diff --git a/app/features/scanner/README.md b/app/features/scanner/README.md
index 040bb9bc5..8708eaff8 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/README.md
+++ b/app/features/scanner/README.md
@@ -141,12 +141,14 @@ pnpm test:unit:browser                  # includes tests/logic/ — the fixture-
 pnpm scanner:report                     # accuracy table + name character error rate across fixtures
 pnpm scanner:fixtures [name-substring]  # run detectors over matching fixtures, verbose
 pnpm scanner:replay <dir> <startT> <fps> # replay ffmpeg-extracted frames through the scheduler+detectors
-pnpm scanner:scan-vod <video>           # VoD scan as a CLI (ffmpeg): video in, events CSV out
+pnpm scanner:scan-vod <video>           # VoD scan as a CLI (ffmpeg): video in, events CSV out (--gpu, --record, see "WebGPU")
 pnpm scanner:status-audit <events.csv>  # diff the CSV's timeline vs scoreboard D/S, rank fixture candidates
 pnpm scanner:bootstrap-atlas            # harvest labeled fixture crops into the glyph atlases
 pnpm scanner:build-glyph-atlas          # add the font-rendered charset (fonts required, see below)
 pnpm scanner:build-localized-entries    # regen localized closed sets from ../splat3
 pnpm scanner:build-planner-signatures   # regen the minimap stage-ID atlas from the assets repo
+pnpm scanner:gpu-parity                 # every fixture: OpenCV vs WebGPU parse decisions + GPU upscale pixels
+pnpm scanner:gpu-replay <corpus-dir>    # replay recorded match requests on WebGPU, timed, exact-checked
 ```
 
 Scanner scripts run through `vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts`:
@@ -374,8 +376,78 @@ sequenceDiagram
   names a `RECTIFY` quad: its ROIs are in the frame warped by that
   homography, which the debug overlays map back onto the raw frame.
 - New event types implement `Detector` (`core/detectors/types.ts`): a cheap
-  `gate(mat)` at sample rate plus `parse(mat, t)` when the gate fires.
-  Register in `core/detectors/registry.ts`.
+  `gate(mat)` at sample rate plus `parseSteps` (match steps, see "WebGPU")
+  when the gate fires, `parse` being `runSync` of it. Register in
+  `core/detectors/registry.ts`. Gates and parses read the frame's gray/RGB/HSV
+  through `frameGray`/`frameRgb`/`frameHsv` (`core/image.ts`), converted once
+  per frame and shared: never delete or write them, and never pass them a
+  derived mat.
+
+## WebGPU
+
+Template matching (every `TM_CCOEFF_NORMED` the recognizers run) and the
+sub-1080p frame upscale can run on the GPU; every other step stays on the CPU.
+The GPU is an accelerator only: the same algorithms make the same decisions.
+
+- **Match steps** (`core/match-steps.ts`): recognizers are generators that
+  yield every match their next decision needs (`MatchRequest`: an image,
+  templates, a placement window per template, optionally a content `key`) and
+  resume with the max scores. `runSync` answers lazily on the calling thread
+  and is what `Detector.parse` runs; `all` steps generators in lockstep so
+  independent reads share a round trip. Every detector implements
+  `parseSteps`; within a parse, reads are lockstepped wherever the sequential
+  code's consumption order, memo reads/writes (death tag, kill rows: the kill
+  parse predicts its memo misses on a copy of the memo and reads only those
+  ahead) and detector state stay exactly as before. `speculative`
+  additionally prefetches merge / recut candidate sets in lockstep (batching
+  drivers only; on the CPU it is wasted work).
+- **Exact scores on both drivers**: a score is TM_CCOEFF_NORMED computed
+  exactly — integer cross, window and square sums, one f64 normalization with
+  OpenCV's guards (`normalizeNcc`), f32 result — so the CPU and the GPU give
+  bit-identical scores and the same events. OpenCV's own `matchTemplate` (the
+  pre-migration CPU path) runs a float DFT that wanders up to ~3e-4 from the
+  exact score: never a decision on the fixtures or the VoD test slices, but
+  enough to reorder a near-tie (seen once in a browser scan: an 8th-ranked
+  strip-weapon candidate, scores 7e-7 apart), hence exact on both. On the CPU
+  the cross sums run in WebAssembly SIMD (`core/cross-sums.c`, compiled into
+  `cross-sums.ts`; regeneration steps in the C file), large jobs as one f64
+  `filter2D` (rounded: exact), and the window sums come from integral
+  images — faster than the `matchTemplate` path it replaced.
+- **Frame pass** (`core/detectors/frame-pass.ts`): the worker and the CLI gate
+  every due detector in registry order, then run all approved parses — one
+  lockstep of their steps on the GPU — and record results in registry order.
+  Scheduler decisions within a frame depend only on each detector's own
+  state, so this equals gating and parsing one detector at a time.
+- **Matcher** (`worker/gpu-matcher.ts`): each step is one submit of three
+  passes — per-image integral images (window sums), a score pass (one thread
+  per 4 vertically adjacent placements; cross sums as packed u8 dot products;
+  an f32 estimate folded into the job's max) and a select pass returning the
+  exact 64-bit integer sums of the placements within `EPS` of that max. The
+  CPU finishes those with `normalizeNcc` — the exact score, identical on
+  every GPU and to `runSync`'s. More than `K` near-tied placements, or a
+  request the kernel cannot take, are finished on the CPU with the same exact
+  arithmetic. Scores are cached per run by (`key`, template, window) — the
+  window is part of a score's identity.
+- **Frame upscale** (`worker/gpu-frame-scaler.ts`): `normalizeFrame`'s
+  INTER_CUBIC upscale of sub-1080p pictures (13-25 ms of WASM per 720p frame)
+  as an integer kernel reproducing OpenCV's 8-bit cubic resize bit for bit;
+  1080p copies and INTER_AREA downscales stay on the CPU. Importing the
+  VideoFrame as a GPU texture was rejected: its YUV→RGB conversion differs
+  from the 2D canvas readback the CPU path sees.
+- **Worker** (`worker/analyzer.worker.ts`): creates the matcher (and scaler on
+  its device) at init when enabled and an adapter exists; a failed creation
+  or a device lost mid-run (`device.lost`, or a failed readback) hands the
+  pending step to `runSync`, so the generators still run exactly once and no
+  event is dropped or duplicated, and later frames stay on the CPU.
+- **Node** (`node/webgpu.ts`): scripts get WebGPU from Dawn, the `webgpu` npm
+  package — deliberately not a dependency: `npm i webgpu` anywhere and point
+  `WEBGPU_NODE` at its package dir. `scanner:scan-vod --gpu` scans on it
+  (the CSV must stay byte-identical to a CPU scan), `--record <dir>` writes a
+  replay corpus (`scripts/scanner/match-corpus.ts`), `scanner:gpu-replay`
+  times it and checks every score against an exact JS reference and, with
+  `--cpu`, against `runSync` (0 mismatches is the bar for any kernel change),
+  and `scanner:gpu-parity` requires byte-identical events from both paths on
+  every fixture.
 
 ## Assets (CDN) and fonts
 
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/SettingsPopover.tsx b/app/features/scanner/components/SettingsPopover.tsx
index 0e1127d91..a15a434af 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/SettingsPopover.tsx
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/SettingsPopover.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * The settings popover, opened from ⚙ on the landing and the live header:
- * the upload and clip toggles, the retention notes, and the debug tools
+ * the upload, clip and GPU toggles, the retention notes, and the debug tools
  * (enabling debug mode, saving the live frame, the fixtures link in development). The source lives on the landing's Live card, the one place
  * it must be right.
  */
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export function SettingsPopover({
 	const [, setDebugParam] = useSearchParam(scannerSearchParams, "debug");
 	const showFixturesLink = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
 	const showSaveFrame = debug && onSaveFrame !== undefined;
+	const gpuSupported = "gpu" in navigator;
 
 	return (
 		<SendouPopover
@@ -78,6 +79,16 @@ export function SettingsPopover({
 					>
 						Save clips
 					</SendouSwitch>
+					<SendouSwitch
+						size="small"
+						isSelected={gpuSupported && settings.webgpu}
+						isDisabled={!gpuSupported}
+						onChange={(webgpu) => updateSettings({ webgpu })}
+					>
+						{gpuSupported
+							? "Use the graphics card (faster scans)"
+							: "Use the graphics card (not supported by this browser)"}
+					</SendouSwitch>
 					<div className={styles.row}>
 						<span className={styles.rowLabel}>Clip on splats in a row</span>
 						<SendouChipRadioGroup>
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/VodView.tsx b/app/features/scanner/components/VodView.tsx
index 95622ce57..d8c73489c 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/VodView.tsx
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/VodView.tsx
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ function TelemetryPanel({ telemetry }: { telemetry: ScanTelemetry }) {
 				{telemetry.wallMs > 0
 					? ` · ${formatTime(telemetry.wallMs / 1000)} cpu`
 					: null}
+				{telemetry.gpuScans > 0
+					? ` · WebGPU in ${telemetry.gpuScans} workers, ${formatTime(telemetry.gpuWaitMs / 1000)} waited`
+					: null}
 			</summary>
 			<table>
 				<thead>
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/live-session.ts b/app/features/scanner/components/live-session.ts
index f1e2f3676..6c77af7e4 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/live-session.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/live-session.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ export async function startCapture(): Promise<void> {
 		// the worker first: a failed init must not leave the camera on
 		client = new AnalyzerClient(onResult, onWorkerError, undefined, {
 			frameQueueLimit: FRAME_QUEUE_LIMIT,
+			webgpu: settings.webgpu,
 		});
 		try {
 			await client.whenReady();
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/settings.ts b/app/features/scanner/components/settings.ts
index 612f92da3..8c238064a 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/settings.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/settings.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * The scanner's settings, kept in localStorage: the capture source, what
- * clips hear, whether results upload to sendou.ink and whether live clips
- * are saved. Read through a store so the controllers (outside React) and
+ * clips hear, whether results upload to sendou.ink, whether live clips are
+ * saved and whether matching runs on the GPU. Read through a store so the controllers (outside React) and
  * the views see one value.
  */
 import { useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export interface ScannerSettings {
 	clipMinKills: ClipMinKills;
 	/** milliseconds the clips' sound is moved later (negative: earlier) against the picture */
 	audioOffsetMs: number;
+	/** match on the GPU (WebGPU) when the browser has one; results are identical either way */
+	webgpu: boolean;
 }
 
 export const CLIP_MIN_KILLS_OPTIONS = [3, 4, 5] as const;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ScannerSettings = {
 	saveClips: true,
 	clipMinKills: 4,
 	audioOffsetMs: 0,
+	webgpu: true,
 };
 
 let settings: ScannerSettings | null = null;
@@ -119,6 +122,10 @@ function load(): ScannerSettings {
 							Math.min(AUDIO_OFFSET_LIMIT_MS, parsed.audioOffsetMs),
 						)
 					: DEFAULT_SETTINGS.audioOffsetMs,
+			webgpu:
+				typeof parsed.webgpu === "boolean"
+					? parsed.webgpu
+					: DEFAULT_SETTINGS.webgpu,
 		};
 	} catch {
 		return DEFAULT_SETTINGS;
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/vod-scan.ts b/app/features/scanner/components/vod-scan.ts
index 430bac2ff..b9cf3d58e 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/vod-scan.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/vod-scan.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export async function startVodScan(
 						seek.frameDone?.();
 						seek.frameDone = null;
 					},
-					{ collectTelemetry: telemetry },
+					{ collectTelemetry: telemetry, webgpu: readSettings().webgpu },
 				),
 		);
 		await Promise.all(clients.map((c) => c.whenReady()));
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/cross-sums.c b/app/features/scanner/core/cross-sums.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f9293c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/cross-sums.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Exact template-match cross sums for core/match-steps.ts: for every
+ * placement (x, y), x in [lo, hi] and y in [0, rows), the sum of
+ * template·image products over the template's rows (samples interleaved, so
+ * all channels at once). u8 inputs widened to i16 lanes and multiplied with
+ * i32x4.dot_i16x8_s; sums stay exact below 2^32 (the caller's size limit).
+ *
+ * Regenerate CROSS_SUMS_WASM in cross-sums.ts after an edit (Apple clang
+ * ships the wasm32 target; no linker is needed):
+ *   clang --target=wasm32 -O3 -msimd128 -nostdlib -c cross-sums.c -o cross-sums.o
+ *   base64 -i cross-sums.o | tr -d '\n'
+ * The object is instantiated as is: it imports only its memory (and an unused
+ * table), so keep the function free of stack use, data and calls.
+ */
+#include <wasm_simd128.h>
+
+typedef unsigned char u8;
+typedef unsigned int u32;
+
+__attribute__((export_name("crossSums")))
+void crossSums(const u8* image, u32 imageRowLength, const u8* tpl, u32 tRows,
+               u32 tRowLength, u32 rows, u32 lo, u32 hi, u32 ch, u32* out) {
+  u32 width = hi - lo + 1;
+  for (u32 y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
+    for (u32 x = lo; x <= hi; x++) {
+      v128_t acc = wasm_i32x4_splat(0);
+      u32 tail = 0;
+      for (u32 ty = 0; ty < tRows; ty++) {
+        const u8* ip = image + (y + ty) * imageRowLength + x * ch;
+        const u8* tp = tpl + ty * tRowLength;
+        u32 k = 0;
+        for (; k + 16 <= tRowLength; k += 16) {
+          v128_t a = wasm_v128_load(ip + k);
+          v128_t b = wasm_v128_load(tp + k);
+          acc = wasm_i32x4_add(acc, wasm_i32x4_dot_i16x8(wasm_u16x8_extend_low_u8x16(a), wasm_u16x8_extend_low_u8x16(b)));
+          acc = wasm_i32x4_add(acc, wasm_i32x4_dot_i16x8(wasm_u16x8_extend_high_u8x16(a), wasm_u16x8_extend_high_u8x16(b)));
+        }
+        for (; k < tRowLength; k++) tail += (u32)ip[k] * tp[k];
+      }
+      out[y * width + (x - lo)] = tail + (u32)wasm_i32x4_extract_lane(acc, 0) +
+                                  (u32)wasm_i32x4_extract_lane(acc, 1) +
+                                  (u32)wasm_i32x4_extract_lane(acc, 2) +
+                                  (u32)wasm_i32x4_extract_lane(acc, 3);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/cross-sums.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/cross-sums.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd25697c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/cross-sums.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/**
+ * Exact template-match cross sums in WebAssembly SIMD (cross-sums.c, compiled
+ * to a wasm32 object; regeneration steps there): for every placement of a
+ * window, the sum of template·image products over all channels, ~10x the
+ * speed of the same loop in JS. Null where WebAssembly SIMD is unavailable.
+ */
+
+/** cross-sums.c compiled with clang --target=wasm32 -O3 -msimd128, base64 */
+const CROSS_SUMS_WASM =
+	"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";
+
+const PAGE_BYTES = 65536;
+
+interface Pixels {
+	rows: number;
+	cols: number;
+	ch: number;
+	data: Uint8Array;
+}
+
+export interface CrossSums {
+	/**
+	 * Cross sums of `template` against `image` for placements x in [lo, hi] of
+	 * every row: entry (y · (hi − lo + 1) + x − lo). A view into the module's
+	 * memory, valid until the next call.
+	 */
+	compute(image: Pixels, template: Pixels, lo: number, hi: number): Uint32Array;
+}
+
+let loaded: CrossSums | null | undefined;
+
+/** The SIMD kernel, instantiated on first use; null when this runtime cannot run it. */
+export function simdCrossSums(): CrossSums | null {
+	if (loaded !== undefined) return loaded;
+	try {
+		const memory = new WebAssembly.Memory({ initial: 1 });
+		const instance = new WebAssembly.Instance(
+			new WebAssembly.Module(
+				Uint8Array.from(atob(CROSS_SUMS_WASM), (c) => c.charCodeAt(0)),
+			),
+			{
+				env: {
+					__linear_memory: memory,
+					__indirect_function_table: new WebAssembly.Table({
+						initial: 0,
+						element: "anyfunc",
+					}),
+				},
+			},
+		);
+		const crossSums = instance.exports.crossSums as (...args: number[]) => void;
+		loaded = {
+			compute(image, template, lo, hi) {
+				const rows = image.rows - template.rows + 1;
+				const width = hi - lo + 1;
+				const templateOffset = align(image.data.length);
+				const outOffset = align(templateOffset + template.data.length);
+				const end = outOffset + rows * width * 4;
+				if (end > memory.buffer.byteLength) {
+					memory.grow(Math.ceil((end - memory.buffer.byteLength) / PAGE_BYTES));
+				}
+				const bytes = new Uint8Array(memory.buffer);
+				bytes.set(image.data, 0);
+				bytes.set(template.data, templateOffset);
+				crossSums(
+					0,
+					image.cols * image.ch,
+					templateOffset,
+					template.rows,
+					template.cols * template.ch,
+					rows,
+					lo,
+					hi,
+					image.ch,
+					outOffset,
+				);
+				return new Uint32Array(memory.buffer, outOffset, rows * width);
+			},
+		};
+	} catch {
+		loaded = null;
+	}
+	return loaded;
+}
+
+function align(offset: number): number {
+	return Math.ceil(offset / 16) * 16;
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/death/index.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/death/index.ts
index 3abe23160..8bdfb6bea 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/death/index.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/death/index.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,22 @@ import { getCV, type Mat, minMaxLoc } from "../../cv";
 import {
 	type GlyphSet,
 	type RecognizedText,
-	recognizeText,
+	recognizeTextSteps,
 	scaleGlyphSet,
 } from "../../glyphs";
-import { copyRoi, cropRoi, meanBrightness, type Roi } from "../../image";
+import {
+	copyRoi,
+	cropRoi,
+	frameGray,
+	frameRgb,
+	meanBrightness,
+	type Roi,
+} from "../../image";
+import { all, done, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import { closestEntry, matchKey, rankBy, rankByRead } from "../../text";
 import type { ScoreboardResources } from "../scoreboard/index";
-import { parseName } from "../scoreboard/names";
-import { matchWeapon, type WeaponMatch } from "../scoreboard/weapons";
+import { type ParsedName, parseNameSteps } from "../scoreboard/names";
+import { matchWeaponSteps, type WeaponMatch } from "../scoreboard/weapons";
 import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "../types";
 import {
 	DEATH_MESSAGE_TEMPLATES,
@@ -211,8 +219,7 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 			if (meanBrightness(frame, roi) < GATE_DARK_MAX_MEAN) darkOk++;
 		}
 
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 		const line1 = copyRoi(gray, SPLAT_LINE1_ROI);
 		const { maxVal } = minMaxLoc(line1);
 		const bin = new cv.Mat();
@@ -240,7 +247,6 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 			probe.delete();
 			if (maxCh > GATE_ICON_MIN_MAX) iconOk++;
 		}
-		gray.delete();
 
 		const score =
 			(darkOk / darkProbes.length + (textOk ? 1 : 0) + iconOk / 3) / 3;
@@ -473,11 +479,174 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 		labels.delete();
 	}
 
-	function parse(frame: Mat, t: number): DetectedEvent<DeathData>[] {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
-		const rgb = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
+	/** Splash-tag name read on a band's ink: against the banner color, then refined against the text color estimated from that ink. */
+	function* readWithBackground(
+		inner: Mat,
+		backgrounds: readonly [number, number, number][],
+		spaceGap: number,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<{
+		parsed: ParsedName;
+		background: [number, number, number];
+		textColor: [number, number, number] | null;
+	}> {
+		const band = distanceBand(inner, backgrounds, false);
+		cv.normalize(band, band, 0, 255, cv.NORM_MINMAX);
+		clearBorderBlobs(band, TAG_NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD);
+
+		let textColor: [number, number, number] | null = null;
+		let refined: Mat | null = null;
+		const ink = band.data;
+		let inkCount = 0;
+		for (let i = 0; i < ink.length; i++)
+			if (ink[i]! > TAG_NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD) inkCount++;
+		if (inkCount >= TAG_NAME_REFINE_MIN_INK) {
+			textColor = medianColor(inner, (i) => ink[i]! > TAG_NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD);
+			refined = distanceBand(inner, [textColor], true);
+			clearBorderBlobs(refined, TAG_NAME_REFINE_BIN_THRESHOLD);
+		}
+		const [bandParse, refinedParse] = yield* all([
+			parseNameSteps(
+				band,
+				tagNameGlyphs!,
+				{ spaceGap, binThreshold: TAG_NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD },
+				speculative,
+			),
+			refined
+				? parseNameSteps(
+						refined,
+						tagNameGlyphs!,
+						{ spaceGap, binThreshold: TAG_NAME_REFINE_BIN_THRESHOLD },
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+		]);
+		refined?.delete();
+		band.delete();
+		const parsed =
+			refinedParse && refinedParse.confidence > bandParse.confidence
+				? refinedParse
+				: bandParse;
+		return { parsed, background: backgrounds[0]!, textColor };
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 4. splash-tag name: read against the banner color, then (busy art survives
+	 * that as fake glyphs) against closeness to the text color estimated from
+	 * pass 1's ink; the more confident read wins. Same for each background estimator.
+	 */
+	function* readTagName(
+		rgb: Mat,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<{ read: TagNameRead; memoHit: boolean }> {
+		const spaceGap = Math.max(7, Math.round(tagNameGlyphs!.medianWidth * 0.55));
+		const inner = levelTagInner(rgb);
+		const signature = tagSignature(inner);
+		let read = tagMemoLookup(signature);
+		const memoHit = read !== null;
+		if (read === null) {
+			const median = medianColor(inner);
+			const dominants = dominantColors(inner, 2);
+			const dominant = dominants[0]!.color;
+			const candidates: [number, number, number][][] = [[median]];
+			if (dominant.some((c, i) => Math.abs(c - median[i]!) > 8))
+				candidates.push([dominant]);
+			const second = dominants[1];
+			if (
+				second &&
+				second.fraction >= TAG_SPLIT_MIN_FRACTION &&
+				second.color.some(
+					(c, i) => Math.abs(c - dominant[i]!) > TAG_SPLIT_MIN_CHANNEL_DISTANCE,
+				)
+			) {
+				candidates.push([dominant, second.color]);
+			}
+			// an empty read never beats one with glyphs (a blanked band scores confidence 1);
+			// near ties go to the longer read since confidence is the *min* char score
+			// and erasing most of a name can still read the survivors immaculately
+			const NEAR_TIE = 0.03;
+			const beats = (
+				a: { parsed: { name: string; confidence: number } },
+				b: typeof a,
+			) => {
+				const aRead = a.parsed.name.length > 0 ? 1 : 0;
+				const bRead = b.parsed.name.length > 0 ? 1 : 0;
+				if (aRead !== bRead) return aRead - bRead;
+				if (Math.abs(a.parsed.confidence - b.parsed.confidence) <= NEAR_TIE) {
+					return a.parsed.name.length - b.parsed.name.length;
+				}
+				return a.parsed.confidence - b.parsed.confidence;
+			};
+			const reads = yield* all(
+				candidates.map((backgrounds) =>
+					readWithBackground(inner, backgrounds, spaceGap, speculative),
+				),
+			);
+			let best = reads[0]!;
+			for (const alt of reads.slice(1)) {
+				if (beats(alt, best) > 0) best = alt;
+			}
+			read = {
+				name: best.parsed.name.length > 0 ? best.parsed.name : null,
+				confidence: best.parsed.confidence,
+				raw: best.parsed.raw.text,
+				background: best.background,
+				textColor: best.textColor,
+			};
+			if (read.confidence >= TAG_MEMO_MIN_CONFIDENCE && read.name !== null) {
+				tagMemoStore(signature, read);
+			}
+		}
+		inner.delete();
+		return { read, memoHit };
+	}
+
+	/** 3. ability grid; rows carry 1-3 left-aligned sub circles, so a sub box without badge ink ends the row. */
+	function* readAbilities(rgb: Mat): MatchSteps<WeaponMatch[][]> {
+		const rows = Array.from({ length: ABILITY_ROWS }, (_, row) => {
+			const crops = [cropRoi(rgb, abilityMainRoi(row))];
+			for (let slot = 0; slot < ABILITY_SUB_XS.length; slot++) {
+				const crop = copyRoi(rgb, abilitySubRoi(row, slot));
+				const d = crop.data;
+				const n = crop.rows * crop.cols;
+				let ink = 0;
+				for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+					const v = Math.max(d[i * 3]!, d[i * 3 + 1]!, d[i * 3 + 2]!);
+					if (v > ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD) ink++;
+				}
+				if (ink < ABILITY_SLOT_MIN_INK) {
+					crop.delete();
+					break;
+				}
+				crops.push(crop);
+			}
+			return crops;
+		});
+		const matches = yield* all(
+			rows.map((crops) =>
+				all(
+					crops.map((crop, slot) =>
+						matchWeaponSteps(
+							crop,
+							slot === 0 ? abilities!.mains : abilities!.subs,
+							{ inkThreshold: ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD },
+						),
+					),
+				),
+			),
+		);
+		for (const crop of rows.flat()) crop.delete();
+		return matches;
+	}
+
+	function* parseSteps(
+		frame: Mat,
+		t: number,
+		_gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<DeathData>[]> {
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
+		const rgb = frameRgb(frame);
 
 		const confidences: number[] = [];
 
@@ -491,17 +660,24 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 		let template: DeathMessageTemplate | null = null;
 		let line1Score = 0;
 		if (weaponGlyphs) {
-			const readLine = (roi: Roi, glyphs: GlyphSet) => {
+			const readLine = function* (
+				roi: Roi,
+				glyphs: GlyphSet,
+			): MatchSteps<RecognizedText> {
 				const crop = cropRoi(gray, roi);
-				const read = recognizeText(crop, glyphs, {
-					binThreshold: SPLAT_TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-					minCharScore: 0.3,
-				});
+				const read = yield* recognizeTextSteps(
+					crop,
+					glyphs,
+					{ binThreshold: SPLAT_TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD, minCharScore: 0.3 },
+					speculative,
+				);
 				crop.delete();
 				return read;
 			};
-			line1 = readLine(SPLAT_LINE1_ROI, weaponGlyphs);
-			line2 = readLine(WEAPON_LINE_ROI, weaponGlyphs);
+			[line1, line2] = yield* all([
+				readLine(SPLAT_LINE1_ROI, weaponGlyphs),
+				readLine(WEAPON_LINE_ROI, weaponGlyphs),
+			]);
 			for (const candidate of DEATH_MESSAGE_TEMPLATES) {
 				if (isJaTemplate(candidate)) continue;
 				const constReading =
@@ -515,8 +691,10 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 			}
 			// JA line reads cost ~2x, so they only run when no Latin template owns the frame
 			if (jaGlyphs && line1Score < LATIN_DECISIVE_SCORE) {
-				jaWeaponLine = readLine(JA_WEAPON_LINE_ROI, jaGlyphs);
-				jaConstLine = readLine(JA_CONST_LINE_ROI, jaGlyphs);
+				[jaWeaponLine, jaConstLine] = yield* all([
+					readLine(JA_WEAPON_LINE_ROI, jaGlyphs),
+					readLine(JA_CONST_LINE_ROI, jaGlyphs),
+				]);
 				for (const candidate of DEATH_MESSAGE_TEMPLATES) {
 					if (!isJaTemplate(candidate)) continue;
 					const score =
@@ -528,8 +706,6 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 				}
 			}
 			if (!template || line1Score < LINE1_MIN_SCORE) {
-				gray.delete();
-				rgb.delete();
 				return [];
 			}
 		}
@@ -567,12 +743,19 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 
 		// 2b. the WIPEOUT banner can cover the text while the burst icon stays intact:
 		// match it against the main-weapon set. Fixture positives score 0.55+, best
-		// off-target frame (icon displaced by a rainmaker line) 0.48.
-		let burstIcon: WeaponMatch | null = null;
-		if (weapon === null && burstWeapons) {
-			const crop = cropRoi(rgb, BURST_ICON_ROI);
-			burstIcon = matchWeapon(crop, burstWeapons);
-			crop.delete();
+		// off-target frame (icon displaced by a rainmaker line) 0.48. The ability
+		// grid (3.) and the tag name (4.) read in the same lockstep.
+		const burstCrop =
+			weapon === null && burstWeapons ? cropRoi(rgb, BURST_ICON_ROI) : null;
+		const [burstIcon, abilityMatches, tag] = yield* all([
+			burstCrop && burstWeapons
+				? matchWeaponSteps(burstCrop, burstWeapons)
+				: done(null),
+			abilities ? readAbilities(rgb) : done(null),
+			tagNameGlyphs ? readTagName(rgb, speculative) : done(null),
+		]);
+		burstCrop?.delete();
+		if (burstIcon) {
 			const entry =
 				burstIcon.score >= BURST_ICON_MIN_SCORE
 					? mainById.get(burstIcon.id)
@@ -642,163 +825,36 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 		}
 		if (weaponGlyphs && template) confidences.push(weaponScore);
 
-		// 3. ability grid; rows carry 1-3 left-aligned sub circles, so a sub box without badge ink ends the row
 		const abilityRows: AbilityWithUnknown[][] = [];
 		const abilityDebug: (WeaponMatch | null)[][] = [];
-		if (abilities) {
-			for (let row = 0; row < ABILITY_ROWS; row++) {
-				const ids: AbilityWithUnknown[] = [];
-				const debug: (WeaponMatch | null)[] = [];
-				const mainCrop = cropRoi(rgb, abilityMainRoi(row));
-				const main = matchWeapon(mainCrop, abilities.mains, {
-					inkThreshold: ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
-				});
-				mainCrop.delete();
-				ids.push(toAbilityWithUnknown(main.id) ?? "UNKNOWN");
-				debug.push(main);
-				confidences.push(Math.max(0, main.score));
-				for (let slot = 0; slot < ABILITY_SUB_XS.length; slot++) {
-					const crop = copyRoi(rgb, abilitySubRoi(row, slot));
-					const d = crop.data;
-					const n = crop.rows * crop.cols;
-					let ink = 0;
-					for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-						const v = Math.max(d[i * 3]!, d[i * 3 + 1]!, d[i * 3 + 2]!);
-						if (v > ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD) ink++;
-					}
-					if (ink < ABILITY_SLOT_MIN_INK) {
-						crop.delete();
-						break;
-					}
-					const sub = matchWeapon(crop, abilities.subs, {
-						inkThreshold: ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
-					});
-					crop.delete();
-					ids.push(toAbilityWithUnknown(sub.id) ?? "UNKNOWN");
-					debug.push(sub);
-					confidences.push(Math.max(0, sub.score));
-				}
-				abilityRows.push(ids);
-				abilityDebug.push(debug);
+		for (const matches of abilityMatches ?? []) {
+			const ids: AbilityWithUnknown[] = [];
+			const debug: (WeaponMatch | null)[] = [];
+			for (const match of matches) {
+				ids.push(toAbilityWithUnknown(match.id) ?? "UNKNOWN");
+				debug.push(match);
+				confidences.push(Math.max(0, match.score));
 			}
+			abilityRows.push(ids);
+			abilityDebug.push(debug);
 		}
 
-		// 4. splash-tag name: read against the banner color, then (busy art survives
-		// that as fake glyphs) against closeness to the text color estimated from
-		// pass 1's ink; the more confident read wins. Same for each background estimator.
 		let name: string | null = null;
 		let nameConfidence = 0;
 		let nameRaw = "";
 		let tagBackground: [number, number, number] | null = null;
 		let tagTextColor: [number, number, number] | null = null;
 		let nameMemoHit = false;
-		if (tagNameGlyphs) {
-			const spaceGap = Math.max(
-				7,
-				Math.round(tagNameGlyphs.medianWidth * 0.55),
-			);
-			const inner = levelTagInner(rgb);
-			const signature = tagSignature(inner);
-			const memoized = tagMemoLookup(signature);
-			nameMemoHit = memoized !== null;
-			const readWithBackground = (
-				backgrounds: readonly [number, number, number][],
-			) => {
-				const band = distanceBand(inner, backgrounds, false);
-				cv.normalize(band, band, 0, 255, cv.NORM_MINMAX);
-				clearBorderBlobs(band, TAG_NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD);
-				let parsed = parseName(band, tagNameGlyphs, {
-					spaceGap,
-					binThreshold: TAG_NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-				});
-
-				let textColor: [number, number, number] | null = null;
-				const ink = band.data;
-				let inkCount = 0;
-				for (let i = 0; i < ink.length; i++)
-					if (ink[i]! > TAG_NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD) inkCount++;
-				if (inkCount >= TAG_NAME_REFINE_MIN_INK) {
-					textColor = medianColor(
-						inner,
-						(i) => ink[i]! > TAG_NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-					);
-					const refined = distanceBand(inner, [textColor], true);
-					clearBorderBlobs(refined, TAG_NAME_REFINE_BIN_THRESHOLD);
-					const reparsed = parseName(refined, tagNameGlyphs, {
-						spaceGap,
-						binThreshold: TAG_NAME_REFINE_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-					});
-					refined.delete();
-					if (reparsed.confidence > parsed.confidence) parsed = reparsed;
-				}
-				band.delete();
-				return { parsed, background: backgrounds[0]!, textColor };
-			};
-
-			let read = memoized;
-			if (read === null) {
-				const median = medianColor(inner);
-				const dominants = dominantColors(inner, 2);
-				const dominant = dominants[0]!.color;
-				const candidates: [number, number, number][][] = [[median]];
-				if (dominant.some((c, i) => Math.abs(c - median[i]!) > 8))
-					candidates.push([dominant]);
-				const second = dominants[1];
-				if (
-					second &&
-					second.fraction >= TAG_SPLIT_MIN_FRACTION &&
-					second.color.some(
-						(c, i) =>
-							Math.abs(c - dominant[i]!) > TAG_SPLIT_MIN_CHANNEL_DISTANCE,
-					)
-				) {
-					candidates.push([dominant, second.color]);
-				}
-				// an empty read never beats one with glyphs (a blanked band scores confidence 1);
-				// near ties go to the longer read since confidence is the *min* char score
-				// and erasing most of a name can still read the survivors immaculately
-				const NEAR_TIE = 0.03;
-				const beats = (
-					a: { parsed: { name: string; confidence: number } },
-					b: typeof a,
-				) => {
-					const aRead = a.parsed.name.length > 0 ? 1 : 0;
-					const bRead = b.parsed.name.length > 0 ? 1 : 0;
-					if (aRead !== bRead) return aRead - bRead;
-					if (Math.abs(a.parsed.confidence - b.parsed.confidence) <= NEAR_TIE) {
-						return a.parsed.name.length - b.parsed.name.length;
-					}
-					return a.parsed.confidence - b.parsed.confidence;
-				};
-				let best = readWithBackground(candidates[0]!);
-				for (const backgrounds of candidates.slice(1)) {
-					const alt = readWithBackground(backgrounds);
-					if (beats(alt, best) > 0) best = alt;
-				}
-				read = {
-					name: best.parsed.name.length > 0 ? best.parsed.name : null,
-					confidence: best.parsed.confidence,
-					raw: best.parsed.raw.text,
-					background: best.background,
-					textColor: best.textColor,
-				};
-				if (read.confidence >= TAG_MEMO_MIN_CONFIDENCE && read.name !== null) {
-					tagMemoStore(signature, read);
-				}
-			}
-			inner.delete();
-
-			tagBackground = read.background;
-			tagTextColor = read.textColor;
-			nameRaw = read.raw;
-			name = read.name;
-			nameConfidence = read.confidence;
+		if (tag) {
+			nameMemoHit = tag.memoHit;
+			tagBackground = tag.read.background;
+			tagTextColor = tag.read.textColor;
+			nameRaw = tag.read.raw;
+			name = tag.read.name;
+			nameConfidence = tag.read.confidence;
 			confidences.push(nameConfidence);
 		}
 
-		gray.delete();
-		rgb.delete();
-
 		const confidence =
 			confidences.length > 0
 				? confidences.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / confidences.length
@@ -855,6 +911,8 @@ export function createDeathDetector(
 		rearmCooldownS: 4,
 		maxStagnantParses: 3,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/frame-pass.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/frame-pass.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7f015834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/frame-pass.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/**
+ * One scheduled pass of the detector registry over a frame, shared by the
+ * analyzer worker and the CLI scan. Gates run in registry order first, then
+ * every approved parse runs — sequentially on the calling thread, or, given a
+ * batching driver (worker/gpu-matcher.ts), as one lockstep of every parse's
+ * match steps so the frame costs one chain of round trips instead of one per
+ * detector. Parse results are recorded with the scheduler in registry order
+ * afterwards; scheduler decisions within a frame depend only on each
+ * detector's own state, so this ordering is equivalent to gating and parsing
+ * one detector at a time.
