diff --git a/client/android/client.go b/client/android/client.go
index 2e3300453..5619fbe44 100644
--- a/client/android/client.go
+++ b/client/android/client.go
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ func (c *Client) DebugBundle(platformFiles PlatformFiles, anonymize bool, anonym
 	}
 
 	// Empty unless an engine is running and has synced: a bundle generated with
-	// the client stopped has no management-published destination, so it uploads
-	// only when the peer is enrolled with NetBird's cloud.
+	// the client stopped has no management-published destination and goes to the
+	// service NetBird runs.
 	var publishedUploadURL string
 
 	if cc != nil {
@@ -380,15 +380,9 @@ func (c *Client) DebugBundle(platformFiles PlatformFiles, anonymize bool, anonym
 		},
 	)
 
-	// Resolved before the bundle is generated: with no destination there is
-	// nothing to hand back to the app, and generating (then deleting) a bundle
-	// nobody can collect is wasted work on the device. An MDM override wins;
-	// otherwise the destination this deployment publishes is used, and only a
-	// peer enrolled with NetBird's cloud falls back to the service NetBird runs.
-	uploadURL, err := debug.ResolveUploadURL(cfg.DebugBundleUploadURL, publishedUploadURL, cfg.ManagementURL.String())
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
+	// An MDM override wins; otherwise the destination this deployment publishes
+	// is used, and failing that the service NetBird runs.
+	uploadURL := debug.ResolveUploadURL(cfg.DebugBundleUploadURL, publishedUploadURL)
 
 	path, err := bundleGenerator.Generate()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/client/internal/debug/destination.go b/client/internal/debug/destination.go
index 1f53816d7..c503e2c4e 100644
--- a/client/internal/debug/destination.go
+++ b/client/internal/debug/destination.go
@@ -1,41 +1,29 @@
 package debug
 
 import (
-	"errors"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/upload-server/types"
 )
 
-// ErrNoUploadDestination reports that a bundle has nowhere to go: the
-// management server of this deployment publishes no upload service, and the
-// peer is not enrolled with NetBird's cloud either. A debug bundle carries the
-// peer's logs, routes, DNS and firewall state, so the default is to keep it
-// inside the operator's control sphere rather than fall back to the service
-// NetBird runs.
-var ErrNoUploadDestination = errors.New("this deployment publishes no debug bundle upload service; set it on the account settings or in the management server config, or pass an explicit upload URL")
-
-// ResolveUploadURL decides where a debug bundle may be uploaded.
+// ResolveUploadURL decides where a debug bundle is uploaded.
 //
-// requested is a destination a caller named explicitly (a CLI flag, the daemon
-// request); it always wins, and the callers that accept one gate it separately.
-// published is what the management server of this deployment advertises, which
-// the engine holds (Engine.DebugUploadURL). With neither, only a peer enrolled
-// with NetBird's cloud falls back to the service NetBird runs — for anyone else
-// that would carry the bundle out of the deployment the operator controls, so it
-// fails closed with ErrNoUploadDestination.
-func ResolveUploadURL(requested, published, managementURL string) (string, error) {
+// requested is a destination a caller named explicitly — an MDM override, the
+// CLI's --upload-bundle-url, a remote job's upload_url; it always wins, and the
+// callers that accept one gate it separately (see requirePrivilegeForUploadURL:
+// any host other than the default needs a privileged caller). published is what
+// the management server of this deployment advertises, which the engine holds
+// (Engine.DebugUploadURL). With neither, the upload service NetBird runs is the
+// default, for a self-hosted deployment as much as for a cloud one: an operator
+// who needs the bundles to stay inside their own infrastructure points either
+// knob at their own upload service, and until they do the everyday
+// "collect a bundle and send it to support" flow keeps working.
+func ResolveUploadURL(requested, published string) string {
 	if requested != "" {
-		return requested, nil
+		return requested
 	}
 
