@@ -720,15 +722,15 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     /// `(worker, tokens already held, published KV capacity)`.
-    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64)]) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-        EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+    fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64)]) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
             7,
             entries
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(worker, used, capacity)| {
                     (
                         worker.url.clone(),
-                        NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                             num_running_reqs: 0,
                             num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                             num_waiting_uncached_tokens: 0,
@@ -749,15 +751,15 @@ mod tests {
     /// `(worker, waiting requests, tokens already held, published KV
     /// capacity)`. The queue gate reads `num_waiting_reqs`, which the plain
     /// [`snapshot`] fixture pins at zero.
-    fn queued_snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64, u64)]) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-        EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+    fn queued_snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64, u64)]) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
             7,
             entries
                 .iter()
                 .map(|(worker, waiting, used, capacity)| {
                     (
                         worker.url.clone(),
-                        NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                             num_running_reqs: 1,
                             num_waiting_reqs: *waiting,
                             num_waiting_uncached_tokens: *waiting,
@@ -811,7 +813,7 @@ mod tests {
         metrics: &'a MetricsRegistry,
         model_id: &'a ModelId,
         workers: &'a [Arc<Worker>],
-        load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+        load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
         request_input_tokens: u64,
     ) -> PrefillSelectionInputs<'a> {
         PrefillSelectionInputs {
@@ -841,7 +843,7 @@ mod tests {
         bucket_selector: &'a BucketSelector,
         model_id: &'a ModelId,
         decode_workers: &'a [Arc<Worker>],
-        load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+        load_snapshot: Option<&'a EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
         request_input_tokens: u64,
     ) -> DecodeSelectionInputs<'a> {
         DecodeSelectionInputs {
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/session_aware.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/session_aware.rs
index 067f63e91..4fe6699af 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/session_aware.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/session_aware.rs
@@ -5,87 +5,43 @@
 
 use crate::config::{AffinityConfig, SessionAffinityMode};
 use crate::discovery::WorkerId;
-use crate::policies::active_load::{spawn_sweeper, Clock, JanitorHandle, SystemTimeClock};
 use crate::policies::admission::compare_prefill_pressure;
 use crate::policies::power_of_two::PowerOfTwoChoicesPolicy;
 use crate::policies::{GuardHints, Policy, ProposalKind, SelectionContext, SelectionProposal};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::JanitorHandle;
+use crate::state::AffinityStore;
 use crate::workers::Worker;
-use dashmap::DashMap;
 use rand::Rng;
 use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct Assignment {
-    worker_id: WorkerId,
-    last_seen: Instant,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct SessionState {
-    assignments: DashMap<String, Assignment>,
-    clock: Arc<dyn Clock>,
-    idle: Duration,
-}
-
-impl SessionState {
-    fn sweep_expired(&self) -> usize {
-        let now = self.clock.now();
-        let mut removed = 0;
-        self.assignments.retain(|_, assignment| {
-            let keep = now.saturating_duration_since(assignment.last_seen) <= self.idle;
-            if !keep {
-                removed += 1;
-            }
-            keep
-        });
-        removed
-    }
-}
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 pub struct SessionAwarePolicy {
-    state: Arc<SessionState>,
+    store: Arc<AffinityStore>,
     config: AffinityConfig,
     _janitor: Option<JanitorHandle>,
 }
 
 impl SessionAwarePolicy {
     pub fn new(config: AffinityConfig) -> Self {
-        let state = Arc::new(SessionState {
-            assignments: DashMap::new(),
-            clock: Arc::new(SystemTimeClock),
-            idle: Duration::from_secs(config.session_idle_secs),
-        });
-        let _janitor = if tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current().is_ok() {
-            let swept = Arc::clone(&state);
-            Some(spawn_sweeper(
-                move || swept.sweep_expired(),
-                Duration::from_secs(config.session_eviction_interval_secs),
-                "session-affinity-eviction",
-            ))
-        } else {
-            tracing::debug!(
-                "SessionAwarePolicy constructed outside a Tokio runtime; idle eviction is disabled"
-            );
-            None
-        };
+        let store = AffinityStore::new(Duration::from_secs(config.session_idle_secs));
+        let _janitor =
+            store.spawn_sweeper(Duration::from_secs(config.session_eviction_interval_secs));
         Self {
-            state,
+            store,
             config,
             _janitor,
         }
     }
 
     #[cfg(test)]
-    fn with_clock(config: AffinityConfig, clock: Arc<dyn Clock>) -> Self {
+    fn with_clock(
+        config: AffinityConfig,
+        clock: Arc<dyn crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::Clock>,
+    ) -> Self {
         Self {
-            state: Arc::new(SessionState {
-                assignments: DashMap::new(),
-                clock,
-                idle: Duration::from_secs(config.session_idle_secs),
-            }),
+            store: AffinityStore::with_clock(Duration::from_secs(config.session_idle_secs), clock),
             config,
             _janitor: None,
         }
@@ -93,12 +49,12 @@ impl SessionAwarePolicy {
 
     #[cfg(test)]
     fn sweep_expired(&self) -> usize {
-        self.state.sweep_expired()
+        self.store.sweep_expired()
     }
 
     #[cfg(test)]
     fn assignment_count(&self) -> usize {
-        self.state.assignments.len()
+        self.store.len()
     }
 
     fn assignment_key(&self, session_id: &str, ctx: &SelectionContext<'_>) -> String {
@@ -173,18 +129,8 @@ impl Policy for SessionAwarePolicy {
         };
 
         let assignment_key = self.assignment_key(session_id, ctx);
-        let assigned = self
-            .state
-            .assignments
-            .get_mut(&assignment_key)
-            .map(|mut assignment| {
-                assignment.last_seen = self.state.clock.now();
-                assignment.worker_id.clone()
-            });
-        if let Some(assigned) = assigned {
-            if let Some(primary) = workers.iter().find(|worker| worker.id == assigned).cloned() {
-                return Some(self.affinity_proposal(primary, workers, ctx, session_id));
-            }
+        if let Some(primary) = self.store.bound(&assignment_key, workers) {
+            return Some(self.affinity_proposal(Arc::clone(primary), workers, ctx, session_id));
         }
 
         // Persist new assignments only after selecting the final prefill worker.
@@ -203,12 +149,11 @@ impl Policy for SessionAwarePolicy {
         let Some(session_id) = ctx.session_id().filter(|id| !id.is_empty()) else {
             return;
         };
-        self.state.assignments.insert(
+        // Overwrites any previous binding for the key.
+        self.store.bind(
             self.assignment_key(session_id, ctx),
-            Assignment {
-                worker_id: selected.id.clone(),
-                last_seen: self.state.clock.now(),
-            },
+            selected,
+            std::slice::from_ref(selected),
         );
     }
 
@@ -225,7 +170,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for SessionAwarePolicy {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("SessionAwarePolicy")
             .field("config", &self.config)
-            .field("assignments", &self.state.assignments.len())
+            .field("assignments", &self.store.len())
             .finish_non_exhaustive()
     }
 }
@@ -308,7 +253,7 @@ fn stable_backup(
 mod lifecycle_tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
-    use crate::policies::active_load::MockClock;
+    use crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::MockClock;
     use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
     use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/sticky.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/sticky.rs
index 1ab768215..7df3f4ece 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/sticky.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/sticky.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 //! - **New key, or pinned worker unhealthy** → pick a worker via `fallback`
 //!   and record the assignment.
 //!
-//! Worker identity is the worker URL (stable across discovery events).
+//! Worker identity is the worker ID supplied by discovery.
 //!
 //! # Eviction
 //! A background sweeper (shared engine with the active-load janitor, see
-//! [`super::active_load::spawn_sweeper`]) removes assignments idle longer
+//! [`crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::spawn_sweeper`]) removes assignments idle longer
 //! than `idle`, bounding the map against unbounded routing-key cardinality.
 //! The sweeper is spawned only when constructed inside a Tokio runtime;
 //! unit tests use [`StickyPolicy::with_clock`] and drive eviction
@@ -34,49 +34,60 @@
 //! is intentionally out of scope here.
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
-use dashmap::DashMap;
-
-use crate::policies::active_load::{spawn_sweeper, Clock, JanitorHandle, SystemTimeClock};
 use crate::policies::{Policy, SelectionContext};
 use crate::server::metrics::{MetricsRegistry, StickyOutcome};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::JanitorHandle;
+use crate::state::AffinityStore;
 use crate::workers::Worker;
 
-/// One routing-key → worker pin, with the last time it was referenced (used
-/// by the idle-eviction sweep).
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct Assignment {
-    worker_url: String,
-    last_seen: Instant,
-}
-
-/// Shared inner state. Held behind an `Arc` so the background sweeper can
-/// reference the same map the `select` hot path mutates.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct StickyState {
-    assignments: DashMap<String, Assignment>,
-    clock: Arc<dyn Clock>,
-    idle: Duration,
-    /// Metrics sink. Set once via the `Policy::attach_metrics` hook
-    /// (production) — `None` until then, in which case recording is a no-op.
+/// Sticky-session policy. See the module docs for behavior and limitations.
+pub struct StickyPolicy {
+    store: Arc<AffinityStore>,
+    /// Selector for keyless requests and for the initial pin of a new key.
+    fallback: Arc<dyn Policy>,
+    /// Set once via `Policy::attach_metrics`; recording is a no-op until then.
     metrics: OnceLock<Arc<MetricsRegistry>>,
+    /// Background idle-eviction sweeper; `None` outside a Tokio runtime.
+    _janitor: Option<JanitorHandle>,
 }
 
-impl StickyState {
-    /// Remove every assignment idle longer than `idle`. Returns the count
-    /// removed. Called on a fixed cadence by the background sweeper.
+impl StickyPolicy {
+    pub fn new(idle: Duration, eviction_interval: Duration, fallback: Arc<dyn Policy>) -> Self {
+        let store = AffinityStore::new(idle);
+        let _janitor = store.spawn_sweeper(eviction_interval);
+        Self {
+            store,
+            fallback,
+            metrics: OnceLock::new(),
+            _janitor,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Test constructor: injectable clock, no background sweeper.
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    fn with_clock(
+        idle: Duration,
+        fallback: Arc<dyn Policy>,
+        clock: Arc<dyn crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::Clock>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            store: AffinityStore::with_clock(idle, clock),
+            fallback,
+            metrics: OnceLock::new(),
+            _janitor: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
     fn sweep_expired(&self) -> usize {
-        let now = self.clock.now();
-        let mut removed = 0;
-        self.assignments.retain(|_key, a| {
-            let keep = now.saturating_duration_since(a.last_seen) <= self.idle;
-            if !keep {
-                removed += 1;
-            }
-            keep
-        });
-        removed
+        self.store.sweep_expired()
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    fn assignment_count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.store.len()
     }
 
     fn record(&self, outcome: StickyOutcome) {
@@ -86,122 +97,21 @@ impl StickyState {
     }
 }
 
-/// Sticky-session policy. See the module docs for behavior and limitations.
-pub struct StickyPolicy {
-    state: Arc<StickyState>,
-    /// Selector for keyless requests and for the initial pin of a new key.
-    fallback: Arc<dyn Policy>,
-    /// Background idle-eviction sweeper. `None` when constructed outside a
-    /// Tokio runtime (unit tests). Dropping it cancels the task, so the
-    /// sweeper lives exactly as long as the policy.
-    _janitor: Option<JanitorHandle>,
-}
-
-impl StickyPolicy {
-    /// Production constructor: monotonic `SystemTimeClock`, with a
-    /// background eviction sweeper spawned on `eviction_interval` cadence
-    /// (only if called inside a Tokio runtime — the factory runs inside
-    /// `main`'s runtime).
-    pub fn new(idle: Duration, eviction_interval: Duration, fallback: Arc<dyn Policy>) -> Self {
-        let state = Arc::new(StickyState {
-            assignments: DashMap::new(),
-            clock: Arc::new(SystemTimeClock),
-            idle,
-            metrics: OnceLock::new(),
-        });
-        // `spawn_sweeper` needs a runtime; the factory builds policies inside
-        // `main`'s Tokio runtime. Guard so sync constructions (e.g. the
-        // factory's `build_policy_kind_only` test helper) don't panic.
-        let _janitor = if tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current().is_ok() {
-            let swept = Arc::clone(&state);
-            Some(spawn_sweeper(
-                move || swept.sweep_expired(),
-                eviction_interval,
-                "sticky-eviction",
-            ))
-        } else {
-            // Only reached by sync construction (test helpers). In production
-            // the factory builds policies inside `main`'s runtime, so the
-            // sweeper always spawns. Log it so a future off-runtime
-            // construction that silently disables eviction is greppable.
-            tracing::debug!(
-                "StickyPolicy constructed outside a Tokio runtime; idle eviction is disabled"
-            );
-            None
-        };
-        Self {
-            state,
-            fallback,
-            _janitor,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Test constructor: injectable clock, no background sweeper. Tests
-    /// advance a `MockClock` and call [`Self::sweep_expired`] directly for
-    /// deterministic eviction coverage.
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    fn with_clock(idle: Duration, fallback: Arc<dyn Policy>, clock: Arc<dyn Clock>) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            state: Arc::new(StickyState {
-                assignments: DashMap::new(),
-                clock,
-                idle,
-                metrics: OnceLock::new(),
-            }),
-            fallback,
-            _janitor: None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    fn sweep_expired(&self) -> usize {
-        self.state.sweep_expired()
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    fn assignment_count(&self) -> usize {
-        self.state.assignments.len()
-    }
-}
-
 impl Policy for StickyPolicy {
     fn select(&self, workers: &[Arc<Worker>], ctx: &SelectionContext<'_>) -> Option<Arc<Worker>> {
         let Some(key) = ctx.routing_key().filter(|k| !k.is_empty()) else {
-            self.state.record(StickyOutcome::NoRoutingKey);
+            self.record(StickyOutcome::NoRoutingKey);
             return self.fallback.select(workers, ctx);
         };
-
-        // Fast path: an existing pin whose worker is still in the healthy set.
-        let mut existing = false;
-        if let Some(mut entry) = self.state.assignments.get_mut(key) {
-            existing = true;
-            if let Some(worker) = workers.iter().find(|w| w.url == entry.worker_url).cloned() {
-                entry.last_seen = self.state.clock.now();
-                drop(entry); // release the shard lock before recording
-                self.state.record(StickyOutcome::Hit);
-                return Some(worker);
-            }
-            // Pinned worker is no longer healthy — fall through to reassign.
-            drop(entry);
+        if let Some(worker) = self.store.bound(key, workers) {
+            self.record(StickyOutcome::Hit);
+            return Some(Arc::clone(worker));
         }
-
-        // Vacant key, or the pinned worker dropped out: (re)assign via the
-        // fallback. The read-miss above and this insert are intentionally NOT
-        // atomic — the shard lock is released before `fallback.select` (which
-        // may do real work, e.g. `load_based`) so it is never held across an
-        // unrelated computation. Two requests racing the *same* fresh key may
-        // therefore both assign (last-writer-wins in the map; both may record
-        // `Assigned`). The scatter is transient and self-heals: the next
-        // request for that key hits the surviving pin.
+        // Vacant key, or the pinned worker dropped out: (re)pin the fallback's choice.
+        let remap = self.store.contains(key);
         let chosen = self.fallback.select(workers, ctx)?;
-        self.state.assignments.insert(
-            key.to_string(),
-            Assignment {
-                worker_url: chosen.url.clone(),
-                last_seen: self.state.clock.now(),
-            },
-        );
-        self.state.record(if existing {
+        let chosen = Arc::clone(self.store.bind(key.to_string(), &chosen, workers));
+        self.record(if remap {
             StickyOutcome::Remap
         } else {
             StickyOutcome::Assigned
@@ -210,7 +120,7 @@ impl Policy for StickyPolicy {
     }
 
     fn attach_metrics(&self, metrics: Arc<MetricsRegistry>) {
-        let _ = self.state.metrics.set(metrics);
+        let _ = self.metrics.set(metrics);
     }
 
     fn needs_load_snapshot(&self) -> bool {
@@ -226,8 +136,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for StickyPolicy {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("StickyPolicy")
             .field("fallback", &self.fallback)
-            .field("idle", &self.state.idle)
-            .field("assignments", &self.state.assignments.len())
+            .field("assignments", &self.store.len())
             .finish_non_exhaustive()
     }
 }
@@ -236,6 +145,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for StickyPolicy {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
+    use std::time::Instant;
 
