diff --git a/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/src/coherence_gate.rs b/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/src/coherence_gate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3f2bf9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/src/coherence_gate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+//! Stateful coherence gate with hysteresis + debounce. ADR-121 §2.4 + §2.5.
+//!
+//! Wraps the stateless [`crate::identity_risk::GateAction::from_score`] band
+//! classifier with two stabilizing mechanisms:
+//!
+//! - **Hysteresis (±0.05)** — a score must clear the current band's edge by
+//!   `HYSTERESIS` before the gate considers the next band.
+//! - **Debounce (5 seconds)** — once a different action is "pending", it must
+//!   persist for `DEBOUNCE_NS` of wall time before it becomes the current
+//!   action. Returning to the current band cancels the pending action.
+//!
+//! Together these prevent the gate from flapping when the risk score
+//! oscillates near a boundary or spikes briefly on a single bad frame.
+
+use crate::identity_risk::{
+    GateAction, PREDICT_ONLY_THRESHOLD, RECALIBRATE_THRESHOLD, REJECT_THRESHOLD,
+};
+
+/// Symmetric hysteresis band applied to every action boundary.
+pub const HYSTERESIS: f32 = 0.05;
+
+/// Pending action must persist this long (in nanoseconds) before promotion.
+pub const DEBOUNCE_NS: u64 = 5_000_000_000;
+
+/// Stateful gate. Construct with `CoherenceGate::new()` and call
+/// `evaluate(score, timestamp_ns)` per frame to obtain the active action.
+pub struct CoherenceGate {
+    current: GateAction,
+    pending: Option<(GateAction, u64)>,
+}
+
+impl CoherenceGate {
+    /// Build a fresh gate, starting in [`GateAction::Accept`] with no pending
+    /// transition.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            current: GateAction::Accept,
+            pending: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Current published action — does **not** advance any state.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn current(&self) -> GateAction {
+        self.current
+    }
+
+    /// Pending action (if any) — useful for diagnostics / dashboards.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn pending(&self) -> Option<GateAction> {
+        match self.pending {
+            Some((a, _)) => Some(a),
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Drive the gate with a fresh score reading and a monotonic timestamp.
+    /// Returns the currently-active action after the update.
+    pub fn evaluate(&mut self, score: f32, timestamp_ns: u64) -> GateAction {
+        let target = effective_target(score, self.current);
+        if target == self.current {
+            // Score is back inside (or never left) the current band's hysteresis
+            // envelope. Cancel any pending transition.
+            self.pending = None;
+            return self.current;
+        }
+        match self.pending {
+            Some((pending, since)) if pending == target => {
+                // Same target as before — check whether debounce has elapsed.
+                if timestamp_ns.saturating_sub(since) >= DEBOUNCE_NS {
+                    self.current = target;
+                    self.pending = None;
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {
+                // Either no pending, or pending differs from current target.
+                self.pending = Some((target, timestamp_ns));
+            }
+        }
+        self.current
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for CoherenceGate {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+fn effective_target(score: f32, current: GateAction) -> GateAction {
+    let raw = GateAction::from_score(score);
+    if raw == current {
+        return current;
+    }
+    if action_idx(raw) > action_idx(current) {
+        // Crossing upward — score must clear current's upper edge + HYSTERESIS.
+        if score >= upper_edge_of(current) + HYSTERESIS {
+            raw
+        } else {
+            current
+        }
+    } else {
+        // Crossing downward — score must fall below current's lower edge - HYSTERESIS.
+        if score < lower_edge_of(current) - HYSTERESIS {
+            raw
+        } else {
+            current
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const fn action_idx(a: GateAction) -> u8 {
+    match a {
+        GateAction::Accept => 0,
+        GateAction::PredictOnly => 1,
+        GateAction::Reject => 2,
+        GateAction::Recalibrate => 3,
+    }
+}
+
+fn upper_edge_of(a: GateAction) -> f32 {
+    match a {
+        GateAction::Accept => PREDICT_ONLY_THRESHOLD,
+        GateAction::PredictOnly => REJECT_THRESHOLD,
+        GateAction::Reject => RECALIBRATE_THRESHOLD,
+        GateAction::Recalibrate => f32::INFINITY,
+    }
+}
+
+fn lower_edge_of(a: GateAction) -> f32 {
+    match a {
+        GateAction::Accept => f32::NEG_INFINITY,
+        GateAction::PredictOnly => PREDICT_ONLY_THRESHOLD,
+        GateAction::Reject => REJECT_THRESHOLD,
+        GateAction::Recalibrate => RECALIBRATE_THRESHOLD,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/src/lib.rs b/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/src/lib.rs
index c19226f6..e3bd6baf 100644
--- a/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/src/lib.rs
+++ b/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 
+pub mod coherence_gate;
 pub mod embedding;
 pub mod embedding_ring;
 pub mod frame;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ pub mod payload;
 pub mod privacy_gate;
 pub mod sink;
 
+pub use coherence_gate::CoherenceGate;
 pub use embedding::{IdentityEmbedding, EMBEDDING_DIM};
 pub use embedding_ring::{EmbeddingRing, RING_CAPACITY};
 pub use identity_risk::{score as identity_risk_score, GateAction};
diff --git a/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/tests/coherence_gate.rs b/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/tests/coherence_gate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..009b910a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/crates/wifi-densepose-bfld/tests/coherence_gate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+//! Acceptance tests for ADR-121 §2.5 — `CoherenceGate` hysteresis + debounce.