+ */
+import type { Mat } from "../cv";
+import { all, type MatchScores, type MatchSteps } from "../match-steps";
+import type { DetectorScheduler } from "./scheduler";
+import { detectorTelemetry, type ScanTelemetry } from "./telemetry";
+import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "./types";
+
+export interface DetectorOutcome {
+	detector: Detector<unknown>;
+	gate: GateResult;
+	/** the gate passed and the scheduler let the parse run */
+	parsed: boolean;
+	/** empty when the gate failed or the scheduler suppressed the parse */
+	events: DetectedEvent<unknown>[];
+}
+
+/** Runs match steps to completion, answering requests in batches (a GPU driver's `run`). */
+export type StepsRunner = <T>(steps: MatchSteps<T>) => Promise<T>;
+
+/** Gates and parses the `due` detectors over `frame`; outcomes come back in registry order. */
+export async function runDetectorPass({
+	frame,
+	t,
+	detectors,
+	due,
+	scheduler,
+	telemetry,
+	runSteps,
+	speculative = true,
+}: {
+	frame: Mat;
+	t: number;
+	detectors: readonly Detector<unknown>[];
+	due: readonly string[];
+	scheduler: DetectorScheduler;
+	telemetry: ScanTelemetry | null;
+	/** batching driver; omitted = every parse runs synchronously */
+	runSteps?: StepsRunner;
+	/** prefetch candidate sets in lockstep (batching drivers only) */
+	speculative?: boolean;
+}): Promise<DetectorOutcome[]> {
+	const gated: DetectorOutcome[] = [];
+	for (const detector of detectors) {
+		if (!due.includes(detector.id)) continue;
+		const counters = telemetry
+			? detectorTelemetry(telemetry, detector.id)
+			: null;
+		const gateStart = counters ? performance.now() : 0;
+		const gate = detector.gate(frame);
+		if (counters) {
+			counters.checks++;
+			counters.gateMs += performance.now() - gateStart;
+		}
+		scheduler.recordGate(detector.id, t, gate.pass, gate.signature);
+		if (counters && gate.pass) counters.gatePasses++;
+		const parsed = gate.pass && scheduler.shouldParse(detector.id, t);
+		if (counters && gate.pass && !parsed) counters.suppressedParses++;
+		gated.push({ detector, gate, parsed, events: [] });
+	}
+
+	const parsing = gated.filter((outcome) => outcome.parsed);
+	const addParseMs = (detector: Detector<unknown>, ms: number) => {
+		if (telemetry) detectorTelemetry(telemetry, detector.id).parseMs += ms;
+	};
+	if (runSteps && parsing.length > 0) {
+		const results = await runSteps(
+			all(
+				parsing.map(({ detector, gate }) =>
+					timed(detector.parseSteps(frame, t, gate, speculative), (ms) =>
+						addParseMs(detector, ms),
+					),
+				),
+			),
+		);
+		for (const [i, outcome] of parsing.entries()) {
+			outcome.events = results[i]!;
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (const outcome of parsing) {
+			const parseStart = telemetry ? performance.now() : 0;
+			outcome.events = outcome.detector.parse(frame, t, outcome.gate);
+			if (telemetry)
+				addParseMs(outcome.detector, performance.now() - parseStart);
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (const { detector, events } of parsing) {
+		if (telemetry) detectorTelemetry(telemetry, detector.id).parses++;
+		scheduler.recordParse(detector.id, t, events);
+	}
+	return gated;
+}
+
+/** `steps` with the time spent inside its own resumptions reported (the parse's CPU share; batched matching is not attributed). */
+function* timed<T>(
+	steps: MatchSteps<T>,
+	report: (ms: number) => void,
+): MatchSteps<T> {
+	let scores: MatchScores[] | undefined;
+	for (;;) {
+		const start = performance.now();
+		const step = scores === undefined ? steps.next() : steps.next(scores);
+		report(performance.now() - start);
+		if (step.done) return step.value;
+		scores = yield step.value;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/kill/index.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/kill/index.ts
index a95091420..8ee0fde7a 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/kill/index.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/kill/index.ts
@@ -14,18 +14,21 @@ import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
 import { type GlyphSet, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
 import {
 	copyRoi,
+	frameGray,
 	maxBrightness,
 	meanBrightness,
 	type Roi,
 	roiSignature,
 } from "../../image";
+import { all, done, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import {
-	readMatchTimer,
+	readMatchTimerSteps,
+	type TimerRead,
 	timerBoxChecks,
 	timerGlyphSets,
 } from "../objective/timer";
 import type { ScoreboardResources } from "../scoreboard/index";
-import { type ParsedName, parseName } from "../scoreboard/names";
+import { type ParsedName, parseNameSteps } from "../scoreboard/names";
 import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "../types";
 import { matchKillMessage } from "./message";
 import {
@@ -115,25 +118,11 @@ export function createKillDetector(
 
 	/** Memoized read of a band within the signature caps, freshened to the list's end. */
 	function rowMemoLookup(signature: number[]): ParsedName | null {
-		for (let i = 0; i < rowMemo.length; i++) {
-			const entry = rowMemo[i]!;
-			let sum = 0;
-			let cell = 0;
-			for (let k = 0; k < signature.length; k++) {
-				const diff = Math.abs(signature[k]! - entry.signature[k]!);
-				sum += diff;
-				if (diff > cell) cell = diff;
-			}
-			if (
-				cell <= ROW_MEMO_MAX_CELL_DIFF &&
-				sum / signature.length <= ROW_MEMO_MAX_MEAN_DIFF
-			) {
-				rowMemo.splice(i, 1);
-				rowMemo.push(entry);
-				return entry.read;
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
+		const index = rowMemoIndex(rowMemo, signature);
+		if (index === -1) return null;
+		const [entry] = rowMemo.splice(index, 1);
+		rowMemo.push(entry!);
+		return entry!.read;
 	}
 
 	function rowMemoStore(signature: number[], read: ParsedName): void {
@@ -141,6 +130,27 @@ export function createKillDetector(
 		if (rowMemo.length > ROW_MEMO_MAX_ENTRIES) rowMemo.shift();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Rows the memo will miss if the stack is read through `signatures` in
+	 * order: the lookups and stores replayed on a copy of the memo's signatures,
+	 * so the misses can be read ahead in one lockstep.
+	 */
+	function predictedMemoMisses(signatures: number[][]): number[] {
+		const memo = rowMemo.map(({ signature }) => ({ signature }));
+		const misses: number[] = [];
+		for (const [row, signature] of signatures.entries()) {
+			const index = rowMemoIndex(memo, signature);
+			if (index !== -1) {
+				memo.push(...memo.splice(index, 1));
+				continue;
+			}
+			misses.push(row);
+			memo.push({ signature });
+			if (memo.length > ROW_MEMO_MAX_ENTRIES) memo.shift();
+		}
+		return misses;
+	}
+
 	function whiteFraction(gray: Mat, roi: Roi): number {
 		const crop = copyRoi(gray, roi);
 		const bin = new cv.Mat();
@@ -171,48 +181,82 @@ export function createKillDetector(
 	}
 
 	function gate(frame: Mat): GateResult {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 		const checks = rowChecks(gray, 0);
-		gray.delete();
 		const passed = checks.filter(Boolean).length;
 		return { pass: passed === checks.length, score: passed / checks.length };
 	}
 
-	function readRow(
+	function* readBand(
 		gray: Mat,
 		row: number,
-	): { parsed: ParsedName; memoized: boolean } {
-		const roi = textRoi(row);
-		const signature = roiSignature(gray, roi, ROW_MEMO_COLS, ROW_MEMO_ROWS);
-		const memoized = rowMemoLookup(signature);
-		if (memoized) return { parsed: memoized, memoized: true };
-		const band = copyRoi(gray, roi);
-		const parsed = parseName(band, glyphs!, {
-			binThreshold: KILL_TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-			spaceGap: Math.max(6, Math.round(glyphs!.medianWidth * 0.55)),
-			plainTieMargin: PLAIN_TIE_MARGIN,
-		});
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<ParsedName> {
+		const band = copyRoi(gray, textRoi(row));
+		const parsed = yield* parseNameSteps(
+			band,
+			glyphs!,
+			{
+				binThreshold: KILL_TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD,
+				spaceGap: Math.max(6, Math.round(glyphs!.medianWidth * 0.55)),
+				plainTieMargin: PLAIN_TIE_MARGIN,
+			},
+			speculative,
+		);
 		band.delete();
-		rowMemoStore(signature, parsed);
-		return { parsed, memoized: false };
+		return parsed;
 	}
 
-	function parse(frame: Mat, t: number): DetectedEvent<KillData>[] {
+	function* parseSteps(
+		frame: Mat,
+		t: number,
+		_gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<KillData>[]> {
 		if (!glyphs) return [];
 		// reads carry forward in time only: a clock that stands still or rewinds
 		// (a fresh scan, the fixture harness) starts from a blank memo
 		if (t <= lastParseT) rowMemo.length = 0;
 		lastParseT = t;
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
+
+		// the rows a sequential read can reach, and their memo signatures
+		const signatures: number[][] = [];
+		for (let row = 0; row < MAX_ROWS; row++) {
+			if (row > 0 && !rowChecks(gray, row).every(Boolean)) break;
+			signatures.push(
+				roiSignature(gray, textRoi(row), ROW_MEMO_COLS, ROW_MEMO_ROWS),
+			);
+		}
+		const timerVisible = timerBoxChecks(gray).every(Boolean);
+
+		// batching drivers read every memo miss and the timer ahead in one
+		// lockstep; the sequential pass below then only consults the memo
+		const prefetched = new Map<number, ParsedName>();
+		let prefetchedTimer: TimerRead | null = null;
+		if (speculative) {
+			const misses = predictedMemoMisses(signatures);
+			const [reads, timer] = yield* all([
+				all(misses.map((row) => readBand(gray, row, speculative))),
+				timerVisible
+					? readMatchTimerSteps(gray, timerSets, speculative)
+					: noTimer(),
+			]);
+			for (const [i, row] of misses.entries()) prefetched.set(row, reads[i]!);
+			prefetchedTimer = timer;
+		}
 
 		const names: (string | null)[] = [];
 		const confidences: number[] = [];
 		const rows: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
-		for (let row = 0; row < MAX_ROWS; row++) {
-			if (row > 0 && !rowChecks(gray, row).every(Boolean)) break;
-			const { parsed, memoized } = readRow(gray, row);
+		for (const [row, signature] of signatures.entries()) {
+			const memoized = rowMemoLookup(signature);
+			let parsed = memoized;
+			if (!parsed) {
+				parsed =
+					prefetched.get(row) ?? (yield* readBand(gray, row, speculative));
+				rowMemoStore(signature, parsed);
+			}
 			const message = matchKillMessage(parsed.name);
 			rows.push({
 				raw: parsed.raw.text,
@@ -220,21 +264,21 @@ export function createKillDetector(
 				readScore: parsed.confidence,
 				messageLangs: message?.template.langs,
 				messageScore: message?.score,
-				memoized,
+				memoized: memoized !== null,
 			});
 			if (!message || message.score < MESSAGE_MIN_SCORE) break;
 			names.push(message.name);
 			confidences.push((message.score + parsed.confidence) / 2);
 		}
 		if (names.length === 0) {
-			gray.delete();
 			return [];
 		}
 
-		const timer = timerBoxChecks(gray).every(Boolean)
-			? readMatchTimer(gray, timerSets)
-			: { value: null, reading: "" };
-		gray.delete();
+		const timer =
+			prefetchedTimer ??
+			(timerVisible
+				? yield* readMatchTimerSteps(gray, timerSets, speculative)
+				: yield* noTimer());
 
 		return [
 			{
@@ -255,6 +299,31 @@ export function createKillDetector(
 		id: "kill",
 		checkIntervalS: 0.5,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
+
+function noTimer(): MatchSteps<TimerRead> {
+	return done({ value: null, reading: "" });
+}
+
+function rowMemoIndex(
+	memo: readonly { signature: number[] }[],
+	signature: number[],
+): number {
+	return memo.findIndex((entry) => {
+		let sum = 0;
+		let cell = 0;
+		for (let k = 0; k < signature.length; k++) {
+			const diff = Math.abs(signature[k]! - entry.signature[k]!);
+			sum += diff;
+			if (diff > cell) cell = diff;
+		}
+		return (
+			cell <= ROW_MEMO_MAX_CELL_DIFF &&
+			sum / signature.length <= ROW_MEMO_MAX_MEAN_DIFF
+		);
+	});
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/map-start/index.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/map-start/index.ts
index 3b074b45d..5888d3f5f 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/map-start/index.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/map-start/index.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ import { getCV, type Mat, minMaxLoc } from "../../cv";
 import {
 	type GlyphSet,
 	type RecognizedText,
-	recognizeText,
+	recognizeTextSteps,
 	scaleGlyphSet,
 } from "../../glyphs";
-import { copyRoi, meanBrightness, minChannel } from "../../image";
+import { copyRoi, frameGray, meanBrightness, minChannel } from "../../image";
 import {
 	ALL_MODE_ENTRIES,
 	ALL_MODE_LABELS,
 	ALL_STAGE_ENTRIES,
 } from "../../localized";
+import { all, done, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import { closestBy } from "../../text";
 import type { ScoreboardResources } from "../scoreboard/index";
 import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "../types";
@@ -175,8 +176,7 @@ export function createMapStartDetector(
 			if (meanBrightness(frame, roi) < GATE_DARK_MAX_MEAN) darkOk++;
 		}
 
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 
 		const label = copyRoi(gray, MODE_LABEL_ROI);
 		const { maxVal } = minMaxLoc(label);
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ export function createMapStartDetector(
 		const inkOk =
 			brightFraction <= GATE_INK_BAND_MAX_BRIGHT &&
 			darkFraction >= GATE_INK_BAND_MIN_DARK;
-		gray.delete();
 
 		const score =
 			(darkOk / GATE_DARK_PROBES.length + (textOk ? 1 : 0) + (inkOk ? 1 : 0)) /
@@ -217,63 +216,137 @@ export function createMapStartDetector(
 		};
 	}
 
-	function parse(frame: Mat, t: number): DetectedEvent<MapStartData>[] {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+	/** 2. mode title: find the 1-2 text lines, OCR each (in lockstep), snap the joined text. */
+	function* readModeLines(
+		gray: Mat,
+		glyphs: GlyphSet,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<string[]> {
+		const block = copyRoi(gray, MODE_BLOCK_ROI);
+		// find bands on the masked block (bright background merges/invents bands)
+		// but OCR the raw crop (masking clips strokes)
+		const masked = maskNearDark(block, BLOCK_MASK_RADIUS);
+		const binary = new cv.Mat();
+		cv.threshold(masked, binary, TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD, 255, cv.THRESH_BINARY);
+		masked.delete();
+		const lineCrops: Mat[] = [];
+		for (const band of findLineBands(binary)) {
+			const extent = bandExtent(binary, band);
+			if (!extent) continue;
+			const pad = 3;
+			const y0 = Math.max(0, band.y0 - pad);
+			const x0 = Math.max(0, extent.x0 - pad);
+			lineCrops.push(
+				copyRoi(block, {
+					x: x0,
+					y: y0,
+					w: Math.min(block.cols, extent.x1 + 1 + pad) - x0,
+					h: Math.min(block.rows, band.y1 + pad) - y0,
+				}),
+			);
+		}
+		binary.delete();
+		block.delete();
+		const reads = yield* all(
+			lineCrops.map((line) =>
+				recognizeTextSteps(
+					line,
+					glyphs,
+					{ binThreshold: TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD, minCharScore: 0.3 },
+					speculative,
+				),
+			),
+		);
+		for (const line of lineCrops) line.delete();
+		return reads.map((read) => read.text.trim()).filter((text) => text);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 3. stage name over live gameplay: no single binarization works everywhere,
+	 * so try the masked crop plus raw crop at rising thresholds (in lockstep), keep
+	 * the best snap.
+	 */
+	function* readStage(
+		frame: Mat,
+		glyphs: GlyphSet,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<{
+		stage: StageId | null;
+		stageScore: number;
+		stageReading: string;
+	}> {
+		const rgbaCrop = copyRoi(frame, STAGE_ROI);
+		const bright = minChannel(rgbaCrop);
+		rgbaCrop.delete();
+		const masked = maskNearDark(bright, STAGE_MASK_RADIUS);
+		const attempts: [Mat, number][] = [
+			[masked, STAGE_BIN_THRESHOLD],
+			...STAGE_RAW_BIN_THRESHOLDS.map((thr): [Mat, number] => [bright, thr]),
+		];
+		const reads = yield* all(
+			attempts.map(([input, binThreshold]) =>
+				recognizeTextSteps(
+					input,
+					glyphs,
+					{ binThreshold, minCharScore: 0.3 },
+					speculative,
+				),
+			),
+		);
+		let stage: StageId | null = null;
+		let stageScore = 0;
+		let stageReading = "";
+		for (const read of reads) {
+			const match = read.text
+				? closestBy(read.text, ALL_STAGE_ENTRIES, (e) => e.text)
+				: null;
+			if (match && match.score > stageScore) {
+				stageScore = match.score;
+				stageReading = read.text;
+				if (match.score >= MIN_MATCH_SCORE) stage = match.entry.stageId;
+			}
+		}
+		masked.delete();
+		bright.delete();
+		return { stage, stageScore, stageReading };
+	}
+
+	function* parseSteps(
+		frame: Mat,
+		t: number,
+		_gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<MapStartData>[]> {
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 
 		// 1. confirm the constant label — a gate hit without it is a lookalike
 		let label: RecognizedText | null = null;
 		let labelScore = 0;
 		if (labelGlyphs) {
 			const crop = copyRoi(gray, MODE_LABEL_ROI);
-			label = recognizeText(crop, labelGlyphs, {
-				binThreshold: TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-				minCharScore: 0.3,
-			});
+			label = yield* recognizeTextSteps(
+				crop,
+				labelGlyphs,
+				{ binThreshold: TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD, minCharScore: 0.3 },
+				speculative,
+			);
 			crop.delete();
 			labelScore = closestBy(label.text, ALL_MODE_LABELS, (l) => l)?.score ?? 0;
 			if (labelScore < LABEL_MIN_SCORE) {
-				gray.delete();
 				return [];
 			}
 		}
 
-		// 2. mode title: find the 1-2 text lines, OCR each, snap the joined text
+		const [modeLines, stageRead] = yield* all([
+			modeGlyphs ? readModeLines(gray, modeGlyphs, speculative) : done(null),
+			stageGlyphs ? readStage(frame, stageGlyphs, speculative) : done(null),
+		]);
+
 		let mode: ModeShort | null = null;
 		let modeScore = 0;
 		let modeReading = "";
-		if (modeGlyphs) {
-			const block = copyRoi(gray, MODE_BLOCK_ROI);
-			// find bands on the masked block (bright background merges/invents bands)
-			// but OCR the raw crop (masking clips strokes)
-			const masked = maskNearDark(block, BLOCK_MASK_RADIUS);
-			const binary = new cv.Mat();
-			cv.threshold(masked, binary, TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD, 255, cv.THRESH_BINARY);
-			masked.delete();
-			const bands = findLineBands(binary);
-			const lines: string[] = [];
-			for (const band of bands) {
-				const extent = bandExtent(binary, band);
-				if (!extent) continue;
-				const pad = 3;
-				const y0 = Math.max(0, band.y0 - pad);
-				const x0 = Math.max(0, extent.x0 - pad);
-				const line = copyRoi(block, {
-					x: x0,
-					y: y0,
-					w: Math.min(block.cols, extent.x1 + 1 + pad) - x0,
-					h: Math.min(block.rows, band.y1 + pad) - y0,
-				});
-				const read = recognizeText(line, modeGlyphs, {
-					binThreshold: TEXT_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-					minCharScore: 0.3,
-				});
-				line.delete();
-				if (read.text.trim()) lines.push(read.text.trim());
-			}
-			binary.delete();
-			block.delete();
-			modeReading = lines.join(" ");
+		if (modeLines) {
+			modeReading = modeLines.join(" ");
 			const match = modeReading
 				? closestBy(modeReading, ALL_MODE_ENTRIES, (e) => e.text)
 				: null;
@@ -282,40 +355,7 @@ export function createMapStartDetector(
 				if (match.score >= MIN_MATCH_SCORE) mode = match.entry.mode;
 			}
 		}
-
-		// 3. stage name over live gameplay: no single binarization works everywhere,
-		// so try the masked crop plus raw crop at rising thresholds, keep the best snap
-		let stage: StageId | null = null;
-		let stageScore = 0;
-		let stageReading = "";
-		if (stageGlyphs) {
-			const rgbaCrop = copyRoi(frame, STAGE_ROI);
-			const bright = minChannel(rgbaCrop);
-			rgbaCrop.delete();
-			const masked = maskNearDark(bright, STAGE_MASK_RADIUS);
-			const attempts: [Mat, number][] = [
-				[masked, STAGE_BIN_THRESHOLD],
-				...STAGE_RAW_BIN_THRESHOLDS.map((thr): [Mat, number] => [bright, thr]),
-			];
-			for (const [input, binThreshold] of attempts) {
-				const read = recognizeText(input, stageGlyphs, {
-					binThreshold,
-					minCharScore: 0.3,
-				});
-				const match = read.text
-					? closestBy(read.text, ALL_STAGE_ENTRIES, (e) => e.text)
-					: null;
-				if (match && match.score > stageScore) {
-					stageScore = match.score;
-					stageReading = read.text;
-					if (match.score >= MIN_MATCH_SCORE) stage = match.entry.stageId;
-				}
-			}
-			masked.delete();
-			bright.delete();
-		}
-
-		gray.delete();
+		const { stage = null, stageScore = 0, stageReading = "" } = stageRead ?? {};
 
 		return [
 			{
@@ -342,6 +382,8 @@ export function createMapStartDetector(
 		id: "map-start",
 		sufficientConfidence: 0.79,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/minimap/index.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/minimap/index.ts
index 2c8e96657..54c8b8a58 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/minimap/index.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/minimap/index.ts
@@ -19,25 +19,29 @@ import type {
 	StageId,
 } from "~/modules/in-game-lists/types";
 import { toAbilityWithUnknown, toMainWeaponId } from "../../../scanner-types";
-import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
+import type { Mat } from "../../cv";
 import { type GlyphSet, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
 import {
 	copyRoi,
 	cropRoi,
+	frameGray,
+	frameHsv,
+	frameRgb,
 	laplacianAbs,
 	maxBrightness,
 	meanBrightness,
 	type Roi,
 } from "../../image";
 import { type InkRgb, meanInkColor } from "../../ink-color";
+import { all, done, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import type { ScoreboardResources } from "../scoreboard/index";
-import { type ParsedName, parseName } from "../scoreboard/names";
+import { type ParsedName, parseNameSteps } from "../scoreboard/names";
 import {
 	disambiguateWeaponBySub,
-	matchSpecial,
+	matchSpecialSteps,
 	tiedWeaponsWithDistinctSubs,
 } from "../scoreboard/specials";
-import { matchWeapon, type WeaponMatch } from "../scoreboard/weapons";
+import { matchWeaponSteps, type WeaponMatch } from "../scoreboard/weapons";
 import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "../types";
 import {
 	badgeRoi,
@@ -199,8 +203,6 @@ function saturatedFraction(hsv: Mat, roi: Roi): number {
 export function createMinimapDetector(
 	resources: ScoreboardResources,
 ): Detector<MinimapData> {
-	const cv = getCV();
-
 	const nameGlyphs: GlyphSet | null = resources.nameGlyphs
 		? scaleGlyphSet(
 				resources.nameGlyphs,
@@ -281,11 +283,9 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 	}
 
 	function gate(frame: Mat): GateResult {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 		const overlay = overlayGate(gray);
 		const spectator = spectatorGate(gray);
-		gray.delete();
 		return {
 			pass: overlay.pass || spectator.pass,
 			score: Math.max(overlay.score, spectator.score),
@@ -293,18 +293,29 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 		};
 	}
 
-	function matchBadges(
+	/** Badge matches in `centers` order (null when no badge templates), read in one lockstep. */
+	function* matchBadgesSteps(
 		rgb: Mat,
 		centers: readonly (readonly [number, number])[],
 		inkThreshold: number,
+	): MatchSteps<WeaponMatch[] | null> {
+		if (!badges) return null;
+		const crops = centers.map(([cx, cy]) => cropRoi(rgb, badgeRoi(cx, cy)));
+		const matches = yield* all(
+			crops.map((crop) => matchWeaponSteps(crop, badges, { inkThreshold })),
+		);
+		for (const crop of crops) crop.delete();
+		return matches;
+	}
+
+	/** Badge matches as abilities, their confidences and debug appended in order. */
+	function badgeAbilities(
+		matches: WeaponMatch[] | null,
 		confidences: number[],
 		debugRow: (WeaponMatch | null)[],
 	): (AbilityWithUnknown | null)[] {
-		if (!badges) return [null, null, null];
-		return centers.map(([cx, cy]) => {
-			const crop = cropRoi(rgb, badgeRoi(cx, cy));
-			const match = matchWeapon(crop, badges, { inkThreshold });
-			crop.delete();
+		if (!matches) return [null, null, null];
+		return matches.map((match) => {
 			debugRow.push(match);
 			confidences.push(Math.max(0, match.score));
 			return match.score >= ABILITY_MIN_SCORE
@@ -316,13 +327,17 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 	/**
 	 * Weapon match against the composite set for the surface behind it; on a
 	 * bright-bleed surface (WEAPON_BLEED_MIN_CORNER_MEAN) both sets, better wins.
+	 * Near-tied icons whose kits differ by sub (plain vs Custom Dualie Squelchers)
+	 * are then re-decided by the sub tile (`tile`); shape-only matching survives
+	 * tint, camo and cross-out.
 	 */
-	function matchSurfaceWeapon(
+	function* matchSurfaceWeaponSteps(
 		rgb: Mat,
 		roi: Roi,
+		tile: Roi,
 		lightSurface: boolean,
 		cornerMin: number,
-	): WeaponMatch | null {
+	): MatchSteps<WeaponMatch | null> {
 		const darkThreshold = Math.max(
 			MINIMAP_WEAPON_INK_THRESHOLD,
 			Math.round(cornerMin) + 50,
@@ -331,23 +346,32 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 		let match: WeaponMatch | null = null;
 		if (lightSurface) {
 			match = lightWeapons
-				? matchWeapon(crop, lightWeapons, {
+				? yield* matchWeaponSteps(crop, lightWeapons, {
 						inkThreshold: SPECIAL_READY_INK_THRESHOLD,
 					})
 				: null;
 		} else {
-			match = cardWeapons
-				? matchWeapon(crop, cardWeapons, { inkThreshold: darkThreshold })
-				: null;
-			if (lightWeapons && cornerMin >= WEAPON_BLEED_MIN_CORNER_MEAN) {
-				const bleed = matchWeapon(crop, lightWeapons, {
-					inkThreshold: SPECIAL_READY_INK_THRESHOLD,
-				});
-				if (match === null || bleed.score > match.score) match = bleed;
-			}
+			const [card, bleed] = yield* all([
+				cardWeapons
+					? matchWeaponSteps(crop, cardWeapons, { inkThreshold: darkThreshold })
+					: done(null),
+				lightWeapons && cornerMin >= WEAPON_BLEED_MIN_CORNER_MEAN
+					? matchWeaponSteps(crop, lightWeapons, {
+							inkThreshold: SPECIAL_READY_INK_THRESHOLD,
+						})
+					: done(null),
+			]);
+			match = card;
+			if (bleed && (match === null || bleed.score > match.score)) match = bleed;
 		}
 		crop.delete();
-		return match;
+		if (!match || !subWeapons?.length || !tiedWeaponsWithDistinctSubs(match)) {
+			return match;
+		}
+		const tileCrop = cropRoi(rgb, tile);
+		const sub = yield* matchSpecialSteps(tileCrop, subWeapons);
+		tileCrop.delete();
+		return disambiguateWeaponBySub(match, sub);
 	}
 
 	/** The score floor for the surface the weapon was matched over. */
@@ -357,45 +381,57 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 			: WEAPON_MIN_SCORE;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Near-tied icons whose kits differ by sub (plain vs Custom Dualie Squelchers):
-	 * the sub tile breaks the tie; shape-only matching survives tint, camo and cross-out.
