diff --git a/backend/services/bnk/topology.py b/backend/services/bnk/topology.py
index 1a4db70..bb77390 100644
--- a/backend/services/bnk/topology.py
+++ b/backend/services/bnk/topology.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 and returns a structured topology dict.
 """
 
+import json
+import logging
 import re
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 def analyze_topology(data: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Build the gateway topology response from raw BNK data."""
     resources = data["resources"]
@@ -187,6 +191,20 @@ def _match_routes_to_listener(
         route_spec = route.get("spec", {})
         route_ns = route_meta.get("namespace", "")
 
+        # The analyzer records the weights it actually computed in the
+        # k8s.f5.com/service-settings annotation, NOT in
+        # spec.rules[].backendRefs[].weight (the author's declared intent). We
+        # surface the annotation faithfully at the route level as
+        # ``serviceSettings`` -- the same pool-keyed shape F5AIAnalyzerViewer
+        # already reads -- so a validated consumer can reinterpret it without
+        # another backend change (#8). We deliberately do NOT collapse it into a
+        # per-backendRef ``effectiveWeight`` here: the annotation is keyed by
+        # POOL, a backendRef is a Service, and the per-pod weights may be a
+        # within-pool distribution rather than a between-service share -- so the
+        # pool->service attribution and the collapse both need a real
+        # multi-backend/multi-pod cluster sample to settle (see PR discussion).
+        service_settings = _parse_service_settings(route_meta)
+
         for parent in route_spec.get("parentRefs", []):
             parent_ns = parent.get("namespace", route_ns)
             if parent.get("name") != gw_name or parent_ns != gw_ns:
@@ -215,6 +233,7 @@ def _match_routes_to_listener(
                 "kind": route_kind,
                 "hostnames": route_spec.get("hostnames", []),
                 "backends": backends,
+                "serviceSettings": service_settings or None,
                 "analyzers": _match_analyzers(
                     analyzers, route_name, route_kind, route_ns, gw_ns,
                 ),
@@ -223,6 +242,67 @@ def _match_routes_to_listener(
     return routes_data
 
