diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7eb524a8..529837a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -403,27 +403,13 @@ Self-measured on every release via CI ([build benchmarks](generated/BUILD-BENCHM
 
 | Metric | Latest |
 |---|---|
-| Build speed (native) | **1.9 ms/file** |
+| Build speed (native) | **2.1 ms/file** |
 | Build speed (WASM) | **6.6 ms/file** |
 | Query time | **2ms** |
-| ~50,000 files (est.) | **~95.0s build** |
+| ~50,000 files (est.) | **~105.0s build** |
 
 Metrics are normalized per file for cross-version comparability. Times above are for a full initial build — incremental rebuilds only re-parse changed files.
 
-### Lightweight Footprint
-
-<a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@optave/codegraph"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/unpacked-size/@optave/codegraph?style=flat-square&label=unpacked%20size" alt="npm unpacked size" /></a>
-
-Only **3 runtime dependencies** — everything else is optional or a devDependency:
-
-| Dependency | What it does | | |
-|---|---|---|---|
-| [better-sqlite3](https://github.com/WiseLibs/better-sqlite3) | Fast, synchronous SQLite driver | ![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/WiseLibs/better-sqlite3?style=flat-square&label=%E2%AD%90) | ![npm downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/better-sqlite3?style=flat-square&label=%F0%9F%93%A5%2Fwk) |
-| [commander](https://github.com/tj/commander.js) | CLI argument parsing | ![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/tj/commander.js?style=flat-square&label=%E2%AD%90) | ![npm downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/commander?style=flat-square&label=%F0%9F%93%A5%2Fwk) |
-| [web-tree-sitter](https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter) | WASM tree-sitter bindings | ![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/tree-sitter/tree-sitter?style=flat-square&label=%E2%AD%90) | ![npm downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/web-tree-sitter?style=flat-square&label=%F0%9F%93%A5%2Fwk) |
-
-Optional: `@huggingface/transformers` (semantic search), `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` (MCP server) — lazy-loaded only when needed.
-
 ## 🤖 AI Agent Integration
 
 ### MCP Server
diff --git a/generated/BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md b/generated/BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md
index c12d7638..4c436491 100644
--- a/generated/BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md
+++ b/generated/BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Metrics are normalized per file for cross-version comparability.
 
 | Version | Engine | Date | Files | Build (ms/file) | Query (ms) | Nodes/file | Edges/file | DB (bytes/file) |
 |---------|--------|------|------:|----------------:|-----------:|-----------:|-----------:|----------------:|
+| 2.4.0 | native | 2026-02-26 | 109 | 2.1 ↑11% | 1.7 ↑13% | 5.9 ~ | 9.7 ↑7% | 4434 ↑15% |
+| 2.4.0 | wasm | 2026-02-26 | 109 | 6.6 ~ | 2.2 ↑5% | 5.9 ~ | 9.7 ↑7% | 4434 ↑15% |
 | 2.3.0 | native | 2026-02-24 | 99 | 1.9 ~ | 1.5 ↑7% | 5.8 ↑7% | 9.1 ~ | 3848 ~ |
 | 2.3.0 | wasm | 2026-02-24 | 99 | 6.6 ~ | 2.1 ↑11% | 5.8 ~ | 9.1 ↑3% | 3848 ~ |
 | 2.1.0 | native | 2026-02-23 | 92 | 1.9 ↓24% | 1.4 ↑17% | 5.4 ↑6% | 9.1 ↓47% | 3829 ↓14% |
@@ -18,23 +20,23 @@ Metrics are normalized per file for cross-version comparability.
 
 | Metric | Value |
 |--------|-------|
-| Build time | 183ms |
+| Build time | 228ms |
 | Query time | 2ms |
-| Nodes | 575 |
-| Edges | 897 |
-| DB size | 372 KB |
-| Files | 99 |
+| Nodes | 644 |
+| Edges | 1,062 |
+| DB size | 472 KB |
+| Files | 109 |
 
 #### WASM
 
 | Metric | Value |
 |--------|-------|
-| Build time | 649ms |
+| Build time | 717ms |
 | Query time | 2ms |
-| Nodes | 575 |
-| Edges | 897 |
-| DB size | 372 KB |
-| Files | 99 |
+| Nodes | 644 |
+| Edges | 1,062 |
+| DB size | 472 KB |
+| Files | 109 |
 
 ### Estimated performance at 50,000 files
 
@@ -42,13 +44,44 @@ Extrapolated linearly from per-file metrics above.
 
 | Metric | Native (Rust) | WASM |
 |--------|---:|---:|
-| Build time | 95.0s | 330.0s |
-| DB size | 183.5 MB | 183.5 MB |
-| Nodes | 290,000 | 290,000 |
-| Edges | 455,000 | 455,000 |
+| Build time | 105.0s | 330.0s |
+| DB size | 211.4 MB | 211.4 MB |
+| Nodes | 295,000 | 295,000 |
+| Edges | 485,000 | 485,000 |
 
 <!-- BENCHMARK_DATA
 [
+  {
+    "version": "2.4.0",
+    "date": "2026-02-26",
+    "files": 109,
+    "wasm": {
+      "buildTimeMs": 717,
+      "queryTimeMs": 2.2,
+      "nodes": 644,
+      "edges": 1062,
+      "dbSizeBytes": 483328,
+      "perFile": {
+        "buildTimeMs": 6.6,
+        "nodes": 5.9,
+        "edges": 9.7,
+        "dbSizeBytes": 4434
+      }
+    },
+    "native": {
+      "buildTimeMs": 228,
+      "queryTimeMs": 1.7,
+      "nodes": 644,
+      "edges": 1062,
+      "dbSizeBytes": 483328,
+      "perFile": {
+        "buildTimeMs": 2.1,
+        "nodes": 5.9,
+        "edges": 9.7,
+        "dbSizeBytes": 4434
+      }
+    }
+  },
   {
     "version": "2.3.0",
     "date": "2026-02-24",