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 bc6171f..b314827 100644
--- a/agents/rap-node-agent/cmd/mesh-live-smoke/main.go
+++ b/agents/rap-node-agent/cmd/mesh-live-smoke/main.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ type smokeReport struct {
 	FabricVPNRecoveryMS     int64          `json:"fabric_vpn_route_recovery_ms"`
 	FabricVPNRecoveryMaxMS  int64          `json:"fabric_vpn_route_recovery_max_ms"`
 	FabricVPNRecoveryAvgMS  int64          `json:"fabric_vpn_route_recovery_avg_ms"`
+	FabricVPNRecoveryReason string         `json:"fabric_vpn_route_recovery_reason"`
 	FabricQUICAccepted      bool           `json:"fabric_quic_accepted"`
 	FabricQUICEndpoint      string         `json:"fabric_quic_endpoint"`
 	FabricQUICPressure      int            `json:"fabric_quic_capacity_pressure_percent"`
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ 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, fabricVPNRecoveryMS, fabricVPNRecoveryMaxMS, fabricVPNRecoveryAvgMS := smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery()
+	fabricVPNRouteRecovered, fabricVPNRouteSwitches, fabricVPNRecoveryMS, fabricVPNRecoveryMaxMS, fabricVPNRecoveryAvgMS, fabricVPNRecoveryReason := smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery()
 	fabricQUICAccepted, fabricQUICEndpoint, fabricQUICPressure, err := smokeQUICFabricSession(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return smokeReport{}, fmt.Errorf("fabric quic smoke: %w", err)
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context) (smokeReport, error) {
 		FabricVPNRecoveryMS:     fabricVPNRecoveryMS,
 		FabricVPNRecoveryMaxMS:  fabricVPNRecoveryMaxMS,
 		FabricVPNRecoveryAvgMS:  fabricVPNRecoveryAvgMS,
+		FabricVPNRecoveryReason: fabricVPNRecoveryReason,
 		FabricQUICAccepted:      fabricQUICAccepted,
 		FabricQUICEndpoint:      fabricQUICEndpoint,
 		FabricQUICPressure:      fabricQUICPressure,
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ func smokeVPNFlowSchedulerBulkPressure() (bool, int, int, int, int) {
 		snapshot.RecommendedParallelWindows[vpnruntime.FabricTrafficClassInteractive]
 }
 
-func smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery() (bool, uint64, int64, int64, int64) {
+func smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery() (bool, uint64, int64, int64, int64, string) {
 	scheduler := vpnruntime.NewFabricFlowScheduler(8, 16)
 	channelID := "vpn-smoke-flow-0"
 	scheduler.RecordRouteFailure(channelID, "route-primary", "node-primary", fmt.Errorf("smoke primary unavailable"), time.Millisecond)
@@ -239,7 +241,8 @@ func smokeVPNFlowSchedulerRouteRecovery() (bool, uint64, int64, int64, int64) {
 		snapshot.RouteSwitchCount,
 		stat.LastRouteRecoveryMillis,
 		snapshot.RouteRecoveryMaxMillis,
-		snapshot.RouteRecoveryAvgMillis
+		snapshot.RouteRecoveryAvgMillis,
+		stat.LastRouteSwitchReason
 }
 
 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 f26932d..db7c926 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/DISTRIBUTED_FABRIC_NODE_PROTOCOL_PLAN.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/DISTRIBUTED_FABRIC_NODE_PROTOCOL_PLAN.md
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ across recovered channels for quick load-test health checks.
 Route recovery telemetry now includes normalized switch reasons and aggregate
 reason counts, so load tests can distinguish peer failures, timeouts, and other
 route-break causes.
+`mesh-live-smoke` reports the synthetic route-recovery reason beside recovery
+timing and switch count.
 Endpoint ranking treats `capacity_limited` observations as a soft pressure
 penalty instead of a hard recent failure, enabling load spreading without
 marking the carrier unhealthy.