Preserve hyphenated SDXL tags

tools/prompt_route_simulation.py

@@ -582,6 +582,12 @@ def _sdxl_expression_label_issues(name: str, sdxl_prompt: str) -> list[str]:
     return []
 
 
+def _sdxl_hyphen_fragment_issues(name: str, sdxl_prompt: str) -> list[str]:
+    if re.search(r"\b[a-z]+-,\s*-[a-z]+", sdxl_prompt, flags=re.IGNORECASE):
+        return [f"{name}.sdxl_prompt: broken_hyphenated_tag"]
+    return []
+
+
 def _trace_dict(formatter_name: str, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[dict[str, Any], str]:
     trace_text = str(payload.get("route_trace_json") or "")
     if not trace_text:
@@ -720,6 +726,7 @@ def _formatter_issues(
     issues.extend(_composition_label_issues(name, prompts))
     issues.extend(_sdxl_composition_tag_issues(name, sdxl_prompt))
     issues.extend(_sdxl_expression_label_issues(name, sdxl_prompt))
+    issues.extend(_sdxl_hyphen_fragment_issues(name, sdxl_prompt))
 
     for label, value in (
         (f"{name}.krea_negative", krea.get("negative_prompt")),

tools/prompt_smoke.py

@@ -4676,6 +4676,10 @@ def smoke_sdxl_tag_policy() -> None:
     _expect("hands braced on thighs" in axis_tags, "SDXL axis tags lost selected detail axis")
     _expect("close body alignment" in axis_tags, "SDXL axis tags lost split detail axis")
     _expect("random" not in axis_tags, "SDXL axis tags should ignore random placeholders")
+    hyphenated_tags = sdxl_tag_policy.split_tag_text("front-and-back penetration with hands on hips")
+    _expect("front-and-back penetration" in hyphenated_tags, "SDXL tag splitter broke hyphenated and compound")
+    _expect("front-" not in hyphenated_tags and "-back penetration" not in hyphenated_tags, "SDXL tag splitter emitted broken hyphen fragments")
+    _expect("hands on hips" in hyphenated_tags, "SDXL tag splitter stopped splitting non-hyphenated with connector")
     _expect(
         sdxl_formatter._camera_tags(row) == sdxl_tag_policy.camera_tags(row),
         "SDXL formatter camera helper should delegate to sdxl_tag_policy",