diff --git a/public/js/book-playback-timeline-module.js b/public/js/book-playback-timeline-module.js
index b5595e0..5356f17 100644
--- a/public/js/book-playback-timeline-module.js
+++ b/public/js/book-playback-timeline-module.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class BookPlaybackTimelineModule extends BaseModule {
             'startRevealForSegment',
             'assertSegmentReady',
             'collectRequiredPageMetas',
+            'collectTexturePlanPageMetas',
             'requiresSpreadTransition',
             'requiresRightPageFlipAfterReveal',
             'getBlockRevealSides',
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ class BookPlaybackTimelineModule extends BaseModule {
             targetSpread: options.targetSpread,
             endSpread: Math.max(0, Number(this.pagination?.spreads?.length || 1) - 1),
             getPageMetaForIndex: this.getPageMetaForIndex,
-            recordMiss: true
+            recordMiss: false
         });
         await this.assertSegmentReady({
             blockId: options.blockId ?? null,
@@ -410,31 +411,44 @@ class BookPlaybackTimelineModule extends BaseModule {
         return result;
     }
 
-    collectRequiredPageMetas(segment = {}) {
-        const spreads = new Set();
+    collectRequiredPageMetas(segment = {}, phase = 'play') {
+        if (phase === 'prepare') {
+            return this.collectTexturePlanPageMetas(segment.preparedTexturePlan);
+        }
+        if (phase === 'activate' || phase === 'play') {
+            return this.collectTexturePlanPageMetas(segment.activeTexturePlan || segment.preparedTexturePlan);
+        }
         const currentSpread = this.getVisibleSpreadIndex();
         const targetSpread = Number.isFinite(Number(segment.targetSpreadIndex))
             ? Math.max(0, Math.round(Number(segment.targetSpreadIndex)))
             : currentSpread;
-        spreads.add(0);
-        spreads.add(currentSpread);
-        spreads.add(Math.max(0, currentSpread - 1));
-        spreads.add(currentSpread + 1);
-        spreads.add(targetSpread);
-        if (segment.requiresRightFlip) spreads.add(targetSpread + 1);
-        return Array.from(spreads)
-            .filter(spread => spread >= 0)
+        return Array.from(new Set([currentSpread, targetSpread]))
             .flatMap(spread => [
                 this.getPageMetaForIndex(spread * 2),
                 this.getPageMetaForIndex(spread * 2 + 1)
             ]);
     }
 
+    collectTexturePlanPageMetas(texturePlan = null) {
+        const pageMeta = texturePlan?.pageMeta || {};
+        const records = Array.isArray(texturePlan?.records) ? texturePlan.records : [];
+        const metas = records
+            .map(record => record?.pageMeta || pageMeta?.[record?.side])
+            .filter(meta => meta && Number.isFinite(Number(meta.pageIndex)));
+        ['left', 'right'].forEach((side) => {
+            const meta = pageMeta?.[side];
+            if (!meta || !Number.isFinite(Number(meta.pageIndex))) return;
+            if (metas.some(existing => Number(existing.pageIndex) === Number(meta.pageIndex))) return;
+            metas.push(meta);
+        });
+        return metas;
+    }
+
     async assertSegmentReady(segment = {}, phase = 'play') {
         if (!this.pageCache || typeof this.pageCache.ensurePageTexture !== 'function') {
             throw new Error('BookPlaybackTimeline: Page texture cache is not available');
         }
-        const metas = this.collectRequiredPageMetas(segment);
+        const metas = this.collectRequiredPageMetas(segment, phase);
         const missing = [];
         await Promise.all(metas.map(async (meta) => {
             const texture = await this.pageCache.ensurePageTexture(meta, {
@@ -464,8 +478,19 @@ class BookPlaybackTimelineModule extends BaseModule {
         const spread = typeof this.pagination?.getSpread === 'function'
             ? this.pagination.getSpread(spreadIndex)
             : this.pagination?.spreads?.[spreadIndex];
-        const source = spread?.pageMeta?.[side] || {};
         const metrics = this.textureRenderer?.metrics || {};
+        if (!spread) {
+            return {
+                pageIndex: index,
+                width: metrics.width,
+                height: metrics.height,
+                kind: 'blank',
+                section: index < 3 ? 'frontmatter' : 'body',
+                pageNumber: null,
+                omitPageNumber: true
+            };
+        }
+        const source = spread?.pageMeta?.[side] || {};
         return {
             ...source,
             pageIndex: index,
diff --git a/public/js/loader.js b/public/js/loader.js
index f2a55e1..58e433a 100644
--- a/public/js/loader.js
+++ b/public/js/loader.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const ModuleState = {
     ERROR: 'ERROR'
 };
 
