diff --git a/.github/workflows/fusion.yml b/.github/workflows/fusion.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad7d5ab60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fusion.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name: Fusion
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: # allows manual triggering
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/fusion.yml',
+      'ggml/**',
+      'tests/fusion/**',
+      'tests/test-fusion.cpp'
+    ]
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    paths: [
+      '.github/workflows/fusion.yml',
+      'ggml/**',
+      'tests/fusion/**',
+      'tests/test-fusion.cpp'
+    ]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref && github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  GGML_NLOOP: 3
+  GGML_N_THREADS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_COLORS: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_PREFIX: 1
+  LLAMA_ARG_LOG_TIMESTAMPS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  # TODO: add jobs for other backends as they adopt the fusion debug API
+  metal:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
+            -DLLAMA_OPENSSL=OFF \
+            -DGGML_SCHED_NO_REALLOC=ON \
+            -DGGML_BLAS=OFF \
+            -DGGML_METAL=ON
+          time cmake --build build --config Release --target test-llama-archs -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
+          time cmake --build build --config Release --target test-fusion -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
+
+      - name: Generate models
+        id: generate_models
+        run: |
+          rm -rf build-ci-models && mkdir -p build-ci-models
+          ./build/bin/test-llama-archs -o build-ci-models
+
+      - name: Test fusion
+        id: test_fusion
+        run: |
+          ./build/bin/test-fusion --models build-ci-models --device MTL0 --check tests/fusion/MTL.csv
diff --git a/ci/run.sh b/ci/run.sh
index 5463597274..294cbe57bb 100755
--- a/ci/run.sh
+++ b/ci/run.sh
@@ -334,6 +334,35 @@ function gg_sum_test_llama_archs_tensor_split {
     gg_printf '```\n'
 }
 
+# test_llama_archs_models
+
+function gg_run_test_llama_archs_models {
+    cd ${SRC}
+
+    set -e
+
+    # TODO: fix and re-enable `test-llama-archs` on OpenVINO
+    # TODO: the `test-llama-archs` currently does not build on Windows, so we check if the binary exists
+    if [ -z ${GG_BUILD_OPENVINO} ] && [ -f ./build-ci-release/bin/test-llama-archs ]; then
+        rm -rf build-ci-models && mkdir -p build-ci-models
+
+        # generate the dummy models used by the model-dependent tests
+        ./build-ci-release/bin/test-llama-archs -o build-ci-models 2>&1
+    fi
+
+    set +e
+}
+
+function gg_sum_test_llama_archs_models {
+    gg_printf '### %s\n\n' "${ci}"
+
+    gg_printf 'Generates the dummy models used by the model-dependent tests\n'
+    gg_printf '- status: %s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}.exit)"
+    gg_printf '```\n'
+    gg_printf '%s\n' "$(cat $OUT/${ci}.log)"
+    gg_printf '```\n'
+}
+
 # test_scripts
 
 function gg_run_test_scripts {
@@ -790,6 +819,7 @@ ret=0
 test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run ctest_debug
 test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run ctest_release
 
+test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run test_llama_archs_models
 test $ret -eq 0 && gg_run test_llama_archs_tensor_split
 
 if [ ! -z ${GG_BUILD_HIGH_PERF} ]; then
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
index a661e710a2..e7afdb6957 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ggml_add_backend_library(ggml-metal
                          ggml-metal-device.cpp
                          ggml-metal-common.cpp
                          ggml-metal-context.m
+                         ggml-metal-fusion.cpp
                          ggml-metal-ops.cpp
                          ggml-metal-tuning.cpp
                         )
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-common.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-common.cpp
index 6f1638a114..05755eb3b2 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-common.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-common.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "ggml-metal-common.h"
+#include "ggml-metal-fusion.h"
 
 #include "ggml.h"
 #include "ggml-impl.h"
@@ -390,59 +391,31 @@ static std::vector<int> ggml_metal_graph_optimize_reorder(const std::vector<node
 }
 
 void ggml_graph_optimize(ggml_cgraph * gf) {
-    constexpr int MAX_FUSE = 16;
-
     const int n = gf->n_nodes;
 
-    enum ggml_op ops[MAX_FUSE];
-
     std::vector<node_info> nodes;
     nodes.reserve(gf->n_nodes);
 
     // fuse nodes:
     // we don't want to make reorders that break fusing, so we first pack all fusable tensors
     //   and perform the reorder over the fused nodes. after the reorder is done, we unfuse
+    //
+    // the fusable sequences are declared in the fusion table (ggml-metal-fuse.cpp), so the
+    // packing here is driven by the same patterns that the op encoders will later use
     for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         node_info node = {
             /*.node =*/ gf->nodes[i],
             /*.fused =*/ {},
         };
 
-        // fuse only ops that start with these operations
-        // can be expanded when needed
-        if (node.op() == GGML_OP_ADD ||
-            node.op() == GGML_OP_NORM ||
-            node.op() == GGML_OP_RMS_NORM) {
-            ops[0] = node.op();
+        const int f = ggml_metal_fusion_max(gf, i);
 
-            int f = i + 1;
-            while (f < n && f < i + MAX_FUSE) {
-                // conservatively allow fusing only these ops
-                // can be expanded when needed
-                if (gf->nodes[f]->op != GGML_OP_ADD &&
-                    gf->nodes[f]->op != GGML_OP_MUL &&
-                    gf->nodes[f]->op != GGML_OP_NORM &&
-                    gf->nodes[f]->op != GGML_OP_RMS_NORM) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                ops[f - i] = gf->nodes[f]->op;
-                f++;
-            }
+        // add the fused tensors into the node info so we can unfuse them later
+        for (int k = 1; k < f; k++) {
+            ++i;
 
-            f -= i;
-            for (; f > 1; f--) {
-                if (ggml_can_fuse(gf, i, ops, f)) {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            // add the fused tensors into the node info so we can unfuse them later
-            for (int k = 1; k < f; k++) {
-                ++i;
-
-                // the .dst() becomes the last fused tensor
-                node.add_fused(gf->nodes[i]);
-            }
+            // the .dst() becomes the last fused tensor
+            node.add_fused(gf->nodes[i]);
         }
 
         nodes.push_back(std::move(node));
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-context.h b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-context.h
index abf4b06ed2..b538b1ad20 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-context.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-context.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ ggml_metal_event_t ggml_metal_get_ev_cpy(ggml_metal_t ctx);
 
 void ggml_metal_set_n_cb            (ggml_metal_t ctx, int n_cb);
 void ggml_metal_set_abort_callback  (ggml_metal_t ctx, ggml_abort_callback abort_callback, void * user_data);
+
 bool ggml_metal_supports_family     (ggml_metal_t ctx, int family);
 void ggml_metal_capture_next_compute(ggml_metal_t ctx);
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-context.m b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-context.m
index 6cdc4006bc..bf4fe2dcd5 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-context.m
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-context.m
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #import "ggml-metal-impl.h"
 #import "ggml-metal-common.h"
 #import "ggml-metal-ops.h"
+#import "ggml-metal-fusion.h"
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
@@ -36,15 +37,12 @@ struct ggml_metal {
     // additional, inference-time compiled pipelines
     ggml_metal_pipelines_t pipelines_ext;
 
-    bool use_fusion;
     bool use_concurrency;
     bool use_graph_optimize;
 
     int debug_graph;
-    int debug_fusion;
 
-    // how many times a given op was fused
-    uint64_t fuse_cnt[GGML_OP_COUNT];
+    struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo;
 
     // capture state
     int capture_compute;
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ ggml_metal_t ggml_metal_init(ggml_metal_device_t dev) {
 
         res->d_queue = dispatch_queue_create("ggml-metal", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT);
 
-        res->use_fusion      = getenv("GGML_METAL_FUSION_DISABLE") == nil;
         res->use_concurrency = getenv("GGML_METAL_CONCURRENCY_DISABLE") == nil;
 
         {
@@ -147,20 +144,19 @@ ggml_metal_t ggml_metal_init(ggml_metal_device_t dev) {
             res->debug_graph = val ? atoi(val) : 0;
         }
 
-        {
-            const char * val = getenv("GGML_METAL_FUSION_DEBUG");
-            res->debug_fusion = val ? atoi(val) : 0;
-        }
-
         res->use_graph_optimize = true;
 
         if (getenv("GGML_METAL_GRAPH_OPTIMIZE_DISABLE") != NULL) {
             res->use_graph_optimize = false;
         }
 
-        memset(res->fuse_cnt, 0, sizeof(res->fuse_cnt));
+        res->finfo = ggml_metal_device_get_fusion_info(dev);
+        if (ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats(res->finfo)) {
+            ggml_metal_fusion_info_labels_init(res->finfo);
+            res->n_cb = 0;
+        }
 
-        GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: use fusion         = %s\n", __func__, res->use_fusion         ? "true" : "false");
+        GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: use fusion         = %s\n", __func__, ggml_metal_fusion_info_enabled(res->finfo) ? "true" : "false");
         GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: use concurrency    = %s\n", __func__, res->use_concurrency    ? "true" : "false");
         GGML_LOG_INFO("%s: use graph optimize = %s\n", __func__, res->use_graph_optimize ? "true" : "false");
 
@@ -222,15 +218,18 @@ void ggml_metal_free(ggml_metal_t ctx) {
         ctx->pipelines_ext = nil;
     }
 
-    if (ctx->debug_fusion > 0) {
+    if (ggml_metal_fusion_info_debug(ctx->finfo) > 0) {
         GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: fusion stats:\n", __func__);
-        for (int i = 0; i < GGML_OP_COUNT; i++) {
-            if (ctx->fuse_cnt[i] == 0) {
+
+        const int n_fusions = ggml_metal_fusion_info_n_fusions(ctx->finfo);
+        for (int i = 0; i < n_fusions; i++) {
+            const uint64_t count = ggml_metal_fusion_info_count(ctx->finfo, i);
+            if (count == 0) {
                 continue;
             }
 
             // note: cannot use ggml_log here
-            GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: - %s: %" PRIu64 "\n", __func__, ggml_op_name((enum ggml_op) i), ctx->fuse_cnt[i]);
+            GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: - %s: %" PRIu64 "\n", __func__, ggml_metal_fusion_info_label(ctx->finfo, i), count);
         }
     }
 
@@ -481,10 +480,17 @@ enum ggml_status ggml_metal_graph_compute(ggml_metal_t ctx, struct ggml_cgraph *
     @autoreleasepool {
         ctx->gf = gf;
 
-        ctx->n_nodes_0 = MIN(n_main, gf->n_nodes);
-        ctx->n_nodes_1 = gf->n_nodes - ctx->n_nodes_0;
+        if (ctx->n_cb == 0) {
+            // single-threaded encoding: the whole graph is encoded by one command buffer
+            ctx->n_nodes_0      = gf->n_nodes;
+            ctx->n_nodes_1      = 0;
+            ctx->n_nodes_per_cb = 0;
+        } else {
+            ctx->n_nodes_0      = MIN(n_main, gf->n_nodes);
+            ctx->n_nodes_1      = gf->n_nodes - ctx->n_nodes_0;
 
-        ctx->n_nodes_per_cb = (ctx->n_nodes_1 + ctx->n_cb - 1) / ctx->n_cb;
+            ctx->n_nodes_per_cb = (ctx->n_nodes_1 + ctx->n_cb - 1) / ctx->n_cb;
+        }
 
         if (ctx->capture_compute >= 0) {
             ctx->capture_compute--;
@@ -682,6 +688,12 @@ ggml_metal_event_t ggml_metal_get_ev_cpy(ggml_metal_t ctx) {
 }
 
 void ggml_metal_set_n_cb(ggml_metal_t ctx, int n_cb) {
+    // when fusion stats are collected the graph must be encoded by a single thread so the
+    // counters are race-free; override whatever the caller requested
+    if (ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats(ctx->finfo)) {
+        n_cb = 0;
+    }
+
     if (ctx->n_cb != n_cb) {
         ctx->n_cb = MIN(n_cb, GGML_METAL_MAX_COMMAND_BUFFERS);
 
@@ -717,13 +729,12 @@ void ggml_metal_set_n_cb(ggml_metal_t ctx, int n_cb) {
             ctx->dev,
             cmd_buf,
             ctx->gf,
+            ctx->finfo,
             idx_start,
             idx_end,
-            ctx->use_fusion,
             ctx->use_concurrency,
             ctx->capture_compute,
-            ctx->debug_graph,
-            ctx->debug_fusion);
+            ctx->debug_graph);
 
         for (int idx = 0; idx < ggml_metal_op_n_nodes(ctx_op); ++idx) {
             const int res = ggml_metal_op_encode(ctx_op, idx);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.h b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.h
index 31fc07d44d..ced33aadfb 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.h
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ bool ggml_metal_device_supports_op(ggml_metal_device_t dev, const struct ggml_te
 
 const struct ggml_metal_device_props * ggml_metal_device_get_props(ggml_metal_device_t dev);
 
