Merge branch 'main' into worktree-dns-route-qtype-fallthrough

Co-authored-by: braginini <bangvalo@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/agent-network-e2e.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 3 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      bedrock_model:
+        description: >-
+          Bedrock inference-profile id to drive the matrix with, exactly as
+          AWS issues it. Leave empty for the Sonnet 4.6 default.
+        required: false
+        default: ""
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -51,6 +58,9 @@ jobs:
           # token (and URL, for gateways) is unset, so partial coverage is fine.
           OPENAI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_OPENAI_TOKEN }}
           ANTHROPIC_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_ANTHROPIC_TOKEN }}
+          # Moonshot AI platform key (platform.kimi.ai); drives both Kimi wire
+          # shapes (OpenAI /v1 and Anthropic /anthropic) through kimi_api.
+          KIMI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_KIMI_TOKEN }}
           VERCEL_URL: ${{ secrets.E2E_VERCEL_URL }}
           VERCEL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_VERCEL_TOKEN }}
           OPENROUTER_URL: ${{ secrets.E2E_OPENROUTER_URL }}
@@ -59,6 +69,8 @@ jobs:
           CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN }}
           AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK: ${{ secrets.E2E_AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK }}
           AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.E2E_AWS_REGION }}
+          # Bedrock model override: dispatch input wins, then the repo variable, else the test default.
+          AWS_BEDROCK_MODEL: ${{ inputs.bedrock_model || vars.E2E_AWS_BEDROCK_MODEL }}
           # Vertex (Anthropic-on-Vertex): SA + project required; region defaults
           # to "global", model to a pinned claude snapshot.
           GOOGLE_VERTEX_SA_BASE64: ${{ secrets.E2E_GOOGLE_VERTEX_SA_BASE64 }}

.github/workflows/frontend-ui.yml

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-scripts
 
       - name: Generate Wails bindings
         run: pnpm run bindings

.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             display_name: Linux
     name: ${{ matrix.display_name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 15
+    timeout-minutes: 25
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ jobs:
           skip-cache: true
           skip-save-cache: true
           cache-invalidation-interval: 0
-          args: --timeout=12m
+          args: --timeout=20m

client/iface/iface_test.go

@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ func Test_RemovePeer(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_ConnectPeers(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("NB_DISABLE_EBPF_WG_PROXY", "true")
+
 	peer1ifaceName := fmt.Sprintf("utun%d", WgIntNumber+400)
 	peer1wgIP := netip.MustParsePrefix("10.99.99.17/30")
 	peer1Key, _ := wgtypes.GeneratePrivateKey()
@@ -505,12 +507,8 @@ func Test_ConnectPeers(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	localIP, err := getLocalIP()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	peer1endpoint, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", localIP, peer1wgPort))
+	localIP1 := "127.0.0.1"
+	peer1endpoint, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", localIP1, peer1wgPort))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -546,7 +544,8 @@ func Test_ConnectPeers(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	peer2endpoint, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", localIP, peer2wgPort))
+	localIP2 := "127.0.0.1"
+	peer2endpoint, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", localIP2, peer2wgPort))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -569,17 +568,17 @@ func Test_ConnectPeers(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	// todo: investigate why in some tests execution we need 30s
+	// The peers use userspace WireGuard (stdnet transport). A tight busy-loop
+	// here starves the wireguard-go goroutines that process the handshake, so
+	// poll on a ticker instead and yield the CPU between checks. WireGuard also
+	// only retries a lost handshake initiation every REKEY_TIMEOUT (5s), which
+	// is why the overall wait can occasionally stretch to tens of seconds.
 	timeout := 30 * time.Second
 	timeoutChannel := time.After(timeout)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
 
 	for {
-		select {
-		case <-timeoutChannel:
-			t.Fatalf("waiting for peer handshake timeout after %s", timeout.String())
-		default:
-		}
-
 		peer, gpErr := getPeer(peer1ifaceName, peer2Key.PublicKey().String())
 		if gpErr != nil {
 			t.Fatal(gpErr)
@@ -588,6 +587,12 @@ func Test_ConnectPeers(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Log("peers successfully handshake")
 			break
 		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-timeoutChannel:
+			t.Fatalf("waiting for peer handshake timeout after %s", timeout.String())
+		case <-ticker.C:
+		}
 	}
 
 }
@@ -615,28 +620,3 @@ func getPeer(ifaceName, peerPubKey string) (wgtypes.Peer, error) {
 	}
 	return wgtypes.Peer{}, fmt.Errorf("peer not found")
 }
-
-func getLocalIP() (string, error) {
-	// Get all interfaces
-	addrs, err := net.InterfaceAddrs()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	for _, addr := range addrs {
-		ipNet, ok := addr.(*net.IPNet)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		if ipNet.IP.IsLoopback() {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if ipNet.IP.To4() == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		return ipNet.IP.String(), nil
-	}
-
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("no local IP found")
-}

client/internal/auth/auth.go

@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ func (a *Auth) setSystemInfoFlags(info *system.Info) {
 		a.config.BlockLANAccess,
 		a.config.BlockInbound,
 		a.config.DisableIPv6,
+		a.config.SyncMessageVersion,
 		a.config.EnableSSHRoot,
 		a.config.EnableSSHSFTP,
 		a.config.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding,

client/internal/conn_mgr.go

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ const (
 // - Handling connection establishment based on peer signaling
 //
 // The implementation is not thread-safe; it is protected by engine.syncMsgMux.
+// The only exception is ActivatePeer, which is safe for concurrent use so the
+// DNS warm-up path can call it without contending on the engine mutex.
 type ConnMgr struct {
 	peerStore        *peerstore.Store
 	statusRecorder   *peer.Status
@@ -42,12 +44,26 @@ type ConnMgr struct {
 	rosenpassEnabled bool
 
 	lazyConnMgr *manager.Manager
+	// lazyConnMgrMu guards the lazyConnMgr pointer for readers outside the
+	// engine loop (ActivatePeer). Writers hold it in addition to
+	// engine.syncMsgMux; all other reads stay under engine.syncMsgMux only.
+	lazyConnMgrMu sync.RWMutex
+
+	// reconcileRoutedIPs re-applies a peer's routed allowed IPs after its lazy wake endpoint is
+	// (re)armed (Mode A at arm time). Injected by the engine; nil disables the reconcile.
+	reconcileRoutedIPs func(peerKey string) error
 
 	wg            sync.WaitGroup
 	lazyCtx       context.Context
 	lazyCtxCancel context.CancelFunc
 }
 
+// SetRoutedIPsReconciler injects the callback used to re-apply a peer's routed allowed IPs when
+// its lazy wake endpoint is (re)armed. Must be called before the lazy manager starts.
+func (e *ConnMgr) SetRoutedIPsReconciler(fn func(peerKey string) error) {
+	e.reconcileRoutedIPs = fn
+}
+
 func NewConnMgr(engineConfig *EngineConfig, statusRecorder *peer.Status, peerStore *peerstore.Store, iface lazyconn.WGIface) *ConnMgr {
 	e := &ConnMgr{
 		peerStore:        peerStore,
@@ -238,12 +254,20 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) RemovePeerConn(peerKey string) {
 	conn.Log.Infof("removed peer from lazy conn manager")
 }
 
+// ActivatePeer wakes an idle lazy connection. Unlike the rest of ConnMgr it is
+// safe for concurrent use: the lazy manager pointer is read under lazyConnMgrMu
+// and the manager itself is internally synchronized, so callers outside the
+// engine loop (DNS warm-up) do not need engine.syncMsgMux.
 func (e *ConnMgr) ActivatePeer(ctx context.Context, conn *peer.Conn) {
-	if !e.isStartedWithLazyMgr() {
+	e.lazyConnMgrMu.RLock()
+	lazyConnMgr := e.lazyConnMgr
+	started := lazyConnMgr != nil && e.lazyCtxCancel != nil
+	e.lazyConnMgrMu.RUnlock()
+	if !started {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if found := e.lazyConnMgr.ActivatePeer(conn.GetKey()); found {
+	if found := lazyConnMgr.ActivatePeer(conn.GetKey()); found {
 		if err := conn.Open(ctx); err != nil {
 			conn.Log.Errorf("failed to open connection: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -268,16 +292,22 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) Close() {
 
 	e.lazyCtxCancel()
 	e.wg.Wait()
+
+	e.lazyConnMgrMu.Lock()
 	e.lazyConnMgr = nil
+	e.lazyConnMgrMu.Unlock()
 }
 
 func (e *ConnMgr) initLazyManager(engineCtx context.Context) {
 	cfg := manager.Config{
 		InactivityThreshold: inactivityThresholdEnv(),
+		ReconcileAllowedIPs: e.reconcileRoutedIPs,
 	}
-	e.lazyConnMgr = manager.NewManager(cfg, engineCtx, e.peerStore, e.iface)
 
+	e.lazyConnMgrMu.Lock()
+	e.lazyConnMgr = manager.NewManager(cfg, engineCtx, e.peerStore, e.iface)
 	e.lazyCtx, e.lazyCtxCancel = context.WithCancel(engineCtx)
+	e.lazyConnMgrMu.Unlock()
 
 	e.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
@@ -316,7 +346,10 @@ func (e *ConnMgr) closeManager(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	e.lazyCtxCancel()
 	e.wg.Wait()
+
+	e.lazyConnMgrMu.Lock()
 	e.lazyConnMgr = nil
+	e.lazyConnMgrMu.Unlock()
 
 	for _, peerID := range e.peerStore.PeersPubKey() {
 		e.peerStore.PeerConnOpen(ctx, peerID)

client/internal/conn_mgr_test.go

@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 package internal
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
 	"os"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/lazyconn"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peerstore"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/monotime"
 )
 
 func TestResolveLazyForce(t *testing.T) {
@@ -38,3 +49,58 @@ func TestResolveLazyForce(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+type mockLazyWGIface struct{}
+
+func (mockLazyWGIface) RemovePeer(string) error { return nil }
+func (mockLazyWGIface) UpdatePeer(string, []netip.Prefix, time.Duration, *net.UDPAddr, *wgtypes.Key) error {
+	return nil
+}
+func (mockLazyWGIface) IsUserspaceBind() bool                    { return false }
+func (mockLazyWGIface) Address() wgaddr.Address                  { return wgaddr.Address{} }
+func (mockLazyWGIface) LastActivities() map[string]monotime.Time { return nil }
+func (mockLazyWGIface) MTU() uint16                              { return 1280 }
+
+// TestConnMgr_ActivatePeerConcurrentWithLifecycle exercises ActivatePeer from
+// non-engine goroutines (the DNS warm-up path) racing the manager lifecycle,
+// which stays on the engine loop. Run with -race: it fails if ActivatePeer
+// still requires engine.syncMsgMux for safety.
+func TestConnMgr_ActivatePeerConcurrentWithLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv(lazyconn.EnvLazyConn, "on")
+
+	status := peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm")
+	store := peerstore.NewConnStore()
+	connMgr := NewConnMgr(&EngineConfig{}, status, store, mockLazyWGIface{})
+
+	conn := newTestPeerConn(t, "peerA")
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	connMgr.Start(ctx)
+
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for range 4 {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for {
+				select {
+				case <-done:
+					return
+				default:
+					connMgr.ActivatePeer(ctx, conn)
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Let the activators spin against the started manager, then tear it down
+	// underneath them and let them spin against the stopped manager.
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	connMgr.Close()
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	close(done)
+	wg.Wait()
+}

client/internal/connect.go

@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ func createEngineConfig(key wgtypes.Key, config *profilemanager.Config, peerConf
 		BlockLANAccess:      config.BlockLANAccess,
 		BlockInbound:        config.BlockInbound,
 		DisableIPv6:         config.DisableIPv6,
+		SyncMessageVersion:  config.SyncMessageVersion,
 
 		LazyConnection: lazyconn.ParseState(config.LazyConnection),
 
@@ -696,6 +697,7 @@ func loginToManagement(ctx context.Context, client mgm.Client, pubSSHKey []byte,
 		config.BlockLANAccess,
 		config.BlockInbound,
 		config.DisableIPv6,
+		config.SyncMessageVersion,
 		config.EnableSSHRoot,
 		config.EnableSSHSFTP,
 		config.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding,

client/internal/debug/debug.go

@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ func (g *BundleGenerator) addCommonConfigFields(configContent *strings.Builder)
 	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("BlockLANAccess: %v\n", g.internalConfig.BlockLANAccess))
 	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("BlockInbound: %v\n", g.internalConfig.BlockInbound))
 	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DisableIPv6: %v\n", g.internalConfig.DisableIPv6))
+	configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("SyncMessageVersion: %v\n", g.internalConfig.SyncMessageVersion))
 
 	if g.internalConfig.DisableNotifications != nil {
 		configContent.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("DisableNotifications: %v\n", *g.internalConfig.DisableNotifications))

client/internal/debug/debug_test.go

@@ -887,6 +887,8 @@ func TestAddConfig_AllFieldsCovered(t *testing.T) {
 		ClientCertKeyPath:             "/tmp/key",
 		LazyConnection:                "on",
 		MTU:                           1280,
+		DisableIPv6:                   true,
+		SyncMessageVersion:            func(v int) *int { return &v }(1),
 	}
 
 	for _, anonymize := range []bool{false, true} {

client/internal/dns/handler_chain.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package dns
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"slices"
@@ -31,6 +32,26 @@ type SubdomainMatcher interface {
 	MatchSubdomains() bool
 }
 
+// responseMeta holds the annotations handlers attach to a request to explain the
+// response the chain ends up writing. It survives a deferral, so an answer that
+// did not come from the handler that owns the name still says who stepped aside
+// and why.
+type responseMeta map[resutil.MetaKey]string
+
+// format renders the annotations for the response log line. The order is stable
+// so the same event reads the same way every time; a map's own order is not.
+func (m responseMeta) format() string {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for _, k := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(m)) {
+		b.WriteString(" " + string(k) + "=" + m[k])
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
 type HandlerEntry struct {
 	Handler         dns.Handler
 	Priority        int
@@ -52,8 +73,19 @@ type ResponseWriterChain struct {
 	origPattern    string
 	requestID      string
 	shouldContinue bool
-	response       *dns.Msg
-	meta           map[string]string
+	// softNegative suppresses a poisoning negative verdict for this request. A
+	// handler that owns the name but cannot answer this query type sets it
+	// before deferring, and it stays set for every handler that runs after.
+	softNegative bool
+	// clientHasEdns records whether the original query advertised EDNS0, taken
+	// before any handler ran: handlers add EDNS0 to the query they forward
+	// upstream, so the message itself no longer answers the question later.
+	clientHasEdns bool
+	response      *dns.Msg
+	// meta is handed to the next handler when this one defers, so the same map
+	// outlives the writer that created it. Handlers must only set metadata from
+	// within ServeDNS, never from a goroutine that outlives the call.
+	meta responseMeta
 }
 
 // RequestID returns the request ID for tracing
@@ -62,26 +94,64 @@ func (w *ResponseWriterChain) RequestID() string {
 }
 
 // SetMeta sets a metadata key-value pair for logging
-func (w *ResponseWriterChain) SetMeta(key, value string) {
+func (w *ResponseWriterChain) SetMeta(key resutil.MetaKey, value string) {
 	if w.meta == nil {
-		w.meta = make(map[string]string)
+		w.meta = make(responseMeta)
 	}
 	w.meta[key] = value
 }
 
+// RequestSoftNegative marks the request so a downstream NXDOMAIN is turned into
+// NODATA before it reaches the client. Set by a handler that defers a query for
+// a name it owns but a type it cannot resolve.
+func (w *ResponseWriterChain) RequestSoftNegative() {
+	w.softNegative = true
+}
+
 func (w *ResponseWriterChain) WriteMsg(m *dns.Msg) error {
 	// Check if this is a continue signal (NXDOMAIN with Zero bit set)
 	if m.Rcode == dns.RcodeNameError && m.MsgHdr.Zero {
 		w.shouldContinue = true
 		return nil
 	}
+	if w.softNegative && m.Rcode == dns.RcodeNameError {
+		m = softenNegative(m, w.clientHasEdns)
+		w.SetMeta(resutil.MetaKeySoftened, "nxdomain->nodata")
+	}
 	w.response = m
 	if m.MsgHdr.Truncated {
-		w.SetMeta("truncated", "true")
+		w.SetMeta(resutil.MetaKeyTruncated, "true")
 	}
 	return w.ResponseWriter.WriteMsg(m)
 }
 
+// softenNegative downgrades an NXDOMAIN to NODATA for a request a handler that
+// owns the name deferred. NXDOMAIN is cached for the name and every type below
+// it, so a resolver that has never heard of a routed name would take out the
+// record types the route does serve; NODATA is cached for this name and type
+// only. The authority section goes with it: the negative TTL of a zone we just
+// overruled does not apply, and RFC 2308 keeps a negative answer that carries no
+// SOA out of caches altogether, so the rewrite cannot outlive the route.
+//
+// The rewrite is ours, not the answering resolver's, so an EDNS0 client is told
+// as much: the reply we hand back travels a path no capture on this host sees,
+// and an empty answer is otherwise indistinguishable from a real one. Returns a
+// copy so the answering handler keeps whatever it may hold on to.
+func softenNegative(m *dns.Msg, clientHasEdns bool) *dns.Msg {
+	out := m.Copy()
+	out.Rcode = dns.RcodeSuccess
+	out.Ns = nil
+
+	if clientHasEdns {
+		resutil.AttachEDE(out, resutil.EDENetbirdSoftenedNegative,
+			"netbird: name is served locally, NXDOMAIN from the fallthrough resolver suppressed")
+	} else {
+		resutil.StripOPT(out)
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
+
 func NewHandlerChain() *HandlerChain {
 	return &HandlerChain{
 		handlers: make([]HandlerEntry, 0),
@@ -223,6 +293,19 @@ func (c *HandlerChain) dispatch(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, maxPriority in
 	handlers := slices.Clone(c.handlers)
 	c.mu.RUnlock()
 
+	// Carried across deferrals: once a handler that owns the name defers, no
+	// handler after it may answer with a verdict that poisons the name. The
+	// metadata of a handler that stepped aside is carried too, so the response
+	// log line explains an answer that did not come from the handler that owns
+	// the name.
+	var softNegative bool
+	var carried responseMeta
+
+	// Taken before any handler runs: handlers advertise EDNS0 on the query they
+	// forward upstream, so afterwards the message no longer tells us whether the
+	// client did.
+	clientHasEdns := r.IsEdns0() != nil
+
 	// Try handlers in priority order
 	for _, entry := range handlers {
 		if entry.Priority > maxPriority {
@@ -245,11 +328,16 @@ func (c *HandlerChain) dispatch(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, maxPriority in
 			ResponseWriter: w,
 			origPattern:    entry.OrigPattern,
 			requestID:      requestID,
+			softNegative:   softNegative,
+			clientHasEdns:  clientHasEdns,
+			meta:           carried,
 		}
 		entry.Handler.ServeDNS(chainWriter, r)
 
 		// If handler wants to continue, try next handler
 		if chainWriter.shouldContinue {
+			softNegative = softNegative || chainWriter.softNegative
+			carried = chainWriter.meta
 			if entry.Priority != PriorityMgmtCache {
 				logger.Tracef("handler requested continue for domain=%s", qname)
 			}
@@ -265,30 +353,59 @@ func (c *HandlerChain) dispatch(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, maxPriority in
 		qname, dns.TypeToString[question.Qtype], dns.ClassToString[question.Qclass])
 	resp := &dns.Msg{}
 	resp.SetRcode(r, dns.RcodeRefused)
+	// A handler that owns the name deferred and nothing below it could answer
+	// (a client with no primary nameserver group). The name exists as far as
+	// this client is concerned, since the route serves its addresses, so REFUSED
+	// would contradict the route: a stub that takes it as "not served here" and
+	// retries another resolver can come back with an NXDOMAIN that takes the
+	// whole name down. Answer "no records of this type" instead, without an SOA,
+	// so RFC 2308 keeps it out of negative caches, and tell an EDNS0 client the
+	// empty answer is ours rather than a resolver's.
+	if softNegative {
+		resp.Rcode = dns.RcodeSuccess
+		if clientHasEdns {
+			resutil.AttachEDE(resp, resutil.EDENetbirdSoftenedNegative,
+				"netbird: name is served locally, no fallthrough resolver for this query type")
+		}
+		// logResponse never runs on this path, so the carried metadata is
+		// appended here or the reason for the deferral is lost in exactly the
+		// case that is hardest to diagnose.
+		logger.Tracef("no handler below the deferring one for domain=%s type=%s, answering NODATA%s",
+			qname, dns.TypeToString[question.Qtype], carried.format())
+	}
 	if err := w.WriteMsg(resp); err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("failed to write DNS response: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
 func (c *HandlerChain) logResponse(logger *log.Entry, cw *ResponseWriterChain, qname string, startTime time.Time) {
+	// Runs for every query, and the arguments below are not free: Len() packs
+	// the message to measure it, and formatting the answers and the metadata
+	// allocates. None of it is worth doing when the line is discarded.
+	if !log.IsLevelEnabled(log.TraceLevel) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	if cw.response == nil {
 		return
 	}
 
-	var meta string
-	for k, v := range cw.meta {
-		meta += " " + k + "=" + v
-	}
-
 	logger.Tracef("response: domain=%s rcode=%s answers=%s size=%dB%s took=%s",
 		qname, dns.RcodeToString[cw.response.Rcode], resutil.FormatAnswers(cw.response.Answer),
-		cw.response.Len(), meta, time.Since(startTime))
+		cw.response.Len(), cw.meta.format(), time.Since(startTime))
 }
 
 // ResolveInternal runs an in-process DNS query against the chain, skipping any
 // handler with priority > maxPriority. Used by internal callers (e.g. the mgmt
-// cache refresher) that must bypass themselves to avoid loops. Honors ctx
-// cancellation; on ctx.Done the dispatch goroutine is left to drain on its own
+// cache refresher) that must bypass themselves to avoid loops.
+//
+// "Nothing answered" is read off RcodeRefused, which a request soft-negatived by
+// a deferring handler never carries: it ends in an empty NOERROR instead, and
+// would look resolved. No caller can reach that today, since every handler that
+// defers sits above the maxPriority any caller passes. Lowering one below it
+// means this check needs the soft-negative case too.
+//
+// Honors ctx cancellation; on ctx.Done the dispatch goroutine is left to drain on its own
 // (bounded by the invoked handler's internal timeout).
 func (c *HandlerChain) ResolveInternal(ctx context.Context, r *dns.Msg, maxPriority int) (*dns.Msg, error) {
 	if len(r.Question) == 0 {

client/internal/dns/handler_chain_test.go

@@ -3,15 +3,19 @@ package dns_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	logtest "github.com/sirupsen/logrus/hooks/test"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/resutil"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/test"
 )
 
@@ -1238,6 +1242,276 @@ func TestHandlerChain_ResolveInternal_HonorsContextTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Less(t, elapsed, 500*time.Millisecond, "ResolveInternal must return shortly after ctx deadline")
 }
 
+// requestSoftNegative asks the chain to soften a negative verdict produced by
+// the handlers that run after the caller defers, reporting whether the chain
+// supports the signal. Written as a type assertion so these tests compile
+// against a chain that does not support it yet.
+func requestSoftNegative(w dns.ResponseWriter) bool {
+	sn, ok := w.(interface{ RequestSoftNegative() })
+	if ok {
+		sn.RequestSoftNegative()
+	}
+	return ok
+}
+
+// deferringHandler defers to the next handler in the chain, optionally asking
+// for the negative verdict of whatever answers instead to be softened. This is
+// what a DNS route handler does for a record type its routing peer cannot
+// resolve.
+type deferringHandler struct {
+	softNegative bool
+	called       bool
+	supported    bool
+}
+
+func (h *deferringHandler) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
+	h.called = true
+	if h.softNegative {
+		h.supported = requestSoftNegative(w)
+		// The real handler records why it stepped aside, for the response log
+		// line of whichever handler answers instead.
+		resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyDeferredBy, "test handler")
+	}
+	resp := new(dns.Msg)
+	resp.SetRcode(r, dns.RcodeNameError)
+	resp.MsgHdr.Zero = true
+	_ = w.WriteMsg(resp)
+}
+
+// nxdomainHandler answers an authoritative NXDOMAIN with an SOA in the
+// authority section, the way a public resolver answers for a name that only
+// exists inside the routed network.
+type nxdomainHandler struct{}
+
+func (h *nxdomainHandler) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
+	resp := new(dns.Msg)
+	resp.SetRcode(r, dns.RcodeNameError)
+	resp.Ns = []dns.RR{&dns.SOA{
+		Hdr:     dns.RR_Header{Name: "example.com.", Rrtype: dns.TypeSOA, Class: dns.ClassINET, Ttl: 3600},
+		Ns:      "ns1.example.com.",
+		Mbox:    "hostmaster.example.com.",
+		Minttl:  3600,
+		Expire:  604800,
+		Refresh: 7200,
+		Retry:   3600,
+	}}
+	_ = w.WriteMsg(resp)
+}
+
+// TestHandlerChain_SoftNegative_DowngradesDownstreamNXDOMAIN is the whole point
+// of the soft-negative signal: a route handler may only defer a query to the
+// public chain if the answer cannot poison the routed name. NXDOMAIN is cached
+// for the name and every type under it (RFC 2308, RFC 8020), so it has to be
+// rewritten to NODATA, which is cached per name and type only.
+func TestHandlerChain_SoftNegative_DowngradesDownstreamNXDOMAIN(t *testing.T) {
+	chain := nbdns.NewHandlerChain()
+
+	route := &deferringHandler{softNegative: true}
+	chain.AddHandler("*.example.com.", route, nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute)
+	chain.AddHandler(".", &nxdomainHandler{}, nbdns.PriorityDefault)
+
+	r := new(dns.Msg)
+	r.SetQuestion("_mongodb._tcp.db.example.com.", dns.TypeSRV)
+
+	mw := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+	chain.ServeDNS(&nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: mw}, r)
+
+	resp := mw.GetLastResponse()
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must reach the client")
+	assert.True(t, route.called, "the route handler must run first")
+	require.True(t, route.supported, "the chain writer must accept a soft-negative request")
+	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode, "NXDOMAIN must be softened to NODATA")
+	assert.Empty(t, resp.Answer, "a softened negative carries no answer")
+	assert.Empty(t, resp.Ns, "the downstream zone's SOA must not set the negative TTL for a name we overrode")
+}
+
+// responseLineFor returns the chain's response log line for one query. Raising
+// the level to trace also unmutes whatever else is logging in this package, so
+// the line has to be picked by the name it was asked about rather than by being
+// the last one seen.
+func responseLineFor(hook *logtest.Hook, qname string) string {
+	for _, e := range hook.AllEntries() {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(e.Message, "response:") && strings.Contains(e.Message, qname) {
+			return e.Message
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// TestHandlerChain_SoftNegative_IsVisibleToTheClient covers observability of the
+// rewrite. The reply we hand the application travels over loopback, which the
+// bundle capture does not see, so a softened verdict has to say so on the wire:
+// without it an empty answer is indistinguishable from a real "no such record"
+// in a dig output or a capture taken next to the application.
+func TestHandlerChain_SoftNegative_IsVisibleToTheClient(t *testing.T) {
+	// One hook for the whole test: logtest installs it on the standard logger
+	// and logrus has no way to take it off again, so a hook per subtest would
+	// leave several behind buffering every later line in the package.
+	hook := logtest.NewGlobal()
+	t.Cleanup(hook.Reset)
+
+	newChain := func() *nbdns.HandlerChain {
+		chain := nbdns.NewHandlerChain()
+		chain.AddHandler("*.example.com.", &deferringHandler{softNegative: true}, nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute)
+		chain.AddHandler(".", &nxdomainHandler{}, nbdns.PriorityDefault)
+		return chain
+	}
+
+	t.Run("EDNS0 client gets an extended error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := new(dns.Msg)
+		r.SetQuestion("_mongodb._tcp.db.example.com.", dns.TypeSRV)
+		r.SetEdns0(dns.DefaultMsgSize, false)
+
+		mw := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+		newChain().ServeDNS(&nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: mw}, r)
+
+		resp := mw.GetLastResponse()
+		require.NotNil(t, resp)
+		require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
+
+		ede, ok := resutil.ExtractEDE(resp)
+		require.True(t, ok, "a softened verdict must carry an extended DNS error")
+		assert.Equal(t, resutil.EDENetbirdSoftenedNegative, ede.InfoCode)
+		assert.Contains(t, ede.ExtraText, "netbird", "the text must name us as the source of the rewrite")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("plain client gets no OPT", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := new(dns.Msg)
+		r.SetQuestion("_mongodb._tcp.db.example.com.", dns.TypeSRV)
+
+		mw := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+		newChain().ServeDNS(&nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: mw}, r)
+
+		resp := mw.GetLastResponse()
+		require.NotNil(t, resp)
+		assert.Nil(t, resp.IsEdns0(), "RFC 6891 forbids an OPT toward a client that did not advertise EDNS0")
+	})
+
+	// The response line is what support reads out of a debug bundle, and it now
+	// carries several annotations at once. Built from a map, their order would
+	// differ on every query, so the same event never looks the same twice.
+	t.Run("log fields keep a stable order", func(t *testing.T) {
+		const qname = "_mongodb._tcp.stable.example.com."
+
+		prev := log.GetLevel()
+		log.SetLevel(log.TraceLevel)
+		t.Cleanup(func() { log.SetLevel(prev) })
+
+		lineFor := func() string {
+			hook.Reset()
+
+			r := new(dns.Msg)
+			r.SetQuestion(qname, dns.TypeSRV)
+
+			mw := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+			newChain().ServeDNS(&nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: mw}, r)
+
+			line := responseLineFor(hook, qname)
+			// The duration differs per query and is not what we compare.
+			line, _, _ = strings.Cut(line, " took=")
+			return line
+		}
+
+		first := lineFor()
+		require.NotEmpty(t, first, "the chain must log the response it wrote")
+		require.Contains(t, first, "deferred_by=", "the line must carry more than one annotation to be worth ordering")
+		require.Contains(t, first, "softened=")
+
+		for range 20 {
+			assert.Equal(t, first, lineFor(), "the same event must produce the same line")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("logged with the reason it was deferred", func(t *testing.T) {
+		const qname = "_mongodb._tcp.reason.example.com."
+
+		hook.Reset()
+
+		prev := log.GetLevel()
+		log.SetLevel(log.TraceLevel)
+		t.Cleanup(func() { log.SetLevel(prev) })
+
+		r := new(dns.Msg)
+		r.SetQuestion(qname, dns.TypeSRV)
+
+		mw := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+		newChain().ServeDNS(&nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: mw}, r)
+
+		response := responseLineFor(hook, qname)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, response, "the chain must log the response it wrote")
+		assert.Contains(t, response, "softened=", "the log must show the verdict was rewritten")
+		assert.Contains(t, response, "deferred_by=", "the log must name the handler that deferred")
+	})
+}
+
+// TestHandlerChain_SoftNegative_NoHandlerBelow covers a client with no primary
+// nameserver group: the deferred query reaches the end of the chain unanswered.
+// REFUSED would say the name is not served here while the route serves its
+// addresses, and a stub that acts on that by asking elsewhere can bring back an
+// NXDOMAIN for the whole name. The answer must be an empty, uncacheable NODATA.
+func TestHandlerChain_SoftNegative_NoHandlerBelow(t *testing.T) {
+	chain := nbdns.NewHandlerChain()
+
+	route := &deferringHandler{softNegative: true}
+	chain.AddHandler("*.example.com.", route, nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute)
+
+	r := new(dns.Msg)
+	r.SetQuestion("db.example.com.", dns.TypeHTTPS)
+
+	mw := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+	chain.ServeDNS(&nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: mw}, r)
+
+	resp := mw.GetLastResponse()
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must reach the client")
+	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode, "an unanswered soft-negative query must be NODATA, not REFUSED")
+	assert.Empty(t, resp.Answer)
+	assert.Empty(t, resp.Ns,
+		"no SOA, so RFC 2308 keeps the empty answer out of negative caches and it cannot outlive the route")
+}
+
+// TestHandlerChain_SoftNegative_KeepsRealAnswers guards the other direction:
+// softening applies to negative verdicts only. A real answer from a downstream
+// handler must reach the client untouched.
+func TestHandlerChain_SoftNegative_KeepsRealAnswers(t *testing.T) {
+	chain := nbdns.NewHandlerChain()
+
+	route := &deferringHandler{softNegative: true}
+	chain.AddHandler("*.example.com.", route, nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute)
+	chain.AddHandler(".", &answeringHandler{name: "public", ip: "203.0.113.10"}, nbdns.PriorityDefault)
+
+	r := new(dns.Msg)
+	r.SetQuestion("db.example.com.", dns.TypeA)
+
+	mw := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+	chain.ServeDNS(&nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: mw}, r)
+
+	resp := mw.GetLastResponse()
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must reach the client")
+	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
+	require.Len(t, resp.Answer, 1, "the downstream answer must pass through")
+}
+
+// TestHandlerChain_NXDOMAINPreservedWithoutSoftNegative makes sure the
+// softening is opt-in: an ordinary chain continuation still yields NXDOMAIN, so
+// genuine non-existence keeps being reported.
+func TestHandlerChain_NXDOMAINPreservedWithoutSoftNegative(t *testing.T) {
+	chain := nbdns.NewHandlerChain()
+
+	route := &deferringHandler{}
+	chain.AddHandler("*.example.com.", route, nbdns.PriorityDNSRoute)
+	chain.AddHandler(".", &nxdomainHandler{}, nbdns.PriorityDefault)
+
+	r := new(dns.Msg)
+	r.SetQuestion("nope.example.com.", dns.TypeA)
+
+	mw := &test.MockResponseWriter{}
+	chain.ServeDNS(&nbdns.ResponseWriterChain{ResponseWriter: mw}, r)
+
+	resp := mw.GetLastResponse()
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must reach the client")
+	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeNameError, resp.Rcode, "without the signal a real NXDOMAIN must survive")
+}
+
 func TestHandlerChain_HasRootHandlerAtOrBelow(t *testing.T) {
 	chain := nbdns.NewHandlerChain()
 	h := &answeringHandler{name: "h", ip: "10.0.0.1"}

client/internal/dns/local/local.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
+	"os"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -36,7 +37,43 @@ type resolver interface {
 // record is left alone (it points at something outside our mesh, e.g.
 // a non-peer upstream).
 type PeerConnectivity interface {
-	IsConnectedByIP(ip string) (known, connected bool)
+	IsConnectedByIP(ip netip.Addr) (known, connected bool)
+}
+
+// PeerActivator wakes lazy-connection peers on demand. The local resolver calls
+// it with the tunnel IPs an answer points at, so a peer that is idle (lazily
+// disconnected) starts connecting at DNS-resolution time rather than racing the
+// client's first request packet. nil disables warm-up.
+type PeerActivator interface {
+	// ActivatePeersByIP triggers wake-up for the peer(s) owning addrs and blocks
+	// until one is connected or ctx (a short per-query budget) expires. It is a
+	// fast no-op for unknown or already-connected addresses.
+	ActivatePeersByIP(ctx context.Context, addrs []netip.Addr)
+}
+
+const (
+	defaultLazyWarmupTimeout = 2 * time.Second
+	envLazyWarmupTimeout     = "NB_DNS_LAZY_WARMUP_TIMEOUT"
+)
+
+// lazyWarmupTimeoutFromEnv returns the per-query budget for waking a
+// lazy-connection peer a DNS answer points at. Tunable via
+// NB_DNS_LAZY_WARMUP_TIMEOUT (a Go duration). Parsed once at construction time.
+func lazyWarmupTimeoutFromEnv() time.Duration {
+	v := os.Getenv(envLazyWarmupTimeout)
+	if v == "" {
+		return defaultLazyWarmupTimeout
+	}
+	d, err := time.ParseDuration(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("invalid %s value %q, using default %s: %v", envLazyWarmupTimeout, v, defaultLazyWarmupTimeout, err)
+		return defaultLazyWarmupTimeout
+	}
+	if d <= 0 {
+		log.Warnf("non-positive %s value %q, using default %s", envLazyWarmupTimeout, v, defaultLazyWarmupTimeout)
+		return defaultLazyWarmupTimeout
+	}
+	return d
 }
 
 type Resolver struct {
@@ -51,6 +88,12 @@ type Resolver struct {
 	// filter and preserves the legacy "return whatever is registered"
 	// behaviour for callers that never wire a status source.
 	peerConn PeerConnectivity
+	// peerActivator, when non-nil, is called at resolution time to warm the
+	// lazy connection to the peer(s) an answer points at. nil disables warm-up.
+	peerActivator PeerActivator
+	// warmupTimeout is the per-query budget for the lazy-connection warm-up
+	// wait, resolved from the environment once at construction time.
+	warmupTimeout time.Duration
 
 	ctx    context.Context
 	cancel context.CancelFunc
@@ -59,11 +102,12 @@ type Resolver struct {
 func NewResolver() *Resolver {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	return &Resolver{
-		records: make(map[dns.Question][]dns.RR),
-		domains: make(map[domain.Domain]struct{}),
-		zones:   make(map[domain.Domain]bool),
-		ctx:     ctx,
-		cancel:  cancel,
+		records:       make(map[dns.Question][]dns.RR),
+		domains:       make(map[domain.Domain]struct{}),
+		zones:         make(map[domain.Domain]bool),
+		warmupTimeout: lazyWarmupTimeoutFromEnv(),
+		ctx:           ctx,
+		cancel:        cancel,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -76,6 +120,14 @@ func (d *Resolver) SetPeerConnectivity(p PeerConnectivity) {
 	d.peerConn = p
 }
 
+// SetPeerActivator wires the DNS-time lazy-connection warm-up. Pass nil to
+// disable. Safe to call multiple times; the latest value wins.
+func (d *Resolver) SetPeerActivator(a PeerActivator) {
+	d.mu.Lock()
+	defer d.mu.Unlock()
+	d.peerActivator = a
+}
+
 func (d *Resolver) MatchSubdomains() bool {
 	return true
 }
@@ -122,6 +174,9 @@ func (d *Resolver) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 	replyMessage.RecursionAvailable = true
 
 	result := d.lookupRecords(logger, question)
+	// Warm before filtering: activation flips a lazily-idle target to connected,
+	// which then lets it survive the disconnected-peer filter below.
+	d.warmLazyPeers(question, result.records)
 	result.records = d.filterDisconnectedPeerAnswers(logger, question, result.records)
 	replyMessage.Authoritative = !result.hasExternalData
 	replyMessage.Answer = result.records
@@ -495,8 +550,8 @@ func (d *Resolver) filterDisconnectedPeerAnswers(logger *log.Entry, question dns
 	kept := make([]dns.RR, 0, len(records))
 	var dropped int
 	for _, rr := range records {
-		ip := extractRecordIP(rr)
-		if ip == "" {
+		ip, ok := extractRecordAddr(rr)
+		if !ok {
 			kept = append(kept, rr)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -518,22 +573,57 @@ func (d *Resolver) filterDisconnectedPeerAnswers(logger *log.Entry, question dns
 	return kept
 }
 
-// extractRecordIP returns the dotted-decimal / colon-hex IP carried by
-// an A or AAAA record, or "" for any other record type.
-func extractRecordIP(rr dns.RR) string {
+// warmLazyPeers triggers lazy-connection wake-up for the peers a resolved
+// answer points at and waits briefly for one to connect, so the caller's first
+// request doesn't race the connection establishment. Warm-up is scoped to
+// match-only (non-authoritative) zones — the synthesized private-service zones
+// and user-created zones whose records point at specific peers. The account's
+// peer zone is authoritative, so plain peer-name lookups never trigger warm-up;
+// otherwise resolving any peer's name would wake its idle connection, defeating
+// laziness mesh-wide. No-op when no activator is wired (lazy connections
+// disabled) or the answer carries no peer IPs.
+func (d *Resolver) warmLazyPeers(question dns.Question, records []dns.RR) {
+	if len(records) < 2 {
+		return
+	}
+	d.mu.RLock()
+	activator := d.peerActivator
+	var nonAuth, found bool
+	if activator != nil {
+		nonAuth, found = d.findZone(question.Name)
+	}
+	d.mu.RUnlock()
+	if activator == nil || !found || !nonAuth {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var addrs []netip.Addr
+	for _, rr := range records {
+		if addr, ok := extractRecordAddr(rr); ok {
+			addrs = append(addrs, addr)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(addrs) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(d.ctx, d.warmupTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	activator.ActivatePeersByIP(ctx, addrs)
+}
+
+// extractRecordAddr returns the IP address carried by an A or AAAA record.
+// ok is false for any other record type or a record with no address.
+func extractRecordAddr(rr dns.RR) (netip.Addr, bool) {
 	switch r := rr.(type) {
 	case *dns.A:
-		if r.A == nil {
-			return ""
-		}
-		return r.A.String()
+		addr, ok := netip.AddrFromSlice(r.A)
+		return addr.Unmap(), ok
 	case *dns.AAAA:
-		if r.AAAA == nil {
-			return ""
-		}
-		return r.AAAA.String()
+		addr, ok := netip.AddrFromSlice(r.AAAA)
+		return addr.Unmap(), ok
 	}
-	return ""
+	return netip.Addr{}, false
 }
 
 // Update replaces all zones and their records

client/internal/dns/local/local_test.go

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ type mockPeerConnectivity struct {
 	byIP map[string]struct{ known, connected bool }
 }
 
-func (m mockPeerConnectivity) IsConnectedByIP(ip string) (known, connected bool) {
-	v, ok := m.byIP[ip]
+func (m mockPeerConnectivity) IsConnectedByIP(ip netip.Addr) (known, connected bool) {
+	v, ok := m.byIP[ip.String()]
 	if !ok {
 		return false, false
 	}

client/internal/dns/local/warmup_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+package local
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/test"
+	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
+)
+
+// recordingActivator records the addresses it was asked to warm and returns
+// immediately, so ServeDNS is not blocked by the test.
+type recordingActivator struct {
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	called bool
+	addrs  []netip.Addr
+}
+
+func (r *recordingActivator) ActivatePeersByIP(_ context.Context, addrs []netip.Addr) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	r.called = true
+	r.addrs = append(r.addrs, addrs...)
+}
+
+func serveA(t *testing.T, resolver *Resolver, name string) *dns.Msg {
+	t.Helper()
+	var resp *dns.Msg
+	w := &test.MockResponseWriter{WriteMsgFunc: func(m *dns.Msg) error { resp = m; return nil }}
+	resolver.ServeDNS(w, new(dns.Msg).SetQuestion(name, dns.TypeA))
+	return resp
+}
+
+// serviceZone registers rec in a match-only (non-authoritative) zone, the shape
+// the synthesized private-service zones arrive in.
+func serviceZone(t *testing.T, resolver *Resolver, zone string, records ...nbdns.SimpleRecord) {
+	t.Helper()
+	resolver.Update([]nbdns.CustomZone{{
+		Domain:           zone,
+		Records:          records,
+		NonAuthoritative: true,
+	}})
+}
+
+func TestLocalResolver_WarmsLazyPeerOnResolve(t *testing.T) {
+	// Warm-up fires only for multi-record answers (the HA / round-robin shape of
+	// the synthesized private-service zones), so register two peer targets.
+	const name = "svc.proxy.netbird.cloud."
+	recs := []nbdns.SimpleRecord{
+		{Name: name, Type: 1, Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "100.64.0.7"},
+		{Name: name, Type: 1, Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "100.64.0.8"},
+	}
+	resolver := NewResolver()
+	serviceZone(t, resolver, "proxy.netbird.cloud", recs...)
+
+	act := &recordingActivator{}
+	resolver.SetPeerActivator(act)
+
+	resp := serveA(t, resolver, name)
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "resolver must answer")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, resp.Answer, "answer must carry the A records")
+
+	act.mu.Lock()
+	defer act.mu.Unlock()
+	assert.True(t, act.called, "activator must be invoked for a multi-record service-zone answer")
+	assert.Contains(t, act.addrs, netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.7"), "activator must receive the first peer IP")
+	assert.Contains(t, act.addrs, netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.8"), "activator must receive the second peer IP")
+}
+
+func TestLocalResolver_NoWarmupForSingleRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	// A single-record answer does not trigger warm-up; the resolver only warms
+	// multi-record answers.
+	rec := nbdns.SimpleRecord{Name: "svc.proxy.netbird.cloud.", Type: 1, Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "100.64.0.7"}
+	resolver := NewResolver()
+	serviceZone(t, resolver, "proxy.netbird.cloud", rec)
+
+	act := &recordingActivator{}
+	resolver.SetPeerActivator(act)
+
+	resp := serveA(t, resolver, rec.Name)
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "resolver must answer")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, resp.Answer, "answer must carry the A record")
+
+	act.mu.Lock()
+	defer act.mu.Unlock()
+	assert.False(t, act.called, "activator must not be invoked for a single-record answer")
+}
+
+func TestLocalResolver_NoActivatorNoWarmup(t *testing.T) {
+	// With no activator wired the resolver behaves exactly as before.
+	rec := nbdns.SimpleRecord{Name: "svc.proxy.netbird.cloud.", Type: 1, Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "100.64.0.7"}
+	resolver := NewResolver()
+	serviceZone(t, resolver, "proxy.netbird.cloud", rec)
+
+	resp := serveA(t, resolver, rec.Name)
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "resolver must still answer without an activator")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, resp.Answer, "answer must carry the A record")
+}
+
+func TestLocalResolver_NoWarmupForMissingRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	// A query that resolves to nothing must not invoke the activator (no IPs).
+	resolver := NewResolver()
+	serviceZone(t, resolver, "proxy.netbird.cloud",
+		nbdns.SimpleRecord{Name: "svc.proxy.netbird.cloud.", Type: 1, Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "100.64.0.7"})
+
+	act := &recordingActivator{}
+	resolver.SetPeerActivator(act)
+
+	serveA(t, resolver, "absent.proxy.netbird.cloud.")
+
+	act.mu.Lock()
+	defer act.mu.Unlock()
+	assert.False(t, act.called, "activator must not be invoked when there is no answer")
+}
+
+func TestLocalResolver_NoWarmupInAuthoritativeZone(t *testing.T) {
+	// The account's peer zone is authoritative; resolving a peer's name there
+	// must not wake its lazy connection — warm-up is scoped to match-only
+	// (non-authoritative) zones such as the synthesized private-service zones.
+	// Use a multi-record answer so the authoritative-zone scoping is the only
+	// reason warm-up is skipped, not the single-record guard.
+	const name = "peer.netbird.cloud."
+	recs := []nbdns.SimpleRecord{
+		{Name: name, Type: 1, Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "100.64.0.9"},
+		{Name: name, Type: 1, Class: nbdns.DefaultClass, TTL: 300, RData: "100.64.0.10"},
+	}
+	resolver := NewResolver()
+	resolver.Update([]nbdns.CustomZone{{
+		Domain:  "netbird.cloud",
+		Records: recs,
+	}})
+
+	act := &recordingActivator{}
+	resolver.SetPeerActivator(act)
+
+	resp := serveA(t, resolver, name)
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "resolver must answer")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, resp.Answer, "answer must carry the A records")
+
+	act.mu.Lock()
+	defer act.mu.Unlock()
+	assert.False(t, act.called, "activator must not be invoked for authoritative-zone answers")
+}
+
+func TestLazyWarmupTimeoutFromEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		value  string
+		envSet bool
+		want   time.Duration
+	}{
+		{name: "unset uses default", want: defaultLazyWarmupTimeout},
+		{name: "valid overrides", value: "5s", envSet: true, want: 5 * time.Second},
+		{name: "invalid falls back", value: "not-a-duration", envSet: true, want: defaultLazyWarmupTimeout},
+		{name: "negative falls back", value: "-1s", envSet: true, want: defaultLazyWarmupTimeout},
+		{name: "zero falls back", value: "0s", envSet: true, want: defaultLazyWarmupTimeout},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.envSet {
+				t.Setenv(envLazyWarmupTimeout, tt.value)
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, lazyWarmupTimeoutFromEnv())
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, NewResolver().warmupTimeout, "constructor must resolve the timeout once")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtractRecordAddr(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("A record yields unmapped v4", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// net.ParseIP returns the 16-byte v4-in-v6 form, the same shape
+		// miekg/dns stores after parsing an A record; the extracted address
+		// must compare equal to a plain v4 netip.Addr.
+		addr, ok := extractRecordAddr(&dns.A{A: net.ParseIP("100.64.0.7")})
+		require.True(t, ok)
+		assert.True(t, addr.Is4())
+		assert.Equal(t, netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.7"), addr)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("AAAA record yields v6", func(t *testing.T) {
+		addr, ok := extractRecordAddr(&dns.AAAA{AAAA: net.ParseIP("fd00::1")})
+		require.True(t, ok)
+		assert.Equal(t, netip.MustParseAddr("fd00::1"), addr)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("A record without address", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, ok := extractRecordAddr(&dns.A{})
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non-address record", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, ok := extractRecordAddr(&dns.CNAME{Target: "target.netbird.cloud."})
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+	})
+}

client/internal/dns/mock_server.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 
 	dnsconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/config"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/local"
 	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/domain"
@@ -92,6 +93,11 @@ func (m *MockServer) SetFirewall(Firewall) {
 	// Mock implementation - no-op
 }
 
+// SetPeerActivator mock implementation of SetPeerActivator from Server interface
+func (m *MockServer) SetPeerActivator(local.PeerActivator) {
+	// Mock implementation - no-op
+}
+
 // BeginBatch mock implementation of BeginBatch from Server interface
 func (m *MockServer) BeginBatch() {
 	// Mock implementation - no-op

client/internal/dns/resutil/resolve.go

@@ -19,6 +19,34 @@ import (
 // uses when a resolved host has no addresses of the requested family.
 const errNoSuitableAddress = "no suitable address found"
 
+// Extended DNS Error info codes NetBird emits so a client can see why an answer
+// looks the way it does without reading this peer's logs. They live in the RFC
+// 8914 Private Use range (49152-65535) and are registered here, in one place,
+// because nothing else guarantees two NetBird components pick distinct codes.
+const (
+	// EDENetbirdUpstreamTimeout: a DNS forwarder's upstream did not answer.
+	EDENetbirdUpstreamTimeout uint16 = 49152
+	// EDENetbirdUpstreamFailure: a DNS forwarder's upstream failed.
+	EDENetbirdUpstreamFailure uint16 = 49153
+	// EDENetbirdSoftenedNegative: the empty answer is ours, not the answering
+	// resolver's. A handler that owns the name deferred this query type, and the
+	// negative verdict that came back was downgraded so it cannot poison the
+	// name.
+	EDENetbirdSoftenedNegative uint16 = 49154
+)
+
+// AttachEDE adds an Extended DNS Error (RFC 8914) option to a message, creating
+// the OPT pseudo-record if it has none. Callers must only use it toward a client
+// that advertised EDNS0: per RFC 6891 an OPT must not appear otherwise.
+func AttachEDE(msg *dns.Msg, code uint16, text string) {
+	opt := msg.IsEdns0()
+	if opt == nil {
+		msg.SetEdns0(dns.DefaultMsgSize, false)
+		opt = msg.IsEdns0()
+	}
+	opt.Option = append(opt.Option, &dns.EDNS0_EDE{InfoCode: code, ExtraText: text})
+}
+
 // GenerateRequestID creates a random 8-character hex string for request tracing.
 func GenerateRequestID() string {
 	bytes := make([]byte, 4)
@@ -78,10 +106,38 @@ type resolver interface {
 	LookupNetIP(ctx context.Context, network, host string) ([]netip.Addr, error)
 }
 
+// MetaKey names an annotation a handler attaches to a request to explain the
+// response the chain ends up writing. The set is closed and rendered onto a
+// single log line, so an unrecognized key is a typo inventing a field rather
+// than a new fact.
+type MetaKey string
+
+const (
+	// MetaKeyProtocol: the transport a query arrived on.
+	MetaKeyProtocol MetaKey = "protocol"
+	// MetaKeyUpstream: the upstream that answered.
+	MetaKeyUpstream MetaKey = "upstream"
+	// MetaKeyUpstreamProtocol: the transport used toward that upstream.
+	MetaKeyUpstreamProtocol MetaKey = "upstream_protocol"
+	// MetaKeyPeer: the routing peer whose forwarder answered.
+	MetaKeyPeer MetaKey = "peer"
+	// MetaKeyEDE: an Extended DNS Error carried by the answer.
+	MetaKeyEDE MetaKey = "ede"
+	// MetaKeyTruncated: the answer did not fit and was truncated.
+	MetaKeyTruncated MetaKey = "truncated"
+	// MetaKeySoftened: a negative verdict was rewritten so it cannot poison a
+	// name served locally.
+	MetaKeySoftened MetaKey = "softened"
+	// MetaKeyDeferredBy: the handler that owned the name and stepped aside.
+	MetaKeyDeferredBy MetaKey = "deferred_by"
+	// MetaKeyDeferredReason: why it stepped aside.
+	MetaKeyDeferredReason MetaKey = "deferred_reason"
+)
+
 // chainedWriter is implemented by ResponseWriters that carry request metadata
 type chainedWriter interface {
 	RequestID() string
-	SetMeta(key, value string)
+	SetMeta(key MetaKey, value string)
 }
 
 // GetRequestID extracts a request ID from the ResponseWriter if available,
@@ -96,12 +152,30 @@ func GetRequestID(w dns.ResponseWriter) string {
 }
 
 // SetMeta sets metadata on the ResponseWriter if it supports it.
-func SetMeta(w dns.ResponseWriter, key, value string) {
+func SetMeta(w dns.ResponseWriter, key MetaKey, value string) {
 	if cw, ok := w.(chainedWriter); ok {
 		cw.SetMeta(key, value)
 	}
 }
 
+// softNegativeRequester is implemented by chain writers that can soften the
+// negative verdict of the handlers a deferring handler falls through to.
+type softNegativeRequester interface {
+	RequestSoftNegative()
+}
+
+// RequestSoftNegative asks the handler chain to downgrade an NXDOMAIN from the
+// handlers that run after the caller defers. A handler that owns a name but
+// cannot answer one query type for it needs this: the resolvers it falls
+// through to cannot prove the name absent, and an NXDOMAIN from them is cached
+// for the name and every type under it (RFC 2308, RFC 8020), taking the
+// addresses the handler does serve down with it.
+func RequestSoftNegative(w dns.ResponseWriter) {
+	if sn, ok := w.(softNegativeRequester); ok {
+		sn.RequestSoftNegative()
+	}
+}
+
 // LookupResult contains the result of an external DNS lookup
 type LookupResult struct {
 	IPs   []netip.Addr
@@ -199,11 +273,27 @@ type RecordResolver interface {
 	LookupAddr(ctx context.Context, addr string) ([]string, error)
 }
 
+// SupportedRecordQtype reports whether LookupRecords can resolve qtype. The
+// set is bounded by the net.Resolver API, which exposes no way to query an
+// arbitrary record type, and going around it with a raw exchange would mean
+// picking nameservers ourselves instead of resolving the way the host does.
+//
+// Both ends read this: a DNS forwarder answers these types for the domains it
+// routes, and a client uses it to tell which types are worth forwarding to a
+// peer at all.
+func SupportedRecordQtype(qtype uint16) bool {
+	switch qtype {
+	case dns.TypeMX, dns.TypeTXT, dns.TypeNS, dns.TypeSRV, dns.TypeCNAME, dns.TypePTR:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 // LookupRecords resolves a non-address DNS record type through the host
-// resolver and returns the resource records and the DNS rcode. Types the host
-// resolver cannot answer (anything not covered by the net.Resolver Lookup*
-// methods) yield NODATA so that a routed name is never poisoned with NXDOMAIN
-// for an unsupported type.
+// resolver and returns the resource records and the DNS rcode. Types outside
+// SupportedRecordQtype yield NODATA so that a routed name is never poisoned
+// with NXDOMAIN for a type we cannot look up.
 func LookupRecords(ctx context.Context, r RecordResolver, name string, qtype uint16, ttl uint32) ([]dns.RR, int) {
 	fqdn := dns.Fqdn(name)
 

client/internal/dns/server.go

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ type Server interface {
 	PopulateManagementDomain(mgmtURL *url.URL) error
 	SetRouteSources(selected, active func() route.HAMap)
 	SetFirewall(Firewall)
+	SetPeerActivator(local.PeerActivator)
 }
 
 type nsGroupsByDomain struct {
@@ -491,6 +492,13 @@ func (s *DefaultServer) SetFirewall(fw Firewall) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetPeerActivator wires the DNS-time lazy-connection warm-up on the local
+// resolver. Injected after the connection manager exists (it does not at
+// DNS-server construction time). Pass nil to disable.
+func (s *DefaultServer) SetPeerActivator(a local.PeerActivator) {
+	s.localResolver.SetPeerActivator(a)
+}
+
 // Stop stops the server
 func (s *DefaultServer) Stop() {
 	s.ctxCancel()
@@ -1435,11 +1443,11 @@ type localPeerConnectivity struct {
 
 // IsConnectedByIP looks the IP up in the peerstore and surfaces both
 // the known and connected bits. Used by Resolver.filterDisconnectedPeerAnswers.
-func (l localPeerConnectivity) IsConnectedByIP(ip string) (known, connected bool) {
+func (l localPeerConnectivity) IsConnectedByIP(ip netip.Addr) (known, connected bool) {
 	if l.status == nil {
 		return false, false
 	}
-	state, ok := l.status.PeerStateByIP(ip)
+	state, ok := l.status.PeerStateByIP(ip.String())
 	if !ok {
 		return false, false
 	}

client/internal/dns/upstream.go

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 	if addr := w.RemoteAddr(); addr != nil {
 		network := addr.Network()
 		ctx = contextWithDNSProtocol(ctx, network)
-		resutil.SetMeta(w, "protocol", network)
+		resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyProtocol, network)
 	}
 
 	ok, failures := u.tryUpstreamServers(ctx, w, r, logger)
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) tryOnlyRace(ctx context.Context, w dns.ResponseWr
 		return false, res.failures
 	}
 	if res.ede != "" {
-		resutil.SetMeta(w, "ede", res.ede)
+		resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyEDE, res.ede)
 	}
 	u.writeSuccessResponse(w, res.msg, res.upstream, r.Question[0].Name, res.protocol, logger)
 	return true, res.failures
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) raceAll(ctx context.Context, w dns.ResponseWriter
 			failures = append(failures, res.failures...)
 			if res.msg != nil {
 				if res.ede != "" {
-					resutil.SetMeta(w, "ede", res.ede)
+					resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyEDE, res.ede)
 				}
 				u.writeSuccessResponse(w, res.msg, res.upstream, r.Question[0].Name, res.protocol, logger)
 				return true, failures
@@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ func (u *upstreamResolverBase) debugUpstreamTimeout(upstream netip.AddrPort) str
 }
 
 func (u *upstreamResolverBase) writeSuccessResponse(w dns.ResponseWriter, rm *dns.Msg, upstream netip.AddrPort, domain string, proto string, logger *log.Entry) {
-	resutil.SetMeta(w, "upstream", upstream.String())
+	resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyUpstream, upstream.String())
 	if proto != "" {
-		resutil.SetMeta(w, "upstream_protocol", proto)
+		resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyUpstreamProtocol, proto)
 	}
 
 	// Clear Zero bit from external responses to prevent upstream servers from

client/internal/dns_peer_activator.go

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/netip"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peerstore"
+)
+
+const dnsActivationPollInterval = 50 * time.Millisecond
+
+// dnsPeerActivator wakes lazy-connection peers from the DNS resolution path. It
+// implements dns/local.PeerActivator. DNS queries run on their own goroutines,
+// so it only touches state that is safe for concurrent use — ConnMgr.ActivatePeer,
+// peerstore.Store and peer.Status — and never takes the engine's syncMsgMux,
+// keeping DNS resolution from contending with network-map processing.
+type dnsPeerActivator struct {
+	connMgr   *ConnMgr
+	peerStore *peerstore.Store
+	status    *peer.Status
+	// ctx is the engine's long-lived context. The connection dial is tied to it
+	// (not the per-query DNS wait budget) so a handshake that outlasts the wait
+	// still completes in the background rather than being cancelled at the deadline.
+	ctx context.Context
+}
+
+// ActivatePeersByIP triggers wake-up for the peer(s) owning addrs and waits
+// until one is connected or ctx (the per-query DNS wait budget) expires.
+// Activation itself is tied to the engine's long-lived context so the dial
+// survives a wait that times out. Unknown or already-connected addresses are
+// skipped, so the steady-state (warm) path adds no latency.
+func (a *dnsPeerActivator) ActivatePeersByIP(ctx context.Context, addrs []netip.Addr) {
+	if a == nil || a.connMgr == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var pending []string
+	for _, addr := range addrs {
+		ip := addr.String()
+		st, ok := a.status.PeerStateByIP(ip)
+		if !ok || st.ConnStatus == peer.StatusConnected {
+			continue
+		}
+		conn, ok := a.peerStore.PeerConn(st.PubKey)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		a.connMgr.ActivatePeer(a.ctx, conn)
+		pending = append(pending, ip)
+	}
+
+	if len(pending) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	a.waitConnected(ctx, pending)
+}
+
+// waitConnected blocks until any of ips reports a connected peer or ctx expires.
+func (a *dnsPeerActivator) waitConnected(ctx context.Context, ips []string) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(dnsActivationPollInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		for _, ip := range ips {
+			if st, ok := a.status.PeerStateByIP(ip); ok && st.ConnStatus == peer.StatusConnected {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+		}
+	}
+}

client/internal/dns_peer_activator_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peerstore"
+)
+
+func newTestPeerConn(t *testing.T, key string) *peer.Conn {
+	t.Helper()
+	conn, err := peer.NewConn(peer.ConnConfig{
+		Key:      key,
+		LocalKey: "local",
+		WgConfig: peer.WgConfig{
+			AllowedIps: []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.1/32")},
+		},
+	}, peer.ServiceDependencies{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return conn
+}
+
+func newTestDNSPeerActivator(t *testing.T) (*dnsPeerActivator, *peer.Status, *peerstore.Store) {
+	t.Helper()
+	status := peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm")
+	store := peerstore.NewConnStore()
+	// ConnMgr without Start: the lazy manager is nil, so ActivatePeer is a
+	// no-op — these tests exercise the activator's skip/wait logic.
+	connMgr := NewConnMgr(&EngineConfig{}, status, store, nil)
+	return &dnsPeerActivator{
+		connMgr:   connMgr,
+		peerStore: store,
+		status:    status,
+		ctx:       context.Background(),
+	}, status, store
+}
+
+func TestDNSPeerActivator_NilSafe(t *testing.T) {
+	var a *dnsPeerActivator
+	a.ActivatePeersByIP(context.Background(), []netip.Addr{netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")})
+}
+
+// TestDNSPeerActivator_SkipsUnknownAndConnectedPeers verifies the steady-state
+// (warm) path adds no latency: already-connected and unknown addresses never
+// enter the wait loop.
+func TestDNSPeerActivator_SkipsUnknownAndConnectedPeers(t *testing.T) {
+	a, status, store := newTestDNSPeerActivator(t)
+
+	require.NoError(t, status.AddPeer("peerA", "a.netbird.cloud", "100.64.0.1", "fd00::1"))
+	require.NoError(t, status.UpdatePeerState(peer.State{PubKey: "peerA", ConnStatus: peer.StatusConnected}))
+	store.AddPeerConn("peerA", newTestPeerConn(t, "peerA"))
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	a.ActivatePeersByIP(ctx, []netip.Addr{
+		netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1"),  // known, connected -> skipped
+		netip.MustParseAddr("fd00::1"),     // known via IPv6, connected -> skipped
+		netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.99"), // unknown -> skipped
+	})
+	require.Less(t, time.Since(start), time.Second, "no pending peer must mean no wait")
+}
+
+// TestDNSPeerActivator_WaitsForPendingPeerToConnect verifies the wait loop
+// returns as soon as a pending peer reports connected, well before the
+// per-query budget expires.
+func TestDNSPeerActivator_WaitsForPendingPeerToConnect(t *testing.T) {
+	a, status, store := newTestDNSPeerActivator(t)
+
+	require.NoError(t, status.AddPeer("peerA", "a.netbird.cloud", "100.64.0.1", ""))
+	store.AddPeerConn("peerA", newTestPeerConn(t, "peerA"))
+
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(150 * time.Millisecond)
+		_ = status.UpdatePeerState(peer.State{PubKey: "peerA", ConnStatus: peer.StatusConnected})
+	}()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	a.ActivatePeersByIP(ctx, []netip.Addr{netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")})
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, elapsed, 100*time.Millisecond, "must wait for the pending peer")
+	require.Less(t, elapsed, 5*time.Second, "must return on connect, not at the deadline")
+}
+
+// TestDNSPeerActivator_ReturnsAtBudgetWhenPeerStaysIdle verifies a peer that
+// never connects releases the DNS response at the per-query budget instead of
+// blocking it indefinitely.
+func TestDNSPeerActivator_ReturnsAtBudgetWhenPeerStaysIdle(t *testing.T) {
+	a, status, store := newTestDNSPeerActivator(t)
+
+	require.NoError(t, status.AddPeer("peerA", "a.netbird.cloud", "100.64.0.1", ""))
+	store.AddPeerConn("peerA", newTestPeerConn(t, "peerA"))
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 300*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	a.ActivatePeersByIP(ctx, []netip.Addr{netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")})
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, elapsed, 250*time.Millisecond, "must wait out the budget for a pending peer")
+	require.Less(t, elapsed, 5*time.Second, "must not block past the budget")
+}
+
+// TestDNSPeerActivator_NoWaitWithoutPeerConn verifies a known-but-idle peer
+// with no connection object in the store is not waited on: there is nothing to
+// activate, so waiting could only ever time out.
+func TestDNSPeerActivator_NoWaitWithoutPeerConn(t *testing.T) {
+	a, status, _ := newTestDNSPeerActivator(t)
+
+	require.NoError(t, status.AddPeer("peerA", "a.netbird.cloud", "100.64.0.1", ""))
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	a.ActivatePeersByIP(ctx, []netip.Addr{netip.MustParseAddr("100.64.0.1")})
+	require.Less(t, time.Since(start), time.Second, "peer without a conn must not be waited on")
+}

client/internal/dnsfwd/forwarder.go

@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@ import (
 const errResolveFailed = "failed to resolve query for domain=%s: %v"
 const upstreamTimeout = 15 * time.Second
 
-// EDE info codes the forwarder emits on upstream failures so the querying
-// client can see the reason without inspecting this peer's logs. They live in
-// the RFC 8914 Private Use range (49152-65535); the Go resolver never exposes a
-// real upstream EDE here, so these cannot collide with a genuine code.
-const (
-	edeNetbirdUpstreamTimeout uint16 = 49152
-	edeNetbirdUpstreamFailure uint16 = 49153
-)
-
 type resolver interface {
 	LookupNetIP(ctx context.Context, network, host string) ([]netip.Addr, error)
 	LookupMX(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]*net.MX, error)
@@ -216,6 +207,9 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQuery(logger *log.Entry, w dns.ResponseWriter, q
 		qname, dns.TypeToString[question.Qtype], dns.ClassToString[question.Qclass])
 
 	resp := query.SetReply(query)
+	// Every answer here comes from a recursive lookup on this peer. SetReply
+	// leaves RA unset, which reads to a client as a server that cannot recurse.
+	resp.RecursionAvailable = true
 
 	mostSpecificResId, matchingEntries := f.getMatchingEntries(strings.TrimSuffix(qname, "."))
 	if mostSpecificResId == "" {
@@ -229,20 +223,22 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSQuery(logger *log.Entry, w dns.ResponseWriter, q
 
 	reqHasEdns := query.IsEdns0() != nil
 
-	switch question.Qtype {
-	case dns.TypeA, dns.TypeAAAA:
+	switch {
+	case question.Qtype == dns.TypeA || question.Qtype == dns.TypeAAAA:
 		f.handleAddressQuery(ctx, logger, w, resp, mostSpecificResId, matchingEntries, reqHasEdns, startTime)
-	case dns.TypeMX, dns.TypeTXT, dns.TypeNS, dns.TypeSRV, dns.TypeCNAME, dns.TypePTR:
+	case resutil.SupportedRecordQtype(question.Qtype):
 		f.handleRecordQuery(ctx, logger, w, resp, startTime)
 	default:
 		// The domain is routed here, so any other type is answered NODATA
 		// (NOERROR, empty answer) rather than falling back to a resolver that
 		// would poison the name with NXDOMAIN. The Extended DNS Error lets a
 		// client tell this capability-driven NODATA apart from an
-		// authoritative one. The OPT pseudo-record must not appear unless the
-		// query advertised EDNS0.
+		// authoritative one; a current client knows the type is unsupported and
+		// resolves it through its own handler chain instead of asking at all.
+		// The OPT pseudo-record must not appear unless the query advertised
+		// EDNS0.
 		if reqHasEdns {
-			attachEDE(resp, dns.ExtendedErrorCodeNotSupported, "netbird forwarder: unsupported query type")
+			resutil.AttachEDE(resp, dns.ExtendedErrorCodeNotSupported, "netbird forwarder: unsupported query type")
 		}
 		f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, qname, startTime)
 	}
@@ -441,7 +437,7 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) handleDNSError(
 	}
 
 	if reqHasEdns {
-		attachEDE(resp, edeCodeFor(dnsErr), edeText(dnsErr))
+		resutil.AttachEDE(resp, edeCodeFor(dnsErr), edeText(dnsErr))
 	}
 
 	f.writeResponse(logger, w, resp, domain, startTime)
@@ -488,9 +484,9 @@ func (f *DNSForwarder) getMatchingEntries(domain string) (route.ResID, []*Forwar
 // edeCodeFor maps an upstream lookup error to the NetBird EDE info code.
 func edeCodeFor(dnsErr *net.DNSError) uint16 {
 	if dnsErr != nil && dnsErr.IsTimeout {
-		return edeNetbirdUpstreamTimeout
+		return resutil.EDENetbirdUpstreamTimeout
 	}
-	return edeNetbirdUpstreamFailure
+	return resutil.EDENetbirdUpstreamFailure
 }
 
 // edeText builds the EDE extra-text describing the class of upstream failure.
@@ -503,14 +499,3 @@ func edeText(dnsErr *net.DNSError) string {
 	}
 	return "netbird forwarder: upstream failure"
 }
-
-// attachEDE adds an Extended DNS Error (RFC 8914) option to the response,
-// creating the OPT pseudo-record if the response does not already carry one.
-func attachEDE(resp *dns.Msg, code uint16, text string) {
-	opt := resp.IsEdns0()
-	if opt == nil {
-		resp.SetEdns0(dns.DefaultMsgSize, false)
-		opt = resp.IsEdns0()
-	}
-	opt.Option = append(opt.Option, &dns.EDNS0_EDE{InfoCode: code, ExtraText: text})
-}

client/internal/dnsfwd/forwarder_test.go

@@ -649,6 +649,39 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_ResponseCodes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestDNSForwarder_RecursionAvailable covers the RA bit. Every answer this
+// forwarder produces comes from a recursive lookup on the routing peer, but
+// dns.Msg.SetReply leaves RA unset, so clients report "recursion not available"
+// and some stub resolvers treat the server as unable to serve the query.
+func TestDNSForwarder_RecursionAvailable(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("record answer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mockResolver := &MockResolver{}
+		forwarder := newRecordTestForwarder(t, mockResolver, "example.com")
+
+		mockResolver.On("LookupMX", mock.Anything, "example.com.").
+			Return([]*net.MX{{Host: "mail.example.com.", Pref: 10}}, nil).Once()
+
+		resp := runRecordQuery(t, forwarder, "example.com", dns.TypeMX)
+		assert.True(t, resp.RecursionAvailable, "the forwarder resolves recursively")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unsupported type NODATA", func(t *testing.T) {
+		forwarder := newRecordTestForwarder(t, &MockResolver{}, "example.com")
+
+		resp := runRecordQuery(t, forwarder, "example.com", dns.TypeCAA)
+		require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
+		assert.True(t, resp.RecursionAvailable, "RA describes the server, not the query type")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unauthorized domain", func(t *testing.T) {
+		forwarder := newRecordTestForwarder(t, &MockResolver{}, "example.com")
+
+		resp := runRecordQuery(t, forwarder, "other.com", dns.TypeMX)
+		require.Equal(t, dns.RcodeRefused, resp.Rcode)
+		assert.True(t, resp.RecursionAvailable, "RA describes the server, not the verdict")
+	})
+}
+
 func hasEDE(m *dns.Msg, code uint16) bool {
 	opt := m.IsEdns0()
 	if opt == nil {
@@ -859,7 +892,7 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_UpstreamFailureEDE(t *testing.T) {
 			lookupErr:   &net.DNSError{Err: "i/o timeout", Server: "10.0.0.53:53", IsTimeout: true},
 			reqEdns:     true,
 			wantEDE:     true,
-			wantCode:    edeNetbirdUpstreamTimeout,
+			wantCode:    resutil.EDENetbirdUpstreamTimeout,
 			wantTextHas: "netbird forwarder: upstream timeout",
 		},
 		{
@@ -867,7 +900,7 @@ func TestDNSForwarder_UpstreamFailureEDE(t *testing.T) {
 			lookupErr:   &net.DNSError{Err: "server misbehaving", Server: "10.0.0.53:53"},
 			reqEdns:     true,
 			wantEDE:     true,
-			wantCode:    edeNetbirdUpstreamFailure,
+			wantCode:    resutil.EDENetbirdUpstreamFailure,
 			wantTextHas: "netbird forwarder: upstream failure",
 		},
 		{

client/internal/ebpf/ebpf/src/dns_fwd.c

@@ -52,11 +52,14 @@ int xdp_dns_fwd(struct iphdr  *ip, struct udphdr *udp) {
 
     if (udp->dest == GENERAL_DNS_PORT && ip->daddr == dns_ip) {
         udp->dest = dns_port;
+        // Clear the now-stale checksum; zero means "not computed" for IPv4.
+        udp->check = 0;
         return XDP_PASS;
     }
 
     if (udp->source == dns_port && ip->saddr == dns_ip) {
         udp->source = GENERAL_DNS_PORT;
+        udp->check = 0;
         return XDP_PASS;
     }
 

client/internal/ebpf/ebpf/src/wg_proxy.c

@@ -50,5 +50,11 @@ int xdp_wg_proxy(struct iphdr  *ip, struct udphdr *udp) {
     __be16 new_dst_port = htons(proxy_port);
     udp->dest = new_dst_port;
     udp->source = new_src_port;
+
+    // The ports are covered by the UDP checksum. This is an IPv4 loopback hop
+    // and the payload is already integrity-protected, so clear the checksum (a
+    // zero UDP checksum means "not computed" for IPv4) rather than leave a
+    // stale value the kernel would drop as UDP_CSUM.
+    udp->check = 0;
 	return XDP_PASS;
 }

client/internal/engine.go

@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
 	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/domain"
+	sharedgrpc "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/grpc"
+	nbnetworkmap "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/networkmap"
 	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+	types "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/types"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/netiputil"
 	auth "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/relay/auth/hmac"
 	relayClient "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/relay/client"
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ type EngineConfig struct {
 	BlockLANAccess      bool
 	BlockInbound        bool
 	DisableIPv6         bool
+	SyncMessageVersion  *int
 
 	// LazyConnection is the MDM-sourced lazy-connection override; StateUnset defers to
 	// the env var and management feature flag.
@@ -220,6 +224,13 @@ type Engine struct {
 	// networkSerial is the latest CurrentSerial (state ID) of the network sent by the Management service
 	networkSerial uint64
 
+	// latestComponents is the most-recent NetworkMapComponents decoded from
+	// a NetworkMapEnvelope (capability=3 peers only). Held alongside the
+	// NetworkMap that Calculate() produced from it so future incremental
+	// updates have a base to apply changes against. nil for legacy-format
+	// peers. Guarded by syncMsgMux.
+	latestComponents *types.NetworkMapComponents
+
 	networkMonitor *networkmonitor.NetworkMonitor
 
 	sshServer sshServer
@@ -652,8 +663,24 @@ func (e *Engine) Start(netbirdConfig *mgmProto.NetbirdConfig, mgmtURL *url.URL)
 	iceCfg := e.createICEConfig()
 
 	e.connMgr = NewConnMgr(e.config, e.statusRecorder, e.peerStore, wgIface)
+	e.connMgr.SetRoutedIPsReconciler(func(peerKey string) error {
+		if e.routeManager == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return e.routeManager.ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs(peerKey)
+	})
 	e.connMgr.Start(e.ctx)
 
+	// Wire DNS-time lazy-connection warm-up now that the connection manager
+	// exists (it does not at DNS-server construction time). A DNS answer that
+	// points at an idle peer then wakes it before the client's first request.
+	e.dnsServer.SetPeerActivator(&dnsPeerActivator{
+		connMgr:   e.connMgr,
+		peerStore: e.peerStore,
+		status:    e.statusRecorder,
+		ctx:       e.ctx,
+	})
+
 	e.srWatcher = guard.NewSRWatcher(e.signal, e.relayManager, e.mobileDep.IFaceDiscover, iceCfg)
 	e.srWatcher.Start(peer.IsForceRelayed())
 
@@ -963,8 +990,12 @@ func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
 
 	e.ApplySessionDeadline(update.GetSessionExpiresAt())
 
-	if update.NetworkMap != nil && update.NetworkMap.PeerConfig != nil {
-		e.handleAutoUpdateVersion(update.NetworkMap.PeerConfig.AutoUpdate)
+	// Envelope sync responses carry PeerConfig at the top level; legacy
+	// NetworkMap syncs carry it under NetworkMap.PeerConfig.
+	if pc := update.GetPeerConfig(); pc != nil {
+		e.handleAutoUpdateVersion(pc.GetAutoUpdate())
+	} else if nm := update.GetNetworkMap(); nm != nil && nm.GetPeerConfig() != nil {
+		e.handleAutoUpdateVersion(nm.GetPeerConfig().GetAutoUpdate())
 	}
 
 	done := e.phase("netbird_config")
@@ -974,12 +1005,47 @@ func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Decode the network map from either the components envelope or the
+	// legacy proto.NetworkMap before the posture-check gating below, so the
+	// "is there a network map" decision covers both wire shapes.
+	var (
+		nm         *mgmProto.NetworkMap
+		components *types.NetworkMapComponents
+	)
+	if version := update.GetVersion(); version == int32(sharedgrpc.ComponentNetworkMap) {
+		// Components-format peer: decode the envelope back to typed
+		// components, run Calculate() locally, and convert to the wire
+		// NetworkMap shape the rest of the engine consumes. Components are
+		// retained so future incremental updates can apply deltas instead
+		// of doing a full reconstruction.
+		envelope := update.GetNetworkMapEnvelope()
+		if envelope == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("received a SyncReponse indicating use of components network map, but components are missing")
+		}
+
+		localKey := e.config.WgPrivateKey.PublicKey().String()
+		dnsName := ""
+		if pc := update.GetPeerConfig(); pc != nil {
+			// PeerConfig.Fqdn = "<dns_label>.<dns_domain>" — extract the
+			// shared domain by stripping the peer's own label prefix. Falls
+			// back to empty if the FQDN doesn't have the expected shape.
+			dnsName = extractDNSDomainFromFQDN(pc.GetFqdn())
+		}
+		result, err := nbnetworkmap.EnvelopeToNetworkMap(e.ctx, envelope, localKey, dnsName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("decode network map envelope: %w", err)
+		}
+		nm = result.NetworkMap
+		components = result.Components
+	} else {
+		nm = update.GetNetworkMap()
+	}
+
 	// Posture checks are bound to the network map presence:
 	//   NetworkMap != nil, checks present -> apply the received checks
 	//   NetworkMap != nil, checks nil     -> posture checks were removed, clear them
 	//   NetworkMap == nil                 -> config-only update (e.g. relay token rotation),
 	//                                        leave the previously applied checks untouched
-	nm := update.GetNetworkMap()
 	if nm == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -992,6 +1058,14 @@ func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
 	}
 
 	done = e.phase("persist")
+	// Only retain the components view when the server sent the envelope
+	// path. A legacy proto.NetworkMap means components == nil; writing it
+	// here would clobber a previously-cached snapshot, breaking the
+	// incremental-delta base on a future envelope sync.
+	if components != nil {
+		e.latestComponents = components
+	}
+
 	e.persistSyncResponse(update)
 	done()
 
@@ -1005,6 +1079,19 @@ func (e *Engine) handleSync(update *mgmProto.SyncResponse) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// extractDNSDomainFromFQDN returns the trailing dotted domain part of the
+// receiving peer's FQDN — the same value the management server fills as
+// dnsName when it builds the legacy NetworkMap. "peer42.netbird.cloud" →
+// "netbird.cloud". An empty string is returned for unrecognized formats.
+func extractDNSDomainFromFQDN(fqdn string) string {
+	for i := 0; i < len(fqdn); i++ {
+		if fqdn[i] == '.' && i+1 < len(fqdn) {
+			return fqdn[i+1:]
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 // updateNetbirdConfig applies the management-provided NetBird configuration:
 // STUN/TURN and relay servers, flow logging and DNS settings. A nil config is a no-op,
 // which is the case for sync updates carrying only a network map.
@@ -1164,6 +1251,7 @@ func (e *Engine) applyInfoFlags(info *system.Info) {
 		e.config.BlockLANAccess,
 		e.config.BlockInbound,
 		e.config.DisableIPv6,
+		e.config.SyncMessageVersion,
 		e.config.EnableSSHRoot,
 		e.config.EnableSSHSFTP,
 		e.config.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding,
@@ -2032,6 +2120,7 @@ func (e *Engine) readInitialSettings() ([]*route.Route, *nbdns.Config, bool, err
 		e.config.BlockLANAccess,
 		e.config.BlockInbound,
 		e.config.DisableIPv6,
+		e.config.SyncMessageVersion,
 		e.config.EnableSSHRoot,
 		e.config.EnableSSHSFTP,
 		e.config.EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding,

client/internal/lazyconn/manager/manager.go

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ type managedPeer struct {
 
 type Config struct {
 	InactivityThreshold *time.Duration
+	// ReconcileAllowedIPs re-applies a peer's routed allowed IPs after its wake endpoint is
+	// armed. The activity listener creates the wake peer with the overlay /32 only; without the
+	// routed prefixes WireGuard would not steer subnet-bound traffic to the wake endpoint, so an
+	// idle routing peer could never be woken by that traffic. Optional; nil disables the reconcile.
+	ReconcileAllowedIPs func(peerKey string) error
 }
 
 // Manager manages lazy connections
@@ -56,6 +61,9 @@ type Manager struct {
 	peerToHAGroups map[string][]route.HAUniqueID // peer ID -> HA groups they belong to
 	haGroupToPeers map[route.HAUniqueID][]string // HA group -> peer IDs in the group
 	routesMu       sync.RWMutex
+
+	// reconcileAllowedIPs re-applies a peer's routed allowed IPs after its wake endpoint is armed.
+	reconcileAllowedIPs func(peerKey string) error
 }
 
 // NewManager creates a new lazy connection manager
@@ -73,6 +81,7 @@ func NewManager(config Config, engineCtx context.Context, peerStore *peerstore.S
 		activityManager:      activity.NewManager(wgIface),
 		peerToHAGroups:       make(map[string][]route.HAUniqueID),
 		haGroupToPeers:       make(map[route.HAUniqueID][]string),
+		reconcileAllowedIPs:  config.ReconcileAllowedIPs,
 	}
 
 	if wgIface.IsUserspaceBind() {
@@ -201,7 +210,7 @@ func (m *Manager) AddPeer(peerCfg lazyconn.PeerConfig) (bool, error) {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	if err := m.activityManager.MonitorPeerActivity(peerCfg); err != nil {
+	if err := m.armActivityListener(peerCfg); err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
@@ -288,7 +297,7 @@ func (m *Manager) DeactivatePeer(peerID peerid.ConnID) {
 
 	m.inactivityManager.RemovePeer(mp.peerCfg.PublicKey)
 
-	if err := m.activityManager.MonitorPeerActivity(*mp.peerCfg); err != nil {
+	if err := m.armActivityListener(*mp.peerCfg); err != nil {
 		mp.peerCfg.Log.Errorf("failed to create activity monitor: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
@@ -465,6 +474,31 @@ func (m *Manager) close() {
 }
 
 // shouldDeferIdleForHA checks if peer should stay connected due to HA group requirements
+// armRoutedAllowedIPs re-applies the peer's routed allowed IPs onto its freshly armed wake
+// endpoint. The activity listener creates the wake peer with the overlay /32 only, so without
+// this the routed prefixes would be missing and traffic to a routed subnet could not wake the
+// idle routing peer. It is a no-op when no reconciler is configured.
+// armActivityListener (re)arms the peer's wake endpoint via the activity manager and then
+// re-applies its routed allowed IPs, so traffic to a routed subnet can wake an idle routing
+// peer. The routed prefixes must be re-applied after the wake endpoint exists because the
+// listener creates it with the overlay /32 only.
+func (m *Manager) armActivityListener(peerCfg lazyconn.PeerConfig) error {
+	if err := m.activityManager.MonitorPeerActivity(peerCfg); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	m.armRoutedAllowedIPs(&peerCfg)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *Manager) armRoutedAllowedIPs(peerCfg *lazyconn.PeerConfig) {
+	if m.reconcileAllowedIPs == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if err := m.reconcileAllowedIPs(peerCfg.PublicKey); err != nil {
+		peerCfg.Log.Errorf("failed to reconcile routed allowed IPs on wake endpoint: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func (m *Manager) shouldDeferIdleForHA(inactivePeers map[string]struct{}, peerID string) bool {
 	m.routesMu.RLock()
 	defer m.routesMu.RUnlock()
@@ -577,7 +611,7 @@ func (m *Manager) onPeerInactivityTimedOut(peerIDs map[string]struct{}) {
 
 		mp.peerCfg.Log.Infof("start activity monitor")
 
-		if err := m.activityManager.MonitorPeerActivity(*mp.peerCfg); err != nil {
+		if err := m.armActivityListener(*mp.peerCfg); err != nil {
 			mp.peerCfg.Log.Errorf("failed to create activity monitor: %v", err)
 			continue
 		}

client/internal/profilemanager/config.go

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ type ConfigInput struct {
 	BlockLANAccess      *bool
 	BlockInbound        *bool
 	DisableIPv6         *bool
+	SyncMessageVersion  *int
 
 	DisableNotifications *bool
 
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	BlockLANAccess      bool
 	BlockInbound        bool
 	DisableIPv6         bool
+	SyncMessageVersion  *int
 
 	DisableNotifications *bool
 
@@ -587,6 +589,12 @@ func (config *Config) apply(input ConfigInput) (updated bool, err error) {
 		updated = true
 	}
 
+	if input.SyncMessageVersion != nil && *input.SyncMessageVersion != *config.SyncMessageVersion {
+		log.Infof("setting SyncMessageVersion to %v", *input.SyncMessageVersion)
+		*config.SyncMessageVersion = *input.SyncMessageVersion
+		updated = true
+	}
+
 	if input.DisableNotifications != nil && (config.DisableNotifications == nil || *input.DisableNotifications != *config.DisableNotifications) {
 		if *input.DisableNotifications {
 			log.Infof("disabling notifications")

client/internal/routemanager/dnsinterceptor/handler.go

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/resutil"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peerstore"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager/common"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager/fakeip"
 	iface "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager/iface"
@@ -40,6 +39,61 @@ type internalDNATer interface {
 	AddInternalDNATMapping(netip.Addr, netip.Addr) error
 }
 
+// peerAllowedIPs reports the tunnel address a peer is reachable on.
+type peerAllowedIPs interface {
+	AllowedIP(pubKey string) (netip.Addr, bool)
+}
+
+// disposition says where a query for a given record type has to be answered.
+type disposition int
+
+const (
+	// dispositionPeer: the routing peer owns the answer. Address records are
+	// what a DNS route exists for, and their answer programs the routes,
+	// allowed IPs and firewall sets, so they are never resolved anywhere else.
+	dispositionPeer disposition = iota
+	// dispositionPeerFirst: the peer's forwarder resolves the type, and the
+	// records may only exist inside the routed network, so it has to be asked.
+	// A peer running a client that predates that support cannot answer, which
+	// only its reply reveals.
+	dispositionPeerFirst
+	// dispositionChain: no forwarder resolves the type, so asking would cost a
+	// tunnel round trip for a reply that says nothing. Public records for the
+	// name are still better than none, so the query goes to the rest of the
+	// chain.
+	dispositionChain
+)
+
+func dispositionFor(qtype uint16) disposition {
+	switch {
+	case qtype == dns.TypeA || qtype == dns.TypeAAAA:
+		return dispositionPeer
+	case resutil.SupportedRecordQtype(qtype):
+		return dispositionPeerFirst
+	default:
+		return dispositionChain
+	}
+}
+
+// peerCannotAnswer reports whether a forwarder reply means the peer is unable to
+// resolve this query type, as opposed to having resolved it and found nothing.
+// A forwarder older than the one that learned to resolve non-address types
+// answers NOTIMP to all of them, before it even looks at the domain; FORMERR
+// covers one that cannot parse the EDNS0 we add to the query.
+//
+// REFUSED is deliberately not here. It says the peer does not hold the name,
+// which happens while the client and the peer disagree about the route set, and
+// falling through then would hand the name of an internal-only domain to a
+// public resolver. No forwarder version reports a missing record type that way.
+func peerCannotAnswer(rcode int) bool {
+	switch rcode {
+	case dns.RcodeNotImplemented, dns.RcodeFormatError:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 type DnsInterceptor struct {
 	mu                   sync.RWMutex
 	route                *route.Route
@@ -50,7 +104,7 @@ type DnsInterceptor struct {
 	currentPeerKey       string
 	interceptedDomains   domainMap
 	wgInterface          iface.WGIface
-	peerStore            *peerstore.Store
+	peerStore            peerAllowedIPs
 	firewall             firewall.Manager
 	fakeIPManager        *fakeip.Manager
 	forwarderPort        *atomic.Uint32
@@ -226,11 +280,14 @@ func (d *DnsInterceptor) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// All query types for an intercepted domain are forwarded to the peer's
-	// DNS forwarder, which owns the name. Falling through to the system
-	// resolver would let it answer NXDOMAIN for a name it isn't authoritative
-	// for, poisoning the whole name (including the A/AAAA records the route
-	// does serve). The forwarder answers NODATA for types it cannot resolve.
+	qtype := r.Question[0].Qtype
+	dispose := dispositionFor(qtype)
+
+	if dispose == dispositionChain {
+		d.deferToChain(w, r, logger, "unsupported-qtype")
+		return
+	}
+
 	d.mu.RLock()
 	peerKey := d.currentPeerKey
 	d.mu.RUnlock()
@@ -246,35 +303,32 @@ func (d *DnsInterceptor) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if r.Extra == nil {
-		r.MsgHdr.AuthenticatedData = true
-	}
-
-	// Advertise EDNS0 to the forwarder so it may return an Extended DNS Error
-	// describing why a lookup failed. The OPT is stripped from the reply when
-	// the original client did not request EDNS0.
-	hadEdns := r.IsEdns0() != nil
-	if !hadEdns {
-		r.SetEdns0(dns.DefaultMsgSize, false)
-	}
+	query, hadEdns := peerQuery(r)
 
 	upstream := net.JoinHostPort(upstreamIP.String(), strconv.FormatUint(uint64(d.forwarderPort.Load()), 10))
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), dnsTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	reply := d.queryUpstreamDNS(ctx, w, r, upstream, upstreamIP, peerKey, logger)
+	reply := d.queryUpstreamDNS(ctx, w, query, upstream, upstreamIP, peerKey, logger)
 	if reply == nil {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// The peer owns the name but its forwarder cannot resolve this type. No
+	// capability is announced anywhere, so the round trip above is the probe.
+	if dispose == dispositionPeerFirst && peerCannotAnswer(reply.Rcode) {
+		d.deferToChain(w, r, logger, "peer-rcode-"+dns.RcodeToString[reply.Rcode])
+		return
+	}
+
 	if ede, ok := resutil.ExtractEDE(reply); ok {
-		resutil.SetMeta(w, "ede", fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", ede.InfoCode, ede.ExtraText))
+		resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyEDE, fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", ede.InfoCode, ede.ExtraText))
 	}
 	if !hadEdns {
 		resutil.StripOPT(reply)
 	}
 
-	resutil.SetMeta(w, "peer", peerKey)
+	resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyPeer, peerKey)
 
 	reply.Id = r.Id
 	if err := d.writeMsg(w, reply, logger); err != nil {
@@ -282,6 +336,30 @@ func (d *DnsInterceptor) ServeDNS(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) {
 	}
 }
 
+// deferToChain hands the query to the next handler in the chain and asks the
+// chain to soften the negative verdict of whatever answers instead. The
+// resolvers below cannot prove a name inside the routed network absent, so their
+// NXDOMAIN must not reach the client: it would be cached for the name and every
+// type under it, taking the addresses this route does serve with it.
+func (d *DnsInterceptor) deferToChain(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, logger *log.Entry, reason string) {
+	logger.Tracef("continuing to next handler for domain=%s type=%s reason=%s",
+		r.Question[0].Name, dns.TypeToString[r.Question[0].Qtype], reason)
+
+	resutil.RequestSoftNegative(w)
+	// Carried to the chain's response log line: without it the answer looks like
+	// it came from the fallthrough resolver on its own.
+	resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyDeferredBy, "dns-route")
+	resutil.SetMeta(w, resutil.MetaKeyDeferredReason, reason)
+
+	resp := new(dns.Msg)
+	resp.SetRcode(r, dns.RcodeNameError)
+	// Set Zero bit to signal handler chain to continue
+	resp.MsgHdr.Zero = true
+	if err := w.WriteMsg(resp); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("failed writing DNS continue response: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func (d *DnsInterceptor) writeDNSError(w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg, logger *log.Entry, reason string) {
 	logger.Warnf("failed to query upstream for domain=%s: %s", r.Question[0].Name, reason)
 