 	if published != "" {
-		return published, nil
+		return published
 	}
 
-	if metrics.DetermineDeploymentType(managementURL) == metrics.DeploymentTypeCloud {
-		return types.DefaultBundleURL, nil
-	}
-
-	return "", ErrNoUploadDestination
+	return types.DefaultBundleURL
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/debug/destination_test.go b/client/internal/debug/destination_test.go
index de88a3cab..cd2d27d0f 100644
--- a/client/internal/debug/destination_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/debug/destination_test.go
@@ -4,83 +4,50 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/upload-server/types"
 )
 
 func TestResolveUploadURL(t *testing.T) {
 	const (
-		cloudMgm      = "https://api.netbird.io:443"
-		selfHostedMgm = "https://netbird.example.com:33073"
-		operatorURL   = "https://upload.example.com/upload-url"
-		requestedURL  = "https://requested.example.com/upload-url"
+		operatorURL  = "https://upload.example.com/upload-url"
+		requestedURL = "https://requested.example.com/upload-url"
 	)
 
 	tests := []struct {
-		name          string
-		requested     string
-		published     string
-		managementURL string
-		want          string
-		wantErr       bool
+		name      string
+		requested string
+		published string
+		want      string
 	}{
 		{
-			name:          "requested wins over published",
-			requested:     requestedURL,
-			published:     operatorURL,
-			managementURL: selfHostedMgm,
-			want:          requestedURL,
+			name:      "requested wins over published",
+			requested: requestedURL,
+			published: operatorURL,
+			want:      requestedURL,
 		},
 		{
-			name:          "requested wins on cloud too",
-			requested:     requestedURL,
-			managementURL: cloudMgm,
-			want:          requestedURL,
+			name:      "requested wins with nothing published",
+			requested: requestedURL,
+			want:      requestedURL,
 		},
 		{
-			name:          "published used when nothing requested",
-			published:     operatorURL,
-			managementURL: selfHostedMgm,
-			want:          operatorURL,
+			name:      "published used when nothing requested",
+			published: operatorURL,
+			want:      operatorURL,
 		},
 		{
-			// A cloud deployment publishing its own destination must not be
-			// overridden by the compiled-in default.
-			name:          "published wins over the cloud fallback",
-			published:     operatorURL,
-			managementURL: cloudMgm,
-			want:          operatorURL,
-		},
-		{
-			name:          "cloud falls back to the NetBird service",
-			managementURL: cloudMgm,
-			want:          types.DefaultBundleURL,
-		},
-		{
-			// The whole point of GHSA-hf99-43rj-h577: no silent hop to a
-			// vendor-controlled destination.
-			name:          "self-hosted with no destination fails closed",
-			managementURL: selfHostedMgm,
-			wantErr:       true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:          "unknown management URL fails closed",
-			managementURL: "",
-			wantErr:       true,
+			// The default stays the service NetBird runs whatever the
+			// deployment: an operator who wants the bundles elsewhere says so,
+			// and until then collecting one and sending it to support works.
+			name: "nothing configured falls back to the NetBird service",
+			want: types.DefaultBundleURL,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := ResolveUploadURL(tc.requested, tc.published, tc.managementURL)
-			if tc.wantErr {
-				require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrNoUploadDestination)
-				assert.Empty(t, got)
-				return
-			}
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, got)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, ResolveUploadURL(tc.requested, tc.published))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/client/internal/engine.go b/client/internal/engine.go
index 238715f37..7f3042b7c 100644
--- a/client/internal/engine.go
+++ b/client/internal/engine.go
@@ -230,9 +230,8 @@ type Engine struct {
 	// debugUploadURL is the debug-bundle upload service the management server
 	// publishes for this deployment, refreshed on every NetbirdConfig update.
 	// Atomic because the bundle paths (remote job, daemon RPC, mobile SDK) read
-	// it off the engine loop. Empty when the deployment publishes none, which is
-	// what makes a self-hosted peer keep its bundle local instead of shipping it
-	// to the upload service NetBird runs.
+	// it off the engine loop. Empty when the deployment publishes none, in which
+	// case the callers fall back to the service NetBird runs.
 	debugUploadURL atomic.Pointer[string]
 
 	clientCtx    context.Context
@@ -1243,8 +1242,8 @@ func (e *Engine) handleDebugUploadUpdate(config *mgmProto.DebugConfig) {
 
