diff --git a/apps/benchmarks/src/benchmark/package-size-budgets.ts b/apps/benchmarks/src/benchmark/package-size-budgets.ts
index 27ff05fe..c8c42175 100644
--- a/apps/benchmarks/src/benchmark/package-size-budgets.ts
+++ b/apps/benchmarks/src/benchmark/package-size-budgets.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ export const packageSizeBudgets = {
   // code (schema normalization and freezing, DSL session provenance,
   // schemaPolicyBuffers/schemaFieldTable). Re-based when tsdown bundling lands per
   // the technique contract plan.
+  // The external-raster routing around the Worker font-bake plan added +1,786 raw /
+  // +919 minified of core routing code; the generated evidence was not refolded at
+  // the time, so the growth first surfaced in the CI gate's fresh build (228,199 raw
+  // / 155,956 minified, byte-identical across linux-x64 and darwin). Gzip and Brotli
+  // still fit under their prior ceilings.
   'core-subpath-js': {
-    rawBytes: 227_000,
-    minifiedBytes: 155_500,
+    rawBytes: 229_000,
+    minifiedBytes: 156_500,
     gzipBytes: 39_700,
     brotliBytes: 34_200,
   },
@@ -63,9 +68,12 @@ export const packageSizeBudgets = {
   // the compressed ceilings hold with tight headroom by design.
   // Column flow (contentBox columns over ordered regions) added ~+1.7 KB raw of
   // geometry derivation and validation in the Three adapter.
+  // The external-raster routing rode into the Three bundle too: +1,786 raw /
+  // +914 minified (370,521 raw / 241,995 minified measured by the CI gate).
+  // Gzip and Brotli still fit under their prior ceilings.
   'three-runtime-js': {
-    rawBytes: 370_000,
-    minifiedBytes: 241_500,
+    rawBytes: 371_500,
+    minifiedBytes: 242_500,
     gzipBytes: 62_500,
     brotliBytes: 52_800,
   },
diff --git a/docs/log.md b/docs/log.md
index d415ce90..3332faa6 100644
--- a/docs/log.md
+++ b/docs/log.md
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@
   from text to Glyph. Typography concepts such as `Text`, formatted text, and the text-shaper artifact retain their
   domain names. Regenerated authenticated font artifacts and reviewed package-size evidence under the new identity.
 
+## 2026-08-13
+
+- **External runtime bake routing** — The third-party proof lane (`benchmark:external-raster`) had been failing on
+  main: the runtime shoveled every requested raster into the Worker font-bake plan, and the Worker's embedded
+  baker switch correctly rejected kinds it does not carry — killing the whole load even though the host-side path
+  through `technique.runtimeBaker` exists for exactly this case. The routing authority is now one declared set,
+  `workerRasterKinds`, exported from the runtime-bake subpath: Worker plans carry only Worker-embedded kinds, and
+  every other technique's raster deliberately misses in the baked artifact and bakes host-side through the baker
+  its own declaration names. Proven red-green in Node with the published example package (a strict stub enforcing
+  the Worker's contract) and by the restored browser lane: deterministic external raster frames on WebGPU and
+  WebGL2 with identical hashes. Verified pre-existing on a clean origin/main worktree before fixing, so this is a
+  repair, not a regression from the stack.
