diff --git a/apply/prefixsplit.go b/apply/prefixsplit.go
index 4b1142b..c650437 100644
--- a/apply/prefixsplit.go
+++ b/apply/prefixsplit.go
@@ -114,8 +114,14 @@ func splitVolatileTail(body []byte, provider bschemas.ModelProvider) ([]byte, bo
 		stable["text"] = txt[:at]
 		volatile["text"] = txt[at:]
 		// The breakpoint belongs on the stable half only; leaving one on the volatile
-		// half would put the churn back inside a hashed prefix.
+		// half would put the churn back inside a hashed prefix. BOTH spellings must go:
+		// Bedrock/Vertex write `cachePoint` where Anthropic writes `cache_control`, and
+		// wireBreakpoints counts both (metawrite.go). Deleting only one DUPLICATES the
+		// other — the split copies the block, so a system block carrying an inline
+		// cachePoint turns 1 breakpoint into 2 and can push the wire past the provider's
+		// cap of four (measured: 4 inbound -> 5 on the wire -> 400).
 		delete(volatile, "cache_control")
+		delete(volatile, "cachePoint")
 		sb, err1 := json.Marshal(stable)
 		vb, err2 := json.Marshal(volatile)
 		if err1 != nil || err2 != nil {
diff --git a/apply/prefixsplit_test.go b/apply/prefixsplit_test.go
index 80072c6..d658d55 100644
--- a/apply/prefixsplit_test.go
+++ b/apply/prefixsplit_test.go
@@ -333,3 +333,31 @@ func TestUnknownFieldsNotDropped(t *testing.T) {
 			gjson.GetBytes(got, "system").Raw[:200])
 	}
 }
+
+// A Bedrock/Vertex system block can carry `cachePoint` where Anthropic writes
+// `cache_control`. The split COPIES the block, so deleting only one spelling leaves the
+// other on BOTH halves and turns one breakpoint into two. wireBreakpoints counts both
+// spellings, so that silently eats a slot from the provider's cap of four — and from a
+// request already at the cap it pushes the wire to five and takes a 400.
+func TestSplitDoesNotDuplicateBedrockCachePoint(t *testing.T) {
+	full, _, _ := blockWithGitTail(6000)
+	block := map[string]any{"type": "text", "text": full, "cachePoint": map[string]any{"type": "default"}}
+	in := sysBody(block)
+
+	before := wireBreakpoints(in)
+	got, split := splitVolatileTail(in, bschemas.Bedrock)
+	if !split {
+		t.Fatal("expected the git-tail block to split")
+	}
+	if after := wireBreakpoints(got); after != before {
+		t.Fatalf("split changed the wire breakpoint count %d -> %d; a copied cachePoint "+
+			"burns a slot from the provider's cap of four", before, after)
+	}
+	// and the churning half must not carry a breakpoint at all
+	for _, b := range gjson.GetBytes(got, "system").Array() {
+		if strings.Contains(b.Get("text").String(), "Recent commits:") &&
+			(b.Get("cachePoint").Exists() || b.Get("cache_control").Exists()) {
+			t.Fatal("the volatile half kept a breakpoint — the churn is back inside a hashed prefix")
+		}
+	}
+}