+struct ggml_metal_fusion_info;
+
+// the device-owned fusion debugging context (NULL unless fusion debugging is enabled)
+struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * ggml_metal_device_get_fusion_info(ggml_metal_device_t dev);
+
 //
 // device buffers
 //
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.m b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.m
index afd6f52101..5654c50040 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.m
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-device.m
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #import "ggml-metal-device.h"
+#import "ggml-metal-fusion.h"
 
 #import "ggml-impl.h"
 #import "ggml-backend-impl.h"
@@ -896,6 +897,9 @@ struct ggml_metal_device {
 
     struct ggml_metal_device_props props;
 
+    // shared fusion debugging context
+    struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo;
+
     // virtual address for GPU memory allocations
     atomic_uintptr_t addr_virt;
 };
@@ -1274,6 +1278,13 @@ ggml_metal_device_t ggml_metal_device_init(int device, int n_devices) {
                     dev->props.max_working_set_size   = dev->mtl_device.maxBufferLength;
                 }
 
+                {
+                    const char * val = getenv("GGML_METAL_FUSION_DEBUG");
+                    dev->finfo = ggml_metal_fusion_info_init(
+                            getenv("GGML_METAL_FUSION_DISABLE") == nil,
+                            val ? atoi(val) : 0);
+                }
+
                 snprintf(dev->props.name, sizeof(dev->props.name), "%s%d", "MTL", device);
                 const char * gpu_name = [[dev->mtl_device name] UTF8String];
                 if (n_devices > 1) {
@@ -1348,6 +1359,8 @@ void ggml_metal_device_free(ggml_metal_device_t dev) {
     assert(dev != NULL);
 
     @autoreleasepool {
+        ggml_metal_fusion_info_free(dev->finfo);
+
         ggml_metal_rsets_free(dev->rsets);
 
         ggml_metal_library_free(dev->library);
@@ -1935,6 +1948,10 @@ static void ggml_metal_device_disable_tensor(ggml_metal_device_t dev) {
     dev->props.has_tensor = false;
 }
 
+struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * ggml_metal_device_get_fusion_info(ggml_metal_device_t dev) {
+    return dev->finfo;
+}
+
 //
 // device buffers
 //
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-fusion.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-fusion.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac3ac04148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-fusion.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,502 @@
+#include "ggml-metal-fusion.h"
+
+#include "ggml-backend-impl.h"
+#include "ggml-metal-device.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+// ---- helpers -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// true if two tensors live in the same Metal buffer
+static bool ggml_metal_fusion_same_buffer(const ggml_tensor * a, const ggml_tensor * b) {
+    if (!a || !b) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ggml_backend_buffer_t ba = a->view_src ? a->view_src->buffer : a->buffer;
+    ggml_backend_buffer_t bb = b->view_src ? b->view_src->buffer : b->buffer;
+
+    ggml_metal_buffer_t ca = (ggml_metal_buffer_t) ba->context;
+    ggml_metal_buffer_t cb = (ggml_metal_buffer_t) bb->context;
+
+    return ggml_metal_buffer_get_id(ca, a).metal == ggml_metal_buffer_get_id(cb, b).metal;
+}
+
+// ---- pattern checks ------------------------------------------------------
+
+// NORM/RMS_NORM + MUL + ADD: the weight/bias of each fused step must match the norm input
+// width, be contiguous rows, and the fused outputs must stay F32
+static bool ggml_metal_fusion_check_norm(
+        const ggml_metal_fusion      * fusion,
+        const ggml_tensor * const    * nodes,
+              ggml_metal_fusion_mode   mode) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(mode);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(fusion->n_ops >= 2);
+
+    for (int j = 1; j < fusion->n_ops; j++) {
+        // the fused MUL/ADD must read the previous node as src0
+        if (nodes[j]->src[0] != nodes[j - 1]) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // the weight/bias must have the same row width as the norm input
+        if (nodes[j]->src[1]->ne[0] != nodes[0]->ne[0]) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!ggml_is_contiguous_rows(nodes[j]->src[1])) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (nodes[j]->type != GGML_TYPE_F32) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+// ADD x N: each ADD reads the previous ADD as src0, and all addends must share layout
+// (and, in FULL mode, live in the same Metal buffer)
+static bool ggml_metal_fusion_check_add_chain(
+        const ggml_metal_fusion      * fusion,
+        const ggml_tensor * const    * nodes,
+              ggml_metal_fusion_mode   mode) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(fusion->n_ops >= 2);
+
+    for (int j = 1; j < fusion->n_ops; j++) {
+        if (nodes[j]->src[0] != nodes[j - 1]) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!ggml_are_same_layout(nodes[j]->src[1], nodes[j - 1]->src[1])) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (mode == GGML_METAL_FUSION_FULL) {
+            if (!ggml_metal_fusion_same_buffer(nodes[j]->src[1], nodes[0]->src[1])) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+// GATED_DELTA_NET + CPY: the trailing cpy scatters the gdn state snapshots into the recurrent
+// cache, so the gdn kernel writes them straight to the cache and the cpy is elided.
+// mirrors ggml_metal_op_can_fuse_gdn_cache (PR #25788). the gdn output has other consumers (the
+// attn scores view), so unlike the other patterns this is not an elision chain: the structural
+// checks live entirely in this callback (unsafe = true).
+static bool ggml_metal_fusion_check_gdn_cache(
+        const ggml_metal_fusion      * fusion,
+        const ggml_tensor * const    * nodes,
+              ggml_metal_fusion_mode    mode) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(fusion);
+
+    const ggml_tensor * gdn = nodes[0];
+    const ggml_tensor * cpy = nodes[1];
+
+    // the kernel skips the snapshot tail, so the gdn output must not be a graph output
+    if (gdn->type != GGML_TYPE_F32 || (gdn->flags & GGML_TENSOR_FLAG_OUTPUT)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (cpy->op != GGML_OP_CPY || (cpy->flags & GGML_TENSOR_FLAG_OUTPUT)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const int64_t S_v      = gdn->src[2]->ne[0];
+    const int64_t H        = gdn->src[2]->ne[1];
+    const int64_t n_tokens = gdn->src[2]->ne[2];
+    const int64_t n_seqs   = gdn->src[2]->ne[3];
+    const int64_t K        = ggml_get_op_params_i32(gdn, 0);
+    const size_t  tail_off = ggml_row_size(GGML_TYPE_F32, S_v * H * n_tokens * n_seqs);
+
+    const int64_t D         = S_v * S_v * H;
+    const int64_t n_written = std::min<int64_t>(n_tokens, K);
+
+    const ggml_tensor * src = cpy->src[0]; // gdn snapshot tail view
+    const ggml_tensor * dst = cpy->src[1]; // cache view
+
+    // src must be this gdn's snapshot tail (contiguous, at the tail offset)
+    if (src->op != GGML_OP_VIEW || src->view_src != gdn ||
+        src->view_offs != tail_off || !ggml_is_contiguous(src)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const int64_t expected_ne[GGML_MAX_DIMS] = { D, n_seqs, n_written, 1 };
+    if (dst->type != GGML_TYPE_F32 ||
+        !std::equal(expected_ne, expected_ne + GGML_MAX_DIMS, dst->ne) ||
+        dst->nb[0] != ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32) ||
+        dst->nb[1] != ggml_row_size(GGML_TYPE_F32, D)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (mode == GGML_METAL_FUSION_FULL) {
+        // the cache must be allocated so the kernel can write straight to its buffer
+        if (dst->data == nullptr) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+// MUL + SIN + SQR + MUL + ADD (snake activation)
+static bool ggml_metal_fusion_check_snake(
+        const ggml_metal_fusion      * fusion,
+        const ggml_tensor * const    * nodes,
+              ggml_metal_fusion_mode   mode) {
+    GGML_UNUSED(fusion);
+    GGML_UNUSED(mode);
+
+    const ggml_tensor * mul0     = nodes[0];
+    const ggml_tensor * sin_node = nodes[1];
+    const ggml_tensor * sqr      = nodes[2];
+    const ggml_tensor * mul1     = nodes[3];
+    const ggml_tensor * add      = nodes[4];
+
+    // x carries the full activation shape, a is the broadcast operand
+    const ggml_tensor * x = ggml_are_same_shape(mul0, mul0->src[0]) ? mul0->src[0] : mul0->src[1];
+    const ggml_tensor * a = (x == mul0->src[0]) ? mul0->src[1] : mul0->src[0];
+
+    // mul1 reads sqr and inv_b in either operand order
+    const ggml_tensor * inv_b = (mul1->src[0] == sqr) ? mul1->src[1] : mul1->src[0];
+
+    // closure check: the trailing add reads the same x as the leading mul
+    const ggml_tensor * x_in_add = (add->src[0] == mul1) ? add->src[1] : add->src[0];
+
+    // x is in the supported whitelist and every chain intermediate shares x's type.
+    // a and inv_b bind as device const float * in the kernel, so they stay F32.
+    const bool types_ok =
+        (x->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 || x->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || x->type == GGML_TYPE_BF16) &&
+        (a->type    == GGML_TYPE_F32) && (inv_b->type    == GGML_TYPE_F32) &&
+        (mul0->type == x->type)       && (sin_node->type == x->type) &&
+        (sqr->type  == x->type)       && (mul1->type     == x->type) &&
+        (add->type  == x->type);
+
+    // a / inv_b collapse to [1, C, 1, 1], x and add stay 2D
+    const bool shape_ok = ggml_are_same_shape(a, inv_b) && a->ne[0] == 1 && a->ne[1] == x->ne[1];
+    const bool dim_ok =
+        (x->ne[2]     == 1) && (x->ne[3]     == 1) &&
+        (add->ne[2]   == 1) && (add->ne[3]   == 1) &&
+        (a->ne[2]     == 1) && (a->ne[3]     == 1) &&
+        (inv_b->ne[2] == 1) && (inv_b->ne[3] == 1);
+
+    // kernel reads x[idx] and a[c] / inv_b[c] linearly, so every operand is contiguous
+    const bool contig_ok =
+        ggml_is_contiguous(x) && ggml_is_contiguous(add) &&
+        ggml_is_contiguous(a) && ggml_is_contiguous(inv_b);
+
+    return types_ok && shape_ok && dim_ok && contig_ok && x_in_add == x;
+}
+
+// ---- patterns ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static const ggml_op ops_norm_mul[]         = { GGML_OP_NORM, GGML_OP_MUL };
+static const ggml_op ops_norm_mul_add[]     = { GGML_OP_NORM, GGML_OP_MUL, GGML_OP_ADD };
+static const ggml_op ops_rms_norm_mul[]     = { GGML_OP_RMS_NORM, GGML_OP_MUL };
+static const ggml_op ops_rms_norm_mul_add[] = { GGML_OP_RMS_NORM, GGML_OP_MUL, GGML_OP_ADD };
+
+static const ggml_op ops_add_2[] = { GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD };
+static const ggml_op ops_add_3[] = { GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD };
+static const ggml_op ops_add_4[] = { GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD };
+static const ggml_op ops_add_5[] = { GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD };
+static const ggml_op ops_add_6[] = { GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD };
+static const ggml_op ops_add_7[] = { GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD, GGML_OP_ADD };
+static const ggml_op ops_snake[] = { GGML_OP_MUL, GGML_OP_SIN, GGML_OP_SQR, GGML_OP_MUL, GGML_OP_ADD };
+
+static const ggml_op ops_gdn_cache[] = { GGML_OP_GATED_DELTA_NET, GGML_OP_CPY };
+
+static const ggml_metal_fusion ggml_metal_fusions[] = {
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_NORM_MUL,     ops_norm_mul,         2, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_norm },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_NORM_MUL_ADD, ops_norm_mul_add,     3, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_norm },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_NORM_MUL,     ops_rms_norm_mul,     2, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_norm },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_NORM_MUL_ADD, ops_rms_norm_mul_add, 3, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_norm },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_ADD_CHAIN,    ops_add_2,            2, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_add_chain },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_ADD_CHAIN,    ops_add_3,            3, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_add_chain },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_ADD_CHAIN,    ops_add_4,            4, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_add_chain },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_ADD_CHAIN,    ops_add_5,            5, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_add_chain },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_ADD_CHAIN,    ops_add_6,            6, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_add_chain },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_ADD_CHAIN,    ops_add_7,            7, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_add_chain },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_SNAKE,        ops_snake,            5, false, ggml_metal_fusion_check_snake },
+    { GGML_METAL_FUSION_GDN_CACHE,    ops_gdn_cache,        2, true,  ggml_metal_fusion_check_gdn_cache },
+};
+
+const ggml_metal_fusion * ggml_metal_fusion_all(int * n) {
+    *n = (int) sizeof(ggml_metal_fusions) / sizeof(ggml_metal_fusions[0]);
+
+    return ggml_metal_fusions;
+}
+
+// ---- shared fusion info ---------------------------------------------------
+
+static std::string ggml_metal_fusion_label(const ggml_metal_fusion * fusion) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(fusion != nullptr);
+
+    std::string label;
+    for (int j = 0; j < fusion->n_ops; j++) {
+        if (j > 0) {
+            label += '+';
+        }
+        label += ggml_op_name(fusion->ops[j]);
+    }
+    return label;
+}
+
+struct ggml_metal_fusion_info {
+    std::vector<std::string> labels;
+    std::vector<uint64_t>    counts;
+    bool enabled;
+    bool stats;
+    bool labels_set;
+    int  debug;
+};
+
+struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * ggml_metal_fusion_info_init(bool enabled, int debug) {
+    ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo = new ggml_metal_fusion_info;
+    finfo->enabled    = enabled;
+    finfo->stats      = debug > 0;
+    finfo->labels_set = false;
+    finfo->debug      = debug;
+
+    if (finfo->stats) {
+        ggml_metal_fusion_info_labels_init(finfo);
+    }
+
+    return finfo;
+}
+
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_free(struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo) {
+    delete finfo;
+}
+
+bool ggml_metal_fusion_info_enabled(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo) {
+    return finfo->enabled;
+}
+
+bool ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo) {
+    return finfo->stats;
+}
+
+int ggml_metal_fusion_info_debug(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo) {
+    return finfo->debug;
+}
+
+int ggml_metal_fusion_info_n_fusions(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo) {
+    return (int) finfo->labels.size();
+}
+
+const char * ggml_metal_fusion_info_label(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, int idx) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(idx >= 0 && idx < (int) finfo->labels.size());
+    return finfo->labels[idx].c_str();
+}
+
+uint64_t ggml_metal_fusion_info_count(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, int idx) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(idx >= 0 && idx < (int) finfo->counts.size());
+    return finfo->counts[idx];
+}
+
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_count_fusion(struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, const struct ggml_metal_fusion * fusion) {
+    if (!finfo->stats || fusion == nullptr) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    int n = 0;
+    const ggml_metal_fusion * all = ggml_metal_fusion_all(&n);
+
+    int idx = -1;
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        if (&all[i] == fusion) {
+            idx = i;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (idx >= 0 && idx < (int) finfo->counts.size()) {
+        finfo->counts[idx]++;
+    }
+}
+
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_set_enabled(struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, bool enabled) {
+    finfo->enabled = enabled;
+}
+
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_labels_init(struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo) {
+    if (finfo->labels_set) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    int n = 0;
+    const ggml_metal_fusion * all = ggml_metal_fusion_all(&n);
+
+    finfo->labels.clear();
+    finfo->counts.assign(n, 0);
+    finfo->labels.reserve(n);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        finfo->labels.emplace_back(ggml_metal_fusion_label(&all[i]));
+    }
+
+    finfo->labels_set = true;
+}
+
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_init(struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo) {
+    finfo->stats = true;
+    ggml_metal_fusion_info_labels_init(finfo);
+}
+
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_reset(struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo) {
+    std::fill(finfo->counts.begin(), finfo->counts.end(), 0);
+}
+
+int ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_get(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, const char ** labels, uint64_t * counts, int n) {
+    const int n_fusions = (int) finfo->labels.size();
+
+    if (labels == nullptr) {
+        return n_fusions;
+    }
+
+    const int n_fill = std::min(n, n_fusions);
+    for (int i = 0; i < n_fill; i++) {
+        labels[i] = finfo->labels[i].c_str();
+        if (counts != nullptr) {
+            counts[i] = finfo->counts[i];
+        }
+    }
+
+    return n_fill;
+}
+
+// ---- queries -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// find the longest pattern matching the node sequence starting at idx
+// (idx is a position in node_idxs, which maps to graph node indices)
+const ggml_metal_fusion * ggml_metal_fusion_next(
+        const ggml_cgraph * gf,
+        const int * node_idxs,
+        int n_idxs,
+        int idx,
+        ggml_metal_fusion_mode mode,
+        int * n_out) {
+    int n = 0;
+    const ggml_metal_fusion * all = ggml_metal_fusion_all(&n);
+
+    const ggml_metal_fusion * res = nullptr;
+    int best = 1;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        const ggml_metal_fusion * fusion = &all[i];
+
+        // only look for a longer match than the current best
+        if (fusion->n_ops <= best) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (idx + fusion->n_ops > n_idxs) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        const ggml_tensor * nodes[GGML_METAL_FUSION_MAX];
+
+        // the op sequence must match exactly
+        bool ok = true;
+        for (int j = 0; j < fusion->n_ops; j++) {
+            nodes[j] = gf->nodes[node_idxs[idx + j]];
+            if (nodes[j]->op != fusion->ops[j]) {
+                ok = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!ok) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (!fusion->unsafe) {
+            // common element-wise chain constraints: each node reads the previous one,
+            // and all nodes have the same shape
+            for (int j = 1; j < fusion->n_ops && ok; j++) {
+                if (nodes[j]->src[0] != nodes[j - 1] && nodes[j]->src[1] != nodes[j - 1]) {
+                    ok = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (!ggml_are_same_shape(nodes[j], nodes[j - 1])) {
+                    ok = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!ok) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // all current fusions are single-output elision chains, so the last node is the only output
+            // TODO: multi-output fusions: store pattern-relative offsets in the table and translate them here
+            int outputs_buf[1];
+            outputs_buf[0] = node_idxs[idx + fusion->n_ops - 1];
+
+            // structural subgraph checks (op sequence, elidable uses, view containment)
+            if (!ggml_can_fuse_subgraph_ext(gf, node_idxs + idx, fusion->n_ops, fusion->ops, outputs_buf, 1)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // pattern-specific checks (the sole validator for unsafe patterns)
+        if (fusion->check && !fusion->check(fusion, nodes, mode)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        best = fusion->n_ops;
+        res = fusion;
+    }
+
+    *n_out = best;
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+// optimize phase: maximum number of nodes starting at idx (a raw sequential graph index) that
+// could be fused, chaining patterns back-to-back. matching runs on the same filtered (view
+// transparent) node sequence that the compute phase uses, so the returned count is the raw index
+// span from idx to the last matched node (intermediate views are packed along).
+int ggml_metal_fusion_max(const ggml_cgraph * gf, int idx) {
+    // an empty/view node cannot start a pattern - pack it alone
+    if (ggml_op_is_empty(gf->nodes[idx]->op) || ggml_is_empty(gf->nodes[idx])) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // collect the non-empty node indices starting at idx
+    int idxs[GGML_METAL_FUSION_MAX];
+    int n_idxs = 0;
+    for (int i = idx; i < gf->n_nodes && n_idxs < GGML_METAL_FUSION_MAX; i++) {
+        if (!ggml_op_is_empty(gf->nodes[i]->op) && !ggml_is_empty(gf->nodes[i])) {
+            idxs[n_idxs++] = i;
+        }
+    }
+    if (n_idxs == 0) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int total = 0;
+    int i_f = 0;
+
+    while (i_f < n_idxs && total < GGML_METAL_FUSION_MAX) {
+        int len = 1;
+        const ggml_metal_fusion * fusion = ggml_metal_fusion_next(gf, idxs, n_idxs, i_f, GGML_METAL_FUSION_STRUCTURAL, &len);
+        if (!fusion || total + len > GGML_METAL_FUSION_MAX) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        total += len;
+        i_f += len;
+    }
+
+    if (i_f == 0) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // map the matched non-empty nodes back to the raw index span (views are included)
+    return std::min(GGML_METAL_FUSION_MAX, idxs[i_f - 1] - idx + 1);
+}
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-fusion.h b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-fusion.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8515bdeca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-fusion.h
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// single source of truth for the fusions supported by the Metal backend
+//
+// every fusable subgraph is declared exactly once as a ggml_metal_fusion entry in
+// the table in ggml-metal-fusion.cpp. both the graph optimizer (ggml_metal_fusion_max)
+// and the op encoders (ggml_metal_fusion_next) consult this same table, so the two
+// phases can never disagree about what can be fused.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ggml-impl.h"
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+// the maximum number of nodes that can be fused in a single kernel
+// (also the maximum length of a packed fusion group during graph optimization)
+#define GGML_METAL_FUSION_MAX 16
+
+typedef enum ggml_metal_fusion_mode {
+    // structural checks only; used by the graph optimizer, at which point the graph
+    // tensors are not allocated yet, so buffer placement cannot be verified
+    GGML_METAL_FUSION_STRUCTURAL = 0,
+    // full checks, including buffer placement; used by the op encoders
+    GGML_METAL_FUSION_FULL,
+} ggml_metal_fusion_mode;
+
+// identifier of each fusion pattern so the op encoders know which kernel to use
+typedef enum ggml_metal_fusion_id {
+    GGML_METAL_FUSION_NONE = 0,
+    GGML_METAL_FUSION_NORM_MUL,     // NORM/RMS_NORM + MUL
+    GGML_METAL_FUSION_NORM_MUL_ADD, // NORM/RMS_NORM + MUL + ADD
+    GGML_METAL_FUSION_ADD_CHAIN,    // ADD x N (N in [2, 7])
+    GGML_METAL_FUSION_SNAKE,        // MUL + SIN + SQR + MUL + ADD
+    GGML_METAL_FUSION_GDN_CACHE,    // GATED_DELTA_NET + CPY (write snapshots into the recurrent cache)
+} ggml_metal_fusion_id;
+
+struct ggml_metal_fusion {
+    ggml_metal_fusion_id id;
+
+    const enum ggml_op * ops;        // op sequence (fixed length)
+    int                  n_ops;      // number of ops
+
+    // if unsafe: the generic chain/shape + ggml_can_fuse_subgraph checks are skipped and the
+    // check callback below is the sole validator (used for patterns that are not elision chains,
+    // e.g. the gdn + cache-cpy write-through fusion)
+    bool unsafe;
+
+    // extra backend constraints on top of ggml_can_fuse_subgraph
+    // nodes[j] is the j-th node of the pattern
+    bool (*check)(const struct ggml_metal_fusion   * fusion,
+                  const struct ggml_tensor * const * nodes,
+                        ggml_metal_fusion_mode       mode);
+};
+
+typedef struct ggml_metal_fusion ggml_metal_fusion;
+
+// the single table of all fusions supported by the Metal backend
+const ggml_metal_fusion * ggml_metal_fusion_all(int * n);
+
+// ---- shared fusion info ---------------------------------------------------
+
+// shared fusion debugging context, owned by the device; newly created backend contexts for that
+// device register with it so the fusion counters are race-free and accumulate across contexts.
+struct ggml_metal_fusion_info; // defined in ggml-metal-fusion.cpp
+
+struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * ggml_metal_fusion_info_init(bool enabled, int debug);
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_free(struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo);
+
+bool ggml_metal_fusion_info_enabled(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo);
+bool ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats  (const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo);
+int  ggml_metal_fusion_info_debug  (const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo);
+
+int          ggml_metal_fusion_info_n_fusions(const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo);
+const char * ggml_metal_fusion_info_label    (const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, int idx);
+uint64_t     ggml_metal_fusion_info_count    (const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, int idx);
+
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_count_fusion(struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, const struct ggml_metal_fusion * fusion);
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_set_enabled (struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, bool enabled);
+
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_init (      struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo);
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_reset(      struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo);
+int  ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_get  (const struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo, const char ** labels, uint64_t * counts, int n);
+void ggml_metal_fusion_info_labels_init(      struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo);
+
+// compute phase: longest fusion starting at idx (a position in node_idxs) that matches in `mode`.
+// returns the matching pattern (nullptr if no fusion) and sets *n_out to the number of nodes consumed.
+const ggml_metal_fusion * ggml_metal_fusion_next(
+        const struct ggml_cgraph * gf,
+        const int * node_idxs,
+        int n_idxs,
+        int idx,
+        ggml_metal_fusion_mode mode,
+        int * n_out);
+
+// optimize phase: maximum number of nodes starting at idx (a raw sequential graph index) that
+// could be fused, chaining patterns back-to-back. returns at least 1.
+int ggml_metal_fusion_max(const struct ggml_cgraph * gf, int idx);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h
index 28a9ba101c..7ad21341e4 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-impl.h
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ typedef struct {
     uint64_t nb1;
     uint64_t nb2;
     uint64_t nb3;
+    uint64_t nb_out; // 0 => snapshots are appended after the attn scores (unfused)
 } ggml_metal_kargs_gated_delta_net;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.cpp
index 3db8bca437..b4e87cb2cc 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "ggml-metal-impl.h"
 #include "ggml-metal-common.h"
 #include "ggml-metal-device.h"
+#include "ggml-metal-fusion.h"
 #include "ggml-metal-tuning.h"
 
 #include <cassert>
@@ -31,24 +32,22 @@ struct ggml_metal_op {
         ggml_metal_device_t dev,
         ggml_metal_cmd_buf_t cmd_buf,
         ggml_cgraph * gf,
+        ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo,
         int  idx_start,
         int  idx_end,
-        bool use_fusion,
         bool use_concurrency,
         bool use_capture,
-        int  debug_graph,
-        int  debug_fusion) {
+        int  debug_graph) {
         this->dev             = dev;
         this->lib             = ggml_metal_device_get_library(dev);
         this->enc             = ggml_metal_encoder_init(cmd_buf, use_concurrency);
         this->mem_ranges      = ggml_mem_ranges_init(debug_graph);
+        this->finfo           = finfo;
         this->idx_start       = idx_start;
         this->idx_end         = idx_end;
-        this->use_fusion      = use_fusion;
         this->use_concurrency = use_concurrency;
         this->use_capture     = use_capture;
         this->debug_graph     = debug_graph;
-        this->debug_fusion    = debug_fusion;
         this->gf              = gf;
 
         idxs.reserve(gf->n_nodes);
@@ -78,15 +77,24 @@ struct ggml_metal_op {
         return ggml_graph_node(gf, idxs[i]);
     }
 
-    bool can_fuse(int i0, const ggml_op * ops, int n_ops) const {
-        assert(use_fusion);
+    // consult the fusion table for the longest pattern starting at i0
+    // returns the matching pattern (nullptr if no fusion) and sets *n_out to the number of nodes
+    const ggml_metal_fusion * can_fuse(int i0, enum ggml_metal_fusion_mode mode, int * n_out) const {
+        assert(use_fusion());
         assert(i0 >= 0 && i0 < n_nodes());
 
-        if (i0 + n_ops > n_nodes()) {
-            return false;
-        }
+        return ggml_metal_fusion_next(gf, idxs.data(), (int) idxs.size(), i0, mode, n_out);
+    }
 
-        return ggml_can_fuse_ext(gf, idxs.data() + i0, ops, n_ops);
+    // whether to attempt fusion; the toggle lives in the shared fusion debugging context owned
+    // by the device (initialized from GGML_METAL_FUSION_DISABLE, overridable by the test)
+    bool use_fusion() const {
+        return ggml_metal_fusion_info_enabled(finfo);
+    }
+
+    // record that a fusion fired, indexed by the matching table entry
+    void count_fusions(const ggml_metal_fusion * fusion) const {
+        ggml_metal_fusion_info_count_fusion(finfo, fusion);
     }
 
     ggml_metal_device_t  dev;
@@ -94,12 +102,13 @@ struct ggml_metal_op {
     ggml_metal_encoder_t enc;
     ggml_mem_ranges_t    mem_ranges;
 
-    bool use_fusion;
+    // shared fusion debugging context
+    ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo;
+
     bool use_concurrency;
     bool use_capture;
 
     int debug_graph;
-    int debug_fusion;
 
 private:
     ggml_cgraph * gf;
@@ -115,24 +124,22 @@ ggml_metal_op_t ggml_metal_op_init(
         ggml_metal_device_t dev,
         ggml_metal_cmd_buf_t cmd_buf,
         ggml_cgraph * gf,
+        ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo,
         int idx_start,
         int idx_end,
-        bool use_fusion,
         bool use_concurrency,
         bool use_capture,
-        int debug_graph,
-        int debug_fusion) {
+        int debug_graph) {
     ggml_metal_op_t res = new ggml_metal_op(
         dev,
         cmd_buf,
         gf,
+        finfo,
         idx_start,
         idx_end,
-        use_fusion,
         use_concurrency,
         use_capture,
-        debug_graph,
-        debug_fusion);
+        debug_graph);
 
     return res;
 }
@@ -1868,6 +1875,8 @@ int ggml_metal_op_gated_delta_net(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
     ggml_metal_library_t lib = ctx->lib;
     ggml_metal_encoder_t enc = ctx->enc;
 
+    const bool use_fusion = ctx->use_fusion();
+    const int  debug_fusion = ggml_metal_fusion_info_debug(ctx->finfo);
 
     GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS( int32_t, ne0, op->src[0], ne);
     GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(uint64_t, nb0, op->src[0], nb);
@@ -1880,6 +1889,31 @@ int ggml_metal_op_gated_delta_net(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
 
     auto pipeline = ggml_metal_library_get_pipeline_gated_delta_net(lib, op);
 
+    // when fused with the trailing cache cpy, the snapshots are written straight into the
+    // recurrent cache and the cpy is skipped (see GGML_METAL_FUSION_GDN_CACHE)
+    ggml_metal_buffer_id bid_out = ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op);
+    uint64_t nb_out = 0;
+    int n_fuse = 1;
+
+    if (use_fusion) {
+        int n = 1;
+        const ggml_metal_fusion * fusion = ctx->can_fuse(idx, GGML_METAL_FUSION_FULL, &n);
+
+        if (fusion && fusion->id == GGML_METAL_FUSION_GDN_CACHE) {
+            const ggml_tensor * dst_cache = ctx->node(idx + 1)->src[1]; // cache view
+
+            bid_out = ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(dst_cache);
+            nb_out  = dst_cache->nb[2]/sizeof(float);
+            n_fuse = 2;
+
+            ctx->count_fusions(fusion);
+
+            if (debug_fusion > 1) {
+                GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: fuse: GATED_DELTA_NET + CPY\n", __func__);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     int ida = 0;
 
     ggml_metal_kargs_gated_delta_net args = {
@@ -1918,23 +1952,25 @@ int ggml_metal_op_gated_delta_net(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
         /*.nb1  =*/ nb1,
         /*.nb2  =*/ nb2,
         /*.nb3  =*/ nb3,
+        /*.nb_out =*/ nb_out,
     };
 
     ggml_metal_encoder_set_pipeline(enc, pipeline);
-    ggml_metal_encoder_set_bytes   (enc, &args, sizeof(args),                  ida++);
+    ggml_metal_encoder_set_bytes   (enc, &args, sizeof(args),                  ida++); // args
     ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op->src[0]), ida++); // q
     ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op->src[1]), ida++); // k
     ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op->src[2]), ida++); // v
     ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op->src[3]), ida++); // gate
     ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op->src[4]), ida++); // beta
     ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op->src[5]), ida++); // state
-    ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op),         ida++); // dst
+    ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(op),         ida++); // dst (attn)
+    ggml_metal_encoder_set_buffer  (enc, bid_out,                              ida++); // state_out
 
     const int nsg = pipeline.nsg;
 
     ggml_metal_encoder_dispatch_threadgroups(enc, op->src[2]->ne[0]/nsg, op->src[2]->ne[1], op->src[2]->ne[3], 32, nsg, 1);
 
-    return 1;
+    return n_fuse;
 }
 
 int ggml_metal_op_solve_tri(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
@@ -3718,56 +3754,20 @@ int ggml_metal_op_flash_attn_ext(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
     return 1;
 }
 
-// Snake activation autofuse: mul -> sin -> sqr -> mul -> add
-static bool ggml_metal_op_can_fuse_snake(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
-    static constexpr ggml_op snake_ops[5] = { GGML_OP_MUL, GGML_OP_SIN, GGML_OP_SQR, GGML_OP_MUL, GGML_OP_ADD };
-
-    if (ctx->node(idx)->op != GGML_OP_MUL || !ctx->can_fuse(idx, snake_ops, 5)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    const ggml_tensor * mul0     = ctx->node(idx + 0);
-    const ggml_tensor * sin_node = ctx->node(idx + 1);
-    const ggml_tensor * sqr      = ctx->node(idx + 2);
-    const ggml_tensor * mul1     = ctx->node(idx + 3);
-    const ggml_tensor * add      = ctx->node(idx + 4);
-
-    // x carries the full activation shape, a is the broadcast operand
-    const ggml_tensor * x = ggml_are_same_shape(mul0, mul0->src[0]) ? mul0->src[0] : mul0->src[1];
-    const ggml_tensor * a = (x == mul0->src[0]) ? mul0->src[1] : mul0->src[0];
-
-    // mul1 reads sqr and inv_b in either operand order
-    const ggml_tensor * inv_b    = (mul1->src[0] == sqr) ? mul1->src[1] : mul1->src[0];
-
-    // closure check: the trailing add reads the same x as the leading mul
-    const ggml_tensor * x_in_add = (add->src[0] == mul1) ? add->src[1] : add->src[0];
-
-    // x is in the supported whitelist and every chain intermediate shares x's type.
-    // a and inv_b bind as device const float * in the kernel, so they stay F32.
-    const bool types_ok =
-        (x->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 || x->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || x->type == GGML_TYPE_BF16) &&
-        (a->type    == GGML_TYPE_F32) && (inv_b->type    == GGML_TYPE_F32) &&
-        (mul0->type == x->type)       && (sin_node->type == x->type) &&
-        (sqr->type  == x->type)       && (mul1->type     == x->type) &&
-        (add->type  == x->type);
-    // a / inv_b collapse to [1, C, 1, 1], x and add stay 2D
-    const bool shape_ok = ggml_are_same_shape(a, inv_b) && a->ne[0] == 1 && a->ne[1] == x->ne[1];
-    const bool dim_ok =
-        (x->ne[2]     == 1) && (x->ne[3]     == 1) &&
-        (add->ne[2]   == 1) && (add->ne[3]   == 1) &&
-        (a->ne[2]     == 1) && (a->ne[3]     == 1) &&
-        (inv_b->ne[2] == 1) && (inv_b->ne[3] == 1);
-    // kernel reads x[idx] and a[c] / inv_b[c] linearly, so every operand is contiguous
-    const bool contig_ok =
-        ggml_is_contiguous(x) && ggml_is_contiguous(add) &&
-        ggml_is_contiguous(a) && ggml_is_contiguous(inv_b);
-
-    return types_ok && shape_ok && dim_ok && contig_ok && x_in_add == x;
-}
-
 int ggml_metal_op_bin(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
-    if (ctx->use_fusion && ggml_metal_op_can_fuse_snake(ctx, idx)) {
-        return ggml_metal_op_snake_fused(ctx, idx);
+    int n_fuse = 1;
+    const ggml_metal_fusion * fusion = nullptr;
+
+    if (ctx->use_fusion()) {
+        int n = 1;
+        fusion = ctx->can_fuse(idx, GGML_METAL_FUSION_FULL, &n);
+        n_fuse = n;
+
+        // snake activation autofuse: mul -> sin -> sqr -> mul -> add
+        if (fusion && fusion->id == GGML_METAL_FUSION_SNAKE) {
+            ctx->count_fusions(fusion);
+            return ggml_metal_op_snake_fused(ctx, idx);
+        }
     }
 
     ggml_tensor * op = ctx->node(idx);
@@ -3775,9 +3775,9 @@ int ggml_metal_op_bin(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
     ggml_metal_library_t lib = ctx->lib;
     ggml_metal_encoder_t enc = ctx->enc;
 
-    const bool use_fusion = ctx->use_fusion;
+    const bool use_fusion = ctx->use_fusion();
 
-    const int debug_fusion = ctx->debug_fusion;
+    const int debug_fusion = ggml_metal_fusion_info_debug(ctx->finfo);
 
     GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS( int32_t, ne0, op->src[0], ne);
     GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(uint64_t, nb0, op->src[0], nb);
@@ -3822,57 +3822,19 @@ int ggml_metal_op_bin(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
         /*.o1   =*/ { bid_src1.offs },
     };
 
-    ggml_op fops[8];
-
-    int n_fuse = 1;
-
     // c[0] = add(a,    b[0])
     // c[1] = add(c[0], b[1])
     // c[2] = add(c[1], b[2])
     // ...
-    if (use_fusion) {
-        fops[0] = GGML_OP_ADD;
-        fops[1] = GGML_OP_ADD;
-        fops[2] = GGML_OP_ADD;
-        fops[3] = GGML_OP_ADD;
-        fops[4] = GGML_OP_ADD;
-        fops[5] = GGML_OP_ADD;
-        fops[6] = GGML_OP_ADD;
-        fops[7] = GGML_OP_ADD;
-
-        // note: in metal, we sometimes encode the graph in parallel so we have to avoid fusing ops
-        //       across splits. idx_end indicates the last node in the current split
-        for (n_fuse = 0; n_fuse <= 6; ++n_fuse) {
-            if (!ctx->can_fuse(idx + n_fuse, fops + n_fuse, 2)) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            ggml_tensor * f0 = ctx->node(idx + n_fuse);
-            ggml_tensor * f1 = ctx->node(idx + n_fuse + 1);
-
-            if (f0 != f1->src[0]) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            // b[0] === b[1] === ...
-            if (!ggml_are_same_layout(f0->src[1], f1->src[1])) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            // only fuse ops if src1 is in the same Metal buffer
-            ggml_metal_buffer_id bid_fuse = ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(f1->src[1]);
-            if (bid_fuse.metal != bid_src1.metal) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            //ctx->fuse_cnt[ops[n_fuse + 1]->op]++;
-
-            args.o1[n_fuse + 1] = bid_fuse.offs;
+    if (use_fusion && fusion && fusion->id == GGML_METAL_FUSION_ADD_CHAIN) {
+        // the offsets of the fused addends are relative to the start of the src1 buffer
+        for (int i = 1; i < n_fuse; i++) {
+            args.o1[i] = ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(ctx->node(idx + i)->src[1]).offs;
         }
 
-        ++n_fuse;
+        ctx->count_fusions(fusion);
 