 // DebugUploadURL returns the debug-bundle upload service the management server
 // published, or empty when it published none or the engine never synced. The
-// callers treat empty as "no destination from this deployment" and fail closed
-// unless the peer is enrolled with NetBird's cloud; see debug.ResolveUploadURL.
+// callers treat empty as "this deployment names no destination" and fall back to
+// the service NetBird runs; see debug.ResolveUploadURL.
 func (e *Engine) DebugUploadURL() string {
 	if url := e.debugUploadURL.Load(); url != nil {
 		return *url
@@ -1466,10 +1465,8 @@ func (e *Engine) handleBundle(params *mgmProto.BundleParameters) (*mgmProto.JobR
 
 	// Resolve the upload destination: an MDM override, when set, takes
 	// precedence over the job's URL. Both are validated the same way. With
-	// neither, the destination this deployment publishes is used, and only a
-	// peer enrolled with NetBird's cloud falls back to the service NetBird runs
-	// — a self-hosted deployment that named no upload service gets no upload
-	// rather than one that leaves the operator's control sphere.
+	// neither, the destination this deployment publishes is used, and failing
+	// that the service NetBird runs.
 	uploadURL := params.GetUploadUrl()
 	if override := e.config.ProfileConfig.DebugBundleUploadURL; override != "" {
 		log.Infof("using MDM debug bundle upload URL override instead of the management-supplied value")
@@ -1479,10 +1476,7 @@ func (e *Engine) handleBundle(params *mgmProto.BundleParameters) (*mgmProto.JobR
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	uploadURL, err = debug.ResolveUploadURL(uploadURL, e.DebugUploadURL(), e.config.ProfileConfig.ManagementURL.String())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	uploadURL = debug.ResolveUploadURL(uploadURL, e.DebugUploadURL())
 
 	bundleDeps := debug.GeneratorDependencies{
 		InternalConfig: e.config.ProfileConfig,
diff --git a/client/ios/NetBirdSDK/client.go b/client/ios/NetBirdSDK/client.go
index 36d494f36..dedd74ab0 100644
--- a/client/ios/NetBirdSDK/client.go
+++ b/client/ios/NetBirdSDK/client.go
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ func (c *Client) DebugBundle(anonymize bool, anonymizeLevel string) (string, err
 	}
 
 	// Empty unless an engine is running and has synced: a bundle generated with
-	// the client stopped has no management-published destination, so it uploads
-	// only when the peer is enrolled with NetBird's cloud.
+	// the client stopped has no management-published destination and goes to the
+	// service NetBird runs.
 	var publishedUploadURL string
 
 	if cc != nil {
@@ -329,15 +329,9 @@ func (c *Client) DebugBundle(anonymize bool, anonymizeLevel string) (string, err
 		},
 	)
 
-	// Resolved before the bundle is generated: with no destination there is
-	// nothing to hand back to the app, and generating (then deleting) a bundle
-	// nobody can collect is wasted work on the device. An MDM override wins;
-	// otherwise the destination this deployment publishes is used, and only a
-	// peer enrolled with NetBird's cloud falls back to the service NetBird runs.
-	uploadURL, err := debug.ResolveUploadURL(cfg.DebugBundleUploadURL, publishedUploadURL, cfg.ManagementURL.String())
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
+	// An MDM override wins; otherwise the destination this deployment publishes
+	// is used, and failing that the service NetBird runs.
+	uploadURL := debug.ResolveUploadURL(cfg.DebugBundleUploadURL, publishedUploadURL)
 
 	path, err := bundleGenerator.Generate()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/client/jobexec/executor.go b/client/jobexec/executor.go
index fbbfdb6b3..672297c74 100644
--- a/client/jobexec/executor.go
+++ b/client/jobexec/executor.go
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ func NewExecutor() *Executor {
 
