diff --git a/scripts/plot_dynamics.py b/scripts/plot_dynamics.py
index 618e2f2..00169a3 100644
--- a/scripts/plot_dynamics.py
+++ b/scripts/plot_dynamics.py
@@ -222,6 +222,24 @@ def _series_panel(ax, runs, cols, colors, ylim, label_series=False):
         ax.set_ylim(*ylim)
 
 
+def dump_data(runs: list[dict], out: Path) -> Path:
+    """Write the plotted series to a tidy CSV next to the figure so the figure is
+    reproducible from a committed artifact -- logs/ and out/runs/ are gitignored,
+    this CSV is not (it lands in out/figs/, which is tracked)."""
+    csv = out.with_suffix(".csv")
+    lines = ["arm,seed,step,hack,solve"]
+    for r in runs:
+        arm = classify(r)
+        hk = r.get("hack_s"); sv = r.get("gt_s")
+        for i, step in enumerate(r["steps"]):
+            h = hk[i] if hk is not None and i < len(hk) else float("nan")
+            s = sv[i] if sv is not None and i < len(sv) else float("nan")
+            lines.append(f"{arm},{r['seed']},{int(step)},{h},{s}")
+    csv.write_text("\n".join(lines) + "\n")
+    logger.info(f"wrote {csv} ({len(runs)} runs, reproducibility source)")
+    return csv
+
+
 def plot(runs: list[dict], out: Path) -> None:
     by_arm: dict[str, list[dict]] = defaultdict(list)
     for r in runs:
@@ -229,6 +247,7 @@ def plot(runs: list[dict], out: Path) -> None:
     arms = [a for a in ARM_ORDER if a in by_arm]
     if not arms:
         raise SystemExit("no runs classified into arms")
+    dump_data(runs, out)
 
     fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, len(arms), figsize=(3.0 * len(arms), 2.6),
                              sharex=True, sharey=True, squeeze=False)
@@ -237,7 +256,17 @@ def plot(runs: list[dict], out: Path) -> None:
         rs = by_arm[arm]
         n_seed = len({r["seed"] for r in rs})
         ax.set_title(f"{arm}\n(n={n_seed} seed{'s' if n_seed > 1 else ''})", fontsize=9)
-        _series_panel(ax, rs, RATE_COLS, RATE_COLORS, ylim=(0, 1), label_series=(col == 0))
+        # ylim floor slightly below 0 so a pinned-at-zero series (route2 hack) draws
+        # ABOVE the axis line instead of hiding under it -- the whole result is that
+        # red sits on zero, so it must be visible, not absent.
+        _series_panel(ax, rs, RATE_COLS, RATE_COLORS, ylim=(-0.035, 1.0), label_series=(col == 0))
+        # If hack is pinned at zero all panel, say so -- else "no red line" reads as
+        # a plotting bug rather than the finding.
+        hk = [r["hack_s"] for r in rs if "hack_s" in r]
+        if hk and np.nanmax([np.nanmax(h) for h in hk]) < 0.02:
+            ax.annotate("hack ≡ 0", (0.04, 0.0), xycoords=("axes fraction", "data"),
+                        color=RATE_COLORS["hack_s"], fontsize=8, va="bottom",
+                        xytext=(0, 3), textcoords="offset points")
         ax.set_xlabel("optimizer step")
         onsets = [s for r in rs if (s := _onset(r["steps"], r["hack_s"])) is not None]
         if onsets: