diff --git a/src/app/benchmarks/[slug]/page.tsx b/src/app/benchmarks/[slug]/page.tsx
index c82a7755..06d31a75 100644
--- a/src/app/benchmarks/[slug]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/benchmarks/[slug]/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Suspense } from "react";
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
+import { unstable_noStore as noStore } from "next/cache";
 import { notFound } from "next/navigation";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { ArrowLeft, ArrowUpRight, ChevronDown } from "lucide-react";
@@ -210,6 +211,14 @@ export default async function BenchmarkPage({
 
   const isDraft = benchmark.status === "draft";
   const isAwaiting = isDraft && benchmark.editorialStatus === "live";
+  // An editorially-live bench rendering as draft means the store read
+  // came back empty this cycle (srh timeout, snapshot swap), not that
+  // the bench has no data: keep that render OUT of the ISR cache so the
+  // next visitor triggers a fresh read instead of everyone seeing
+  // "no live data yet" for a revalidate window (seen on perp-fees
+  // 2026-07-10). Genuinely-new benches render dynamically until their
+  // first samples land, which is the correct behavior anyway.
+  if (isAwaiting) noStore();
   // Insufficient: editorially live, runtime might say "live" too, but the
   // shared predicate decided no provider has a usable p50. Drives the
   // pill above the H1 and the headline degradation downstream.