diff --git a/src/core/platform-plugin/plugin.ts b/src/core/platform-plugin/plugin.ts
index a0864c345..19168c4a4 100644
--- a/src/core/platform-plugin/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/core/platform-plugin/plugin.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ import type { CapabilityBucket } from '../platform-descriptor/types.ts';
  * parity test before a real call-site routes through it. A facet's type stays
  * PLATFORM-NEUTRAL and daemon-owned (never the iOS-simulator-shaped provider seam):
  * {@link PlatformPlugin.appLog} carries the neutral {@link LogBackend} resolver
- * (wraps `resolveLogBackend`, pinned by the daemon app-log routing parity test).
- * The remaining columns (`providers` / `recording` / `perf`) stay on their daemon
- * branch as the source of truth until they clear the same gate. See
+ * (wraps `resolveLogBackend`, pinned by the daemon app-log routing parity test);
+ * {@link PlatformPlugin.perf} carries the neutral perf-metrics support predicate
+ * (wraps `supportsPlatformPerfMetrics`, pinned by the daemon perf routing parity
+ * test). The remaining columns (`providers` / `recording`) — and the rest of the
+ * `perf` facet (the sampling body `buildPerfResponseData` and the Android-only
+ * native-collector gate) — stay on their daemon branch as the source of truth
+ * until each clears the same gate. See
  * docs/adr/0009-apple-platform-consolidation.md (tracked in issue #974).
  */
 export type PlatformPlugin = {
@@ -74,6 +78,21 @@ export type PlatformPlugin = {
   readonly appLog?: {
     resolveBackend(device: DeviceInfo): LogBackend;
   };
+  /**
+   * The daemon perf facet (issue #974). `supportsMetrics` wraps the platform
+   * predicate `supportsPlatformPerfMetrics` in
+   * `src/daemon/handlers/session-perf.ts`, reporting whether `device`'s platform
+   * can produce session perf metrics (startup/fps/memory/cpu). Present only on
+   * families that expose perf metrics (Apple + Android); left `undefined` for
+   * linux/web, where the hand predicate returned `false` — the daemon lookup
+   * preserves that fallthrough, and the daemon perf routing parity test pins the
+   * equivalence. Only the support gate is routed today; the perf sampling body
+   * (`buildPerfResponseData`) and the Android-only native-collector gate stay on
+   * their daemon branch until each clears the same gate.
+   */
+  readonly perf?: {
+    supportsMetrics(device: DeviceInfo): boolean;
+  };
 };
 
 // The single registry instance: leaf platform -> owning plugin. A family plugin
diff --git a/src/core/platform-plugin/register-builtins.ts b/src/core/platform-plugin/register-builtins.ts
index ddcb10d5a..62f3ae283 100644
--- a/src/core/platform-plugin/register-builtins.ts
+++ b/src/core/platform-plugin/register-builtins.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ const applePlugin = {
           ? 'ios-device'
           : 'ios-simulator',
   },
+  // Wraps the Apple arm of `supportsPlatformPerfMetrics`: every Apple device
+  // (ios/macos, any kind/target) reports perf-metrics support.
+  perf: { supportsMetrics: () => true },
   createInteractor: async (device: DeviceInfo, runner: RunnerContext) => {
     const { createAppleInteractor } = await import('../interactors/apple.ts');
     return createAppleInteractor(device, runner);
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@ const androidPlugin = {
   capability: { bucket: 'android' },
   // Wraps the Android arm of `resolveLogBackend`: every Android device -> 'android'.
   appLog: { resolveBackend: () => 'android' },
+  // Wraps the Android arm of `supportsPlatformPerfMetrics`: every Android device
+  // reports perf-metrics support.
