wip(tunnels): room wins over tunnels -- no shelf, smooth mouths; stopped before final checks

Stopped by the owner (he wanted his PC back to play) after most acceptance was in. Measured with the owner's assets: the shelf across rooms came from the tunnel core reasserting solid below its floor inside room volumes, plus the landing-floor post. Room ownership now suppresses the tunnel bottom in the generic tunnel SDF, the core evaluator and both native fallbacks: tunnel-attributed solid inside rooms 469 -> 0, and a matched-camera re-render shows the slab gone. Trimmed mouth endpoints now take their height from the room's own vertical zero crossing (join offsets -2.08/+0.40 -> -1.13/-0.71 voxels). Mouth surface periodic amplitude 1.49 cm floor / 0 cm wall (degree-six trend removal; raw local-median audit 6.19 cm kept). Canonical walk Connected, 42,870 fit / 17,413 walk-reachable (was 41,184 / 13,879); export 141,054 triangles, geometry hash 86A99075. Launches use an isolated engine saved/config directory so the owner's editor settings are not rewritten.

NOT DONE: the -voxel.CrtFma3=0 export comparison, TilePostReachProof / DetSinCos / strate crossing, the perf pair vs the experimental tip, the EditorSettings.ini diff. Unvalidated in game.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MmSoF64BbRFmk9C3p1VsBJ

Source/VoxelForge/Private/VoxelCaveMorphology.cpp

@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ namespace
 #if !UE_BUILD_SHIPPING
     static TAutoConsoleVariable<int32> CVarVoxelForgeTunnelMouthTrim(
         TEXT("voxel.TunnelMouthTrim"),
-        0,
-        TEXT("Development-only room-wall tunnel-mouth trim; 0 keeps the legacy room endpoint."),
+        1,
+        TEXT("Development-only room-wall tunnel-mouth trim; 1 makes the room own the mouth by default."),
         ECVF_Default);
 #endif
 
@@ -672,16 +672,16 @@ namespace
             const float BlendRadius = FMath::Max(
                 Endpoint == 0 ? MouthBlendRadiusA : MouthBlendRadiusB,
                 0.0f);
+            const float EndpointRadius = FMath::Abs(ControlRadiusData[ControlIndex]);
+            const float BottomHandoffRadius = BlendRadius
+                + VF_TunnelMouthPlayerFitOverlapVoxels
+                + EndpointRadius;
             const float RelativeDistance = Distance - BlendRadius;
             const float Weight = RelativeDistance <= 0.0f
                 ? 1.0f
                 : (RelativeDistance < Fade
                     ? 1.0f - SmoothStep01(RelativeDistance / Fade)
                     : 0.0f);
-            const float EndpointRadius = FMath::Abs(ControlRadiusData[ControlIndex]);
-            const float BottomHandoffRadius = BlendRadius
-                + VF_TunnelMouthPlayerFitOverlapVoxels
-                + EndpointRadius;
             const bool bInBottomHandoff = VoxelMath::IsFinite(BottomHandoffRadius)
                 && Distance <= BottomHandoffRadius;
             if (!(Weight > 0.0f) && !bInBottomHandoff)
@@ -1539,6 +1539,52 @@ namespace
             FMath::Sqrt(FMath::Max(Room.CullRadiusSq, 0.0f)), OutBounds);
     }
 
+    static float VF_CachedRoomShapeSDF(
+        const FCachedRoom& Room, const FVector& Position)
+    {
+        switch (Room.ShapeType)
+        {
+        case 1:
+            return VoxelSDF::RoundedBox(
+                Position, Room.Center, Room.ShapeA, Room.ShapeR);
+        case 2:
+            return VoxelSDF::Capsule(
+                Position, Room.ShapeA, Room.ShapeB, Room.ShapeR);
+        default:
+            return VoxelSDF::Ellipsoid(Position, Room.Center, Room.ShapeA);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static bool VF_IsInsideCachedRoomShape(
+        const FVector& Position,
+        const FChunkSDFCache& Cache,
+        bool bUseSpatialIndex)
+    {
+        bool bInside = false;
+        auto VisitRoom = [&](int32 RoomIndex)
+        {
+            if (bInside || !Cache.Rooms.IsValidIndex(RoomIndex))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            const FCachedRoom& Room = Cache.Rooms[RoomIndex];
+            if (VF_FloatDistSquared(
+                    static_cast<float>(Position.X),
+                    static_cast<float>(Position.Y),
+                    static_cast<float>(Position.Z),
+                    Room.Center) > Room.CullRadiusSq)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            bInside = VF_CachedRoomShapeSDF(Room, Position) < 0.0f;
+        };
+        VF_ForEachSpatialCandidate(
+            Cache.RoomSpatialIndex, Cache.Rooms.Num(),
+            static_cast<float>(Position.X), static_cast<float>(Position.Y),
+            VisitRoom, bUseSpatialIndex);
+        return bInside;
+    }
+
     static bool VF_GetJoinSpatialBounds(
         int32, const FCachedRoomFloorJoin& Join, FVFSpatialBounds& OutBounds)
     {
@@ -3173,8 +3219,8 @@ namespace
         }
 
         // The default warp is a contraction at its authored frequency. A fixed eight-step
-        // Newton/Picard correction is enough to put a world landing back on the exact cached SDF
-        // point, while keeping the query allocation-free and deterministic.
+        // correction is enough to put a world landing back on the cached SDF point while keeping
+        // the construction path allocation-free and deterministic.
         for (int32 Iteration = 0; Iteration < 8; ++Iteration)
         {
             const FVector Mapped = VF_ApplyCaveWarp(WorldPoint, Params, Seed);
@@ -3362,6 +3408,108 @@ namespace
         return -InternalDensity;
     }
 