+
+use wifi_densepose_bfld::coherence_gate::{DEBOUNCE_NS, HYSTERESIS};
+use wifi_densepose_bfld::{CoherenceGate, GateAction};
+
+#[test]
+fn fresh_gate_starts_in_accept_with_no_pending() {
+    let g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    assert_eq!(g.current(), GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn low_score_stays_in_accept_with_no_pending() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.3, 0);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn score_just_past_boundary_but_within_hysteresis_does_not_pend() {
+    // current = Accept, upper edge = 0.5, hysteresis = 0.05 → need >= 0.55 to start pending.
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.52, 0);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None, "0.52 must not start a pending transition");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn score_clearly_past_hysteresis_starts_pending() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.6, 0);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept, "still Accept until debounce elapses");
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), Some(GateAction::PredictOnly));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn pending_action_promotes_after_full_debounce() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    g.evaluate(0.6, 0);
+    assert_eq!(g.current(), GateAction::Accept);
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.6, DEBOUNCE_NS);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::PredictOnly);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn pending_action_does_not_promote_before_debounce() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    g.evaluate(0.6, 0);
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.6, DEBOUNCE_NS - 1);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), Some(GateAction::PredictOnly));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn returning_to_current_band_cancels_pending() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    g.evaluate(0.6, 0); // pending PredictOnly
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.4, 1_000_000_000); // 1s later, back in Accept band
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None, "returning to current band cancels pending");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn changing_pending_target_resets_the_debounce_clock() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    g.evaluate(0.6, 0); // pending PredictOnly at t=0
+    g.evaluate(0.95, 1_000_000_000); // pending Recalibrate at t=1s (clock reset)
+    // At t=1s + DEBOUNCE_NS - 1, still not promoted (Recalibrate pending since 1s)
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.95, 1_000_000_000 + DEBOUNCE_NS - 1);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    // At t=1s + DEBOUNCE_NS, promoted to Recalibrate
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.95, 1_000_000_000 + DEBOUNCE_NS);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Recalibrate);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn downward_transitions_also_require_hysteresis() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    // Force gate into PredictOnly state.
+    g.evaluate(0.6, 0);
+    g.evaluate(0.6, DEBOUNCE_NS);
+    assert_eq!(g.current(), GateAction::PredictOnly);
+
+    // 0.48 is below 0.5 but only by 0.02 — within hysteresis envelope.
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.48, 2 * DEBOUNCE_NS);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::PredictOnly);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None, "0.48 is within downward hysteresis");
+
+    // 0.44 is below 0.5 - 0.05 = 0.45 → starts pending Accept.
+    g.evaluate(0.44, 3 * DEBOUNCE_NS);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), Some(GateAction::Accept));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn spike_to_one_then_back_to_zero_never_promotes_to_recalibrate() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    g.evaluate(1.0, 0); // pending Recalibrate at t=0
+    // 1 second later score is back to 0 — cancel pending.
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.0, 1_000_000_000);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None);
+    // Even waiting longer, the gate stays in Accept.
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.0, 100 * DEBOUNCE_NS);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn boundary_value_with_hysteresis_does_not_promote() {
+    // Edge: current=Accept, score = upper_edge + HYSTERESIS - epsilon (just below).
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.5 + HYSTERESIS - 0.0001, 0);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn boundary_value_at_hysteresis_exact_does_pend() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    let out = g.evaluate(0.5 + HYSTERESIS, 0);
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), Some(GateAction::PredictOnly));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn nan_score_stays_in_current_action_with_no_pending() {
+    let mut g = CoherenceGate::new();
+    let out = g.evaluate(f32::NAN, 0);
+    // NaN maps to Accept via from_score; gate stays in Accept and clears pending.
+    assert_eq!(out, GateAction::Accept);
+    assert_eq!(g.pending(), None);
+}