diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily_trading_bot.yml b/.github/workflows/daily_trading_bot.yml
index 7d92e8e..38ff566 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily_trading_bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily_trading_bot.yml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
       - name: Validate Cerebrium primary configuration
-        id: validate_cerebrium_config
+        id: validate_cerebrium_primary_config
         if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) }}
         run: |
           configured_inference_url="${CEREBRIUM_INFERENCE_URL}"
@@ -262,35 +262,13 @@ jobs:
           python -c 'import json, os, pathlib; payload={"runtime_mode": os.environ["runtime_mode"], "selected_backend": os.environ["selected_backend"], "selected_compute_name": "", "selected_disk_gb": 0, "reason": os.environ["reason"], "preflight": {"router_policy": "cerebrium_primary_then_distilled"}}; pathlib.Path("results/ai_runtime_plan.json").write_text(json.dumps(payload, indent=2)+"\n", encoding="utf-8"); print(json.dumps(payload, indent=2))'
           cat results/ai_runtime_plan.json
 
-
-      - name: Validate Cerebrium primary configuration
-        id: validate_cerebrium_config
+      - name: Emit AI runtime decision
         if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) }}
         run: |
-          configured_inference_url="${CEREBRIUM_INFERENCE_URL}"
-          if [ -z "${configured_inference_url}" ]; then
-            configured_inference_url="${CEREBRIUM_TRAINED_MODEL_URL}"
-          fi
-          if [ -z "${configured_inference_url}" ]; then
-            configured_inference_url="${TRAINED_MODEL_INFERENCE_URL}"
-          fi
-          if [ -n "${configured_inference_url}" ]; then
-            echo "has_inference_url=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "inference_url_source=configured"
-          else
-            echo "has_inference_url=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "inference_url_source=missing"
-            echo "AI primary inference URL is missing across CEREBRIUM_INFERENCE_URL/CEREBRIUM_TRAINED_MODEL_URL/TRAINED_MODEL_INFERENCE_URL" >&2
-          fi
-          {
-            echo "runtime_mode=${runtime_mode}"
-            echo "selected_backend=${selected_backend}"
-            echo "selected_compute_name="
-            echo "selected_disk_gb=0"
-            echo "reason=${reason}"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          python -c 'import json, os, pathlib; payload={"runtime_mode": os.environ["runtime_mode"], "selected_backend": os.environ["selected_backend"], "selected_compute_name": "", "selected_disk_gb": 0, "reason": os.environ["reason"], "preflight": {"router_policy": "cerebrium_primary_then_distilled"}}; pathlib.Path("results/ai_runtime_plan.json").write_text(json.dumps(payload, indent=2)+"\n", encoding="utf-8"); print(json.dumps(payload, indent=2))'
-          cat results/ai_runtime_plan.json
+          echo "AI runtime mode: ${{ steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode }}"
+          echo "AI backend: ${{ steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.selected_backend }}"
+          echo "AI reason: ${{ steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.reason }}"
+          echo "AI inference URL configured: ${{ steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url }}"
 
       - name: Emit AI runtime decision
         if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) }}
@@ -306,11 +284,11 @@ jobs:
           echo "AI runtime mode: ${{ steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode }}"
           echo "AI backend: ${{ steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.selected_backend }}"
           echo "AI reason: ${{ steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.reason }}"
-          echo "AI inference URL configured: ${{ steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url }}"
+          echo "AI inference URL configured: ${{ steps.validate_cerebrium_primary_config.outputs.has_inference_url }}"
 
       - name: Warm Cerebrium inference app
         id: warm_cerebrium_inference
-        if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_primary_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         timeout-minutes: 45
         env:
@@ -331,7 +309,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Verify Cerebrium predict endpoint
         id: verify_cerebrium_predict
-        if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_primary_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         timeout-minutes: 3
         env:
@@ -392,7 +370,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run AI Trading Bot on Cerebrium
         id: run_ai_bot_cerebrium
-        if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' && steps.verify_cerebrium_predict.outcome == 'success' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_primary_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' && steps.verify_cerebrium_predict.outcome == 'success' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         timeout-minutes: 90
         env:
@@ -421,6 +399,37 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python main.py daily_job
 
