diff --git a/src/llama-graph.cpp b/src/llama-graph.cpp
index c23a9c13503..37a7064d88e 100644
--- a/src/llama-graph.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-graph.cpp
@@ -2469,7 +2469,17 @@ ggml_tensor * llm_graph_context::build_moe_ffn(
         ean.reserve(n_ean_il);
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n_ean_il; ++i) {
             ggml_tensor * slot = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, experts, n_embd, n_tokens, experts->nb[2], i*experts->nb[1]);
-            ggml_tensor * norm = ggml_sqrt(ctx0, ggml_sum_rows(ctx0, ggml_sqr(ctx0, slot))); // [1, n_tokens]
+            // RULING 1 (hydra_vortex#806): `slot` is a strided ggml_view_2d
+            // into [n_embd, n_expert_used, n_tokens], so ggml_sqr(slot) hits
+            // ggml_cuda_op_sqr's contiguity assert and aborts the server at
+            // load warmup whenever HYDRA_EAN_STATS=1. Materialize ONE
+            // contiguous copy (single-copy fallback when the view is not
+            // already contiguous) and assert build-time contiguity of the
+            // sqr input. Entirely inside the env gate: unset HYDRA_EAN_STATS
+            // still adds no ops — byte-identical OFF graph.
+            ggml_tensor * slot_c = ggml_is_contiguous(slot) ? slot : ggml_cont(ctx0, slot);
+            GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(slot_c));
+            ggml_tensor * norm = ggml_sqrt(ctx0, ggml_sum_rows(ctx0, ggml_sqr(ctx0, slot_c))); // [1, n_tokens]
             ggml_build_forward_expand(gf, norm);
             ean.push_back(norm);
         }
diff --git a/tools/expert-atlas/README.md b/tools/expert-atlas/README.md
index e69ef3c512c..b0e7b666000 100644
--- a/tools/expert-atlas/README.md
+++ b/tools/expert-atlas/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ production stats path once it lands.
 - `analyze.py` — statistics port (mean share, p(c|e), spec = 1 − H/log C,
   replication gate) emitting the observability-tier `experts.json` + provenance
 - `export_pinfile.py` — `experts.json`/`expert-ranks.json` → pin file
-  (`L <il> <ids...>`, hot-first, wrap-aware). Engine-agnostic: `--expect-engine-id`
+  (`L <il> <ids...>`, hot-first, wrap-aware). Format contract; consumer not
+  present in this tree (see `tools/atlas/placement_proposal.py:11-13` in the
+  parent repo — no in-tree pinfile parser). Engine-agnostic: `--expect-engine-id`
   refusal + optional `--check-url` live geometry match. Round-trip verified
   byte-identical to the parent repo artifact
 - `validate.py` — leave-one-prompt-out validation (LLM pop review #175): the
diff --git a/tools/expert-atlas/export_pinfile.py b/tools/expert-atlas/export_pinfile.py
index c56cf6d4aee..80a9fc29e2e 100755
--- a/tools/expert-atlas/export_pinfile.py
+++ b/tools/expert-atlas/export_pinfile.py
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 # discipline, colibri route_trace.h: histories/artifacts from another engine
 # are never consumed).
 #
-# Pin-file format (llama-context.cpp hydra_cpu_init; identical parser in
-# ggml-cuda.cu):
+# Pin-file format contract; consumer not present in this tree (see
+# tools/atlas/placement_proposal.py:11-13 in the parent repo — "nothing in
+# prod reads a pin file"; there is no in-tree pinfile parser):
 #   - '#' lines and blank lines are skipped
 #   - each pin line: "L <il> <ids...>"; il must be in [0, 256)
 #   - ORDER IS SIGNIFICANT: ids are hot-first (design §4 contract)
diff --git a/tools/server/server-atlas.cpp b/tools/server/server-atlas.cpp
index a79f9692312..bbdfdef275c 100644
--- a/tools/server/server-atlas.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server-atlas.cpp
@@ -458,6 +458,33 @@ void reset() {
     g_cap_embd = 0;
 }
 
+// hydra_vortex#806 (RULING 3): scope-aware reset for POST /atlas/reset —
+// kept separate from reset() (the per-probe protocol) so EAN-only resets
+// never wipe expert heat counts/seq/turn/capture state, and scope "all"
+// stays a true full reset incl. EAN. "ean" zeroes the accumulators in place
+// (sizes preserved: /experts keeps serving "ean" with cells=0 until the
+// next decode refills it), so the next prompt's EAN matches that same
+// prompt on a fresh server (per-prompt replay, no cross-prompt leak).
