diff --git a/src/bin/fipstop/ui/routing.rs b/src/bin/fipstop/ui/routing.rs
index 2ab57de..d03cbab 100644
--- a/src/bin/fipstop/ui/routing.rs
+++ b/src/bin/fipstop/ui/routing.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,35 @@ fn fwd_value(data: &serde_json::Value, pkt_key: &str, byte_key: &str) -> String
     format!("{} pkts ({})", pkts, helpers::format_bytes(bytes))
 }
 
+/// Read a raw forwarding counter as a u64 (0 if missing), for arithmetic
+/// (percentages, derived totals) that the string-returning helpers can't do.
+fn fwd_count(data: &serde_json::Value, key: &str) -> u64 {
+    data.get("forwarding")
+        .and_then(|f| f.get(key))
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_u64())
+        .unwrap_or(0)
+}
+
+/// Total mesh egress = locally-originated + transit-forwarded, formatted as
+/// "N pkts (B)". There is no single daemon counter for everything this node
+/// transmits to peers, so it is derived from its two contributors.
+fn mesh_tx_value(data: &serde_json::Value) -> String {
+    let pkts = fwd_count(data, "originated_packets") + fwd_count(data, "forwarded_packets");
+    let bytes = fwd_count(data, "originated_bytes") + fwd_count(data, "forwarded_bytes");
+    format!("{} pkts ({})", pkts, helpers::format_bytes(bytes))
+}
+
+/// Format a route-class count as "N (xx.x%)" where the percentage is the class's
+/// share of total forwarded (transit) packets. Zero forwarded yields "0.0%".
+fn route_class_value(count: u64, total_forwarded: u64) -> String {
+    let pct = if total_forwarded > 0 {
+        count as f64 / total_forwarded as f64 * 100.0
+    } else {
+        0.0
+    };
+    format!("{count} ({pct:.1}%)")
+}
+
 /// Build a section: a styled header line followed by the kv pairs rendered
 /// through the group helper so the section's values share a left edge.
 fn section(title: &str, pairs: &[(&str, String)]) -> Vec<Line<'static>> {
@@ -110,49 +139,39 @@ fn draw_routing_stats(
     let err = |key: &str| helpers::nested_u64(data, "error_signals", key);
     let cong = |key: &str| helpers::nested_u64(data, "congestion", key);
 
-    // Left column: Forwarding + Discovery. Each section's values share a left
-    // edge via the kv_lines group helper.
+    // The node is an interface adapter between the local host stack and the
+    // mesh; the left column reads each side as a Transmitted/Received pair.
+    //
+    // Local Stack — traffic crossing the TUN / local-origination boundary:
+    // Transmitted is what the host injects into the mesh (originated), Received
+    // is what the mesh hands up to the host (delivered).
     let mut left = section(
-        "Forwarding",
+        "Local Stack",
         &[
+            (
+                "Transmitted",
+                fwd_value(data, "originated_packets", "originated_bytes"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "Received",
+                fwd_value(data, "delivered_packets", "delivered_bytes"),
+            ),
+        ],
+    );
+    left.push(Line::from(""));
+    // Mesh — traffic crossing the peer-link boundary: Transmitted is everything
+    // this node puts on the wire (originated + forwarded, derived), Received is
+    // the ingress aggregate from peers (own-delivered + transit + drops).