@@ -621,3 +699,26 @@ func (d *DnsInterceptor) debugPeerTimeout(peerIP netip.Addr, peerKey string) str
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf(" (peer %s)", nbdns.FormatPeerStatus(&peerState))
 }
+
+// peerQuery builds the query sent to a peer's DNS forwarder and reports whether
+// the client itself advertised EDNS0. EDNS0 is added so the forwarder can return
+// an Extended DNS Error describing an upstream failure, and the OPT is stripped
+// from the reply again when the client did not ask for it. The client's message
+// is left untouched: it may still be handed to the next handler in the chain,
+// and neither the OPT nor the AD bit is ours to put on the wire on its behalf.
+func peerQuery(r *dns.Msg) (query *dns.Msg, hadEdns bool) {
+	query = r.Copy()
+	hadEdns = query.IsEdns0() != nil
+
+	// AD tells the forwarder we understand authenticated data. Only set when the
+	// client sent no additional section of its own, so we never overrule what it
+	// asked for.
+	if len(query.Extra) == 0 {
+		query.MsgHdr.AuthenticatedData = true
+	}
+	if !hadEdns {
+		query.SetEdns0(dns.DefaultMsgSize, false)
+	}
+
+	return query, hadEdns
+}

client/internal/routemanager/dnsinterceptor/handler_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,399 @@
+package dnsinterceptor
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun/netstack"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/resutil"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns/test"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
+)
+
+// softNegativeWriter records what the handler told the chain: whether to soften
+// a negative verdict from the handlers it defers to, and the metadata that ends
+// up on the chain's response log line.
+type softNegativeWriter struct {
+	test.MockResponseWriter
+	softNegative bool
+	meta         map[resutil.MetaKey]string
+}
+
+func (w *softNegativeWriter) RequestSoftNegative() { w.softNegative = true }
+
+func (w *softNegativeWriter) RequestID() string { return "test" }
+
+func (w *softNegativeWriter) SetMeta(key resutil.MetaKey, value string) {
+	if w.meta == nil {
+		w.meta = make(map[resutil.MetaKey]string)
+	}
+	w.meta[key] = value
+}
+
+// TestServeDNS_QtypeTheForwarderCannotResolve covers the record types no DNS
+// forwarder can answer, because the host resolver exposes no API for them.
+// Asking the peer only burns a tunnel round trip, so the query goes straight to
+// the rest of the chain. No peer key is configured, proving no round trip is
+// attempted.
+func TestServeDNS_QtypeTheForwarderCannotResolve(t *testing.T) {
+	qtypes := []uint16{
+		dns.TypeHTTPS,
+		dns.TypeSVCB,
+		dns.TypeCAA,
+		dns.TypeNAPTR,
+		dns.TypeTLSA,
+		dns.TypeSOA,
+	}
+
+	for _, qtype := range qtypes {
+		t.Run(dns.TypeToString[qtype], func(t *testing.T) {
+			d := &DnsInterceptor{}
+			w := &softNegativeWriter{}
+
+			r := new(dns.Msg)
+			r.SetQuestion("db.example.com.", qtype)
+
+			d.ServeDNS(w, r)
+
+			resp := w.GetLastResponse()
+			require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must be written")
+			assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeNameError, resp.Rcode, "chain continuation is signalled as NXDOMAIN")
+			assert.True(t, resp.MsgHdr.Zero, "Zero bit must be set so the chain continues")
+			assert.True(t, w.softNegative,
+				"a downstream NXDOMAIN must be softened, or the fallthrough poisons the routed name")
+			assert.Equal(t, "dns-route", w.meta[resutil.MetaKeyDeferredBy],
+				"the chain's response log line must name us as the handler that stepped aside")
+			assert.Equal(t, "unsupported-qtype", w.meta[resutil.MetaKeyDeferredReason],
+				"the reason must survive to the log line, or the fallthrough is invisible")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestServeDNS_AddressQtypeNeverFallsThrough locks in the opposite case: A and
+// AAAA are what the route exists for, and the peer is authoritative for them.
+// A missing peer is an error the client must see, never a fallthrough to a
+// resolver that knows nothing about the routed name.
+func TestServeDNS_AddressQtypeNeverFallsThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, qtype := range []uint16{dns.TypeA, dns.TypeAAAA} {
+		t.Run(dns.TypeToString[qtype], func(t *testing.T) {
+			d := &DnsInterceptor{}
+			w := &softNegativeWriter{}
+
+			r := new(dns.Msg)
+			r.SetQuestion("db.example.com.", qtype)
+
+			d.ServeDNS(w, r)
+
+			resp := w.GetLastResponse()
+			require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must be written")
+			assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeServerFailure, resp.Rcode, "an unusable route must fail, not fall through")
+			assert.False(t, resp.MsgHdr.Zero, "the chain must not continue for address queries")
+			assert.False(t, w.softNegative, "no fallthrough means nothing to soften")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDispositionFor pins the query-type policy, and ties the types we ask a
+// peer about to the types a forwarder can actually resolve, so the two ends
+// cannot drift apart.
+func TestDispositionFor(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		qtype uint16
+		want  disposition
+	}{
+		{dns.TypeA, dispositionPeer},
+		{dns.TypeAAAA, dispositionPeer},
+		{dns.TypeMX, dispositionPeerFirst},
+		{dns.TypeTXT, dispositionPeerFirst},
+		{dns.TypeNS, dispositionPeerFirst},
+		{dns.TypeSRV, dispositionPeerFirst},
+		{dns.TypeCNAME, dispositionPeerFirst},
+		{dns.TypePTR, dispositionPeerFirst},
+		{dns.TypeHTTPS, dispositionChain},
+		{dns.TypeSVCB, dispositionChain},
+		{dns.TypeCAA, dispositionChain},
+		{dns.TypeNAPTR, dispositionChain},
+		{dns.TypeTLSA, dispositionChain},
+		{dns.TypeDS, dispositionChain},
+		{dns.TypeDNSKEY, dispositionChain},
+		{dns.TypeSOA, dispositionChain},
+		{dns.TypeANY, dispositionChain},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(dns.TypeToString[tt.qtype], func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, dispositionFor(tt.qtype), "disposition for %s", dns.TypeToString[tt.qtype])
+
+			// Address types are resolved by the forwarder's address path, not by
+			// its record path, so they are deliberately outside
+			// SupportedRecordQtype and their disposition does not depend on it.
+			if tt.want == dispositionPeer {
+				assert.False(t, resutil.SupportedRecordQtype(tt.qtype),
+					"address types take the forwarder's address path")
+				return
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want == dispositionPeerFirst, resutil.SupportedRecordQtype(tt.qtype),
+				"only types a forwarder resolves may be sent to a peer")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPeerCannotAnswer separates a peer that cannot resolve a type from one that
+// resolved it and found nothing. Only the former may be retried elsewhere:
+// treating NODATA or NXDOMAIN as a capability failure would send the client to a
+// public resolver behind the peer's back and prefer a public record over the
+// private one the route exists to reach.
+func TestPeerCannotAnswer(t *testing.T) {
+	cannot := []int{dns.RcodeNotImplemented, dns.RcodeFormatError}
+	for _, rcode := range cannot {
+		assert.True(t, peerCannotAnswer(rcode), "%s means the peer cannot answer", dns.RcodeToString[rcode])
+	}
+
+	// REFUSED belongs here, not above: it says the peer does not hold the name,
+	// so retrying elsewhere would leak the name of an internal-only domain to a
+	// public resolver. No forwarder version reports a missing record type this
+	// way, so nothing is lost by keeping it out.
+	can := []int{
+		dns.RcodeSuccess,
+		dns.RcodeNameError,
+		dns.RcodeServerFailure,
+		dns.RcodeNotAuth,
+		dns.RcodeRefused,
+	}
+	for _, rcode := range can {
+		assert.False(t, peerCannotAnswer(rcode), "%s is the peer's answer, not a capability failure", dns.RcodeToString[rcode])
+	}
+}
+
+// fakeWGIface is the minimum an interceptor needs to reach a peer's DNS
+// forwarder over a plain socket. A nil netstack keeps the exchange on the host
+// stack so the test can point it at a loopback listener.
+type fakeWGIface struct{}
+
+func (fakeWGIface) AddAllowedIP(string, netip.Prefix) error    { return nil }
+func (fakeWGIface) RemoveAllowedIP(string, netip.Prefix) error { return nil }
+func (fakeWGIface) Name() string                               { return "wt0" }
+func (fakeWGIface) Address() wgaddr.Address                    { return wgaddr.Address{} }
+func (fakeWGIface) ToInterface() *net.Interface                { return nil }
+func (fakeWGIface) IsUserspaceBind() bool                      { return false }
+func (fakeWGIface) GetFilter() device.PacketFilter             { return nil }
+func (fakeWGIface) GetDevice() *device.FilteredDevice          { return nil }
+func (fakeWGIface) GetNet() *netstack.Net                      { return nil }
+
+// fakePeerIPs resolves every peer key to the loopback address the test's
+// forwarder stub listens on.
+type fakePeerIPs struct {
+	addr netip.Addr
+}
+
+func (p fakePeerIPs) AllowedIP(string) (netip.Addr, bool) { return p.addr, p.addr.IsValid() }
+
+// forwarderStub stands in for the DNS forwarder of a routing peer, recording
+// what it was asked and answering with a canned reply.
+type forwarderStub struct {
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	queries  []*dns.Msg
+	reply    func(q *dns.Msg) *dns.Msg
+	port     uint16
+	shutdown func()
+}
+
+func (s *forwarderStub) received() []*dns.Msg {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	return append([]*dns.Msg(nil), s.queries...)
+}
+
+func newForwarderStub(t *testing.T, reply func(q *dns.Msg) *dns.Msg) *forwarderStub {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	conn, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", net.UDPAddrFromAddrPort(netip.MustParseAddrPort("127.0.0.1:0")))
+	require.NoError(t, err, "listen for the forwarder stub")
+
+	stub := &forwarderStub{reply: reply}
+	stub.port = uint16(conn.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr).Port)
+
+	mux := dns.NewServeMux()
+	mux.HandleFunc(".", func(w dns.ResponseWriter, q *dns.Msg) {
+		stub.mu.Lock()
+		stub.queries = append(stub.queries, q.Copy())
+		stub.mu.Unlock()
+		_ = w.WriteMsg(stub.reply(q))
+	})
+
+	srv := &dns.Server{PacketConn: conn, Handler: mux}
+	started := make(chan struct{})
+	srv.NotifyStartedFunc = func() { close(started) }
+	go func() {
+		_ = srv.ActivateAndServe()
+	}()
+	select {
+	case <-started:
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("forwarder stub did not start")
+	}
+
+	stub.shutdown = func() { _ = srv.Shutdown() }
+	t.Cleanup(stub.shutdown)
+
+	return stub
+}
+
+func newTestInterceptor(t *testing.T, stub *forwarderStub) *DnsInterceptor {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	port := new(atomic.Uint32)
+	port.Store(uint32(stub.port))
+
+	return &DnsInterceptor{
+		route:              &route.Route{Domains: nil},
+		statusRecorder:     peer.NewRecorder("https://mgm"),
+		currentPeerKey:     "peer-key",
+		interceptedDomains: make(domainMap),
+		wgInterface:        fakeWGIface{},
+		peerStore:          fakePeerIPs{addr: netip.MustParseAddr("127.0.0.1")},
+		forwarderPort:      port,
+	}
+}
+
+// TestServeDNS_PeerCannotResolveQtype is the reported regression: a routing peer
+// running a client older than the one that taught the forwarder about non-address
+// record types answers NOTIMP for every SRV query, and the interceptor used to
+// hand that straight to the application, breaking SRV-based service discovery.
+// The client cannot know the peer's capability up front, so it must try the peer
+// and fall back to the chain when the peer says it cannot answer.
+func TestServeDNS_PeerCannotResolveQtype(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, rcode := range []int{dns.RcodeNotImplemented, dns.RcodeFormatError} {
+		t.Run(dns.RcodeToString[rcode], func(t *testing.T) {
+			stub := newForwarderStub(t, func(q *dns.Msg) *dns.Msg {
+				resp := new(dns.Msg)
+				resp.SetRcode(q, rcode)
+				return resp
+			})
+			d := newTestInterceptor(t, stub)
+			w := &softNegativeWriter{}
+
+			r := new(dns.Msg)
+			r.SetQuestion("_mongodb._tcp.db.example.com.", dns.TypeSRV)
+
+			d.ServeDNS(w, r)
+
+			require.Len(t, stub.received(), 1, "the peer must be asked before giving up on it")
+
+			resp := w.GetLastResponse()
+			require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must be written")
+			assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeNameError, resp.Rcode, "chain continuation is signalled as NXDOMAIN")
+			assert.True(t, resp.MsgHdr.Zero, "Zero bit must be set so the chain continues")
+			assert.True(t, w.softNegative, "the fallthrough must not be allowed to poison the routed name")
+			assert.Equal(t, "dns-route", w.meta[resutil.MetaKeyDeferredBy])
+			assert.Equal(t, "peer-rcode-"+dns.RcodeToString[rcode], w.meta[resutil.MetaKeyDeferredReason],
+				"the peer's verdict must be visible in the log, it is the only trace of the probe")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestServeDNS_PeerVerdictPassesThrough covers the replies that are the peer's
+// answer rather than a statement about its capability. The peer is authoritative
+// for a name routed to it, so its verdict reaches the client as it is: retrying
+// these elsewhere would send the name of an internal-only domain to a public
+// resolver and prefer whatever that resolver says over the route.
+func TestServeDNS_PeerVerdictPassesThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	// REFUSED means the peer does not consider the name routed to it, which
+	// happens while the client and the peer disagree about the route set. It is
+	// never how a peer reports a record type it cannot resolve: a forwarder too
+	// old for non-address types answers NOTIMP before it looks at the domain.
+	for _, rcode := range []int{dns.RcodeRefused, dns.RcodeNameError, dns.RcodeSuccess} {
+		t.Run(dns.RcodeToString[rcode], func(t *testing.T) {
+			stub := newForwarderStub(t, func(q *dns.Msg) *dns.Msg {
+				resp := new(dns.Msg)
+				resp.SetRcode(q, rcode)
+				return resp
+			})
+			d := newTestInterceptor(t, stub)
+			w := &softNegativeWriter{}
+
+			r := new(dns.Msg)
+			r.SetQuestion("_mongodb._tcp.db.example.com.", dns.TypeSRV)
+
+			d.ServeDNS(w, r)
+
+			require.Len(t, stub.received(), 1, "the peer must be asked exactly once")
+
+			resp := w.GetLastResponse()
+			require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must be written")
+			assert.Equal(t, rcode, resp.Rcode, "the peer's verdict must reach the client unchanged")
+			assert.False(t, resp.MsgHdr.Zero, "the chain must not continue past an answered query")
+			assert.False(t, w.softNegative, "nothing was deferred, so nothing may be softened")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestServeDNS_PeerResolvesQtype guards the common case: a peer that can answer
+// the type stays authoritative, and its records reach the client unchanged.
+func TestServeDNS_PeerResolvesQtype(t *testing.T) {
+	stub := newForwarderStub(t, func(q *dns.Msg) *dns.Msg {
+		resp := new(dns.Msg)
+		resp.SetReply(q)
+		resp.Answer = []dns.RR{&dns.SRV{
+			Hdr:    dns.RR_Header{Name: q.Question[0].Name, Rrtype: dns.TypeSRV, Class: dns.ClassINET, Ttl: 60},
+			Target: "shard-00.db.example.com.",
+			Port:   27017,
+		}}
+		return resp
+	})
+	d := newTestInterceptor(t, stub)
+	w := &softNegativeWriter{}
+
+	r := new(dns.Msg)
+	r.SetQuestion("_mongodb._tcp.db.example.com.", dns.TypeSRV)
+
+	d.ServeDNS(w, r)
+
+	resp := w.GetLastResponse()
+	require.NotNil(t, resp, "a response must be written")
+	assert.Equal(t, dns.RcodeSuccess, resp.Rcode)
+	require.Len(t, resp.Answer, 1, "the peer's records must pass through")
+	assert.False(t, resp.MsgHdr.Zero, "an answered query must not continue the chain")
+	assert.False(t, w.softNegative)
+}
+
+// TestServeDNS_DeferredQueryIsPristine covers what the fallthrough hands to the
+// next handler. The interceptor advertises EDNS0 to the peer so the forwarder can
+// return an Extended DNS Error, and sets AD, but neither belongs to the client's
+// query: on the deferred path they would travel to the public resolver and the
+// reply could come back carrying an OPT the client never advertised, which
+// RFC 6891 forbids us from passing on.
+func TestServeDNS_DeferredQueryIsPristine(t *testing.T) {
+	stub := newForwarderStub(t, func(q *dns.Msg) *dns.Msg {
+		resp := new(dns.Msg)
+		resp.SetRcode(q, dns.RcodeNotImplemented)
+		return resp
+	})
+	d := newTestInterceptor(t, stub)
+	w := &softNegativeWriter{}
+
+	r := new(dns.Msg)
+	r.SetQuestion("_mongodb._tcp.db.example.com.", dns.TypeSRV)
+
+	d.ServeDNS(w, r)
+
+	sent := stub.received()
+	require.Len(t, sent, 1)
+	assert.NotNil(t, sent[0].IsEdns0(), "the peer must be asked with EDNS0 so it can return an EDE")
+
+	assert.Nil(t, r.IsEdns0(), "the deferred query must not carry an OPT the client never sent")
+	assert.False(t, r.AuthenticatedData, "the deferred query must not carry an AD bit the client never set")
+	assert.Empty(t, r.Extra, "the deferred query must reach the next handler as the client sent it")
+}

client/internal/routemanager/dnsinterceptor/handler_windows_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package dnsinterceptor
+
+// GetInterfaceGUIDString completes iface.WGIface on Windows, which requires the
+// interface GUID for DNS registration.
+func (fakeWGIface) GetInterfaceGUIDString() (string, error) { return "", nil }

client/internal/routemanager/manager.go

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type Manager interface {
 	InitialRouteRange() []string
 	SetFirewall(firewall.Manager) error
 	SetDNSForwarderPort(port uint16)
+	ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs(peerKey string) error
 	Stop(stateManager *statemanager.Manager)
 }
 
@@ -232,6 +233,30 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) setupRefCounters(useNoop bool) {
 	)
 }
 
+// ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs re-applies every routed allowed IP currently tracked for the peer
+// onto the WireGuard device. The allowed-IP refcounter only calls its AddFunc (which pushes to
+// the device) on a prefix's 0->1 transition, so a peer whose device entry was rebuilt without a
+// matching refcounter change — e.g. a lazy connection cycling through idle->wake, which recreates
+// the WireGuard peer with the overlay /32 only — ends up missing routed prefixes the refcounter
+// still considers installed, and nothing retries. Calling this when the peer's WireGuard entry is
+// (re)created restores convergence. It is add-only and idempotent: AddAllowedIP is update-only, so
+// prefixes are re-added to an existing peer and an absent peer is left untouched.
+func (m *DefaultManager) ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs(peerKey string) error {
+	if m.allowedIPsRefCounter == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return m.allowedIPsRefCounter.ReapplyMatching(
+		func(out string) bool { return out == peerKey },
+		func(prefix netip.Prefix) error {
+			if err := m.wgInterface.AddAllowedIP(peerKey, prefix); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("add allowed IP %s for peer %s: %w", prefix, peerKey, err)
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	)
+}
+
 // Init sets up the routing
 func (m *DefaultManager) Init() error {
 	m.routeSelector = m.initSelector()

client/internal/routemanager/mock.go

@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ func (m *MockManager) SetFirewall(firewall.Manager) error {
 func (m *MockManager) SetDNSForwarderPort(port uint16) {
 }
 
+// ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs mock implementation of ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs from Manager interface
+func (m *MockManager) ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs(peerKey string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Stop mock implementation of Stop from Manager interface
 func (m *MockManager) Stop(stateManager *statemanager.Manager) {
 	if m.StopFunc != nil {

client/internal/routemanager/reconcile_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+//go:build !windows
+
+package routemanager
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun/netstack"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/device"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/iface/wgaddr"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter"
+)
+
+// reconcileWGMock is a minimal iface.WGIface that only records AddAllowedIP calls; every other
+// method is an inert stub because ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs exercises none of them.
+type reconcileWGMock struct {
+	mu   sync.Mutex
+	adds map[string][]netip.Prefix
+}
+
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) AddAllowedIP(peerKey string, allowedIP netip.Prefix) error {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+	if m.adds == nil {
+		m.adds = map[string][]netip.Prefix{}
+	}
+	m.adds[peerKey] = append(m.adds[peerKey], allowedIP)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) added(peerKey string) []netip.Prefix {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+	return m.adds[peerKey]
+}
+
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) RemoveAllowedIP(string, netip.Prefix) error { return nil }
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) Name() string                               { return "utun-test" }
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) Address() wgaddr.Address                    { return wgaddr.Address{} }
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) ToInterface() *net.Interface                { return nil }
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) IsUserspaceBind() bool                      { return false }
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) GetFilter() device.PacketFilter             { return nil }
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) GetDevice() *device.FilteredDevice          { return nil }
+func (m *reconcileWGMock) GetNet() *netstack.Net                      { return nil }
+
+// TestReconcilePeerAllowedIPs verifies the declarative reconcile re-applies every routed prefix
+// tracked for the peer (self-heal, independent of refcount level) and stays scoped to that peer.
+func TestReconcilePeerAllowedIPs(t *testing.T) {
+	wg := &reconcileWGMock{}
+	m := &DefaultManager{wgInterface: wg}
+	m.allowedIPsRefCounter = refcounter.New[netip.Prefix, string, string](
+		func(_ netip.Prefix, peerKey string) (string, error) { return peerKey, nil },
+		func(netip.Prefix, string) error { return nil },
+	)
+
+	peerA1 := netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/24")
+	peerA2 := netip.MustParsePrefix("10.1.0.0/24")
+	peerB1 := netip.MustParsePrefix("10.2.0.0/24")
+
+	for prefix, peer := range map[netip.Prefix]string{peerA1: "peerA", peerA2: "peerA", peerB1: "peerB"} {
+		_, err := m.allowedIPsRefCounter.Increment(prefix, peer)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+	// Extra reference: reconcile must still re-apply the prefix even though its refcount never
+	// hit 0 again (the exact case the plain incremental path skips).
+	_, err := m.allowedIPsRefCounter.Increment(peerA1, "peerA")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, m.ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs("peerA"))
+
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []netip.Prefix{peerA1, peerA2}, wg.added("peerA"),
+		"reconcile must re-apply all routed prefixes of the peer")
+	assert.Empty(t, wg.added("peerB"), "reconcile must not touch another peer's prefixes")
+}
+
+// TestReconcilePeerAllowedIPsNoCounter verifies reconcile is a safe no-op before the refcounter is
+// set up.
+func TestReconcilePeerAllowedIPsNoCounter(t *testing.T) {
+	wg := &reconcileWGMock{}
+	m := &DefaultManager{wgInterface: wg}
+
+	require.NoError(t, m.ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs("peerA"))
+	assert.Empty(t, wg.added("peerA"))
+}

client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/refcounter.go

@@ -94,6 +94,26 @@ func (rm *Counter[Key, I, O]) Get(key Key) (Ref[O], bool) {
 	return ref, ok
 }
 
+// ReapplyMatching calls apply for every key whose stored Out satisfies pred, holding the
+// counter lock for the whole pass. Running apply under the lock keeps it atomic with respect
+// to Increment/Decrement: a prefix dropped to zero is removed from the map (and had its
+// RemoveFunc called) before this pass observes it, so a stale key can never be re-applied.
+// pred and apply are invoked under the lock, so they must not call back into the counter.
+func (rm *Counter[Key, I, O]) ReapplyMatching(pred func(out O) bool, apply func(key Key) error) error {
+	rm.mu.Lock()
+	defer rm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	var merr *multierror.Error
+	for key, ref := range rm.refCountMap {
+		if pred(ref.Out) {
+			if err := apply(key); err != nil {
+				merr = multierror.Append(merr, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
+}
+
 // Increment increments the reference count for the given key.
 // If this is the first reference to the key, the AddFunc is called.
 func (rm *Counter[Key, I, O]) Increment(key Key, in I) (Ref[O], error) {

client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/refcounter_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package refcounter
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// TestReapplyMatching verifies ReapplyMatching invokes apply for exactly the keys whose stored
+// Out satisfies the predicate (no duplicates for multiply-referenced keys) — the primitive
+// ReconcilePeerAllowedIPs relies on to re-apply a single peer's routed prefixes.
+func TestReapplyMatching(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := New[netip.Prefix, string, string](
+		func(_ netip.Prefix, peerKey string) (string, error) { return peerKey, nil },
+		func(netip.Prefix, string) error { return nil },
+	)
+
+	peerA1 := netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/24")
+	peerA2 := netip.MustParsePrefix("10.1.0.0/24")
+	peerB1 := netip.MustParsePrefix("10.2.0.0/24")
+
+	for prefix, peer := range map[netip.Prefix]string{peerA1: "peerA", peerA2: "peerA", peerB1: "peerB"} {
+		_, err := rc.Increment(prefix, peer)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+	// a second reference must not make the key applied twice
+	_, err := rc.Increment(peerA1, "peerA")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var applied []netip.Prefix
+	err = rc.ReapplyMatching(
+		func(out string) bool { return out == "peerA" },
+		func(key netip.Prefix) error { applied = append(applied, key); return nil },
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []netip.Prefix{peerA1, peerA2}, applied)
+
+	var none []netip.Prefix
+	err = rc.ReapplyMatching(
+		func(out string) bool { return out == "missing" },
+		func(key netip.Prefix) error { none = append(none, key); return nil },
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, none)
+}

client/system/info.go

@@ -79,13 +79,15 @@ type Info struct {
 	EnableSSHLocalPortForwarding  bool
 	EnableSSHRemotePortForwarding bool
 	DisableSSHAuth                bool
+
+	SyncMessageVersion *int
 }
 
 func (i *Info) SetFlags(
 	rosenpassEnabled, rosenpassPermissive bool,
 	serverSSHAllowed *bool,
 	disableClientRoutes, disableServerRoutes,
-	disableDNS, disableFirewall, blockLANAccess, blockInbound, disableIPv6 bool,
+	disableDNS, disableFirewall, blockLANAccess, blockInbound, disableIPv6 bool, syncMessageVersion *int,
 	enableSSHRoot, enableSSHSFTP, enableSSHLocalPortForwarding, enableSSHRemotePortForwarding *bool,
 	disableSSHAuth *bool,
 ) {
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ func (i *Info) SetFlags(
 	i.BlockInbound = blockInbound
 	i.DisableIPv6 = disableIPv6
 
+	i.SyncMessageVersion = syncMessageVersion
+
 	if enableSSHRoot != nil {
 		i.EnableSSHRoot = *enableSSHRoot
 	}

combined/cmd/admin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter/hook"
+	admincmd "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/cmd/admin"
+	tokencmd "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/cmd/token"
+	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/activity"
+	activitystore "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/activity/store"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
+)
+
+// newAdminCommands creates the admin command tree with combined-specific resource openers.
+func newAdminCommands() *cobra.Command {
+	return admincmd.NewCommands(admincmd.Openers{
+		Resources: withAdminResources,
+		Store:     withAdminStoreOnly,
+		IDP:       withAdminIDPOnly,
+	})
+}
+
+func newLegacyTokenCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := tokencmd.NewCommands(tokencmd.StoreOpener(withAdminStoreOnly))
+	cmd.Deprecated = "use 'admin token' instead"
+	return cmd
+}
+
+// withAdminResources loads the combined YAML config, initializes stores, and calls fn.
+func withAdminResources(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, resources admincmd.Resources) error) error {
+	return withAdminConfig(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, cfg *CombinedConfig) error {
+		mgmtConfig, err := adminManagementConfig(cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		managementStore, err := openAdminStore(ctx, cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer admincmd.CloseStore(ctx, managementStore)
+
+		idpStorage, idpStorageFile, err := admincmd.OpenIDPStorage(mgmtConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer admincmd.CloseIDPStorage(idpStorage)
+
+		eventStore, esErr := openAdminEventStore(ctx, cfg, mgmtConfig)
+		if esErr != nil {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "Warning: audit events will not be recorded: %v\n", esErr)
+		}
+		if eventStore != nil {
+			defer func() {
+				if err := eventStore.Close(ctx); err != nil {
+					log.Debugf("close activity event store: %v", err)
+				}
+			}()
+		}
+
+		return fn(ctx, admincmd.Resources{Store: managementStore, IDPStorage: idpStorage, IDPStorageFile: idpStorageFile, EventStore: eventStore})
+	})
+}
+
+// withAdminStoreOnly opens only the management store for admin subcommands that do not
+// need embedded IdP storage.
+func withAdminStoreOnly(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) error) error {
+	return withAdminConfig(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, cfg *CombinedConfig) error {
+		managementStore, err := openAdminStore(ctx, cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer admincmd.CloseStore(ctx, managementStore)
+
+		return fn(ctx, managementStore)
+	})
+}
+
+func withAdminIDPOnly(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, storageFile string) error) error {
+	return withAdminConfig(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, cfg *CombinedConfig) error {
+		mgmtConfig, err := adminManagementConfig(cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		idpStorage, idpStorageFile, err := admincmd.OpenIDPStorage(mgmtConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer admincmd.CloseIDPStorage(idpStorage)
+
+		return fn(ctx, idpStorage, idpStorageFile)
+	})
+}
+
+func withAdminConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, cfg *CombinedConfig) error) error {
+	if err := util.InitLog("error", "console"); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("init log: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.WithValue(cmd.Context(), hook.ExecutionContextKey, hook.SystemSource) //nolint:staticcheck
+
+	cfg, err := LoadConfig(configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("load config: %w", err)
+	}
+	cfg.ApplyAdminDefaults()
+	applyServerStoreEnv(cfg.Server.Store)
+
+	return fn(ctx, cfg)
+}
+
+func adminManagementConfig(cfg *CombinedConfig) (*nbconfig.Config, error) {
+	mgmtConfig, err := cfg.ToManagementConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create management config: %w", err)
+	}
+	return mgmtConfig, nil
+}
+
+func openAdminStore(ctx context.Context, cfg *CombinedConfig) (store.Store, error) {
+	managementStore, err := store.NewStore(ctx, types.Engine(cfg.Management.Store.Engine), cfg.Management.DataDir, nil, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create store: %w", err)
+	}
+	return managementStore, nil
+}
+
+func openAdminEventStore(ctx context.Context, cfg *CombinedConfig, config *nbconfig.Config) (activity.Store, error) {
+	if config.DataStoreEncryptionKey == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("data store encryption key is not configured")
+	}
+	if err := applyActivityStoreEnv(cfg.Server.ActivityStore); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("configure activity event store: %w", err)
+	}
+	eventStore, err := activitystore.NewSqlStore(ctx, config.Datadir, config.DataStoreEncryptionKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open activity event store: %w", err)
+	}
+	if eventStore == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open activity event store: returned nil store")
+	}
+	return eventStore, nil
+}

combined/cmd/admin_config_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
+)
+
+func TestApplyAdminDefaultsCopiesServerStoreWithoutExposedAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.Server.ExposedAddress = ""
+	cfg.Server.DataDir = "/srv/netbird"
+	cfg.Server.Store = StoreConfig{
+		Engine: "postgres",
+		DSN:    "postgres://user:pass@example.com/netbird",
+	}
+
+	cfg.ApplyAdminDefaults()
+
+	require.Equal(t, "/srv/netbird", cfg.Management.DataDir)
+	require.Equal(t, "postgres", cfg.Management.Store.Engine)
+	require.Equal(t, cfg.Server.Store.DSN, cfg.Management.Store.DSN)
+}
+
+func TestOpenAdminEventStoreMissingEncryptionKeyReturnsNilInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	eventStore, err := openAdminEventStore(context.Background(), &CombinedConfig{}, &nbconfig.Config{})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "encryption key")
+	require.Nil(t, eventStore)
+}
+
+func TestApplyServerStoreEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_POSTGRES_DSN", "")
+	t.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_MYSQL_DSN", "")
+	t.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_SQLITE_FILE", "")
+
+	applyServerStoreEnv(StoreConfig{Engine: "postgres", DSN: "postgres-dsn", File: "store.db"})
+	require.Equal(t, "postgres-dsn", os.Getenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_POSTGRES_DSN"))
+	require.Equal(t, "store.db", os.Getenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_SQLITE_FILE"))
+
+	applyServerStoreEnv(StoreConfig{Engine: "mysql", DSN: "mysql-dsn"})
+	require.Equal(t, "mysql-dsn", os.Getenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_MYSQL_DSN"))
+}

combined/cmd/config.go

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"os"
-	"path"
-	"path/filepath"
+	filePath "path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -74,6 +73,9 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	ActivityStore           StoreConfig        `yaml:"activityStore"`
 	AuthStore               StoreConfig        `yaml:"authStore"`
 	ReverseProxy            ReverseProxyConfig `yaml:"reverseProxy"`
+
+	SupportedSyncMessageVersions           *int           `yaml:"supportedSyncMessageVersions,omitempty"`
+	PerAccountSupportedSyncMessageVersions map[string]int `yaml:"perAccountSupportedSyncMessageVersions,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // TLSConfig contains TLS/HTTPS settings
@@ -300,6 +302,19 @@ func (c *CombinedConfig) ApplySimplifiedDefaults() {
 	c.autoConfigureClientSettings(exposedProto, exposedHost, exposedHostPort, hasExternalStuns, hasExternalRelay, hasExternalSignal)
 }
 
+// ApplyAdminDefaults applies the management settings needed by admin commands even
+// when the full server config is invalid and ApplySimplifiedDefaults cannot run.
+func (c *CombinedConfig) ApplyAdminDefaults() {
+	if c.Management.DataDir == "" || c.Management.DataDir == "/var/lib/netbird/" {
+		c.Management.DataDir = c.Server.DataDir
+	}
+	if c.Management.Store.Engine == "" || c.Management.Store.Engine == "sqlite" {
+		if c.Server.Store.Engine != "" || c.Server.Store.File != "" || c.Server.Store.DSN != "" {
+			c.Management.Store = c.Server.Store
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // applyRelayDefaults configures the relay service if no external relay is configured.
 func (c *CombinedConfig) applyRelayDefaults(exposedProto, exposedHostPort string, hasExternalRelay, hasExternalStuns bool) {
 	if hasExternalRelay {
@@ -577,11 +592,11 @@ func (c *CombinedConfig) buildEmbeddedIdPConfig(mgmt ManagementConfig) (*idp.Emb
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("authStore.dsn is required when authStore.engine is postgres")
 		}
 	} else {
-		authStorageFile = path.Join(mgmt.DataDir, "idp.db")
+		authStorageFile = filePath.Join(mgmt.DataDir, "idp.db")
 		if c.Server.AuthStore.File != "" {
 			authStorageFile = c.Server.AuthStore.File
-			if !filepath.IsAbs(authStorageFile) {
-				authStorageFile = filepath.Join(mgmt.DataDir, authStorageFile)
+			if !filePath.IsAbs(authStorageFile) {
+				authStorageFile = filePath.Join(mgmt.DataDir, authStorageFile)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -696,16 +711,18 @@ func (c *CombinedConfig) ToManagementConfig() (*nbconfig.Config, error) {
 	httpConfig.AuthCallbackURL = callbackURL + types.ProxyCallbackEndpointFull
 
 	return &nbconfig.Config{
-		Stuns:                  stuns,
-		Relay:                  relayConfig,
-		Signal:                 signalConfig,
-		Datadir:                mgmt.DataDir,
-		DataStoreEncryptionKey: mgmt.Store.EncryptionKey,
-		HttpConfig:             httpConfig,
-		StoreConfig:            storeConfig,
-		ReverseProxy:           reverseProxy,
-		DisableDefaultPolicy:   mgmt.DisableDefaultPolicy,
-		EmbeddedIdP:            embeddedIdP,
+		Stuns:                              stuns,
+		Relay:                              relayConfig,
+		Signal:                             signalConfig,
+		Datadir:                            mgmt.DataDir,
+		DataStoreEncryptionKey:             mgmt.Store.EncryptionKey,
+		HttpConfig:                         httpConfig,
+		StoreConfig:                        storeConfig,
+		ReverseProxy:                       reverseProxy,
+		DisableDefaultPolicy:               mgmt.DisableDefaultPolicy,
+		EmbeddedIdP:                        embeddedIdP,
+		HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion: c.Server.SupportedSyncMessageVersions,
+		PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion: c.Server.PerAccountSupportedSyncMessageVersions,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -729,7 +746,7 @@ func ApplyEmbeddedIdPConfig(ctx context.Context, cfg *nbconfig.Config, mgmtPort
 		cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Type = "sqlite3"
 	}
 	if cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File == "" && cfg.Datadir != "" {
-		cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File = path.Join(cfg.Datadir, "idp.db")
+		cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File = filePath.Join(cfg.Datadir, "idp.db")
 	}
 
 	issuer := cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Issuer

combined/cmd/root.go

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	relayServer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/relay/server"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/relay/server/listener"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/relay/server/listener/ws"
+	syncgrpc "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/grpc"
 	sharedMetrics "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/metrics"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/relay/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/signal/proto"
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&configPath, "config", "c", "", "path to YAML configuration file (required)")
 	_ = rootCmd.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("config")
 
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(newTokenCommands())
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(newAdminCommands())
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(newLegacyTokenCommand())
 }
 
 func RootCmd() *cobra.Command {
@@ -122,6 +124,37 @@ func execute(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 }
 
 // initializeConfig loads and validates the configuration, then initializes logging.
+func applyServerStoreEnv(storeConfig StoreConfig) {
+	if dsn := storeConfig.DSN; dsn != "" {
+		switch strings.ToLower(storeConfig.Engine) {
+		case "postgres":
+			os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_POSTGRES_DSN", dsn)
+		case "mysql":
+			os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_MYSQL_DSN", dsn)
+		}
+	}
+	if file := storeConfig.File; file != "" {
+		os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_SQLITE_FILE", file)
+	}
+}
+
+func applyActivityStoreEnv(storeConfig StoreConfig) error {
+	if engine := storeConfig.Engine; engine != "" {
+		engineLower := strings.ToLower(engine)
+		if engineLower == "postgres" && storeConfig.DSN == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("activityStore.dsn is required when activityStore.engine is postgres")
+		}
+		os.Setenv("NB_ACTIVITY_EVENT_STORE_ENGINE", engineLower)
+		if dsn := storeConfig.DSN; dsn != "" {
+			os.Setenv("NB_ACTIVITY_EVENT_POSTGRES_DSN", dsn)
+		}
+	}
+	if file := storeConfig.File; file != "" {
+		os.Setenv("NB_ACTIVITY_EVENT_SQLITE_FILE", file)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func initializeConfig() error {
 	var err error
 	config, err = LoadConfig(configPath)
@@ -137,30 +170,10 @@ func initializeConfig() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize log: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if dsn := config.Server.Store.DSN; dsn != "" {
-		switch strings.ToLower(config.Server.Store.Engine) {
-		case "postgres":
-			os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_POSTGRES_DSN", dsn)
-		case "mysql":
-			os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_MYSQL_DSN", dsn)
-		}
-	}
-	if file := config.Server.Store.File; file != "" {
-		os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_SQLITE_FILE", file)
-	}
+	applyServerStoreEnv(config.Server.Store)
 
-	if engine := config.Server.ActivityStore.Engine; engine != "" {
-		engineLower := strings.ToLower(engine)
-		if engineLower == "postgres" && config.Server.ActivityStore.DSN == "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("activityStore.dsn is required when activityStore.engine is postgres")
-		}
-		os.Setenv("NB_ACTIVITY_EVENT_STORE_ENGINE", engineLower)
-		if dsn := config.Server.ActivityStore.DSN; dsn != "" {
-			os.Setenv("NB_ACTIVITY_EVENT_POSTGRES_DSN", dsn)
-		}
-	}
-	if file := config.Server.ActivityStore.File; file != "" {
-		os.Setenv("NB_ACTIVITY_EVENT_SQLITE_FILE", file)
+	if err := applyActivityStoreEnv(config.Server.ActivityStore); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("Starting combined NetBird server")
@@ -505,6 +518,16 @@ func createManagementServer(cfg *CombinedConfig, mgmtConfig *nbconfig.Config) (m
 	}
 	mgmtPort, _ := strconv.Atoi(portStr)
 
+	if err := syncgrpc.ValidateSyncMessageVersion(mgmtConfig.HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for accountId, version := range mgmtConfig.PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion {
+		if err := syncgrpc.ValidateSyncMessageVersion(&version); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized sync message version in perAccountSupportedSyncMessageVersions for account %s %w", accountId, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	mgmtSrv := newServer(
 		&mgmtServer.Config{
 			NbConfig:                mgmtConfig,

combined/cmd/token.go

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter/hook"
-	tokencmd "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/cmd/token"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
-)
-
-// newTokenCommands creates the token command tree with combined-specific store opener.
-func newTokenCommands() *cobra.Command {
-	return tokencmd.NewCommands(withTokenStore)
-}
-
-// withTokenStore loads the combined YAML config, initializes the store, and calls fn.
-func withTokenStore(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) error) error {
-	if err := util.InitLog("error", "console"); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("init log: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	ctx := context.WithValue(cmd.Context(), hook.ExecutionContextKey, hook.SystemSource) //nolint:staticcheck
-
-	cfg, err := LoadConfig(configPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("load config: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if dsn := cfg.Server.Store.DSN; dsn != "" {
-		switch strings.ToLower(cfg.Server.Store.Engine) {
-		case "postgres":
-			os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_POSTGRES_DSN", dsn)
-		case "mysql":
-			os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_MYSQL_DSN", dsn)
-		}
-	}
-	if file := cfg.Server.Store.File; file != "" {
-		os.Setenv("NB_STORE_ENGINE_SQLITE_FILE", file)
-	}
-
-	datadir := cfg.Management.DataDir
-	engine := types.Engine(cfg.Management.Store.Engine)
-
-	s, err := store.NewStore(ctx, engine, datadir, nil, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create store: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := s.Close(ctx); err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("close store: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	return fn(ctx, s)
-}

dns/nameserver.go

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ type NameServerGroup struct {
 	ID string `gorm:"primaryKey"`
 	// AccountID is a reference to Account that this object belongs
 	AccountID string `gorm:"index"`
+	PublicID  string `json:"-"`
 	// Name group name
 	Name string
 	// Description group description

e2e/agentnetwork/chat_test.go

@@ -9,25 +9,234 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
+	"gorm.io/gorm"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/e2e/harness"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/http/api"
 )
 
+// per1k is a model's published USD rates per 1k tokens. read is the prompt-cache read rate
+// (OpenAI: the cached-input discount rate); write is the cache-creation rate where one exists.
+type per1k struct{ in, out, read, write float64 }
+
+// publishedPer1k hardcodes the vendors' PUBLISHED rates for the models the live matrix can drive,
+// keyed by the normalized model id the proxy stamps. Deliberately independent of the proxy's
+// pricing table so a wrong embedded rate or a broken normalization fails the run.
+var publishedPer1k = map[string]per1k{
+	"gpt-4o-mini":                 {0.00015, 0.0006, 0.000075, 0},
+	"gpt-4o":                      {0.0025, 0.01, 0.00125, 0},
+	"claude-haiku-4-5":            {0.001, 0.005, 0.0001, 0.00125},
+	"claude-sonnet-4-5":           {0.003, 0.015, 0.0003, 0.00375},
+	"claude-sonnet-4-6":           {0.003, 0.015, 0.0003, 0.00375},
+	"kimi-k3":                     {0.003, 0.015, 0.0003, 0.003}, // no published write rate: bills at the input rate
+	"anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5":  {0.001, 0.005, 0.0001, 0.00125},
+	"anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5": {0.003, 0.015, 0.0003, 0.00375},
+	"anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6": {0.003, 0.015, 0.0003, 0.00375},
+}
+
+// rawCostVerificationSQL is the operator-facing double-check, run straight against the management
+// sqlite store: recompute each usage row's expected total and cache cost from its own persisted
+// token buckets and hardcoded published rates. OpenAI counts cached tokens as a subset of input;
+// Anthropic-shape providers count cache buckets additively.
+const rawCostVerificationSQL = `
+WITH rates(model, in_rate, out_rate, read_rate, write_rate) AS (
+  VALUES
+    ('gpt-4o-mini',                 0.00015, 0.0006, 0.000075, 0.0),
+    ('gpt-4o',                      0.0025,  0.01,   0.00125,  0.0),
+    ('claude-haiku-4-5',            0.001,   0.005,  0.0001,   0.00125),
+    ('claude-sonnet-4-5',           0.003,   0.015,  0.0003,   0.00375),
+    ('claude-sonnet-4-6',           0.003,   0.015,  0.0003,   0.00375),
+    ('kimi-k3',                     0.003,   0.015,  0.0003,   0.003),
+    ('anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5',  0.001,   0.005,  0.0001,   0.00125),
+    ('anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5', 0.003,   0.015,  0.0003,   0.00375),
+    ('anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6', 0.003,   0.015,  0.0003,   0.00375)
+)
+SELECT
+  u.provider,
+  u.model,
+  u.input_tokens,
+  u.output_tokens,
+  u.cached_input_tokens,
+  u.cache_creation_tokens,
+  u.input_cost_usd,
+  u.cached_input_cost_usd,
+  u.cache_creation_cost_usd,
+  u.output_cost_usd,
+  -- No cost_usd / cache_cost_usd columns are stored: both are derived from the
+  -- four per-bucket columns above, exactly as the API renders them.
+  (u.input_cost_usd + u.cached_input_cost_usd + u.cache_creation_cost_usd + u.output_cost_usd) AS cost_usd,
+  (u.cached_input_cost_usd + u.cache_creation_cost_usd) AS cache_cost_usd,
+  CASE WHEN u.provider = 'openai' THEN
+    (u.input_tokens - MIN(u.cached_input_tokens, u.input_tokens))*r.in_rate/1000.0
+  ELSE
+    u.input_tokens*r.in_rate/1000.0
+  END AS expected_input,
+  CASE WHEN u.provider = 'openai' THEN
+    MIN(u.cached_input_tokens, u.input_tokens)*r.read_rate/1000.0
+  ELSE
+    u.cached_input_tokens*r.read_rate/1000.0
+  END AS expected_cached_input,
+  CASE WHEN u.provider = 'openai' THEN
+    0.0
+  ELSE
+    u.cache_creation_tokens*r.write_rate/1000.0
+  END AS expected_cache_creation,
+  u.output_tokens*r.out_rate/1000.0 AS expected_output,
+  CASE WHEN u.provider = 'openai' THEN
+    (u.input_tokens - MIN(u.cached_input_tokens, u.input_tokens))*r.in_rate/1000.0
+      + MIN(u.cached_input_tokens, u.input_tokens)*r.read_rate/1000.0
+      + u.output_tokens*r.out_rate/1000.0
+  ELSE
+    u.input_tokens*r.in_rate/1000.0 + u.cached_input_tokens*r.read_rate/1000.0
+      + u.cache_creation_tokens*r.write_rate/1000.0 + u.output_tokens*r.out_rate/1000.0
+  END AS expected_total,
+  CASE WHEN u.provider = 'openai' THEN
+    MIN(u.cached_input_tokens, u.input_tokens)*r.read_rate/1000.0
+  ELSE
+    u.cached_input_tokens*r.read_rate/1000.0 + u.cache_creation_tokens*r.write_rate/1000.0
+  END AS expected_cache
+FROM agent_network_request_usage u
+JOIN rates r ON r.model = u.model
+ORDER BY u.timestamp`
+
+// verifyUsageRowsSQL re-checks every persisted usage row directly in the management sqlite store,
+// bypassing the API path — the same audit an operator can run on a production store.db.
+func verifyUsageRowsSQL(t *testing.T, srv *harness.Combined) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	dbPath, err := srv.SnapshotStoreDB(t.TempDir())
+	require.NoError(t, err, "snapshot management sqlite store")
+
+	db, err := gorm.Open(sqlite.Open(dbPath), &gorm.Config{})
+	require.NoError(t, err, "open store snapshot")
+	sqlDB, err := db.DB()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() { _ = sqlDB.Close() }()
+
+	rows, err := db.Raw(rawCostVerificationSQL).Rows()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "run raw cost verification query")
+	defer func() { _ = rows.Close() }()
+
+	verified := 0
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var provider, model string
+		var inTok, outTok, readTok, writeTok int64
+		var inCost, cachedInCost, cacheCreateCost, outCost, cost, cacheCost float64
+		var wantInput, wantCachedInput, wantCacheCreation, wantOutput, wantTotal, wantCache float64
+		require.NoError(t, rows.Scan(&provider, &model, &inTok, &outTok, &readTok, &writeTok,
+			&inCost, &cachedInCost, &cacheCreateCost, &outCost, &cost, &cacheCost,
+			&wantInput, &wantCachedInput, &wantCacheCreation, &wantOutput, &wantTotal, &wantCache), "scan usage row")
+		t.Logf("[sql] %s/%s: in=%d out=%d cache_read=%d cache_write=%d stored in/cached/create/out=$%.6f/$%.6f/$%.6f/$%.6f total=$%.6f cache=$%.6f expected total=$%.6f cache=$%.6f",
+			provider, model, inTok, outTok, readTok, writeTok,
+			inCost, cachedInCost, cacheCreateCost, outCost, cost, cacheCost, wantTotal, wantCache)
+		assert.InDeltaf(t, wantInput, inCost, 1e-6, "stored input_cost_usd for %s/%s must match the published-rate recompute", provider, model)
+		assert.InDeltaf(t, wantCachedInput, cachedInCost, 1e-6, "stored cached_input_cost_usd for %s/%s must match the published-rate recompute", provider, model)
+		assert.InDeltaf(t, wantCacheCreation, cacheCreateCost, 1e-6, "stored cache_creation_cost_usd for %s/%s must match the published-rate recompute", provider, model)
+		assert.InDeltaf(t, wantOutput, outCost, 1e-6, "stored output_cost_usd for %s/%s must match the published-rate recompute", provider, model)
+		assert.InDeltaf(t, wantTotal, cost, 1e-6, "derived cost_usd for %s/%s must match the published-rate recompute", provider, model)
+		assert.InDeltaf(t, wantCache, cacheCost, 1e-6, "derived cache_cost_usd for %s/%s must match the published-rate recompute", provider, model)
+		assert.InDeltaf(t, inCost+cachedInCost+cacheCreateCost+outCost, cost, 1e-9,
+			"stored buckets must sum to the derived cost_usd for %s/%s", provider, model)
+		verified++
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, rows.Err(), "iterate usage rows")
+	require.Positive(t, verified, "raw SQL check must cover at least one usage row")
+	t.Logf("[sql] verified %d usage rows in store.db against published rates", verified)
+
+	gwRows, err := db.Raw(`SELECT model,
+	  (input_cost_usd + cached_input_cost_usd + cache_creation_cost_usd + output_cost_usd) AS cost_usd
+	  FROM agent_network_request_usage WHERE model LIKE '%/%'`).Rows()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "query gateway-prefixed usage rows")
+	defer func() { _ = gwRows.Close() }()
+	for gwRows.Next() {
+		var model string
+		var cost float64
+		require.NoError(t, gwRows.Scan(&model, &cost), "scan gateway usage row")
+		t.Logf("[sql] gateway %s: stored=$%.6f (must be 0 — deliberately unpriced)", model, cost)
+		assert.Zerof(t, cost, "gateway-prefixed model %q must store cost 0, never a guessed rate", model)
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, gwRows.Err(), "iterate gateway usage rows")
+}
+
+// validateAccessLogCost recomputes a live access-log row's expected total and cache cost from the
+// published per-1k rates and the row's persisted token buckets, and asserts both stored values.
+// Gateway-prefixed model ids the proxy deliberately does not price must store cost 0.
+func validateAccessLogCost(t *testing.T, pc providerCase, row api.AgentNetworkAccessLog) {
+	t.Helper()
+	model := catalogModel(pc)
+	provider := ""
+	if row.Provider != nil {
+		provider = *row.Provider
+	}
+	t.Logf("[cost] %s: provider=%s model=%s in=%d out=%d total=%d cache_read=%d cache_write=%d cost=$%.6f cache_cost=$%.6f",
+		pc.name, provider, model, row.InputTokens, row.OutputTokens, row.TotalTokens,
+		row.CachedInputTokens, row.CacheCreationTokens, row.CostUsd, row.CacheCostUsd)
+
+	rates, known := publishedPer1k[model]
+	if !known {
+		if strings.Contains(model, "/") {
+			assert.Zerof(t, row.CostUsd, "gateway-prefixed model %q is not priced so the cost meter must skip (cost 0)", model)
+			return
+		}
+		t.Logf("[cost] %s: no published rate on file for model %q (env-overridden?); skipping cost validation", pc.name, model)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// input_tokens may legitimately be 0: Moonshot/Kimi reports fully cached prompts under the cache
+	// buckets only. Output and total must always be present on a priced row.
+	require.Positive(t, row.OutputTokens, "priced row must carry output tokens")
+	require.Positive(t, row.TotalTokens, "priced row must carry total tokens")
+
+	var wantInput, wantCachedInput, wantCacheCreation float64
+	if provider == "openai" {
+		cached := min(row.CachedInputTokens, row.InputTokens) // cached is a subset of input
+		wantInput = float64(row.InputTokens-cached) / 1000 * rates.in
+		wantCachedInput = float64(cached) / 1000 * rates.read
+		// OpenAI has no cache-write bucket; wantCacheCreation stays 0.
+	} else {
+		// Anthropic / Bedrock shape: cache buckets are additive to input_tokens.
+		wantInput = float64(row.InputTokens) / 1000 * rates.in
+		wantCachedInput = float64(row.CachedInputTokens) / 1000 * rates.read
+		wantCacheCreation = float64(row.CacheCreationTokens) / 1000 * rates.write
+	}
+	wantOutput := float64(row.OutputTokens) / 1000 * rates.out
+	wantCache := wantCachedInput + wantCacheCreation
+	wantTotal := wantInput + wantCache + wantOutput
+
+	t.Logf("[cost] %s: expecting input=$%.6f cached_input=$%.6f cache_creation=$%.6f output=$%.6f total=$%.6f cache=$%.6f from published rates",
+		pc.name, wantInput, wantCachedInput, wantCacheCreation, wantOutput, wantTotal, wantCache)
+	assert.InDeltaf(t, wantInput, row.InputCostUsd, 1e-6, "stored input_cost_usd for %s (%s)", pc.name, model)
+	assert.InDeltaf(t, wantCachedInput, row.CachedInputCostUsd, 1e-6, "stored cached_input_cost_usd for %s (%s)", pc.name, model)
+	assert.InDeltaf(t, wantCacheCreation, row.CacheCreationCostUsd, 1e-6, "stored cache_creation_cost_usd for %s (%s)", pc.name, model)
+	assert.InDeltaf(t, wantOutput, row.OutputCostUsd, 1e-6, "stored output_cost_usd for %s (%s)", pc.name, model)
+	assert.InDeltaf(t, wantTotal, row.CostUsd, 1e-6, "derived cost_usd for %s (%s)", pc.name, model)
+	assert.InDeltaf(t, wantCache, row.CacheCostUsd, 1e-6, "derived cache_cost_usd for %s (%s)", pc.name, model)
+
+	// The aggregates must be exactly the sum of the stored components, not an
+	// independently-computed figure that could drift from the breakdown.
+	assert.InDeltaf(t, row.InputCostUsd+row.CachedInputCostUsd+row.CacheCreationCostUsd+row.OutputCostUsd,
+		row.CostUsd, 1e-9, "stored buckets must sum to the derived cost_usd for %s (%s)", pc.name, model)
+	assert.InDeltaf(t, row.CachedInputCostUsd+row.CacheCreationCostUsd,
+		row.CacheCostUsd, 1e-9, "stored cache buckets must sum to the derived cache_cost_usd for %s (%s)", pc.name, model)
+}
+
 // providerCase is one entry in the live provider matrix. The same scenario runs
 // for every available provider; availability is keyed off env vars so the suite
 // covers whatever credentials are present (source ~/.llm-keys locally / set the
 // Actions secrets in CI).
 type providerCase struct {
-	name      string
-	catalogID string
-	upstream  string
-	apiKey    string
-	model     string // body model (chat/messages) or path model@version (vertex)
-	kind      string // harness.WireChat, harness.WireMessages, or harness.WireVertex
-	project   string // vertex only: GCP project for the rawPredict path
-	region    string // vertex only: GCP region for the rawPredict path
+	name       string
+	catalogID  string
+	upstream   string
+	apiKey     string
+	model      string // body model (chat/messages) or path model@version (vertex)
+	kind       string // harness.WireChat, harness.WireMessages, or harness.WireVertex
+	project    string // vertex only: GCP project for the rawPredict path
+	region     string // vertex only: GCP region for the rawPredict path
+	pathPrefix string // base-URL path prefix the agent carries (e.g. "/anthropic" for Kimi)
 }
 
 // availableProviders builds the matrix from the provider env vars that are set.
@@ -39,6 +248,24 @@ func availableProviders() []providerCase {
 	if k := os.Getenv("ANTHROPIC_TOKEN"); k != "" {
 		ps = append(ps, providerCase{name: "anthropic", catalogID: "anthropic_api", upstream: "https://api.anthropic.com", apiKey: k, model: "claude-haiku-4-5", kind: harness.WireMessages})
 	}
+	if k := os.Getenv("KIMI_TOKEN"); k != "" {
+		// Kimi (Moonshot AI) serves two body shapes from the same key: OpenAI
+		// Chat Completions on the bare host (/v1/...) and the Anthropic
+		// Messages API under the /anthropic path prefix (the endpoint
+		// Moonshot's Claude Code guide uses). The provider keeps the bare
+		// default upstream and the AGENT carries the /anthropic prefix in
+		// its base URL — exactly the documented Claude Code / Kimi CLI
+		// setup (ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://<endpoint>/anthropic) — so one
+		// provider serves both shapes and the prefix rides through to
+		// Moonshot. Run the Anthropic shape, the flagship Claude Code path;
+		// the OpenAI wire shape is covered live by the other chat-shaped
+		// matrix providers, and Kimi-over-chat passed with kimi-k3 before
+		// the single-model constraint surfaced (run #73 on the kimi feature
+		// branch). The platform serves this account exactly ONE model —
+		// kimi-k3 (kimi-k2-thinking and even kimi-latest return
+		// resource_not_found_error on both surfaces).
+		ps = append(ps, providerCase{name: "kimi", catalogID: "kimi_api", upstream: "https://api.moonshot.ai", apiKey: k, model: "kimi-k3", kind: harness.WireMessages, pathPrefix: "/anthropic"})
+	}
 	if k, u := os.Getenv("VERCEL_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("VERCEL_URL"); k != "" && u != "" {
 		ps = append(ps, providerCase{name: "vercel", catalogID: "vercel_ai_gateway", upstream: u, apiKey: k, model: "openai/gpt-4o-mini", kind: harness.WireChat})
 	}
@@ -84,14 +311,27 @@ func availableProviders() []providerCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Bedrock: path-routed, bearer auth. Model is a cross-region inference
-	// profile id (distinct string from the first-party Anthropic case).
+	// Bedrock: path-routed, bearer auth. Model is the FULL cross-region
+	// inference-profile id exactly as AWS issues it — region-family prefix
+	// plus the date/version suffix. A bare or wrong-region id makes Bedrock
+	// reject the request with "The provided model identifier is invalid"
+	// before any inference runs. The proxy normalizes this id to the catalog
+	// key (anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5) for routing/pricing/allowlists.
+	// Defaults pair eu-central-1 with the eu.* profile; AWS_REGION overrides
+	// the region and the prefix follows its family.
 	if k := os.Getenv("AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK"); k != "" {
 		region := os.Getenv("AWS_REGION")
 		if region == "" {
-			region = "us-east-1"
+			region = "eu-central-1"
 		}
-		ps = append(ps, providerCase{name: "bedrock", catalogID: "bedrock_api", upstream: "https://bedrock-runtime." + region + ".amazonaws.com", apiKey: k, model: "us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5", kind: harness.WireBedrock})
+		// A valid Bedrock inference-profile id, overridable per account (AWS_BEDROCK_MODEL, also the
+		// workflow's bedrock_model dispatch input). `global.` profiles work from any region. Defaults to
+		// Sonnet 4.6, whose id convention dropped the -YYYYMMDD-v1:0 suffix that Haiku 4.5 still carries.
+		model := os.Getenv("AWS_BEDROCK_MODEL")
+		if model == "" {
+			model = "global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6"
+		}
+		ps = append(ps, providerCase{name: "bedrock", catalogID: "bedrock_api", upstream: "https://bedrock-runtime." + region + ".amazonaws.com", apiKey: k, model: model, kind: harness.WireBedrock})
 	}
 	return ps
 }
@@ -108,8 +348,16 @@ func providerRequest(pc providerCase) api.AgentNetworkProviderRequest {
 		Enabled:     ptr(true),
 	}
 	if pc.kind != harness.WireVertex {
+		// The router matches the normalized catalog id. Bedrock's request model
+		// travels as a region-prefixed inference-profile id in the URL path
+		// (us.anthropic...), which the router strips before matching, so register
+		// the normalized form here or routing fails as model_not_routable.
+		modelID := pc.model
+		if pc.kind == harness.WireBedrock {
+			modelID = catalogModel(pc)
+		}
 		req.Models = &[]api.AgentNetworkProviderModel{
-			{Id: pc.model, InputPer1k: 0.001, OutputPer1k: 0.002},
+			{Id: modelID, InputPer1k: 0.001, OutputPer1k: 0.002},
 		}
 	}
 	return req
@@ -201,11 +449,12 @@ func TestProvidersMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = cl.Terminate(context.Background()) })
 
 	require.NoError(t, cl.WaitConnected(ctx, 90*time.Second), "client must connect to management")
+	// Probe first: the GET resolves the endpoint (DNS error fails) and its first packet wakes the lazy proxy peer, so WaitProxyPeer sees it connected; any HTTP status counts.
+	proxyIP, err := cl.ResolveProxyIP(ctx, settings.Endpoint)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "resolve agent-network endpoint to proxy IP")
 	if err := cl.WaitProxyPeer(ctx, 180*time.Second); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("client did not see the proxy peer: %v\n=== proxy logs ===\n%s", err, px.Logs(context.Background()))
 	}
-	proxyIP, err := cl.ResolveProxyIP(ctx, settings.Endpoint)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "resolve agent-network endpoint to proxy IP")
 
 	for _, pc := range matrix {
 		pc := pc
@@ -216,6 +465,10 @@ func TestProvidersMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 			// session id and confirm the marker propagated end-to-end.
 			sessionID := "e2e-session-" + pc.name
 
+			// A long-form prompt so completions carry realistic token counts for cost validation;
+			// max_tokens in the harness bodies (2048) lets the full answer through.
+			const matrixPrompt = "explain GitHub workflow in 1000 words"
+
 			// Retry briefly to absorb tunnel/DNS jitter on the first call.
 			var code int
 			var body string
@@ -226,11 +479,11 @@ func TestProvidersMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 				var cerr error
 				switch pc.kind {
 				case harness.WireVertex:
-					c, b, cerr = cl.Vertex(ctx, settings.Endpoint, proxyIP, pc.project, pc.region, pc.model, "Reply with exactly: pong", sessionID)
+					c, b, cerr = cl.Vertex(ctx, settings.Endpoint, proxyIP, pc.project, pc.region, pc.model, matrixPrompt, sessionID)
 				case harness.WireBedrock:
-					c, b, cerr = cl.Bedrock(ctx, settings.Endpoint, proxyIP, pc.model, "Reply with exactly: pong", sessionID)
+					c, b, cerr = cl.Bedrock(ctx, settings.Endpoint, proxyIP, pc.model, matrixPrompt, sessionID)
 				default:
-					c, b, cerr = cl.Chat(ctx, settings.Endpoint, proxyIP, pc.kind, pc.model, "Reply with exactly: pong", sessionID)
+					c, b, cerr = cl.ChatPrefixed(ctx, settings.Endpoint, proxyIP, pc.pathPrefix, pc.kind, pc.model, matrixPrompt, sessionID)
 				}
 				if cerr == nil {
 					code, body = c, b
@@ -249,6 +502,7 @@ func TestProvidersMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// The session id sent as x-session-id must round-trip into the
 			// access-log row for this provider.
+			var row api.AgentNetworkAccessLog
 			require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 				logs, lerr := srv.ListAccessLogs(ctx)
 				if lerr != nil {
@@ -256,11 +510,15 @@ func TestProvidersMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				for _, r := range logs.Data {
 					if r.SessionId != nil && *r.SessionId == sessionID {
+						row = r
 						return true
 					}
 				}
 				return false
 			}, 30*time.Second, 2*time.Second, "session id %q must be recorded in an access-log row for %s", sessionID, pc.name)
+
+			// Stored total and cache cost must match the published rates applied to the row's buckets.
+			validateAccessLogCost(t, pc, row)
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -281,4 +539,7 @@ func TestProvidersMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		return false
 	}, 60*time.Second, 3*time.Second, "consumption must be recorded with positive token counts after live traffic")
+
+	// Final raw-SQL audit: bypass the API and re-verify every persisted usage row in the store.
+	verifyUsageRowsSQL(t, srv)
 }

e2e/agentnetwork/guardrail_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package agentnetwork
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -15,13 +16,29 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/http/api"
 )
 
+// bedrockRegionPrefixes and bedrockVersionSuffix mirror the proxy's Bedrock
+// model normalization (region/inference-profile prefix + version suffix) so the
+// provider is registered under the same catalog key the router matches against.
+var (
+	bedrockRegionPrefixes = []string{"us.", "eu.", "apac.", "global."}
+	bedrockVersionSuffix  = regexp.MustCompile(`-(\d{8}-)?v\d+(:\d+)?$`)
+)
+
 // catalogModel returns the normalized catalog id the proxy stamps for a
-// path-routed provider's configured model — the form the guardrail allowlist is
-// compared against (region prefix / @version stripped).
+// path-routed provider's configured model — the form the router and guardrail
+// allowlist compare against (Bedrock region prefix + version stripped, Vertex
+// @version stripped).
 func catalogModel(pc providerCase) string {
 	switch pc.kind {
 	case harness.WireBedrock:
-		return strings.TrimPrefix(pc.model, "us.")
+		m := pc.model
+		for _, p := range bedrockRegionPrefixes {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(m, p) {
+				m = m[len(p):]
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		return bedrockVersionSuffix.ReplaceAllString(m, "")
 	case harness.WireVertex:
 		return strings.SplitN(pc.model, "@", 2)[0]
 	default:
@@ -35,7 +52,9 @@ func catalogModel(pc providerCase) string {
 func disallowedModel(pc providerCase) string {
 	switch pc.kind {
 	case harness.WireBedrock:
-		return "us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-8"
+		// Same profile prefix as the allowed model so only the model name
+		// differs; the guardrail must deny it before it reaches AWS.
+		return strings.SplitN(pc.model, ".", 2)[0] + ".anthropic.claude-opus-4-8"
 	case harness.WireVertex:
 		return "claude-opus-4-8@20250101"
 	default:
@@ -55,7 +74,7 @@ func sendModel(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cl *harness.Client, endpoint,
 	case harness.WireVertex:
 		code, _, err = cl.Vertex(ctx, endpoint, proxyIP, pc.project, pc.region, model, "Reply with exactly: pong", "")
 	default:
-		code, _, err = cl.Chat(ctx, endpoint, proxyIP, pc.kind, model, "Reply with exactly: pong", "")
+		code, _, err = cl.ChatPrefixed(ctx, endpoint, proxyIP, pc.pathPrefix, pc.kind, model, "Reply with exactly: pong", "")
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, err, "request must reach the proxy for %s", pc.name)
 	return code
@@ -147,11 +166,12 @@ func TestModelAllowlistEnforced(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = cl.Terminate(context.Background()) })
 
 	require.NoError(t, cl.WaitConnected(ctx, 90*time.Second), "client must connect to management")
+	// Probe first: the GET resolves the endpoint (DNS error fails) and its first packet wakes the lazy proxy peer, so WaitProxyPeer sees it connected; any HTTP status counts.
+	proxyIP, err := cl.ResolveProxyIP(ctx, settings.Endpoint)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "resolve agent-network endpoint to proxy IP")
 	if err := cl.WaitProxyPeer(ctx, 180*time.Second); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("client did not see the proxy peer: %v\n=== proxy logs ===\n%s", err, px.Logs(context.Background()))
 	}
-	proxyIP, err := cl.ResolveProxyIP(ctx, settings.Endpoint)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "resolve agent-network endpoint to proxy IP")
 
 	for _, pc := range providers {
 		pc := pc

e2e/agentnetwork/skiptls_test.go

@@ -104,11 +104,12 @@ func TestProviderSkipTLSVerification(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = cl.Terminate(context.Background()) })
 
 	require.NoError(t, cl.WaitConnected(ctx, 90*time.Second), "client must connect to management")
+	// Probe first: the GET resolves the endpoint (DNS error fails) and its first packet wakes the lazy proxy peer, so WaitProxyPeer sees it connected; any HTTP status counts.
+	proxyIP, err := cl.ResolveProxyIP(ctx, settings.Endpoint)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "resolve endpoint to proxy IP")
 	if err := cl.WaitProxyPeer(ctx, 180*time.Second); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("client did not see the proxy peer: %v\n=== proxy logs ===\n%s", err, px.Logs(context.Background()))
 	}
-	proxyIP, err := cl.ResolveProxyIP(ctx, settings.Endpoint)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "resolve endpoint to proxy IP")
 
 	// Positive: skip=true reaches the self-signed upstream. Retry to absorb
 	// tunnel/DNS jitter on the first call; success also proves the path works.

e2e/agentnetwork/vllm_test.go

@@ -106,11 +106,12 @@ func TestVLLMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = cl.Terminate(context.Background()) })
 
 	require.NoError(t, cl.WaitConnected(ctx, 90*time.Second), "client must connect to management")
+	// Probe first: the GET resolves the endpoint (DNS error fails) and its first packet wakes the lazy proxy peer, so WaitProxyPeer sees it connected; any HTTP status counts.
+	proxyIP, err := cl.ResolveProxyIP(ctx, settings.Endpoint)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "resolve endpoint to proxy IP")
 	if err := cl.WaitProxyPeer(ctx, 180*time.Second); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("client did not see the proxy peer: %v\n=== proxy logs ===\n%s", err, px.Logs(context.Background()))
 	}
-	proxyIP, err := cl.ResolveProxyIP(ctx, settings.Endpoint)
-	require.NoError(t, err, "resolve endpoint to proxy IP")
 
 	before, _ := srv.ListAccessLogs(ctx)
 	sessionID := "e2e-session-vllm"

e2e/harness/client.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package harness
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -167,22 +168,54 @@ func (cl *Client) pollStatus(ctx context.Context, timeout time.Duration, want st
 	return fmt.Errorf("timed out waiting for %q; last status:\n%s", want, last)
 }
 
-// ResolveProxyIP resolves the agent-network endpoint to the proxy peer's
-// NetBird IP from inside the client (via magic DNS).
+const (
+	// curlExitCouldNotResolve is curl's exit code for a DNS resolution failure, distinct from connection-level failures.
+	curlExitCouldNotResolve = 6
+	// dnsProbeRetryWindow bounds DNS-failure retries: the synthesized zone lands a beat after management connects, so early NXDOMAIN is propagation; a zone still absent after this window is a real failure.
+	dnsProbeRetryWindow   = 30 * time.Second
+	dnsProbeRetryInterval = 2 * time.Second
+)
+
+// ResolveProxyIP GETs https://<endpoint>/ from the client's netns: any HTTP status proves DNS + tunnel and wakes the lazy proxy peer; only DNS failures retry, within dnsProbeRetryWindow. Returns the connected IP for --resolve pinning.
 func (cl *Client) ResolveProxyIP(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) (string, error) {
-	code, reader, err := cl.container.Exec(ctx, []string{"getent", "hosts", endpoint}, tcexec.Multiplexed())
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+	args := []string{
+		"run", "--rm",
+		"--network", "container:" + cl.container.GetContainerID(),
+		curlImage,
+		"-ksS", "-o", "/dev/null",
+		"--connect-timeout", "30", "--max-time", "60",
+		"-w", "%{remote_ip}",
+		"https://" + endpoint + "/",
 	}
-	out, _ := io.ReadAll(reader)
-	if code != 0 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("getent hosts %s exited %d", endpoint, code)
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(dnsProbeRetryWindow)
+	for {
+		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "docker", args...)
+		var stdout, stderr strings.Builder
+		cmd.Stdout = &stdout
+		cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+		err := cmd.Run()
+		if err == nil {
+			ip := strings.TrimSpace(stdout.String())
+			if ip == "" {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("got an HTTP response from %s but no remote IP", endpoint)
+			}
+			return ip, nil
+		}
+
+		var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+		if !errors.As(err, &exitErr) || exitErr.ExitCode() != curlExitCouldNotResolve {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("no HTTP response from %s: %w (%s)", endpoint, err, strings.TrimSpace(stderr.String()))
+		}
+		dnsErr := fmt.Errorf("DNS resolution failed for %s: %s", endpoint, strings.TrimSpace(stderr.String()))
+		if time.Until(deadline) < dnsProbeRetryInterval {
+			return "", dnsErr
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("%w (%w)", dnsErr, ctx.Err())
+		case <-time.After(dnsProbeRetryInterval):
+		}
 	}
-	fields := strings.Fields(string(out))
-	if len(fields) == 0 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("no address for %s", endpoint)
-	}
-	return fields[0], nil
 }
 
 // Wire shapes for Chat.
@@ -206,18 +239,29 @@ const (
 // the wire shape: WireChat (OpenAI) or WireMessages (Anthropic). A non-empty
 // sessionID is sent as the universal x-session-id header the proxy records.
 func (cl *Client) Chat(ctx context.Context, endpoint, proxyIP, kind, model, prompt, sessionID string) (int, string, error) {
+	return cl.ChatPrefixed(ctx, endpoint, proxyIP, "", kind, model, prompt, sessionID)
+}
+
+// ChatPrefixed is Chat with a base-URL path prefix prepended to the wire
+// path, mirroring agents whose base URL carries a shape-selecting prefix that
+// rides through to the upstream — e.g. Claude Code against a Kimi provider
+// sets ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://<endpoint>/anthropic so the proxy forwards
+// /anthropic/v1/messages to Moonshot's Anthropic surface while the provider's
+// upstream URL stays the bare https://api.moonshot.ai. Empty prefix is plain
+// Chat.
+func (cl *Client) ChatPrefixed(ctx context.Context, endpoint, proxyIP, pathPrefix, kind, model, prompt, sessionID string) (int, string, error) {
 	var path, body string
 	var headers []string
 	switch kind {
 	case WireMessages:
 		path = "/v1/messages"
 		headers = []string{"anthropic-version: 2023-06-01"}
-		body = fmt.Sprintf(`{"model":%q,"max_tokens":64,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":%q}]}`, model, prompt)
+		body = fmt.Sprintf(`{"model":%q,"max_tokens":2048,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":%q}]}`, model, prompt)
 	default:
 		path = "/v1/chat/completions"
 		body = fmt.Sprintf(`{"model":%q,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":%q}]}`, model, prompt)
 	}
-	return cl.post(ctx, endpoint, proxyIP, path, body, withSessionID(headers, sessionID))
+	return cl.post(ctx, endpoint, proxyIP, pathPrefix+path, body, withSessionID(headers, sessionID))
 }
 
 // Vertex issues an Anthropic-on-Vertex rawPredict POST over the tunnel. Unlike
@@ -227,7 +271,7 @@ func (cl *Client) Chat(ctx context.Context, endpoint, proxyIP, kind, model, prom
 // is sent as the universal x-session-id header the proxy records.
 func (cl *Client) Vertex(ctx context.Context, endpoint, proxyIP, project, region, model, prompt, sessionID string) (int, string, error) {
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/v1/projects/%s/locations/%s/publishers/anthropic/models/%s:rawPredict", project, region, model)
-	body := fmt.Sprintf(`{"anthropic_version":"vertex-2023-10-16","max_tokens":64,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":%q}]}`, prompt)
+	body := fmt.Sprintf(`{"anthropic_version":"vertex-2023-10-16","max_tokens":2048,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":%q}]}`, prompt)
 	return cl.post(ctx, endpoint, proxyIP, path, body, withSessionID(nil, sessionID))
 }
 
@@ -238,7 +282,7 @@ func (cl *Client) Vertex(ctx context.Context, endpoint, proxyIP, project, region
 // header the proxy records.
 func (cl *Client) Bedrock(ctx context.Context, endpoint, proxyIP, model, prompt, sessionID string) (int, string, error) {
 	path := "/model/" + model + "/invoke"
-	body := fmt.Sprintf(`{"anthropic_version":"bedrock-2023-05-31","max_tokens":64,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":%q}]}`, prompt)
+	body := fmt.Sprintf(`{"anthropic_version":"bedrock-2023-05-31","max_tokens":2048,"messages":[{"role":"user","content":%q}]}`, prompt)
 	return cl.post(ctx, endpoint, proxyIP, path, body, withSessionID(nil, sessionID))
 }
 
@@ -297,7 +341,7 @@ func (cl *Client) Terminate(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return cl.container.Terminate(ctx)
 }
 
-// containerLogs reads up to 256 KiB of a container's logs for diagnostics.
+// containerLogs reads up to 4 MiB of a container's logs for diagnostics — enough for a whole provider-matrix run.
 func containerLogs(ctx context.Context, c testcontainers.Container) string {
 	if c == nil {
 		return ""
@@ -307,6 +351,6 @@ func containerLogs(ctx context.Context, c testcontainers.Container) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("<logs error: %v>", err)
 	}
 	defer r.Close()
-	b, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r, 256<<10))
+	b, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r, 4<<20))
 	return string(b)
 }

e2e/harness/combined.go

@@ -221,6 +221,29 @@ func (c *Combined) CreateProxyTokenCLI(ctx context.Context, name string) (string
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("token not found in CLI output: %s", string(out))
 }
 
+// SnapshotStoreDB copies the management sqlite store (with WAL/SHM sidecars) out of the bind-mounted
+// data dir into dstDir and returns the copy's path; reading a copy avoids locking against live writes.
+func (c *Combined) SnapshotStoreDB(dstDir string) (string, error) {
+	src := filepath.Join(c.workDir, "data", "store.db")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(src); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("management store not found at %s: %w", src, err)
+	}
+	dst := filepath.Join(dstDir, "store.db")
+	for _, suffix := range []string{"", "-wal", "-shm"} {
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(src + suffix)
+		if err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) && suffix != "" {
+				continue // sidecar only exists in WAL mode
+			}
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("read %s: %w", src+suffix, err)
+		}
+		if err := os.WriteFile(dst+suffix, data, 0o600); err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("write %s: %w", dst+suffix, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return dst, nil
+}
+
 // Logs returns the combined server container logs, for diagnostics.
 func (c *Combined) Logs(ctx context.Context) string {
 	return containerLogs(ctx, c.container)

idp/dex/config.go

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func (s *Storage) OpenStorage(logger *slog.Logger) (storage.Storage, error) {
 		if file == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("sqlite3 storage requires 'file' config")
 		}
-		return (&sql.SQLite3{File: file}).Open(logger)
+		return newSQLite3(file).Open(logger)
 	case "postgres":
 		dsn, _ := s.Config["dsn"].(string)
 		if dsn == "" {

idp/dex/provider.go

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/server"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/server/signer"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage"
-	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage/sql"
 	"github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPCAddr string
 }
 
-const localConnectorID = "local"
+const LocalConnectorID = "local"
 
 // Provider wraps a Dex server
 type Provider struct {
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ func NewProvider(ctx context.Context, config *Config) (*Provider, error) {
 
 	// Initialize SQLite storage
 	dbPath := filepath.Join(config.DataDir, "oidc.db")
-	sqliteConfig := &sql.SQLite3{File: dbPath}
+	sqliteConfig := newSQLite3(dbPath)
 	stor, err := sqliteConfig.Open(logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open storage: %w", err)
@@ -495,18 +494,60 @@ func (p *Provider) Storage() storage.Storage {
 	return p.storage
 }
 
+// SetClientsMFAChain updates the MFAChain field on OAuth2 clients in Dex storage.
+// Pass a non-empty slice (e.g. []string{"default-totp"}) to enable MFA, or nil to disable it.
+func SetClientsMFAChain(ctx context.Context, st storage.Storage, clientIDs []string, mfaChain []string) error {
+	previousChains := make(map[string][]string, len(clientIDs))
+	for _, clientID := range clientIDs {
+		client, err := st.GetClient(ctx, clientID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get client %s before MFA chain update: %w", clientID, err)
+		}
+		previousChains[clientID] = cloneMFAChain(client.MFAChain)
+	}
+
+	updatedClientIDs := make([]string, 0, len(clientIDs))
+	for _, clientID := range clientIDs {
+		if err := st.UpdateClient(ctx, clientID, func(old storage.Client) (storage.Client, error) {
+			old.MFAChain = cloneMFAChain(mfaChain)
+			return old, nil
+		}); err != nil {
+			if rollbackErr := rollbackClientsMFAChain(ctx, st, updatedClientIDs, previousChains); rollbackErr != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to update MFA chain on client %s: %w (also failed to roll back previous MFA chains: %v)", clientID, err, rollbackErr)
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to update MFA chain on client %s: %w", clientID, err)
+		}
+		updatedClientIDs = append(updatedClientIDs, clientID)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func rollbackClientsMFAChain(ctx context.Context, st storage.Storage, clientIDs []string, previousChains map[string][]string) error {
+	var rollbackErrs []error
+	for i := len(clientIDs) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		clientID := clientIDs[i]
+		previousChain := cloneMFAChain(previousChains[clientID])
+		if err := st.UpdateClient(ctx, clientID, func(old storage.Client) (storage.Client, error) {
+			old.MFAChain = previousChain
+			return old, nil
+		}); err != nil {
+			rollbackErrs = append(rollbackErrs, fmt.Errorf("client %s: %w", clientID, err))
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.Join(rollbackErrs...)
+}
+
+func cloneMFAChain(chain []string) []string {
+	if chain == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return append([]string(nil), chain...)
+}
+
 // SetClientsMFAChain updates the MFAChain field on the dashboard and CLI OAuth2 clients.
 // Pass a non-empty slice (e.g. []string{"default-totp"}) to enable MFA, or nil to disable it.
 func (p *Provider) SetClientsMFAChain(ctx context.Context, clientIDs []string, mfaChain []string) error {
-	for _, clientID := range clientIDs {
-		if err := p.storage.UpdateClient(ctx, clientID, func(old storage.Client) (storage.Client, error) {
-			old.MFAChain = mfaChain
-			return old, nil
-		}); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to update MFA chain on client %s: %w", clientID, err)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
+	return SetClientsMFAChain(ctx, p.storage, clientIDs, mfaChain)
 }
 
 // Handler returns the Dex server as an http.Handler for embedding in another server.
@@ -546,7 +587,7 @@ func (p *Provider) CreateUser(ctx context.Context, email, username, password str
 
 	// Encode the user ID in Dex's format: base64(protobuf{user_id, connector_id})
 	// This matches the format Dex uses in JWT tokens
-	encodedID := EncodeDexUserID(userID, localConnectorID)
+	encodedID := EncodeDexUserID(userID, LocalConnectorID)
 	return encodedID, nil
 }
 
@@ -625,7 +666,7 @@ func DecodeDexUserID(encodedID string) (userID, connectorID string, err error) {
 // local password connector.
 func IsLocalUserID(encodedID string) bool {
 	_, connectorID, err := DecodeDexUserID(encodedID)
-	return err == nil && connectorID == localConnectorID
+	return err == nil && connectorID == LocalConnectorID
 }
 
 // GetUser returns a user by email

idp/dex/provider_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package dex
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -11,11 +13,44 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage"
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage/memory"
 	sqllib "github.com/dexidp/dex/storage/sql"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+type updateFailingStorage struct {
+	storage.Storage
+	failClientID string
+}
+
+func (s *updateFailingStorage) UpdateClient(ctx context.Context, id string, updater func(storage.Client) (storage.Client, error)) error {
+	if id == s.failClientID {
+		return errors.New("forced update failure")
+	}
+	return s.Storage.UpdateClient(ctx, id, updater)
+}
+
+func TestSetClientsMFAChainRollsBackUpdatedClients(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := memory.New(slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+
+	require.NoError(t, st.CreateClient(ctx, storage.Client{ID: "client-1", MFAChain: []string{"old-1"}}))
+	require.NoError(t, st.CreateClient(ctx, storage.Client{ID: "client-2", MFAChain: []string{"old-2"}}))
+
+	err := SetClientsMFAChain(ctx, &updateFailingStorage{Storage: st, failClientID: "client-2"}, []string{"client-1", "client-2"}, []string{"new"})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "failed to update MFA chain on client client-2")
+
+	client1, err := st.GetClient(ctx, "client-1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"old-1"}, client1.MFAChain)
+
+	client2, err := st.GetClient(ctx, "client-2")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"old-2"}, client2.MFAChain)
+}
+
 func TestUserCreationFlow(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 

idp/dex/sqlite_cgo.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//go:build cgo
+
+package dex
+
+import (
+	sql "github.com/dexidp/dex/storage/sql"
+)
+
+// newSQLite3 builds the dex SQLite3 config. CGO builds use the upstream
+// struct that takes a File path. Non-CGO builds get an empty stub whose
+// Open() returns the dex "SQLite not available" error — correct behaviour
+// for binaries that can't link sqlite3 (e.g. cross-compiled ARM targets).
+func newSQLite3(file string) *sql.SQLite3 {
+	return &sql.SQLite3{File: file}
+}

idp/dex/sqlite_nocgo.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//go:build !cgo
+
+package dex
+
+import (
+	sql "github.com/dexidp/dex/storage/sql"
+)
+
+// newSQLite3 for non-CGO builds. The dex SQLite3 stub has no fields and its
+// Open() returns an error documenting the missing CGO support — correct
+// behaviour for cross-compiled artefacts that never actually run the
+// embedded IdP. The `file` argument is ignored.
+func newSQLite3(_ string) *sql.SQLite3 {
+	return &sql.SQLite3{}
+}

infrastructure_files/getting-started-enterprise.sh

@@ -234,9 +234,6 @@ init_environment() {
 
   NETBIRD_LICENSE_KEY=$(read_secret "Enter license key (input hidden)")
 
-  GHCR_USERNAME="netbirdExtAccess1"
-  GHCR_TOKEN=$(read_secret "Enter GHCR token (input hidden)")
-
   POSTGRES_USER="netbird"
   POSTGRES_DB="netbird"
   POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(rand_secret)
@@ -263,10 +260,6 @@ init_environment() {
   install -m 600 /dev/null config.yaml
   render_config_yaml >> config.yaml
 
-  echo "Logging in to ghcr.io ..."
-  printf '%s' "$GHCR_TOKEN" | docker login ghcr.io -u "$GHCR_USERNAME" --password-stdin
-  unset GHCR_TOKEN
-
   echo ""
   echo "Pulling images ..."
   $DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND pull

infrastructure_files/getting-started.sh

@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ start_services_and_show_instructions() {
       echo "Creating proxy access token..."
       # Use docker exec with bash to run the token command directly
       PROXY_TOKEN=$($DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND exec -T netbird-server \
-        /go/bin/netbird-server token create --name "default-proxy" --config /etc/netbird/config.yaml 2>/dev/null | grep "^Token:" | awk '{print $2}')
+        /go/bin/netbird-server admin token create --name "default-proxy" --config /etc/netbird/config.yaml 2>/dev/null | grep "^Token:" | awk '{print $2}')
 
       if [[ -z "$PROXY_TOKEN" ]]; then
         echo "ERROR: Failed to create proxy token. Check netbird-server logs." > /dev/stderr

infrastructure_files/migrate-to-enterprise.sh

@@ -490,8 +490,6 @@ init_migration() {
   echo ""
   echo "Step 1: Image swap (community → Enterprise). License key required."
   NB_LICENSE_KEY=$(read_secret "  License key")
-  GHCR_USERNAME="netbirdExtAccess1"
-  GHCR_TOKEN=$(read_secret "  GHCR token (input hidden)")
 
   # Step 2 — optional
   echo ""
@@ -588,11 +586,6 @@ apply_changes() {
     fi
   } >> "$ENV_FILE"
 
-  echo ""
-  echo "Logging in to ghcr.io ..."
-  printf '%s' "$GHCR_TOKEN" | docker login ghcr.io -u "$GHCR_USERNAME" --password-stdin
-  unset GHCR_TOKEN
-
   echo ""
   echo "Pulling enterprise images ..."
   $DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND pull

management/cmd/admin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter/hook"
+	admincmd "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/cmd/admin"
+	tokencmd "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/cmd/token"
+	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/activity"
+	activitystore "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/activity/store"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
+)
+
+var adminDatadir string
+
+// newAdminCommands creates the admin command tree with management-specific resource openers.
+func newAdminCommands() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := admincmd.NewCommands(admincmd.Openers{
+		Resources: withAdminResources,
+		Store:     withAdminStoreOnly,
+		IDP:       withAdminIDPOnly,
+	})
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&adminDatadir, "datadir", "", "Override the data directory from config (used for store.db and the default idp.db)")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func newLegacyTokenCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := tokencmd.NewCommands(tokencmd.StoreOpener(withAdminStoreOnly))
+	cmd.Deprecated = "use 'admin token' instead"
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&nbconfig.MgmtConfigPath, "config", defaultMgmtConfig, "Netbird config file location")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+// withAdminResources initializes logging, loads config, opens the management store
+// and embedded IdP storage, and calls fn.
+func withAdminResources(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, resources admincmd.Resources) error) error {
+	return withAdminConfig(cmd, true, func(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, datadir string) error {
+		managementStore, err := openAdminStore(ctx, config, datadir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer admincmd.CloseStore(ctx, managementStore)
+
+		idpStorage, idpStorageFile, err := admincmd.OpenIDPStorage(config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer admincmd.CloseIDPStorage(idpStorage)
+
+		eventStore, esErr := openAdminEventStore(ctx, config, datadir)
+		if esErr != nil {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "Warning: audit events will not be recorded: %v\n", esErr)
+		}
+		if eventStore != nil {
+			defer func() {
+				if err := eventStore.Close(ctx); err != nil {
+					log.Debugf("close activity event store: %v", err)
+				}
+			}()
+		}
+
+		return fn(ctx, admincmd.Resources{Store: managementStore, IDPStorage: idpStorage, IDPStorageFile: idpStorageFile, EventStore: eventStore})
+	})
+}
+
+// withAdminStoreOnly opens only the management store for admin subcommands that do not
+// need embedded IdP storage.
+func withAdminStoreOnly(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) error) error {
+	return withAdminConfig(cmd, false, func(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, datadir string) error {
+		managementStore, err := openAdminStore(ctx, config, datadir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer admincmd.CloseStore(ctx, managementStore)
+
+		return fn(ctx, managementStore)
+	})
+}
+
+func withAdminIDPOnly(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, storageFile string) error) error {
+	return withAdminConfig(cmd, true, func(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, _ string) error {
+		idpStorage, idpStorageFile, err := admincmd.OpenIDPStorage(config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer admincmd.CloseIDPStorage(idpStorage)
+
+		return fn(ctx, idpStorage, idpStorageFile)
+	})
+}
+
+func withAdminConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, applyIDPDefaults bool, fn func(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, datadir string) error) error {
+	if err := util.InitLog("error", "console"); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("init log: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.WithValue(cmd.Context(), hook.ExecutionContextKey, hook.SystemSource) //nolint:staticcheck
+
+	config, datadir, err := loadAdminMgmtConfig(ctx, applyIDPDefaults)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("load config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return fn(ctx, config, datadir)
+}
+
+func loadAdminMgmtConfig(ctx context.Context, applyIDPDefaults bool) (*nbconfig.Config, string, error) {
+	config := &nbconfig.Config{}
+	if _, err := util.ReadJsonWithEnvSub(nbconfig.MgmtConfigPath, config); err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+
+	if applyIDPDefaults {
+		if err := ApplyEmbeddedIdPConfig(ctx, config); err != nil {
+			return nil, "", err
+		}
+	}
+
+	datadir := config.Datadir
+	applyAdminDatadirOverride(config, &datadir)
+	return config, datadir, nil
+}
+
+func applyAdminDatadirOverride(config *nbconfig.Config, datadir *string) {
+	if adminDatadir == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	oldDatadir := *datadir
+	*datadir = adminDatadir
+	if config.EmbeddedIdP != nil && config.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Type == "sqlite3" && isDefaultIDPStorageFile(config.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File, oldDatadir) {
+		config.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File = filepath.Join(*datadir, "idp.db")
+	}
+}
+
+func isDefaultIDPStorageFile(file, datadir string) bool {
+	if file == "" {
+		return true
+	}
+	defaultFile := filepath.Join(datadir, "idp.db")
+	legacyDefaultFile := path.Join(datadir, "idp.db")
+	legacySlashDefaultFile := path.Join(filepath.ToSlash(datadir), "idp.db")
+	return filepath.Clean(file) == filepath.Clean(defaultFile) ||
+		file == legacyDefaultFile ||
+		filepath.ToSlash(file) == legacySlashDefaultFile
+}
+
+func openAdminStore(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, datadir string) (store.Store, error) {
+	managementStore, err := store.NewStore(ctx, config.StoreConfig.Engine, datadir, nil, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create store: %w", err)
+	}
+	return managementStore, nil
+}
+
+func openAdminEventStore(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, datadir string) (activity.Store, error) {
+	if config.DataStoreEncryptionKey == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("data store encryption key is not configured")
+	}
+	eventStore, err := activitystore.NewSqlStore(ctx, datadir, config.DataStoreEncryptionKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open activity event store: %w", err)
+	}
+	if eventStore == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open activity event store: returned nil store")
+	}
+	return eventStore, nil
+}

management/cmd/admin/admin.go

@@ -0,0 +1,577 @@
+// Package admincmd provides reusable cobra commands for self-hosted administrator helpers.
+// Both the management and combined binaries use these commands, each providing
+// their own opener to handle config loading and storage initialization.
+package admincmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter/hook"
+	nbdex "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/idp/dex"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/cmd/proxy"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/cmd/token"
+	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/activity"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/idp"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+)
+
+// Resources contains the storages required by the admin commands.
+type Resources struct {
+	Store          store.Store
+	IDPStorage     storage.Storage
+	IDPStorageFile string
+	EventStore     activity.Store
+}
+
+// Opener initializes command resources from the command context and calls fn.
+type Opener func(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, resources Resources) error) error
+
+// StoreOpener initializes only the management store from the command context and calls fn.
+type StoreOpener func(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) error) error
+
+// IDPOpener initializes only the embedded IdP storage from the command context and calls fn.
+type IDPOpener func(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, storageFile string) error) error
+
+// Openers contains the resource openers needed by the admin command tree.
+type Openers struct {
+	Resources Opener
+	Store     StoreOpener
+	IDP       IDPOpener
+}
+
+type userSelector struct {
+	email  string
+	userID string
+}
+
+func (s userSelector) normalized() userSelector {
+	return userSelector{
+		email:  strings.TrimSpace(s.email),
+		userID: strings.TrimSpace(s.userID),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s userSelector) validate() error {
+	s = s.normalized()
+	if (s.email == "") == (s.userID == "") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("provide exactly one of --email or --user-id")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// NewCommands creates the admin command tree with the given resource openers.
+func NewCommands(openers Openers) *cobra.Command {
+	adminCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "admin",
+		Short: "Self-hosted administrator helpers",
+		Long:  "Administrative helpers for self-hosted deployments using the embedded identity provider.",
+	}
+
+	userCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "user",
+		Short: "Manage local embedded IdP users",
+	}
+
+	var passwordSelector userSelector
+	var password string
+	var passwordFile string
+	passwordCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "change-password (--email email | --user-id id) (--password password | --password-file path)",
+		Aliases: []string{"set-password"},
+		Short:   "Change a local user's password",
+		Args:    cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			if err := passwordSelector.validate(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			newPassword, err := resolvePasswordInput(cmd, password, passwordFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return openers.IDP(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, storageFile string) error {
+				return runChangePassword(ctx, idpStorage, cmd.OutOrStdout(), passwordSelector, newPassword, storageFile)
+			})
+		},
+	}
+	addUserSelectorFlags(passwordCmd, &passwordSelector)
+	passwordCmd.Flags().StringVar(&password, "password", "", "New password for the user")
+	passwordCmd.Flags().StringVar(&passwordFile, "password-file", "", "Read new password from file ('-' for stdin)")
+
+	var resetSelector userSelector
+	resetMFACmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "reset-mfa (--email email | --user-id id)",
+		Short: "Reset a local user's MFA enrollment",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			if err := resetSelector.validate(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return openers.IDP(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, storageFile string) error {
+				return runResetMFA(ctx, idpStorage, cmd.OutOrStdout(), resetSelector, storageFile)
+			})
+		},
+	}
+	addUserSelectorFlags(resetMFACmd, &resetSelector)
+
+	userCmd.AddCommand(passwordCmd, resetMFACmd)
+
+	mfaCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "mfa",
+		Short: "Manage local MFA for embedded IdP users",
+	}
+
+	enableCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "enable",
+		Short: "Enable MFA for local embedded IdP users",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			return openers.Resources(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, resources Resources) error {
+				return runSetMFAEnabled(ctx, resources, cmd.OutOrStdout(), true)
+			})
+		},
+	}
+
+	disableCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "disable",
+		Short: "Disable MFA for local embedded IdP users",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			return openers.Resources(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, resources Resources) error {
+				return runSetMFAEnabled(ctx, resources, cmd.OutOrStdout(), false)
+			})
+		},
+	}
+
+	statusCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "status",
+		Short: "Show local MFA status",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			return openers.Resources(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, resources Resources) error {
+				return runMFAStatus(ctx, resources, cmd.OutOrStdout())
+			})
+		},
+	}
+
+	mfaCmd.AddCommand(enableCmd, disableCmd, statusCmd)
+	adminCmd.AddCommand(userCmd, mfaCmd)
+	if openers.Store != nil {
+		adminCmd.AddCommand(tokencmd.NewCommands(tokencmd.StoreOpener(openers.Store)))
+		adminCmd.AddCommand(proxycmd.NewCommands(proxycmd.StoreOpener(openers.Store)))
+	}
+	return adminCmd
+}
+
+// OpenEmbeddedIDPStorage opens the Dex storage configured for the embedded IdP.
+func OpenEmbeddedIDPStorage(cfg *idp.EmbeddedIdPConfig) (storage.Storage, error) {
+	if cfg == nil || !cfg.Enabled {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("admin commands require the embedded IdP to be enabled")
+	}
+
+	yamlConfig, err := cfg.ToYAMLConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("build embedded IdP config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
+	st, err := yamlConfig.Storage.OpenStorage(logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open embedded IdP storage: %w", err)
+	}
+	return st, nil
+}
+
+// CloseStore closes the management store and logs cleanup errors at debug level.
+func CloseStore(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) {
+	if s == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.Close(ctx); err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("close store: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// OpenIDPStorage opens embedded IdP storage and returns its sqlite file path when applicable.
+func OpenIDPStorage(config *nbconfig.Config) (storage.Storage, string, error) {
+	if config == nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("management config is required")
+	}
+	idpStorage, err := OpenEmbeddedIDPStorage(config.EmbeddedIdP)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	return idpStorage, embeddedIDPStorageFile(config), nil
+}
+
+func embeddedIDPStorageFile(config *nbconfig.Config) string {
+	if config.EmbeddedIdP == nil || config.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Type != "sqlite3" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return config.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File
+}
+
+// CloseIDPStorage closes embedded IdP storage and logs cleanup errors at debug level.
+func CloseIDPStorage(s storage.Storage) {
+	if s == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if err := s.Close(); err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("close embedded IdP storage: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func addUserSelectorFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, selector *userSelector) {
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&selector.email, "email", "", "User email")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&selector.userID, "user-id", "", "User ID")
+}
+
+func resolvePasswordInput(cmd *cobra.Command, password, passwordFile string) (string, error) {
+	if password != "" && passwordFile != "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("provide only one of --password or --password-file")
+	}
+	if passwordFile == "" {
+		return password, nil
+	}
+
+	var data []byte
+	var err error
+	if passwordFile == "-" {
+		data, err = io.ReadAll(cmd.InOrStdin())
+	} else {
+		data, err = os.ReadFile(passwordFile)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("read password: %w", err)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimRight(string(data), "\r\n"), nil
+}
+
+func runChangePassword(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, w io.Writer, selector userSelector, password string, idpStorageFile string) error {
+	if idpStorage == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("embedded IdP storage is required")
+	}
+	selector = selector.normalized()
+	if err := selector.validate(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if password == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("password is required")
+	}
+	if err := server.ValidatePassword(password); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid password: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	user, err := findLocalUser(ctx, idpStorage, selector, idpStorageFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	hash, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte(password), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("hash password: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := idpStorage.UpdatePassword(ctx, user.Email, func(old storage.Password) (storage.Password, error) {
+		old.Hash = hash
+		return old, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("update password for %s: %w", user.Email, err)
+	}
+
+	if err := deleteLocalAuthSession(ctx, idpStorage, user.UserID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "Password updated for %s.\n", user.Email)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runResetMFA(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, w io.Writer, selector userSelector, idpStorageFile string) error {
+	if idpStorage == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("embedded IdP storage is required")
+	}
+	selector = selector.normalized()
+	if err := selector.validate(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	user, err := findLocalUser(ctx, idpStorage, selector, idpStorageFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	reset := false
+	err = idpStorage.UpdateUserIdentity(ctx, user.UserID, idp.LocalConnectorID, func(old storage.UserIdentity) (storage.UserIdentity, error) {
+		reset = reset || len(old.MFASecrets) > 0 || len(old.WebAuthnCredentials) > 0
+		old.MFASecrets = map[string]*storage.MFASecret{}
+		old.WebAuthnCredentials = map[string][]storage.WebAuthnCredential{}
+		return old, nil
+	})
+	if errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) {
+		if err := deleteLocalAuthSession(ctx, idpStorage, user.UserID); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "No MFA enrollment found for %s.\n", user.Email)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("reset MFA for %s: %w", user.Email, err)
+	}
+
+	if err := deleteLocalAuthSession(ctx, idpStorage, user.UserID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if reset {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "MFA reset for %s. The user will re-enroll at next login.\n", user.Email)
+	} else {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "No MFA enrollment found for %s.\n", user.Email)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runSetMFAEnabled(ctx context.Context, resources Resources, w io.Writer, enabled bool) error {
+	if resources.Store == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("management store is required")
+	}
+	if resources.IDPStorage == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("embedded IdP storage is required")
+	}
+
+	accountID, settings, err := getSingleAccountSettings(ctx, resources.Store)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	oldEnabled := settings.LocalMfaEnabled
+	newSettings := settings.Copy()
+	newSettings.LocalMfaEnabled = enabled
+
+	if err := setIDPClientsMFA(ctx, resources.IDPStorage, enabled); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := resources.Store.SaveAccountSettings(ctx, accountID, newSettings); err != nil {
+		if rollbackErr := setIDPClientsMFA(ctx, resources.IDPStorage, oldEnabled); rollbackErr != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("save local MFA account setting: %w (also failed to roll back embedded IdP MFA state: %v)", err, rollbackErr)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("save local MFA account setting: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := storeMFAActivity(ctx, resources.EventStore, accountID, enabled); err != nil {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "Warning: failed to record audit event: %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	state := "disabled"
+	if enabled {
+		state = "enabled"
+	}
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "Local MFA %s.\n", state)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runMFAStatus(ctx context.Context, resources Resources, w io.Writer) error {
+	if resources.Store == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("management store is required")
+	}
+	if resources.IDPStorage == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("embedded IdP storage is required")
+	}
+
+	_, settings, err := getSingleAccountSettings(ctx, resources.Store)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	accountStatus := "disabled"
+	if settings.LocalMfaEnabled {
+		accountStatus = "enabled"
+	}
+
+	clientStatus, err := idpClientsMFAStatus(ctx, resources.IDPStorage)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "Account setting: %s\n", accountStatus)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "Embedded IdP clients: %s\n", clientStatus)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getSingleAccountSettings(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) (string, *types.Settings, error) {
+	count, err := s.GetAccountsCounter(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("count accounts: %w", err)
+	}
+	if count != 1 {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("expected exactly one account, got %d; local MFA is supported only in single-account embedded IdP deployments", count)
+	}
+
+	accountID, err := s.GetAnyAccountID(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("get account ID: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	settings, err := s.GetAccountSettings(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("get account settings: %w", err)
+	}
+	if settings == nil {
+		settings = &types.Settings{}
+	}
+	return accountID, settings, nil
+}
+
+func storeMFAActivity(ctx context.Context, eventStore activity.Store, accountID string, enabled bool) error {
+	if eventStore == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	event := activity.AccountLocalMfaDisabled
+	if enabled {
+		event = activity.AccountLocalMfaEnabled
+	}
+	_, err := eventStore.Save(ctx, &activity.Event{
+		Timestamp:   time.Now().UTC(),
+		Activity:    event,
+		InitiatorID: string(hook.SystemSource),
+		TargetID:    accountID,
+		AccountID:   accountID,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("save local MFA audit event: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func findLocalUser(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, selector userSelector, idpStorageFile string) (storage.Password, error) {
+	selector = selector.normalized()
+	if err := selector.validate(); err != nil {
+		return storage.Password{}, err
+	}
+
+	if selector.email != "" {
+		user, err := idpStorage.GetPassword(ctx, selector.email)
+		if errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) {
+			if empty, listErr := localUsersEmpty(ctx, idpStorage); listErr != nil {
+				return storage.Password{}, listErr
+			} else if empty {
+				return storage.Password{}, noLocalUsersError(idpStorageFile)
+			}
+			return storage.Password{}, fmt.Errorf("local user with email %q not found", selector.email)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return storage.Password{}, fmt.Errorf("get local user by email %q: %w", selector.email, err)
+		}
+		return user, nil
+	}
+
+	rawUserID := selector.userID
+	if decodedUserID, _, err := nbdex.DecodeDexUserID(selector.userID); err == nil && decodedUserID != "" {
+		rawUserID = decodedUserID
+	}
+
+	users, err := idpStorage.ListPasswords(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return storage.Password{}, fmt.Errorf("list local users: %w", err)
+	}
+	for _, user := range users {
+		if user.UserID == rawUserID || user.UserID == selector.userID {
+			return user, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(users) == 0 {
+		return storage.Password{}, noLocalUsersError(idpStorageFile)
+	}
+
+	return storage.Password{}, fmt.Errorf("local user with ID %q not found", selector.userID)
+}
+
+func localUsersEmpty(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage) (bool, error) {
+	users, err := idpStorage.ListPasswords(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("list local users: %w", err)
+	}
+	return len(users) == 0, nil
+}
+
+func noLocalUsersError(idpStorageFile string) error {
+	location := ""
+	if idpStorageFile != "" {
+		location = fmt.Sprintf(" (%s)", idpStorageFile)
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("no local users exist in the embedded IdP storage%s; the management server may never have started with this config, or --datadir points at the wrong location", location)
+}
+
+func deleteLocalAuthSession(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, userID string) error {
+	err := idpStorage.DeleteAuthSession(ctx, userID, idp.LocalConnectorID)
+	if err == nil || errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("delete local auth session for user %s: %w", userID, err)
+}
+
+func setIDPClientsMFA(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, enabled bool) error {
+	var mfaChain []string
+	if enabled {
+		mfaChain = []string{idp.DefaultTOTPAuthenticatorID}
+	}
+
+	clientIDs := []string{idp.StaticClientCLI, idp.StaticClientDashboard}
+	if err := nbdex.SetClientsMFAChain(ctx, idpStorage, clientIDs, mfaChain); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("embedded IdP client not found; start the management server once before toggling MFA: %w", err)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("update MFA chain on embedded IdP clients: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func idpClientsMFAStatus(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage) (string, error) {
+	clientIDs := []string{idp.StaticClientCLI, idp.StaticClientDashboard}
+	enabledCount := 0
+	for _, clientID := range clientIDs {
+		client, err := idpStorage.GetClient(ctx, clientID)
+		if errors.Is(err, storage.ErrNotFound) {
+			return "unknown", fmt.Errorf("embedded IdP client %q not found", clientID)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return "unknown", fmt.Errorf("get embedded IdP client %q: %w", clientID, err)
+		}
+		if hasAuthenticator(client.MFAChain, idp.DefaultTOTPAuthenticatorID) {
+			enabledCount++
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch enabledCount {
+	case 0:
+		return "disabled", nil
+	case len(clientIDs):
+		return "enabled", nil
+	default:
+		return "partially enabled", nil
+	}
+}
+
+func hasAuthenticator(chain []string, authenticatorID string) bool {
+	for _, id := range chain {
+		if id == authenticatorID {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

