Merge branch 'fix/ui-status-dispatch' into test/gui-memory-leak-fix

[client] Serialize status replay with live push dispatch
2026-07-29 20:01:29 +02:00 · 2026-07-29 11:01:36 +02:00 · 2026-07-29 11:00:22 +02:00 · 2026-07-29 10:36:20 +02:00 · 2026-07-29 10:36:08 +02:00 · 2026-07-29 10:35:52 +02:00
64 changed files with 1832 additions and 977 deletions
--- a/.goreleaser_ui.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser_ui.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ builds:
    ldflags:
      - -s -w -X github.com/netbirdio/netbird/version.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.CommitDate}} -X main.builtBy=goreleaser
    mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"
+    tags:
+      - production

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

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

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

 universal_binaries:
  - id: netbird-ui-darwin
--- a/client/android/client.go
+++ b/client/android/client.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"

@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/stdnet"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/mdm"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/net"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter"
@@ -76,13 +76,6 @@ type Client struct {
 	connectClient *internal.ConnectClient
 	config        *profilemanager.Config
 	cacheDir      string
-
-	// mdmLoader holds the per-Client MDM policy source. Set by
-	// SetMDMPolicyFetcher (called from the Kotlin side). Each Run
-	// passes this loader to the resolved Config so applyMDMPolicy
-	// picks up the active overlay. Nil means "MDM enforcement off
-	// for this Client".
-	mdmLoader *mdm.Loader
 }

 func (c *Client) setState(cfg *profilemanager.Config, cacheDir string, cc *internal.ConnectClient) {
@@ -137,7 +130,6 @@ func (c *Client) Run(platformFiles PlatformFiles, urlOpener URLOpener, isAndroid
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	c.applyMDMOverlay(cfg)
 	c.recorder.UpdateManagementAddress(cfg.ManagementURL.String())
 	c.recorder.UpdateRosenpass(cfg.RosenpassEnabled, cfg.RosenpassPermissive)

@@ -182,7 +174,6 @@ func (c *Client) RunWithoutLogin(platformFiles PlatformFiles, dns *DNSList, dnsR
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	c.applyMDMOverlay(cfg)
 	c.recorder.UpdateManagementAddress(cfg.ManagementURL.String())
 	c.recorder.UpdateRosenpass(cfg.RosenpassEnabled, cfg.RosenpassPermissive)

@@ -240,7 +231,6 @@ func (c *Client) DebugBundle(platformFiles PlatformFiles, anonymize bool) (strin
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("load config: %w", err)
 		}
-		c.applyMDMOverlay(cfg)
 		cacheDir = platformFiles.CacheDir()
 	}

@@ -310,6 +300,13 @@ func (c *Client) SetInfoLogLevel() {
 // PeersList return with the list of the PeerInfos
 func (c *Client) PeersList() *PeerInfoArray {

+	// The recorder only caches transfer counters and handshake times; nothing
+	// refreshes them on its own, so without this they read as zero. The desktop
+	// daemon does the same before serving a full peer status.
+	if err := c.recorder.RefreshWireGuardStats(); err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("failed to refresh WireGuard stats: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	fullStatus := c.recorder.GetFullStatus()

 	peerInfos := make([]PeerInfo, len(fullStatus.Peers))
@@ -320,6 +317,20 @@ func (c *Client) PeersList() *PeerInfoArray {
 			FQDN:       p.FQDN,
 			ConnStatus: int(p.ConnStatus),
 			Routes:     PeerRoutes{routes: maps.Keys(p.GetRoutes())},
+
+			PubKey:                     p.PubKey,
+			Latency:                    formatDuration(p.Latency),
+			LatencyMs:                  p.Latency.Milliseconds(),
+			BytesRx:                    p.BytesRx,
+			BytesTx:                    p.BytesTx,
+			ConnStatusUpdate:           formatTime(p.ConnStatusUpdate),
+			Relayed:                    p.Relayed,
+			RosenpassEnabled:           p.RosenpassEnabled,
+			LastWireguardHandshake:     formatTime(p.LastWireguardHandshake),
+			LocalIceCandidateType:      p.LocalIceCandidateType,
+			RemoteIceCandidateType:     p.RemoteIceCandidateType,
+			LocalIceCandidateEndpoint:  p.LocalIceCandidateEndpoint,
+			RemoteIceCandidateEndpoint: p.RemoteIceCandidateEndpoint,
 		}
 		peerInfos[n] = pi
 	}
@@ -450,10 +461,6 @@ func (c *Client) RemoveConnectionListener() {
 	c.recorder.RemoveConnectionListener()
 }