+      - name: Run AI Trading Bot on Cerebrium (Retry)
+        id: run_ai_bot_cerebrium_retry
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_primary_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' && steps.verify_cerebrium_predict.outcome == 'success' && steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium.outcome == 'failure' }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+        timeout-minutes: 90
+        env:
+          SMTP_SERVER: ${{ secrets.SMTP_SERVER }}
+          SMTP_PORT: ${{ secrets.SMTP_PORT }}
+          SENDER_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.SENDER_EMAIL }}
+          SENDER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SENDER_PASSWORD }}
+          RECIPIENT_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.RECIPIENT_EMAIL }}
+          CEREBRIUM_INFERENCE_URL: ${{ secrets.CEREBRIUM_INFERENCE_URL }}
+          CEREBRIUM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CEREBRIUM_API_KEY || secrets.TRAINED_MODEL_API_KEY }}
+          TRAINED_MODEL_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.TRAINED_MODEL_API_KEY }}
+          TWELVEDATA_API_KEYS: ${{ secrets.TWELVEDATA_API_KEYS }}
+          ARM_LIVE_TRADING: ${{ secrets.ARM_LIVE_TRADING }}
+          LOG_LEVEL: ${{ secrets.LOG_LEVEL }}
+          DISABLE_CORE_TRADING: "1"
+          AI_RUNTIME_MODE: "full"
+          AI_PRIMARY_BACKEND: "cerebrium"
+          AI_ROUTER_REASON: "cerebrium_retry_after_failure"
+          AI_PROMPT_CANDIDATES_LIMIT: "200"
+          TRAINED_MODEL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: "600"
+          TRAINED_MODEL_READY_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: "1800"
+          TRAINED_MODEL_READY_POLL_SECONDS: "20"
+          TRAINED_MODEL_MAX_RETRIES: "2"
+          TRAINED_MODEL_BACKOFF_SECONDS: "10"
+          TRAINED_MODEL_BATCH_SIZE: "4"
+        run: |
+          python main.py daily_job
+
       - name: Run AI Trading Bot on Cerebrium (Retry)
         id: run_ai_bot_cerebrium_retry
         if: ${{ always() && steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' && steps.verify_cerebrium_predict.outcome == 'success' && steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium.outcome == 'failure' }}
@@ -520,7 +529,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run AI Trading Bot (Distilled Local Fallback)
         id: run_ai_bot_distilled_local
-        if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && (steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'distilled_local' || (steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' && (steps.warm_cerebrium_inference.outcome == 'failure' || steps.verify_cerebrium_predict.outcome == 'failure' || (steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium_retry.outcome != 'success'))) || (steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'lightning_full' && (steps.launch_lightning_inference.outcome == 'failure' || steps.run_ai_bot_in_lightning_studio.outcome == 'failure'))) }}
+        if: ${{ steps.install_base_dependencies.outcome == 'success' && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && (steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'distilled_local' || (steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_primary_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' && (steps.warm_cerebrium_inference.outcome == 'failure' || steps.verify_cerebrium_predict.outcome == 'failure' || (steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium_retry.outcome != 'success'))) || (steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'lightning_full' && (steps.launch_lightning_inference.outcome == 'failure' || steps.run_ai_bot_in_lightning_studio.outcome == 'failure'))) }}
         continue-on-error: true
         timeout-minutes: 60
         env:
@@ -535,7 +544,7 @@ jobs:
           LOG_LEVEL: ${{ secrets.LOG_LEVEL }}
           DISABLE_CORE_TRADING: "1"
           AI_RUNTIME_MODE: "distilled_local"
-          AI_ROUTER_REASON: ${{ steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' && 'distilled_after_cerebrium_failure' || (steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'lightning_full' && 'distilled_after_lightning_failure' || steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.reason) }}
+          AI_ROUTER_REASON: ${{ steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_primary_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true' && 'distilled_after_cerebrium_failure' || (steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'lightning_full' && 'distilled_after_lightning_failure' || steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.reason) }}
         run: |
           python quant_platform/scripts/prepare_ai_only_retry.py --results-dir results
           python main.py daily_job
@@ -565,7 +574,7 @@ jobs:
           python main.py daily_job
 
       - name: Send AI Failure Report
-        if: ${{ always() && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && (((steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true') && (steps.warm_cerebrium_inference.outcome == 'failure' || steps.verify_cerebrium_predict.outcome == 'failure' || (steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium_retry.outcome != 'success')) && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_local.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_emergency_retry.outcome != 'success') || ((steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'lightning_full') && (steps.launch_lightning_inference.outcome == 'failure' || steps.run_ai_bot_in_lightning_studio.outcome == 'failure') && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_local.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_emergency_retry.outcome != 'success') || ((steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'distilled_local') && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_local.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_emergency_retry.outcome != 'success')) }}
+        if: ${{ always() && !(github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.run_in_lightning_studio) && ((github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !inputs.disable_ai_trading)) && (((steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'cerebrium_full' && steps.validate_cerebrium_primary_config.outputs.has_inference_url == 'true') && (steps.warm_cerebrium_inference.outcome == 'failure' || steps.verify_cerebrium_predict.outcome == 'failure' || (steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_cerebrium_retry.outcome != 'success')) && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_local.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_emergency_retry.outcome != 'success') || ((steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'lightning_full') && (steps.launch_lightning_inference.outcome == 'failure' || steps.run_ai_bot_in_lightning_studio.outcome == 'failure') && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_local.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_emergency_retry.outcome != 'success') || ((steps.plan_ai_runtime.outputs.runtime_mode == 'distilled_local') && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_local.outcome == 'failure' && steps.run_ai_bot_distilled_emergency_retry.outcome != 'success')) }}
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
           SMTP_SERVER: ${{ secrets.SMTP_SERVER }}