-	 */
-	function resolveTieBySubTile(
-		rgb: Mat,
-		weapon: WeaponMatch,
-		tile: Roi,
-	): WeaponMatch {
-		if (!subWeapons?.length || !tiedWeaponsWithDistinctSubs(weapon))
-			return weapon;
-		const crop = cropRoi(rgb, tile);
-		const sub = matchSpecial(crop, subWeapons);
-		crop.delete();
-		return disambiguateWeaponBySub(weapon, sub);
+	function* readCardName(
+		gray: Mat,
+		roi: Roi,
+		glyphs: GlyphSet,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<ParsedName> {
+		const band = copyRoi(gray, roi);
+		const parsed = yield* parseNameSteps(
+			band,
+			glyphs,
+			{ binThreshold: NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD },
+			speculative,
+		);
+		band.delete();
+		return parsed;
 	}
 
-	/** Try the name band at each spectator glyph height; best read wins. */
-	function bestNameRead(gray: Mat, roi: Roi): ParsedName | null {
+	/** Try the name band at each spectator glyph height (in lockstep); best read wins. */
+	function* bestNameRead(
+		gray: Mat,
+		roi: Roi,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<ParsedName | null> {
+		const band = copyRoi(gray, roi);
+		const reads = yield* all(
+			spectatorNameGlyphs.map((set) =>
+				parseNameSteps(
+					band,
+					set,
+					{ binThreshold: NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD },
+					speculative,
+				),
+			),
+		);
+		band.delete();
 		let best: ParsedName | null = null;
-		for (const set of spectatorNameGlyphs) {
-			const band = copyRoi(gray, roi);
-			const parsed = parseName(band, set, { binThreshold: NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD });
-			band.delete();
+		for (const parsed of reads) {
 			if (!best || parsed.confidence > best.confidence) best = parsed;
 		}
 		return best;
 	}
 
-	/** The spectator 8-card grid has its own ROIs (the overlay parse reads phantom cards on it). */
-	function parseSpectator(
+	/** The spectator 8-card grid has its own ROIs (the overlay parse reads phantom cards on it); every card reads in one lockstep. */
+	function* parseSpectatorSteps(
 		frame: Mat,
 		gray: Mat,
 		t: number,
-	): DetectedEvent<MinimapData>[] {
-		const rgb = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
-		const hsv = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(rgb, hsv, cv.COLOR_RGB2HSV);
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<MinimapData>[]> {
+		const rgb = frameRgb(frame);
+		const hsv = frameHsv(frame);
 		const lap = laplacianAbs(gray);
 
 		const confidences: number[] = [];
@@ -405,87 +441,117 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 		const enemies: MinimapEnemy[] = [];
 		const sideSubTiles: [Roi[], Roi[]] = [[], []];
 		const cardDebug: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
-		for (const dx of [0, SPECTATOR_ENEMY_DX]) {
-			const isTeammate = dx === 0;
-			for (let row = 0; row < 4; row++) {
+		const cards = [0, SPECTATOR_ENEMY_DX].flatMap((dx) =>
+			[0, 1, 2, 3].map((row) => {
 				const layout = spectatorCardLayout(row, dx);
 				const presence = meanBrightness(lap, layout.name);
 				if (presence < PRESENCE_MIN_LAPLACIAN) {
-					cardDebug.push({ dx, row, presence, skipped: true });
-					continue;
+					return { dx, row, layout, presence, probes: null };
 				}
-				sideSubTiles[isTeammate ? 0 : 1].push(layout.subTile);
 				const crossFraction = saturatedFraction(hsv, layout.cross);
 				const crossLap = meanBrightness(lap, layout.cross);
 				const occluded =
 					crossFraction >= CROSS_MIN_FRACTION &&
 					crossLap >= CROSS_MIN_LAPLACIAN;
 				const corner = minTopCorner(gray, hsv, layout.weapon);
-				const cornerMin = corner.mean;
 				const lightSurface =
 					corner.mean >= SPECIAL_READY_MIN_CORNER_MEAN &&
 					corner.saturation <= SPECIAL_READY_MAX_CORNER_SATURATION;
-
-				let name: string | null = null;
-				let nameRaw = "";
-				let weapon: WeaponMatch | null = null;
-				const badgeDebug: (WeaponMatch | null)[] = [];
-				let abilities: (AbilityWithUnknown | null)[] = [];
-				// the spectator cross-out sits clear of the weapon ROI, so it stays readable when struck
-				weapon = matchSurfaceWeapon(
-					rgb,
-					layout.weapon,
-					lightSurface,
-					cornerMin,
-				);
-				if (weapon) {
-					weapon = resolveTieBySubTile(rgb, weapon, layout.subTile);
-					confidences.push(Math.max(0, weapon.score));
-				}
-				if (!occluded) {
-					const parsed = bestNameRead(gray, layout.name);
-					if (parsed) {
-						nameRaw = parsed.raw.text;
-						if (parsed.name.length > 0) name = parsed.name;
-						confidences.push(parsed.confidence);
-					}
-					abilities = matchBadges(
-						rgb,
-						layout.badges,
-						Math.max(MINIMAP_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD, Math.round(cornerMin) + 50),
-						confidences,
-						badgeDebug,
-					);
-				}
-				cardDebug.push({
+				return {
 					dx,
 					row,
+					layout,
 					presence,
-					crossFraction,
-					crossLap,
-					occluded,
-					cornerMin,
-					lightSurface,
-					nameRaw,
-					weapon,
-					badges: badgeDebug,
-				});
-
-				const floor = weaponScoreFloor(lightSurface, cornerMin);
-				const matched =
-					weapon !== null && weapon.score >= floor ? weapon : null;
-				const fields = {
-					name,
-					weaponId: matched ? toMainWeaponId(matched.id) : null,
-					abilities,
-					dead: occluded,
-					specialReady: lightSurface,
+					probes: {
+						crossFraction,
+						crossLap,
+						occluded,
+						cornerMin: corner.mean,
+						lightSurface,
+					},
 				};
-				if (isTeammate) {
-					teammates.push({ self: false, ...fields });
-				} else {
-					enemies.push(fields);
+			}),
+		);
+		const reads = yield* all(
+			cards.map(({ layout, probes }) =>
+				all([
+					// the spectator cross-out sits clear of the weapon ROI, so it stays readable when struck
+					probes
+						? matchSurfaceWeaponSteps(
+								rgb,
+								layout.weapon,
+								layout.subTile,
+								probes.lightSurface,
+								probes.cornerMin,
+							)
+						: done(null),
+					probes && !probes.occluded
+						? bestNameRead(gray, layout.name, speculative)
+						: done(null),
+					probes && !probes.occluded
+						? matchBadgesSteps(
+								rgb,
+								layout.badges,
+								Math.max(
+									MINIMAP_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
+									Math.round(probes.cornerMin) + 50,
+								),
+							)
+						: done(null),
+				]),
+			),
+		);
+		for (const [i, { dx, row, layout, presence, probes }] of cards.entries()) {
+			if (!probes) {
+				cardDebug.push({ dx, row, presence, skipped: true });
+				continue;
+			}
+			const isTeammate = dx === 0;
+			sideSubTiles[isTeammate ? 0 : 1].push(layout.subTile);
+			const { crossFraction, crossLap, occluded, cornerMin, lightSurface } =
+				probes;
+			const [weapon, parsed, badgeMatches] = reads[i]!;
+
+			let name: string | null = null;
+			let nameRaw = "";
+			const badgeDebug: (WeaponMatch | null)[] = [];
+			let abilities: (AbilityWithUnknown | null)[] = [];
+			if (weapon) confidences.push(Math.max(0, weapon.score));
+			if (!occluded) {
+				if (parsed) {
+					nameRaw = parsed.raw.text;
+					if (parsed.name.length > 0) name = parsed.name;
+					confidences.push(parsed.confidence);
 				}
+				abilities = badgeAbilities(badgeMatches, confidences, badgeDebug);
+			}
+			cardDebug.push({
+				dx,
+				row,
+				presence,
+				crossFraction,
+				crossLap,
+				occluded,
+				cornerMin,
+				lightSurface,
+				nameRaw,
+				weapon,
+				badges: badgeDebug,
+			});
+
+			const floor = weaponScoreFloor(lightSurface, cornerMin);
+			const matched = weapon !== null && weapon.score >= floor ? weapon : null;
+			const fields = {
+				name,
+				weaponId: matched ? toMainWeaponId(matched.id) : null,
+				abilities,
+				dead: occluded,
+				specialReady: lightSurface,
+			};
+			if (isTeammate) {
+				teammates.push({ self: false, ...fields });
+			} else {
+				enemies.push(fields);
 			}
 		}
 		debug.cards = cardDebug;
@@ -498,8 +564,6 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 		const stageMatch = detectStage(frame, confidences);
 		debug.stage = stageMatch;
 
-		rgb.delete();
-		hsv.delete();
 		lap.delete();
 
 		const confidence =
@@ -524,91 +588,157 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 		];
 	}
 
-	function parse(
+	function* parseSteps(
 		frame: Mat,
 		t: number,
-		gateResult?: GateResult,
-	): DetectedEvent<MinimapData>[] {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		gateResult: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<MinimapData>[]> {
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 
 		const isSpectator = gateResult?.variant
 			? gateResult.variant === "spectator"
 			: spectatorGate(gray).pass;
 		if (isSpectator) {
-			const events = parseSpectator(frame, gray, t);
-			gray.delete();
+			const events = yield* parseSpectatorSteps(frame, gray, t, speculative);
 			return events;
 		}
 
-		const rgb = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
-		const hsv = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(rgb, hsv, cv.COLOR_RGB2HSV);
+		const rgb = frameRgb(frame);
+		const hsv = frameHsv(frame);
 		const lap = laplacianAbs(gray);
 
 		const confidences: number[] = [];
 		const debug: Record<string, unknown> = {};
 
-		// 1. own-team callout cards
-		const teammates: MinimapTeammate[] = [];
-		const sideSubTiles: [Roi[], Roi[]] = [[], []];
-		const cardDebug: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
-		for (const layout of CARD_LAYOUTS) {
+		// 1. own-team callout cards and 2. enemy panel rows, probed first, then
+		// every field of every card in one lockstep
+		const cards = CARD_LAYOUTS.map((layout) => {
 			// presence: the card is crisp UI, an absent card shows blurred scene
 			const presence = meanBrightness(lap, layout.name);
 			if (presence < PRESENCE_MIN_LAPLACIAN) {
-				cardDebug.push({ self: layout.self, presence, skipped: true });
-				continue;
+				return { layout, presence, probes: null };
 			}
 			const crossFraction = saturatedFraction(hsv, layout.cross);
 			const crossLap = meanBrightness(lap, layout.cross);
 			const occluded =
 				crossFraction >= CROSS_MIN_FRACTION && crossLap >= CROSS_MIN_LAPLACIAN;
 			const corner = minTopCorner(gray, hsv, layout.weapon);
-			const cornerMin = corner.mean;
 			const lightSurface =
 				corner.mean >= SPECIAL_READY_MIN_CORNER_MEAN &&
 				corner.saturation <= SPECIAL_READY_MAX_CORNER_SATURATION;
+			return {
+				layout,
+				presence,
+				probes: { crossFraction, crossLap, occluded, corner, lightSurface },
+			};
+		});
+		const rows = ENEMY_ROW_CYS.map((cy) => {
+			const weaponRoi = enemyWeaponRoi(cy);
+			const presence = meanBrightness(lap, weaponRoi);
+			if (presence < PRESENCE_MIN_LAPLACIAN) {
+				return { cy, weaponRoi, presence, probes: null };
+			}
+			const crossFraction = saturatedFraction(hsv, enemyCrossRoi(cy));
+			const crossLap = meanBrightness(lap, enemyCrossRoi(cy));
+			const occluded =
+				crossFraction >= CROSS_MIN_FRACTION && crossLap >= CROSS_MIN_LAPLACIAN;
+			// light camo rows: pick template variant by corner brightness, raise ink threshold past it
+			const corner = minTopCorner(gray, hsv, weaponRoi);
+			const lightSurface =
+				corner.mean >= SPECIAL_READY_MIN_CORNER_MEAN &&
+				corner.saturation <= SPECIAL_READY_MAX_CORNER_SATURATION;
+			return {
+				cy,
+				weaponRoi,
+				presence,
+				probes: { crossFraction, crossLap, occluded, corner, lightSurface },
+			};
+		});
+		const [cardReads, rowReads] = yield* all([
+			all(
+				cards.map(({ layout, probes }) =>
+					probes && !probes.occluded
+						? all([
+								nameGlyphs
+									? readCardName(gray, layout.name, nameGlyphs, speculative)
+									: done(null),
+								matchSurfaceWeaponSteps(
+									rgb,
+									layout.weapon,
+									layout.subTile,
+									probes.lightSurface,
+									probes.corner.mean,
+								),
+								matchBadgesSteps(
+									rgb,
+									layout.badges,
+									probes.lightSurface
+										? Math.max(
+												MINIMAP_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
+												Math.round(probes.corner.mean) + 50,
+											)
+										: MINIMAP_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
+								),
+							])
+						: done(null),
+				),
+			),
+			all(
+				rows.map(({ cy, weaponRoi, probes }) =>
+					probes
+						? all([
+								matchSurfaceWeaponSteps(
+									rgb,
+									weaponRoi,
+									enemySubTileRoi(cy),
+									probes.lightSurface,
+									probes.corner.mean,
+								),
+								probes.occluded
+									? done(null)
+									: matchBadgesSteps(
+											rgb,
+											ENEMY_BADGE_XS.map((cx) => [cx, cy] as const),
+											Math.max(
+												MINIMAP_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
+												Math.round(probes.corner.mean) + 50,
+											),
+										),
+							])
+						: done(null),
+				),
+			),
+		]);
+
+		const teammates: MinimapTeammate[] = [];
+		const sideSubTiles: [Roi[], Roi[]] = [[], []];
+		const cardDebug: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
+		for (const [i, { layout, presence, probes }] of cards.entries()) {
+			if (!probes) {
+				cardDebug.push({ self: layout.self, presence, skipped: true });
+				continue;
+			}
+			const { crossFraction, crossLap, occluded, corner, lightSurface } =
+				probes;
+			const cornerMin = corner.mean;
 
 			let name: string | null = null;
 			let nameRaw = "";
 			let weapon: WeaponMatch | null = null;
 			const badgeDebug: (WeaponMatch | null)[] = [];
 			let abilities: (AbilityWithUnknown | null)[] = [];
-			if (!occluded) {
-				if (nameGlyphs) {
-					const band = copyRoi(gray, layout.name);
-					const parsed = parseName(band, nameGlyphs, {
-						binThreshold: NAME_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-					});
-					band.delete();
+			const read = cardReads[i];
+			if (read) {
+				const [parsed, matchedWeapon, badgeMatches] = read;
+				if (parsed) {
 					nameRaw = parsed.raw.text;
 					if (parsed.name.length > 0) name = parsed.name;
 					confidences.push(parsed.confidence);
 				}
-				weapon = matchSurfaceWeapon(
-					rgb,
-					layout.weapon,
-					lightSurface,
-					cornerMin,
-				);
-				if (weapon) {
-					weapon = resolveTieBySubTile(rgb, weapon, layout.subTile);
-					confidences.push(Math.max(0, weapon.score));
-				}
-				abilities = matchBadges(
-					rgb,
-					layout.badges,
-					lightSurface
-						? Math.max(
-								MINIMAP_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
-								Math.round(cornerMin) + 50,
-							)
-						: MINIMAP_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
-					confidences,
-					badgeDebug,
-				);
+				weapon = matchedWeapon;
+				if (weapon) confidences.push(Math.max(0, weapon.score));
+				abilities = badgeAbilities(badgeMatches, confidences, badgeDebug);
 			}
 			cardDebug.push({
 				self: layout.self,
@@ -645,42 +775,23 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 		}
 		debug.cards = cardDebug;
 
-		// 2. enemy panel rows
 		const enemies: MinimapEnemy[] = [];
 		const enemyDebug: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
-		for (const cy of ENEMY_ROW_CYS) {
-			const weaponRoi = enemyWeaponRoi(cy);
-			const presence = meanBrightness(lap, weaponRoi);
-			if (presence < PRESENCE_MIN_LAPLACIAN) {
+		for (const [i, { cy, presence, probes }] of rows.entries()) {
+			const read = rowReads[i];
+			if (!probes || !read) {
 				enemyDebug.push({ cy, presence, skipped: true });
 				continue;
 			}
-			const crossFraction = saturatedFraction(hsv, enemyCrossRoi(cy));
-			const crossLap = meanBrightness(lap, enemyCrossRoi(cy));
-			const occluded =
-				crossFraction >= CROSS_MIN_FRACTION && crossLap >= CROSS_MIN_LAPLACIAN;
-
-			// light camo rows: pick template variant by corner brightness, raise ink threshold past it
-			const corner = minTopCorner(gray, hsv, weaponRoi);
+			const { crossFraction, crossLap, occluded, corner, lightSurface } =
+				probes;
 			const cornerMin = corner.mean;
-			const lightSurface =
-				corner.mean >= SPECIAL_READY_MIN_CORNER_MEAN &&
-				corner.saturation <= SPECIAL_READY_MAX_CORNER_SATURATION;
-			let weapon = matchSurfaceWeapon(rgb, weaponRoi, lightSurface, cornerMin);
-			if (weapon) {
-				weapon = resolveTieBySubTile(rgb, weapon, enemySubTileRoi(cy));
-				confidences.push(Math.max(0, weapon.score));
-			}
+			const [weapon, badgeMatches] = read;
+			if (weapon) confidences.push(Math.max(0, weapon.score));
 			const badgeDebug: (WeaponMatch | null)[] = [];
 			const abilities: (AbilityWithUnknown | null)[] = occluded
 				? []
-				: matchBadges(
-						rgb,
-						ENEMY_BADGE_XS.map((cx) => [cx, cy] as const),
-						Math.max(MINIMAP_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD, Math.round(cornerMin) + 50),
-						confidences,
-						badgeDebug,
-					);
+				: badgeAbilities(badgeMatches, confidences, badgeDebug);
 			enemyDebug.push({
 				cy,
 				presence,
@@ -715,9 +826,6 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 		const stageMatch = detectStage(frame, confidences);
 		debug.stage = stageMatch;
 
-		gray.delete();
-		rgb.delete();
-		hsv.delete();
 		lap.delete();
 
 		const confidence =
@@ -754,6 +862,8 @@ export function createMinimapDetector(
 		sufficientConfidence: 0.69,
 		rearmCooldownS: 5,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/minimap/stage.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/minimap/stage.ts
index 1fa4b1dd9..6373e4777 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/minimap/stage.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/minimap/stage.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import type { StageId } from "~/modules/in-game-lists/types";
 import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
 import type { FrameData } from "../../image";
+import { frameGray, frameHsv } from "../../image";
 
 /** Downscaled signature dimensions (canonical 1920x1080 / 16). */
 export const PLANNER_SIG_W = 120;
@@ -47,17 +48,11 @@ export interface StageMatch {
  */
 export function plannerSignature(frame: Mat): Float32Array {
 	const cv = getCV();
-	const gray = new cv.Mat();
-	cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
-	const rgb = new cv.Mat();
-	cv.cvtColor(frame, rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
-	const hsv = new cv.Mat();
-	cv.cvtColor(rgb, hsv, cv.COLOR_RGB2HSV);
-	rgb.delete();
+	const gray = frameGray(frame);
+	const hsv = frameHsv(frame);
 
 	const lap = new cv.Mat();
 	cv.Laplacian(gray, lap, cv.CV_16S, 3);
-	gray.delete();
 	const edges = new cv.Mat();
 	cv.convertScaleAbs(lap, edges);
 	lap.delete();
@@ -72,7 +67,6 @@ export function plannerSignature(frame: Mat): Float32Array {
 	for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		if (hd[i * 3 + 1]! >= INK_SATURATION_MIN) md[i] = 0;
 	}
-	hsv.delete();
 
 	const down = new cv.Mat();
 	cv.resize(
@@ -109,16 +103,14 @@ function shiftedDot(
 	dy: number,
 ): number {
 	let dot = 0;
-	for (let y = 0; y < PLANNER_SIG_H; y++) {
-		const sy = y + dy;
-		if (sy < 0 || sy >= PLANNER_SIG_H) continue;
+	const y0 = Math.max(0, -dy);
+	const y1 = Math.min(PLANNER_SIG_H, PLANNER_SIG_H - dy);
+	const x0 = Math.max(0, -dx);
+	const x1 = Math.min(PLANNER_SIG_W, PLANNER_SIG_W - dx);
+	for (let y = y0; y < y1; y++) {
 		const ar = y * PLANNER_SIG_W;
-		const br = sy * PLANNER_SIG_W;
-		for (let x = 0; x < PLANNER_SIG_W; x++) {
-			const sx = x + dx;
-			if (sx < 0 || sx >= PLANNER_SIG_W) continue;
-			dot += a[ar + x]! * b[br + sx]!;
-		}
+		const br = (y + dy) * PLANNER_SIG_W + dx;
+		for (let x = x0; x < x1; x++) dot += a[ar + x]! * b[br + x]!;
 	}
 	return dot;
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/index.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/index.ts
index 00e366204..69d7389d2 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/index.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/index.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@
  * fixtures. Each read also emits a PlayerStatus event (player-status.ts) off
  * the same frame, paired downstream by the shared timer value.
  */
-import { getCV, type Mat, minMaxLoc } from "../../cv";
-import { type GlyphSet, recognizeText, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
-import { copyRoi, maxChannel, minChannel, type Roi } from "../../image";
+import { type Mat, minMaxLoc } from "../../cv";
+import { type GlyphSet, recognizeTextSteps, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
+import {
+	copyRoi,
+	frameGray,
+	maxChannel,
+	minChannel,
+	type Roi,
+} from "../../image";
 import { type InkRgb, meanInkColor } from "../../ink-color";
+import { all, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import {
 	type BannerScoreRead,
 	isBetterRead,
@@ -44,8 +51,8 @@ import {
 	STATUS_LAYOUT_STICKY_MAX_GAP_S,
 	STRIP_WEAPON_SAMPLE_INTERVAL,
 } from "./rois";
-import { parseStripWeapons, type StripWeaponsData } from "./strip-weapons";
-import { readMatchTimer, timerBoxChecks, timerGlyphSets } from "./timer";
+import { parseStripWeaponsSteps, type StripWeaponsData } from "./strip-weapons";
+import { readMatchTimerSteps, timerBoxChecks, timerGlyphSets } from "./timer";
 
 export type ObjectiveData = SplatZonesObjectiveData;
 
@@ -102,7 +109,6 @@ interface SideRead {
 export function createObjectiveDetector(
 	resources: ScoreboardResources,
 ): Detector<ObjectiveData | PlayerStatusData | StripWeaponsData> {
-	const cv = getCV();
 	let lastStatus: { layout: PlayerStatusLayout; t: number } | undefined;
 	// primed so the very first read samples (short matches, single-frame fixtures)
 	let readsSinceWeaponSample = STRIP_WEAPON_SAMPLE_INTERVAL;
@@ -148,8 +154,7 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 	}
 
 	function gate(frame: Mat): GateResult {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 		const checks = [
 			...timerBoxChecks(gray),
 			plateProbeOk(gray, PLATE_PROBE_ROIS[0]),
@@ -157,13 +162,17 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 			scoreInkOk(frame, SCORE_ROIS[0]),
 			scoreInkOk(frame, SCORE_ROIS[1]),
 		];
-		gray.delete();
 		const passed = checks.filter(Boolean).length;
 		return { pass: passed === checks.length, score: passed / checks.length };
 	}
 
-	/** Best trailing-digit read across channel extractions, thresholds and glyph sizes. */
-	function readScore(frame: Mat, gray: Mat, roi: Roi): BannerScoreRead {
+	/** Best trailing-digit read across channel extractions, thresholds and glyph sizes; every combination reads in one lockstep. */
+	function* readScore(
+		frame: Mat,
+		gray: Mat,
+		roi: Roi,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<BannerScoreRead> {
 		let best: BannerScoreRead = {
 			value: null,
 			confidence: 0,
@@ -175,25 +184,39 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 			minChannel(frame, roi),
 			maxChannel(frame, roi),
 		];
-		for (const band of bands) {
-			for (const set of scoreSets) {
-				for (const binThreshold of SCORE_BIN_THRESHOLDS) {
-					const raw = recognizeText(band, set, {
+		const reads = bands.flatMap((band) =>
+			scoreSets.flatMap((set) =>
+				SCORE_BIN_THRESHOLDS.map((binThreshold) => ({
+					band,
+					set,
+					binThreshold,
+				})),
+			),
+		);
+		const raws = yield* all(
+			reads.map(({ band, set, binThreshold }) =>
+				recognizeTextSteps(
+					band,
+					set,
+					{
 						binThreshold,
 						spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
 						minCharScore: 0.3,
-					});
-					// the band holds only the count, so a leading digit under the
-					// extension floor voids the read instead of truncating it
-					const read = trailingDigitRun(raw, set, {
-						extendMinScore: SCORE_EXTEND_MIN_CONF,
-						rejectTruncated: true,
-					});
-					if (isBetterRead(read, best)) best = read;
-				}
-			}
-			band.delete();
+					},
+					speculative,
+				),
+			),
+		);
+		for (const [i, { set }] of reads.entries()) {
+			// the band holds only the count, so a leading digit under the
+			// extension floor voids the read instead of truncating it
+			const read = trailingDigitRun(raws[i]!, set, {
+				extendMinScore: SCORE_EXTEND_MIN_CONF,
+				rejectTruncated: true,
+			});
+			if (isBetterRead(read, best)) best = read;
 		}
+		for (const band of bands) band.delete();
 		return best;
 	}
 
@@ -202,11 +225,12 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 	 * "+N" digits. A nameplate badge can cover one end, so a lone pill-like
 	 * probe still reads but the digits must be confident on their own.
 	 */
-	function readPenalty(
+	function* readPenalty(
 		frame: Mat,
 		gray: Mat,
 		side: 0 | 1,
-	): BannerScoreRead | null {
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<BannerScoreRead | null> {
 		if (!penaltySet) return null;
 		const pillLikeProbes = PENALTY_PROBE_ROIS[side].filter((roi) => {
 			const { mean, std } = meanStd(gray, roi);
@@ -214,11 +238,16 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 		}).length;
 		if (pillLikeProbes === 0) return null;
 		const band = minChannel(frame, PENALTY_ROIS[side]);
-		const raw = recognizeText(band, penaltySet, {
-			binThreshold: PENALTY_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-			spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-			minCharScore: 0.3,
-		});
+		const raw = yield* recognizeTextSteps(
+			band,
+			penaltySet,
+			{
+				binThreshold: PENALTY_BIN_THRESHOLD,
+				spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+				minCharScore: 0.3,
+			},
+			speculative,
+		);
 		band.delete();
 		const read = trailingDigitRun(raw, penaltySet);
 		if (
@@ -253,16 +282,29 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 		return { mean: sum / count, saturation: satSum / count };
 	}
 
-	function parse(
+	function* parseSteps(
 		frame: Mat,
 		t: number,
-	): DetectedEvent<ObjectiveData | PlayerStatusData | StripWeaponsData>[] {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		_gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<
+		DetectedEvent<ObjectiveData | PlayerStatusData | StripWeaponsData>[]
+	> {
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 
+		const [scoreL, scoreR, penaltyL, penaltyR, timer] = yield* all([
+			readScore(frame, gray, SCORE_ROIS[0], speculative),
+			readScore(frame, gray, SCORE_ROIS[1], speculative),
+			readPenalty(frame, gray, 0, speculative),
+			readPenalty(frame, gray, 1, speculative),
+			readMatchTimerSteps(gray, timerSets, speculative),
+		]);
+		const reads = [
+			{ score: scoreL, penalty: penaltyL },
+			{ score: scoreR, penalty: penaltyR },
+		];
 		const sides = [0 as const, 1 as const].map((side): SideRead => {
-			const score = readScore(frame, gray, SCORE_ROIS[side]);
-			const penalty = readPenalty(frame, gray, side);
+			const { score, penalty } = reads[side]!;
 			const fill = plateFill(frame, side);
 			return {
 				score,
@@ -278,8 +320,6 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 				]),
 			};
 		}) as [SideRead, SideRead];
-		const timer = readMatchTimer(gray, timerSets);
-		gray.delete();
 
 		// no readable count on either side = the gate hit a lookalike
 		if (sides.every((side) => side.score.value === null)) return [];
@@ -303,7 +343,7 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 			readsSinceWeaponSample >= STRIP_WEAPON_SAMPLE_INTERVAL
 		) {
 			readsSinceWeaponSample = 0;
-			stripWeapons = parseStripWeapons(
+			stripWeapons = yield* parseStripWeaponsSteps(
 				frame,
 				t,
 				playerStatus.data,
@@ -351,6 +391,8 @@ export function createObjectiveDetector(
 		checkIntervalS: CHECK_INTERVAL_SECONDS,
 		attachFrame: false,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/strip-weapons.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/strip-weapons.ts
index 8c71395ff..fbc26a193 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/strip-weapons.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/strip-weapons.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import type { MainWeaponId } from "~/modules/in-game-lists/types";
 import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
 import { copyRoi } from "../../image";
 import { hueDistance, hueOf } from "../../ink-color";
-import { matchWeapon, type WeaponTemplate } from "../scoreboard/weapons";
+import { all, type MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
+import { matchWeaponSteps, type WeaponTemplate } from "../scoreboard/weapons";
 import type { DetectedEvent } from "../types";
 import type { PlayerStatusData, PlayerStatusLayout } from "./player-status";
 import {
@@ -45,19 +46,28 @@ export interface StripWeaponsData {
 	slots: [(StripWeaponCandidate[] | null)[], (StripWeaponCandidate[] | null)[]];
 }
 
-/** Match every alive slot's icon; `status` (same frame) supplies slot centers and dead flags. */
-export function parseStripWeapons(
+/** Match every alive slot's icon (all slots in one lockstep); `status` (same frame) supplies slot centers and dead flags. */
+export function* parseStripWeaponsSteps(
 	frame: Mat,
 	t: number,
 	status: PlayerStatusData,
 	templates: WeaponTemplate[],
-): DetectedEvent<StripWeaponsData> {
+): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<StripWeaponsData>> {
 	const centers = slotCenters(status.layout);
+	const alive = centers.flatMap((sideCenters, side) =>
+		sideCenters.flatMap((cx, slot) =>
+			status.dead[side as 0 | 1][slot] ? [] : [{ side, slot, cx }],
+		),
+	);
+	const matched = yield* all(
+		alive.map(({ cx }) => matchSlot(frame, cx, templates)),
+	);
 	const scores: number[] = [];
 	const slots = centers.map((sideCenters, side) =>
-		sideCenters.map((cx, slot): StripWeaponCandidate[] | null => {
-			if (status.dead[side as 0 | 1][slot]) return null;
-			const candidates = matchSlot(frame, cx, templates);
+		sideCenters.map((_, slot): StripWeaponCandidate[] | null => {
+			const index = alive.findIndex((a) => a.side === side && a.slot === slot);
+			if (index === -1) return null;
+			const candidates = matched[index]!;
 			if (candidates.length > 0) scores.push(candidates[0]!.score);
 			return candidates;
 		}),
@@ -87,11 +97,11 @@ function slotCenters(
 			: STATUS_SLOT_CENTERS_NARROW_LEFT;
 }
 
-function matchSlot(
+function* matchSlot(
 	frame: Mat,
 	cx: number,
 	templates: WeaponTemplate[],
-): StripWeaponCandidate[] {
+): MatchSteps<StripWeaponCandidate[]> {
 	const cv = getCV();
 	const crop = copyRoi(frame, {
 		x: cx + STRIP_WEAPON_BOX.dx,
@@ -103,7 +113,7 @@ function matchSlot(
 	cv.cvtColor(crop, search, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
 	crop.delete();
 	knockoutPlate(search);
-	const match = matchWeapon(search, templates, {
+	const match = yield* matchWeaponSteps(search, templates, {
 		inkThreshold: STRIP_WEAPON_INK_THRESHOLD,
 		topN: STRIP_WEAPON_TOP_K,
 	});
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/timer.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/timer.ts
index 79cb42c50..0ca0673bd 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/timer.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/objective/timer.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import type { Mat } from "../../cv";
 import {
 	type GlyphSet,
 	type RecognizedChar,
-	recognizeText,
+	recognizeTextSteps,
 	scaleGlyphSet,
 } from "../../glyphs";
 import { copyRoi, maxBrightness, meanBrightness } from "../../image";
+import { all, type MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 import type { ScoreboardResources } from "../scoreboard/index";
 import {
 	GATE_TIMER_MAX_MEAN,
@@ -51,22 +52,34 @@ export function timerBoxChecks(gray: Mat): boolean[] {
 	];
 }
 
-export function readMatchTimer(
+/** The match timer at every glyph size (read in one lockstep), best read kept. */
+export function* readMatchTimerSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	timerSets: readonly GlyphSet[],
-): TimerRead {
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<TimerRead> {
 	const band = copyRoi(gray, TIMER_DIGIT_ROI);
 	let best: TimerRead & { score: number } = {
 		value: null,
 		reading: "",
 		score: 0,
 	};
-	for (const timerSet of timerSets) {
-		const raw = recognizeText(band, timerSet, {
-			binThreshold: TIMER_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-			spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-			minCharScore: 0.3,
-		});
+	const raws = yield* all(
+		timerSets.map((timerSet) =>
+			recognizeTextSteps(
+				band,
+				timerSet,
+				{
+					binThreshold: TIMER_BIN_THRESHOLD,
+					spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+					minCharScore: 0.3,
+				},
+				speculative,
+			),
+		),
+	);
+	for (const [setIndex, timerSet] of timerSets.entries()) {
+		const raw = raws[setIndex]!;
 		if (!best.reading) best = { ...best, reading: raw.text };
 		const isTimerDigit = (c: RecognizedChar) =>
 			c.score >= TIMER_DIGIT_MIN_CONF &&
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/code.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/code.ts
index 622555474..3dcff77d8 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/code.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/code.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
 import {
 	type GlyphSet,
 	type RecognizedText,
-	recognizeText,
+	recognizeTextSteps,
 } from "../../glyphs";
 import { cropRoi } from "../../image";
+import type { MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 import { REPLAY_CODE_ROI } from "./rois";
 
 /**
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ const CODE_RE = /^[0-9A-Z]{4}(-[0-9A-Z]{4}){3}$/;
 /** Glyph set restricted to code characters; a shallow view, so dispose only the source set. */
 export function codeCharsetOf(set: GlyphSet): GlyphSet {
 	const glyphs = set.glyphs.filter((g) => /^[0-9A-Z-]$/.test(g.char));
-	const widths = glyphs.map((g) => g.mat.cols).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+	const widths = glyphs.map((g) => g.cols).sort((a, b) => a - b);
 	return {
 		glyphs,
 		height: set.height,
@@ -90,7 +91,11 @@ export function codeCharsetOf(set: GlyphSet): GlyphSet {
 }
 
 /** rgb: full normalized frame in RGB (not RGBA). */
-export function parseReplayCode(rgb: Mat, glyphs: GlyphSet): ParsedReplayCode {
+export function* parseReplayCodeSteps(
+	rgb: Mat,
+	glyphs: GlyphSet,
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<ParsedReplayCode> {
 	const cv = getCV();
 	const view = cropRoi(rgb, REPLAY_CODE_ROI);
 	const channels = new cv.MatVector();
@@ -102,10 +107,15 @@ export function parseReplayCode(rgb: Mat, glyphs: GlyphSet): ParsedReplayCode {
 	channels.delete();
 	view.delete();
 
-	const raw = recognizeText(green, glyphs, {
-		spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-		minCharScore: 0.3,
-	});
+	const raw = yield* recognizeTextSteps(
+		green,
+		glyphs,
+		{
+			spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+			minCharScore: 0.3,
+		},
+		speculative,
+	);
 	const resolved = resolveUsByTopRightInk(raw, green);
 	green.delete();
 
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/header.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/header.ts
index 79aa903c3..6ea68a173 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/header.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/header.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import type { Roi } from "../../canonical";
 import type { Mat } from "../../cv";
 import type { GlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
 import { ALL_STAGE_ENTRIES, LOBBY_MODE_COMBOS } from "../../localized";
+import { all, type MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 import { closestBy } from "../../text";
-import { readTagBand } from "../scoreboard/header";
+import { readTagBandSteps } from "../scoreboard/header";
 import { HEADER_BOTTOM_BAND, HEADER_TOP_BAND } from "./rois";
 
 export interface ParsedReplayHeader {
@@ -114,44 +115,69 @@ const REPLAY_BANDS: ReplayHeaderBands = {
 	bottom: HEADER_BOTTOM_BAND,
 };
 
-export function parseReplayHeader(
+/** The top and bottom bands read in one lockstep; each band's lifted-ceiling retry follows its own first read. */
+export function* parseReplayHeaderSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	topGlyphs: GlyphSet,
 	bottomGlyphs: GlyphSet,
 	bands: ReplayHeaderBands = REPLAY_BANDS,
-): ParsedReplayHeader {
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<ParsedReplayHeader> {
 	const leadIn = {
 		tagLeadInMax: bands.tagLeadInMax,
 		tagColumnFraction: bands.tagColumnFraction,
 	};
-	let top = parseTopBand(readTagBand(gray, bands.top, topGlyphs, leadIn));
-	if (top.stage === null) {
-		const retry = parseTopBand(
-			readTagBand(gray, bands.top, topGlyphs, {
-				...leadIn,
-				tagDarkMax: TAG_DARK_MAX_LIFTED,
-			}),
+	const readTop = function* (): MatchSteps<ReturnType<typeof parseTopBand>> {
+		let top = parseTopBand(
+			yield* readTagBandSteps(gray, bands.top, topGlyphs, leadIn, speculative),
 		);
-		if (retry.stageScore >= top.stageScore) top = retry;
-	}
-
-	let bottomReading = readTagBand(gray, bands.bottom, bottomGlyphs, leadIn);
-	let bottomMatch = bottomReading
-		? closestBy(bottomReading, LOBBY_MODE_COMBOS, (c) => c.text)
-		: null;
-	if (!bottomMatch || bottomMatch.score < MIN_MATCH_SCORE) {
-		const reading = readTagBand(gray, bands.bottom, bottomGlyphs, {
-			...leadIn,
-			tagDarkMax: TAG_DARK_MAX_LIFTED,
-		});
-		const match = reading
-			? closestBy(reading, LOBBY_MODE_COMBOS, (c) => c.text)
-			: null;
-		if ((match?.score ?? 0) >= (bottomMatch?.score ?? 0)) {
-			bottomReading = reading;
-			bottomMatch = match;
+		if (top.stage === null) {
+			const retry = parseTopBand(
+				yield* readTagBandSteps(
+					gray,
+					bands.top,
+					topGlyphs,
+					{ ...leadIn, tagDarkMax: TAG_DARK_MAX_LIFTED },
+					speculative,
+				),
+			);
+			if (retry.stageScore >= top.stageScore) top = retry;
 		}
-	}
+		return top;
+	};
+	const readBottom = function* () {
+		let bottomReading = yield* readTagBandSteps(
+			gray,
+			bands.bottom,
+			bottomGlyphs,
+			leadIn,
+			speculative,
+		);
+		let bottomMatch = bottomReading
+			? closestBy(bottomReading, LOBBY_MODE_COMBOS, (c) => c.text)
+			: null;
+		if (!bottomMatch || bottomMatch.score < MIN_MATCH_SCORE) {
+			const reading = yield* readTagBandSteps(
+				gray,
+				bands.bottom,
+				bottomGlyphs,
+				{ ...leadIn, tagDarkMax: TAG_DARK_MAX_LIFTED },
+				speculative,
+			);
+			const match = reading
+				? closestBy(reading, LOBBY_MODE_COMBOS, (c) => c.text)
+				: null;
+			if ((match?.score ?? 0) >= (bottomMatch?.score ?? 0)) {
+				bottomReading = reading;
+				bottomMatch = match;
+			}
+		}
+		return { bottomReading, bottomMatch };
+	};
+	const [top, { bottomReading, bottomMatch }] = yield* all([
+		readTop(),
+		readBottom(),
+	]);
 
 	let lobby: ScannerLobby | null = null;
 	let mode: ModeShort | null = null;
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/index.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/index.ts
index afbb567b8..b9b5bf797 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/index.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log-replay/index.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
  * scoreboard helpers with glyph sets rescaled to this screen.
  */
 import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
-import { type GlyphSet, recognizeText, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
+import { type GlyphSet, recognizeTextSteps, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
 import {
 	cropRoi,
+	frameGray,
+	frameRgb,
 	maxBrightness,
 	maxChannel,
 	meanBrightness,
@@ -16,13 +18,14 @@ import {
 	roiSignature,
 } from "../../image";
 import { RESULT_TAG_ENTRIES } from "../../localized";
+import { all, done, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import { closestBy } from "../../text";
 import {
 	FULL_COUNT_TEAM_SCORE,
 	KO_MATCH_SCORE,
 	MATCH_SCORE_MIN_CONF,
 } from "../scoreboard/banner";
-import { type ParsedNumber, parseNumber } from "../scoreboard/digits";
+import { type ParsedNumber, parseNumberSteps } from "../scoreboard/digits";
 import type {
 	ScoreboardData,
 	ScoreboardPlayer,
@@ -30,10 +33,10 @@ import type {
 	ScoreboardRowDebug,
 } from "../scoreboard/index";
 import { findPovIndex } from "../scoreboard/pov";
-import { parseScoreboardRow, type RowRois } from "../scoreboard/row";
+import { parseScoreboardRowSteps, type RowRois } from "../scoreboard/row";
 import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "../types";
-import { codeCharsetOf, type ParsedReplayCode, parseReplayCode } from "./code";
-import { type ParsedReplayHeader, parseReplayHeader } from "./header";
+import { codeCharsetOf, parseReplayCodeSteps } from "./code";
+import { parseReplayHeaderSteps } from "./header";
 import {
 	CODE_TEXT_HEIGHT,
 	GATE_CODE_BLUE_MAX,
@@ -129,8 +132,6 @@ function greenFraction(frame: Mat, roi: Roi): number {
 export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 	resources: ScoreboardResources,
 ): Detector<ScoreboardBattleLogReplayData> {
-	const cv = getCV();
-
 	const scaled = (set: GlyphSet | null, height: number): GlyphSet | null =>
 		set ? scaleGlyphSet(set, height / set.height) : null;
 
@@ -160,8 +161,7 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 			: null;
 
 	function gate(frame: Mat): GateResult {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 
 		let flatOk = 0;
 		let suffixOk = 0;
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 		// browsing between replays never drops this gate, so fingerprint what
 		// differs between battles (timestamp, code, names) for the scheduler
 		const signature = pass ? contentSignature(gray) : undefined;
-		gray.delete();
 		return { pass, score, signature };
 	}
 
@@ -209,11 +208,13 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 		return signature;
 	}
 
-	function parsePanel(gray: Mat, rgb: Mat, dx: number): PanelParse {
-		const players: ScoreboardPlayer[] = [];
-		const rows: ScoreboardRowDebug[] = [];
-		const confidences: number[] = [];
-
+	/** One panel's rows, totals and result tag, all read in one lockstep. */
+	function* parsePanelSteps(
+		gray: Mat,
+		rgb: Mat,
+		dx: number,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<PanelParse> {
 		const rowRois: RowRois = {
 			weapon: (cy) => weaponRoi(cy, dx),
 			specialIcon: (cy) => specialIconRoi(cy, dx),
@@ -229,54 +230,81 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 			statDigits,
 			nameGlyphs,
 		};
-		for (const cy of ROW_CENTERS) {
-			// a short team (7-player private battle) renders no pill for the unused
-			// bottom row (gate's flatOk >= 7 tolerates it); skip it, no phantom player
+		// a short team (7-player private battle) renders no pill for the unused
+		// bottom row (gate's flatOk >= 7 tolerates it); skip it, no phantom player
+		const rowCenters = ROW_CENTERS.filter((cy) => {
 			const flat = meanBrightness(rgb, gateFlatProbe(cy, dx));
-			if (flat < GATE_FLAT_MIN_MEAN || flat > GATE_FLAT_MAX_MEAN) continue;
-
-			// paint is left-aligned so the "p" suffix lands inside the ROI on short paints
-			const row = parseScoreboardRow(
-				gray,
-				rgb,
-				cy,
-				rowRois,
-				rowResources,
-				confidences,
-				{
-					weaponInkThreshold: REPLAY_INK_THRESHOLD,
-					paintDropLoweredTrailing: true,
-				},
-			);
-			players.push(row.player);
-			rows.push(row.debug);
-		}
-
+			return flat >= GATE_FLAT_MIN_MEAN && flat <= GATE_FLAT_MAX_MEAN;
+		});
 		// the point total is read only to recognize a knockout below (only a
 		// knockout's full count reaches 500); never emitted as a score
-		let teamScore: ParsedNumber | null = null;
-		if (teamDigits) {
-			const crop = cropRoi(gray, teamScoreRoi(dx));
-			teamScore = parseNumber(crop, teamDigits, {
-				binThreshold: BANNER_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-			});
-			crop.delete();
-			confidences.push(teamScore.confidence);
-		}
+		const teamCrop = teamDigits ? cropRoi(gray, teamScoreRoi(dx)) : null;
+		const matchCrop = matchScoreDigits
+			? cropRoi(gray, MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[dx === 0 ? 0 : 1]!)
