diff --git a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/synthesizer.go b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/synthesizer.go
index c7fab2241..e7e6e730b 100644
--- a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/synthesizer.go
+++ b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/synthesizer.go
@@ -935,6 +935,12 @@ func buildAccountService(
 	middlewares []rpservice.MiddlewareConfig,
 	sessionPriv, sessionPub string,
 ) *rpservice.Service {
+	// The proxy that serves this tenant — a dedicated proxy when one has been
+	// assigned, else the shared cluster. This is the value mesh-DNS peer
+	// selection and the connect-snapshot filter both join on.
+	servingProxy := settings.ServingProxy()
+	// The shared cluster address remains the placeholder target's ID; only the
+	// advertised proxy address follows ServingProxy().
 	cluster := settings.Cluster
 	domain := settings.Endpoint()
 	serviceID := SynthesizedServiceIDPrefix + accountID
@@ -944,7 +950,7 @@ func buildAccountService(
 		AccountID:    accountID,
 		Name:         "agent-network-" + accountID,
 		Domain:       domain,
-		ProxyCluster: cluster,
+		ProxyCluster: servingProxy,
 		DNSZone:      settings.Zone, // empty for legacy rows → unchanged behavior
 		Mode:         rpservice.ModeHTTP,
 		Enabled:      true,
diff --git a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/synthesizer_test.go b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/synthesizer_test.go
index 7b14f8209..8a3a65d30 100644
--- a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/synthesizer_test.go
+++ b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/synthesizer_test.go
@@ -1246,3 +1246,99 @@ func TestSynthesizeServices_EmptyAPIKey_FailsClosed(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err, "synthesis must refuse a provider with no api key")
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "no api key", "error must surface the missing credential")
 }
+
+// TestBuildAccountService_ProxyClusterFollowsServingProxyAddress — the whole
+// point of the column: the synthesized service must advertise the private
+// proxy's address, because that value is what mesh-DNS peer selection and the
+// connect-snapshot filter both join on. TargetId must NOT move with it — it
+// names the noop placeholder target and is out of scope (see the note above).
+func TestBuildAccountService_ProxyClusterFollowsServingProxyAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	defer ctrl.Finish()
+	mockStore := store.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+
+	settings := &types.Settings{
+		AccountID:           testAccountID,
+		Cluster:             testCluster,
+		Zone:                "gateway.netbird.ai",
+		Subdomain:           "brave-otter",
+		ServingProxyAddress: "brave-otter.gateway.netbird.ai",
+	}
+	provider := newSynthTestProvider()
+	policy := newSynthTestPolicy(provider.ID, "grp-eng", "")
+
+	expectSynthBaseInputs(mockStore, ctx, settings,
+		[]*types.Provider{provider},
+		[]*types.Policy{policy},
+		[]*types.Guardrail{})
+
+	services, err := SynthesizeServices(ctx, mockStore, testAccountID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, services, 1)
+
+	svc := services[0]
+	assert.Equal(t, "brave-otter.gateway.netbird.ai", svc.ProxyCluster,
+		"ProxyCluster must advertise the private proxy's address once ServingProxyAddress is set")
+	require.Len(t, svc.Targets, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, testCluster, svc.Targets[0].TargetId,
+		"TargetId is the noop placeholder target and must stay pinned to the shared cluster, not the serving proxy")
+}
+
+// TestSynthesizeServicesForCluster_ExcludesPrivatelyServedTenant — a tenant
+// moved to a private proxy must drop out of the SHARED proxy's connect
+// snapshot, or both proxies would serve it. The existing
+// `svc.ProxyCluster == clusterAddr` filter does this for free once ProxyCluster
+// is the tenant hostname; this test proves the handoff rather than assuming it.
+func TestSynthesizeServicesForCluster_ExcludesPrivatelyServedTenant(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	provider := newSynthTestProvider()
+	policy := newSynthTestPolicy(provider.ID, "grp-eng", "")
+
+	privatelyServed := &types.Settings{
+		AccountID:           testAccountID,
+		Cluster:             testCluster,
+		Subdomain:           testSubdomain,
+		ServingProxyAddress: "brave-otter.gateway.netbird.ai",
+	}
+
+	t.Run("privately served tenant is excluded from the shared cluster snapshot", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+		defer ctrl.Finish()
+		mockStore := store.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+
+		mockStore.EXPECT().
+			GetAgentNetworkSettingsByCluster(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, testCluster).
+			Return([]*types.Settings{privatelyServed}, nil)
+		expectSynthBaseInputs(mockStore, ctx, privatelyServed,
+			[]*types.Provider{provider}, []*types.Policy{policy}, []*types.Guardrail{})
+
+		services, err := SynthesizeServicesForCluster(ctx, mockStore, testCluster)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Empty(t, services, "a tenant served by a private proxy must not appear in the shared cluster's snapshot")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("clearing ServingProxyAddress makes the tenant reappear", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+		defer ctrl.Finish()
+		mockStore := store.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+
+		sharedAgain := &types.Settings{
+			AccountID: testAccountID,
+			Cluster:   testCluster,
+			Subdomain: testSubdomain,
+		}
+
+		mockStore.EXPECT().
