diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
index 8267c90..7f00bcc 100644
--- a/.jules/bolt.md
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ Critical learnings and performance patterns discovered in this codebase.
 ## 2026-08-08 - Pre-parse IP Addresses for Comparator Functions
 **Learning:** `sort.Slice` calls comparator functions $O(N \log N)$ times. Calling `netip.ParseAddr` or other parsing/conversion functions inside a sort comparator creates severe CPU overhead ($2 \cdot N \log_2 N$ string parses) during large discovery sweeps (up to 65,536 hosts).
 **Action:** Always pre-parse IP strings into `netip.Addr` structs once into a temporary slice or wrapper struct before sorting.
+
+## 2026-08-13 - Use Switch Statements for Zero-Allocation Static Lookups
+**Learning:** Defining static lookup map literals (such as `map[string]string{...}`) inside helper functions evaluated per-host (e.g., `osFamily` in `parseFacts`) causes Go to allocate and populate a new hash map on the heap on every invocation (~1.2 KB and 3 allocations per call).
+**Action:** Prefer switch statements over map literals for fixed static lookups to achieve zero heap allocations, complete immutability, and zero race-condition risk.
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/discovery/facts.go b/pkg/proxy/discovery/facts.go
index 2a9dcca..2b15934 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/discovery/facts.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/discovery/facts.go
@@ -59,24 +59,32 @@ func parseOSRelease(s string) map[string]string {
 	return kv
 }
 
+// osFamilyByID maps distro IDs to package tooling families via a switch statement.
+// Provides zero allocations and complete immutability.
+func osFamilyByID(id string) (string, bool) {
+	switch id {
+	case "rhel", "centos", "rocky", "almalinux", "ol", "oracle", "amzn", "fedora":
+		return "rhel", true
+	case "debian", "ubuntu", "linuxmint", "raspbian":
+		return "debian", true
+	case "sles", "sled", "opensuse", "opensuse-leap", "opensuse-tumbleweed":
+		return "suse", true
+	case "alpine":
+		return "alpine", true
+	default:
+		return "", false
+	}
+}
+
 // osFamily maps a distro ID to the family whose package tooling it uses.
 // ID_LIKE is the fallback so derivatives we have never heard of still land in
 // the right family — the common case for the RHEL rebuilds these fleets run.
 func osFamily(id, idLike string) string {
-	byID := map[string]string{
-		"rhel": "rhel", "centos": "rhel", "rocky": "rhel", "almalinux": "rhel",
-		"ol": "rhel", "oracle": "rhel", "amzn": "rhel", "fedora": "rhel",
-		"debian": "debian", "ubuntu": "debian", "linuxmint": "debian", "raspbian": "debian",
-		"sles": "suse", "sled": "suse", "opensuse": "suse",
-		"opensuse-leap": "suse", "opensuse-tumbleweed": "suse",
-		"alpine": "alpine",
-	}
-
-	if fam, ok := byID[id]; ok {
+	if fam, ok := osFamilyByID(id); ok {
 		return fam
 	}
 	for _, like := range strings.Fields(idLike) {
-		if fam, ok := byID[like]; ok {
+		if fam, ok := osFamilyByID(like); ok {
 			return fam
 		}
 		// SUSE ships ID_LIKE="suse opensuse" on some releases.
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/discovery/pack.go b/pkg/proxy/discovery/pack.go
index a131be9..414c623 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/discovery/pack.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/discovery/pack.go
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ func ParseAndVerify(raw []byte, pubKey ed25519.PublicKey) (*Pack, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pack too large: %d bytes (max %d)", len(raw), maxPackBytes)
 	}
 
-	// Checked before parsing: the signature covers the document minus these
-	// lines, so their count is part of what makes the signature meaningful.
-	if n := countSignatureLines(raw); n != 1 {
+	// Checked before parsing: splitSignatureLine extracts the signed payload body
+	// and counts top-level signature lines in a single pass to avoid duplicate
+	// regex line parsing.
+	signedBody, n := splitSignatureLine(raw)
+	if n != 1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pack must contain exactly one top-level signature line, found %d", n)
 	}
 
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ func ParseAndVerify(raw []byte, pubKey ed25519.PublicKey) (*Pack, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pack signature is not valid base64: %w", err)
 	}
-	if !ed25519.Verify(pubKey, SignedBytes(raw), sig) {
+	if !ed25519.Verify(pubKey, signedBody, sig) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pack signature verification failed")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/discovery/pack_test.go b/pkg/proxy/discovery/pack_test.go
index 82c1e5b..33de6f5 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/discovery/pack_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/discovery/pack_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func signPack(t *testing.T, body string, priv ed25519.PrivateKey) string {
 	return body + "\nsignature: " + base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sig) + "\n"
 }
 
-func testKeys(t *testing.T) (ed25519.PublicKey, ed25519.PrivateKey) {
+func testKeys(t testing.TB) (ed25519.PublicKey, ed25519.PrivateKey) {
 	t.Helper()
 	pub, priv, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -314,3 +314,23 @@ func TestParseAndVerify_SignatureLineInjectionIsRejected(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkParseFacts(b *testing.B) {
+	probe := "NAME=\"Ubuntu\"\nVERSION=\"22.04.3 LTS\"\nID=ubuntu\nID_LIKE=debian\nVERSION_ID=\"22.04\"\n---\nx86_64"
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = parseFacts(probe)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkParseAndVerify(b *testing.B) {
+	pub, priv := testKeys(b)
+	body := "version: 1\nkind: inventory\ncollectors:\n  - id: a\n    cmd: \"echo hi\"\n"
+	sig := ed25519.Sign(priv, SignedBytes([]byte(body)))
+	doc := []byte(body + "signature: " + base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sig) + "\n")
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, _ = ParseAndVerify(doc, pub)
+	}
+}