 
+SERVICE_SETTINGS_ANNOTATION = "k8s.f5.com/service-settings"
+
+
+def _coerce_weight(value: Any) -> float | None:
+    """Tolerant numeric coercion, matching F5AIAnalyzerViewer's ``Number(w)``.
+
+    The annotation's weights arrive as ints in the samples we have, but the
+    existing frontend consumer accepts floats and numeric strings too, and the
+    two readers of this annotation must not disagree on what counts as a weight
+    (a stricter reader silently drops values and falls back to the declared
+    weight -- invisibly). bool is excluded: it is an int subclass but never a
+    weight.
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, bool):
+        return None
+    if isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+        return float(value)
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        try:
+            return float(value)
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+    return None
+
+
+def _parse_service_settings(route_meta: dict) -> dict[str, dict[str, float]]:
+    """Faithful parse of the k8s.f5.com/service-settings annotation.
+
+    Per F5 docs the shape is ``{pool_name: {pod_ip: weight}}`` -- e.g.
+    ``{"pool-3": {"10.244.114.53": 33, "10.244.114.54": 34, "10.244.99.91": 33}}``.
+    The top-level key is a POOL, not necessarily a Service name; the per-pod
+    weights may be a within-pool distribution. We return the structure as-is
+    (keys preserved, weights coerced tolerantly) rather than interpreting it,
+    because the interpretation is exactly what's unsettled (#8) and the existing
+    consumer, F5AIAnalyzerViewer, already reads the same annotation this way.
+    Returns {} when the annotation is absent or unparseable.
+    """
+    raw = (route_meta.get("annotations") or {}).get(SERVICE_SETTINGS_ANNOTATION)
+    if not raw:
+        return {}
+    try:
+        parsed = json.loads(raw)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        logger.warning("Unparseable %s on route %s", SERVICE_SETTINGS_ANNOTATION,
+                       route_meta.get("name"))
+        return {}
+    if not isinstance(parsed, dict):
+        return {}
+    out: dict[str, dict[str, float]] = {}
+    for pool, ip_weights in parsed.items():
+        if isinstance(ip_weights, dict):
+            clean = {}
+            for ip, w in ip_weights.items():
+                cw = _coerce_weight(w)
+                if cw is not None:
+                    clean[str(ip)] = cw
+            if clean:
+                out[str(pool)] = clean
+    return out
+
+
 def _match_analyzers(
     analyzers: list[dict],
     route_name: str,
diff --git a/backend/tests/unit/test_bnk_topology.py b/backend/tests/unit/test_bnk_topology.py
index 6daaec6..ebb6556 100644
--- a/backend/tests/unit/test_bnk_topology.py
+++ b/backend/tests/unit/test_bnk_topology.py
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
     _build_data_plane,
     _build_egress,
     _build_vlan,
+    _coerce_weight,
     _match_analyzers,
     _match_net_policies,
     _match_routes_to_listener,
     _match_sec_policies,
+    _parse_service_settings,
     analyze_topology,
     resolve_list_refs,
 )
@@ -225,6 +227,87 @@ def test_route_not_matching_different_gateway(self):
         assert result == []
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# analyzer weights (#8) — k8s.f5.com/service-settings annotation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _l4route_with_settings(name, gw_name, gw_ns, backends, settings_json=None):
+    r = _resource(name, gw_ns, spec={
+        "parentRefs": [{"name": gw_name, "namespace": gw_ns}],
+        "rules": [{"backendRefs": backends}],
+    })
+    if settings_json is not None:
+        r["metadata"]["annotations"] = {"k8s.f5.com/service-settings": settings_json}
+    return r
+
+
+class TestServiceSettingsParsing:
+    """Faithful, tolerant parse of k8s.f5.com/service-settings.
+
+    We surface the annotation as-is (pool-keyed, weights coerced), matching how
+    F5AIAnalyzerViewer already reads it. We deliberately do NOT collapse it into
+    a per-backend effectiveWeight here: the top-level key is a POOL (not
+    necessarily a Service), and whether the per-pod weights are a within-pool
+    distribution or a between-service share is unsettled without a real
+    multi-backend/multi-pod cluster sample (#8).
+    """
+
+    def test_parse_preserves_pool_keyed_structure(self):
+        # The F5-docs shape: top-level key is a pool, value is {pod_ip: weight}.
+        meta = {"name": "r", "annotations": {"k8s.f5.com/service-settings":
+                '{"pool-3": {"10.244.114.53": 33, "10.244.114.54": 34, "10.244.99.91": 33}}'}}
+        parsed = _parse_service_settings(meta)
+        assert parsed == {"pool-3": {"10.244.114.53": 33.0, "10.244.114.54": 34.0, "10.244.99.91": 33.0}}
+
+    def test_parse_missing_or_bad_annotation_is_empty(self):
+        assert _parse_service_settings({"name": "r"}) == {}
+        assert _parse_service_settings({"annotations": {"k8s.f5.com/service-settings": "not json"}}) == {}
+        assert _parse_service_settings({"annotations": {"k8s.f5.com/service-settings": "[1,2]"}}) == {}
+
+    def test_numeric_coercion_matches_the_existing_consumer(self):
+        # F5AIAnalyzerViewer accepts Number(w): int, float, and numeric strings.
+        # A stricter reader would silently drop these and fall back to the
+        # declared weight -- the exact invisible failure mode to avoid.
+        assert _coerce_weight(99) == 99.0
+        assert _coerce_weight(33.5) == 33.5
+        assert _coerce_weight("42") == 42.0
+        assert _coerce_weight("not-a-number") is None
+        assert _coerce_weight(True) is None           # bool is not a weight
+        assert _coerce_weight(None) is None
+
+    def test_parse_coerces_float_and_string_weights(self):
+        meta = {"name": "r", "annotations": {"k8s.f5.com/service-settings":
+                '{"pool-1": {"10.0.0.1": "50", "10.0.0.2": 50.0}}'}}
+        parsed = _parse_service_settings(meta)
+        assert parsed == {"pool-1": {"10.0.0.1": 50.0, "10.0.0.2": 50.0}}
+
+    def test_route_carries_raw_service_settings_end_to_end(self):
+        # The parsed annotation rides on the route as serviceSettings; backends
+        # keep the DECLARED weight (the on-screen collapse is deferred to cluster
+        # validation, so we do not overwrite it with a guess).
+        route = _l4route_with_settings(
+            "l4route-vlm-internal-gw1", "gw", "f5-bnk",
+            backends=[{"name": "vlm-vllm-agg-vlmfrontend", "port": 8000, "weight": 1}],
+            settings_json='{"pool-3": {"10.244.123.12": 99}}',
+        )
+        result = _match_routes_to_listener([(route, "L4Route")], [], "gw", "f5-bnk", "l4")
+        assert len(result) == 1
+        assert result[0]["serviceSettings"] == {"pool-3": {"10.244.123.12": 99.0}}
+        # Declared weight preserved; no guessed effectiveWeight on the backend.
+        backend = result[0]["backends"][0]
+        assert backend["weight"] == 1
+        assert "effectiveWeight" not in backend
+
+    def test_route_without_annotation_has_none_service_settings(self):
+        route = _l4route_with_settings(
+            "plain", "gw", "f5-bnk",
+            backends=[{"name": "svc", "port": 80, "weight": 50}],
+        )
+        result = _match_routes_to_listener([(route, "HTTPRoute")], [], "gw", "f5-bnk", "l4")
+        assert result[0]["serviceSettings"] is None
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # _match_analyzers
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------