configurable cors settings

[client] Fix UI crash on Windows builds without dark-mode support (#6958 )
[infrastructure] Deprecate legacy Dex and Zitadel getting-started scripts (#6952 )
2026-07-29 20:01:29 +02:00 · 2026-07-29 15:55:02 +02:00 · 2026-07-29 13:52:18 +02:00 · 2026-07-29 12:20:43 +02:00 · 2026-07-28 18:34:55 +02:00 · 2026-07-28 18:13:22 +02:00
50 changed files with 1709 additions and 2143 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/test-infrastructure-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-infrastructure-files.yml
@@ -249,78 +249,35 @@ jobs:
          docker compose exec management ls -l /var/lib/netbird/ | grep -i GeoLite2-City_[0-9]*.mmdb
          docker compose exec management ls -l /var/lib/netbird/ | grep -i geonames_[0-9]*.db

-  test-getting-started-script:
+  test-legacy-getting-started-scripts:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - name: Install jq
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y jq
-
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

-      - name: run script with Zitadel PostgreSQL
-        run: NETBIRD_DOMAIN=use-ip bash -x infrastructure_files/getting-started-with-zitadel.sh
-
-      - name: test Caddy file gen postgres
-        run: test -f Caddyfile
-
-      - name: test docker-compose file gen postgres
-        run: test -f docker-compose.yml
-
-      - name: test management.json file gen postgres
-        run: test -f management.json
-
-      - name: test turnserver.conf file gen postgres
+      - name: Verify Dex retirement notice
        run: |
-          set -x
-          test -f turnserver.conf
-          grep external-ip turnserver.conf
+          if infrastructure_files/getting-started-with-dex.sh >stdout.txt 2>stderr.txt; then
+            echo "Expected the retired Dex installer to fail"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          test ! -s stdout.txt
+          grep -Fq "Dex support is not deprecated." stderr.txt
+          grep -Fq "https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart" stderr.txt
+          grep -Fq "https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/identity-providers/local" stderr.txt
+          grep -Fq "removed in NetBird v0.80" stderr.txt

-      - name: test zitadel.env file gen postgres
-        run: test -f zitadel.env
-
-      - name: test dashboard.env file gen postgres
-        run: test -f dashboard.env
-
-      - name: test relay.env file gen postgres
-        run: test -f relay.env
-
-      - name: test zdb.env file gen postgres
-        run: test -f zdb.env
-
-      - name: Postgres run cleanup
+      - name: Verify Zitadel retirement notice
        run: |
-          docker compose down --volumes --rmi all
-          rm -rf docker-compose.yml Caddyfile zitadel.env dashboard.env machinekey/zitadel-admin-sa.token turnserver.conf management.json zdb.env
-
-      - name: run script with Zitadel CockroachDB
-        run: bash -x infrastructure_files/getting-started-with-zitadel.sh
-        env:
-          NETBIRD_DOMAIN: use-ip
-          ZITADEL_DATABASE: cockroach
-
-      - name: test Caddy file gen CockroachDB
-        run: test -f Caddyfile
-
-      - name: test docker-compose file gen CockroachDB
-        run: test -f docker-compose.yml
-
-      - name: test management.json file gen CockroachDB
-        run: test -f management.json
-
-      - name: test turnserver.conf file gen CockroachDB
-        run: |
-          set -x
-          test -f turnserver.conf
-          grep external-ip turnserver.conf
-
-      - name: test zitadel.env file gen CockroachDB
-        run: test -f zitadel.env
-
-      - name: test dashboard.env file gen CockroachDB
-        run: test -f dashboard.env
-
-      - name: test relay.env file gen CockroachDB
-        run: test -f relay.env
+          if bash infrastructure_files/getting-started-with-zitadel.sh >stdout.txt 2>stderr.txt; then
+            echo "Expected the retired Zitadel installer to fail"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          test ! -s stdout.txt
+          grep -Fq "Zitadel support and existing Zitadel deployments are not deprecated." stderr.txt
+          grep -Fq "https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart" stderr.txt
+          grep -Fq "https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/identity-providers/zitadel" stderr.txt
+          grep -Fq "https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/selfhosted-guide" stderr.txt
+          grep -Fq "removed in NetBird v0.80" stderr.txt
--- a/.goreleaser_ui.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser_ui.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ builds:
    ldflags:
      - -s -w -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -X main.builtBy=goreleaser
    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
+    tags:
+      - production

  - id: netbird-ui-windows-amd64
    dir: client/ui
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ builds:
      - -s -w -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -X main.builtBy=goreleaser
      - -H windowsgui
    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
+    tags:
+      - production

  - id: netbird-ui-windows-arm64
    dir: client/ui
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@ builds:
      - -s -w -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -X main.builtBy=goreleaser
      - -H windowsgui
    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
+    tags:
+      - production

 archives:
  - id: linux-arch
--- a/.goreleaser_ui_darwin.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser_ui_darwin.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ builds:
    ldflags:
      - -s -w -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -X main.builtBy=goreleaser
    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
+    tags:
+      - production

 universal_binaries:
  - id: netbird-ui-darwin
--- a/client/android/client.go
+++ b/client/android/client.go
@@ -76,24 +76,6 @@ type Client struct {
 	connectClient *internal.ConnectClient
 	config        *profilemanager.Config
 	cacheDir      string
-
-	stateChangeMu    sync.Mutex
-	stateChangeSubID string
-	eventSub         *peer.EventSubscription
-	// Closed to stop the watch goroutines from delivering buffered items to a
-	// listener that has been removed or replaced. See stopStateChangeWatchLocked.
-	stateChangeDone chan struct{}
-
-	// Latched "the server wants an interactive login": survives the engine
-	// restarts that replace the run loop's context state. See Client.Status.
-	// Guarded by loginRequiredMu together with loginCleared, which counts
-	// clears so a stale observation cannot re-latch over one.
-	loginRequiredMu sync.Mutex
-	loginRequired   bool
-	loginCleared    uint64
-
-	extendMu     sync.Mutex
-	extendCancel context.CancelFunc
 }

 func (c *Client) setState(cfg *profilemanager.Config, cacheDir string, cc *internal.ConnectClient) {
@@ -167,16 +149,11 @@ func (c *Client) Run(platformFiles PlatformFiles, urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroid
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	// todo do not throw error in case of cancelled context
 	ctx = internal.CtxInitState(ctx)
 	connectClient := internal.NewConnectClient(ctx, cfg, c.recorder)
 	c.setState(cfg, cacheDir, connectClient)
-	// This path runs the interactive SSO flow, so reaching here means the peer
-	// is authenticated again — release the latch Status() reports from. Clear
-	// only once the fresh connect client is installed: until then Status()
-	// still reads the previous run's context state, which holds the NeedsLogin
-	// that prompted this login, and would re-latch what was just cleared.
-	c.clearLoginRequired()
 	return connectClient.RunOnAndroid(c.tunAdapter, c.iFaceDiscover, c.networkChangeListener, slices.Clone(dns.items), dnsReadyListener, stateFile, cacheDir)
 }

--- a/client/android/session.go
+++ b/client/android/session.go
@@ -1,309 +0,0 @@
-//go:build android
-
-package android
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth/sessionwatch"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-	cProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
-)
-
-// StateChangeListener receives client state notifications.
-//
-// OnStateChanged is a payload-free wake-up whenever the state snapshot
-// changed: connection state, the run-loop status label (e.g. NeedsLogin) or
-// the session deadline. It mirrors the daemon's SubscribeStatus stream
-// trigger — on each signal the consumer pulls the fresh values via
-// Status() / SessionExpiresAtUnix().
-//
-// OnSessionExpiring forwards the engine's session-expiry warnings, fired at
-// sessionwatch.WarningLead before the deadline and again at FinalWarningLead
-// (finalWarning true). The second one is suppressed when the user dismissed
-// the first via DismissSessionWarning. The daemon turns the same events into
-// its tray notification.
-type StateChangeListener interface {
-	OnStateChanged()
-	OnSessionExpiring(expiresAtUnix int64, leadMinutes int64, finalWarning bool)
-}
-
-// Status returns the connect run-loop's status label — the same value the
-// desktop daemon serves in StatusResponse.Status. "NeedsLogin" means the
-// management server rejected the peer and an interactive login is required.
-//
-// The label is latched: the run loop keeps its status in a per-run context
-// state, which a restart replaces with a fresh Idle one, so an engine restart
-// (network change, always-on) would otherwise erase the fact that the peer
-// still needs to log in. Only a successful interactive login or extend clears
-// it — see clearLoginRequired.
-func (c *Client) Status() string {
-	latched, generation := c.loginRequiredState()
-	if latched {
-		return string(internal.StatusNeedsLogin)
-	}
-	cc := c.getConnectClient()
-	if cc == nil {
-		return string(internal.StatusIdle)
-	}
-	status := cc.Status()
-	if status == internal.StatusNeedsLogin {
-		c.latchLoginRequired(generation)
-	}
-	return string(status)
-}
-
-func (c *Client) loginRequiredState() (bool, uint64) {
-	c.loginRequiredMu.Lock()
-	defer c.loginRequiredMu.Unlock()
-	return c.loginRequired, c.loginCleared
-}
-
-// latchLoginRequired records a NeedsLogin observation, unless a clear landed
-// while the caller was reading the run loop's status: cc.Status() is read
-// outside the lock, so a login or extend completing in that window would
-// otherwise be undone by this stale observation, stranding the UI on
-// "login required" over a healthy session.
-func (c *Client) latchLoginRequired(observedGeneration uint64) {
-	c.loginRequiredMu.Lock()
-	defer c.loginRequiredMu.Unlock()
-	if c.loginCleared != observedGeneration {
-		return
-	}
-	c.loginRequired = true
-}
-
-// clearLoginRequired releases the latch after a successful interactive login
-// or session extend, and invalidates any observation already in flight.
-func (c *Client) clearLoginRequired() {
-	c.loginRequiredMu.Lock()
-	defer c.loginRequiredMu.Unlock()
-	c.loginRequired = false
-	c.loginCleared++
-}
-
-// SessionExpiresAtUnix returns the SSO session deadline as unix seconds, or 0
-// when no deadline is known (not SSO-registered, expiry disabled, or the
-// engine has not received one yet). A past value means the session expired.
-// Mirror of StatusResponse.sessionExpiresAt on the desktop daemon.
-func (c *Client) SessionExpiresAtUnix() int64 {
-	deadline := c.recorder.GetSessionExpiresAt()
-	if deadline.IsZero() {
-		return 0
-	}
-	return deadline.Unix()
-}
-
-// SetStateChangeListener registers the state notification listener.
-// Replaces any previously registered listener; remove it with
-// RemoveStateChangeListener.
-func (c *Client) SetStateChangeListener(listener StateChangeListener) {
-	c.stateChangeMu.Lock()
-	defer c.stateChangeMu.Unlock()
-	c.stopStateChangeWatchLocked()
-	if listener == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Both subscriptions are buffered (one pending tick, ten pending events),
-	// so unsubscribing is not enough to stop callbacks: the loops would drain
-	// what is already queued and deliver it to a listener the caller has
-	// already removed or replaced. Gate every callback on this registration's
-	// own signal, which is closed before unsubscribing.
-	done := make(chan struct{})
-	c.stateChangeDone = done
-
-	id, ch := c.recorder.SubscribeToStateChanges()
-	c.stateChangeSubID = id
-	// The channel is closed by UnsubscribeFromStateChanges, which ends the
-	// goroutine. Ticks are coalesced (buffer of one), so a burst of changes
-	// wakes the listener once.
-	go func() {
-		for range ch {
-			select {
-			case <-done:
-				return
-			default:
-			}
-			listener.OnStateChanged()
-		}
-	}()
-
-	c.eventSub = c.recorder.SubscribeToEvents()
-	go watchSessionWarnings(c.eventSub, listener, done)
-}
-
-// RemoveStateChangeListener unregisters the state notification listener.
-func (c *Client) RemoveStateChangeListener() {
-	c.stateChangeMu.Lock()
-	defer c.stateChangeMu.Unlock()
-	c.stopStateChangeWatchLocked()
-}
-
-// DismissSessionWarning records the user's "Dismiss" on the first expiry
-// warning and suppresses the final one for the current deadline. A refreshed
-// deadline re-arms both. No-op while the engine is not running.
-func (c *Client) DismissSessionWarning() {
-	cc := c.getConnectClient()
-	if cc == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	engine := cc.Engine()
-	if engine == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	engine.DismissSessionWarning()
-}
-
-// ExtendAuthSession runs the interactive SSO flow to obtain a fresh JWT and
-// asks the management server to extend the session deadline. The tunnel is
-// untouched: no resync, no reconnect. Async; the result arrives on the
-// listener. Mirror of the daemon's RequestExtendAuthSession /
-// WaitExtendAuthSession RPC pair, with URLOpener playing the "UI opens the
-// browser" role.
-//
-// Only one flow may be in flight: the PKCE step binds a fixed loopback port,
-// so a second concurrent flow would fail on that bind. Call
-// CancelExtendAuthSession when the user abandons the browser.
-func (c *Client) ExtendAuthSession(urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroidTV bool, resultListener ErrListener) {
-	ctx, err := c.beginExtend()
-	if err != nil {
-		resultListener.OnError(err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	go func() {
-		defer c.endExtend()
-		if err := c.extendAuthSession(ctx, urlOpener, isAndroidTV); err != nil {
-			resultListener.OnError(err)
-			return
-		}
-		resultListener.OnSuccess()
-	}()
-}
-
-// CancelExtendAuthSession aborts an in-flight ExtendAuthSession. The tunnel is
-// left alone — unlike the login flow, which cancels the whole client context
-// by stopping the engine. Without this the abandoned PKCE wait keeps its
-// loopback port for the full flow timeout and blocks every later attempt.
-// No-op when no flow is running.
-func (c *Client) CancelExtendAuthSession() {
-	c.extendMu.Lock()
-	defer c.extendMu.Unlock()
-	if c.extendCancel != nil {
-		c.extendCancel()
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *Client) stopStateChangeWatchLocked() {
-	// Signal first, unsubscribe second: closing the channels only stops new
-	// items, and the loops would still hand whatever is buffered to a listener
-	// that is no longer registered.
-	if c.stateChangeDone != nil {
-		close(c.stateChangeDone)
-		c.stateChangeDone = nil
-	}
-	if c.stateChangeSubID != "" {
-		c.recorder.UnsubscribeFromStateChanges(c.stateChangeSubID)
-		c.stateChangeSubID = ""
-	}
-	if c.eventSub != nil {
-		// Closes the channel, which ends watchSessionWarnings.
-		c.recorder.UnsubscribeFromEvents(c.eventSub)
-		c.eventSub = nil
-	}
-}
-
-// watchSessionWarnings forwards the engine's session-expiry warnings to the
-// listener. The event stream also carries unrelated traffic — network-map
-// updates on every sync, DNS and route errors — so everything but an
-// AUTHENTICATION event carrying the session-warning marker is dropped. Exits
-// when the subscription is closed by UnsubscribeFromEvents, or earlier when
-// done is closed — the stream buffers up to ten events, and a deregistered
-// listener must not receive the ones already queued.
-func watchSessionWarnings(sub *peer.EventSubscription, listener StateChangeListener, done <-chan struct{}) {
-	for ev := range sub.Events() {
-		select {
-		case <-done:
-			return
-		default:
-		}
-		if ev.GetCategory() != cProto.SystemEvent_AUTHENTICATION {
-			continue
-		}
-		meta := ev.GetMetadata()
-		if meta[sessionwatch.MetaSessionWarning] != "true" {
-			// Other AUTHENTICATION events exist (e.g. a deadline rejected as
-			// out of range); they carry no warning marker.
-			continue
-		}
-		deadline, err := sessionwatch.ParseExpiresAt(meta[sessionwatch.MetaSessionExpiresAt])
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Warnf("session warning event with unparsable deadline: %v", err)
-			continue
-		}
-		lead, err := sessionwatch.ParseLeadMinutes(meta[sessionwatch.MetaSessionLeadMinutes])
-		if err != nil {
-			// Informational only — the deadline above is what drives the UI.
-			lead = 0
-		}
-		listener.OnSessionExpiring(deadline.Unix(), int64(lead),
-			meta[sessionwatch.MetaSessionFinal] == "true")
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *Client) beginExtend() (context.Context, error) {
-	c.extendMu.Lock()
-	defer c.extendMu.Unlock()
-	if c.extendCancel != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("session extend already in progress")
-	}
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	c.extendCancel = cancel
-	return ctx, nil
-}
-
-func (c *Client) endExtend() {
-	c.extendMu.Lock()
-	defer c.extendMu.Unlock()
-	if c.extendCancel != nil {
-		c.extendCancel()
-		c.extendCancel = nil
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *Client) extendAuthSession(ctx context.Context, urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroidTV bool) error {
-	cfg, _, cc := c.stateSnapshot()
-	if cfg == nil || cc == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine is not running")
-	}
-	engine := cc.Engine()
-	if engine == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine is not initialized")
-	}
-
-	authClient, err := auth.NewAuth(ctx, cfg.PrivateKey, cfg.ManagementURL, cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create auth client: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer authClient.Close()
-
-	a := &Auth{ctx: ctx, config: cfg}
-	tokenInfo, err := a.foregroundGetTokenInfo(authClient, urlOpener, isAndroidTV)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("interactive sso login failed: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if _, err := engine.ExtendAuthSession(ctx, tokenInfo.GetTokenToUse()); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	c.clearLoginRequired()
-
-	go urlOpener.OnLoginSuccess()
-	return nil
-}
--- a/client/internal/conn_mgr.go
+++ b/client/internal/conn_mgr.go
@@ -385,11 +385,20 @@ func inactivityThresholdEnv() *time.Duration {
 		return nil
 	}