+			: null;
+		const bright = resultGlyphs ? maxChannel(rgb, resultTagRoi(dx)) : null;
+		const [rowReads, teamScore, matchRead, resultRaw] = yield* all([
+			all(
+				rowCenters.map((cy) =>
+					// paint is left-aligned so the "p" suffix lands inside the ROI on short paints
+					parseScoreboardRowSteps(
+						gray,
+						rgb,
+						cy,
+						rowRois,
+						rowResources,
+						{
+							weaponInkThreshold: REPLAY_INK_THRESHOLD,
+							paintDropLoweredTrailing: true,
+						},
+						speculative,
+					),
+				),
+			),
+			teamDigits && teamCrop
+				? parseNumberSteps(
+						teamCrop,
+						teamDigits,
+						{ binThreshold: BANNER_BIN_THRESHOLD },
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+			matchScoreDigits && matchCrop
+				? parseNumberSteps(
+						matchCrop,
+						matchScoreDigits,
+						{ binThreshold: BANNER_BIN_THRESHOLD },
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+			resultGlyphs && bright
+				? recognizeTextSteps(
+						bright,
+						resultGlyphs,
+						{
+							binThreshold: RESULT_TAG_BIN_THRESHOLD,
+							spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+							minCharScore: 0.25,
+						},
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+		]);
+		teamCrop?.delete();
+		matchCrop?.delete();
+		bright?.delete();
 
-		let matchScore: ParsedNumber | null = null;
-		if (matchScoreDigits) {
-			const crop = cropRoi(gray, MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[dx === 0 ? 0 : 1]!);
-			matchScore = parseNumber(crop, matchScoreDigits, {
-				binThreshold: BANNER_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-			});
+		const confidences = rowReads.flatMap((row) => row.confidences);
+		if (teamScore) confidences.push(teamScore.confidence);
+
+		let matchScore: ParsedNumber | null = matchRead;
+		if (matchScore) {
 			if (
 				matchScore.confidence < MATCH_SCORE_MIN_CONF ||
 				(matchScore.value !== null && matchScore.value > KO_MATCH_SCORE)
 			) {
 				matchScore = { ...matchScore, value: null };
 			}
-			crop.delete();
 			confidences.push(matchScore.confidence);
 			// no number + a full team count = the KNOCKOUT! burst sits where the score
 			// would be; an unreadable banner on a lesser total stays null
@@ -291,15 +319,8 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 		let result: PanelParse["result"] = null;
 		let resultReading = "";
 		let resultScore = 0;
-		if (resultGlyphs) {
-			const bright = maxChannel(rgb, resultTagRoi(dx));
-			const raw = recognizeText(bright, resultGlyphs, {
-				binThreshold: RESULT_TAG_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-				spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-				minCharScore: 0.25,
-			});
-			bright.delete();
-			resultReading = raw.text;
+		if (resultRaw) {
+			resultReading = resultRaw.text;
 			if (resultReading) {
 				const match = closestBy(
 					resultReading,
@@ -315,8 +336,8 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 		}
 
 		return {
-			players,
-			rows,
+			players: rowReads.map((row) => row.player),
+			rows: rowReads.map((row) => row.debug),
 			teamScore,
 			matchScore,
 			result,
@@ -326,19 +347,31 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 		};
 	}
 
-	function parse(
+	function* parseSteps(
 		frame: Mat,
 		t: number,
-	): DetectedEvent<ScoreboardBattleLogReplayData>[] {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
-		const rgb = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
+		_gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<ScoreboardBattleLogReplayData>[]> {
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
+		const rgb = frameRgb(frame);
 
-		const [left, right] = PANEL_XS.map((dx) => parsePanel(gray, rgb, dx)) as [
-			PanelParse,
-			PanelParse,
-		];
+		const [left, right, header, code] = yield* all([
+			parsePanelSteps(gray, rgb, PANEL_XS[0]!, speculative),
+			parsePanelSteps(gray, rgb, PANEL_XS[1]!, speculative),
+			headerTopGlyphs && headerBottomGlyphs
+				? parseReplayHeaderSteps(
+						gray,
+						headerTopGlyphs,
+						headerBottomGlyphs,
+						undefined,
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+			codeGlyphs
+				? parseReplayCodeSteps(rgb, codeGlyphs, speculative)
+				: done(null),
+		]);
 
 		// winners first: confident VICTORY/DEFEAT tag, else the higher "Score:"
 		// banner, else left
@@ -357,19 +390,6 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 			[...winner.rows, ...loser.rows].map((r) => r.povFraction),
 		);
 
-		let header: ParsedReplayHeader | null = null;
-		if (headerTopGlyphs && headerBottomGlyphs) {
-			header = parseReplayHeader(gray, headerTopGlyphs, headerBottomGlyphs);
-		}
-
-		let code: ParsedReplayCode | null = null;
-		if (codeGlyphs) {
-			code = parseReplayCode(rgb, codeGlyphs);
-		}
-
-		gray.delete();
-		rgb.delete();
-
 		const confidences = [
 			...winner.confidences,
 			...loser.confidences,
@@ -435,6 +455,8 @@ export function createScoreboardBattleLogReplayDetector(
 		id: "scoreboard-battle-log-replay",
 		sufficientConfidence: 0.8,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log/detector.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log/detector.ts
index 43307f0e3..7dfcd3e84 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log/detector.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-battle-log/detector.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ import {
 	unionRoi,
 } from "../../canonical";
 import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
-import { type GlyphSet, recognizeText, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
+import { type GlyphSet, recognizeTextSteps, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
 import {
 	cropRoi,
+	frameGray,
+	frameRgb,
 	maxBrightness,
 	maxChannel,
 	meanBrightness,
@@ -26,15 +28,16 @@ import {
 	warpPerspective,
 } from "../../image";
 import { RESULT_TAG_ENTRIES } from "../../localized";
+import { all, done, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import { homographyFromQuad, type PerspectiveQuad } from "../../rectify";
 import { closestBy } from "../../text";
 import {
 	type BannerScoreRead,
 	FULL_COUNT_TEAM_SCORE,
-	parseBannerScore,
+	parseBannerScoreSteps,
 	resolveMatchScores,
 } from "../scoreboard/banner";
-import { type ParsedNumber, parseNumber } from "../scoreboard/digits";
+import { type ParsedNumber, parseNumberSteps } from "../scoreboard/digits";
 import type {
 	ScoreboardData,
 	ScoreboardPlayer,
@@ -42,11 +45,8 @@ import type {
 	ScoreboardRowDebug,
 } from "../scoreboard/index";
 import { findPovIndex } from "../scoreboard/pov";
-import { parseScoreboardRow, type RowRois } from "../scoreboard/row";
-import {
-	type ParsedReplayHeader,
-	parseReplayHeader,
-} from "../scoreboard-battle-log-replay/header";
+import { parseScoreboardRowSteps, type RowRois } from "../scoreboard/row";
+import { parseReplayHeaderSteps } from "../scoreboard-battle-log-replay/header";
 import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "../types";
 
 export interface ScoreboardBattleLogData extends ScoreboardData {
@@ -188,13 +188,27 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 
 	/**
 	 * `frame` as the ROIs see it: itself for a flat layout, else `region` of it
-	 * rectified into a region-sized mat, `local` shifting a ROI into it.
+	 * rectified into a region-sized mat, `local` shifting a ROI into it. Its
+	 * gray/RGB conversions (the frame's shared ones when flat) live until release.
 	 */
 	function rectifiedView(frame: Mat, region: Roi) {
 		if (!homography) {
-			return { mat: frame, local: (roi: Roi) => roi, release: () => {} };
+			return {
+				mat: frame,
+				local: (roi: Roi) => roi,
+				gray: () => frameGray(frame),
+				rgb: () => frameRgb(frame),
+				release: () => {},
+			};
 		}
 		const mat = warpPerspective(frame, homography, region);
+		const converted: Mat[] = [];
+		const convert = (code: number) => {
+			const out = new cv.Mat();
+			cv.cvtColor(mat, out, code);
+			converted.push(out);
+			return out;
+		};
 		return {
 			mat,
 			local: (roi: Roi): Roi => ({
@@ -202,19 +216,18 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 				x: roi.x - region.x,
 				y: roi.y - region.y,
 			}),
-			release: () => mat.delete(),
+			gray: () => convert(cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY),
+			rgb: () => convert(cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB),
+			release: () => {
+				mat.delete();
+				for (const out of converted) out.delete();
+			},
 		};
 	}
 
-	function toGray(rgba: Mat): Mat {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(rgba, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
-		return gray;
-	}
-
 	function gate(frame: Mat): GateResult {
 		const probes = rectifiedView(frame, gateRegion);
-		const gray = toGray(probes.mat);
+		const gray = probes.gray();
 
 		let darkOk = 0;
 		let suffixOk = 0;
@@ -257,14 +270,11 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 		let signature: number[] | undefined;
 		if (pass && homography) {
 			const flat = rectifiedView(frame, FULL_FRAME);
-			const flatGray = toGray(flat.mat);
-			signature = contentSignature(flatGray);
-			flatGray.delete();
+			signature = contentSignature(flat.gray());
 			flat.release();
 		} else if (pass) {
 			signature = contentSignature(gray);
 		}
-		gray.delete();
 		probes.release();
 		return { pass, score, signature };
 	}
@@ -279,11 +289,13 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 		return signature;
 	}
 
-	function parsePanel(gray: Mat, rgb: Mat, panel: PanelIndex): PanelParse {
-		const players: ScoreboardPlayer[] = [];
-		const rows: ScoreboardRowDebug[] = [];
-		const confidences: number[] = [];
-
+	/** One panel's rows, team total and result tag, all read in one lockstep. */
+	function* parsePanelSteps(
+		gray: Mat,
+		rgb: Mat,
+		panel: PanelIndex,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<PanelParse> {
 		const rowRois: RowRois = {
 			weapon: rois.weaponRoi,
 			specialIcon: rois.specialIconRoi,
@@ -293,43 +305,60 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 			povArrow: rois.povArrowRoi,
 		};
 		const dy = rois.PANEL_DYS[panel];
-		for (const base of rois.ROW_CENTERS) {
-			const row = parseScoreboardRow(
-				gray,
-				rgb,
-				base + dy,
-				rowRois,
-				resources,
-				confidences,
-			);
-			players.push(row.player);
-			rows.push(row.debug);
-		}
-
 		// the point total is read only to recognize a knockout (only a knockout's
 		// full count reaches 500); never emitted as a score
-		let teamScore: ParsedNumber | null = null;
-		if (teamDigits) {
-			const crop = cropRoi(gray, rois.teamScoreRoi(panel));
-			teamScore = parseNumber(crop, teamDigits, {
-				binThreshold: TEAM_SCORE_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-			});
-			crop.delete();
-			confidences.push(teamScore.confidence);
-		}
+		const teamCrop = teamDigits
+			? cropRoi(gray, rois.teamScoreRoi(panel))
+			: null;
+		const bright = resultGlyphs
+			? maxChannel(rgb, rois.resultTagRoi(panel))
+			: null;
+		const [rowReads, teamScore, resultRaw] = yield* all([
+			all(
+				rois.ROW_CENTERS.map((base) =>
+					parseScoreboardRowSteps(
+						gray,
+						rgb,
+						base + dy,
+						rowRois,
+						resources,
+						{},
+						speculative,
+					),
+				),
+			),
+			teamDigits && teamCrop
+				? parseNumberSteps(
+						teamCrop,
+						teamDigits,
+						{ binThreshold: TEAM_SCORE_BIN_THRESHOLD },
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+			resultGlyphs && bright
+				? recognizeTextSteps(
+						bright,
+						resultGlyphs,
+						{
+							binThreshold: RESULT_TAG_BIN_THRESHOLD,
+							spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+							minCharScore: 0.25,
+						},
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+		]);
+		teamCrop?.delete();
+		bright?.delete();
+
+		const confidences = rowReads.flatMap((row) => row.confidences);
+		if (teamScore) confidences.push(teamScore.confidence);
 
 		let result: PanelParse["result"] = null;
 		let resultReading = "";
 		let resultScore = 0;
-		if (resultGlyphs) {
-			const bright = maxChannel(rgb, rois.resultTagRoi(panel));
-			const raw = recognizeText(bright, resultGlyphs, {
-				binThreshold: RESULT_TAG_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-				spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-				minCharScore: 0.25,
-			});
-			bright.delete();
-			resultReading = raw.text;
+		if (resultRaw) {
+			resultReading = resultRaw.text;
 			if (resultReading) {
 				const match = closestBy(
 					resultReading,
@@ -345,8 +374,8 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 		}
 
 		return {
-			players,
-			rows,
+			players: rowReads.map((row) => row.player),
+			rows: rowReads.map((row) => row.debug),
 			teamScore,
 			result,
 			resultReading,
@@ -355,25 +384,52 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 		};
 	}
 
-	function parse(
+	function* parseSteps(
 		frame: Mat,
 		t: number,
-	): DetectedEvent<ScoreboardBattleLogData>[] {
+		_gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<ScoreboardBattleLogData>[]> {
 		const flat = rectifiedView(frame, FULL_FRAME);
-		const gray = toGray(flat.mat);
-		const rgb = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(flat.mat, rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
-		flat.release();
+		const gray = flat.gray();
+		const rgb = flat.rgb();
 
-		const top = parsePanel(gray, rgb, 0);
-		const bottom = parsePanel(gray, rgb, 1);
-
-		let left: BannerScoreRead | null = null;
-		let right: BannerScoreRead | null = null;
-		if (matchScoreSets.length > 0) {
-			left = parseBannerScore(gray, rois.MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[0], matchScoreSets);
-			right = parseBannerScore(gray, rois.MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[1], matchScoreSets);
-		}
+		const [top, bottom, banners, header] = yield* all([
+			parsePanelSteps(gray, rgb, 0, speculative),
+			parsePanelSteps(gray, rgb, 1, speculative),
+			matchScoreSets.length > 0
+				? all([
+						parseBannerScoreSteps(
+							gray,
+							rois.MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[0],
+							matchScoreSets,
+							speculative,
+						),
+						parseBannerScoreSteps(
+							gray,
+							rois.MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[1],
+							matchScoreSets,
+							speculative,
+						),
+					])
+				: done(null),
+			headerTopGlyphs && headerBottomGlyphs
+				? parseReplayHeaderSteps(
+						gray,
+						headerTopGlyphs,
+						headerBottomGlyphs,
+						{
+							top: rois.HEADER_TOP_BAND,
+							bottom: rois.HEADER_BOTTOM_BAND,
+							tagLeadInMax: rois.HEADER_TAG_LEAD_IN_MAX,
+							tagColumnFraction: rois.HEADER_TAG_COLUMN_FRACTION,
+						},
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+		]);
+		const [left, right]: [BannerScoreRead | null, BannerScoreRead | null] =
+			banners ?? [null, null];
 
 		const swapped = decideSwapped(top, bottom, left, right);
 		const [winner, loser] = swapped ? [bottom, top] : [top, bottom];
@@ -391,18 +447,7 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 			bannerDebug = { left, right, knockout };
 		}
 
-		let header: ParsedReplayHeader | null = null;
-		if (headerTopGlyphs && headerBottomGlyphs) {
-			header = parseReplayHeader(gray, headerTopGlyphs, headerBottomGlyphs, {
-				top: rois.HEADER_TOP_BAND,
-				bottom: rois.HEADER_BOTTOM_BAND,
-				tagLeadInMax: rois.HEADER_TAG_LEAD_IN_MAX,
-				tagColumnFraction: rois.HEADER_TAG_COLUMN_FRACTION,
-			});
-		}
-
-		gray.delete();
-		rgb.delete();
+		flat.release();
 
 		const confidences = [
 			...winner.confidences,
@@ -460,7 +505,9 @@ export function createBattleLogDetector(
 		id: layout.id,
 		sufficientConfidence: 0.8,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-own/index.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-own/index.ts
index 0891ba51d..e58786bdc 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-own/index.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard-own/index.ts
@@ -17,15 +17,23 @@ import {
 	toAbilityWithUnknown,
 	toMainWeaponId,
 } from "../../../scanner-types";
-import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
-import { type GlyphSet, recognizeText, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
-import { copyRoi, cropRoi, maxBrightness, meanBrightness } from "../../image";
+import type { Mat } from "../../cv";
+import { type GlyphSet, recognizeTextSteps, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
+import {
+	copyRoi,
+	cropRoi,
+	frameGray,
+	frameRgb,
+	maxBrightness,
+	meanBrightness,
+} from "../../image";
+import { all, done, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import { closestBy, matchKey } from "../../text";
 import { LOCALIZED_WEAPON_NAMES } from "../death/localized-messages";
 import { ALL_WEAPON_ENTRIES, type WeaponEntry } from "../death/weapon-names";
-import { type ParsedHeader, parseHeader } from "../scoreboard/header";
+import { parseHeaderSteps } from "../scoreboard/header";
 import type { ScoreboardResources } from "../scoreboard/index";
-import { matchWeapon, type WeaponMatch } from "../scoreboard/weapons";
+import { matchWeaponSteps, type WeaponMatch } from "../scoreboard/weapons";
 import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "../types";
 import {
 	GATE_PANEL_MAX_MEAN,
@@ -89,8 +97,6 @@ function mainWeaponCandidates(): WeaponCandidate[] {
 export function createScoreboardOwnDetector(
 	resources: ScoreboardResources,
 ): Detector<ScoreboardOwnData> {
-	const cv = getCV();
-
 	const titleGlyphs: GlyphSet | null = resources.deathWeaponGlyphs
 		? scaleGlyphSet(
 				resources.deathWeaponGlyphs,
@@ -105,13 +111,11 @@ export function createScoreboardOwnDetector(
 			if (meanBrightness(frame, roi) < GATE_PANEL_MAX_MEAN) panelOk++;
 		}
 
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 		let textOk = 0;
 		for (const roi of GATE_TITLE_TEXT_PROBES) {
 			if (maxBrightness(gray, roi) > GATE_TEXT_MIN_MAX) textOk++;
 		}
-		gray.delete();
 
 		let stripOk = 0;
 		for (let row = 0; row < GEAR_ROWS; row++) {
@@ -131,40 +135,75 @@ export function createScoreboardOwnDetector(
 		return { pass, score };
 	}
 
-	function parse(frame: Mat, t: number): DetectedEvent<ScoreboardOwnData>[] {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
-		const rgb = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
-
-		const confidences: number[] = [];
-
-		// header tags sit at the live scoreboard's positions — shared parser
-		let header: ParsedHeader | null = null;
-		if (resources.headerLobbyGlyphs && resources.headerLineGlyphs) {
-			header = parseHeader(
-				gray,
-				resources.headerLobbyGlyphs,
-				resources.headerLineGlyphs,
-			);
-			confidences.push(header.confidence);
-		}
+	function* parseSteps(
+		frame: Mat,
+		t: number,
+		_gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<ScoreboardOwnData>[]> {
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
+		const rgb = frameRgb(frame);
 
+		const { headerLobbyGlyphs, headerLineGlyphs } = resources;
 		// weapon card title, recognized whole and NOT via readTagBand: the tag is
 		// fixed-width, and long names render condensed, whose dense antialiased
 		// columns fail the tag-column test and truncate the read mid-name
+		const band = titleGlyphs ? copyRoi(gray, WEAPON_TITLE_BAND) : null;
+		// gear-card ability strips: [head, clothes, shoes] x [main, sub, sub, sub]
+		const abilityCrops = abilities
+			? Array.from({ length: GEAR_ROWS }, (_, row) => [
+					cropRoi(rgb, gearMainRoi(row)),
+					...[0, 1, 2].map((slot) => cropRoi(rgb, gearSubRoi(row, slot))),
+				])
+			: [];
+		const [header, title, abilityMatches] = yield* all([
+			// header tags sit at the live scoreboard's positions — shared parser
+			headerLobbyGlyphs && headerLineGlyphs
+				? parseHeaderSteps(
+						gray,
+						headerLobbyGlyphs,
+						headerLineGlyphs,
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+			titleGlyphs && band
+				? recognizeTextSteps(
+						band,
+						titleGlyphs,
+						{
+							binThreshold: WEAPON_TITLE_BIN_THRESHOLD,
+							spaceGap: 9,
+							minCharScore: 0.3,
+						},
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+			all(
+				abilityCrops.map((crops) =>
+					all(
+						crops.map((crop, slot) =>
+							matchWeaponSteps(
+								crop,
+								slot === 0 ? abilities!.mains : abilities!.subs,
+								{ inkThreshold: OWN_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD },
+							),
+						),
+					),
+				),
+			),
+		]);
+		band?.delete();
+		for (const crop of abilityCrops.flat()) crop.delete();
+
+		const confidences: number[] = [];
+		if (header) confidences.push(header.confidence);
+
 		let weapon: string | null = null;
 		let weaponId: MainWeaponId | null = null;
 		let weaponScore = 0;
 		let weaponReading = "";
-		if (titleGlyphs) {
-			const band = copyRoi(gray, WEAPON_TITLE_BAND);
-			weaponReading = recognizeText(band, titleGlyphs, {
-				binThreshold: WEAPON_TITLE_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-				spaceGap: 9,
-				minCharScore: 0.3,
-			}).text.trim();
-			band.delete();
+		if (title) {
+			weaponReading = title.text.trim();
 			const match = weaponReading
 				? closestBy(weaponReading, mainWeaponCandidates(), (c) => c.text)
 				: null;
@@ -178,39 +217,20 @@ export function createScoreboardOwnDetector(
 			confidences.push(weaponScore);
 		}
 
-		// gear-card ability strips: [head, clothes, shoes] x [main, sub, sub, sub]
 		const abilityRows: AbilityWithUnknown[][] = [];
 		const abilityDebug: (WeaponMatch | null)[][] = [];
-		if (abilities) {
-			for (let row = 0; row < GEAR_ROWS; row++) {
-				const ids: AbilityWithUnknown[] = [];
-				const debug: (WeaponMatch | null)[] = [];
-				const mainCrop = cropRoi(rgb, gearMainRoi(row));
-				const main = matchWeapon(mainCrop, abilities.mains, {
-					inkThreshold: OWN_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
-				});
-				mainCrop.delete();
-				ids.push(toAbilityWithUnknown(main.id) ?? "UNKNOWN");
-				debug.push(main);
-				confidences.push(Math.max(0, main.score));
-				for (let slot = 0; slot < 3; slot++) {
-					const crop = cropRoi(rgb, gearSubRoi(row, slot));
-					const sub = matchWeapon(crop, abilities.subs, {
-						inkThreshold: OWN_ABILITY_INK_THRESHOLD,
-					});
-					crop.delete();
-					ids.push(toAbilityWithUnknown(sub.id) ?? "UNKNOWN");
-					debug.push(sub);
-					confidences.push(Math.max(0, sub.score));
-				}
-				abilityRows.push(ids);
-				abilityDebug.push(debug);
+		for (const matches of abilityMatches) {
+			const ids: AbilityWithUnknown[] = [];
+			const debug: (WeaponMatch | null)[] = [];
+			for (const match of matches) {
+				ids.push(toAbilityWithUnknown(match.id) ?? "UNKNOWN");
+				debug.push(match);
+				confidences.push(Math.max(0, match.score));
 			}
+			abilityRows.push(ids);
+			abilityDebug.push(debug);
 		}
 
-		gray.delete();
-		rgb.delete();
-
 		const confidence =
 			confidences.length > 0
 				? confidences.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / confidences.length
@@ -247,6 +267,8 @@ export function createScoreboardOwnDetector(
 		id: "scoreboard-own",
 		sufficientConfidence: 0.55,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/banner.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/banner.ts
index 8c3de4b75..2a82dd30b 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/banner.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/banner.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import {
 	type GlyphSet,
 	type RecognizedChar,
 	type RecognizedText,
-	recognizeText,
+	recognizeTextSteps,
 } from "../../glyphs";
 import { copyRoi, type Roi } from "../../image";
+import { all, type MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 
 /** The count a knockout wins at — the burst hides it, so it is never read. */
 export const KO_MATCH_SCORE = 100;
@@ -83,31 +84,41 @@ const EMPTY_READ: BannerScoreRead = {
 
 /**
  * One banner side's score: each digit set at each threshold, best read kept
- * (isBetterRead). The score is the trailing run of full-height, confident
- * digits; label and burst leftovers fail at least one of those tests.
+ * (isBetterRead); every combination reads in one lockstep. The score is the
+ * trailing run of full-height, confident digits; label and burst leftovers
+ * fail at least one of those tests.
  */
-export function parseBannerScore(
+export function* parseBannerScoreSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	roi: Roi,
 	sets: readonly GlyphSet[],
-): BannerScoreRead {
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<BannerScoreRead> {
 	const crop = copyRoi(gray, roi);
 	clearShortBlobs(crop);
-	let best = EMPTY_READ;
-	for (const binThreshold of [
+	const reads = [
 		BANNER_SCORE_BIN_THRESHOLD,
 		BANNER_SCORE_BRIGHT_BIN_THRESHOLD,
 		BANNER_SCORE_BRIGHTEST_BIN_THRESHOLD,
-	]) {
-		for (const set of sets) {
-			const raw = recognizeText(crop, set, {
-				binThreshold,
-				spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-				minCharScore: 0.3,
-			});
-			const read = trailingDigitRun(raw, set);
-			if (isBetterRead(read, best)) best = read;
-		}
+	].flatMap((binThreshold) => sets.map((set) => ({ binThreshold, set })));
+	const raws = yield* all(
+		reads.map(({ binThreshold, set }) =>
+			recognizeTextSteps(
+				crop,
+				set,
+				{
+					binThreshold,
+					spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+					minCharScore: 0.3,
+				},
+				speculative,
+			),
+		),
+	);
+	let best = EMPTY_READ;
+	for (const [i, { set }] of reads.entries()) {
+		const read = trailingDigitRun(raws[i]!, set);
+		if (isBetterRead(read, best)) best = read;
 	}
 	crop.delete();
 	return best;
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/digits.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/digits.ts
index d025ea049..68b6fb93c 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/digits.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/digits.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import type { Mat } from "../../cv";
 import {
 	type GlyphSet,
 	type RecognizedText,
-	recognizeText,
+	recognizeTextSteps,
 } from "../../glyphs";
+import type { MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 
 export interface ParsedNumber {
 	value: number | null;
@@ -18,16 +19,22 @@ export interface ParsedNumber {
 /** A lowercase "p" suffix starts ~7px below the digits' cap line; a trailing char this far down is the suffix. */
 const LOWERED_TRAILING_MIN_PX = 5;
 
-export function parseNumber(
+export function* parseNumberSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	digits: GlyphSet,
 	options: { binThreshold?: number; dropLoweredTrailing?: boolean } = {},
-): ParsedNumber {
-	const raw = recognizeText(gray, digits, {
-		spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-		minCharScore: 0.3,
-		binThreshold: options.binThreshold,
-	});
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<ParsedNumber> {
+	const raw = yield* recognizeTextSteps(
+		gray,
+		digits,
+		{
+			spaceGap: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+			minCharScore: 0.3,
+			binThreshold: options.binThreshold,
+		},
+		speculative,
+	);
 	// the replay paint's "p" suffix can land inside the ROI and misread as a "6"
 	let chars = raw.chars;
 	if (options.dropLoweredTrailing && chars.length > 1) {
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/header.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/header.ts
index d5bb61711..be1bab997 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/header.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/header.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
 import {
 	type GlyphSet,
 	type RecognizeOptions,
-	recognizeText,
+	recognizeTextSteps,
 } from "../../glyphs";
 import { copyRoi } from "../../image";
 import { ALL_LOBBY_ENTRIES, MODE_STAGE_COMBOS } from "../../localized";
+import { all, type MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 import { closestBy } from "../../text";
 import { HEADER_LINE_BAND, HEADER_LOBBY_BAND } from "./rois";
 
@@ -99,12 +100,13 @@ export interface TagBandOptions extends RecognizeOptions {
 }
 
 /** OCR one header band: trim to the black-tag extent, recognize as a single line. */
-export function readTagBand(
+export function* readTagBandSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	band: { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number },
 	glyphs: GlyphSet,
 	options: TagBandOptions = {},
-): string {
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<string> {
 	const crop = copyRoi(gray, band);
 	const { start, end } = tagExtent(
 		crop,
@@ -122,22 +124,30 @@ export function readTagBand(
 	view.copyTo(trimmed);
 	view.delete();
 	crop.delete();
-	const result = recognizeText(trimmed, glyphs, {
-		spaceGap: 9,
-		minCharScore: 0.3,
-		...options,
-	});
+	const result = yield* recognizeTextSteps(
+		trimmed,
+		glyphs,
+		{
+			spaceGap: 9,
+			minCharScore: 0.3,
+			...options,
+		},
+		speculative,
+	);
 	trimmed.delete();
 	return result.text.trim();
 }
 
-export function parseHeader(
+export function* parseHeaderSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	lobbyGlyphs: GlyphSet,
 	lineGlyphs: GlyphSet,
-): ParsedHeader {
-	const lobbyReading = readTagBand(gray, HEADER_LOBBY_BAND, lobbyGlyphs);
-	const lineReading = readTagBand(gray, HEADER_LINE_BAND, lineGlyphs);
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<ParsedHeader> {
+	const [lobbyReading, lineReading] = yield* all([
+		readTagBandSteps(gray, HEADER_LOBBY_BAND, lobbyGlyphs, {}, speculative),
+		readTagBandSteps(gray, HEADER_LINE_BAND, lineGlyphs, {}, speculative),
+	]);
 
 	const lobbyMatch = lobbyReading
 		? closestBy(lobbyReading, ALL_LOBBY_ENTRIES, (e) => e.text)
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/index.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/index.ts
index 9c884b233..02bab59c2 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/index.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/index.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,24 @@ import type {
 	StageId,
 } from "~/modules/in-game-lists/types";
 import type { ScannerLobby } from "../../../scanner-types";
-import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
+import type { Mat } from "../../cv";
 import { type GlyphSet, scaleGlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
-import { cropRoi, maxBrightness, meanBrightness } from "../../image";
+import {
+	cropRoi,
+	frameGray,
+	frameRgb,
+	maxBrightness,
+	meanBrightness,
+} from "../../image";
+import { all, done, type MatchSteps, runSync } from "../../match-steps";
 import type { DetectedEvent, Detector, GateResult } from "../types";
 import {
 	FULL_COUNT_TEAM_SCORE,
-	parseBannerScore,
+	parseBannerScoreSteps,
 	resolveMatchScores,
 } from "./banner";
-import { parseNumber } from "./digits";
-import { type ParsedHeader, parseHeader } from "./header";
+import { parseNumberSteps } from "./digits";
+import { parseHeaderSteps } from "./header";
 import { findPovIndex } from "./pov";
 import {
 	GATE_DARK_MAX_MEAN,
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ import {
 	TEAM_SCORE_ROIS,
 	weaponRoi,
 } from "./rois";
-import { parseScoreboardRow, type RowRois } from "./row";
+import { parseScoreboardRowSteps, type RowRois } from "./row";
 import type { SpecialMatch, SpecialTemplate } from "./specials";
 import type { WeaponMatch, WeaponTemplate } from "./weapons";
 
@@ -159,7 +166,6 @@ export const SCOREBOARD_EVENT_TYPE = "Scoreboard";
 export function createScoreboardDetector(
 	resources: ScoreboardResources,
 ): Detector<ScoreboardData> {
-	const cv = getCV();
 	const teamDigits =
 		resources.teamDigits ??
 		(resources.paintDigits
@@ -175,8 +181,7 @@ export function createScoreboardDetector(
 		: [];
 
 	function gate(frame: Mat): GateResult {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
 
 		let darkOk = 0;
 		let suffixOk = 0;
@@ -190,7 +195,6 @@ export function createScoreboardDetector(
 		for (const roi of GATE_PANEL_PROBES) {
 			if (meanBrightness(frame, roi) < GATE_PANEL_MAX_MEAN) panelOk++;
 		}
-		gray.delete();
 
 		const score =
 			(darkOk / ROW_CENTERS.length +
@@ -201,15 +205,14 @@ export function createScoreboardDetector(
 		return { pass, score };
 	}
 
-	function parse(frame: Mat, t: number): DetectedEvent<ScoreboardData>[] {
-		const gray = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
-		const rgb = new cv.Mat();
-		cv.cvtColor(frame, rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
-
-		const players: ScoreboardPlayer[] = [];
-		const rowDebug: ScoreboardRowDebug[] = [];
-		const confidences: number[] = [];
+	function* parseSteps(
+		frame: Mat,
+		t: number,
+		_gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<ScoreboardData>[]> {
+		const gray = frameGray(frame);
+		const rgb = frameRgb(frame);
 
 		const rowRois: RowRois = {
 			weapon: weaponRoi,
@@ -219,58 +222,79 @@ export function createScoreboardDetector(
 			stat: statRoi,
 			povArrow: povArrowRoi,
 		};
-		for (const cy of ROW_CENTERS) {
-			const row = parseScoreboardRow(
-				gray,
-				rgb,
-				cy,
-				rowRois,
-				resources,
-				confidences,
-			);
-			players.push(row.player);
-			rowDebug.push(row.debug);
-		}
+		const { headerLobbyGlyphs, headerLineGlyphs } = resources;
+		// the total sits on the team-colored swirl box, so binarize higher than on black pills
+		const totalCrop = teamDigits ? cropRoi(gray, TEAM_SCORE_ROIS[0]) : null;
+		const [rows, header, winnerTotal, banners] = yield* all([
+			all(
+				ROW_CENTERS.map((cy) =>
+					parseScoreboardRowSteps(
+						gray,
+						rgb,
+						cy,
+						rowRois,
+						resources,
+						{},
+						speculative,
+					),
+				),
+			),
+			headerLobbyGlyphs && headerLineGlyphs
+				? parseHeaderSteps(
+						gray,
+						headerLobbyGlyphs,
+						headerLineGlyphs,
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+			teamDigits && totalCrop
+				? parseNumberSteps(
+						totalCrop,
+						teamDigits,
+						{ binThreshold: 175 },
+						speculative,
+					)
+				: done(null),
+			matchScoreSets.length > 0
+				? all([
+						parseBannerScoreSteps(
+							gray,
+							MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[0],
+							matchScoreSets,
+							speculative,
+						),
+						parseBannerScoreSteps(
+							gray,
+							MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[1],
+							matchScoreSets,
+							speculative,
+						),
+					])
+				: done(null),
+		]);
+		totalCrop?.delete();
+
+		const players = rows.map((row) => row.player);
+		const rowDebug = rows.map((row) => row.debug);
+		const confidences = rows.flatMap((row) => row.confidences);
 		const povIndex = findPovIndex(rowDebug.map((r) => r.povFraction));
 
-		let header: ParsedHeader | null = null;
-		if (resources.headerLobbyGlyphs && resources.headerLineGlyphs) {
-			header = parseHeader(
-				gray,
-				resources.headerLobbyGlyphs,
-				resources.headerLineGlyphs,
-			);
-			confidences.push(header.confidence);
-		}
+		if (header) confidences.push(header.confidence);
 
 		// the winner's total is read only to recognize a knockout: only a full 100
 		// count reaches 500, and the banner value is hidden under the KNOCKOUT! burst
-		let knockout = false;
-		let winnerTotalConf = 0;
-		if (teamDigits) {
-			// the total sits on the team-colored swirl box, so binarize higher than on black pills
-			const crop = cropRoi(gray, TEAM_SCORE_ROIS[0]);
-			const winnerTotal = parseNumber(crop, teamDigits, {
-				binThreshold: 175,
-			});
-			crop.delete();
-			knockout = winnerTotal.value === FULL_COUNT_TEAM_SCORE;
-			winnerTotalConf = winnerTotal.confidence;
-		}
+		const knockout = winnerTotal?.value === FULL_COUNT_TEAM_SCORE;
+		const winnerTotalConf = winnerTotal?.confidence ?? 0;
 
 		let matchScores: [number | null, number | null] = [null, null];
 		let bannerDebug: object | undefined;
-		if (matchScoreSets.length > 0) {
-			const left = parseBannerScore(gray, MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[0], matchScoreSets);
-			const right = parseBannerScore(gray, MATCH_SCORE_ROIS[1], matchScoreSets);
+		if (banners) {
+			const [left, right] = banners;
 			matchScores = resolveMatchScores({ left, right, knockout });
 			confidences.push(left.confidence, right.confidence);
 			bannerDebug = { left, right, knockout, winnerTotalConf };
 		}
 
-		gray.delete();
-		rgb.delete();
-
 		const confidence =
 			confidences.length > 0
 				? confidences.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / confidences.length
@@ -303,6 +327,8 @@ export function createScoreboardDetector(
 		id: "scoreboard",
 		sufficientConfidence: 0.79,
 		gate,
-		parse,
+		parse: (frame, t, gateResult) =>
+			runSync(parseSteps(frame, t, gateResult, false)),
+		parseSteps,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/names.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/names.ts
index 9faa63549..109356d75 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/names.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/names.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import {
 	type GlyphSet,
 	type RecognizedChar,
 	type RecognizedText,
-	recognizeText,
+	recognizeTextSteps,
 } from "../../glyphs";
+import type { MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 
 export interface ParsedName {
 	name: string;
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@ function preferPlainTies(raw: RecognizedText, margin: number): RecognizedText {
 	return { ...raw, text: retext(raw.text, chars), chars };
 }
 
-export function parseName(
+export function* parseNameSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	glyphs: GlyphSet,
 	options: {
@@ -525,14 +526,20 @@ export function parseName(
 		/** re-decide near-tie homoglyphs toward the plain form (preferPlainTies) */
 		plainTieMargin?: number;
 	} = {},
-): ParsedName {
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<ParsedName> {
 	const binThreshold = options.binThreshold ?? DEFAULT_BIN_THRESHOLD;
-	const recognized = recognizeText(gray, glyphs, {
-		spaceGap: options.spaceGap ?? 7,
-		binThreshold,
-		minCharScore: 0.35,
-		maxCandidates: NAME_MAX_CANDIDATES,
-	});
+	const recognized = yield* recognizeTextSteps(
+		gray,
+		glyphs,
+		{
+			spaceGap: options.spaceGap ?? 7,
+			binThreshold,
+			minCharScore: 0.35,
+			maxCandidates: NAME_MAX_CANDIDATES,
+		},
+		speculative,
+	);
 	const raw =
 		options.plainTieMargin === undefined
 			? recognized
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/row.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/row.ts
index b0f720f96..16487a086 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/row.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/row.ts
@@ -7,18 +7,23 @@ import { toMainWeaponId } from "../../../scanner-types";
 import type { Mat } from "../../cv";
 import type { GlyphSet } from "../../glyphs";
 import { cropRoi, type Roi } from "../../image";
-import { type ParsedNumber, parseNumber } from "./digits";
+import { all, type MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
+import { type ParsedNumber, parseNumberSteps } from "./digits";
 import type { ScoreboardPlayer, ScoreboardRowDebug } from "./index";
-import { parseName } from "./names";
+import { type ParsedName, parseNameSteps } from "./names";
 import { povYellowFraction } from "./pov";
 import {
 	disambiguateWeaponBySpecial,
-	matchSpecial,
+	matchSpecialSteps,
 	type SpecialMatch,
 	type SpecialTemplate,
 	tiedWeaponsWithDistinctSpecials,
 } from "./specials";
-import { matchWeapon, type WeaponMatch, type WeaponTemplate } from "./weapons";
+import {
+	matchWeaponSteps,
+	type WeaponMatch,
+	type WeaponTemplate,
+} from "./weapons";
 
 /** Per-row ROI geometry; the replay detector closes these over its panel dx. */
 export interface RowRois {
@@ -45,77 +50,41 @@ export interface RowOptions {
 	paintDropLoweredTrailing?: boolean;
 }
 
-/** Parses one player row; per-field confidences append to `confidences`. */
-export function parseScoreboardRow(
+/**
+ * Parses one player row; its per-field confidences come back in field order
+ * (weapon, paint, name, stats). Weapon, paint→name and the stats read in one
+ * lockstep.