+bool reset_scope(const std::string & scope) {
+    if (scope == "all") {
+        reset();
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (scope != "ean") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(g_mtx);
+    if (g_geom) {
+        const size_t cells = (size_t) g_geom->rows * (size_t) g_geom->cols;
+        g_ean_gxn.assign(cells, 0.0);
+        g_ean_nsel.assign(cells, 0);
+    } else {
+        g_ean_gxn.clear();
+        g_ean_nsel.clear();
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 // hydra #785: one-shot load-time capture. Breakdown split mirrors
 // common/memory_breakdown_print (fit.cpp:938-965): host buft → ram,
 // device buft → vram. Device totals via ggml_backend_dev_memory; host
diff --git a/tools/server/server-atlas.h b/tools/server/server-atlas.h
index ed844815543..26060325b8c 100644
--- a/tools/server/server-atlas.h
+++ b/tools/server/server-atlas.h
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ void reset();
 // "<realLayer>:<expert>"); absent until counted. Thread-safe.
 bool ean_enabled();
 void accumulate_ean(int grid_row, const int32_t * ids, const float * gates, const float * norms, int n, int cols);
+// hydra_vortex#806 (RULING 3): scope-aware reset behind the new
+// POST /atlas/reset?scope=ean|all route — deliberately separate from
+// reset() (per-probe protocol) so the two are never conflated.
+//   "ean" -> zeroes ONLY the EAN accumulators (g_ean_gxn gate*norm sums +
+//            g_ean_nsel per-cell sample counts); expert heat counts, seq,
+//            turn window and capture sidecar survive.
+//   "all" -> full reset including EAN (reset() semantics).
+// Returns false on an unknown scope (caller rejects with 400). Thread-safe.
+bool reset_scope(const std::string & scope);
 // Allocation snapshot for honest tier/hwinfo reporting on engine /health
 // (#785). Captured once at model-load time (sleep-safe: get_health reads the
 // stored copy, never ctx_server). Tiers are device/host buffer splits from
diff --git a/tools/server/server.cpp b/tools/server/server.cpp
index 432893a04ef..f0b8a4afed2 100644
--- a/tools/server/server.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,25 @@ int llama_server(common_params & params, int argc, char ** argv) {
         return res;
     }));
 
+    // hydra_vortex#806 (RULING 3): per-prompt EAN reset WITHOUT the
+    // /capture/reset surface above (that route 503s unless capture is on and
+    // the gate harness + atlas-web depend on its semantics).
+    // POST /atlas/reset?scope=ean — zero only the EAN accumulators
+    // (g_ean_gxn / g_ean_nsel), leaving expert heat counts/seq untouched.
+    // POST /atlas/reset?scope=all  — full reset including EAN.
+    // 200 + small JSON on success; 400 on unknown scope.
+    ctx_http.post("/atlas/reset", ex_wrapper([](const server_http_req & req) {
+        auto res = std::make_unique<server_http_res>();
+        const std::string scope = req.get_param("scope");
+        if (!hydra_atlas::reset_scope(scope)) {
+            res->status = 400;
+            res->data   = safe_json_to_str(json{{"error", "scope must be 'ean' or 'all'"}});
+            return res;
+        }
+        res->data = safe_json_to_str(json{{"ok", true}, {"scope", scope}});
+        return res;
+    }));
+
     // hydra task-16ec332378: engine-hosted Stage-C atlas artifacts (design
     // §C/D owner ruling: the fork ships the two atlas files; atlas-web proxies
     // GET {engine}/experts.json and propagates the status verbatim — engine