-	parsedMinutes, err := strconv.Atoi(envValue)
-	if err != nil || parsedMinutes <= 0 {
-		return nil
+	// Documented format: a Go duration such as "30m" or "1h".
+	if d, err := time.ParseDuration(envValue); err == nil {
+		if d <= 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return &d
 	}

-	d := time.Duration(parsedMinutes) * time.Minute
-	return &d
+	// Backwards compatibility: a bare integer used to be interpreted as minutes.
+	if parsedMinutes, err := strconv.Atoi(envValue); err == nil && parsedMinutes > 0 {
+		d := time.Duration(parsedMinutes) * time.Minute
+		return &d
+	}
+
+	log.Warnf("invalid %s value %q: expected a Go duration such as 30m or 1h", lazyconn.EnvInactivityThreshold, envValue)
+	return nil
 }
--- a/client/internal/conn_mgr_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/conn_mgr_test.go
@@ -104,3 +104,38 @@ func TestConnMgr_ActivatePeerConcurrentWithLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 	close(done)
 	wg.Wait()
 }
+
+func TestInactivityThresholdEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		val  string
+		want *time.Duration
+	}{
+		{name: "unset", val: "", want: nil},
+		{name: "go duration minutes", val: "30m", want: durPtr(30 * time.Minute)},
+		{name: "go duration hours", val: "1h", want: durPtr(time.Hour)},
+		{name: "go duration seconds", val: "90s", want: durPtr(90 * time.Second)},
+		{name: "bare integer is minutes (backwards compat)", val: "5", want: durPtr(5 * time.Minute)},
+		{name: "zero duration", val: "0s", want: nil},
+		{name: "zero integer", val: "0", want: nil},
+		{name: "negative duration", val: "-5m", want: nil},
+		{name: "garbage", val: "abc", want: nil},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Setenv(lazyconn.EnvInactivityThreshold, tc.val)
+			got := inactivityThresholdEnv()
+			switch {
+			case tc.want == nil && got != nil:
+				t.Fatalf("want nil, got %v", *got)
+			case tc.want != nil && got == nil:
+				t.Fatalf("want %v, got nil", *tc.want)
+			case tc.want != nil && *got != *tc.want:
+				t.Fatalf("want %v, got %v", *tc.want, *got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func durPtr(d time.Duration) *time.Duration { return &d }
--- a/client/internal/connect.go
+++ b/client/internal/connect.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/statemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/tunnelnotifier"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/updater/installer"
 	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/net"
@@ -136,10 +137,13 @@ func (c *ConnectClient) RunOniOS(
 	// Set GC percent to 5% to reduce memory usage as iOS only allows 50MB of memory for the extension.
 	debug.SetGCPercent(5)

+	notifier := tunnelnotifier.New(networkChangeListener, dnsManager)
+	defer notifier.Close()
+
 	mobileDependency := MobileDependency{
 		FileDescriptor:        fileDescriptor,
-		NetworkChangeListener: networkChangeListener,
-		DnsManager:            dnsManager,
+		NetworkChangeListener: notifier,
+		DnsManager:            notifier,
 		StateFilePath:         stateFilePath,
 		TempDir:               cacheDir,
 	}
--- a/client/internal/mobile_dependency.go
+++ b/client/internal/mobile_dependency.go
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ import (

 // MobileDependency collect all dependencies for mobile platform
 type MobileDependency struct {
-	// Android only
-	TunAdapter            device.TunAdapter
-	IFaceDiscover         stdnet.ExternalIFaceDiscover
+	// Android and iOS
 	NetworkChangeListener listener.NetworkChangeListener
-	HostDNSAddresses      []netip.AddrPort
-	DnsReadyListener      dns.ReadyListener
+
+	// Android only
+	TunAdapter       device.TunAdapter
+	IFaceDiscover    stdnet.ExternalIFaceDiscover
+	HostDNSAddresses []netip.AddrPort
+	DnsReadyListener dns.ReadyListener

 	//	iOS only
 	DnsManager     dns.IosDnsManager
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/dnsinterceptor/handler.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/dnsinterceptor/handler.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (d *DnsInterceptor) RemoveRoute() error {

 			// AllowedIPs should use real IPs
 			if d.currentPeerKey != "" {
-				if _, err := d.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(prefix); err != nil {
+				if _, err := d.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(prefix, d.currentPeerKey); err != nil {
 					merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove allowed IP %s: %v", prefix, err))
 				}
 			}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (d *DnsInterceptor) removeAllowedIP(realPrefix netip.Prefix) error {
 	}

 	// AllowedIPs use real IPs
-	if _, err := d.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(realPrefix); err != nil {
+	if _, err := d.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(realPrefix, d.currentPeerKey); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("remove allowed IP %s: %v", realPrefix, err)
 	}

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (d *DnsInterceptor) RemoveAllowedIPs() error {
 	for _, prefixes := range d.interceptedDomains {
 		for _, prefix := range prefixes {
 			// AllowedIPs use real IPs
-			if _, err := d.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(prefix); err != nil {
+			if _, err := d.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(prefix, d.currentPeerKey); err != nil {
 				merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove allowed IP %s: %v", prefix, err))
 			}
 		}
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/dynamic/route.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/dynamic/route.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (r *Route) RemoveAllowedIPs() error {
 	var merr *multierror.Error
 	for _, domainPrefixes := range r.dynamicDomains {
 		for _, prefix := range domainPrefixes {
-			if _, err := r.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(prefix); err != nil {
+			if _, err := r.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(prefix, r.currentPeerKey); err != nil {
 				merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove allowed IP %s: %w", prefix, err))
 			}
 		}
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (r *Route) removeRoutes(prefixes []netip.Prefix) ([]netip.Prefix, error) {
 			merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove dynamic route for IP %s: %w", prefix, err))
 		}
 		if r.currentPeerKey != "" {
-			if _, err := r.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(prefix); err != nil {
+			if _, err := r.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(prefix, r.currentPeerKey); err != nil {
 				merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove allowed IP %s: %w", prefix, err))
 			}
 		}
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/manager.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/manager.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) setupRefCounters(useNoop bool) {
 		)
 	}

-	m.allowedIPsRefCounter = refcounter.New(
+	m.allowedIPsRefCounter = refcounter.NewAllowedIPs(
 		func(prefix netip.Prefix, peerKey string) (string, error) {
 			// save peerKey to use it in the remove function
 			return peerKey, m.wgInterface.AddAllowedIP(peerKey, prefix)
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/notifier/notifier_ios.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/notifier/notifier_ios.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package notifier

 import (
-	"container/list"
 	"net/netip"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
@@ -16,20 +15,12 @@ import (

 type Notifier struct {
 	mu              sync.Mutex
-	cond            *sync.Cond
 	currentPrefixes []string
 	listener        listener.NetworkChangeListener
-	queue           *list.List
-	closed          bool
 }

 func NewNotifier() *Notifier {
-	n := &Notifier{
-		queue: list.New(),
-	}
-	n.cond = sync.NewCond(&n.mu)
-	go n.deliverLoop()
-	return n
+	return &Notifier{}
 }

 func (n *Notifier) SetListener(listener listener.NetworkChangeListener) {
@@ -59,44 +50,19 @@ func (n *Notifier) OnNewPrefixes(prefixes []netip.Prefix) {
 	sort.Strings(newNets)

 	n.mu.Lock()
+	defer n.mu.Unlock()
 	if slices.Equal(n.currentPrefixes, newNets) {
-		n.mu.Unlock()
 		return
 	}
 	n.currentPrefixes = newNets
-	routes := strings.Join(n.currentPrefixes, ",")
-	n.queue.PushBack(routes)
-	n.cond.Signal()
-	n.mu.Unlock()
+	if n.listener != nil {
+		n.listener.OnNetworkChanged(strings.Join(n.currentPrefixes, ","))
+	}
 }

 func (n *Notifier) Close() {
-	n.mu.Lock()
-	n.closed = true
-	n.cond.Signal()
-	n.mu.Unlock()
 }