     #[test]
     fn sticky_propagates_fallback_load_snapshot_capability() {
@@ -271,7 +181,9 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn policy(idle_secs: u64) -> StickyPolicy {
-        let clock = Arc::new(crate::policies::active_load::MockClock::new(Instant::now()));
+        let clock = Arc::new(
+            crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::MockClock::new(Instant::now()),
+        );
         StickyPolicy::with_clock(Duration::from_secs(idle_secs), fallback(), clock)
     }
 
@@ -374,7 +286,9 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn sweep_evicts_idle_entries_keeps_fresh() {
         let model = ModelId("tiny".into());
-        let clock = Arc::new(crate::policies::active_load::MockClock::new(Instant::now()));
+        let clock = Arc::new(
+            crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::MockClock::new(Instant::now()),
+        );
         let p = StickyPolicy::with_clock(Duration::from_secs(10), fallback(), clock.clone());
         let workers = vec![worker("w0"), worker("w1")];
 
@@ -401,7 +315,9 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn hit_refreshes_last_seen_so_active_key_is_not_evicted() {
         let model = ModelId("tiny".into());
-        let clock = Arc::new(crate::policies::active_load::MockClock::new(Instant::now()));
+        let clock = Arc::new(
+            crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::MockClock::new(Instant::now()),
+        );
         let p = StickyPolicy::with_clock(Duration::from_secs(10), fallback(), clock.clone());
         let workers = vec![worker("w0")];
         let ctx = SelectionContext::with_routing_key(&model, None, Some("u1"));
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/mod.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/mod.rs
index 69542844d..227af7948 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/mod.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/mod.rs
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl Proxy {
     /// pump task and held for the entire body lifetime (headers → last byte
     /// / client disconnect).  The proxy does not inspect the boxed value; it
     /// relies entirely on `Drop` semantics, so callers typically pack
-    /// `(LoadGuard, ActiveLoadGuard)` here. This keeps both the per-worker
+    /// `(LoadGuard, RouterInflightLoadGuard)` here. This keeps both the per-worker
     /// `active_requests` counter and the per-request active-load entry alive
     /// for the full streaming lifetime — without which a long-running SSE
     /// response would under-report load.
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/sse.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/sse.rs
index 700c5836a..3ce5e8ea0 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/sse.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/proxy/sse.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl ErrorEventScanner {
 /// pump finishes (stream exhausted, client disconnects, or upstream errors).
 /// The opaque `Box<dyn Send + 'static>` accepts any drop-only payload — most
 /// commonly a tuple of [`crate::workers::LoadGuard`] and
-/// [`crate::policies::active_load::ActiveLoadGuard`]. The proxy does not
+/// [`crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::RouterInflightLoadGuard`]. The proxy does not
 /// inspect the value; it relies entirely on `Drop` semantics, so callers can
 /// pack arbitrary cleanup state in. Pass `None` for callers that manage the
 /// guard externally (e.g. non-streaming paths where the handler itself is the
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/app_context.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/app_context.rs
index 029e70b01..eaeb3da1a 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/app_context.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/app_context.rs
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 
 use crate::config::Config;
 
-use crate::policies::active_load::ActiveLoadRegistry;
 use crate::policies::buckets::BucketSelector;
-use crate::policies::engine_load::EngineLoadTable;
-use crate::policies::kv_events::{BlockSizeOracle, KvIndexMetrics};
 use crate::policies::prefix_provider::RadixTreePrefixProvider;
 use crate::policies::PolicyRegistry;
 use crate::proxy::Proxy;
 use crate::server::inflight::InflightHttp;
 use crate::server::metrics::MetricsRegistry;
+use crate::state::kv_events::{BlockSizeOracle, KvIndexMetrics};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::EngineReportedLoadTable;
+use crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::RouterInflightLoadRegistry;
 use crate::tokenizer::TokenizerRegistry;
 use crate::workers::WorkerRegistry;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU8, Ordering};
@@ -36,24 +36,24 @@ pub struct AppContext {
     pub bucket_selector: Arc<BucketSelector>,
     /// Per-worker active-load bookkeeping shared by the proxy, policies,
     /// timeout janitor, and metrics.
-    pub active_load: Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>,
+    pub router_inflight_load: Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>,
     /// Lightweight Prometheus-format metrics registry served via
     /// `/metrics`. Shared with the edge middleware (requests_total /
     /// responses_total), the chat handler (worker_requests_total), the
     /// active-load registry, policy-specific counters, and PD dispatch.
     pub metrics: Arc<MetricsRegistry>,
     /// Shared Engine LoadStat table; ingress captures one immutable snapshot per request.
-    pub engine_load: Arc<EngineLoadTable>,
+    pub engine_reported_load: Arc<EngineReportedLoadTable>,
     pub prefix_index: Option<Arc<dyn sgl_kv_indexer::PrefixIndex>>,
     pub radix_tree_prefix_provider: Option<RadixTreePrefixProvider>,
     pub block_size_oracle: Arc<BlockSizeOracle>,
     /// Read-only handles `/metrics` pulls the KV storage-tier series from on
     /// scrape. `None` when this router maintains no local tree (external
     /// Indexer), where those series would all be a structural zero — see
-    /// [`crate::policies::kv_events::KvEventIndex::metrics_source`].
+    /// [`crate::state::kv_events::KvEventIndex::metrics_source`].
     pub kv_metrics: Option<KvIndexMetrics>,
     /// Open HTTP exchanges, on every route. What axum's graceful shutdown
-    /// is actually waiting on during the drain — `active_load` sees only the
+    /// is actually waiting on during the drain — `router_inflight_load` sees only the
     /// proxied subset.
     pub inflight_http: Arc<InflightHttp>,
     readiness: AtomicU8,
@@ -67,34 +67,34 @@ impl AppContext {
         registry: Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
         policies: Arc<PolicyRegistry>,
     ) -> Self {
-        Self::with_active_load(
+        Self::with_router_inflight_load(
             config,
             tokenizers,
             proxy,
             registry,
             policies,
-            ActiveLoadRegistry::with_defaults(),
+            RouterInflightLoadRegistry::with_defaults(),
         )
     }
 
-    /// Construct an [`AppContext`] with an explicit [`ActiveLoadRegistry`].
+    /// Construct an [`AppContext`] with an explicit [`RouterInflightLoadRegistry`].
     /// Production wires the default (5-minute timeout, SystemTimeClock)
     /// via [`Self::new`]; tests that exercise the janitor pass a registry
     /// built with a `MockClock`.
-    pub fn with_active_load(
+    pub fn with_router_inflight_load(
         config: Config,
         tokenizers: Arc<TokenizerRegistry>,
         proxy: Arc<Proxy>,
         registry: Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
         policies: Arc<PolicyRegistry>,
-        active_load: Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>,
+        router_inflight_load: Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>,
     ) -> Self {
         let metrics = MetricsRegistry::new();
         // Wire the per-worker active-load gauge so `sgl_router_active_load`
         // mirrors the live counter on every register / drop / sweep.
         // Without this, the metric is permanently 0 in production even
         // though the chat handler is faithfully calling `register`.
-        active_load.attach_metrics(Arc::clone(&metrics));
+        router_inflight_load.attach_metrics(Arc::clone(&metrics));
         // The metrics registry is built after the policy registry, so attach
         // it here for policies that emit their own counters.
         policies.attach_metrics(Arc::clone(&metrics));
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ impl AppContext {
             registry,
             policies,
             bucket_selector,
-            active_load,
+            router_inflight_load,
             metrics,
             prefix_index: None,
             radix_tree_prefix_provider: None,
             block_size_oracle: BlockSizeOracle::new(),
             kv_metrics: None,
-            engine_load: EngineLoadTable::new(),
+            engine_reported_load: EngineReportedLoadTable::new(),
             inflight_http: InflightHttp::new(),
             readiness: AtomicU8::new(READINESS_NOT_READY),
         }
@@ -188,20 +188,20 @@ impl AppContext {
                     },
                 ),
                 proxy: crate::config::ProxyConfig::default(),
-                active_load: crate::config::ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+                router_inflight_load: crate::config::InflightLoadConfig::default(),
             },
             tokenizers: Arc::new(TokenizerRegistry::default()),
             proxy: Arc::new(Proxy::new(std::time::Duration::from_secs(60)).expect("stub proxy")),
             registry: Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::default()),
             policies: Arc::new(PolicyRegistry::default()),
             bucket_selector: Arc::new(BucketSelector::new(None)),
-            active_load: ActiveLoadRegistry::with_defaults(),
+            router_inflight_load: RouterInflightLoadRegistry::with_defaults(),
             metrics: MetricsRegistry::new(),
             prefix_index: None,
             radix_tree_prefix_provider: None,
             block_size_oracle: BlockSizeOracle::new(),
             kv_metrics: None,
-            engine_load: EngineLoadTable::new(),
+            engine_reported_load: EngineReportedLoadTable::new(),
             inflight_http: InflightHttp::new(),
             readiness: AtomicU8::new(READINESS_NOT_READY),
         }
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/inflight.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/inflight.rs
index e8a58a709..daf27d9cf 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/inflight.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/inflight.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 //! In-flight HTTP accounting, for the termination drain to report on.
 //!
-//! [`ActiveLoadRegistry`](crate::policies::active_load::ActiveLoadRegistry)
+//! [`RouterInflightLoadRegistry`](crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::RouterInflightLoadRegistry)
 //! counts *proxied* requests — what the workers are busy with. Axum's graceful
 //! shutdown waits on something different and larger: every HTTP exchange still
 //! open on an accepted connection, on any route, until its response body has
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/metrics.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/metrics.rs
index 79d383726..d153c0b61 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/metrics.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/metrics.rs
@@ -375,12 +375,12 @@ impl PolicySelectionFailureReason {
 
 /// Active-load kind label — separates the two axes of per-worker load.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub enum ActiveLoadKind {
+pub enum RouterInflightLoadKind {
     PrefillTokens,
     DecodeBlocks,
 }
 
-impl ActiveLoadKind {
+impl RouterInflightLoadKind {
     fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             Self::PrefillTokens => "prefill_tokens",
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ pub struct MetricsRegistry {
     request_duration: Mutex<HashMap<String, Histogram>>,
     ttft_seconds: Mutex<HashMap<String, Histogram>>,
     stream_outcome_total: Mutex<HashMap<StreamOutcomeKey, Arc<AtomicU64>>>,
-    active_load: Mutex<HashMap<ActiveLoadKey, Arc<AtomicI64>>>,
+    router_inflight_load: Mutex<HashMap<RouterInflightLoadKey, Arc<AtomicI64>>>,
     stale_requests_total: Mutex<HashMap<&'static str, Arc<AtomicU64>>>,
     decode_affinity_total: Mutex<HashMap<&'static str, Arc<AtomicU64>>>,
     sticky_total: Mutex<HashMap<&'static str, Arc<AtomicU64>>>,
@@ -470,12 +470,12 @@ pub struct WorkerSnapshot {
     pub healthy: bool,
     /// Circuit breaker state code: 0=closed, 1=open, 2=half_open.
     pub cb_state: u8,
-    /// In-flight request count for this worker (`Worker::active_load`).
+    /// In-flight request count for this worker (`Worker::router_inflight_load`).
     pub inflight: i64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
-struct ActiveLoadKey {
+struct RouterInflightLoadKey {
     worker_url: String,
     kind: &'static str,
 }
@@ -657,12 +657,17 @@ impl MetricsRegistry {
 
     /// Set `sgl_router_active_load` for the given worker + kind. Replaces the
     /// previous value (gauge semantics).
-    pub fn set_active_load(&self, worker_url: &str, kind: ActiveLoadKind, value: i64) {
-        let key = ActiveLoadKey {
+    pub fn set_router_inflight_load(
+        &self,
+        worker_url: &str,
+        kind: RouterInflightLoadKind,
+        value: i64,
+    ) {
+        let key = RouterInflightLoadKey {
             worker_url: worker_url.to_owned(),
             kind: kind.as_str(),
         };
-        let mut guard = self.active_load.lock();
+        let mut guard = self.router_inflight_load.lock();
         let gauge = guard
             .entry(key)
             .or_insert_with(|| Arc::new(AtomicI64::new(0)))
@@ -984,13 +989,13 @@ impl MetricsRegistry {
         }
         drop(guard);
 
