diff --git a/services/ai_voice_runtime_service/app.py b/services/ai_voice_runtime_service/app.py
index edfc7f3..49f37ca 100644
--- a/services/ai_voice_runtime_service/app.py
+++ b/services/ai_voice_runtime_service/app.py
@@ -823,7 +823,11 @@ def _media_registration_from_row(row: VoiceAISessionRow, *, queue_code: str | No
         voice_v2_duplex=bool(voice_v2_for_session and _voice_v2_duplex_enabled()),
         voice_v2_streaming_asr_backend=streaming_backend,
         voice_v2_prebaked_ack=bool(voice_v2_for_session and _voice_v2_prebaked_ack_enabled()),
-        voice_v2_emotive_ack=bool(voice_v2_for_session and _voice_v2_emotive_ack_enabled()),
+        # Deliberately NOT gated on voice_v2_for_session: phrase-variant rotation only
+        # needs a text pool + live TTS, not the v2 duplex/partial-ASR pipeline, so calls
+        # outside the v2 queue allowlist still get varied fillers instead of always the
+        # single fixed "Секунду." fallback string.
+        voice_v2_emotive_ack=bool(_voice_v2_emotive_ack_enabled()),
         voice_v2_emotive_ack_ru_only=bool(_voice_v2_emotive_ack_ru_only()),
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/test_ai_voice_runtime_service.py b/tests/test_ai_voice_runtime_service.py
index d42f65b..638f2d7 100644
--- a/tests/test_ai_voice_runtime_service.py
+++ b/tests/test_ai_voice_runtime_service.py
@@ -855,3 +855,27 @@ def test_push_voice_ai_telephony_event_call_ended_returns_detached_safe_payload(
     }
     assert closed == [("avs_runtime_call_ended", "call_ended")]
     assert orchestrator_calls == [("POST", "/ai/voice/sessions/avs_runtime_call_ended/close")]
+
+
+def test_media_registration_emotive_ack_rotation_is_not_gated_on_v2_queue_eligibility(monkeypatch):
+    # AI_VOICE_V2_QUEUE_CODES defaults to "voice_lab_ai" only, so a queue outside
+    # that allowlist runs the plain v1 ack path. Emotive-ack rotation must still
+    # apply there — otherwise every filler collapses to the single fixed
+    # "Секунду." fallback string instead of rotating through phrase variants.
+    monkeypatch.delenv("AI_VOICE_V2_QUEUE_CODES", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("AI_VOICE_V2_EMOTIVE_ACK_ENABLED", raising=False)
+    row = VoiceAISessionRow(
+        session_id="avs_runtime_emotive_ack_v1",
+        call_id="call_runtime_emotive_ack_v1",
+        interaction_id="int_runtime_emotive_ack_v1",
+        ai_session_id="ais_runtime_emotive_ack_v1",
+        language="ru",
+        media_uuid="media-emotive-ack-v1",
+        queue_id="que_not_v2_eligible",
+        agent_profile="voice_support",
+    )
+
+    registration = runtime_module._media_registration_from_row(row, queue_code="queue_outside_v2_allowlist")
+
+    assert registration.voice_v2_enabled is False
+    assert registration.voice_v2_emotive_ack is True