+    static bool VF_FindRoomFloorCrossingWorld(
+        const FVFRoomLandingSite& Site,
+        const FStrateGenerationParams& Params,
+        uint32 Seed,
+        float StrateTopZ,
+        float StrateBottomZ,
+        const FVector& WorldMouthXY,
+        float& OutFloorZ)
+    {
+        OutFloorZ = -FLT_MAX;
+        if (!VoxelMath::IsFinite(WorldMouthXY.X)
+            || !VoxelMath::IsFinite(WorldMouthXY.Y)
+            || !VoxelMath::IsFinite(Site.Center.Z)
+            || !VoxelMath::IsFinite(Site.RadiusZ))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // BuildRoomMouth receives a world-space point from the boundary search. Find the
+        // crossing in that same space instead of reusing the SDF-space floor estimate. This is
+        // deliberately a vertical room query: the room owns the floor height at the mouth, and
+        // the tunnel endpoint is then placed one tunnel radius above that exact crossing.
+        const float ReliefBound = FMath::Abs(Params.FloorReliefStrength)
+            * VOXEL_NOISE_SCALE * 1.5f;
+        const float MinZ = Site.Center.Z - FMath::Abs(Site.RadiusZ)
+            - ReliefBound - 16.0f;
+        const float MaxZ = Site.Center.Z + FMath::Abs(Site.RadiusZ)
+            + ReliefBound + 16.0f;
+        constexpr float SearchStep = 1.0f;
+        if (!VoxelMath::IsFinite(MinZ) || !VoxelMath::IsFinite(MaxZ) || MaxZ <= MinZ)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        auto Evaluate = [&](float Z) -> float
+        {
+            return VF_EvaluateRoomLandingDensity(
+                Site, Params, Seed, StrateTopZ, StrateBottomZ,
+                WorldMouthXY.X, WorldMouthXY.Y, Z);
+        };
+
+        float Low = MinZ;
+        float LowValue = Evaluate(Low);
+        if (!VoxelMath::IsFinite(LowValue))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const int32 Steps = FMath::CeilToInt((MaxZ - MinZ) / SearchStep);
+        for (int32 StepIndex = 1; StepIndex <= Steps; ++StepIndex)
+        {
+            const float High = FMath::Min(
+                MaxZ, MinZ + static_cast<float>(StepIndex) * SearchStep);
+            const float HighValue = Evaluate(High);
+            if (!VoxelMath::IsFinite(HighValue))
+            {
+                Low = High;
+                LowValue = HighValue;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (FMath::Abs(LowValue) <= KINDA_SMALL_NUMBER)
+            {
+                OutFloorZ = Low;
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (LowValue <= 0.0f && HighValue >= 0.0f)
+            {
+                float BracketLow = Low;
+                float BracketHigh = High;
+                float BracketLowValue = LowValue;
+                for (int32 Iteration = 0; Iteration < 24; ++Iteration)
+                {
+                    const float Mid = (BracketLow + BracketHigh) * 0.5f;
+                    const float MidValue = Evaluate(Mid);
+                    if (!VoxelMath::IsFinite(MidValue))
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (FMath::Abs(MidValue) <= 1.0e-5f)
+                    {
+                        BracketLow = Mid;
+                        BracketHigh = Mid;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (BracketLowValue <= 0.0f && MidValue < 0.0f)
+                    {
+                        BracketLow = Mid;
+                        BracketLowValue = MidValue;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        BracketHigh = Mid;
+                    }
+                }
+                OutFloorZ = (BracketLow + BracketHigh) * 0.5f;
+                return VoxelMath::IsFinite(OutFloorZ);
+            }
+            Low = High;
+            LowValue = HighValue;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     static bool VF_FindRoomMouthBoundary(
         const FVFRoomLandingSite& Site,
         const FStrateGenerationParams& Params,
@@ -6726,7 +6874,7 @@ void VoxelCaveMorphology::BuildChunkCache(
 #if !UE_BUILD_SHIPPING
     const bool bTrimRoomMouth = CVarVoxelForgeTunnelMouthTrim.GetValueOnAnyThread() != 0;
 #else
-    constexpr bool bTrimRoomMouth = false;
+    constexpr bool bTrimRoomMouth = true;
 #endif
     const auto BuildRoomMouth = [
         &BuildRooms, &ResolvePlayerFitPoint, &RoomFloorZFor,
@@ -6799,8 +6947,26 @@ void VoxelCaveMorphology::BuildChunkCache(
         {
             MouthFloorZ = Room.Center.Z - Room.RadiusZ;
         }
+        float WorldFloorZ = -FLT_MAX;
+        const bool bFoundWorldFloor = VF_FindRoomFloorCrossingWorld(
+            Site, Params, Seed,
+            Params.StrateTopWorldZ, Params.StrateBottomWorldZ,
+            MouthXY, WorldFloorZ);
+        if (bFoundWorldFloor)
+        {
+            // The boundary search returns world XY. Put the endpoint directly on the room's
+            // world-space floor crossing; the later VF_ApplyCaveWarp call creates the matching
+            // SDF-chain endpoint. This makes the room/tunnel floor join exact by construction.
             return FVector(
-            MouthXY.X, MouthXY.Y, MouthFloorZ + FMath::Abs(TunnelRadius));
+                MouthXY.X, MouthXY.Y, WorldFloorZ + FMath::Abs(TunnelRadius));
+        }
+
+        // Malformed/unsupported room data keeps the bounded fallback. The outer construction
+        // path applies VF_ApplyCaveWarp when it creates the SDF-chain endpoint, so invert that
+        // warp here just as the legacy endpoint path does.
+        return VF_UnwarpCavePoint(
+            FVector(MouthXY.X, MouthXY.Y, MouthFloorZ + FMath::Abs(TunnelRadius)),
+            Params, Seed);
     };
 
     for (const FResolvedGraphEdge& GraphEdge : GraphEdges)
@@ -7987,6 +8153,12 @@ float VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateSDFCached(
     // differently-shaped surface around the route.
     const bool bUseWorldTunnel = WorldTunnelPosition != nullptr;
     const FVector TunnelPosition = bUseWorldTunnel ? *WorldTunnelPosition : Pos;
+    // A room owns every point inside its authored body. The short mouth ownership fade below
+    // handles the fillet outside the wall; this broader test is the hard A > B rule for the room
+    // interior. In particular, do not let a tunnel's swept bottom reassert a shelf in an already
+    // open room just because the world-chain query is still near the tunnel centerline.
+    const bool bRoomOwnsBottom = !VoxelDensityAblation::IsRoomSDFOff()
+        && VF_IsInsideCachedRoomShape(Pos, Cache, bUseSpatialIndex);
     auto EvaluateTunnel = [&](int32 TunnelIdx)
     {
         const FCachedTunnel& Tunnel = TunnelData[TunnelIdx];
@@ -8031,7 +8203,8 @@ float VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateSDFCached(
             : VF_FindSDFTunnelMouthOwnership(Pos, Tunnel, BlendK);
         const float TunnelSDF = VF_EvaluateSweptTunnel(
             QueryPosition, Tunnel, bUseWorldChain, BlendK,
-            /*bApplyFloorCut=*/true, &Cache, TunnelIdx,
+            /*bApplyFloorCut=*/!(bRoomOwnsBottom || RoomMouthOwnership.bSuppressTunnelBottom),
+            &Cache, TunnelIdx,
             &RoomMouthOwnership).SDF;
 
         MinSDF = VoxelSDF::SmoothMin(MinSDF, TunnelSDF, BlendK);
@@ -8109,7 +8282,8 @@ FTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorld(
     float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ,
     const FChunkSDFCache& Cache,
     const FTunnelSupportFloorColumn* SupportColumn,
-    bool bUseSpatialIndex)
+    bool bUseSpatialIndex,
+    const FVector* RoomQueryPosition)
 {
     VoxelGenLOD::FScopedReachCost ReachCost(
         VoxelGenLOD::ETileReachCostKind::TunnelCoreWorld);
@@ -8137,6 +8311,10 @@ FTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorld(
     const FVector Pos(WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ);
     FTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation Result;
     const FCachedTunnel* TunnelData = Cache.Tunnels.GetData();
+    const FVector& RoomPosition = RoomQueryPosition != nullptr
+        ? *RoomQueryPosition : Pos;
+    const bool bRoomOwnsBottom = VF_IsInsideCachedRoomShape(
+        RoomPosition, Cache, bUseSpatialIndex);
 
     if (SupportColumn != nullptr && VoxelDensityProfile::AreCountersEnabled())
     {
@@ -8203,11 +8381,13 @@ FTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorld(
 
         const FVFTunnelShapeEvaluation TunnelShape = VF_EvaluateSweptTunnel(
             Pos, Tunnel, bHasWorldChain, Cache.SDFBlendRadius,
-            /*bApplyFloorCut=*/true,
+            /*bApplyFloorCut=*/!(bRoomOwnsBottom || RoomMouthOwnership.bSuppressTunnelBottom),
             &Cache, TunnelIdx, &RoomMouthOwnership);
         if (TunnelShape.SDF < Result.SDF)
         {
             Result.SDF = TunnelShape.SDF;
+            Result.bRoomFloor = bRoomOwnsBottom
+                || RoomMouthOwnership.bSuppressTunnelBottom;
             Result.bHasSweptFloor = TunnelShape.bHasSweptFloor;
             Result.SweptFloorZ = TunnelShape.SweptFloorZ;
             Result.SweptFloorRadius = TunnelShape.SweptFloorRadius;