+			GetAgentNetworkSettingsByCluster(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, testCluster).
+			Return([]*types.Settings{sharedAgain}, nil)
+		expectSynthBaseInputs(mockStore, ctx, sharedAgain,
+			[]*types.Provider{provider}, []*types.Policy{policy}, []*types.Guardrail{})
+
+		services, err := SynthesizeServicesForCluster(ctx, mockStore, testCluster)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, services, 1, "clearing ServingProxyAddress must return the tenant to the shared cluster's snapshot")
+		assert.Equal(t, testCluster, services[0].ProxyCluster)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/settings.go b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/settings.go
index ba707bb08..661ed1051 100644
--- a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/settings.go
+++ b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/settings.go
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import (
 // the long-term aggregate and are retained independently.
 const DefaultAccessLogRetentionDays = 30
 
-// Settings is the per-account agent-network configuration row. One
-// row per account. Cluster + Subdomain are immutable once written and
-// produce the public endpoint agents call (`<subdomain>.<cluster>`).
+// Settings is the per-account agent-network configuration row. One row per
+// account. The public endpoint agents call is `<subdomain>.<zone>` when a
+// zone is set, else `<subdomain>.<cluster>`. Cluster, Subdomain and Zone are
+// immutable once written; ServingProxyAddress is the one mutable column,
+// naming which proxy currently serves the account.
 type Settings struct {
 	AccountID string `gorm:"primaryKey"`
 	Cluster   string
@@ -27,6 +29,20 @@ type Settings struct {
 	// configures no zone keep that behaviour unchanged.
 	Zone string
 
+	// ServingProxyAddress is the address of the proxy currently serving this
+	// account's gateway. Empty means the account is served by the shared proxy
+	// at Cluster; set means a dedicated proxy serves it, and the value is that
+	// proxy's address — for a per-account proxy, the account's own gateway
+	// hostname.
+	//
+	// This is the only mutable column on this row. Cluster, Subdomain and Zone
+	// are fixed once written, but moving an account onto a dedicated proxy — and
+	// moving it back — is exactly one write here. Nothing in this repository
+	// writes it: it is set by whatever external process assigns dedicated
+	// proxies, and its zero value preserves existing behaviour for every current
+	// row and every deployment that assigns none.
+	ServingProxyAddress string
+
 	// Account-level collection controls sourced by the synthesizer.
 	// EnableLogCollection gates the per-request access-log trail and defaults
 	// ON for new accounts. EnablePromptCollection is the master gate for
@@ -64,6 +80,17 @@ func (s *Settings) Endpoint() string {
 	return s.Subdomain + "." + s.Cluster
 }
 
+// ServingProxy returns the address of the proxy that serves this account's
+// gateway: the dedicated proxy when one has been assigned, otherwise the shared
+// cluster. This is the value the synthesized service advertises as
+// ProxyCluster, which is what mesh-DNS peer selection joins on.
+func (s *Settings) ServingProxy() string {
+	if s.ServingProxyAddress != "" {
+		return s.ServingProxyAddress
+	}
+	return s.Cluster
+}
+
 // ToAPIResponse renders the settings as the API representation.
 func (s *Settings) ToAPIResponse() *api.AgentNetworkSettings {
 	created := s.CreatedAt
diff --git a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/settings_test.go b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/settings_test.go
index 8837cb7d5..41f7fd55b 100644
--- a/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/settings_test.go
+++ b/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/settings_test.go
@@ -29,3 +29,17 @@ func TestToAPIResponse_ExposesZoneAndDerivedEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	resp := s.ToAPIResponse()
 	assert.Equal(t, "brave-otter.gateway.netbird.ai", resp.Endpoint)
 }
+
+// TestServingProxy_PrefersColumnOverCluster — a provisioned tenant is served by
+// its own proxy, whose address is its hostname, not the shared cluster.
+func TestServingProxy_PrefersColumnOverCluster(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &Settings{Cluster: "eu.proxy.netbird.io", ServingProxyAddress: "brave-otter.gateway.netbird.ai"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "brave-otter.gateway.netbird.ai", s.ServingProxy())
+}
+
+// TestServingProxy_FallsBackToCluster is the compatibility guarantee: every
+// existing row, and every self-hosted deployment, is served by the shared proxy.