-func (c *Client) toggleRoute(command routeCommand) error {
-	return command.toggleRoute()
-}
-
 func (c *Client) getRouteManager() (routemanager.Manager, error) {
 	client := c.getConnectClient()
 	if client == nil {
@@ -473,22 +480,22 @@ func (c *Client) getRouteManager() (routemanager.Manager, error) {
 	return manager, nil
 }

-func (c *Client) SelectRoute(route string) error {
+func (c *Client) SelectRoute(id string) error {
 	manager, err := c.getRouteManager()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	return c.toggleRoute(selectRouteCommand{route: route, manager: manager})
+	return manager.SelectRoutes([]route.NetID{route.NetID(id)}, true)
 }

-func (c *Client) DeselectRoute(route string) error {
+func (c *Client) DeselectRoute(id string) error {
 	manager, err := c.getRouteManager()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	return c.toggleRoute(deselectRouteCommand{route: route, manager: manager})
+	return manager.DeselectRoutes([]route.NetID{route.NetID(id)})
 }

 // getNetworkDomainsFromRoute extracts domains from a route and enriches each domain
@@ -523,3 +530,28 @@ func exportEnvList(list *EnvList) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// formatDuration renders a duration for display, trimming the fractional part
+// to two digits so latencies read as "12.34ms" rather than "12.345678ms".
+func formatDuration(d time.Duration) string {
+	ds := d.String()
+	dotIndex := strings.Index(ds, ".")
+	if dotIndex == -1 {
+		return ds
+	}
+
+	endIndex := min(dotIndex+3, len(ds))
+
+	// Skip the remaining digits so only the unit suffix is appended back.
+	unitStart := endIndex
+	for unitStart < len(ds) && ds[unitStart] >= '0' && ds[unitStart] <= '9' {
+		unitStart++
+	}
+	return ds[:endIndex] + ds[unitStart:]
+}
+
+// formatTime renders a timestamp in UTC using a fixed layout. The zero time is
+// passed through as-is so the UI can recognise it and show "never" instead.
+func formatTime(t time.Time) string {
+	return t.UTC().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
+}
--- a/client/android/mdm.go
+++ b/client/android/mdm.go
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-//go:build android
-
-package android
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/mdm"
-)
-
-// PolicyFetcher is the mobile-side bridge for the MDM managed-config
-// snapshot. The native layer (Kotlin) implements this and registers
-// the instance per Client via Client.SetMDMPolicyFetcher. Every
-// invocation of fetchJSON must read the current RestrictionsManager
-// state and return the result as a JSON-encoded map[string]any string.
-//
-// JSON is used because gomobile does not support map[string]any
-// crossing the JNI boundary — the adapter on the Go side parses the
-// string back into the map[string]any expected by mdm.Loader.
-//
-// Return value contract:
-//   - "" (empty)         : interpreted as "no MDM source / no managed keys"
-//   - "{}"               : managed config explicitly empty
-//   - "{...}"            : JSON object with key/value pairs
-//   - malformed JSON     : logged and treated as empty
-type PolicyFetcher interface {
-	FetchJSON() string
-}
-
-// jsonFetcherAdapter wraps a gomobile-exposed PolicyFetcher into the
-// internal mdm.PolicyFetcher interface, taking care of JSON decoding
-// on every Fetch.
-type jsonFetcherAdapter struct {
-	inner PolicyFetcher
-}
-
-func (a *jsonFetcherAdapter) Fetch() map[string]any {
-	raw := a.inner.FetchJSON()
-	if raw == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var out map[string]any
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(raw), &out); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("MDM mobile fetcher: invalid JSON payload from native: %v", err)
-		return nil
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
-// SetMDMPolicyFetcher registers the native-provided MDM policy fetcher
-// on this Client. Call once from the gomobile-init code (Kotlin
-// Application.onCreate or Service onCreate) before invoking Run /
-// RunWithoutLogin. Passing nil disables MDM enforcement on this
-// Client.
-//
-// The fetcher is held as a *mdm.Loader instance on the Client (no
-// package-level state) — multiple Clients in the same process get
-// independent Loaders, and tests can inject fakes per Client.
-func (c *Client) SetMDMPolicyFetcher(p PolicyFetcher) {
-	if p == nil {
-		c.mdmLoader = mdm.NewLoader(nil)
-		return
-	}
-	c.mdmLoader = mdm.NewLoader(&jsonFetcherAdapter{inner: p})
-}
-
-// applyMDMOverlay applies the Client-held MDM Loader's current policy
-// on top of the just-read Config. Called immediately after every
-// UpdateOrCreateConfig — profilemanager's apply() initialises the
-// policy to empty and leaves overlay responsibility to the lifecycle
-// owner. No-op when no fetcher was registered.
-func (c *Client) applyMDMOverlay(cfg *profilemanager.Config) {
-	if cfg == nil || c.mdmLoader == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	cfg.ApplyMDMPolicy(c.mdmLoader.Load())
-}
--- a/client/android/peer_notifier.go
+++ b/client/android/peer_notifier.go
@@ -12,12 +12,30 @@ const (
 )