-        if (debug_fusion > 1 && n_fuse > 1) {
+        if (debug_fusion > 1) {
             GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: fuse: ADD x %d\n", __func__, n_fuse);
         }
     }
@@ -4080,9 +4042,9 @@ int ggml_metal_op_norm(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
     ggml_metal_library_t lib = ctx->lib;
     ggml_metal_encoder_t enc = ctx->enc;
 
-    const bool use_fusion = ctx->use_fusion;
+    const bool use_fusion = ctx->use_fusion();
 
-    const int debug_fusion = ctx->debug_fusion;
+    const int debug_fusion = ggml_metal_fusion_info_debug(ctx->finfo);
 
     GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS( int32_t, ne0, op->src[0], ne);
     GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(uint64_t, nb0, op->src[0], nb);
@@ -4110,8 +4072,6 @@ int ggml_metal_op_norm(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
         /*.nbf3   =*/ { nb03 },
     };
 
-    ggml_op fops[8];
-
     int n_fuse = 1;
 
     ggml_metal_buffer_id bid_fuse[2] = { bid_src0, bid_src0 };
@@ -4120,55 +4080,35 @@ int ggml_metal_op_norm(ggml_metal_op_t ctx, int idx) {
     // d[1] = mul(d[0], b)
     // d[2] = add(d[1], c)
     if (use_fusion) {
-        fops[0] = op->op;
-        fops[1] = GGML_OP_MUL;
-        fops[2] = GGML_OP_ADD;
+        int n = 1;
+        const ggml_metal_fusion * fusion = ctx->can_fuse(idx, GGML_METAL_FUSION_FULL, &n);
 
-        for (n_fuse = 0; n_fuse <= 1; ++n_fuse) {
-            if (!ctx->can_fuse(idx + n_fuse, fops + n_fuse, 2)) {
-                break;
+        if (fusion && (fusion->id == GGML_METAL_FUSION_NORM_MUL || fusion->id == GGML_METAL_FUSION_NORM_MUL_ADD)) {
+            n_fuse = n;
+
+            ctx->count_fusions(fusion);
+
+            for (int i = 1; i < n_fuse; i++) {
+                const ggml_tensor * fn = ctx->node(idx + i);
+
+                bid_fuse[i - 1] = ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(fn->src[1]);
+
+                args.nef1[i] = fn->src[1]->ne[1];
+                args.nef2[i] = fn->src[1]->ne[2];
+                args.nef3[i] = fn->src[1]->ne[3];
+
+                args.nbf1[i] = fn->src[1]->nb[1];
+                args.nbf2[i] = fn->src[1]->nb[2];
+                args.nbf3[i] = fn->src[1]->nb[3];
             }
 
-            ggml_tensor * f0 = ctx->node(idx + n_fuse);
-            ggml_tensor * f1 = ctx->node(idx + n_fuse + 1);
-
-            if (f0 != f1->src[0]) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            if (f1->src[1]->ne[0] != op->ne[0]) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            if (!ggml_is_contiguous_rows(f1->src[1])) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            if (f1->type != GGML_TYPE_F32) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            //ctx->fuse_cnt[f1->op]++;
-
-            bid_fuse[n_fuse] = ggml_metal_get_buffer_id(f1->src[1]);
-
-            args.nef1[n_fuse + 1] = f1->src[1]->ne[1];
-            args.nef2[n_fuse + 1] = f1->src[1]->ne[2];
-            args.nef3[n_fuse + 1] = f1->src[1]->ne[3];
-
-            args.nbf1[n_fuse + 1] = f1->src[1]->nb[1];
-            args.nbf2[n_fuse + 1] = f1->src[1]->nb[2];
-            args.nbf3[n_fuse + 1] = f1->src[1]->nb[3];
-        }
-
-        ++n_fuse;
-
-        if (debug_fusion > 1 && n_fuse > 1) {
-            if (n_fuse == 2) {
-                GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: fuse: %s + MUL\n", __func__, ggml_op_name(op->op));
-            }
-            if (n_fuse == 3) {
-                GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: fuse: %s + MUL + ADD\n", __func__, ggml_op_name(op->op));
+            if (debug_fusion > 1) {
+                if (n_fuse == 2) {
+                    GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: fuse: %s + MUL\n", __func__, ggml_op_name(op->op));
+                }
+                if (n_fuse == 3) {
+                    GGML_LOG_DEBUG("%s: fuse: %s + MUL + ADD\n", __func__, ggml_op_name(op->op));
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.h b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.h
index f8fe50b468..4dd8ce7af6 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal-ops.h
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@ extern "C" {
 
 typedef struct ggml_metal_op * ggml_metal_op_t;
 
+struct ggml_metal_fusion; // forward decl (ggml-metal-device.h)
+
 ggml_metal_op_t ggml_metal_op_init(
         ggml_metal_device_t dev,
         ggml_metal_cmd_buf_t cmd_buf,
         struct ggml_cgraph * gf,
+        struct ggml_metal_fusion_info * finfo,
         int  idx_start,
         int  idx_end,
-        bool use_fusion,
         bool use_concurrency,
         bool use_capture,
-        int  debug_graph,
-        int  debug_fusion);
+        int  debug_graph);
 
 void ggml_metal_op_free(ggml_metal_op_t ctx);
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.cpp
index 3bd6abd06f..4cbec8645a 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/ggml-metal.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "ggml-backend-impl.h"
 
 #include "ggml-metal-device.h"
+#include "ggml-metal-fusion.h"
 #include "ggml-metal-context.h"
 #include "ggml-metal-ops.h"
 #include "ggml-metal-tuning.h"
@@ -906,6 +907,30 @@ static const char * ggml_backend_metal_tuning_device_token(ggml_backend_dev_t de
     return ggml_metal_device_id_token(ggml_metal_device_get_props(ctx_dev)->device_id);
 }
 
+// generic fusion debugging API (ad-hoc proc-address mechanism): the test resolves the device
+// fusion context once and passes that opaque handle to the rest of the functions
+typedef void * ggml_backend_fusion_t;
+
+static ggml_backend_fusion_t ggml_backend_metal_fusion_get(ggml_backend_dev_t dev) {
+    return ggml_metal_device_get_fusion_info((ggml_metal_device_t)dev->context);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_metal_fusion_stats_init(ggml_backend_fusion_t finfo) {
+    ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_init((struct ggml_metal_fusion_info *) finfo);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_metal_fusion_stats_reset(ggml_backend_fusion_t finfo) {
+    ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_reset((struct ggml_metal_fusion_info *) finfo);
+}
+
+static int ggml_backend_metal_fusion_stats_get(ggml_backend_fusion_t finfo, const char ** labels, uint64_t * counts, int n) {
+    return ggml_metal_fusion_info_stats_get((struct ggml_metal_fusion_info *) finfo, labels, counts, n);
+}
+
+static void ggml_backend_metal_fusion_set_enabled(ggml_backend_fusion_t finfo, bool enabled) {
+    ggml_metal_fusion_info_set_enabled((struct ggml_metal_fusion_info *) finfo, enabled);
+}
+
 static void * ggml_backend_metal_get_proc_address(ggml_backend_reg_t reg, const char * name) {
     if (strcmp(name, "ggml_backend_get_features") == 0) {
         return (void *)ggml_backend_metal_get_features;
@@ -928,6 +953,23 @@ static void * ggml_backend_metal_get_proc_address(ggml_backend_reg_t reg, const
     if (strcmp(name, "ggml_backend_metal_tuning_device_token") == 0) {
         return (void *)ggml_backend_metal_tuning_device_token;
     }
+    // generic fusion debugging API (ad-hoc proc-address mechanism, not part of the official
+    // ggml backend interface yet; a backend that adopts it exports these exact names)
+    if (strcmp(name, "ggml_backend_fusion_get") == 0) {
+        return (void *)ggml_backend_metal_fusion_get;
+    }
+    if (strcmp(name, "ggml_backend_fusion_stats_init") == 0) {
+        return (void *)ggml_backend_metal_fusion_stats_init;
+    }
+    if (strcmp(name, "ggml_backend_fusion_stats_reset") == 0) {
+        return (void *)ggml_backend_metal_fusion_stats_reset;
+    }
+    if (strcmp(name, "ggml_backend_fusion_stats_get") == 0) {
+        return (void *)ggml_backend_metal_fusion_stats_get;
+    }
+    if (strcmp(name, "ggml_backend_fusion_set_enabled") == 0) {
+        return (void *)ggml_backend_metal_fusion_set_enabled;
+    }
 
     return NULL;
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/kernels/gated_delta_net.metal b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/kernels/gated_delta_net.metal
index 8422d8e29f..5e4861ece3 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/kernels/gated_delta_net.metal
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/kernels/gated_delta_net.metal
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ kernel void kernel_gated_delta_net_impl(
         device const char * b,
         device const char * s,
         device       char * dst,
+        device       char * dst_fuse,
         uint3 tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
         uint3 tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
         uint3   ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]])  {
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ kernel void kernel_gated_delta_net_impl(
     // per-(seq,head) offset within a slot
     const uint state_out_base = (i23*args.ne21 + i21)*S_v*S_v + i20*S_v;
 
+    // when fused with the cache cpy, write the snapshots straight into the cache buffer using
+    // the slot stride; otherwise append them after the attn scores (nb_out == 0)
+    const bool fused = args.nb_out > 0;
+    const device float * state_out = fused ? (device float *)dst_fuse : (device float *)dst + attn_size;
+    const uint slot_stride = fused ? (uint)args.nb_out : state_size_per_snap;
+
     for (short t = 0; t < args.ne22; t++) {
         float s_k = 0.0f;
 
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ kernel void kernel_gated_delta_net_impl(
         if (K > 1) {
             const int target_slot = (int)args.ne22 - 1 - (int)t;
             if (target_slot >= 0 && target_slot < (int)K) {
-                device float * dst_state = (device float *) (dst) + attn_size + (uint)target_slot * state_size_per_snap + state_out_base;
+                device float * dst_state = (device float *)state_out + (uint)target_slot * slot_stride + state_out_base;
                 FOR_UNROLL (short j = 0; j < NSG; j++) {
                     const short is = tx*NSG + j;
                     dst_state[is] = ls[j];
@@ -126,7 +133,7 @@ kernel void kernel_gated_delta_net_impl(
     }
 
     if (K == 1) {
-        device float * dst_state = (device float *) (dst) + attn_size + state_out_base;
+        device float * dst_state = (device float *)state_out + state_out_base;
         FOR_UNROLL (short j = 0; j < NSG; j++) {
             const short is = tx*NSG + j;
             dst_state[is] = ls[j];
@@ -158,6 +165,7 @@ kernel void kernel_gated_delta_net_impl(
         device const char * b,
         device const char * s,
         device       char * dst,
+        device       char * dst_fuse,
         uint3 tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
         uint3 tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
         uint3   ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]])  {
@@ -230,7 +238,13 @@ kernel void kernel_gated_delta_net_impl(
         dst_attn += args.ne21*S_v;
     }
 
-    device float * dst_state  = (device float *) (dst) + args.ne23*args.ne22*args.ne21*S_v + (i23*args.ne21 + i21)*S_v*S_v + i20;
+    // when fused with the cache cpy, write the snapshots straight into the cache buffer using
+    // the slot stride; otherwise append them after the attn scores (nb_out == 0)
+    const bool fused = args.nb_out > 0;
+    const device float * state_out = fused ? (device float *)dst_fuse : (device float *)dst + args.ne23*args.ne22*args.ne21*S_v;
+    const uint slot_stride = fused ? (uint)args.nb_out : S_v*S_v;
+
+    device float * dst_state  = (device float *)state_out + (i23*args.ne21 + i21)*slot_stride + i20;
     device T     * dstt_state = (device T     *) (dst_state);
 
     FOR_UNROLL (short j = 0; j < NSG; j++) {
diff --git a/src/llama-context.cpp b/src/llama-context.cpp
index 21501574a9..6334f3ccab 100644
--- a/src/llama-context.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-context.cpp
@@ -666,7 +666,9 @@ void llama_context::sched_reserve() {
         //       need to implement a more robust mechanism that tries a few different inputs and analyzes the results
         ggml_cgraph * gf = nullptr;
         switch (model.arch) {
+            case LLM_ARCH_KIMI_LINEAR:
             case LLM_ARCH_MINIMAX_01:
+                // [TAG_RESERVE_DIAG_DECAY]
                 // the `inp_diag_decay` tensor size scales with `n_seq_tokens^2` which
                 // makes `n_seqs == 1` use more memory for the compute graph compared to `n_seqs > 1`
                 gf = graph_reserve(n_tokens, 1,      n_outputs_pp, mctx.get(), model.hparams.no_alloc);
diff --git a/src/models/minimax-01.cpp b/src/models/minimax-01.cpp
index 361114acc3..9fa2e8fc01 100644
--- a/src/models/minimax-01.cpp
+++ b/src/models/minimax-01.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ llama_model_minimax_01::graph::graph(const llama_model & model, const llm_graph_
     ggml_set_input(inp->inp_k_decay);
     cb(inp->inp_k_decay, "k_decay_exp", -1);
 
