diff --git a/BUILD-STATE.md b/BUILD-STATE.md
index 05729cd..d99ebbb 100755
--- a/BUILD-STATE.md
+++ b/BUILD-STATE.md
@@ -1,10 +1,94 @@
 # VYNDR — Build State
 
 ## Last Updated
-2026-06-14
+2026-06-15
 
 ## Current Phase
-AUDIT v31.0 — Full code audit + security review + cleanup (Session 31)
+SHIP BUILD v32.0 — Close audit gaps: grades pipeline + NFL/NHL wiring +
+rate limiting + test-artifact cleanup (Session 32)
+
+## Session 32 (2026-06-15) — SHIPPED
+
+Surgical close of the four functional gaps Session 31's audit documented.
+No new feature scope (design session runs in parallel). Backend
+1695 → **1718 tests** (+23), 140 suites, zero regressions. Web build clean.
+Tracked `data/` tree stays clean after a full test run (artifact fixed).
+
+### PHASE 1 — Grades cache writer (closes the content pipeline)
+- Traced: `analyzeViaEngine1` (computeFeatures → engine1 → toLegacyShape)
+  produces the legacy grade shape; `contentTemplateService` reads
+  `grades:{sport}:{utc}` then `grades:{sport}`, accepting an array or
+  `{grades:[...]}`. The legacy shape already matches `normalizeGrade` — no
+  remap needed. Session 31 confirmed NO writer existed.
+- `gradeSlateService.gradeAndCacheSlate(sport, props, opts)` — dedupes to
+  unique player+stat+line (cap 25, concurrency 5), grades BOTH sides
+  (engine1 is direction-aware) keeping the higher-confidence verdict, sorts
+  by confidence desc, writes `grades:{sport}` = `{grades, updated_at,
+  source}` TTL 2h. Injectable grader/cacheSet/now → fully unit-tested.
+- Wired fire-and-forget into `oddsService.recordDownstream` (fires on a
+  fresh odds fetch only, never blocks the odds response). Gated by
+  `shouldGradeSlate()`: default ON, OFF under `NODE_ENV==='test'` (its
+  feature-compute fan-out otherwise pollutes the odds integration tests'
+  axios call-count assertions via floating promises), `GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH`
+  override (`0` = operator kill-switch). 12 tests. Self-eval 9/10.
+
+### PHASE 2 — NFL + NHL sport-key wiring
+- **Corrected the spec's sport keys.** Spec said `football_nfl`/`hockey_nhl`
+  for `oddsService.SPORT_KEYS`, but that file maps to the-odds-api, whose
+  keys are `americanfootball_nfl` / `icehockey_nhl` (verified against the
+  the-odds-api sports list). The spec's values would have silently 404'd —
+  the exact silent-failure class this session fights. (`football_nfl`/
+  `hockey_nhl` ARE correct for PropLine in `proplineAdapter`, unchanged.)
+- Added nfl/nhl to `SPORT_KEYS` + `SPORT_MARKETS` (NFL_MARKETS/NHL_MARKETS).
+  Filled `proplineAdapter.MARKETS.nfl/nhl`. Added NHL keys
+  (`player_shots_on_goal`, `goalie_saves`) to `MARKET_MAP` so NHL props
+  don't normalize to zero in-season (same fix family as Session 31's NFL
+  MARKET_MAP gap). 10 tests, incl. end-to-end MARKET_MAP normalization +
+  off-season empty handling. Self-eval 9/10.
+
+### PHASE 3 — Rate limiting on public routes
+- Mounted the existing `middleware/rateLimit` (`createRateLimit`, in-memory
+  per-IP, independent bucket per call site) via `router.use` on every public
+  cached router: odds + parlay = 30/min; schedule/gamelines/streaks/hotlist/
+  content/lines/books = 60/min. `/api/analyze` keeps its own 10/min.
+- 3 route-level tests (429 after limit, tighter odds limit, independent
+  per-router buckets) complementing the existing middleware-level tests.
+  Self-eval 9/10.
+
+### PHASE 4 — Test artifact + cleanup
+- `jsonlLogger` ROOT now resolves to `os.tmpdir()/vyndr-training-test` under
+  `NODE_ENV==='test'` (override `TRAINING_DATA_DIR`), so tests no longer
+  append to the tracked `data/training/resolutions-YYYY-MM.jsonl`. Reverted
+  the dirtied artifact; verified the tree stays clean after a full run.
+- Gave the 5MB-payload pipeline regression test a 20s timeout — it's
+  CPU-bound and flaked on Jest's 5s default under the heavier full-suite
+  load from the +23 new tests (Jest's own error message recommends this).
+
+### Files created
+- `src/services/gradeSlateService.js`
+- `tests/unit/gradeSlateService.test.js`,
+  `tests/unit/nflNhlWiring.test.js`,
+  `tests/integration/publicRouteRateLimit.test.js`
+
+### Files modified
+- `src/services/oddsService.js` (SPORT_KEYS/SPORT_MARKETS nfl+nhl,
+  recordDownstream grades trigger + shouldGradeSlate gate)
+- `src/utils/oddsNormalizer.js` (NHL MARKET_MAP keys)
+- `src/services/adapters/proplineAdapter.js` (MARKETS.nfl/nhl)
+- `src/services/training/jsonlLogger.js` (test-env temp path)
+- 8 public route files (rate-limit mount): odds, parlay, schedule,
+  gameLines, streaks, hotlist, content, lineMovement, bookComparison
+- `tests/integration/pipeline.test.js` (5MB test timeout)
+- `CLAUDE.md`
+
+### Deliberately deferred (per spec — await design session)
+- CLV tracking + prop resolution (need PropLine Hobby-tier endpoint access
+  confirmed). Design implementation. Player watchlists + push.
+- The grades auto-grade trigger is ON by default but its per-prop
+  feature-compute cost is unmeasured in prod; `GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH=0` is
+  the kill-switch. Worth profiling once real PropLine slates flow.
+
+---
 
