diff --git a/tests/engine/duplex/test_deadline_pacing.py b/tests/engine/duplex/test_deadline_pacing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b1bf09d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/duplex/test_deadline_pacing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
+
+"""Deterministic unit tests for deadline-aligned silence continuation.
+
+The engine-resident duplex scheduler in
+``vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/runner.py`` aligns each silence
+continuation to ``submission_time_N + chunk_period`` and sleeps only the
+remaining budget. These tests cover the pure deadline arithmetic and the
+per-session reset semantics of the shared ``DuplexModelSessionState``
+contract.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from vllm_omni.engine.duplex.session.runner import (
+    compute_silence_continuation_deadline,
+)
+from vllm_omni.model_executor.models.minicpmo_4_5.duplex.session import (
+    MiniCPMO45ServingSessionState,
+)
+
+pytestmark = [pytest.mark.core_model, pytest.mark.cpu]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("chunk_period_s", "now", "last_submit", "current_deadline", "delay_s", "next_silence_deadline"),
+    [
+        # First continuation anchors to the last real submission: unit N was
+        # submitted at t=1.0, audio N produced at 1.4 -> 0.6 s of sleep left.
+        (1.0, 1.4, 1.0, None, 0.6, 3.0),
+        # Only the remaining budget is slept (audio produced at 1.7).
+        (1.0, 1.7, 1.0, None, 0.3, 3.0),
+        # Overdue deadline: no sleep; the chain still advances by the period.
+        (1.0, 2.5, 1.0, None, 0.0, 3.0),
+        # No submission yet (None): the first continuation anchors to now.
+        (1.0, 0.4, None, None, 1.0, 2.4),
+        # Deadlines advance from the current deadline, not from now, so pipeline
+        # processing time does not accumulate as timer drift.
+        (1.0, 4.2, 3.0, 5.0, 0.8, 6.0),
+        # Two consecutive units that overrun their deadline by 0.2 s keep the
+        # 1 s cadence: no sleep, and the chain advances one period each.
+        (1.0, 2.2, 1.0, None, 0.0, 3.0),
+        (1.0, 3.2, 2.0, 3.0, 0.0, 4.0),
+        # A short overshoot (within one period of the current deadline) still
+        # chases the stale deadline: immediate submit, chain advances.
+        (1.0, 2.5, 1.0, 2.0, 0.0, 3.0),
+        # A long stall (more than one period past the current deadline) submits
+        # one continuation immediately and restarts from that submission.
+        (1.0, 5.0, 1.0, 2.0, 0.0, 6.0),
+        # The same recovery applies to the first continuation after a stall.
+        (1.0, 5.0, 1.0, None, 0.0, 6.0),
+        # Zero chunk period (guarded upstream): total, no sleep.
+        (0.0, 10.0, None, None, 0.0, 10.0),
+    ],
+)
+def test_compute_silence_continuation_deadline(
+    chunk_period_s: float,
+    now: float,
+    last_submit: float | None,
+    current_deadline: float | None,
+    delay_s: float,
+    next_silence_deadline: float,
+) -> None:
+    delay, next_dl = compute_silence_continuation_deadline(
+        chunk_period_s=chunk_period_s,
+        now=now,
+        last_submit=last_submit,
+        current_deadline=current_deadline,
+    )
+    assert delay == pytest.approx(delay_s)
+    assert next_dl == pytest.approx(next_silence_deadline)
+
+
+class TestSilenceDeadlineSessionState:
+    def test_clear_continuation_resets_the_deadline_chain(self) -> None:
+        # The native-duplex session state feeds the shared runner, so it must
+        # start with an unset chain and drop it at turn boundaries.
+        state = MiniCPMO45ServingSessionState()
+        assert state.last_native_submit_monotonic is None
+        assert state.silence_deadline_monotonic is None
+        state.last_native_submit_monotonic = 5.0
+        state.silence_deadline_monotonic = 6.0
+        state.clear_continuation()
+        assert state.last_native_submit_monotonic is None
+        assert state.silence_deadline_monotonic is None
diff --git a/tests/engine/duplex/test_deadline_pacing_scheduler.py b/tests/engine/duplex/test_deadline_pacing_scheduler.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..451af0bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/duplex/test_deadline_pacing_scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,370 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM-Omni project
+
+"""Focused scheduler tests for deadline-aligned silence continuation.