+    // [TAG_RESERVE_DIAG_DECAY]
     inp->inp_diag_decay = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_seq_tokens, n_seq_tokens, n_head, n_seqs);
     ggml_set_input(inp->inp_diag_decay);
     cb(inp->inp_diag_decay, "diag_decay_exp", -1);
diff --git a/src/models/plamo2.cpp b/src/models/plamo2.cpp
index d946b3cff6..ba1cea1465 100644
--- a/src/models/plamo2.cpp
+++ b/src/models/plamo2.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ llama_model_plamo2::graph::graph(const llama_model & model, const llm_graph_para
             cur = build_plamo2_attn_layer(inp_hybrid->get_attn(), inp_pos, cur, model, il);
         }
 
+        if (il == n_layer - 1 && inp_out_ids) {
+            cur      = ggml_get_rows(ctx0, cur, inp_out_ids);
+            residual = ggml_get_rows(ctx0, residual, inp_out_ids);
+        }
+
         // post_mixer_norm
         cur = build_norm(cur, model.layers[il].attn_post_norm, NULL, LLM_NORM_RMS, il);
         cb(cur, "attn_post_norm", il);
@@ -167,11 +172,6 @@ llama_model_plamo2::graph::graph(const llama_model & model, const llm_graph_para
         cur = build_norm(cur, model.layers[il].ffn_post_norm, NULL, LLM_NORM_RMS, il);
         cb(cur, "ffn_post_norm", il);
 
-        if (il == n_layer - 1 && inp_out_ids) {
-            cur      = ggml_get_rows(ctx0, cur, inp_out_ids);
-            residual = ggml_get_rows(ctx0, residual, inp_out_ids);
-        }
-
         // residual connection
         cur = ggml_add(ctx0, cur, residual);
         cb(cur, "ffn_residual", il);
diff --git a/src/models/qwen3vl.cpp b/src/models/qwen3vl.cpp
index 5596620f07..30c08ed35e 100644
--- a/src/models/qwen3vl.cpp
+++ b/src/models/qwen3vl.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ void llama_model_qwen3vl::load_arch_tensors(llama_model_loader &) {
 
     int64_t n_vocab_out = n_vocab;
     if (arch == LLM_ARCH_QWEN3TTS) {
+        // [TAG_LLAMA_N_VOCAB_OUT]
         n_vocab_out = 3072;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index 52b292b1f8..04095c9ddb 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *
 !*.*
 !snapshots/
+!fusion/
 *.o
 ggml-common.h
 **/*.swp
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 5531c4ce3c..920c58c738 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ if (NOT WIN32 OR NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
     # llama_build_and_test(test-double-float.cpp) # SLOW
 
-    llama_build_and_test(test-llama-archs.cpp)
+    llama_build(test-llama-archs.cpp)
 
     set(MODEL_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test-models/")
     file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${MODEL_DIR}")
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ if (NOT WIN32 OR NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
         ARGS --models "${MODEL_DIR}"
     )
     set_tests_properties(test-save-load-state PROPERTIES FIXTURES_REQUIRED generate-models)
+
+    llama_build(test-fusion.cpp)
 endif()
 
 llama_build_and_test(test-chat-peg-parser.cpp peg-parser/simple-tokenize.cpp)
diff --git a/tests/fusion/MTL.csv b/tests/fusion/MTL.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..067316abfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fusion/MTL.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+# test-fusion baseline for device MTL
+# arch              ,moe ,mode    ,label                       ,  count
+arcee               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+arctic              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      7
+baichuan            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+bailingmoe          ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+bailingmoe          ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+bailingmoe2         ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+bailingmoe2         ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+bailingmoe3         ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+bailingmoe3         ,1   ,any     ,GATED_DELTA_NET+CPY         ,      1
+bailingmoe3         ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      8
+bloom               ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      6
+chatglm             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+codeshell           ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+cogvlm              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+command-r           ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL                    ,      3
+dbrx                ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL                    ,      5
+deci                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+deepseek            ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+deepseek            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+deepseek2           ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+deepseek2           ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+deepseek32          ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+deepseek32          ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      2
+deepseek32          ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+deepseek4           ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,     20
+dots1               ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+dots1               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+dream               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+ernie4_5-moe        ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+ernie4_5-moe        ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+ernie4_5            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+exaone              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+exaone4             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+exaone4             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL+ADD            ,      4
+falcon              ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+falcon              ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+falcon-h1           ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+falcon-h1           ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+gemma               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+gemma2              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+gemma2              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL+ADD            ,      4
+glm-dsa             ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+glm-dsa             ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      2
+glm-dsa             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+glm4                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+glm4                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL+ADD            ,      4
+glm4moe             ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+glm4moe             ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+gpt-oss             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+gpt2                ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+gptneox             ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+granite             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+granite             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+granitehybrid       ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      6
+granitemoe          ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+granitemoe          ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+grok                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+grok                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL+ADD            ,      4
+grovemoe            ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+grovemoe            ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+hunyuan-dense       ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+hunyuan-moe         ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+hunyuan-moe         ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+hunyuan_vl          ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+hy_v3               ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+hy_v3               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+hy_v4               ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      1
+hy_v4               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+internlm2           ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+jais                ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+jais2               ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+jamba               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      8
+kimi-k3             ,0   ,any     ,GATED_DELTA_NET+CPY         ,      1
+kimi-k3             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,     17
+kimi-linear         ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+kimi-linear         ,0   ,any     ,GATED_DELTA_NET+CPY         ,      1
+kimi-linear         ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      7
+lfm2                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      7
+lfm2moe             ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      7
+llada               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+llada-moe           ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+llama               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+llama               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+llama4              ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+llama4              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+maincoder           ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+mamba               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      3
+mamba2              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+minicpm             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+minicpm             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+minicpm3            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+minimax-01          ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      6
+minimax-m2          ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+minimax-m3          ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+minimax-m3          ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,     11
+mistral3            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+mistral3            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+mistral4            ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      1
+mistral4            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+mpt                 ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+nanbeige            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+nemotron            ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+nemotron_h          ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+nemotron_h_moe      ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+olmoe               ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+openelm             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+orion               ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+paddleocr           ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+pangu-embedded      ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+phi2                ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+phi2                ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      3
+phi3                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+phimoe              ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL+ADD            ,      5
+plamo               ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+plamo               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      3
+plamo2              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,     10
+plamo2              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL+ADD            ,      4
+pockettts           ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+qwen                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+qwen2               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+qwen2moe            ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+qwen2moe            ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+qwen2vl             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+qwen3               ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+qwen35              ,0   ,any     ,GATED_DELTA_NET+CPY         ,      1
+qwen35              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      8
+qwen35moe           ,1   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+qwen35moe           ,1   ,any     ,GATED_DELTA_NET+CPY         ,      1
+qwen35moe           ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      8
+qwen3moe            ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+qwen3next           ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+qwen3next           ,0   ,any     ,GATED_DELTA_NET+CPY         ,      1
+qwen3next           ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      8
+qwen3tts            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+qwen3vl             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+qwen3vlmoe          ,1   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+qwen4exp            ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD+ADD                 ,      5
+qwen4exp            ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD+ADD+ADD+ADD+ADD+ADD ,      9
+qwen4exp            ,0   ,any     ,GATED_DELTA_NET+CPY         ,      1
+qwen4exp            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+refact              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+refact              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+rnd1                ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      9
+seed_oss            ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+smallthinker        ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+smollm3             ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
+stablelm            ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL                    ,      4
+stablelm            ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+starcoder           ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+starcoder2          ,0   ,any     ,NORM+MUL+ADD                ,      5
+talkie              ,0   ,any     ,ADD+ADD                     ,      2
+xverse              ,0   ,any     ,RMS_NORM+MUL                ,      5
diff --git a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
index ef4fc30cec..15c42a1081 100644
--- a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
@@ -4638,6 +4638,122 @@ struct test_gated_delta_net : public test_case {
     }
 };
 
+// GGML_OP_GATED_DELTA_NET + GGML_OP_CPY (recurrent cache fusion)
+struct test_gated_delta_net_cache_fusion : public test_case {
+    const ggml_type type;
+
+    const int64_t head_count;
+    const int64_t head_size;
+    const int64_t n_seq_tokens;
+    const int64_t n_seqs;
+    const int64_t K; // snapshot slot count (>1)
+
+    ggml_tensor * cpy_node = nullptr;
+
+    std::string vars() override {
+        return VARS_TO_STR6(type, head_count, head_size, n_seq_tokens, n_seqs, K);
+    }
+
+    test_gated_delta_net_cache_fusion(ggml_type type = GGML_TYPE_F32,
+            int64_t head_count = 4, int64_t head_size = 32, int64_t n_seq_tokens = 2, int64_t n_seqs = 1,
+            int64_t K = 2)
+        : type(type), head_count(head_count), head_size(head_size), n_seq_tokens(n_seq_tokens), n_seqs(n_seqs), K(K) {}
+
+    ggml_tensor * build_graph(ggml_context * ctx) override {
+        const int64_t S_v = head_size;
+        const int64_t H_v = head_count;
+        const int64_t H_k = head_count;
+        const int64_t D   = S_v * S_v * H_v;
+        const int64_t n_written = std::min<int64_t>(n_seq_tokens, K);
+
+        ggml_tensor * q     = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, type, head_size, H_k, n_seq_tokens, n_seqs);
+        ggml_tensor * k     = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, type, head_size, H_k, n_seq_tokens, n_seqs);
+        ggml_tensor * v     = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, type, head_size, H_v, n_seq_tokens, n_seqs);
+        ggml_set_name(q, "q");
+        ggml_set_name(k, "k");
+        ggml_set_name(v, "v");
+        ggml_tensor * g     = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, type, 1, H_v, n_seq_tokens, n_seqs);
+        ggml_tensor * beta  = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, type, 1, H_v, n_seq_tokens, n_seqs);
+        ggml_tensor * state = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, type, head_size, head_size, H_v, n_seqs);
+        ggml_set_name(g,     "g");
+        ggml_set_name(beta,  "beta");
+        ggml_set_name(state, "state");
+
+        q = ggml_l2_norm(ctx, q, 1e-6f);
+        k = ggml_l2_norm(ctx, k, 1e-6f);
+
+        ggml_tensor * gdn_out = ggml_gated_delta_net(ctx, q, k, v, g, beta, state, K);
+        ggml_set_name(gdn_out, "gdn_out");
+
+        // attn scores view (first part of the gdn output)
+        ggml_tensor * attn = ggml_view_4d(ctx, gdn_out,
+                S_v, H_v, n_seq_tokens, n_seqs,
+                ggml_row_size(gdn_out->type, S_v),
+                ggml_row_size(gdn_out->type, S_v * H_v),
+                ggml_row_size(gdn_out->type, S_v * H_v * n_seq_tokens), 0);
+        ggml_set_name(attn, "attn");
+
+        // snapshot tail view [D, n_seqs, n_written]
+        const int64_t attn_score_elems = S_v * H_v * n_seq_tokens * n_seqs;
+        ggml_tensor * src = ggml_view_3d(ctx, gdn_out,
+                D, n_seqs, n_written,
+                ggml_row_size(gdn_out->type, D),
+                ggml_row_size(gdn_out->type, D * n_seqs),
+                ggml_row_size(gdn_out->type, attn_score_elems));
+
+        // recurrent cache view [D, n_seqs, n_written]
+        ggml_tensor * cache = ggml_new_tensor_3d(ctx, type, D, n_seqs, n_written);
+        ggml_set_name(cache, "cache");
+        ggml_tensor * dst = ggml_view_3d(ctx, cache,
+                D, n_seqs, n_written,
+                ggml_row_size(cache->type, D),
+                ggml_row_size(cache->type, D * n_seqs), 0);
+
+        ggml_tensor * cpy = ggml_cpy(ctx, src, dst);
+        ggml_set_name(cpy, "gdn_cache_cpy");
+        cpy_node = cpy;
+
+        // read the cpy output (not the plain dst view, which would not pull the cpy into the graph)
+        // so that neither the gdn nor the cpy is the graph output
+        ggml_tensor * out = ggml_sum(ctx, cpy);
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    std::string op_desc(ggml_tensor * t) override {
+        GGML_UNUSED(t);
+        return "GATED_DELTA_NET_CACHE_FUSION";
+    }
+
+    bool run_whole_graph() override { return true; }
+    std::vector<ggml_tensor *> fusion_test_nodes() override { return { cpy_node }; }
+
+    uint64_t op_flops(ggml_tensor * t) override {
+        GGML_UNUSED(t);
+        const uint64_t S_v = head_size;
+        const uint64_t H_v = head_count;
+        const uint64_t T   = n_seq_tokens;
+        const uint64_t B   = n_seqs;
+        return (4ull*S_v + 2ull*S_v*S_v) * H_v * T * B;
+    }
+
+    void initialize_tensors(ggml_context * ctx) override {
+        for (ggml_tensor * t = ggml_get_first_tensor(ctx); t != nullptr; t = ggml_get_next_tensor(ctx, t)) {
+            if (ggml_is_view_op(t->op)) { continue; }
+            if (strcmp(t->name, "g") == 0) {
+                init_tensor_uniform(t, -20.0f, -1e-4f);
+            } else if (strcmp(t->name, "beta") == 0) {
+                init_tensor_uniform(t, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+            } else if (strcmp(t->name, "v") == 0) {
+                init_tensor_uniform(t, -0.3f, 5.0f);
+            } else if (strcmp(t->name, "cache") == 0) {
+                init_tensor_uniform(t, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+            } else {
+                init_tensor_uniform(t);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+
 // GGML_OP_GATED_LINEAR_ATTN
 struct test_gla : public test_case {
     const ggml_type type;
@@ -10741,6 +10857,13 @@ static std::vector<std::unique_ptr<test_case>> make_test_cases_eval() {
     test_cases.emplace_back(new test_gated_delta_net(GGML_TYPE_F32, 4, 32,   8, 1, 1, false, false, /*K=*/3));
     test_cases.emplace_back(new test_gated_delta_net(GGML_TYPE_F32, 4, 64,  16, 2, 1, false, false, /*K=*/4));
 
