diff --git a/include/vllm/multimodal/speech_engine.h b/include/vllm/multimodal/speech_engine.h
index c3ee44b5c..6a4b2bf13 100644
--- a/include/vllm/multimodal/speech_engine.h
+++ b/include/vllm/multimodal/speech_engine.h
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ class SpeechEngine {
   // is held through a `unique_ptr` or a `shared_ptr` everywhere in this tree, and
   // a future copy would be a second engine sharing one lock's worth of nothing.
   // A compile error at the seam is the right place to learn that.
-  SpeechEngine(const SpeechEngine&) = default;
-  SpeechEngine& operator=(const SpeechEngine&) = default;
-  SpeechEngine(SpeechEngine&&) = default;
-  SpeechEngine& operator=(SpeechEngine&&) = default;
+  SpeechEngine(const SpeechEngine&) = delete;
+  SpeechEngine& operator=(const SpeechEngine&) = delete;
+  SpeechEngine(SpeechEngine&&) = delete;
+  SpeechEngine& operator=(SpeechEngine&&) = delete;
 
  private:
   std::mutex synthesize_mutex_;
diff --git a/scripts/build-windows-release.ps1 b/scripts/build-windows-release.ps1
index 7a2c49cf8..73e7a1668 100644
--- a/scripts/build-windows-release.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build-windows-release.ps1
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ function Invoke-CrtAudit {
           [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Server,
           [scriptblock]$DumpbinRunner = {
               param([string]$Mode, [string]$Path)
-              $output = & dumpbin $Mode $Path 2>&1
+              $output = & dumpbin /nologo $Mode $Path
               if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
                   throw "dumpbin $Mode failed for $Path with status $LASTEXITCODE"
               }
@@ -749,6 +749,30 @@ foreach ($name in @("SOURCE_SHA", "VERSION", "EVIDENCE_URL", "SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
     }
 }
 
+# The Visual Studio cmake generator finds cl.exe internally, but dumpbin
+# is called directly by the CRT audit (line 845) and the PE inspection
+# (line 935).  It is not on PATH by default on windows-2022 runners, so
+# locate it via vswhere and prepend its directory.
+$vswhere = Join-Path ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} "Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe"
+if (Test-Path $vswhere) {
+    $vsInstall = & $vswhere -latest -property installationPath
+    if ($vsInstall) {
+        $msvcRoot = Join-Path $vsInstall "VC\Tools\MSVC"
+        if (Test-Path $msvcRoot) {
+            $dumpbinDir = Get-ChildItem -Path $msvcRoot -Directory |
+                Sort-Object Name -Descending | Select-Object -First 1 |
+                ForEach-Object { Join-Path $_.FullName "bin\Hostx64\x64" }
+            if ($dumpbinDir -and (Test-Path (Join-Path $dumpbinDir "dumpbin.exe"))) {
+                $env:PATH = "$dumpbinDir;$env:PATH"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (-not (Get-Command dumpbin -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    throw "dumpbin.exe not found on PATH; CRT audit and PE inspection cannot run"
+}
+
 if (-not (Test-Path (Join-Path $SmokeModel "config.json"))) {
     throw "Windows runtime smoke model is incomplete: $SmokeModel"
 }
@@ -932,11 +956,11 @@ $absent = @{
     }
 } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 8 | Set-Content -LiteralPath $tierReport -Encoding utf8NoBOM
 
-$headerOutput = @(& dumpbin /nologo /headers $server 2>&1)
+$headerOutput = @(& dumpbin /nologo /headers $server)
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "dumpbin /headers failed" }
-$dependentOutput = @(& dumpbin /nologo /dependents $server 2>&1)
+$dependentOutput = @(& dumpbin /nologo /dependents $server)
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "dumpbin /dependents failed" }
-$rawOutput = @(& dumpbin /nologo /rawdata $server 2>&1)
+$rawOutput = @(& dumpbin /nologo /rawdata $server)
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "dumpbin /rawdata failed" }
 $machine = if (($headerOutput -join "`n") -match '(?im)^\s*(8664)\s+machine') { $Matches[1] } else { "" }
 $imports = @(
@@ -954,7 +978,10 @@ $debugPaths = @(
     imports = $imports; debug_paths = $debugPaths
 } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 4 | Set-Content -LiteralPath $peReport -Encoding utf8NoBOM
 