+
+These tests exercise the production ``_schedule_silence_continuation`` path
+(and the append acceptance callback it installs) rather than copying the
+scheduling arithmetic. The monotonic clock is a fake so the deadline math is
+deterministic, and ``asyncio.sleep`` is simulated by advancing that clock.
+Append completion is controlled by gating the stage port's ``submit``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from typing import Any
+
+import pytest
+
+import vllm_omni.engine.duplex.session.model_channel as model_channel_module
+import vllm_omni.engine.duplex.session.runner as runner_module
+from tests.engine.duplex.test_session_runner import (
+    Harness,
+    append_audio,
+    close_harness,
+    open_harness,
+    tts_output,
+)
+from vllm_omni.engine.duplex.contracts import DuplexStageSubmission
+
+pytestmark = [pytest.mark.core_model, pytest.mark.cpu]
+
+CHUNK_PERIOD_S = 1.0
+
+
+class FakeClock:
+    """A monotonic clock whose value the test controls directly."""
+
+    def __init__(self, start: float = 0.0) -> None:
+        self.value = start
+
+    def __call__(self) -> float:
+        return self.value
+
+
+async def _active_response_harness() -> Harness:
+    """Open a harness and drive a TTS segment so a response is active."""
+    h = await open_harness()
+    await h.run(append_audio())
+    request_id = h.stage0_request_id()
+    await h.deliver_and_settle(tts_output(request_id, samples=24000, text="hello"))
+    assert h.session.active_response_id is not None
+    return h
+
+
+def _continuation_kwargs(h: Harness) -> dict[str, object]:
+    """The scheduler arguments the model channel would pass for this session."""
+    return {
+        "request_id": h.session.active_request_id,
+        "owner_id": f"response:{h.session.active_response_id}",
+        "response_id": h.session.active_response_id,
+        "response_owned": True,
+        "expected_epoch": h.session.epoch,
+        "expected_model_turn_id": h.session.turn_id,
+    }
+
+
+def _install_fake_clock(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    *,
+    clock: FakeClock,
+    real_sleep: Callable[..., Any],
+) -> list[float]:
+    """Point both modules at the fake clock and simulate ``asyncio.sleep``.
+
+    ``real_sleep`` is the unpatched ``asyncio.sleep`` captured before patching;
+    the simulated sleep advances the fake clock by the requested delay and then
+    yields control so the append task can run. The returned ``stall`` list is
+    added once to the next *positive* sleep so a test can model a wake that
+    happens late (after the planned deadline); zero-duration scheduling yields
+    do not consume it.
+    """
+    monkeypatch.setattr(runner_module.time, "monotonic", clock)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(model_channel_module.time, "monotonic", clock)
+    stall: list[float] = [0.0]
+
+    async def fake_sleep(delay: float) -> None:
+        clock.value += delay
+        if delay > 0:
+            clock.value += stall[0]
+            stall[0] = 0.0
+        await real_sleep(0)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(asyncio, "sleep", fake_sleep)
+    return stall
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_normal_cadence_keeps_deadlines_aligned(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """Processing time reduces the remaining sleep; consecutive deadlines align.
+
+    Each accepted unit becomes the new anchor (its submission time), and the
+    following continuation advances from the stored deadline rather than
+    resetting to now.
+    """
+    clock = FakeClock(start=100.0)
+    real_sleep = asyncio.sleep
+    _install_fake_clock(monkeypatch, clock=clock, real_sleep=real_sleep)
+    h = await _active_response_harness()
+    try:
+        # Real input accepted at t=100.0; the model processes for 0.4 s.
+        h.runner.model_state.last_native_submit_monotonic = 100.0
+        clock.value = 100.4
+
+        # First continuation: due at 101.0, so only 0.6 s of sleep remains.
+        scheduled = await h.runner._schedule_silence_continuation(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            **_continuation_kwargs(h),
+        )
+        assert scheduled is True
+        first_task = h.runner.tasks.append_tail
+        assert first_task is not None
+        assert await first_task
+        # The accepted unit re-anchored the chain to its own submission time
+        # (101.0) and stored the following deadline (102.0).