-        // active_load gauge
+        // router_inflight_load gauge
         out.push_str(
             "# HELP sgl_router_active_load Per-worker active load (prefill_tokens or decode_blocks).\n",
         );
         out.push_str("# TYPE sgl_router_active_load gauge\n");
-        let guard = self.active_load.lock();
-        let mut entries: Vec<(&ActiveLoadKey, i64)> = guard
+        let guard = self.router_inflight_load.lock();
+        let mut entries: Vec<(&RouterInflightLoadKey, i64)> = guard
             .iter()
             .map(|(k, v)| (k, v.load(Ordering::Relaxed)))
             .collect();
@@ -1651,8 +1656,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn set_active_load_gauge_overwrites() {
         let reg = MetricsRegistry::new();
-        reg.set_active_load("http://w:30000", ActiveLoadKind::PrefillTokens, 100);
-        reg.set_active_load("http://w:30000", ActiveLoadKind::PrefillTokens, 250);
+        reg.set_router_inflight_load("http://w:30000", RouterInflightLoadKind::PrefillTokens, 100);
+        reg.set_router_inflight_load("http://w:30000", RouterInflightLoadKind::PrefillTokens, 250);
         let out = reg.render();
         assert!(out.contains(
             r#"sgl_router_active_load{worker_url="http://w:30000",kind="prefill_tokens"} 250"#,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat.rs
index 4dc0a959c..7d4d72673 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ mod preparation;
 
 use crate::config::{SessionAffinityMode, DEFAULT_MIN_LOAD_CHOICES};
 use crate::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerMode};
-use crate::policies::engine_load::EngineLoadSnapshot;
-use crate::policies::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, compute_block_hashes_bigram};
 use crate::policies::registry::{PdPoolResolver, PdResolveError};
 use crate::policies::selection::{
     select_decode_peer, select_prefill_worker, DecodeSelectionInputs, PrefillSelectionInputs,
@@ -16,6 +14,8 @@ use crate::policies::{ExternalPrefixSignal, Policy};
 use crate::server::app_context::AppContext;
 use crate::server::error::ApiError;
 use crate::server::metrics::PolicySelectionFailureReason;
+use crate::state::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, compute_block_hashes_bigram};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::EngineReportedLoadSnapshot;
 use crate::workers::Worker;
 use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::extract::State;
@@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ fn capture_load_snapshot(
     ctx: &AppContext,
     policy: &dyn Policy,
     candidates: &[Arc<Worker>],
-) -> Option<EngineLoadSnapshot> {
+) -> Option<EngineReportedLoadSnapshot> {
     let needed = policy.needs_load_snapshot()
         || candidates
             .iter()
             .any(|worker| worker.mode() == WorkerMode::Prefill);
-    needed.then(|| ctx.engine_load.capture_snapshot(Instant::now()))
+    needed.then(|| ctx.engine_reported_load.capture_snapshot(Instant::now()))
 }
 
 struct RoutingContext<'a> {
     prefix_matches: Option<ExternalPrefixSignal>,
-    load_snapshot: Option<EngineLoadSnapshot>,
+    load_snapshot: Option<EngineReportedLoadSnapshot>,
     ttft_slo_ms: Option<u64>,
     tps_slo: Option<f64>,
     routing_key: Option<&'a str>,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat/forward.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat/forward.rs
index 7653a1b09..f07fa64e9 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat/forward.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/chat/forward.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 use super::preparation::{generate_room_id, BootstrapFields, PreparedChatRequest};
 use crate::discovery::WorkerMode;
-use crate::policies::active_load::ActiveLoadGuard;
 use crate::proxy::sse::StreamEnd;
 use crate::server::app_context::AppContext;
 use crate::server::error::ApiError;
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ use crate::server::metrics::{
     classify_stream_end, outcome_from_status, MetricsRegistry, RequestLogContext, RequestOutcome,
     StaleRequestOutcome, WorkerModeLabel,
 };
+use crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::RouterInflightLoadGuard;
 use crate::workers::{LoadGuard, Worker};
 use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::http::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue, Response};
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::time::Instant;
 const CHAT_PATH: &str = "/v1/chat/completions";
 // Expose the selected decode worker to both PD workers and the client.
 const X_SGL_DECODE_URL: HeaderName = HeaderName::from_static("x-sgl-decode-url");
-type LoadGuards = (LoadGuard, ActiveLoadGuard);
+type LoadGuards = (LoadGuard, RouterInflightLoadGuard);
 
 /// A plain worker, or a prefill worker paired with a decode worker for PD.
 pub(super) struct SelectedWorkers {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub(super) async fn forward_chat_request(
     } else {
         prefill.load_guard()
     };
-    let active_request_guard = ctx.active_load.register(
+    let active_request_guard = ctx.router_inflight_load.register(
         prefill.id.clone(),
         prefill.url.clone(),
         request.input_token_count,
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub(super) async fn forward_chat_request(
         );
         let decode_load_guards = (
             decode.load_guard(),
-            ctx.active_load
+            ctx.router_inflight_load
                 .register(decode.id.clone(), decode.url.clone(), 0, 1),
         );
         (decode, decode_load_guards)
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/metrics.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/metrics.rs
index 23e09cfcc..3a647ea02 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/metrics.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/metrics.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 //! discovered" failure mode is observable.
 
 use crate::discovery::WorkerMode;
-use crate::policies::kv_events::{KvIndexMetrics, Tiers, ACCOUNTING_REASONS};
 use crate::server::app_context::AppContext;
 use crate::server::metrics::{escape_label, WorkerSnapshot};
+use crate::state::kv_events::{KvIndexMetrics, Tiers, ACCOUNTING_REASONS};
 use axum::extract::State;
 use axum::http::header::CONTENT_TYPE;
 use axum::http::StatusCode;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub async fn metrics(State(ctx): State<Arc<AppContext>>) -> impl IntoResponse {
                 // Saturating rather than `as i64`: a guard-accounting
                 // underflow would wrap usize and render as a nonsensical
                 // negative gauge; clamp to a large positive ceiling instead.
-                inflight: i64::try_from(w.active_load()).unwrap_or(i64::MAX),
+                inflight: i64::try_from(w.router_inflight_load()).unwrap_or(i64::MAX),
             }
         })
         .collect();
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// cell of the tally.
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn kv_tier_series_render_per_worker_and_per_medium() {
-        use crate::policies::kv_events::{EventKind, EventTally, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
+        use crate::state::kv_events::{EventKind, EventTally, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
 
         let kv = KvIndexMetrics::new(Arc::new(HashTree::new()), Arc::new(EventTally::new()));
         let w = KvWorkerId::new("http://w0:30000".into(), 0);
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// calls `clear_worker`.
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn kv_tree_blocks_drop_with_the_worker() {
-        use crate::policies::kv_events::{EventTally, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
+        use crate::state::kv_events::{EventTally, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
 
         let kv = KvIndexMetrics::new(Arc::new(HashTree::new()), Arc::new(EventTally::new()));
         let w = KvWorkerId::new("http://w0:30000".into(), 0);
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// all four families.
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn metrics_endpoint_emits_kv_series_when_a_tree_is_maintained() {
-        use crate::policies::kv_events::{EventTally, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
+        use crate::state::kv_events::{EventTally, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
 
         let mut ctx = AppContext::stub();
         let tree = Arc::new(HashTree::new());
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/tokenize.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/tokenize.rs
index 46131aaf7..9dd03714a 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/tokenize.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/server/routes/tokenize.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
             ),
             proxy: crate::config::ProxyConfig::default(),
-            active_load: crate::config::ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+            router_inflight_load: crate::config::InflightLoadConfig::default(),
         };
         let registry = crate::tokenizer::TokenizerRegistry::load_from_config(&cfg).unwrap();
         let proxy = Arc::new(
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/affinity_store.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/affinity_store.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f51ec68f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/affinity_store.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 The SGLang Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//! Session and routing-key assignments with idle expiry. The store keeps
+//! bindings; deciding whether to reuse, create or replace one is the policy's.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use dashmap::DashMap;
+
+use super::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::{
+    spawn_sweeper, Clock, JanitorHandle, SystemTimeClock,
+};
+use crate::discovery::WorkerId;
+use crate::workers::Worker;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Assignment {
+    engine: WorkerId,
+    last_seen: Instant,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct AffinityStore {
+    assignments: DashMap<String, Assignment>,
+    clock: Arc<dyn Clock>,
+    idle: Duration,
+}
+
+impl AffinityStore {
+    pub fn new(idle: Duration) -> Arc<Self> {
+        Self::with_clock(idle, Arc::new(SystemTimeClock))
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_clock(idle: Duration, clock: Arc<dyn Clock>) -> Arc<Self> {
+        Arc::new(Self {
+            assignments: DashMap::new(),
+            clock,
+            idle,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// The bound engine when it is still among `engines`; refreshes the binding.
+    pub fn bound<'e>(&self, key: &str, engines: &'e [Arc<Worker>]) -> Option<&'e Arc<Worker>> {
+        let mut assignment = self.assignments.get_mut(key)?;
+        let engine = engines
+            .iter()
+            .find(|engine| engine.id == assignment.engine)?;
+        assignment.last_seen = self.clock.now();
+        Some(engine)
+    }
+
+    pub fn contains(&self, key: &str) -> bool {
+        self.assignments.contains_key(key)
+    }
+
+    /// The bound engine id, whether or not it is still a candidate.
+    pub fn binding(&self, key: &str) -> Option<WorkerId> {
+        self.assignments.get(key).map(|a| a.engine.clone())
+    }
+
+    /// Binds `engine`, unless a concurrent pick already bound another engine
+    /// that is still in `engines`; that binding wins so racing first touches
+    /// converge on one engine.
+    pub fn bind<'e>(
+        &self,
+        key: String,
+        engine: &'e Arc<Worker>,
+        engines: &'e [Arc<Worker>],
+    ) -> &'e Arc<Worker> {
+        let now = self.clock.now();
+        let mut assignment = self.assignments.entry(key).or_insert_with(|| Assignment {
+            engine: engine.id.clone(),
+            last_seen: now,
+        });
+        match engines.iter().find(|bound| bound.id == assignment.engine) {
+            Some(bound) => {
+                assignment.last_seen = now;
+                bound
+            }
+            None => {
+                assignment.engine = engine.id.clone();
+                assignment.last_seen = now;
+                engine
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.assignments.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.assignments.is_empty()
+    }
+
+    pub fn sweep_expired(&self) -> usize {
+        let now = self.clock.now();
+        let mut removed = 0;
+        self.assignments.retain(|_, assignment| {
+            let keep = now.saturating_duration_since(assignment.last_seen) <= self.idle;
+            if !keep {
+                removed += 1;
+            }
+            keep
+        });
+        removed
+    }
+
+    /// Periodic eviction; `None` outside a Tokio runtime.
+    pub fn spawn_sweeper(self: &Arc<Self>, interval: Duration) -> Option<JanitorHandle> {
+        let store = Arc::clone(self);
+        tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current()
+            .ok()
+            .map(|_| spawn_sweeper(move || store.sweep_expired(), interval, "affinity-eviction"))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
+    use crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::MockClock;
+
+    fn worker(id: &str) -> Arc<Worker> {
+        Arc::new(Worker::new(WorkerSpec {
+            id: WorkerId(id.into()),
+            url: format!("http://{id}"),
+            mode: WorkerMode::Plain,
+            model_ids: vec![ModelId("m".into())],
+            bootstrap_port: None,
+        }))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_live_binding_wins_over_a_later_bind_and_a_dead_one_is_replaced() {
+        let store = AffinityStore::new(Duration::from_secs(60));
+        let (a, b) = (worker("a"), worker("b"));
+        let fleet = [a.clone(), b.clone()];
+        assert_eq!(store.bind("k".into(), &a, &fleet).id.0, "a");
+        assert_eq!(store.bind("k".into(), &b, &fleet).id.0, "a");
+        assert_eq!(store.bind("k".into(), &b, &fleet[1..]).id.0, "b");
+        assert_eq!(store.bound("k", &fleet).unwrap().id.0, "b");
+        assert!(store.bound("k", &fleet[..1]).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn idle_bindings_are_swept_and_hits_refresh() {
+        let clock = Arc::new(MockClock::new(Instant::now()));
+        let store = AffinityStore::with_clock(Duration::from_secs(10), clock.clone());
+        let fleet = [worker("a")];
+        store.bind("hot".into(), &fleet[0], &fleet);
+        store.bind("cold".into(), &fleet[0], &fleet);
+        clock.advance(Duration::from_secs(8));
+        store.bound("hot", &fleet);
+        clock.advance(Duration::from_secs(8));
+        assert_eq!(store.sweep_expired(), 1);
+        assert!(store.contains("hot") && !store.contains("cold"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn concurrent_bindings_do_not_count_as_evictions() {
+        use std::sync::Barrier;
+
+        let clock = Arc::new(MockClock::new(Instant::now()));
+        let store = AffinityStore::with_clock(Duration::from_secs(60), clock);
+        let engine = worker("a");
+        let start = Arc::new(Barrier::new(5));
+        std::thread::scope(|scope| {
+            for writer in 0..4 {
+                let store = Arc::clone(&store);
+                let engine = Arc::clone(&engine);
+                let start = Arc::clone(&start);
+                scope.spawn(move || {
+                    start.wait();
+                    for key in 0..5000 {
+                        store.bind(
+                            format!("{writer}-{key}"),
+                            &engine,
+                            std::slice::from_ref(&engine),
+                        );
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+            start.wait();
+            for _ in 0..1000 {
+                // The clock never advances: every binding must survive,
+                // even when requests insert new keys during a sweep.
+                assert_eq!(store.sweep_expired(), 0);
+            }
+        });
+        assert_eq!(store.len(), 20_000);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/block_size_oracle.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/block_size_oracle.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/block_size_oracle.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/block_size_oracle.rs
index ef4c3ec41..d3346734b 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/block_size_oracle.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/block_size_oracle.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //! `compute_block_hashes` must hash with the **same** block size the
 //! worker uses to publish KV-cache events; otherwise every cache-aware
 //! lookup misses silently. The worker advertises its `page_size` via
-//! `/server_info` (parsed into [`crate::policies::kv_events::EventConfig::block_size`]).
+//! `/server_info` (parsed into [`crate::state::kv_events::EventConfig::block_size`]).
 //! Dynamo's design treats `kv_cache_block_size` as a property of the
 //! `ModelDeploymentCard` populated by the worker registrar (see
 //! `~/dynamo/components/src/dynamo/sglang/register.py`); a mismatch
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/discovery.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/discovery.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/discovery.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/discovery.rs
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/hash.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/hash.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/hash.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/hash.rs
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/index.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/index.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/index.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/index.rs
index f5936cf63..a6127e484 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/index.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/index.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //! always operate together in production:
 //!
 //! - [`HashTree`] — the cache-aware routing index keyed by SGLang block hash.
-//! - [`EngineLoadTable`] — engine-reported per-worker load.
+//! - [`EngineReportedLoadTable`] — engine-reported per-worker load.
 //! - Two [`KvEventSubscriberRegistry`]s — one per `(worker_url, dp_rank)` on
 //!   the cache topic, one on the load topic.
 //! - A pump task that drains [`WorkerEvent`]s and applies KV batches to the
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use super::subscriber::{KvEventSubscriberRegistry, SubKind, WorkerEvent};
 use super::tally::{EventKind, EventTally};
 use super::tree::{HashTree, KvWorkerId, Tiers};
 use super::wire::KvCacheEvent;
-use crate::policies::engine_load::EngineLoadTable;
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::EngineReportedLoadTable;
 