 func (n *Notifier) GetInitialRouteRanges() []string {
 	return nil
 }
-
-func (n *Notifier) deliverLoop() {
-	for {
-		n.mu.Lock()
-		for n.queue.Len() == 0 && !n.closed {
-			n.cond.Wait()
-		}
-		if n.closed && n.queue.Len() == 0 {
-			n.mu.Unlock()
-			return
-		}
-		routes := n.queue.Remove(n.queue.Front()).(string)
-		l := n.listener
-		n.mu.Unlock()
-
-		if l != nil {
-			l.OnNetworkChanged(routes)
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/reconcile_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/reconcile_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (m *reconcileWGMock) GetNet() *netstack.Net                      { return n
 func TestReconcilePeerAllowedIPs(t *testing.T) {
 	wg := &reconcileWGMock{}
 	m := &DefaultManager{wgInterface: wg}
-	m.allowedIPsRefCounter = refcounter.New[netip.Prefix, string, string](
+	m.allowedIPsRefCounter = refcounter.NewAllowedIPs(
 		func(_ netip.Prefix, peerKey string) (string, error) { return peerKey, nil },
 		func(netip.Prefix, string) error { return nil },
 	)
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/allowedips.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/allowedips.go
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+package refcounter
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/netip"
+	"sort"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
+
+	nberrors "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/errors"
+)
+
+// allowedIPsEntry holds the per-peer reference counts for a single prefix and which peer is
+// currently installed in WireGuard. WireGuard allows a prefix on exactly one peer, so at most
+// one peer is active at a time even when several peers reference the prefix.
+type allowedIPsEntry struct {
+	// peers maps a peerKey to the number of references holding the prefix for that peer.
+	peers map[string]int
+	// active is the peerKey currently installed in WireGuard for this prefix ("" if none).
+	active string
+	// total is the sum of all per-peer reference counts (kept in sync with peers).
+	total int
+}
+
+// AllowedIPsRefCounter is a peer-aware reference counter for WireGuard AllowedIPs.
+//
+// The generic Counter keys only by prefix and remembers a single Out value set by the first
+// caller, which it never changes. That is wrong for AllowedIPs: two independent watchers (or
+// multiple resolved domains) can reference the same prefix through different peers, and when the
+// peer currently installed in WireGuard releases its last reference the prefix must be handed over
+// to a surviving peer instead of being left pointing at the released one.
+//
+// It calls add/remove (which program WireGuard) only on the transitions that matter:
+//   - add on the first reference for a prefix, or when swapping the active peer;
+//   - remove on the last reference for a prefix, or on the old peer during a swap.
+type AllowedIPsRefCounter struct {
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	entries map[netip.Prefix]*allowedIPsEntry
+	add     AddFunc[netip.Prefix, string, string]
+	remove  RemoveFunc[netip.Prefix, string]
+}
+
+// NewAllowedIPs creates a new peer-aware AllowedIPs reference counter.
+// add programs a prefix on a peer in WireGuard and returns the peerKey to store as the active peer.
+// remove unprograms the prefix from the given peer.
+func NewAllowedIPs(add AddFunc[netip.Prefix, string, string], remove RemoveFunc[netip.Prefix, string]) *AllowedIPsRefCounter {
+	return &AllowedIPsRefCounter{
+		entries: map[netip.Prefix]*allowedIPsEntry{},
+		add:     add,
+		remove:  remove,
+	}
+}
+
+// Increment adds a reference to prefix for peerKey. WireGuard is programmed only for the first
+// reference to a prefix; while a different peer is already installed the prefix is left with it
+// (first peer wins, HA at the WireGuard layer is not possible) and only the reference count is kept.
+func (rm *AllowedIPsRefCounter) Increment(prefix netip.Prefix, peerKey string) (Ref[string], error) {
+	rm.mu.Lock()
+	defer rm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	e, ok := rm.entries[prefix]
+	if !ok {
+		e = &allowedIPsEntry{peers: map[string]int{}}
+		rm.entries[prefix] = e
+	}
+
+	logCallerF("Increasing allowed IP ref count for prefix %v peer %s [peer %d -> %d, total %d -> %d, active %q]",
+		prefix, peerKey, e.peers[peerKey], e.peers[peerKey]+1, e.total, e.total+1, e.active)
+
+	// Program WireGuard only when nothing is installed yet for this prefix.
+	if e.active == "" {
+		out, err := rm.add(prefix, peerKey)
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrIgnore) {
+			if e.total == 0 {
+				delete(rm.entries, prefix)
+			}
+			return Ref[string]{Count: e.total, Out: e.active}, nil
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			if e.total == 0 {
+				delete(rm.entries, prefix)
+			}
+			return Ref[string]{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to add allowed IP %v for peer %s: %w", prefix, peerKey, err)
+		}
+		e.active = out
+	}
+
+	e.peers[peerKey]++
+	e.total++
+
+	return Ref[string]{Count: e.total, Out: e.active}, nil
+}
+
+// Decrement removes a reference to prefix for peerKey. When the peer currently installed in
+// WireGuard releases its last reference, the prefix is swapped to a surviving peer if one exists,
+// otherwise it is removed from WireGuard.
+func (rm *AllowedIPsRefCounter) Decrement(prefix netip.Prefix, peerKey string) (Ref[string], error) {
+	rm.mu.Lock()
+	defer rm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	e, ok := rm.entries[prefix]
+	if !ok {
+		logCallerF("No allowed IP reference found for prefix %v", prefix)
+		return Ref[string]{}, nil
+	}
+
+	if e.peers[peerKey] > 0 {
+		logCallerF("Decreasing allowed IP ref count for prefix %v peer %s [peer %d -> %d, total %d -> %d, active %q]",
+			prefix, peerKey, e.peers[peerKey], e.peers[peerKey]-1, e.total, e.total-1, e.active)
+		e.peers[peerKey]--
+		e.total--
+		if e.peers[peerKey] == 0 {
+			delete(e.peers, peerKey)
+		}
+	} else {
+		logCallerF("No allowed IP reference found for prefix %v peer %s", prefix, peerKey)
+	}
+
+	// If the peer currently installed in WireGuard still holds references, nothing to reprogram.
+	// Keying the check on the active peer (not the one just released) makes this self-healing:
+	// a prior swap whose remove/add failed leaves e.active pointing at a peer with no references,
+	// and this retries the hand-off on the next Decrement instead of getting stuck.
+	if e.active != "" && e.peers[e.active] > 0 {
+		return Ref[string]{Count: e.total, Out: e.active}, nil
+	}
+
+	// Detach the stale/gone active peer from WireGuard before reprogramming.
+	if e.active != "" {
+		if err := rm.remove(prefix, e.active); err != nil {
+			return Ref[string]{Count: e.total, Out: e.active}, fmt.Errorf("remove allowed IP %v for peer %s: %w", prefix, e.active, err)
+		}
+		e.active = ""
+	}
+
+	// Hand the prefix over to a surviving peer, or drop the entry when none remain.
+	if survivor, ok := pickSurvivor(e.peers); ok {
+		out, err := rm.add(prefix, survivor)
+		if err != nil {
+			return Ref[string]{Count: e.total, Out: ""}, fmt.Errorf("swap allowed IP %v to peer %s: %w", prefix, survivor, err)
+		}
+		e.active = out
+		return Ref[string]{Count: e.total, Out: e.active}, nil
+	}
+
+	delete(rm.entries, prefix)
+	return Ref[string]{Count: 0, Out: ""}, nil
+}
+
+// Flush removes all prefixes from WireGuard and clears the counter.
+func (rm *AllowedIPsRefCounter) Flush() error {
+	rm.mu.Lock()
+	defer rm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	var merr *multierror.Error
+	for prefix, e := range rm.entries {
+		if e.active == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		logCallerF("Flushing allowed IP for prefix %v peer %s", prefix, e.active)
+		if err := rm.remove(prefix, e.active); err != nil {
+			merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("remove allowed IP %v for peer %s: %w", prefix, e.active, err))
+		}
+	}
+
+	clear(rm.entries)
+
+	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
+}
+
+// ReapplyMatching calls apply for every prefix whose currently installed (active) peer satisfies
+// pred, holding the lock for the whole pass. It is used to re-push allowed IPs onto a peer whose
+// WireGuard entry was rebuilt (e.g. a lazy connection cycling idle->wake) without a matching
+// refcounter change, which would otherwise leave the prefix installed in the counter but missing
+// on the device. Only the active peer is considered — a prefix that lost its installed peer to a
+// failed swap is skipped here and reconciled by the next Increment/Decrement.
+func (rm *AllowedIPsRefCounter) ReapplyMatching(pred func(out string) bool, apply func(key netip.Prefix) error) error {
+	rm.mu.Lock()
+	defer rm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	var merr *multierror.Error
+	for prefix, e := range rm.entries {
+		if e.active != "" && pred(e.active) {
+			if err := apply(prefix); err != nil {
+				merr = multierror.Append(merr, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
+}
+
+// pickSurvivor deterministically selects a peer still referencing the prefix. WireGuard cannot do
+// multipath for a single prefix, so any surviving peer is a valid winner; the choice is made stable
+// (lowest peerKey) for predictable behavior and testability.
+func pickSurvivor(peers map[string]int) (string, bool) {
+	if len(peers) == 0 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	keys := make([]string, 0, len(peers))
+	for k := range peers {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+	return keys[0], true
+}
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/allowedips_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/allowedips_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+package refcounter
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// fakeWG models WireGuard's cryptokey routing: a prefix can be installed on exactly one peer.
+// failAdd/failRemove make the next add/remove fail once, to exercise the self-healing error paths.
+type fakeWG struct {
+	installed  map[netip.Prefix]string
+	adds       int
+	removes    int
+	failAdd    bool
+	failRemove bool
+}
+
+func newFakeWG() *fakeWG {
+	return &fakeWG{installed: map[netip.Prefix]string{}}
+}
+
+func (f *fakeWG) counter() *AllowedIPsRefCounter {
+	return NewAllowedIPs(
+		func(prefix netip.Prefix, peerKey string) (string, error) {
+			if f.failAdd {
+				f.failAdd = false
+				return "", errors.New("add failed")
+			}
+			f.adds++
+			f.installed[prefix] = peerKey
+			return peerKey, nil
+		},
+		func(prefix netip.Prefix, peerKey string) error {
+			if f.failRemove {
+				f.failRemove = false
+				return errors.New("remove failed")
+			}
+			f.removes++
+			// only clear if this peer is the one installed, mirroring wg semantics
+			if f.installed[prefix] == peerKey {
+				delete(f.installed, prefix)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	)
+}
+
+func mustPrefix(t *testing.T, s string) netip.Prefix {
+	t.Helper()
+	p, err := netip.ParsePrefix(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse prefix %q: %v", s, err)
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+func mustIncrement(t *testing.T, c *AllowedIPsRefCounter, p netip.Prefix, peer string) Ref[string] {
+	t.Helper()
+	ref, err := c.Increment(p, peer)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Increment(%v, %s): %v", p, peer, err)
+	}
+	return ref
+}
+
+func mustDecrement(t *testing.T, c *AllowedIPsRefCounter, p netip.Prefix, peer string) Ref[string] {
+	t.Helper()
+	ref, err := c.Decrement(p, peer)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Decrement(%v, %s): %v", p, peer, err)
+	}
+	return ref
+}
+
+// TestAllowedIPs_SwapOnActivePeerRemoval reproduces the reported bug: two networks with the same
+// prefix routed by different peers. Removing the network whose peer is installed must hand the
+// prefix over to the surviving peer instead of leaving it on the removed one.
+func TestAllowedIPs_SwapOnActivePeerRemoval(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakeWG()
+	c := f.counter()
+	p := mustPrefix(t, "10.44.8.0/24")
+
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerB")
+	// First peer wins while both are present.
+	if got := f.installed[p]; got != "peerA" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected peerA installed, got %q", got)
+	}
+
+	// Remove the active peer's network -> must swap to peerB.
+	mustDecrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	if got := f.installed[p]; got != "peerB" {
+		t.Fatalf("BUG: prefix stuck on removed peer, want peerB got %q", got)
+	}
+
+	// Remove the last one -> prefix gone.
+	mustDecrement(t, c, p, "peerB")
+	if _, ok := f.installed[p]; ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected prefix removed, still installed on %q", f.installed[p])
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAllowedIPs_RemoveNonActivePeer removing a non-installed peer must not touch WireGuard.
+func TestAllowedIPs_RemoveNonActivePeer(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakeWG()
+	c := f.counter()
+	p := mustPrefix(t, "10.44.8.0/24")
+
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerB")
+	removesBefore := f.removes
+
+	mustDecrement(t, c, p, "peerB")
+	if f.installed[p] != "peerA" {
+		t.Fatalf("active peer must stay peerA, got %q", f.installed[p])
+	}
+	if f.removes != removesBefore {
+		t.Fatalf("removing a non-active peer must not call wg remove")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAllowedIPs_SamePeerMultipleRefs two references via the same peer must keep the prefix until
+// the last reference is released (the reason the per-peer count must be an int, not a set).
+func TestAllowedIPs_SamePeerMultipleRefs(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakeWG()
+	c := f.counter()
+	p := mustPrefix(t, "10.44.8.0/24")
+
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	if f.adds != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a single wg add for the same peer, got %d", f.adds)
+	}
+
+	mustDecrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	if f.installed[p] != "peerA" {
+		t.Fatalf("prefix must stay while a reference remains, got %q", f.installed[p])
+	}
+	if f.removes != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("no wg remove expected while a reference remains, got %d", f.removes)
+	}
+
+	mustDecrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	if _, ok := f.installed[p]; ok {
+		t.Fatalf("prefix must be removed after last reference")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAllowedIPs_RefCountAndActive checks the Ref returned to callers (used for the HA-disabled log).
+func TestAllowedIPs_RefCountAndActive(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakeWG()
+	c := f.counter()
+	p := mustPrefix(t, "10.44.8.0/24")
+
+	ref := mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	if ref.Count != 1 || ref.Out != "peerA" {
+		t.Fatalf("want {1, peerA}, got {%d, %q}", ref.Count, ref.Out)
+	}
+	ref = mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerB")
+	if ref.Count != 2 || ref.Out != "peerA" {
+		t.Fatalf("want {2, peerA}, got {%d, %q}", ref.Count, ref.Out)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAllowedIPs_Flush removes everything installed and clears the counter.
+func TestAllowedIPs_Flush(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakeWG()
+	c := f.counter()
+	p1 := mustPrefix(t, "10.44.8.0/24")
+	p2 := mustPrefix(t, "10.44.9.0/24")
+
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p1, "peerA")
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p2, "peerB")
+
+	if err := c.Flush(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(f.installed) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected all prefixes removed, got %v", f.installed)
+	}
+	// After flush, a fresh increment must add again.
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p1, "peerC")
+	if f.installed[p1] != "peerC" {
+		t.Fatalf("counter not reset after flush")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAllowedIPs_SelfHealAfterSwapAddError ensures a failed add during a swap does not permanently
+// strand the prefix: the next Decrement (or Increment) must retry and install a surviving peer.
+func TestAllowedIPs_SelfHealAfterSwapAddError(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakeWG()
+	c := f.counter()
+	p := mustPrefix(t, "10.44.8.0/24")
+
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerB")
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerC")
+
+	// Removing the active peerA triggers a swap to a survivor; make the add fail once.
+	f.failAdd = true
+	if _, err := c.Decrement(p, "peerA"); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error from failed swap add")
+	}
+	if _, ok := f.installed[p]; ok {
+		t.Fatalf("nothing should be installed after a failed swap add, got %q", f.installed[p])
+	}
+
+	// A later Decrement of a non-active survivor must retry the hand-off (self-heal), not stay stuck.
+	ref := mustDecrement(t, c, p, "peerC")
+	if got := f.installed[p]; got == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("self-heal failed: prefix left unrouted after add recovered")
+	}
+	if ref.Out == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected an active peer after self-heal, got empty")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAllowedIPs_SelfHealAfterRemoveError ensures a failed remove during a swap is retried instead
+// of leaving e.active stuck on a peer that no longer holds references.
+func TestAllowedIPs_SelfHealAfterRemoveError(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakeWG()
+	c := f.counter()
+	p := mustPrefix(t, "10.44.8.0/24")
+
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerA")
+	mustIncrement(t, c, p, "peerB")
+
+	// Releasing active peerA must detach it (remove) then add peerB; fail the remove once.
+	f.failRemove = true
+	if _, err := c.Decrement(p, "peerA"); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error from failed remove")
+	}
+
+	// Next Decrement of the non-active survivor retries: removes stale peerA, installs peerB.
+	mustDecrement(t, c, p, "peerB")
+	// peerB had only one ref, so after retry the prefix is fully released.
+	if _, ok := f.installed[p]; ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected prefix released after self-heal, still on %q", f.installed[p])
+	}
+}
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/types.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/types.go
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ import "net/netip"
 // RouteRefCounter is a Counter for Route, it doesn't take any input on Increment and doesn't use any output on Decrement
 type RouteRefCounter = Counter[netip.Prefix, struct{}, struct{}]

-// AllowedIPsRefCounter is a Counter for AllowedIPs, it takes a peer key on Increment and passes it back to Decrement
-type AllowedIPsRefCounter = Counter[netip.Prefix, string, string]
+// AllowedIPsRefCounter tracks WireGuard AllowedIPs per prefix. Unlike the generic Counter it is peer-aware:
+// a prefix can be claimed by several peers at once and WireGuard allows a given prefix on exactly one peer,
+// so the counter records the per-peer reference count and swaps the installed peer when the active one is released.
+// See allowedips.go.
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/static/route.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/static/route.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ type Route struct {
 	route                *route.Route
 	routeRefCounter      *refcounter.RouteRefCounter
 	allowedIPsRefcounter *refcounter.AllowedIPsRefCounter
+	// currentPeerKey is the routing peer this watcher currently has the prefix installed on
+	// (the HA winner elected by the watcher). It can differ from route.Peer and change on
+	// failover, so it is recorded on AddAllowedIPs and used on RemoveAllowedIPs to decrement
+	// the exact peer that was incremented.
+	currentPeerKey string
 }

 func NewRoute(params common.HandlerParams) *Route {
@@ -52,12 +57,15 @@ func (r *Route) AddAllowedIPs(peerKey string) error {
 			ref.Out,
 		)
 	}
+	r.currentPeerKey = peerKey
 	return nil
 }

 func (r *Route) RemoveAllowedIPs() error {
-	if _, err := r.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(r.route.Network); err != nil {
-		return err
+	var err error
+	if _, decErr := r.allowedIPsRefcounter.Decrement(r.route.Network, r.currentPeerKey); decErr != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("remove allowed IP %s: %w", r.route.Network, decErr)
 	}
-	return nil
+	r.currentPeerKey = ""
+	return err
 }
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/sysctl/sysctl_linux.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/sysctl/sysctl_linux.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const (
 	rpFilterPath          = "net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter"
 	rpFilterInterfacePath = "net.ipv4.conf.%s.rp_filter"
 	srcValidMarkPath      = "net.ipv4.conf.all.src_valid_mark"
+	percentEscape         = "%25"
+	dotEscape             = "%2E"
 )

 type iface interface {
@@ -56,7 +58,11 @@ func Setup(wgIface iface) (map[string]int, error) {
 			continue
 		}

-		i := fmt.Sprintf(rpFilterInterfacePath, intf.Name)
+		// Escape '%' and '.' so they survive the dot-to-slash conversion in Set()
+		safeName := strings.ReplaceAll(intf.Name, "%", percentEscape)
+		safeName = strings.ReplaceAll(safeName, ".", dotEscape)
+
+		i := fmt.Sprintf(rpFilterInterfacePath, safeName)
 		oldVal, err := Set(i, 2, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			result = multierror.Append(result, err)
@@ -70,7 +76,11 @@ func Setup(wgIface iface) (map[string]int, error) {