+    left.extend(section(
+        "Mesh",
+        &[
+            ("Transmitted", mesh_tx_value(data)),
             (
                 "Received",
                 fwd_value(data, "received_packets", "received_bytes"),
             ),
-            (
-                "Delivered",
-                fwd_value(data, "delivered_packets", "delivered_bytes"),
-            ),
-            (
-                "Forwarded",
-                fwd_value(data, "forwarded_packets", "forwarded_bytes"),
-            ),
-            (
-                "Originated",
-                fwd_value(data, "originated_packets", "originated_bytes"),
-            ),
-            (
-                "Decode Error",
-                fwd_value(data, "decode_error_packets", "decode_error_bytes"),
-            ),
-            (
-                "TTL Exhausted",
-                fwd_value(data, "ttl_exhausted_packets", "ttl_exhausted_bytes"),
-            ),
-            (
-                "No Route",
-                fwd_value(data, "drop_no_route_packets", "drop_no_route_bytes"),
-            ),
-            (
-                "MTU Exceeded",
-                fwd_value(data, "drop_mtu_exceeded_packets", "drop_mtu_exceeded_bytes"),
-            ),
-            (
-                "Send Error",
-                fwd_value(data, "drop_send_error_packets", "drop_send_error_bytes"),
-            ),
         ],
-    );
+    ));
     left.push(Line::from(""));
     left.extend(section(
         "Discovery Requests",
@@ -184,15 +203,89 @@ fn draw_routing_stats(
         ],
     ));
 
-    // Right column: Error Signals + Congestion
+    // Right column — "Forwarded" (transit / routed through this node).
+    // Forwarded total, then the route-class breakdown (a percentage partition
+    // of the total), then the transit-path drop reasons.
+    let fwd_total = fwd_count(data, "forwarded_packets");
     let mut right = section(
+        "Forwarded",
+        &[(
+            "Forwarded",
+            fwd_value(data, "forwarded_packets", "forwarded_bytes"),
+        )],
+    );
+    // Blank separator after the Forwarded total, matching the spacing between
+    // every other section pair; the total and its route-class breakdown read
+    // as two distinct groups.
+    right.push(Line::from(""));
+    // Route-class breakdown: a partition of Forwarded, each line annotated with
+    // its share of the total. Tree-down cross — the dive-to-tree-child
+    // cut-through — is the last class; Tree-down + Tree-down cross sum to the
+    // pre-split tree-down total.
+    right.extend(section(
+        "Route Class",
+        &[
+            (
+                "Direct Peer",
+                route_class_value(fwd_count(data, "route_direct_peer"), fwd_total),
+            ),
+            (
+                "Tree-down",
+                route_class_value(fwd_count(data, "route_tree_down"), fwd_total),
+            ),
+            (
+                "Tree-up",
+                route_class_value(fwd_count(data, "route_tree_up"), fwd_total),
+            ),
+            (
+                "Cross-link descend",
+                route_class_value(fwd_count(data, "route_crosslink_descend"), fwd_total),
+            ),
+            (
+                "Cross-link ascend",
+                route_class_value(fwd_count(data, "route_crosslink_ascend"), fwd_total),
+            ),
+            (
+                "Tree-down cross",
+                route_class_value(fwd_count(data, "route_tree_down_cross"), fwd_total),
+            ),
+        ],
+    ));
+    right.push(Line::from(""));
+    right.extend(section(
+        "Dropped",
+        &[
+            (
+                "No Route",
+                fwd_value(data, "drop_no_route_packets", "drop_no_route_bytes"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "TTL Exhausted",
+                fwd_value(data, "ttl_exhausted_packets", "ttl_exhausted_bytes"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "Decode Error",
+                fwd_value(data, "decode_error_packets", "decode_error_bytes"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "MTU Exceeded",
+                fwd_value(data, "drop_mtu_exceeded_packets", "drop_mtu_exceeded_bytes"),
+            ),
+            (
+                "Send Error",
+                fwd_value(data, "drop_send_error_packets", "drop_send_error_bytes"),
+            ),
+        ],
+    ));
+    right.push(Line::from(""));
+    right.extend(section(
         "Error Signals",
         &[
             ("Coords Required", err("coords_required")),
             ("Path Broken", err("path_broken")),
             ("MTU Exceeded", err("mtu_exceeded")),
         ],
-    );
+    ));
     right.push(Line::from(""));
     right.extend(section(
         "Congestion",
diff --git a/src/bin/fipstop/ui/snapshots.rs b/src/bin/fipstop/ui/snapshots.rs
index 7515311..2bfe1c0 100644
--- a/src/bin/fipstop/ui/snapshots.rs
+++ b/src/bin/fipstop/ui/snapshots.rs
@@ -1134,7 +1134,12 @@ fn routing_focused_pane_scrolls() {
     let mut app1 = app_with(Tab::Routing, data);
     app1.data.insert(Tab::Cache, json!({}));
     app1.focused_pane.insert(Tab::Routing, 2);
-    app1.scroll_offsets.insert((Tab::Routing, 2), 6);
+    // Congestion is the last section of the right ("Forwarded") column, below
+    // the route-class breakdown, Dropped, and Error Signals groups. The left
+    // column is the taller of the two, so scrolling fully to the bottom would
+    // over-scroll the right column past Congestion; this offset lands the
+    // Congestion region inside the short window instead.