 /// Channel buffer between the subscriber registry and the pump task.
 ///
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ pub struct KvEventIndex {
     maintain_tree: bool,
     subscribers: Arc<KvEventSubscriberRegistry>,
     /// Second registry subscribing to the load topic (one per worker rank),
-    /// feeding `LoadStat` snapshots into `engine_load`. Shares the pump
+    /// feeding `LoadStat` snapshots into `engine_reported_load`. Shares the pump
     /// channel with `subscribers`; keyed independently so KV and load
     /// subscribers for the same worker don't collide.
     load_subscribers: Arc<KvEventSubscriberRegistry>,
     /// Engine-reported per-worker load, written by the pump from
     /// `WorkerEvent::Load` and captured at request ingress.
-    engine_load: Arc<EngineLoadTable>,
+    engine_reported_load: Arc<EngineReportedLoadTable>,
     pump: Mutex<Option<JoinHandle<()>>>,
     pump_cancel: CancellationToken,
     workers: Mutex<HashMap<String, WorkerEntry>>,
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ impl KvEventIndex {
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::<WorkerEvent>(EVENT_CHANNEL_BUFFER);
         let subscribers = Arc::new(KvEventSubscriberRegistry::new(tx.clone()));
         let load_subscribers = Arc::new(KvEventSubscriberRegistry::with_kind(tx, SubKind::Load));
-        let engine_load = EngineLoadTable::new();
+        let engine_reported_load = EngineReportedLoadTable::new();
         let cursors: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<KvWorkerId, i64>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
         let live_workers: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<KvWorkerId>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashSet::new()));
         let pump_cancel = CancellationToken::new();
         let tally = Arc::new(EventTally::new());
         let pump = tokio::spawn(pump_loop(
             tree.clone(),
-            engine_load.clone(),
+            engine_reported_load.clone(),
             cursors.clone(),
             live_workers.clone(),
             Arc::clone(&tally),
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl KvEventIndex {
             maintain_tree,
             subscribers,
             load_subscribers,
-            engine_load,
+            engine_reported_load,
             pump: Mutex::new(Some(pump)),
             pump_cancel,
             workers: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ impl KvEventIndex {
     /// Shared accessor for the engine-load table. Load values are written solely by the pump
     /// (from `LoadStat` events); `add_worker` / `remove_worker` here manage
     /// the expected set and per-worker eviction.
-    pub fn engine_load(&self) -> Arc<EngineLoadTable> {
-        Arc::clone(&self.engine_load)
+    pub fn engine_reported_load(&self) -> Arc<EngineReportedLoadTable> {
+        Arc::clone(&self.engine_reported_load)
     }
 
     /// Register a worker. If `preresolved` is `Some`, the caller has
@@ -369,11 +369,12 @@ impl KvEventIndex {
         if self.maintain_tree && !kv_dp_ranks.is_empty() {
             self.subscribers.add_worker(worker_url, &cfg).await;
         }
-        // Mark only the ranks that have an actual SUB socket. `EngineLoadTable`
+        // Mark only the ranks that have an actual SUB socket. `EngineReportedLoadTable`
         // then rejects missing or stale advertised ranks as a whole worker.
         if !load_dp_ranks.is_empty() {
             for rank in &load_dp_ranks {
-                self.engine_load.mark_expected_rank(worker_url, *rank);
+                self.engine_reported_load
+                    .mark_expected_rank(worker_url, *rank);
             }
             self.load_subscribers.add_worker(worker_url, &cfg).await;
         }
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ impl KvEventIndex {
         // 3. Drop each rank's tree state and cursor, and the worker's engine
         //    load. Any event already in the mpsc buffer at this point will be
         //    filtered by the live-set check inside the pump.
-        self.engine_load.forget_worker(worker_url);
+        self.engine_reported_load.forget_worker(worker_url);
         let mut cursors = self.cursors.lock();
         for id in &ids {
             self.tree.clear_worker(id);
@@ -457,7 +458,7 @@ impl KvEventIndex {
 /// restarting from seq=1 (after sending END_SEQ) is not filtered.
 async fn pump_loop(
     tree: Arc<HashTree>,
-    engine_load: Arc<EngineLoadTable>,
+    engine_reported_load: Arc<EngineReportedLoadTable>,
     cursors: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<KvWorkerId, i64>>>,
     live_workers: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<KvWorkerId>>>,
     tally: Arc<EventTally>,
@@ -497,7 +498,7 @@ async fn pump_loop(
             WorkerEvent::Load { worker, load } => {
                 // Gauge: last value wins, no sequence/dedup. The live-worker
                 // filter above already dropped load from detached workers.
-                engine_load.set(&worker.url, worker.dp_rank, load, Instant::now());
+                engine_reported_load.set(&worker.url, worker.dp_rank, load, Instant::now());
             }
             WorkerEvent::PublisherReset { worker } => {
                 if cursors.lock().remove(&worker).is_some() {
@@ -585,8 +586,8 @@ async fn pump_loop(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::policies::engine_load::LoadStat;
-    use crate::policies::kv_events::wire::{BlockRemoved, BlockStored, KvEventBatch};
+    use crate::state::kv_events::wire::{BlockRemoved, BlockStored, KvEventBatch};
+    use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::LoadStat;
 
     fn worker_id(url: &str, rank: u32) -> KvWorkerId {
         KvWorkerId {
@@ -607,7 +608,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// can destructure just the bits they need.
     struct PumpHarness {
         tree: Arc<HashTree>,
-        engine_load: Arc<EngineLoadTable>,
+        engine_reported_load: Arc<EngineReportedLoadTable>,
         cursors: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<KvWorkerId, i64>>>,
         tally: Arc<EventTally>,
         #[allow(dead_code)]
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// the given workers pre-marked live.
     fn spawn_pump(live: &[KvWorkerId]) -> PumpHarness {
         let tree = Arc::new(HashTree::new());
-        let engine_load = EngineLoadTable::new();
+        let engine_reported_load = EngineReportedLoadTable::new();
         let cursors = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
         let live_set: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<KvWorkerId>>> =
             Arc::new(Mutex::new(live.iter().cloned().collect()));
@@ -631,7 +632,7 @@ mod tests {
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(4);
         let pump = tokio::spawn(pump_loop(
             tree.clone(),
-            engine_load.clone(),
+            engine_reported_load.clone(),
             cursors.clone(),
             live_set.clone(),
             Arc::clone(&tally),
@@ -640,7 +641,7 @@ mod tests {
         ));
         PumpHarness {
             tree,
-            engine_load,
+            engine_reported_load,
             cursors,
             tally,
             live_set,
@@ -833,7 +834,7 @@ mod tests {
     async fn pump_applies_load_to_engine_load_table() {
         let id = worker_id("http://w1", 0);
         let h = spawn_pump(std::slice::from_ref(&id));
-        let (tree, engine_load, tx, pump) = (h.tree, h.engine_load, h.tx, h.pump);
+        let (tree, engine_reported_load, tx, pump) = (h.tree, h.engine_reported_load, h.tx, h.pump);
 
         tx.send(WorkerEvent::Load {
             worker: id.clone(),
@@ -850,7 +851,7 @@ mod tests {
         drop(tx);
         pump.await.unwrap();
 
-        let snapshot = engine_load.capture_snapshot(Instant::now());
+        let snapshot = engine_reported_load.capture_snapshot(Instant::now());
         let load = snapshot.fresh_load_for_url("http://w1").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(load.num_running_reqs + load.num_waiting_reqs, 12);
         // Load events must not pollute the cache tree.
@@ -1105,7 +1106,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(oracle.get(), Some(64));
         assert!(oracle.is_bigram());
         assert_eq!(index.known_worker_count(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(index.engine_load().expected_count(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(index.engine_reported_load().expected_count(), 1);
         index.shutdown().await;
     }
 
@@ -1128,10 +1129,10 @@ mod tests {
             is_bigram: false,
         };
         index.add_worker(url, Some(cfg)).await;
-        assert_eq!(index.engine_load().expected_count(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(index.engine_reported_load().expected_count(), 1);
 
         let now = Instant::now();
-        index.engine_load().set(
+        index.engine_reported_load().set(
             url,
             0,
             LoadStat {
@@ -1144,7 +1145,7 @@ mod tests {
             now,
         );
         assert!(index
-            .engine_load()
+            .engine_reported_load()
             .capture_snapshot(now)
             .fresh_load_for_url(url)
             .is_some());
@@ -1152,13 +1153,13 @@ mod tests {
         index.remove_worker(url).await;
         assert!(
             index
-                .engine_load()
+                .engine_reported_load()
                 .capture_snapshot(Instant::now())
                 .fresh_load_for_url(url)
                 .is_none(),
             "remove_worker must clear engine load"
         );
-        assert_eq!(index.engine_load().expected_count(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(index.engine_reported_load().expected_count(), 0);
         index.shutdown().await;
     }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/mod.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/mod.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/mod.rs
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/subscriber.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/subscriber.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/subscriber.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/subscriber.rs
index 7e18382c0..342050eac 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/subscriber.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/subscriber.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //! consumed by [`super::index::KvEventIndex`]. Each `(worker_url, dp_rank)`
 //! pair gets its own SUB socket on its own tokio task, decodes msgpack frames
 //! by [`SubKind`] (KV batches via [`super::wire`], load via
-//! [`crate::policies::engine_load`]), and forwards [`WorkerEvent`]s to a
+//! [`crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load`]), and forwards [`WorkerEvent`]s to a
 //! shared mpsc channel.
 //!
 //! # Wire format (3-frame multipart)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ use zeromq::{Socket, SocketRecv, SubSocket, ZmqMessage};
 use super::discovery::EventConfig;
 use super::tree::KvWorkerId;
 use super::wire::{decode_event_batch, KvEventBatch};
-use crate::policies::engine_load::{decode_load_stat, LoadStat};
+use crate::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{decode_load_stat, LoadStat};
 
 /// Maximum number of consecutive `recv()` errors before the subscriber
 /// gives up and exits its task. ZMQ's internal reconnect handles transient
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ mod tests {
     use tokio::time::timeout;
     use zeromq::{Endpoint, PubSocket, Socket, SocketSend, ZmqMessage};
 
-    use crate::policies::kv_events::wire::KvCacheEvent;
+    use crate::state::kv_events::wire::KvCacheEvent;
 
     mod helpers {
         use super::*;
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/tally.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/tally.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/tally.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/tally.rs
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/tree.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/tree.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/tree.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/tree.rs
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/wire.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/wire.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/kv_events/wire.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/kv_events/wire.rs
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/engine_load.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/engine_reported_load.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/engine_load.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/engine_reported_load.rs
index 208014be8..effbb2744 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/engine_load.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/engine_reported_load.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //! aggregate and falls back to Router-local load when it is unavailable.
 //!
 //! Load is a *gauge*, not a delta: last value wins, no sequence/replay
-//! semantics. Entries older than [`EngineLoadTable::freshness`] are ignored.
+//! semantics. Entries older than [`EngineReportedLoadTable::freshness`] are ignored.
 
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::fmt;
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ pub struct LoadStat {
     pub native_cache: Option<NativeCacheRankLoad>,
 }
 
-/// Engine load for one worker captured at a fixed point in time.
+/// Engine-reported request and KV counters for one worker, summed across DP ranks.
 ///
 /// The four #34608 fields are summed across DP ranks. `captured_at` retains
 /// the oldest rank timestamp so later local dispatches can be added.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub struct EngineWorkerLoad {
+pub struct EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
     pub num_running_reqs: u64,
     pub num_waiting_reqs: u64,
     pub num_tokens: u64,
@@ -71,12 +71,14 @@ pub struct EngineWorkerLoad {
     pub captured_at: Instant,
 }
 
-/// Complete ZMQ monitor aggregate used by native Cache-Aware.
+/// Engine-reported per-worker scheduling load: capacity, queue pressure, and prefill estimates.
+///
+/// Shared by cache-aware, power-of-two, session-aware, and decode selection and admission.
 ///
 /// Prefill throughput and queue time require two monotonic samples from every
 /// DP rank. Initial samples and counter resets leave both values unavailable.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
-pub struct NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+pub struct EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
     pub num_running_reqs: u64,
     pub num_waiting_reqs: u64,
     pub num_waiting_uncached_tokens: u64,
@@ -89,19 +91,19 @@ pub struct NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
     pub captured_at: Instant,
 }
 
-/// Immutable engine load view captured once at request ingress.
+/// Immutable fleet-wide view of engine-reported load, captured once at request ingress.
 ///
 /// Keys are worker URLs used for dispatch. Missing, stale, or rank-incomplete
 /// workers are omitted and must use Router-local active load.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
-pub struct EngineLoadSnapshot {
+pub struct EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
     pub version: u64,
-    workers: HashMap<String, EngineWorkerLoad>,
-    native_cache_workers: HashMap<String, NativeCacheWorkerLoad>,
+    workers: HashMap<String, EngineReportedWorkerLoad>,
+    native_cache_workers: HashMap<String, EngineReportedSchedulingLoad>,
 }
 
-impl EngineLoadSnapshot {
-    pub fn fresh_load_for_url(&self, worker_url: &str) -> Option<&EngineWorkerLoad> {
+impl EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+    pub fn fresh_load_for_url(&self, worker_url: &str) -> Option<&EngineReportedWorkerLoad> {
         self.workers.get(worker_url)
     }
 