 // Set sets a sysctl configuration, if onlyIfOne is true it will only set the new value if it's set to 1
 func Set(key string, desiredValue int, onlyIfOne bool) (int, error) {
-	path := fmt.Sprintf("/proc/sys/%s", strings.ReplaceAll(key, ".", "/"))
+	path := strings.ReplaceAll(key, ".", "/")
+	// Unescape interface dots and percent signs
+	path = strings.ReplaceAll(path, dotEscape, ".")
+	path = strings.ReplaceAll(path, percentEscape, "%")
+	path = fmt.Sprintf("/proc/sys/%s", path)
 	currentValue, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, fmt.Errorf("read sysctl %s: %w", key, err)
--- a/client/internal/tunnelnotifier/notifier.go
+++ b/client/internal/tunnelnotifier/notifier.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package tunnelnotifier
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/listener"
+)
+
+type eventKind int
+
+const (
+	eventRoutes eventKind = iota
+	eventIfaceIP
+	eventIfaceIPv6
+	eventDNS
+)
+
+var (
+	_ listener.NetworkChangeListener = (*Notifier)(nil)
+	_ dns.IosDnsManager              = (*Notifier)(nil)
+)
+
+type event struct {
+	kind    eventKind
+	payload string
+}
+
+type Notifier struct {
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	cond   *sync.Cond
+	queue  *list.List
+	closed bool
+	done   chan struct{}
+
+	listener   listener.NetworkChangeListener
+	dnsManager dns.IosDnsManager
+}
+
+func New(l listener.NetworkChangeListener, dm dns.IosDnsManager) *Notifier {
+	n := &Notifier{
+		queue:      list.New(),
+		done:       make(chan struct{}),
+		listener:   l,
+		dnsManager: dm,
+	}
+	n.cond = sync.NewCond(&n.mu)
+	go n.deliverLoop()
+	return n
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) OnNetworkChanged(routes string) {
+	n.enqueue(event{kind: eventRoutes, payload: routes})
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) SetInterfaceIP(ip string) {
+	n.enqueue(event{kind: eventIfaceIP, payload: ip})
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) SetInterfaceIPv6(ip string) {
+	n.enqueue(event{kind: eventIfaceIPv6, payload: ip})
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) ApplyDns(config string) {
+	n.enqueue(event{kind: eventDNS, payload: config})
+}
+
+// Close stops accepting new events and blocks until the delivery loop has
+// drained all queued events and exited.
+func (n *Notifier) Close() {
+	n.mu.Lock()
+	n.closed = true
+	n.cond.Signal()
+	n.mu.Unlock()
+	<-n.done
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) enqueue(ev event) {
+	n.mu.Lock()
+	defer n.mu.Unlock()
+	if n.closed {
+		return
+	}
+	n.queue.PushBack(ev)
+	n.cond.Signal()
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) deliverLoop() {
+	defer close(n.done)
+	for {
+		n.mu.Lock()
+		for n.queue.Len() == 0 && !n.closed {
+			n.cond.Wait()
+		}
+		if n.closed && n.queue.Len() == 0 {
+			n.mu.Unlock()
+			return
+		}
+		ev := n.queue.Remove(n.queue.Front()).(event)
+		l := n.listener
+		dm := n.dnsManager
+		n.mu.Unlock()
+
+		switch ev.kind {
+		case eventRoutes:
+			if l != nil {
+				l.OnNetworkChanged(ev.payload)
+			}
+		case eventIfaceIP:
+			if l != nil {
+				l.SetInterfaceIP(ev.payload)
+			}
+		case eventIfaceIPv6:
+			if l != nil {
+				l.SetInterfaceIPv6(ev.payload)
+			}
+		case eventDNS:
+			if dm != nil {
+				dm.ApplyDns(ev.payload)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/client/internal/tunnelnotifier/notifier_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/tunnelnotifier/notifier_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+package tunnelnotifier
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+type call struct {
+	kind    string
+	payload string
+}
+
+type recorder struct {
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	calls    []call
+	inFlight atomic.Int32
+	overlap  atomic.Bool
+	delay    time.Duration
+}
+
+func (r *recorder) record(kind, payload string) {
+	if r.inFlight.Add(1) != 1 {
+		r.overlap.Store(true)
+	}
+	if r.delay > 0 {
+		time.Sleep(r.delay)
+	}
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	r.calls = append(r.calls, call{kind: kind, payload: payload})
+	r.mu.Unlock()
+	r.inFlight.Add(-1)
+}
+
+func (r *recorder) count() int {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	return len(r.calls)
+}
+
+func (r *recorder) snapshot() []call {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	out := make([]call, len(r.calls))
+	copy(out, r.calls)
+	return out
+}
+
+type fakeListener struct {
+	rec *recorder
+}
+
+func (f *fakeListener) OnNetworkChanged(routes string) {
+	f.rec.record("routes", routes)
+}
+
+func (f *fakeListener) SetInterfaceIP(ip string) {
+	f.rec.record("ip", ip)
+}
+
+func (f *fakeListener) SetInterfaceIPv6(ip string) {
+	f.rec.record("ipv6", ip)
+}
+
+type fakeDNSManager struct {
+	rec *recorder
+}
+
+func (f *fakeDNSManager) ApplyDns(config string) {
+	f.rec.record("dns", config)
+}
+
+func TestFIFOOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &recorder{}
+	n := New(&fakeListener{rec: rec}, &fakeDNSManager{rec: rec})
+	defer n.Close()
+
+	n.SetInterfaceIP("10.0.0.1")
+	n.SetInterfaceIPv6("fd00::1")
+	n.ApplyDns(`{"domains":[]}`)
+	n.OnNetworkChanged("10.0.0.0/8,192.168.0.0/16")
+	n.ApplyDns(`{"domains":["example.com"]}`)
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool { return rec.count() == 5 }, time.Second, time.Millisecond)
+
+	expected := []call{
+		{kind: "ip", payload: "10.0.0.1"},
+		{kind: "ipv6", payload: "fd00::1"},
+		{kind: "dns", payload: `{"domains":[]}`},
+		{kind: "routes", payload: "10.0.0.0/8,192.168.0.0/16"},
+		{kind: "dns", payload: `{"domains":["example.com"]}`},
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, rec.snapshot())
+}
+
+func TestNoOverlappingCalls(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &recorder{delay: 100 * time.Microsecond}
+	n := New(&fakeListener{rec: rec}, &fakeDNSManager{rec: rec})
+	defer n.Close()
+
+	const producers = 8
+	const perProducer = 25
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < producers; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(id int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for j := 0; j < perProducer; j++ {
+				payload := fmt.Sprintf("%d-%d", id, j)
+				switch j % 4 {
+				case 0:
+					n.OnNetworkChanged(payload)
+				case 1:
+					n.SetInterfaceIP(payload)
+				case 2:
+					n.SetInterfaceIPv6(payload)
+				case 3:
+					n.ApplyDns(payload)
+				}
+			}
+		}(i)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool { return rec.count() == producers*perProducer }, 5*time.Second, time.Millisecond)
+	assert.False(t, rec.overlap.Load())
+}
+
+func TestDNSAndRoutesInterleaved(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &recorder{delay: 100 * time.Microsecond}
+	n := New(&fakeListener{rec: rec}, &fakeDNSManager{rec: rec})
+	defer n.Close()
+
+	const events = 50
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(2)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for i := 0; i < events; i++ {
+			n.ApplyDns(fmt.Sprintf("dns-%d", i))
+		}
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for i := 0; i < events; i++ {
+			n.OnNetworkChanged(fmt.Sprintf("routes-%d", i))
+		}
+	}()
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool { return rec.count() == 2*events }, 5*time.Second, time.Millisecond)
+	assert.False(t, rec.overlap.Load())
+
+	var dnsSeen, routesSeen int
+	for _, c := range rec.snapshot() {
+		switch c.kind {
+		case "dns":
+			assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("dns-%d", dnsSeen), c.payload)
+			dnsSeen++
+		case "routes":
+			assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("routes-%d", routesSeen), c.payload)
+			routesSeen++
+		}
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, events, dnsSeen)
+	assert.Equal(t, events, routesSeen)
+}
+
+func TestCloseDrainsQueue(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &recorder{delay: time.Millisecond}
+	n := New(&fakeListener{rec: rec}, &fakeDNSManager{rec: rec})
+
+	const events = 20
+	for i := 0; i < events; i++ {
+		n.OnNetworkChanged(fmt.Sprintf("routes-%d", i))
+	}
+	n.Close()
+
+	require.Equal(t, events, rec.count(), "Close must not return before all queued events are delivered")
+
+	n.OnNetworkChanged("after-close")
+	n.ApplyDns("after-close")
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	assert.Equal(t, events, rec.count())
+}
--- a/client/ui/main.go
+++ b/client/ui/main.go
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ func newApplication(onSecondInstance func()) *application.App {
 		Linux: application.LinuxOptions{
 			ProgramName: "netbird",
 		},
+		Windows: application.WindowsOptions{
+			WndProcInterceptor: endSessionInterceptor(),
+		},
 		SingleInstance: &application.SingleInstanceOptions{
 			UniqueID: "io.netbird.ui",
 			OnSecondInstanceLaunch: func(_ application.SecondInstanceData) {
@@ -367,6 +370,9 @@ func newMainWindow(app *application.App, prefStore *preferences.Store) *applicat

 	// Hide instead of quit on close; "really quit" is reached via tray -> Quit.
 	window.RegisterHook(events.Common.WindowClosing, func(e *application.WindowEvent) {
+		if services.ShuttingDown() {
+			return
+		}
 		e.Cancel()
 		window.Hide()
 	})
--- a/client/ui/services/shutdown.go
+++ b/client/ui/services/shutdown.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package services
+
+import "sync/atomic"
+
+var (
+	sessionEnding atomic.Bool
+	quitting      atomic.Bool
+)
+
+func BeginSessionEnd() {
+	sessionEnding.Store(true)
+}
+
+func AbortSessionEnd() {
+	sessionEnding.Store(false)
+}
+
+func BeginShutdown() {
+	quitting.Store(true)
+}
+
+func ShuttingDown() bool {
+	return sessionEnding.Load() || quitting.Load()
+}
--- a/client/ui/services/windowmanager.go
+++ b/client/ui/services/windowmanager.go
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ func NewWindowManager(app *application.App, mainWindow *application.WebviewWindo
 	})
 	// Hide (not destroy) on close to keep React state; reset to General for a flash-free reopen.
 	s.settings.RegisterHook(events.Common.WindowClosing, func(e *application.WindowEvent) {
+		if ShuttingDown() {
+			return
+		}
 		e.Cancel()
 		s.app.Event.Emit(EventSettingsOpen, "general")
 		s.settings.Hide()
@@ -393,6 +396,9 @@ func (s *WindowManager) CloseWelcome() {
 // OpenError shows the custom error dialog; title/message are pre-localised and ride in the
 // start URL. A second error replaces the open one via SetURL. Singleton, destroyed on close.
 func (s *WindowManager) OpenError(title, message string) {
+	if ShuttingDown() {
+		return
+	}
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 	startURL := errorDialogURL(title, message)
--- a/client/ui/services/windowtheme_windows.go
+++ b/client/ui/services/windowtheme_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package services
+
+import "github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/pkg/w32"
+
+// Wails assigns w32.AllowDarkModeForWindow only on builds >= 18334 but calls it
+// without a nil check when a window requests the Dark theme, crashing older
+// builds such as Windows Server 2019 (17763). Those builds still get a dark
+// title bar via the pre-20H1 DWM attribute that w32.SetTheme applies, so a
+// no-op stub keeps the Dark theme fully working there.
+func init() {
+	if w32.AllowDarkModeForWindow == nil {
+		w32.AllowDarkModeForWindow = func(w32.HWND, bool) uintptr { return 0 }
+	}
+}
--- a/client/ui/shutdown_other.go
+++ b/client/ui/shutdown_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build !windows && !android && !ios && !freebsd && !js
+
+package main
+
+func endSessionInterceptor() func(hwnd uintptr, msg uint32, wParam, lParam uintptr) (uintptr, bool) {
+	return nil
+}
--- a/client/ui/shutdown_windows.go
+++ b/client/ui/shutdown_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ui/services"
+)
+
+const (
+	wmQueryEndSession = 0x0011
+	wmEndSession      = 0x0016
+)
+
+func endSessionInterceptor() func(hwnd uintptr, msg uint32, wParam, lParam uintptr) (uintptr, bool) {
+	return func(_ uintptr, msg uint32, wParam, _ uintptr) (uintptr, bool) {
+		switch msg {
+		case wmQueryEndSession:
+			services.BeginSessionEnd()
+			return 1, true
+		case wmEndSession:
+			if wParam == 0 {
+				services.AbortSessionEnd()
+				return 0, true
+			}
+			log.Info("windows session is ending; exiting immediately")
+			os.Exit(0)
+			return 0, true
+		default:
+			return 0, false
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/client/ui/tray.go
+++ b/client/ui/tray.go
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ func (t *Tray) buildMenu() *application.Menu {
 }

 func (t *Tray) handleQuit() {
+	services.BeginShutdown()
 	t.profileMu.Lock()
 	if t.switchCancel != nil {
 		t.switchCancel()
--- a/client/ui/tray_notify.go
+++ b/client/ui/tray_notify.go
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ type sendFn func(notifications.NotificationOptions) error
 // event-dispatch goroutine that panic is fatal process-wide; recover() turns
 // it into a logged no-op.
 func safeSendNotification(send sendFn, what string, opts notifications.NotificationOptions) (err error) {
+	if services.ShuttingDown() {
+		return nil
+	}
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
 			log.Errorf("notify %s: recovered from panic (notification bus unavailable): %v", what, r)
--- a/infrastructure_files/getting-started-with-dex.sh
+++ b/infrastructure_files/getting-started-with-dex.sh
@@ -1,557 +1,19 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash

-set -e
+cat >&2 <<'EOF'
+ERROR: This legacy installation script has been retired and no longer runs.

