diff --git a/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/flush.go b/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/flush.go
index 5e8ec841..0fc4714c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/flush.go
+++ b/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/flush.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ func (p *asapEdgeProcessor) flushLoop() {
 				return
 			case <-subC:
 				p.flushSubWindow(context.Background())
+			case <-p.wakeCh:
+				p.flushSubWindow(context.Background())
 			case <-t.C:
 				p.flushAll(context.Background())
 			}
@@ -67,6 +69,11 @@ func (p *asapEdgeProcessor) flushLoop() {
 			// each tick must cover every active series; threshold-gated emits
 			// are small).
 			p.flushSubWindow(context.Background())
+		case <-p.wakeCh:
+			// Out-of-cycle wake (e.g. an insert-time GOS threshold crossing).
+			// Same handler as subC: emits whatever's currently divergent/dirty
+			// across every shard, just triggered early instead of by the timer.
+			p.flushSubWindow(context.Background())
 		case <-t.C:
 			shardIdx := tick % n
 			p.flushShardWarmCold(context.Background(), shardIdx)
@@ -75,6 +82,20 @@ func (p *asapEdgeProcessor) flushLoop() {
 	}
 }
 
+// wakeSubWindow requests an out-of-cycle sub-window flush — e.g. an
+// insert-time GOS threshold crossing that shouldn't wait for the next
+// SubWindowInterval tick (or, for a GOS-only family with no sub-window
+// ticker configured at all, that would otherwise have no flush path short of
+// window close). Non-blocking: if a wake is already pending, this is a
+// no-op — the pending flushSubWindow call will pick up every series'
+// current dirty state, including whatever just crossed threshold.
+func (p *asapEdgeProcessor) wakeSubWindow() {
+	select {
+	case p.wakeCh <- struct{}{}:
+	default:
+	}
+}
+
 // subWindowEnabled reports whether the threshold-driven sub-window producer is
 // active: a positive interval shorter than the window (validated at config).
 func (p *asapEdgeProcessor) subWindowEnabled() bool {
@@ -83,10 +104,17 @@ func (p *asapEdgeProcessor) subWindowEnabled() bool {
 
 // flushSubWindow fires a divergence-gated sub-window delta emit for every
 // shard's sketch aggregators and forwards the result, WITHOUT rotating windows.
+//
+// No p.subWindowEnabled() guard here: this now runs from two triggers (the
+// legacy subC ticker, gated at the call site by subWindowEnabled(), and the
+// wakeCh out-of-cycle signal, which is NOT gated by it — a GOS-driven family
+// must be able to wake a flush even with SubWindowInterval unset). Per-series
+// gating happens inside sa.emitSubWindow / s.subWindowEnabled(); that gate
+// still requires SubWindowInterval>0 today, so a GOS-only family with no
+// sub-window interval configured won't yet see any effect from a wake — that
+// per-series gate is next in line to be decoupled from SubWindowInterval as
+// GOS families land (tracked starting with the CountSketch conversion).
 func (p *asapEdgeProcessor) flushSubWindow(ctx context.Context) {
-	if !p.subWindowEnabled() {
-		return
-	}
 	nowMs := uint64(time.Now().UnixMilli())
 	out := pmetric.NewMetrics()
 	for _, sh := range p.shards {
diff --git a/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/processor.go b/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/processor.go
index f304eddb..e706cde0 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/processor.go
+++ b/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/processor.go
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ type asapEdgeProcessor struct {
 	doneCh                chan struct{}
 	flushStarted          bool
 
+	// wakeCh requests an out-of-cycle sub-window flush (see wakeSubWindow in
+	// flush.go). Buffered 1 and drained non-blocking: a pending wake already
+	// covers any crossing that arrives before the flush loop gets to it, so
+	// callers never block on send. Always present, independent of whether
+	// SubWindowInterval/subC is configured — a family with insert-time GOS
+	// detection wakes the loop regardless of the legacy sub-window ticker.
+	wakeCh chan struct{}
+
 	// ctrlChan is the optional control-plane poll channel (nil when the
 	// ControlChannel config block is unset). When set, Start() spawns a poll
 	// loop that applies received config updates to the live Precompute
@@ -109,6 +117,7 @@ func newProcessor(cfg *Config, set processor.Settings, next consumer.Metrics) (*
 		coldExtLabels: cfg.Cold.ExternalLabels,
 		stopCh:        make(chan struct{}),
 		doneCh:        make(chan struct{}),
+		wakeCh:        make(chan struct{}, 1),
 	}
 	for i := range cfg.Metrics {
 		m := &cfg.Metrics[i]
@@ -165,6 +174,9 @@ func newProcessor(cfg *Config, set processor.Settings, next consumer.Metrics) (*
 				edgeID:            cfg.EdgeID,
 				subWindowInterval: cfg.SubWindowInterval,
 				subWindowEpsilon:  cfg.SubWindowEpsilon,
+				gosDeltaEpsilon:   fam.GosDeltaEpsilon,
+				gosSites:          fam.GosSites,
+				gosAnisotropic:    fam.GosAnisotropic,
 			}
 			if sa, ok := newSketchAggregator(name, fam, opts, p.logger); ok {
 				sa.procDropCount = &p.sketchDropCount
diff --git a/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/wake_test.go b/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/wake_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3de231ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-collector-contrib-patch/processor/asapedgeprocessor/wake_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package asapedgeprocessor
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+// TestWakeSubWindowFlushesBeforeTicker proves wakeSubWindow triggers a
+// sub-window emit immediately, independent of the SubWindowInterval ticker's
+// own cadence — the mechanism the (not-yet-landed) per-family GOS insert-time
+// checks will call. SubWindowInterval is set far longer than the test would
+// ever run, so any output observed can only have come from the wake, not the
+// ticker firing on its own.
+func TestWakeSubWindowFlushesBeforeTicker(t *testing.T) {
+	tru := true
+	cap := &capMetrics{}
+	cfg := &Config{
+		ShardCount:        1,
+		WindowDuration:    time.Hour,
+		SubWindowInterval: 30 * time.Minute,
+		DropOriginal:      true,
+		Metrics: []MetricFamily{
+			{Metric: "reqs", Family: FamilySum, AggregateBy: []string{"zone"}, DeltaTransmission: &tru},
+		},
+		Cold: ColdConfig{Enabled: false},
+	}
+	if err := cfg.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	set := processor.Settings{TelemetrySettings: component.TelemetrySettings{Logger: zap.NewNop()}}
+	p, err := newProcessor(cfg, set, cap)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := p.Start(context.Background(), nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	md := pmetric.NewMetrics()
+	sm := md.ResourceMetrics().AppendEmpty().ScopeMetrics().AppendEmpty()
+	m := sm.Metrics().AppendEmpty()
+	m.SetName("reqs")
+	s := m.SetEmptySum()
+	s.SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityDelta)
+	dp := s.DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+	dp.Attributes().PutStr("zone", "z0")
+	dp.SetDoubleValue(7)
+	dp.SetTimestamp(pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.Now()))
+	if err := p.ConsumeMetrics(context.Background(), md); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Rapid double-wake must not block (buffered-1, non-blocking send).
+	p.wakeSubWindow()
+	p.wakeSubWindow()
+
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)
+	for len(cap.got) == 0 && time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	if err := p.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("shutdown: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(cap.got) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("wakeSubWindow did not produce a flush within 2s; SubWindowInterval (30m) could not have fired on its own")
+	}
+}