management/cmd/admin/admin_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+package admincmd
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage"
+	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage/memory"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
+
+	nbdex "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/idp/dex"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/idp"
+	mgmtstore "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+)
+
+func newTestIDPStorage(t *testing.T) storage.Storage {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	st := memory.New(slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	hash, err := bcrypt.GenerateFromPassword([]byte("OldPass1!"), bcrypt.DefaultCost)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, st.CreatePassword(context.Background(), storage.Password{
+		Email:    "user@example.com",
+		Username: "User",
+		UserID:   "user-1",
+		Hash:     hash,
+	}))
+	require.NoError(t, st.CreateUserIdentity(context.Background(), storage.UserIdentity{
+		UserID:      "user-1",
+		ConnectorID: idp.LocalConnectorID,
+		MFASecrets: map[string]*storage.MFASecret{
+			idp.DefaultTOTPAuthenticatorID: {
+				AuthenticatorID: idp.DefaultTOTPAuthenticatorID,
+				Type:            "TOTP",
+				Secret:          "otpauth://totp/NetBird:user@example.com?secret=ABC",
+				Confirmed:       true,
+				CreatedAt:       time.Now(),
+			},
+		},
+		WebAuthnCredentials: map[string][]storage.WebAuthnCredential{
+			"webauthn": {{CredentialID: []byte("credential")}},
+		},
+	}))
+	require.NoError(t, st.CreateAuthSession(context.Background(), storage.AuthSession{
+		UserID:      "user-1",
+		ConnectorID: idp.LocalConnectorID,
+		Nonce:       "nonce",
+	}))
+	require.NoError(t, st.CreateClient(context.Background(), storage.Client{ID: idp.StaticClientCLI, Name: "CLI"}))
+	require.NoError(t, st.CreateClient(context.Background(), storage.Client{ID: idp.StaticClientDashboard, Name: "Dashboard"}))
+
+	return st
+}
+
+func TestRunChangePassword(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := newTestIDPStorage(t)
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+
+	err := runChangePassword(ctx, st, &out, userSelector{email: "user@example.com"}, "NewPass1!", "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, out.String(), "Password updated")
+
+	user, err := st.GetPassword(ctx, "user@example.com")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, bcrypt.CompareHashAndPassword(user.Hash, []byte("NewPass1!")))
+
+	_, err = st.GetAuthSession(ctx, "user-1", idp.LocalConnectorID)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, storage.ErrNotFound)
+}
+
+func TestRunChangePasswordValidatesPassword(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestIDPStorage(t)
+	err := runChangePassword(context.Background(), st, io.Discard, userSelector{email: "user@example.com"}, "short", "")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "invalid password")
+}
+
+func TestRunResetMFA(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := newTestIDPStorage(t)
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+
+	encodedUserID := nbdex.EncodeDexUserID("user-1", idp.LocalConnectorID)
+	err := runResetMFA(ctx, st, &out, userSelector{userID: encodedUserID}, "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, out.String(), "MFA reset")
+
+	identity, err := st.GetUserIdentity(ctx, "user-1", idp.LocalConnectorID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Empty(t, identity.MFASecrets)
+	require.Empty(t, identity.WebAuthnCredentials)
+
+	_, err = st.GetAuthSession(ctx, "user-1", idp.LocalConnectorID)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, storage.ErrNotFound)
+}
+
+func TestRunResetMFAWithoutEnrollment(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := newTestIDPStorage(t)
+	require.NoError(t, st.UpdateUserIdentity(ctx, "user-1", idp.LocalConnectorID, func(old storage.UserIdentity) (storage.UserIdentity, error) {
+		old.MFASecrets = nil
+		old.WebAuthnCredentials = nil
+		return old, nil
+	}))
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	err := runResetMFA(ctx, st, &out, userSelector{email: "user@example.com"}, "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, out.String(), "No MFA enrollment found")
+}
+
+func TestSetIDPClientsMFA(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := newTestIDPStorage(t)
+
+	require.NoError(t, setIDPClientsMFA(ctx, st, true))
+	status, err := idpClientsMFAStatus(ctx, st)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "enabled", status)
+
+	require.NoError(t, setIDPClientsMFA(ctx, st, false))
+	status, err = idpClientsMFAStatus(ctx, st)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "disabled", status)
+}
+
+func newTestManagementStore(t *testing.T, localMFAEnabled bool) mgmtstore.Store {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st, err := mgmtstore.NewStore(ctx, types.SqliteStoreEngine, t.TempDir(), nil, false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, st.Close(ctx)) })
+	require.NoError(t, st.SaveAccount(ctx, &types.Account{
+		Id:       "account-1",
+		Settings: &types.Settings{LocalMfaEnabled: localMFAEnabled},
+	}))
+	return st
+}
+
+func TestRunSetMFAEnabledDoesNotSaveWhenIDPUpdateFails(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	managementStore := newTestManagementStore(t, false)
+	idpStorage := memory.New(slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+
+	err := runSetMFAEnabled(ctx, Resources{Store: managementStore, IDPStorage: idpStorage}, io.Discard, true)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "embedded IdP client")
+
+	settings, err := managementStore.GetAccountSettings(ctx, mgmtstore.LockingStrengthNone, "account-1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.False(t, settings.LocalMfaEnabled)
+}
+
+func TestRunSetMFAEnabledUpdatesSettingsAfterIDP(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	managementStore := newTestManagementStore(t, false)
+	idpStorage := newTestIDPStorage(t)
+
+	err := runSetMFAEnabled(ctx, Resources{Store: managementStore, IDPStorage: idpStorage}, io.Discard, true)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	settings, err := managementStore.GetAccountSettings(ctx, mgmtstore.LockingStrengthNone, "account-1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, settings.LocalMfaEnabled)
+	clientStatus, err := idpClientsMFAStatus(ctx, idpStorage)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "enabled", clientStatus)
+}
+
+func TestRunSetMFAEnabledSucceedsWithNilEventStore(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	managementStore := newTestManagementStore(t, false)
+	idpStorage := newTestIDPStorage(t)
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	var err error
+
+	require.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		err = runSetMFAEnabled(ctx, Resources{Store: managementStore, IDPStorage: idpStorage, EventStore: nil}, &out, true)
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, out.String(), "Local MFA enabled")
+
+	settings, err := managementStore.GetAccountSettings(ctx, mgmtstore.LockingStrengthNone, "account-1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, settings.LocalMfaEnabled)
+}
+
+func TestUserSelectorValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	require.NoError(t, userSelector{email: " user@example.com "}.validate())
+	require.NoError(t, userSelector{userID: "user-1"}.validate())
+	require.Error(t, userSelector{}.validate())
+	require.Error(t, userSelector{email: "user@example.com", userID: "user-1"}.validate())
+}
+
+func TestFindLocalUserNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestIDPStorage(t)
+	_, err := findLocalUser(context.Background(), st, userSelector{email: "missing@example.com"}, "")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found"))
+}
+
+func TestFindLocalUserZeroUsersIncludesStoragePath(t *testing.T) {
+	st := memory.New(slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
+	_, err := findLocalUser(context.Background(), st, userSelector{email: "missing@example.com"}, "/var/lib/netbird/idp.db")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "no local users exist")
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "/var/lib/netbird/idp.db")
+}
+
+func TestUserCommandValidatesSelectorBeforeOpeningStorage(t *testing.T) {
+	opened := false
+	cmd := NewCommands(Openers{
+		IDP: func(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, idpStorage storage.Storage, storageFile string) error) error {
+			opened = true
+			return nil
+		},
+	})
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"user", "change-password", "--password", "NewPass1!"})
+	cmd.SetOut(io.Discard)
+	cmd.SetErr(io.Discard)
+
+	err := cmd.Execute()
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "provide exactly one")
+	require.False(t, opened)
+}
+
+func TestResolvePasswordInputFromStdin(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{}
+	cmd.SetIn(strings.NewReader("NewPass1!\n"))
+
+	password, err := resolvePasswordInput(cmd, "", "-")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "NewPass1!", password)
+}
+
+func TestResolvePasswordInputRejectsMultipleSources(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := resolvePasswordInput(&cobra.Command{}, "NewPass1!", "-")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}

management/cmd/admin_config_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/idp"
+)
+
+func TestApplyAdminDatadirOverrideRelocatesDefaultIDPStorage(t *testing.T) {
+	oldDatadir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "old")
+	newDatadir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "new")
+
+	for _, defaultFile := range []string{
+		"",
+		filepath.Join(oldDatadir, "idp.db"),
+		path.Join(oldDatadir, "idp.db"),
+	} {
+		t.Run(defaultFile, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfg := &nbconfig.Config{
+				EmbeddedIdP: &idp.EmbeddedIdPConfig{
+					Enabled: true,
+					Storage: idp.EmbeddedStorageConfig{
+						Type: "sqlite3",
+						Config: idp.EmbeddedStorageTypeConfig{
+							File: defaultFile,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			datadir := oldDatadir
+			oldAdminDatadir := adminDatadir
+			adminDatadir = newDatadir
+			t.Cleanup(func() { adminDatadir = oldAdminDatadir })
+
+			applyAdminDatadirOverride(cfg, &datadir)
+
+			require.Equal(t, newDatadir, datadir)
+			require.Equal(t, filepath.Join(newDatadir, "idp.db"), cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOpenAdminEventStoreMissingEncryptionKeyReturnsNilInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	eventStore, err := openAdminEventStore(context.Background(), &nbconfig.Config{}, t.TempDir())
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "encryption key")
+	require.Nil(t, eventStore)
+}
+
+func TestApplyAdminDatadirOverrideKeepsExplicitIDPStorage(t *testing.T) {
+	oldDatadir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "old")
+	newDatadir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "new")
+	explicitFile := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "custom-idp.db")
+	cfg := &nbconfig.Config{
+		EmbeddedIdP: &idp.EmbeddedIdPConfig{
+			Enabled: true,
+			Storage: idp.EmbeddedStorageConfig{
+				Type: "sqlite3",
+				Config: idp.EmbeddedStorageTypeConfig{
+					File: explicitFile,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	datadir := oldDatadir
+	oldAdminDatadir := adminDatadir
+	adminDatadir = newDatadir
+	t.Cleanup(func() { adminDatadir = oldAdminDatadir })
+
+	applyAdminDatadirOverride(cfg, &datadir)
+
+	require.Equal(t, newDatadir, datadir)
+	require.Equal(t, explicitFile, cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File)
+}

management/cmd/management.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server"
 	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
 	nbdomain "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/domain"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/grpc"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util/crypt"
 )
@@ -153,8 +155,20 @@ func LoadMgmtConfig(ctx context.Context, mgmtConfigPath string) (*nbconfig.Confi
 
 	ApplyCommandLineOverrides(loadedConfig)
 
+	err := grpc.ValidateSyncMessageVersion(loadedConfig.HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for account, version := range loadedConfig.PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion {
+		err := grpc.ValidateSyncMessageVersion(&version)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized sync message version for account %s, %w", account, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Apply EmbeddedIdP config to HttpConfig if embedded IdP is enabled
-	err := ApplyEmbeddedIdPConfig(ctx, loadedConfig)
+	err = ApplyEmbeddedIdPConfig(ctx, loadedConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -209,7 +223,7 @@ func ApplyEmbeddedIdPConfig(ctx context.Context, cfg *nbconfig.Config) error {
 		cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Type = "sqlite3"
 	}
 	if cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File == "" && cfg.Datadir != "" {
-		cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File = path.Join(cfg.Datadir, "idp.db")
+		cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Storage.Config.File = filepath.Join(cfg.Datadir, "idp.db")
 	}
 
 	issuer := cfg.EmbeddedIdP.Issuer

management/cmd/management_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/grpc"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -20,34 +23,49 @@ const (
 		"AuthAudience": "https://stageapp/",
 		"AuthIssuer": "https://something.eu.auth0.com/",
 		"OIDCConfigEndpoint": "https://something.eu.auth0.com/.well-known/openid-configuration"
+	  },
+	  "HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion": 1,
+	  "PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion": {
+	    "1": 0,
+		"2": 1
 	  }
 	}`
 )
 
-func Test_loadMgmtConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpFile, err := createConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create config: %s", err)
-	}
+func Test_LoadMgmtConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpFile, err := createConfig(exampleConfig)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	cfg, err := LoadMgmtConfig(context.Background(), tmpFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to load management config: %s", err)
-	}
-	if cfg.Relay == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("config is nil")
-	}
-	if len(cfg.Relay.Addresses) == 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("relay address is empty")
-	}
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, cfg.Relay)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, cfg.Relay.Addresses)
+	assert.Equal(t, int(grpc.ComponentNetworkMap), *cfg.HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]int{"1": int(grpc.Base), "2": int(grpc.ComponentNetworkMap)}, cfg.PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion)
 }
 
-func createConfig() (string, error) {
+func Test_LoadMgmtConfig_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpFile, err := createConfig(`{
+		"HttpConfig": {
+			"AuthAudience": "https://stageapp/",
+			"AuthIssuer": "https://something.eu.auth0.com/",
+			"OIDCConfigEndpoint": "https://something.eu.auth0.com/.well-known/openid-configuration"
+		}
+	}`)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	cfg, err := LoadMgmtConfig(context.Background(), tmpFile)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, cfg.HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion)
+	assert.Nil(t, cfg.PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion)
+}
+
+func createConfig(config string) (string, error) {
 	tmpfile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "config.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	_, err = tmpfile.Write([]byte(exampleConfig))
+	_, err = tmpfile.Write([]byte(config))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}

management/cmd/proxy/proxy.go

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// Package proxycmd provides reusable cobra commands for managing reverse proxy instances.
+// Both the management and combined binaries use these commands, each providing
+// their own StoreOpener to handle config loading and store initialization.
+package proxycmd
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+	"text/tabwriter"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	rpproxy "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
+)
+
+// StoreOpener initializes a store from the command context and calls fn.
+type StoreOpener func(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) error) error
+
+const disconnectAllConfirmation = "disconnect all proxies"
+
+// NewCommands creates the proxy command tree with the given store opener.
+// Returns the parent "proxy" command with the disconnect-all subcommand.
+func NewCommands(opener StoreOpener) *cobra.Command {
+	var dryRun bool
+	var force bool
+
+	proxyCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "proxy",
+		Short: "Manage reverse proxy instances",
+		Long:  "Commands for inspecting and repairing the reverse proxy instances registered with the management server.",
+	}
+
+	disconnectAllCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "disconnect-all",
+		Short: "Force-mark all reverse proxy instances as disconnected",
+		Long: "Lists all reverse proxy instances and force-marks them as disconnected, regardless of their session state. " +
+			"Use this to repair stale connection state, e.g. after an unclean management server shutdown. " +
+			"By default, it asks for manual confirmation before changing state. Use --dry-run to preview without changing state, or --force to skip confirmation. " +
+			"Run during a maintenance window; affected live proxies may stay hidden until their next heartbeat or reconnect/re-register.",
+		Args: cobra.NoArgs,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			return opener(cmd, func(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) error {
+				return runDisconnectAll(ctx, s, cmd.OutOrStdout(), cmd.InOrStdin(), dryRun, force)
+			})
+		},
+	}
+	disconnectAllCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&dryRun, "dry-run", false, "List reverse proxy instances that would be disconnected without changing state")
+	disconnectAllCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&force, "force", false, "Skip the confirmation prompt and apply the repair")
+
+	proxyCmd.AddCommand(disconnectAllCmd)
+	return proxyCmd
+}
+
+func runDisconnectAll(ctx context.Context, s store.Store, out io.Writer, in io.Reader, dryRun, force bool) error {
+	proxies, err := s.GetAllProxies(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("list proxies: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(proxies) == 0 {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(out, "No reverse proxy instances found.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	toDisconnect := 0
+	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(out, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(w, "ID\tCLUSTER\tIP\tACCOUNT\tSTATUS\tLAST SEEN")
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(w, "--\t-------\t--\t-------\t------\t---------")
+
+	for _, p := range proxies {
+		if p.Status != rpproxy.StatusDisconnected {
+			toDisconnect++
+		}
+
+		account := "-"
+		if p.AccountID != nil {
+			account = *p.AccountID
+		}
+
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
+			p.ID,
+			p.ClusterAddress,
+			p.IPAddress,
+			account,
+			p.Status,
+			p.LastSeen.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"),
+		)
+	}
+	if err := w.Flush(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("write proxy list: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if dryRun {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "\nDry run: would force-mark %d of %d reverse proxy instance(s) as disconnected.\n", toDisconnect, len(proxies))
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if !force {
+		confirmed, err := confirmDisconnectAll(out, in)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !confirmed {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(out, "Aborted. No reverse proxy instances were changed.")
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	disconnected, err := s.DisconnectAllProxies(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("disconnect proxies: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "\nForce-marked %d of %d reverse proxy instance(s) as disconnected.\n", disconnected, len(proxies))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func confirmDisconnectAll(out io.Writer, in io.Reader) (bool, error) {
+	if in == nil {
+		in = strings.NewReader("")
+	}
+
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(out, "\nWARNING: This command changes stored reverse proxy state for every non-disconnected instance.")
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(out, "Run it during a maintenance window; affected live proxies may stay hidden until "+
+		"their next heartbeat or reconnect/re-register.")
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "Type %q to continue: ", disconnectAllConfirmation)
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(in)
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("read confirmation: %w", err)
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	return strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text()), disconnectAllConfirmation), nil
+}

management/cmd/proxy/proxy_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+package proxycmd
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	rpproxy "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/proxy"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
+)
+
+func newTestStore(t *testing.T) store.Store {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	s, cleanup, err := store.NewTestStoreFromSQL(context.Background(), "", t.TempDir())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
+
+	return s
+}
+
+func seedProxies(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, s store.Store) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	accountID := "account-1"
+	alreadyDisconnectedAt := time.Now().Add(-time.Hour)
+	seed := []*rpproxy.Proxy{
+		{
+			ID:             "proxy-1",
+			SessionID:      "session-1",
+			ClusterAddress: "cluster-a.example.com",
+			IPAddress:      "10.0.0.1",
+			LastSeen:       time.Now(),
+			Status:         rpproxy.StatusConnected,
+		},
+		{
+			ID:             "proxy-2",
+			SessionID:      "session-2",
+			ClusterAddress: "cluster-b.example.com",
+			IPAddress:      "10.0.0.2",
+			AccountID:      &accountID,
+			LastSeen:       time.Now(),
+			Status:         rpproxy.StatusConnected,
+		},
+		{
+			ID:             "proxy-3",
+			SessionID:      "session-3",
+			ClusterAddress: "cluster-a.example.com",
+			IPAddress:      "10.0.0.3",
+			LastSeen:       time.Now().Add(-time.Hour),
+			Status:         rpproxy.StatusDisconnected,
+			DisconnectedAt: &alreadyDisconnectedAt,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, p := range seed {
+		require.NoError(t, s.SaveProxy(ctx, p))
+	}
+}
+
+func proxiesByID(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, s store.Store) map[string]*rpproxy.Proxy {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	proxies, err := s.GetAllProxies(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, proxies, 3)
+
+	byID := make(map[string]*rpproxy.Proxy, len(proxies))
+	for _, p := range proxies {
+		byID[p.ID] = p
+	}
+	return byID
+}
+
+func TestRunDisconnectAllWithConfirmation(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	seedProxies(t, ctx, s)
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t, runDisconnectAll(ctx, s, &out, strings.NewReader(disconnectAllConfirmation+"\n"), false, false))
+
+	output := out.String()
+	require.Contains(t, output, "proxy-1")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "proxy-2")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "proxy-3")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "cluster-a.example.com")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "account-1")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "Type \"disconnect all proxies\" to continue")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "Force-marked 2 of 3 reverse proxy instance(s) as disconnected.")
+
+	for _, p := range proxiesByID(t, ctx, s) {
+		require.Equal(t, rpproxy.StatusDisconnected, p.Status, "proxy %s should be disconnected", p.ID)
+		require.NotNil(t, p.DisconnectedAt, "proxy %s should have a disconnected timestamp", p.ID)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunDisconnectAllForceSkipsConfirmation(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	seedProxies(t, ctx, s)
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t, runDisconnectAll(ctx, s, &out, strings.NewReader(""), false, true))
+
+	output := out.String()
+	require.NotContains(t, output, "Type \"disconnect all proxies\" to continue")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "Force-marked 2 of 3 reverse proxy instance(s) as disconnected.")
+}
+
+func TestRunDisconnectAllAbortLeavesProxiesUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	seedProxies(t, ctx, s)
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t, runDisconnectAll(ctx, s, &out, strings.NewReader("no\n"), false, false))
+
+	output := out.String()
+	require.Contains(t, output, "Type \"disconnect all proxies\" to continue")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "Aborted. No reverse proxy instances were changed.")
+
+	byID := proxiesByID(t, ctx, s)
+	require.Equal(t, rpproxy.StatusConnected, byID["proxy-1"].Status)
+	require.Equal(t, rpproxy.StatusConnected, byID["proxy-2"].Status)
+	require.Equal(t, rpproxy.StatusDisconnected, byID["proxy-3"].Status)
+}
+
+func TestRunDisconnectAllDryRunLeavesProxiesUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	seedProxies(t, ctx, s)
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t, runDisconnectAll(ctx, s, &out, strings.NewReader(""), true, false))
+
+	output := out.String()
+	require.Contains(t, output, "Dry run: would force-mark 2 of 3 reverse proxy instance(s) as disconnected.")
+	require.NotContains(t, output, "Type \"disconnect all proxies\" to continue")
+
+	byID := proxiesByID(t, ctx, s)
+	require.Equal(t, rpproxy.StatusConnected, byID["proxy-1"].Status)
+	require.Equal(t, rpproxy.StatusConnected, byID["proxy-2"].Status)
+	require.Equal(t, rpproxy.StatusDisconnected, byID["proxy-3"].Status)
+}
+
+func TestNewCommandsDisconnectAllDryRun(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	seedProxies(t, ctx, s)
+
+	opened := false
+	cmd := NewCommands(func(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) error) error {
+		opened = true
+		return fn(cmd.Context(), s)
+	})
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.SetOut(&out)
+	cmd.SetErr(&out)
+	cmd.SetIn(strings.NewReader(""))
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{"disconnect-all", "--dry-run"})
+
+	require.NoError(t, cmd.ExecuteContext(ctx))
+	require.True(t, opened)
+	require.Contains(t, out.String(), "Dry run: would force-mark 2 of 3 reverse proxy instance(s) as disconnected.")
+}
+
+func TestRunDisconnectAllEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t, runDisconnectAll(ctx, s, &out, strings.NewReader(""), false, false))
+	require.Contains(t, out.String(), "No reverse proxy instances found.")
+}

management/cmd/root.go

@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(migrationCmd)
 
-	tc := newTokenCommands()
-	tc.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&nbconfig.MgmtConfigPath, "config", defaultMgmtConfig, "Netbird config file location")
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(tc)
+	ac := newAdminCommands()
+	ac.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&nbconfig.MgmtConfigPath, "config", defaultMgmtConfig, "Netbird config file location")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(ac)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(newLegacyTokenCommand())
 }

management/cmd/token.go

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter/hook"
-	tokencmd "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/cmd/token"
-	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
-)
-
-var tokenDatadir string
-
-// newTokenCommands creates the token command tree with management-specific store opener.
-func newTokenCommands() *cobra.Command {
-	cmd := tokencmd.NewCommands(withTokenStore)
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&tokenDatadir, "datadir", "", "Override the data directory from config (where store.db is located)")
-	return cmd
-}
-
-// withTokenStore initializes logging, loads config, opens the store, and calls fn.
-func withTokenStore(cmd *cobra.Command, fn func(ctx context.Context, s store.Store) error) error {
-	if err := util.InitLog("error", "console"); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("init log: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	ctx := context.WithValue(cmd.Context(), hook.ExecutionContextKey, hook.SystemSource) //nolint:staticcheck
-
-	config, err := LoadMgmtConfig(ctx, nbconfig.MgmtConfigPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("load config: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	datadir := config.Datadir
-	if tokenDatadir != "" {
-		datadir = tokenDatadir
-	}
-
-	s, err := store.NewStore(ctx, config.StoreConfig.Engine, datadir, nil, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create store: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		if err := s.Close(ctx); err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("close store: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	return fn(ctx, s)
-}

management/internals/controllers/network_map/controller/controller.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/store"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/telemetry"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+	sharedgrpc "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/grpc"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/status"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/util"
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ type Controller struct {
 	proxyController port_forwarding.Controller
 
 	integratedPeerValidator integrated_validator.IntegratedValidator
+
+	serverSupportedSyncMessageVersion sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersion
+
+	perAccountServerSupportedSyncMessageVersions map[string]sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersion
 }
 
 type bufferUpdate struct {
@@ -90,8 +95,10 @@ func NewController(ctx context.Context, store store.Store, metrics telemetry.App
 		dnsDomain:               dnsDomain,
 		config:                  config,
 
-		proxyController:       proxyController,
-		EphemeralPeersManager: ephemeralPeersManager,
+		proxyController:                              proxyController,
+		EphemeralPeersManager:                        ephemeralPeersManager,
+		serverSupportedSyncMessageVersion:            sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(config.HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion),
+		perAccountServerSupportedSyncMessageVersions: sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersionsFromMap(config.PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -222,18 +229,53 @@ func (c *Controller) sendUpdateAccountPeers(ctx context.Context, accountID strin
 			c.metrics.CountCalcPostureChecksDuration(time.Since(start))
 			start = time.Now()
 
-			remotePeerNetworkMap := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(ctx, p.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, c.accountManagerMetrics, groupIDToUserIDs)
+			peerGroups := account.GetPeerGroups(p.ID)
+			proxyNetworkMap := proxyNetworkMaps[p.ID]
+			var update *proto.SyncResponse
+
+			commonSyncMessageVersion := sharedgrpc.HighestCommonSyncMessageVersion(
+				c.perAccountOrGlobalSupportedSyncMessageVersions(accountID),
+				sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&peer.Meta.SyncMessageVersion))
+
+			log.WithContext(ctx).
+				WithFields(log.Fields{
+					"sync_message_version":        commonSyncMessageVersion,
+					"server_sync_message_version": c.perAccountOrGlobalSupportedSyncMessageVersions(peer.AccountID),
+					"peer_sync_message_version":   sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&peer.Meta.SyncMessageVersion),
+				}).Debug("common highest sync message version")
+
+			if commonSyncMessageVersion == sharedgrpc.ComponentNetworkMap {
+				components := account.GetPeerNetworkMapComponents(
+					ctx, p.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, groupIDToUserIDs)
+
+				c.metrics.CountCalcPeerNetworkMapDuration(time.Since(start))
+
+				start = time.Now()
+				// proxyNetworkMap rides the envelope as a ProxyPatch sidecar;
+				// the client merges it into Calculate()'s output the same
+				// way the legacy server did via NetworkMap.Merge.
+				update = grpc.ToComponentSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, p, nil, nil, components, proxyNetworkMap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, account.Settings, extraSetting, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
+				c.metrics.CountToComponentSyncResponseDuration(time.Since(start))
+
+				c.peersUpdateManager.SendUpdate(ctx, p.ID, &network_map.UpdateMessage{
+					Update:      update,
+					MessageType: network_map.MessageTypeNetworkMap,
+				})
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			nmap := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(
+				ctx, p.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, c.accountManagerMetrics, groupIDToUserIDs)
 
 			c.metrics.CountCalcPeerNetworkMapDuration(time.Since(start))
 
-			proxyNetworkMap, ok := proxyNetworkMaps[p.ID]
-			if ok {
-				remotePeerNetworkMap.Merge(proxyNetworkMap)
+			if proxyNetworkMap != nil {
+				nmap.Merge(proxyNetworkMap)
 			}
 
-			peerGroups := account.GetPeerGroups(p.ID)
 			start = time.Now()
-			update := grpc.ToSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, p, nil, nil, remotePeerNetworkMap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, dnsCache, account.Settings, extraSetting, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
+			update = grpc.ToSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, p, nil, nil, nmap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, dnsCache, account.Settings, extraSetting, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
 			c.metrics.CountToSyncResponseDuration(time.Since(start))
 
 			c.peersUpdateManager.SendUpdate(ctx, p.ID, &network_map.UpdateMessage{
@@ -251,6 +293,13 @@ func (c *Controller) sendUpdateAccountPeers(ctx context.Context, accountID strin
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *Controller) perAccountOrGlobalSupportedSyncMessageVersions(accountId string) sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersion {
+	if perAccount, ok := c.perAccountServerSupportedSyncMessageVersions[accountId]; ok {
+		return perAccount
+	}
+	return c.serverSupportedSyncMessageVersion
+}
+
 // UpdatePeers updates all peers that belong to an account.
 // Should be called when changes have to be synced to peers.
 func (c *Controller) UpdateAccountPeers(ctx context.Context, accountID string, reason types.UpdateReason) error {
@@ -352,18 +401,53 @@ func (c *Controller) sendUpdateForAffectedPeers(ctx context.Context, accountID s
 			c.metrics.CountCalcPostureChecksDuration(time.Since(start))
 			start = time.Now()
 
-			remotePeerNetworkMap := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(ctx, p.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, c.accountManagerMetrics, groupIDToUserIDs)
+			peerGroups := account.GetPeerGroups(p.ID)
+			proxyNetworkMap := proxyNetworkMaps[p.ID]
+			var update *proto.SyncResponse
+
+			commonSyncMessageVersion := sharedgrpc.HighestCommonSyncMessageVersion(
+				c.perAccountOrGlobalSupportedSyncMessageVersions(accountID),
+				sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&peer.Meta.SyncMessageVersion))
+
+			log.WithContext(ctx).
+				WithFields(log.Fields{
+					"sync_message_version":        commonSyncMessageVersion,
+					"server_sync_message_version": c.perAccountOrGlobalSupportedSyncMessageVersions(peer.AccountID),
+					"peer_sync_message_version":   sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&peer.Meta.SyncMessageVersion),
+				}).Debug("common highest sync message version")
+
+			if commonSyncMessageVersion == sharedgrpc.ComponentNetworkMap {
+				components := account.GetPeerNetworkMapComponents(
+					ctx, p.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, groupIDToUserIDs)
+
+				c.metrics.CountCalcPeerNetworkMapDuration(time.Since(start))
+
+				start = time.Now()
+				// proxyNetworkMap rides the envelope as a ProxyPatch sidecar;
+				// the client merges it into Calculate()'s output the same
+				// way the legacy server did via NetworkMap.Merge.
+				update = grpc.ToComponentSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, p, nil, nil, components, proxyNetworkMap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, account.Settings, extraSetting, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
+				c.metrics.CountToComponentSyncResponseDuration(time.Since(start))
+
+				c.peersUpdateManager.SendUpdate(ctx, p.ID, &network_map.UpdateMessage{
+					Update:      update,
+					MessageType: network_map.MessageTypeNetworkMap,
+				})
+
+				return
+			}
+
+			nmap := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(
+				ctx, p.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, c.accountManagerMetrics, groupIDToUserIDs)
 
 			c.metrics.CountCalcPeerNetworkMapDuration(time.Since(start))
 
-			proxyNetworkMap, ok := proxyNetworkMaps[p.ID]
-			if ok {
-				remotePeerNetworkMap.Merge(proxyNetworkMap)
+			if proxyNetworkMap != nil {
+				nmap.Merge(proxyNetworkMap)
 			}
 
-			peerGroups := account.GetPeerGroups(p.ID)
 			start = time.Now()
-			update := grpc.ToSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, p, nil, nil, remotePeerNetworkMap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, dnsCache, account.Settings, extraSetting, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
+			update = grpc.ToSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, p, nil, nil, nmap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, dnsCache, account.Settings, extraSetting, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
 			c.metrics.CountToSyncResponseDuration(time.Since(start))
 
 			c.peersUpdateManager.SendUpdate(ctx, p.ID, &network_map.UpdateMessage{
@@ -451,13 +535,7 @@ func (c *Controller) UpdateAccountPeer(ctx context.Context, accountId string, pe
 		return err
 	}
 
-	remotePeerNetworkMap := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(ctx, peerId, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, c.accountManagerMetrics, groupIDToUserIDs)
-
-	proxyNetworkMap, ok := proxyNetworkMaps[peer.ID]
-	if ok {
-		remotePeerNetworkMap.Merge(proxyNetworkMap)
-	}
-
+	proxyNetworkMap := proxyNetworkMaps[peer.ID]
 	extraSettings, err := c.settingsManager.GetExtraSettings(ctx, peer.AccountID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get extra settings: %v", err)
@@ -466,7 +544,45 @@ func (c *Controller) UpdateAccountPeer(ctx context.Context, accountId string, pe
 	peerGroups := account.GetPeerGroups(peerId)
 	dnsFwdPort := computeForwarderPort(maps.Values(account.Peers), network_map.DnsForwarderPortMinVersion)
 
-	update := grpc.ToSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, peer, nil, nil, remotePeerNetworkMap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, dnsCache, account.Settings, extraSettings, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
+	var update *proto.SyncResponse
+
+	commonSyncMessageVersion := sharedgrpc.HighestCommonSyncMessageVersion(
+		c.perAccountOrGlobalSupportedSyncMessageVersions(accountId),
+		sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&peer.Meta.SyncMessageVersion))
+
+	log.WithContext(ctx).
+		WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"sync_message_version":        commonSyncMessageVersion,
+			"server_sync_message_version": c.perAccountOrGlobalSupportedSyncMessageVersions(peer.AccountID),
+			"peer_sync_message_version":   sharedgrpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&peer.Meta.SyncMessageVersion),
+		}).Debug("common highest sync message version")
+
+	if commonSyncMessageVersion == sharedgrpc.ComponentNetworkMap {
+		components := account.GetPeerNetworkMapComponents(
+			ctx, peer.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, groupIDToUserIDs)
+
+		// proxyNetworkMap rides the envelope as a ProxyPatch sidecar;
+		// the client merges it into Calculate()'s output the same
+		// way the legacy server did via NetworkMap.Merge.
+		update = grpc.ToComponentSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, peer, nil, nil, components, proxyNetworkMap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, account.Settings, extraSettings, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
+
+		c.peersUpdateManager.SendUpdate(ctx, peer.ID, &network_map.UpdateMessage{
+			Update:      update,
+			MessageType: network_map.MessageTypeNetworkMap,
+		})
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	nmap := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(
+		ctx, peer.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, c.accountManagerMetrics, groupIDToUserIDs)
+
+	if proxyNetworkMap != nil {
+		nmap.Merge(proxyNetworkMap)
+	}
+
+	update = grpc.ToSyncResponse(ctx, nil, c.config.HttpConfig, c.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, peer, nil, nil, nmap, dnsDomain, postureChecks, dnsCache, account.Settings, extraSettings, maps.Keys(peerGroups), dnsFwdPort)
+
 	c.peersUpdateManager.SendUpdate(ctx, peer.ID, &network_map.UpdateMessage{
 		Update:      update,
 		MessageType: network_map.MessageTypeNetworkMap,
@@ -513,6 +629,65 @@ func (c *Controller) BufferUpdateAccountPeers(ctx context.Context, accountID str
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetValidatedPeerWithComponents is the components-format counterpart of
+// GetValidatedPeerWithMap. It returns raw NetworkMapComponents for capable
+// peers along with the proxy NetworkMap fragment (BYOP / port-forwarding
+// data the legacy server folds in via NetworkMap.Merge). The gRPC layer
+// encodes both into the wire envelope. Callers must gate on capability
+// themselves before dispatching here — this method does NOT branch on it.
+func (c *Controller) GetValidatedPeerWithComponents(ctx context.Context, isRequiresApproval bool, accountID string, peer *nbpeer.Peer) (*nbpeer.Peer, *types.NetworkMapComponents, *types.NetworkMap, []*posture.Checks, int64, error) {
+	if isRequiresApproval {
+		network, err := c.repo.GetAccountNetwork(ctx, accountID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, nil, 0, err
+		}
+		return peer, &types.NetworkMapComponents{Network: network.Copy()}, nil, nil, 0, nil
+	}
+
+	account, err := c.requestBuffer.GetAccountWithBackpressure(ctx, accountID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	c.injectAllProxyPolicies(ctx, account)
+
+	approvedPeersMap, err := c.integratedPeerValidator.GetValidatedPeers(ctx, account.Id, maps.Values(account.Groups), maps.Values(account.Peers), account.Settings.Extra)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	postureChecks, err := c.getPeerPostureChecks(account, peer.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	accountZones, err := c.repo.GetAccountZones(ctx, account.Id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	// Fetch the proxy network map fragment for this peer alongside the
+	// components — same single-account-load path the streaming controller
+	// uses, so initial-sync delivers BYOP/forwarding patches synchronously
+	// instead of waiting for the next streaming push.
+	proxyNetworkMaps, err := c.proxyController.GetProxyNetworkMaps(ctx, account.Id, peer.ID, account.Peers)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Errorf("failed to get proxy network maps: %v", err)
+		return nil, nil, nil, nil, 0, err
+	}
+
+	dnsDomain := c.GetDNSDomain(account.Settings)
+	peersCustomZone := account.GetPeersCustomZone(ctx, dnsDomain)
+
+	resourcePolicies := account.GetResourcePoliciesMap()
+	routers := account.GetResourceRoutersMap()
+	groupIDToUserIDs := account.GetActiveGroupUsers()
+	components := account.GetPeerNetworkMapComponents(ctx, peer.ID, peersCustomZone, accountZones, approvedPeersMap, resourcePolicies, routers, groupIDToUserIDs)
+	dnsFwdPort := computeForwarderPort(maps.Values(account.Peers), network_map.DnsForwarderPortMinVersion)
+
+	return peer, components, proxyNetworkMaps[peer.ID], postureChecks, dnsFwdPort, nil
+}
+
 // BufferUpdateAffectedPeers accumulates peer IDs and flushes them after the buffer interval.
 func (c *Controller) BufferUpdateAffectedPeers(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerIDs []string, reason types.UpdateReason) error {
 	if len(peerIDs) == 0 {

management/internals/controllers/network_map/interface.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type Controller interface {
 	UpdateAccountPeer(ctx context.Context, accountId string, peerId string) error
 	BufferUpdateAccountPeers(ctx context.Context, accountID string, reason types.UpdateReason) error
 	GetValidatedPeerWithMap(ctx context.Context, isRequiresApproval bool, accountID string, peerID string) (*types.NetworkMap, []*posture.Checks, int64, error)
+	GetValidatedPeerWithComponents(ctx context.Context, isRequiresApproval bool, accountID string, p *nbpeer.Peer) (*nbpeer.Peer, *types.NetworkMapComponents, *types.NetworkMap, []*posture.Checks, int64, error)
 	GetDNSDomain(settings *types.Settings) string
 	StartWarmup(context.Context)
 	GetNetworkMap(ctx context.Context, peerID string) (*types.NetworkMap, error)

management/internals/controllers/network_map/interface_mock.go

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Code generated by MockGen. DO NOT EDIT.
-// Source: management/internals/controllers/network_map/interface.go
+// Source: ./interface.go
 //
 // Generated by this command:
 //
-//	mockgen -package network_map -destination=management/internals/controllers/network_map/interface_mock.go -source=management/internals/controllers/network_map/interface.go -build_flags=-mod=mod
+//	mockgen -package network_map -destination=interface_mock.go -source=./interface.go -build_flags=-mod=mod
 //
 
 // Package network_map is a generated GoMock package.
@@ -126,8 +126,27 @@ func (mr *MockControllerMockRecorder) GetNetworkMap(ctx, peerID any) *gomock.Cal
 	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "GetNetworkMap", reflect.TypeOf((*MockController)(nil).GetNetworkMap), ctx, peerID)
 }
 
+// GetValidatedPeerWithComponents mocks base method.
+func (m *MockController) GetValidatedPeerWithComponents(ctx context.Context, isRequiresApproval bool, accountID string, p *peer.Peer) (*peer.Peer, *types.NetworkMapComponents, *types.NetworkMap, []*posture.Checks, int64, error) {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "GetValidatedPeerWithComponents", ctx, isRequiresApproval, accountID, p)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].(*peer.Peer)
+	ret1, _ := ret[1].(*types.NetworkMapComponents)
+	ret2, _ := ret[2].(*types.NetworkMap)
+	ret3, _ := ret[3].([]*posture.Checks)
+	ret4, _ := ret[4].(int64)
+	ret5, _ := ret[5].(error)
+	return ret0, ret1, ret2, ret3, ret4, ret5
+}
+
+// GetValidatedPeerWithComponents indicates an expected call of GetValidatedPeerWithComponents.
+func (mr *MockControllerMockRecorder) GetValidatedPeerWithComponents(ctx, isRequiresApproval, accountID, p any) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "GetValidatedPeerWithComponents", reflect.TypeOf((*MockController)(nil).GetValidatedPeerWithComponents), ctx, isRequiresApproval, accountID, p)
+}
+
 // GetValidatedPeerWithMap mocks base method.
-func (m *MockController) GetValidatedPeerWithMap(ctx context.Context, isRequiresApproval bool, accountID string, peerID string) (*types.NetworkMap, []*posture.Checks, int64, error) {
+func (m *MockController) GetValidatedPeerWithMap(ctx context.Context, isRequiresApproval bool, accountID, peerID string) (*types.NetworkMap, []*posture.Checks, int64, error) {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
 	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "GetValidatedPeerWithMap", ctx, isRequiresApproval, accountID, peerID)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(*types.NetworkMap)
@@ -171,7 +190,7 @@ func (mr *MockControllerMockRecorder) OnPeerDisconnected(ctx, accountID, peerID
 }
 
 // OnPeersAdded mocks base method.
-func (m *MockController) OnPeersAdded(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerIDs []string, affectedPeerIDs []string) error {
+func (m *MockController) OnPeersAdded(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerIDs, affectedPeerIDs []string) error {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
 	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "OnPeersAdded", ctx, accountID, peerIDs, affectedPeerIDs)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(error)
@@ -185,7 +204,7 @@ func (mr *MockControllerMockRecorder) OnPeersAdded(ctx, accountID, peerIDs, affe
 }
 
 // OnPeersDeleted mocks base method.
-func (m *MockController) OnPeersDeleted(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerIDs []string, affectedPeerIDs []string) error {
+func (m *MockController) OnPeersDeleted(ctx context.Context, accountID string, peerIDs, affectedPeerIDs []string) error {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
 	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "OnPeersDeleted", ctx, accountID, peerIDs, affectedPeerIDs)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(error)
@@ -199,7 +218,7 @@ func (mr *MockControllerMockRecorder) OnPeersDeleted(ctx, accountID, peerIDs, af
 }
 
 // OnPeersUpdated mocks base method.
-func (m *MockController) OnPeersUpdated(ctx context.Context, accountId string, peerIDs []string, affectedPeerIDs []string) error {
+func (m *MockController) OnPeersUpdated(ctx context.Context, accountId string, peerIDs, affectedPeerIDs []string) error {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
 	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "OnPeersUpdated", ctx, accountId, peerIDs, affectedPeerIDs)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(error)

