diff --git a/vram_arbitrator.py b/vram_arbitrator.py
index 6473fcb..071fd59 100644
--- a/vram_arbitrator.py
+++ b/vram_arbitrator.py
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ RAM_HIT_GBPS = 5.0
 PARTIAL_HIT_GBPS = 1.5
 
 # How long Ollama's VRAM may take to actually drain before we stop waiting.
-YIELD_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_S = 3.0
+# Ollama will not unload a model while a generation is in flight, so a short ceiling
+# reports a timeout for what is really just a busy model finishing its request. Observed
+# here: two yields hit the old 3 s limit with 8.2 GB still held while ComfyUI was starting.
+# Waiting longer is the safer failure mode -- the alternative is diffusion allocating into
+# VRAM that is still occupied.
+YIELD_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_S = 10.0
 YIELD_CONFIRM_POLL_S = 0.02
 YIELD_RESIDUAL_BYTES = 256 * 1024 ** 2  # treat <256 MB as "released"
 
@@ -445,18 +450,29 @@ async def instant_free_ollama_vram(model_name: Optional[str] = None,
     the HTTP POST took.
     """
     t0 = time.perf_counter()
-    if not model_name:
+    if model_name:
+        targets = [model_name]
+    else:
+        # Unload *every* resident model, not just loaded_models[0]. Ollama will happily
+        # keep several models in VRAM at once; releasing only the first left the rest
+        # allocated, which the confirm barrier caught as "still holding 8.2 GB after 3s".
         ollama_state = await get_ollama_live_state()
-        model_name = ollama_state.get("active_model_name")
+        targets = [m.get("name") for m in ollama_state.get("loaded_models", []) if m.get("name")]
+        if not targets and ollama_state.get("active_model_name"):
+            targets = [ollama_state["active_model_name"]]
 
-    if not model_name:
+    if not targets:
         return {"success": True, "message": "No active Ollama model in VRAM",
                 "duration_ms": 0, "confirmed": True}
 
+    model_name = targets[0] if len(targets) == 1 else f"{len(targets)} models"
     baseline = get_process_vram_bytes()["ollama_bytes"]
     try:
         client = _client(OLLAMA_API_BASE, 5.0)
-        await client.post("/api/generate", json={"model": model_name, "keep_alive": 0})
+        await asyncio.gather(*[
+            client.post("/api/generate", json={"model": t, "keep_alive": 0})
+            for t in targets
+        ], return_exceptions=True)
         request_ms = round((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000, 2)
 
         barrier = {"confirmed": None, "confirm_ms": 0.0, "residual_bytes": baseline}
@@ -468,7 +484,7 @@ async def instant_free_ollama_vram(model_name: Optional[str] = None,
 
         _record({
             "event_type": "Ollama VRAM Yield",
-            "source": model_name,
+            "source": ", ".join(targets)[:200],
             "target": "VRAM 0MB (Kept in RAM)",
             "duration_ms": duration_ms,
             "yield_confirm_ms": barrier.get("confirm_ms"),
@@ -478,6 +494,7 @@ async def instant_free_ollama_vram(model_name: Optional[str] = None,
         return {
             "success": True,
             "model": model_name,
+            "models_unloaded": targets,
             "duration_ms": duration_ms,
             "request_ms": request_ms,
             "confirm_ms": barrier.get("confirm_ms"),