diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/render.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/render.ts
index 6dcb77be8..f80711fa6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/render.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/render.ts
@@ -1109,7 +1109,6 @@ let deParallelRouterTrialFiredThisProcess = false;
  * resetting outside a test process where many independent test cases share
  * one imported module instance.
  */
-// fallow-ignore-next-line unused-export
 export function __resetDeParallelRouterTrialStateForTests(): void {
   deParallelRouterTrialManagedByUs = false;
   deParallelRouterTrialFiredThisProcess = false;
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
index 4751f7a05..0a8e9bc55 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
@@ -3786,6 +3786,8 @@ export function getCapturePerfSummary(session: CaptureSession): CapturePerfSumma
     p95TotalMs: percentileOf(session.capturePerf.frameMs, 0.95),
     p99TotalMs: percentileOf(session.capturePerf.frameMs, 0.99),
     subTimelineWaitOutcome: session.subTimelineWaitOutcome,
+    initDurationMs: session.initTelemetry?.initDurationMs,
+    initTweenCount: session.initTelemetry?.tweenCount,
     warnings: cloneCaptureWarnings(session.warnings),
     staticDedupReused: session.staticDedupCount ?? 0,
     staticDedupEnabled: session.staticDedupEnabled ?? false,
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/types.ts b/packages/engine/src/types.ts
index 4f30c1efb..dd5faa5e6 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/types.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,18 @@ export interface CapturePerfSummary {
   p99TotalMs: number;
   /** Sub-composition timeline wait outcome (absent pre-init). */
   subTimelineWaitOutcome?: SubTimelineWaitOutcome;
+  /**
+   * Session init telemetry, mirrored from the `[FrameCapture:INIT]` console
+   * line so PARALLEL workers report it too: worker sessions' console buffers
+   * only propagate to the orchestrator on failure, which left the
+   * multi-worker path — the short-comp band's entire population — with 0%
+   * coverage of the motion axis (`observability_init_tween_count`) in fleet
+   * telemetry. Riding the perf summary reuses the one channel that already
+   * flows back per worker on success.
+   */
+  initDurationMs?: number;
+  /** GSAP tween count at init — the motion-axis signal for capture routing analysis. */
+  initTweenCount?: number;
   /** Correctness warnings observed before or during capture. */
   warnings?: CaptureWarning[];
   /**
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/render/observability.test.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/render/observability.test.ts
index 7e5289860..3e9070c63 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/render/observability.test.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/render/observability.test.ts
@@ -407,3 +407,34 @@ describe("RenderObservabilityRecorder", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("init observability fallback (parallel workers)", () => {
+  const makeRecorder = () =>
+    new RenderObservabilityRecorder({ renderJobId: "render-par", pipelineStartMs: Date.now() });
+
+  it("uses the structured fallback when the console has no INIT line — the parallel success path", () => {
+    const summary = makeRecorder().summary({
+      lastBrowserConsole: ["[FrameCapture:NAV] page.goto start"],
+      capture: { forceScreenshot: false, captureMode: "screenshot" },
+      initFallback: { initDurationMs: 850, tweenCount: 1200 },
+    });
+    expect(summary.init).toEqual({ initDurationMs: 850, tweenCount: 1200 });
+  });
+
+  it("max-merges console INIT lines over the fallback, matching multi-session semantics", () => {
+    const summary = makeRecorder().summary({
+      lastBrowserConsole: ["[FrameCapture:INIT] complete initDurationMs=1234 tweenCount=42"],
+      capture: { forceScreenshot: false, captureMode: "screenshot" },
+      initFallback: { initDurationMs: 850, tweenCount: 1200 },
+    });
+    expect(summary.init).toEqual({ initDurationMs: 1234, tweenCount: 1200 });
+  });
+
+  it("stays undefined when neither source has anything", () => {
+    const summary = makeRecorder().summary({
+      lastBrowserConsole: [],
+      capture: { forceScreenshot: false, captureMode: "screenshot" },
+    });
+    expect(summary.init).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/render/observability.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/render/observability.ts
index 55b96961f..0996f6000 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/render/observability.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/render/observability.ts
@@ -270,20 +270,26 @@ function readUnsignedIntAfter(line: string, prefix: string): number | undefined
   return digits > 0 ? value : undefined;
 }
 
-function summarizeInitObservability(lines: string[]): RenderInitObservability | undefined {
-  let initDurationMs: number | undefined;
-  let tweenCount: number | undefined;
+/** Max of two optional readings — multiple worker/session INIT records can appear; keep the worst. */
+function maxReading(current: number | undefined, next: number | undefined): number | undefined {
+  if (next === undefined) return current;
+  return current === undefined ? next : Math.max(current, next);
+}
+
+function summarizeInitObservability(
+  lines: string[],
+  fallback?: RenderInitObservability,
+): RenderInitObservability | undefined {
+  // Console parsing only sees THIS process's session buffer, so parallel
+  // workers' INIT lines never reach it — their init telemetry arrives
+  // structured via the per-worker perf summaries instead. Seed with that and
+  // let the console parse (same max semantics) refine it.