@@ -136,13 +138,13 @@ impl EngineLoadSnapshot {
     pub fn fresh_native_cache_load_for_url(
         &self,
         worker_url: &str,
-    ) -> Option<&NativeCacheWorkerLoad> {
+    ) -> Option<&EngineReportedSchedulingLoad> {
         self.native_cache_workers.get(worker_url)
     }
 
     /// Builds a view from worker data that already passed freshness and rank checks.
-    /// Production requests should use [`EngineLoadTable::capture_snapshot`].
-    pub fn from_workers(version: u64, workers: HashMap<String, EngineWorkerLoad>) -> Self {
+    /// Production requests should use [`EngineReportedLoadTable::capture_snapshot`].
+    pub fn from_workers(version: u64, workers: HashMap<String, EngineReportedWorkerLoad>) -> Self {
         Self {
             version,
             workers,
@@ -151,17 +153,17 @@ impl EngineLoadSnapshot {
     }
 
     /// Builds a test snapshot from complete native monitor data.
-    /// Production requests must use [`EngineLoadTable::capture_snapshot`].
+    /// Production requests must use [`EngineReportedLoadTable::capture_snapshot`].
     pub fn from_native_cache_workers(
         version: u64,
-        workers: HashMap<String, NativeCacheWorkerLoad>,
+        workers: HashMap<String, EngineReportedSchedulingLoad>,
     ) -> Self {
         let basic = workers
             .iter()
             .map(|(url, load)| {
                 (
                     url.clone(),
-                    EngineWorkerLoad {
+                    EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                         num_running_reqs: load.num_running_reqs,
                         num_waiting_reqs: load.num_waiting_reqs,
                         num_tokens: load.num_used_tokens,
@@ -292,7 +294,7 @@ type NativeWorkerObservations = HashMap<u32, NativeRankObservation>;
 /// Per-`(worker_url, dp_rank)` engine-reported load, written by the load
 /// subscriber pump and captured once at request ingress.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct EngineLoadTable {
+pub struct EngineReportedLoadTable {
     by_rank: DashMap<(String, u32), LoadEntry>,
     /// Per-rank publishers the worker advertised. A worker is usable only
     /// when every advertised rank has a fresh value; accepting a partial
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ pub struct EngineLoadTable {
     version: AtomicU64,
 }
 
-impl EngineLoadTable {
+impl EngineReportedLoadTable {
     pub fn new() -> Arc<Self> {
         Arc::new(Self {
             by_rank: DashMap::new(),
@@ -364,7 +366,7 @@ impl EngineLoadTable {
     /// look misleadingly idle and draw *more* traffic.) Callers that never
     /// registered expected ranks retain the all-known-ranks rule. The oldest
     /// timestamp represents the freshness of the complete aggregate.
-    fn fresh_worker_loads(&self, now: Instant) -> HashMap<String, EngineWorkerLoad> {
+    fn fresh_worker_loads(&self, now: Instant) -> HashMap<String, EngineReportedWorkerLoad> {
         // url -> rank -> (reported load, fresh, timestamp).
         let mut observed: HashMap<String, HashMap<u32, (LoadStat, bool, Instant)>> = HashMap::new();
         for entry in self.by_rank.iter() {
@@ -412,7 +414,7 @@ impl EngineLoadTable {
                 oldest_at.map(|captured_at| {
                     (
                         url,
-                        EngineWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                             num_running_reqs,
                             num_waiting_reqs,
                             num_tokens,
@@ -432,7 +434,7 @@ impl EngineLoadTable {
     fn fresh_native_cache_worker_loads(
         &self,
         now: Instant,
-    ) -> HashMap<String, NativeCacheWorkerLoad> {
+    ) -> HashMap<String, EngineReportedSchedulingLoad> {
         let mut observed: HashMap<String, NativeWorkerObservations> = HashMap::new();
         for entry in self.by_rank.iter() {
             let at = entry.value().at;
@@ -521,7 +523,7 @@ impl EngineLoadTable {
                 oldest_at.map(|captured_at| {
                     (
                         url,
-                        NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                        EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                             num_running_reqs,
                             num_waiting_reqs,
                             num_waiting_uncached_tokens,
@@ -540,8 +542,8 @@ impl EngineLoadTable {
     }
 
     /// Captures one immutable view for all routing decisions in a request.
-    pub fn capture_snapshot(&self, now: Instant) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-        EngineLoadSnapshot {
+    pub fn capture_snapshot(&self, now: Instant) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+        EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
             version: self.version.load(Ordering::Acquire),
             workers: self.fresh_worker_loads(now),
             native_cache_workers: self.fresh_native_cache_worker_loads(now),
@@ -635,7 +637,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn sums_queue_depth_across_ranks() {
-        let t = EngineLoadTable::new();
+        let t = EngineReportedLoadTable::new();
         let now = Instant::now();
         t.set("http://w:30000", 0, load(5, 1), now);
         t.set("http://w:30000", 1, load(3, 2), now);
@@ -647,7 +649,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn stale_entries_are_dropped_from_snapshot() {
-        let t = EngineLoadTable::with_freshness(Duration::from_millis(10));
+        let t = EngineReportedLoadTable::with_freshness(Duration::from_millis(10));
         let old = Instant::now();
         t.set("http://w:30000", 0, load(9, 9), old);
         // A read far in the future sees the entry as stale -> worker absent.
@@ -660,7 +662,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn forget_worker_clears_all_ranks() {
-        let t = EngineLoadTable::new();
+        let t = EngineReportedLoadTable::new();
         let now = Instant::now();
         t.set("http://w:30000", 0, load(1, 0), now);
         t.set("http://w:30000", 1, load(1, 0), now);
@@ -677,7 +679,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// router-side counter instead of looking misleadingly idle.
     #[test]
     fn partial_freshness_excludes_worker() {
-        let t = EngineLoadTable::with_freshness(Duration::from_secs(5));
+        let t = EngineReportedLoadTable::with_freshness(Duration::from_secs(5));
         let now = Instant::now();
         let stale = now - Duration::from_secs(3600);
         t.set("http://w:30000", 0, load(5, 1), now); // fresh
@@ -692,7 +694,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn missing_expected_rank_excludes_worker() {
-        let t = EngineLoadTable::new();
+        let t = EngineReportedLoadTable::new();
         let now = Instant::now();
         t.mark_expected_rank("http://w:30000", 0);
         t.mark_expected_rank("http://w:30000", 1);
@@ -712,7 +714,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn capture_snapshot_uses_the_earliest_rank_timestamp() {
-        let t = EngineLoadTable::new();
+        let t = EngineReportedLoadTable::new();
         let earlier = Instant::now() - Duration::from_secs(2);
         let later = earlier + Duration::from_secs(1);
         t.set("http://w:30000", 0, load(5, 1), later);
@@ -726,7 +728,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn expected_count_tracks_marked_workers_and_forget() {
-        let t = EngineLoadTable::new();
+        let t = EngineReportedLoadTable::new();
         assert_eq!(t.expected_count(), 0);
         t.mark_expected_rank("http://w:30000", 0);
         t.mark_expected_rank("http://w:30000", 1); // same worker
@@ -738,7 +740,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn complete_v3_semantic_samples_derive_prefill_queue_time() {
-        let t = EngineLoadTable::new();
+        let t = EngineReportedLoadTable::new();
         let first = Instant::now();
         let second = first + Duration::from_secs(2);
         let mut old = load(2, 3);
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/mod.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d5aeee18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 The SGLang Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//! Load signals: engine-reported load and router-local in-flight accounting.
+
+pub mod engine_reported_load;
+pub mod router_inflight_load;
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/active_load.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/router_inflight_load.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/active_load.rs
rename to experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/router_inflight_load.rs
index 1f4a223b3..8d609a0d9 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/policies/active_load.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/load_monitor/router_inflight_load.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 The SGLang Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-//! Per-worker active-load tracking with RAII guards and a stale-request
+//! Router-local per-worker in-flight load tracking with RAII guards and a stale-request
 //! janitor.
 //!
 //! The per-worker `Worker::active_requests` counter tracks in-flight HTTP
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 //! 2. **Two-axis tracking** so PD-disaggregation can score prefill (token
 //!    count) separately from decode (block count). The two counters share
 //!    the same registry shape; we expose them as a single
-//!    [`ActiveLoadGuard`] holding both so the proxy's hot path mints one
+//!    [`RouterInflightLoadGuard`] holding both so the proxy's hot path mints one
 //!    guard per request rather than two.
 //!
 //! # Drop semantics
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 //!
 //! # Clock injection
 //!
-//! [`ActiveLoadRegistry::new`] is generic over the clock so tests can drive
+//! [`RouterInflightLoadRegistry::new`] is generic over the clock so tests can drive
 //! the janitor deterministically. Production wires a `SystemTimeClock`;
 //! tests use a `MockClock`. The `Instant`-based timestamp on registration
 //! is sufficient for the timeout comparison (monotonic), so the clock
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 //! type whose `duration_since(other)` returns the wall-clock delta.
 
 use crate::discovery::WorkerId;
-use crate::server::metrics::{ActiveLoadKind, MetricsRegistry};
+use crate::server::metrics::{MetricsRegistry, RouterInflightLoadKind};
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 /// Unique identifier for an in-flight request. Minted by
-/// [`ActiveLoadRegistry::register`] and carried inside [`ActiveLoadGuard`]
+/// [`RouterInflightLoadRegistry::register`] and carried inside [`RouterInflightLoadGuard`]
 /// so the janitor can address one request at a time.
 #[derive(Clone, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct RequestId(pub Uuid);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct WorkerCounters {
 ///
 /// `cancel` is a [`CancellationToken`] the janitor fires when the entry
 /// is swept. The chat handler holds a clone (via
-/// [`ActiveLoadGuard::cancel_token`]) and aborts its upstream fetch
+/// [`RouterInflightLoadGuard::cancel_token`]) and aborts its upstream fetch
 /// with `ApiError::StaleRequestExpired` when the token resolves —
 /// surfacing the stale-request expiry as a 504 to the client instead
 /// of leaving the handler hung on a long-lived upstream.
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ impl Clock for MockClock {
 
 /// Registry of in-flight requests + per-worker active-load counters.
 ///
-/// Constructed once per `AppContext`; the proxy holds an [`ActiveLoadGuard`]
+/// Constructed once per `AppContext`; the proxy holds an [`RouterInflightLoadGuard`]
 /// per request so counters decrement on drop. A background task periodically calls
 /// [`Self::sweep_stale`] to evict requests that outlived
 /// `stale_request_timeout`.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct ActiveLoadRegistry {
+pub struct RouterInflightLoadRegistry {
     workers: DashMap<WorkerId, Arc<WorkerCounters>>,
     requests: DashMap<RequestId, RequestEntry>,
     clock: Arc<dyn Clock>,
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ pub struct ActiveLoadRegistry {
     metrics: Mutex<Option<Arc<MetricsRegistry>>>,
 }
 
-impl ActiveLoadRegistry {
-    /// Construct an [`ActiveLoadRegistry`] wrapped in an [`Arc`].
+impl RouterInflightLoadRegistry {
+    /// Construct an [`RouterInflightLoadRegistry`] wrapped in an [`Arc`].
     ///
     /// The registry is always shared (proxy + janitor + selector all hold
     /// the same instance), so the public constructor mints the `Arc`
@@ -221,14 +221,14 @@ impl ActiveLoadRegistry {
         let Some(metrics) = self.metrics.lock().clone() else {
             return;
         };
-        metrics.set_active_load(
+        metrics.set_router_inflight_load(
             worker_url,
-            ActiveLoadKind::PrefillTokens,
+            RouterInflightLoadKind::PrefillTokens,
             counters.prefill_load.load(Ordering::Relaxed) as i64,
         );
-        metrics.set_active_load(
+        metrics.set_router_inflight_load(
             worker_url,
-            ActiveLoadKind::DecodeBlocks,
+            RouterInflightLoadKind::DecodeBlocks,
             counters.decode_load.load(Ordering::Relaxed) as i64,
         );
     }
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ impl ActiveLoadRegistry {
         worker_url: impl Into<String>,
         prefill_load: usize,
         decode_load: usize,
-    ) -> ActiveLoadGuard {
+    ) -> RouterInflightLoadGuard {
         let worker_url = worker_url.into();
         let request_id = RequestId::new_v4();
         let counters = self
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ impl ActiveLoadRegistry {
                 cancel: cancel.clone(),
             },
         );
-        ActiveLoadGuard {
+        RouterInflightLoadGuard {
             registry: Some(Arc::clone(self)),
             request_id: Some(request_id),
             worker,
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ impl ActiveLoadRegistry {
 }
 
 /// Spawn a background janitor task that periodically calls
-/// [`ActiveLoadRegistry::sweep_stale`].
+/// [`RouterInflightLoadRegistry::sweep_stale`].
 ///
 /// Returns a [`JanitorHandle`] that owns the join handle and a cancellation
 /// token. Dropping the handle cancels the task; calling
@@ -407,9 +407,12 @@ impl ActiveLoadRegistry {
 /// `interval` is the wall-clock cadence of the sweep. A sensible default
 /// is half the configured `stale_request_timeout` so an expired entry is
 /// reaped within 1.5× the timeout in the worst case. Pass a fresh
-/// `Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>` (cloned from the shared one held in
+/// `Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>` (cloned from the shared one held in
 /// `AppContext`).
-pub fn spawn_janitor(registry: Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>, interval: Duration) -> JanitorHandle {
+pub fn spawn_janitor(
+    registry: Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>,
+    interval: Duration,
+) -> JanitorHandle {
     spawn_sweeper(move || registry.sweep_stale(), interval, "active-load")
 }
 
@@ -481,16 +484,16 @@ impl Drop for JanitorHandle {
     }
 }
 
-/// RAII guard returned by [`ActiveLoadRegistry::register`].
+/// RAII guard returned by [`RouterInflightLoadRegistry::register`].
 ///
 /// `#[must_use]`: a statement-form `registry.register(...)` would drop the
 /// guard on the same line and decrement the counter before the request
 /// actually executed, defeating the purpose. The compile-time warning
 /// catches that misuse.
-#[must_use = "ActiveLoadGuard must be held for the request's lifetime; dropping it immediately decrements counters"]
+#[must_use = "RouterInflightLoadGuard must be held for the request's lifetime; dropping it immediately decrements counters"]
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct ActiveLoadGuard {
-    registry: Option<Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>>,
+pub struct RouterInflightLoadGuard {
+    registry: Option<Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>>,
     /// `None` after the janitor expired this request — drop becomes a
     /// no-op in that case. The guard keeps only the `RequestId`; the
     /// per-axis amounts (and the captured `Arc<WorkerCounters>`) live
@@ -505,7 +508,7 @@ pub struct ActiveLoadGuard {
     cancel: CancellationToken,
 }
 