+        assert h.runner.model_state.last_native_submit_monotonic == pytest.approx(101.0)
+        assert h.runner.model_state.silence_deadline_monotonic == pytest.approx(102.0)
+
+        # Model produces the continuation's audio; the next unit is planned
+        # from the stored deadline (no drift): the following deadline is 103.0.
+        clock.value = 101.3
+        scheduled = await h.runner._schedule_silence_continuation(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            **_continuation_kwargs(h),
+        )
+        assert scheduled is True
+        second_task = h.runner.tasks.append_tail
+        assert second_task is not None
+        assert await second_task
+        assert h.runner.model_state.silence_deadline_monotonic == pytest.approx(103.0)
+    finally:
+        await close_harness(h)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_in_flight_real_append_skips_outdated_silence(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """A real append accepted after the silence was planned re-anchors the chain.
+
+    The planned silence queues behind the real append; once the real append
+    completes and re-anchors, ``before_append`` detects the changed anchor
+    (numeric timestamp) and the outdated silence is skipped (no submission,
+    no callback overwrite).
+    """
+    clock = FakeClock(start=200.0)
+    real_sleep = asyncio.sleep
+    _install_fake_clock(monkeypatch, clock=clock, real_sleep=real_sleep)
+    h = await _active_response_harness()
+    state = h.runner.model_state
+    submissions_before = len(h.port.submissions)
+
+    original_submit = h.port.submit
+    entered = asyncio.Event()
+    release = asyncio.Event()
+
+    async def gated_submit(submission: DuplexStageSubmission) -> Any:
+        entered.set()
+        await release.wait()
+        return await original_submit(submission)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(h.port, "submit", gated_submit)
+    try:
+        # Existing anchor at t=200.0.
+        state.last_native_submit_monotonic = 200.0
+        state.silence_deadline_monotonic = None
+
+        # The real append starts at t+0.8 and blocks inside the gate.
+        clock.value = 200.8
+        real_append_task = await h.runner._start_append(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            final=False,
+            silence_continuation=False,
+        )
+        await entered.wait()
+        assert not real_append_task.done()
+
+        # At t+1.0 the silence is planned using the existing anchor; its append
+        # task waits behind the real append.
+        clock.value = 201.0
+        scheduled = await h.runner._schedule_silence_continuation(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            **_continuation_kwargs(h),
+        )
+        assert scheduled is True
+        silence_task = h.runner.tasks.append_tail
+        assert silence_task is not None
+        assert not silence_task.done()
+
+        # At t+1.1 the real append is released; both appends finish.
+        clock.value = 201.1
+        release.set()
+        assert await real_append_task
+        assert await silence_task
+
+        # Exactly one additional submission happened: the real append. The
+        # outdated silence was skipped, so its callback never overwrote the
+        # new anchor (the real append's submission time t+0.8), and the
+        # deadline the real append cleared stays cleared.
+        assert len(h.port.submissions) == submissions_before + 1
+        assert state.last_native_submit_monotonic == pytest.approx(200.8)
+        assert state.silence_deadline_monotonic is None
+
+        # A fresh continuation uses the new anchor. The clock is left at t+1.1:
+        # the scheduler sleeps the remaining 0.7 s (deadline t+1.8), which
+        # verifies re-anchoring controls the wait. Following deadline t+2.8.
+        scheduled = await h.runner._schedule_silence_continuation(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            **_continuation_kwargs(h),
+        )
+        assert scheduled is True
+        fresh_task = h.runner.tasks.append_tail
+        assert fresh_task is not None
+        assert await fresh_task
+        assert state.last_native_submit_monotonic == pytest.approx(201.8)
+        assert state.silence_deadline_monotonic == pytest.approx(202.8)
+    finally:
+        release.set()
+        await close_harness(h)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_long_stall_saves_future_deadline_from_actual_submission(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """A submission more than one period past the planned deadline restarts.
+
+    The schedule plans the following deadline at ``planned + period``, but the
+    actual submission happens much later. The accepted continuation must save
+    ``submit_time + period`` so the next unit is not immediately due.