 // PeerInfo describe information about the peers. It designed for the UI usage
+//
+// The fields below ConnStatus back the peer detail screen. Durations and times
+// are pre-formatted into strings so the UI does not have to know Go's layouts;
+// Latency is additionally exposed as LatencyMs for colour coding.
 type PeerInfo struct {
 	IP         string
 	IPv6       string
 	FQDN       string
 	ConnStatus int
 	Routes     PeerRoutes
+
+	PubKey                     string
+	Latency                    string
+	LatencyMs                  int64
+	BytesRx                    int64
+	BytesTx                    int64
+	ConnStatusUpdate           string
+	Relayed                    bool
+	RosenpassEnabled           bool
+	LastWireguardHandshake     string
+	LocalIceCandidateType      string
+	RemoteIceCandidateType     string
+	LocalIceCandidateEndpoint  string
+	RemoteIceCandidateEndpoint string
 }

 func (p *PeerInfo) GetPeerRoutes() *PeerRoutes {
--- a/client/android/profile_manager.go
+++ b/client/android/profile_manager.go
@@ -189,6 +189,19 @@ func (pm *ProfileManager) LogoutProfile(id string) error {
 	return nil
 }

+// RenameProfile changes a profile's display name. The profile ID, and therefore
+// its on-disk filename, is left untouched: only the "name" field of the config
+// is rewritten. This works for the default profile too, whose config lives in
+// netbird.cfg rather than under profiles/.
+func (pm *ProfileManager) RenameProfile(id string, newName string) error {
+	if err := pm.serviceMgr.RenameProfile(profilemanager.ID(id), androidUsername, newName); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rename profile: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("renamed profile %s to: %s", id, newName)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // RemoveProfile deletes a profile
 func (pm *ProfileManager) RemoveProfile(id string) error {
 	// Use ServiceManager (removes profile from profiles/ directory)
--- a/client/android/route_command.go
+++ b/client/android/route_command.go
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-//go:build android
-
-package android
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
-)
-
-func executeRouteToggle(id string, manager routemanager.Manager,
-	operationName string,
-	routeOperation func(routes []route.NetID, allRoutes []route.NetID) error) error {
-	netID := route.NetID(id)
-	routes := []route.NetID{netID}
-
-	routesMap := manager.GetClientRoutesWithNetID()
-	routes = route.ExpandV6ExitPairs(routes, routesMap)
-
-	log.Debugf("%s with ids: %v", operationName, routes)
-
-	if err := routeOperation(routes, maps.Keys(routesMap)); err != nil {
-		log.Debugf("error when %s: %s", operationName, err)
-		return fmt.Errorf("error %s: %w", operationName, err)
-	}
-
-	manager.TriggerSelection(manager.GetClientRoutes())
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-type routeCommand interface {
-	toggleRoute() error
-}
-
-type selectRouteCommand struct {
-	route   string
-	manager routemanager.Manager
-}
-
-func (s selectRouteCommand) toggleRoute() error {
-	routeSelector := s.manager.GetRouteSelector()
-	if routeSelector == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no route selector available")
-	}
-
-	routeOperation := func(routes []route.NetID, allRoutes []route.NetID) error {
-		return routeSelector.SelectRoutes(routes, true, allRoutes)
-	}
-
-	return executeRouteToggle(s.route, s.manager, "selecting route", routeOperation)
-}
-
-type deselectRouteCommand struct {
-	route   string
-	manager routemanager.Manager
-}
-
-func (d deselectRouteCommand) toggleRoute() error {
-	routeSelector := d.manager.GetRouteSelector()
-	if routeSelector == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no route selector available")
-	}
-
-	return executeRouteToggle(d.route, d.manager, "deselecting route", routeSelector.DeselectRoutes)
-}
--- a/client/cmd/login.go
+++ b/client/cmd/login.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/mdm"
 	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/net"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/server"
@@ -333,11 +332,6 @@ func doForegroundLogin(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, setupKey string,
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("read config file %s: %v", configFilePath, err)
 	}
-	// CLI standalone login: profilemanager no longer auto-applies MDM,
-	// so layer in the OS-native policy here. Desktop builds construct
-	// a Loader with no fetcher — the build-tagged loadPlatform reads
-	// the registry/plist directly.
-	config.ApplyMDMPolicy(mdm.NewLoader(nil).Load())