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/accesslog_ingest.go

@@ -18,21 +18,26 @@ import (
 // contract between the proxy and management; management flattens them into
 // queryable columns. Keep in sync with the proxy side.
 const (
-	metaKeyProvider           = "llm.provider"
-	metaKeyModel              = "llm.model"
-	metaKeyResolvedProviderID = "llm.resolved_provider_id"
-	metaKeySelectedPolicyID   = "llm.selected_policy_id"
-	metaKeyPolicyDecision     = "llm_policy.decision"
-	metaKeyPolicyReason       = "llm_policy.reason"
-	metaKeyInputTokens        = "llm.input_tokens"  //nolint:gosec // metadata key name, not a credential
-	metaKeyOutputTokens       = "llm.output_tokens" //nolint:gosec // metadata key name, not a credential
-	metaKeyTotalTokens        = "llm.total_tokens"  //nolint:gosec // metadata key name, not a credential
-	metaKeyCostUSDTotal       = "cost.usd_total"
-	metaKeyStream             = "llm.stream"
-	metaKeySessionID          = "llm.session_id"
-	metaKeyAuthorisingGroups  = "llm.authorising_groups"
-	metaKeyRequestPrompt      = "llm.request_prompt"
-	metaKeyResponseCompletion = "llm.response_completion"
+	metaKeyProvider            = "llm.provider"
+	metaKeyModel               = "llm.model"
+	metaKeyResolvedProviderID  = "llm.resolved_provider_id"
+	metaKeySelectedPolicyID    = "llm.selected_policy_id"
+	metaKeyPolicyDecision      = "llm_policy.decision"
+	metaKeyPolicyReason        = "llm_policy.reason"
+	metaKeyInputTokens         = "llm.input_tokens"          //nolint:gosec // metadata key name, not a credential
+	metaKeyOutputTokens        = "llm.output_tokens"         //nolint:gosec // metadata key name, not a credential
+	metaKeyTotalTokens         = "llm.total_tokens"          //nolint:gosec // metadata key name, not a credential
+	metaKeyCachedInputTokens   = "llm.cached_input_tokens"   //nolint:gosec // metadata key name, not a credential
+	metaKeyCacheCreationTokens = "llm.cache_creation_tokens" //nolint:gosec // metadata key name, not a credential
+	metaKeyCostUSDInput        = "cost.usd_input"
+	metaKeyCostUSDCachedInput  = "cost.usd_cached_input"
+	metaKeyCostUSDCacheCreate  = "cost.usd_cache_creation"
+	metaKeyCostUSDOutput       = "cost.usd_output"
+	metaKeyStream              = "llm.stream"
+	metaKeySessionID           = "llm.session_id"
+	metaKeyAuthorisingGroups   = "llm.authorising_groups"
+	metaKeyRequestPrompt       = "llm.request_prompt"
+	metaKeyResponseCompletion  = "llm.response_completion"
 )
 
 // IngestAccessLog flattens the metadata-bearing reverse-proxy access-log entry
@@ -108,20 +113,25 @@ func flattenAccessLog(e *accesslogs.AccessLogEntry) (*types.AgentNetworkAccessLo
 		BytesUpload:   e.BytesUpload,
 		BytesDownload: e.BytesDownload,
 
-		Provider:           meta[metaKeyProvider],
-		Model:              meta[metaKeyModel],
-		SessionID:          meta[metaKeySessionID],
-		ResolvedProviderID: meta[metaKeyResolvedProviderID],
-		SelectedPolicyID:   meta[metaKeySelectedPolicyID],
-		Decision:           meta[metaKeyPolicyDecision],
-		DenyReason:         meta[metaKeyPolicyReason],
-		InputTokens:        parseMetaInt(meta, metaKeyInputTokens),
-		OutputTokens:       parseMetaInt(meta, metaKeyOutputTokens),
-		TotalTokens:        parseMetaInt(meta, metaKeyTotalTokens),
-		CostUSD:            parseMetaFloat(meta, metaKeyCostUSDTotal),
-		Stream:             parseMetaBool(meta, metaKeyStream),
-		RequestPrompt:      meta[metaKeyRequestPrompt],
-		ResponseCompletion: meta[metaKeyResponseCompletion],
+		Provider:             meta[metaKeyProvider],
+		Model:                meta[metaKeyModel],
+		SessionID:            meta[metaKeySessionID],
+		ResolvedProviderID:   meta[metaKeyResolvedProviderID],
+		SelectedPolicyID:     meta[metaKeySelectedPolicyID],
+		Decision:             meta[metaKeyPolicyDecision],
+		DenyReason:           meta[metaKeyPolicyReason],
+		InputTokens:          parseMetaInt(meta, metaKeyInputTokens),
+		OutputTokens:         parseMetaInt(meta, metaKeyOutputTokens),
+		TotalTokens:          parseMetaInt(meta, metaKeyTotalTokens),
+		CachedInputTokens:    parseMetaInt(meta, metaKeyCachedInputTokens),
+		CacheCreationTokens:  parseMetaInt(meta, metaKeyCacheCreationTokens),
+		InputCostUSD:         parseMetaFloat(meta, metaKeyCostUSDInput),
+		CachedInputCostUSD:   parseMetaFloat(meta, metaKeyCostUSDCachedInput),
+		CacheCreationCostUSD: parseMetaFloat(meta, metaKeyCostUSDCacheCreate),
+		OutputCostUSD:        parseMetaFloat(meta, metaKeyCostUSDOutput),
+		Stream:               parseMetaBool(meta, metaKeyStream),
+		RequestPrompt:        meta[metaKeyRequestPrompt],
+		ResponseCompletion:   meta[metaKeyResponseCompletion],
 	}
 
 	var groups []types.AgentNetworkAccessLogGroup
@@ -140,18 +150,23 @@ func flattenAccessLog(e *accesslogs.AccessLogEntry) (*types.AgentNetworkAccessLo
 // log's ID so the two correlate.
 func usageFromFlattenedLog(e *types.AgentNetworkAccessLog, groups []types.AgentNetworkAccessLogGroup) (*types.AgentNetworkUsage, []types.AgentNetworkUsageGroup) {
 	usage := &types.AgentNetworkUsage{
-		ID:                 e.ID,
-		AccountID:          e.AccountID,
-		Timestamp:          e.Timestamp,
-		UserID:             e.UserID,
-		ResolvedProviderID: e.ResolvedProviderID,
-		Provider:           e.Provider,
-		Model:              e.Model,
-		SessionID:          e.SessionID,
-		InputTokens:        e.InputTokens,
-		OutputTokens:       e.OutputTokens,
-		TotalTokens:        e.TotalTokens,
-		CostUSD:            e.CostUSD,
+		ID:                   e.ID,
+		AccountID:            e.AccountID,
+		Timestamp:            e.Timestamp,
+		UserID:               e.UserID,
+		ResolvedProviderID:   e.ResolvedProviderID,
+		Provider:             e.Provider,
+		Model:                e.Model,
+		SessionID:            e.SessionID,
+		InputTokens:          e.InputTokens,
+		OutputTokens:         e.OutputTokens,
+		TotalTokens:          e.TotalTokens,
+		CachedInputTokens:    e.CachedInputTokens,
+		CacheCreationTokens:  e.CacheCreationTokens,
+		InputCostUSD:         e.InputCostUSD,
+		CachedInputCostUSD:   e.CachedInputCostUSD,
+		CacheCreationCostUSD: e.CacheCreationCostUSD,
+		OutputCostUSD:        e.OutputCostUSD,
 	}
 
 	usageGroups := make([]types.AgentNetworkUsageGroup, 0, len(groups))

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/accesslog_ingest_realstore_test.go

@@ -28,17 +28,22 @@ func newIngestTestEntry() *accesslogs.AccessLogEntry {
 		UserId:       "user-1",
 		AgentNetwork: true,
 		Metadata: map[string]string{
-			metaKeyProvider:           "openai",
-			metaKeyModel:              "gpt-5.4",
-			metaKeyResolvedProviderID: "prov-1",
-			metaKeySessionID:          "sess-1",
-			metaKeyInputTokens:        "100",
-			metaKeyOutputTokens:       "50",
-			metaKeyTotalTokens:        "150",
-			metaKeyCostUSDTotal:       "0.0123",
-			metaKeyStream:             "true",
-			metaKeyRequestPrompt:      "hello",
-			metaKeyResponseCompletion: "world",
+			metaKeyProvider:            "openai",
+			metaKeyModel:               "gpt-5.4",
+			metaKeyResolvedProviderID:  "prov-1",
+			metaKeySessionID:           "sess-1",
+			metaKeyInputTokens:         "100",
+			metaKeyOutputTokens:        "50",
+			metaKeyTotalTokens:         "1174",
+			metaKeyCachedInputTokens:   "256",
+			metaKeyCacheCreationTokens: "768",
+			metaKeyCostUSDInput:        "0.0071",
+			metaKeyCostUSDCachedInput:  "0.0009",
+			metaKeyCostUSDCacheCreate:  "0.0020",
+			metaKeyCostUSDOutput:       "0.0023",
+			metaKeyStream:              "true",
+			metaKeyRequestPrompt:       "hello",
+			metaKeyResponseCompletion:  "world",
 			// repeated id must be de-duplicated before the group rows insert.
 			metaKeyAuthorisingGroups: "grp-eng,grp-eng,grp-ops",
 		},
@@ -65,7 +70,19 @@ func TestIngestAccessLog_RealStore_LogCollectionOff(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, usage, 1, "usage row must be written even with log collection off")
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(100), usage[0].InputTokens, "input tokens must round-trip from metadata")
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(50), usage[0].OutputTokens, "output tokens must round-trip from metadata")
-	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0123, usage[0].CostUSD, 1e-9, "cost must round-trip from metadata")
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(256), usage[0].CachedInputTokens, "cache-read tokens must round-trip from metadata")
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(768), usage[0].CacheCreationTokens, "cache-write tokens must round-trip from metadata")
+	// The per-bucket breakdown is the only cost state stored, and must survive
+	// the write/read cycle as real columns — usage rows are the only cost
+	// record for accounts with log collection off, so a dropped column here
+	// loses the split permanently.
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0071, usage[0].InputCostUSD, 1e-9, "input cost must round-trip from metadata")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0009, usage[0].CachedInputCostUSD, 1e-9, "cache-read cost must round-trip from metadata")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0020, usage[0].CacheCreationCostUSD, 1e-9, "cache-write cost must round-trip from metadata")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0023, usage[0].OutputCostUSD, 1e-9, "output cost must round-trip from metadata")
+	// Aggregates are derived from the stored columns, never stored themselves.
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0123, usage[0].TotalCostUSD(), 1e-9, "total is derived from the stored buckets")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0029, usage[0].CacheCostUSD(), 1e-9, "cache cost is derived from the two cache buckets")
 
 	logs, _, err := s.GetAgentNetworkAccessLogs(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, testAccountID, types.AgentNetworkAccessLogFilter{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -96,6 +113,14 @@ func TestIngestAccessLog_RealStore_LogCollectionOn(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, int64(1), total, "exactly one access-log row expected")
 	require.Len(t, logs, 1, "full access-log row must be written when log collection is on")
 	assert.Equal(t, "gpt-5.4", logs[0].Model, "model must flatten from metadata")
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(256), logs[0].CachedInputTokens, "cache-read tokens must flatten from metadata")
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(768), logs[0].CacheCreationTokens, "cache-write tokens must flatten from metadata")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0029, logs[0].CacheCostUSD(), 1e-9, "cache cost is derived from the two cache buckets")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0123, logs[0].TotalCostUSD(), 1e-9, "total is derived from the stored buckets")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0071, logs[0].InputCostUSD, 1e-9, "input cost must flatten from metadata")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0009, logs[0].CachedInputCostUSD, 1e-9, "cache-read cost must flatten from metadata")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0020, logs[0].CacheCreationCostUSD, 1e-9, "cache-write cost must flatten from metadata")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0023, logs[0].OutputCostUSD, 1e-9, "output cost must flatten from metadata")
 	assert.Equal(t, "hello", logs[0].RequestPrompt, "prompt must be retained when log collection is on")
 	assert.Equal(t, "world", logs[0].ResponseCompletion, "completion must be retained when log collection is on")
 	assert.True(t, logs[0].Stream, "stream flag must flatten from metadata")

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/accesslog_sessions_realstore_test.go

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func accessLogRow(id, sessionID string, ts time.Time, opts ...func(*types.AgentN
 		InputTokens:        100,
 		OutputTokens:       50,
 		TotalTokens:        150,
-		CostUSD:            0.01,
+		InputCostUSD:       0.01,
 	}
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o(e)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func withTokens(in, out, total int64, cost float64) func(*types.AgentNetworkAcce
 		e.InputTokens = in
 		e.OutputTokens = out
 		e.TotalTokens = total
-		e.CostUSD = cost
+		e.InputCostUSD = cost
 	}
 }
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func TestAccessLogSessions_FoldAndAggregate(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(310), a.InputTokens, "input tokens summed")
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(135), a.OutputTokens, "output tokens summed")
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(445), a.TotalTokens, "total tokens summed")
-	assert.InDelta(t, 0.031, a.CostUSD, 1e-9, "cost summed")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.031, a.TotalCostUSD(), 1e-9, "cost summed")
 	assert.Equal(t, "deny", a.Decision, "any deny makes the session a deny")
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"openai", "anthropic"}, a.Providers, "distinct providers")
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"gpt-5.4", "claude-haiku-4-5"}, a.Models, "distinct models")

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/catalog/catalog.go

@@ -420,6 +420,47 @@ var providers = []Provider{
 			{ID: "mistral-embed", Label: "Mistral Embed", InputPer1k: 0.0001, OutputPer1k: 0, ContextWindow: 8192},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		ID:                 "kimi_api",
+		Kind:               KindProvider,
+		Name:               "Kimi (Moonshot AI) API",
+		Description:        "Kimi K3 / K2 models via the Moonshot AI platform",
+		DefaultHost:        "api.moonshot.ai",
+		AuthHeaderName:     "Authorization",
+		AuthHeaderTemplate: "Bearer ${API_KEY}",
+		DefaultContentType: "application/json",
+		BrandColor:         "#1A1A2E",
+		// ParserID empty on purpose: Moonshot serves two body shapes on
+		// the same host and key, and the proxy's URL sniffer dispatches
+		// both (same pattern as Bifrost). /v1/chat/completions matches
+		// OpenAIParser; the Anthropic-compatible endpoint the official
+		// Claude Code guide uses (/anthropic/v1/messages) contains
+		// "/v1/messages" and matches AnthropicParser. Pinning "openai"
+		// here would misparse the Claude Code path — the primary way
+		// teams consume Kimi for coding today. Both endpoints accept the
+		// same Moonshot key via Authorization: Bearer (Claude Code's
+		// ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN rides that header too).
+		//
+		// api.moonshot.ai is the international platform; mainland-China
+		// accounts live on api.moonshot.cn with separate billing —
+		// operators there override the host on the provider record. The
+		// kimi.com subscription coding endpoint (api.kimi.com/coding,
+		// model id "k3") is account-bound seat licensing rather than a
+		// meterable platform key, so it's deliberately not the default.
+		ParserID: "",
+		// Pricing per Moonshot's platform rates at K3 launch (July 2026):
+		// $3/$15 per MTok with $0.30 cached input, flat across the 1M-token
+		// window. kimi-k3 is the ONLY model the platform serves newer
+		// accounts — K2-era ids (kimi-k2-thinking) and even the kimi-latest
+		// alias return resource_not_found_error, verified live 2026-07-21 —
+		// so it's the only catalog entry. Grandfathered accounts with K2
+		// access can still type those ids on the provider's model rows.
+		// The consumer app's "K3 Swarm Max" mode is not an API SKU, so it
+		// doesn't appear here.
+		Models: []Model{
+			{ID: "kimi-k3", Label: "Kimi K3", InputPer1k: 0.003, OutputPer1k: 0.015, ContextWindow: 1000000},
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		ID:                 "litellm_proxy",
 		Kind:               KindGateway,

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/accesslog.go

@@ -41,8 +41,24 @@ type AgentNetworkAccessLog struct {
 	InputTokens        int64
 	OutputTokens       int64
 	TotalTokens        int64
-	CostUSD            float64
-	Stream             bool
+	// Prompt-cache buckets: read + write token counts.
+	CachedInputTokens   int64
+	CacheCreationTokens int64
+	// Per-bucket cost breakdown — one column per token bucket the provider
+	// bills separately. These four are the only cost state stored: the total
+	// and the cache portion are derived on read (TotalCostUSD / CacheCostUSD)
+	// rather than stored alongside, so a stored aggregate can never drift out
+	// of step with the components it summarises.
+	//
+	// default:0 matters on upgrade: these columns are ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN
+	// on an existing table, and without it every historical row holds NULL —
+	// which a raw SUM()/scan into float64 can't read. The default backfills
+	// them as 0, so pre-upgrade rows report an unknown split, not an error.
+	InputCostUSD         float64 `gorm:"not null;default:0"`
+	CachedInputCostUSD   float64 `gorm:"not null;default:0"`
+	CacheCreationCostUSD float64 `gorm:"not null;default:0"`
+	OutputCostUSD        float64 `gorm:"not null;default:0"`
+	Stream               bool
 
 	// Prompt capture. Only populated when prompt collection is enabled
 	// (account master switch AND policy guardrail). Heavy free text.
@@ -60,19 +76,44 @@ type AgentNetworkAccessLog struct {
 // the reverse-proxy AccessLogEntry table.
 func (AgentNetworkAccessLog) TableName() string { return "agent_network_access_log" }
 
+// CostUSDSQLExpr is the SQL sum of the per-bucket cost columns — the total cost
+// of a row. Used wherever a query has to sort or aggregate on total cost now
+// that no cost_usd column is stored. Plain arithmetic over NOT NULL columns, so
+// it stays portable across SQLite and Postgres.
+const CostUSDSQLExpr = "(input_cost_usd + cached_input_cost_usd + cache_creation_cost_usd + output_cost_usd)"
+
+// TotalCostUSD is the request's total cost: the sum of the four per-bucket
+// costs. Derived rather than stored so it cannot disagree with the breakdown.
+func (a *AgentNetworkAccessLog) TotalCostUSD() float64 {
+	return a.InputCostUSD + a.CachedInputCostUSD + a.CacheCreationCostUSD + a.OutputCostUSD
+}
+
+// CacheCostUSD is the portion of the total billed for prompt-cache buckets:
+// cache reads plus cache writes.
+func (a *AgentNetworkAccessLog) CacheCostUSD() float64 {
+	return a.CachedInputCostUSD + a.CacheCreationCostUSD
+}
+
 // ToAPIResponse renders the flattened entry as the API representation.
 func (a *AgentNetworkAccessLog) ToAPIResponse() api.AgentNetworkAccessLog {
 	out := api.AgentNetworkAccessLog{
-		Id:           a.ID,
-		ServiceId:    a.ServiceID,
-		Timestamp:    a.Timestamp,
-		StatusCode:   a.StatusCode,
-		DurationMs:   int(a.Duration.Milliseconds()),
-		InputTokens:  a.InputTokens,
-		OutputTokens: a.OutputTokens,
-		TotalTokens:  a.TotalTokens,
-		CostUsd:      a.CostUSD,
-		Stream:       &a.Stream,
+		Id:                   a.ID,
+		ServiceId:            a.ServiceID,
+		Timestamp:            a.Timestamp,
+		StatusCode:           a.StatusCode,
+		DurationMs:           int(a.Duration.Milliseconds()),
+		InputTokens:          a.InputTokens,
+		OutputTokens:         a.OutputTokens,
+		TotalTokens:          a.TotalTokens,
+		CachedInputTokens:    a.CachedInputTokens,
+		CacheCreationTokens:  a.CacheCreationTokens,
+		InputCostUsd:         a.InputCostUSD,
+		CachedInputCostUsd:   a.CachedInputCostUSD,
+		CacheCreationCostUsd: a.CacheCreationCostUSD,
+		OutputCostUsd:        a.OutputCostUSD,
+		CostUsd:              a.TotalCostUSD(),
+		CacheCostUsd:         a.CacheCostUSD(),
+		Stream:               &a.Stream,
 	}
 
 	out.UserId = strPtr(a.UserID)
@@ -112,20 +153,36 @@ func strPtr(s string) *string {
 // summary plus its ordered entries. Assembled in Go from a page of entries — it
 // is not a stored table.
 type AgentNetworkAccessLogSession struct {
-	SessionID    string // empty for a session-less (singleton) request
-	UserID       string
-	GroupIDs     []string // union of the entries' authorising groups
-	StartedAt    time.Time
-	EndedAt      time.Time
-	RequestCount int
-	InputTokens  int64
-	OutputTokens int64
-	TotalTokens  int64
-	CostUSD      float64
-	Providers    []string // distinct vendors seen in the session
-	Models       []string // distinct models seen in the session
-	Decision     string   // "deny" if any entry was denied, else "allow"
-	Entries      []*AgentNetworkAccessLog
+	SessionID            string // empty for a session-less (singleton) request
+	UserID               string
+	GroupIDs             []string // union of the entries' authorising groups
+	StartedAt            time.Time
+	EndedAt              time.Time
+	RequestCount         int
+	InputTokens          int64
+	OutputTokens         int64
+	TotalTokens          int64
+	CachedInputTokens    int64
+	CacheCreationTokens  int64
+	InputCostUSD         float64
+	CachedInputCostUSD   float64
+	CacheCreationCostUSD float64
+	OutputCostUSD        float64
+	Providers            []string // distinct vendors seen in the session
+	Models               []string // distinct models seen in the session
+	Decision             string   // "deny" if any entry was denied, else "allow"
+	Entries              []*AgentNetworkAccessLog
+}
+
+// TotalCostUSD is the session's total cost: the sum of the four per-bucket
+// costs accumulated across its entries.
+func (sess *AgentNetworkAccessLogSession) TotalCostUSD() float64 {
+	return sess.InputCostUSD + sess.CachedInputCostUSD + sess.CacheCreationCostUSD + sess.OutputCostUSD
+}
+
+// CacheCostUSD is the session's prompt-cache spend: cache reads plus writes.
+func (sess *AgentNetworkAccessLogSession) CacheCostUSD() float64 {
+	return sess.CachedInputCostUSD + sess.CacheCreationCostUSD
 }
 
 // sessionKey is the grouping key for an entry: its session id, or — when the
@@ -205,7 +262,12 @@ func (sess *AgentNetworkAccessLogSession) foldEntry(sk *sessionSeen, e *AgentNet
 	sess.InputTokens += e.InputTokens
 	sess.OutputTokens += e.OutputTokens
 	sess.TotalTokens += e.TotalTokens
-	sess.CostUSD += e.CostUSD
+	sess.CachedInputTokens += e.CachedInputTokens
+	sess.CacheCreationTokens += e.CacheCreationTokens
+	sess.InputCostUSD += e.InputCostUSD
+	sess.CachedInputCostUSD += e.CachedInputCostUSD
+	sess.CacheCreationCostUSD += e.CacheCreationCostUSD
+	sess.OutputCostUSD += e.OutputCostUSD
 	if e.Timestamp.Before(sess.StartedAt) {
 		sess.StartedAt = e.Timestamp
 	}
@@ -248,15 +310,22 @@ func (sess *AgentNetworkAccessLogSession) ToAPIResponse() api.AgentNetworkAccess
 	}
 
 	out := api.AgentNetworkAccessLogSession{
-		StartedAt:    sess.StartedAt,
-		EndedAt:      sess.EndedAt,
-		RequestCount: sess.RequestCount,
-		InputTokens:  sess.InputTokens,
-		OutputTokens: sess.OutputTokens,
-		TotalTokens:  sess.TotalTokens,
-		CostUsd:      sess.CostUSD,
-		Decision:     sess.Decision,
-		Entries:      entries,
+		StartedAt:            sess.StartedAt,
+		EndedAt:              sess.EndedAt,
+		RequestCount:         sess.RequestCount,
+		InputTokens:          sess.InputTokens,
+		OutputTokens:         sess.OutputTokens,
+		TotalTokens:          sess.TotalTokens,
+		CachedInputTokens:    sess.CachedInputTokens,
+		CacheCreationTokens:  sess.CacheCreationTokens,
+		InputCostUsd:         sess.InputCostUSD,
+		CachedInputCostUsd:   sess.CachedInputCostUSD,
+		CacheCreationCostUsd: sess.CacheCreationCostUSD,
+		OutputCostUsd:        sess.OutputCostUSD,
+		CostUsd:              sess.TotalCostUSD(),
+		CacheCostUsd:         sess.CacheCostUSD(),
+		Decision:             sess.Decision,
+		Entries:              entries,
 	}
 	out.SessionId = strPtr(sess.SessionID)
 	out.UserId = strPtr(sess.UserID)

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/accesslogfilter.go

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var accessLogSortFields = map[string]string{
 	"provider":     "provider",
 	"status_code":  "status_code",
 	"duration":     "duration",
-	"cost_usd":     "cost_usd",
+	"cost_usd":     CostUSDSQLExpr,
 	"total_tokens": "total_tokens",
 	"user_id":      "user_id",
 	"decision":     "decision",
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var accessLogSortFields = map[string]string{
 var sessionSortExprs = map[string]string{ //nolint:gosec // G101 false positive: "total_tokens" sort key, not a credential
 	"timestamp":     "MAX(timestamp)",
 	"started_at":    "MIN(timestamp)",
-	"cost_usd":      "SUM(cost_usd)",
+	"cost_usd":      "SUM" + CostUSDSQLExpr,
 	"total_tokens":  "SUM(total_tokens)",
 	"duration":      "SUM(duration)",
 	"request_count": "COUNT(*)",

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/cost_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// costRow builds an access-log entry carrying only a cost breakdown — the rest
+// of the row is irrelevant to the summation identities under test.
+func costRow(id, session string, ts time.Time, in, cachedIn, cacheCreate, out float64) *AgentNetworkAccessLog {
+	return &AgentNetworkAccessLog{
+		ID:                   id,
+		SessionID:            session,
+		Timestamp:            ts,
+		InputCostUSD:         in,
+		CachedInputCostUSD:   cachedIn,
+		CacheCreationCostUSD: cacheCreate,
+		OutputCostUSD:        out,
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAPIResponse_CostComponentsSumToAggregates is the contract a client adding
+// up an API response depends on: within a single rendered object, the four
+// per-bucket fields sum to cost_usd, and the two cache fields sum to
+// cache_cost_usd. Uses rates that are not exactly representable in binary
+// floating point, so the identity is checked against real arithmetic rather
+// than round numbers.
+func TestAPIResponse_CostComponentsSumToAggregates(t *testing.T) {
+	row := costRow("r1", "s1", time.Now(), 0.000768, 0.0002304, 0.00192, 0.003)
+
+	api := row.ToAPIResponse()
+	assert.InDelta(t, api.InputCostUsd+api.CachedInputCostUsd+api.CacheCreationCostUsd+api.OutputCostUsd,
+		api.CostUsd, 1e-12, "rendered buckets must sum to the rendered cost_usd")
+	assert.InDelta(t, api.CachedInputCostUsd+api.CacheCreationCostUsd, api.CacheCostUsd, 1e-12,
+		"rendered cache buckets must sum to the rendered cache_cost_usd")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0059184, api.CostUsd, 1e-12, "total is the exact sum, not a separately rounded figure")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0021504, api.CacheCostUsd, 1e-12, "cache cost is the exact sum of the two cache buckets")
+}
+
+// TestSessionSummary_SumsMatchSummedEntries proves a session summary equals the
+// sum of the entries it renders: a client that adds up the entries itself must
+// land on the same number the summary reports, per bucket and in total.
+func TestSessionSummary_SumsMatchSummedEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	base := time.Date(2026, 5, 5, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	entries := []*AgentNetworkAccessLog{
+		costRow("r1", "s1", base, 0.000768, 0.0002304, 0.00192, 0.003),
+		costRow("r2", "s1", base.Add(time.Minute), 0.000625, 0.0009375, 0, 0.005),
+		costRow("r3", "s1", base.Add(2*time.Minute), 0.0000016, 0, 0, 0.0000032),
+	}
+
+	sessions := FoldAccessLogSessions([]string{"s1"}, entries)
+	require.Len(t, sessions, 1)
+	sess := sessions[0].ToAPIResponse()
+
+	var wantInput, wantCachedInput, wantCacheCreation, wantOutput float64
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		wantInput += e.InputCostUSD
+		wantCachedInput += e.CachedInputCostUSD
+		wantCacheCreation += e.CacheCreationCostUSD
+		wantOutput += e.OutputCostUSD
+	}
+
+	assert.InDelta(t, wantInput, sess.InputCostUsd, 1e-12, "session input cost is the sum of its entries")
+	assert.InDelta(t, wantCachedInput, sess.CachedInputCostUsd, 1e-12, "session cache-read cost is the sum of its entries")
+	assert.InDelta(t, wantCacheCreation, sess.CacheCreationCostUsd, 1e-12, "session cache-write cost is the sum of its entries")
+	assert.InDelta(t, wantOutput, sess.OutputCostUsd, 1e-12, "session output cost is the sum of its entries")
+	assert.InDelta(t, wantInput+wantCachedInput+wantCacheCreation+wantOutput, sess.CostUsd, 1e-12,
+		"session total equals the summed entry buckets")
+
+	// Summing the rendered entries must give the same answer as reading the
+	// summary — the property a UI relies on when it totals a table itself.
+	var fromEntries float64
+	for _, e := range sess.Entries {
+		fromEntries += e.CostUsd
+	}
+	assert.InDelta(t, sess.CostUsd, fromEntries, 1e-12, "summary total must match the summed rendered entries")
+
+	// The sub-microdollar row must still contribute; it would vanish under
+	// 6-decimal quantisation.
+	assert.Greater(t, sess.InputCostUsd, 0.001393, "small-cost rows must not be quantised away")
+}
+
+// TestUsageBuckets_SumsMatchSummedRows proves the same identity one level up:
+// a usage bucket equals the sum of the ledger rows folded into it, and the
+// buckets together equal the whole range.
+func TestUsageBuckets_SumsMatchSummedRows(t *testing.T) {
+	day1 := time.Date(2026, 5, 5, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	day2 := time.Date(2026, 5, 6, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	rows := []*AgentNetworkUsage{
+		{ID: "u1", Timestamp: day1, InputCostUSD: 0.000768, CachedInputCostUSD: 0.0002304, CacheCreationCostUSD: 0.00192, OutputCostUSD: 0.003},
+		{ID: "u2", Timestamp: day1.Add(time.Hour), InputCostUSD: 0.000625, CachedInputCostUSD: 0.0009375, OutputCostUSD: 0.005},
+		{ID: "u3", Timestamp: day2, InputCostUSD: 0.0000016, OutputCostUSD: 0.0000032},
+	}
+
+	buckets := AggregateUsageByGranularity(rows, UsageGranularityDay)
+	require.Len(t, buckets, 2, "two distinct days expected")
+
+	var total, cache float64
+	for _, b := range buckets {
+		api := b.ToAPIResponse()
+		assert.InDelta(t, api.InputCostUsd+api.CachedInputCostUsd+api.CacheCreationCostUsd+api.OutputCostUsd,
+			api.CostUsd, 1e-12, "each bucket's components must sum to its cost_usd")
+		total += api.CostUsd
+		cache += api.CacheCostUsd
+	}
+
+	var wantTotal, wantCache float64
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		wantTotal += r.TotalCostUSD()
+		wantCache += r.CacheCostUSD()
+	}
+	assert.InDelta(t, wantTotal, total, 1e-12, "buckets must sum to the total across all ledger rows")
+	assert.InDelta(t, wantCache, cache, 1e-12, "buckets must sum to the cache spend across all ledger rows")
+
+	// A month bucket over the same rows must total identically — regrouping
+	// changes the partition, never the sum.
+	monthly := AggregateUsageByGranularity(rows, UsageGranularityMonth)
+	require.Len(t, monthly, 1)
+	assert.InDelta(t, wantTotal, monthly[0].ToAPIResponse().CostUsd, 1e-12,
+		"re-bucketing at a different granularity must preserve the total")
+}

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/usage.go

@@ -25,8 +25,19 @@ type AgentNetworkUsage struct {
 	InputTokens        int64
 	OutputTokens       int64
 	TotalTokens        int64
-	CostUSD            float64
-	CreatedAt          time.Time
+	// Prompt-cache buckets: read + write token counts.
+	CachedInputTokens   int64
+	CacheCreationTokens int64
+	// Per-bucket cost breakdown, mirroring AgentNetworkAccessLog — the only
+	// cost state stored; total and cache portion are derived on read. Kept on
+	// the usage ledger too so spend can be attributed per bucket even for
+	// accounts with log collection turned off. See AgentNetworkAccessLog for
+	// why the columns carry a zero default.
+	InputCostUSD         float64 `gorm:"not null;default:0"`
+	CachedInputCostUSD   float64 `gorm:"not null;default:0"`
+	CacheCreationCostUSD float64 `gorm:"not null;default:0"`
+	OutputCostUSD        float64 `gorm:"not null;default:0"`
+	CreatedAt            time.Time
 }
 
 // TableName keeps usage records in their own stripped table. Named
@@ -34,6 +45,17 @@ type AgentNetworkUsage struct {
 // agent_network_usage table in a shared database.
 func (AgentNetworkUsage) TableName() string { return "agent_network_request_usage" }
 
+// TotalCostUSD is the request's total cost: the sum of the four per-bucket
+// costs. Derived rather than stored so it cannot disagree with the breakdown.
+func (u *AgentNetworkUsage) TotalCostUSD() float64 {
+	return u.InputCostUSD + u.CachedInputCostUSD + u.CacheCreationCostUSD + u.OutputCostUSD
+}
+
+// CacheCostUSD is the portion of the total billed for prompt-cache buckets.
+func (u *AgentNetworkUsage) CacheCostUSD() float64 {
+	return u.CachedInputCostUSD + u.CacheCreationCostUSD
+}
+
 // AgentNetworkUsageGroup is the normalised many-to-many row linking a usage
 // record to one authorising group, mirroring AgentNetworkAccessLogGroup so the
 // usage overview can filter by group with a `group_id IN (...)` join.

management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types/usageoverview.go

@@ -33,21 +33,45 @@ func ParseUsageGranularity(s string) UsageGranularity {
 // AgentNetworkUsageBucket is one aggregated usage time bucket. PeriodStart is
 // the UTC start of the bucket as YYYY-MM-DD.
 type AgentNetworkUsageBucket struct {
-	PeriodStart  string
-	InputTokens  int64
-	OutputTokens int64
-	TotalTokens  int64
-	CostUSD      float64
+	PeriodStart          string
+	InputTokens          int64
+	OutputTokens         int64
+	TotalTokens          int64
+	CachedInputTokens    int64
+	CacheCreationTokens  int64
+	InputCostUSD         float64
+	CachedInputCostUSD   float64
+	CacheCreationCostUSD float64
+	OutputCostUSD        float64
+}
+
+// TotalCostUSD is the bucket's total spend: the sum of the four per-bucket
+// costs. Derived rather than accumulated separately so it cannot disagree with
+// the components.
+func (b *AgentNetworkUsageBucket) TotalCostUSD() float64 {
+	return b.InputCostUSD + b.CachedInputCostUSD + b.CacheCreationCostUSD + b.OutputCostUSD
+}
+
+// CacheCostUSD is the bucket's prompt-cache spend: cache reads plus writes.
+func (b *AgentNetworkUsageBucket) CacheCostUSD() float64 {
+	return b.CachedInputCostUSD + b.CacheCreationCostUSD
 }
 
 // ToAPIResponse renders the bucket as the API representation.
 func (b *AgentNetworkUsageBucket) ToAPIResponse() api.AgentNetworkUsageBucket {
 	return api.AgentNetworkUsageBucket{
-		PeriodStart:  b.PeriodStart,
-		InputTokens:  b.InputTokens,
-		OutputTokens: b.OutputTokens,
-		TotalTokens:  b.TotalTokens,
-		CostUsd:      b.CostUSD,
+		PeriodStart:          b.PeriodStart,
+		InputTokens:          b.InputTokens,
+		OutputTokens:         b.OutputTokens,
+		TotalTokens:          b.TotalTokens,
+		CachedInputTokens:    b.CachedInputTokens,
+		CacheCreationTokens:  b.CacheCreationTokens,
+		InputCostUsd:         b.InputCostUSD,
+		CachedInputCostUsd:   b.CachedInputCostUSD,
+		CacheCreationCostUsd: b.CacheCreationCostUSD,
+		OutputCostUsd:        b.OutputCostUSD,
+		CostUsd:              b.TotalCostUSD(),
+		CacheCostUsd:         b.CacheCostUSD(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +108,12 @@ func AggregateUsageByGranularity(rows []*AgentNetworkUsage, g UsageGranularity)
 		b.InputTokens += r.InputTokens
 		b.OutputTokens += r.OutputTokens
 		b.TotalTokens += r.TotalTokens
-		b.CostUSD += r.CostUSD
+		b.CachedInputTokens += r.CachedInputTokens
+		b.CacheCreationTokens += r.CacheCreationTokens
+		b.InputCostUSD += r.InputCostUSD
+		b.CachedInputCostUSD += r.CachedInputCostUSD
+		b.CacheCreationCostUSD += r.CacheCreationCostUSD
+		b.OutputCostUSD += r.OutputCostUSD
 	}
 
 	out := make([]*AgentNetworkUsageBucket, 0, len(byPeriod))

management/internals/server/config/config.go

@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// EmbeddedIdP contains configuration for the embedded Dex OIDC provider.
 	// When set, Dex will be embedded in the management server and serve requests at /oauth2/
 	EmbeddedIdP *idp.EmbeddedIdPConfig
+
+	HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion *int
+
+	PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion map[string]int
 }
 
 // GetAuthAudiences returns the audience from the http config and device authorization flow config