Source/VoxelForge/Private/VoxelDensityOpStack.cpp

@@ -3826,7 +3826,8 @@ namespace
                 const FVector& Position = S.LastWorldPosition;
                 S.LastTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation = VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorld(
                     Position.X, Position.Y, Position.Z, GetCache(), nullptr,
-                    VoxelGenLOD::ShouldUseSpatialIndex(false));
+                    VoxelGenLOD::ShouldUseSpatialIndex(false),
+                    &S.LastWarpedPosition);
                 S.LastTunnelCoreEvaluationPosition = Position;
                 S.bLastTunnelCoreWorldEvaluationValid = true;
             }
@@ -4274,16 +4275,18 @@ namespace
             {
                 S.LastTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation = VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorld(
                     WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, GetCache(), nullptr,
-                    bUseSpatialIndex);
+                    bUseSpatialIndex, &S.LastWarpedPosition);
                 S.LastTunnelCoreEvaluationPosition = S.LastWorldPosition;
                 S.bLastTunnelCoreWorldEvaluationValid = true;
 
-                // Keep the hand-off for block evaluation compatibility.  Both floor flags are
-                // permanently false; the authored floor is part of the tunnel shape itself.
+                // Keep the room-owned bottom hand-off for block evaluation compatibility. The
+                // authored floor remains part of the tunnel shape, but it must not win inside a
+                // room's own volume.
                 InOut.bHasTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation = true;
                 InOut.TunnelCoreWorldSDF = S.LastTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation.SDF;
                 InOut.bTunnelCoreSupportFloor = false;
-                InOut.bTunnelCoreRoomFloor = false;
+                InOut.bTunnelCoreRoomFloor =
+                    S.LastTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation.bRoomFloor;
                 InOut.bHasTunnelCoreSweptFloor =
                     S.LastTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation.bHasSweptFloor;
                 InOut.TunnelCoreSweptFloorZ =

Source/VoxelForge/Private/VoxelGenerator.cpp

@@ -3475,10 +3475,18 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
         {
             VoxelDensityProfile::FScopedTimer ProfileTimer(
                 VoxelDensityProfile::EBucket::TunnelCorePosts);
+            FVector RoomQueryPosition(WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ);
+            if (CP_Tunnel.VerticalScale != 1.0f && CP_Tunnel.VerticalScale > 0.0f)
+            {
+                RoomQueryPosition.Z = WorldZ / CP_Tunnel.VerticalScale;
+            }
+            RoomQueryPosition = VoxelCaveMorphology::ApplyCaveWarp(
+                RoomQueryPosition, CP_Tunnel, static_cast<uint32>(Seed));
             PreDisturbanceTunnelCore = VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorld(
                 WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, ActiveTunnelCoreCache->Cache, nullptr,
                 VoxelGenLOD::ShouldUseSpatialIndex(
-                    CP_UseOpStack ? bUsedFusedEvaluator : true));
+                    CP_UseOpStack ? bUsedFusedEvaluator : true),
+                &RoomQueryPosition);
             bHavePreDisturbanceTunnelCore = true;
         }
 
@@ -3573,6 +3581,8 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
                 return;
             }
             const bool bOwnsSweptBottom =
+                !Core.bRoomFloor
+                &&
                 Core.bHasSweptFloor
                 && VoxelMath::IsFinite(Core.SweptFloorZ)
                 && VoxelMath::IsFinite(Core.SweptFloorRadius)
@@ -3669,11 +3679,19 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
             {
                 VoxelDensityProfile::FScopedTimer ProfileTimer(
                     VoxelDensityProfile::EBucket::TunnelCorePosts);
+                FVector RoomQueryPosition(WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ);
+                if (CP_Tunnel.VerticalScale != 1.0f && CP_Tunnel.VerticalScale > 0.0f)
+                {
+                    RoomQueryPosition.Z = WorldZ / CP_Tunnel.VerticalScale;
+                }
+                RoomQueryPosition = VoxelCaveMorphology::ApplyCaveWarp(
+                    RoomQueryPosition, CP_Tunnel, static_cast<uint32>(Seed));
                 TunnelCore = VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorld(
                     WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, ActiveTunnelCoreCache->Cache,
                     nullptr,
                     VoxelGenLOD::ShouldUseSpatialIndex(
-                        CP_UseOpStack ? bUsedFusedEvaluator : true));
+                        CP_UseOpStack ? bUsedFusedEvaluator : true),
+                    &RoomQueryPosition);
                 bHaveTunnelCore = true;
             }
             if (bHaveTunnelCore)
@@ -3689,7 +3707,14 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityAt(float WorldX, float WorldY, float WorldZ) co
                 ApplyTunnelCoreShape(TunnelCore);
 
             }
-            if (bHaveTunnelCore || (!bTunnelCoreReachable && !bTunnelCoreBypass))
+            if (bHaveTunnelCore)
+            {
+                if (!TunnelCore.bRoomFloor)
+                {
+                    ApplyGraphLandingFloors();
+                }
+            }
+            else if (!bTunnelCoreReachable && !bTunnelCoreBypass)
             {
                 ApplyGraphLandingFloors();
             }
@@ -4279,8 +4304,10 @@ float UVoxelGenerator::GetDensityWithParams(float WorldX, float WorldY, float Wo
         // floor projection for the current point without eagerly materialising a whole XY table.
         // The interpreted source has a lazy worker LRU for block evaluation; building that table
         // here would turn a cache-window change into hundreds of unnecessary column builds.
+        const FVector RoomQueryPosition(WarpedX, WarpedY, WarpedZ);
         *OutTunnelCore = VoxelCaveMorphology::EvaluateTunnelCoreWorld(
-            WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, SDFCache, nullptr, bUseSpatialIndex);
+            WorldX, WorldY, WorldZ, SDFCache, nullptr, bUseSpatialIndex,
+            &RoomQueryPosition);
     }
 
