diff --git a/src/art/megatron/flex_attn/compiled.py b/src/art/megatron/flex_attn/compiled.py
index 9b8c93a88..b6bd8dfe2 100644
--- a/src/art/megatron/flex_attn/compiled.py
+++ b/src/art/megatron/flex_attn/compiled.py
@@ -192,10 +192,6 @@ def get_dense_compiled_flex_attention(
     head_dim_v: int,
     triton_num_stages_2_head_dims: tuple[int, ...] = (),
 ) -> Any:
-    if backend == _FORCED_FLEX_BACKEND:
-        return dense_compiled_flex_attention
-    if backend == "FLASH":
-        return flash_dense_compiled_flex_attention
     if _needs_triton_num_stages_2(
         backend=backend,
         head_dim=head_dim,
@@ -203,6 +199,10 @@ def get_dense_compiled_flex_attention(
         triton_num_stages_2_head_dims=triton_num_stages_2_head_dims,
     ):
         return triton_num_stages_2_dense_compiled_flex_attention
+    if backend == _FORCED_FLEX_BACKEND:
+        return dense_compiled_flex_attention
+    if backend == "FLASH":
+        return flash_dense_compiled_flex_attention
     return triton_dense_compiled_flex_attention
 
 
@@ -215,10 +215,6 @@ def get_sparse_compiled_flex_attention(
     triton_num_stages_2_head_dims: tuple[int, ...] = (),
 ) -> Any:
     del family_key
-    if backend == _FORCED_FLEX_BACKEND:
-        return sparse_compiled_flex_attention
-    if backend == "FLASH":
-        return flash_sparse_compiled_flex_attention
     if _needs_triton_num_stages_2(
         backend=backend,
         head_dim=head_dim,
@@ -226,6 +222,10 @@ def get_sparse_compiled_flex_attention(
         triton_num_stages_2_head_dims=triton_num_stages_2_head_dims,
     ):
         return triton_num_stages_2_sparse_compiled_flex_attention
+    if backend == _FORCED_FLEX_BACKEND:
+        return sparse_compiled_flex_attention
+    if backend == "FLASH":
+        return flash_sparse_compiled_flex_attention
     return triton_sparse_compiled_flex_attention
 
 
diff --git a/src/art/megatron/model_support/handlers/gemma4.py b/src/art/megatron/model_support/handlers/gemma4.py
index 123580113..33f57ece3 100644
--- a/src/art/megatron/model_support/handlers/gemma4.py
+++ b/src/art/megatron/model_support/handlers/gemma4.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
     # google/gemma-4-31B-it: Triton flex attention raises "No valid triton
     # configs" for global attention head_dim=512 with backend-only options.
     ("dense", 60, 5376, 32, 256, 512, 4),
+    # google/gemma-4-26B-A4B-it hits the same Triton resource limit on global
+    # attention head_dim=512 with backend-only options.
+    ("moe", 30, 2816, 16, 256, 512, 2),
 }
 _ART_MOE_EXPERT_KEY_RE = re.compile(
     r"^(?P<prefix>.*\.mlp\.experts)\.(?P<expert>\d+)\."
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ def configure_provider_for_runtime(self, provider: Any) -> None:
         _patch_gemma4_rotary_for_hf_proportional()
         _patch_gemma4_qkv_for_hf_tied_value()
         window_size = int(getattr(provider, "window_size", 1024))
-        provider.art_flex_core_attention_wrapper = _gemma4_flex_core_attention_wrapper
+        _install_gemma4_flex_core_attention_wrapper(provider)
         provider.art_flex_sliding_windows = (window_size,)
         provider.art_flex_head_dims_by_window = {
             None: int(getattr(provider, "global_head_dim", provider.kv_channels)),
@@ -349,6 +352,19 @@ def compile_workaround_config(
             disable_compile=False,
         )
 
+    def flex_attention_compile_crash_config(
+        self,
+        provider: Any,
+    ) -> FlexAttentionCompileCrashConfig:
+        if (
+            _gemma4_compile_crash_signature(provider)
+            in _GEMMA4_TRITON_NUM_STAGES_2_SIGNATURES
+        ):
+            return FlexAttentionCompileCrashConfig(
+                triton_num_stages_2_head_dims=(int(provider.global_head_dim),)
+            )
+        return FlexAttentionCompileCrashConfig()
+
 
 GEMMA4_MOE_HANDLER = Gemma4MoeHandler()
 
@@ -364,7 +380,7 @@ def configure_provider_for_runtime(self, provider: Any) -> None:
         _patch_gemma4_rotary_for_hf_proportional()
         _patch_gemma4_qkv_for_hf_tied_value()
         window_size = int(getattr(provider, "window_size", 1024))
-        provider.art_flex_core_attention_wrapper = _gemma4_flex_core_attention_wrapper
+        _install_gemma4_flex_core_attention_wrapper(provider)
         provider.art_flex_sliding_windows = (window_size,)
         provider.art_flex_head_dims_by_window = {
             None: int(getattr(provider, "global_head_dim", provider.kv_channels)),
@@ -1006,6 +1022,13 @@ def _gemma4_sliding_window_for_layer(provider: Any, layer_number: int) -> int |
     return int(provider.window_size)
 
 
+def _install_gemma4_flex_core_attention_wrapper(provider: Any) -> None:
+    def _wrapper(_config: Any, base_cls: type[Any]) -> type[Any]:
+        return _gemma4_flex_core_attention_wrapper(provider, base_cls)
+
+    provider.art_flex_core_attention_wrapper = _wrapper
+
+
 def _gemma4_flex_core_attention_wrapper(
     provider: Any, base_cls: type[Any]
 ) -> type[Any]:
@@ -1017,6 +1040,11 @@ def __init__(
             *args: Any,
             **kwargs: Any,
         ) -> None:
+            compile_crash_config = getattr(
+                provider, "art_flex_compile_crash_config", None
+            )
+            if compile_crash_config is not None:
+                config.art_flex_compile_crash_config = compile_crash_config
             super().__init__(config, layer_number, *args, **kwargs)
             self.art_sliding_window = _gemma4_sliding_window_for_layer(
                 provider,