diff --git a/docs-site/src/content/docs/fr/guides/claude-code.md b/docs-site/src/content/docs/fr/guides/claude-code.md
index 671c22c233..797f9d3554 100644
--- a/docs-site/src/content/docs/fr/guides/claude-code.md
+++ b/docs-site/src/content/docs/fr/guides/claude-code.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Vous pouvez vous connecter à plusieurs comptes Claude via le tableau de bord de
 ajouter un compte). Par défaut, chaque requête utilise uniquement le compte **actif**.
 
 Un groupe de comptes Claude **expérimental et facultatif** (`anthropicAccountPool.enabled`) ajoute l'affinité de
-session et le basculement en cas de délai de récupération 429 entre ces comptes OAuth. Pour les **nouvelles**
+session et la sélection des nouvelles sessions basée sur l'usage entre ces comptes OAuth. Il ne contrôle **pas** le basculement sur 429 : dès que deux comptes utilisables sont enregistrés, une requête limitée bascule vers un autre compte que l'option soit activée ou non, et cela ne peut pas être désactivé. Pour les **nouvelles**
 sessions uniquement, `anthropicAccountPool.strategy` sélectionne un compte éligible : `quota` (par défaut)
 choisit la plus faible utilisation connue dans la fenêtre configurée par `anthropicAccountPool.quotaWindow`
 (`five-hour` par défaut, `weekly` ou `max-utilization`) lorsqu'elle dépasse `autoSwitchThreshold` ; `round-robin`
diff --git a/docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/claude-code.md b/docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/claude-code.md
index d991c3a889..264d5d6fea 100644
--- a/docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/claude-code.md
+++ b/docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/claude-code.md
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ You can log in multiple Claude accounts via the Providers dashboard (`ocx login
 add-account). By default every request uses the **active** account only.
 
 An **experimental, opt-in** Claude account pool (`anthropicAccountPool.enabled`) adds sticky
-session affinity and 429 cooldown failover across those OAuth accounts. For **new** sessions,
+session affinity and usage-aware new-session selection across those OAuth accounts. It does
+**not** gate 429 failover: with two or more usable accounts stored, a rate-limited request moves
+to another account whether the pool is on or off, and that cannot be switched off. For **new**
+sessions,
 `anthropicAccountPool.strategy` selects among eligible accounts: `quota` (default) picks the
 lowest known usage in the window set by `quotaWindow` (`five-hour` by default, or `weekly` /
 `max-utilization`) when above `autoSwitchThreshold`; `round-robin` spreads evenly
diff --git a/docs-site/src/content/docs/tr/guides/claude-code.md b/docs-site/src/content/docs/tr/guides/claude-code.md
index 1fe4fd0393..bf955fba97 100644
--- a/docs-site/src/content/docs/tr/guides/claude-code.md
+++ b/docs-site/src/content/docs/tr/guides/claude-code.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fazla Claude hesabına giriş yapabilirsiniz. Varsayılan olarak her istek yaln
 
 **Deneysel, isteğe bağlı** bir Claude hesap havuzu
 (`anthropicAccountPool.enabled`), bu OAuth hesapları arasında yapışkan oturum
-bağlılığı ve 429 bekleme süresi (cooldown) yük devretmesi ekler. Yalnızca
+bağlılığı ve kullanıma dayalı yeni oturum seçimi ekler. 429 yük devretmesini **kontrol etmez**: iki veya daha fazla kullanılabilir hesap saklandığında, hız sınırına takılan istek bu anahtar açık da kapalı da olsa başka bir hesaba geçer ve bu kapatılamaz. Yalnızca
 **yeni** oturumlar için `anthropicAccountPool.strategy` uygun hesaplar arasından
 seçim yapar: `quota` (varsayılan), `autoSwitchThreshold` üzerinde olduğunda
 `anthropicAccountPool.quotaWindow` ile yapılandırılan penceredeki bilinen en düşük kullanımı
diff --git a/docs-site/src/content/docs/zh-tw/guides/claude-code.md b/docs-site/src/content/docs/zh-tw/guides/claude-code.md
index 2663cb3647..7aea715953 100644
--- a/docs-site/src/content/docs/zh-tw/guides/claude-code.md
+++ b/docs-site/src/content/docs/zh-tw/guides/claude-code.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Code 可以使用每一個已路由的供應商——包括 OAuth 登入、帳
 每個請求只使用**作用中**帳號。
 