-# NetBird Getting Started with Dex IDP
-# This script sets up NetBird with Dex as the identity provider
+Dex support is not deprecated. For new deployments, use getting-started.sh:

-# Sed pattern to strip base64 padding characters
-SED_STRIP_PADDING='s/=//g'
+https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart

-check_docker_compose() {
-  if command -v docker-compose &> /dev/null
-  then
-      echo "docker-compose"
-      return
-  fi
-  if docker compose --help &> /dev/null
-  then
-      echo "docker compose"
-      return
-  fi
+The current installer includes NetBird's embedded Dex-based identity provider.
+Local users and external identity providers can be managed through the
+NetBird Dashboard:

-  echo "docker-compose is not installed or not in PATH. Please follow the steps from the official guide: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/" > /dev/stderr
-  exit 1
-}
+https://docs.netbird.io/selfhosted/identity-providers/local

-check_jq() {
-  if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null
-  then
-    echo "jq is not installed or not in PATH, please install with your package manager. e.g. sudo apt install jq" > /dev/stderr
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  return 0
-}
-
-get_main_ip_address() {
-  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-    interface=$(route -n get default | grep 'interface:' | awk '{print $2}')
-    ip_address=$(ifconfig "$interface" | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}')
-  else
-    interface=$(ip route | grep default | awk '{print $5}' | head -n 1)
-    ip_address=$(ip addr show "$interface" | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d'/' -f1)
-  fi
-
-  echo "$ip_address"
-  return 0
-}
-
-check_nb_domain() {
-  DOMAIN=$1
-  if [[ "$DOMAIN-x" == "-x" ]]; then
-    echo "The NETBIRD_DOMAIN variable cannot be empty." > /dev/stderr
-    return 1
-  fi
-
-  if [[ "$DOMAIN" == "netbird.example.com" ]]; then
-    echo "The NETBIRD_DOMAIN cannot be netbird.example.com" > /dev/stderr
-    return 1
-  fi
-  return 0
-}
-
-read_nb_domain() {
-  READ_NETBIRD_DOMAIN=""
-  echo -n "Enter the domain you want to use for NetBird (e.g. netbird.my-domain.com): " > /dev/stderr
-  read -r READ_NETBIRD_DOMAIN < /dev/tty
-  if ! check_nb_domain "$READ_NETBIRD_DOMAIN"; then
-    read_nb_domain
-  fi
-  echo "$READ_NETBIRD_DOMAIN"
-  return 0
-}
-
-get_turn_external_ip() {
-  TURN_EXTERNAL_IP_CONFIG="#external-ip="
-  IP=$(curl -s -4 https://jsonip.com | jq -r '.ip')
-  if [[ "x-$IP" != "x-" ]]; then
-    TURN_EXTERNAL_IP_CONFIG="external-ip=$IP"
-  fi
-  echo "$TURN_EXTERNAL_IP_CONFIG"
-  return 0
-}
-
-wait_dex() {
-  set +e
-  echo -n "Waiting for Dex to become ready (via $NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN)"
-  counter=1
-  while true; do
-    # Check Dex through Caddy proxy (also validates TLS is working)
-    if curl -sk -f -o /dev/null "$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex/.well-known/openid-configuration" 2>/dev/null; then
-      break
-    fi
-    if [[ $counter -eq 60 ]]; then
-      echo ""
-      echo "Taking too long. Checking logs..."
-      $DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND logs --tail=20 caddy
-      $DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND logs --tail=20 dex
-    fi
-    echo -n " ."
-    sleep 2
-    counter=$((counter + 1))
-  done
-  echo " done"
-  set -e
-  return 0
-}
-
-init_environment() {
-  CADDY_SECURE_DOMAIN=""
-  NETBIRD_PORT=80
-  NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL="http"
-  NETBIRD_RELAY_PROTO="rel"
-  TURN_USER="self"
-  TURN_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 32 | sed "$SED_STRIP_PADDING")
-  NETBIRD_RELAY_AUTH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32 | sed "$SED_STRIP_PADDING")
-  TURN_MIN_PORT=49152
-  TURN_MAX_PORT=65535
-  TURN_EXTERNAL_IP_CONFIG=$(get_turn_external_ip)
-
-  # Generate secrets for Dex
-  DEX_DASHBOARD_CLIENT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32 | sed "$SED_STRIP_PADDING")
-
-  # Generate admin password
-  NETBIRD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 16 | sed "$SED_STRIP_PADDING")
-
-  if ! check_nb_domain "$NETBIRD_DOMAIN"; then
-    NETBIRD_DOMAIN=$(read_nb_domain)
-  fi
-
-  if [[ "$NETBIRD_DOMAIN" == "use-ip" ]]; then
-    NETBIRD_DOMAIN=$(get_main_ip_address)
-  else
-    NETBIRD_PORT=443
-    CADDY_SECURE_DOMAIN=", $NETBIRD_DOMAIN:$NETBIRD_PORT"
-    NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL="https"
-    NETBIRD_RELAY_PROTO="rels"
-  fi
-
-  check_jq
-
-  DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND=$(check_docker_compose)
-
-  if [[ -f dex.yaml ]]; then
-    echo "Generated files already exist, if you want to reinitialize the environment, please remove them first."
-    echo "You can use the following commands:"
-    echo "  $DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND down --volumes # to remove all containers and volumes"
-    echo "  rm -f docker-compose.yml Caddyfile dex.yaml dashboard.env turnserver.conf management.json relay.env"
-    echo "Be aware that this will remove all data from the database, and you will have to reconfigure the dashboard."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-
-  echo Rendering initial files...
-  render_docker_compose > docker-compose.yml
-  render_caddyfile > Caddyfile
-  render_dex_config > dex.yaml
-  render_dashboard_env > dashboard.env
-  render_management_json > management.json
-  render_turn_server_conf > turnserver.conf
-  render_relay_env > relay.env
-
-  echo -e "\nStarting Dex IDP\n"
-  $DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND up -d caddy dex
-
-  # Wait for Dex to be ready (through caddy proxy)
-  sleep 3
-  wait_dex
-
-  echo -e "\nStarting NetBird services\n"
-  $DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND up -d
-
-  echo -e "\nDone!\n"
-  echo "You can access the NetBird dashboard at $NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN"
-  echo ""
-  echo "Login with the following credentials:"
-  install -m 600 /dev/null .env
-  printf 'Email: admin@%s\nPassword: %s\n' \
-      "$NETBIRD_DOMAIN" "$NETBIRD_ADMIN_PASSWORD" >> .env
-  echo "Email: admin@$NETBIRD_DOMAIN"
-  echo "Password: $NETBIRD_ADMIN_PASSWORD"
-  echo ""
-  echo "Dex admin UI is not available (Dex has no built-in UI)."
-  echo "To add more users, edit dex.yaml and restart: $DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND restart dex"
-  return 0
-}
-
-render_caddyfile() {
-  cat <<EOF
-{
-  debug
-  servers :80,:443 {
-    protocols h1 h2c h2 h3
-  }
-}
-
-(security_headers) {
-    header * {
-        Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=3600; includeSubDomains; preload"
-        X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
-        X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
-        X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
-        -Server
-        Referrer-Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin
-    }
-}
-
-:80${CADDY_SECURE_DOMAIN} {
-    import security_headers
-    # Relay
-    reverse_proxy /relay* relay:80
-    # Signal
-    reverse_proxy /signalexchange.SignalExchange/* h2c://signal:10000
-    # Management
-    reverse_proxy /api/* management:80
-    reverse_proxy /management.ManagementService/* h2c://management:80
-    # Dex
-    reverse_proxy /dex/* dex:5556
-    # Dashboard
-    reverse_proxy /* dashboard:80
-}
+This compatibility notice will be removed in NetBird v0.80.
 EOF
-  return 0
-}

-render_dex_config() {
-  # Generate bcrypt hash of the admin password
-  # Using a simple approach - htpasswd or python if available
-  ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=""
-  if command -v htpasswd &> /dev/null; then
-    ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=$(htpasswd -bnBC 10 "" "$NETBIRD_ADMIN_PASSWORD" | tr -d ':\n')
-  elif command -v python3 &> /dev/null; then
-    ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=$(python3 -c "import bcrypt; print(bcrypt.hashpw('$NETBIRD_ADMIN_PASSWORD'.encode(), bcrypt.gensalt(rounds=10)).decode())" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-  fi
-
-  # Fallback to a known hash if we can't generate one
-  if [[ -z "$ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH" ]]; then
-    # This is hash of "password" - user should change it
-    ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH='$2a$10$2b2cU8CPhOTaGrs1HRQuAueS7JTT5ZHsHSzYiFPm1leZck7Mc8T4W'
-    NETBIRD_ADMIN_PASSWORD="password"
-    echo "Warning: Could not generate password hash. Using default password: password. Please change it in dex.yaml" > /dev/stderr
-  fi
-
-  cat <<EOF
-# Dex configuration for NetBird
-# Generated by getting-started-with-dex.sh
-
-issuer: $NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex
-
-storage:
-  type: sqlite3
-  config:
-    file: /var/dex/dex.db
-
-web:
-  http: 0.0.0.0:5556
-
-# gRPC API for user management (used by NetBird IDP manager)
-grpc:
-  addr: 0.0.0.0:5557
-
-oauth2:
-  skipApprovalScreen: true
-
-# Static OAuth2 clients for NetBird
-staticClients:
-  # Dashboard client
-  - id: netbird-dashboard
-    name: NetBird Dashboard
-    secret: $DEX_DASHBOARD_CLIENT_SECRET
-    redirectURIs:
-      - $NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/nb-auth
-      - $NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/nb-silent-auth
-
-  # CLI client (public - uses PKCE)
-  - id: netbird-cli
-    name: NetBird CLI
-    public: true
-    redirectURIs:
-      - http://localhost:53000/
-      - http://localhost:54000/
-
-# Enable password database for static users
-enablePasswordDB: true
-
-# Static users - add more users here as needed
-staticPasswords:
-  - email: "admin@$NETBIRD_DOMAIN"
-    hash: "$ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH"
-    username: "admin"
-    userID: "$(uuidgen 2>/dev/null || cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid 2>/dev/null || echo "admin-user-id-001")"
-
-# Optional: Add external identity provider connectors
-# connectors:
-#   - type: github
-#     id: github
-#     name: GitHub
-#     config:
-#       clientID: \$GITHUB_CLIENT_ID
-#       clientSecret: \$GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET
-#       redirectURI: $NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex/callback
-#
-#   - type: ldap
-#     id: ldap
-#     name: LDAP
-#     config:
-#       host: ldap.example.com:636
-#       insecureNoSSL: false
-#       bindDN: cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
-#       bindPW: admin
-#       userSearch:
-#         baseDN: ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
-#         filter: "(objectClass=person)"
-#         username: uid
-#         idAttr: uid
-#         emailAttr: mail
-#         nameAttr: cn
-EOF
-  return 0
-}
-
-render_turn_server_conf() {
-  cat <<EOF
-listening-port=3478
-$TURN_EXTERNAL_IP_CONFIG
-tls-listening-port=5349
-min-port=$TURN_MIN_PORT
-max-port=$TURN_MAX_PORT
-fingerprint
-lt-cred-mech
-user=$TURN_USER:$TURN_PASSWORD
-realm=wiretrustee.com
-cert=/etc/coturn/certs/cert.pem
-pkey=/etc/coturn/private/privkey.pem
-log-file=stdout
-no-software-attribute
-pidfile="/var/tmp/turnserver.pid"
-no-cli
-EOF
-  return 0
-}
-
-render_management_json() {
-  cat <<EOF
-{
-    "Stuns": [
-        {
-            "Proto": "udp",
-            "URI": "stun:$NETBIRD_DOMAIN:3478"
-        }
-    ],
-    "Relay": {
-        "Addresses": ["$NETBIRD_RELAY_PROTO://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN:$NETBIRD_PORT"],
-        "CredentialsTTL": "24h",
-        "Secret": "$NETBIRD_RELAY_AUTH_SECRET"
-    },
-    "Signal": {
-        "Proto": "$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL",
-        "URI": "$NETBIRD_DOMAIN:$NETBIRD_PORT"
-    },
-    "HttpConfig": {
-        "AuthIssuer": "$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex",
-        "AuthAudience": "netbird-dashboard",
-        "OIDCConfigEndpoint": "$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex/.well-known/openid-configuration"
-    },
-    "IdpManagerConfig": {
-        "ManagerType": "dex",
-        "ClientConfig": {
-            "Issuer": "$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex"
-        },
-        "ExtraConfig": {
-            "GRPCAddr": "dex:5557"
-        }
-    },
-    "DeviceAuthorizationFlow": {
-        "Provider": "hosted",
-        "ProviderConfig": {
-            "Audience": "netbird-cli",
-            "ClientID": "netbird-cli",
-            "Scope": "openid profile email offline_access",
-            "DeviceAuthEndpoint": "$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex/device/code",
-            "TokenEndpoint": "$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex/token"
-        }
-    },
-    "PKCEAuthorizationFlow": {
-        "ProviderConfig": {
-            "Audience": "netbird-cli",
-            "ClientID": "netbird-cli",
-            "Scope": "openid profile email offline_access",
-            "RedirectURLs": ["http://localhost:53000/", "http://localhost:54000/"]
-        }
-    }
-}
-EOF
-  return 0
-}
-
-render_dashboard_env() {
-  cat <<EOF
-# Endpoints
-NETBIRD_MGMT_API_ENDPOINT=$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN
-NETBIRD_MGMT_GRPC_API_ENDPOINT=$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN
-# OIDC
-AUTH_AUDIENCE=netbird-dashboard
-AUTH_CLIENT_ID=netbird-dashboard
-AUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=$DEX_DASHBOARD_CLIENT_SECRET
-AUTH_AUTHORITY=$NETBIRD_HTTP_PROTOCOL://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN/dex
-USE_AUTH0=false
-AUTH_SUPPORTED_SCOPES=openid profile email offline_access
-AUTH_REDIRECT_URI=/nb-auth
-AUTH_SILENT_REDIRECT_URI=/nb-silent-auth
-# SSL
-NGINX_SSL_PORT=443
-# Letsencrypt
-LETSENCRYPT_DOMAIN=none
-EOF
-  return 0
-}
-
-render_relay_env() {
-  cat <<EOF
-NB_LOG_LEVEL=info
-NB_LISTEN_ADDRESS=:80
-NB_EXPOSED_ADDRESS=$NETBIRD_RELAY_PROTO://$NETBIRD_DOMAIN:$NETBIRD_PORT
-NB_AUTH_SECRET=$NETBIRD_RELAY_AUTH_SECRET
-EOF
-  return 0
-}
-
-render_docker_compose() {
-  cat <<EOF
-services:
-  # Caddy reverse proxy
-  caddy:
-    image: caddy
-    container_name: netbird-caddy
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks: [netbird]
-    ports:
-      - '443:443'
-      - '443:443/udp'
-      - '80:80'
-    volumes:
-      - netbird_caddy_data:/data
-      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
-    logging:
-      driver: "json-file"
-      options:
-        max-size: "500m"
-        max-file: "2"
-
-  # Dex - identity provider
-  dex:
-    image: ghcr.io/dexidp/dex:v2.38.0
-    container_name: netbird-dex
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks: [netbird]
-    volumes:
-      - ./dex.yaml:/etc/dex/config.docker.yaml:ro
-      - netbird_dex_data:/var/dex
-    command: ["dex", "serve", "/etc/dex/config.docker.yaml"]
-    logging:
-      driver: "json-file"
-      options:
-        max-size: "500m"
-        max-file: "2"
-
-  # UI dashboard
-  dashboard:
-    image: netbirdio/dashboard:latest
-    container_name: netbird-dashboard
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks: [netbird]
-    env_file:
-      - ./dashboard.env
-    logging:
-      driver: "json-file"
-      options:
-        max-size: "500m"
-        max-file: "2"
-
-  # Signal
-  signal:
-    image: netbirdio/signal:latest
-    container_name: netbird-signal
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks: [netbird]
-    logging:
-      driver: "json-file"
-      options:
-        max-size: "500m"
-        max-file: "2"
-
-  # Relay
-  relay:
-    image: netbirdio/relay:latest
-    container_name: netbird-relay
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks: [netbird]
-    env_file:
-      - ./relay.env
-    logging:
-      driver: "json-file"
-      options:
-        max-size: "500m"
-        max-file: "2"
-
-  # Management
-  management:
-    image: netbirdio/management:latest
-    container_name: netbird-management
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    networks: [netbird]
-    volumes:
-      - netbird_management:/var/lib/netbird
-      - ./management.json:/etc/netbird/management.json
-    command: [
-      "--port", "80",
-      "--log-file", "console",
-      "--log-level", "info",
-      "--disable-anonymous-metrics=false",
-      "--single-account-mode-domain=netbird.selfhosted",
-      "--dns-domain=netbird.selfhosted",
-      "--idp-sign-key-refresh-enabled",
-    ]
-    logging:
-      driver: "json-file"
-      options:
-        max-size: "500m"
-        max-file: "2"
-
-  # Coturn, AKA TURN server
-  coturn:
-    image: coturn/coturn
-    container_name: netbird-coturn
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    volumes:
-      - ./turnserver.conf:/etc/turnserver.conf:ro
-    network_mode: host
-    command:
-      - -c /etc/turnserver.conf
-    logging:
-      driver: "json-file"
-      options:
-        max-size: "500m"
-        max-file: "2"
-
-volumes:
-  netbird_caddy_data:
-  netbird_dex_data:
-  netbird_management:
-
-networks:
-  netbird:
-EOF
-  return 0
-}
-
-init_environment
+exit 1
--- a/infrastructure_files/getting-started-with-zitadel.sh
+++ b/infrastructure_files/getting-started-with-zitadel.sh
--- a/management/internals/server/boot.go
+++ b/management/internals/server/boot.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	grpcMiddleware "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/v2"
 	"github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/v2/interceptors/realip"
-	"github.com/rs/cors"
 	"github.com/rs/xid"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -24,13 +23,13 @@ import (