-const MODULE_CACHE_BUSTER = '20260610-book-timeline-b';
+const MODULE_CACHE_BUSTER = '20260610-book-timeline-d';
 window.MODULE_CACHE_BUSTER = MODULE_CACHE_BUSTER;
 
 /**
diff --git a/public/js/webgl-book-lab.js b/public/js/webgl-book-lab.js
index ce32b2e..c9b212f 100644
--- a/public/js/webgl-book-lab.js
+++ b/public/js/webgl-book-lab.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { RenderPass } from 'https://esm.sh/three@0.165.0/examples/jsm/postproces
 import { SSAOPass } from 'https://esm.sh/three@0.165.0/examples/jsm/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js';
 import { SMAAPass } from 'https://esm.sh/three@0.165.0/examples/jsm/postprocessing/SMAAPass.js';
 import { OutputPass } from 'https://esm.sh/three@0.165.0/examples/jsm/postprocessing/OutputPass.js';
-import { PROCEDURAL_BOOK, createProceduralBookModel, snapProceduralPageCount } from './procedural-book-model.js?v=20260610-book-timeline-b';
+import { PROCEDURAL_BOOK, createProceduralBookModel, snapProceduralPageCount } from './procedural-book-model.js?v=20260610-book-timeline-d';
 
 const canvas = document.getElementById('scene');
 canvas.style.cursor = 'grab';
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ function handlePageTextureRecords(event) {
         source: 'book-texture-renderer'
     });
     markPageTextureTiming('handlePageTextureRecords:end');
-    prewarmNavigationTextureWindow('page-texture-records').catch((error) => {
+    prewarmNavigationTextureWindow('page-texture-records', { recordMiss: false }).catch((error) => {
         pageTextureStore?.recordProblem?.({
             type: 'navigation-window-prewarm-error',
             message: error?.message || String(error)
@@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ async function prewarmNavigationTextureWindow(reason = 'navigation-window', opti
         targetSpread: options.targetSpread,
         endSpread,
         getPageMetaForIndex: makePageMetaForCache,
-        recordMiss: options.recordMiss !== false
+        recordMiss: options.recordMiss === true
     });
     markPageTextureTiming('textureStorePrewarm:end', {
         reason,
diff --git a/public/js/webgl-page-cache-module.js b/public/js/webgl-page-cache-module.js
index 79891ee..b22b79d 100644
--- a/public/js/webgl-page-cache-module.js
+++ b/public/js/webgl-page-cache-module.js
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class WebGLPageCacheModule extends BaseModule {
         if (!Number.isFinite(pageIndex)) return null;
         const key = this.makeResidentKey(pageMeta);
         const resident = this.residentTextures.get(key);
-        if (!resident || this.isOlderPageMeta(pageMeta, resident.pageMeta)) return null;
+        if (!resident) return null;
         return this.getResidentTexture(pageMeta);
     }
 