+    app1.scroll_offsets.insert((Tab::Routing, 2), 24);
     let buf1 = testkit::render(100, 20, |frame, area| {
         super::routing::draw(frame, &app1, area);
     });
diff --git a/src/control/snapshots/show_routing.json b/src/control/snapshots/show_routing.json
index ac6e2a3..52c3f5a 100644
--- a/src/control/snapshots/show_routing.json
+++ b/src/control/snapshots/show_routing.json
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@
       "originated_packets": 0,
       "received_bytes": 0,
       "received_packets": 0,
+      "route_crosslink_ascend": 0,
+      "route_crosslink_descend": 0,
+      "route_direct_peer": 0,
+      "route_tree_down": 0,
+      "route_tree_down_cross": 0,
+      "route_tree_up": 0,
       "ttl_exhausted_bytes": 0,
       "ttl_exhausted_packets": 0
     },
diff --git a/src/control/snapshots/show_status.json b/src/control/snapshots/show_status.json
index ef1b811..a67008a 100644
--- a/src/control/snapshots/show_status.json
+++ b/src/control/snapshots/show_status.json
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
       "originated_packets": 0,
       "received_bytes": 0,
       "received_packets": 0,
+      "route_crosslink_ascend": 0,
+      "route_crosslink_descend": 0,
+      "route_direct_peer": 0,
+      "route_tree_down": 0,
+      "route_tree_down_cross": 0,
+      "route_tree_up": 0,
       "ttl_exhausted_bytes": 0,
       "ttl_exhausted_packets": 0
     },
diff --git a/src/node/handlers/forwarding.rs b/src/node/handlers/forwarding.rs
index 3e01778..8d6f060 100644
--- a/src/node/handlers/forwarding.rs
+++ b/src/node/handlers/forwarding.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ impl Node {
             }
         } else {
             self.metrics().forwarding.record_forwarded(encoded.len());
+            // Classify this transit forward by route class (partition of
+            // forwarded_packets). Done here, at the data-plane chokepoint, so
+            // the error-signal routing callers of find_next_hop are excluded.
+            let class = self.classify_forward(&datagram.dest_addr, &next_hop_addr);
+            self.metrics().forwarding.record_route_class(class);
             if outgoing_ce {
                 self.metrics().congestion.ce_forwarded.inc();
             }
diff --git a/src/node/metrics.rs b/src/node/metrics.rs
index b58de38..84f5ffc 100644
--- a/src/node/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/node/metrics.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,51 @@ pub struct ForwardingMetrics {
     pub drop_send_error_bytes: Counter,
     pub originated_packets: Counter,
     pub originated_bytes: Counter,
+    pub route_tree_up: Counter,
+    pub route_tree_down: Counter,
+    pub route_tree_down_cross: Counter,
+    pub route_crosslink_descend: Counter,
+    pub route_crosslink_ascend: Counter,
+    pub route_direct_peer: Counter,
+}
+
+/// Route class of a transit-forwarded packet, classified from tree
+/// coordinates at the forwarding decision point. The six variants
+/// partition `forwarded_packets` exactly.
+///
+/// Two variants are up-and-over forwards (destination not in the chosen
+/// peer's subtree); they differ in whether they depend on a child
+/// advertising cross-link reach *upward* to its parent:
+/// - `TreeDownCross`: the chosen peer is our tree descendant, but the
+///   destination is *not* in that child's subtree. The forward only fired
+///   because the child advertised cross-link reach upward to us, beyond its
+///   own subtree. If children advertised only their subtree upward, this
+///   forward would route up instead, so its count measures how much
+///   forwarding depends on the upward cross-link advertisement — the
+///   dive-to-tree-child cut-through.
