diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index c0047fc..9796015 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
             .hash = "rocksdb-9.7.4-z_CUTvbbAAD2p1ScTnhTREoFY8lzJh9-EMLnYjZA1MZd",
         },
         .otel = .{
-            .url = "git+https://github.com/zzstoatzz/otel-zig.git#0339b99d358a230e2468b4a28e5e9d82f6f30f6c",
-            .hash = "otel-0.0.1-9q9ZWu27FAAQFjhWND9nXirEt5_mdQiVDEB2-e7oQClw",
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/zzstoatzz/otel-zig.git?ref=v0.1.0-alpha.1#5541f03fbabaffeeccbe977e0ebbca38d1b40ffc",
+            .hash = "otel-0.1.0-alpha.1-9q9ZWqfaFACSliUEu468pmnpahWjNbDWNF5h_I7pJ9PW",
         },
     },
     .paths = .{
diff --git a/src/internal/ingest/convert.zig b/src/internal/ingest/convert.zig
index a19c5af..fe5a64d 100644
--- a/src/internal/ingest/convert.zig
+++ b/src/internal/ingest/convert.zig
@@ -323,6 +323,38 @@ test "unencodable record is isolated instead of failing the live batch" {
     try testing.expectEqual(frames.items[0].seq + 1, frames.items[1].seq);
 }
 
+// Mirrors upstream: the live consumer archives the raw record block without
+// decoding it (internal/ingest/live/events.go), and the float is only rejected
+// when the subscribe encoder renders JSON (internal/subscribe/handler.go).
+test "live float record keeps its row and is skipped on the wire" {
+    var arena_t = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(testing.allocator);
+    defer arena_t.deinit();
+    const float_record = try zat.cbor.decodeAll(arena_t.allocator(), "\xa1\x61x\xfb\x3f\xf0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00");
+    const cid = try zat.cbor.Cid.forDagCbor(testing.allocator, "rec");
+    defer testing.allocator.free(cid.raw);
+
+    const ops = [_]firehose.RepoOp{
+        .{ .action = .create, .collection = "app.bsky.feed.like", .rkey = "3l3qo2vuowo2b", .cid = cid, .record = float_record },
+    };
+    const event: firehose.Event = .{ .commit = .{
+        .seq = 1,
+        .repo = "did:plc:abc",
+        .rev = "3l3qo2vutsw2b",
+        .time = "2024-09-09T19:46:02.102Z",
+        .ops = &ops,
+    } };
+
+    var frames: std.ArrayList(Frame) = .empty;
+    var drops: Drops = .initFill(0);
+    try convert(arena_t.allocator(), event, 99, 10, &frames, &drops);
+
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), frames.items.len);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, 0), drops.get(.missing_block));
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, 1), drops.get(.unencodable_record));
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), frames.items[0].json.len);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), frames.items[0].json_v2.len);
+}
+
 test "commit fans out per op, drops invalid ops" {
     const record: zat.cbor.Value = .{ .map = &.{
         .{ .key = "$type", .value = .{ .text = "app.bsky.feed.like" } },