diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/cache_controller.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/cache_controller.py
index 1b9cb50c9..407d4ce7c 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/cache_controller.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/cache_controller.py
@@ -1753,6 +1753,35 @@ class HiCacheController:
                     phys=rng(physical_chunks[-1]),
                     draft_host_idx=rng(draft_host_indices),
                 )
+                # MAKE-OR-BREAK reload invariant (the code above SKIPS this for
+                # perf): every page this rank reloads into must be owned by THIS
+                # rank, i.e. owner_for_logical_pages((loc)//page_size) == cp_rank.
+                # A nonzero bad_owner = alloc_pages_with_owners/padding produced a
+                # per-page owner permutation -> this rank loads its host bytes into
+                # pages owned by another rank -> attention reads garbage (the
+                # aggregate byte-hash can't see this).
+                try:
+                    _lay = self.cp_shared_kv_layout
+                    _ps = int(getattr(_lay, "page_size", getattr(self, "page_size", 0)))
+                    if _ps > 0:
+                        _pages = selected_logical_locs // _ps
+                        _own = _lay.owner_for_logical_pages(_pages)
+                        _bad = int((_own != _lay.cp_rank).sum().item())
+                        cptrace(
+                            1,
+                            "owner_check",
+                            node_id=getattr(node, "id", -1),
+                            cprank=_lay.cp_rank,
+                            owned=int(owned_positions.numel()),
+                            bad_owner=_bad,
+                            valid_len=valid_len,
+                            padded_len=padded_len,
+                            tail_pad=padded_len - valid_len,
+                            pages=rng(_pages),
+                            owners=rng(_own),
+                        )
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
         record_stage("build_chunks")
 
         visible_device_indices = (