diff --git a/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml b/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
index 699cffb48..f2be6440a 100644
--- a/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
         ai.bstein.dev/router-wire-contract: ollama-numeric-keepalive
         ai.bstein.dev/isolation: one Hermes process and PVC per Keycloak subject
         ai.bstein.dev/model-policy: uniform automatic policy with per-user overrides
-        ai.bstein.dev/config-rev: "20260812-compact-image-edits"
+        ai.bstein.dev/config-rev: "20260812-routing-continuity"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: hermes-chat
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-anthropic-token: kv/data/atlas/hermes/agent-tokens
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_hermes_chat_quality.py b/testing/tests/test_hermes_chat_quality.py
index b695f901c..d6ac58e18 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_hermes_chat_quality.py
+++ b/testing/tests/test_hermes_chat_quality.py
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ def test_chat_reasoning_uses_switchyard_without_owner_credentials():
     statefulset = _documents(HERMES / "chat-statefulset.yaml")[0]
     assert statefulset["spec"]["template"]["metadata"]["annotations"][
         "ai.bstein.dev/config-rev"
-    ] == "20260812-compact-image-edits"
+    ] == "20260812-routing-continuity"
     hermes = next(
         item
         for item in statefulset["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["containers"]