diff --git a/crates/manager-core/src/apply_service.rs b/crates/manager-core/src/apply_service.rs
index ac852df..fcc825b 100644
--- a/crates/manager-core/src/apply_service.rs
+++ b/crates/manager-core/src/apply_service.rs
@@ -580,9 +580,9 @@ impl ApplyService {
     ) -> Result<HashMap<String, ScriptId>, ApplyError> {
         match owner {
             ApplyOwner::App(app_id) => self.resolve_inherited_targets(app_id, bundle).await,
-            // §11 tail: a group trigger TEMPLATE binds the group's OWN endpoint
-            // scripts (declared here or pre-existing). Surface the ones a
-            // template references but the bundle doesn't declare, so
+            // §11 tail: a group trigger or ROUTE TEMPLATE binds the group's OWN
+            // endpoint scripts (declared here or pre-existing). Surface the ones
+            // a template references but the bundle doesn't declare, so
             // `validate_bundle` accepts them (the reconcile's name_to_id already
             // includes the group's current scripts).
             ApplyOwner::Group(group_id) => {
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ impl ApplyService {
                     .triggers
                     .iter()
                     .map(|t| t.script().to_lowercase())
+                    .chain(bundle.routes.iter().map(|r| r.script.to_lowercase()))
                     .collect();
                 let by_name: HashMap<String, ScriptId> = self
                     .scripts
@@ -629,16 +630,13 @@ impl ApplyService {
         inherited_endpoints: &HashSet<String>,
     ) -> Result<(), ApplyError> {
         if matches!(owner, ApplyOwner::Group(_)) {
-            if !bundle.routes.is_empty() {
-                return Err(ApplyError::Invalid(
-                    "a group manifest cannot declare routes — routes bind to an app".into(),
-                ));
-            }
-            // §11 tail: a group MAY declare trigger TEMPLATES, but only for the
-            // stateless EVENT kinds (kv/docs/files/pubsub) — those resolve live
-            // via the chain union at dispatch. cron/queue/email carry per-app
-            // state (last_fired_at, the one-consumer lock, a sealed secret) and
-            // would need materialization; reject them on a group, deferred.
+            // §11 tail: a group MAY declare ROUTE TEMPLATES (validated as binding
+            // a group-owned endpoint by `validate_bundle` via the inherited
+            // targets) and TRIGGER TEMPLATES — but trigger templates are limited
+            // to the stateless EVENT kinds (kv/docs/files/pubsub), which resolve
+            // live via the chain union at dispatch. cron/queue/email carry
+            // per-app state (last_fired_at, the one-consumer lock, a sealed
+            // secret) and would need materialization; reject them, deferred.
             for t in &bundle.triggers {
                 if !matches!(
                     t,
@@ -834,10 +832,10 @@ impl ApplyService {
             };
             let br = bundle_routes[&ch.key];
             let sid = resolve_script(&name_to_id, &br.script)?;
-            // Routes only exist on app nodes (a group bundle has none, so this
-            // loop is empty for a group — validated above).
-            let app_id = owner.app_id().expect("routes only exist on app nodes");
-            insert_bundle_route(&mut *tx, app_id, sid, br).await?;
+            // §11 tail: an app node writes an app-owned route; a group node
+            // writes a route TEMPLATE (group_id owner) that expands into every
+            // descendant app's slice at rebuild.
+            insert_bundle_route(&mut *tx, owner.as_script_owner(), sid, br).await?;
             if is_update {
                 report.routes_updated += 1;
             } else {
@@ -2175,8 +2173,8 @@ impl ApplyService {
     }
 
     async fn load_current(&self, owner: ApplyOwner) -> Result<CurrentState, ApplyError> {
-        // A group node has only scripts + vars; routes / triggers / secrets are
-        // app-only and stay empty (the bundle for a group declares none).
+        // A group node owns scripts + vars + route/trigger TEMPLATES (§11 tail);
+        // secrets stay empty (app-only — the bundle for a group declares none).
         let (scripts, routes, triggers, secret_names, var_owner) = match owner {
             ApplyOwner::App(app_id) => (
                 self.scripts
@@ -2199,9 +2197,12 @@ impl ApplyService {
                     .list_for_group(group_id)
                     .await
                     .map_err(|e| ApplyError::Backend(e.to_string()))?,
-                Vec::new(),
-                // §11 tail: a group owns trigger TEMPLATES; load them so the
-                // diff sees existing markers (NoOp on re-apply, prune-able).
+                // §11 tail: a group owns route + trigger TEMPLATES; load them so
+                // the diff sees existing markers (NoOp on re-apply, prune-able).
+                self.routes
+                    .list_for_group(group_id)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|e| ApplyError::Backend(e.to_string()))?,
                 self.triggers
                     .list_for_group(group_id)
                     .await
@@ -3208,12 +3209,12 @@ fn resolve_script(
 
 async fn insert_bundle_route(
     tx: &mut sqlx::Transaction<'_, sqlx::Postgres>,
-    app_id: AppId,
+    owner: ScriptOwner,
     script_id: ScriptId,
     br: &BundleRoute,
 ) -> Result<(), ApplyError> {
     let new = NewRoute {
-        owner: ScriptOwner::App(app_id),
+        owner,
         script_id,
         host_kind: br.host_kind,
         host: br.host.clone(),
diff --git a/crates/picloud-cli/src/manifest.rs b/crates/picloud-cli/src/manifest.rs
index c9a9a92..e46ac0e 100644
--- a/crates/picloud-cli/src/manifest.rs
+++ b/crates/picloud-cli/src/manifest.rs
@@ -68,15 +68,11 @@ impl Manifest {
             }
         }
         // A group node owns scripts + vars (+ secret names) and, as of §11 tail,
-        // EVENT trigger TEMPLATES (kv/docs/files/pubsub) that fan out live to
-        // descendant apps. Routes stay app-only; so do the stateful trigger
-        // kinds (cron/queue/email need per-app state/secrets → materialization).
+        // ROUTE TEMPLATES + EVENT trigger TEMPLATES (kv/docs/files/pubsub) that
+        // fan out live to descendant apps. The stateful trigger kinds
+        // (cron/queue/email) stay app-only — they need per-app state/secrets →
+        // materialization.
         if m.group.is_some() {
-            if !m.routes.is_empty() {
-                anyhow::bail!(
-                    "a [group] manifest cannot declare [[routes]] — routes bind to an app"
-                );
-            }
             let t = &m.triggers;
             if !t.cron.is_empty() || !t.queue.is_empty() || !t.email.is_empty() {
                 anyhow::bail!(