+  perf: { supportsMetrics: () => true },
   createInteractor: async (device: DeviceInfo) => {
     const { createAndroidInteractor } = await import('../interactors/android.ts');
     return createAndroidInteractor(device);
diff --git a/src/daemon/__tests__/perf-plugin-routing-parity.test.ts b/src/daemon/__tests__/perf-plugin-routing-parity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734203afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemon/__tests__/perf-plugin-routing-parity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { test } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  DEVICE_TARGETS,
+  PLATFORMS,
+  type DeviceInfo,
+  type DeviceKind,
+  type DeviceTarget,
+} from '../../kernel/device.ts';
+import {
+  ANDROID_EMULATOR,
+  ANDROID_TV_DEVICE,
+  IOS_DEVICE,
+  IOS_SIMULATOR,
+  LINUX_DEVICE,
+  MACOS_DEVICE,
+  makeSession,
+  TVOS_SIMULATOR,
+  WEB_DESKTOP_DEVICE,
+} from '../../__tests__/test-utils/index.ts';
+import { getPlugin } from '../../core/platform-plugin/plugin.ts';
+import { registerBuiltinPlatformPlugins } from '../../core/platform-plugin/register-builtins.ts';
+import { buildPerfResponseData } from '../handlers/session-perf.ts';
+import { PERF_UNAVAILABLE_REASON } from '../handlers/session-startup-metrics.ts';
+
+// Phase 3 step b.3 (issue #974) parity gate for the daemon perf facet. The
+// per-platform gate of `supportsPlatformPerfMetrics` now flows through the
+// PlatformPlugin `perf.supportsMetrics` facet instead of a hand disjunction. An
+// INDEPENDENT verbatim copy of the former predicate below is the BEFORE oracle: a
+// plugin-vs-branch disagreement on any sample device fails this test. (Mirrors the
+// verbatim-copy discipline in daemon/__tests__/applog-plugin-routing-parity.test.ts
+// and core/__tests__/capability-plugin-routing-parity.test.ts.)
+
+registerBuiltinPlatformPlugins();
+
+// --- INDEPENDENT verbatim copy of the former `supportsPlatformPerfMetrics` branch ---
+function supportsPlatformPerfMetricsByHand(device: DeviceInfo): boolean {
+  return device.platform === 'android' || device.platform === 'ios' || device.platform === 'macos';
+}
+
+// --- the exhaustive synthetic device matrix (every platform x kind x target) ---
+const DEVICE_KINDS_ALL: DeviceKind[] = ['simulator', 'emulator', 'device'];
+const DEVICE_TARGETS_ALL: (DeviceTarget | undefined)[] = [undefined, ...DEVICE_TARGETS];
+
+function buildDeviceMatrix(): DeviceInfo[] {
+  const devices: DeviceInfo[] = [];
+  for (const platform of PLATFORMS) {
+    for (const kind of DEVICE_KINDS_ALL) {
+      for (const target of DEVICE_TARGETS_ALL) {
+        devices.push({
+          platform,
+          id: `${platform}-${kind}-${target ?? 'none'}`,
+          name: `${platform} ${kind} ${target ?? 'none'}`,
+          kind,
+          ...(target ? { target } : {}),
+          booted: true,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return devices;
+}
+
+// The hand-authored fixtures (the real discovery shapes) plus the exhaustive
+// synthetic cross-product, so every off-nominal combination is pinned too.
+const SAMPLE_DEVICES: DeviceInfo[] = [
+  ANDROID_EMULATOR,
+  ANDROID_TV_DEVICE,
+  IOS_DEVICE,
+  IOS_SIMULATOR,
+  LINUX_DEVICE,
+  MACOS_DEVICE,
+  TVOS_SIMULATOR,
+  WEB_DESKTOP_DEVICE,
+  ...buildDeviceMatrix(),
+];
+
+test('perf.supportsMetrics facet is byte-identical to the former hand predicate', () => {
+  for (const device of SAMPLE_DEVICES) {
+    assert.equal(
+      getPlugin(device.platform).perf?.supportsMetrics(device) ?? false,
+      supportsPlatformPerfMetricsByHand(device),
+      `supportsMetrics for ${device.id}`,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+test('only families with perf metrics carry the perf facet', () => {
+  // Apple owns ios + macos (SAME plugin instance); Android carries its own.