+    """
+    clock = FakeClock(start=300.0)
+    real_sleep = asyncio.sleep
+    stall = _install_fake_clock(monkeypatch, clock=clock, real_sleep=real_sleep)
+    h = await _active_response_harness()
+    state = h.runner.model_state
+    try:
+        # Plan a continuation whose deadline is 1.0 s in the future. The wake
+        # is delayed 2 s past the planned submission (anchor + 3.0 during the
+        # scheduler's sleep), so the append accepts 2 s late.
+        anchor = clock.value
+        state.last_native_submit_monotonic = anchor
+        state.silence_deadline_monotonic = None
+        stall[0] = 2.0
+        scheduled = await h.runner._schedule_silence_continuation(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            **_continuation_kwargs(h),
+        )
+        assert scheduled is True
+        append_task = h.runner.tasks.append_tail
+        assert append_task is not None
+        assert await append_task
+        # anchor + 3.0 > anchor + 2.0 (planned deadline + period) -> save
+        # submit_time + period = anchor + 4.0.
+        assert state.last_native_submit_monotonic == pytest.approx(anchor + 3.0)
+        assert state.silence_deadline_monotonic == pytest.approx(anchor + 4.0)
+    finally:
+        await close_harness(h)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_small_wakeup_delay_preserves_planned_deadline(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """Ordinary wakeup jitter (within one period) keeps the planned cadence.
+
+    A submission 0.2 s past the planned deadline must not reset the chain: the
+    stored deadline stays at ``planned + period`` so drift does not accumulate.
+    """
+    clock = FakeClock(start=400.0)
+    real_sleep = asyncio.sleep
+    stall = _install_fake_clock(monkeypatch, clock=clock, real_sleep=real_sleep)
+    h = await _active_response_harness()
+    state = h.runner.model_state
+    try:
+        anchor = clock.value
+        state.last_native_submit_monotonic = anchor
+        state.silence_deadline_monotonic = None
+        stall[0] = 0.2
+
+        scheduled = await h.runner._schedule_silence_continuation(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            **_continuation_kwargs(h),
+        )
+        assert scheduled is True
+        append_task = h.runner.tasks.append_tail
+        assert append_task is not None
+        assert await append_task
+
+        # Submitted at anchor + period + 0.2 (within one period): the planned
+        # following deadline is kept.
+        assert state.last_native_submit_monotonic == pytest.approx(anchor + CHUNK_PERIOD_S + 0.2)
+        assert state.silence_deadline_monotonic == pytest.approx(anchor + 2 * CHUNK_PERIOD_S)
+    finally:
+        await close_harness(h)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_exact_one_period_late_preserves_planned_deadline(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """Exactly one period late is not "more than one period late".
+
+    The strict ``>`` comparison means a submission exactly at the planned
+    following deadline keeps the planned cadence (no extra catch-up unit).
+    """
+    clock = FakeClock(start=500.0)
+    real_sleep = asyncio.sleep
+    stall = _install_fake_clock(monkeypatch, clock=clock, real_sleep=real_sleep)
+    h = await _active_response_harness()
+    state = h.runner.model_state
+    try:
+        anchor = clock.value
+        state.last_native_submit_monotonic = anchor
+        state.silence_deadline_monotonic = None
+        stall[0] = 1.0
+
+        scheduled = await h.runner._schedule_silence_continuation(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            **_continuation_kwargs(h),
+        )
+        assert scheduled is True
+        append_task = h.runner.tasks.append_tail
+        assert append_task is not None
+        assert await append_task
+
+        # Submitted exactly at the planned following deadline: kept.
+        assert state.last_native_submit_monotonic == pytest.approx(anchor + 2 * CHUNK_PERIOD_S)
+        assert state.silence_deadline_monotonic == pytest.approx(anchor + 2 * CHUNK_PERIOD_S)
+    finally:
+        await close_harness(h)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_failed_append_leaves_timing_unchanged(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """A failed append never advances the timing chain."""