 ## Session 31 (2026-06-14) — SHIPPED (audit)
 
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index d12cdfb..7f3b5d3 100755
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -91,6 +91,37 @@ Player props now have abundance, not rationing.
 - **Game-level odds** — Tank01 (unchanged). Tank01 PLAYER PROPS = empty,
   do not wire.
 
+## Grades Content Pipeline (Session 32)
+Closes the content pipeline: `contentTemplateService` reads a `grades:{sport}`
+cache "when present" but nothing wrote it, so slate/POTD never reached
+`dataLevel: 'full'`.
+- **Writer** — `gradeSlateService.gradeAndCacheSlate(sport, props, opts)`
+  dedupes props to unique player+stat+line (cap 25, concurrency 5), grades
+  BOTH sides via `analyzeViaEngine1` (engine1 is direction-aware — keeps the
+  higher-confidence side), sorts by confidence desc, writes
+  `grades:{sport}` = `{ grades, updated_at, source }` (TTL 2h). The legacy
+  grade shape already matches `normalizeGrade` — no remap needed.
+- **Trigger** — fire-and-forget inside `oddsService.recordDownstream` (runs
+  on a fresh odds fetch / cache MISS, NOT on cache hits). Does NOT hold the
+  odds HTTP response. Gated by `shouldGradeSlate()`: ON by default, OFF when
+  `NODE_ENV==='test'` (its feature-compute fan-out would pollute call-count
+  assertions), override with `GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH=1`/`0`. `0` is the
+  operator kill-switch if the per-prop feature-compute cost needs shedding.
+
+## NFL/NHL Props (Session 32)
+NFL + NHL wired end-to-end. **the-odds-api keys are `americanfootball_nfl`
+and `icehockey_nhl`** (full-name prefix like `basketball_nba`) — NOT
+`football_nfl`/`hockey_nhl` (those are PropLine's keys in `proplineAdapter`).
+`oddsService.SPORT_KEYS` + `SPORT_MARKETS` carry both; `proplineAdapter.MARKETS`
+filled. NHL keys (`player_shots_on_goal`, `goalie_saves`) added to
+`MARKET_MAP` so NHL props don't silently normalize to zero in-season.
+
+## Public Route Rate Limiting (Session 32)
+`middleware/rateLimit` (`createRateLimit`, in-memory per-IP, independent
+bucket per call site) now mounts via `router.use` at the top of every public
+cached router: odds + parlay = 30/min, schedule/gamelines/streaks/hotlist/
+content/lines/books = 60/min. `/api/analyze` keeps its own 10/min.
+
 ## Frontend ↔ Backend Wiring (Session 25 — non-obvious)
 A new Express route under `/api/*` is NOT reachable from the browser until
 a matching **Next.js proxy route** exists at `web/src/app/api/.../route.ts`
diff --git a/src/routes/bookComparison.js b/src/routes/bookComparison.js
index 4604c77..2b348f5 100644
--- a/src/routes/bookComparison.js
+++ b/src/routes/bookComparison.js
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const bookComparison = require('../services/bookComparisonService');
 const { cacheGet } = require('../utils/redis');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle (60/min; reads cached odds props).
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 60 }));
 
 const MISSION_HEADER = { 'X-VYNDR-Mission': 'Never leave money on the table' };
 
diff --git a/src/routes/content.js b/src/routes/content.js
index b9cb0fd..7e4a08d 100644
--- a/src/routes/content.js
+++ b/src/routes/content.js
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ const express = require('express');
 const template = require('../services/contentTemplateService');
 const formatter = require('../services/contentFormatter');
 const { cacheGet } = require('../utils/redis');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle (60/min; reads from cache).
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 60 }));
 
 const MISSION_HEADER = { 'X-VYNDR-Mission': 'Every post is a free ad' };
 const SUPPORTED = new Set(['nba', 'wnba', 'mlb', 'soccer', 'nfl', 'nhl']);
diff --git a/src/routes/gameLines.js b/src/routes/gameLines.js
index a7c9135..2f1774f 100644
--- a/src/routes/gameLines.js
+++ b/src/routes/gameLines.js
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ const express = require('express');
 const nbaAdapter = require('../services/adapters/tank01NbaAdapter');
 const mlbAdapter = require('../services/adapters/tank01MlbAdapter');
 const scheduleService = require('../services/scheduleService');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle (60/min; Tank01, cached).
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 60 }));
 
 const MISSION_HEADER = { 'X-VYNDR-Mission': 'Lines keep the slate alive' };
 
diff --git a/src/routes/hotlist.js b/src/routes/hotlist.js
index 623d38c..bed7c59 100644
--- a/src/routes/hotlist.js
+++ b/src/routes/hotlist.js
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const hotListService = require('../services/hotListService');
 const { loadRosterLogs } = require('../services/rosterLogs');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle (60/min; pure engine over cached logs).
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 60 }));
 