+  assert.equal(getPlugin('ios'), getPlugin('macos'));
+  assert.ok(getPlugin('ios').perf, 'apple plugin exposes perf');
+  assert.ok(getPlugin('android').perf, 'android plugin exposes perf');
+  // linux/web historically returned `false`; they get NO facet, and the daemon
+  // lookup preserves that fallthrough (asserted below).
+  assert.equal(getPlugin('linux').perf, undefined, 'linux plugin has no perf');
+  assert.equal(getPlugin('web').perf, undefined, 'web plugin has no perf');
+});
+
+test('the factless families fall through to the historical `false` default', () => {
+  for (const device of SAMPLE_DEVICES.filter(
+    (d) => d.platform === 'linux' || d.platform === 'web',
+  )) {
+    assert.equal(getPlugin(device.platform).perf, undefined);
+    assert.equal(
+      getPlugin(device.platform).perf?.supportsMetrics(device) ?? false,
+      false,
+      `fallthrough for ${device.id}`,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+// End-to-end routing proof: `buildPerfResponseData` consults the perf facet via the
+// (private) `supportsPlatformPerfMetrics`. For a session with NO app bundle it does
+// no device I/O — an UNSUPPORTED platform returns the default-unavailable base
+// response (cpu reason `PERF_UNAVAILABLE_REASON`), while a SUPPORTED platform fills
+// the missing-app reason instead. So the routed cpu reason discriminates support,
+// and breaking the facet would flip the classification and fail this test.
+test('buildPerfResponseData routes the support gate through the perf facet', async () => {
+  for (const device of SAMPLE_DEVICES) {
+    const data = await buildPerfResponseData(makeSession(`perf-${device.id}`, { device }));
+    const cpu = data.metrics.cpu as { reason?: string };
+    const routedSupportsMetrics = cpu.reason !== PERF_UNAVAILABLE_REASON;
+    assert.equal(
+      routedSupportsMetrics,
+      supportsPlatformPerfMetricsByHand(device),
+      `routed support for ${device.id}`,
+    );
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/daemon/handlers/session-perf.ts b/src/daemon/handlers/session-perf.ts
index eac208bfa..8813f375a 100644
--- a/src/daemon/handlers/session-perf.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/handlers/session-perf.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import type { SessionAction, SessionState } from '../types.ts';
 import { AppError, normalizeError } from '../../kernel/errors.ts';
 import { isApplePlatform } from '../../kernel/device.ts';
+import { tryGetPlugin } from '../../core/platform-plugin/plugin.ts';
+import { registerBuiltinPlatformPlugins } from '../../core/platform-plugin/register-builtins.ts';
 import type { AndroidAdbExecutor } from '../../platforms/android/adb-executor.ts';
 import {
   ANDROID_HPROF_SNAPSHOT_DESCRIPTION,
@@ -37,6 +39,12 @@ import {
   type StartupPerfSample,
 } from './session-startup-metrics.ts';
 
+// Populate the PlatformPlugin registry once at module load (idempotent; registers
+// only lazy closures, so no leaf code is imported and CLI cold-start is unaffected
+// — mirrors the same call in `daemon/app-log.ts`). `supportsPlatformPerfMetrics`
+// reads the per-platform perf facet from this registry, so it must be populated first.
+registerBuiltinPlatformPlugins();
+
 type SettledMetricResult = PromiseSettledResult<Record<string, unknown>>;
 type MetricResult =
   | ({ available: true } & Record<string, unknown>)
@@ -322,11 +330,11 @@ async function applyFramePerfMetric(
 }
 
 function supportsPlatformPerfMetrics(session: SessionState): boolean {
-  return (
-    session.device.platform === 'android' ||
-    session.device.platform === 'ios' ||
-    session.device.platform === 'macos'
-  );
+  // Routes the platform gate through the PlatformPlugin perf facet (issue #974).
+  // Apple/Android carry `perf.supportsMetrics`; linux/web (and any unregistered
+  // platform) fall through to `false`, matching the former hand predicate. The
+  // daemon perf routing parity test pins this equivalence.
+  return tryGetPlugin(session.device.platform)?.perf?.supportsMetrics(session.device) ?? false;
 }
 
 function buildMissingAppPerfReason(session: SessionState): string {