diff --git a/apps/cam2v/cam2v/session.py b/apps/cam2v/cam2v/session.py
index 6d8f37758..883e7f403 100644
--- a/apps/cam2v/cam2v/session.py
+++ b/apps/cam2v/cam2v/session.py
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ def step(self, step_index: int, events: UserInputEvents) -> list[StepResult]:
                 "postprocess_enabled": int(state.postprocess_enabled),
                 "postprocess_comparison": int(state.config.postprocess_comparison),
                 "postprocess_output_frames": postprocess_output_frame_count,
+                "total_s": model_step_wall_s,
             }
         )
         if state.steady_started_at is not None:
diff --git a/apps/cam2v/tests/test_application.py b/apps/cam2v/tests/test_application.py
index 48349301a..733f0ef1b 100644
--- a/apps/cam2v/tests/test_application.py
+++ b/apps/cam2v/tests/test_application.py
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ def test_model_loop_maps_wasd_to_shared_camera_input_and_metrics() -> None:
         result.metrics["chunk_fps"]
     )
     assert result.metrics["model_step_wall_s"] > 0
+    assert result.metrics["total_s"] == result.metrics["model_step_wall_s"]
     ui_loop._run_message_batch()
     assert ui_state.status is not None
     assert ui_state.status.completed_blocks == 1
diff --git a/flashdreams/tests/test_benchmark_harness.py b/flashdreams/tests/test_benchmark_harness.py
index 6b17a14dd..eef69610c 100644
--- a/flashdreams/tests/test_benchmark_harness.py
+++ b/flashdreams/tests/test_benchmark_harness.py
@@ -233,6 +233,58 @@ def test_runtime_benchmark_stats_records_group_samples_by_step(
     assert records[1].metrics["generated_fps"] == pytest.approx(15.0)
 
 
+def test_runtime_benchmark_stats_backfills_total_s_from_model_step_wall_s(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    """Cam2V reports model_step_wall_s/chunk_fps, not the canonical total_s.
+
+    The harness derives generated_fps and its run highlights from total_s
+    (falling back to model_step_s), so a scenario that only ever reports
+    model_step_wall_s drops out of every part of the pipeline keyed on those
+    canonical names. Backfilling total_s from the app-reported key, without
+    dropping that key, is what keeps both readable.
+    """
+    stats_path = tmp_path / "stats_demo.json"
+    stats_path.write_text(
+        json.dumps(
+            {
+                "schema_version": 1,
+                "artifact_type": "flashdreams.runtime.demo.benchmark_stats",
+                "steps": [
+                    {"step_index": 0, "frame_count": 4},
+                ],
+                "samples": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "model_step_wall_s",
+                        "value": 0.2,
+                        "unit": "s",
+                        "category": "timing",
+                        "step_index": 0,
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "chunk_fps",
+                        "value": 20.0,
+                        "unit": "fps",
+                        "category": "throughput",
+                        "step_index": 0,
+                    },
+                ],
+            }
+        ),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    records = records_from_stats_file(
+        stats_path, scenario_id="cam2v-lingbot-quality-10s", source_root=tmp_path
+    )
+
+    assert len(records) == 1
+    assert records[0].metrics["model_step_wall_s"] == pytest.approx(0.2)
+    assert records[0].metrics["chunk_fps"] == pytest.approx(20.0)
+    assert records[0].metrics["total_s"] == pytest.approx(0.2)
+    assert records[0].metrics["generated_fps"] == pytest.approx(20.0)
+
+
 def test_runtime_benchmark_stats_written_by_the_v2_sink_are_read(
     tmp_path: Path,
 ) -> None:
diff --git a/flashdreams/tools/benchmarks/metrics.py b/flashdreams/tools/benchmarks/metrics.py
index 60d785e76..4a35c8845 100644
--- a/flashdreams/tools/benchmarks/metrics.py
+++ b/flashdreams/tools/benchmarks/metrics.py
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
     "cache_ms": "cache_seed_prune_s",
     "copy_ms": "gpu_to_cpu_copy_s",
 }
+# Canonical name backfilled onto a runtime metric sample, alongside (never
+# instead of) the name an integration actually reports.
+_RUNTIME_METRIC_CANONICAL_ALIASES = {
+    "model_step_wall_s": "total_s",
+}
 _RUNTIME_BENCHMARK_STATS_ARTIFACT_TYPE = "flashdreams.runtime.demo.benchmark_stats"
 _RUNTIME_METRIC_SAMPLE_PARSER = "runtime_metric_samples"
 
@@ -359,6 +364,10 @@ def _records_from_runtime_metric_samples(
         metrics_by_step.setdefault(step_index, {})[name] = value
         sample_count_by_step[step_index] = sample_count_by_step.get(step_index, 0) + 1
 
+    for metrics in metrics_by_step.values():
+        _apply_runtime_metric_aliases(metrics)
+    _apply_runtime_metric_aliases(summary_metrics)
+
     for step_index, frame_count in frame_counts_by_step.items():
         metrics = metrics_by_step.setdefault(step_index, {})
         metrics["generated_frame_count"] = frame_count
@@ -392,6 +401,13 @@ def _records_from_runtime_metric_samples(
     return records
 
 
+def _apply_runtime_metric_aliases(metrics: dict[str, float | int]) -> None:
+    """Backfill each canonical name from its alias, alongside the original key."""
+    for raw_name, canonical_name in _RUNTIME_METRIC_CANONICAL_ALIASES.items():
+        if canonical_name not in metrics and raw_name in metrics:
+            metrics[canonical_name] = metrics[raw_name]
+
+
 def _runtime_step_frame_counts(steps: object) -> dict[int, int]:
     if not isinstance(steps, list):
         return {}