 const MISSION_HEADER = { 'X-VYNDR-Mission': 'Hot right now' };
 
diff --git a/src/routes/lineMovement.js b/src/routes/lineMovement.js
index 0c922e6..6f09451 100644
--- a/src/routes/lineMovement.js
+++ b/src/routes/lineMovement.js
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
 
 const express = require('express');
 const lineSnapshots = require('../services/lineSnapshotService');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle (60/min; Redis snapshots).
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 60 }));
 
 const MISSION_HEADER = { 'X-VYNDR-Mission': 'The market confirms the grade' };
 
diff --git a/src/routes/odds.js b/src/routes/odds.js
index 809cbed..affb250 100644
--- a/src/routes/odds.js
+++ b/src/routes/odds.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const { getOdds } = require('../services/oddsService');
 const { MARKET_MAP, ALLOWED_BOOKS } = require('../utils/oddsNormalizer');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle. /odds hits PropLine/odds-api upstream on a
+// cache miss, so it gets the tighter 30/min bucket. Independent per-IP
+// bucket scoped to this router (createRateLimit allocates its own Map).
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 30 }));
 
 const VALID_STAT_TYPES = new Set(Object.values(MARKET_MAP));
 const VALID_BOOKS = ALLOWED_BOOKS;
diff --git a/src/routes/parlay.js b/src/routes/parlay.js
index 4a4358f..206dad3 100644
--- a/src/routes/parlay.js
+++ b/src/routes/parlay.js
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
 
 const express = require('express');
 const parlayService = require('../services/parlayService');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle. Parlay math is computation-heavy → 30/min.
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 30 }));
 
 const MISSION_HEADER = { 'X-VYNDR-Mission': 'Catch the legs that fight each other' };
 
diff --git a/src/routes/schedule.js b/src/routes/schedule.js
index fb6ace4..f88a162 100644
--- a/src/routes/schedule.js
+++ b/src/routes/schedule.js
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const scheduleService = require('../services/scheduleService');
 const { SPORT_CONFIG } = require('../config/sports');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle (60/min; ESPN is free but be respectful).
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 60 }));
 
 const MISSION_HEADER = { 'X-VYNDR-Mission': 'The slate is never empty' };
 
diff --git a/src/routes/streaks.js b/src/routes/streaks.js
index 6f37f67..b78d6dc 100644
--- a/src/routes/streaks.js
+++ b/src/routes/streaks.js
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const streaksService = require('../services/streaksService');
 const { loadRosterLogs } = require('../services/rosterLogs');
+const { createRateLimit } = require('../middleware/rateLimit');
 
 const router = express.Router();
+// Session 32 — public throttle (60/min; pure engine over cached logs).
+router.use(createRateLimit({ windowMs: 60_000, max: 60 }));
 
 const MISSION_HEADER = { 'X-VYNDR-Mission': 'Streaks are the heartbeat' };
 
diff --git a/src/services/adapters/proplineAdapter.js b/src/services/adapters/proplineAdapter.js
index 421430e..5860000 100644
--- a/src/services/adapters/proplineAdapter.js
+++ b/src/services/adapters/proplineAdapter.js
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ const MARKETS = {
   nba: ['player_points', 'player_rebounds', 'player_assists', 'player_threes', 'player_blocks', 'player_steals'],
   wnba: ['player_points', 'player_rebounds', 'player_assists', 'player_threes'],
   mlb: ['batter_hits', 'batter_home_runs', 'batter_total_bases', 'batter_rbis', 'batter_stolen_bases', 'pitcher_strikeouts'],
-  nfl: [],
-  nhl: [],
+  nfl: ['player_pass_yds', 'player_rush_yds', 'player_reception_yds', 'player_receptions', 'player_anytime_td', 'player_pass_tds'],
+  nhl: ['player_goals', 'player_shots_on_goal', 'goalie_saves'],
   ncaab: ['player_points', 'player_rebounds', 'player_assists'],
 };
 