+
 ## 2026-08-12
 
 - **Column flow (11.18 slice)** — `ParagraphContentBox` gains `columns { count, gap }`, mapping the public `Text`
diff --git a/docs/packages/benchmarks.md b/docs/packages/benchmarks.md
index 14d69498..93c32d13 100644
--- a/docs/packages/benchmarks.md
+++ b/docs/packages/benchmarks.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Provides the shared interactive and automated benchmark product sur
 resource: ../../apps/benchmarks
 workspace_package: '@pmndrs/glyph-benchmarks'
 documentation_type: reference
-source_digest: 'sha256:00aa46b3f1dea9587df3a45417bd881260f05c41895121b46b17c6aa71ecc284'
+source_digest: 'sha256:daf4eb1aae9d603b9a055b155b8867712094111b2efa11a77e32e395b1ebfa7c'
 tags: [package, benchmarks, react, vite, product-e2e]
 sources:
   - id: manifest
diff --git a/docs/packages/glyph-example-raster.md b/docs/packages/glyph-example-raster.md
index 9466f1a3..9bf49709 100644
--- a/docs/packages/glyph-example-raster.md
+++ b/docs/packages/glyph-example-raster.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Proves the published raster and baker extension boundary with a pri
 resource: ../../packages/glyph-example-raster
 workspace_package: '@pmndrs/glyph-example-raster'
 documentation_type: reference
-source_digest: 'sha256:043a08a8cfdf41c283576d82c993f95dad743ebf8c2256ff5744128cf4aca95e'
+source_digest: 'sha256:93833ff29db776bfc2d0e3ebfd79d17501b480f3e0a89135a6fca4bf89fbd89d'
 tags: [package, raster, extension-proof, threejs, tsl]
 sources:
   - id: manifest
diff --git a/docs/packages/glyph.md b/docs/packages/glyph.md
index acb4820e..72e0bb35 100644
--- a/docs/packages/glyph.md
+++ b/docs/packages/glyph.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: Implements portable font loading, retained Rust shaping and layout,
 resource: ../../packages/glyph
 workspace_package: '@pmndrs/glyph'
 documentation_type: reference
-source_digest: 'sha256:c5b0141b2c814098bb31a9fa20f01bb013ce931951de96bb4fa59cddbee0c0c3'
+source_digest: 'sha256:adb0aa8d4dd23153e97b36b3a359b699b0656c5f449331c30d8293b72d5e302e'
 tags: [package, public-api, rust, wasm, threejs, typography]
 sources:
   - id: manifest
diff --git a/packages/glyph-example-raster/tests/runtime-bake-routing.test.ts b/packages/glyph-example-raster/tests/runtime-bake-routing.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bd49ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/glyph-example-raster/tests/runtime-bake-routing.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { mkdtemp, readFile, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+
+import { createTextRuntime, type RuntimeFontBakeRequest } from '@pmndrs/text';
+import { bakeFont } from '@pmndrs/text/bake';
+import { workerRasterKinds } from '@pmndrs/text/runtime-bake';
+import { afterEach, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import { glyphExample } from '../src/index.js';
+
+const fixtureDirectory = new URL('../../../apps/benchmarks/fixtures/fonts/inter-v4.1/', import.meta.url);
+const shaperWasmUrl = new URL('../../text/dist/text_shaper.wasm', import.meta.url);
+
+const cleanups: (() => Promise<void>)[] = [];
+afterEach(async () => {
+  while (cleanups.length > 0) await cleanups.pop()?.();
+});
+
+/**
+ * The published external contract, end to end: an external technique's raster
+ * never rides the Worker font-bake plan and instead bakes host-side through
+ * the baker its own declaration names. The stub stands in for the Worker and
+ * enforces its real contract by rejecting any kind outside the declared set;
+ * it returns a core artifact baked from the same source so the host-side
+ * attachment passes the provenance check.