+    clock = FakeClock(start=600.0)
+    real_sleep = asyncio.sleep
+    _install_fake_clock(monkeypatch, clock=clock, real_sleep=real_sleep)
+    h = await _active_response_harness()
+    state = h.runner.model_state
+    try:
+        state.last_native_submit_monotonic = 600.0
+        state.silence_deadline_monotonic = 601.0
+        before_anchor = state.last_native_submit_monotonic
+        before_deadline = state.silence_deadline_monotonic
+        h.port.fail_submit = RuntimeError("boom")
+
+        scheduled = await h.runner._schedule_silence_continuation(
+            h.runner.model.silence_unit_payload(),
+            **_continuation_kwargs(h),
+        )
+        assert scheduled is True
+        append_task = h.runner.tasks.append_tail
+        assert append_task is not None
+        # The append fails: its task reports failure, and timing is untouched.
+        assert await append_task is False
+        assert state.last_native_submit_monotonic == before_anchor
+        assert state.silence_deadline_monotonic == before_deadline
+    finally:
+        await close_harness(h)
diff --git a/tests/engine/duplex/test_session_manager.py b/tests/engine/duplex/test_session_manager.py
index 0323f16d8..4f1962ee5 100644
--- a/tests/engine/duplex/test_session_manager.py
+++ b/tests/engine/duplex/test_session_manager.py
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ class FakeModelSessionState(DuplexModelSessionState):
         self.continuation_units = 0
         self.pending_silence_task = None
         self.pending_silence_owner_id = None
+        self.last_native_submit_monotonic = None
+        self.silence_deadline_monotonic = None
 
     def retain_committed_audio(self, payload, *, operation_id, reserved_bytes=0) -> None:
         self.committed_audio_payload = payload
@@ -136,6 +138,8 @@ class FakeModelSessionState(DuplexModelSessionState):
     def clear_continuation(self) -> None:
         self.continuation_owner_id = None
         self.continuation_units = 0
+        self.last_native_submit_monotonic = None
+        self.silence_deadline_monotonic = None
 
 
 class FakeDataPlane(DuplexDataPlane):
diff --git a/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/plugin.py b/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/plugin.py
index 130d5204d..f9f9be283 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/plugin.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/plugin.py
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ class DuplexModelSessionState(ABC):
     continuation_units: int
     pending_silence_task: asyncio.Task[bool] | None
     pending_silence_owner_id: str | None
+    # Deadline-aligned silence continuation state: the monotonic submission
+    # time of the most recent native input unit and the next silence
+    # continuation deadline. A real (non-silence) input resets the chain.
+    last_native_submit_monotonic: float | None
+    silence_deadline_monotonic: float | None
 
     @abstractmethod
     def retain_committed_audio(
diff --git a/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/append_task.py b/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/append_task.py
index 724dc7f82..2bc060d63 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/append_task.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/append_task.py
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ class AppendAttempt:
     retained_committed_payload: dict[str, object] | None
     #: Response reserved before submission, to be failed if submission does not happen.
     precreated_response_id: str | None
+    #: Commits timing state once the runtime accepts the append (before any
+    #: returned output event can clear the continuation chain).
+    on_append_accepted: Callable[[float], None] | None = None
     #: Last chance to call the append off, checked once the predecessor is done.
-    before_append: Callable[[], bool] | None
+    before_append: Callable[[], bool] | None = None
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     # Compensation                                                       #
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ class AppendAttempt:
                 ),
                 final=self.final,
                 expected_epoch=self.epoch,
+                on_append_accepted=self.on_append_accepted,
             )
             if append_ok:
                 model_state.context_locked = True
diff --git a/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/model_channel.py b/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/model_channel.py
index 322db7ede..13f0f7781 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/model_channel.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/model_channel.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ tracked task, and aborting a stage request in the background.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import time
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Mapping
 from dataclasses import replace
@@ -146,12 +147,16 @@ class ModelChannel:
         operation_id: str | None = None,
         final: bool,
         expected_epoch: int | None = None,
+        on_append_accepted: Callable[[float], None] | None = None,
     ) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
         session = self._ctx.session
         if not session.capabilities.supports_input_append:
             return True, False
         if expected_epoch is not None and session.epoch != expected_epoch:
             return True, False
+        # Anchor the submission time before the RPC; the acceptance callback
+        # commits timing state only if the append actually submitted.