 // BundleJob generates a debug bundle for a remote job and uploads it to
 // uploadURL, returning the key the management server hands back to whoever asked.
-// The caller resolves uploadURL (see debug.ResolveUploadURL): a job whose
-// deployment names no upload service never reaches here, so there is no
-// fallback destination to pick locally.
+// The caller resolves uploadURL (see debug.ResolveUploadURL), which never yields
+// an empty one, so there is no fallback destination to pick locally.
 func (e *Executor) BundleJob(ctx context.Context, debugBundleDependencies debug.GeneratorDependencies, params debug.BundleConfig, waitForDuration time.Duration, mgmURL, uploadURL string) (string, error) {
 	if uploadURL == "" {
-		return "", debug.ErrNoUploadDestination
+		return "", errors.New("no debug bundle upload destination resolved")
 	}
 
 	if waitForDuration > MaxBundleWaitTime {
diff --git a/client/proto/daemon.pb.go b/client/proto/daemon.pb.go
index 7b722d33a..d3efda6e1 100644
--- a/client/proto/daemon.pb.go
+++ b/client/proto/daemon.pb.go
@@ -2822,10 +2822,8 @@ type DebugBundleRequest struct {
 	AnonymizeLevel string `protobuf:"bytes,8,opt,name=anonymizeLevel,proto3" json:"anonymizeLevel,omitempty"`
 	// upload asks the daemon to upload the bundle. When uploadURL is empty the
 	// daemon resolves the destination itself: the one the management server
-	// publishes, or the service NetBird runs when the peer is enrolled with
-	// NetBird's cloud. A self-hosted deployment that publishes no destination
-	// gets no upload, so a bundle never leaves the operator's control sphere by
-	// default. uploadURL still overrides it, for a privileged caller.
+	// publishes, or else the service NetBird runs. uploadURL still overrides it,
+	// and a host other than the default one requires a privileged caller.
 	Upload        bool `protobuf:"varint,9,opt,name=upload,proto3" json:"upload,omitempty"`
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
diff --git a/client/proto/daemon.proto b/client/proto/daemon.proto
index 745351aab..5b197213a 100644
--- a/client/proto/daemon.proto
+++ b/client/proto/daemon.proto
@@ -555,10 +555,8 @@ message DebugBundleRequest {
   string anonymizeLevel = 8;
   // upload asks the daemon to upload the bundle. When uploadURL is empty the
   // daemon resolves the destination itself: the one the management server
-  // publishes, or the service NetBird runs when the peer is enrolled with
-  // NetBird's cloud. A self-hosted deployment that publishes no destination
-  // gets no upload, so a bundle never leaves the operator's control sphere by
-  // default. uploadURL still overrides it, for a privileged caller.
+  // publishes, or else the service NetBird runs. uploadURL still overrides it,
+  // and a host other than the default one requires a privileged caller.
   bool upload = 9;
 }
 
diff --git a/client/server/debug.go b/client/server/debug.go
index 974fc186e..d7d1f388d 100644
--- a/client/server/debug.go
+++ b/client/server/debug.go
@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@ func (s *Server) DebugBundle(callerCtx context.Context, req *proto.DebugBundleRe
 	// it is the operator of this deployment naming their own upload service, and
 	// the peer already trusts that server for its whole configuration. Only a
 	// URL the local caller named goes through requirePrivilegeForUploadURL above.
-	uploadURL, err := debug.ResolveUploadURL(req.GetUploadURL(), publishedUploadURL, managementURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("cannot upload debug bundle: %v", err)
-		return &proto.DebugBundleResponse{Path: path, UploadFailureReason: err.Error()}, nil
-	}
+	uploadURL := debug.ResolveUploadURL(req.GetUploadURL(), publishedUploadURL)
 
