diff --git a/lib/llm/src/kv_router.rs b/lib/llm/src/kv_router.rs
index 74e42ef4e2..34da7eef70 100644
--- a/lib/llm/src/kv_router.rs
+++ b/lib/llm/src/kv_router.rs
@@ -313,69 +313,81 @@ impl AsyncEngine<SingleIn<PreprocessedRequest>, ManyOut<Annotated<LLMEngineOutpu
             InstanceSource::Dynamic(_) => {
                 // Extract context ID for request tracking
                 let context_id = request.context().id().to_string();
-
                 let (instance_id, overlap_amount) = self
                     .chooser
                     .find_best_match(&context_id, &request.token_ids)
                     .await?;
+                let query_instance_id = request.has_annotation("query_instance_id");
+                // Extract context information before moving the request
+                let stream_context = request.context().clone();
                 // Update the request with the estimated prefix hit blocks
                 let (mut backend_input, context) = request.into_parts();
                 let isl = backend_input.token_ids.len();
                 backend_input.estimated_prefix_hit_num_blocks = Some(overlap_amount);
                 let updated_request = context.map(|_| backend_input);
+                // if request has the annotation "query_instance_id", for example
+                // curl -d '{... ,"nvext": { "annotations": ["query_instance_id"]}}'
+                // request will not be routed to worker immediately
+                if query_instance_id {
+                    let instance_id_str = instance_id.to_string();
+                    let response =
+                        Annotated::from_annotation("worker_instance_id", &instance_id_str)?;
+                    let stream = stream::iter(vec![response]);
+                    Ok(ResponseStream::new(Box::pin(stream), stream_context))
+                } else {
+                    // Get the response stream from the worker
+                    let mut response_stream =
+                        self.inner.direct(updated_request, instance_id).await?;
+
+                    // Wrap the stream to track tokens
+                    let stream_context = response_stream.context();
+                    let chooser = self.chooser.clone();
+                    let request_id = context_id.clone();
+                    let block_size = chooser.block_size() as usize;
+
+                    let wrapped_stream = Box::pin(async_stream::stream! {
+                        let mut accumulated_tokens = Vec::new();
+                        let mut total_output_length = 0usize;
+                        let mut last_block_index = (isl.saturating_sub(1)) / block_size;
+                        let mut first_push_done = false;
+
+                        while let Some(item) = response_stream.next().await {
+                            // Track tokens if they exist in the response
+                            let Some(ref output) = item.data else {
+                                yield item;
+                                continue;
+                            };
+                            if output.token_ids.is_empty() {
+                                yield item;
+                                continue;
+                            }
 
-                // Get the response stream from the worker
-                let mut response_stream = self.inner.direct(updated_request, instance_id).await?;
-
-                // Wrap the stream to track tokens
-                let stream_context = response_stream.context();
-                let chooser = self.chooser.clone();
-                let request_id = context_id.clone();
-                let block_size = chooser.block_size() as usize;
-
-                let wrapped_stream = Box::pin(async_stream::stream! {
-                    let mut accumulated_tokens = Vec::new();
-                    let mut total_output_length = 0usize;
-                    let mut last_block_index = (isl.saturating_sub(1)) / block_size;
-                    let mut first_push_done = false;
+                            // Add tokens to accumulator
+                            accumulated_tokens.extend_from_slice(&output.token_ids);
+                            total_output_length += output.token_ids.len();
+
+                            // Always push for the first generated token (to mark prefill done)
+                            // or when we've moved to a new block
+                            let current_block_index = (isl + total_output_length).saturating_sub(1) / block_size;
+                            let should_push = (!first_push_done && total_output_length >= 1) ||
+                                        (first_push_done && current_block_index > last_block_index);
+
+                            if should_push {
+                                chooser.push(&request_id, &accumulated_tokens).await;
+                                accumulated_tokens.clear();
+                                last_block_index = current_block_index;
+                                if !first_push_done {
+                                    first_push_done = true;
+                                }
+                            }
 
-                    while let Some(item) = response_stream.next().await {
-                        // Track tokens if they exist in the response
-                        let Some(ref output) = item.data else {
-                            yield item;
-                            continue;
-                        };
-                        if output.token_ids.is_empty() {
                             yield item;
-                            continue;
                         }
 
-                        // Add tokens to accumulator
-                        accumulated_tokens.extend_from_slice(&output.token_ids);
-                        total_output_length += output.token_ids.len();
-
-                        // Always push for the first generated token (to mark prefill done)
-                        // or when we've moved to a new block
-                        let current_block_index = (isl + total_output_length).saturating_sub(1) / block_size;
-                        let should_push = (!first_push_done && total_output_length >= 1) ||
-                                      (first_push_done && current_block_index > last_block_index);
-
-                        if should_push {
-                            chooser.push(&request_id, &accumulated_tokens).await;
-                            accumulated_tokens.clear();
-                            last_block_index = current_block_index;
-                            if !first_push_done {
-                                first_push_done = true;
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        yield item;
-                    }
-
-                    chooser.free(&request_id).await;
-                });
-
-                Ok(ResponseStream::new(wrapped_stream, stream_context))
+                        chooser.free(&request_id).await;
+                    });
+                    Ok(ResponseStream::new(wrapped_stream, stream_context))
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/lib/llm/src/preprocessor.rs b/lib/llm/src/preprocessor.rs
index d80f99246e..eec8367806 100644
--- a/lib/llm/src/preprocessor.rs
+++ b/lib/llm/src/preprocessor.rs
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ impl OpenAIPreprocessor {
                         // Only set event if not already set to avoid overriding existing events (like errors)
                         if response.event.is_none() {
                             response.event = metrics_annotated.event;
+                            response.comment = metrics_annotated.comment;
                         }
-                        response.comment = metrics_annotated.comment;
                     }
 
                     tracing::trace!(