-impl ActiveLoadGuard {
+impl RouterInflightLoadGuard {
     /// Read-only accessor (mainly for tests + diagnostic logging).
     pub fn worker(&self) -> &WorkerId {
         &self.worker
@@ -520,7 +523,7 @@ impl ActiveLoadGuard {
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for ActiveLoadGuard {
+impl Drop for RouterInflightLoadGuard {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         // If the janitor already expired this request (or `expire_now` was
         // called explicitly), `request_id` is `None` and we skip — the
@@ -531,7 +534,7 @@ impl Drop for ActiveLoadGuard {
         // `remove` returns `Some` exactly once; if the janitor races us
         // and wins, we skip the decrement here. Decrement the **same**
         // counters Arc the register call incremented (see
-        // `ActiveLoadGuard::counters`) — pinning the decrement to a
+        // `RouterInflightLoadGuard::counters`) — pinning the decrement to a
         // specific WorkerCounters instance keeps the math correct
         // across `forget_worker` + re-register cycles.
         if let Some((_, entry)) = registry.requests.remove(&id) {
@@ -553,9 +556,12 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use std::sync::Arc;
 
-    fn registry_with_mock_clock(timeout: Duration) -> (Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>, Arc<MockClock>) {
+    fn registry_with_mock_clock(
+        timeout: Duration,
+    ) -> (Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>, Arc<MockClock>) {
         let clock = Arc::new(MockClock::new(Instant::now()));
-        let registry = ActiveLoadRegistry::new(Arc::clone(&clock) as Arc<dyn Clock>, timeout);
+        let registry =
+            RouterInflightLoadRegistry::new(Arc::clone(&clock) as Arc<dyn Clock>, timeout);
         (registry, clock)
     }
 
@@ -617,7 +623,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// Gap closer #2: double-drop safety.
     ///
     /// Rust's affine type system makes a literal double-drop of the same
-    /// `ActiveLoadGuard` value impossible — the compiler rejects
+    /// `RouterInflightLoadGuard` value impossible — the compiler rejects
     /// `drop(g); drop(g);`. The interesting property is that the
     /// registry's own bookkeeping never under-decrements, even if the
     /// janitor and a guard's drop race. We assert that by simulating the
@@ -688,7 +694,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn spawn_janitor_sweeps_stale_entries() {
         let clock: Arc<dyn Clock> = Arc::new(SystemTimeClock);
-        let registry = ActiveLoadRegistry::new(clock, Duration::from_millis(30));
+        let registry = RouterInflightLoadRegistry::new(clock, Duration::from_millis(30));
         let w = WorkerId("w0".into());
         let _g = registry.register(w.clone(), "test://50-2", 50, 2);
         assert_eq!(registry.inflight_count(), 1);
@@ -708,7 +714,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn spawn_janitor_shutdown_is_clean() {
         let clock: Arc<dyn Clock> = Arc::new(SystemTimeClock);
-        let registry = ActiveLoadRegistry::new(clock, Duration::from_secs(60));
+        let registry = RouterInflightLoadRegistry::new(clock, Duration::from_secs(60));
         let handle = spawn_janitor(Arc::clone(&registry), Duration::from_millis(100));
         // Verify shutdown completes within a generous bound.
         let r = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), handle.shutdown()).await;
@@ -840,7 +846,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// When a [`MetricsRegistry`] is attached, the per-worker active-load
     /// gauge mirrors the live counter on register / drop / sweep.
-    /// Regression: prior code exposed [`MetricsRegistry::set_active_load`]
+    /// Regression: prior code exposed [`MetricsRegistry::set_router_inflight_load`]
     /// but nothing in the request hot path ever called it, leaving
     /// `sgl_router_active_load` permanently at 0 in production.
     #[test]
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/mod.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62491d493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/state/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 The SGLang Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//! Shared mutable state that selection reads: the KV-event cache index, load
+//! monitoring, and affinity assignments. Both the legacy policies and
+//! `policies_reorg` read it here.
+
+pub mod affinity_store;
+pub mod kv_events;
+pub mod load_monitor;
+
+pub use affinity_store::AffinityStore;
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/tokenizer/mod.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
index 9dd594da8..73909b9ce 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
             ),
             proxy: crate::config::ProxyConfig::default(),
-            active_load: crate::config::ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+            router_inflight_load: crate::config::InflightLoadConfig::default(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/introspect.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/introspect.rs
index 3ad6583c3..10e8bd950 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/introspect.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/introspect.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use tracing::warn;
 use url::Url;
 
-use crate::policies::kv_events::EventConfig;
+use crate::state::kv_events::EventConfig;
 
 /// Default timeout for `/server_info`. Conservative for a small JSON
 /// payload served by SGLang's HTTP server.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ impl WorkerIntrospector {
 
         // EAGLE-family speculative decoding ⇒ the worker hashes KV blocks over
         // token bigrams; the router must mirror that on the selection side.
-        let is_bigram = crate::policies::kv_events::classify_bigram(
+        let is_bigram = crate::state::kv_events::classify_bigram(
             parsed.speculative_algorithm.as_deref(),
             worker_url,
         );
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/manager.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/manager.rs
index 58ac77bb9..4c753e41e 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/manager.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/manager.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::discovery::{DiscoveryEvent, ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
 use crate::health::circuit_breaker::CircuitBreakerConfig;
-use crate::policies::active_load::ActiveLoadRegistry;
-use crate::policies::kv_events::KvEventIndex;
+use crate::state::kv_events::KvEventIndex;
+use crate::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::RouterInflightLoadRegistry;
 use crate::workers::introspect::{DisaggregationRole, WorkerIntrospector};
 use crate::workers::{WireProtocol, WorkerRegistry};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub async fn run(rx: mpsc::Receiver<DiscoveryEvent>, registry: Arc<WorkerRegistr
 /// manager does not need a handle to the proxy.
 ///
 /// When `kv_index` is `None`, KV-event and load-subscriber state is disabled; when
-/// `active_load` is `None` the active-load bookkeeping is not pruned
+/// `router_inflight_load` is `None` the active-load bookkeeping is not pruned
 /// on worker removal (leaks one `WorkerCounters` slot per departed
 /// worker — fine for tests, but production passes `Some(...)`); when
 /// `cfg` is `None` the default CB config is used for every worker
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ pub async fn run_with_config(
     registry: Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
     cfg: Option<Arc<Config>>,
     kv_index: Option<Arc<KvEventIndex>>,
-    active_load: Option<Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>>,
+    router_inflight_load: Option<Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>>,
 ) {
     run_with_introspector(
         rx,
         registry,
         cfg,
         kv_index,
-        active_load,
+        router_inflight_load,
         Arc::new(WorkerIntrospector::default()),
     )
     .await
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ pub async fn run_with_introspector(
     registry: Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
     cfg: Option<Arc<Config>>,
     kv_index: Option<Arc<KvEventIndex>>,
-    active_load: Option<Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>>,
+    router_inflight_load: Option<Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>>,
     introspector: Arc<WorkerIntrospector>,
 ) {
     run_with_introspector_and_reconcile(
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ pub async fn run_with_introspector(
         registry,
         cfg,
         kv_index,
-        active_load,
+        router_inflight_load,
         introspector,
         RECONCILE_INTERVAL,
     )
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ pub async fn run_with_introspector_and_reconcile(
     registry: Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
     cfg: Option<Arc<Config>>,
     kv_index: Option<Arc<KvEventIndex>>,
-    active_load: Option<Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>>,
+    router_inflight_load: Option<Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>>,
     introspector: Arc<WorkerIntrospector>,
     reconcile_interval: Duration,
 ) {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ pub async fn run_with_introspector_and_reconcile(
                     &registry,
                     &cfg,
                     &kv_index,
-                    &active_load,
+                    &router_inflight_load,
                     &introspector,
                     &mut pending,
                 )
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ async fn handle_discovery_event(
     registry: &Arc<WorkerRegistry>,
     cfg: &Option<Arc<Config>>,
     kv_index: &Option<Arc<KvEventIndex>>,
-    active_load: &Option<Arc<ActiveLoadRegistry>>,
+    router_inflight_load: &Option<Arc<RouterInflightLoadRegistry>>,
     introspector: &Arc<WorkerIntrospector>,
     pending: &mut HashMap<WorkerId, JoinHandle<()>>,
 ) {
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ async fn handle_discovery_event(
             // per-worker counters slot will not be re-created
             // (selectors no longer see the worker, so no new
             // requests can register against it).
-            if let Some(al) = active_load {
+            if let Some(al) = router_inflight_load {
                 al.forget_worker(&id);
             }
         }
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ async fn register_one(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::config::{
-        ActiveLoadConfig, CircuitBreakerConfig as RawCbConfig, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig,
+        CircuitBreakerConfig as RawCbConfig, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig,
         PolicyKind, ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
     };
     use crate::discovery::{WorkerId, WorkerMode};
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ mod tests {
                 urls: vec!["http://test:30000".into()],
             }),
             proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-            active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+            router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     /// Task B: `DiscoveryEvent::Removed` calls
-    /// `ActiveLoadRegistry::forget_worker` so the per-worker counters
+    /// `RouterInflightLoadRegistry::forget_worker` so the per-worker counters
     /// slot is reaped. Without this, a long-lived cluster with worker
     /// churn would leak one `WorkerCounters` entry per departed worker.
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -984,14 +984,14 @@ mod tests {
             spawn_fake_server_info_worker(json!({"served_model_name": "m"})).await;
 
         let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::default());
-        let active_load = ActiveLoadRegistry::with_defaults();
+        let router_inflight_load = RouterInflightLoadRegistry::with_defaults();
         let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::<DiscoveryEvent>(8);
         let manager_handle = tokio::spawn(run_with_introspector(
             rx,
             registry.clone(),
             None,
             None,
-            Some(Arc::clone(&active_load)),
+            Some(Arc::clone(&router_inflight_load)),
             fast_introspector(),
         ));
 
@@ -1019,8 +1019,8 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Mint a guard to force the active-load registry to create a
         // per-worker counters slot for this id.
-        let _g = active_load.register(id.clone(), "test://", 10, 1);
-        assert!(active_load.is_known(&id));
+        let _g = router_inflight_load.register(id.clone(), "test://", 10, 1);
+        assert!(router_inflight_load.is_known(&id));
 
         // Now drive the Removed event and assert the counters slot is
         // gone.  We tear down the guard last so the request entry is
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap();
         let removed = timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
             loop {
-                if !active_load.is_known(&id) && registry.get(&id).is_none() {
+                if !router_inflight_load.is_known(&id) && registry.get(&id).is_none() {
                     return true;
                 }
                 tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ mod tests {
         .await;
         assert!(
             removed.is_ok(),
-            "manager must call active_load.forget_worker on Removed",
+            "manager must call router_inflight_load.forget_worker on Removed",
         );
 
         drop(tx);
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/registry.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/registry.rs
index 0a89c42fa..2fd6b0c8f 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/registry.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/registry.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl WorkerRegistry {
     /// spec carries an id that already has an entry, the prior entry
     /// stays put — it's the caller's responsibility to decide whether
     /// to evict it (and, importantly, to also clean up sidecar state
-    /// in `KvEventIndex` / `ActiveLoadRegistry` if so). Doing that
+    /// in `KvEventIndex` / `RouterInflightLoadRegistry` if so). Doing that
     /// cleanup here would leak orphan state into those sidecars when
     /// a caller actually wanted to keep the prior entry.
     pub fn add_with_cb(
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// On a rejected upsert with `MixedPdAndPlain`, the registry is
     /// **not** mutated — the prior entry for the rejected id stays
     /// put. Eviction (with the matching `KvEventIndex` /
-    /// `ActiveLoadRegistry` cleanup) is the manager's responsibility;
+    /// `RouterInflightLoadRegistry` cleanup) is the manager's responsibility;
     /// doing it here would leak orphan state in those sidecars.
     #[test]
     fn upsert_rejected_with_mixed_modes_leaves_registry_unchanged() {
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/worker.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/worker.rs
index 27583d0c8..bf494ad14 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/worker.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/src/workers/worker.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ impl Worker {
         self.protocol
     }
 
-    pub fn active_load(&self) -> usize {
+    pub fn router_inflight_load(&self) -> usize {
         self.active_requests.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
     }
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for Worker {
             .field("url", &self.url)
             .field("mode", &self.mode())
             .field("protocol", &self.protocol)
-            .field("active_load", &self.active_load())
+            .field("router_inflight_load", &self.router_inflight_load())
             .finish()
     }
 }
@@ -304,15 +304,15 @@ mod tests {
             model_ids: vec![ModelId("m".into())],
             bootstrap_port: None,
         });
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 0);
         let g = w.load_guard();
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 1);
         let g2 = w.load_guard();
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 2);
         drop(g);
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 1);
         drop(g2);
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 0);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -321,11 +321,11 @@ mod tests {
         let cutoff = Instant::now() - Duration::from_secs(1);
         let guard = w.load_guard();
 
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 1);
         assert_eq!(w.slots_acquired_since(cutoff), 0);
 
         drop(guard);
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 0);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -334,11 +334,11 @@ mod tests {
         let cutoff = Instant::now() - Duration::from_secs(1);
         let guard = w.timestamped_load_guard();
 
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 1);
         assert_eq!(w.slots_acquired_since(cutoff), 1);
 
         drop(guard);
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 0);
         assert_eq!(w.slots_acquired_since(cutoff), 0);
     }
 
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ mod tests {
         let cutoff = Instant::now();
         let _g_new1 = w.timestamped_load_guard();
         let _g_new2 = w.timestamped_load_guard();
-        assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 3);
         assert_eq!(
             w.slots_acquired_since(cutoff),
             2,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/discovery/static_urls.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/discovery/static_urls.rs
index 57068a9e8..852e020b1 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/discovery/static_urls.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/discovery/static_urls.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ async fn static_urls_pd_role_resolved_end_to_end() {
     use axum::{routing::get, Json, Router};
     use serde_json::json;
     use sgl_router::config::{
-        ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ObservabilityConfig, ProxyConfig, ServerConfig,
+        Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ObservabilityConfig, ProxyConfig,
+        ServerConfig,
     };
     use sgl_router::discovery::{spawn_discovery, WorkerId};
     use sgl_router::workers::{manager, WorkerRegistry};
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ async fn static_urls_pd_role_resolved_end_to_end() {
             urls: vec![url.clone()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     };
 
     let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::default());
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/cache_prefix_provider.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/cache_prefix_provider.rs
index 62e23a0cc..45756b67f 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/cache_prefix_provider.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/cache_prefix_provider.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use sgl_kv_indexer::PrefixOutcome;
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::{
-    compute_block_hashes, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree, KvWorkerId,
-};
 use sgl_router::policies::prefix_provider::RadixTreePrefixProvider;
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
 