+    // gdn + cache cpy fusion (K > 1)
+    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_gated_delta_net_cache_fusion(GGML_TYPE_F32, 4, 32,   2, 1, 2));
+    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_gated_delta_net_cache_fusion(GGML_TYPE_F32, 4, 64,   4, 1, 2));
+    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_gated_delta_net_cache_fusion(GGML_TYPE_F32, 4, 32,   4, 1, 4));
+    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_gated_delta_net_cache_fusion(GGML_TYPE_F32, 8, 32,   4, 2, 4));
+    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_gated_delta_net_cache_fusion(GGML_TYPE_F32, 4, 32,   8, 1, 4));
+
 #if 0
     // these tests are disabled to save execution time, sbut they can be handy for debugging
     test_cases.emplace_back(new test_llama(2, true));
diff --git a/tests/test-fusion.cpp b/tests/test-fusion.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..467248f0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-fusion.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,565 @@
+// test-fusion: verify the backend fusion logic against a per-device baseline.
+//
+// for every dummy model generated by test-llama-archs, the tool runs the model on a single
+// device with fusion enabled and disabled, and reports:
+//   - the per-fusion-type counters for each mode (prefill / decode, merged into "any" when the
+//     per-graph counts match)
+//   - the NMSE between the fused and unfused logits
+//   - the NMSE between the device and a CPU reference
+//
+// the per-fusion-type counters are compared against a per-device baseline file (CSV) so a
+// fusion pattern that silently stops matching (or fires when it should not) is caught as a
+// regression.
+//
+// usage:
+//   test-fusion --models DIR --device MTL0 --record baseline.csv   # generate a baseline
+//   test-fusion --models DIR --device MTL0 --check  baseline.csv   # validate against it
+//   test-fusion --model FILE --device MTL0 --check  baseline.csv   # validate a single model
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "llama-cpp.h"
+
+#include "ggml.h"
+#include "gguf.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <array>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+#include <random>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+// generic fusion debugging API, resolved through the ad-hoc get_proc_address mechanism
+// (not part of the official ggml backend interface yet). a backend that adopts fusion debugging
+// exports these exact names.
+typedef void * ggml_backend_fusion_t;
+
+typedef ggml_backend_fusion_t ( * fusion_get_t)       (ggml_backend_dev_t);
+typedef void ( * fusion_stats_init_t)  (ggml_backend_fusion_t);
+typedef void ( * fusion_stats_reset_t) (ggml_backend_fusion_t);
+typedef int  ( * fusion_stats_get_t)   (ggml_backend_fusion_t, const char **, uint64_t *, int);
+typedef void ( * fusion_set_enabled_t) (ggml_backend_fusion_t, bool);
+
+static bool silent_model_load_progress(float, void *) {
+    return true;
+}
+
+struct gguf_context_ptr {
+    gguf_context * ctx;
+    gguf_context_ptr(gguf_context * c) : ctx(c) {}
+    ~gguf_context_ptr() { if (ctx) { gguf_free(ctx); } }
+    gguf_context * get() const { return ctx; }
+    gguf_context_ptr(const gguf_context_ptr &) = delete;
+    gguf_context_ptr & operator=(const gguf_context_ptr &) = delete;
+};
+
+// NMSE between two vectors (same as tests/test-llama-archs.cpp)
+static double nmse(const std::vector<float> & a, const std::vector<float> & b) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(a.size() == b.size());
+    double mse_a_b = 0.0;
+    double mse_a_0 = 0.0;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < a.size(); i++) {
+        const float a_i = a[i];
+        const float b_i = b[i];
+
+        mse_a_b += (a_i - b_i) * (a_i - b_i);
+        mse_a_0 += a_i * a_i;
+    }
+
+    return mse_a_b / mse_a_0;
+}
+
+// deterministic token sequence
+static std::vector<llama_token> get_tokens(const uint32_t n_tokens, const uint32_t n_vocab, const size_t seed) {
+    std::mt19937 gen(seed);
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<> dis(0, n_vocab - 1);
+    std::vector<llama_token> ret;
+    ret.reserve(n_tokens);
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n_tokens; i++) {
+        ret.push_back(dis(gen));
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+// trim leading/trailing whitespace (used when parsing padded CSV columns)
+static std::string trim(const std::string & s) {
+    const size_t b = s.find_first_not_of(" \t\r\n");
+    if (b == std::string::npos) {
+        return "";
+    }
+    const size_t e = s.find_last_not_of(" \t\r\n");
+    return s.substr(b, e - b + 1);
+}
+
+static std::string get_arch(const std::string & path) {
+    gguf_init_params params = { /*no_alloc=*/true, /*ctx=*/nullptr };
+    gguf_context_ptr ctx(gguf_init_from_file(path.c_str(), params));
+    if (!ctx.get()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("failed to read gguf: " + path);
+    }
+    const int idx = gguf_find_key(ctx.get(), "general.architecture");
+    if (idx < 0) {
+        return "unknown";
+    }
+    const char * val = gguf_get_val_str(ctx.get(), idx);
+    return val ? val : "unknown";
+}
+
+static llama_model_ptr load_model(const std::string & path, ggml_backend_dev_t dev) {
+    llama_model_params model_params = llama_model_default_params();
+    model_params.progress_callback = silent_model_load_progress;
+    std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> devs = { dev, nullptr };
+    model_params.devices = devs.data();
+    model_params.split_mode = LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_LAYER;
+
+    llama_model_ptr model(llama_model_load_from_file(path.c_str(), model_params));
+    if (!model) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("failed to load model: " + path);
+    }
+    return model;
+}
+
+// a fresh context (fresh state) from an already-loaded model
+static llama_context_ptr create_ctx(llama_model * model, int n_ubatch) {
+    llama_context_params ctx_params = llama_context_default_params();
+    ctx_params.n_ctx = 0;
+    ctx_params.n_threads = 4;
+    ctx_params.n_threads_batch = 4;
+    ctx_params.n_ubatch = n_ubatch;
+    ctx_params.n_batch = n_ubatch;
+
+    llama_context_ptr lctx(llama_init_from_model(model, ctx_params));
+    if (!lctx) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("failed to init context");
+    }
+    return lctx;
+}
+
+// decode all tokens in one batch; returns the logits of every token
+static std::vector<float> decode_prefill(llama_model * model, llama_context * lctx, const std::vector<llama_token> & tokens) {
+    const uint32_t n_vocab = llama_vocab_n_tokens(llama_model_get_vocab(model));
+    llama_batch batch = llama_batch_init(tokens.size(), 0, 1);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+        common_batch_add(batch, tokens[i], i, { 0 }, true);
+    }
+    batch.n_tokens = tokens.size();
+    if (llama_decode(lctx, batch)) {
+        llama_batch_free(batch);
+        throw std::runtime_error("prefill decode failed");
+    }
+
+    std::vector<float> ret;
+    ret.reserve(tokens.size() * n_vocab);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+        const float * logits_ith = llama_get_logits_ith(lctx, i);
+        for (uint32_t j = 0; j < n_vocab; j++) {
+            ret.push_back(logits_ith[j]);
+        }
+    }
+    llama_batch_free(batch);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+// decode one token at a time; returns the logits of the last token of each step
+static std::vector<float> decode_gen(llama_model * model, llama_context * lctx, const std::vector<llama_token> & tokens) {
+    const uint32_t n_vocab = llama_vocab_n_tokens(llama_model_get_vocab(model));
+    llama_batch batch = llama_batch_init(1, 0, 1);
+    std::vector<float> ret;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) {
+        common_batch_clear(batch);
+        common_batch_add(batch, tokens[i], i, { 0 }, true);
+        if (llama_decode(lctx, batch)) {
+            llama_batch_free(batch);
+            throw std::runtime_error("decode failed");
+        }
+        const float * logits = llama_get_logits_ith(lctx, 0);
+        for (uint32_t j = 0; j < n_vocab; j++) {
+            ret.push_back(logits[j]);
+        }
+    }
+    llama_batch_free(batch);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void read_counts(fusion_stats_get_t api_stats_get, ggml_backend_fusion_t finfo,
+                        std::vector<const char *> & labels, std::vector<uint64_t> & counts) {
+    const int n = api_stats_get(finfo, nullptr, nullptr, 0);
+    labels.assign(n, nullptr);
+    counts.assign(n, 0);
+    api_stats_get(finfo, labels.data(), counts.data(), n);
+}
+
+// one row of the per-label report
+struct fusion_row {
+    std::string  arch;
+    bool         moe;
+    std::string  mode;
+    std::string  label;
+    uint64_t     count_fused;
+    uint64_t     count_unfused;
+    uint64_t     expected;
+    double       nmse_fus;
+    double       nmse_dev;
+    bool         ok_count; // counts match the baseline
+    bool         ok_nmse;  // nmse within epsilon
+};
+
+static void usage(const char * argv0) {
+    printf("%s: verify fusion counts on a device against a per-device baseline\n\n", argv0);
+    printf("usage: %s [options]\n\n", argv0);
+    printf("options:\n");
+    printf("  --models DIR   run over all .gguf models in a directory\n");
+    printf("  --model FILE   run over a single model file (mutually exclusive with --models)\n");
+    printf("  --device NAME  device to run on (e.g. MTL0, CPU)\n");
+    printf("  --record CSV   write the golden baseline\n");
+    printf("  --check  CSV   validate the counters against a baseline (default)\n");
+    printf("  -h, --help     show this message and exit\n");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
+    std::string models_dir;
+    std::string model_file;
+    std::string device_name;
+    std::string record_path;
+    std::string check_path;
+
+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+        const std::string arg = argv[i];
+        const auto next = [&](const char * name) -> std::string {
+            if (i + 1 >= argc) {
+                LOG_ERR("%s: %s requires an argument\n", __func__, name);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            return argv[++i];
+        };
+        if (arg == "-h" || arg == "--help") {
+            usage(argv[0]);
+            exit(0);
+        }
+        if (arg == "--models")     { models_dir  = next("--models"); }
+        else if (arg == "--model") { model_file  = next("--model"); }
+        else if (arg == "--device"){ device_name = next("--device"); }
+        else if (arg == "--record"){ record_path = next("--record"); }
+        else if (arg == "--check") { check_path  = next("--check"); }
+        else {
+            LOG_ERR("%s: unknown argument: %s\n", __func__, arg.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (device_name.empty()) {
+        LOG_ERR("%s: --device NAME is required\n", __func__);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (models_dir.empty() && model_file.empty()) {
+        LOG_ERR("%s: --models DIR or --model FILE is required\n", __func__);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!models_dir.empty() && !model_file.empty()) {
+        LOG_ERR("%s: --models DIR and --model FILE are mutually exclusive\n", __func__);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!record_path.empty() && !check_path.empty()) {
+        LOG_ERR("%s: --record and --check are mutually exclusive\n", __func__);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<std::string> models;
+    if (!model_file.empty()) {
+        if (!std::filesystem::is_regular_file(model_file)) {
+            LOG_ERR("%s: model file '%s' does not exist\n", __func__, model_file.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+        models.push_back(model_file);
+    } else {
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(models_dir) || !std::filesystem::is_directory(models_dir)) {
+            LOG_ERR("%s: models directory '%s' does not exist\n", __func__, models_dir.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+        for (const auto & entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(models_dir)) {
+            if (entry.is_regular_file() && entry.path().extension() == ".gguf") {
+                models.push_back(entry.path().string());
+            }
+        }
+        std::sort(models.begin(), models.end());
+
+        if (models.empty()) {
+            LOG_ERR("%s: no .gguf models found in '%s'\n", __func__, models_dir.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    common_init();
+    ggml_backend_load_all();
+
+    ggml_backend_dev_t dev = ggml_backend_dev_by_name(device_name.c_str());
+    if (!dev) {
+        LOG_WRN("%s: device '%s' not found - skipping (baseline is device-specific)\n",
+                __func__, device_name.c_str());
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    // resolve the generic fusion debugging functions through the ad-hoc get_proc_address
+    // mechanism; a backend that does not adopt fusion debugging exports none of them
+    auto * reg = ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(dev);
+
+    // output naming uses the backend base name (e.g. "MTL") rather than the specific device
+    // name (e.g. "MTL0") the test was invoked with
+    const std::string base_name = ggml_backend_reg_name(reg);
+