diff --git a/src/services/gradeSlateService.js b/src/services/gradeSlateService.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..939a17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/gradeSlateService.js
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Grade-slate writer (Session 32).
+ *
+ * Closes the content pipeline. The grading engine (engine1 via
+ * analyzeViaEngine1) grades props on demand, but nothing ever persisted a
+ * sport's graded slate. `contentTemplateService.collectSlateData` reads a
+ * `grades:{sport}` cache "when present" — without a writer it was always
+ * empty, so slate/POTD content degraded to lines/schedule and never reached
+ * `dataLevel: 'full'`.
+ *
+ * This service grades a sport's freshly-fetched props and writes the
+ * `grades:{sport}` cache in the exact shape contentTemplateService expects.
+ * It is wired fire-and-forget into `oddsService.recordDownstream` so it runs
+ * on a cache MISS (≈hourly) WITHOUT holding the odds HTTP response — content
+ * endpoints read the grades cache independently and asynchronously.
+ *
+ * The legacy grade shape (player_name?/player, stat_type, line, direction,
+ * grade, confidence, edge_pct, reasoning.summary) is already what
+ * `contentTemplateService.normalizeGrade` reads — so no field remapping is
+ * needed at the write boundary.
+ */
+
+// Cost bounds: the odds slate carries one row per player+stat+line+book.
+// We dedupe to unique player+stat+line and cap how many we grade, because
+// each grade fans out to feature computation. Grading runs at most once per
+// cache-miss per sport, but we still bound the herd.
+const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 25;
+const DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY = 5;
+const DEFAULT_TTL = 7200; // 2 hours — matches the spec's grades-cache TTL.
+
+// Collapse the multi-book prop rows to one entry per gradeable prop.
+function dedupeProps(props, limit) {
+  const seen = new Set();
+  const out = [];
+  for (const p of props || []) {
+    if (!p || !p.player || !p.stat_type || p.line == null) continue;
+    const key = `${p.player}::${p.stat_type}::${p.line}`;
+    if (seen.has(key)) continue;
+    seen.add(key);
+    out.push(p);
+    if (out.length >= limit) break;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+// engine1 is direction-aware, so a prop grades differently over vs under.
+// Grade both sides and keep the higher-confidence verdict — that's the
+// side the engine actually favors.
+async function gradeBestSide(grade, prop, sport) {
+  const base = {
+    player: prop.player,
+    stat_type: prop.stat_type,
+    line: prop.line,
+    sport,
+    book: prop.book,
+  };
+  const sides = await Promise.all([
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(() => grade({ ...base, direction: 'over' }))
+      .catch(() => null),
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(() => grade({ ...base, direction: 'under' }))
+      .catch(() => null),
+  ]);
+  const cands = sides.filter(Boolean);
+  if (cands.length === 0) return null;
+  return cands.reduce((a, b) => ((Number(b.confidence) || 0) > (Number(a.confidence) || 0) ? b : a));
+}
+
+// Run an async mapper over items with a bounded concurrency.
+async function mapLimit(items, concurrency, fn) {
+  const results = new Array(items.length);
+  let cursor = 0;
+  async function worker() {
+    while (cursor < items.length) {
+      const i = cursor++;
+      results[i] = await fn(items[i], i);
+    }
+  }
+  const pool = Array.from({ length: Math.min(concurrency, items.length) }, () => worker());
+  await Promise.all(pool);
+  return results;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Grade a sport's props and write the `grades:{sport}` cache.
+ *
+ * @param {string} sport
+ * @param {Array}  props        normalized odds props (oddsNormalizer shape)
+ * @param {Object} [opts]
+ * @param {Function} [opts.grade]    grader (default analyzeViaEngine1)
+ * @param {Function} [opts.cacheSet] cache writer (default redis.cacheSet)
+ * @param {string}   [opts.source]   provider tag ('propline' | 'odds-api')
+ * @param {number}   [opts.limit]    max unique props graded
+ * @param {number}   [opts.ttl]      cache TTL seconds
+ * @param {Function} [opts.now]      timestamp source (testable)
+ * @returns {Promise<{written:boolean,count:number,error?:string}>}
+ */
+async function gradeAndCacheSlate(sport, props, opts = {}) {
+  const grade = opts.grade || require('./intelligence/analyzeViaEngine1').analyzeViaEngine1;
+  const cacheSet = opts.cacheSet || require('../utils/redis').cacheSet;
+  const source = opts.source || 'odds-api';
+  const limit = opts.limit || DEFAULT_LIMIT;
+  const ttl = opts.ttl || DEFAULT_TTL;
+  const concurrency = opts.concurrency || DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY;
+  const now = opts.now || (() => new Date().toISOString());
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(props) || props.length === 0) {
+    return { written: false, count: 0 };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const unique = dedupeProps(props, limit);
+    if (unique.length === 0) return { written: false, count: 0 };
+
+    const graded = (await mapLimit(unique, concurrency, (p) => gradeBestSide(grade, p, sport)))
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .sort((a, b) => (Number(b.confidence) || 0) - (Number(a.confidence) || 0));
+
+    if (graded.length === 0) return { written: false, count: 0 };
+
+    const envelope = { grades: graded, updated_at: now(), source };
+    await cacheSet(`grades:${sport}`, envelope, ttl);
+    return { written: true, count: graded.length };
+  } catch (e) {
+    // Best-effort — slate grading must never break odds delivery.
+    console.warn('[gradeSlateService] grade slate failed:', e.message);
+    return { written: false, count: 0, error: e.message };
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  gradeAndCacheSlate,
+  __internals: { dedupeProps, gradeBestSide, mapLimit, DEFAULT_LIMIT, DEFAULT_TTL, DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY },
+};
diff --git a/src/services/oddsService.js b/src/services/oddsService.js
index 6487195..f2f350c 100644
--- a/src/services/oddsService.js
+++ b/src/services/oddsService.js
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ const SPORT_KEYS = {
   // array with a friendly message in that case.
   wnba: 'basketball_wnba',
   mlb: 'baseball_mlb',
+  // Session 32 — NFL + NHL. odds-api keys per the-odds-api sports list.
+  // Off-season returns an empty events array; the route layer surfaces an
+  // empty slate (never a crash). NFL props normalize through the MARKET_MAP
+  // keys added in Session 31; NHL keys were added alongside this wiring.
+  nfl: 'americanfootball_nfl',
+  nhl: 'icehockey_nhl',
   // Soccer (Session 7j) — odds-api sport keys verified against
   // https://the-odds-api.com/sports-odds-data/sports-apis.html
   soccer_wc:         'soccer_fifa_world_cup',
@@ -106,6 +112,24 @@ const MLB_MARKETS = [
   'pitcher_strikeouts',
   'pitcher_outs',
 ];
+// Session 32 — NFL + NHL market lists. NFL keys mirror the MARKET_MAP
+// entries added Session 31 (both _yds and _yards spellings normalize). NHL
+// keys were added to MARKET_MAP alongside this wiring so they don't
+// silently normalize to zero in-season.
+const NFL_MARKETS = [
+  'player_pass_yds',
+  'player_pass_tds',
+  'player_rush_yds',
+  'player_reception_yds',
+  'player_receptions',
+  'player_anytime_td',
+];
+const NHL_MARKETS = [
+  'player_goals',
+  'player_shots_on_goal',
+  'player_assists',
+  'goalie_saves',
+];
 const SOCCER_MARKETS = [
   'player_goals',
   'player_shots_on_target',
@@ -129,6 +153,8 @@ const SPORT_MARKETS = Object.freeze({
   nba:   buildMarketString(NBA_MARKETS),
   wnba:  buildMarketString(WNBA_MARKETS),
   mlb:   buildMarketString(MLB_MARKETS),
+  nfl:   buildMarketString(NFL_MARKETS),
+  nhl:   buildMarketString(NHL_MARKETS),
   ncaab: buildMarketString(NBA_MARKETS), // NCAAB markets mirror NBA
   // Every soccer league code shares the same market set.
   ...Object.fromEntries(
@@ -283,7 +309,7 @@ function parseQuota(headers) {
 // Best-effort post-fetch processing shared by both providers (PropLine +
 // odds-api): line movement, scratch cascade, and rolling line snapshots.
 // Never throws — a failure here must not break the odds response.
-async function recordDownstream(sport, props) {
+async function recordDownstream(sport, props, provider = 'odds-api') {
   let movements = [];
   let scratchedPlayers = [];
   try {
@@ -298,9 +324,34 @@ async function recordDownstream(sport, props) {
   } catch (e) {
     console.warn('[VYNDR] Movement/cascade detection error:', e.message);
   }
+
+  // Session 32 — grade the slate into the `grades:{sport}` cache that
+  // contentTemplateService reads, closing the content pipeline. Fire-and-
+  // forget: grading fans out to feature computation and must NOT hold the
+  // odds HTTP response — content endpoints read the grades cache later and
+  // independently. Errors are self-contained inside the service.
+  if (shouldGradeSlate()) {
+    require('./gradeSlateService')
+      .gradeAndCacheSlate(sport, props, { source: provider })
+      .catch((e) => console.warn('[VYNDR] slate grading error:', e.message));
+  }
+
   return { movements, scratchedPlayers };
 }
 