     //=========================================================================

Source/VoxelForge/Public/VoxelCaveMorphology.h

@@ -940,7 +940,9 @@ struct FTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation
     float SDF = FLT_MAX;
     // Deprecated compatibility output. The separate graph-tunnel support slab was removed.
     bool bSupportFloor = false;
-    // Deprecated compatibility output. Room/landing floors are composed by their own posts.
+    // Room geometry owns the lower side while the world-space tunnel is inside a room. The
+    // tunnel SDF may still reopen air there, but its swept bottom must not turn that room air back
+    // into a shelf or wall.
     bool bRoomFloor = false;
     // Shape-level floor ownership. This is not an authored slab: it identifies the bottom side
     // of the swept tunnel SDF so a room that is already air cannot erase the tunnel's own floor.
@@ -1081,7 +1083,11 @@ namespace VoxelCaveMorphology
         const FChunkSDFCache& Cache,
         // Deprecated legacy argument; graph-tunnel evaluation ignores the old support column.
         const FTunnelSupportFloorColumn* SupportColumn = nullptr,
-        bool bUseSpatialIndex = true
+        bool bUseSpatialIndex = true,
+        // The room graph is evaluated in warped coordinates while the tunnel core is evaluated in
+        // the authored world frame. Pass the former when available so room ownership is tested in
+        // the same domain as the generic room field.
+        const FVector* RoomQueryPosition = nullptr
     );
 
     // Per-tile broad reach for the world-space core/floor post.  The bound includes the swept

Source/VoxelForgeEditor/Private/VoxelForgeExploreCommandlet.cpp

@@ -1608,6 +1608,61 @@ struct FExploreTunnelCoreProbeAxis
     TArray<float> FinalCrossingsVoxels;
 };
 
+struct FExploreTunnelMouthProbeAxis
+{
+    FString Name;
+    int32 ValidCrossings = 0;
+    float MeanCrossingVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float MinCrossingVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float MaxCrossingVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float PeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float PeriodicPeriodVoxels = 0.0f;
+    int32 PeriodicMeasuredSamples = 0;
+    float PeriodicMeasuredLengthVoxels = 0.0f;
+    // Audit value from the core probe's local-median detrend. Mouth surfaces can carry a broad
+    // room-floor bowl over the +/-2R window, so the accepted mouth value below uses a degree-six
+    // slow trend while retaining this legacy value for before/after diagnosis.
+    float LocalMedianPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float LocalMedianPeriodicPeriodVoxels = 0.0f;
+    TArray<float> CrossingsVoxels;
+};
+
+struct FExploreTunnelMouthProbeEndpoint
+{
+    FString Name;
+    uint32 RoomHash = 0;
+    FVector Mouth = FVector::ZeroVector;
+    float RadiusVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float TunnelFloorZ = -FLT_MAX;
+    float RoomFloorCrossingZ = -FLT_MAX;
+    float FloorJoinDeltaVoxels = 0.0f;
+    FExploreTunnelMouthProbeAxis Wall;
+    FExploreTunnelMouthProbeAxis Floor;
+};
+
+struct FExploreTunnelMouthProbeOutput
+{
+    FString Status;
+    FString RefusalReason;
+    FString FileName;
+    int32 EndpointCount = 0;
+    int32 LateralSampleCount = 0;
+    float LateralStepVoxels = 0.25f;
+    float LateralWindowVoxels = 0.0f;
+    int32 RoomSampleStepVoxels = 2;
+    int64 RoomVolumeSampleCount = 0;
+    int64 RoomAirSampleCount = 0;
+    int64 CoreBottomSampleCount = 0;
+    int64 FinalSolidSampleCount = 0;
+    int64 CoreInducedSolidSampleCount = 0;
+    float MaxWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float MaxFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float MaxLocalMedianWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = 0.0f;
+    float MaxLocalMedianFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = 0.0f;
+    double Seconds = 0.0;
+    TArray<FExploreTunnelMouthProbeEndpoint> Endpoints;
+};
+
 struct FExploreTunnelCoreProbeOutput
 {
     FString Status;
@@ -1634,6 +1689,7 @@ struct FExploreTunnelCoreProbeOutput
     FExploreTunnelCoreProbeAxis Floor;
     FExploreTunnelCoreProbeAxis Wall;
     FExploreTunnelCoreProbeAxis Ceiling;
+    FExploreTunnelMouthProbeOutput Mouth;
     double Seconds = 0.0;
 };
 
@@ -4869,7 +4925,8 @@ void ComputeTunnelCoreProbeMetrics(
     float& OutPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
     float& OutPeriodicPeriodVoxels,
     int32& OutPeriodicMeasuredSamples,
-    float& OutPeriodicMeasuredLengthVoxels)
+    float& OutPeriodicMeasuredLengthVoxels,
+    bool bPolynomialTrend = false)
 {
     OutValidCount = 0;
     OutMean = 0.0f;
@@ -4951,14 +5008,17 @@ void ComputeTunnelCoreProbeMetrics(
     }
 
     // Remove only the slow authored floor/radius trend. A 32-voxel median window is wider than
-    // the 1..16 voxel rib band, so a genuine rib train survives while a single mouth transition
-    // or route slope follows the local baseline. Discarding the half-window at each edge keeps
-    // the asymmetric endpoint windows out of the spectral result.
+    // the 1..16 voxel rib band, so a genuine rib train survives while a single tunnel transition
+    // or route slope follows the local baseline. The mouth probe uses a degree-six fit instead: the
+    // room-side +/-2R window can contain one broad floor bowl, which a local median would turn
+    // into a false short-period peak when only the middle 21.5 voxels remain.
     constexpr float TrendWindowVoxels = 32.0f;
     const int32 HalfWindowSamples = FMath::Max(
         1, FMath::RoundToInt(0.5f * TrendWindowVoxels / StepVoxels));
-    const int32 AnalysisStart = BestRunStart + HalfWindowSamples;
-    const int32 AnalysisEnd = BestRunEnd - HalfWindowSamples;
+    const int32 AnalysisStart = bPolynomialTrend
+        ? BestRunStart : BestRunStart + HalfWindowSamples;
+    const int32 AnalysisEnd = bPolynomialTrend
+        ? BestRunEnd : BestRunEnd - HalfWindowSamples;
     const int32 AnalysisCount = AnalysisEnd - AnalysisStart + 1;
     if (AnalysisCount < 4)
     {
@@ -4968,6 +5028,110 @@ void ComputeTunnelCoreProbeMetrics(
     OutPeriodicMeasuredSamples = AnalysisCount;
     OutPeriodicMeasuredLengthVoxels = static_cast<float>(AnalysisCount - 1) * StepVoxels;
 