 **實驗性、opt-in** 的 Claude 帳號池（`anthropicAccountPool.enabled`）會在這些 OAuth 帳號之間加入
-sticky session affinity 與 429 冷卻故障轉移。僅對**新**工作階段，`anthropicAccountPool.strategy`
+sticky session affinity 與依用量的新工作階段選擇。它**不**控制 429 容錯移轉：只要儲存了兩個以上可用帳號，被限流的請求無論此開關開或關都會切換到另一個帳號，且無法關閉。僅對**新**工作階段，`anthropicAccountPool.strategy`
 會在合格帳號之間選擇：`quota`（預設）在用量高於 `autoSwitchThreshold` 時，依
 `anthropicAccountPool.quotaWindow` 所設定的視窗挑選已知用量最低者（`five-hour` 為預設，亦可選
 `weekly` 或 `max-utilization`）；
diff --git a/tests/docs-429-failover-claims.test.ts b/tests/docs-429-failover-claims.test.ts
index 5a0adb2914..a45bd97c44 100644
--- a/tests/docs-429-failover-claims.test.ts
+++ b/tests/docs-429-failover-claims.test.ts
@@ -59,4 +59,27 @@ describe("429 failover docs", () => {
       expect(row, `${locale} lost the 429 carve-out`).toContain("429");
     }
   });
+
+  test("the Claude Code guide does not attribute 429 failover to the pool", async () => {
+    // The guide is where an operator decides whether to enable the experimental pool at all, so
+    // a stale sentence here is the most expensive one in the docs: it sells the pool on recovery
+    // that is now unconditional. Checked in the source locale and the three that translate it.
+    //
+    // Asserting only that the intro mentions 429 and carries emphasis is too weak: the ORIGINAL
+    // stale sentence would satisfy both. So each locale bans the phrase pattern that actually
+    // attributed failover to the pool, which is the thing that has to stay gone.
+    const bannedByLocale: Record<string, RegExp> = {
+      "": /adds sticky[\s\S]{0,80}429/i,
+      "zh-tw/": /加入[\s\S]{0,40}429\s*冷卻(故障轉移|容錯移轉)/,
+      "tr/": /bağlılığı ve 429[\s\S]{0,60}yük devretmesi ekler/i,
+      "fr/": /ajoute l['’]affinité de[\s\S]{0,80}basculement[\s\S]{0,40}429/i,
+    };
+    for (const [path, banned] of Object.entries(bannedByLocale)) {
+      const label = path || "en";
+      const source = await Bun.file(`docs-site/src/content/docs/${path}guides/claude-code.md`).text();
+      const intro = source.slice(0, source.indexOf("anthropicAccountPool.strategy"));
+      expect(intro, `${label} guide`).toContain("429");
+      expect(banned.test(intro), `${label} guide re-attributes 429 failover to the pool`).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/routing/always-on-429-failover.test.ts b/tests/routing/always-on-429-failover.test.ts
index 59cbe084ca..b4d825983d 100644
--- a/tests/routing/always-on-429-failover.test.ts
+++ b/tests/routing/always-on-429-failover.test.ts
@@ -139,4 +139,21 @@ describe("proactive Anthropic routing stays opt-in", () => {
     );
     expect(picks.every(id => id === ids[0]!)).toBe(true);
   });
+  test("the rotator cannot be re-gated behind the pool flag", async () => {
+    // The original defect was ONE line at the top of rotateAnthropicAccountOn429:
+    //   if (!isAnthropicAccountPoolEnabled(config)) return null;
+    // Restoring it would strand every stock install again, and nothing else in this file would
+    // fail -- every behavioural test seeds two accounts, which satisfies the quorum either way,
+    // so they would keep passing while the feature was dead for the users who never opted in.
+    //
+    // Pin the shape instead: the flag may still appear in the rotator, but only alongside the
+    // presence check, never as a gate of its own.
+    const source = await Bun.file("src/oauth/anthropic-routing.ts").text();
+    const start = source.indexOf("export function rotateAnthropicAccountOn429");
+    expect(start).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    const body = source.slice(start, source.indexOf("\n}", start));
+    const gate = body.split("\n").find(line => line.includes("isAnthropicAccountPoolEnabled"));
+    expect(gate, "the rotator no longer references the pool flag at all").toBeDefined();
+    expect(gate, "the pool flag became a gate of its own again").toContain("hasAnthropicFailoverQuorum");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/anthropic-quorum-cache.test.ts b/tests/routing/anthropic-quorum-cache.test.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from tests/anthropic-quorum-cache.test.ts
rename to tests/routing/anthropic-quorum-cache.test.ts
index 87e35aff2e..17a6db6096 100644
--- a/tests/anthropic-quorum-cache.test.ts
+++ b/tests/routing/anthropic-quorum-cache.test.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import {
   hasAnthropicFailoverQuorum,
   resetAnthropicRoutingForManualSelection,
   rotateAnthropicAccountOn429,
-} from "../src/oauth/anthropic-routing";
-import { getAccountSet, saveCredential } from "../src/oauth/store";
-import { removeTreeWithRetry } from "./helpers/remove-tree";
+} from "../../src/oauth/anthropic-routing";
+import { getAccountSet, saveCredential } from "../../src/oauth/store";
+import { removeTreeWithRetry } from "../helpers/remove-tree";
 
 const originalHome = process.env.OPENCODEX_HOME;
 let home: string;