+    auto api_get         = (fusion_get_t)         ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_fusion_get");
+    auto api_stats_init  = (fusion_stats_init_t)  ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_fusion_stats_init");
+    auto api_stats_reset = (fusion_stats_reset_t) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_fusion_stats_reset");
+    auto api_stats_get   = (fusion_stats_get_t)   ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_fusion_stats_get");
+    auto api_set_enabled = (fusion_set_enabled_t) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_fusion_set_enabled");
+
+    if (!api_get || !api_stats_init || !api_set_enabled || !api_stats_reset || !api_stats_get) {
+        LOG_ERR("%s: device '%s' does not export the generic fusion debugging API "
+                "(ggml_backend_fusion_*) - cannot run the fusion regression test\n",
+                __func__, device_name.c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    ggml_backend_fusion_t finfo = api_get(dev);
+
+    // enable fusions stats
+    api_stats_init(finfo);
+
+    const bool has_counts = true;
+
+    // load the baseline (if any): key arch|moe|mode|label -> expected count
+    std::map<std::string, uint64_t> baseline;
+    if (!check_path.empty()) {
+        std::ifstream in(check_path);
+        if (!in) {
+            LOG_ERR("%s: cannot open baseline '%s'\n", __func__, check_path.c_str());
+            return 1;
+        }
+        std::string line;
+        while (std::getline(in, line)) {
+            if (line.empty() || line[0] == '#') {
+                continue;
+            }
+            std::vector<std::string> cols;
+            size_t pos = 0;
+            while ((pos = line.find(',')) != std::string::npos) {
+                cols.push_back(trim(line.substr(0, pos)));
+                line.erase(0, pos + 1);
+            }
+            cols.push_back(trim(line));
+            if (cols.size() != 5) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            baseline[cols[0] + "|" + cols[1] + "|" + cols[2] + "|" + cols[3]] = std::stoull(cols[4]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::vector<fusion_row> rows;
+
+    LOG_INF("%s: running fusion test over %zu models on '%s'\n", __func__, models.size(), base_name.c_str());
+
+    const size_t seed = 1;
+
+    for (const auto & model_path : models) {
+        const std::string arch = get_arch(model_path);
+        const bool moe = arch.find("moe") != std::string::npos;
+
+        llama_model_ptr model;
+        llama_model_ptr model_cpu;
+        uint32_t n_vocab = 0;
+        try {
+            model = load_model(model_path, dev);
+            model_cpu = load_model(model_path, ggml_backend_dev_by_name("CPU"));
+            n_vocab = llama_vocab_n_tokens(llama_model_get_vocab(model.get()));
+        } catch (const std::exception & e) {
+            LOG_ERR("%s: %s: %s\n", __func__, model_path.c_str(), e.what());
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        struct mode_cfg {
+            std::string name;
+            std::vector<float> (*decode)(llama_model *, llama_context *, const std::vector<llama_token> &);
+            int n_tokens;
+            int n_graphs;   // graph runs per mode (prefill=1, decode=16)
+        };
+        const mode_cfg modes[] = {
+            { "prefill", decode_prefill, 32, 1  },
+            { "decode",  decode_gen,     16, 16 },
+        };
+
+        // per-label, per-mode data for this model; prefill and decode are merged into a single
+        // "any" row when their per-graph counts match
+        struct mode_data {
+            bool     present;
+            uint64_t count_fused;   // per graph
+            uint64_t count_unfused; // per graph
+            double   nmse_fus;
+            double   nmse_dev;
+            bool     ok_nmse;
+        };
+        std::map<std::string, std::array<mode_data, 2>> mdata;
+
+        for (int mi = 0; mi < 2; mi++) {
+            const mode_cfg & mode = modes[mi];
+            const auto tokens = get_tokens(mode.n_tokens, n_vocab, seed);
+
+            // CPU reference for this mode (fresh context, fresh state)
+            std::vector<float> logits_cpu;
+            try {
+                llama_context_ptr ctx = create_ctx(model_cpu.get(), 32);
+                logits_cpu = mode.decode(model_cpu.get(), ctx.get(), tokens);
+            } catch (const std::exception & e) {
+                LOG_WRN("%s: %s: cpu reference: %s\n", __func__, model_path.c_str(), e.what());
+            }
+
+            // fused run on a fresh context (fresh state)
+            std::vector<float> logits_fused;
+            std::vector<const char *> labels;
+            std::vector<uint64_t> counts_fused;
+            {
+                llama_context_ptr ctx = create_ctx(model.get(), 32);
+                if (has_counts) {
+                    api_set_enabled(finfo, true);
+                    api_stats_reset(finfo);
+                }
+                logits_fused = mode.decode(model.get(), ctx.get(), tokens);
+                if (has_counts) {
+                    read_counts(api_stats_get, finfo, labels, counts_fused);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // unfused run on another fresh context (fresh state)
+            std::vector<float> logits_unfused;
+            std::vector<uint64_t> counts_unfused;
+            {
+                llama_context_ptr ctx = create_ctx(model.get(), 32);
+                if (has_counts) {
+                    api_set_enabled(finfo, false);
+                    api_stats_reset(finfo);
+                }
+                logits_unfused = mode.decode(model.get(), ctx.get(), tokens);
+                if (has_counts) {
+                    read_counts(api_stats_get, finfo, labels, counts_unfused);
+                }
+            }
+
+            const double nmse_fus = nmse(logits_fused, logits_unfused);
+            const double nmse_dev = logits_cpu.empty() ? 0.0 : nmse(logits_fused, logits_cpu);
+
+            if (has_counts) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < (int) labels.size(); i++) {
+                    const uint64_t fused   = counts_fused[i]   / mode.n_graphs;
+                    const uint64_t unfused = counts_unfused[i] / mode.n_graphs;
+                    if (fused == 0 && unfused == 0) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    auto & d = mdata[labels[i]][mi];
+                    d.present       = true;
+                    d.count_fused   = fused;
+                    d.count_unfused = unfused;
+                    d.nmse_fus      = nmse_fus;
+                    d.nmse_dev      = nmse_dev;
+                    d.ok_nmse       = nmse_fus <= 1e-4;
+                }
+            } else {
+                rows.push_back({ arch, moe, mode.name, "?", 0, 0, 0, nmse_fus, nmse_dev, true, nmse_fus <= 1e-4 });
+            }
+        }
+
+        // build the per-label rows, merging prefill and decode into "any" when the per-graph
+        // counts match (they always do for the deterministic fusion table)
+        if (has_counts) {
+            for (auto & kv : mdata) {
+                const std::string & label = kv.first;
+                const auto & d = kv.second;
+                const bool both = d[0].present && d[1].present;
+                const bool match = both && d[0].count_fused == d[1].count_fused;
+
+                if (match) {
+                    // one "any" row; use the worst NMSE across the two modes
+                    const std::string any_key = arch + "|" + (moe ? "1" : "0") + "|any|" + label;
+                    const uint64_t expected = baseline.count(any_key) ? baseline.at(any_key) : 0;
+                    const bool ok_count = check_path.empty() || d[0].count_fused == expected;
+                    const bool ok_nmse   = d[0].ok_nmse && d[1].ok_nmse;
+                    const double nmse_fus = std::max(d[0].nmse_fus, d[1].nmse_fus);
+                    const double nmse_dev = std::max(d[0].nmse_dev, d[1].nmse_dev);
+                    rows.push_back({ arch, moe, "any", label, d[0].count_fused, d[0].count_unfused,
+                                     expected, nmse_fus, nmse_dev, ok_count, ok_nmse });
+                } else {
+                    // counts differ - keep a separate row per mode
+                    for (int mi = 0; mi < 2; mi++) {
+                        if (!d[mi].present) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        const mode_data & a = d[mi];
+                        const std::string mode_key = arch + "|" + (moe ? "1" : "0") + "|" + modes[mi].name + "|" + label;
+                        const uint64_t expected = baseline.count(mode_key) ? baseline.at(mode_key) : 0;
+                        const bool ok_count = check_path.empty() || a.count_fused == expected;
+                        rows.push_back({ arch, moe, modes[mi].name, label, a.count_fused, a.count_unfused,
+                                         expected, a.nmse_fus, a.nmse_dev, ok_count, a.ok_nmse });
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        LOG_INF("%s: %-20s (%s) done\n", __func__, arch.c_str(), model_path.c_str());
+    }
+
+    // print the report
+    {
+        std::ofstream out(record_path);
+        std::ostream & os = record_path.empty() ? std::cout : out;
+        if (!record_path.empty()) {
+            os << "# test-fusion baseline for device " << base_name << "\n";
+            os << "# " << std::left
+               << std::setw(18) << "arch"  << ','
+               << std::setw(4)  << "moe"   << ','
+               << std::setw(8)  << "mode"  << ','
+               << std::setw(28) << "label" << ','
+               << std::right << std::setw(7) << "count" << '\n';
+        }
+
+        LOG_INF("%-20s %-4s %-8s %-22s %7s %7s %7s %10s %10s %s\n",
+                "arch", "moe", "mode", "label", "fused", "unfused", "expected", "nmse_fus", "nmse_dev", "status");
+        int n_ok = 0;
+        int n_bad = 0;
+        for (const auto & r : rows) {
+            const bool ok = r.ok_count && r.ok_nmse;
+            const char * status = ok ? "ok" : "FAIL";
+            if (ok) { n_ok++; } else { n_bad++; }
+            LOG_INF("%-20s %-4s %-8s %-22s %7llu %7llu %7llu %10.2e %10.2e %s\n",
+                    r.arch.c_str(), r.moe ? "moe" : "dense", r.mode.c_str(), r.label.c_str(),
+                    (unsigned long long) r.count_fused, (unsigned long long) r.count_unfused,
+                    (unsigned long long) r.expected, r.nmse_fus, r.nmse_dev, status);
+            if (!record_path.empty()) {
+                os << std::left
+                   << std::setw(20) << r.arch << ','
+                   << std::setw(4)  << (r.moe ? "1" : "0") << ','
+                   << std::setw(8)  << r.mode << ','
+                   << std::setw(28) << r.label << ','
+                   << std::right << std::setw(7) << r.count_fused << '\n';
+            }
+        }
+        LOG_INF("summary: %d ok, %d failed\n", n_ok, n_bad);
+        if (!record_path.empty()) {
+            LOG_INF("%s: baseline written to '%s'\n", __func__, record_path.c_str());
+        }
+
+        if (n_bad && !models_dir.empty() && !check_path.empty()) {
+            LOG_WRN("%s: if the fusion counts are expected to change, run with --record to update the baseline:\n"
+                    "\n"
+                    "./bin/test-llama-archs -o %s\n"
+                    "%s --device %s --models %s --record %s\n",
+                    __func__, models_dir.c_str(), argv[0], device_name.c_str(), models_dir.c_str(), check_path.c_str());
+        }
+
+        return n_bad;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-llama-archs.cpp b/tests/test-llama-archs.cpp
index dbed9846f9..3496f72e49 100644
--- a/tests/test-llama-archs.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-llama-archs.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ static gguf_context_ptr get_gguf_ctx(const llm_arch arch, const bool moe) {
     } else if (arch == LLM_ARCH_CHAMELEON) {
         n_vocab = 10240;
     } else if (arch == LLM_ARCH_QWEN3TTS) {
-        n_vocab = 4096; // must be >= the hard-coded codec head size (3072)
+        //n_vocab = 4096; // must be >= the hard-coded codec head size (3072)
+        n_vocab = 3072; // TODO: should be 4096, but user code cannot get `n_vocab_out` yet [TAG_LLAMA_N_VOCAB_OUT]
     }
 
     uint32_t n_head_kv = n_head;
diff --git a/tests/test-save-load-state.cpp b/tests/test-save-load-state.cpp
index 6179e6c108..74d1ba6c21 100644
--- a/tests/test-save-load-state.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-save-load-state.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static bool test_seq_rm_isolated(
     for (llama_seq_id seq_id = 0; seq_id < 2; ++seq_id) {
         llama_batch_ptr batch(n_tokens, 0, 1);
         for (size_t i = 0; i < n_tokens; ++i) {
-            common_batch_add(batch.get(), tokens[i], i, { seq_id }, false);
+            common_batch_add(batch.get(), tokens[i], i, { seq_id }, i == n_tokens - 1);
         }
 
         if (llama_decode(ctx.get(), batch.get())) {
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static bool test_seq_cp_scatter(struct llama_model * model, const struct common_
 
     auto decode_one = [&](llama_token tok, int pos, llama_seq_id seq) {
         llama_batch_ptr batch(1, 0, 1);
-        common_batch_add(batch.get(), tok, pos, { seq }, false);
+        common_batch_add(batch.get(), tok, pos, { seq }, true);
         return llama_decode(ctx.get(), batch.get()) == 0;
     };