+ */
+export function* parseScoreboardRowSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	rgb: Mat,
 	cy: number,
 	rois: RowRois,
 	resources: RowResources,
-	confidences: number[],
 	options: RowOptions = {},
-): { player: ScoreboardPlayer; debug: ScoreboardRowDebug } {
-	let weapon: WeaponMatch | null = null;
-	let special: SpecialMatch | undefined;
-	if (resources.weapons.length > 0) {
-		const crop = cropRoi(rgb, rois.weapon(cy));
-		weapon = matchWeapon(
-			crop,
-			resources.weapons,
-			options.weaponInkThreshold !== undefined
-				? { inkThreshold: options.weaponInkThreshold }
-				: {},
-		);
-		crop.delete();
-		// near-tied icons with different kit specials: the row's special icon breaks the tie
-		if (resources.specials?.length && tiedWeaponsWithDistinctSpecials(weapon)) {
-			const spCrop = cropRoi(rgb, rois.specialIcon(cy));
-			special = matchSpecial(spCrop, resources.specials);
-			spCrop.delete();
-			weapon = disambiguateWeaponBySpecial(weapon, special);
-		}
-		confidences.push(Math.max(0, weapon.score));
-	}
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<{
+	player: ScoreboardPlayer;
+	debug: ScoreboardRowDebug;
+	confidences: number[];
+}> {
+	const [weaponRead, { paint, name }, stats] = yield* all([
+		readWeapon(rgb, cy, rois, resources, options),
+		readPaintAndName(gray, cy, rois, resources, options, speculative),
+		readStats(gray, cy, rois, resources, speculative),
+	]);
+	const { weapon, special } = weaponRead ?? { weapon: null };
 
-	// paint (parse first so the name region can be trimmed at the digits)
-	let paint: ParsedNumber | null = null;
-	const pRoi = rois.paint(cy);
-	if (resources.paintDigits) {
-		const crop = cropRoi(gray, pRoi);
-		paint = parseNumber(crop, resources.paintDigits, {
-			dropLoweredTrailing: options.paintDropLoweredTrailing,
-		});
-		crop.delete();
-		confidences.push(paint.confidence);
-	}
-
-	// name, trimmed at the leftmost paint digit
-	let name: ReturnType<typeof parseName> | null = null;
-	if (resources.nameGlyphs) {
-		const base = rois.name(cy);
-		const paintLeftAbs =
-			paint && paint.leftX !== null ? pRoi.x + paint.leftX : pRoi.x + pRoi.w;
-		const w = Math.min(base.w, Math.max(0, paintLeftAbs - 6 - base.x));
-		if (w > 8) {
-			const crop = cropRoi(gray, { ...base, w });
-			name = parseName(crop, resources.nameGlyphs);
-			crop.delete();
-			confidences.push(name.confidence);
-		}
-	}
-
-	// stat counters
+	const confidences: number[] = [];
+	if (weapon) confidences.push(Math.max(0, weapon.score));
+	if (paint) confidences.push(paint.confidence);
+	if (name) confidences.push(name.confidence);
 	const statValues: (number | null)[] = [null, null, null];
 	const statScores: [number, number, number] = [0, 0, 0];
-	if (resources.statDigits) {
-		for (const i of [0, 1, 2] as const) {
-			const crop = cropRoi(gray, rois.stat(cy, i));
-			const parsed = parseNumber(crop, resources.statDigits);
-			crop.delete();
-			statValues[i] = parsed.value;
-			statScores[i] = parsed.confidence;
-			confidences.push(parsed.confidence);
-		}
+	for (const [i, parsed] of (stats ?? []).entries()) {
+		statValues[i] = parsed.value;
+		statScores[i] = parsed.confidence;
+		confidences.push(parsed.confidence);
 	}
 
 	return {
@@ -135,5 +104,90 @@ export function parseScoreboardRow(
 			statScores,
 			povFraction: povYellowFraction(rgb, rois.povArrow(cy)),
 		},
+		confidences,
 	};
 }
+
+function* readWeapon(
+	rgb: Mat,
+	cy: number,
+	rois: RowRois,
+	resources: RowResources,
+	options: RowOptions,
+): MatchSteps<{ weapon: WeaponMatch; special?: SpecialMatch } | null> {
+	if (resources.weapons.length === 0) return null;
+	const crop = cropRoi(rgb, rois.weapon(cy));
+	let weapon = yield* matchWeaponSteps(
+		crop,
+		resources.weapons,
+		options.weaponInkThreshold !== undefined
+			? { inkThreshold: options.weaponInkThreshold }
+			: {},
+	);
+	crop.delete();
+	// near-tied icons with different kit specials: the row's special icon breaks the tie
+	let special: SpecialMatch | undefined;
+	if (resources.specials?.length && tiedWeaponsWithDistinctSpecials(weapon)) {
+		const spCrop = cropRoi(rgb, rois.specialIcon(cy));
+		special = yield* matchSpecialSteps(spCrop, resources.specials);
+		spCrop.delete();
+		weapon = disambiguateWeaponBySpecial(weapon, special);
+	}
+	return { weapon, special };
+}
+
+/** Paint first, so the name region can be trimmed at the leftmost paint digit. */
+function* readPaintAndName(
+	gray: Mat,
+	cy: number,
+	rois: RowRois,
+	resources: RowResources,
+	options: RowOptions,
+	speculative: boolean,
+): MatchSteps<{ paint: ParsedNumber | null; name: ParsedName | null }> {
+	let paint: ParsedNumber | null = null;
+	const pRoi = rois.paint(cy);
+	if (resources.paintDigits) {
+		const crop = cropRoi(gray, pRoi);
+		paint = yield* parseNumberSteps(
+			crop,
+			resources.paintDigits,
+			{ dropLoweredTrailing: options.paintDropLoweredTrailing },
+			speculative,
+		);
+		crop.delete();
+	}
+
+	let name: ParsedName | null = null;
+	if (resources.nameGlyphs) {
+		const base = rois.name(cy);
+		const paintLeftAbs =
+			paint && paint.leftX !== null ? pRoi.x + paint.leftX : pRoi.x + pRoi.w;
+		const w = Math.min(base.w, Math.max(0, paintLeftAbs - 6 - base.x));
+		if (w > 8) {
+			const crop = cropRoi(gray, { ...base, w });
+			name = yield* parseNameSteps(crop, resources.nameGlyphs, {}, speculative);
+			crop.delete();
+		}
+	}
+	return { paint, name };
+}
+
+function* readStats(
+	gray: Mat,
+	cy: number,
+	rois: RowRois,
+	resources: RowResources,
+	speculative: boolean,
+): MatchSteps<ParsedNumber[] | null> {
+	const { statDigits } = resources;
+	if (!statDigits) return null;
+	const crops = ([0, 1, 2] as const).map((i) =>
+		cropRoi(gray, rois.stat(cy, i)),
+	);
+	const parsed = yield* all(
+		crops.map((crop) => parseNumberSteps(crop, statDigits, {}, speculative)),
+	);
+	for (const crop of crops) crop.delete();
+	return parsed;
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/specials.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/specials.ts
index 1545af81e..ba7c9c9ea 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/specials.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/specials.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  * enough since it only splits near-tied main icons (Splash- vs Sploosh-o-matic)
  * whose kit silhouettes are far apart (stamp vs crab, bomb vs beakon).
  */
-import { getCV, type Mat, minMaxLoc } from "../../cv";
+import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
 import type { FrameData } from "../../image";
+import type { MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 import { WEAPON_KITS } from "./kits";
 import type { WeaponMatch } from "./weapons";
 
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ const SPECIAL_INK_THRESHOLD = 48;
 
 export interface SpecialTemplate {
 	id: string;
-	/** binary silhouette + ink pixel count at each templateSizes entry */
-	sizes: { mat: Mat; ink: number }[];
+	/** binary silhouette (dimensions mirrored off embind) + ink pixel count at each templateSizes entry */
+	sizes: { mat: Mat; rows: number; cols: number; ink: number }[];
 }
 
 export interface SpecialMatch {
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export function prepareSpecialTemplates(
 			resized.delete();
 			let ink = 0;
 			for (const v of mat.data) if (v > 0) ink++;
-			return { mat, ink };
+			return { mat, rows: mat.rows, cols: mat.cols, ink };
 		});
 		silhouette.delete();
 		return { id, sizes };
@@ -89,10 +90,10 @@ export function prepareSpecialTemplates(
 }
 
 /** searchRgb: RGB crop of the icon ROI (view is fine); binarized on max(r,g,b) so any tint reads as shape. */
-export function matchSpecial(
+export function* matchSpecialSteps(
 	searchRgb: Mat,
 	templates: SpecialTemplate[],
-): SpecialMatch {
+): MatchSteps<SpecialMatch> {
 	const cv = getCV();
 
 	// binarized copy of the search region (pixel access needs a copy)
@@ -112,14 +113,20 @@ export function matchSpecial(
 	}
 	cont.delete();
 
-	const result = new cv.Mat();
+	const sizesOf = (template: SpecialTemplate) =>
+		template.sizes.filter((size) => size.rows <= rows && size.cols <= cols);
+	const [scoreOf] = yield [
+		{
+			image: binary,
+			templates: templates.flatMap((t) => sizesOf(t).map((s) => s.mat)),
+		},
+	];
 	const ranked: { id: string; score: number }[] = [];
+	let index = 0;
 	for (const template of templates) {
 		let score = -1;
-		for (const { mat, ink } of template.sizes) {
-			if (mat.rows > binary.rows || mat.cols > binary.cols) continue;
-			cv.matchTemplate(binary, mat, result, cv.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED);
-			const { maxVal } = minMaxLoc(result);
+		for (const { ink } of sizesOf(template)) {
+			const maxVal = scoreOf!(index++);
 			const r =
 				Math.min(ink, searchInk) / Math.max(Math.max(ink, searchInk), 1);
 			const adjusted = maxVal * (0.75 + 0.25 * r);
@@ -127,7 +134,6 @@ export function matchSpecial(
 		}
 		ranked.push({ id: template.id, score });
 	}
-	result.delete();
 	binary.delete();
 	ranked.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);
 	return {
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/weapons.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/weapons.ts
index 1227208fd..90a66c1fb 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/weapons.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scoreboard/weapons.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
  * template can't win on a lucky sub-window of a bigger icon. Large sets run
  * coarse-to-fine (quarter-res ranking, shortlist re-matched at full res).
  */
-import { getCV, type Mat, minMaxLoc } from "../../cv";
+import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../cv";
 import type { FrameData } from "../../image";
+import type { MatchSteps } from "../../match-steps";
 
 /** Icon heights to try: live rows ~44-56px, replay browser ~60-64px (skipped inside the live 56px ROI). */
 const WEAPON_TEMPLATE_SIZES = [40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64] as const;
@@ -34,11 +35,14 @@ const COARSE_SCALE = 0.25;
 /** How many coarse-ranked ids survive into the full-resolution pass. */
 const COARSE_SHORTLIST = 16;
 
+/** `rows`/`cols` mirror the mat's dimensions, kept off the embind accessors in the matching loops. */
 export interface TemplateSize {
 	mat: Mat;
+	rows: number;
+	cols: number;
 	ink: number;
 	/** the same template at COARSE_SCALE, for the coarse ranking pass */
-	coarse: { mat: Mat; ink: number };
+	coarse: { mat: Mat; rows: number; cols: number; ink: number };
 }
 
 export interface WeaponTemplate {
@@ -115,8 +119,15 @@ export function buildTemplateSizes(
 		);
 		return {
 			mat,
+			rows: mat.rows,
+			cols: mat.cols,
 			ink: countInkRgb(mat, inkThreshold),
-			coarse: { mat: coarseMat, ink: countInkRgb(coarseMat, inkThreshold) },
+			coarse: {
+				mat: coarseMat,
+				rows: coarseMat.rows,
+				cols: coarseMat.cols,
+				ink: countInkRgb(coarseMat, inkThreshold),
+			},
 		};
 	});
 }
@@ -218,11 +229,11 @@ function compositeOnBackground(rgba: Mat, background: number): Mat {
  * COARSE_SHORTLIST ids; scoped ids drag their unscoped twin along for the
  * tie-break. Null when no coarse template fits.
  */
-function coarseShortlist(
+function* coarseShortlist(
 	searchRgb: Mat,
 	templates: WeaponTemplate[],
 	inkThreshold: number,
-): Set<string> | null {
+): MatchSteps<Set<string> | null> {
 	const cv = getCV();
 	const region = new cv.Mat();
 	cv.resize(
@@ -235,21 +246,31 @@ function coarseShortlist(
 	);
 	const searchInk = countInkRgb(region, inkThreshold);
 
-	const result = new cv.Mat();
-	const scored: { id: string; score: number }[] = [];
 	const searchRows = searchRgb.rows;
 	const searchCols = searchRgb.cols;
 	const regionRows = region.rows;
 	const regionCols = region.cols;
+	// gate on the *full-res* dims so a size competes here iff it competes in the full pass
+	const sizesOf = (template: WeaponTemplate) =>
+		template.sizes.filter(
+			({ rows, cols, coarse }) =>
+				rows <= searchRows &&
+				cols <= searchCols &&
+				coarse.rows <= regionRows &&
+				coarse.cols <= regionCols,
+		);
+	const [scoreOf] = yield [
+		{
+			image: region,
+			templates: templates.flatMap((t) => sizesOf(t).map((s) => s.coarse.mat)),
+		},
+	];
+	const scored: { id: string; score: number }[] = [];
+	let index = 0;
 	for (const template of templates) {
 		let score = -1;
-		for (const { mat, coarse } of template.sizes) {
-			// gate on the *full-res* dims so a size competes here iff it competes in the full pass
-			if (mat.rows > searchRows || mat.cols > searchCols) continue;
-			if (coarse.mat.rows > regionRows || coarse.mat.cols > regionCols)
-				continue;
-			cv.matchTemplate(region, coarse.mat, result, cv.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED);
-			const { maxVal } = minMaxLoc(result);
+		for (const { coarse } of sizesOf(template)) {
+			const maxVal = scoreOf!(index++);
 			const r =
 				Math.min(coarse.ink, searchInk) /
 				Math.max(Math.max(coarse.ink, searchInk), 1);
@@ -258,7 +279,6 @@ function coarseShortlist(
 		}
 		if (score > -1) scored.push({ id: template.id, score });
 	}
-	result.delete();
 	region.delete();
 	if (scored.length === 0) return null;
 
@@ -274,13 +294,14 @@ function coarseShortlist(
 /**
  * searchRgb: RGB crop of the weapon ROI (view is fine). Raise inkThreshold on
  * screens with lighter pills (replay browser ~61 vs live ~12) or everything
- * counts as ink and the coverage penalty collapses.
+ * counts as ink and the coverage penalty collapses. Runs as match steps: a
+ * coarse shortlist pass, then one full-res pass.
  */
-export function matchWeapon(
+export function* matchWeaponSteps(
 	searchRgb: Mat,
 	templates: WeaponTemplate[],
 	options: { inkThreshold?: number; topN?: number } = {},
-): WeaponMatch {
+): MatchSteps<WeaponMatch> {
 	const cv = getCV();
 	const inkThreshold = options.inkThreshold ?? INK_THRESHOLD;
 	const topN = options.topN ?? 3;
@@ -294,20 +315,28 @@ export function matchWeapon(
 	// below ~2x the shortlist size the coarse pass costs more calls than it saves
 	let pool = templates;
 	if (templates.length > COARSE_SHORTLIST * 2) {
-		const ids = coarseShortlist(searchRgb, templates, inkThreshold);
+		const ids = yield* coarseShortlist(searchRgb, templates, inkThreshold);
 		if (ids) pool = templates.filter((t) => ids.has(t.id));
 	}
 
-	const result = new cv.Mat();
 	const best = new Map<string, number>();
 	const searchRows = searchRgb.rows;
 	const searchCols = searchRgb.cols;
+	const sizesOf = (template: WeaponTemplate) =>
+		template.sizes.filter(
+			({ rows, cols }) => rows <= searchRows && cols <= searchCols,
+		);
+	const [scoreOf] = yield [
+		{
+			image: searchRgb,
+			templates: pool.flatMap((t) => sizesOf(t).map((s) => s.mat)),
+		},
+	];
+	let index = 0;
 	for (const template of pool) {
 		let score = -1;
-		for (const { mat, ink } of template.sizes) {
-			if (mat.rows > searchRows || mat.cols > searchCols) continue;
-			cv.matchTemplate(searchRgb, mat, result, cv.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED);
-			const { maxVal } = minMaxLoc(result);
+		for (const { ink } of sizesOf(template)) {
+			const maxVal = scoreOf!(index++);
 			const r =
 				Math.min(ink, searchInk) / Math.max(Math.max(ink, searchInk), 1);
 			const adjusted = maxVal * (0.75 + 0.25 * r);
@@ -315,7 +344,6 @@ export function matchWeapon(
 		}
 		best.set(template.id, score);
 	}
-	result.delete();
 	const ranked = [...best.entries()]
 		.map(([id, score]) => ({ id, score }))
 		.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/telemetry.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/telemetry.ts
index 5b1b5dc81..1d010c337 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/telemetry.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/telemetry.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export interface ScanTelemetry {
 	/** video seconds covered by keyframe-hop skimming (chunk scan) */
 	skimVideoS: number;
 	wallMs: number;
+	/** scans (workers) that matched on WebGPU, and their summed wait for GPU results */
+	gpuScans: number;
+	gpuWaitMs: number;
 	detectors: Record<string, DetectorTelemetry>;
 }
 
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ export function createScanTelemetry(): ScanTelemetry {
 		activeVideoS: 0,
 		skimVideoS: 0,
 		wallMs: 0,
+		gpuScans: 0,
+		gpuWaitMs: 0,
 		detectors: {},
 	};
 }
@@ -68,6 +73,8 @@ export function mergeScanTelemetry(
 		out.activeVideoS += part.activeVideoS;
 		out.skimVideoS += part.skimVideoS;
 		out.wallMs = Math.max(out.wallMs, part.wallMs);
+		out.gpuScans += part.gpuScans;
+		out.gpuWaitMs += part.gpuWaitMs;
 		for (const [id, d] of Object.entries(part.detectors)) {
 			const bucket = detectorTelemetry(out, id);
 			bucket.checks += d.checks;
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/types.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/types.ts
index c8e36aafb..98ee4b019 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/types.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/detectors/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Mat } from "../cv";
+import type { MatchSteps } from "../match-steps";
 
 export interface DetectedEvent<TData = unknown> {
 	type: string;
@@ -70,4 +71,14 @@ export interface Detector<TData = unknown> {
 	attachFrame?: boolean;
 	gate(frame: Mat): GateResult;
 	parse(frame: Mat, t: number, gate?: GateResult): DetectedEvent<TData>[];
+	/**
+	 * parse() as match steps (match-steps.ts) for a batching driver; `parse`
+	 * must equal runSync of it. `speculative` prefetches candidate sets.
+	 */
+	parseSteps(
+		frame: Mat,
+		t: number,
+		gate: GateResult | undefined,
+		speculative: boolean,
+	): MatchSteps<DetectedEvent<TData>[]>;
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/glyphs.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/glyphs.ts
index 3fdd625fd..0f19244ad 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/glyphs.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/glyphs.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 import { getCV, type Mat } from "./cv";
 import type { FrameData } from "./image";
+import { all, type MatchSteps } from "./match-steps";
 
 interface AtlasGlyphMeta {
 	char: string;
@@ -38,12 +39,15 @@ interface Glyph {
 	char: string;
 	/** grayscale white-on-black, tight box */
 	mat: Mat;
+	/** `mat`'s dimensions, kept off the embind accessors in the matching loops */
+	rows: number;
+	cols: number;
 	/** count of pixels above the binarization threshold */
 	ink: number;
 	/** exact fixture crop vs font-rendered approximation */
 	source: "fixture" | "font";
 	/** lazily-built PRESCREEN_SCALE thumbnail for the eligibility prescreen */
-	small?: Mat;
+	small?: { mat: Mat; rows: number; cols: number };
 }
 
 export interface GlyphSet {
@@ -75,10 +79,17 @@ export function loadGlyphSet(atlas: FrameData, meta: AtlasMeta): GlyphSet {
 		let ink = 0;
 		for (const v of mat.data) if (v > TEMPLATE_BIN_THRESHOLD) ink++;
 		// untagged glyphs predate hybrid atlases and were all fixture crops
-		return { char: g.char, mat, ink, source: g.source ?? "fixture" };
+		return {
+			char: g.char,
+			mat,
+			rows: mat.rows,
+			cols: mat.cols,
+			ink,
+			source: g.source ?? "fixture",
+		};
 	});
 	gray.delete();
-	const widths = glyphs.map((g) => g.mat.cols).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+	const widths = glyphs.map((g) => g.cols).sort((a, b) => a - b);
 	const medianWidth = widths[Math.floor(widths.length / 2)] ?? 8;
 	return { glyphs, height: meta.height, medianWidth };
 }
@@ -91,7 +102,14 @@ export function scaleGlyphSet(set: GlyphSet, factor: number): GlyphSet {
 		cv.resize(g.mat, mat, new cv.Size(0, 0), factor, factor, cv.INTER_CUBIC);
 		let ink = 0;
 		for (const v of mat.data) if (v > TEMPLATE_BIN_THRESHOLD) ink++;
-		return { char: g.char, mat, ink, source: g.source };
+		return {
+			char: g.char,
+			mat,
+			rows: mat.rows,
+			cols: mat.cols,
+			ink,
+			source: g.source,
+		};
 	});
 	return {
 		glyphs,
@@ -325,7 +343,14 @@ const PRESCREEN_SCALE = 0.5;
 const PRESCREEN_MARGIN = 0.3;
 const PRESCREEN_MAX_KEEP = 1024;
 
-function classifySegment(
+type RankedCandidate = {
+	char: string;
+	score: number;
+	ncc: number;
+	source: "fixture" | "font";
+};
+
+function* classifySegment(
 	masked: Mat,
 	seg: SegmentInfo,
 	set: GlyphSet,
@@ -337,7 +362,9 @@ function classifySegment(
 	 */
 	scoreFloor = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY,
 	maxCandidates = DEFAULT_MAX_CANDIDATES,
-): { char: string; score: number; ncc: number; source: "fixture" | "font" }[] {
+	/** identity of `masked`'s pixels, so a batching driver can reuse scores */
+	maskedKey?: string,
+): MatchSteps<RankedCandidate[]> {
 	const cv = getCV();
 	const segWidth = seg.x1 - seg.x0;
 	const pad = 5;
@@ -356,6 +383,10 @@ function classifySegment(
 	const y1 = Math.min(maskedRows, seg.y1 + vSlack);
 	const regionRows = y1 - y0;
 	const region = masked.roi(new cv.Rect(x0, y0, regionCols, regionRows));
+	const regionKey =
+		maskedKey === undefined
+			? undefined
+			: `${maskedKey}|${x0},${y0},${regionCols},${regionRows}`;
 
 	// Both penalty factors depend only on glyph and segment, and NCC <= 1, so
 	// their product bounds a glyph's score before matching. Matching in
@@ -363,9 +394,8 @@ function classifySegment(
 	// come within FIXTURE_TIEBREAK of the best.
 	const eligible: EligibleGlyph[] = [];
 	for (const glyph of set.glyphs) {
-		const t = glyph.mat;
-		const tRows = t.rows;
-		const tCols = t.cols;
+		const tRows = glyph.rows;
+		const tCols = glyph.cols;
 		if (tRows > regionRows || tCols > regionCols) continue;
 		const wRatio = tCols / Math.max(segWidth, 1);
 		if (wRatio < 0.4 || wRatio > 2.5) continue;
@@ -391,7 +421,6 @@ function classifySegment(
 	}
 	eligible.sort((a, b) => b.bound - a.bound);
 
-	const result = new cv.Mat();
 	const candidates: {
 		char: string;
 		score: number;
@@ -411,7 +440,7 @@ function classifySegment(
 	// every template whose loose bound exceeds it
 	const contenders =
 		eligible.length >= PRESCREEN_MIN_ELIGIBLE
-			? prescreen(
+			? yield* prescreen(
 					region,
 					eligible,
 					{
@@ -421,32 +450,45 @@ function classifySegment(
 						minOverlap,
 					},
 					probeMode ? scoreFloor : null,
+					regionKey,
 				)
 			: eligible;
+	// overlap(sx) is concave in sx, so the valid placements form one
+	// contiguous rx interval per template; empty ones are never matched
+	const windows = contenders.map(({ tCols }) =>
+		placementWindow(
+			regionCols - tCols + 1,
+			(rx) =>
+				Math.min(x0 + rx + tCols, seg.x1) - Math.max(x0 + rx, seg.x0) >=
+				minOverlap,
+		),
+	);
+	const requestIndex: number[] = [];
+	const templates: Mat[] = [];
+	const requestWindows: (readonly [number, number])[] = [];
+	for (const [i, window] of windows.entries()) {
+		requestIndex.push(window ? templates.length : -1);
+		if (!window) continue;
+		templates.push(contenders[i]!.glyph.mat);
+		requestWindows.push(window);
+	}
+	const [scoreOf] =
+		templates.length > 0
+			? yield [
+					{
+						image: region,
+						templates,
+						windows: requestWindows,
+						key: regionKey,
+					},
+				]
+			: [() => Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY];
 	let bestScore = scoreFloor;
-	for (const { glyph, tRows, tCols, r, hr, bound } of contenders) {
+	for (const [i, { glyph, r, hr, bound }] of contenders.entries()) {
 		if (bound < bestScore - FIXTURE_TIEBREAK) break;
 		if (probeMode && (bound <= scoreFloor || bestScore > scoreFloor)) break;
-		cv.matchTemplate(region, glyph.mat, result, cv.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED);
-		const rCols = regionCols - tCols + 1;
-		const rRows = regionRows - tRows + 1;
-		// overlap(sx) is concave in sx, so the valid placements form one
-		// contiguous rx interval — find its edges, then scan row-major
-		const overlapAt = (rx: number) =>
-			Math.min(x0 + rx + tCols, seg.x1) - Math.max(x0 + rx, seg.x0);
-		let lo = 0;
-		while (lo < rCols && overlapAt(lo) < minOverlap) lo++;
-		let hi = rCols - 1;
-		while (hi >= lo && overlapAt(hi) < minOverlap) hi--;
-		if (hi < lo) continue;
-		let maxVal = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
-		const scores = result.data32F;
-		for (let ry = 0, rowBase = 0; ry < rRows; ry++, rowBase += rCols) {
-			for (let rx = lo; rx <= hi; rx++) {
-				const v = scores[rowBase + rx]!;
-				if (v > maxVal) maxVal = v;
-			}
-		}
+		if (requestIndex[i] === -1) continue;
+		const maxVal = scoreOf!(requestIndex[i]!);
 		const score = maxVal * (0.7 + 0.3 * r) * (0.85 + 0.15 * hr);
 		if (Number.isFinite(score)) {
 			if (score > bestScore) bestScore = score;
@@ -459,7 +501,6 @@ function classifySegment(
 			});
 		}
 	}
-	result.delete();
 	region.delete();
 	candidates.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);
 	const top = candidates[0];
@@ -497,13 +538,14 @@ interface EligibleGlyph {
  * without the same min-overlap restriction a template scoring on the neighbor
  * inside the pad inflates the front-runner and prunes the true glyph.
  */
-function prescreen(
+function* prescreen(
 	region: Mat,
 	eligible: EligibleGlyph[],
 	geometry: { x0: number; segX0: number; segX1: number; minOverlap: number },
 	/** probe mode: prune against this floor instead of the front-runner */
-	probeFloor: number | null = null,
-): EligibleGlyph[] {
+	probeFloor: number | null,
+	regionKey: string | undefined,
+): MatchSteps<EligibleGlyph[]> {
 	const cv = getCV();
 	const smallRegion = new cv.Mat();
 	cv.resize(
@@ -514,53 +556,61 @@ function prescreen(
 		0,
 		cv.INTER_AREA,
 	);
+	const smallRows = smallRegion.rows;
+	const smallCols = smallRegion.cols;
 	const x0 = geometry.x0 * PRESCREEN_SCALE;
 	const segX0 = geometry.segX0 * PRESCREEN_SCALE;
 	const segX1 = geometry.segX1 * PRESCREEN_SCALE;
 	// the slack pixel keeps quantized low-res placements from cutting a
 	// boundary placement the full-res window allows
 	const minOverlap = geometry.minOverlap * PRESCREEN_SCALE - 1;
-	const result = new cv.Mat();
 	// entries the low-res pass cannot estimate (degenerate template or no valid
 	// placement after scaling) are force-kept but stay out of the front-runner
 	// max, or their untightened bound (≈1) prunes every estimated glyph
 	const kept: EligibleGlyph[] = [];
-	const scored: { entry: EligibleGlyph; est: number }[] = [];
+	const estimable: {
+		entry: EligibleGlyph;
+		small: { mat: Mat; rows: number; cols: number };
+		window: readonly [number, number];
+	}[] = [];
 	for (const entry of eligible) {
 		const small = smallGlyph(entry.glyph);
 		if (
 			small.rows < 2 ||
 			small.cols < 2 ||
-			small.rows > smallRegion.rows ||
-			small.cols > smallRegion.cols
+			small.rows > smallRows ||
+			small.cols > smallCols
 		) {
 			kept.push(entry);
 			continue;
 		}
-		cv.matchTemplate(smallRegion, small, result, cv.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED);
-		const rCols = smallRegion.cols - small.cols + 1;
-		const rRows = smallRegion.rows - small.rows + 1;
-		const overlapAt = (rx: number) =>
-			Math.min(x0 + rx + small.cols, segX1) - Math.max(x0 + rx, segX0);
-		let lo = 0;
-		while (lo < rCols && overlapAt(lo) < minOverlap) lo++;
-		let hi = rCols - 1;
-		while (hi >= lo && overlapAt(hi) < minOverlap) hi--;
-		if (hi < lo) {
+		const window = placementWindow(
+			smallCols - small.cols + 1,
+			(rx) =>
+				Math.min(x0 + rx + small.cols, segX1) - Math.max(x0 + rx, segX0) >=
+				minOverlap,
+		);
+		if (!window) {
 			kept.push(entry);
 			continue;
 		}
-		let maxVal = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
-		const scores = result.data32F;
-		for (let ry = 0, rowBase = 0; ry < rRows; ry++, rowBase += rCols) {
-			for (let rx = lo; rx <= hi; rx++) {
-				const v = scores[rowBase + rx]!;
-				if (v > maxVal) maxVal = v;
-			}
-		}
-		scored.push({ entry, est: maxVal * entry.bound });
+		estimable.push({ entry, small, window });
 	}
-	result.delete();
+	const [scoreOf] =
+		estimable.length > 0
+			? yield [
+					{
+						image: smallRegion,
+						templates: estimable.map((e) => e.small.mat),
+						windows: estimable.map((e) => e.window),
+						key: regionKey === undefined ? undefined : `${regionKey}|small`,
+					},
+				]
+			: [() => Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY];
+	const scored = estimable.map(({ entry }, i) => ({
+		entry,
+		est: scoreOf!(i) * entry.bound,
+	}));
 	smallRegion.delete();
 	scored.sort((a, b) => b.est - a.est);
 	if (scored.length > 0) {
@@ -580,19 +630,19 @@ function prescreen(
 	return kept;
 }
 
-function smallGlyph(glyph: Glyph): Mat {
+function smallGlyph(glyph: Glyph): { mat: Mat; rows: number; cols: number } {
 	if (!glyph.small) {
 		const cv = getCV();
 		const small = new cv.Mat();
 		cv.resize(
 			glyph.mat,
 			small,
-			scaledSize(glyph.mat.cols, glyph.mat.rows),
+			scaledSize(glyph.cols, glyph.rows),
 			0,
 			0,
 			cv.INTER_AREA,
 		);
-		glyph.small = small;
+		glyph.small = { mat: small, rows: small.rows, cols: small.cols };
 	}
 	return glyph.small;
 }
@@ -605,9 +655,21 @@ function scaledSize(cols: number, rows: number) {
 	);
 }
 
+/** The contiguous [lo, hi] run of result columns where `valid` holds; null when none does. */
+function placementWindow(
+	cols: number,
+	valid: (rx: number) => boolean,
+): readonly [number, number] | null {
+	let lo = 0;
+	while (lo < cols && !valid(lo)) lo++;
+	let hi = cols - 1;
+	while (hi >= lo && !valid(hi)) hi--;
+	return hi < lo ? null : [lo, hi];
+}
+
 interface ClassifiedSegment {
 	seg: SegmentInfo;
-	ranked: ReturnType<typeof classifySegment>;
+	ranked: RankedCandidate[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -631,25 +693,20 @@ const MERGE_WEAK_FRAGMENT = 0.65;
 const MERGE_STRONG_READ = 0.8;
 const MERGE_WEAK_SLACK = 0.03;
 
-function mergeSplitGlyphs(
+function* mergeSplitGlyphs(
 	items: ClassifiedSegment[],
-	binary: Mat,
-	masked: Mat,
-	set: GlyphSet,
-	maxCandidates: number,
-): void {
+	ctx: RecutContext,
+): MatchSteps<void> {
+	const { masked, set, maxCandidates, maskedKey } = ctx;
 	const maxGap = Math.max(3, Math.round(set.medianWidth * MERGE_MAX_GAP_RATIO));
 	const maxCharWidth = Math.round(set.medianWidth * 1.5);
-	for (let i = 0; i + 1 < items.length; ) {
+	const mergeCandidate = (i: number) => {
 		const a = items[i]!;
 		const b = items[i + 1]!;
 		const gap = b.seg.x0 - a.seg.x1;
 		const width = b.seg.x1 - a.seg.x0;
-		if (gap > maxGap || width > maxCharWidth) {
-			i++;
-			continue;
-		}
-		const seg = measureSegment(binary, { x0: a.seg.x0, x1: b.seg.x1 });
+		if (gap > maxGap || width > maxCharWidth) return null;
+		const seg = ctx.measure({ x0: a.seg.x0, x1: b.seg.x1 });
 		const aScore = a.ranked[0]?.score ?? 0;
 		const bScore = b.ranked[0]?.score ?? 0;
 		const fragmentBest = Math.max(aScore, bScore);
@@ -660,20 +717,51 @@ function mergeSplitGlyphs(
 				Math.max(MERGE_STRONG_READ, fragmentBest - MERGE_WEAK_SLACK),
 			);
 		}
+		return { seg, floor };
+	};
+	if (ctx.speculative) {
+		// batching driver: every pair's probe and full read in one lockstep, so
+		// the sequential pass below mostly hits the driver's score cache
+		const pairs = items
+			.slice(0, -1)
+			.map((_, i) => mergeCandidate(i))
+			.filter((pair) => pair !== null);
+		yield* all(
+			pairs.flatMap(({ seg, floor }) => [
+				classifySegment(masked, seg, set, floor, undefined, maskedKey),
+				classifySegment(masked, seg, set, undefined, maxCandidates, maskedKey),
+			]),
+		);
+	}
+	for (let i = 0; i + 1 < items.length; ) {
+		const candidate = mergeCandidate(i);
+		if (!candidate) {
+			i++;
+			continue;
+		}
+		const { seg, floor } = candidate;
 		// Probe with the floor first: most neighbor pairs are genuine letter pairs
 		// whose merge can't win, so the bound-sorted matching stops almost at once.
 		// Probe scores are exact, so "nothing beats the floor" is definitive.
-		const probe = classifySegment(masked, seg, set, floor);
+		const probe = yield* classifySegment(
+			masked,
+			seg,
+			set,
+			floor,
+			undefined,
+			maskedKey,
+		);
 		let merged = false;
 		if (probe.some((c) => c.score > floor)) {
 			// full run (rare): the winning merge's ranked list must also carry
 			// the sub-floor runner-up candidates downstream consumers see
-			const ranked = classifySegment(
+			const ranked = yield* classifySegment(
 				masked,
 				seg,
 				set,
 				undefined,
 				maxCandidates,
+				maskedKey,
 			);
 			if ((ranked[0]?.score ?? 0) > floor) {
 				// stay at i: the merged segment may absorb yet another stroke
@@ -745,10 +833,14 @@ function deepestDipCuts(
 
 interface RecutContext {
 	profile: number[];
-	binary: Mat;
+	/** measureSegment on the binarized crop, memoized: the prefetch and the sequential passes measure the same spans */
+	measure: (seg: Segment) => SegmentInfo;
 	masked: Mat;
 	set: GlyphSet;
 	maxCandidates: number;
+	maskedKey: string | undefined;
+	/** prefetch whole candidate sets in lockstep (batching drivers only: on the sync path it is wasted work) */
+	speculative: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -756,38 +848,85 @@ interface RecutContext {
  * `minScore` (raised to each adopted cut's weaker score); cuts inside `skip` are
  * the original segmentation and are not retried.