+func TestServingProxy_FallsBackToCluster(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &Settings{Cluster: "eu.proxy.netbird.io"}
+	assert.Equal(t, "eu.proxy.netbird.io", s.ServingProxy())
+}
diff --git a/management/server/store/sql_store_agentnetwork.go b/management/server/store/sql_store_agentnetwork.go
index 883923156..685071125 100644
--- a/management/server/store/sql_store_agentnetwork.go
+++ b/management/server/store/sql_store_agentnetwork.go
@@ -385,6 +385,24 @@ func (s *SqlStore) CreateAgentNetworkSettings(ctx context.Context, settings *age
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress points the account's gateway at a specific
+// serving proxy, or clears it (address == "") to return the account to the
+// shared proxy. Scoped to the one column on purpose: this runs concurrently
+// with unrelated settings updates, and a full-row upsert would clobber them.
+func (s *SqlStore) SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress(ctx context.Context, accountID, address string) error {
+	result := s.db.Model(&agentNetworkTypes.Settings{}).
+		Where("account_id = ?", accountID).
+		Update("serving_proxy_address", address)
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Errorf("failed to set agent network serving proxy address: %v", result.Error)
+		return status.Errorf(status.Internal, "failed to set agent network serving proxy address")
+	}
+	if result.RowsAffected == 0 {
+		return status.Errorf(status.NotFound, "agent network settings for account %s not found", accountID)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // IncrementAgentNetworkConsumption atomically upserts the consumption
 // row keyed on (account, dim_kind, dim_id, window_seconds, window_start)
 // and adds the supplied deltas. Concurrent calls from multiple proxy
diff --git a/management/server/store/store.go b/management/server/store/store.go
index 3aab631e4..dc685d16e 100644
--- a/management/server/store/store.go
+++ b/management/server/store/store.go
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ type Store interface {
 	GetAgentNetworkSettingsBySubdomain(ctx context.Context, lockStrength LockingStrength, subdomain string) (*agentNetworkTypes.Settings, error)
 	SaveAgentNetworkSettings(ctx context.Context, settings *agentNetworkTypes.Settings) error
 	CreateAgentNetworkSettings(ctx context.Context, settings *agentNetworkTypes.Settings) error
+	SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress(ctx context.Context, accountID, address string) error
 	IncrementAgentNetworkConsumption(ctx context.Context, accountID string, kind agentNetworkTypes.ConsumptionDimension, dimID string, windowSeconds int64, windowStart time.Time, tokensIn, tokensOut int64, costUSD float64) error
 	IncrementAgentNetworkConsumptionBatch(ctx context.Context, accountID string, keys []agentNetworkTypes.ConsumptionKey, tokensIn, tokensOut int64, costUSD float64) error
 	GetAgentNetworkConsumption(ctx context.Context, lockStrength LockingStrength, accountID string, kind agentNetworkTypes.ConsumptionDimension, dimID string, windowSeconds int64, windowStart time.Time) (*agentNetworkTypes.Consumption, error)
diff --git a/management/server/store/store_mock.go b/management/server/store/store_mock.go
index b96cd2f08..ed05eca7d 100644
--- a/management/server/store/store_mock.go
+++ b/management/server/store/store_mock.go
@@ -3666,6 +3666,20 @@ func (mr *MockStoreMockRecorder) SaveUsers(ctx, users interface{}) *gomock.Call
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "SaveUsers", reflect.TypeOf((*MockStore)(nil).SaveUsers), ctx, users)
 }
 
+// SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress mocks base method.
+func (m *MockStore) SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress(ctx context.Context, accountID, address string) error {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress", ctx, accountID, address)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].(error)
+	return ret0
+}
+
+// SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress indicates an expected call of SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress.
+func (mr *MockStoreMockRecorder) SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress(ctx, accountID, address interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress", reflect.TypeOf((*MockStore)(nil).SetAgentNetworkServingProxyAddress), ctx, accountID, address)
+}
+
 // SetFieldEncrypt mocks base method.
 func (m *MockStore) SetFieldEncrypt(enc *crypt.FieldEncrypt) {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
diff --git a/management/server/types/account.go b/management/server/types/account.go
index 059fc20cf..dbdfd3ed9 100644
--- a/management/server/types/account.go
+++ b/management/server/types/account.go
@@ -364,8 +364,9 @@ func (a *Account) privateServiceDomainZone(svc *service.Service) string {
 	// explicitly: it is server config, so it matches neither the serving
 	// proxy's address nor any per-account custom-domain row. Checked first so
 	// the apex stays the zone even once ProxyCluster becomes the tenant
-	// hostname itself (a private managed proxy), which would otherwise make the
-	// apex the full hostname and churn the client's zone set on cutover.
+	// hostname itself (which happens when a dedicated per-account proxy serves
+	// it), which would otherwise make the apex the full hostname and churn the
+	// client's zone set when a tenant moves between proxies.
 	if svc.DNSZone != "" && domainFromSuffix(svc.Domain, svc.DNSZone) {
 		return svc.DNSZone
 	}