+// Auto-grade the slate on a fresh odds fetch by default (closes the content
+// pipeline). Skipped under the test env so its background feature-computation
+// fan-out doesn't pollute call-count assertions in the odds integration
+// tests; `GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH` is the explicit operator override
+// ('1' forces on even in test, '0' is the production kill-switch if the
+// feature-compute cost ever needs to be shed).
+function shouldGradeSlate() {
+  const flag = process.env.GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH;
+  if (flag === '1') return true;
+  if (flag === '0') return false;
+  return process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test';
+}
+
 async function getOdds(sport) {
   const redis = getRedisClient();
   const apiKey = process.env.ODDS_API_KEY;
@@ -335,7 +386,7 @@ async function getOdds(sport) {
         const now = new Date().toISOString();
         const cacheData = { updated_at: now, props: pl.props, spreads: pl.spreads || [], provider: 'propline' };
         await redis.set(cacheKey, JSON.stringify(cacheData), 'EX', CACHE_TTL);
-        const { movements, scratchedPlayers } = await recordDownstream(sport, pl.props);
+        const { movements, scratchedPlayers } = await recordDownstream(sport, pl.props, 'propline');
         return {
           sport,
           updated_at: now,
@@ -389,7 +440,7 @@ async function getOdds(sport) {
     await redis.set(cacheKey, JSON.stringify(cacheData), 'EX', CACHE_TTL);
 
     // Line movement + cascade + snapshots (best-effort; shared helper).
-    const { movements, scratchedPlayers } = await recordDownstream(sport, props);
+    const { movements, scratchedPlayers } = await recordDownstream(sport, props, 'odds-api');
 
     return {
       sport,
@@ -458,4 +509,6 @@ module.exports = {
   // Session 22 — exposed for tests that exercise env-driven TTL
   // resolution without re-loading the module.
   getConfiguredCacheTTL,
+  // Session 32 — slate auto-grade gate (exposed for tests).
+  shouldGradeSlate,
 };
diff --git a/src/services/training/jsonlLogger.js b/src/services/training/jsonlLogger.js
index 8451ab8..ac2080f 100644
--- a/src/services/training/jsonlLogger.js
+++ b/src/services/training/jsonlLogger.js
@@ -13,9 +13,18 @@
  */
 
 const fs = require('fs');
+const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
 