  */
-function bestRecut(
+function recutHalves(
+	ctx: RecutContext,
+	span: Segment,
+	cuts: number[],
+	skip: Segment | null,
+) {
+	return cuts
+		.filter((cut) => !(skip && cut >= skip.x0 && cut <= skip.x1))
+		.map((cut) => ({
+			left: ctx.measure({ x0: span.x0, x1: cut }),
+			right: ctx.measure({ x0: cut, x1: span.x1 }),
+		}));
+}
+
+/** Batching drivers only: every probe and full read `bestRecut` may ask for at `minScore`, in one lockstep. */
+function prefetchRecuts(
+	ctx: RecutContext,
+	recuts: { halves: ReturnType<typeof recutHalves>; minScore: number }[],
+): MatchSteps<unknown> {
+	const { masked, set, maxCandidates, maskedKey } = ctx;
+	return all(
+		recuts.flatMap(({ halves, minScore }) =>
+			halves.flatMap(({ left, right }) =>
+				[left, right].flatMap((seg) => [
+					classifySegment(masked, seg, set, minScore, undefined, maskedKey),
+					classifySegment(
+						masked,
+						seg,
+						set,
+						undefined,
+						maxCandidates,
+						maskedKey,
+					),
+				]),
+			),
+		),
+	);
+}
+
+function* bestRecut(
 	ctx: RecutContext,
 	span: Segment,
 	cuts: number[],
 	skip: Segment | null,
 	minScore: number,
-): [ClassifiedSegment, ClassifiedSegment] | null {
-	const { binary, masked, set, maxCandidates } = ctx;
+): MatchSteps<[ClassifiedSegment, ClassifiedSegment] | null> {
+	const { masked, set, maxCandidates, maskedKey } = ctx;
 	let floor = minScore;
 	let best: [ClassifiedSegment, ClassifiedSegment] | null = null;
-	for (const cut of cuts) {
-		if (skip && cut >= skip.x0 && cut <= skip.x1) continue;
-		const left = measureSegment(binary, { x0: span.x0, x1: cut });
-		const right = measureSegment(binary, { x0: cut, x1: span.x1 });
+	for (const { left, right } of recutHalves(ctx, span, cuts, skip)) {
 		// probe with the floor first (see mergeSplitGlyphs): most candidate
 		// cuts can't beat it and the probes early-stop almost immediately
-		const canWin = (seg: SegmentInfo) =>
-			classifySegment(masked, seg, set, floor).some((c) => c.score > floor);
-		if (!canWin(left) || !canWin(right)) continue;
-		const leftRanked = classifySegment(
+		const canWin = function* (seg: SegmentInfo): MatchSteps<boolean> {
+			const probe = yield* classifySegment(
+				masked,
+				seg,
+				set,
+				floor,
+				undefined,
+				maskedKey,
+			);
+			return probe.some((c) => c.score > floor);
+		};
+		if (!(yield* canWin(left)) || !(yield* canWin(right))) continue;
+		const leftRanked = yield* classifySegment(
 			masked,
 			left,
 			set,
 			undefined,
 			maxCandidates,
+			maskedKey,
 		);
-		const rightRanked = classifySegment(
+		const rightRanked = yield* classifySegment(
 			masked,
 			right,
 			set,
 			undefined,
 			maxCandidates,
+			maskedKey,
 		);
 		const weaker = Math.min(
 			leftRanked[0]?.score ?? 0,
@@ -803,30 +942,48 @@ function bestRecut(
 	return best;
 }
 
-function recutMiscutPairs(items: ClassifiedSegment[], ctx: RecutContext): void {
+function* recutMiscutPairs(
+	items: ClassifiedSegment[],
+	ctx: RecutContext,
+): MatchSteps<void> {
 	const maxGap = Math.max(
 		3,
 		Math.round(ctx.set.medianWidth * MERGE_MAX_GAP_RATIO),
 	);
-	for (let i = 0; i + 1 < items.length; i++) {
+	const recut = (i: number) => {
 		const a = items[i]!;
 		const b = items[i + 1]!;
 		const aScore = a.ranked[0]?.score ?? 0;
 		const bScore = b.ranked[0]?.score ?? 0;
-		if (aScore >= RECUT_MAX_SCORE || bScore >= RECUT_MAX_SCORE) continue;
-		if (b.seg.x0 - a.seg.x1 > maxGap) continue;
+		if (aScore >= RECUT_MAX_SCORE || bScore >= RECUT_MAX_SCORE) return null;
+		if (b.seg.x0 - a.seg.x1 > maxGap) return null;
 		const floor = Math.max(
 			RECUT_MIN_SCORE,
 			Math.max(aScore, bScore) + RECUT_MARGIN,
 		);
 		const span = { x0: a.seg.x0, x1: b.seg.x1 };
-		const best = bestRecut(
+		const cuts = dipCuts(ctx.profile, span.x0, span.x1);
+		const skip = { x0: a.seg.x1, x1: b.seg.x0 };
+		return { span, cuts, skip, floor };
+	};
+	if (ctx.speculative) {
+		yield* prefetchRecuts(
 			ctx,
-			span,
-			dipCuts(ctx.profile, span.x0, span.x1),
-			{ x0: a.seg.x1, x1: b.seg.x0 },
-			floor,
+			items
+				.slice(0, -1)
+				.map((_, i) => recut(i))
+				.filter((r) => r !== null)
+				.map(({ span, cuts, skip, floor }) => ({
+					halves: recutHalves(ctx, span, cuts, skip),
+					minScore: floor,
+				})),
 		);
+	}
+	for (let i = 0; i + 1 < items.length; i++) {
+		const candidate = recut(i);
+		if (!candidate) continue;
+		const { span, cuts, skip, floor } = candidate;
+		const best = yield* bestRecut(ctx, span, cuts, skip, floor);
 		if (best) items.splice(i, 2, ...best);
 	}
 }
@@ -842,13 +999,15 @@ function recutMiscutPairs(items: ClassifiedSegment[], ctx: RecutContext): void {
 const FUSED_MIN_WIDTH_RATIO = 1.2;
 const FUSED_DIPS_TRIED = 3;
 
-function splitFusedGlyphs(items: ClassifiedSegment[], ctx: RecutContext): void {
+function* splitFusedGlyphs(
+	items: ClassifiedSegment[],
+	ctx: RecutContext,
+): MatchSteps<void> {
 	const minWidth = ctx.set.medianWidth * FUSED_MIN_WIDTH_RATIO;
-	for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
-		const item = items[i]!;
+	const fused = (item: ClassifiedSegment) => {
 		const score = item.ranked[0]?.score ?? 0;
 		if (score >= RECUT_MAX_SCORE || item.seg.x1 - item.seg.x0 < minWidth)
-			continue;
+			return null;
 		const floor = Math.max(RECUT_MIN_SCORE, score + RECUT_MARGIN);
 		const cuts = deepestDipCuts(
 			ctx.profile,
@@ -856,7 +1015,30 @@ function splitFusedGlyphs(items: ClassifiedSegment[], ctx: RecutContext): void {
 			item.seg.x1,
 			FUSED_DIPS_TRIED,
 		);
-		const best = bestRecut(ctx, item.seg, cuts, null, floor);
+		return { floor, cuts };
+	};
+	if (ctx.speculative) {
+		yield* prefetchRecuts(
+			ctx,
+			items.flatMap((item) => {
+				const f = fused(item);
+				return f
+					? [
+							{
+								halves: recutHalves(ctx, item.seg, f.cuts, null),
+								minScore: f.floor,
+							},
+						]
+					: [];
+			}),
+		);
+	}
+	for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+		const item = items[i]!;
+		const candidate = fused(item);
+		if (!candidate) continue;
+		const { floor, cuts } = candidate;
+		const best = yield* bestRecut(ctx, item.seg, cuts, null, floor);
 		if (best) {
 			items.splice(i, 1, ...best);
 			i++;
@@ -864,12 +1046,19 @@ function splitFusedGlyphs(items: ClassifiedSegment[], ctx: RecutContext): void {
 	}
 }
 
-/** Recognizes white-on-dark text in a grayscale crop tight to one text line. */
-export function recognizeText(
+let maskedKeySeq = 0;
+
+/**
+ * Recognizes white-on-dark text in a grayscale crop tight to one text line, as
+ * match steps; `speculative` prefetches whole candidate sets in lockstep, which
+ * only pays off under a batching driver.
+ */
+export function* recognizeTextSteps(
 	gray: Mat,
 	set: GlyphSet,
 	options: RecognizeOptions = {},
-): RecognizedText {
+	speculative = false,
+): MatchSteps<RecognizedText> {
 	const cv = getCV();
 	const {
 		binThreshold = 150,
@@ -892,19 +1081,43 @@ export function recognizeText(
 	gray.copyTo(masked, mask);
 	mask.delete();
 
+	const measured = new Map<number, SegmentInfo>();
+	const measure = (seg: Segment) => {
+		const spanKey = seg.x0 * 65536 + seg.x1;
+		let info = measured.get(spanKey);
+		if (!info) {
+			info = measureSegment(binary, seg);
+			measured.set(spanKey, info);
+		}
+		return info;
+	};
 	const profile = columnProfile(binary);
 	const segments = segmentColumns(profile, minColumnPixels)
 		.flatMap((s) => splitWideSegment(profile, s, set.medianWidth))
-		.map((s) => measureSegment(binary, s));
+		.map((s) => measure(s));
 
-	const items: ClassifiedSegment[] = segments.map((seg) => ({
+	const maskedKey = speculative ? `m${maskedKeySeq++}` : undefined;
+	const rankedSegments = yield* all(
+		segments.map((seg) =>
+			classifySegment(masked, seg, set, undefined, maxCandidates, maskedKey),
+		),
+	);
+	const items: ClassifiedSegment[] = segments.map((seg, i) => ({
 		seg,
-		ranked: classifySegment(masked, seg, set, undefined, maxCandidates),
+		ranked: rankedSegments[i]!,
 	}));
-	mergeSplitGlyphs(items, binary, masked, set, maxCandidates);
-	const ctx: RecutContext = { profile, binary, masked, set, maxCandidates };
-	recutMiscutPairs(items, ctx);
-	splitFusedGlyphs(items, ctx);
+	const ctx: RecutContext = {
+		profile,
+		measure,
+		masked,
+		set,
+		maxCandidates,
+		maskedKey,
+		speculative,
+	};
+	yield* mergeSplitGlyphs(items, ctx);
+	yield* recutMiscutPairs(items, ctx);
+	yield* splitFusedGlyphs(items, ctx);
 
 	const chars: RecognizedChar[] = [];
 	let text = "";
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/image.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/image.ts
index 31f8ba643..96944e752 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/core/image.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/image.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,58 @@ export function normalizeFrame(src: Mat): Mat {
 	return dst;
 }
 
+let conversions: { frame: Mat; gray?: Mat; rgb?: Mat; hsv?: Mat } | null = null;
+
+function conversionsOf(frame: Mat) {
+	if (conversions?.frame !== frame) {
+		conversions?.gray?.delete();
+		conversions?.rgb?.delete();
+		conversions?.hsv?.delete();
+		conversions = { frame };
+	}
+	return conversions;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Grayscale of a canonical frame, shared by every gate and parse that reads
+ * the frame: the first caller converts, the rest reuse the mat until a
+ * different frame is converted. Read-only; never delete it. Pass only the
+ * frame the detectors receive, never a derived mat (that would release the
+ * frame's conversions while a parse still reads them).
+ */
+export function frameGray(frame: Mat): Mat {
+	const cached = conversionsOf(frame);
+	if (!cached.gray) {
+		const cv = getCV();
+		cached.gray = new cv.Mat();
+		cv.cvtColor(frame, cached.gray, cv.COLOR_RGBA2GRAY);
+	}
+	return cached.gray;
+}
+
+/** RGB of a canonical frame, shared like frameGray. */
+export function frameRgb(frame: Mat): Mat {
+	const cached = conversionsOf(frame);
+	if (!cached.rgb) {
+		const cv = getCV();
+		cached.rgb = new cv.Mat();
+		cv.cvtColor(frame, cached.rgb, cv.COLOR_RGBA2RGB);
+	}
+	return cached.rgb;
+}
+
+/** HSV (from frameRgb) of a canonical frame, shared like frameGray. */
+export function frameHsv(frame: Mat): Mat {
+	const rgb = frameRgb(frame);
+	const cached = conversionsOf(frame);
+	if (!cached.hsv) {
+		const cv = getCV();
+		cached.hsv = new cv.Mat();
+		cv.cvtColor(rgb, cached.hsv, cv.COLOR_RGB2HSV);
+	}
+	return cached.hsv;
+}
+
 /**
  * Crops a rect out of a mat as a view: fine as *input* to OpenCV calls but
  * NEVER read `.data` off it — this opencv.js build mishandles `.data` and
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/core/match-steps.ts b/app/features/scanner/core/match-steps.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a1ec6f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/core/match-steps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+/**
+ * Template matching as resumable steps. Recognizers are generators that
+ * yield every TM_CCOEFF_NORMED match their next decision needs and resume
+ * with the scores, so one sequential algorithm runs on two drivers: `runSync`
+ * answers each request lazily on the calling thread, while a batching driver
+ * (worker/gpu-matcher.ts) answers the union of every pending request from many
+ * generators with one GPU dispatch. `all` steps generators in lockstep so
+ * independent reads share round trips.
+ *
+ * Both drivers compute the score exactly: integer cross, window and square
+ * sums, one f64 normalization with OpenCV's guards (`normalizeNcc`), rounded
+ * to f32 like OpenCV's result mat. A score is therefore bit-identical on
+ * either driver (OpenCV's own matchTemplate runs a float DFT whose result
+ * wanders by up to ~3e-4, enough to flip a near-tie between them).
+ */
+import { simdCrossSums } from "./cross-sums";
+import { getCV, type Mat } from "./cv";
+
+export interface MatchRequest {
+	/** search image; must stay alive until the generator resumes past its scores */
+	image: Mat;
+	templates: readonly Mat[];
+	/**
+	 * per template: the result columns [lo, hi] whose max counts (every row);
+	 * omitted = the whole result map. An empty window (hi < lo) is never asked.
+	 */
+	windows?: readonly (readonly [number, number])[];
+	/**
+	 * content identity of `image` (same key = same pixels) so a batching driver
+	 * can reuse scores across steps; omitted = never cached
+	 */
+	key?: string;
+}
+
+/** Max score per template index; the sync driver matches on first access. */
+export type MatchScores = (templateIndex: number) => number;
+
+export type MatchSteps<T> = Generator<MatchRequest[], T, MatchScores[]>;
+
+/**
+ * Runs `steps` to completion on the calling thread, scoring exactly (see the
+ * module header); `step` is where a batching driver that gave up mid-run
+ * hands over its pending step.
+ */
+export function runSync<T>(
+	steps: MatchSteps<T>,
+	step: IteratorResult<MatchRequest[], T> = steps.next(),
+): T {
+	let current = step;
+	while (!current.done) {
+		const scorers = current.value.map(exactScorer);
+		current = steps.next(scorers.map((scorer) => scorer.scores));
+		for (const scorer of scorers) scorer.release();
+	}
+	return current.value;
+}
+
+/**
+ * OpenCV's TM_CCOEFF_NORMED over exact integer sums: `num` = N·ΣTI − Σ_c
+ * ΣI_c·ΣT_c, `windowVar` = N·ΣI² − Σ_c (ΣI_c)², `templVar` the template's
+ * alike; its guards (flat template → 1, flat window → 0, |r| ≥ 1 clamped or
+ * voided) and its f32 result.
+ */
+export function normalizeNcc(
+	num: number,
+	windowVar: number,
+	templVar: number,
+): number {
+	if (templVar === 0) return 1;
+	if (windowVar <= 0) return 0;
+	const r = num / (Math.sqrt(windowVar) * Math.sqrt(templVar));
+	const a = Math.abs(r);
+	if (a < 1) return Math.fround(r);
+	if (a < 1.125) return r > 0 ? 1 : -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+type StepResults<T extends readonly MatchSteps<unknown>[]> = {
+	-readonly [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends MatchSteps<infer R> ? R : never;
+};
+
+/** Steps several generators in lockstep: each yield is the union of their pending requests. */
+export function all<T extends readonly MatchSteps<unknown>[]>(
+	steps: readonly [...T],
+): MatchSteps<StepResults<T>>;
+export function all<T>(steps: readonly MatchSteps<T>[]): MatchSteps<T[]>;
+export function* all<T>(steps: readonly MatchSteps<T>[]): MatchSteps<T[]> {
+	const results = new Array<T>(steps.length);
+	let active = steps.map((gen, index) => ({ gen, index, step: gen.next() }));
+	for (;;) {
+		active = active.filter(({ index, step }) => {
+			if (step.done) results[index] = step.value;
+			return !step.done;
+		});
+		if (active.length === 0) return results;
+		const scores = yield active.flatMap(
+			({ step }) => step.value as MatchRequest[],
+		);
+		let offset = 0;
+		for (const entry of active) {
+			const count = (entry.step.value as MatchRequest[]).length;
+			entry.step = entry.gen.next(scores.slice(offset, offset + count));
+			offset += count;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/** A step sequence that asks for nothing and returns `value`: an `all` slot whose read is skipped or already known. */
+// biome-ignore lint/correctness/useYield: completing without a request is the point
+export function* done<T>(value: T): MatchSteps<T> {
+	return value;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Above this many multiply-adds (placements × template samples) a template's
+ * cross sums come from one f64 `filter2D` (a DFT) instead of the direct SIMD
+ * loops: the measured crossover.
+ */
+const DIRECT_MAX_WORK = 1_500_000;
+
+interface Pixels {
+	rows: number;
+	cols: number;
+	ch: number;
+	data: Uint8Array;
+}
+
+interface TemplatePixels extends Pixels {
+	n: number;
+	/** per channel ΣT */
+	sum: number[];
+	/** Σ_c (N·ΣT_c² − (ΣT_c)²) */
+	varInt: number;
+}
+
+interface ImagePixels extends Pixels {
+	/** per-channel integral image, (rows + 1) × (cols + 1) × ch */
+	sum: Float64Array;
+	/** integral image of Σ_c I_c², (rows + 1) × (cols + 1) */
+	squares: Float64Array;
+	/** the f64 plane filter2D reads, made on first need and freed with the scorer */
+	plane: Mat | null;
+}
+
+/** Templates are long-lived (atlases, icon sets): their pixels and sums are read once. */
+const templatePixels = new WeakMap<Mat, TemplatePixels>();
+
+/**
+ * Exact scores of one request, each computed on first access; released (and
+ * guarded against late reads) once the generator resumed past the step.
+ */
+function exactScorer(request: MatchRequest): {
+	scores: MatchScores;
+	release: () => void;
+} {
+	let image: ImagePixels | null = null;
+	let released = false;
+	return {
+		scores: (index) => {
+			if (released) throw new Error("match scores read after their step");
+			image ??= imagePixels(request.image);
+			return exactWindowMax(
+				image,
+				templateOf(request.templates[index]!),
+				request.windows?.[index],
+			);
+		},
+		release: () => {
+			released = true;
+			image?.plane?.delete();
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+/** Max exact score over the placements in `window` (every row). */
+function exactWindowMax(
+	image: ImagePixels,
+	template: TemplatePixels,
+	window: readonly [number, number] | undefined,
+): number {
+	if (template.varInt === 0) return 1;
+	const { rows, cols, ch, sum, squares } = image;
+	const [lo, hi] = window ?? [0, cols - template.cols];
+	const placementRows = rows - template.rows + 1;
+	const work = placementRows * (hi - lo + 1) * template.n * ch;
+	const filtered =
+		work > DIRECT_MAX_WORK ? filteredCrossSums(image, template) : null;
+	// read in place: nothing below allocates on the WASM heap, so the view stays valid
+	const cross = filtered?.data64F as Float64Array | undefined;
+	const crossStride = cols * ch;
+	const direct = filtered
+		? null
+		: (simdCrossSums()?.compute(image, template, lo, hi) ?? null);
+	const width = hi - lo + 1;
+	const sumStride = (cols + 1) * ch;
+	const squareStride = cols + 1;
+	let best = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+	for (let y = 0; y < placementRows; y++) {
+		for (let x = lo; x <= hi; x++) {
+			const P = cross
+				? Math.round(cross[y * crossStride + x * ch]!)
+				: direct
+					? direct[y * width + x - lo]!
+					: directCrossSum(image, template, x, y);
+			const x1 = x + template.cols;
+			const y1 = y + template.rows;
+			let num = template.n * P;
+			let windowVar =
+				template.n *
+				(squares[y1 * squareStride + x1]! -
+					squares[y1 * squareStride + x]! -
+					squares[y * squareStride + x1]! +
+					squares[y * squareStride + x]!);
+			for (let c = 0; c < ch; c++) {
+				const S =
+					sum[y1 * sumStride + x1 * ch + c]! -
+					sum[y1 * sumStride + x * ch + c]! -
+					sum[y * sumStride + x1 * ch + c]! +
+					sum[y * sumStride + x * ch + c]!;
+				num -= S * template.sum[c]!;
+				windowVar -= S * S;
+			}
+			const score = normalizeNcc(num, windowVar, template.varInt);
+			if (score > best) best = score;
+		}
+	}
+	filtered?.delete();
+	return best;
+}
+
+/** ΣT·I over every channel at placement (x, y); rows are contiguous interleaved samples. */
+function directCrossSum(
+	image: ImagePixels,
+	template: TemplatePixels,
+	x: number,
+	y: number,
+): number {
+	const rowLength = template.cols * image.ch;
+	const imageData = image.data;
+	const templateData = template.data;
+	let P = 0;
+	for (let ty = 0; ty < template.rows; ty++) {
+		const ib = ((y + ty) * image.cols + x) * image.ch;
+		const tb = ty * rowLength;
+		for (let k = 0; k < rowLength; k++) {
+			P += imageData[ib + k]! * templateData[tb + k]!;
+		}
+	}
+	return P;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cross sums of every placement at once: the interleaved channels read as one
+ * plane `ch` times wider, so a single f64 `filter2D` correlates all of them
+ * (column x·ch of the output is placement x). Exact after rounding: the
+ * largest sum (< 2^32) leaves the f64 DFT's error far under 0.5.
+ */
+function filteredCrossSums(image: ImagePixels, template: TemplatePixels): Mat {
+	const cv = getCV();
+	image.plane ??= planeOf(image);
+	const kernel = planeOf(template);
+	const out = new cv.Mat();
+	cv.filter2D(
+		image.plane,
+		out,
+		cv.CV_64F,
+		kernel,
+		new cv.Point(0, 0),
+		0,
+		cv.BORDER_CONSTANT,
+	);
+	kernel.delete();
+	return out;
+}
+
+/** A single-channel f64 plane of interleaved samples. */
+function planeOf(pixels: Pixels): Mat {
+	const cv = getCV();
+	const plane = new cv.Mat(pixels.rows, pixels.cols * pixels.ch, cv.CV_64F);
+	plane.data64F.set(pixels.data);
+	return plane;
+}
+
+function readPixels(mat: Mat): Pixels {
+	const copy = new (getCV().Mat)();
+	mat.copyTo(copy);
+	const pixels = {
+		rows: copy.rows,
+		cols: copy.cols,
+		ch: copy.channels(),
+		data: new Uint8Array(copy.data),
+	};
+	copy.delete();
+	return pixels;
+}
+
+function imagePixels(mat: Mat): ImagePixels {
+	const pixels = readPixels(mat);
+	const { rows, cols, ch, data } = pixels;
+	const sum = new Float64Array((rows + 1) * (cols + 1) * ch);
+	const squares = new Float64Array((rows + 1) * (cols + 1));
+	const sumStride = (cols + 1) * ch;
+	for (let y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
+		let squareRow = 0;
+		const rowSums = new Array<number>(ch).fill(0);
+		for (let x = 0; x < cols; x++) {
+			for (let c = 0; c < ch; c++) {
+				const v = data[(y * cols + x) * ch + c]!;
+				rowSums[c]! += v;
+				squareRow += v * v;
+				sum[(y + 1) * sumStride + (x + 1) * ch + c] =
+					sum[y * sumStride + (x + 1) * ch + c]! + rowSums[c]!;
+			}
+			squares[(y + 1) * (cols + 1) + x + 1] =
+				squares[y * (cols + 1) + x + 1]! + squareRow;
+		}
+	}
+	return { ...pixels, sum, squares, plane: null };
+}
+
+function templateOf(mat: Mat): TemplatePixels {
+	const known = templatePixels.get(mat);
+	if (known) return known;
+	const pixels = readPixels(mat);
+	const { ch, data } = pixels;
+	const n = pixels.rows * pixels.cols;
+	const sum = new Array<number>(ch).fill(0);
+	const sq = new Array<number>(ch).fill(0);
+	for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		for (let c = 0; c < ch; c++) {
+			const v = data[i * ch + c]!;
+			sum[c]! += v;
+			sq[c]! += v * v;
+		}
+	}
+	let varInt = 0;
+	for (let c = 0; c < ch; c++) varInt += n * sq[c]! - sum[c]! * sum[c]!;
+	const template = { ...pixels, n, sum, varInt };
+	templatePixels.set(mat, template);
+	return template;
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/node/webgpu.ts b/app/features/scanner/node/webgpu.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1d0be4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/node/webgpu.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * WebGPU for the Node scripts: Dawn from the `webgpu` npm package, which is
+ * deliberately not a repo dependency (a native binary nothing ships with) —
+ * install it anywhere (`npm i webgpu` in a scratch dir) and point
+ * WEBGPU_NODE at its package dir. Load OpenCV first: in a plain Node process
+ * the two crashed together, under vite-node they coexist.
+ */
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+
+let instance: GPU | null = null;
+
+/** Dawn's `navigator.gpu` equivalent; throws when WEBGPU_NODE is unset. */
+export function nodeGpu(): GPU {
+	if (instance) return instance;
+	const dir = process.env.WEBGPU_NODE;
+	if (!dir) {
+		throw new Error(
+			"set WEBGPU_NODE to an installed `webgpu` package dir (npm i webgpu)",
+		);
+	}
+	const { create, globals } = createRequire(import.meta.url)(dir) as {
+		create: (flags: string[]) => GPU;
+		globals: Record<string, unknown>;
+	};
+	Object.assign(globalThis, globals);
+	// a module-level reference: Dawn tears the adapter down (and Node
+	// segfaults mid-run) once the instance is garbage-collected
+	instance = create([]);
+	return instance;
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/worker/analyzer.worker.ts b/app/features/scanner/worker/analyzer.worker.ts
index dd2906d82..f5b5d236e 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/worker/analyzer.worker.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/worker/analyzer.worker.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 	VideoSampleSink,
 } from "mediabunny";
 import { loadOpenCV } from "../core/cv";
+import { runDetectorPass } from "../core/detectors/frame-pass";
 import { MAP_START_EVENT_TYPE } from "../core/detectors/map-start/index";
 import {
 	createAllDetectors,
@@ -24,12 +25,13 @@ import {
 import { DetectorScheduler } from "../core/detectors/scheduler";
 import {
 	createScanTelemetry,
-	detectorTelemetry,
 	type ScanTelemetry,
 } from "../core/detectors/telemetry";
 import type { Detector } from "../core/detectors/types";
 import { normalizeFrame, toMat } from "../core/image";
 import { TimelineBuilder } from "../core/timeline/index";
+import { createGpuFrameScaler, type GpuFrameScaler } from "./gpu-frame-scaler";
+import { createGpuMatcher, type GpuMatcher } from "./gpu-matcher";
 import type {
 	AnalyzeRequest,
 	InitRequest,
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ const PREVIEW_WIDTH = 480;
 const PREVIEW_HEIGHT = 270;
 
 let detectors: Detector<unknown>[] = [];
+let gpuMatcher: GpuMatcher | null = null;
+let gpuScaler: GpuFrameScaler | null = null;
 let scheduler: DetectorScheduler | null = null;
 /** null unless the init message asked for telemetry */
 let telemetry: ScanTelemetry | null = null;
@@ -71,9 +75,22 @@ async function init({
 	assetsBaseUrl,
 	suppressSteadyFrames = true,
 	collectTelemetry: collect = false,
+	webgpu = false,
 }: InitRequest): Promise<void> {
 	try {
 		await loadOpenCV();
+		if (webgpu && navigator.gpu) {
+			gpuMatcher = await createGpuMatcher(navigator.gpu).catch((error) => {
+				// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noConsole: a missing GPU silently costs speed, so say why
+				console.warn("scanner: WebGPU unavailable, matching on the CPU", error);
+				return null;
+			});
+			if (gpuMatcher) {
+				gpuScaler = await createGpuFrameScaler(gpuMatcher.device).catch(
+					() => null,
+				);
+			}
+		}
 		const resources = await fetchScoreboardResources(assetsBaseUrl);
 		detectors = createAllDetectors(resources);
 		scheduler = new DetectorScheduler(detectors, {
@@ -115,7 +132,10 @@ async function analyzeFrame(
 	});
 	let frame: ReturnType<typeof normalizeFrame>;
 	try {
-		frame = normalizeFrame(src);
+		frame =
+			gpuScaler && gpuRunner()
+				? await gpuScaler.normalize(src)
+				: normalizeFrame(src);
 	} finally {
 		src.delete();
 	}
@@ -130,31 +150,16 @@ async function analyzeFrame(
 	};
 
 	try {
-		for (const detector of detectors) {
-			if (!due.includes(detector.id)) continue;
-			const counters = telemetry
-				? detectorTelemetry(telemetry, detector.id)
-				: null;
-			const gateStart = counters ? performance.now() : 0;
-			const gate = detector.gate(frame);
-			if (counters) {
-				counters.checks++;
-				counters.gateMs += performance.now() - gateStart;
-			}
-			scheduler!.recordGate(detector.id, t, gate.pass, gate.signature);
-			if (counters && gate.pass) counters.gatePasses++;
-			const runParse = gate.pass && scheduler!.shouldParse(detector.id, t);
-			if (counters && gate.pass && !runParse) counters.suppressedParses++;
-			let events: ReturnType<typeof detector.parse> = [];
-			if (runParse) {
-				const parseStart = counters ? performance.now() : 0;
-				events = detector.parse(frame, t, gate);
-				if (counters) {
-					counters.parses++;
-					counters.parseMs += performance.now() - parseStart;
-				}
-				scheduler!.recordParse(detector.id, t, events);
-			}
+		const outcomes = await runDetectorPass({
+			frame,
+			t,
+			detectors,
+			due,
+			scheduler: scheduler!,
+			telemetry,
+			runSteps: gpuRunner(),
+		});
+		for (const { detector, gate, events } of outcomes) {
 			let listed = false;
 			for (const event of events) {
 				const { action } = shadowTimeline.push(event);
@@ -203,6 +208,7 @@ async function scanChunk({
 	telemetry = freshTelemetry();
 	shadowTimeline = new TimelineBuilder();
 	const wallStart = performance.now();
+	const gpuWaitStart = gpuMatcher?.stats.gpuWaitMs ?? 0;
 	let lastProgressAt = 0;
 	let lastPreviewAt = 0;
 	let cursor = tStart;
@@ -304,7 +310,11 @@ async function scanChunk({
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (telemetry) telemetry.wallMs = performance.now() - wallStart;
+		if (telemetry) {
+			telemetry.wallMs = performance.now() - wallStart;
+			telemetry.gpuScans = gpuMatcher ? 1 : 0;
+			telemetry.gpuWaitMs = (gpuMatcher?.stats.gpuWaitMs ?? 0) - gpuWaitStart;
+		}
 		post({ kind: "chunkDone", chunkIndex, telemetry });
 	} catch (error) {
 		post({
@@ -316,6 +326,20 @@ async function scanChunk({
 	}
 }
 
+/** The GPU matcher's runner while its device lives; once lost, parses run on the CPU. */
+function gpuRunner() {
+	if (!gpuMatcher) return undefined;
+	if (!gpuMatcher.lost) return gpuMatcher.run;
+	// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noConsole: a lost device silently costs speed, so say so once
+	console.warn(
+		"scanner: WebGPU device lost, continuing on the CPU",
+		gpuMatcher.lostReason,
+	);
+	gpuMatcher = null;
+	gpuScaler = null;
+	return undefined;
+}
+
 function freshTelemetry(): ScanTelemetry | null {
 	return collectTelemetry ? createScanTelemetry() : null;
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/worker/client.ts b/app/features/scanner/worker/client.ts
index 276561d1b..c15b01aa6 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/worker/client.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/worker/client.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ export class AnalyzerClient {
 			collectTelemetry?: boolean;
 			/** max frames buffered while a frame is in flight (0 = drop them) */
 			frameQueueLimit?: number;
+			/** match templates on WebGPU when the browser has an adapter (settings `webgpu`) */
+			webgpu?: boolean;
 		} = {},
 	) {
 		this.#frameQueueLimit = options.frameQueueLimit ?? 0;
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ export class AnalyzerClient {
 			assetsBaseUrl: Config.staticAssetsUrl,
 			suppressSteadyFrames: options.suppressSteadyFrames ?? true,
 			collectTelemetry: options.collectTelemetry ?? false,
+			webgpu: options.webgpu ?? false,
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-frame-scaler.ts b/app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-frame-scaler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd2ee0090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-frame-scaler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+/**
+ * normalizeFrame (core/image.ts) with its INTER_CUBIC upscale on the GPU —
+ * the costliest per-frame step for sub-1080p sources (~13-25 ms of WASM per
+ * 720p frame). The kernel reproduces OpenCV's 8-bit cubic resize exactly: the
+ * same coefficient tables (float math and lrint rounding, computed here in f32
+ * steps), the horizontal pass as integer sums, the vertical pass as the
+ * fixed-point combine `(Σ + 2^21) >> 22` with saturation, clamped borders.
+ * Integer arithmetic makes it identical on every GPU; frames it does not cover
+ * (exact 1080p copies, INTER_AREA downscales) run the CPU path unchanged.