+  let initDurationMs: number | undefined = fallback?.initDurationMs;
+  let tweenCount: number | undefined = fallback?.tweenCount;
   for (const line of lines) {
     if (!line.includes("[FrameCapture:INIT]")) continue;
-    const duration = readUnsignedIntAfter(line, "initDurationMs=");
-    const tweens = readUnsignedIntAfter(line, "tweenCount=");
-    // Multiple worker/session INIT records can appear; keep the worst observed startup cost.
-    if (duration !== undefined) {
-      initDurationMs = initDurationMs === undefined ? duration : Math.max(initDurationMs, duration);
-    }
-    if (tweens !== undefined) {
-      tweenCount = tweenCount === undefined ? tweens : Math.max(tweenCount, tweens);
-    }
+    initDurationMs = maxReading(initDurationMs, readUnsignedIntAfter(line, "initDurationMs="));
+    tweenCount = maxReading(tweenCount, readUnsignedIntAfter(line, "tweenCount="));
   }
   if (initDurationMs === undefined && tweenCount === undefined) return undefined;
   return { initDurationMs, tweenCount };
@@ -402,6 +408,8 @@ export class RenderObservabilityRecorder {
   summary(input: {
     lastBrowserConsole: string[];
     capture: RenderCaptureObservability;
+    /** Structured init telemetry from per-worker perf summaries — the only success-path channel parallel workers have (their console buffers propagate on failure only). */
+    initFallback?: RenderInitObservability;
     extraction?: RenderExtractionObservability;
     compositionHash?: string;
   }): RenderObservabilitySummary {
@@ -416,7 +424,7 @@ export class RenderObservabilityRecorder {
       browserDiagnostics: summarizeBrowserDiagnostics(input.lastBrowserConsole),
       capture: { ...input.capture },
       extraction: input.extraction ? { ...input.extraction } : undefined,
-      init: summarizeInitObservability(input.lastBrowserConsole),
+      init: summarizeInitObservability(input.lastBrowserConsole, input.initFallback),
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.test.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.test.ts
index 2b25e5e4a..942299337 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   shouldRetryViaPinnedFallback,
   countElementTags,
   envInt,
+  mergeWorkerInitObservability,
   shouldPreferParallelDrawElement,
   shouldPreferSingleWorkerDrawElement,
   shouldStreamParallelCapture,
@@ -1761,6 +1762,23 @@ describe("shouldPreferSingleWorkerDrawElement (DE priority inversion)", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("mergeWorkerInitObservability", () => {
+    it("max-merges across workers and ignores workers that reported nothing", () => {
+      expect(
+        mergeWorkerInitObservability([
+          { initDurationMs: 400, initTweenCount: 900 },
+          {},
+          { initDurationMs: 1250, initTweenCount: 880 },
+        ]),
+      ).toEqual({ initDurationMs: 1250, tweenCount: 900 });
+    });
+
+    it("returns undefined when no worker reported — summary.init must stay absent, not zeroed", () => {
+      expect(mergeWorkerInitObservability([])).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(mergeWorkerInitObservability([{}, {}])).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("countElementTags", () => {
     it("counts closing tags", () => {
       expect(countElementTags("<div><span>a</span></div>")).toBe(2);
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
index acb8cd74a..114f37fcf 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
@@ -1266,6 +1266,35 @@ export function countElementTags(html: string): number {
   return matches === null ? 0 : matches.length;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Max-merge init telemetry across per-worker capture perf summaries — the
+ * success-path channel for PARALLEL renders, whose worker console buffers
+ * (and so the `[FrameCapture:INIT]` line) only propagate on failure. Max
+ * matches summarizeInitObservability's own multi-session semantics: keep the
+ * worst observed startup cost, and tween count is per-composition so any
+ * worker's reading is the reading.
+ */
+export function mergeWorkerInitObservability(
+  perfs: ReadonlyArray<{ initDurationMs?: number; initTweenCount?: number }>,
+): { initDurationMs?: number; tweenCount?: number } | undefined {
+  let initDurationMs: number | undefined;
+  let tweenCount: number | undefined;
+  for (const perf of perfs) {
+    if (perf.initDurationMs !== undefined) {
+      initDurationMs =
+        initDurationMs === undefined
+          ? perf.initDurationMs
+          : Math.max(initDurationMs, perf.initDurationMs);
+    }
+    if (perf.initTweenCount !== undefined) {
+      tweenCount =
+        tweenCount === undefined ? perf.initTweenCount : Math.max(tweenCount, perf.initTweenCount);
+    }
+  }
+  if (initDurationMs === undefined && tweenCount === undefined) return undefined;
+  return { initDurationMs, tweenCount };
+}
+
 /**
  * DE priority inversion predicate: should an AUTO-resolved multi-worker render
  * drop to single-worker verified drawElement streaming?
@@ -3600,6 +3629,7 @@ async function executeRenderPipeline(input: {
     const observabilitySummary = observability.summary({
       lastBrowserConsole,
       capture: captureObservability,
+      initFallback: mergeWorkerInitObservability(dedupPerfs),
       extraction: extractionObservability,
       compositionHash,
     });
@@ -3761,6 +3791,7 @@ async function executeRenderPipeline(input: {
     const observabilitySummary = observability.summary({
       lastBrowserConsole,
       capture: captureObservability,
+      initFallback: mergeWorkerInitObservability(dedupPerfs),
       extraction: extractionObservability,
       compositionHash,
     });