management/internals/shared/grpc/components_encoder.go

@@ -0,0 +1,766 @@
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"strconv"
+
+	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+	nbroute "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/networkmap"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+)
+
+// wgKeyRawLen is the raw byte length of a WireGuard public key.
+const wgKeyRawLen = 32
+
+// ComponentsEnvelopeInput bundles the data the component-format encoder needs.
+// The envelope is fully self-contained — every field needed by the client's
+// local Calculate() comes from the components struct itself. The only
+// externally-supplied data is the receiving peer's PeerConfig (which is
+// computed alongside the components in the network_map controller and reused
+// from the legacy proto path) and the dns_domain string.
+type ComponentsEnvelopeInput struct {
+	Components       *types.NetworkMapComponents
+	PeerConfig       *proto.PeerConfig
+	DNSDomain        string
+	DNSForwarderPort int64
+	// UserIDClaim is the OIDC claim name the client should embed in
+	// SshAuth.UserIDClaim when reconstructing the NetworkMap. Empty value
+	// is OK — client treats empty as "no SshAuth to build".
+	UserIDClaim string
+	// ProxyPatch carries pre-expanded NetworkMap fragments injected by
+	// external controllers (BYOP/port-forwarding). Nil when no proxy data
+	// is present; encoder skips the field in that case.
+	ProxyPatch *proto.ProxyPatch
+}
+
+// EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope converts NetworkMapComponents into the component
+// wire envelope. The encoder is intentionally non-deterministic: it iterates
+// Go maps in their native (random) order. Indexes inside the envelope
+// (peer_indexes, source_group_ids, agent_version_idx, router_peer_indexes)
+// are self-consistent within a single encode, so the decoder reconstructs
+// the same typed objects regardless of emit order. Tests that need to
+// compare envelopes do so semantically via proto round-trip + canonicalize,
+// not byte-equal.
+//
+// Callers must NOT concatenate or merge envelopes from different encodes —
+// index spaces are local to a single envelope.
+func EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(in ComponentsEnvelopeInput) *proto.NetworkMapEnvelope {
+	c := in.Components
+
+	// Graceful degrade when components is nil — matches the legacy path's
+	// behaviour for missing/unvalidated peers (return a NetworkMap with only
+	// Network populated). The receiver gets an envelope it can decode
+	// without crashing; AccountSettings stays non-nil so client-side
+	// dereferences are safe.
+	if c.IsEmpty() {
+		// Match legacy missing-peer minimum: a NetworkMap with only Network
+		// populated. The receiver gets enough to bootstrap (Network
+		// identifier, dns_domain, account_settings) and the peer itself.
+		return &proto.NetworkMapEnvelope{
+			Payload: &proto.NetworkMapEnvelope_Full{
+				Full: &proto.NetworkMapComponentsFull{
+					PeerConfig: in.PeerConfig,
+					// components.Peers always contains the target peer
+					Peers:            []*proto.PeerCompact{toPeerCompact(c.Peers[c.PeerID])},
+					DnsDomain:        in.DNSDomain,
+					DnsForwarderPort: in.DNSForwarderPort,
+					UserIdClaim:      in.UserIDClaim,
+					AccountSettings:  &proto.AccountSettingsCompact{},
+					ProxyPatch:       in.ProxyPatch,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Phase 1: build dedup tables. Every routing peer (in c.RouterPeers) and
+	// every regular peer (in c.Peers) must be indexed before any encoder
+	// looks up indexes via e.peerOrder — otherwise routes / routers_map for
+	// peers that exist only in c.RouterPeers would silently lose their
+	// peer_index reference.
+	enc := newComponentEncoder(c)
+	enc.indexAllPeers()
+	routerIdxs := enc.indexRouterPeers(c.RouterPeers)
+
+	// Phase 2: gather every policy that any consumer references (peer-pair
+	// policies + resource-only policies) so encodeResourcePoliciesMap can
+	// translate every *Policy pointer to a wire index.
+	allPolicies := unionPolicies(c.Policies, c.ResourcePoliciesMap)
+	policies := enc.encodePolicies(allPolicies)
+
+	// Phase 3: emit. Order of struct field expressions no longer matters:
+	// every encoder either reads from the dedup tables or works on
+	// independent input.
+	full := &proto.NetworkMapComponentsFull{
+		Serial:              networkSerial(c.Network),
+		PeerConfig:          in.PeerConfig,
+		Network:             toAccountNetwork(c.Network),
+		AccountSettings:     toAccountSettingsCompact(c.AccountSettings),
+		DnsForwarderPort:    in.DNSForwarderPort,
+		UserIdClaim:         in.UserIDClaim,
+		ProxyPatch:          in.ProxyPatch,
+		DnsSettings:         enc.encodeDNSSettings(c.DNSSettings),
+		DnsDomain:           in.DNSDomain,
+		CustomZoneDomain:    c.CustomZoneDomain,
+		AgentVersions:       enc.agentVersions,
+		Peers:               enc.peers,
+		RouterPeerIndexes:   routerIdxs,
+		Policies:            policies,
+		Groups:              enc.encodeGroups(),
+		Routes:              enc.encodeRoutes(c.Routes),
+		NameserverGroups:    enc.encodeNameServerGroups(c.NameServerGroups),
+		AllDnsRecords:       encodeSimpleRecords(c.AllDNSRecords),
+		AccountZones:        encodeCustomZones(c.AccountZones),
+		NetworkResources:    enc.encodeNetworkResources(c.NetworkResources),
+		RoutersMap:          enc.encodeRoutersMap(c.RoutersMap),
+		ResourcePoliciesMap: enc.encodeResourcePoliciesMap(c.ResourcePoliciesMap),
+		GroupIdToUserIds:    enc.encodeGroupIDToUserIDs(c.GroupIDToUserIDs),
+		AllowedUserIds:      stringSetToSlice(c.AllowedUserIDs),
+		PostureFailedPeers:  enc.encodePostureFailedPeers(c.PostureFailedPeers),
+	}
+
+	return &proto.NetworkMapEnvelope{
+		Payload: &proto.NetworkMapEnvelope_Full{Full: full},
+	}
+}
+
+// networkSerial returns c.Network.CurrentSerial() with a nil guard. The
+// production path always populates c.Network, but the encoder is exported
+// and a hand-built components struct may omit it.
+func networkSerial(n *types.Network) uint64 {
+	if n == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return n.CurrentSerial()
+}
+
+type componentEncoder struct {
+	components *types.NetworkMapComponents
+
+	peerOrder map[string]uint32
+	peers     []*proto.PeerCompact
+
+	agentVersionOrder map[string]uint32
+	agentVersions     []string
+}
+
+func newComponentEncoder(c *types.NetworkMapComponents) *componentEncoder {
+	return &componentEncoder{
+		components:        c,
+		peerOrder:         make(map[string]uint32, len(c.Peers)),
+		peers:             make([]*proto.PeerCompact, 0, len(c.Peers)),
+		agentVersionOrder: make(map[string]uint32),
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) indexAllPeers() {
+	for _, p := range e.components.Peers {
+		if p == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		e.appendPeer(p)
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) appendPeer(p *types.ComponentPeer) uint32 {
+	if idx, ok := e.peerOrder[p.ID]; ok {
+		return idx
+	}
+	idx := uint32(len(e.peers))
+	e.peerOrder[p.ID] = idx
+	e.peers = append(e.peers, toPeerCompact(p))
+	return idx
+}
+
+// indexRouterPeers ensures every router peer is in the peer dedup table
+// (c.RouterPeers may contain peers not in c.Peers when validation rules drop
+// them) and returns their wire indexes for the RouterPeerIndexes field. Must
+// run before any encoder that resolves peer ids via e.peerOrder.
+func (e *componentEncoder) indexRouterPeers(routers map[string]*types.ComponentPeer) []uint32 {
+	if len(routers) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]uint32, 0, len(routers))
+	for _, p := range routers {
+		if p == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, e.appendPeer(p))
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeGroups() []*proto.GroupCompact {
+	if len(e.components.Groups) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	out := make([]*proto.GroupCompact, 0, len(e.components.Groups))
+	for _, g := range e.components.Groups {
+		peerIdxs := make([]uint32, 0, len(g.Peers))
+		for _, peerID := range g.Peers {
+			if idx, ok := e.peerOrder[peerID]; ok {
+				peerIdxs = append(peerIdxs, idx)
+			}
+		}
+		out = append(out, &proto.GroupCompact{
+			Id:          g.PublicID,
+			PeerIndexes: peerIdxs,
+			IsAll:       g.IsGroupAll(),
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// encodePolicies flattens Policy{Rules} → []PolicyCompact. Returns the wire
+// list and a map from policy pointer to the indexes of its emitted rules in
+// that list — used by encodeResourcePoliciesMap to translate
+// ResourcePoliciesMap[resourceID][]*Policy into wire-side indexes.
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodePolicies(policies []*types.Policy) []*proto.PolicyCompact {
+	if len(policies) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	out := make([]*proto.PolicyCompact, 0, len(policies))
+
+	for _, pol := range policies {
+		if !pol.Enabled {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, r := range pol.Rules {
+			if r == nil || !r.Enabled {
+				continue
+			}
+			out = append(out, e.encodePolicyRule(pol, r))
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// encodePolicyRule maps a single PolicyRule under pol to a PolicyCompact entry.
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodePolicyRule(pol *types.Policy, r *types.PolicyRule) *proto.PolicyCompact {
+	return &proto.PolicyCompact{
+		Id:                    pol.PublicID,
+		Action:                networkmap.GetProtoAction(string(r.Action)),
+		Protocol:              networkmap.GetProtoProtocol(string(r.Protocol)),
+		Bidirectional:         r.Bidirectional,
+		Ports:                 portsToUint32(r.Ports),
+		PortRanges:            portRangesToProto(r.PortRanges),
+		SourceGroupIds:        e.groupPublicXids(r.Sources),
+		DestinationGroupIds:   e.groupPublicXids(r.Destinations),
+		AuthorizedUser:        r.AuthorizedUser,
+		AuthorizedGroups:      e.encodeAuthorizedGroups(r.AuthorizedGroups),
+		SourceResource:        e.resourceToProto(r.SourceResource),
+		DestinationResource:   e.resourceToProto(r.DestinationResource),
+		SourcePostureCheckIds: e.postureCheckSeqs(pol.SourcePostureChecks),
+	}
+}
+
+// groupPublicXids maps the xid group IDs in src to their public xids,
+// dropping any group with invalid public xid.
+func (e *componentEncoder) groupPublicXids(src []string) []string {
+	if len(src) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(src))
+	for _, gid := range src {
+		if id, ok := e.groupPublicXid(gid); ok {
+			out = append(out, id)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// unionPolicies merges c.Policies with every policy referenced by
+// c.ResourcePoliciesMap, deduplicating by pointer identity. Resource-only
+// policies (relevant to a NetworkResource but not to peer-pair traffic)
+// only live in ResourcePoliciesMap; without this union step they'd be lost
+// from the wire and the client's resource-policy lookup would come back
+// empty.
+func unionPolicies(policies []*types.Policy, resourcePolicies map[string][]*types.Policy) []*types.Policy {
+	// Fast path: non-router peers have no resource-only policies, so the
+	// "union" is identical to `policies`. Skip the dedup map allocation.
+	if len(resourcePolicies) == 0 {
+		return policies
+	}
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{}, len(policies))
+	out := make([]*types.Policy, 0, len(policies))
+	for _, p := range policies {
+		if p == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, ok := seen[p.ID]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[p.ID] = struct{}{}
+		out = append(out, p)
+	}
+	for _, list := range resourcePolicies {
+		for _, p := range list {
+			if p == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			if _, ok := seen[p.ID]; ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			seen[p.ID] = struct{}{}
+			out = append(out, p)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// encodeAuthorizedGroups translates rule.AuthorizedGroups (map keyed by
+// group xid → local-user names) to the wire form (map keyed by group
+// account_seq_id → UserNameList). Groups without a seq id are dropped —
+// matches how source/destination group references handle the same case.
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeAuthorizedGroups(m map[string][]string) map[string]*proto.UserNameList {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make(map[string]*proto.UserNameList, len(m))
+	for groupID, names := range m {
+		id, ok := e.groupPublicXid(groupID)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		out[id] = &proto.UserNameList{Names: names}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) groupPublicXid(groupID string) (string, bool) {
+	g, ok := e.components.Groups[groupID]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return g.PublicID, true
+}
+
+// resourceToProto translates types.Resource for the wire. For peer-typed
+// resources the peer id is converted to a peer index into the envelope's
+// peers array. For other resource types only the type string is shipped
+// today (Calculate's resource-typed rule path consults SourceResource only
+// for "peer" — other types fall through to group-based lookup).
+func (e *componentEncoder) resourceToProto(r types.Resource) *proto.ResourceCompact {
+	if r.ID == "" && r.Type == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := &proto.ResourceCompact{Type: string(r.Type)}
+	if r.Type == types.ResourceTypePeer && r.ID != "" {
+		if idx, ok := e.peerOrder[r.ID]; ok {
+			out.PeerIndexSet = true
+			out.PeerIndex = idx
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// postureCheckSeqs translates a slice of posture-check xids to their
+// public xids. Unresolvable xids are silently dropped — matches how group/peer
+// references handle the same case.
+func (e *componentEncoder) postureCheckSeqs(xids []string) []string {
+	if len(xids) == 0 || len(e.components.PostureCheckXIDToPublicID) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(xids))
+	for _, xid := range xids {
+		if seq, ok := e.components.PostureCheckXIDToPublicID[xid]; ok {
+			out = append(out, seq)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// networkSeq translates a Network xid to its public id using
+// the NetworkMapComponents.NetworkXIDToPublicID lookup. Returns (0,false) when
+// the xid isn't known — callers decide whether to skip the parent record.
+func (e *componentEncoder) networkPublicId(xid string) (string, bool) {
+	if xid == "" {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	id, ok := e.components.NetworkXIDToPublicID[xid]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return id, true
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeDNSSettings(s *types.DNSSettings) *proto.DNSSettingsCompact {
+	if s == nil || len(s.DisabledManagementGroups) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := &proto.DNSSettingsCompact{
+		DisabledManagementGroupIds: make([]string, 0, len(s.DisabledManagementGroups)),
+	}
+	for _, gid := range s.DisabledManagementGroups {
+		if id, ok := e.groupPublicXid(gid); ok {
+			out.DisabledManagementGroupIds = append(out.DisabledManagementGroupIds, id)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeRoutes(routes []*nbroute.Route) []*proto.RouteRaw {
+	if len(routes) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]*proto.RouteRaw, 0, len(routes))
+	for _, r := range routes {
+		if r == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		rr := &proto.RouteRaw{
+			Id:                    r.PublicID,
+			NetId:                 string(r.NetID),
+			Description:           r.Description,
+			KeepRoute:             r.KeepRoute,
+			NetworkType:           int32(r.NetworkType),
+			Masquerade:            r.Masquerade,
+			Metric:                int32(r.Metric),
+			Enabled:               r.Enabled,
+			SkipAutoApply:         r.SkipAutoApply,
+			Domains:               r.Domains.ToPunycodeList(),
+			GroupIds:              e.groupPublicXids(r.Groups),
+			AccessControlGroupIds: e.groupPublicXids(r.AccessControlGroups),
+			PeerGroupIds:          e.groupPublicXids(r.PeerGroups),
+		}
+		if r.Network.IsValid() {
+			rr.NetworkCidr = r.Network.String()
+		}
+		if r.Peer != "" {
+			if idx, ok := e.peerOrder[r.Peer]; ok {
+				rr.PeerIndexSet = true
+				rr.PeerIndex = idx
+			}
+		}
+		out = append(out, rr)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeNameServerGroups(nsgs []*nbdns.NameServerGroup) []*proto.NameServerGroupRaw {
+	if len(nsgs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]*proto.NameServerGroupRaw, 0, len(nsgs))
+	for _, nsg := range nsgs {
+		if nsg == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		entry := &proto.NameServerGroupRaw{
+			Id:                   nsg.PublicID,
+			Nameservers:          encodeNameServers(nsg.NameServers),
+			GroupIds:             e.groupPublicXids(nsg.Groups),
+			Primary:              nsg.Primary,
+			Domains:              nsg.Domains,
+			Enabled:              nsg.Enabled,
+			SearchDomainsEnabled: nsg.SearchDomainsEnabled,
+		}
+		out = append(out, entry)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func encodeNameServers(servers []nbdns.NameServer) []*proto.NameServer {
+	if len(servers) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]*proto.NameServer, 0, len(servers))
+	for _, s := range servers {
+		out = append(out, &proto.NameServer{
+			IP:     s.IP.String(),
+			NSType: int64(s.NSType),
+			Port:   int64(s.Port),
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func encodeSimpleRecords(records []nbdns.SimpleRecord) []*proto.SimpleRecord {
+	if len(records) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]*proto.SimpleRecord, 0, len(records))
+	for _, r := range records {
+		out = append(out, &proto.SimpleRecord{
+			Name:  r.Name,
+			Type:  int64(r.Type),
+			Class: r.Class,
+			TTL:   int64(r.TTL),
+			RData: r.RData,
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func encodeCustomZones(zones []nbdns.CustomZone) []*proto.CustomZone {
+	if len(zones) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]*proto.CustomZone, 0, len(zones))
+	for _, z := range zones {
+		out = append(out, &proto.CustomZone{
+			Domain:               z.Domain,
+			Records:              encodeSimpleRecords(z.Records),
+			SearchDomainDisabled: z.SearchDomainDisabled,
+			NonAuthoritative:     z.NonAuthoritative,
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeNetworkResources(resources []*types.ComponentResource) []*proto.NetworkResourceRaw {
+	if len(resources) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]*proto.NetworkResourceRaw, 0, len(resources))
+	for _, r := range resources {
+		if r == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		entry := &proto.NetworkResourceRaw{
+			Id:          r.PublicID,
+			Name:        r.Name,
+			Description: r.Description,
+			Type:        string(r.Type),
+			Address:     r.Address,
+			DomainValue: r.Domain,
+			Enabled:     r.Enabled,
+		}
+		if id, ok := e.networkPublicId(r.NetworkID); ok {
+			entry.NetworkSeq = id
+		}
+		if r.Prefix.IsValid() {
+			entry.PrefixCidr = r.Prefix.String()
+		}
+		out = append(out, entry)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeRoutersMap(routersMap map[string]map[string]*types.ComponentRouter) map[string]*proto.NetworkRouterList {
+	if len(routersMap) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make(map[string]*proto.NetworkRouterList, len(routersMap))
+	for networkXID, routers := range routersMap {
+		if len(routers) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		id, ok := e.networkPublicId(networkXID)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		entries := make([]*proto.NetworkRouterEntry, 0, len(routers))
+		for peerID, r := range routers {
+			if r == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			entry := &proto.NetworkRouterEntry{
+				Id:           r.PublicID,
+				PeerGroupIds: e.groupPublicXids(r.PeerGroups),
+				Masquerade:   r.Masquerade,
+				Metric:       int32(r.Metric),
+				Enabled:      r.Enabled,
+			}
+			if idx, ok := e.peerOrder[peerID]; ok {
+				entry.PeerIndexSet = true
+				entry.PeerIndex = idx
+			}
+			entries = append(entries, entry)
+		}
+		out[id] = &proto.NetworkRouterList{Entries: entries}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeResourcePoliciesMap(rpm map[string][]*types.Policy) map[string]*proto.PolicyIds {
+	if len(rpm) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// resourceXIDToPublicID is local to one encode — built from components.NetworkResources
+	// (small slice). Network resources without seq id are dropped, matching how
+	// other components-without-seq are silently filtered.
+	resourceXIDToPublicID := make(map[string]string, len(e.components.NetworkResources))
+	for _, r := range e.components.NetworkResources {
+		if r != nil {
+			resourceXIDToPublicID[r.ID] = r.PublicID
+		}
+	}
+	out := make(map[string]*proto.PolicyIds, len(rpm))
+	for resourceXID, policies := range rpm {
+		resId, ok := resourceXIDToPublicID[resourceXID]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		ids := make([]string, 0, len(policies))
+		for _, pol := range policies {
+			ids = append(ids, pol.PublicID)
+		}
+		if len(ids) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		out[resId] = &proto.PolicyIds{Ids: ids}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodeGroupIDToUserIDs(m map[string][]string) map[string]*proto.UserIDList {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make(map[string]*proto.UserIDList, len(m))
+	for groupID, userIDs := range m {
+		id, ok := e.groupPublicXid(groupID)
+		if !ok || len(userIDs) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		out[id] = &proto.UserIDList{UserIds: userIDs}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func stringSetToSlice(s map[string]struct{}) []string {
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(s))
+	for k := range s {
+		out = append(out, k)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (e *componentEncoder) encodePostureFailedPeers(m map[string]map[string]struct{}) map[string]*proto.PeerIndexSet {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make(map[string]*proto.PeerIndexSet, len(m))
+	for checkXID, failedPeerIDs := range m {
+		id, ok := e.components.PostureCheckXIDToPublicID[checkXID]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		idxs := make([]uint32, 0, len(failedPeerIDs))
+		for peerID := range failedPeerIDs {
+			if idx, ok := e.peerOrder[peerID]; ok {
+				idxs = append(idxs, idx)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(idxs) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		out[id] = &proto.PeerIndexSet{PeerIndexes: idxs}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// toAccountSettingsCompact always returns a non-nil message — the client
+// dereferences it unconditionally during Calculate(), so a nil here would
+// crash the receiver. A missing types.AccountSettingsInfo on the server
+// (which shouldn't happen in production but the encoder is exported)
+// degrades to login_expiration_enabled = false, which makes
+// LoginExpired() return false for every peer.
+func toAccountSettingsCompact(s *types.AccountSettingsInfo) *proto.AccountSettingsCompact {
+	if s == nil {
+		return &proto.AccountSettingsCompact{}
+	}
+	return &proto.AccountSettingsCompact{
+		PeerLoginExpirationEnabled: s.PeerLoginExpirationEnabled,
+		PeerLoginExpirationNs:      int64(s.PeerLoginExpiration),
+	}
+}
+
+func toAccountNetwork(n *types.Network) *proto.AccountNetwork {
+	if n == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := &proto.AccountNetwork{
+		Identifier: n.Identifier,
+		NetCidr:    n.Net.String(),
+		Dns:        n.Dns,
+		Serial:     n.CurrentSerial(),
+	}
+	if len(n.NetV6.IP) > 0 {
+		out.NetV6Cidr = n.NetV6.String()
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func toPeerCompact(p *types.ComponentPeer) *proto.PeerCompact {
+	pc := &proto.PeerCompact{
+		WgPubKey:               decodeWgKey(p.Key),
+		SshPubKey:              []byte(p.SSHKey),
+		DnsLabel:               p.DNSLabel,
+		AgentVersion:           p.AgentVersion,
+		AddedWithSsoLogin:      p.AddedWithSSOLogin,
+		LoginExpirationEnabled: p.LoginExpirationEnabled,
+		SshEnabled:             p.SSHEnabled,
+		SupportsIpv6:           p.SupportsIPv6,
+		SupportsSourcePrefixes: p.SupportsSourcePrefixes,
+		ServerSshAllowed:       p.ServerSSHAllowed,
+	}
+	if !p.LastLogin.IsZero() {
+		pc.LastLoginUnixNano = p.LastLogin.UnixNano()
+	}
+	switch {
+	case !p.IP.IsValid():
+		// leave Ip nil
+	case p.IP.Is4() || p.IP.Is4In6():
+		ip := p.IP.Unmap().As4()
+		pc.Ip = ip[:]
+	default:
+		ip := p.IP.As16()
+		pc.Ip = ip[:]
+	}
+	if p.IPv6.IsValid() {
+		ip := p.IPv6.As16()
+		pc.Ipv6 = ip[:]
+	}
+	return pc
+}
+
+// decodeWgKey returns the raw 32 bytes of a base64-encoded WireGuard public
+// key, or nil for an empty / malformed key.
+func decodeWgKey(s string) []byte {
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]byte, wgKeyRawLen)
+	n, err := base64.StdEncoding.Decode(out, []byte(s))
+	if err != nil || n != wgKeyRawLen {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func portsToUint32(ports []string) []uint32 {
+	if len(ports) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]uint32, 0, len(ports))
+	for _, p := range ports {
+		v, err := strconv.ParseUint(p, 10, 16)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, uint32(v))
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func portRangesToProto(ranges []types.RulePortRange) []*proto.PortInfo_Range {
+	if len(ranges) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]*proto.PortInfo_Range, 0, len(ranges))
+	for _, r := range ranges {
+		out = append(out, &proto.PortInfo_Range{
+			Start: uint32(r.Start),
+			End:   uint32(r.End),
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}

management/internals/shared/grpc/components_encoder_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,781 @@
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"cmp"
+	"net"
+	"net/netip"
+	"slices"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	goproto "google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+
+	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+	nbroute "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+)
+
+const testWgKeyA = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopq="
+const testWgKeyB = "BBCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopq="
+const testWgKeyC = "CBCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopq="
+
+// canonicalize rewrites a NetworkMapComponentsFull in place into a canonical
+// form: peers reordered by wg_pub_key, with the rest of the message rewritten
+// to reference the new peer indexes. Groups, policies, and router indexes are
+// also sorted. After canonicalize, two envelopes built from the same logical
+// input compare byte-equal via proto.Equal.
+//
+// This lives on the test side — the encoder itself emits in map-iteration
+// order. Test-side normalization is the contract for "two encodes are
+// equivalent".
+func canonicalize(full *proto.NetworkMapComponentsFull) {
+	if full == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	type peerEntry struct {
+		peer   *proto.PeerCompact
+		oldIdx uint32
+	}
+	entries := make([]peerEntry, len(full.Peers))
+	for i, p := range full.Peers {
+		entries[i] = peerEntry{peer: p, oldIdx: uint32(i)}
+	}
+	// DnsLabel is unique per peer; it tiebreaks on equal WgPubKey (e.g. both
+	// nil from malformed keys, or both empty for placeholders).
+	slices.SortFunc(entries, func(a, b peerEntry) int {
+		if c := bytes.Compare(a.peer.WgPubKey, b.peer.WgPubKey); c != 0 {
+			return c
+		}
+		return cmp.Compare(a.peer.DnsLabel, b.peer.DnsLabel)
+	})
+
+	remap := make(map[uint32]uint32, len(entries))
+	newPeers := make([]*proto.PeerCompact, len(entries))
+	for newIdx, e := range entries {
+		remap[e.oldIdx] = uint32(newIdx)
+		newPeers[newIdx] = e.peer
+	}
+	full.Peers = newPeers
+
+	full.RouterPeerIndexes = remapAndSort(full.RouterPeerIndexes, remap)
+	for _, g := range full.Groups {
+		g.PeerIndexes = remapAndSort(g.PeerIndexes, remap)
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(full.Groups, func(a, b *proto.GroupCompact) int { return cmp.Compare(a.Id, b.Id) })
+
+	for _, r := range full.Routes {
+		if r.PeerIndexSet {
+			if newIdx, ok := remap[r.PeerIndex]; ok {
+				r.PeerIndex = newIdx
+			}
+		}
+		slices.Sort(r.GroupIds)
+		slices.Sort(r.AccessControlGroupIds)
+		slices.Sort(r.PeerGroupIds)
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(full.Routes, func(a, b *proto.RouteRaw) int { return cmp.Compare(a.Id, b.Id) })
+
+	for _, list := range full.RoutersMap {
+		for _, entry := range list.Entries {
+			if entry.PeerIndexSet {
+				if newIdx, ok := remap[entry.PeerIndex]; ok {
+					entry.PeerIndex = newIdx
+				}
+			}
+			slices.Sort(entry.PeerGroupIds)
+		}
+		slices.SortFunc(list.Entries, func(a, b *proto.NetworkRouterEntry) int { return cmp.Compare(a.Id, b.Id) })
+	}
+
+	for _, set := range full.PostureFailedPeers {
+		set.PeerIndexes = remapAndSort(set.PeerIndexes, remap)
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range full.Policies {
+		slices.Sort(p.SourceGroupIds)
+		slices.Sort(p.DestinationGroupIds)
+	}
+	// Sort policies by (Id, source_group_ids, destination_group_ids) so that
+	// multiple PolicyCompact entries sharing the same Id (one per rule, when
+	// a Policy has multiple rules) still get a deterministic order. After
+	// sorting we remap indexes in ResourcePoliciesMap.
+	policyOldOrder := make(map[*proto.PolicyCompact]uint32, len(full.Policies))
+	for i, p := range full.Policies {
+		policyOldOrder[p] = uint32(i)
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(full.Policies, func(a, b *proto.PolicyCompact) int {
+		if c := cmp.Compare(a.Id, b.Id); c != 0 {
+			return c
+		}
+		if c := slices.Compare(a.SourceGroupIds, b.SourceGroupIds); c != 0 {
+			return c
+		}
+		return slices.Compare(a.DestinationGroupIds, b.DestinationGroupIds)
+	})
+	policyRemap := make(map[uint32]uint32, len(full.Policies))
+	for newIdx, p := range full.Policies {
+		policyRemap[policyOldOrder[p]] = uint32(newIdx)
+	}
+	for _, idxs := range full.ResourcePoliciesMap {
+		slices.Sort(idxs.Ids)
+	}
+	for _, list := range full.GroupIdToUserIds {
+		slices.Sort(list.UserIds)
+	}
+	slices.Sort(full.AllowedUserIds)
+}
+
+func remapAndSort(idxs []uint32, remap map[uint32]uint32) []uint32 {
+	out := make([]uint32, 0, len(idxs))
+	for _, i := range idxs {
+		if newIdx, ok := remap[i]; ok {
+			out = append(out, newIdx)
+		}
+	}
+	slices.Sort(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+// envelopesEquivalent decodes both envelopes, canonicalizes them, and reports
+// whether they're proto.Equal. Use instead of byte-comparing marshaled output:
+// the encoder is intentionally non-deterministic.
+func envelopesEquivalent(a, b *proto.NetworkMapEnvelope) bool {
+	canonicalize(a.GetFull())
+	canonicalize(b.GetFull())
+	return goproto.Equal(a, b)
+}
+
+func newTestComponents() *types.NetworkMapComponents {
+	peerA := &types.ComponentPeer{
+		ID:           "peer-a",
+		Key:          testWgKeyA,
+		IP:           netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{100, 64, 0, 1}),
+		DNSLabel:     "peera",
+		SSHKey:       "ssh-a",
+		AgentVersion: "0.40.0",
+	}
+	peerB := &types.ComponentPeer{
+		ID:           "peer-b",
+		Key:          testWgKeyB,
+		IP:           netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{100, 64, 0, 2}),
+		IPv6:         netip.AddrFrom16([16]byte{0xfd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2}),
+		DNSLabel:     "peerb",
+		AgentVersion: "0.25.0",
+	}
+	peerC := &types.ComponentPeer{
+		ID:           "peer-c",
+		Key:          testWgKeyC,
+		IP:           netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{100, 64, 0, 3}),
+		DNSLabel:     "peerc",
+		AgentVersion: "0.40.0",
+	}
+
+	return &types.NetworkMapComponents{
+		PeerID: "peer-a",
+		Network: &types.Network{
+			Identifier: "net-test",
+			Net:        net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{100, 64, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(10, 32)},
+			Serial:     7,
+		},
+		AccountSettings: &types.AccountSettingsInfo{
+			PeerLoginExpirationEnabled: true,
+			PeerLoginExpiration:        2 * time.Hour,
+		},
+		Peers: map[string]*types.ComponentPeer{
+			"peer-a": peerA,
+			"peer-b": peerB,
+			"peer-c": peerC,
+		},
+		Groups: map[string]*types.ComponentGroup{
+			"group-src": {ID: "group-src", PublicID: "1", Name: "Src", Peers: []string{"peer-a"}},
+			"group-dst": {ID: "group-dst", PublicID: "2", Name: "Dst", Peers: []string{"peer-b", "peer-c"}},
+		},
+		Policies: []*types.Policy{
+			{
+				ID:       "pol-1",
+				PublicID: "10",
+				Enabled:  true,
+				Rules: []*types.PolicyRule{{
+					ID: "rule-1", Enabled: true, Action: types.PolicyTrafficActionAccept,
+					Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolTCP, Bidirectional: true,
+					Ports:        []string{"22", "80"},
+					PortRanges:   []types.RulePortRange{{Start: 8000, End: 8100}},
+					Sources:      []string{"group-src"},
+					Destinations: []string{"group-dst"},
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		RouterPeers: map[string]*types.ComponentPeer{"peer-c": peerC},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_Basic(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	env := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{
+		Components: c,
+		DNSDomain:  "netbird.cloud",
+	})
+
+	require.NotNil(t, env)
+	full := env.GetFull()
+	require.NotNil(t, full, "envelope must contain Full payload")
+
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 7, full.Serial)
+	assert.Equal(t, "netbird.cloud", full.DnsDomain)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, full.Network)
+	assert.Equal(t, "net-test", full.Network.Identifier)
+	assert.Equal(t, "100.64.0.0/10", full.Network.NetCidr)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, full.AccountSettings)
+	assert.True(t, full.AccountSettings.PeerLoginExpirationEnabled)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, (2 * time.Hour).Nanoseconds(), full.AccountSettings.PeerLoginExpirationNs)
+
+	require.Len(t, full.Peers, 3)
+	byLabel := map[string]*proto.PeerCompact{}
+	for _, p := range full.Peers {
+		assert.Len(t, p.WgPubKey, 32, "wg key must be raw 32 bytes")
+		assert.Len(t, p.Ip, 4, "ipv4 must be raw 4 bytes")
+		byLabel[p.DnsLabel] = p
+	}
+	assert.Len(t, byLabel["peerb"].Ipv6, 16, "peer-b has ipv6 → 16 bytes")
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_RepeatEncodesEquivalent(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+
+	expected := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c})
+
+	// Hammer it 100 times — Go map iteration is randomized per call, so each
+	// run produces different wire bytes, but the canonicalized form must
+	// match.
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		got := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c})
+		require.True(t, envelopesEquivalent(expected, got),
+			"encode #%d must be semantically equivalent to first encode", i)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_ConcurrentEncodesEquivalent(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+
+	expected := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c})
+
+	const goroutines = 50
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(goroutines)
+	results := make([]*proto.NetworkMapEnvelope, goroutines)
+	for i := 0; i < goroutines; i++ {
+		i := i
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			results[i] = EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c})
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	for i, got := range results {
+		require.NotNil(t, got, "goroutine %d returned nil", i)
+		require.True(t, envelopesEquivalent(expected, got),
+			"goroutine %d produced inequivalent envelope", i)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_GroupsByAccountPublicId(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.Groups, 2)
+
+	groupByID := map[string]*proto.GroupCompact{}
+	for _, g := range full.Groups {
+		groupByID[g.Id] = g
+	}
+	require.Contains(t, groupByID, "1")
+	require.Contains(t, groupByID, "2")
+	assert.Len(t, groupByID["1"].PeerIndexes, 1)
+	assert.Len(t, groupByID["2"].PeerIndexes, 2)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_PolicyExpansion(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.Policies, 1)
+	pc := full.Policies[0]
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "10", pc.Id)
+	assert.Equal(t, proto.RuleAction_ACCEPT, pc.Action)
+	assert.Equal(t, proto.RuleProtocol_TCP, pc.Protocol)
+	assert.True(t, pc.Bidirectional)
+	assert.Equal(t, []uint32{22, 80}, pc.Ports)
+	require.Len(t, pc.PortRanges, 1)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 8000, pc.PortRanges[0].Start)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 8100, pc.PortRanges[0].End)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"1"}, pc.SourceGroupIds)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"2"}, pc.DestinationGroupIds)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_RouterIndexes(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.RouterPeerIndexes, 1)
+	idx := full.RouterPeerIndexes[0]
+	require.Less(t, int(idx), len(full.Peers))
+	assert.Equal(t, "peerc", full.Peers[idx].DnsLabel)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_DisabledPolicySkipped(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.Policies[0].Enabled = false
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	assert.Empty(t, full.Policies)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_TwoPeersSameMalformedKey(t *testing.T) {
+	// Both peers have nil WgPubKey after decode; canonicalize must still
+	// produce a stable order using DnsLabel as a tiebreaker, so 100 encodes
+	// canonicalize identically.
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.Peers["peer-a"].Key = "garbage-a-!!!"
+	c.Peers["peer-b"].Key = "garbage-b-!!!"
+
+	expected := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c})
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		got := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c})
+		require.True(t, envelopesEquivalent(expected, got),
+			"encode #%d with two same-key peers must canonicalize equivalently", i)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_MalformedWgKey(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.Peers["peer-a"].Key = "not-base64-!!!"
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.Peers, 3)
+
+	var byLabel = map[string]*proto.PeerCompact{}
+	for _, p := range full.Peers {
+		byLabel[p.DnsLabel] = p
+	}
+	assert.Nil(t, byLabel["peera"].WgPubKey, "peer with malformed key encodes nil WgPubKey")
+	assert.Len(t, byLabel["peerb"].WgPubKey, 32, "other peers retain their key")
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_IPv6OnlyPeer(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	v6Only := &types.ComponentPeer{
+		ID:           "peer-v6",
+		Key:          testWgKeyA,
+		IPv6:         netip.AddrFrom16([16]byte{0xfd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9}),
+		DNSLabel:     "peerv6",
+		AgentVersion: "0.40.0",
+	}
+	c.Peers["peer-v6"] = v6Only
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	var found *proto.PeerCompact
+	for _, p := range full.Peers {
+		if p.DnsLabel == "peerv6" {
+			found = p
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotNil(t, found, "ipv6-only peer must be present")
+	assert.Empty(t, found.Ip, "no IPv4 address → empty Ip")
+	assert.Len(t, found.Ipv6, 16)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_PeerWithoutIP(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.Peers["peer-noip"] = &types.ComponentPeer{
+		ID:           "peer-noip",
+		Key:          testWgKeyA,
+		DNSLabel:     "peernoip",
+		AgentVersion: "0.40.0",
+	}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	var found *proto.PeerCompact
+	for _, p := range full.Peers {
+		if p.DnsLabel == "peernoip" {
+			found = p
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotNil(t, found)
+	assert.Empty(t, found.Ip)
+	assert.Empty(t, found.Ipv6)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_EmptyInput(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &types.NetworkMapComponents{
+		Network: &types.Network{Identifier: "x", Net: net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{100, 64, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(10, 32)}},
+	}
+
+	env := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c})
+
+	full := env.GetFull()
+	require.NotNil(t, full)
+	assert.Empty(t, full.Peers)
+	assert.Empty(t, full.Groups)
+	assert.Empty(t, full.Policies)
+	assert.Empty(t, full.RouterPeerIndexes)
+	require.NotNil(t, full.AccountSettings, "AccountSettingsCompact must always be emitted (client dereferences it unconditionally)")
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_PeerLoginExpirationFields(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	now := time.Date(2024, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC)
+	c.Peers["peer-a"].AddedWithSSOLogin = true
+	c.Peers["peer-a"].LoginExpirationEnabled = true
+	c.Peers["peer-a"].LastLogin = now
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	var pa *proto.PeerCompact
+	for _, p := range full.Peers {
+		if p.DnsLabel == "peera" {
+			pa = p
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotNil(t, pa)
+	assert.True(t, pa.AddedWithSsoLogin)
+	assert.True(t, pa.LoginExpirationEnabled)
+	assert.Equal(t, now.UnixNano(), pa.LastLoginUnixNano)
+
+	// peer-b has no UserID and no LastLogin → all fields zero-value.
+	var pb *proto.PeerCompact
+	for _, p := range full.Peers {
+		if p.DnsLabel == "peerb" {
+			pb = p
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotNil(t, pb)
+	assert.False(t, pb.AddedWithSsoLogin)
+	assert.False(t, pb.LoginExpirationEnabled)
+	assert.Zero(t, pb.LastLoginUnixNano)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_RoutesRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.Routes = []*nbroute.Route{
+		{
+			ID:                  "route-peer",
+			PublicID:            "100",
+			NetID:               "net-A",
+			Description:         "via peer-c",
+			Network:             netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/16"),
+			Peer:                "peer-c", // peer ID, not WG key
+			Groups:              []string{"group-src"},
+			AccessControlGroups: []string{"group-dst"},
+			Enabled:             true,
+		},
+		{
+			ID:         "route-peergroup",
+			PublicID:   "101",
+			NetID:      "net-B",
+			Network:    netip.MustParsePrefix("10.1.0.0/16"),
+			PeerGroups: []string{"group-src", "group-dst"},
+			Enabled:    true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.Routes, 2)
+	byNetID := map[string]*proto.RouteRaw{}
+	for _, r := range full.Routes {
+		byNetID[r.NetId] = r
+	}
+
+	r1 := byNetID["net-A"]
+	require.NotNil(t, r1)
+	assert.True(t, r1.PeerIndexSet, "route with peer must set peer_index_set")
+	require.Less(t, int(r1.PeerIndex), len(full.Peers))
+	assert.Equal(t, "peerc", full.Peers[r1.PeerIndex].DnsLabel)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"1"}, r1.GroupIds, "group-src has AccountSeqID 1")
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"2"}, r1.AccessControlGroupIds, "group-dst has AccountSeqID 2")
+	assert.Empty(t, r1.PeerGroupIds)
+
+	r2 := byNetID["net-B"]
+	require.NotNil(t, r2)
+	assert.False(t, r2.PeerIndexSet, "route with peer_groups must NOT set peer_index_set")
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"1", "2"}, r2.PeerGroupIds)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_RouteWithMissingPeerLeavesIndexUnset(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.Routes = []*nbroute.Route{{
+		ID:       "route-x",
+		PublicID: "100",
+		Peer:     "peer-not-in-components",
+		Network:  netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/16"),
+		Enabled:  true,
+	}}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.Routes, 1)
+	assert.False(t, full.Routes[0].PeerIndexSet,
+		"missing peer reference must not pretend to point at peer index 0")
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_ResourceOnlyPolicyShippedAndIndexed(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	// Policy that exists ONLY in ResourcePoliciesMap, not in c.Policies. This
+	// is the I1 case — without unionPolicies the encoder would silently
+	// drop it from the wire.
+	resourceOnlyPolicy := &types.Policy{
+		ID: "pol-resource", PublicID: "99", Enabled: true,
+		Rules: []*types.PolicyRule{{
+			ID: "rule-r", Enabled: true, Action: types.PolicyTrafficActionAccept,
+			Protocol:     types.PolicyRuleProtocolTCP,
+			Sources:      []string{"group-src"},
+			Destinations: []string{"group-dst"},
+		}},
+	}
+	c.ResourcePoliciesMap = map[string][]*types.Policy{
+		"resource-x": {c.Policies[0], resourceOnlyPolicy}, // shared + resource-only
+	}
+	// Resource must appear in components.NetworkResources with a seq id —
+	// encoder uses that to translate the xid map key to uint32.
+	c.NetworkResources = []*types.ComponentResource{
+		{ID: "resource-x", PublicID: "77", Name: "res-x", Enabled: true},
+	}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.Policies, 2, "encoded policies must include both peer-traffic and resource-only")
+
+	policyByID := map[string]*proto.PolicyCompact{}
+	policyIds := make([]string, 0)
+	for _, p := range full.Policies {
+		policyByID[p.Id] = p
+		policyIds = append(policyIds, p.Id)
+	}
+	require.Contains(t, policyByID, "10", "original peer-traffic policy id 10")
+	require.Contains(t, policyByID, "99", "resource-only policy id 99")
+
+	require.Contains(t, full.ResourcePoliciesMap, "77")
+	ids := full.ResourcePoliciesMap["77"].Ids
+	require.Len(t, ids, 2)
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, policyIds, ids,
+		"resource policies map must reference both wire policy indexes")
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_NameServerGroups(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.NameServerGroups = []*nbdns.NameServerGroup{{
+		ID: "nsg-1", PublicID: "50", Name: "Main", Description: "primary",
+		NameServers: []nbdns.NameServer{{
+			IP: netip.MustParseAddr("8.8.8.8"), NSType: nbdns.UDPNameServerType, Port: 53,
+		}},
+		Groups:  []string{"group-src", "group-not-persisted"},
+		Primary: true, Enabled: true,
+		Domains: []string{"corp.example"},
+	}}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.NameserverGroups, 1)
+	nsg := full.NameserverGroups[0]
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "50", nsg.Id)
+	assert.True(t, nsg.Primary)
+	require.Len(t, nsg.Nameservers, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "8.8.8.8", nsg.Nameservers[0].IP)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"1"}, nsg.GroupIds)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_PostureFailedPeers(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.PostureCheckXIDToPublicID = map[string]string{"check-1": "33"}
+	c.PostureFailedPeers = map[string]map[string]struct{}{
+		"check-1": {
+			"peer-a":              {},
+			"peer-b":              {},
+			"peer-not-in-account": {},
+		},
+	}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Contains(t, full.PostureFailedPeers, "33")
+	idxs := full.PostureFailedPeers["33"].PeerIndexes
+	assert.Len(t, idxs, 2, "missing peer is silently dropped (filterPostureFailedPeers guarantees presence in real data)")
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_RoutersMap(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.NetworkXIDToPublicID = map[string]string{"net-1": "5"}
+	c.RoutersMap = map[string]map[string]*types.ComponentRouter{
+		"net-1": {
+			"peer-c": {
+				PublicID: "200",
+				Peer:     "peer-c", Masquerade: true, Metric: 10, Enabled: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Contains(t, full.RoutersMap, "5")
+	entries := full.RoutersMap["5"].Entries
+	require.Len(t, entries, 1)
+	e := entries[0]
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "200", e.Id)
+	assert.True(t, e.PeerIndexSet)
+	require.Less(t, int(e.PeerIndex), len(full.Peers))
+	assert.Equal(t, "peerc", full.Peers[e.PeerIndex].DnsLabel)
+	assert.True(t, e.Masquerade)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 10, e.Metric)
+	assert.True(t, e.Enabled)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_RouterPeerNotInComponentsPeers(t *testing.T) {
+	// Router peer in c.RouterPeers but NOT in c.Peers (validation may have
+	// filtered it). indexRouterPeers runs before encodeRoutersMap, so the
+	// peer_index reference must still resolve.
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	delete(c.Peers, "peer-c")
+	routerPeer := &types.ComponentPeer{
+		ID: "peer-c", Key: testWgKeyC, IP: netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{100, 64, 0, 3}),
+		DNSLabel: "peerc", AgentVersion: "0.40.0",
+	}
+	c.RouterPeers = map[string]*types.ComponentPeer{"peer-c": routerPeer}
+	c.NetworkXIDToPublicID = map[string]string{"net-1": "5"}
+	c.RoutersMap = map[string]map[string]*types.ComponentRouter{
+		"net-1": {"peer-c": {PublicID: "1", Peer: "peer-c", Enabled: true}},
+	}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Contains(t, full.RoutersMap, "5")
+	require.Len(t, full.RoutersMap["5"].Entries, 1)
+	e := full.RoutersMap["5"].Entries[0]
+	assert.True(t, e.PeerIndexSet, "router peer must be indexed even when not in c.Peers")
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_GroupIDToUserIDs(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newTestComponents()
+	c.GroupIDToUserIDs = map[string][]string{
+		"group-src":     {"user-1", "user-2"},
+		"group-missing": {"user-4"}, // group not in components → drop
+	}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.Len(t, full.GroupIdToUserIds, 1, "only present groups survive")
+	require.Contains(t, full.GroupIdToUserIds, "1")
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"user-1", "user-2"}, full.GroupIdToUserIds["1"].UserIds)
+}
+
+func TestToProxyPatch_EmptyInputReturnsNil(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Nil(t, toProxyPatch(nil, "netbird.cloud", false, false))
+	assert.Nil(t, toProxyPatch(&types.NetworkMap{}, "netbird.cloud", false, false),
+		"empty NetworkMap (no peers, rules, routes etc) → nil patch so proto3 omits the field")
+}
+
+func TestToProxyPatch_PopulatesAllFields(t *testing.T) {
+	nm := &types.NetworkMap{
+		Peers: []*types.ComponentPeer{{
+			ID: "ext-peer", Key: testWgKeyA, IP: netip.AddrFrom4([4]byte{100, 64, 0, 9}),
+			DNSLabel: "extpeer", AgentVersion: "0.40.0",
+		}},
+		FirewallRules: []*types.FirewallRule{{
+			PeerIP: "100.64.0.9", Action: "accept", Direction: 0, Protocol: "tcp",
+		}},
+	}
+
+	patch := toProxyPatch(nm, "netbird.cloud", false, false)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, patch)
+	assert.Len(t, patch.Peers, 1)
+	assert.Len(t, patch.FirewallRules, 1)
+}
+
+// TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_ProxyPatchPropagated covers the ProxyPatch
+// pass-through in both encoder branches (normal path + nil-Components
+// graceful-degrade). Guards against a regression that drops `ProxyPatch:`
+// from one of the envelope struct literals.
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_ProxyPatchPropagated(t *testing.T) {
+	patch := &proto.ProxyPatch{
+		ForwardingRules: []*proto.ForwardingRule{{
+			Protocol:          proto.RuleProtocol_TCP,
+			DestinationPort:   &proto.PortInfo{PortSelection: &proto.PortInfo_Port{Port: 80}},
+			TranslatedAddress: net.IPv4(10, 0, 0, 1).To4(),
+			TranslatedPort:    &proto.PortInfo{PortSelection: &proto.PortInfo_Port{Port: 8080}},
+		}},
+	}
+
+	t.Run("normal_path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		c := newTestComponents()
+		full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{
+			Components: c,
+			ProxyPatch: patch,
+		}).GetFull()
+
+		require.NotNil(t, full.ProxyPatch, "ProxyPatch must propagate through the normal encode path")
+		assert.Len(t, full.ProxyPatch.ForwardingRules, 1)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty_components_graceful_degrade", func(t *testing.T) {
+		full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{
+			Components: emptyNetworkMapComponents(),
+			ProxyPatch: patch,
+		}).GetFull()
+
+		require.NotNil(t, full.ProxyPatch, "ProxyPatch must propagate through the nil-Components branch too")
+		assert.Len(t, full.ProxyPatch.ForwardingRules, 1)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_NilComponentsGracefulDegrade(t *testing.T) {
+	// nil Components → minimal envelope, no crash. Matches the legacy
+	// behaviour for missing/unvalidated peers.
+	env := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{
+		Components: emptyNetworkMapComponents(),
+		DNSDomain:  "netbird.cloud",
+	})
+
+	require.NotNil(t, env)
+	full := env.GetFull()
+	require.NotNil(t, full)
+	require.NotNil(t, full.AccountSettings, "AccountSettings must always be non-nil")
+	assert.Equal(t, "netbird.cloud", full.DnsDomain)
+	assert.Len(t, full.Peers, 1)
+	assert.Empty(t, full.Policies)
+}
+
+func TestEncodeNetworkMapEnvelope_AccountSettingsAlwaysEmitted(t *testing.T) {
+	c := &types.NetworkMapComponents{
+		Network: &types.Network{Identifier: "x", Net: net.IPNet{IP: net.IP{100, 64, 0, 0}, Mask: net.CIDRMask(10, 32)}},
+		// AccountSettings deliberately nil
+	}
+
+	full := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{Components: c}).GetFull()
+
+	require.NotNil(t, full.AccountSettings, "client dereferences AccountSettings unconditionally during Calculate(); a nil here would crash the receiver")
+	assert.False(t, full.AccountSettings.PeerLoginExpirationEnabled)
+	assert.Zero(t, full.AccountSettings.PeerLoginExpirationNs)
+}
+
+func emptyNetworkMapComponents() *types.NetworkMapComponents {
+	return types.EmptyNetworkMapComponents(
+		&types.NetworkMapComponents{
+			PeerID: "peer-id", Peers: map[string]*types.ComponentPeer{"peer-id": {}}},
+	)
+}

management/internals/shared/grpc/components_envelope_response.go

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	integrationsConfig "github.com/netbirdio/management-integrations/integrations/config"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/auth"
+	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
+	nbpeer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/posture"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+	sharedgrpc "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/grpc"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/networkmap"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+)
+
+// ToComponentSyncResponse builds a SyncResponse carrying the compact
+// NetworkMapEnvelope for capability-aware peers. The legacy proto.NetworkMap
+// field is intentionally left empty — capable peers ignore it and the
+// envelope alone is the authoritative wire shape.
+//
+// PeerConfig is computed once server-side using the receiving peer's own
+// account-level network metadata. EnableSSH inside PeerConfig is left at
+// peer.SSHEnabled (the peer's local setting); account-policy-driven SSH is
+// computed by the client from the envelope's GroupIDToUserIDs / AllowedUserIDs
+// inside Calculate(), so the SshConfig.SshEnabled bit may flip true on the
+// client even though the server-side PeerConfig reports false.
+func ToComponentSyncResponse(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	config *nbconfig.Config,
+	httpConfig *nbconfig.HttpServerConfig,
+	deviceFlowConfig *nbconfig.DeviceAuthorizationFlow,
+	peer *nbpeer.Peer,
+	turnCredentials *Token,
+	relayCredentials *Token,
+	components *types.NetworkMapComponents,
+	proxyPatch *types.NetworkMap,
+	dnsName string,
+	checks []*posture.Checks,
+	settings *types.Settings,
+	extraSettings *types.ExtraSettings,
+	peerGroups []string,
+	dnsFwdPort int64,
+) *proto.SyncResponse {
+	//
+	// 'component' parameter is expected to never be nil
+	// 'peer' parameter is expected to never be nil
+	//
+	// TODO (dmitri) consider using invariants?
+	//
+	enableSSH := computeSSHEnabledForPeer(components, peer)
+	peerConfig := toPeerConfig(peer, components.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, enableSSH)
+
+	includeIPv6 := peer.SupportsIPv6() && peer.IPv6.IsValid()
+	useSourcePrefixes := peer.SupportsSourcePrefixes()
+
+	userIDClaim := auth.DefaultUserIDClaim
+	if httpConfig != nil && httpConfig.AuthUserIDClaim != "" {
+		userIDClaim = httpConfig.AuthUserIDClaim
+	}
+
+	envelope := EncodeNetworkMapEnvelope(ComponentsEnvelopeInput{
+		Components:       components,
+		PeerConfig:       peerConfig,
+		DNSDomain:        dnsName,
+		DNSForwarderPort: dnsFwdPort,
+		UserIDClaim:      userIDClaim,
+		ProxyPatch:       toProxyPatch(proxyPatch, dnsName, includeIPv6, useSourcePrefixes),
+	})
+
+	resp := &proto.SyncResponse{
+		PeerConfig:         peerConfig,
+		NetworkMapEnvelope: envelope,
+		Checks:             toProtocolChecks(ctx, checks),
+		Version:            int32(sharedgrpc.ComponentNetworkMap),
+	}
+
+	nbConfig := toNetbirdConfig(config, turnCredentials, relayCredentials, extraSettings, settings)
+	resp.NetbirdConfig = integrationsConfig.ExtendNetBirdConfig(peer.ID, peerGroups, nbConfig, extraSettings)
+
+	// settings == nil → field stays nil → "no info in this snapshot", client
+	// preserves the deadline it already had. settings non-nil → emit either a
+	// valid deadline or the explicit-zero "disabled" sentinel via
+	// encodeSessionExpiresAt.
+	if settings != nil {
+		resp.SessionExpiresAt = encodeSessionExpiresAt(
+			peer.SessionExpiresAt(settings.PeerLoginExpirationEnabled, settings.PeerLoginExpiration),
+		)
+	}
+
+	return resp
+}
+
+// toProxyPatch converts a proxy-injected *types.NetworkMap into the wire
+// patch the components envelope ships alongside. Returns nil when there are
+// no fragments to merge — proto3 omits a nil message field, so the receiver
+// sees no patch and skips the merge step entirely.
+//
+// We reuse the legacy proto-conversion helpers (toProtocolRoutes,
+// toProtocolFirewallRules, toProtocolRoutesFirewallRules,
+// appendRemotePeerConfig, ForwardingRule.ToProto) because the proxy
+// delivers fragments pre-expanded — there's no raw component shape to
+// derive them from. Components purity isn't violated: proxy data isn't
+// policy-graph-derived, it's externally injected post-Calculate, so the
+// client merges it on top of its locally-computed NetworkMap.
+func toProxyPatch(nm *types.NetworkMap, dnsName string, includeIPv6, useSourcePrefixes bool) *proto.ProxyPatch {
+	if nm == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if len(nm.Peers) == 0 && len(nm.OfflinePeers) == 0 && len(nm.FirewallRules) == 0 &&
+		len(nm.Routes) == 0 && len(nm.RoutesFirewallRules) == 0 && len(nm.ForwardingRules) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	patch := &proto.ProxyPatch{
+		Peers:              networkmap.AppendRemotePeerConfig(nil, nm.Peers, dnsName, includeIPv6),
+		OfflinePeers:       networkmap.AppendRemotePeerConfig(nil, nm.OfflinePeers, dnsName, includeIPv6),
+		FirewallRules:      networkmap.ToProtocolFirewallRules(nm.FirewallRules, includeIPv6, useSourcePrefixes),
+		Routes:             networkmap.ToProtocolRoutes(nm.Routes),
+		RouteFirewallRules: networkmap.ToProtocolRoutesFirewallRules(nm.RoutesFirewallRules),
+	}
+	if len(nm.ForwardingRules) > 0 {
+		patch.ForwardingRules = make([]*proto.ForwardingRule, 0, len(nm.ForwardingRules))
+		for _, r := range nm.ForwardingRules {
+			patch.ForwardingRules = append(patch.ForwardingRules, r.ToProto())
+		}
+	}
+	return patch
+}
+
+// computeSSHEnabledForPeer mirrors the SSH-server-activation bit that
+// Calculate() folds into NetworkMap.EnableSSH. Components-format peers
+// receive a freshly-computed PeerConfig.SshConfig.SshEnabled at sync time;
+// without this helper the field would be incorrectly false for any peer
+// that's the destination of an SSH-enabling policy without having
+// peer.SSHEnabled set locally.
+//
+// Mirrors the two activation paths Calculate() uses:
+//  1. Explicit: rule.Protocol == NetbirdSSH and peer is in the rule's
+//     destinations.
+//  2. Legacy implicit: rule covers TCP/22 or TCP/22022 (or ALL), peer is in
+//     destinations, AND the peer has SSHEnabled set locally — this is the
+//     "allow-all/TCP-22 implies SSH activation for SSH-capable peers" path.
+//
+// The full SSH AuthorizedUsers map is still produced by the client when it
+// runs Calculate() over the envelope.
+func computeSSHEnabledForPeer(c *types.NetworkMapComponents, peer *nbpeer.Peer) bool {
+	if c == nil || peer == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	// Mirror Calculate's `getAllPeersFromGroups` invariant: target peer must
+	// exist in c.Peers, otherwise no rule applies to it.
+	if _, ok := c.Peers[peer.ID]; !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, policy := range c.Policies {
+		if policy == nil || !policy.Enabled {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, rule := range policy.Rules {
+			if ruleEnablesSSHForPeer(c, rule, peer) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// ruleEnablesSSHForPeer returns true when rule is active, targets peer, and
+// either explicitly authorises SSH or covers the legacy TCP/22 path while the
+// peer itself has SSH enabled locally.
+func ruleEnablesSSHForPeer(c *types.NetworkMapComponents, rule *types.PolicyRule, peer *nbpeer.Peer) bool {
+	if rule == nil || !rule.Enabled {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !peerInDestinations(c, rule, peer.ID) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if rule.Protocol == types.PolicyRuleProtocolNetbirdSSH {
+		return true
+	}
+	return peer.SSHEnabled && types.PolicyRuleImpliesLegacySSH(rule)
+}
+
+// peerInDestinations reports whether peerID is in any of rule.Destinations'
+// groups (or matches DestinationResource if it's a peer-typed resource —
+// for non-peer types Calculate falls through to group lookup, so we mirror
+// that exactly to avoid silent divergence).
+func peerInDestinations(c *types.NetworkMapComponents, rule *types.PolicyRule, peerID string) bool {
+	if rule.DestinationResource.Type == types.ResourceTypePeer && rule.DestinationResource.ID != "" {
+		return rule.DestinationResource.ID == peerID
+	}
+	for _, groupID := range rule.Destinations {
+		if c.IsPeerInGroup(peerID, groupID) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

management/internals/shared/grpc/components_envelope_response_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	nbpeer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+)
+
+// TestComputeSSHEnabledForPeer covers both Calculate-mirroring branches:
+// explicit NetbirdSSH protocol, and the legacy implicit case where a
+// TCP/22 (or 22022 / ALL / port-range-covering-22) rule activates SSH when
+// the destination peer has SSHEnabled=true locally.
+func TestComputeSSHEnabledForPeer(t *testing.T) {
+	const targetPeerID = "target"
+	const targetGroupID = "g_dst"
+
+	mkComponents := func(rule *types.PolicyRule, sshEnabled bool) (*types.NetworkMapComponents, *nbpeer.Peer) {
+		peer := &nbpeer.Peer{ID: targetPeerID, SSHEnabled: sshEnabled}
+		group := &types.ComponentGroup{ID: targetGroupID, Name: "dst", Peers: []string{targetPeerID}}
+		return &types.NetworkMapComponents{
+			Peers:  map[string]*types.ComponentPeer{targetPeerID: peer.ToComponent()},
+			Groups: map[string]*types.ComponentGroup{targetGroupID: group},
+			Policies: []*types.Policy{{
+				ID:      "p",
+				Enabled: true,
+				Rules:   []*types.PolicyRule{rule},
+			}},
+		}, peer
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name        string
+		peerSSH     bool
+		rule        types.PolicyRule
+		wantEnabled bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "explicit-netbird-ssh-activates-regardless-of-peer-ssh",
+			peerSSH: false,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled: true, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolNetbirdSSH,
+				Destinations: []string{targetGroupID},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "implicit-tcp-22-with-peer-ssh",
+			peerSSH: true,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled: true, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolTCP, Ports: []string{"22"},
+				Destinations: []string{targetGroupID},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "implicit-tcp-22-without-peer-ssh-disabled",
+			peerSSH: false,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled: true, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolTCP, Ports: []string{"22"},
+				Destinations: []string{targetGroupID},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "implicit-tcp-22022-with-peer-ssh",
+			peerSSH: true,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled: true, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolTCP, Ports: []string{"22022"},
+				Destinations: []string{targetGroupID},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "implicit-all-protocol-with-peer-ssh",
+			peerSSH: true,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled: true, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolALL,
+				Destinations: []string{targetGroupID},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "implicit-port-range-covers-22",
+			peerSSH: true,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled:      true,
+				Protocol:     types.PolicyRuleProtocolTCP,
+				PortRanges:   []types.RulePortRange{{Start: 20, End: 30}},
+				Destinations: []string{targetGroupID},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "tcp-80-no-ssh",
+			peerSSH: true,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled: true, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolTCP, Ports: []string{"80"},
+				Destinations: []string{targetGroupID},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "disabled-rule-skipped",
+			peerSSH: true,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled: false, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolNetbirdSSH,
+				Destinations: []string{targetGroupID},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "peer-not-in-destinations",
+			peerSSH: true,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled: true, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolNetbirdSSH,
+				Destinations: []string{"g_other"}, // target not in this group
+			},
+			wantEnabled: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "peer-typed-destination-resource-matches",
+			peerSSH: false,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled:             true,
+				Protocol:            types.PolicyRuleProtocolNetbirdSSH,
+				DestinationResource: types.Resource{ID: targetPeerID, Type: types.ResourceTypePeer},
+			},
+			wantEnabled: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "non-peer-destination-resource-falls-through-to-groups",
+			peerSSH: false,
+			rule: types.PolicyRule{
+				Enabled:             true,
+				Protocol:            types.PolicyRuleProtocolNetbirdSSH,
+				DestinationResource: types.Resource{ID: targetPeerID, Type: "host"}, // wrong type
+				Destinations:        []string{targetGroupID},                        // saved by group fallback
+			},
+			wantEnabled: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			c, peer := mkComponents(&tc.rule, tc.peerSSH)
+			got := computeSSHEnabledForPeer(c, peer)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.wantEnabled, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestComputeSSHEnabledForPeer_TargetMissingFromComponents covers the
+// belt-and-suspenders presence guard mirroring Calculate's
+// getAllPeersFromGroups invariant.
+func TestComputeSSHEnabledForPeer_TargetMissingFromComponents(t *testing.T) {
+	peer := &nbpeer.Peer{ID: "missing", SSHEnabled: true}
+	c := &types.NetworkMapComponents{
+		Peers: map[string]*types.ComponentPeer{}, // target peer NOT present
+		Groups: map[string]*types.ComponentGroup{
+			"g": {ID: "g", Peers: []string{"missing"}},
+		},
+		Policies: []*types.Policy{{
+			ID: "p", Enabled: true,
+			Rules: []*types.PolicyRule{{
+				Enabled: true, Protocol: types.PolicyRuleProtocolNetbirdSSH,
+				Destinations: []string{"g"},
+			}},
+		}},
+	}
+	assert.False(t, computeSSHEnabledForPeer(c, peer),
+		"missing target peer must short-circuit to false, not consult policies")
+}
+
+// TestComputeSSHEnabledForPeer_NilInputs guards the cheap nil-checks at
+// function entry — Calculate doesn't accept nil either, but the helper is
+// exported indirectly via ToComponentSyncResponse and may receive nil
+// components on graceful-degrade paths.
+func TestComputeSSHEnabledForPeer_NilInputs(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.False(t, computeSSHEnabledForPeer(nil, &nbpeer.Peer{ID: "x"}))
+	assert.False(t, computeSSHEnabledForPeer(&types.NetworkMapComponents{}, nil))
+}

management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion.go

@@ -10,24 +10,20 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	nbversion "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	goproto "google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 
 	integrationsConfig "github.com/netbirdio/management-integrations/integrations/config"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh/auth"
 
