diff --git a/fast_llm_external_models/apriel2/vllm/modeling_apriel2.py b/fast_llm_external_models/apriel2/vllm/modeling_apriel2.py
index 6049f913a..cdc651f9f 100644
--- a/fast_llm_external_models/apriel2/vllm/modeling_apriel2.py
+++ b/fast_llm_external_models/apriel2/vllm/modeling_apriel2.py
@@ -157,6 +157,62 @@ def _patched(kv_cache_spec: dict) -> list:
 _patch_kv_cache_grouping()
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Monkey-patch: fix coordinator selection for pure-recurrent configurations
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# When ALL layers use MambaSpec (e.g. all-GDN or all-KDA placement), vLLM
+# creates a single KV cache group and selects UnitaryKVCacheCoordinator.
+# That coordinator asserts hash_block_size == block_size, but for MambaSpec
+# block_size = max_model_len (e.g. 4096) while hash_block_size comes from
+# cache_config.block_size (16 on CUDA).  Prefix caching is meaningless for
+# pure recurrent state anyway (can't share state prefixes across requests),
+# so we fall back to KVCacheCoordinatorNoPrefixCache in this case.
+def _patch_coordinator_selection() -> None:
+    import vllm.v1.core.kv_cache_coordinator as _coord
+
+    _original = _coord.get_kv_cache_coordinator
+
+    def _patched(kv_cache_config, max_model_len, use_eagle, enable_caching,
+                 enable_kv_cache_events, dcp_world_size, pcp_world_size,
+                 hash_block_size, metrics_collector=None):
+        # Detect pure-recurrent: single group whose spec is MambaSpec with
+        # block_size != hash_block_size (would trip UnitaryCoordinator assert)
+        if (enable_caching
+                and len(kv_cache_config.kv_cache_groups) == 1
+                and isinstance(
+                    kv_cache_config.kv_cache_groups[0].kv_cache_spec,
+                    MambaSpec)
+                and kv_cache_config.kv_cache_groups[0].kv_cache_spec.block_size
+                != hash_block_size):
+            apriel2_logger.info(
+                "Pure recurrent config detected (MambaSpec block_size=%d != "
+                "hash_block_size=%d). Disabling prefix caching for this "
+                "config (recurrent state is not prefix-shareable).",
+                kv_cache_config.kv_cache_groups[0].kv_cache_spec.block_size,
+                hash_block_size,
+            )
+            return _coord.KVCacheCoordinatorNoPrefixCache(
+                kv_cache_config,
+                max_model_len,
+                use_eagle,
+                enable_kv_cache_events,
+                dcp_world_size=dcp_world_size,
+                pcp_world_size=pcp_world_size,
+                hash_block_size=hash_block_size,
+                metrics_collector=metrics_collector,
+            )
+        return _original(
+            kv_cache_config, max_model_len, use_eagle, enable_caching,
+            enable_kv_cache_events, dcp_world_size, pcp_world_size,
+            hash_block_size, metrics_collector=metrics_collector,
+        )
+
+    _coord.get_kv_cache_coordinator = _patched
+
+
+_patch_coordinator_selection()
+
+
 # =============================================================================
 # KV Cache Spec Computation
 # =============================================================================