diff --git a/agents/rap-node-agent/cmd/mesh-live-smoke/main.go b/agents/rap-node-agent/cmd/mesh-live-smoke/main.go
index cfc09bf..bd91e57 100644
--- a/agents/rap-node-agent/cmd/mesh-live-smoke/main.go
+++ b/agents/rap-node-agent/cmd/mesh-live-smoke/main.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type smokeReport struct {
 	FabricVPNInteractiveWin int            `json:"fabric_vpn_interactive_parallel_window"`
 	FabricVPNRouteRecovered bool           `json:"fabric_vpn_route_recovered"`
 	FabricVPNRouteSwitches  uint64         `json:"fabric_vpn_route_switch_count"`
+	FabricVPNRecoveryMS     int64          `json:"fabric_vpn_route_recovery_ms"`
 	FabricQUICAccepted      bool           `json:"fabric_quic_accepted"`
 	FabricQUICEndpoint      string         `json:"fabric_quic_endpoint"`
 	FabricQUICPressure      int            `json:"fabric_quic_capacity_pressure_percent"`
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context) (smokeReport, error) {
 		return smokeReport{}, fmt.Errorf("fabric vpn packet session smoke: %w", err)
 	}
 	fabricVPNBulkPressure, fabricVPNBulkChannels, fabricVPNInteractiveChannels, fabricVPNBulkWindow, fabricVPNInteractiveWindow := smokeVPNFlowSchedulerBulkPressure()
-	fabricVPNRouteRecovered, fabricVPNRouteSwitches := smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery()
+	fabricVPNRouteRecovered, fabricVPNRouteSwitches, fabricVPNRecoveryMS := smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery()
 	fabricQUICAccepted, fabricQUICEndpoint, fabricQUICPressure, err := smokeQUICFabricSession(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return smokeReport{}, fmt.Errorf("fabric quic smoke: %w", err)
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context) (smokeReport, error) {
 		FabricVPNInteractiveWin: fabricVPNInteractiveWindow,
 		FabricVPNRouteRecovered: fabricVPNRouteRecovered,
 		FabricVPNRouteSwitches:  fabricVPNRouteSwitches,
+		FabricVPNRecoveryMS:     fabricVPNRecoveryMS,
 		FabricQUICAccepted:      fabricQUICAccepted,
 		FabricQUICEndpoint:      fabricQUICEndpoint,
 		FabricQUICPressure:      fabricQUICPressure,
@@ -219,17 +221,19 @@ func smokeVPNFlowSchedulerBulkPressure() (bool, int, int, int, int) {
 		snapshot.RecommendedParallelWindows[vpnruntime.FabricTrafficClassInteractive]
 }
 
-func smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery() (bool, uint64) {
+func smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery() (bool, uint64, int64) {
 	scheduler := vpnruntime.NewFabricFlowScheduler(8, 16)
 	channelID := "vpn-smoke-flow-0"
 	scheduler.RecordRouteFailure(channelID, "route-primary", "node-primary", fmt.Errorf("smoke primary unavailable"), time.Millisecond)
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
 	scheduler.RecordRouteSuccess(channelID, "route-alternate", "node-alternate", time.Millisecond)
 	snapshot := scheduler.Snapshot()
 	stat := snapshot.ChannelStats[channelID]
 	return stat.LastRecoveredFromRouteID == "route-primary" &&
 			stat.LastRouteID == "route-alternate" &&
 			snapshot.RouteRecoveredChannelCount == 1,
-		snapshot.RouteSwitchCount
+		snapshot.RouteSwitchCount,
+		stat.LastRouteRecoveryMillis
 }
 
 func smokeQUICFabricSession(ctx context.Context) (bool, string, int, error) {
diff --git a/docs/architecture/DISTRIBUTED_FABRIC_NODE_PROTOCOL_PLAN.md b/docs/architecture/DISTRIBUTED_FABRIC_NODE_PROTOCOL_PLAN.md
index 96274cd..f1956a5 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/DISTRIBUTED_FABRIC_NODE_PROTOCOL_PLAN.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/DISTRIBUTED_FABRIC_NODE_PROTOCOL_PLAN.md
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ the failed route a channel recovered from, and aggregate recovered-channel /
 switch counts, making alternate-route recovery measurable during load tests.
 `mesh-live-smoke` now also exercises a primary-route failure followed by an
 alternate-route success and reports the resulting route switch count.
+The same smoke output reports measured route recovery milliseconds for the
+synthetic failover path.
 Route recovery telemetry includes failure/switch timestamps and recovery
 duration in milliseconds for each recovered flow channel.
 Endpoint ranking treats `capacity_limited` observations as a soft pressure