diff --git a/references/pitfalls.md b/references/pitfalls.md
index e197fcd..c1f4be5 100644
--- a/references/pitfalls.md
+++ b/references/pitfalls.md
@@ -39,3 +39,15 @@
   Rule: treat `MemoryError` as a sibling of `OSError` in **every** share helper, and have the
   per-item handler delete `<dest>.new.mp4` **unconditionally** - never gate that delete on
   `os.path.exists()`, whose answer on this share can be stale.
+
+## 13. 同一 tier 想并发：必须给第二个 runner 自己的锁（2026-10-12）
+
+`--tier x265` 的锁是**每档一把**（`run-x265.lock`），这是防止两个编码器抢同一个单元/输出的正确
+默认值。但当一个 x265 进程吃不饱机器时（720p 的 x265 banner 是 `frame threads 3 / wpp(12 rows)`，
+实测 `pools=22` 只有 165 fps、整机 73% 忙），控制面会把核拆成两组、让两个 x265 **并行**跑不同文件 ——
+这时第二个 runner 拿同一把锁就会一直退避在 "engine lock busy"。
+
+`--lock-tag <tag>` 就是给它的出口：锁文件名变成 `run-<tag>.lock`（留空 = 沿用 tier 名，
+行为与以前完全一致）。控制面给 cpu2/cpu3 分别传 `--lock-tag x265-w2` / `x265-w3`。
+两个 runner 处理的是**不同文件**，每个 item 的暂存产物都带 PID+tag，所以不会互相覆盖；
+`--affinity-mask` 用来让两份负载落在不重叠的核上（实测 2×10 线程 = 244 fps vs 单进程 22 线程 = 165 fps，+48%）。
diff --git a/scripts/library_run.py b/scripts/library_run.py
index c4f918f..0f1a83c 100644
--- a/scripts/library_run.py
+++ b/scripts/library_run.py
@@ -1245,6 +1245,9 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument("--crf", type=int, default=CRF_X265, help="x265 tier quality (measured default 24)")
     ap.add_argument("--x265-preset", default=X265_PRESET)
     ap.add_argument("--pools", type=int, default=X265_POOLS, help="x265 threads (match the affinity mask)")
+    ap.add_argument("--lock-tag", default="",
+                    help="lock name suffix (run-<tag>.lock) so a second worker of the SAME tier can "
+                         "encode concurrently on its own core set; empty = use the tier name")
     ap.add_argument("--affinity-mask", default="0x%X" % E_CORE_MASK,
                     help="hex CPU mask for the x265 tier (default = the E-core mask); the mask is "
                          "inherited by the ffmpeg children and must agree with --pools")
@@ -1317,7 +1320,12 @@ def main():
     # One lock PER TIER, not one global lock: the copy tier uses no encoder, the x265 tier is CPU
     # and the nvenc tier is the GPU ASIC, so they are safe to run side by side whereas two runs of
     # the same tier would race on dst and starve a shared unit.
-    lockf = os.path.join(WORK, "run-%s.lock" % (args.tier or ("single" if args.path else "all")))
+    # `--lock-tag` lets a SECOND worker of the same tier take its own lock: the lock exists to stop two
+    # encoders racing on the same unit/output, and the control plane splits the cores explicitly
+    # (measured 2026-10-12: two 720p x265 processes with 10 threads on disjoint core sets = +48%
+    # aggregate throughput over one process with 22 threads, because x265 caps at wpp(12 rows)).
+    lockf = os.path.join(WORK, "run-%s.lock" % (args.lock_tag or args.tier
+                                                or ("single" if args.path else "all")))
     log("=== %d file(s)  tier=%s cq=%d crf=%d audio=%s decode_check=%s lock=%s" %
         (len(files), args.tier or "auto", args.cq, args.crf, args.audio or "source-matched",
          DECODE_CHECK, os.path.basename(lockf)))