diff --git a/client/internal/debug/debug.go b/client/internal/debug/debug.go
index 0e506ccd7..776eee8ad 100644
--- a/client/internal/debug/debug.go
+++ b/client/internal/debug/debug.go
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ func (g *BundleGenerator) addCommonConfigFields(configContent *strings.Builder)
 	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("BlockLANAccess: %v\n", g.internalConfig.BlockLANAccess))
 	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("BlockInbound: %v\n", g.internalConfig.BlockInbound))
 	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DisableIPv6: %v\n", g.internalConfig.DisableIPv6))
+	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("LocalMetricsEnabled: %v\n", g.internalConfig.LocalMetricsEnabled))
+	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("LocalMetricsAddress: %s\n", g.internalConfig.LocalMetricsAddress))
 
 	if g.internalConfig.DisableNotifications != nil {
 		configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DisableNotifications: %v\n", *g.internalConfig.DisableNotifications))
diff --git a/client/internal/localmetrics/localmetrics.go b/client/internal/localmetrics/localmetrics.go
index d4a7a862b..80ba8cf42 100644
--- a/client/internal/localmetrics/localmetrics.go
+++ b/client/internal/localmetrics/localmetrics.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ package localmetrics
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/netip"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -20,7 +22,13 @@ import (
 // DefaultListenAddress is used when local metrics are enabled without an explicit address.
 const DefaultListenAddress = "127.0.0.1:9191"
 
-const shutdownTimeout = 3 * time.Second
+const (
+	shutdownTimeout   = 3 * time.Second
+	readHeaderTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	readTimeout       = 10 * time.Second
+	writeTimeout      = 30 * time.Second
+	idleTimeout       = time.Minute
+)
 
 // statusSource provides the connection state snapshots the collector reads on scrape.
 type statusSource interface {
@@ -61,6 +69,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Reconcile(enabled bool, addr string) {
 	if addr == "" {
 		addr = DefaultListenAddress
 	}
+	warnIfNotLoopback(addr)
 
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	defer m.mu.Unlock()
@@ -91,7 +100,14 @@ func (m *Manager) Reconcile(enabled bool, addr string) {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	mux.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(gatherers, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}))
 
-	srv := &http.Server{Addr: addr, Handler: mux}
+	srv := &http.Server{
+		Addr:              addr,
+		Handler:           mux,
+		ReadHeaderTimeout: readHeaderTimeout,
+		ReadTimeout:       readTimeout,
+		WriteTimeout:      writeTimeout,
+		IdleTimeout:       idleTimeout,
+	}
 	m.srv = srv
 	m.addr = addr
 
@@ -208,3 +224,20 @@ func boolToFloat(b bool) float64 {
 	}
 	return 0
 }
+
+// warnIfNotLoopback logs a warning when the listen address cannot be
+// confirmed to be local-only, since the endpoint exposes peer and
+// connectivity details without authentication.
+func warnIfNotLoopback(addr string) {
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if host == "localhost" {
+		return
+	}
+	if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(host); err == nil && ip.Unmap().IsLoopback() {
+		return
+	}
+	log.Warnf("local metrics endpoint listens on non-loopback address %s and is reachable from the network without authentication", addr)
+}