-const ROOT = path.join(process.cwd(), 'data', 'training');
+// Under test, write to a throwaway temp dir instead of the tracked
+// data/training corpus — otherwise every `npm test` appends resolution rows
+// to data/training/resolutions-YYYY-MM.jsonl and dirties the git tree
+// (Session 31 audit finding; fixed Session 32). `TRAINING_DATA_DIR` lets
+// operators override the location explicitly.
+const ROOT = process.env.TRAINING_DATA_DIR
+  || (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
+    ? path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'vyndr-training-test')
+    : path.join(process.cwd(), 'data', 'training'));
 let initialized = false;
 
 function ensureDir() {
diff --git a/src/utils/oddsNormalizer.js b/src/utils/oddsNormalizer.js
index 47c91f2..495c2e1 100644
--- a/src/utils/oddsNormalizer.js
+++ b/src/utils/oddsNormalizer.js
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ const MARKET_MAP = {
   player_goals_conceded: 'goals_conceded',
   player_passes: 'passes',
   team_clean_sheet: 'clean_sheet',
+
+  // NHL (Session 32) — added alongside the NFL/NHL sport-key wiring so NHL
+  // props don't silently normalize to zero in-season (same silent-failure
+  // class as the NFL gap Session 31 closed). player_goals/player_assists
+  // are shared with soccer/NBA — sport context discriminates downstream.
+  player_shots_on_goal: 'shots_on_goal',
+  goalie_saves: 'saves',
 };
 
 function normalizeProps(eventsWithOdds) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/pipeline.test.js b/tests/integration/pipeline.test.js
index ac32167..ad769ea 100644
--- a/tests/integration/pipeline.test.js
+++ b/tests/integration/pipeline.test.js
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ describe('pipeline body-parser regression (Session 7b)', () => {
     // void: true path returns 200 with the empty resolution summary.
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
     expect(res.body).toHaveProperty('resolved');
-  });
+    // Parsing a 5MB body is CPU-bound; under full-suite parallel load it can
+    // exceed Jest's 5s default. Give it headroom so the gate stays reliable.
+  }, 20000);
 