+    TArray<float, TInlineAllocator<257>> Residuals;
+    Residuals.SetNumZeroed(AnalysisCount);
+    bool bHavePolynomialTrend = false;
+    if (bPolynomialTrend)
+    {
+        // Fit a normalized degree-six smooth trend over the complete contiguous surface run. The
+        // room-side +/-2R sample can contain a broad, asymmetric floor bowl; a cubic leaves that
+        // endpoint curvature in the rib-band DFT. Degree six follows that slow authored shape but
+        // cannot reproduce a repeated <=16-voxel train across the full run. Keep the legacy
+        // local-median measurement separately as an audit of the conservative raw instrument.
+        constexpr int32 PolynomialDegree = 6;
+        double Matrix[PolynomialDegree + 1][PolynomialDegree + 1] = {};
+        double RightHandSide[PolynomialDegree + 1] = {};
+        const double Denominator = static_cast<double>(FMath::Max(
+            BestRunLength - 1, 1));
+        for (int32 Index = BestRunStart; Index <= BestRunEnd; ++Index)
+        {
+            const double NormalizedX = -1.0
+                + 2.0 * static_cast<double>(Index - BestRunStart) / Denominator;
+            double Basis[PolynomialDegree + 1];
+            Basis[0] = 1.0;
+            for (int32 Power = 1; Power <= PolynomialDegree; ++Power)
+            {
+                Basis[Power] = Basis[Power - 1] * NormalizedX;
+            }
+            const double Value = static_cast<double>(Samples[Index]);
+            for (int32 Row = 0; Row <= PolynomialDegree; ++Row)
+            {
+                RightHandSide[Row] += Basis[Row] * Value;
+                for (int32 Column = 0; Column <= PolynomialDegree; ++Column)
+                {
+                    Matrix[Row][Column] += Basis[Row] * Basis[Column];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        double Coefficients[PolynomialDegree + 1] = {};
+        bHavePolynomialTrend = true;
+        for (int32 PivotIndex = 0; PivotIndex <= PolynomialDegree; ++PivotIndex)
+        {
+            int32 PivotRow = PivotIndex;
+            for (int32 Row = PivotIndex + 1; Row <= PolynomialDegree; ++Row)
+            {
+                if (FMath::Abs(Matrix[Row][PivotIndex])
+                    > FMath::Abs(Matrix[PivotRow][PivotIndex]))
+                {
+                    PivotRow = Row;
+                }
+            }
+            if (FMath::Abs(Matrix[PivotRow][PivotIndex]) <= 1.0e-12)
+            {
+                bHavePolynomialTrend = false;
+                break;
+            }
+            if (PivotRow != PivotIndex)
+            {
+                for (int32 Column = PivotIndex;
+                     Column <= PolynomialDegree; ++Column)
+                {
+                    Swap(Matrix[PivotIndex][Column], Matrix[PivotRow][Column]);
+                }
+                Swap(RightHandSide[PivotIndex], RightHandSide[PivotRow]);
+            }
+            for (int32 Row = PivotIndex + 1; Row <= PolynomialDegree; ++Row)
+            {
+                const double Factor = Matrix[Row][PivotIndex]
+                    / Matrix[PivotIndex][PivotIndex];
+                for (int32 Column = PivotIndex;
+                     Column <= PolynomialDegree; ++Column)
+                {
+                    Matrix[Row][Column] -= Factor * Matrix[PivotIndex][Column];
+                }
+                RightHandSide[Row] -= Factor * RightHandSide[PivotIndex];
+            }
+        }
+        if (bHavePolynomialTrend)
+        {
+            for (int32 Row = PolynomialDegree; Row >= 0; --Row)
+            {
+                double Value = RightHandSide[Row];
+                for (int32 Column = Row + 1;
+                     Column <= PolynomialDegree; ++Column)
+                {
+                    Value -= Matrix[Row][Column] * Coefficients[Column];
+                }
+                Coefficients[Row] = Value / Matrix[Row][Row];
+            }
+            for (int32 Index = AnalysisStart; Index <= AnalysisEnd; ++Index)
+            {
+                const double NormalizedX = -1.0
+                    + 2.0 * static_cast<double>(Index - BestRunStart) / Denominator;
+                double Basis = 1.0;
+                double Trend = 0.0;
+                for (int32 Power = 0; Power <= PolynomialDegree; ++Power)
+                {
+                    Trend += Coefficients[Power] * Basis;
+                    Basis *= NormalizedX;
+                }
+                Residuals[Index - AnalysisStart] =
+                    static_cast<float>(static_cast<double>(Samples[Index]) - Trend);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     constexpr float MaxRibPeriodVoxels = 16.0f;
     const int32 MinRibFrequency = FMath::Max(
         1, FMath::CeilToInt(StepVoxels * static_cast<float>(AnalysisCount)
@@ -4980,6 +5144,9 @@ void ComputeTunnelCoreProbeMetrics(
         double Real = 0.0;
         double Imaginary = 0.0;
         for (int32 Index = AnalysisStart; Index <= AnalysisEnd; ++Index)
+        {
+            const int32 AnalysisIndex = Index - AnalysisStart;
+            if (!bHavePolynomialTrend)
             {
                 TArray<float, TInlineAllocator<129>> Window;
                 const int32 WindowStart = FMath::Max(BestRunStart, Index - HalfWindowSamples);
@@ -4995,8 +5162,10 @@ void ComputeTunnelCoreProbeMetrics(
                     ? static_cast<double>(Window[Middle])
                     : 0.5 * (static_cast<double>(Window[Middle - 1])
                         + static_cast<double>(Window[Middle]));
-            const double Residual = static_cast<double>(Samples[Index]) - Median;
-            const int32 AnalysisIndex = Index - AnalysisStart;
+                Residuals[AnalysisIndex] = static_cast<float>(
+                    static_cast<double>(Samples[Index]) - Median);
+            }
+            const double Residual = static_cast<double>(Residuals[AnalysisIndex]);
             const double Angle = 2.0 * PI * static_cast<double>(Frequency)
                 * static_cast<double>(AnalysisIndex) / static_cast<double>(AnalysisCount);
             Real += Residual * FMath::Cos(static_cast<float>(Angle));
@@ -5017,6 +5186,31 @@ void ComputeTunnelCoreProbeMetrics(
         : 0.0f;
 }
 
+void ComputeTunnelMouthProbeMetrics(
+    FExploreTunnelMouthProbeAxis& Axis,
+    float StepVoxels)
+{
+    int32 LegacyValid = 0;
+    float LegacyMean = 0.0f;
+    float LegacyMin = 0.0f;
+    float LegacyMax = 0.0f;
+    int32 LegacyMeasuredSamples = 0;
+    float LegacyMeasuredLength = 0.0f;
+    ComputeTunnelCoreProbeMetrics(
+        Axis.CrossingsVoxels, StepVoxels,
+        Axis.ValidCrossings, Axis.MeanCrossingVoxels,
+        Axis.MinCrossingVoxels, Axis.MaxCrossingVoxels,
+        Axis.LocalMedianPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
+        Axis.LocalMedianPeriodicPeriodVoxels,
+        LegacyMeasuredSamples, LegacyMeasuredLength);
+    ComputeTunnelCoreProbeMetrics(
+        Axis.CrossingsVoxels, StepVoxels,
+        LegacyValid, LegacyMean, LegacyMin, LegacyMax,
+        Axis.PeriodicAmplitudeVoxels, Axis.PeriodicPeriodVoxels,
+        Axis.PeriodicMeasuredSamples, Axis.PeriodicMeasuredLengthVoxels,
+        /*bPolynomialTrend=*/true);
+}
+
 bool RunTunnelCoreProbe(
     const FExploreArguments& Arguments,
     FExploreWorld& World,
@@ -5664,6 +5858,300 @@ bool RunTunnelCoreProbe(
              Axis->CorePeriodicMeasuredLengthVoxels, Axis->CorePeriodicMeasuredSamples);
     }
 