+/// - `CrosslinkAscend`: the chosen peer is lateral (neither ancestor nor
+///   descendant) and the destination is not in its subtree. This is a node
+///   using its *own* cross-link, learned via the peer's split-horizon
+///   advertisement to its neighbors, so it does not depend on any upward
+///   advertisement. Tracked alongside `TreeDownCross` as the lateral
+///   up-and-over contrast.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum RouteClass {
+    /// Chosen peer is our ancestor (tree-up).
+    TreeUp,
+    /// Chosen peer is our descendant and dest is in its subtree (canonical
+    /// tree-down).
+    TreeDown,
+    /// Chosen peer is our descendant but dest is *not* in its subtree: the
+    /// dive-to-tree-child cut-through enabled by upward cross-link
+    /// advertisement.
+    TreeDownCross,
+    /// Chosen peer is lateral and dest is in its subtree (subtree entry).
+    CrosslinkDescend,
+    /// Chosen peer is lateral and dest is not in its subtree (up-and-over).
+    CrosslinkAscend,
+    /// Chosen peer is the destination itself (degenerate direct hop).
+    DirectPeer,
 }
 
 impl ForwardingMetrics {
@@ -112,6 +157,21 @@ impl ForwardingMetrics {
         self.originated_bytes.add(bytes as u64);
     }
 
+    /// Record the route class of a transit-forwarded packet. The five
+    /// classes partition `forwarded_packets`, so this is called exactly
+    /// once per `record_forwarded` (transit chokepoint only).
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn record_route_class(&self, class: RouteClass) {
+        match class {
+            RouteClass::TreeUp => self.route_tree_up.inc(),
+            RouteClass::TreeDown => self.route_tree_down.inc(),
+            RouteClass::TreeDownCross => self.route_tree_down_cross.inc(),
+            RouteClass::CrosslinkDescend => self.route_crosslink_descend.inc(),
+            RouteClass::CrosslinkAscend => self.route_crosslink_ascend.inc(),
+            RouteClass::DirectPeer => self.route_direct_peer.inc(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Mirror of `ForwardingStats::record_reject_bytes`: route a typed
     /// forwarding rejection of `bytes` payload to its packet and byte
     /// counters.
@@ -163,6 +223,12 @@ impl ForwardingMetrics {
             drop_send_error_bytes: self.drop_send_error_bytes.get(),
             originated_packets: self.originated_packets.get(),
             originated_bytes: self.originated_bytes.get(),
+            route_tree_up: self.route_tree_up.get(),
+            route_tree_down: self.route_tree_down.get(),
+            route_tree_down_cross: self.route_tree_down_cross.get(),
+            route_crosslink_descend: self.route_crosslink_descend.get(),
+            route_crosslink_ascend: self.route_crosslink_ascend.get(),
+            route_direct_peer: self.route_direct_peer.get(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/node/mod.rs b/src/node/mod.rs
index e9bb248..177c36c 100644
--- a/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -2666,6 +2666,86 @@ impl Node {
         self.peers.get(&next_hop_id).filter(|p| p.can_send())
     }
 
+    /// Classify a transit forward by route class from tree coordinates.
+    ///
+    /// Called at the transit chokepoint after `find_next_hop` returns a peer,
+    /// so the six classes partition `forwarded_packets` exactly. The branch
+    /// that `find_next_hop` took (bloom vs greedy-tree) is *not* the route
+    /// class: a peer can be selected by either, so the cut-through splits
+    /// (`TreeDownCross`, `CrosslinkAscend`) are decided here from coordinates,
+    /// not from which branch fired.