 #[test]
 fn radix_tree_reports_contiguous_prefix_depth_per_worker() {
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/decode.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/decode.rs
index 733bd20ef..41ee4f394 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/decode.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/decode.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ use sgl_router::policies::decode::{
     resolve_decode_with_capacity_fallback, DecodePolicy, DecodePowerOfTwoPolicy,
     DecodeSelectionContext, LegacyHostAffinityDecodePolicy,
 };
-use sgl_router::policies::engine_load::{EngineLoadSnapshot, NativeCacheWorkerLoad};
 use sgl_router::policies::SelectionProposal;
+use sgl_router::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{
+    EngineReportedLoadSnapshot, EngineReportedSchedulingLoad,
+};
 use sgl_router::workers::Worker;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
@@ -30,15 +32,15 @@ fn worker(id: &str) -> Arc<Worker> {
     }))
 }
 
-fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64, u64, u64)]) -> EngineLoadSnapshot {
-    EngineLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
+fn snapshot(entries: &[(&Arc<Worker>, u64, u64, u64, u64)]) -> EngineReportedLoadSnapshot {
+    EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_native_cache_workers(
         7,
         entries
             .iter()
             .map(|(worker, running, waiting, used, capacity)| {
                 (
                     worker.url.clone(),
-                    NativeCacheWorkerLoad {
+                    EngineReportedSchedulingLoad {
                         num_running_reqs: *running,
                         num_waiting_reqs: *waiting,
                         num_waiting_uncached_tokens: *waiting,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/fused_score.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/fused_score.rs
index 2a5f24f11..e5e8bc046 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/fused_score.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/fused_score.rs
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 //! and the idlest at 1.0, so every assertion below holds either way.
 
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
-use sgl_router::policies::engine_load::{EngineLoadSnapshot, EngineWorkerLoad};
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::{
-    compute_block_hashes, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree, KvWorkerId,
-};
 use sgl_router::policies::load_based::LoadBasedPolicy;
 use sgl_router::policies::scoring::{
     prefix_cache::PrefixCachePolicy, FusedScorePolicy, ScorePolicy,
 };
 use sgl_router::policies::{Policy, SelectionContext};
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
+use sgl_router::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{
+    EngineReportedLoadSnapshot, EngineReportedWorkerLoad,
+};
 use sgl_router::workers::Worker;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc, time::Instant};
 
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ fn fused_load_based_term_uses_the_request_snapshot() {
     let ws = vec![worker("w0"), worker("w1")];
     // Local counters changed after the request snapshot and prefer w0.
     let _after_snapshot: Vec<_> = (0..10).map(|_| ws[1].load_guard()).collect();
-    let snapshot = EngineLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
+    let snapshot = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
         29,
         HashMap::from([
             (
                 ws[0].url.clone(),
-                EngineWorkerLoad {
+                EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                     num_running_reqs: 50,
                     num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                     num_tokens: 0,
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ fn fused_load_based_term_uses_the_request_snapshot() {
             ),
             (
                 ws[1].url.clone(),
-                EngineWorkerLoad {
+                EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                     num_running_reqs: 1,
                     num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                     num_tokens: 0,
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ fn fused_load_based_term_uses_the_request_snapshot() {
 fn score_policy_forwards_the_request_snapshot_to_load_based() {
     let ws = vec![worker("w0"), worker("w1")];
     let _after_snapshot: Vec<_> = (0..10).map(|_| ws[1].load_guard()).collect();
-    let snapshot = EngineLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
+    let snapshot = EngineReportedLoadSnapshot::from_workers(
         31,
         HashMap::from([
             (
                 ws[0].url.clone(),
-                EngineWorkerLoad {
+                EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                     num_running_reqs: 50,
                     num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                     num_tokens: 0,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fn score_policy_forwards_the_request_snapshot_to_load_based() {
             ),
             (
                 ws[1].url.clone(),
-                EngineWorkerLoad {
+                EngineReportedWorkerLoad {
                     num_running_reqs: 1,
                     num_waiting_reqs: 0,
                     num_tokens: 0,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_hash_parity.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_hash_parity.rs
index a0520d141..4a1c41a78 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_hash_parity.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_hash_parity.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 //! whatever fixture is checked in.
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::compute_block_hashes;
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::compute_block_hashes;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_tree_concurrent.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_tree_concurrent.rs
index b365b9afc..04ed5eb0f 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_tree_concurrent.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_tree_concurrent.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 //! Concurrent-mutation stress test for `HashTree`.
 //!
-//! The inline tests in `policies::kv_events::tree` are all
+//! The inline tests in `state::kv_events::tree` are all
 //! single-threaded.  Under production load, multiple worker subscribers
 //! drive `insert` / `remove` / `clear_worker` against the same tree from
 //! tokio worker threads while the chat handler simultaneously calls
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::thread;
 
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::{HashTree, KvWorkerId};
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::{HashTree, KvWorkerId};
 
 fn worker(i: usize) -> KvWorkerId {
     KvWorkerId {
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_two_subscribers.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_two_subscribers.rs
index 6eb627a2f..313fc3cc0 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_two_subscribers.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/kv_events_two_subscribers.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use zeromq::SocketSend;
 
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::discovery::EventConfig;
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, KvEventIndex, KvWorkerId};
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::discovery::EventConfig;
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, KvEventIndex, KvWorkerId};
 
 use super::zmq_helpers::{
     build_multipart, encode_block_stored_event, encode_event_batch, make_pub_bound,
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/zmq_helpers.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/zmq_helpers.rs
index 9f0e81624..3ca1ad521 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/zmq_helpers.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/policies/zmq_helpers.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 The SGLang Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-//! Shared ZMQ wire-format helpers for the `policies::kv_events` component
+//! Shared ZMQ wire-format helpers for the `state::kv_events` component
 //! tests. Encodes events in the same msgspec layout SGLang emits, builds
 //! the two-frame `[seq, payload]` ZMQ message a real publisher sends, and
 //! binds a loopback PUB socket on an OS-assigned port.
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/tokenizer/render_parity.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/tokenizer/render_parity.rs
index f69220729..fcc6e7dc9 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/tokenizer/render_parity.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/tokenizer/render_parity.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::ModelId;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fn registry(model_id: &str, tokenizer_path: PathBuf) -> TokenizerRegistry {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     };
     TokenizerRegistry::load_from_config(&cfg).unwrap()
 }
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/workers/concurrent_state.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/workers/concurrent_state.rs
index 3cf6eeaf6..4d187d273 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/workers/concurrent_state.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/workers/concurrent_state.rs
@@ -131,17 +131,17 @@ fn load_guard_decrements_on_panic_unwind() {
         model_ids: vec![ModelId("m".into())],
         bootstrap_port: None,
     }));
-    assert_eq!(w.active_load(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(w.router_inflight_load(), 0);
 
     let w_inner = w.clone();
     let result = std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(move || {
         let _g = w_inner.load_guard();
-        assert_eq!(w_inner.active_load(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(w_inner.router_inflight_load(), 1);
         panic!("synthetic panic to exercise Drop on unwind");
     }));
     assert!(result.is_err(), "the closure must have panicked");
     assert_eq!(
-        w.active_load(),
+        w.router_inflight_load(),
         0,
         "LoadGuard's Drop must decrement even when the holder panics",
     );
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/workers/manager.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/workers/manager.rs
index a8d8cf3b4..6be1e5a50 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/workers/manager.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/component/workers/manager.rs
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ async fn removed_awaits_pending_added() {
 /// independently — 2N round-trips for N workers.
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn manager_emits_single_server_info_fetch_per_worker() {
-    use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::KvEventIndex;
+    use sgl_router::state::kv_events::KvEventIndex;
 
     let body = json!({
         "served_model_name": "m",
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/bucket_routing.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/bucket_routing.rs
index f35f5ef6e..554e35d22 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/bucket_routing.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/bucket_routing.rs
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use sgl_kv_indexer::{PrefixIndex, PrefixIndexError, PrefixMatch, PrefixOutcome};
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, AffinityConfig, BucketConfig, BucketSpec, BucketStage, CacheAwareConfig,
-    CachePrefixProvider, Config, DiscoveryBackend, KvIndexerEndpointConfig, ModelConfig,
+    AffinityConfig, BucketConfig, BucketSpec, BucketStage, CacheAwareConfig, CachePrefixProvider,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, KvIndexerEndpointConfig, ModelConfig,
     ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind, ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, SessionAffinityMode,
     SloBucketPolicy, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
-use sgl_router::policies::engine_load::{LoadStat, NativeCacheRankLoad};
 use sgl_router::policies::factory::build_registry_with_defaults;
 use sgl_router::proxy::Proxy;
 use sgl_router::server::app::build_router;
 use sgl_router::server::app_context::AppContext;
+use sgl_router::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{LoadStat, NativeCacheRankLoad};
 use sgl_router::tokenizer::TokenizerRegistry;
 use sgl_router::workers::WorkerRegistry;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fn build_app_context(
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     };
     let tokenizers = Arc::new(TokenizerRegistry::load_from_config(&config).unwrap());
     let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::default());
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ fn set_native_load_with_waiting(
     max_total_num_tokens: u64,
     num_waiting_uncached_tokens: u64,
 ) {
-    ctx.engine_load.set(
+    ctx.engine_reported_load.set(
         worker_url,
         0,
         LoadStat {
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/cache_aware_input_ids.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/cache_aware_input_ids.rs
index 59d0666ca..9e21e044b 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/cache_aware_input_ids.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/cache_aware_input_ids.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
 use sgl_router::policies::factory::build_registry;
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::{BlockSizeOracle, HashTree};
 use sgl_router::proxy::Proxy;
 use sgl_router::server::app::build_router;
 use sgl_router::server::app_context::AppContext;
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::{BlockSizeOracle, HashTree};
 use sgl_router::tokenizer::TokenizerRegistry;
 use sgl_router::workers::WorkerRegistry;
 use std::sync::Arc;
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/chat_routing.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/chat_routing.rs
index 000704faa..32f11a73a 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/chat_routing.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/chat_routing.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fn config_for(_worker_url: &str) -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ async fn forward_json_to_malformed_url_returns_worker_misconfigured_and_trips_br
 /// streaming response, not just for the handler lifetime.
 ///
 /// Before the fix, the handler dropped `_guard` as soon as it returned
-/// (which happens when headers arrive), so `active_load()` was 0 while
+/// (which happens when headers arrive), so `router_inflight_load()` was 0 while
 /// the SSE pump was still relaying bytes. This test catches that bug.
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn streaming_load_guard_persists_for_body_lifetime() {
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ async fn streaming_load_guard_persists_for_body_lifetime() {
     ));
     let app = build_router(ctx);
 
-    // Grab the Worker handle so we can assert active_load().
+    // Grab the Worker handle so we can assert router_inflight_load().
     let w_handle: Arc<Worker> = registry
         .workers_for(&ModelId("tiny".into()))
         .into_iter()
@@ -1386,9 +1386,9 @@ async fn streaming_load_guard_persists_for_body_lifetime() {
     // first chunk's delay to pass, then assert load is still held.
     tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
     assert!(
-        w_handle.active_load() >= 1,
+        w_handle.router_inflight_load() >= 1,
         "load should be >= 1 mid-stream, got {}",
-        w_handle.active_load()
+        w_handle.router_inflight_load()
     );
 
     // Drain the entire body — this drives the SSE pump to completion.
@@ -1398,25 +1398,25 @@ async fn streaming_load_guard_persists_for_body_lifetime() {
     // released.  Give the spawned task a brief moment to clean up.
     tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
     assert_eq!(
-        w_handle.active_load(),
+        w_handle.router_inflight_load(),
         0,
         "load should be 0 after stream completes"
     );
 }
 
-/// Task A: the chat handler mints an `ActiveLoadGuard` from the shared
-/// `ActiveLoadRegistry` and drops it when the request completes. The
+/// Task A: the chat handler mints an `RouterInflightLoadGuard` from the shared
+/// `RouterInflightLoadRegistry` and drops it when the request completes. The
 /// non-streaming path drops the guard on handler exit; this test
 /// asserts the round-trip increment → 0 across a single request.
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn non_streaming_active_load_increments_then_returns_to_zero() {
     let worker = crate::common::mock_worker::MockWorker::start(vec![]).await;
     let ctx = build_ctx_with_worker(&worker.url);
-    let active_load = Arc::clone(&ctx.active_load);
+    let router_inflight_load = Arc::clone(&ctx.router_inflight_load);
     let app = build_router(ctx);
 
     assert_eq!(
-        active_load.inflight_count(),
+        router_inflight_load.inflight_count(),
         0,
         "registry must start with no in-flight requests",
     );
@@ -1442,19 +1442,19 @@ async fn non_streaming_active_load_increments_then_returns_to_zero() {
     // The handler has returned, so the active-load guard must have
     // dropped — counters are back to zero.
     assert_eq!(
-        active_load.inflight_count(),
+        router_inflight_load.inflight_count(),
         0,
         "active-load registry must be empty after non-streaming handler returns",
     );
     let w_id = WorkerId("w1".into());
     assert_eq!(
-        active_load.prefill_load(&w_id),
+        router_inflight_load.prefill_load(&w_id),
         0,
         "prefill_load must decrement on response end",
     );
 }
 