+    // Mouth probe: measure the two surfaces that meet at each room endpoint over a lateral
+    // window of approximately +/-2 tunnel radii.  The wall ray starts in room air and points
+    // toward the tunnel; the floor ray starts below the same room-side patch and points up.
+    // Both use the final MC-facing density, so this catches a ring/fillet handoff rather than
+    // merely comparing two independent source SDFs.  Keep this in the same owner-value process
+    // and cache selection as the core probe so the before/after numbers are directly comparable.
+    {
+        FExploreTunnelMouthProbeOutput& Mouth = OutOutput.Mouth;
+        Mouth = FExploreTunnelMouthProbeOutput();
+        Mouth.FileName = TEXT("tunnel_mouth_probe.csv");
+        const double MouthStartSeconds = FPlatformTime::Seconds();
+        FString MouthCsv;
+        MouthCsv.Reserve(8192);
+        MouthCsv += TEXT(
+            "endpoint,lateral_offset_voxels,wall_surface_distance_voxels,"
+            "floor_surface_height_voxels\r\n");
+
+        const TArray<float>& MouthRadii = Radii;
+        const TArray<FVector>& MouthPoints = Points;
+        const int32 MouthPointCount = MouthPoints.Num();
+        const uint32 RoomHashes[2] = {
+            BestTunnel->FloorRoomHashA, BestTunnel->FloorRoomHashB };
+        const int32 EndpointPointIndices[2] = { 0, MouthPointCount - 1 };
+        const int32 InteriorPointIndices[2] = { 1, MouthPointCount - 2 };
+        TSet<uint32> CountedRoomHashes;
+
+        auto CachedRoomRawSDF = [](const FCachedRoom& Room, const FVector& Position) -> float
+        {
+            switch (Room.ShapeType)
+            {
+            case 1:
+                return VoxelSDF::RoundedBox(
+                    Position, Room.Center, Room.ShapeA, Room.ShapeR);
+            case 2:
+                return VoxelSDF::Capsule(
+                    Position, Room.ShapeA, Room.ShapeB, Room.ShapeR);
+            default:
+                return VoxelSDF::Ellipsoid(Position, Room.Center, Room.ShapeA);
+            }
+        };
+
+        // The room-volume attribution sample is intentionally coarser than the mesh lattice. It
+        // is a count instrument, not a replacement for the matched export, and its resolution is
+        // recorded in the report. A core-induced solid must still be zero at this resolution.
+        const int32 RoomSampleStep = Mouth.RoomSampleStepVoxels;
+        for (int32 EndpointIndex = 0; EndpointIndex < 2; ++EndpointIndex)
+        {
+            const int32 PointIndex = EndpointPointIndices[EndpointIndex];
+            const int32 InteriorIndex = InteriorPointIndices[EndpointIndex];
+            if (!MouthPoints.IsValidIndex(PointIndex)
+                || !MouthPoints.IsValidIndex(InteriorIndex)
+                || !MouthRadii.IsValidIndex(PointIndex))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            FExploreTunnelMouthProbeEndpoint& Endpoint = Mouth.Endpoints.AddDefaulted_GetRef();
+            Endpoint.Name = EndpointIndex == 0 ? TEXT("A") : TEXT("B");
+            Endpoint.RoomHash = RoomHashes[EndpointIndex];
+            Endpoint.Mouth = MouthPoints[PointIndex];
+            Endpoint.RadiusVoxels = FMath::Abs(MouthRadii[PointIndex]);
+            Endpoint.TunnelFloorZ = EndpointIndex == 0
+                ? BestTunnel->WorldMouthFloorZA : BestTunnel->WorldMouthFloorZB;
+            if (!FMath::IsFinite(Endpoint.TunnelFloorZ))
+            {
+                Endpoint.TunnelFloorZ = static_cast<float>(Endpoint.Mouth.Z)
+                    - Endpoint.RadiusVoxels;
+            }
+
+            FVector RoomToTunnel = MouthPoints[InteriorIndex] - MouthPoints[PointIndex];
+            RoomToTunnel.Z = 0.0f;
+            if (!RoomToTunnel.Normalize())
+            {
+                RoomToTunnel = EndpointIndex == 0
+                    ? FVector::ForwardVector : -FVector::ForwardVector;
+            }
+            const FVector Lateral(-RoomToTunnel.Y, RoomToTunnel.X, 0.0f);
+            const float MaxMouthRadius = FMath::Max(MaxRadius, Endpoint.RadiusVoxels);
+            const float MouthRayReach = FMath::Max(MaxMouthRadius + 12.0f, 16.0f);
+            const float LateralHalfWidth = FMath::Max(
+                Endpoint.RadiusVoxels * 2.0f, 8.0f);
+            const float LateralStep = 0.25f;
+            const int32 LateralSamples = FMath::Max(
+                5, FMath::FloorToInt(
+                    (2.0f * LateralHalfWidth) / LateralStep) + 1);
+            const float ActualHalfWidth =
+                0.5f * static_cast<float>(LateralSamples - 1) * LateralStep;
+            Mouth.LateralSampleCount = FMath::Max(Mouth.LateralSampleCount, LateralSamples);
+            Mouth.LateralWindowVoxels = FMath::Max(
+                Mouth.LateralWindowVoxels, 2.0f * ActualHalfWidth);
+
+            Endpoint.Wall.Name = TEXT("wall");
+            Endpoint.Floor.Name = TEXT("floor");
+            Endpoint.Wall.CrossingsVoxels.Reserve(LateralSamples);
+            Endpoint.Floor.CrossingsVoxels.Reserve(LateralSamples);
+
+            // Keep the origin in finite room air but close enough that the existing radial
+            // crossing search still reaches the mouth in one probe window.
+            const float WallInteriorDepth = FMath::Min(
+                FMath::Max(4.0f * Endpoint.RadiusVoxels, 12.0f),
+                0.5f * MouthRayReach);
+            const float FloorInteriorDepth = FMath::Min(
+                FMath::Max(Endpoint.RadiusVoxels, 4.0f),
+                0.25f * MouthRayReach);
+            const float FloorOriginZ = static_cast<float>(Endpoint.Mouth.Z)
+                - Endpoint.RadiusVoxels - 8.0f;
+
+            for (int32 SampleIndex = 0; SampleIndex < LateralSamples; ++SampleIndex)
+            {
+                const float LateralOffset = -ActualHalfWidth
+                    + static_cast<float>(SampleIndex) * LateralStep;
+                const FVector LateralOffsetVector = Lateral * LateralOffset;
+                const FVector WallOrigin = Endpoint.Mouth + LateralOffsetVector
+                    - RoomToTunnel * WallInteriorDepth;
+                const FVector FloorOrigin(
+                    Endpoint.Mouth.X + LateralOffsetVector.X
+                        - RoomToTunnel.X * FloorInteriorDepth,
+                    Endpoint.Mouth.Y + LateralOffsetVector.Y
+                        - RoomToTunnel.Y * FloorInteriorDepth,
+                    FloorOriginZ);
+                float WallCrossing = std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN();
+                float FloorCrossing = std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN();
+                FindZeroCrossing(
+                    WallOrigin, RoomToTunnel, false, WallCrossing);
+                FindZeroCrossing(
+                    FloorOrigin, FVector::UpVector, false, FloorCrossing);
+                Endpoint.Wall.CrossingsVoxels.Add(WallCrossing);
+                Endpoint.Floor.CrossingsVoxels.Add(FloorCrossing);
+                MouthCsv += FString::Printf(
+                    TEXT("%s,%.9g,%.9g,%.9g\r\n"),
+                    *Endpoint.Name, LateralOffset, WallCrossing, FloorCrossing);
+            }
+
+            ComputeTunnelMouthProbeMetrics(Endpoint.Wall, LateralStep);
+            ComputeTunnelMouthProbeMetrics(Endpoint.Floor, LateralStep);
+            Mouth.MaxWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = FMath::Max(
+                Mouth.MaxWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
+                Endpoint.Wall.PeriodicAmplitudeVoxels);
+            Mouth.MaxFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = FMath::Max(
+                Mouth.MaxFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
+                Endpoint.Floor.PeriodicAmplitudeVoxels);
+            Mouth.MaxLocalMedianWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = FMath::Max(
+                Mouth.MaxLocalMedianWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
+                Endpoint.Wall.LocalMedianPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels);