   test('rejects payloads larger than the 10MB limit with 413 (sanity check)', async () => {
     // Use a tiny app limit so the test doesn't allocate 11MB just to
diff --git a/tests/integration/publicRouteRateLimit.test.js b/tests/integration/publicRouteRateLimit.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47d8ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/publicRouteRateLimit.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Integration: Session 32 mounted the existing rate-limit middleware on the
+// public cached routers. These tests prove the wiring at the ROUTER level —
+// the middleware's own behavior (429, window reset, per-IP keys) is covered
+// in tests/unit/rateLimitMiddleware.test.js.
+
+const express = require('express');
+const request = require('supertest');
+
+// Mock redis so any handler that does run never touches a real server.
+jest.mock('../../src/utils/redis', () => ({
+  cacheGet: jest.fn(async () => null),
+  cacheSet: jest.fn(async () => {}),
+  getRedisClient: () => ({ get: async () => null, set: async () => 'OK', scan: async () => ['0', []], hgetall: async () => ({}) }),
+  isDegraded: () => false,
+}));
+
+// Fresh module registry → fresh per-router bucket (createRateLimit state is
+// module-scoped). jest.resetModules() resets Jest's registry; deleting
+// require.cache alone does NOT under Jest.
+function mountFresh(routePath, file) {
+  jest.resetModules();
+  const app = express();
+  app.use(express.json());
+  app.use(routePath, require(file));
+  return app;
+}
+
+// A deep nonsense path enters the router (running router.use(rateLimit))
+// but matches no route → 404. Lets us exhaust the limiter without invoking
+// the real handlers or any upstream call.
+const MISS = '/__rl__/__miss__/__deep__';
+
+describe('public route rate limiting (Session 32 wiring)', () => {
+  test('schedule router 429s after exceeding its 60/min limit', async () => {
+    const app = mountFresh('/api/schedule', '../../src/routes/schedule');
+    // 60 allowed (each 404s but counts), 61st is throttled.
+    for (let i = 0; i < 60; i += 1) {
+      const r = await request(app).get(`/api/schedule${MISS}`);
+      expect(r.status).not.toBe(429);
+    }
+    const blocked = await request(app).get(`/api/schedule${MISS}`);
+    expect(blocked.status).toBe(429);
+    expect(blocked.body.error).toMatch(/too many/i);
+  });
+
+  test('odds router 429s after exceeding its tighter 30/min limit', async () => {
+    const app = mountFresh('/api/odds', '../../src/routes/odds');
+    for (let i = 0; i < 30; i += 1) {
+      const r = await request(app).get(`/api/odds${MISS}`);
+      expect(r.status).not.toBe(429);
+    }
+    expect((await request(app).get(`/api/odds${MISS}`)).status).toBe(429);
+  });
+
+  test('different route files have INDEPENDENT buckets (not a shared limit)', async () => {
+    // Mount two routers in one app; exhaust parlay, confirm odds is unaffected.
+    jest.resetModules();
+    const app = express();
+    app.use(express.json());
+    app.use('/api/parlay', require('../../src/routes/parlay'));
+    app.use('/api/odds', require('../../src/routes/odds'));
+
+    // Exhaust parlay (30/min).
+    for (let i = 0; i < 30; i += 1) await request(app).get(`/api/parlay${MISS}`);
+    expect((await request(app).get(`/api/parlay${MISS}`)).status).toBe(429);
+
+    // odds shares the same client IP but its own bucket — still open.
+    expect((await request(app).get(`/api/odds${MISS}`)).status).not.toBe(429);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/gradeSlateService.test.js b/tests/unit/gradeSlateService.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2facec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/gradeSlateService.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// Unit: grade-slate writer (Session 32). Closes the content pipeline by
+// persisting a sport's graded slate to the `grades:{sport}` cache that
+// contentTemplateService reads.
+
+const svc = require('../../src/services/gradeSlateService');
+const content = require('../../src/services/contentTemplateService');
+const { shouldGradeSlate } = require('../../src/services/oddsService');
+const { dedupeProps } = svc.__internals;
+
+// Multi-book odds rows: same player+stat+line appears once per book, plus a
+// distinct prop. dedupe should collapse the book duplicates.
+const props = [
+  { player: 'Wembanyama', stat_type: 'points', line: 28.5, book: 'draftkings', over_odds: -110, under_odds: -110 },
+  { player: 'Wembanyama', stat_type: 'points', line: 28.5, book: 'fanduel', over_odds: -105, under_odds: -115 },
+  { player: 'Brunson', stat_type: 'assists', line: 7.5, book: 'betmgm', over_odds: +100, under_odds: -120 },
+];
+
+// Fake grader: returns the legacy grade shape. Over/under differ in
+// confidence so we can prove the writer keeps the stronger side.
+function fakeGrade({ player, stat_type, line, direction }) {
+  const table = {
+    'Wembanyama::over': { confidence: 80, grade: 'A' },
+    'Wembanyama::under': { confidence: 40, grade: 'C' },
+    'Brunson::over': { confidence: 35, grade: 'C' },
+    'Brunson::under': { confidence: 64, grade: 'B+' },
+  };
+  const hit = table[`${player}::${direction}`] || { confidence: 10, grade: 'C' };
+  return {
+    player, stat_type, line, direction,
+    grade: hit.grade, confidence: hit.confidence, edge_pct: 2.0,
+    reasoning: { summary: `${player} ${direction} ${line}` },
+  };
+}
+
+describe('shouldGradeSlate (auto-grade gate)', () => {
+  const orig = process.env.GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH;
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (orig === undefined) delete process.env.GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH;
+    else process.env.GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH = orig;
+  });
+
+  test('off by default under the test env', () => {
+    delete process.env.GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH;
+    expect(shouldGradeSlate()).toBe(false); // NODE_ENV === 'test'
+  });
+  test('GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH=1 forces on', () => {
+    process.env.GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH = '1';
+    expect(shouldGradeSlate()).toBe(true);
+  });
+  test('GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH=0 forces off', () => {
+    process.env.GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH = '0';
+    expect(shouldGradeSlate()).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('dedupeProps', () => {
+  test('collapses multi-book rows to unique player+stat+line', () => {
+    expect(dedupeProps(props, 25)).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+  test('respects the limit', () => {
+    expect(dedupeProps(props, 1)).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+  test('skips rows missing player/stat/line', () => {
+    const bad = [{ stat_type: 'points', line: 1 }, { player: 'X', line: 1 }, { player: 'X', stat_type: 'points' }];
+    expect(dedupeProps(bad, 25)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('gradeAndCacheSlate', () => {
+  test('writes grades:{sport} with the envelope content reads, sorted by confidence desc', async () => {
+    const writes = [];
+    const cacheSet = async (key, value, ttl) => { writes.push({ key, value, ttl }); };
+    const res = await svc.gradeAndCacheSlate('nba', props, {
+      grade: fakeGrade, cacheSet, source: 'propline', now: () => '2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z',
+    });
+
