diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adb873f..f41a1c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `EDTTemperatureStrategy`: `diagnostics["pre_clamp_temp"]` now correctly reports the
+  power-law result *before* clamping rather than re-computing the same expression after
+  the clamp was already applied (was a silent diagnostic bug when `edt_min_temp` or
+  `edt_max_temp` was active)
+
+### Removed
+
+- Dead function `_encode_svarint()` from `entropy_service_pb2.py` — ZigZag encoding is
+  only needed for `sint32`/`sint64` proto field types, none of which appear in the
+  entropy service proto
+
+### Changed
+
+- `import inspect` in `processor.py` promoted from inside `_accepts_config()` to the
+  module-level imports block
+
 ### Added
 
 - vLLM V1 LogitsProcessor plugin (`QRSamplerLogitsProcessor`) with batch-level processing
diff --git a/src/qr_sampler/processor.py b/src/qr_sampler/processor.py
index 7d0d7f6..dec007d 100644
--- a/src/qr_sampler/processor.py
+++ b/src/qr_sampler/processor.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import hashlib
+import inspect
 import logging
 import time
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
@@ -66,8 +67,6 @@ def _accepts_config(cls: type) -> bool:
     Returns:
         True if the constructor expects a config argument.
     """
-    import inspect
-
     try:
         sig = inspect.signature(cls)
     except (ValueError, TypeError):
diff --git a/src/qr_sampler/proto/entropy_service_pb2.py b/src/qr_sampler/proto/entropy_service_pb2.py
index 2d8cde9..6c4491e 100644
--- a/src/qr_sampler/proto/entropy_service_pb2.py
+++ b/src/qr_sampler/proto/entropy_service_pb2.py
@@ -40,20 +40,6 @@ def _encode_varint(value: int) -> bytes:
     return bytes(parts)
 
 
-def _encode_svarint(value: int) -> bytes:
-    """Encode a signed integer using ZigZag + varint (for sint32/sint64).
-
-    Args:
-        value: Signed integer to encode.
-
-    Returns:
-        ZigZag + LEB128-encoded bytes.
-    """
-    # ZigZag encoding: (n << 1) ^ (n >> 63) for 64-bit
-    zigzag = (value << 1) ^ (value >> 63)
-    return _encode_varint(zigzag)
-
-
 def _decode_varint(data: bytes, offset: int) -> tuple[int, int]:
     """Decode a varint from bytes at the given offset.
 
diff --git a/src/qr_sampler/temperature/edt.py b/src/qr_sampler/temperature/edt.py
index 28819bf..64c2b1c 100644
--- a/src/qr_sampler/temperature/edt.py
+++ b/src/qr_sampler/temperature/edt.py
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ def compute_temperature(self, logits: np.ndarray, config: QRSamplerConfig) -> Te
         h_norm = h / self._max_entropy if self._max_entropy > 0 else 0.0
 
         # Power-law scaling.
-        temp = config.edt_base_temp * (h_norm**config.edt_exponent)
+        raw_temp = config.edt_base_temp * (h_norm**config.edt_exponent)
 
         # Clamp to configured bounds.
-        temp = max(config.edt_min_temp, min(config.edt_max_temp, temp))
+        temp = max(config.edt_min_temp, min(config.edt_max_temp, raw_temp))
 
         return TemperatureResult(
             temperature=temp,
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def compute_temperature(self, logits: np.ndarray, config: QRSamplerConfig) -> Te
             diagnostics={
                 "strategy": "edt",
                 "h_norm": h_norm,
-                "pre_clamp_temp": config.edt_base_temp * (h_norm**config.edt_exponent),
+                "pre_clamp_temp": raw_temp,
                 "vocab_size": self._vocab_size,
             },
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_entropy/test_registry.py b/tests/test_entropy/test_registry.py
index cf0cee4..d7d5d0b 100644
--- a/tests/test_entropy/test_registry.py
+++ b/tests/test_entropy/test_registry.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ def test_broken_entry_point_does_not_crash(self) -> None:
 
         with patch("importlib.metadata.entry_points", return_value=[mock_ep]):
             # Should not raise, but "broken_source" won't be available.
-            EntropySourceRegistry._entry_points_loaded = False
             available = EntropySourceRegistry.list_available()
 
         assert "broken_source" not in available