diff --git a/src/keep_processor.py b/src/keep_processor.py
index 288bfb4..b88df32 100644
--- a/src/keep_processor.py
+++ b/src/keep_processor.py
@@ -1342,6 +1342,20 @@ class KEEPFaceProcessor:
                             or np.isnan(avg_landmarks_sequence[i]).any()
                         ):
                             final_pasted_frame = self._run_upscaler(self.bg_upscale_model, original_frame_bgr)
+                            # Round 11 (2026-10-31): the fix-1.1 snippet's raw
+                            # upscaler output cannot join the IMAGE batch when
+                            # frame x model.scale != canvas x factor (the same
+                            # disclosed deviation as the multiface
+                            # short-circuit's resize): the output size is the
+                            # paste canvas, reached with the same LANCZOS4
+                            # resize the vendored paste applied to its no-face
+                            # frames.
+                            canvas_h, canvas_w = paste_mod.paste_canvas_hw(
+                                original_frame_bgr.shape[:2], final_upscale_factor, canvas_hw)
+                            if final_pasted_frame.shape[0] != canvas_h or final_pasted_frame.shape[1] != canvas_w:
+                                final_pasted_frame = cv2.resize(
+                                    final_pasted_frame, (canvas_w, canvas_h),
+                                    interpolation=cv2.INTER_LANCZOS4)
                             output_frames_cv2.append(final_pasted_frame)
                             # the same bookkeeping as the sibling fallback rows:
                             # the device-output tails index the fallback rows by
diff --git a/tests/test_keep_processor.py b/tests/test_keep_processor.py
index 939fd8a..3362775 100644
--- a/tests/test_keep_processor.py
+++ b/tests/test_keep_processor.py
@@ -495,6 +495,12 @@ def test_every_console_write_of_the_facelib_reaches_the_logger(
     patched to ``[None, valid]``) so the paste-back print keeps firing;
     the stub's paste return is canvas-sized (the background-only row and
     the vendored row must stack).
+
+    Round 11 (2026-10-31): the short-circuit row is canvas-sized since the
+    short-circuit resize (the fix-1.1 snippet's raw output cannot join the
+    IMAGE batch at a mismatched shape), so the stub's return is the real
+    512x512 canvas the vendored paste assembles from ``input_img`` - the
+    pin's routing assertions are unchanged.
     """
     real_estimate = processor_module.estimate_affines
 
@@ -513,7 +519,7 @@ def test_every_console_write_of_the_facelib_reaches_the_logger(
     # row and the vendored row stack; the print stays (it is the routing probe)
     def canvas_sized_paste(*args, **kwargs):
         print("Warning: Mismatch between restored_faces and inverse_affine_matrices.")
-        return np.zeros((16, 16, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
+        return np.zeros((512, 512, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
 
     face_helper.paste_faces_to_input_image = canvas_sized_paste
     frames = torch.rand((2, 16, 16, 3), dtype=torch.float32)