diff --git a/k8s/apps/llm-serving/clef-candle.yaml b/k8s/apps/llm-serving/clef-candle.yaml
index 32309b7..6292b19 100644
--- a/k8s/apps/llm-serving/clef-candle.yaml
+++ b/k8s/apps/llm-serving/clef-candle.yaml
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: llm-serving
     app: clef-candle
 spec:
-  # HOLD AT 0 until candle-vllm:sm70 contains the GDN conv fix (candle-vllm PR #5).
-  # An older :sm70 zeroes the key channel band, starves the delta rule and makes
-  # every linear-attention layer return zero. The response is still HTTP 200 and
-  # well formed, so the failure is silent. Raise to 1 only after CI publishes a
-  # :sm70 build from the merge that carries the fix.
-  replicas: 0
+  replicas: 1
   strategy:
     # One replica holds one GPU, so Recreate keeps the rollout to a single
     # weights load instead of needing a second card for a surge pod.
@@ -42,10 +37,9 @@ spec:
           # and makes every linear-attention layer return zero. The symptom is
           # a well-formed /v1/systemone response with wrong answers, not an error.
           image: forgejo.riotpiao.com/riotpiao-poimen/candle-vllm:sm70
-          # :sm70 is a moving tag. With the default IfNotPresent a rebuilt image
-          # is never pulled while any node holds a cached copy of that tag, so the
-          # cluster keeps serving the old binary and the fix looks like it did not
-          # land. Always forces the pull on every pod start.
+          # :sm70 is a moving tag. Default IfNotPresent keeps a cached copy and a
+          # rebuilt image never reaches the pod, so a merged fix looks like it did
+          # not land. Always forces the pull on every pod start.
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           command: ["/usr/local/bin/candle-vllm"]
           # clef-flash is a hybrid Qwen3_5 model: 8 full-attention layers plus 24