-/// Task A: the streaming path holds the `ActiveLoadGuard` until the
+/// Task A: the streaming path holds the `RouterInflightLoadGuard` until the
 /// SSE pump finishes. Mid-stream the registry shows `inflight_count >= 1`;
 /// after the body drains it returns to 0. Counterpart to
 /// `streaming_load_guard_persists_for_body_lifetime` — both guards must
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ async fn streaming_active_load_persists_for_body_lifetime() {
     let tokenizers = Arc::new(TokenizerRegistry::load_from_config(&cfg).unwrap());
     let proxy = Arc::new(Proxy::new(TEST_TIMEOUT).unwrap());
     let ctx = Arc::new(AppContext::new(cfg, tokenizers, proxy, registry, policies));
-    let active_load = Arc::clone(&ctx.active_load);
+    let router_inflight_load = Arc::clone(&ctx.router_inflight_load);
     let app = build_router(ctx);
 
     let req = Request::builder()
@@ -1508,15 +1508,15 @@ async fn streaming_active_load_persists_for_body_lifetime() {
     // still running, so the registry's per-request entry must remain.
     tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
     assert!(
-        active_load.inflight_count() >= 1,
+        router_inflight_load.inflight_count() >= 1,
         "registry inflight must be >= 1 mid-stream, got {}",
-        active_load.inflight_count(),
+        router_inflight_load.inflight_count(),
     );
     let w_id = WorkerId("w1".into());
     assert!(
-        active_load.prefill_load(&w_id) >= 1,
+        router_inflight_load.prefill_load(&w_id) >= 1,
         "prefill_load must be > 0 mid-stream, got {}",
-        active_load.prefill_load(&w_id),
+        router_inflight_load.prefill_load(&w_id),
     );
 
     // Drain the body — drives the SSE pump to completion.
@@ -1524,12 +1524,12 @@ async fn streaming_active_load_persists_for_body_lifetime() {
     tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
 
     assert_eq!(
-        active_load.inflight_count(),
+        router_inflight_load.inflight_count(),
         0,
         "registry must be empty after stream drains",
     );
     assert_eq!(
-        active_load.prefill_load(&w_id),
+        router_inflight_load.prefill_load(&w_id),
         0,
         "prefill_load must be 0 after stream drains",
     );
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ async fn streaming_active_load_drops_on_client_disconnect() {
     )
     .await;
     let (ctx, body) = stream_chat(&worker.url).await;
-    let active_load = Arc::clone(&ctx.active_load);
+    let router_inflight_load = Arc::clone(&ctx.router_inflight_load);
 
     // Read one chunk to confirm the stream is live, then drop the body.
     use futures::StreamExt;
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ async fn streaming_active_load_drops_on_client_disconnect() {
     wait_for_metric(&ctx, &expected).await;
 
     assert_eq!(
-        active_load.inflight_count(),
+        router_inflight_load.inflight_count(),
         0,
         "client disconnect must drop the streaming pump's guards within one tick",
     );
@@ -1583,13 +1583,15 @@ async fn streaming_active_load_drops_on_client_disconnect() {
 /// `ApiError::StaleRequestExpired`.
 ///
 /// Wiring: build an `AppContext` with a short
-/// `stale_request_timeout` `ActiveLoadRegistry` + spawn a janitor
+/// `stale_request_timeout` `RouterInflightLoadRegistry` + spawn a janitor
 /// with sub-second cadence + dispatch to a slow upstream that takes
 /// longer than the timeout. The janitor sweeps before the upstream
 /// returns; cancellation fires; handler returns 504.
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn janitor_expiry_returns_504_stale_request_expired() {
-    use sgl_router::policies::active_load::{spawn_janitor, ActiveLoadRegistry};
+    use sgl_router::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::{
+        spawn_janitor, RouterInflightLoadRegistry,
+    };
     // Upstream that takes 2s to respond — longer than our 50ms
     // stale_request_timeout.
     let worker =
@@ -1610,18 +1612,18 @@ async fn janitor_expiry_returns_504_stale_request_expired() {
     // Aggressive 50ms timeout: the janitor will sweep on the next
     // tick (every 20ms) and fire the cancellation token before the
     // upstream returns.
-    let active_load = ActiveLoadRegistry::new(
-        Arc::new(sgl_router::policies::active_load::SystemTimeClock),
+    let router_inflight_load = RouterInflightLoadRegistry::new(
+        Arc::new(sgl_router::state::load_monitor::router_inflight_load::SystemTimeClock),
         Duration::from_millis(50),
     );
-    let _janitor = spawn_janitor(Arc::clone(&active_load), Duration::from_millis(20));
-    let ctx = Arc::new(AppContext::with_active_load(
+    let _janitor = spawn_janitor(Arc::clone(&router_inflight_load), Duration::from_millis(20));
+    let ctx = Arc::new(AppContext::with_router_inflight_load(
         cfg,
         tokenizers,
         proxy,
         registry,
         policies,
-        active_load,
+        router_inflight_load,
     ));
     let app = build_router(ctx);
 
@@ -1671,7 +1673,7 @@ async fn non_streaming_error_path_drops_active_load_guard() {
     drop(listener);
 
     let ctx = build_ctx_with_worker(&dead_url);
-    let active_load = Arc::clone(&ctx.active_load);
+    let router_inflight_load = Arc::clone(&ctx.router_inflight_load);
     let app = build_router(ctx);
 
     let req = Request::builder()
@@ -1692,7 +1694,7 @@ async fn non_streaming_error_path_drops_active_load_guard() {
     // Drain so any drop-on-body-end work runs.
     let _ = res.into_body().collect().await.unwrap().to_bytes();
     assert_eq!(
-        active_load.inflight_count(),
+        router_inflight_load.inflight_count(),
         0,
         "error path must drop the active-load guard",
     );
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/common/cache_aware_fixture.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/common/cache_aware_fixture.rs
index bfbe55e6e..a2883e5cb 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/common/cache_aware_fixture.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/common/cache_aware_fixture.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 //! built-in V4 chat formatter — the engine-equivalent path — with no template fixture.
 
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, CacheAwareConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig,
-    PolicyKind, ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
+    CacheAwareConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig,
+    ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind, ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 
 pub const MODEL: &str = "deepseek-v4-tiny";
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ pub fn config() -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/external_indexer_routing.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/external_indexer_routing.rs
index 4abed4aef..984bf30b0 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/external_indexer_routing.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/external_indexer_routing.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ use sgl_kv_indexer::{
 use sgl_router::config::{AffinityConfig, CachePrefixProvider, PolicyKind};
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
 use sgl_router::policies::factory::build_registry;
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree};
 use sgl_router::policies::request_tokens_for;
 use sgl_router::proxy::Proxy;
 use sgl_router::server::app::build_router;
 use sgl_router::server::app_context::AppContext;
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree};
 use sgl_router::tokenizer::TokenizerRegistry;
 use sgl_router::workers::WorkerRegistry;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::TcpListenerStream;
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/failover.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/failover.rs
index 9a3a97789..d2d4d6e92 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/failover.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/failover.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async fn failover_when_one_worker_dies() {
             urls: vec![w1.url.clone(), w2.url.clone(), w3.url.clone()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     };
 
     let tokenizers = Arc::new(TokenizerRegistry::load_from_config(&cfg).unwrap());
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/graceful_shutdown.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/graceful_shutdown.rs
index 6eae3320c..01eb76805 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/graceful_shutdown.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/graceful_shutdown.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 use futures::future::join_all;
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fn build_ctx_with_worker(worker_url: &str) -> Arc<AppContext> {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     };
     let tokenizers = Arc::new(TokenizerRegistry::load_from_config(&cfg).unwrap());
     let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::default());
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ async fn wait_for_inflight_http(ctx: &Arc<AppContext>, want: usize) {
 /// response BODY finishing, not the handler returning. A streaming completion
 /// hands back its headers immediately, so a count released at handler exit
 /// would read 0 for the entire window the heartbeat exists to explain — the
-/// same blind spot `active_load.inflight_count()` has, reproduced in the
+/// same blind spot `router_inflight_load.inflight_count()` has, reproduced in the
 /// replacement.
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
 async fn inflight_http_counts_a_streaming_response_until_its_body_finishes() {
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ async fn inflight_http_counts_a_streaming_response_until_its_body_finishes() {
 
 /// Every route is instrumented, not only the proxied ones. `/metrics`,
 /// `/readyz` and a 404 are exchanges axum's drain waits on too, and they are
-/// exactly the traffic `active_load` cannot see — so a guard that leaked on a
+/// exactly the traffic `router_inflight_load` cannot see — so a guard that leaked on a
 /// non-proxied route would leave the heartbeat permanently busy and turn the
 /// drain report back into noise.
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/header_forwarding.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/header_forwarding.rs
index bad3360f4..e29bd57e4 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/header_forwarding.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/header_forwarding.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::http::Request;
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async fn forwards_whitelisted_headers_strips_others() {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     };
     let tokenizers = Arc::new(TokenizerRegistry::load_from_config(&cfg).unwrap());
     let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::default());
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_bootstrap_injection.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_bootstrap_injection.rs
index d0fd95422..fcbc8738f 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_bootstrap_injection.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_bootstrap_injection.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn config() -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ async fn round_robin_pd_prefill_does_not_track_dispatch_timestamps() {
     let request = tokio::spawn(build_router(Arc::clone(&ctx)).oneshot(chat_request()));
 
     await_captured_body(&prefill, Duration::from_secs(2), "prefill").await;
-    assert_eq!(prefill_worker.active_load(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(prefill_worker.router_inflight_load(), 1);
     assert_eq!(prefill_worker.slots_acquired_since(cutoff), 0);
 
     assert_eq!(request.await.unwrap().unwrap().status(), StatusCode::OK);
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_pool_isolation.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_pool_isolation.rs
index 2d09f97f4..23ed74189 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_pool_isolation.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_pool_isolation.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn config() -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_protocol_binding.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_protocol_binding.rs
index f310fb296..60bec8f38 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_protocol_binding.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/pd_protocol_binding.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use hyper::service::service_fn;
 use hyper::Response as HyperResponse;
 use hyper_util::rt::{TokioExecutor, TokioIo};
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ fn config() -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/radix_tree_routing.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/radix_tree_routing.rs
index f88da3cd3..b9875d591 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/radix_tree_routing.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/radix_tree_routing.rs
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@ use serde_json::json;
 use sgl_router::config::{AffinityConfig, CachePrefixProvider, PolicyKind};
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
 use sgl_router::policies::factory::build_registry;
-use sgl_router::policies::kv_events::{
-    compute_block_hashes, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree, KvWorkerId,
-};
 use sgl_router::policies::prefix_provider::RadixTreePrefixProvider;
 use sgl_router::policies::request_tokens_for;
 use sgl_router::proxy::Proxy;
 use sgl_router::server::app::build_router;
 use sgl_router::server::app_context::AppContext;
+use sgl_router::state::kv_events::{compute_block_hashes, BlockSizeOracle, HashTree, KvWorkerId};
 use sgl_router::tokenizer::TokenizerRegistry;
 use sgl_router::workers::WorkerRegistry;
 use tower::ServiceExt;
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/roundrobin_input_ids.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/roundrobin_input_ids.rs
index fbd2ff073..a05371dcd 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/roundrobin_input_ids.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/roundrobin_input_ids.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fn config() -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/shared_prefill_admission.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/shared_prefill_admission.rs
index 52414e1aa..a275e2b8a 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/shared_prefill_admission.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/shared_prefill_admission.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
-use sgl_router::policies::engine_load::{LoadStat, NativeCacheRankLoad};
 use sgl_router::policies::{
     CacheCandidate, CacheCandidateProposal, Policy, PolicyRegistry, PrefillProposal, ProposalKind,
     SelectionContext, SelectionProposal,
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ use sgl_router::policies::{
 use sgl_router::proxy::Proxy;
 use sgl_router::server::app::build_router;
 use sgl_router::server::app_context::AppContext;
+use sgl_router::state::load_monitor::engine_reported_load::{LoadStat, NativeCacheRankLoad};
 use sgl_router::tokenizer::TokenizerRegistry;
 use sgl_router::workers::{Worker, WorkerRegistry};
 use tower::ServiceExt;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fn config(policy: PolicyKind) -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ async fn chat_commits_the_admitted_prefill_backup() {
             total_prefill_busy_us,
         }),
     };
-    fixture.ctx.engine_load.set(
+    fixture.ctx.engine_reported_load.set(
         &fixture.workers[0].url,
         0,
         native_load(1, 1),
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ async fn chat_commits_the_admitted_prefill_backup() {
     );
     fixture
         .ctx
-        .engine_load
+        .engine_reported_load
         .set(&fixture.workers[0].url, 0, native_load(2, 2), now);
 
     assert_eq!(send_chat(&fixture.ctx).await, StatusCode::OK);
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ async fn capacity_exhaustion_does_not_return_503() {
     })
     .await;
     for worker in &fixture.workers {
-        fixture.ctx.engine_load.set(
+        fixture.ctx.engine_reported_load.set(
             &worker.url,
             0,
             LoadStat {
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ async fn chat_records_cache_candidates_exhausted() {
         })
     })
     .await;
-    fixture.ctx.engine_load.set(
+    fixture.ctx.engine_reported_load.set(
         &fixture.workers[0].url,
         0,
         LoadStat {
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_input_ids.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_input_ids.rs
index 8c20010f7..e6de41117 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_input_ids.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_input_ids.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig, StickyConfig, StickyFallbackKind,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ fn config() -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_routing.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_routing.rs
index 96ddad1e0..db3a066f6 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_routing.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/sticky_routing.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //! `MockWorker` backends (CPU-only, no GPU).
 
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig, StickyConfig, StickyFallbackKind,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fn build_sticky_ctx(header_name: &str, worker_urls: &[String]) -> Arc<AppContext
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     };
     let tokenizers = Arc::new(TokenizerRegistry::load_from_config(&cfg).unwrap());
     let registry = Arc::new(WorkerRegistry::default());
diff --git a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/timeout.rs b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/timeout.rs
index 7d550641e..43b659cac 100644
--- a/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/timeout.rs
+++ b/experimental/sgl-router/tests/proxy/timeout.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use axum::body::Body;
 use axum::http::{Request, StatusCode};
 use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use sgl_router::config::{
-    ActiveLoadConfig, Config, DiscoveryBackend, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
+    Config, DiscoveryBackend, InflightLoadConfig, ModelConfig, ObservabilityConfig, PolicyKind,
     ProxyConfig, ServerConfig, StaticUrlsDiscoveryConfig,
 };
 use sgl_router::discovery::{ModelId, WorkerId, WorkerMode, WorkerSpec};
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fn config(_worker_url: &str) -> Config {
             urls: vec!["http://placeholder:0".into()],
         }),
         proxy: ProxyConfig::default(),
-        active_load: ActiveLoadConfig::default(),
+        router_inflight_load: InflightLoadConfig::default(),
     }
 }