diff --git a/examples/prisma-next-demo/src/orm-client/find-user-by-id-cached.ts b/examples/prisma-next-demo/src/orm-client/find-user-by-id-cached.ts
index ee70dea1bf..159fe42d90 100644
--- a/examples/prisma-next-demo/src/orm-client/find-user-by-id-cached.ts
+++ b/examples/prisma-next-demo/src/orm-client/find-user-by-id-cached.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
  *   a write terminal (`create`, `update`, `delete`) is a type error
  *   *and* a runtime error — it cannot be smuggled through with a cast
  *   on one side without failing on the other.
- * - On a cache hit, telemetry's `afterExecute` event reports
- *   `source: 'middleware'`. Telemetry is wired in front of the cache
- *   in `db.ts`, so observability still works for cached reads.
+ * - On a cache hit, every registered middleware's `afterExecute` still
+ *   fires and reports `source: 'middleware'` — the `slowQueryWarning`
+ *   middleware in `db.ts` observes cached reads too — so observability
+ *   is preserved even though the driver is skipped.
  * - Schema migrations rotate `meta.storageHash`, which feeds
  *   `contentHash`, so cached entries from a previous schema cannot
  *   accidentally serve queries against the new schema.
diff --git a/examples/prisma-next-demo/src/prisma/db.ts b/examples/prisma-next-demo/src/prisma/db.ts
index 30d63ebce0..619d5683e5 100644
--- a/examples/prisma-next-demo/src/prisma/db.ts
+++ b/examples/prisma-next-demo/src/prisma/db.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ export const db = postgres<Contract>({
   contractJson,
   extensions: [pgvector],
   middleware: [
-    // Cache first so its `intercept` short-circuits before any downstream
-    // middleware (`lints`, `budgets`) fires on a hit. The cache stores
+    // Cache first: interceptors are consulted in registration order and
+    // the first non-`undefined` result wins, so the cache gets first
+    // claim. A hit skips only the driver call and per-row `onRow` hooks:
+    // every middleware's `beforeExecute` (`lints`, `budgets`) has already
+    // run before any `intercept` is consulted, and `afterExecute` still
+    // fires for all of them with `source: 'middleware'`. The cache stores
     // raw rows; the runtime still runs `decodeRow` on the hit path, so
     // consumers see decoded values in both cases.
     createCacheMiddleware({ maxEntries: 1_000 }),
diff --git a/packages/3-extensions/middleware-cache/src/cache-middleware.ts b/packages/3-extensions/middleware-cache/src/cache-middleware.ts
index 74ebb32b02..f205d54b6d 100644
--- a/packages/3-extensions/middleware-cache/src/cache-middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/3-extensions/middleware-cache/src/cache-middleware.ts
@@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ async function resolveCacheKey(
  * The middleware uses three hooks:
  *
  * - `intercept` — on each execution, checks the cache. On a hit, returns
- *   the cached raw rows; the runtime skips `beforeExecute`, `runDriver`,
- *   and `onRow`, and yields the cached rows to the consumer (which, in
- *   the SQL runtime, sees them after the standard `decodeRow` pass —
- *   i.e. the cache stores wire-format values). On a miss, records a
- *   pending buffer keyed on the `exec` object identity and returns
- *   `undefined` (passthrough).
+ *   the cached raw rows; the runtime skips `runDriver` and `onRow`
+ *   (`beforeExecute` is not affected — it has already run for every
+ *   middleware before any `intercept` is consulted) and yields the
+ *   cached rows to the consumer (which, in the SQL runtime, sees them
+ *   after the standard `decodeRow` pass — i.e. the cache stores
+ *   wire-format values). On a miss, records a pending buffer keyed on
+ *   the `exec` object identity and returns `undefined` (passthrough).
  * - `onRow` — on the miss path, appends each row yielded by the driver
  *   to the pending buffer.
  * - `afterExecute` — on the miss path, commits the buffer to the store
diff --git a/skills/extension-author/prisma-next-extension-upgrade/upgrades/0.14-to-0.15/instructions.md b/skills/extension-author/prisma-next-extension-upgrade/upgrades/0.14-to-0.15/instructions.md
index 255405f1f0..a8c5acd078 100644
--- a/skills/extension-author/prisma-next-extension-upgrade/upgrades/0.14-to-0.15/instructions.md
+++ b/skills/extension-author/prisma-next-extension-upgrade/upgrades/0.14-to-0.15/instructions.md
@@ -774,3 +774,13 @@ updated to the shipped forms. No code, API, contract shape, or emitted
 artefact changes. No extension-author action required. Incidental docs-only
 diff.
 -->
+
+<!--
+PR #915 (middleware doc-comment lifecycle fixes): comments-only. The only
+`packages/3-extensions/` touch is doc comments in
+`packages/3-extensions/middleware-cache/src/cache-middleware.ts`, correcting
+stale claims about the cache-hit lifecycle (a hit skips only the driver call
+and per-row `onRow` hooks; `beforeExecute` has already run, `afterExecute`
+still fires; `decodeRow` still runs). No SPI or behavioural change.
+No user action required. Incidental substrate diff only.
+-->
diff --git a/skills/upgrade/prisma-next-upgrade/upgrades/0.14-to-0.15/instructions.md b/skills/upgrade/prisma-next-upgrade/upgrades/0.14-to-0.15/instructions.md
index 28876ddf44..745965f9c9 100644
--- a/skills/upgrade/prisma-next-upgrade/upgrades/0.14-to-0.15/instructions.md
+++ b/skills/upgrade/prisma-next-upgrade/upgrades/0.14-to-0.15/instructions.md
@@ -316,3 +316,15 @@ vitest `retry` config that absorbs a known intermittent PGlite (WASM) abort. A
 re-emit picks up any contract shape. No user action required. Incidental
 substrate diff only.
 -->
+
+<!--
+PR #915 (middleware doc-comment lifecycle fixes): comments-only. The only
+`examples/` touches are doc comments in
+`examples/prisma-next-demo/src/prisma/db.ts` and
+`examples/prisma-next-demo/src/orm-client/find-user-by-id-cached.ts`,
+correcting stale claims about what runs on a cache-middleware hit (every
+`beforeExecute` has already run before `intercept` is consulted,
+`afterExecute` still fires with `source: 'middleware'`, and `decodeRow`
+still runs on the hit path). No code, contract, or emitted-artefact change.
+No user action required. Incidental substrate diff only.
+-->