 	// The upload runs without s.mutex held: it does network I/O to a possibly
 	// slow destination and must not block the other RPCs that take the lock. The
diff --git a/management/internals/server/config/config.go b/management/internals/server/config/config.go
index fdf4d88e7..50028660a 100644
--- a/management/internals/server/config/config.go
+++ b/management/internals/server/config/config.go
@@ -218,12 +218,11 @@ type AgentNetwork struct {
 //
 // The client paths that upload without a human picking a destination — the
 // remote debug-bundle job, the mobile clients and the desktop UI — take the
-// destination from here. It exists so a self-hosted deployment keeps its
-// bundles, which carry peer logs, routes, DNS and firewall state, inside the
-// operator's own control sphere instead of reaching the upload service NetBird
-// runs. Leaving it unset publishes no destination: a peer enrolled with
-// NetBird's cloud still uses NetBird's service, a self-hosted peer keeps the
-// bundle local.
+// destination from here. It exists so an operator who needs the bundles, which
+// carry peer logs, routes, DNS and firewall state, to stay inside their own
+// infrastructure can say so once. Leaving it unset publishes no destination and
+// the peers upload to the service NetBird runs, which keeps the everyday
+// "collect a bundle and send it to support" flow working out of the box.
 //
 // Set URL to the upload service's get-URL endpoint, e.g.
 // https://upload.example.com/upload-url (see the upload-server component).
diff --git a/management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion.go b/management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion.go
index 4edff8e6e..7067fa787 100644
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion.go
@@ -115,9 +115,10 @@ func toNetbirdConfig(config *nbconfig.Config, turnCredentials *Token, relayToken
 		}
 	}
 
-	// The account setting wins, the server config is the deployment-wide default
-	// a self-hosted install can set once so a fresh account is not left with the
-	// vendor fallback. Both are https-validated where they are written.
+	// The account setting wins, the server config is the deployment-wide value a
+	// self-hosted install can set once for every account. Both are
+	// https-validated where they are written. Neither set publishes nothing, and
+	// the peers fall back to the service NetBird runs.
 	debugUploadURL := config.DebugUpload.URL
 	if settings != nil && settings.DebugBundleUploadURL != "" {
 		debugUploadURL = settings.DebugBundleUploadURL
diff --git a/management/server/types/settings.go b/management/server/types/settings.go
index b88b3d0ec..1286cacdc 100644
--- a/management/server/types/settings.go
+++ b/management/server/types/settings.go
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@ type Settings struct {
 	// DebugBundleUploadURL is the debug-bundle upload service the peers of this
 	// account send their bundles to. A bundle carries peer logs, routes, DNS and
 	// firewall state, so the destination decides whose infrastructure that data
-	// lands on; setting it keeps a self-hosted account's bundles inside its own
-	// control sphere. Empty falls back to the deployment-wide DebugUpload.URL
-	// from the management server config, and with neither only a peer enrolled
-	// with NetBird's cloud uploads at all. Must be an https URL with a host.
+	// lands on. Empty falls back to the deployment-wide DebugUpload.URL from the
+	// management server config, and with neither to the service NetBird runs.
+	// Must be an https URL with a host.
 	DebugBundleUploadURL string
 