+    ///
+    /// Inputs: our coords (`tree_state.my_coords`), the chosen peer's coords
+    /// (`tree_state.peer_coords`), and the destination coords (re-read from the
+    /// coord cache, which `find_next_hop` just touched). Both the tree-down and
+    /// cross-link branches split on whether the destination is in the chosen
+    /// peer's subtree; when the dest coords are unavailable that test defaults
+    /// to "not in subtree", i.e. the up-and-over variant (`TreeDownCross` for a
+    /// descendant peer, `CrosslinkAscend` for a lateral one).
+    pub(crate) fn classify_forward(
+        &self,
+        dest: &NodeAddr,
+        chosen_peer: &NodeAddr,
+    ) -> metrics::RouteClass {
+        // Degenerate: the next hop is the destination itself (Branch 2).
+        if chosen_peer == dest {
+            return metrics::RouteClass::DirectPeer;
+        }
+
+        let my_addr = self.node_addr();
+        let my_coords = self.tree_state.my_coords();
+
+        // Tree-up: the chosen peer is our ancestor.
+        if my_coords.has_ancestor(chosen_peer) {
+            return metrics::RouteClass::TreeUp;
+        }
+
+        // Whether the destination is in the chosen peer's subtree. Both the
+        // tree-down and cross-link splits below turn on this same test, so it
+        // is computed once. On the live transit path the dest coords are
+        // always present here: `find_next_hop` looks them up with an early
+        // return, so a coord-cache miss yields no next hop to classify (the
+        // caller signals `CoordsRequired` instead of forwarding). The miss
+        // branch below is therefore defensive — reachable only by direct
+        // unit-test calls — and defaults the test to "not in subtree", i.e.
+        // the up-and-over variant of whichever branch fires (TreeDownCross for
+        // a descendant peer, CrosslinkAscend for a lateral one), matching the
+        // original cross-link default-to-ascend.
+        let now_ms = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .map(|d| d.as_millis() as u64)
+            .unwrap_or(0);
+        let dest_in_peer_subtree = self
+            .coord_cache
+            .get(dest, now_ms)
+            .is_some_and(|dest_coords| dest_coords.has_ancestor(chosen_peer));
+
+        // Tree-down: the chosen peer is our descendant (we are its ancestor).
+        // Split by subtree membership: a dest genuinely below the child is the
+        // canonical tree-down; a dest *not* below it means we only forwarded
+        // down because the child advertised cross-link reach upward, beyond its
+        // own subtree — the dive-to-tree-child cut-through (TreeDownCross).
+        if let Some(peer_coords) = self.tree_state.peer_coords(chosen_peer)
+            && peer_coords.has_ancestor(my_addr)
+        {
+            return if dest_in_peer_subtree {
+                metrics::RouteClass::TreeDown
+            } else {
+                metrics::RouteClass::TreeDownCross
+            };
+        }
+
+        // Cross-link (lateral): split by whether the destination is in the
+        // chosen peer's subtree. Descend = subtree entry; ascend = up-and-over
+        // via the node's own cross-link (learned from the peer's split-horizon
+        // advertisement, independent of any upward advertisement).
+        if dest_in_peer_subtree {
+            return metrics::RouteClass::CrosslinkDescend;
+        }
+
+        metrics::RouteClass::CrosslinkAscend
+    }
+
     /// Select the best peer from a set of bloom filter candidates.
     ///
     /// Uses distance from each candidate's tree coordinates to the destination
diff --git a/src/node/stats.rs b/src/node/stats.rs
index f6db420..2315ad9 100644
--- a/src/node/stats.rs
+++ b/src/node/stats.rs
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ pub struct ForwardingStatsSnapshot {
     pub drop_send_error_bytes: u64,
     pub originated_packets: u64,
     pub originated_bytes: u64,
+    pub route_tree_up: u64,
+    pub route_tree_down: u64,
+    pub route_tree_down_cross: u64,
+    pub route_crosslink_descend: u64,
+    pub route_crosslink_ascend: u64,
+    pub route_direct_peer: u64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize)]
diff --git a/src/node/tests/routing.rs b/src/node/tests/routing.rs
index 0fb4449..4143ed9 100644
--- a/src/node/tests/routing.rs
+++ b/src/node/tests/routing.rs
@@ -1110,3 +1110,226 @@ async fn test_routing_source_only_coords_100_nodes() {
 
     cleanup_nodes(&mut nodes).await;
 }
+
+// === Route-class classification (transit-forward partition) ===
+
+use crate::node::metrics::{ForwardingMetrics, RouteClass};
+
+/// Current epoch millis, matching the cache-insert idiom used above.