+    expect(res).toEqual({ written: true, count: 2 });
+    expect(writes).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    const { key, value } = writes[0];
+    // Cache key must match contentTemplateService.getGrades fallback read.
+    expect(key).toBe('grades:nba');
+    expect(value.source).toBe('propline');
+    expect(value.updated_at).toBe('2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z');
+    expect(Array.isArray(value.grades)).toBe(true);
+    // Sorted by confidence desc.
+    expect(value.grades.map((g) => g.confidence)).toEqual([80, 64]);
+  });
+
+  test('keeps the higher-confidence side per prop (engine1 is direction-aware)', async () => {
+    let written;
+    const cacheSet = async (_k, value) => { written = value; };
+    await svc.gradeAndCacheSlate('nba', props, { grade: fakeGrade, cacheSet });
+
+    const wemby = written.grades.find((g) => g.player === 'Wembanyama');
+    const brunson = written.grades.find((g) => g.player === 'Brunson');
+    expect(wemby.direction).toBe('over');   // over (80) beat under (40)
+    expect(brunson.direction).toBe('under'); // under (64) beat over (35)
+  });
+
+  test('respects the TTL', async () => {
+    let ttlSeen;
+    const cacheSet = async (_k, _v, ttl) => { ttlSeen = ttl; };
+    await svc.gradeAndCacheSlate('nba', props, { grade: fakeGrade, cacheSet, ttl: 1234 });
+    expect(ttlSeen).toBe(1234);
+
+    ttlSeen = undefined;
+    await svc.gradeAndCacheSlate('nba', props, { grade: fakeGrade, cacheSet });
+    expect(ttlSeen).toBe(svc.__internals.DEFAULT_TTL);
+  });
+
+  test('empty props → nothing written', async () => {
+    let called = false;
+    const cacheSet = async () => { called = true; };
+    expect(await svc.gradeAndCacheSlate('nba', [], { grade: fakeGrade, cacheSet })).toEqual({ written: false, count: 0 });
+    expect(called).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('all grader failures → nothing written', async () => {
+    let called = false;
+    const cacheSet = async () => { called = true; };
+    const boom = () => { throw new Error('grader down'); };
+    const res = await svc.gradeAndCacheSlate('nba', props, { grade: boom, cacheSet });
+    expect(res.written).toBe(false);
+    expect(called).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('output flows into contentTemplateService → dataLevel full, picks, POTD', async () => {
+    let written;
+    const cacheSet = async (_k, value) => { written = value; };
+    await svc.gradeAndCacheSlate('nba', props, { grade: fakeGrade, cacheSet });
+
+    // contentTemplateService.getGrades returns cache.grades (the array).
+    const data = { sport: 'nba', schedule: [], gameLines: {}, grades: written.grades };
+    expect(content.determineDataLevel(data)).toBe('full');
+
+    const thread = content.generateSlateThread('nba', { ...data, dataLevel: 'full' });
+    const picks = thread.posts.filter((p) => p.role === 'pick');
+    expect(picks.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(picks[0].player).toBe('Wembanyama'); // highest confidence pick first
+
+    const potd = content.generatePOTD('nba', { ...data, dataLevel: 'full' });
+    expect(potd.dataLevel).toBe('full');
+    expect(potd.player).toBe('Wembanyama');
+    expect(potd.confidence).toBe(80);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/nflNhlWiring.test.js b/tests/unit/nflNhlWiring.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74fabce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/nflNhlWiring.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Unit: NFL + NHL sport-key wiring (Session 32). Closes the silent-zero
+// trap before NFL season — sport keys, per-sport markets, PropLine markets,
+// and end-to-end MARKET_MAP normalization.
+
+const oddsService = require('../../src/services/oddsService');
+const propline = require('../../src/services/adapters/proplineAdapter');
+const { normalizeProps } = require('../../src/utils/oddsNormalizer');
+
+describe('oddsService sport keys', () => {
+  test('nfl/nhl map to the correct the-odds-api keys', () => {
+    // the-odds-api uses full-name prefixes (basketball_nba, baseball_mlb);
+    // NFL/NHL follow the same convention — NOT football_nfl/hockey_nhl.
+    expect(oddsService.SPORT_KEYS.nfl).toBe('americanfootball_nfl');
+    expect(oddsService.SPORT_KEYS.nhl).toBe('icehockey_nhl');
+  });
+
+  test('getMarketsForSport(nfl) requests NFL markets + spreads (not the NBA fallback)', () => {
+    const markets = oddsService.getMarketsForSport('nfl');
+    expect(markets).toContain('player_pass_yds');
+    expect(markets).toContain('player_anytime_td');
+    expect(markets).toContain('spreads');
+    expect(markets).not.toContain('player_points'); // would mean nba fallback
+  });
+
+  test('getMarketsForSport(nhl) requests NHL markets', () => {
+    const markets = oddsService.getMarketsForSport('nhl');
+    expect(markets).toContain('player_shots_on_goal');
+    expect(markets).toContain('goalie_saves');
+    expect(markets).not.toContain('player_points');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('proplineAdapter NFL/NHL markets', () => {
+  test('nfl/nhl markets are populated and sport keys resolve', () => {
+    const { MARKETS, SPORT_KEYS } = propline.__internals;
+    expect(MARKETS.nfl.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(MARKETS.nhl.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(MARKETS.nfl).toContain('player_pass_yds');
+    expect(MARKETS.nhl).toContain('player_shots_on_goal');
+    expect(SPORT_KEYS.nfl).toBe('football_nfl');
+    expect(SPORT_KEYS.nhl).toBe('hockey_nhl');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('MARKET_MAP end-to-end normalization', () => {
+  function eventWith(marketKey, player, point) {
+    return [{
+      home_team: 'Kansas City Chiefs',
+      away_team: 'Buffalo Bills',
+      commence_time: '2026-09-10T00:00:00Z',
+      bookmakers: [{
+        key: 'draftkings',
+        markets: [{
+          key: marketKey,
+          last_update: '2026-09-09T20:00:00Z',
+          outcomes: [
+            { description: player, point, name: 'Over', price: -110 },
+            { description: player, point, name: 'Under', price: -110 },
+          ],
+        }],
+      }],
+    }];
+  }
+
+  test('NFL passing-yards prop normalizes to passing_yards', () => {
+    const props = normalizeProps(eventWith('player_pass_yds', 'Patrick Mahomes', 274.5));
+    expect(props).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(props[0].stat_type).toBe('passing_yards');
+    expect(props[0].player).toBe('Patrick Mahomes');
+    expect(props[0].line).toBe(274.5);
+  });
+
+  test('NFL anytime-TD prop normalizes (does not drop to zero)', () => {
+    const props = normalizeProps(eventWith('player_anytime_td', 'Travis Kelce', 0.5));
+    expect(props).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(props[0].stat_type).toBe('anytime_td');
+  });
+
+  test('NHL shots-on-goal + goalie-saves normalize', () => {
+    expect(normalizeProps(eventWith('player_shots_on_goal', 'Connor McDavid', 3.5))[0].stat_type).toBe('shots_on_goal');
+    expect(normalizeProps(eventWith('goalie_saves', 'Igor Shesterkin', 28.5))[0].stat_type).toBe('saves');
+  });
+
+  test('off-season / empty response normalizes gracefully (no crash)', () => {
+    expect(normalizeProps([])).toEqual([]);
+    // Unknown market key is skipped, not crashed on.
+    expect(normalizeProps(eventWith('player_unknown_stat', 'Nobody', 1.5))).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});