diff --git a/scripts/check-webgl-book-lab.js b/scripts/check-webgl-book-lab.js
index 89e4c94..1f21cac 100644
--- a/scripts/check-webgl-book-lab.js
+++ b/scripts/check-webgl-book-lab.js
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ const checks = [
     ['texture renderer publishes both spread sides for reveal preparation and fallback start', /this\.drawSpread\(this\.currentSpread \|\| this\.pagination\?\.getCurrentSpread\?\.\(\), \['left', 'right'\]\)/.test(textureRendererSource) && /const sides = \['left', 'right'\]/.test(textureRendererSource) && /pageMeta: prepared\.pageMeta \|\| \{\}/.test(textureRendererSource)],
     ['texture renderer marks page canvases with content versions before cache writes', /pageContentVersions/.test(textureRendererSource) && /buildPublishPageMeta/.test(textureRendererSource) && /completenessScore: \(maxBlockId \* 1000\) \+ lineCount/.test(textureRendererSource)],
     ['texture store queues newer same-page cache writes instead of dropping them', /storePageCanvas/.test(webglPageCacheSource) && /isOlderPageMeta/.test(webglPageCacheSource) && /const previousWrite = pending\?\.promise \|\| Promise\.resolve\(\)/.test(webglPageCacheSource) && /pendingPageWrites\.set\(key, \{[\s\S]*pageMeta: \{ \.\.\.\(pageMeta \|\| \{\}\) \}/.test(webglPageCacheSource)],
-    ['webgl texture store resident cache rejects older page versions before direct reuse', /isOlderPageMeta/.test(webglPageCacheSource) && /getResidentTextureForMeta/.test(webglPageCacheSource) && /getResidentTextureForMeta\(pageMeta\)/.test(webglPageCacheSource)],
+    ['webgl texture store resident cache reuses newest page version for older readiness requests', /isOlderPageMeta/.test(webglPageCacheSource) && /getResidentTextureForMeta/.test(webglPageCacheSource) && /if \(!resident\) return null/.test(webglPageCacheSource) && !/if \(!resident \|\| this\.isOlderPageMeta\(pageMeta, resident\.pageMeta\)\) return null/.test(webglPageCacheSource)],
     ['webgl flip page is a two-sided body using paper-thickness constants', /flipPageBackSurface/.test(source) && /flipPageEdge/.test(source) && /new THREE\.Mesh\(geometry, \[\s*materials\.flipPageSurface,\s*materials\.flipPageBackSurface,\s*materials\.flipPageEdge\s*\]\)/.test(source) && /PROCEDURAL_BOOK\.SHEET_THICKNESS_MODEL/.test(source) && /geometry\.addGroup\(0, topIndices\.length, 0\)/.test(source)],
     ['webgl animated page front and back maps are independently switchable before animation starts', /materials\.flipPageBackSurface = materials\.flipPageSurface\.clone\(\)/.test(source) && /materials\.flipPageSurface\.map = sourceTexture/.test(source) && /materials\.flipPageBackSurface\.map = backTexture \|\| getBlankPageTexture\(\)/.test(source) && /flip\.sourceTexture = sourceTexture/.test(source) && /flip\.backTexture = backTexture \|\| getBlankPageTexture\(\)/.test(source)],
     ['webgl flip preflight exposes texture side and orientation invariants for browser tests', /lastFlipTexturePreflight/.test(source) && /sourceTextureMatchesBackTexture/.test(source) && /targetBackSide/.test(source) && /getRuntimeInvariants/.test(source)],
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ const checks = [
     ['3D display playback is owned by book playback timeline', /book-playback-timeline/.test(uiDisplayHandlerSource) && /playWebGLBookSentence/.test(uiDisplayHandlerSource) && /timeline\.playSentence\(sentence\)/.test(uiDisplayHandlerSource) && /if \(useWebGLBookReveal\) \{[\s\S]*await this\.playWebGLBookSentence\(sentence\);[\s\S]*this\.markBlockRendered\(sentence\.blockId\);[\s\S]*return null;/.test(uiDisplayHandlerSource)],
     ['sentence queue lookahead prepares 3D book timeline segments', /book-playback-timeline/.test(sentenceQueueSource) && /bookPlaybackTimeline\.prepareSentence\(sentence/.test(sentenceQueueSource) && /timelineSegment: segment/.test(sentenceQueueSource)],
     ['book playback timeline prewarms texture window before prepared playback and flips', /prewarmSegmentTextures/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /pageCache\.prewarmNavigationWindow/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /this\.prewarmSegmentTextures\(segment\)/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /await this\.pageCache\?\.prewarmNavigationWindow/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource)],
-    ['book playback timeline enforces resident page textures before prepared playback', /assertSegmentReady/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /collectRequiredPageMetas/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /this\.pageCache\.ensurePageTexture\(meta/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /timeline-cache-readiness-failed/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource)],
+    ['book playback timeline enforces resident page textures before prepared playback', /assertSegmentReady/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /collectRequiredPageMetas/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /collectTexturePlanPageMetas/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /this\.pageCache\.ensurePageTexture\(meta/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /timeline-cache-readiness-failed/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && !/spreads\.add\(currentSpread \+ 1\)/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource)],
     ['3D reveal start is controlled by the prepared timeline instead of texture events', /sentence\.webglRevealController = \(\) => this\.startRevealForSegment\(segment\)/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /startPreparedRevealAnimation\?\.\(segment\.blockId, \{[\s\S]*publishEvent: false/.test(bookPlaybackTimelineSource) && /PlaybackCoordinator: WebGL playback requires a prepared timeline reveal controller/.test(playbackCoordinatorSource) && !/document\.dispatchEvent\(new CustomEvent\('book-texture:reveal-block'/.test(methodBody(playbackCoordinatorSource, 'scheduleWebGLReveal'))],
     ['webgl lab delegates right-page reveal commits to timeline owner', /BookPlaybackTimeline\?\.ownsPageFlipCommit === true/.test(source) && /handleRevealCommittedForPageFlip/.test(source)],
     ['webgl reveal clock explicitly freezes during physical flips', /pageRevealFreezeAt/.test(source) && /state\.startedAt \+= frozenMs/.test(source) && /activeRevealBlockStarts\.set\(blockId, Number\(value\) \+ frozenMs\)/.test(source)],