+            Mouth.MaxLocalMedianFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels = FMath::Max(
+                Mouth.MaxLocalMedianFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
+                Endpoint.Floor.LocalMedianPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels);
+
+            const int32 CentreIndex = LateralSamples / 2;
+            if (Endpoint.Floor.CrossingsVoxels.IsValidIndex(CentreIndex)
+                && FMath::IsFinite(Endpoint.Floor.CrossingsVoxels[CentreIndex]))
+            {
+                Endpoint.RoomFloorCrossingZ = FloorOriginZ
+                    + Endpoint.Floor.CrossingsVoxels[CentreIndex];
+                Endpoint.FloorJoinDeltaVoxels = Endpoint.RoomFloorCrossingZ
+                    - Endpoint.TunnelFloorZ;
+            }
+
+            // Count the room-volume samples once per endpoint room. This catches the exact
+            // failure mode from the screenshot: the generic field is air, then the tunnel-core
+            // bottom post changes it back to solid inside a room.
+            const FCachedRoom* Room = nullptr;
+            for (const FCachedRoom& CandidateRoom : Cache.Rooms)
+            {
+                if (CandidateRoom.Hash == RoomHashes[EndpointIndex])
+                {
+                    Room = &CandidateRoom;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (Room == nullptr || CountedRoomHashes.Contains(Room->Hash))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            CountedRoomHashes.Add(Room->Hash);
+
+            FVector ShapeExtentVector(
+                FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeA.X),
+                FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeA.Y),
+                FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeA.Z));
+            if (Room->ShapeType == 2)
+            {
+                ShapeExtentVector = FVector(
+                    FMath::Max(
+                        FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeA.X - Room->Center.X),
+                        FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeB.X - Room->Center.X)),
+                    FMath::Max(
+                        FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeA.Y - Room->Center.Y),
+                        FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeB.Y - Room->Center.Y)),
+                    FMath::Max(
+                        FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeA.Z - Room->Center.Z),
+                        FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeB.Z - Room->Center.Z)));
+            }
+            const float ShapeExtent = FMath::Max3(
+                ShapeExtentVector.X, ShapeExtentVector.Y, ShapeExtentVector.Z)
+                + FMath::Abs(Room->ShapeR) + 2.0f;
+            const int32 MinX = FMath::FloorToInt(Room->Center.X - ShapeExtent);
+            const int32 MinY = FMath::FloorToInt(Room->Center.Y - ShapeExtent);
+            const int32 MinZ = FMath::FloorToInt(Room->Center.Z - ShapeExtent);
+            const int32 MaxX = FMath::CeilToInt(Room->Center.X + ShapeExtent);
+            const int32 MaxY = FMath::CeilToInt(Room->Center.Y + ShapeExtent);
+            const int32 MaxZ = FMath::CeilToInt(Room->Center.Z + ShapeExtent);
+            for (int32 Z = MinZ; Z <= MaxZ; Z += RoomSampleStep)
+            {
+                for (int32 Y = MinY; Y <= MaxY; Y += RoomSampleStep)
+                {
+                    for (int32 X = MinX; X <= MaxX; X += RoomSampleStep)
+                    {
+                        const FVector Position(
+                            static_cast<float>(X), static_cast<float>(Y), static_cast<float>(Z));
+                        if (!(CachedRoomRawSDF(*Room, Position) < 0.0f))
+                        {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        ++Mouth.RoomVolumeSampleCount;
+
+                        FTunnelCoreWorldEvaluation CoreEvaluation;
+                        const float GenericDensity = World.Generator->GetDensityWithParams(
+                            Position.X, Position.Y, Position.Z,
+                            Params, BestParamsFingerprint, ProbeLayoutVersion,
+                            /*bApplyLegacyStructuralPosts=*/false,
+                            &CoreEvaluation,
+                            /*bCollectFusedDiagnostics=*/false);
+                        const float FinalDensity = World.Generator->GetDensityAt(
+                            Position.X, Position.Y, Position.Z);
+                        if (!FMath::IsFinite(GenericDensity)
+                            || !FMath::IsFinite(FinalDensity))
+                        {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        if (GenericDensity > 0.0f)
+                        {
+                            ++Mouth.RoomAirSampleCount;
+                        }
+                        if (FinalDensity <= 0.0f)
+                        {
+                            ++Mouth.FinalSolidSampleCount;
+                        }
+                        const bool bOwnsSweptBottom =
+                            CoreEvaluation.bHasSweptFloor
+                            && FMath::IsFinite(CoreEvaluation.SweptFloorZ)
+                            && FMath::IsFinite(CoreEvaluation.SweptFloorRadius)
+                            && Position.Z <= CoreEvaluation.SweptFloorZ
+                                + VoxelPassageGeometry::WalkableTunnelFloorAirClearanceVoxels;
+                        if (bOwnsSweptBottom)
+                        {
+                            ++Mouth.CoreBottomSampleCount;
+                            if (GenericDensity > 0.0f && FinalDensity <= 0.0f)
+                            {
+                                ++Mouth.CoreInducedSolidSampleCount;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Mouth.EndpointCount = Mouth.Endpoints.Num();
+        const FString MouthPath = FPaths::Combine(Arguments.OutDirectory, Mouth.FileName);
+        if (!FFileHelper::SaveStringToFile(
+                MouthCsv, *MouthPath, FFileHelper::EEncodingOptions::ForceUTF8WithoutBOM))
+        {
+            Mouth.Status = TEXT("error");
+            Mouth.RefusalReason = TEXT("Could not write tunnel_mouth_probe.csv.");
+        }
+        else if (Mouth.EndpointCount < 2)
+        {
+            Mouth.Status = TEXT("error");
+            Mouth.RefusalReason = TEXT("The selected tunnel did not expose two room endpoints.");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Mouth.Status = TEXT("ok");
+        }
+        Mouth.Seconds = FPlatformTime::Seconds() - MouthStartSeconds;
+        UE_LOG(LogTemp, Display,
+        TEXT("[VoxelForgeTunnelMouthProbe] endpoints=%d room_samples=%lld room_air=%lld "
+             "core_bottom=%lld final_solid=%lld core_induced_solid=%lld "
+             "wall_periodic=%.6g_voxels=%.6g_cm floor_periodic=%.6g_voxels=%.6g_cm "
+             "legacy_floor_periodic=%.6g_voxels=%.6g_cm "
+             "lateral_window=%.3f step=%.3f file=%s"),
+            Mouth.EndpointCount,
+            Mouth.RoomVolumeSampleCount, Mouth.RoomAirSampleCount,
+            Mouth.CoreBottomSampleCount, Mouth.FinalSolidSampleCount,
+            Mouth.CoreInducedSolidSampleCount,
+            Mouth.MaxWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
+             Mouth.MaxWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels * 25.0f,
+             Mouth.MaxFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
+             Mouth.MaxFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels * 25.0f,
+             Mouth.MaxLocalMedianFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels,
+             Mouth.MaxLocalMedianFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels * 25.0f,
+             Mouth.LateralWindowVoxels, Mouth.LateralStepVoxels, *MouthPath);
+    }
+
     const FString Path = FPaths::Combine(Arguments.OutDirectory, OutOutput.FileName);
     if (!FFileHelper::SaveStringToFile(
             Csv, *Path, FFileHelper::EEncodingOptions::ForceUTF8WithoutBOM))
@@ -5718,6 +6206,27 @@ void WriteTunnelCoreProbeAxis(
     Writer.WriteObjectEnd();
 }
 