+ */
+test('the example technique bakes host-side while the Worker plan stays first-party', async () => {
+  const source = await readFile(new URL('Inter-Regular.ttf', fixtureDirectory));
+  const outputRoot = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'glyph-example-routing-'));
+  cleanups.push(() => rm(outputRoot, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  const stubOutput = join(outputRoot, 'Inter-Regular.font.glb');
+  await bakeFont({
+    input: new URL('Inter-Regular.ttf', fixtureDirectory),
+    output: stubOutput,
+    font: { fontFaceIndex: 0 },
+  });
+  const artifact = await readFile(stubOutput);
+
+  const runtime = await createTextRuntime({ wasm: await readFile(shaperWasmUrl) });
+  cleanups.push(async () => runtime.dispose());
+  const requests: RuntimeFontBakeRequest[] = [];
+  const runtimeBake = async (request: RuntimeFontBakeRequest) => {
+    for (const raster of request.rasters ?? []) {
+      if (!workerRasterKinds.includes(raster.kind)) {
+        throw new Error(`runtime font baker does not support raster kind ${raster.kind}`);
+      }
+    }
+    requests.push(request);
+    return new Uint8Array(artifact.buffer.slice(artifact.byteOffset, artifact.byteOffset + artifact.byteLength));
+  };
+
+  const [example] = await runtime.loadFont({
+    input: {
+      source: `data:font/ttf;base64,${source.toString('base64')}`,
+      runtimeBake,
+    },
+    rasters: [{ technique: glyphExample, options: { paletteSeed: 17, inset: 0.1 } }],
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(requests.length, 1, 'the source load bakes its core through the Worker path once');
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    (requests[0]?.rasters ?? []).map(({ kind }) => kind),
+    [],
+    'the Worker plan carries no external kinds',
+  );
+  assert.equal(example.technique, glyphExample);
+  assert.ok(example.data, 'the external raster decodes from its host-baked artifact');
+  example.dispose();
+});
diff --git a/packages/glyph/src/internal/runtime-bake-protocol.ts b/packages/glyph/src/internal/runtime-bake-protocol.ts
index cc4644c7..62c09bb1 100644
--- a/packages/glyph/src/internal/runtime-bake-protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/glyph/src/internal/runtime-bake-protocol.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ export interface RuntimeBakeUnicodeRangeV0 {
   readonly end: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The raster kinds the runtime bake Worker embeds bakers for. This set is the
+ * single routing authority: the host puts only these kinds into a Worker font
+ * bake, and every other technique bakes host-side through the baker its own
+ * declaration names (`technique.runtimeBaker`). The Worker's kind switch is
+ * the realization of this set; its rejection of anything else guards protocol
+ * violations, not routing.
+ */
+export const workerRasterKinds: readonly string[] = Object.freeze(['bitmap', 'msdf', 'slug']);
+
 export interface RuntimeBakeRasterV0 {
   readonly kind: string;
   readonly extension: string;
diff --git a/packages/glyph/src/runtime-bake.ts b/packages/glyph/src/runtime-bake.ts
index 54ad0f47..48dd477f 100644
--- a/packages/glyph/src/runtime-bake.ts
+++ b/packages/glyph/src/runtime-bake.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import {
   type RuntimeBakeRequestV0,
   type RuntimeBakeResultV0,
 } from './internal/runtime-bake-protocol.js';
+
+export { workerRasterKinds } from './internal/runtime-bake-protocol.js';
 import { SerialWorkerHost } from './internal/serial-worker-host.js';
 import { isBakeProgressMessageV0, type BakeProgressMessageV0 } from './internal/bake-progress-protocol.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/glyph/src/text-runtime.ts b/packages/glyph/src/text-runtime.ts
index 03d7e150..fff0818c 100644
--- a/packages/glyph/src/text-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/glyph/src/text-runtime.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ import {
 } from './loader.js';
 import { canonicalJson, deriveRasterKey } from './internal/raster-identity.js';
 import { normalizeUnicodeRanges } from './internal/font-selection.js';
-import type { RuntimeBakeRasterV0, RuntimeBakeUnicodeRangeV0 } from './internal/runtime-bake-protocol.js';
+import {
+  workerRasterKinds,
+  type RuntimeBakeRasterV0,
+  type RuntimeBakeUnicodeRangeV0,
+} from './internal/runtime-bake-protocol.js';
 import { getRegisteredFontData } from './internal/registered-font.js';
 import type {
   AnyRasterTechnique,
@@ -212,7 +216,12 @@ class TextRuntimeImpl implements TextRuntime {
     if ('baked' in input)
       return this.#defaultLoader.load({ baked: input.baked }, signal === undefined ? {} : { signal });
     const unicodeRanges = input.unicodeRanges === undefined ? undefined : normalizeUnicodeRanges(input.unicodeRanges);
-    const rasters = await Promise.all(rasterRequests.map(runtimeBakeRaster));
+    // Only Worker-embedded kinds ride the Worker font-bake plan. Every other
+    // technique is left out of the plan on purpose: its raster misses in the
+    // baked artifact and bakes host-side through the technique's own declared
+    // runtime baker.
