diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 4d5b7d22..bfe04c14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-          BRANCH="benchmark/build-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
+          BRANCH="docs/benchmark-build-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
           git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
           git add generated/BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md README.md
           git commit -m "docs: update build performance benchmarks"
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-          BRANCH="benchmark/embedding-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
+          BRANCH="docs/benchmark-embedding-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
           git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
           git add generated/EMBEDDING-BENCHMARKS.md
           git commit -m "docs: update embedding benchmarks"
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-          BRANCH="benchmark/query-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
+          BRANCH="docs/benchmark-query-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
           git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
           git add generated/QUERY-BENCHMARKS.md
           git commit -m "docs: update query benchmarks"
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-          BRANCH="benchmark/incremental-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
+          BRANCH="docs/benchmark-incremental-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
           git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
           git add generated/INCREMENTAL-BENCHMARKS.md
           git commit -m "docs: update incremental benchmarks"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7eb524a8..aafa2dd7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -403,10 +403,10 @@ Self-measured on every release via CI ([build benchmarks](generated/BUILD-BENCHM
 
 | Metric | Latest |
 |---|---|
-| Build speed (native) | **1.9 ms/file** |
-| Build speed (WASM) | **6.6 ms/file** |
+| Build speed (native) | **2.2 ms/file** |
+| Build speed (WASM) | **6.4 ms/file** |
 | Query time | **2ms** |
-| ~50,000 files (est.) | **~95.0s build** |
+| ~50,000 files (est.) | **~110.0s 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.
 
diff --git a/generated/BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md b/generated/BUILD-BENCHMARKS.md
index c12d7638..87b8f932 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 | 2.2 ↑16% | 1.6 ↑7% | 5.9 ~ | 9.6 ↑5% | 4397 ↑14% |
+| 2.4.0 | wasm | 2026-02-26 | 109 | 6.4 ↓3% | 2.1 ~ | 5.9 ~ | 9.6 ↑5% | 4397 ↑14% |
 | 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 | 235ms |
 | Query time | 2ms |
-| Nodes | 575 |
-| Edges | 897 |
-| DB size | 372 KB |
-| Files | 99 |
+| Nodes | 640 |
+| Edges | 1,049 |
+| DB size | 468 KB |
+| Files | 109 |
 
 #### WASM
 
 | Metric | Value |
 |--------|-------|
-| Build time | 649ms |
+| Build time | 700ms |
 | Query time | 2ms |
-| Nodes | 575 |
-| Edges | 897 |
-| DB size | 372 KB |
-| Files | 99 |
+| Nodes | 640 |
+| Edges | 1,049 |
+| DB size | 468 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 | 110.0s | 320.0s |
+| DB size | 209.7 MB | 209.7 MB |
+| Nodes | 295,000 | 295,000 |
+| Edges | 480,000 | 480,000 |
 
 <!-- BENCHMARK_DATA
 [
+  {
+    "version": "2.4.0",
+    "date": "2026-02-26",
+    "files": 109,
+    "wasm": {
+      "buildTimeMs": 700,
+      "queryTimeMs": 2.1,
+      "nodes": 640,
+      "edges": 1049,
+      "dbSizeBytes": 479232,
+      "perFile": {
+        "buildTimeMs": 6.4,
+        "nodes": 5.9,
+        "edges": 9.6,
+        "dbSizeBytes": 4397
+      }
+    },
+    "native": {
+      "buildTimeMs": 235,
+      "queryTimeMs": 1.6,
+      "nodes": 640,
+      "edges": 1049,
+      "dbSizeBytes": 479232,
+      "perFile": {
+        "buildTimeMs": 2.2,
+        "nodes": 5.9,
+        "edges": 9.6,
+        "dbSizeBytes": 4397
+      }
+    }
+  },
   {
     "version": "2.3.0",
     "date": "2026-02-24",
diff --git a/scripts/update-benchmark-report.js b/scripts/update-benchmark-report.js
index 13af42b7..9e4606b9 100644
--- a/scripts/update-benchmark-report.js
+++ b/scripts/update-benchmark-report.js
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ ${rows}
 Metrics are normalized per file for cross-version comparability. Times above are for a full initial build — incremental rebuilds only re-parse changed files.
 `;
 
-	// Match the performance section from header to next h2 (## ) header or end.
-	// The lookahead must reject h3+ (###) so subsections like "### Lightweight
-	// Footprint" are preserved and not swallowed by the replacement.
-	const perfRegex = /## 📊 Performance\r?\n[\s\S]*?(?=\r?\n## (?!#)|$)/;
+	// Match the performance section from header to next h2/h3 header or end.
+	// The lookahead stops at ## (h2) or ### (h3) so subsections like
+	// "### Lightweight Footprint" are preserved and not swallowed.
+	const perfRegex = /## 📊 Performance\r?\n[\s\S]*?(?=\r?\n#{2,3} |$)/;
 	if (perfRegex.test(readme)) {
 		readme = readme.replace(perfRegex, perfSection);
 	} else {