+        submit_time = time.monotonic()
         try:
             result = await self._append_via_data_plane(
                 payload,
@@ -169,6 +174,10 @@ class ModelChannel:
             return True, False
         if expected_epoch is not None and session.epoch != expected_epoch:
             return True, False
+        # Commit timing state before returned output events can clear the
+        # silence-continuation chain (e.g. a terminal turn-end).
+        if on_append_accepted is not None:
+            on_append_accepted(submit_time)
         request_id, _ = duplex_data_plane_request_info(result)
         if request_id is not None:
             self._ctx.plugin.data_plane.begin_request(request_id)
diff --git a/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/runner.py b/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/runner.py
index 0b8af49ab..ef464a5fa 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/runner.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/engine/duplex/session/runner.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ orchestrator loop (the session is never touched from another thread):
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import time
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Mapping
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -126,6 +127,38 @@ class _Internal:
 _CANCEL_EVENTS = frozenset({"input.cancel", "response.cancel", "barge_in", "output_audio_buffer.clear"})
 
 
+def compute_silence_continuation_deadline(
+    *,
+    chunk_period_s: float,
+    now: float,
+    last_submit: float | None,
+    current_deadline: float | None,
+) -> tuple[float, float]:
+    """Return the silence continuation schedule ``(delay_s, next_silence_deadline)``.
+
+    The first continuation anchors to the latest accepted append's submission
+    time (``last_submit + chunk_period_s``), falling back to ``now`` when no
+    submission exists. Later continuations advance from the current deadline
+    instead of from ``now``, so pipeline processing time does not accumulate
+    as timer drift. When the schedule is more than one period overdue it is
+    stale: one continuation submits immediately and the schedule restarts
+    from ``now`` (``next_silence_deadline = now + chunk_period_s``) instead of
+    firing a burst of catch-ups.
+
+    ``delay_s`` is the wait before this continuation and
+    ``next_silence_deadline`` the deadline for the following one.
+    """
+    if current_deadline is None:
+        base = last_submit if last_submit is not None else now
+        deadline = base + chunk_period_s
+    else:
+        deadline = current_deadline
+    if now - deadline > chunk_period_s:
+        deadline = now
+    delay_s = max(0.0, deadline - now)
+    return delay_s, deadline + chunk_period_s
+
+
 class DuplexSessionRunner:
     """Owns one ``DuplexEngineSession`` on the orchestrator loop (see module docstring)."""
 
@@ -918,12 +951,22 @@ class DuplexSessionRunner:
         operation_id: str | None = None,
         retained_committed_payload: dict[str, object] | None = None,
         silence_continuation: bool = False,
+        on_append_accepted: Callable[[float], None] | None = None,
         before_append: Callable[[], bool] | None = None,
     ) -> asyncio.Task[bool]:
         session = self.session
         model_state = self.model_state
         if not silence_continuation:
             self._mark_pending_silence_superseded()
+            if on_append_accepted is None:
+                # A real (non-silence) input re-anchors the silence pacing
+                # chain: its submission becomes the anchor and the stored
+                # deadline is cleared until the next continuation sets one.
+                def _reanchor_chain(submit_time: float) -> None:
+                    model_state.last_native_submit_monotonic = submit_time
+                    model_state.silence_deadline_monotonic = None
+
+                on_append_accepted = _reanchor_chain
         append_epoch = session.epoch
         append_turn_id = payload_turn_id(payload)
         if append_turn_id is None:
@@ -949,6 +992,7 @@ class DuplexSessionRunner:
             operation_id=operation_id,
             retained_committed_payload=retained_committed_payload,
             precreated_response_id=session.active_response_id if precreate_response else None,
+            on_append_accepted=on_append_accepted,
             before_append=before_append,
         )
 
@@ -1032,29 +1076,60 @@ class DuplexSessionRunner:
         append_tail = self.tasks.append_tail
         if (append_tail is None or append_tail.done()) and self._real_input_waiting():
             return False
-        continuation_delay_s = max(0.0, float(session.capabilities.chunk_period_ms or 1000) / 1000.0)
-        if continuation_delay_s > 0:
-            await asyncio.sleep(continuation_delay_s)
-            if (
-                self.tasks.append_tail is not append_tail
-                or ((append_tail is None or append_tail.done()) and self._real_input_waiting())
-                or self.model.silence_continuation_is_stale(
+        chunk_period_s = max(0.0, float(session.capabilities.chunk_period_ms or 1000) / 1000.0)
+        # Snapshot the anchor after any wait for pending silence. A real append
+        # accepted between the snapshot and this continuation's submission
+        # re-anchors the chain; _still_valid() then skips the stale unit.