+    const workerRequests = rasterRequests.filter((request) => workerRasterKinds.includes(request.technique.kind));
+    const rasters = await Promise.all(workerRequests.map(runtimeBakeRaster));
     const planKey = canonicalJson({
       rasters,
       unicodeRanges: unicodeRanges ?? null,
diff --git a/packages/glyph/tests/integration/runtime-bake.test.mjs b/packages/glyph/tests/integration/runtime-bake.test.mjs
index 2d35d404..81d10521 100644
--- a/packages/glyph/tests/integration/runtime-bake.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/glyph/tests/integration/runtime-bake.test.mjs
@@ -348,6 +348,81 @@ test('one TextRuntime source load sends its normalized ranges and complete raste
   assert.equal(msdfFont.font, slugFont.font);
 });
 
+test('external techniques bake through their own declared baker, never the Worker plan', async (t) => {
+  // Self-contained routing proof: a minimal external technique whose declared
+  // baker throws a sentinel. Reaching the sentinel proves the host-side route;
+  // the strict stub proves the Worker plan never saw the external kind.
+  const { source } = await fixturePromise;
+  const outputRoot = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'pmndrs-glyph-external-route-'));
+  t.after(() => rm(outputRoot, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  const stubOutput = join(outputRoot, 'Inter-Regular.font.glb');
+  await bakeFont({
+    input: new URL('Inter-Regular.ttf', fixtureDirectory),
+    output: stubOutput,
+    font: { fontFaceIndex: 0 },
+    rasters: [
+      {
+        baker: bitmapBaker,
+        packaging: { artifact: 'embedded', pages: 'embedded' },
+        options: { strikes: [32] },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  const artifact = await readFile(stubOutput);
+  const { defineRasterTechnique } = await import('@pmndrs/glyph');
+  const { workerRasterKinds } = await import('@pmndrs/glyph/runtime-bake');
+  const external = defineRasterTechnique({
+    id: 'test.external-route',
+    kind: 'testExternal',
+    extension: 'TEST_external_route',
+    version: 0,
+    runtimeBaker: () =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        kind: 'testExternal',
+        bake() {
+          throw new Error('external-route-sentinel');
+        },
+      }),
+    descriptor() {
+      return {};
+    },
+    async decode() {
+      return {};
+    },
+    dispose() {},
+  });
+  const requests = [];
+  const runtime = await createTextRuntime({
+    wasm: await readFile(new URL('../../dist/text_shaper.wasm', import.meta.url)),
+  });
+  t.after(() => runtime.dispose());
+  const runtimeBake = async (request) => {
+    for (const raster of request.rasters ?? []) {
+      if (!workerRasterKinds.includes(raster.kind)) {
+        throw new Error(`runtime font baker does not support raster kind ${raster.kind}`);
+      }
+    }
+    requests.push(request);
+    return new Uint8Array(artifact.slice(0));
+  };
+  await assert.rejects(
+    runtime.loadFont({
+      input: {
+        source: `data:font/ttf;base64,${Buffer.from(source).toString('base64')}`,
+        runtimeBake,
+      },
+      rasters: [{ technique: bitmap, options: { strikes: [32] } }, { technique: external }],
+    }),
+    /external-route-sentinel/,
+    'the external technique must reach its own declared baker',
+  );
+  assert.equal(requests.length, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    requests[0].rasters.map(({ kind }) => kind),
+    ['bitmap'],
+    'the Worker plan carries only kinds the Worker declares',
+  );
+});
 test('the Worker retries a failed Wasm fetch and retains the recovered core', async (t) => {
   const { source } = await fixturePromise;
   const originals = {