+$savedEAP = $ErrorActionPreference
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue'
 $compiler = (& cl 2>&1 | Select-Object -First 1) -join ""
+$ErrorActionPreference = $savedEAP
 $toolsetVersion = if ($env:VCToolsVersion) { $env:VCToolsVersion.TrimEnd('\') } else { throw "VCToolsVersion is required" }
 $ucrtVersion = if ($env:UCRTVersion) { $env:UCRTVersion.TrimEnd('\') } else { throw "UCRTVersion is required" }
 $abiVersion = ($toolsetVersion -split '\.')[0..1] -join '.'
diff --git a/src/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4_moe.cpp b/src/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4_moe.cpp
index 221e571ee..1b27944ac 100644
--- a/src/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4_moe.cpp
+++ b/src/vllm/model_executor/models/gemma4_moe.cpp
@@ -1640,6 +1640,15 @@ Gemma4MoeScratch RunGemma4Moe(vt::Queue& q, const Gemma4MoeLayerWeights& moe,
           ExpertGeGLUFp8Native(d, ysum, xin.t(), fex.dev_fp8_gu, fex.dev_s_gu, fex.dev_fp8_dn,
                                fex.dev_s_dn, I, H, esc, ww, beta);
           fused_mix = true;
+        } else {
+          EnsureGemma4Fp8ExpertCached(fex, I, H);
+          if (!fex.cached_gu.empty() && !fex.cached_dn.empty()) {
+            ExpertGeGLUHost(d, y, xin.t(), fex.cached_gu.data(), fex.cached_dn.data(), I, H, esc,
+                            &fex);
+          } else {
+            DequantGemma4Fp8ExpertToBf16Ephemeral(fex, I, H, gu_tmp.data(), dn_tmp.data());
+            ExpertGeGLUHost(d, y, xin.t(), gu_tmp.data(), dn_tmp.data(), I, H, esc, &fex);
+          }
         }
       } else if (need_peer_sc && gu_sc && dn_sc) {
         if (PeerCopyGemma4ExpertSlice(ex.dev_id, ex.gate_up_dev, ex.down_dev, e, I, H,
diff --git a/src/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.cpp b/src/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.cpp
index d241ca84d..925825d1b 100644
--- a/src/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.cpp
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ int64_t host_available_memory_bytes() {
   //
   // Returns 0 when unreadable; callers treat 0 as "unknown" and do not refuse,
   // because an unknown budget must not become a false refusal.
-  std::FILE* f = std::fopen("/proc/meminfo", "re");
+  std::FILE* f = std::fopen("/proc/meminfo", "r");
   if (f == nullptr) return 0;
   char line[256];
   int64_t kb = 0;
diff --git a/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem.cpp b/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem.cpp
index 26dec8576..8e9bced8a 100644
--- a/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem.cpp
+++ b/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void Bt16Portable(const float* af, const void* bv, int64_t k, float* acc) {
   for (int64_t p = 0; p < k; ++p) {
     const float av = af[p];
     for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
-      s[l] += av * E::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p]);
+      s[l] += av * E::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename E::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p));
     }
   }
   for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) acc[l] = s[l];
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void Bt16Neon(const float* af, const void* bv, int64_t k, float* acc) {
   for (; p < k; ++p) {  // K tail, still in p order per lane
     const float av = af[p];
     for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
-      acc[l] += av * E::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p]);
+      acc[l] += av * E::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename E::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p));
     }
   }
 }
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void BtM4Neon(const float* af, int64_t a_stride, const void* bv, int64_t k, floa
     for (int r = 0; r < kMrNeon; ++r) {
       const float av = af[r * a_stride + pt];
       for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
-        acc[r * kElemLanes + l] += av * E::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + pt]);
+        acc[r * kElemLanes + l] += av * E::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename E::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + pt));
       }
     }
   }
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ void Bt16Sse2(const float* af, const void* bv, int64_t k, float* acc) {
   for (; p < k; ++p) {
     const float av = af[p];
     for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
-      acc[l] += av * E::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p]);
+      acc[l] += av * E::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename E::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p));
     }
   }
 }
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void BtM2Sse2(const float* af, int64_t a_stride, const void* bv, int64_t k, floa
     for (int r = 0; r < kMrSse2; ++r) {
       const float av = af[r * a_stride + pt];
       for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
-        acc[r * kElemLanes + l] += av * E::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + pt]);
+        acc[r * kElemLanes + l] += av * E::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename E::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + pt));
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_avx2.cpp b/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_avx2.cpp
index 0e7a77070..f79397e0e 100644
--- a/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_avx2.cpp
+++ b/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_avx2.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 
 #include "vt/dtype.h"
+#include "vt/unaligned.h"
 #include "cpu_matmul_elem.h"
 