-	nbdns "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/dns"
 	"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/posture"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
-	nbroute "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/networkmap"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/netiputil"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/sshauth"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -169,8 +165,8 @@ func ToSyncResponse(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, httpConfig *nb
 		PeerConfig: toPeerConfig(peer, networkMap.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, networkMap.EnableSSH),
 		NetworkMap: &proto.NetworkMap{
 			Serial:     networkMap.Network.CurrentSerial(),
-			Routes:     toProtocolRoutes(networkMap.Routes),
-			DNSConfig:  toProtocolDNSConfig(networkMap.DNSConfig, dnsCache, dnsFwdPort),
+			Routes:     networkmap.ToProtocolRoutes(networkMap.Routes),
+			DNSConfig:  networkmap.ToProtocolDNSConfig(networkMap.DNSConfig, dnsCache, dnsFwdPort),
 			PeerConfig: toPeerConfig(peer, networkMap.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, networkMap.EnableSSH),
 		},
 		Checks: toProtocolChecks(ctx, checks),
@@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ func ToSyncResponse(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, httpConfig *nb
 	response.NetworkMap.PeerConfig = response.PeerConfig
 
 	remotePeers := make([]*proto.RemotePeerConfig, 0, len(networkMap.Peers)+len(networkMap.OfflinePeers))
-	remotePeers = appendRemotePeerConfig(remotePeers, networkMap.Peers, dnsName, includeIPv6)
+	remotePeers = networkmap.AppendRemotePeerConfig(remotePeers, networkMap.Peers, dnsName, includeIPv6)
 
 	if !shouldSkipSendingDeprecatedRemotePeers(peer.Meta.WtVersion) {
 		response.RemotePeers = remotePeers
@@ -193,13 +189,13 @@ func ToSyncResponse(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, httpConfig *nb
 	response.RemotePeersIsEmpty = len(remotePeers) == 0
 	response.NetworkMap.RemotePeersIsEmpty = response.RemotePeersIsEmpty
 
-	response.NetworkMap.OfflinePeers = appendRemotePeerConfig(nil, networkMap.OfflinePeers, dnsName, includeIPv6)
+	response.NetworkMap.OfflinePeers = networkmap.AppendRemotePeerConfig(nil, networkMap.OfflinePeers, dnsName, includeIPv6)
 
-	firewallRules := toProtocolFirewallRules(networkMap.FirewallRules, includeIPv6, useSourcePrefixes)
+	firewallRules := networkmap.ToProtocolFirewallRules(networkMap.FirewallRules, includeIPv6, useSourcePrefixes)
 	response.NetworkMap.FirewallRules = firewallRules
 	response.NetworkMap.FirewallRulesIsEmpty = len(firewallRules) == 0
 
-	routesFirewallRules := toProtocolRoutesFirewallRules(networkMap.RoutesFirewallRules)
+	routesFirewallRules := networkmap.ToProtocolRoutesFirewallRules(networkMap.RoutesFirewallRules)
 	response.NetworkMap.RoutesFirewallRules = routesFirewallRules
 	response.NetworkMap.RoutesFirewallRulesIsEmpty = len(routesFirewallRules) == 0
 
@@ -212,7 +208,7 @@ func ToSyncResponse(ctx context.Context, config *nbconfig.Config, httpConfig *nb
 	}
 
 	if networkMap.AuthorizedUsers != nil {
-		hashedUsers, machineUsers := buildAuthorizedUsersProto(ctx, networkMap.AuthorizedUsers)
+		hashedUsers, machineUsers := networkmap.BuildAuthorizedUsersProto(ctx, networkMap.AuthorizedUsers)
 		userIDClaim := auth.DefaultUserIDClaim
 		if httpConfig != nil && httpConfig.AuthUserIDClaim != "" {
 			userIDClaim = httpConfig.AuthUserIDClaim
@@ -252,33 +248,6 @@ func encodeSessionExpiresAt(deadline time.Time) *timestamppb.Timestamp {
 	return timestamppb.New(deadline)
 }
 
-func buildAuthorizedUsersProto(ctx context.Context, authorizedUsers map[string]map[string]struct{}) ([][]byte, map[string]*proto.MachineUserIndexes) {
-	userIDToIndex := make(map[string]uint32)
-	var hashedUsers [][]byte
-	machineUsers := make(map[string]*proto.MachineUserIndexes, len(authorizedUsers))
-
-	for machineUser, users := range authorizedUsers {
-		indexes := make([]uint32, 0, len(users))
-		for userID := range users {
-			idx, exists := userIDToIndex[userID]
-			if !exists {
-				hash, err := sshauth.HashUserID(userID)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.WithContext(ctx).Errorf("failed to hash user id %s: %v", userID, err)
-					continue
-				}
-				idx = uint32(len(hashedUsers))
-				userIDToIndex[userID] = idx
-				hashedUsers = append(hashedUsers, hash[:])
-			}
-			indexes = append(indexes, idx)
-		}
-		machineUsers[machineUser] = &proto.MachineUserIndexes{Indexes: indexes}
-	}
-
-	return hashedUsers, machineUsers
-}
-
 func shouldSkipSendingDeprecatedRemotePeers(peerVersion string) bool {
 	if nbversion.IsDevelopmentVersion(peerVersion) {
 		return true
@@ -292,51 +261,6 @@ func shouldSkipSendingDeprecatedRemotePeers(peerVersion string) bool {
 	return precomputedDeprecatedRemotePeersConstraint.Check(peerNBVersion)
 }
 
-func appendRemotePeerConfig(dst []*proto.RemotePeerConfig, peers []*nbpeer.Peer, dnsName string, includeIPv6 bool) []*proto.RemotePeerConfig {
-	for _, rPeer := range peers {
-		allowedIPs := []string{rPeer.IP.String() + "/32"}
-		if includeIPv6 && rPeer.IPv6.IsValid() {
-			allowedIPs = append(allowedIPs, rPeer.IPv6.String()+"/128")
-		}
-		dst = append(dst, &proto.RemotePeerConfig{
-			WgPubKey:     rPeer.Key,
-			AllowedIps:   allowedIPs,
-			SshConfig:    &proto.SSHConfig{SshPubKey: []byte(rPeer.SSHKey)},
-			Fqdn:         rPeer.FQDN(dnsName),
-			AgentVersion: rPeer.Meta.WtVersion,
-		})
-	}
-	return dst
-}
-
-// toProtocolDNSConfig converts nbdns.Config to proto.DNSConfig using the cache
-func toProtocolDNSConfig(update nbdns.Config, cache *cache.DNSConfigCache, forwardPort int64) *proto.DNSConfig {
-	protoUpdate := &proto.DNSConfig{
-		ServiceEnable:    update.ServiceEnable,
-		CustomZones:      make([]*proto.CustomZone, 0, len(update.CustomZones)),
-		NameServerGroups: make([]*proto.NameServerGroup, 0, len(update.NameServerGroups)),
-		ForwarderPort:    forwardPort,
-	}
-
-	for _, zone := range update.CustomZones {
-		protoZone := convertToProtoCustomZone(zone)
-		protoUpdate.CustomZones = append(protoUpdate.CustomZones, protoZone)
-	}
-
-	for _, nsGroup := range update.NameServerGroups {
-		cacheKey := nsGroup.ID
-		if cachedGroup, exists := cache.GetNameServerGroup(cacheKey); exists {
-			protoUpdate.NameServerGroups = append(protoUpdate.NameServerGroups, cachedGroup)
-		} else {
-			protoGroup := convertToProtoNameServerGroup(nsGroup)
-			cache.SetNameServerGroup(cacheKey, protoGroup)
-			protoUpdate.NameServerGroups = append(protoUpdate.NameServerGroups, protoGroup)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return protoUpdate
-}
-
 func ToResponseProto(configProto nbconfig.Protocol) proto.HostConfig_Protocol {
 	switch configProto {
 	case nbconfig.UDP:
@@ -354,203 +278,6 @@ func ToResponseProto(configProto nbconfig.Protocol) proto.HostConfig_Protocol {
 	}
 }
 
-func toProtocolRoutes(routes []*nbroute.Route) []*proto.Route {
-	protoRoutes := make([]*proto.Route, 0, len(routes))
-	for _, r := range routes {
-		protoRoutes = append(protoRoutes, toProtocolRoute(r))
-	}
-	return protoRoutes
-}
-
-func toProtocolRoute(route *nbroute.Route) *proto.Route {
-	return &proto.Route{
-		ID:            string(route.ID),
-		NetID:         string(route.NetID),
-		Network:       route.Network.String(),
-		Domains:       route.Domains.ToPunycodeList(),
-		NetworkType:   int64(route.NetworkType),
-		Peer:          route.Peer,
-		Metric:        int64(route.Metric),
-		Masquerade:    route.Masquerade,
-		KeepRoute:     route.KeepRoute,
-		SkipAutoApply: route.SkipAutoApply,
-	}
-}
-
-// toProtocolFirewallRules converts the firewall rules to the protocol firewall rules.
-// When useSourcePrefixes is true, the compact SourcePrefixes field is populated
-// alongside the deprecated PeerIP for forward compatibility.
-// Wildcard rules ("0.0.0.0") are expanded into separate v4 and v6 SourcePrefixes
-// when includeIPv6 is true.
-func toProtocolFirewallRules(rules []*types.FirewallRule, includeIPv6, useSourcePrefixes bool) []*proto.FirewallRule {
-	result := make([]*proto.FirewallRule, 0, len(rules))
-	for i := range rules {
-		rule := rules[i]
-
-		fwRule := &proto.FirewallRule{
-			PolicyID:  []byte(rule.PolicyID),
-			PeerIP:    rule.PeerIP, //nolint:staticcheck // populated for backward compatibility
-			Direction: getProtoDirection(rule.Direction),
-			Action:    getProtoAction(rule.Action),
-			Protocol:  getProtoProtocol(rule.Protocol),
-			Port:      rule.Port,
-		}
-
-		if useSourcePrefixes && rule.PeerIP != "" {
-			result = append(result, populateSourcePrefixes(fwRule, rule, includeIPv6)...)
-		}
-
-		if shouldUsePortRange(fwRule) {
-			fwRule.PortInfo = rule.PortRange.ToProto()
-		}
-
-		result = append(result, fwRule)
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
-// populateSourcePrefixes sets SourcePrefixes on fwRule and returns any
-// additional rules needed (e.g. a v6 wildcard clone when the peer IP is unspecified).
-func populateSourcePrefixes(fwRule *proto.FirewallRule, rule *types.FirewallRule, includeIPv6 bool) []*proto.FirewallRule {
-	addr, err := netip.ParseAddr(rule.PeerIP)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if !addr.IsUnspecified() {
-		fwRule.SourcePrefixes = [][]byte{netiputil.EncodeAddr(addr.Unmap())}
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// IPv4Unspecified/0 is always valid, error is impossible.
-	v4Wildcard, _ := netiputil.EncodePrefix(netip.PrefixFrom(netip.IPv4Unspecified(), 0))
-	fwRule.SourcePrefixes = [][]byte{v4Wildcard}
-
-	if !includeIPv6 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	v6Rule := goproto.Clone(fwRule).(*proto.FirewallRule)
-	v6Rule.PeerIP = "::" //nolint:staticcheck // populated for backward compatibility
-	// IPv6Unspecified/0 is always valid, error is impossible.
-	v6Wildcard, _ := netiputil.EncodePrefix(netip.PrefixFrom(netip.IPv6Unspecified(), 0))
-	v6Rule.SourcePrefixes = [][]byte{v6Wildcard}
-	if shouldUsePortRange(v6Rule) {
-		v6Rule.PortInfo = rule.PortRange.ToProto()
-	}
-	return []*proto.FirewallRule{v6Rule}
-}
-
-// getProtoDirection converts the direction to proto.RuleDirection.
-func getProtoDirection(direction int) proto.RuleDirection {
-	if direction == types.FirewallRuleDirectionOUT {
-		return proto.RuleDirection_OUT
-	}
-	return proto.RuleDirection_IN
-}
-
-func toProtocolRoutesFirewallRules(rules []*types.RouteFirewallRule) []*proto.RouteFirewallRule {
-	result := make([]*proto.RouteFirewallRule, len(rules))
-	for i := range rules {
-		rule := rules[i]
-		result[i] = &proto.RouteFirewallRule{
-			SourceRanges: rule.SourceRanges,
-			Action:       getProtoAction(rule.Action),
-			Destination:  rule.Destination,
-			Protocol:     getProtoProtocol(rule.Protocol),
-			PortInfo:     getProtoPortInfo(rule),
-			IsDynamic:    rule.IsDynamic,
-			Domains:      rule.Domains.ToPunycodeList(),
-			PolicyID:     []byte(rule.PolicyID),
-			RouteID:      string(rule.RouteID),
-		}
-	}
-
-	return result
-}
-
-// getProtoAction converts the action to proto.RuleAction.
-func getProtoAction(action string) proto.RuleAction {
-	if action == string(types.PolicyTrafficActionDrop) {
-		return proto.RuleAction_DROP
-	}
-	return proto.RuleAction_ACCEPT
-}
-
-// getProtoProtocol converts the protocol to proto.RuleProtocol.
-func getProtoProtocol(protocol string) proto.RuleProtocol {
-	switch types.PolicyRuleProtocolType(protocol) {
-	case types.PolicyRuleProtocolALL:
-		return proto.RuleProtocol_ALL
-	case types.PolicyRuleProtocolTCP:
-		return proto.RuleProtocol_TCP
-	case types.PolicyRuleProtocolUDP:
-		return proto.RuleProtocol_UDP
-	case types.PolicyRuleProtocolICMP:
-		return proto.RuleProtocol_ICMP
-	default:
-		return proto.RuleProtocol_UNKNOWN
-	}
-}
-
-// getProtoPortInfo converts the port info to proto.PortInfo.
-func getProtoPortInfo(rule *types.RouteFirewallRule) *proto.PortInfo {
-	var portInfo proto.PortInfo
-	if rule.Port != 0 {
-		portInfo.PortSelection = &proto.PortInfo_Port{Port: uint32(rule.Port)}
-	} else if portRange := rule.PortRange; portRange.Start != 0 && portRange.End != 0 {
-		portInfo.PortSelection = &proto.PortInfo_Range_{
-			Range: &proto.PortInfo_Range{
-				Start: uint32(portRange.Start),
-				End:   uint32(portRange.End),
-			},
-		}
-	}
-	return &portInfo
-}
-
-func shouldUsePortRange(rule *proto.FirewallRule) bool {
-	return rule.Port == "" && (rule.Protocol == proto.RuleProtocol_UDP || rule.Protocol == proto.RuleProtocol_TCP)
-}
-
-// Helper function to convert nbdns.CustomZone to proto.CustomZone
-func convertToProtoCustomZone(zone nbdns.CustomZone) *proto.CustomZone {
-	protoZone := &proto.CustomZone{
-		Domain:               zone.Domain,
-		Records:              make([]*proto.SimpleRecord, 0, len(zone.Records)),
-		SearchDomainDisabled: zone.SearchDomainDisabled,
-		NonAuthoritative:     zone.NonAuthoritative,
-	}
-	for _, record := range zone.Records {
-		protoZone.Records = append(protoZone.Records, &proto.SimpleRecord{
-			Name:  record.Name,
-			Type:  int64(record.Type),
-			Class: record.Class,
-			TTL:   int64(record.TTL),
-			RData: record.RData,
-		})
-	}
-	return protoZone
-}
-
-// Helper function to convert nbdns.NameServerGroup to proto.NameServerGroup
-func convertToProtoNameServerGroup(nsGroup *nbdns.NameServerGroup) *proto.NameServerGroup {
-	protoGroup := &proto.NameServerGroup{
-		Primary:              nsGroup.Primary,
-		Domains:              nsGroup.Domains,
-		SearchDomainsEnabled: nsGroup.SearchDomainsEnabled,
-		NameServers:          make([]*proto.NameServer, 0, len(nsGroup.NameServers)),
-	}
-	for _, ns := range nsGroup.NameServers {
-		protoGroup.NameServers = append(protoGroup.NameServers, &proto.NameServer{
-			IP:     ns.IP.String(),
-			Port:   int64(ns.Port),
-			NSType: int64(ns.NSType),
-		})
-	}
-	return protoGroup
-}
-
 // buildJWTConfig constructs JWT configuration for SSH servers from management server config
 func buildJWTConfig(config *nbconfig.HttpServerConfig, deviceFlowConfig *nbconfig.DeviceAuthorizationFlow) *proto.JWTConfig {
 	if config == nil || config.AuthAudience == "" {

management/internals/shared/grpc/conversion_test.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/controllers/network_map/controller/cache"
 	nbconfig "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/server/config"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/types"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/networkmap"
 )
 
 func TestToProtocolDNSConfigWithCache(t *testing.T) {
@@ -64,13 +65,13 @@ func TestToProtocolDNSConfigWithCache(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// First run with config1
-	result1 := toProtocolDNSConfig(config1, &cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
+	result1 := networkmap.ToProtocolDNSConfig(config1, &cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
 
 	// Second run with config2
-	result2 := toProtocolDNSConfig(config2, &cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
+	result2 := networkmap.ToProtocolDNSConfig(config2, &cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
 
 	// Third run with config1 again
-	result3 := toProtocolDNSConfig(config1, &cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
+	result3 := networkmap.ToProtocolDNSConfig(config1, &cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
 
 	// Verify that result1 and result3 are identical
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(result1, result3) {
@@ -102,15 +103,14 @@ func BenchmarkToProtocolDNSConfig(b *testing.B) {
 
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-				toProtocolDNSConfig(testData, cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
+				networkmap.ToProtocolDNSConfig(testData, cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
 			}
 		})
 
 		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("WithoutCache-Size%d", size), func(b *testing.B) {
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-				cache := &cache.DNSConfigCache{}
-				toProtocolDNSConfig(testData, cache, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
+				networkmap.ToProtocolDNSConfig(testData, nil, int64(network_map.DnsForwarderPort))
 			}
 		})
 	}

management/internals/shared/grpc/proxy.go

@@ -608,11 +608,11 @@ func (s *ProxyServiceServer) disconnectProxy(conn *proxyConnection) {
 	if err := s.proxyController.UnregisterProxyFromCluster(context.Background(), conn.address, conn.proxyID); err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("Failed to unregister proxy %s from cluster: %v", conn.proxyID, err)
 	}
+	conn.cancel()
 	if err := s.proxyManager.Disconnect(context.Background(), conn.proxyID, conn.sessionID); err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("Failed to mark proxy %s as disconnected: %v", conn.proxyID, err)
 	}
 
-	conn.cancel()
 	log.Infof("Proxy %s session %s disconnected", conn.proxyID, conn.sessionID)
 }
 

management/internals/shared/grpc/server.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client/common"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/grpc"
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/controllers/network_map"
 	rpservice "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/reverseproxy/service"
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ func (s *Server) Sync(req *proto.EncryptedMessage, srv proto.ManagementService_S
 	realIP := getRealIP(ctx)
 	sRealIP := realIP.String()
 	peerMeta := extractPeerMeta(ctx, syncReq.GetMeta())
+
 	userID, err := s.accountManager.GetUserIDByPeerKey(ctx, peerKey.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		s.syncSem.Add(-1)
@@ -683,8 +685,9 @@ func extractPeerMeta(ctx context.Context, meta *proto.PeerSystemMeta) nbpeer.Pee
 			LazyConnectionEnabled: meta.GetFlags().GetLazyConnectionEnabled(),
 			DisableIPv6:           meta.GetFlags().GetDisableIPv6(),
 		},
-		Files:        files,
-		Capabilities: capabilitiesToInt32(meta.GetCapabilities()),
+		Files:              files,
+		Capabilities:       capabilitiesToInt32(meta.GetCapabilities()),
+		SyncMessageVersion: int(meta.GetSyncMessageVersion()),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1016,7 +1019,43 @@ func (s *Server) sendInitialSync(ctx context.Context, peerKey wgtypes.Key, peer
 		return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to get peer groups %s", err)
 	}
 
-	plainResp := ToSyncResponse(ctx, s.config, s.config.HttpConfig, s.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, peer, turnToken, relayToken, networkMap, s.networkMapController.GetDNSDomain(settings), postureChecks, nil, settings, settings.Extra, peerGroups, dnsFwdPort)
+	dnsName := s.networkMapController.GetDNSDomain(settings)
+
+	var plainResp *proto.SyncResponse
+
+	commonSyncMessageVersion := grpc.HighestCommonSyncMessageVersion(
+		s.perAccountOrGlobalSyncMessageVersions(peer.AccountID),
+		grpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&peer.Meta.SyncMessageVersion))
+
+	log.WithContext(ctx).
+		WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"sync_message_version":        commonSyncMessageVersion,
+			"server_sync_message_version": s.perAccountOrGlobalSyncMessageVersions(peer.AccountID),
+			"peer_sync_message_version":   grpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&peer.Meta.SyncMessageVersion),
+		}).Debug("common highest sync message version")
+
+	if commonSyncMessageVersion == grpc.ComponentNetworkMap {
+		// Capable peer: discard the legacy NetworkMap that SyncAndMarkPeer
+		// computed and recompute the raw components instead. This wastes one
+		// Calculate() call per initial-sync — the component-based wire
+		// format is what the peer actually consumes. The streaming path
+		// (network_map.Controller.UpdateAccountPeers) skips this duplication
+		// because it dispatches by capability before computing.
+		//
+		// TODO: refactor SyncPeer / SyncAndMarkPeer / their mocks + manager
+		// interfaces to return PeerNetworkMapResult so the initial-sync path
+		// stops doing duplicate work. Deferred until the client-side
+		// decoder lands and there's a real deployment of capability=3 peers
+		// worth optimizing for.
+		freshPeer, components, proxyPatch, freshPostureChecks, freshDnsFwdPort, err := s.networkMapController.GetValidatedPeerWithComponents(ctx, false, peer.AccountID, peer)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithContext(ctx).Errorf("failed to build components for peer %s on initial sync: %v", peer.ID, err)
+			return status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "failed to build initial sync envelope")
+		}
+		plainResp = ToComponentSyncResponse(ctx, s.config, s.config.HttpConfig, s.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, freshPeer, turnToken, relayToken, components, proxyPatch, dnsName, freshPostureChecks, settings, settings.Extra, peerGroups, freshDnsFwdPort)
+	} else {
+		plainResp = ToSyncResponse(ctx, s.config, s.config.HttpConfig, s.config.DeviceAuthorizationFlow, peer, turnToken, relayToken, networkMap, dnsName, postureChecks, nil, settings, settings.Extra, peerGroups, dnsFwdPort)
+	}
 
 	key, err := s.secretsManager.GetWGKey()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1041,6 +1080,13 @@ func (s *Server) sendInitialSync(ctx context.Context, peerKey wgtypes.Key, peer
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *Server) perAccountOrGlobalSyncMessageVersions(accountId string) grpc.SyncMessageVersion {
+	if version, ok := s.config.PerAccountHighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion[accountId]; ok {
+		return grpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(&version)
+	}
+	return grpc.SyncMessageVersionFromConfig(s.config.HighestSupportedSyncMessageVersion)
+}
+
 // GetDeviceAuthorizationFlow returns a device authorization flow information
 // This is used for initiating an Oauth 2 device authorization grant flow
 // which will be used by our clients to Login

management/server/account.go

@@ -1648,6 +1648,10 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) SyncUserJWTGroups(ctx context.Context, userAuth
 			return nil
 		}
 
+		for _, g := range newGroupsToCreate {
+			g.PublicID = xid.New().String()
+		}
+
 		if err = transaction.CreateGroups(ctx, userAuth.AccountId, newGroupsToCreate); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error saving groups: %w", err)
 		}

management/server/account_test.go

@@ -3170,6 +3170,16 @@ func TestAccount_SetJWTGroups(t *testing.T) {
 		user, err := manager.Store.GetUserByUserID(context.Background(), store.LockingStrengthNone, "user2")
 		assert.NoError(t, err, "unable to get user")
 		assert.Len(t, user.AutoGroups, 1, "new group should be added")
+
+		var newJWTGroup *types.Group
+		for _, g := range groups {
+			if g.Name == "group3" {
+				newJWTGroup = g
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		require.NotNil(t, newJWTGroup, "JIT-created JWT group not found")
+		assert.NotEqual(t, "", newJWTGroup.PublicID, "JIT-created JWT group must have a non-empty PublicID")
 	})
 
 	t.Run("remove all JWT groups when list is empty", func(t *testing.T) {

management/server/group.go

@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) CreateGroup(ctx context.Context, accountID, use
 		events := am.prepareGroupEvents(ctx, transaction, accountID, userID, newGroup)
 		eventsToStore = append(eventsToStore, events...)
 
+		newGroup.PublicID = xid.New().String()
+
 		if err := transaction.CreateGroup(ctx, newGroup); err != nil {
 			return status.Errorf(status.Internal, "failed to create group: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -158,6 +160,8 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) UpdateGroup(ctx context.Context, accountID, use
 			return err
 		}
 
+		newGroup.PublicID = oldGroup.PublicID
+
 		if err = transaction.UpdateGroup(ctx, newGroup); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -235,6 +239,7 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) CreateGroups(ctx context.Context, accountID, us
 			}
 
 			newGroup.AccountID = accountID
+			newGroup.PublicID = xid.New().String()
 
 			if err = transaction.CreateGroup(ctx, newGroup); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -327,6 +332,12 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) updateSingleGroup(ctx context.Context, accountI
 
 		newGroup.AccountID = accountID
 
+		oldGroup, err := transaction.GetGroupByID(ctx, store.LockingStrengthNone, accountID, newGroup.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		newGroup.PublicID = oldGroup.PublicID
+
 		if err := transaction.UpdateGroup(ctx, newGroup); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -341,7 +352,6 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) updateSingleGroup(ctx context.Context, accountI
 
 		events = am.prepareGroupEvents(ctx, transaction, accountID, userID, newGroup)
 
-		var err error
 		snap, err = affectedpeers.Load(ctx, transaction, accountID, change)
 		return err
 	})

management/server/groups/manager.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/account"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/activity"
+	resourceTypes "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/networks/resources/types"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/permissions"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/permissions/modules"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/permissions/operations"
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ type managerImpl struct {
 	accountManager     account.Manager
 }
 
+func eventMetaResource(group *types.Group, resource *resourceTypes.NetworkResource) map[string]any {
+	return map[string]any{"name": group.Name, "id": group.ID, "resource_name": resource.Name, "resource_id": resource.ID, "resource_type": resource.Type}
+}
+
 type mockManager struct {
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ func (m *managerImpl) AddResourceToGroupInTransaction(ctx context.Context, trans
 	}
 
 	event := func() {
-		m.accountManager.StoreEvent(ctx, userID, groupID, accountID, activity.ResourceAddedToGroup, group.EventMetaResource(networkResource))
+		m.accountManager.StoreEvent(ctx, userID, groupID, accountID, activity.ResourceAddedToGroup, eventMetaResource(group, networkResource))
 	}
 
 	return event, nil
@@ -133,7 +138,7 @@ func (m *managerImpl) RemoveResourceFromGroupInTransaction(ctx context.Context,
 	}
 
 	event := func() {
-		m.accountManager.StoreEvent(ctx, userID, groupID, accountID, activity.ResourceRemovedFromGroup, group.EventMetaResource(networkResource))
+		m.accountManager.StoreEvent(ctx, userID, groupID, accountID, activity.ResourceRemovedFromGroup, eventMetaResource(group, networkResource))
 	}
 
 	return event, nil

management/server/http/handlers/peers/peers_handler.go

@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func (h *Handler) GetAccessiblePeers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	netMap := account.GetPeerNetworkMapFromComponents(ctx, peerID, dns.CustomZone{}, nil, validPeers, account.GetResourcePoliciesMap(), account.GetResourceRoutersMap(), nil, account.GetActiveGroupUsers())
 
-	util.WriteJSONObject(ctx, w, toAccessiblePeers(netMap, dnsDomain))
+	util.WriteJSONObject(ctx, w, toAccessiblePeers(netMap, account.Peers, dnsDomain))
 }
 
 func (h *Handler) CreateTemporaryAccess(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -534,15 +534,20 @@ func (h *Handler) CreateTemporaryAccess(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	util.WriteJSONObject(r.Context(), w, resp)
 }
 
-func toAccessiblePeers(netMap *types.NetworkMap, dnsDomain string) []api.AccessiblePeer {
+// toAccessiblePeers rehydrates the calculated map's component peers into the
+// account's full peer objects, which carry the location/status/meta fields
+// the API response needs.
+func toAccessiblePeers(netMap *types.NetworkMap, accountPeers map[string]*nbpeer.Peer, dnsDomain string) []api.AccessiblePeer {
 	accessiblePeers := make([]api.AccessiblePeer, 0, len(netMap.Peers)+len(netMap.OfflinePeers))
-	for _, p := range netMap.Peers {
-		accessiblePeers = append(accessiblePeers, peerToAccessiblePeer(p, dnsDomain))
-	}
-
-	for _, p := range netMap.OfflinePeers {
-		accessiblePeers = append(accessiblePeers, peerToAccessiblePeer(p, dnsDomain))
+	add := func(peers []*types.ComponentPeer) {
+		for _, p := range peers {
+			if peer := accountPeers[p.ID]; peer != nil {
+				accessiblePeers = append(accessiblePeers, peerToAccessiblePeer(peer, dnsDomain))
+			}
+		}
 	}
+	add(netMap.Peers)
+	add(netMap.OfflinePeers)
 
 	return accessiblePeers
 }

management/server/idp/embedded.go

@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	staticClientDashboard         = "netbird-dashboard"
-	staticClientCLI               = "netbird-cli"
+	StaticClientDashboard      = "netbird-dashboard"
+	StaticClientCLI            = "netbird-cli"
+	DefaultTOTPAuthenticatorID = "default-totp"
+	LocalConnectorID           = dex.LocalConnectorID
+
 	defaultCLIRedirectURL1        = "http://localhost:53000/"
 	defaultCLIRedirectURL2        = "http://localhost:54000/"
 	defaultScopes                 = "openid profile email groups"
@@ -189,14 +192,14 @@ func (c *EmbeddedIdPConfig) ToYAMLConfig() (*dex.YAMLConfig, error) {
 		EnablePasswordDB: true,
 		StaticClients: []storage.Client{
 			{
-				ID:                     staticClientDashboard,
+				ID:                     StaticClientDashboard,
 				Name:                   "NetBird Dashboard",
 				Public:                 true,
 				RedirectURIs:           redirectURIs,
 				PostLogoutRedirectURIs: sanitizePostLogoutRedirectURIs(dashboardPostLogoutRedirectURIs),
 			},
 			{
-				ID:           staticClientCLI,
+				ID:           StaticClientCLI,
 				Name:         "NetBird CLI",
 				Public:       true,
 				RedirectURIs: redirectURIs,
@@ -258,13 +261,13 @@ func sanitizePostLogoutRedirectURIs(uris []string) []string {
 
 func configureMFA(cfg *dex.YAMLConfig, sessionMaxLifetime, sessionIdleTimeout string, rememberMe bool, sessionCookieEncryptionKey string) error {
 	cfg.MFA.Authenticators = []dex.MFAAuthenticator{{
-		ID: "default-totp",
+		ID: DefaultTOTPAuthenticatorID,
 		// Has to be caps otherwise it will fail
 		Type: "TOTP",
 		Config: map[string]interface{}{
 			"issuer": "NetBird",
 		},
-		ConnectorTypes: []string{"local"},
+		ConnectorTypes: []string{LocalConnectorID},
 	}}
 
 	if sessionMaxLifetime == "" {
@@ -740,7 +743,7 @@ func (m *EmbeddedIdPManager) GetDefaultScopes() string {
 
 // GetCLIClientID returns the client ID for CLI authentication.
 func (m *EmbeddedIdPManager) GetCLIClientID() string {
-	return staticClientCLI
+	return StaticClientCLI
 }
 
 // GetCLIRedirectURLs returns the redirect URLs configured for the CLI client.
@@ -779,7 +782,7 @@ func (m *EmbeddedIdPManager) GetLocalKeysLocation() string {
 
 // GetClientIDs returns the OAuth2 client IDs configured for this provider.
 func (m *EmbeddedIdPManager) GetClientIDs() []string {
-	return []string{staticClientDashboard, staticClientCLI}
+	return []string{StaticClientDashboard, StaticClientCLI}
 }
 
 // GetUserIDClaim returns the JWT claim name used for user identification.
@@ -796,11 +799,11 @@ func (m *EmbeddedIdPManager) IsLocalAuthDisabled() bool {
 func (m *EmbeddedIdPManager) SetMFAEnabled(ctx context.Context, enabled bool) error {
 	var mfaChain []string
 	if enabled {
-		mfaChain = []string{"default-totp"}
+		mfaChain = []string{DefaultTOTPAuthenticatorID}
 	}
 	if err := m.provider.SetClientsMFAChain(ctx, []string{
-		staticClientCLI,
-		staticClientDashboard,
+		StaticClientCLI,
+		StaticClientDashboard,
 	}, mfaChain); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set MFA enabled=%v: %w", enabled, err)
 	}

management/server/idp/embedded_test.go

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ func TestEmbeddedIdPConfig_ToYAMLConfig_IncludesDeviceCallbackRedirectURI(t *tes
 
 	var cliRedirectURIs []string
 	for _, client := range yamlConfig.StaticClients {
-		if client.ID == staticClientCLI {
+		if client.ID == StaticClientCLI {
 			cliRedirectURIs = client.RedirectURIs
 			break
 		}

management/server/migration/migration.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
+	"github.com/rs/xid"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
@@ -635,3 +636,128 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePeerKeys(ctx context.Context, db *gorm.DB) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func BackfillPublicIDs[T any](ctx context.Context, db *gorm.DB) error {
+	var model T
+
+	if !db.Migrator().HasTable(&model) {
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("Table for %T does not exist, no backfill needed", model)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	stmt := &gorm.Statement{DB: db}
+	err := stmt.Parse(&model)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parse model: %w", err)
+	}
+	tableName := stmt.Schema.Table
+
+	if err := db.Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+		if !tx.Migrator().HasColumn(&model, "public_id") {
+			log.WithContext(ctx).Infof("Column public_id does not exist in table %s, adding it", tableName)
+			if err := tx.Migrator().AddColumn(&model, "public_id"); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("add column public_id: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		var rows []map[string]any
+		if err := tx.Table(tableName).Select("id", "public_id").Where("public_id IS NULL").Or("public_id = ''").Find(&rows).Error; err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to find rows with empty public_id: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if len(rows) == 0 {
+			log.WithContext(ctx).Infof("No rows with empty public_id found in table %s, no migration needed", tableName)
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		for _, row := range rows {
+			if err := tx.Table(tableName).Where("id = ?", row["id"]).Update("public_id", xid.New().String()).Error; err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to update row with id %v: %w", row["id"], err)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.WithContext(ctx).Infof("Backfill of empty public_id in table %s completed", tableName)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// FoldCostAggregatesIntoBuckets migrates a per-request cost table from the old
+// "stored aggregate" shape (cost_usd + cache_cost_usd columns) to the per-bucket
+// breakdown, where the total and cache portion are derived on read instead.
+//
+// The fold preserves both aggregates exactly for historical rows: the cache
+// total moves into cached_input_cost_usd and the remainder into
+// input_cost_usd, so a row's derived total and cache cost still match what it
+// reported before the upgrade. The finer split is genuinely unknown for those
+// rows — the old schema never recorded a read/write or input/output division —
+// so it is lumped rather than guessed; only rows written after the upgrade
+// carry a true four-way split.
+//
+// Dropping the columns before folding would zero every historical row's cost,
+// so the update runs first and the drop only happens once it succeeds. A table
+// with no cost_usd column has already been migrated (or was created fresh) and
+// is skipped.
+func FoldCostAggregatesIntoBuckets[T any](ctx context.Context, db *gorm.DB) error {
+	var model T
+
+	if !db.Migrator().HasTable(&model) {
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("table for %T does not exist, no cost-bucket migration needed", model)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if !db.Migrator().HasColumn(&model, "cost_usd") {
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Debugf("table for %T has no cost_usd column, cost buckets already migrated", model)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	stmt := &gorm.Statement{DB: db}
+	if err := stmt.Parse(&model); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parse model schema: %w", err)
+	}
+	tableName := stmt.Schema.Table
+
+	// COALESCE guards rows whose new columns were added as NULL by an earlier
+	// AutoMigrate run that predates the NOT NULL default.
+	hasCacheColumn := db.Migrator().HasColumn(&model, "cache_cost_usd")
+	cacheExpr := "0"
+	if hasCacheColumn {
+		cacheExpr = "COALESCE(cache_cost_usd, 0)"
+	}
+
+	if err := db.Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+		// Only touch rows that carry a legacy total and no breakdown yet, so
+		// the migration is idempotent and never overwrites a true split.
+		update := fmt.Sprintf(`UPDATE %s
+			SET input_cost_usd = COALESCE(cost_usd, 0) - %s,
+			    cached_input_cost_usd = %s,
+			    cache_creation_cost_usd = 0,
+			    output_cost_usd = 0
+			WHERE COALESCE(cost_usd, 0) <> 0
+			  AND COALESCE(input_cost_usd, 0) = 0
+			  AND COALESCE(cached_input_cost_usd, 0) = 0
+			  AND COALESCE(cache_creation_cost_usd, 0) = 0
+			  AND COALESCE(output_cost_usd, 0) = 0`, tableName, cacheExpr, cacheExpr)
+		res := tx.Exec(update)
+		if res.Error != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("fold legacy cost aggregates in %s: %w", tableName, res.Error)
+		}
+		log.WithContext(ctx).Infof("folded legacy cost aggregates into per-bucket columns for %d rows in table %s", res.RowsAffected, tableName)
+
+		if err := tx.Migrator().DropColumn(&model, "cost_usd"); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("drop cost_usd from %s: %w", tableName, err)
+		}
+		if hasCacheColumn {
+			if err := tx.Migrator().DropColumn(&model, "cache_cost_usd"); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("drop cache_cost_usd from %s: %w", tableName, err)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.WithContext(ctx).Infof("migration of stored cost aggregates to per-bucket columns in table %s completed", tableName)
+	return nil
+}

management/server/migration/migration_test.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"gorm.io/driver/sqlite"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 
+	agentNetworkTypes "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/internals/modules/agentnetwork/types"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/migration"
 	nbpeer "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/management/server/testutil"
@@ -639,3 +640,99 @@ func TestCleanupOrphanedResources_SkipsWhenForeignKeyExists(t *testing.T) {
 	db.Model(&testChildWithFK{}).Count(&count)
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(2), count, "Both rows should survive — migration must skip when FK constraint exists")
 }
+
+// legacyCostRow is the pre-breakdown shape of the usage table: cost was stored
+// as a total plus a cache portion, with no per-bucket columns. Used to build a
+// realistic pre-upgrade table for the fold migration to run against.
+type legacyCostRow struct {
+	ID           string `gorm:"primaryKey"`
+	AccountID    string
+	Model        string
+	CostUSD      float64
+	CacheCostUSD float64
+}
+
+func (legacyCostRow) TableName() string { return "agent_network_request_usage" }
+
+// TestFoldCostAggregatesIntoBuckets_PreservesHistoricalCost covers the upgrade
+// path: a table written under the old schema must come out with its per-row
+// total and cache cost unchanged, because dropping cost_usd without folding it
+// forward would silently zero every historical row's spend.
+func TestFoldCostAggregatesIntoBuckets_PreservesHistoricalCost(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	db := setupDatabase(t)
+	// setupDatabase hands back a process-shared database, so start from a clean
+	// table rather than inheriting rows from another test.
+	require.NoError(t, db.Migrator().DropTable(&agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage{}))
+
+	require.NoError(t, db.AutoMigrate(&legacyCostRow{}), "legacy table must be created")
+	require.NoError(t, db.Create(&legacyCostRow{
+		ID: "u1", AccountID: "acct-1", Model: "claude-sonnet-4-6", CostUSD: 0.0123, CacheCostUSD: 0.0029,
+	}).Error)
+	require.NoError(t, db.Create(&legacyCostRow{
+		ID: "u2", AccountID: "acct-1", Model: "gpt-4o", CostUSD: 0.5, CacheCostUSD: 0,
+	}).Error)
+	// A zero-cost row (denied / unpriced request) must stay zero, not be touched.
+	require.NoError(t, db.Create(&legacyCostRow{ID: "u3", AccountID: "acct-1", Model: "gw/unpriced"}).Error)
+
+	// AutoMigrate adds the per-bucket columns alongside the legacy ones, exactly
+	// as a real upgrade does before the post-auto migrations run.
+	require.NoError(t, db.AutoMigrate(&agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage{}), "new columns must be added")
+
+	require.NoError(t, migration.FoldCostAggregatesIntoBuckets[agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage](ctx, db))
+
+	assert.False(t, db.Migrator().HasColumn(&agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage{}, "cost_usd"),
+		"legacy cost_usd column must be dropped once folded")
+	assert.False(t, db.Migrator().HasColumn(&agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage{}, "cache_cost_usd"),
+		"legacy cache_cost_usd column must be dropped once folded")
+
+	var rows []*agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage
+	require.NoError(t, db.Order("id").Find(&rows).Error)
+	require.Len(t, rows, 3)
+
+	// u1: total and cache portion both preserved; the read/write and
+	// input/output splits are unknowable for a legacy row, so the cache total
+	// lands on cached_input and the remainder on input.
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0123, rows[0].TotalCostUSD(), 1e-9, "historical total must survive the fold")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0029, rows[0].CacheCostUSD(), 1e-9, "historical cache cost must survive the fold")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0094, rows[0].InputCostUSD, 1e-9, "non-cache remainder lands on input")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.0029, rows[0].CachedInputCostUSD, 1e-9, "legacy cache total lands on cached input")
+	assert.Zero(t, rows[0].CacheCreationCostUSD, "legacy rows carry no read/write split to recover")
+	assert.Zero(t, rows[0].OutputCostUSD, "legacy rows carry no input/output split to recover")
+
+	// u2: no cache spend — the whole total is the non-cache remainder.
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.5, rows[1].TotalCostUSD(), 1e-9, "cache-free historical total must survive")
+	assert.Zero(t, rows[1].CacheCostUSD(), "a cache-free row must stay cache-free")
+
+	// u3: zero stays zero rather than being rewritten.
+	assert.Zero(t, rows[2].TotalCostUSD(), "an unpriced row must remain unpriced")
+}
+
+// TestFoldCostAggregatesIntoBuckets_SkipsAlreadyMigrated proves the migration is
+// safe to re-run: with no legacy column present it is a no-op that leaves a
+// true four-way split untouched.
+func TestFoldCostAggregatesIntoBuckets_SkipsAlreadyMigrated(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	db := setupDatabase(t)
+	require.NoError(t, db.Migrator().DropTable(&agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage{}))
+
+	require.NoError(t, db.AutoMigrate(&agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage{}))
+	// Timestamp must be set explicitly: a zero time.Time serialises as
+	// '0000-00-00 00:00:00', which MySQL rejects under strict mode.
+	require.NoError(t, db.Create(&agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage{
+		ID: "u1", AccountID: "acct-1", Model: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
+		Timestamp:    time.Date(2026, 5, 5, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		InputCostUSD: 0.001, CachedInputCostUSD: 0.002, CacheCreationCostUSD: 0.003, OutputCostUSD: 0.004,
+	}).Error)
+
+	require.NoError(t, migration.FoldCostAggregatesIntoBuckets[agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage](ctx, db),
+		"running against an already-migrated table must be a no-op, not an error")
+
+	var row agentNetworkTypes.AgentNetworkUsage
+	require.NoError(t, db.First(&row, "id = ?", "u1").Error)
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.001, row.InputCostUSD, 1e-9, "a true split must not be rewritten")
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.002, row.CachedInputCostUSD, 1e-9)
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.003, row.CacheCreationCostUSD, 1e-9)
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.004, row.OutputCostUSD, 1e-9)
+	assert.InDelta(t, 0.01, row.TotalCostUSD(), 1e-9, "derived total sums the four buckets")
+}

management/server/nameserver.go

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) CreateNameServerGroup(ctx context.Context, acco
 			return err
 		}
 
+		newNSGroup.PublicID = xid.New().String()
+
 		if err = transaction.SaveNameServerGroup(ctx, newNSGroup); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ func (am *DefaultAccountManager) SaveNameServerGroup(ctx context.Context, accoun
 			return err
 		}
 
+		nsGroupToSave.PublicID = oldNSGroup.PublicID
+
 		if err = transaction.SaveNameServerGroup(ctx, nsGroupToSave); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}