 	// AgentNetworkOnly limits the dashboard to the Agent Network surface for this account.
diff --git a/shared/management/http/api/openapi.yml b/shared/management/http/api/openapi.yml
index ff41f5c11..3987e92fd 100644
--- a/shared/management/http/api/openapi.yml
+++ b/shared/management/http/api/openapi.yml
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ components:
         debug_bundle_upload_url:
           description: |
             Upload service the peers of this account send debug bundles to. A bundle carries peer logs, routes, DNS and
-            firewall state, so setting this keeps that data inside infrastructure the account controls instead of the
-            upload service NetBird runs. Must be an https URL with a host. Empty falls back to the deployment-wide value
-            configured on the management server; with neither, only peers enrolled with NetBird's cloud upload at all.
+            firewall state, so setting this keeps that data inside infrastructure the account controls. Must be an https
+            URL with a host. Empty falls back to the deployment-wide value configured on the management server, and with
+            neither to the upload service NetBird runs.
           type: string
           example: "https://upload.example.com/upload-url"
         agent_network_only:
diff --git a/shared/management/http/api/types.gen.go b/shared/management/http/api/types.gen.go
index e3f3a7533..901793d0f 100644
--- a/shared/management/http/api/types.gen.go
+++ b/shared/management/http/api/types.gen.go
@@ -1687,9 +1687,9 @@ type AccountSettings struct {
 	DashboardFeatures *AccountDashboardFeatures `json:"dashboard_features,omitempty"`
 
 	// DebugBundleUploadUrl Upload service the peers of this account send debug bundles to. A bundle carries peer logs, routes, DNS and
-	// firewall state, so setting this keeps that data inside infrastructure the account controls instead of the
-	// upload service NetBird runs. Must be an https URL with a host. Empty falls back to the deployment-wide value
-	// configured on the management server; with neither, only peers enrolled with NetBird's cloud upload at all.
+	// firewall state, so setting this keeps that data inside infrastructure the account controls. Must be an https
+	// URL with a host. Empty falls back to the deployment-wide value configured on the management server, and with
+	// neither to the upload service NetBird runs.
 	DebugBundleUploadUrl *string `json:"debug_bundle_upload_url,omitempty"`
 
 	// DnsDomain Allows to define a custom dns domain for the account
diff --git a/shared/management/proto/management.pb.go b/shared/management/proto/management.pb.go
index 3d9f96be9..4c361e976 100644
--- a/shared/management/proto/management.pb.go
+++ b/shared/management/proto/management.pb.go
@@ -2403,11 +2403,10 @@ type DebugConfig struct {
 
 	// upload_url is the debug-bundle upload service this peer's account uses,
 	// taken from the account settings or, failing that, from the management
-	// server config. Publishing it keeps a self-hosted deployment's bundles inside
-	// its own control sphere instead of falling back to the upload service NetBird
-	// runs. An empty value means no destination is published: the peer then
-	// uploads only when it is enrolled with NetBird's cloud, and otherwise keeps
-	// the bundle local.
+	// server config. Setting it keeps a deployment's bundles — which carry peer
+	// logs, routes, DNS and firewall state — inside infrastructure the operator
+	// controls. An empty value means no destination is published, and the peer
+	// uploads to the service NetBird runs.
 	UploadUrl string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=upload_url,json=uploadUrl,proto3" json:"upload_url,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/shared/management/proto/management.proto b/shared/management/proto/management.proto
index 4b4672392..dc66f736f 100644
--- a/shared/management/proto/management.proto
+++ b/shared/management/proto/management.proto
@@ -386,11 +386,10 @@ message MetricsConfig {
 message DebugConfig {
   // upload_url is the debug-bundle upload service this peer's account uses,
   // taken from the account settings or, failing that, from the management
-  // server config. Publishing it keeps a self-hosted deployment's bundles inside
-  // its own control sphere instead of falling back to the upload service NetBird
-  // runs. An empty value means no destination is published: the peer then
-  // uploads only when it is enrolled with NetBird's cloud, and otherwise keeps
-  // the bundle local.
+  // server config. Setting it keeps a deployment's bundles — which carry peer
+  // logs, routes, DNS and firewall state — inside infrastructure the operator
+  // controls. An empty value means no destination is published, and the peer
+  // uploads to the service NetBird runs.
   string upload_url = 1;
 }