 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/encryption"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter/hook"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/accesslogs"
 	accesslogsmanager "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/accesslogs/manager"
 	rpservice "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
 	nbgrpc "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/shared/grpc"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/activity"
 	activitystore "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/activity/store"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork"
 	nbcache "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/cache"
 	nbContext "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/context"
 	nbhttp "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/http"
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ func (s *BaseServer) EventStore() activity.Store {

 func (s *BaseServer) APIHandler() http.Handler {
 	return Create(s, func() http.Handler {
-		httpAPIHandler, err := nbhttp.NewAPIHandler(context.Background(), s.Router(), s.AccountManager(), s.NetworksManager(), s.ResourcesManager(), s.RoutesManager(), s.GroupsManager(), s.GeoLocationManager(), s.AuthManager(), s.Metrics(), s.PermissionsManager(), s.SettingsManager(), s.ZonesManager(), s.RecordsManager(), s.NetworkMapController(), s.IdpManager(), s.ServiceManager(), s.ReverseProxyDomainManager(), s.AccessLogsManager(), s.ReverseProxyGRPCServer(), s.Config.ReverseProxy.TrustedHTTPProxies, s.RateLimiter(), s.IsValidChildAccount, s.AgentNetworkManager())
+		httpAPIHandler, err := nbhttp.NewAPIHandler(context.Background(), s.Router(), s.AccountManager(), s.NetworksManager(), s.ResourcesManager(), s.RoutesManager(), s.GroupsManager(), s.GeoLocationManager(), s.AuthManager(), s.Metrics(), s.PermissionsManager(), s.SettingsManager(), s.ZonesManager(), s.RecordsManager(), s.NetworkMapController(), s.IdpManager(), s.ServiceManager(), s.ReverseProxyDomainManager(), s.AccessLogsManager(), s.ReverseProxyGRPCServer(), s.Config.ReverseProxy.TrustedHTTPProxies, s.Config.HttpConfig.CORSAllowedOrigins, s.RateLimiter(), s.IsValidChildAccount, s.AgentNetworkManager())
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("failed to create API handler: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ func (s *BaseServer) IDPHandler() http.Handler {
 	if !ok || embeddedIdP == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return cors.AllowAll().Handler(embeddedIdP.Handler())
+	return nbhttp.CORSMiddleware(s.Config.HttpConfig.CORSAllowedOrigins).Handler(embeddedIdP.Handler())
 }

 func (s *BaseServer) Router() *mux.Router {
--- a/management/internals/server/config/config.go
+++ b/management/internals/server/config/config.go
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ type HttpServerConfig struct {
 	ExtraAuthAudience string
 	// AuthCallbackDomain contains the callback domain
 	AuthCallbackURL string
+	// CORSAllowedOrigins lists the browser origins allowed to read API responses,
+	// e.g. https://app.example.com. Any origin is allowed when left empty.
+	CORSAllowedOrigins []string
 }

 // Host represents a Netbird host (e.g. STUN, TURN, Signal)
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/components_envelope_response.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/components_envelope_response.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func ToComponentSyncResponse(
 	// TODO (dmitri) consider using invariants?
 	//
 	enableSSH := computeSSHEnabledForPeer(components, peer)
-	peerConfig := toPeerConfig(peer, components.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, enableSSH)
+	peerConfig := toPeerConfig(peer, components.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, enableSSH, components.ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution)

 	includeIPv6 := peer.SupportsIPv6() && peer.IPv6.IsValid()
 	useSourcePrefixes := peer.SupportsSourcePrefixes()
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func toNetbirdConfig(config *nbconfig.Config, turnCredentials *Token, relayToken
 	return nbConfig
 }

-func toPeerConfig(peer *nbpeer.Peer, network *types.Network, dnsName string, settings *types.Settings, httpConfig *nbconfig.HttpServerConfig, deviceFlowConfig *nbconfig.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, enableSSH bool) *proto.PeerConfig {
+func toPeerConfig(peer *nbpeer.Peer, network *types.Network, dnsName string, settings *types.Settings, httpConfig *nbconfig.HttpServerConfig, deviceFlowConfig *nbconfig.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, enableSSH bool, forceRoutingPeerDNS bool) *proto.PeerConfig {
 	netmask, _ := network.Net.Mask.Size()
 	fqdn := peer.FQDN(dnsName)

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func toPeerConfig(peer *nbpeer.Peer, network *types.Network, dnsName string, set
 		Address:                         fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", peer.IP.String(), netmask),
 		SshConfig:                       sshConfig,
 		Fqdn:                            fqdn,
-		RoutingPeerDnsResolutionEnabled: settings.RoutingPeerDNSResolutionEnabled,
+		RoutingPeerDnsResolutionEnabled: settings.RoutingPeerDNSResolutionEnabled || peer.ProxyMeta.Embedded || forceRoutingPeerDNS,
 		LazyConnectionEnabled:           settings.LazyConnectionEnabled,
 		AutoUpdate: &proto.AutoUpdateSettings{
 			Version:      settings.AutoUpdateVersion,
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ func ToSyncResponse(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, httpConfig *nb
 	useSourcePrefixes := peer.SupportsSourcePrefixes()

 	response := &proto.SyncResponse{
-		PeerConfig: toPeerConfig(peer, networkMap.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, networkMap.EnableSSH),
+		PeerConfig: toPeerConfig(peer, networkMap.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, networkMap.EnableSSH, networkMap.ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution),
 		NetworkMap: &proto.NetworkMap{
 			Serial:     networkMap.Network.CurrentSerial(),
 			Routes:     networkmap.ToProtocolRoutes(networkMap.Routes),
 			DNSConfig:  networkmap.ToProtocolDNSConfig(networkMap.DNSConfig, dnsCache, dnsFwdPort),
-			PeerConfig: toPeerConfig(peer, networkMap.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, networkMap.EnableSSH),
+			PeerConfig: toPeerConfig(peer, networkMap.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, networkMap.EnableSSH, networkMap.ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution),
 		},
 		Checks: toProtocolChecks(ctx, checks),
 	}
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion_test.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package grpc

 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/controllers/network_map"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/controllers/network_map/controller/cache"
 	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
+	nbpeer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/networkmap"
 )
@@ -301,3 +303,35 @@ func TestToNetbirdConfig_RelayInvariant(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.True(t, nbCfg.Metrics.Enabled, "metrics flag should carry the settings value")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestToPeerConfig_RoutingPeerDNSResolution(t *testing.T) {
+	network := &types.Network{Net: net.IPNet{IP: net.IPv4(100, 0, 0, 0), Mask: net.CIDRMask(8, 32)}}
+
+	newPeer := func(embedded bool) *nbpeer.Peer {
+		p := &nbpeer.Peer{IP: netip.MustParseAddr("100.0.0.1")}
+		p.ProxyMeta.Embedded = embedded
+		return p
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		globalFlag  bool
+		embedded    bool
+		forceParam  bool
+		wantEnabled bool
+	}{
+		{name: "global off, regular peer, no force", wantEnabled: false},
+		{name: "global on wins", globalFlag: true, wantEnabled: true},
+		{name: "embedded proxy peer forced", embedded: true, wantEnabled: true},
+		{name: "routing peer forced via param", forceParam: true, wantEnabled: true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			settings := &types.Settings{RoutingPeerDNSResolutionEnabled: tt.globalFlag}
+			cfg := toPeerConfig(newPeer(tt.embedded), network, "netbird.selfhosted", settings, nil, nil, false, tt.forceParam)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantEnabled, cfg.RoutingPeerDnsResolutionEnabled,
+				"RoutingPeerDnsResolutionEnabled should reflect global || embedded || forced")
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/server.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/server.go
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ func (s *Server) prepareLoginResponse(ctx context.Context, peer *nbpeer.Peer, ne
 	// if peer has reached this point then it has logged in
 	loginResp := &proto.LoginResponse{
 		NetbirdConfig: toNetbirdConfig(s.config, nil, relayToken, nil, settings),
-		PeerConfig:    toPeerConfig(peer, network, s.networkMapController.GetDNSDomain(settings), settings, s.config.HttpConfig, s.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, enableSSH),
+		PeerConfig:    toPeerConfig(peer, network, s.networkMapController.GetDNSDomain(settings), settings, s.config.HttpConfig, s.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, enableSSH, false),
 		Checks:        toProtocolChecks(ctx, postureChecks),
 	}

--- a/management/server/http/cors_test.go
+++ b/management/server/http/cors_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func newCORSPreflight(origin string) *http.Request {
+	r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodOptions, "/api/peers", nil)
+	r.Header.Set("Origin", origin)
+	r.Header.Set("Access-Control-Request-Method", http.MethodPut)
+	r.Header.Set("Access-Control-Request-Headers", "authorization,content-type")
+	return r
+}
+
+func serveCORS(t *testing.T, allowedOrigins []string, r *http.Request) http.Header {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	CORSMiddleware(allowedOrigins).Handler(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	return w.Header()
+}
+
+func TestCORSMiddlewareAllowsConfiguredOrigin(t *testing.T) {
+	headers := serveCORS(t, []string{"https://app.example.com"}, newCORSPreflight("https://app.example.com"))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "https://app.example.com", headers.Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"))
+	assert.Contains(t, headers.Get("Vary"), "Origin")
+}
+
+func TestCORSMiddlewareRejectsUnknownOrigin(t *testing.T) {
+	headers := serveCORS(t, []string{"https://app.example.com"}, newCORSPreflight("https://evil.example.com"))
+
+	assert.Empty(t, headers.Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"))
+}
+
+func TestCORSMiddlewareNeverAllowsCredentials(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, allowedOrigins := range [][]string{nil, {"https://app.example.com"}} {
+		headers := serveCORS(t, allowedOrigins, newCORSPreflight("https://app.example.com"))
+
+		assert.Empty(t, headers.Get("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials"))
+		assert.Empty(t, headers.Get("Access-Control-Expose-Headers"))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCORSMiddlewareWithoutConfigAllowsAnyOrigin(t *testing.T) {
+	headers := serveCORS(t, nil, newCORSPreflight("https://evil.example.com"))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "*", headers.Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"))
+}
--- a/management/server/http/handler.go
+++ b/management/server/http/handler.go
@@ -60,8 +60,34 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/telemetry"
 )

+// CORSMiddleware returns a CORS handler restricted to allowedOrigins. When none are
+// configured it falls back to allowing any origin, preserving the behaviour of
+// deployments that serve the dashboard and the API on different origins.
+// AllowCredentials stays false: the API authenticates via the Authorization header
+// only, so there are no ambient credentials for a foreign origin to abuse.
+func CORSMiddleware(allowedOrigins []string) *cors.Cors {
+	if len(allowedOrigins) == 0 {
+		log.Warn("no CORS allowed origins configured, allowing any origin; set HttpConfig.CORSAllowedOrigins to the dashboard origin to restrict it")
+		return cors.AllowAll()
+	}
+
+	return cors.New(cors.Options{
+		AllowedOrigins: allowedOrigins,
+		AllowedMethods: []string{
+			http.MethodHead,
+			http.MethodGet,
+			http.MethodPost,
+			http.MethodPut,
+			http.MethodPatch,
+			http.MethodDelete,
+		},
+		AllowedHeaders:   []string{"Authorization", "Content-Type"},
+		AllowCredentials: false,
+	})
+}
+
 // NewAPIHandler creates the Management service HTTP API handler registering all the available endpoints.
-func NewAPIHandler(ctx context.Context, router *mux.Router, accountManager account.Manager, networksManager nbnetworks.Manager, resourceManager resources.Manager, routerManager routers.Manager, groupsManager nbgroups.Manager, LocationManager geolocation.Geolocation, authManager auth.Manager, appMetrics telemetry.AppMetrics, permissionsManager permissions.Manager, settingsManager settings.Manager, zManager zones.Manager, rManager records.Manager, networkMapController network_map.Controller, idpManager idpmanager.Manager, serviceManager service.Manager, reverseProxyDomainManager *manager.Manager, reverseProxyAccessLogsManager accesslogs.Manager, proxyGRPCServer *nbgrpc.ProxyServiceServer, trustedHTTPProxies []netip.Prefix, rateLimiter *middleware.APIRateLimiter, isValidChildAccount middleware.IsValidChildAccountFunc, agentNetworkManager agentnetwork.Manager) (http.Handler, error) {
+func NewAPIHandler(ctx context.Context, router *mux.Router, accountManager account.Manager, networksManager nbnetworks.Manager, resourceManager resources.Manager, routerManager routers.Manager, groupsManager nbgroups.Manager, LocationManager geolocation.Geolocation, authManager auth.Manager, appMetrics telemetry.AppMetrics, permissionsManager permissions.Manager, settingsManager settings.Manager, zManager zones.Manager, rManager records.Manager, networkMapController network_map.Controller, idpManager idpmanager.Manager, serviceManager service.Manager, reverseProxyDomainManager *manager.Manager, reverseProxyAccessLogsManager accesslogs.Manager, proxyGRPCServer *nbgrpc.ProxyServiceServer, trustedHTTPProxies []netip.Prefix, corsAllowedOrigins []string, rateLimiter *middleware.APIRateLimiter, isValidChildAccount middleware.IsValidChildAccountFunc, agentNetworkManager agentnetwork.Manager) (http.Handler, error) {

 	// Register bypass paths for unauthenticated endpoints
 	if err := bypass.AddBypassPath("/api/instance"); err != nil {
@@ -98,7 +124,7 @@ func NewAPIHandler(ctx context.Context, router *mux.Router, accountManager accou
 		isValidChildAccount,
 	)

-	corsMiddleware := cors.AllowAll()
+	corsMiddleware := CORSMiddleware(corsAllowedOrigins)

 	metricsMiddleware := appMetrics.HTTPMiddleware()