+fn now_ms() -> u64 {
+    std::time::SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .map(|d| d.as_millis() as u64)
+        .unwrap_or(0)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_classify_forward_tree_up() {
+    // my_coords = [me, parent, root]; the chosen peer is our parent (an
+    // ancestor in our path) → tree-up.
+    let mut node = make_node();
+    let me = *node.node_addr();
+    let parent = make_node_addr(10);
+    let root = make_node_addr(1);
+    node.tree_state_mut()
+        .set_my_coords_for_test(TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![me, parent, root]).unwrap());
+
+    // Destination somewhere above us; routed via the parent.
+    let dest = make_node_addr(50);
+    node.coord_cache_mut().insert(
+        dest,
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![dest, root]).unwrap(),
+        now_ms(),
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        node.classify_forward(&dest, &parent),
+        RouteClass::TreeUp,
+        "chosen peer is our ancestor"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_classify_forward_tree_down() {
+    // Chosen peer is our descendant: its coords name us as an ancestor.
+    let mut node = make_node();
+    let me = *node.node_addr();
+    let root = make_node_addr(1);
+    node.tree_state_mut()
+        .set_my_coords_for_test(TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![me, root]).unwrap());
+
+    let child = make_node_addr(20);
+    node.tree_state_mut().update_peer(
+        ParentDeclaration::new(child, me, 1, 1000),
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![child, me, root]).unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    // Destination below the child; routed down to it.
+    let dest = make_node_addr(60);
+    node.coord_cache_mut().insert(
+        dest,
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![dest, child, me, root]).unwrap(),
+        now_ms(),
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        node.classify_forward(&dest, &child),
+        RouteClass::TreeDown,
+        "chosen peer is our descendant, dest in its subtree"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_classify_forward_tree_down_cross() {
+    // Chosen peer is our descendant (a tree child), but the destination is NOT
+    // in that child's subtree: we are diving down to the child only because it
+    // advertised cross-link reach upward, beyond its own subtree. This is the
+    // dive-to-tree-child cut-through.
+    let mut node = make_node();
+    let me = *node.node_addr();
+    let root = make_node_addr(1);
+    node.tree_state_mut()
+        .set_my_coords_for_test(TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![me, root]).unwrap());
+
+    let child = make_node_addr(20);
+    node.tree_state_mut().update_peer(
+        ParentDeclaration::new(child, me, 1, 1000),
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![child, me, root]).unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    // Destination lives elsewhere (directly under root), NOT under the child;
+    // reachable from the child only via a cross-link.
+    let dest = make_node_addr(60);
+    node.coord_cache_mut().insert(
+        dest,
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![dest, root]).unwrap(),
+        now_ms(),
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        node.classify_forward(&dest, &child),
+        RouteClass::TreeDownCross,
+        "descendant peer, dest not in its subtree (dive-to-tree-child cut-through)"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_classify_forward_crosslink_descend() {
+    // Chosen peer is lateral (not in our path, we are not in its path) and the
+    // destination is inside the peer's subtree → cross-link descend.
+    let mut node = make_node();
+    let me = *node.node_addr();
+    let root = make_node_addr(1);
+    let sibling_parent = make_node_addr(2);
+    node.tree_state_mut()
+        .set_my_coords_for_test(TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![me, root]).unwrap());
+
+    let peer = make_node_addr(30);
+    node.tree_state_mut().update_peer(
+        ParentDeclaration::new(peer, sibling_parent, 1, 1000),
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![peer, sibling_parent, root]).unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    // Destination is under the cross-link peer.