+ */
+import {
+	CANONICAL_HEIGHT,
+	CANONICAL_WIDTH,
+	detectContentBox,
+} from "../core/canonical";
+import { getCV, type Mat } from "../core/cv";
+import { normalizeFrame } from "../core/image";
+
+const WORKGROUP_SIZE = 64;
+const MAX_DISPATCH_X = 65535;
+/** INTER_RESIZE_COEF_SCALE */
+const COEF_SCALE = 2048;
+const BUFFER_MAP_READ = 0x0001;
+const BUFFER_COPY_SRC = 0x0004;
+const BUFFER_COPY_DST = 0x0008;
+const BUFFER_UNIFORM = 0x0040;
+const BUFFER_STORAGE = 0x0080;
+const MAP_MODE_READ = 0x0001;
+
+const SHADER = /* wgsl */ `
+struct Params { srcStride: u32, x0: u32, y0: u32, w: u32, h: u32, dw: u32, dh: u32, _pad: u32 };
+
+@group(0) @binding(0) var<storage, read> src: array<u32>;
+@group(0) @binding(1) var<storage, read> tables: array<i32>;
+@group(0) @binding(2) var<storage, read_write> dst: array<u32>;
+@group(0) @binding(3) var<uniform> params: Params;
+
+fn texel(x: i32, y: i32) -> vec4<i32> {
+  let cx = u32(clamp(x, 0, i32(params.w) - 1));
+  let cy = u32(clamp(y, 0, i32(params.h) - 1));
+  let p = src[(params.y0 + cy) * params.srcStride + params.x0 + cx];
+  return vec4<i32>(i32(p & 0xffu), i32((p >> 8u) & 0xffu), i32((p >> 16u) & 0xffu), i32(p >> 24u));
+}
+
+@compute @workgroup_size(${WORKGROUP_SIZE})
+fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) gid: vec3<u32>, @builtin(num_workgroups) nwg: vec3<u32>) {
+  let i = gid.x + gid.y * nwg.x * ${WORKGROUP_SIZE}u;
+  if (i >= params.dw * params.dh) { return; }
+  let dx = i % params.dw; let dy = i / params.dw;
+  // tables: per column (sx, 4 coefficients), then per row (sy, 4 coefficients)
+  let xb = dx * 5u; let yb = (params.dw + dy) * 5u;
+  let sx = tables[xb]; let sy = tables[yb];
+  var acc = vec4<i32>(0);
+  for (var k = 0; k < 4; k++) {
+    var h = vec4<i32>(0);
+    for (var j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+      h += texel(sx - 1 + j, sy - 1 + k) * tables[xb + 1u + u32(j)];
+    }
+    acc += h * tables[yb + 1u + u32(k)];
+  }
+  let v = vec4<u32>(clamp((acc + vec4<i32>(1 << 21)) >> vec4<u32>(22u), vec4<i32>(0), vec4<i32>(255)));
+  dst[i] = v.x | (v.y << 8u) | (v.z << 16u) | (v.w << 24u);
+}
+`;
+
+export interface GpuFrameScaler {
+	/** normalizeFrame, with sub-canonical pictures upscaled on the GPU; a failed dispatch falls back to the CPU. */
+	normalize(src: Mat): Promise<Mat>;
+}
+
+export async function createGpuFrameScaler(
+	device: GPUDevice,
+): Promise<GpuFrameScaler> {
+	device.pushErrorScope("validation");
+	const pipeline = device.createComputePipeline({
+		layout: "auto",
+		compute: {
+			module: device.createShaderModule({ code: SHADER }),
+			entryPoint: "main",
+		},
+	});
+	const pipelineError = await device.popErrorScope();
+	if (pipelineError)
+		throw new Error(`scaler pipeline: ${pipelineError.message}`);
+	const paramsBuffer = device.createBuffer({
+		size: 32,
+		usage: BUFFER_UNIFORM | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+	});
+	const tablesByShape = new Map<string, Int32Array>();
+	const dstBytes = CANONICAL_WIDTH * CANONICAL_HEIGHT * 4;
+	const dstBuffer = device.createBuffer({
+		size: dstBytes,
+		usage: BUFFER_STORAGE | BUFFER_COPY_SRC,
+	});
+	const readBuffer = device.createBuffer({
+		size: dstBytes,
+		usage: BUFFER_MAP_READ | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+	});
+	let srcBuffer: GPUBuffer | null = null;
+	let tablesBuffer: GPUBuffer | null = null;
+	let tablesKey = "";
+	let failed = false;
+
+	async function normalize(src: Mat): Promise<Mat> {
+		if (failed) return normalizeFrame(src);
+		const box = detectContentBox(src.cols, src.rows, src.data as Uint8Array);
+		const x0 = box?.x ?? 0;
+		const y0 = box?.y ?? 0;
+		const w = box?.w ?? src.cols;
+		const h = box?.h ?? src.rows;
+		// exact-size copies and INTER_AREA downscales stay on the CPU
+		if (
+			(w === CANONICAL_WIDTH && h === CANONICAL_HEIGHT) ||
+			w > CANONICAL_WIDTH
+		) {
+			return normalizeFrame(src);
+		}
+		try {
+			return await upscale(src, x0, y0, w, h);
+		} catch {
+			failed = true;
+			return normalizeFrame(src);
+		}
+	}
+
+	async function upscale(
+		src: Mat,
+		x0: number,
+		y0: number,
+		w: number,
+		h: number,
+	): Promise<Mat> {
+		const key = `${w}x${h}`;
+		if (tablesKey !== key) {
+			let tables = tablesByShape.get(key);
+			if (!tables) {
+				tables = new Int32Array([
+					...cubicTable(w, CANONICAL_WIDTH),
+					...cubicTable(h, CANONICAL_HEIGHT),
+				]);
+				tablesByShape.set(key, tables);
+			}
+			tablesBuffer?.destroy();
+			tablesBuffer = device.createBuffer({
+				size: tables.byteLength,
+				usage: BUFFER_STORAGE | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+			});
+			device.queue.writeBuffer(tablesBuffer, 0, tables);
+			tablesKey = key;
+		}
+		const srcData = src.data as Uint8Array;
+		if (!srcBuffer || srcBuffer.size < srcData.byteLength) {
+			srcBuffer?.destroy();
+			srcBuffer = device.createBuffer({
+				size: srcData.byteLength,
+				usage: BUFFER_STORAGE | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+			});
+		}
+		device.queue.writeBuffer(srcBuffer, 0, srcData);
+		device.queue.writeBuffer(
+			paramsBuffer,
+			0,
+			new Uint32Array([
+				src.cols,
+				x0,
+				y0,
+				w,
+				h,
+				CANONICAL_WIDTH,
+				CANONICAL_HEIGHT,
+				0,
+			]),
+		);
+		// an invalid submit would still map the read buffer, stale: check it
+		device.pushErrorScope("validation");
+		const encoder = device.createCommandEncoder();
+		const pass = encoder.beginComputePass();
+		pass.setPipeline(pipeline);
+		pass.setBindGroup(
+			0,
+			device.createBindGroup({
+				layout: pipeline.getBindGroupLayout(0),
+				entries: [srcBuffer, tablesBuffer!, dstBuffer, paramsBuffer].map(
+					(buffer, binding) => ({ binding, resource: { buffer } }),
+				),
+			}),
+		);
+		const groups = Math.ceil(
+			(CANONICAL_WIDTH * CANONICAL_HEIGHT) / WORKGROUP_SIZE,
+		);
+		pass.dispatchWorkgroups(
+			Math.min(groups, MAX_DISPATCH_X),
+			Math.ceil(groups / MAX_DISPATCH_X),
+		);
+		pass.end();
+		encoder.copyBufferToBuffer(dstBuffer, 0, readBuffer, 0, dstBytes);
+		device.queue.submit([encoder.finish()]);
+		const submitError = await device.popErrorScope();
+		if (submitError) throw new Error(`scaler: ${submitError.message}`);
+		await readBuffer.mapAsync(MAP_MODE_READ);
+		const cv = getCV();
+		const dst = new cv.Mat(CANONICAL_HEIGHT, CANONICAL_WIDTH, cv.CV_8UC4);
+		dst.data.set(new Uint8Array(readBuffer.getMappedRange()));
+		readBuffer.unmap();
+		return dst;
+	}
+
+	return { normalize };
+}
+
+/**
+ * OpenCV's cubic resize table for one axis: per destination index the source
+ * index `floor(fx)` and four fixed-point weights, with OpenCV's f32 math.
+ */
+function cubicTable(srcSize: number, dstSize: number): number[] {
+	const f = Math.fround;
+	const scale = 1 / (dstSize / srcSize);
+	const table: number[] = [];
+	for (let d = 0; d < dstSize; d++) {
+		let fx = f((d + 0.5) * scale - 0.5);
+		const sx = Math.floor(fx);
+		fx = f(fx - sx);
+		const A = f(-0.75);
+		const x1 = f(fx + 1);
+		const c0 = f(
+			f(f(f(f(f(A * x1) - f(5 * A)) * x1) + f(8 * A)) * x1) - f(4 * A),
+		);
+		const c1 = f(f(f(f(f(f(A + 2) * fx) - f(A + 3)) * fx) * fx) + 1);
+		const omx = f(1 - fx);
+		const c2 = f(f(f(f(f(f(A + 2) * omx) - f(A + 3)) * omx) * omx) + 1);
+		const c3 = f(f(f(1 - c0) - c1) - c2);
+		table.push(
+			sx,
+			...[c0, c1, c2, c3].map((c) =>
+				Math.max(-32768, Math.min(32767, roundHalfEven(f(c * COEF_SCALE)))),
+			),
+		);
+	}
+	return table;
+}
+
+/** lrint in the default rounding mode, as OpenCV's cvRound compiles under clang */
+function roundHalfEven(v: number): number {
+	const r = Math.round(v);
+	return Math.abs(v % 1) === 0.5 && r % 2 !== 0 ? r - 1 : r;
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-matcher.ts b/app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-matcher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c05c2dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-matcher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,908 @@
+/**
+ * WebGPU batching driver for match steps (core/match-steps.ts). Every pending
+ * request of a step becomes jobs (one image against one template, max over a
+ * placement window) answered by one submit of three passes:
+ *
+ * 1. `sat`: per image, integral images of each channel and of the summed
+ *    squares (u32, wrapping: a window's sum is exact whenever it fits in 32
+ *    bits, which MAX_TEMPLATE_SAMPLES guarantees).
+ * 2. `score`: one thread per BLOCK_ROWS vertically adjacent placements of a
+ *    job accumulates their cross sums ΣT·I with packed u8 dot products (each
+ *    image row read once), takes the window sums from the integral images,
+ *    and folds f32 estimates of the scores into the job's max.
+ * 3. `select`: placements within EPS of that max recompute their exact
+ *    integer sums (64-bit, emulated) and return them; a flat window
+ *    (variance 0, score exactly 0) only raises a flag.
+ *
+ * The CPU finishes the candidates with `normalizeNcc`: the exact score,
+ * identical on every GPU and to the CPU driver's (`runSync`), which scores
+ * exactly too. scripts/scanner/gpu-replay.ts checks both against a JS
+ * reference.
+ */
+import { getCV, type Mat } from "../core/cv";
+import {
+	type MatchRequest,
+	type MatchSteps,
+	normalizeNcc,
+	runSync,
+} from "../core/match-steps";
+
+/** Candidate placements returned per job; more near-ties fall back to the CPU. */
+const K = 8;
+/** Candidate margin under the f32 max; the estimate's error is ~1e-6. */
+const EPS = 1e-4;
+const WORKGROUP_SIZE = 64;
+/** placements one score thread covers, stacked vertically so each image row is read once */
+const BLOCK_ROWS = 4;
+const JOB_U32 = 16;
+const IMAGE_U32 = 8;
+/** per job: count | ZERO_FLAG, then K × (num lo, num hi | sign, variance lo, variance hi) */
+const OUT_U32 = 1 + 4 * K;
+const ZERO_FLAG = 0x80000000;
+const MAX_DISPATCH_X = 65535;
+/** Samples per template (rows × cols × channels) whose u8 products still sum below 2^32. */
+const MAX_TEMPLATE_SAMPLES = Math.floor(0xffffffff / (255 * 255));
+/** Widest request image the numeric score-cache keys cover (canonical frames are 1920 wide). */
+const MAX_IMAGE_COLS = 4096;
+const WINDOW_KEYS = MAX_IMAGE_COLS * MAX_IMAGE_COLS;
+/** Words after each packed image: the funnel-shifted reads run one word past a row (those bytes only meet zero template padding). */
+const IMAGE_PAD_WORDS = 2;
+/** GPUBufferUsage / GPUMapMode flags (spec values; the globals are missing from the TS DOM lib) */
+const BUFFER_MAP_READ = 0x0001;
+const BUFFER_COPY_SRC = 0x0004;
+const BUFFER_COPY_DST = 0x0008;
+const BUFFER_UNIFORM = 0x0040;
+const BUFFER_STORAGE = 0x0080;
+const BUFFER_QUERY_RESOLVE = 0x0200;
+const MAP_MODE_READ = 0x0001;
+
+const shader = (packedDot: boolean) => /* wgsl */ `
+${packedDot ? "requires packed_4x8_integer_dot_product;" : ""}
+
+struct Params {
+  total: u32, jobCount: u32, startsOff: u32, imagesOff: u32,
+  imageCount: u32, blocks: u32, blockStartsOff: u32,
+};
+
+@group(0) @binding(0) var<storage, read> img: array<u32>;
+@group(0) @binding(1) var<storage, read> tpl: array<u32>;
+@group(0) @binding(2) var<storage, read_write> sat: array<u32>;
+@group(0) @binding(3) var<storage, read> info: array<u32>;
+@group(0) @binding(4) var<storage, read_write> scratch: array<u32>;
+@group(0) @binding(5) var<storage, read_write> outs: array<atomic<u32>>;
+@group(0) @binding(6) var<uniform> params: Params;
+
+fn dot4(a: u32, b: u32) -> u32 {
+  ${
+		packedDot
+			? "return dot4U8Packed(a, b);"
+			: `return (a & 0xffu) * (b & 0xffu) + ((a >> 8u) & 0xffu) * ((b >> 8u) & 0xffu)
+    + ((a >> 16u) & 0xffu) * ((b >> 16u) & 0xffu) + (a >> 24u) * (b >> 24u);`
+	}
+}
+
+fn mul64(a: u32, b: u32) -> vec2<u32> {
+  let a0 = a & 0xffffu; let a1 = a >> 16u;
+  let b0 = b & 0xffffu; let b1 = b >> 16u;
+  let p00 = a0 * b0; let p01 = a0 * b1; let p10 = a1 * b0; let p11 = a1 * b1;
+  let mid = (p00 >> 16u) + (p01 & 0xffffu) + (p10 & 0xffffu);
+  return vec2<u32>((p00 & 0xffffu) | (mid << 16u), p11 + (p01 >> 16u) + (p10 >> 16u) + (mid >> 16u));
+}
+fn add64(a: vec2<u32>, b: vec2<u32>) -> vec2<u32> {
+  let lo = a.x + b.x;
+  return vec2<u32>(lo, a.y + b.y + select(0u, 1u, lo < a.x));
+}
+fn sub64(a: vec2<u32>, b: vec2<u32>) -> vec2<u32> {
+  return vec2<u32>(a.x - b.x, a.y - b.y - select(0u, 1u, a.x < b.x));
+}
+fn ge64(a: vec2<u32>, b: vec2<u32>) -> bool { return a.y > b.y || (a.y == b.y && a.x >= b.x); }
+fn toF(a: vec2<u32>) -> f32 { return f32(a.y) * 4294967296.0 + f32(a.x); }
+fn diffF(a: vec2<u32>, b: vec2<u32>) -> f32 {
+  if (ge64(a, b)) { return toF(sub64(a, b)); }
+  return -toF(sub64(b, a));
+}
+fn orderedBits(v: f32) -> u32 {
+  let b = bitcast<u32>(v);
+  return select(b | 0x80000000u, ~b, (b & 0x80000000u) != 0u);
+}
+fn fromOrdered(b: u32) -> f32 {
+  return bitcast<f32>(select(~b, b & 0x7fffffffu, (b & 0x80000000u) != 0u));
+}
+
+struct Job {
+  imgOff: u32, rows: u32, cols: u32, ch: u32, satOff: u32,
+  tplOff: u32, tRows: u32, tCols: u32, tRowWords: u32,
+  lo: u32, w: u32, n: u32, tvarF: f32, tSum: vec3<u32>,
+};
+fn job(j: u32) -> Job {
+  let b = j * ${JOB_U32}u;
+  return Job(info[b], info[b + 1u], info[b + 2u], info[b + 3u], info[b + 4u],
+    info[b + 5u], info[b + 6u], info[b + 7u], info[b + 8u],
+    info[b + 9u], info[b + 10u], info[b + 11u], bitcast<f32>(info[b + 12u]),
+    vec3<u32>(info[b + 13u], info[b + 14u], info[b + 15u]));
+}
+/** the job owning index g of a per-job prefix array at off: the last j with prefix[j] <= g */
+fn jobIn(off: u32, g: u32) -> u32 {
+  var lo = 0u; var hi = params.jobCount;
+  while (lo + 1u < hi) {
+    let mid = (lo + hi) >> 1u;
+    if (info[off + mid] <= g) { lo = mid; } else { hi = mid; }
+  }
+  return lo;
+}
+
+fn satAt(jb: Job, x: u32, y: u32, c: u32) -> u32 {
+  return sat[jb.satOff + (y * (jb.cols + 1u) + x) * (jb.ch + 1u) + c];
+}
+fn windowSum(jb: Job, x0: u32, y0: u32, c: u32) -> u32 {
+  let x1 = x0 + jb.tCols; let y1 = y0 + jb.tRows;
+  return satAt(jb, x1, y1, c) - satAt(jb, x0, y1, c) - satAt(jb, x1, y0, c) + satAt(jb, x0, y0, c);
+}
+
+struct Sums { numA: vec2<u32>, numB: vec2<u32>, varA: vec2<u32>, varB: vec2<u32> };
+fn sums(jb: Job, rx: u32, ry: u32, P: u32) -> Sums {
+  let Q = windowSum(jb, rx, ry, jb.ch);
+  var numB = vec2<u32>(0u); var varB = vec2<u32>(0u);
+  for (var c = 0u; c < jb.ch; c++) {
+    let S = windowSum(jb, rx, ry, c);
+    numB = add64(numB, mul64(S, jb.tSum[c]));
+    varB = add64(varB, mul64(S, S));
+  }
+  return Sums(mul64(jb.n, P), numB, mul64(jb.n, Q), varB);
+}
+fn estimate(jb: Job, s: Sums) -> f32 {
+  let wvar = diffF(s.varA, s.varB);
+  if (wvar <= 0.0) { return 0.0; }
+  return clamp(diffF(s.numA, s.numB) / (sqrt(wvar) * sqrt(jb.tvarF)), -1.0, 1.0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cross sums of the ${BLOCK_ROWS} vertically adjacent placements (rx, ry0 + d),
+ * d < n: every image row is read once and meets each template row it overlaps.
+ */
+fn crossSums(jb: Job, rx: u32, ry0: u32, n: u32) -> vec4<u32> {
+  var P0 = 0u; var P1 = 0u; var P2 = 0u; var P3 = 0u;
+  let rows = jb.tRows + n - 1u;
+  for (var y = 0u; y < rows; y++) {
+    let B = ((ry0 + y) * jb.cols + rx) * jb.ch;
+    var wi = jb.imgOff + (B >> 2u);
+    let r = (B & 3u) * 8u;
+    var cur = img[wi];
+    let use0 = y < jb.tRows;
+    let use1 = n > 1u && y >= 1u && y - 1u < jb.tRows;
+    let use2 = n > 2u && y >= 2u && y - 2u < jb.tRows;
+    let use3 = n > 3u && y >= 3u && y - 3u < jb.tRows;
+    let t0 = jb.tplOff + y * jb.tRowWords;
+    let t1 = t0 - jb.tRowWords; let t2 = t1 - jb.tRowWords; let t3 = t2 - jb.tRowWords;
+    for (var k = 0u; k < jb.tRowWords; k++) {
+      wi++;
+      let nxt = img[wi];
+      let w = select((cur >> r) | (nxt << (32u - r)), cur, r == 0u);
+      cur = nxt;
+      if (use0) { P0 += dot4(w, tpl[t0 + k]); }
+      if (use1) { P1 += dot4(w, tpl[t1 + k]); }
+      if (use2) { P2 += dot4(w, tpl[t2 + k]); }
+      if (use3) { P3 += dot4(w, tpl[t3 + k]); }
+    }
+  }
+  return vec4<u32>(P0, P1, P2, P3);
+}
+
+fn globalId(gid: vec3<u32>, nwg: vec3<u32>) -> u32 {
+  return gid.x + gid.y * nwg.x * ${WORKGROUP_SIZE}u;
+}
+
+@compute @workgroup_size(${WORKGROUP_SIZE})
+fn satMain(@builtin(workgroup_id) wg: vec3<u32>, @builtin(num_workgroups) nwg: vec3<u32>,
+    @builtin(local_invocation_index) lid: u32) {
+  let i = wg.x + wg.y * nwg.x;
+  if (i >= params.imageCount) { return; }
+  let b = params.imagesOff + i * ${IMAGE_U32}u;
+  let off = info[b]; let rows = info[b + 1u]; let cols = info[b + 2u]; let ch = info[b + 3u];
+  let satOff = info[b + 4u];
+  let stride = ch + 1u;
+  // row prefixes, row 0 and column 0 zero
+  for (var x = lid; x <= cols; x += ${WORKGROUP_SIZE}u) {
+    for (var c = 0u; c <= ch; c++) { sat[satOff + x * stride + c] = 0u; }
+  }
+  for (var y = lid; y < rows; y += ${WORKGROUP_SIZE}u) {
+    let rowBase = satOff + (y + 1u) * (cols + 1u) * stride;
+    var acc = vec4<u32>(0u);
+    for (var c = 0u; c <= ch; c++) { sat[rowBase + c] = 0u; }
+    for (var x = 0u; x < cols; x++) {
+      var q = 0u;
+      for (var c = 0u; c < ch; c++) {
+        let B = (y * cols + x) * ch + c;
+        let v = (img[off + (B >> 2u)] >> ((B & 3u) * 8u)) & 0xffu;
+        acc[c] += v;
+        q += v * v;
+      }
+      acc[3] += q;
+      let o = rowBase + (x + 1u) * stride;
+      for (var c = 0u; c < ch; c++) { sat[o + c] = acc[c]; }
+      sat[o + ch] = acc[3];
+    }
+  }
+  storageBarrier();
+  workgroupBarrier();
+  // column prefixes
+  for (var x = lid + 1u; x <= cols; x += ${WORKGROUP_SIZE}u) {
+    for (var y = 2u; y <= rows; y++) {
+      let o = satOff + (y * (cols + 1u) + x) * stride;
+      let p = o - (cols + 1u) * stride;
+      for (var c = 0u; c <= ch; c++) { sat[o + c] += sat[p + c]; }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@compute @workgroup_size(${WORKGROUP_SIZE})
+fn scoreMain(@builtin(global_invocation_id) gid: vec3<u32>, @builtin(num_workgroups) nwg: vec3<u32>) {
+  let g = globalId(gid, nwg);
+  if (g >= params.blocks) { return; }
+  let j = jobIn(params.blockStartsOff, g);
+  let jb = job(j);
+  let b = g - info[params.blockStartsOff + j];
+  let rx = jb.lo + b % jb.w;
+  let ry0 = (b / jb.w) * ${BLOCK_ROWS}u;
+  let n = min(${BLOCK_ROWS}u, jb.rows - jb.tRows + 1u - ry0);
+  let P = crossSums(jb, rx, ry0, n);
+  let base = info[params.startsOff + j] + rx - jb.lo;
+  var best = 0u;
+  for (var d = 0u; d < n; d++) {
+    scratch[base + (ry0 + d) * jb.w] = P[d];
+    best = max(best, orderedBits(estimate(jb, sums(jb, rx, ry0 + d, P[d]))));
+  }
+  atomicMax(&outs[j], best);
+}
+
+@compute @workgroup_size(${WORKGROUP_SIZE})
+fn selectMain(@builtin(global_invocation_id) gid: vec3<u32>, @builtin(num_workgroups) nwg: vec3<u32>) {
+  let g = globalId(gid, nwg);
+  if (g >= params.total) { return; }
+  let j = jobIn(params.startsOff, g);
+  let jb = job(j);
+  let p = g - info[params.startsOff + j];
+  let rx = jb.lo + p % jb.w; let ry = p / jb.w;
+  let s = sums(jb, rx, ry, scratch[g]);
+  if (estimate(jb, s) < fromOrdered(atomicLoad(&outs[j])) - ${EPS}) { return; }
+  let base = params.jobCount + j * ${OUT_U32}u;
+  let wv = sub64(s.varA, s.varB);
+  if (wv.x == 0u && wv.y == 0u) {
+    atomicOr(&outs[base], ${ZERO_FLAG}u);
+    return;
+  }
+  let i = atomicAdd(&outs[base], 1u) & ${~ZERO_FLAG >>> 0}u;
+  if (i >= ${K}u) { return; }
+  let neg = !ge64(s.numA, s.numB);
+  let num = select(sub64(s.numA, s.numB), sub64(s.numB, s.numA), neg);
+  let o = base + 1u + i * 4u;
+  atomicStore(&outs[o], num.x);
+  atomicStore(&outs[o + 1u], num.y | select(0u, 0x80000000u, neg));
+  atomicStore(&outs[o + 2u], wv.x);
+  atomicStore(&outs[o + 3u], wv.y);
+}
+`;
+
+interface U8Image {
+	rows: number;
+	cols: number;
+	ch: number;
+	data: Uint8Array;
+}
+
+interface TemplateEntry {
+	/** sequential, for numeric score-cache keys */
+	id: number;
+	image: U8Image;
+	/** offset into the GPU template buffer, in words; rows padded to whole words */
+	offset: number;
+	rowWords: number;
+	n: number;
+	sum: number[];
+	/** Σ_c (N·ΣT_c² − (ΣT_c)²) */
+	varInt: number;
+}
+
+interface Job {
+	image: U8Image;
+	template: TemplateEntry;
+	lo: number;
+	hi: number;
+	/** score arrays (and indices into them) waiting on this job, plus its cache slot */
+	targets: number[][];
+	targetIndices: number[];
+	cache: Map<number, number> | null;
+	cacheKey: number;
+}
+
+function resolveJob(job: Job, score: number) {
+	for (const [t, target] of job.targets.entries()) {
+		target[job.targetIndices[t]!] = score;
+	}
+	job.cache?.set(job.cacheKey, score);
+}
+
+export interface GpuMatcherStats {
+	steps: number;
+	dispatches: number;
+	jobs: number;
+	placements: number;
+	cacheHits: number;
+	/** jobs finished on the CPU: more than K near-tied placements */
+	cpuFallbacks: number;
+	/** jobs the kernel cannot take (channel layout, template size), matched on the CPU */
+	unsupported: number;
+	/** submit to readback, summed */
+	gpuWaitMs: number;
+	/** kernel time from timestamp queries (only when created with `timestamps`) */
+	kernelMs: number;
+}
+
+export interface GpuMatcher {
+	/**
+	 * Runs `steps` to completion, answering each step's requests with at most
+	 * one submit. A device lost mid-run hands the pending step to the CPU
+	 * (runSync), so the generators run exactly once either way.
+	 */
+	run<T>(steps: MatchSteps<T>): Promise<T>;
+	/** the matcher's device, shared with the frame scaler */
+	readonly device: GPUDevice;
+	/** the device is gone; callers switch to the CPU path */
+	readonly lost: boolean;
+	readonly lostReason: string | null;
+	stats: GpuMatcherStats;
+	destroy(): void;
+}
+
+export async function createGpuMatcher(
+	gpu: GPU,
+	options: { timestamps?: boolean } = {},
+): Promise<GpuMatcher> {
+	const adapter = await gpu.requestAdapter({
+		powerPreference: "high-performance",
+	});
+	if (!adapter) throw new Error("no WebGPU adapter");
+	const timestamps =
+		options.timestamps === true && adapter.features.has("timestamp-query");
+	const device = await adapter.requestDevice({
+		requiredFeatures: timestamps ? ["timestamp-query"] : [],
+		requiredLimits: {
+			maxStorageBufferBindingSize: adapter.limits.maxStorageBufferBindingSize,
+			maxBufferSize: adapter.limits.maxBufferSize,
+		},
+	});
+	device.pushErrorScope("validation");
+	const module = device.createShaderModule({
+		code: shader(
+			gpu.wgslLanguageFeatures.has("packed_4x8_integer_dot_product"),
+		),
+	});
+	const pipeline = (entryPoint: string) =>
+		device.createComputePipeline({
+			layout: "auto",
+			compute: { module, entryPoint },
+		});
+	const satPipeline = pipeline("satMain");
+	const scorePipeline = pipeline("scoreMain");
+	const selectPipeline = pipeline("selectMain");
+	const pipelineError = await device.popErrorScope();
+	if (pipelineError) {
+		device.destroy();
+		throw new Error(`matcher pipelines: ${pipelineError.message}`);
+	}
+	const stats: GpuMatcherStats = {
+		steps: 0,
+		dispatches: 0,
+		jobs: 0,
+		placements: 0,
+		cacheHits: 0,
+		cpuFallbacks: 0,
+		unsupported: 0,
+		gpuWaitMs: 0,
+		kernelMs: 0,
+	};
+
+	// templates are long-lived (glyph atlases, weapon icons): packed once, on
+	// first use, into one growable buffer that only uploads what is new
+	const templates = new Map<Mat, TemplateEntry>();
+	let templateMirror = new Uint32Array(1 << 20);
+	let templateBytes = new Uint8Array(templateMirror.buffer);
+	let templateLength = 0;
+	let templateUploaded = 0;
+	let templateBuffer: GPUBuffer | null = null;
+	const templateOf = (mat: Mat): TemplateEntry => {
+		const known = templates.get(mat);
+		if (known) return known;
+		const image = readPixels(mat);
+		const rowBytes = image.cols * image.ch;
+		const rowWords = Math.ceil(rowBytes / 4);
+		const words = image.rows * rowWords;
+		if (templateLength + words > templateMirror.length) {
+			const grown = new Uint32Array(
+				2 ** Math.ceil(Math.log2(templateLength + words)),
+			);
+			grown.set(templateMirror.subarray(0, templateLength));
+			templateMirror = grown;
+			templateBytes = new Uint8Array(grown.buffer);
+		}
+		for (let y = 0; y < image.rows; y++) {
+			templateBytes.set(
+				image.data.subarray(y * rowBytes, (y + 1) * rowBytes),
+				(templateLength + y * rowWords) * 4,
+			);
+		}
+		const entry = {
+			id: templates.size,
+			image,
+			offset: templateLength,
+			rowWords,
+			...templateStats(image),
+		};
+		templateLength += words;
+		templates.set(mat, entry);
+		return entry;
+	};
+	const syncTemplates = () => {
+		if (!templateBuffer || templateBuffer.size < templateLength * 4) {
+			templateBuffer?.destroy();
+			templateBuffer = device.createBuffer({
+				size: Math.max(256, templateMirror.byteLength),
+				usage: BUFFER_STORAGE | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+			});
+			templateUploaded = 0;
+		}
+		if (templateUploaded < templateLength) {
+			device.queue.writeBuffer(
+				templateBuffer,
+				templateUploaded * 4,
+				templateMirror,
+				templateUploaded,
+				templateLength - templateUploaded,
+			);
+			templateUploaded = templateLength;
+		}
+		return templateBuffer;
+	};
+
+	const pool = new Map<string, GPUBuffer>();
+	const pooled = (name: string, bytes: number, usage: number) => {
+		const have = pool.get(name);
+		if (have && have.size >= bytes) return have;
+		have?.destroy();
+		const buffer = device.createBuffer({
+			size: Math.max(256, 2 ** Math.ceil(Math.log2(bytes))),
+			usage,
+		});
+		pool.set(name, buffer);
+		return buffer;
+	};
+	const paramsBuffer = device.createBuffer({
+		size: 32,
+		usage: BUFFER_UNIFORM | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+	});
+	const querySet = timestamps
+		? device.createQuerySet({ type: "timestamp", count: 2 })
+		: null;
+	const queryBuffer = timestamps
+		? device.createBuffer({
+				size: 16,
+				usage: BUFFER_QUERY_RESOLVE | BUFFER_COPY_SRC,
+			})
+		: null;
+
+	let imageWords = new Uint32Array(1 << 16);
+	let meta = new Uint32Array(1 << 16);
+
+	async function dispatch(jobs: Job[]): Promise<void> {
+		stats.dispatches++;
+		stats.jobs += jobs.length;
+
+		// images, each word-aligned and padded, with their integral-image slots
+		const imageIndex = new Map<U8Image, number>();
+		const images: { image: U8Image; offset: number; satOffset: number }[] = [];
+		let wordLength = 0;
+		let satLength = 0;
+		for (const { image } of jobs) {
+			if (imageIndex.has(image)) continue;
+			imageIndex.set(image, images.length);
+			images.push({ image, offset: wordLength, satOffset: satLength });
+			wordLength += Math.ceil(image.data.length / 4) + IMAGE_PAD_WORDS;
+			satLength += (image.rows + 1) * (image.cols + 1) * (image.ch + 1);
+		}
+		// stale padding is harmless: it only ever meets zero template padding
+		if (imageWords.length < wordLength) {
+			imageWords = new Uint32Array(2 ** Math.ceil(Math.log2(wordLength)));
+		}
+		const imageBytes = new Uint8Array(imageWords.buffer);
+		for (const { image, offset } of images)
+			imageBytes.set(image.data, offset * 4);
+
+		// meta: jobs, placement prefix, images
+		const startsOffset = jobs.length * JOB_U32;
+		const blockStartsOffset = startsOffset + jobs.length + 1;
+		const imagesOffset = blockStartsOffset + jobs.length + 1;
+		const metaLength = imagesOffset + images.length * IMAGE_U32;
+		if (meta.length < metaLength) {
+			meta = new Uint32Array(2 ** Math.ceil(Math.log2(metaLength)));
+		}
+		const metaFloats = new Float32Array(meta.buffer);
+		let total = 0;
+		let blocks = 0;
+		for (const [i, { image, template, lo, hi }] of jobs.entries()) {
+			const { offset, satOffset } = images[imageIndex.get(image)!]!;
+			const b = i * JOB_U32;
+			meta[b] = offset;
+			meta[b + 1] = image.rows;
+			meta[b + 2] = image.cols;
+			meta[b + 3] = image.ch;
+			meta[b + 4] = satOffset;
+			meta[b + 5] = template.offset;
+			meta[b + 6] = template.image.rows;
+			meta[b + 7] = template.image.cols;
+			meta[b + 8] = template.rowWords;
+			meta[b + 9] = lo;
+			meta[b + 10] = hi - lo + 1;
+			meta[b + 11] = template.n;
+			metaFloats[b + 12] = template.varInt;
+			meta[b + 13] = template.sum[0] ?? 0;
+			meta[b + 14] = template.sum[1] ?? 0;
+			meta[b + 15] = template.sum[2] ?? 0;
+			const rows = image.rows - template.image.rows + 1;
+			meta[startsOffset + i] = total;
+			total += rows * (hi - lo + 1);
+			meta[blockStartsOffset + i] = blocks;
+			blocks += Math.ceil(rows / BLOCK_ROWS) * (hi - lo + 1);
+		}
+		meta[startsOffset + jobs.length] = total;
+		meta[blockStartsOffset + jobs.length] = blocks;
+		for (const [i, { image, offset, satOffset }] of images.entries()) {
+			const b = imagesOffset + i * IMAGE_U32;
+			meta[b] = offset;
+			meta[b + 1] = image.rows;
+			meta[b + 2] = image.cols;
+			meta[b + 3] = image.ch;
+			meta[b + 4] = satOffset;
+		}
+		stats.placements += total;
+
+		const tplBuffer = syncTemplates();
+		const imgBuffer = pooled(
+			"img",
+			wordLength * 4,
+			BUFFER_STORAGE | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+		);
+		const satBuffer = pooled("sat", satLength * 4, BUFFER_STORAGE);
+		const metaBuffer = pooled(
+			"meta",
+			metaLength * 4,
+			BUFFER_STORAGE | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+		);
+		const scratchBuffer = pooled("scratch", total * 4, BUFFER_STORAGE);
+		const outLength = jobs.length * (1 + OUT_U32);
+		const outBytes = outLength * 4;
+		const outBuffer = pooled(
+			"out",
+			outBytes,
+			BUFFER_STORAGE | BUFFER_COPY_SRC | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+		);
+		const readBuffer = pooled(
+			"read",
+			outBytes,
+			BUFFER_MAP_READ | BUFFER_COPY_DST,
+		);
+		device.queue.writeBuffer(imgBuffer, 0, imageWords, 0, wordLength);
+		device.queue.writeBuffer(metaBuffer, 0, meta, 0, metaLength);
+		device.queue.writeBuffer(
+			paramsBuffer,
+			0,
+			new Uint32Array([
+				total,
+				jobs.length,
+				startsOffset,
+				imagesOffset,
+				images.length,
+				blocks,
+				blockStartsOffset,
+				0,
+			]),
+		);
+
+		const encoder = device.createCommandEncoder();
+		encoder.clearBuffer(outBuffer, 0, outBytes);
+		const pass = encoder.beginComputePass(
+			querySet
+				? {
+						timestampWrites: {
+							querySet,
+							beginningOfPassWriteIndex: 0,
+							endOfPassWriteIndex: 1,
+						},
+					}
+				: {},
+		);
+		pass.setPipeline(satPipeline);
+		pass.setBindGroup(0, bindAll(satPipeline, [0, 2, 3, 6]));
+		pass.dispatchWorkgroups(...grid(images.length));
+		pass.setPipeline(scorePipeline);
+		pass.setBindGroup(0, bindAll(scorePipeline, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]));
+		pass.dispatchWorkgroups(...grid(Math.ceil(blocks / WORKGROUP_SIZE)));
+		pass.setPipeline(selectPipeline);
+		pass.setBindGroup(0, bindAll(selectPipeline, [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]));
+		pass.dispatchWorkgroups(...grid(Math.ceil(total / WORKGROUP_SIZE)));
+		pass.end();
+		if (querySet && queryBuffer) {
+			encoder.resolveQuerySet(querySet, 0, 2, queryBuffer, 0);
+			encoder.copyBufferToBuffer(
+				queryBuffer,
+				0,
+				pooled("query", 16, BUFFER_MAP_READ | BUFFER_COPY_DST),
+				0,
+				16,
+			);
+		}
+		encoder.copyBufferToBuffer(
+			outBuffer,
+			jobs.length * 4,
+			readBuffer,
+			0,
+			jobs.length * OUT_U32 * 4,
+		);
+		device.queue.submit([encoder.finish()]);
+		const waitStart = performance.now();
+		const readBytes = jobs.length * OUT_U32 * 4;
+		await readBuffer.mapAsync(MAP_MODE_READ, 0, readBytes);
+		stats.gpuWaitMs += performance.now() - waitStart;
+		const out = new Uint32Array(
+			readBuffer.getMappedRange(0, readBytes).slice(0),
+		);
+		readBuffer.unmap();
+		if (querySet) {
+			const read = pool.get("query")!;
+			await read.mapAsync(MAP_MODE_READ, 0, 16);
+			const [begin, end] = new BigUint64Array(read.getMappedRange(0, 16));
+			stats.kernelMs += Number(end! - begin!) / 1e6;
+			read.unmap();
+		}
+
+		for (const [i, job] of jobs.entries()) {
+			const b = i * OUT_U32;
+			const info = out[b]!;
+			const count = (info & ~ZERO_FLAG) >>> 0;
+			if (count > K || (count === 0 && !(info & ZERO_FLAG))) {
+				stats.cpuFallbacks++;
+				resolveJob(job, exactMax(job.image, job.template, job.lo, job.hi));
+				continue;
+			}
+			let best = info & ZERO_FLAG ? 0 : Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+			for (let c = 0; c < count; c++) {
+				const o = b + 1 + c * 4;
+				const hi = out[o + 1]!;
+				const magnitude = (hi & 0x7fffffff) * 2 ** 32 + out[o]!;
+				const score = normalizeNcc(
+					hi & 0x80000000 ? -magnitude : magnitude,
+					out[o + 3]! * 2 ** 32 + out[o + 2]!,
+					job.template.varInt,
+				);
+				if (score > best) best = score;
+			}
+			resolveJob(job, best);
+		}
+
+		function bindAll(pipe: GPUComputePipeline, bindings: number[]) {
+			const byBinding: Record<number, GPUBuffer> = {
+				0: imgBuffer,
+				1: tplBuffer,
+				2: satBuffer,
+				3: metaBuffer,
+				4: scratchBuffer,
+				5: outBuffer,
+				6: paramsBuffer,
+			};
+			return device.createBindGroup({
+				layout: pipe.getBindGroupLayout(0),
+				entries: bindings.map((binding) => ({
+					binding,
+					resource: { buffer: byBinding[binding]! },
+				})),
+			});
+		}
+	}
+
+	let lost = false;
+	let lostReason: string | null = null;
+	void device.lost.then((info) => {
+		lostReason ??= info.message || info.reason;
+		lost = true;
+	});
+
+	async function run<T>(steps: MatchSteps<T>): Promise<T> {
+		const cache = new Map<string, Map<number, number>>();
+		const keyedImages = new Map<string, U8Image>();
+		let step = steps.next();
+		while (!step.done) {
+			if (lost) return runSync(steps, step);
+			stats.steps++;
+			const jobs: Job[] = [];
+			const inflight = new Map<string, Map<number, Job>>();
+			const answers = step.value.map((request) =>
+				answer(request, cache, inflight, keyedImages, jobs),
+			);
+			if (jobs.length > 0) {
+				try {
+					await dispatch(jobs);
+				} catch (error) {
+					// a lost device fails the readback, sometimes before `device.lost` settles
+					lostReason ??= String(error);
+					lost = true;
+					return runSync(steps, step);
+				}
+			}
+			step = steps.next(answers.map((scores) => (i: number) => scores[i]!));
+		}
+		return step.value;
+	}
+
+	function answer(
+		request: MatchRequest,
+		cache: Map<string, Map<number, number>>,
+		inflight: Map<string, Map<number, Job>>,
+		keyedImages: Map<string, U8Image>,
+		jobs: Job[],
+	): number[] {
+		const scores = new Array<number>(request.templates.length);
+		const { key, windows } = request;
+		const cached = key === undefined ? null : entriesOf(cache, key);
+		const pending = key === undefined ? null : entriesOf(inflight, key);
+		let image: U8Image | null = null;
+		for (const [i, mat] of request.templates.entries()) {
+			const template = templateOf(mat);
+			// a score is the max over its window, so the window is part of its identity
+			const window = windows?.[i];
+			const scoreKey =
+				template.id * WINDOW_KEYS +
+				(window ? window[0] * MAX_IMAGE_COLS + window[1] : WINDOW_KEYS - 1);
+			const hit = cached?.get(scoreKey);
+			if (hit !== undefined) {
+				stats.cacheHits++;
+				scores[i] = hit;
+				continue;
+			}
+			const waiting = pending?.get(scoreKey);
+			if (waiting) {
+				stats.cacheHits++;
+				waiting.targets.push(scores);
+				waiting.targetIndices.push(i);
+				continue;
+			}
+			image ??=
+				key === undefined
+					? readPixels(request.image)
+					: (keyedImages.get(key) ??