--- a/management/server/http/testing/testing_tools/channel/channel.go
+++ b/management/server/http/testing/testing_tools/channel/channel.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func BuildApiBlackBoxWithDBState(t testing_tools.TB, sqlFile string, expectedPee
 	zoneRecordsManager := recordsManager.NewManager(store, am, permissionsManager)

 	apiRouter := mux.NewRouter().PathPrefix("/api").Subrouter()
-	apiHandler, err := http2.NewAPIHandler(context.Background(), apiRouter, am, networksManager, resourcesManager, routersManager, groupsManager, geoMock, authManagerMock, metrics, permissionsManager, settingsManager, customZonesManager, zoneRecordsManager, networkMapController, nil, serviceManager, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	apiHandler, err := http2.NewAPIHandler(context.Background(), apiRouter, am, networksManager, resourcesManager, routersManager, groupsManager, geoMock, authManagerMock, metrics, permissionsManager, settingsManager, customZonesManager, zoneRecordsManager, networkMapController, nil, serviceManager, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create API handler: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func BuildApiBlackBoxWithDBStateAndPeerChannel(t testing_tools.TB, sqlFile strin
 	zoneRecordsManager := recordsManager.NewManager(store, am, permissionsManager)

 	apiRouter := mux.NewRouter().PathPrefix("/api").Subrouter()
-	apiHandler, err := http2.NewAPIHandler(context.Background(), apiRouter, am, networksManager, resourcesManager, routersManager, groupsManager, geoMock, authManagerMock, metrics, permissionsManager, settingsManager, customZonesManager, zoneRecordsManager, networkMapController, nil, serviceManager, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	apiHandler, err := http2.NewAPIHandler(context.Background(), apiRouter, am, networksManager, resourcesManager, routersManager, groupsManager, geoMock, authManagerMock, metrics, permissionsManager, settingsManager, customZonesManager, zoneRecordsManager, networkMapController, nil, serviceManager, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create API handler: %v", err)
 	}
--- a/management/server/store/sql_store.go
+++ b/management/server/store/sql_store.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"net/url"
@@ -2258,117 +2259,30 @@ func (s *SqlStore) getPostureChecks(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*p
 	return checks, nil
 }

-func (s *SqlStore) getServices(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*rpservice.Service, error) {
-	const serviceQuery = `SELECT id, account_id, name, domain, enabled, auth,
-		meta_created_at, meta_certificate_issued_at, meta_status, proxy_cluster,
-		pass_host_header, rewrite_redirects, session_private_key, session_public_key,
-		mode, listen_port, port_auto_assigned, source, source_peer, terminated,
-		private, access_groups
-		FROM services WHERE account_id = $1`
+// serviceSelectColumns and targetSelectColumns are the column lists the Postgres
+// pgx read path scans. They must stay in sync with the rpservice.Service and
+// rpservice.Target gorm models; TestPgxServiceColumnsMatchGorm enforces this.
+const serviceSelectColumns = `id, account_id, name, domain, enabled, auth, restrictions,
+	meta_created_at, meta_certificate_issued_at, meta_last_renewed_at, meta_status, proxy_cluster,
+	pass_host_header, rewrite_redirects, session_private_key, session_public_key,
+	mode, listen_port, port_auto_assigned, source, source_peer, terminated,
+	private, access_groups`

-	const targetsQuery = `SELECT id, account_id, service_id, path, host, port, protocol,
-		target_id, target_type, enabled
-		FROM targets WHERE service_id = ANY($1)`
+const targetSelectColumns = `id, account_id, service_id, path, host, port, protocol,
+	target_id, target_type, enabled, proxy_protocol,
+	skip_tls_verify, request_timeout, session_idle_timeout, path_rewrite, custom_headers,
+	direct_upstream, middlewares, capture_max_request_bytes, capture_max_response_bytes,
+	capture_content_types, agent_network, disable_access_log`
+
+func (s *SqlStore) getServices(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*rpservice.Service, error) {
+	const serviceQuery = `SELECT ` + serviceSelectColumns + ` FROM services WHERE account_id = $1`

 	serviceRows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, serviceQuery, accountID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

-	services, err := pgx.CollectRows(serviceRows, func(row pgx.CollectableRow) (*rpservice.Service, error) {
-		var s rpservice.Service
-		var auth []byte
-		var accessGroups []byte
-		var createdAt, certIssuedAt sql.NullTime
-		var status, proxyCluster, sessionPrivateKey, sessionPublicKey sql.NullString
-		var mode, source, sourcePeer sql.NullString
-		var terminated, portAutoAssigned, private sql.NullBool
-		var listenPort sql.NullInt64
-		err := row.Scan(
-			&s.ID,
-			&s.AccountID,
-			&s.Name,
-			&s.Domain,
-			&s.Enabled,
-			&auth,
-			&createdAt,
-			&certIssuedAt,
-			&status,
-			&proxyCluster,
-			&s.PassHostHeader,
-			&s.RewriteRedirects,
-			&sessionPrivateKey,
-			&sessionPublicKey,
-			&mode,
-			&listenPort,
-			&portAutoAssigned,
-			&source,
-			&sourcePeer,
-			&terminated,
-			&private,
-			&accessGroups,
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		if auth != nil {
-			if err := json.Unmarshal(auth, &s.Auth); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		}
-
-		if len(accessGroups) > 0 {
-			if err := json.Unmarshal(accessGroups, &s.AccessGroups); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal access_groups: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
-
-		if private.Valid {
-			s.Private = private.Bool
-		}
-
-		s.Meta = rpservice.Meta{}
-		if createdAt.Valid {
-			s.Meta.CreatedAt = createdAt.Time
-		}
-		if certIssuedAt.Valid {
-			t := certIssuedAt.Time
-			s.Meta.CertificateIssuedAt = &t
-		}
-		if status.Valid {
-			s.Meta.Status = status.String
-		}
-		if proxyCluster.Valid {
-			s.ProxyCluster = proxyCluster.String
-		}
-		if sessionPrivateKey.Valid {
-			s.SessionPrivateKey = sessionPrivateKey.String
-		}
-		if sessionPublicKey.Valid {
-			s.SessionPublicKey = sessionPublicKey.String
-		}
-		if mode.Valid {
-			s.Mode = mode.String
-		}
-		if source.Valid {
-			s.Source = source.String
-		}
-		if sourcePeer.Valid {
-			s.SourcePeer = sourcePeer.String
-		}
-		if terminated.Valid {
-			s.Terminated = terminated.Bool
-		}
-		if portAutoAssigned.Valid {
-			s.PortAutoAssigned = portAutoAssigned.Bool
-		}
-		if listenPort.Valid {
-			s.ListenPort = uint16(listenPort.Int64)
-		}
-		s.Targets = []*rpservice.Target{}
-		return &s, nil
-	})
+	services, err := pgx.CollectRows(serviceRows, scanService)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -2379,39 +2293,12 @@ func (s *SqlStore) getServices(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*rpserv

 	serviceIDs := make([]string, len(services))
 	serviceMap := make(map[string]*rpservice.Service)
-	for i, s := range services {
-		serviceIDs[i] = s.ID
-		serviceMap[s.ID] = s
+	for i, svc := range services {
+		serviceIDs[i] = svc.ID
+		serviceMap[svc.ID] = svc
 	}

-	targetRows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, targetsQuery, serviceIDs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	targets, err := pgx.CollectRows(targetRows, func(row pgx.CollectableRow) (*rpservice.Target, error) {
-		var t rpservice.Target
-		var path sql.NullString
-		err := row.Scan(
-			&t.ID,
-			&t.AccountID,
-			&t.ServiceID,
-			&path,
-			&t.Host,
-			&t.Port,
-			&t.Protocol,
-			&t.TargetId,
-			&t.TargetType,
-			&t.Enabled,
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if path.Valid {
-			t.Path = &path.String
-		}
-		return &t, nil
-	})
+	targets, err := s.getServiceTargets(ctx, serviceIDs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -2425,6 +2312,201 @@ func (s *SqlStore) getServices(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*rpserv
 	return services, nil
 }

+func scanService(row pgx.CollectableRow) (*rpservice.Service, error) {
+	var s rpservice.Service
+	var auth []byte
+	var restrictions []byte
+	var accessGroups []byte
+	var createdAt, certIssuedAt, lastRenewedAt sql.NullTime
+	var status, proxyCluster, sessionPrivateKey, sessionPublicKey sql.NullString
+	var mode, source, sourcePeer sql.NullString
+	var terminated, portAutoAssigned, private sql.NullBool
+	var listenPort sql.NullInt64
+	err := row.Scan(
+		&s.ID,
+		&s.AccountID,
+		&s.Name,
+		&s.Domain,
+		&s.Enabled,
+		&auth,
+		&restrictions,
+		&createdAt,
+		&certIssuedAt,
+		&lastRenewedAt,
+		&status,
+		&proxyCluster,
+		&s.PassHostHeader,
+		&s.RewriteRedirects,
+		&sessionPrivateKey,
+		&sessionPublicKey,
+		&mode,
+		&listenPort,
+		&portAutoAssigned,
+		&source,
+		&sourcePeer,
+		&terminated,
+		&private,
+		&accessGroups,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if auth != nil {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(auth, &s.Auth); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(restrictions) > 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(restrictions, &s.Restrictions); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal restrictions: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(accessGroups) > 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(accessGroups, &s.AccessGroups); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal access_groups: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if private.Valid {
+		s.Private = private.Bool
+	}
+
+	s.Meta = serviceMetaFromRow(createdAt, certIssuedAt, lastRenewedAt, status)
+	if proxyCluster.Valid {
+		s.ProxyCluster = proxyCluster.String
+	}
+	if sessionPrivateKey.Valid {
+		s.SessionPrivateKey = sessionPrivateKey.String
+	}
+	if sessionPublicKey.Valid {
+		s.SessionPublicKey = sessionPublicKey.String
+	}
+	if mode.Valid {
+		s.Mode = mode.String
+	}
+	if source.Valid {
+		s.Source = source.String
+	}
+	if sourcePeer.Valid {
+		s.SourcePeer = sourcePeer.String
+	}
+	if terminated.Valid {
+		s.Terminated = terminated.Bool
+	}
+	if portAutoAssigned.Valid {
+		s.PortAutoAssigned = portAutoAssigned.Bool
+	}
+	if listenPort.Valid {
+		if listenPort.Int64 < 0 || listenPort.Int64 > math.MaxUint16 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("listen_port %d out of range", listenPort.Int64)
+		}
+		s.ListenPort = uint16(listenPort.Int64)
+	}
+	s.Targets = []*rpservice.Target{}
+	return &s, nil
+}
+
+func serviceMetaFromRow(createdAt, certIssuedAt, lastRenewedAt sql.NullTime, status sql.NullString) rpservice.Meta {
+	meta := rpservice.Meta{}
+	if createdAt.Valid {
+		meta.CreatedAt = createdAt.Time
+	}
+	if certIssuedAt.Valid {
+		t := certIssuedAt.Time
+		meta.CertificateIssuedAt = &t
+	}
+	if lastRenewedAt.Valid {
+		t := lastRenewedAt.Time
+		meta.LastRenewedAt = &t
+	}
+	if status.Valid {
+		meta.Status = status.String
+	}
+	return meta
+}
+
+func (s *SqlStore) getServiceTargets(ctx context.Context, serviceIDs []string) ([]*rpservice.Target, error) {
+	const targetsQuery = `SELECT ` + targetSelectColumns + ` FROM targets WHERE service_id = ANY($1)`
+
+	rows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, targetsQuery, serviceIDs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return pgx.CollectRows(rows, scanTarget)
+}
+
+func scanTarget(row pgx.CollectableRow) (*rpservice.Target, error) {
+	var t rpservice.Target
+	var path sql.NullString
+	var pathRewrite sql.NullString
+	var proxyProtocol, skipTLSVerify, directUpstream, agentNetwork, disableAccessLog sql.NullBool
+	var requestTimeout, sessionIdleTimeout, captureMaxRequestBytes, captureMaxResponseBytes sql.NullInt64
+	var customHeaders, middlewares, captureContentTypes []byte
+	err := row.Scan(
+		&t.ID,
+		&t.AccountID,
+		&t.ServiceID,
+		&path,
+		&t.Host,
+		&t.Port,
+		&t.Protocol,
+		&t.TargetId,
+		&t.TargetType,
+		&t.Enabled,
+		&proxyProtocol,
+		&skipTLSVerify,
+		&requestTimeout,
+		&sessionIdleTimeout,
+		&pathRewrite,
+		&customHeaders,
+		&directUpstream,
+		&middlewares,
+		&captureMaxRequestBytes,
+		&captureMaxResponseBytes,
+		&captureContentTypes,
+		&agentNetwork,
+		&disableAccessLog,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if path.Valid {
+		t.Path = &path.String
+	}
+
+	t.ProxyProtocol = proxyProtocol.Bool
+	t.Options.SkipTLSVerify = skipTLSVerify.Bool
+	t.Options.RequestTimeout = time.Duration(requestTimeout.Int64)
+	t.Options.SessionIdleTimeout = time.Duration(sessionIdleTimeout.Int64)
+	t.Options.PathRewrite = rpservice.PathRewriteMode(pathRewrite.String)
+	t.Options.DirectUpstream = directUpstream.Bool
+	t.Options.CaptureMaxRequestBytes = captureMaxRequestBytes.Int64
+	t.Options.CaptureMaxResponseBytes = captureMaxResponseBytes.Int64
+	t.Options.AgentNetwork = agentNetwork.Bool
+	t.Options.DisableAccessLog = disableAccessLog.Bool
+
+	if len(customHeaders) > 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(customHeaders, &t.Options.CustomHeaders); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal custom_headers: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(middlewares) > 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(middlewares, &t.Options.Middlewares); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal middlewares: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(captureContentTypes) > 0 {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(captureContentTypes, &t.Options.CaptureContentTypes); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshal capture_content_types: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return &t, nil
+}
+
 func (s *SqlStore) getNetworks(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*networkTypes.Network, error) {
 	const query = `SELECT id, account_id, public_id, name, description FROM networks WHERE account_id = $1`
 	rows, err := s.pool.Query(ctx, query, accountID)
--- a/management/server/store/sql_store_pgx_parity_test.go
+++ b/management/server/store/sql_store_pgx_parity_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gorm.io/gorm/schema"
+
+	rpservice "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
+)
+
+// TestPgxServiceColumnsMatchGorm guards the Postgres pgx read path against
+// drifting from the gorm model. The SQLite/MySQL gorm path loads rows by struct,
+// so a new column on a model is picked up automatically, but the hand-written
+// pgx SELECT in sql_store.go must be updated by hand. This test fails when a
+// gorm column is missing from the pgx column list, which otherwise silently
+// returns zero-valued on Postgres with no compile error.
+func TestPgxServiceColumnsMatchGorm(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		model         any
+		selectColumns string
+		// excluded lists gorm columns intentionally not loaded by the pgx path.
+		excluded map[string]struct{}
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "service",
+			model:         &rpservice.Service{},
+			selectColumns: serviceSelectColumns,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "target",
+			model:         &rpservice.Target{},
+			selectColumns: targetSelectColumns,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			selected := parseColumnList(tc.selectColumns)
+			for _, col := range gormColumnNames(t, tc.model) {
+				if _, ok := tc.excluded[col]; ok {
+					continue
+				}
+				_, ok := selected[col]
+				assert.Truef(t, ok,
+					"gorm column %q is not read by the Postgres pgx SELECT; add it to %sSelectColumns in sql_store.go (or to the test's excluded set if it is intentionally not loaded)",
+					col, tc.name)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func parseColumnList(cols string) map[string]struct{} {
+	set := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, c := range strings.Split(cols, ",") {
+		if c = strings.TrimSpace(c); c != "" {
+			set[c] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+	return set
+}
+
+// gormColumnNames returns the DB column names gorm would migrate for the model,
+// using the same default naming strategy the store configures.
+func gormColumnNames(t *testing.T, model any) []string {
+	t.Helper()
+	sch, err := schema.Parse(model, &sync.Map{}, schema.NamingStrategy{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return sch.DBNames
+}
--- a/management/server/store/sql_store_service_test.go
+++ b/management/server/store/sql_store_service_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
+	"time"

