diff --git a/src/node/handlers/discovery.rs b/src/node/handlers/discovery.rs
index 9a66477..3df02a6 100644
--- a/src/node/handlers/discovery.rs
+++ b/src/node/handlers/discovery.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 use crate::node::Node;
 use crate::node::reject::DiscoveryReject;
-use crate::proto::discovery::{DiscoveryAction, LookupRequest, LookupResponse};
+use crate::proto::discovery::{
+    DiscoveryAction, LookupRequest, LookupResponse, MAX_RECENT_DISCOVERY_REQUESTS,
+};
 use crate::transport::{TransportAddr, TransportId};
 use crate::{NodeAddr, PeerIdentity};
 use tracing::{debug, info, trace, warn};
 
-const MAX_RECENT_DISCOVERY_REQUESTS: usize = 4096;
-
 /// Shell adapter exposing the live routing tables to the sans-IO discovery
 /// core's `RoutingView` read seam. Lives in `node` so it can read `Node`'s
 /// private `peers` map and call the crate-private tree/bloom predicates.
@@ -483,7 +483,11 @@ impl Node {
 
         let origin = *self.node_addr();
         let origin_coords = self.tree_state().my_coords().clone();
-        let request = LookupRequest::generate(*target, origin, origin_coords, ttl, 0);
+        let request_id = {
+            use rand::RngExt;
+            rand::rng().random()
+        };
+        let request = LookupRequest::new(request_id, *target, origin, origin_coords, ttl, 0);
 
         // Tree-peer bloom-match selection + single encode live in the sans-IO
         // core. The core keeps the tree-only (no non-tree fallback) behavior;
diff --git a/src/node/tests/discovery.rs b/src/node/tests/discovery.rs
index 7d823c8..21eb6fd 100644
--- a/src/node/tests/discovery.rs
+++ b/src/node/tests/discovery.rs
@@ -1022,11 +1022,11 @@ async fn test_open_discovery_sweep_queues_eligible_skips_filtered() {
 ///      (t=1100ms, 3100ms, 7100ms) and unreachable at t=15100ms.
 ///   2. **Fresh `initiate_lookup` per attempt** — `req_initiated` counter
 ///      increments by exactly one on each retry. The actual `request_id`
-///      is generated by `LookupRequest::generate(...)` via `rand::random()`
-///      inside `initiate_lookup` and is not stored on the originator
-///      side, so per-attempt freshness is verified indirectly: each
-///      `req_initiated` increment corresponds to one fresh
-///      `LookupRequest::generate` call.
+///      is drawn via `rand::rng().random()` at the shell inside
+///      `initiate_lookup` and passed to `LookupRequest::new(...)`; it is
+///      not stored on the originator side, so per-attempt freshness is
+///      verified indirectly: each `req_initiated` increment corresponds
+///      to one fresh `initiate_lookup` call.
 ///   3. **Final-timeout state transitions** — `pending_lookups` entry is
 ///      removed, `discovery.resp_timed_out` counter ticks, queued packet
 ///      is drained, and an ICMPv6 Destination Unreachable frame is
diff --git a/src/proto/discovery/limits.rs b/src/proto/discovery/limits.rs
index aed6cf6..c3e9dc6 100644
--- a/src/proto/discovery/limits.rs
+++ b/src/proto/discovery/limits.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 use crate::NodeAddr;
 use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
 
+// ============================================================================
+// Receive-side: Request dedup cache bound
+// ============================================================================
+
+/// Maximum number of recent LookupRequests retained for dedup and
+/// reverse-path routing before the cache is treated as full.
+pub(crate) const MAX_RECENT_DISCOVERY_REQUESTS: usize = 4096;
+
 // ============================================================================
 // Originator-side: Discovery Backoff
 // ============================================================================
diff --git a/src/proto/discovery/mod.rs b/src/proto/discovery/mod.rs
index f3c68cd..883b85e 100644
--- a/src/proto/discovery/mod.rs
+++ b/src/proto/discovery/mod.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ pub(crate) use core::{
     initiate_gate, on_response_accepted, plan_forward, plan_initiate, plan_response_route,
     poll_pending,
 };
-pub(crate) use limits::{DiscoveryBackoff, DiscoveryForwardRateLimiter};
+pub(crate) use limits::{
+    DiscoveryBackoff, DiscoveryForwardRateLimiter, MAX_RECENT_DISCOVERY_REQUESTS,
+};
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use state::RecentRequest;
 pub(crate) use state::{Discovery, PendingLookup};
diff --git a/src/proto/discovery/tests/wire.rs b/src/proto/discovery/tests/wire.rs
index 12e0092..29f5dc1 100644
--- a/src/proto/discovery/tests/wire.rs
+++ b/src/proto/discovery/tests/wire.rs
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ fn test_lookup_request_generate() {
     let origin = make_node_addr(2);
     let coords = make_coords(&[2, 0]);
 
-    let req1 = LookupRequest::generate(target, origin, coords.clone(), 5, 0);
-    let req2 = LookupRequest::generate(target, origin, coords, 5, 0);
+    use rand::RngExt;
+    let req1 = LookupRequest::new(rand::rng().random(), target, origin, coords.clone(), 5, 0);
+    let req2 = LookupRequest::new(rand::rng().random(), target, origin, coords, 5, 0);
 
     // Random IDs should differ
     assert_ne!(req1.request_id, req2.request_id);
diff --git a/src/proto/discovery/wire.rs b/src/proto/discovery/wire.rs
index de7a80a..e61806c 100644
--- a/src/proto/discovery/wire.rs
+++ b/src/proto/discovery/wire.rs
@@ -48,19 +48,6 @@ impl LookupRequest {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Generate a new request with a random ID.
-    pub fn generate(
-        target: NodeAddr,
-        origin: NodeAddr,
-        origin_coords: TreeCoordinate,
-        ttl: u8,
-        min_mtu: u16,
-    ) -> Self {
-        use rand::RngExt;
-        let request_id = rand::rng().random();
-        Self::new(request_id, target, origin, origin_coords, ttl, min_mtu)
-    }
-
     /// Decrement TTL for forwarding.
     ///
     /// Returns false if TTL was already 0.