+    let dest = make_node_addr(70);
+    node.coord_cache_mut().insert(
+        dest,
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![dest, peer, sibling_parent, root]).unwrap(),
+        now_ms(),
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        node.classify_forward(&dest, &peer),
+        RouteClass::CrosslinkDescend,
+        "lateral peer, dest in its subtree"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_classify_forward_crosslink_ascend() {
+    // Chosen peer is lateral and the destination is NOT in its subtree → the
+    // up-and-over case (the Bloom v2 behavior delta).
+    let mut node = make_node();
+    let me = *node.node_addr();
+    let root = make_node_addr(1);
+    let sibling_parent = make_node_addr(2);
+    node.tree_state_mut()
+        .set_my_coords_for_test(TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![me, root]).unwrap());
+
+    let peer = make_node_addr(40);
+    node.tree_state_mut().update_peer(
+        ParentDeclaration::new(peer, sibling_parent, 1, 1000),
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![peer, sibling_parent, root]).unwrap(),
+    );
+
+    // Destination lives elsewhere (under root directly), NOT under the peer.
+    let dest = make_node_addr(80);
+    node.coord_cache_mut().insert(
+        dest,
+        TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![dest, root]).unwrap(),
+        now_ms(),
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        node.classify_forward(&dest, &peer),
+        RouteClass::CrosslinkAscend,
+        "lateral peer, dest not in its subtree"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_classify_forward_direct_peer() {
+    // Degenerate case: the next hop is the destination itself.
+    let mut node = make_node();
+    let me = *node.node_addr();
+    let root = make_node_addr(1);
+    node.tree_state_mut()
+        .set_my_coords_for_test(TreeCoordinate::from_addrs(vec![me, root]).unwrap());
+
+    let dest = make_node_addr(90);
+    assert_eq!(
+        node.classify_forward(&dest, &dest),
+        RouteClass::DirectPeer,
+        "next hop is the destination"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_route_class_partition_sums_to_forwarded() {
+    // The six route classes partition forwarded_packets: bumping
+    // record_forwarded once per record_route_class keeps the sum of the class
+    // counters equal to forwarded_packets.
+    let m = ForwardingMetrics::default();
+    let classes = [
+        RouteClass::TreeUp,
+        RouteClass::TreeUp,
+        RouteClass::TreeDown,
+        RouteClass::TreeDownCross,
+        RouteClass::TreeDownCross,
+        RouteClass::CrosslinkDescend,
+        RouteClass::CrosslinkAscend,
+        RouteClass::CrosslinkAscend,
+        RouteClass::CrosslinkAscend,
+        RouteClass::DirectPeer,
+    ];
+    for &c in &classes {
+        m.record_forwarded(100);
+        m.record_route_class(c);
+    }
+
+    let snap = m.snapshot();
+    let class_sum = snap.route_tree_up
+        + snap.route_tree_down
+        + snap.route_tree_down_cross
+        + snap.route_crosslink_descend
+        + snap.route_crosslink_ascend
+        + snap.route_direct_peer;
+    assert_eq!(
+        class_sum, snap.forwarded_packets,
+        "route classes must partition forwarded_packets"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(snap.route_tree_up, 2);
+    assert_eq!(snap.route_tree_down_cross, 2);
+    assert_eq!(snap.route_crosslink_ascend, 3);
+    assert_eq!(snap.route_direct_peer, 1);
+}
diff --git a/src/tree/state.rs b/src/tree/state.rs
index 274db56..0641865 100644
--- a/src/tree/state.rs
+++ b/src/tree/state.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ impl TreeState {
         &self.my_coords
     }
 
+    /// Test-only override of this node's coordinates, bypassing the
+    /// parent/declaration state machine. Lets routing tests place the node at
+    /// an arbitrary tree position to exercise coordinate-based classification.
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn set_my_coords_for_test(&mut self, coords: TreeCoordinate) {
+        self.root = *coords.root_id();
+        self.my_coords = coords;
+    }
+
     /// Get the current root.
     pub fn root(&self) -> &NodeAddr {
         &self.root