+        anchor = model_state.last_native_submit_monotonic
+        # Align the next silence unit to submission_time_N + chunk_period and
+        # sleep only the remaining budget. The deadline is stored by the
+        # acceptance callback when the append actually submits, so skipped or
+        # stale continuations never advance the clock.
+        delay_s, next_silence_deadline = compute_silence_continuation_deadline(
+            chunk_period_s=chunk_period_s,
+            now=time.monotonic(),
+            last_submit=anchor,
+            current_deadline=model_state.silence_deadline_monotonic,
+        )
+        if delay_s > 0:
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay_s)
+        if (
+            self.tasks.append_tail is not append_tail
+            or ((append_tail is None or append_tail.done()) and self._real_input_waiting())
+            or self.model.silence_continuation_is_stale(
+                request_id=request_id,
+                response_id=response_id,
+                response_owned=response_owned,
+                expected_epoch=expected_epoch,
+                expected_model_turn_id=expected_model_turn_id,
+            )
+        ):
+            return False
+
+        def _still_valid() -> bool:
+            return (
+                # The anchor changed (a real append was accepted) after this
+                # continuation was planned; the unit is outdated.
+                model_state.last_native_submit_monotonic == anchor
+                and not self._real_input_waiting()
+                and not self.model.silence_continuation_is_stale(
                     request_id=request_id,
                     response_id=response_id,
                     response_owned=response_owned,
                     expected_epoch=expected_epoch,
                     expected_model_turn_id=expected_model_turn_id,
                 )
-            ):
-                return False
+            )
 
-        def _still_valid() -> bool:
-            return not self._real_input_waiting() and not self.model.silence_continuation_is_stale(
-                request_id=request_id,
-                response_id=response_id,
-                response_owned=response_owned,
-                expected_epoch=expected_epoch,
-                expected_model_turn_id=expected_model_turn_id,
+        def _on_append_accepted(submit_time: float) -> None:
+            # Commit timing state once the runtime accepts the append. If the
+            # submission is more than one chunk period past the planned
+            # deadline, the schedule is stale: restart from the actual
+            # submission. Small delays keep the planned cadence so ordinary
+            # jitter does not accumulate as drift.
+            model_state.last_native_submit_monotonic = submit_time
+            model_state.silence_deadline_monotonic = (
+                submit_time + chunk_period_s if submit_time > next_silence_deadline else next_silence_deadline
             )
 
         model_state.pending_silence_owner_id = owner_id
@@ -1062,6 +1137,7 @@ class DuplexSessionRunner:
             dict(payload) if isinstance(payload, dict) else {},
             final=False,
             silence_continuation=True,
+            on_append_accepted=_on_append_accepted,
             before_append=_still_valid,
         )
         return task is not None
diff --git a/vllm_omni/model_executor/models/minicpmo_4_5/duplex/session.py b/vllm_omni/model_executor/models/minicpmo_4_5/duplex/session.py
index 49d0caab6..fe53ec653 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/model_executor/models/minicpmo_4_5/duplex/session.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/model_executor/models/minicpmo_4_5/duplex/session.py
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ class MiniCPMO45ServingSessionState(DuplexModelSessionState):
     continuation_units: int = 0
     pending_silence_task: asyncio.Task[bool] | None = None
     pending_silence_owner_id: str | None = None
+    # Deadline-aligned silence continuation state: the monotonic submission
+    # time of the most recent native input unit and the next silence
+    # continuation deadline. A real (non-silence) input resets the chain.
+    last_native_submit_monotonic: float | None = None
+    silence_deadline_monotonic: float | None = None
 
     def retain_committed_audio(
         self,
@@ -55,3 +60,5 @@ class MiniCPMO45ServingSessionState(DuplexModelSessionState):
         self.continuation_units = 0
         self.pending_silence_task = None
         self.pending_silence_owner_id = None
+        self.last_native_submit_monotonic = None
+        self.silence_deadline_monotonic = None