+						keyedImages.set(key, readPixels(request.image)).get(key)!);
+			const [lo, hi] = window ?? [0, image.cols - template.image.cols];
+			const job: Job = {
+				image,
+				template,
+				lo,
+				hi,
+				targets: [scores],
+				targetIndices: [i],
+				cache: cached,
+				cacheKey: scoreKey,
+			};
+			if (template.varInt === 0) {
+				resolveJob(job, 1);
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (
+				(image.ch !== 1 && image.ch !== 3) ||
+				image.ch !== template.image.ch ||
+				template.n * template.image.ch > MAX_TEMPLATE_SAMPLES ||
+				image.cols > MAX_IMAGE_COLS
+			) {
+				stats.unsupported++;
+				resolveJob(job, exactMax(image, template, lo, hi));
+				continue;
+			}
+			pending?.set(scoreKey, job);
+			jobs.push(job);
+		}
+		return scores;
+	}
+
+	return {
+		run,
+		device,
+		get lost() {
+			return lost;
+		},
+		get lostReason() {
+			return lostReason;
+		},
+		stats,
+		destroy: () => device.destroy(),
+	};
+}
+
+function entriesOf<V>(cache: Map<string, Map<number, V>>, key: string) {
+	let entries = cache.get(key);
+	if (!entries) {
+		entries = new Map();
+		cache.set(key, entries);
+	}
+	return entries;
+}
+
+/** Workgroup grid for `count` workgroups, split over y past the per-dimension limit. */
+function grid(count: number): [number, number] {
+	return [
+		Math.max(1, Math.min(count, MAX_DISPATCH_X)),
+		Math.max(1, Math.ceil(count / MAX_DISPATCH_X)),
+	];
+}
+
+function readPixels(mat: Mat): U8Image {
+	const copy = new (getCV().Mat)();
+	mat.copyTo(copy);
+	const image = {
+		rows: copy.rows,
+		cols: copy.cols,
+		ch: copy.channels(),
+		data: new Uint8Array(copy.data),
+	};
+	copy.delete();
+	return image;
+}
+
+function templateStats(t: U8Image) {
+	const n = t.rows * t.cols;
+	const sum = new Array<number>(t.ch).fill(0);
+	const sq = new Array<number>(t.ch).fill(0);
+	for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		for (let c = 0; c < t.ch; c++) {
+			const v = t.data[i * t.ch + c]!;
+			sum[c]! += v;
+			sq[c]! += v * v;
+		}
+	}
+	let varInt = 0;
+	for (let c = 0; c < t.ch; c++) varInt += n * sq[c]! - sum[c]! * sum[c]!;
+	return { n, sum, varInt };
+}
+
+function exactMax(
+	image: U8Image,
+	template: TemplateEntry,
+	lo: number,
+	hi: number,
+): number {
+	const t = template.image;
+	const { ch } = image;
+	let best = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+	for (let y = 0; y + t.rows <= image.rows; y++) {
+		for (let x = lo; x <= hi; x++) {
+			let num = 0;
+			let windowVar = 0;
+			for (let c = 0; c < ch; c++) {
+				let S = 0;
+				let Q = 0;
+				let P = 0;
+				for (let ty = 0; ty < t.rows; ty++) {
+					const ib = ((y + ty) * image.cols + x) * ch + c;
+					const tb = ty * t.cols * ch + c;
+					for (let tx = 0; tx < t.cols; tx++) {
+						const iv = image.data[ib + tx * ch]!;
+						S += iv;
+						Q += iv * iv;
+						P += iv * t.data[tb + tx * ch]!;
+					}
+				}
+				num += template.n * P - S * template.sum[c]!;
+				windowVar += template.n * Q - S * S;
+			}
+			const score = normalizeNcc(num, windowVar, template.varInt);
+			if (score > best) best = score;
+		}
+	}
+	return best;
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/worker/protocol.ts b/app/features/scanner/worker/protocol.ts
index cae0deca6..995169fc6 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/worker/protocol.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/worker/protocol.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export interface InitRequest {
 	suppressSteadyFrames?: boolean;
 	/** accumulate scan telemetry counters and time the detectors; default false (VoD telemetry panel opts in) */
 	collectTelemetry?: boolean;
+	/** match templates (and upscale sub-1080p frames) on WebGPU when an adapter exists; default false */
+	webgpu?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface AnalyzeRequest {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 72d314e7b..cacd31992 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 		"scanner:report": "vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts scripts/scanner/report.ts",
 		"scanner:scan-vod": "vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts scripts/scanner/scan-vod.ts",
 		"scanner:status-audit": "vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts scripts/scanner/status-audit.ts",
+		"scanner:gpu-parity": "vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts scripts/scanner/gpu-parity.ts",
+		"scanner:gpu-replay": "vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts scripts/scanner/gpu-replay.ts",
 		"scanner:fixtures": "vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts scripts/scanner/run-fixtures.ts",
 		"scanner:replay": "vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts scripts/scanner/replay-frames.ts",
 		"scanner:bootstrap-atlas": "vite-node -c scripts/scanner/vite-node.config.ts scripts/scanner/bootstrap-atlas-from-fixture.ts",
diff --git a/scripts/scanner/gpu-parity.ts b/scripts/scanner/gpu-parity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c95fce98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/scanner/gpu-parity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/** biome-ignore-all lint/suspicious/noConsole: CLI script output */
+/**
+ * GPU parity over every fixture frame: each detector gates the frame, then
+ * parses it twice — synchronously on the CPU (runSync) and through the WebGPU
+ * matcher (separate detector instances, so memo state never crosses). Both
+ * drivers score exactly, so the two event lists must be byte-identical, raw
+ * scores included. Also checks the GPU frame upscale
+ * (worker/gpu-frame-scaler.ts) pixel-for-pixel against normalizeFrame on each
+ * frame. WebGPU comes from Dawn (node/webgpu.ts: WEBGPU_NODE).
+ *
+ * Usage: pnpm scanner:gpu-parity [--verbose]
+ */
+import { readdirSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { loadOpenCV, type Mat } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/cv";
+import { createAllDetectors } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/detectors/registry";
+import { normalizeFrame, toMat } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/image";
+import { FIXTURES_DIR } from "../../app/features/scanner/node/fixtures";
+import { readImage } from "../../app/features/scanner/node/image-io";
+import { loadScoreboardResources } from "../../app/features/scanner/node/resources";
+import { nodeGpu } from "../../app/features/scanner/node/webgpu";
+import { createGpuFrameScaler } from "../../app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-frame-scaler";
+import { createGpuMatcher } from "../../app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-matcher";
+
+/** Fields that carry raw match scores; everything else is a decision. */
+const SCORE_FIELDS = new Set([
+	"confidence",
+	"score",
+	"ncc",
+	"teamColor",
+	"debug",
+]);
+
+const verbose = process.argv.includes("--verbose");
+
+await loadOpenCV();
+const resources = await loadScoreboardResources();
+const matcher = await createGpuMatcher(nodeGpu());
+const scaler = await createGpuFrameScaler(matcher.device);
+
+let rows = 0;
+let identicalRows = 0;
+let decisionRows = 0;
+let pixelMismatchFrames = 0;
+const failures: string[] = [];
+let cpuMs = 0;
+let gpuMs = 0;
+
+for (const group of fixtureGroups()) {
+	// fresh instances per fixture folder, like the suites: memos and layout
+	// latches never carry from one detector's cases into another's
+	const cpuDetectors = createAllDetectors(resources);
+	const gpuDetectors = createAllDetectors(resources);
+	for (const path of group) {
+		const src = toMat(await readImage(path));
+		const frame = normalizeFrame(src);
+		const scaled = await scaler.normalize(src);
+		if (!samePixels(frame, scaled)) {
+			pixelMismatchFrames++;
+			failures.push(`${path}: GPU upscale differs from normalizeFrame`);
+		}
+		scaled.delete();
+		src.delete();
+		for (const [i, cpuDetector] of cpuDetectors.entries()) {
+			const gpuDetector = gpuDetectors[i]!;
+			const gate = cpuDetector.gate(frame);
+			gpuDetector.gate(frame);
+			rows++;
+			if (!gate.pass) {
+				identicalRows++;
+				decisionRows++;
+				continue;
+			}
+			let start = performance.now();
+			const cpuEvents = cpuDetector.parse(frame, 0, gate);
+			cpuMs += performance.now() - start;
+			start = performance.now();
+			const gpuEvents = await matcher.run(
+				gpuDetector.parseSteps(frame, 0, gate, true),
+			);
+			gpuMs += performance.now() - start;
+			if (decisions(cpuEvents) === decisions(gpuEvents)) decisionRows++;
+			if (JSON.stringify(cpuEvents) === JSON.stringify(gpuEvents)) {
+				identicalRows++;
+			} else {
+				failures.push(`${path} ${cpuDetector.id}: events differ`);
+				if (verbose) {
+					console.log("CPU", JSON.stringify(cpuEvents));
+					console.log("GPU", JSON.stringify(gpuEvents));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		frame.delete();
+	}
+}
+
+for (const failure of failures) console.log(failure);
+console.log(
+	`${rows} detector × frame rows: ${identicalRows} byte-identical, ${decisionRows} with identical decisions; ${pixelMismatchFrames} frames with upscale mismatches`,
+);
+console.log(
+	`parse time: CPU ${(cpuMs / 1000).toFixed(1)} s, GPU ${(gpuMs / 1000).toFixed(1)} s · ${JSON.stringify(matcher.stats)}`,
+);
+matcher.destroy();
+process.exit(failures.length === 0 ? 0 : 1);
+
+/** Fixture frames grouped by detector folder, in a stable order. */
+function fixtureGroups(): string[][] {
+	return readdirSync(FIXTURES_DIR)
+		.filter((dir) => statSync(join(FIXTURES_DIR, dir)).isDirectory())
+		.sort()
+		.map((dir) =>
+			readdirSync(join(FIXTURES_DIR, dir))
+				.sort()
+				.flatMap((fixture) =>
+					["frame.png", "frame.jpg", "frame.jpeg"]
+						.map((name) => join(FIXTURES_DIR, dir, fixture, name))
+						.filter((path) => {
+							try {
+								return statSync(path).isFile();
+							} catch {
+								return false;
+							}
+						})
+						.slice(0, 1),
+				),
+		);
+}
+
+function decisions(events: unknown): string {
+	return JSON.stringify(events, (key, value) =>
+		SCORE_FIELDS.has(key) ? undefined : value,
+	);
+}
+
+function samePixels(a: Mat, b: Mat): boolean {
+	const x = a.data as Uint8Array;
+	const y = b.data as Uint8Array;
+	if (x.length !== y.length) return false;
+	for (let i = 0; i < x.length; i++) if (x[i] !== y[i]) return false;
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/scanner/gpu-replay.ts b/scripts/scanner/gpu-replay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cdf254fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/scanner/gpu-replay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+/** biome-ignore-all lint/suspicious/noConsole: CLI script output */
+/**
+ * Replay benchmark for the GPU matcher: replays a recorded match-request
+ * corpus (scan-vod --record) through worker/gpu-matcher.ts, times it, and
+ * checks every score of a sample of runs bit-for-bit against an exact JS
+ * reference (integer sums, one f64 normalization with OpenCV's guards, f32
+ * result). Any kernel change must keep 0 mismatches. WebGPU comes from Dawn
+ * (node/webgpu.ts: WEBGPU_NODE).
+ *
+ * Usage: pnpm scanner:gpu-replay <corpus-dir> [--check-every N] [--threads T] [--cpu]
+ * --check-every: exact-check every N-th run (default 1 = all; the reference is slow)
+ * --cpu: also run the CPU driver (runSync) on the same corpus: timed, and every
+ *   score compared with the GPU's
+ */
+import { cpus } from "node:os";
+import { Worker } from "node:worker_threads";
+import {
+	getCV,
+	loadOpenCV,
+	type Mat,
+} from "../../app/features/scanner/core/cv";
+import {
+	type MatchRequest,
+	type MatchSteps,
+	runSync,
+} from "../../app/features/scanner/core/match-steps";
+import { nodeGpu } from "../../app/features/scanner/node/webgpu";
+import { createGpuMatcher } from "../../app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-matcher";
+import { type CorpusRequest, loadMatchCorpus } from "./match-corpus";
+
+const EXACT_WORKER = /* js */ `
+const { parentPort, workerData } = require("node:worker_threads");
+const { images } = workerData;
+const stats = new Map();
+function templateStats(id) {
+	let s = stats.get(id);
+	if (s) return s;
+	const t = images[id];
+	const n = t.rows * t.cols;
+	const sum = new Array(t.ch).fill(0);
+	const sq = new Array(t.ch).fill(0);
+	for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) for (let c = 0; c < t.ch; c++) {
+		const v = t.data[i * t.ch + c];
+		sum[c] += v;
+		sq[c] += v * v;
+	}
+	let varInt = 0;
+	for (let c = 0; c < t.ch; c++) varInt += n * sq[c] - sum[c] * sum[c];
+	s = { n, sum, varInt };
+	stats.set(id, s);
+	return s;
+}
+function normalize(num, wvar, tvar) {
+	if (tvar === 0) return 1;
+	if (wvar <= 0) return 0;
+	const r = num / (Math.sqrt(wvar) * Math.sqrt(tvar));
+	const a = Math.abs(r);
+	if (a < 1) return Math.fround(r);
+	if (a < 1.125) return r > 0 ? 1 : -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+function windowMax(img, t, s, lo, hi) {
+	const ch = img.ch;
+	const rowLen = t.cols * ch;
+	let best = -Infinity;
+	for (let y = 0; y + t.rows <= img.rows; y++) {
+		for (let x = lo; x <= hi; x++) {
+			let num = 0;
+			let wvar = 0;
+			for (let c = 0; c < ch; c++) {
+				let S = 0, Q = 0, P = 0;
+				for (let ty = 0; ty < t.rows; ty++) {
+					const ib = ((y + ty) * img.cols + x) * ch + c;
+					const tb = ty * rowLen + c;
+					for (let k = 0; k < rowLen; k += ch) {
+						const iv = img.data[ib + k];
+						S += iv;
+						Q += iv * iv;
+						P += iv * t.data[tb + k];
+					}
+				}
+				num += s.n * P - S * s.sum[c];
+				wvar += s.n * Q - S * S;
+			}
+			const v = normalize(num, wvar, s.varInt);
+			if (v > best) best = v;
+		}
+	}
+	return best;
+}
+parentPort.on("message", ({ run, steps }) => {
+	const out = [];
+	for (const step of steps) for (const r of step) {
+		const img = images[r.image];
+		for (const [k, id] of r.templates.entries()) {
+			const t = images[id];
+			const [lo, hi] = r.windows?.[k] ?? [0, img.cols - t.cols];
+			out.push(windowMax(img, t, templateStats(id), lo, hi));
+		}
+	}
+	parentPort.postMessage({ run, scores: Float32Array.from(out) });
+});
+`;
+
+const options = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
+if (!options) {
+	console.error(
+		"usage: pnpm scanner:gpu-replay <corpus-dir> [--check-every N] [--threads T] [--cpu]",
+	);
+	process.exit(1);
+}
+
+await loadOpenCV();
+const cv = getCV();
+const corpus = loadMatchCorpus(options.dir);
+const mats = new Map<number, Mat>();
+const matOf = (id: number): Mat => {
+	let mat = mats.get(id);
+	if (!mat) {
+		const image = corpus.images[id]!;
+		mat = new cv.Mat(
+			image.rows,
+			image.cols,
+			image.ch === 1 ? cv.CV_8UC1 : cv.CV_8UC3,
+		);
+		mat.data.set(image.data);
+		mats.set(id, mat);
+	}
+	return mat;
+};
+
+const matcher = await createGpuMatcher(nodeGpu(), { timestamps: true });
+// warm-up (pipeline compilation, template upload), then a clean timed pass
+await matcher.run(replay(0, []));
+for (const key of Object.keys(
+	matcher.stats,
+) as (keyof typeof matcher.stats)[]) {
+	matcher.stats[key] = 0;
+}
+const gpuScores: number[][] = [];
+const gpuStart = performance.now();
+for (let run = 0; run < corpus.runs.length; run++) {
+	const scores: number[] = [];
+	await matcher.run(replay(run, scores));
+	gpuScores.push(scores);
+}
+const gpuMs = performance.now() - gpuStart;
+const requests = corpus.runs.reduce(
+	(n, r) => n + r.steps.reduce((m, s) => m + s.length, 0),
+	0,
+);
+console.log(
+	`GPU: ${gpuMs.toFixed(0)} ms for ${corpus.runs.length} runs (${requests} requests)`,
+);
+console.log(JSON.stringify(matcher.stats));
+
+if (options.cpu) {
+	// the CPU driver scores exactly too: every score must match the GPU's bit for bit
+	const cpuStart = performance.now();
+	let cpuMismatches = 0;
+	for (let run = 0; run < corpus.runs.length; run++) {
+		const scores: number[] = [];
+		runSync(replay(run, scores));
+		for (const [i, score] of scores.entries()) {
+			if (!Object.is(score, gpuScores[run]![i])) cpuMismatches++;
+		}
+	}
+	console.log(
+		`CPU (runSync): ${(performance.now() - cpuStart).toFixed(0)} ms, ${cpuMismatches} scores differing from the GPU's`,
+	);
+}
+
+const checked = corpus.runs
+	.map((_, run) => run)
+	.filter((run) => run % options.checkEvery === 0);
+const exact = await exactScores(checked);
+let compared = 0;
+let mismatches = 0;
+for (const [run, reference] of exact) {
+	const scores = gpuScores[run]!;
+	for (let i = 0; i < reference.length; i++) {
+		compared++;
+		if (!Object.is(Math.fround(scores[i]!), reference[i]!)) {
+			mismatches++;
+			if (mismatches <= 5)
+				console.log(
+					`mismatch run ${run} #${i}: GPU ${scores[i]} exact ${reference[i]}`,
+				);
+		}
+	}
+}
+console.log(
+	`exact check: ${checked.length}/${corpus.runs.length} runs, ${compared} scores, ${mismatches} mismatches`,
+);
+matcher.destroy();
+process.exit(mismatches === 0 ? 0 : 1);
+
+function* replay(run: number, out: number[]): MatchSteps<void> {
+	for (const step of corpus.runs[run]!.steps) {
+		const batch: MatchRequest[] = step.map((r) => ({
+			image: matOf(r.image),
+			templates: r.templates.map(matOf),
+			windows: r.windows,
+			key: r.key,
+		}));
+		const scores = yield batch;
+		for (const [i, r] of step.entries()) {
+			for (let k = 0; k < r.templates.length; k++) out.push(scores[i]!(k));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+async function exactScores(runs: number[]): Promise<Map<number, Float32Array>> {
+	const results = new Map<number, Float32Array>();
+	const queue = [...runs];
+	const workers = Array.from(
+		{ length: Math.min(options!.threads, runs.length) },
+		() =>
+			new Worker(EXACT_WORKER, {
+				eval: true,
+				workerData: { images: corpus.images },
+			}),
+	);
+	await Promise.all(
+		workers.map(
+			(worker) =>
+				new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+					const next = () => {
+						const run = queue.shift();
+						if (run === undefined) {
+							void worker.terminate();
+							resolve();
+							return;
+						}
+						worker.postMessage({
+							run,
+							steps: corpus.runs[run]!.steps as CorpusRequest[][],
+						});
+					};
+					worker.on("message", ({ run, scores }) => {
+						results.set(run, scores);
+						next();
+					});
+					worker.on("error", reject);
+					next();
+				}),
+		),
+	);
+	return results;
+}
+
+function parseArgs(argv: string[]) {
+	let dir: string | undefined;
+	let checkEvery = 1;
+	let threads = Math.max(1, cpus().length - 2);
+	let cpu = false;
+	// biome-ignore lint/style/useForOf: the index advances inside the loop to consume flag values
+	for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+		const arg = argv[i]!;
+		if (arg === "--check-every") checkEvery = Number(argv[++i]);
+		else if (arg === "--threads") threads = Number(argv[++i]);
+		else if (arg === "--cpu") cpu = true;
+		else if (!arg.startsWith("--") && dir === undefined) dir = arg;
+		else return null;
+	}
+	if (!dir || !(checkEvery >= 1) || !(threads >= 1)) return null;
+	return { dir, checkEvery, threads, cpu };
+}
diff --git a/scripts/scanner/match-corpus.ts b/scripts/scanner/match-corpus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ca304b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/scanner/match-corpus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/**
+ * Match-request corpora for the GPU matcher's replay benchmark: every run's
+ * steps (requests with image bytes, template bytes, windows, keys), recorded
+ * from a real scan (scan-vod --record) and replayed by gpu-replay.ts. On disk:
+ * <dir>/index.json (runs, blob table) + <dir>/data.bin (pixels, deduped by
+ * content).
+ */
+import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
+import { mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { getCV, type Mat } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/cv";
+import type { StepsRunner } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/detectors/frame-pass";
+import type {
+	MatchScores,
+	MatchSteps,
+} from "../../app/features/scanner/core/match-steps";
+
+export interface CorpusImage {
+	rows: number;
+	cols: number;
+	ch: number;
+	data: Uint8Array;
+}
+
+export interface CorpusRequest {
+	image: number;
+	templates: number[];
+	windows?: [number, number][];
+	key?: string;
+}
+
+export interface MatchCorpus {
+	images: CorpusImage[];
+	runs: { steps: CorpusRequest[][] }[];
+}
+
+interface BlobMeta {
+	rows: number;
+	cols: number;
+	ch: number;
+	off: number;
+}
+
+/** Wraps `inner` so every run it answers is recorded; `save` writes the corpus to `dir`. */
+export function recordingRunner(inner: StepsRunner, dir: string) {
+	const blobs: BlobMeta[] = [];
+	const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
+	let dataLength = 0;
+	const byHash = new Map<string, number>();
+	const templateIds = new Map<Mat, number>();
+	const runs: MatchCorpus["runs"] = [];
+
+	const blobOf = (mat: Mat): number => {
+		const copy = new (getCV().Mat)();
+		mat.copyTo(copy);
+		const data = new Uint8Array(copy.data);
+		const meta = { rows: copy.rows, cols: copy.cols, ch: copy.channels() };
+		copy.delete();
+		const hash = createHash("sha1")
+			.update(`${meta.rows}x${meta.cols}x${meta.ch}`)
+			.update(data)
+			.digest("hex");
+		const known = byHash.get(hash);
+		if (known !== undefined) return known;
+		blobs.push({ ...meta, off: dataLength });
+		chunks.push(data);
+		dataLength += data.length;
+		byHash.set(hash, blobs.length - 1);
+		return blobs.length - 1;
+	};
+	const templateOf = (mat: Mat) => {
+		let id = templateIds.get(mat);
+		if (id === undefined) {
+			id = blobOf(mat);
+			templateIds.set(mat, id);
+		}
+		return id;
+	};
+
+	function* recorded<T>(steps: MatchSteps<T>): MatchSteps<T> {
+		const run: MatchCorpus["runs"][number] = { steps: [] };
+		runs.push(run);
+		let scores: MatchScores[] | undefined;
+		for (;;) {
+			const step = scores === undefined ? steps.next() : steps.next(scores);
+			if (step.done) return step.value;
+			run.steps.push(
+				step.value.map((request) => ({
+					image: blobOf(request.image),
+					templates: request.templates.map(templateOf),
+					windows: request.windows?.map(([lo, hi]) => [lo, hi]),
+					key: request.key,
+				})),
+			);
+			scores = yield step.value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return {
+		run: (<T>(steps: MatchSteps<T>) => inner(recorded(steps))) as StepsRunner,
+		save(): string {
+			mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+			const data = new Uint8Array(dataLength);
+			let off = 0;
+			for (const chunk of chunks) {
+				data.set(chunk, off);
+				off += chunk.length;
+			}
+			writeFileSync(`${dir}/data.bin`, data);
+			writeFileSync(`${dir}/index.json`, JSON.stringify({ blobs, runs }));
+			const requests = runs.reduce(
+				(n, r) => n + r.steps.reduce((m, s) => m + s.length, 0),
+				0,
+			);
+			return `recorded ${runs.length} runs, ${requests} requests, ${blobs.length} images (${(dataLength / 1e6).toFixed(1)} MB) to ${dir}`;
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+export function loadMatchCorpus(dir: string): MatchCorpus {
+	const index = JSON.parse(readFileSync(`${dir}/index.json`, "utf8")) as {
+		blobs: BlobMeta[];
+		runs: MatchCorpus["runs"];
+	};
+	// shared, so worker threads receive the pixels without a copy each
+	const file = readFileSync(`${dir}/data.bin`);
+	const data = new Uint8Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(file.length));
+	data.set(file);
+	return {
+		images: index.blobs.map(({ rows, cols, ch, off }) => ({
+			rows,
+			cols,
+			ch,
+			data: data.subarray(off, off + rows * cols * ch),
+		})),
+		runs: index.runs,
+	};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/scanner/scan-vod.ts b/scripts/scanner/scan-vod.ts
index bd942a4f0..d9832e48c 100644
--- a/scripts/scanner/scan-vod.ts
+++ b/scripts/scanner/scan-vod.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@
  *
  * Requires ffmpeg (and ffprobe for the progress percentage) on PATH.
  *
- * Usage: pnpm scanner:scan-vod <video> [--fps 8] [--start T] [--duration S] [--out file.csv] [--telemetry]
+ * Usage: pnpm scanner:scan-vod <video> [--fps 8] [--start T] [--duration S] [--out file.csv] [--telemetry] [--gpu] [--record dir]
  * --telemetry prints the VoD tab's ?telemetry=true scan counters after the run.
+ * --gpu matches templates on WebGPU (worker/gpu-matcher.ts) like the browser's
+ *   GPU path; needs Dawn (node/webgpu.ts: WEBGPU_NODE). The CSV must stay
+ *   byte-identical to a CPU scan's.
+ * --record writes every template-match request as a replay corpus for
+ *   `pnpm scanner:gpu-replay` (match-corpus.ts).
  */
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -19,19 +24,21 @@ import {
 	eventsToCsv,
 } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/csv/events";
 import { loadOpenCV } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/cv";
+import { runDetectorPass } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/detectors/frame-pass";
 import { MAP_START_EVENT_TYPE } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/detectors/map-start/index";
 import {
 	createAllDetectors,
 	SCOREBOARD_EVENT_TYPES,
 } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/detectors/registry";
 import { DetectorScheduler } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/detectors/scheduler";
-import {
-	createScanTelemetry,
-	detectorTelemetry,
-} from "../../app/features/scanner/core/detectors/telemetry";
+import { createScanTelemetry } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/detectors/telemetry";
 import { normalizeFrame, toMat } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/image";
+import { runSync } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/match-steps";
 import { TimelineBuilder } from "../../app/features/scanner/core/timeline/index";
 import { loadScoreboardResources } from "../../app/features/scanner/node/resources";
+import { nodeGpu } from "../../app/features/scanner/node/webgpu";
+import { createGpuMatcher } from "../../app/features/scanner/worker/gpu-matcher";
+import { recordingRunner } from "./match-corpus";
 
 const FRAME_WIDTH = 1920;
 const FRAME_HEIGHT = 1080;
@@ -43,13 +50,30 @@ const PROGRESS_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 60;
 const options = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2));
 if (!options) {
 	console.error(
-		"usage: pnpm scanner:scan-vod <video> [--fps 8] [--start T] [--duration S] [--out file.csv] [--telemetry]",
+		"usage: pnpm scanner:scan-vod <video> [--fps 8] [--start T] [--duration S] [--out file.csv] [--telemetry] [--gpu] [--record dir]",
 	);
 	process.exit(1);
 }
-const { videoPath, fps, start, duration, outPath, collectTelemetry } = options;
+const {
+	videoPath,
+	fps,
+	start,
+	duration,
+	outPath,
+	collectTelemetry,
+	gpu,
+	recordDir,
+} = options;
 
 await loadOpenCV();
+const matcher = gpu ? await createGpuMatcher(nodeGpu()) : null;
+const recorder = recordDir
+	? recordingRunner(
+			matcher?.run ?? (async (steps) => runSync(steps)),
+			recordDir,
+		)
+	: null;
+const runSteps = recorder?.run ?? matcher?.run;
 const detectors = createAllDetectors(await loadScoreboardResources());
 const scheduler = new DetectorScheduler(detectors, {
 	matchOpeningTypes: [MAP_START_EVENT_TYPE],
@@ -58,6 +82,8 @@ const scheduler = new DetectorScheduler(detectors, {
 scheduler.reset(start);
 const timeline = new TimelineBuilder();
 const telemetry = collectTelemetry ? createScanTelemetry() : null;
+/** per detector: the whole frame pass's latency on each frame it parsed */
+const passLatencies = new Map<string, number[]>();
 
 const totalSeconds = await probeDurationSeconds(videoPath);
 const scanEnd =
@@ -104,7 +130,7 @@ for await (const chunk of ffmpeg.stdout) {
 		offset += take;
 		if (frameFill < FRAME_BYTES) continue;
 		frameFill = 0;
-		processFrame(start + frameIndex / fps);
+		await processFrame(start + frameIndex / fps);
 		frameIndex++;
 	}
 }
@@ -127,6 +153,8 @@ function parseArgs(argv: string[]): {
 	duration: number | undefined;
 	outPath: string;
 	collectTelemetry: boolean;
+	gpu: boolean;
+	recordDir: string | undefined;
 } | null {
 	let parsedVideoPath: string | undefined;
 	let parsedFps = DEFAULT_FPS;
@@ -134,6 +162,8 @@ function parseArgs(argv: string[]): {
 	let parsedDuration: number | undefined;
 	let parsedOutPath: string | undefined;
 	let parsedCollectTelemetry = false;
+	let parsedGpu = false;
+	let parsedRecordDir: string | undefined;
 	// biome-ignore lint/style/useForOf: the index advances inside the loop to consume flag values
 	for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
 		const arg = argv[i]!;
@@ -142,6 +172,8 @@ function parseArgs(argv: string[]): {
 		else if (arg === "--duration") parsedDuration = Number(argv[++i]);
 		else if (arg === "--out") parsedOutPath = argv[++i];
 		else if (arg === "--telemetry") parsedCollectTelemetry = true;
+		else if (arg === "--gpu") parsedGpu = true;
+		else if (arg === "--record") parsedRecordDir = argv[++i];
 		else if (!arg.startsWith("--") && parsedVideoPath === undefined)
 			parsedVideoPath = arg;
 		else return null;
@@ -164,6 +196,8 @@ function parseArgs(argv: string[]): {
 			parsedOutPath ??
 			`${basename(parsedVideoPath).replace(/\.[^.]+$/, "")}-events.csv`,
 		collectTelemetry: parsedCollectTelemetry,
+		gpu: parsedGpu,
+		recordDir: parsedRecordDir,
 	};
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +228,7 @@ function probeDurationSeconds(path: string): Promise<number | null> {
 	});
 }
 
-function processFrame(t: number): void {
+async function processFrame(t: number): Promise<void> {
 	if (t >= nextProgressT) {
 		const percent =
 			scanEnd === null
@@ -226,31 +260,26 @@ function processFrame(t: number): void {
 	});
 	const frame = normalizeFrame(src);
 	src.delete();
-	for (const detector of detectors) {
-		if (!due.includes(detector.id)) continue;
-		const counters = telemetry
-			? detectorTelemetry(telemetry, detector.id)
-			: null;
-		const gateStart = counters ? performance.now() : 0;
-		const gate = detector.gate(frame);
-		if (counters) {
-			counters.checks++;
-			counters.gateMs += performance.now() - gateStart;
+	const passStart = performance.now();
+	const outcomes = await runDetectorPass({
+		frame,
+		t,
+		detectors,
+		due,
+		scheduler,
+		telemetry,
+		runSteps,
+	});
+	if (telemetry) {
+		const ms = performance.now() - passStart;
+		for (const { detector, parsed } of outcomes) {
+			if (!parsed) continue;
+			const list = passLatencies.get(detector.id) ?? [];
+			list.push(ms);
+			passLatencies.set(detector.id, list);
 		}
-		scheduler.recordGate(detector.id, t, gate.pass, gate.signature);
-		if (!gate.pass) continue;
-		if (counters) counters.gatePasses++;
-		if (!scheduler.shouldParse(detector.id, t)) {
-			if (counters) counters.suppressedParses++;
-			continue;
-		}
-		const parseStart = counters ? performance.now() : 0;
-		const events = detector.parse(frame, t, gate);
-		if (counters) {
-			counters.parses++;
-			counters.parseMs += performance.now() - parseStart;
-		}
-		scheduler.recordParse(detector.id, t, events);
+	}
+	for (const { events } of outcomes) {
 		for (const event of events) {
 			const action = timeline.push(event);
 			if (action.action === "added" || action.action === "replaced") {
@@ -277,6 +306,8 @@ function printSummary(): void {
 	console.error(`timeline events: ${timeline.events.length} (${countText})`);
 	console.error(`wrote ${outPath}`);
 	if (telemetry) printTelemetry();
+	if (matcher) console.error(`GPU matcher: ${JSON.stringify(matcher.stats)}`);
+	if (recorder) console.error(recorder.save());
 	console.error(`next: pnpm scanner:status-audit ${outPath}`);
 }
 
@@ -318,4 +349,17 @@ function printTelemetry(): void {
 			.join("  ");
 	console.error(line(header));
 	for (const row of rows) console.error(line(row));
+	// how long a frame waits for its results when the detector parses it: the
+	// whole pass (every gate and parse of the frame, GPU round trips included)
+	for (const [id, list] of [...passLatencies].sort(([a], [b]) =>
+		a.localeCompare(b),
+	)) {
+		const sorted = [...list].sort((a, b) => a - b);
+		const mean = sorted.reduce((sum, ms) => sum + ms, 0) / sorted.length;
+		const p95 =
+			sorted[Math.min(sorted.length - 1, Math.floor(sorted.length * 0.95))]!;
+		console.error(
+			`frame pass with a ${id} parse: mean ${mean.toFixed(1)} ms · p95 ${p95.toFixed(1)} ms · max ${sorted[sorted.length - 1]!.toFixed(1)} ms (${sorted.length} frames)`,
+		);
+	}
 }