 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -44,3 +45,91 @@ func TestSqlStore_GetAccount_PrivateServiceRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, []string{"grp-admins", "grp-ops"}, got.AccessGroups)
 	})
 }
+
+// TestSqlStore_GetAccount_ServiceTargetOptionsRoundtrip guards the Postgres pgx
+// read path (getServices) against silently dropping columns present on the gorm
+// model. Before the fix these fields loaded correctly on SQLite but came back
+// zero-valued on Postgres because the hand-written SELECT and scan omitted them.
+func TestSqlStore_GetAccount_ServiceTargetOptionsRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("CI") == "true" && (runtime.GOOS == "darwin" || runtime.GOOS == "windows") {
+		t.Skip("skip CI tests on darwin and windows")
+	}
+
+	runTestForAllEngines(t, "", func(t *testing.T, store Store) {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		account := newAccountWithId(ctx, "account_svc_opts", "testuser", "")
+		require.NoError(t, store.SaveAccount(ctx, account))
+
+		renewedAt := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(time.Second)
+		targetPath := "/api"
+		svc := &rpservice.Service{
+			ID:        "svc-opts",
+			AccountID: account.Id,
+			Name:      "opts-svc",
+			Domain:    "opts.example",
+			Enabled:   true,
+			Mode:      rpservice.ModeHTTP,
+			Restrictions: rpservice.AccessRestrictions{
+				AllowedCIDRs:     []string{"10.0.0.0/8"},
+				BlockedCountries: []string{"XX"},
+				CrowdSecMode:     "block",
+			},
+			Meta: rpservice.Meta{
+				LastRenewedAt: &renewedAt,
+			},
+			Targets: []*rpservice.Target{
+				{
+					AccountID:     account.Id,
+					ServiceID:     "svc-opts",
+					Path:          &targetPath,
+					Host:          "backend.internal",
+					Port:          8080,
+					Protocol:      "http",
+					TargetId:      "tgt-1",
+					Enabled:       true,
+					ProxyProtocol: true,
+					Options: rpservice.TargetOptions{
+						SkipTLSVerify:           true,
+						RequestTimeout:          30 * time.Second,
+						SessionIdleTimeout:      5 * time.Minute,
+						PathRewrite:             rpservice.PathRewritePreserve,
+						CustomHeaders:           map[string]string{"X-Foo": "bar"},
+						DirectUpstream:          true,
+						CaptureMaxRequestBytes:  1024,
+						CaptureMaxResponseBytes: 2048,
+						CaptureContentTypes:     []string{"application/json"},
+						AgentNetwork:            true,
+						DisableAccessLog:        true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		require.NoError(t, store.CreateService(ctx, svc))
+
+		loaded, err := store.GetAccount(ctx, account.Id)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, loaded.Services, 1)
+
+		got := loaded.Services[0]
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"10.0.0.0/8"}, got.Restrictions.AllowedCIDRs, "restrictions allowed CIDRs")
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"XX"}, got.Restrictions.BlockedCountries, "restrictions blocked countries")
+		assert.Equal(t, "block", got.Restrictions.CrowdSecMode, "restrictions crowdsec mode")
+		require.NotNil(t, got.Meta.LastRenewedAt, "meta last renewed at")
+		assert.WithinDuration(t, renewedAt, *got.Meta.LastRenewedAt, time.Second, "meta last renewed at")
+
+		require.Len(t, got.Targets, 1)
+		tg := got.Targets[0]
+		assert.True(t, tg.ProxyProtocol, "target proxy protocol")
+		assert.True(t, tg.Options.SkipTLSVerify, "options skip TLS verify")
+		assert.Equal(t, 30*time.Second, tg.Options.RequestTimeout, "options request timeout")
+		assert.Equal(t, 5*time.Minute, tg.Options.SessionIdleTimeout, "options session idle timeout")
+		assert.Equal(t, rpservice.PathRewritePreserve, tg.Options.PathRewrite, "options path rewrite")
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"X-Foo": "bar"}, tg.Options.CustomHeaders, "options custom headers")
+		assert.True(t, tg.Options.DirectUpstream, "options direct upstream")
+		assert.Equal(t, int64(1024), tg.Options.CaptureMaxRequestBytes, "options capture max request bytes")
+		assert.Equal(t, int64(2048), tg.Options.CaptureMaxResponseBytes, "options capture max response bytes")
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"application/json"}, tg.Options.CaptureContentTypes, "options capture content types")
+		assert.True(t, tg.Options.AgentNetwork, "options agent network")
+		assert.True(t, tg.Options.DisableAccessLog, "options disable access log")
+	})
+}
--- a/management/server/types/account.go
+++ b/management/server/types/account.go
@@ -1517,6 +1517,54 @@ func (a *Account) GetResourceRoutersMap() map[string]map[string]*routerTypes.Net
 	return routers
 }

+// forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution reports whether the given peer must run
+// routing-peer DNS resolution regardless of the account-global
+// RoutingPeerDNSResolutionEnabled setting. It returns true when the peer is a
+// router for a domain network resource that is targeted by an enabled
+// reverse-proxy service, so the peer's DNS forwarder starts and can resolve
+// the target for the embedded proxy peers. Embedded proxy peers themselves are
+// handled at PeerConfig build time.
+func (a *Account) forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution(peerID string, routers map[string]map[string]*routerTypes.NetworkRouter) bool {
+	targeted := a.proxyTargetedDomainResourceIDs()
+	if len(targeted) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, resource := range a.NetworkResources {
+		if resource == nil || !resource.Enabled || resource.Type != resourceTypes.Domain {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, ok := targeted[resource.ID]; !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, isRouter := routers[resource.NetworkID][peerID]; isRouter {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// proxyTargetedDomainResourceIDs returns the set of domain network resource IDs
+// targeted by an enabled, non-terminated reverse-proxy service.
+func (a *Account) proxyTargetedDomainResourceIDs() map[string]struct{} {
+	ids := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, svc := range a.Services {
+		if svc == nil || !svc.Enabled || svc.Terminated {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, target := range svc.Targets {
+			if target == nil || !target.Enabled {
+				continue
+			}
+			if target.TargetType == service.TargetTypeDomain {
+				ids[target.TargetId] = struct{}{}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
 // getPoliciesSourcePeers collects all unique peers from the source groups defined in the given policies.
 func getPoliciesSourcePeers(policies []*Policy, groups map[string]*Group) map[string]struct{} {
 	sourcePeers := make(map[string]struct{})
--- a/management/server/types/account_components.go
+++ b/management/server/types/account_components.go
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ func (a *Account) GetPeerNetworkMapComponents(
 		RouterPeers:               make(map[string]*ComponentPeer),
 		NetworkXIDToPublicID:      make(map[string]string, len(a.Networks)),
 		PostureCheckXIDToPublicID: make(map[string]string, len(a.PostureChecks)),
+
+		ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution: a.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution(peerID, routers),
 	}
 	for _, n := range a.Networks {
 		if n != nil {
--- a/management/server/types/account_test.go
+++ b/management/server/types/account_test.go
@@ -1751,3 +1751,71 @@ func hasPrivateAccessPolicy(account *Account, serviceID string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func TestForcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution(t *testing.T) {
+	buildAccountRes := func(serviceEnabled, targetEnabled, resourceEnabled bool, targetType service.TargetType, resType resourceTypes.NetworkResourceType) *Account {
+		return &Account{
+			Id: "accountID",
+			Groups: map[string]*Group{
+				"router-group": {ID: "router-group", Peers: []string{"router-peer-grp"}},
+			},
+			NetworkRouters: []*routerTypes.NetworkRouter{
+				{ID: "r1", NetworkID: "net-1", AccountID: "accountID", Peer: "router-peer", Enabled: true},
+				{ID: "r2", NetworkID: "net-1", AccountID: "accountID", PeerGroups: []string{"router-group"}, Enabled: true},
+			},
+			NetworkResources: []*resourceTypes.NetworkResource{
+				{ID: "res-domain", AccountID: "accountID", NetworkID: "net-1", Type: resType, Domain: "example.org", Enabled: resourceEnabled},
+			},
+			Services: []*service.Service{
+				{
+					ID: "svc-1", AccountID: "accountID", Enabled: serviceEnabled,
+					Targets: []*service.Target{
+						{TargetId: "res-domain", TargetType: targetType, Enabled: targetEnabled},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	buildAccount := func(serviceEnabled, targetEnabled, resourceEnabled bool, targetType service.TargetType) *Account {
+		return buildAccountRes(serviceEnabled, targetEnabled, resourceEnabled, targetType, resourceTypes.Domain)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("router peer for RP-targeted domain resource is forced", func(t *testing.T) {
+		account := buildAccount(true, true, true, service.TargetTypeDomain)
+		routers := account.GetResourceRoutersMap()
+		assert.True(t, account.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution("router-peer", routers), "direct router peer should be forced")
+		assert.True(t, account.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution("router-peer-grp", routers), "group-member router peer should be forced")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non-router peer is not forced", func(t *testing.T) {
+		account := buildAccount(true, true, true, service.TargetTypeDomain)
+		assert.False(t, account.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution("other-peer", account.GetResourceRoutersMap()))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("not forced when service disabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		account := buildAccount(false, true, true, service.TargetTypeDomain)
+		assert.False(t, account.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution("router-peer", account.GetResourceRoutersMap()))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("not forced when target disabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		account := buildAccount(true, false, true, service.TargetTypeDomain)
+		assert.False(t, account.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution("router-peer", account.GetResourceRoutersMap()))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("not forced when resource disabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		account := buildAccount(true, true, false, service.TargetTypeDomain)
+		assert.False(t, account.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution("router-peer", account.GetResourceRoutersMap()))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("not forced for non-domain target type", func(t *testing.T) {
+		account := buildAccount(true, true, true, service.TargetTypePeer)
+		assert.False(t, account.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution("router-peer", account.GetResourceRoutersMap()))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("not forced when targeted resource is not a domain", func(t *testing.T) {
+		account := buildAccountRes(true, true, true, service.TargetTypeDomain, resourceTypes.Host)
+		assert.False(t, account.forcesRoutingPeerDNSResolution("router-peer", account.GetResourceRoutersMap()),
+			"a domain target pointing at a non-domain resource must not force resolution")
+	})
+}
--- a/management/server/user.go
+++ b/management/server/user.go
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) DeleteUser(ctx context.Context, accountID, init
 		return err
 	}

+	if targetUser.AccountID != accountID {
+		return status.NewUserNotFoundError(targetUserID)
+	}
+
 	if targetUser.Role == types.UserRoleOwner {
 		return status.NewOwnerDeletePermissionError()
 	}
--- a/management/server/user_test.go
+++ b/management/server/user_test.go
@@ -802,6 +802,52 @@ func TestUser_DeleteUser_SelfDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestUser_DeleteUser_OtherAccount(t *testing.T) {
+	testStore, cleanup, err := store.NewTestStoreFromSQL(context.Background(), "", t.TempDir())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error when creating store: %s", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
+
+	account := newAccountWithId(context.Background(), mockAccountID, mockUserID, "", "", "", false)
+	if err = testStore.SaveAccount(context.Background(), account); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error when saving account: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	otherAccount := newAccountWithId(context.Background(), "otherAccount", "otherOwner", "", "", "", false)
+	otherAccount.Users["otherRegularUser"] = &types.User{
+		Id:        "otherRegularUser",
+		AccountID: "otherAccount",
+		Role:      types.UserRoleUser,
+	}
+	otherAccount.Users["otherServiceUser"] = &types.User{
+		Id:              "otherServiceUser",
+		AccountID:       "otherAccount",
+		Role:            types.UserRoleUser,
+		IsServiceUser:   true,
+		ServiceUserName: "otherServiceUser",
+	}
+	if err = testStore.SaveAccount(context.Background(), otherAccount); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error when saving other account: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	am := DefaultAccountManager{
+		Store:              testStore,
+		eventStore:         &activity.InMemoryEventStore{},
+		permissionsManager: permissions.NewManager(testStore),
+	}
+
+	for _, targetUserID := range []string{"otherRegularUser", "otherServiceUser"} {
+		t.Run(targetUserID, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := am.DeleteUser(context.Background(), mockAccountID, mockUserID, targetUserID)
+			assert.Equal(t, status.NewUserNotFoundError(targetUserID), err)
+
+			_, err = testStore.GetUserByUserID(context.Background(), store.LockingStrengthNone, targetUserID)
+			assert.NoError(t, err, "user of another account must not be deleted")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestUser_DeleteUser_regularUser(t *testing.T) {
 	store, cleanup, err := store.NewTestStoreFromSQL(context.Background(), "", t.TempDir())
 	if err != nil {
--- a/shared/management/types/network.go
+++ b/shared/management/types/network.go
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ type NetworkMap struct {
 	ForwardingRules     []*ForwardingRule
 	AuthorizedUsers     map[string]map[string]struct{}
 	EnableSSH           bool
+	// ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution forces the peer to run/use routing-peer DNS
+	// resolution regardless of the account-global setting, for reverse-proxy
+	// domain targets.
+	ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution bool
 }

 func (nm *NetworkMap) Merge(other *NetworkMap) {
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ func (nm *NetworkMap) Merge(other *NetworkMap) {
 	nm.FirewallRules = mergeUnique(nm.FirewallRules, other.FirewallRules)
 	nm.RoutesFirewallRules = mergeUnique(nm.RoutesFirewallRules, other.RoutesFirewallRules)
 	nm.ForwardingRules = mergeUnique(nm.ForwardingRules, other.ForwardingRules)
+	nm.ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution = nm.ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution || other.ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution
 }

 type comparableObject[T any] interface {
--- a/shared/management/types/networkmap_components.go
+++ b/shared/management/types/networkmap_components.go
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ type NetworkMapComponents struct {

 	// true when returning an empty-like map (returned instead of nil)
 	empty bool
+
+	// ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution forces the peer to run/use routing-peer DNS
+	// resolution regardless of the account-global setting, for reverse-proxy
+	// domain targets.
+	ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution bool
 }

 type routeIndexEntry struct {
@@ -190,6 +195,8 @@ func (c *NetworkMapComponents) Calculate(ctx context.Context) *NetworkMap {
 		RoutesFirewallRules: append(networkResourcesFirewallRules, routesFirewallRules...),
 		AuthorizedUsers:     authorizedUsers,
 		EnableSSH:           sshEnabled,
+
+		ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution: c.ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution,
 	}
 }