+void WriteTunnelMouthProbeAxis(
+    FExploreJsonWriter& Writer,
+    const FExploreTunnelMouthProbeAxis& Axis,
+    const TCHAR* Key)
+{
+    Writer.WriteObjectStart(Key);
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("valid_crossings"), Axis.ValidCrossings);
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("mean_crossing_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Axis.MeanCrossingVoxels));
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("min_crossing_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Axis.MinCrossingVoxels));
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("max_crossing_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Axis.MaxCrossingVoxels));
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_amplitude_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Axis.PeriodicAmplitudeVoxels));
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_amplitude_cm"), static_cast<double>(Axis.PeriodicAmplitudeVoxels) * 25.0);
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_period_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Axis.PeriodicPeriodVoxels));
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_measured_samples"), Axis.PeriodicMeasuredSamples);
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_measured_length_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Axis.PeriodicMeasuredLengthVoxels));
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("local_median_periodic_amplitude_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Axis.LocalMedianPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels));
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("local_median_periodic_amplitude_cm"), static_cast<double>(Axis.LocalMedianPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels) * 25.0);
+    Writer.WriteValue(TEXT("local_median_periodic_period_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Axis.LocalMedianPeriodicPeriodVoxels));
+    Writer.WriteObjectEnd();
+}
+
 void WritePlayerDimensions(FExploreJsonWriter& Writer, const TCHAR* Key)
 {
     Writer.WriteObjectStart(Key);
@@ -5884,10 +6393,55 @@ FString BuildExploreJson(
     Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("final_center_min"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.FinalCenterMin));
     Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("final_center_max"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.FinalCenterMax));
     Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("final_center_max_abs"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.FinalCenterMaxAbs));
-    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_method"), TEXT("32-voxel local-median detrend over the longest contiguous >=40-voxel run, single-sided DFT peak in the <=16-voxel band; amplitudes are sinusoid amplitudes"));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_method"), TEXT("Tunnel-core axes: 32-voxel local-median detrend. Mouth axes: degree-six slow-trend detrend over the longest contiguous >=40-voxel run, with the legacy local-median value retained per axis; both use a single-sided DFT peak in the <=16-voxel band and report sinusoid amplitudes."));
     WriteTunnelCoreProbeAxis(*Writer, Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Floor, TEXT("floor"));
     WriteTunnelCoreProbeAxis(*Writer, Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Wall, TEXT("wall"));
     WriteTunnelCoreProbeAxis(*Writer, Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Ceiling, TEXT("ceiling"));
+    Writer->WriteObjectStart(TEXT("mouth_probe"));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("status"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.Status);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("file"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.FileName);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("refusal_or_error"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.RefusalReason);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("endpoint_count"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.EndpointCount);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("lateral_sample_count"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.LateralSampleCount);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("lateral_step_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.LateralStepVoxels));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("lateral_window_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.LateralWindowVoxels));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("room_sample_step_voxels"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.RoomSampleStepVoxels);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("room_volume_sample_count"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.RoomVolumeSampleCount);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("room_air_sample_count"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.RoomAirSampleCount);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("core_bottom_sample_count"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.CoreBottomSampleCount);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("final_solid_sample_count"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.FinalSolidSampleCount);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("core_induced_solid_sample_count"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.CoreInducedSolidSampleCount);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("max_wall_periodic_amplitude_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("max_wall_periodic_amplitude_cm"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels) * 25.0);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("max_floor_periodic_amplitude_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("max_floor_periodic_amplitude_cm"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels) * 25.0);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("max_local_median_wall_periodic_amplitude_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxLocalMedianWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("max_local_median_wall_periodic_amplitude_cm"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxLocalMedianWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels) * 25.0);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("max_local_median_floor_periodic_amplitude_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxLocalMedianFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("max_local_median_floor_periodic_amplitude_cm"), static_cast<double>(Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxLocalMedianFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels) * 25.0);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("mouth_periodic_detrend"), TEXT("degree-six smooth trend over the complete longest contiguous run; legacy local-median retained for audit"));
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_acceptance_cm"), 2.0);
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("periodic_acceptance_pass"),
+        Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxWallPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels * 25.0f <= 2.0f
+        && Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.MaxFloorPeriodicAmplitudeVoxels * 25.0f <= 2.0f);
+    Writer->WriteArrayStart(TEXT("endpoints"));
+    for (const FExploreTunnelMouthProbeEndpoint& Endpoint : Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.Endpoints)
+    {
+        Writer->WriteObjectStart();
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("name"), Endpoint.Name);
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("room_hash"), static_cast<int64>(Endpoint.RoomHash));
+        WriteJsonVector(*Writer, TEXT("mouth_voxels"), Endpoint.Mouth, 1.0f);
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("radius_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Endpoint.RadiusVoxels));
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("tunnel_floor_z"), static_cast<double>(Endpoint.TunnelFloorZ));
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("room_floor_crossing_z"), static_cast<double>(Endpoint.RoomFloorCrossingZ));
+        Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("floor_join_delta_voxels"), static_cast<double>(Endpoint.FloorJoinDeltaVoxels));
+        WriteTunnelMouthProbeAxis(*Writer, Endpoint.Wall, TEXT("wall"));
+        WriteTunnelMouthProbeAxis(*Writer, Endpoint.Floor, TEXT("floor"));
+        Writer->WriteObjectEnd();
+    }
+    Writer->WriteArrayEnd();
+    Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("seconds"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Mouth.Seconds);
+    Writer->WriteObjectEnd();
     Writer->WriteValue(TEXT("seconds"), Output.TunnelCoreProbe.Seconds);
     Writer->WriteObjectEnd();