 namespace vt::cpu {
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ void Bt16Avx2(const float* af, const void* bv, int64_t k, float* acc) {
   for (; p < k; ++p) {
     const float av = af[p];
     for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
-      acc[l] += av * ElemA<K>::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p]);
+      acc[l] += av * ElemA<K>::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename ElemA<K>::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p));
     }
   }
 }
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ void BtM4Avx2(const float* af, int64_t a_stride, const void* bv, int64_t k, floa
       const float av = af[r * a_stride + p];
       for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
         acc[r * kElemLanes + l] +=
-            av * ElemA<K>::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p]);
+            av * ElemA<K>::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename ElemA<K>::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p));
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_avx512.cpp b/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_avx512.cpp
index 8f63229e2..7451e6fd1 100644
--- a/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_avx512.cpp
+++ b/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_avx512.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 
 #include "vt/dtype.h"
+#include "vt/unaligned.h"
 #include "cpu_matmul_elem.h"
 
 namespace vt::cpu {
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ void Bt16Avx512(const float* af, const void* bv, int64_t k, float* acc) {
   for (; p < k; ++p) {
     const float av = af[p];
     for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
-      acc[l] += av * ElemZ<K>::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p]);
+      acc[l] += av * ElemZ<K>::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename ElemZ<K>::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p));
     }
   }
 }
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ void BtM6Avx512(const float* af, int64_t a_stride, const void* bv, int64_t k, fl
     for (int r0 = 0; r0 < kMrAvx512; ++r0) {
       const float av = af[r0 * a_stride + p];
       for (int l = 0; l < kElemLanes; ++l) {
-        acc[r0 * kElemLanes + l] += av * ElemZ<K>::Cvt(b[static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p]);
+        acc[r0 * kElemLanes + l] += av * ElemZ<K>::Cvt(vt::LoadUnaligned<typename ElemZ<K>::T>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(l) * k + p));
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_f16c.cpp b/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_f16c.cpp
index cac6e1ba2..2fc627b41 100644
--- a/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_f16c.cpp
+++ b/src/vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_f16c.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "vt/cpu/cpu_matmul_elem_f16c.h"
 
 #include "vt/quant.h"
+#include "vt/unaligned.h"
 
 #include <immintrin.h>
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ void BtM2F16c(const float* af, int64_t a_stride, const void* bv, int64_t k,
       const float av = af[r * a_stride + pt];
       for (int lane = 0; lane < kElemLanes; ++lane) {
         acc[r * kElemLanes + lane] +=
-            av * F16ToF32(b[static_cast<int64_t>(lane) * k + pt]);
+            av * F16ToF32(vt::LoadUnaligned<uint16_t>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(lane) * k + pt));
       }
     }
   }
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ void Bt16F16c(const float* af, const void* bv, int64_t k, float* acc) {
   for (; p < k; ++p) {
     const float av = af[p];
     for (int lane = 0; lane < kElemLanes; ++lane) {
-      acc[lane] += av * F16ToF32(b[static_cast<int64_t>(lane) * k + p]);
+      acc[lane] += av * F16ToF32(vt::LoadUnaligned<uint16_t>(b + static_cast<int64_t>(lane) * k + p));
     }
   }
 }