 	// Mirror runInForegroundMode: recover residual state (DNS, firewall,
 	// ssh config, legacy routing) from a previous unclean shutdown and
--- a/client/cmd/up.go
+++ b/client/cmd/up.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/mdm"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
 	nbnet "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/net"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/server"
@@ -229,10 +228,6 @@ func runInForegroundMode(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, activeProf *pr
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("get config file: %v", err)
 	}
-	// CLI foreground path runs without the daemon Server: layer in the
-	// active MDM policy explicitly so a forced ManagementURL / PSK /
-	// other managed key actually takes effect on this run.
-	config.ApplyMDMPolicy(mdm.NewLoader(nil).Load())

 	_, _ = profilemanager.UpdateOldManagementURL(ctx, config, configFilePath)

--- a/client/embed/embed.go
+++ b/client/embed/embed.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/mdm"
 	sshcommon "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ssh"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/domain"
@@ -216,10 +215,6 @@ func New(opts Options) (*Client, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create config: %w", err)
 	}
-	// Embedded path runs without the daemon Server: apply the active
-	// MDM policy explicitly so a forced ManagementURL / PSK / other
-	// managed key takes effect on this embedded engine instance.
-	config.ApplyMDMPolicy(mdm.NewLoader(nil).Load())

 	if opts.PrivateKey != "" {
 		config.PrivateKey = opts.PrivateKey
--- a/client/internal/conn_mgr.go
+++ b/client/internal/conn_mgr.go
@@ -385,11 +385,20 @@ func inactivityThresholdEnv() *time.Duration {
 		return nil
 	}

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

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

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

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

 	//	iOS only
 	DnsManager     dns.IosDnsManager
--- a/client/internal/profilemanager/config.go
+++ b/client/internal/profilemanager/config.go
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ var DefaultInterfaceBlacklist = []string{
 	"Tailscale", "tailscale", "docker", "veth", "br-", "lo",
 }

+// loadMDMPolicy is the package-level indirection used by apply() to read the
+// active MDM policy. Tests override this to inject a fake policy.
+var loadMDMPolicy = mdm.LoadPolicy
+
 // ConfigInput carries configuration changes to the client
 type ConfigInput struct {
 	ManagementURL                 string
@@ -182,27 +186,14 @@ type Config struct {

 	MTU uint16

-	// policy is the MDM policy that produced the currently-set values
-	// for any MDM-enforced fields. Set by ApplyMDMPolicy on every
-	// invocation. Never persisted to disk. Callers query enforcement
-	// state via Policy() and the mdm.Policy API (HasKey, ManagedKeys,
-	// IsEmpty).
+	// policy is the MDM policy that produced the currently-set values for
+	// any MDM-enforced fields. Set by applyMDMPolicy at the tail of apply()
+	// and reset on every apply() invocation. Never persisted to disk.
+	// Callers query enforcement state via Policy() and the mdm.Policy API
+	// (HasKey, ManagedKeys, IsEmpty).
 	policy *mdm.Policy `json:"-"`
 }

-// ApplyMDMPolicy overlays the supplied MDM Policy on top of the
-// currently resolved Config values. Idempotent — pass an empty Policy
-// to clear any prior overlay. The lifecycle owner (Server.getConfig
-// on desktop, the Client.Run path on mobile) calls this with
-// loader.Load() once the per-process Loader is known; the Config
-// itself holds no reference to the Loader.
-func (config *Config) ApplyMDMPolicy(policy *mdm.Policy) {
-	if config == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	config.applyMDMPolicy(policy)
-}
-
 // Policy returns the MDM policy applied to this Config. Returns a non-nil
 // empty Policy when MDM enforcement is inactive; callers can always invoke
 // HasKey / ManagedKeys / IsEmpty without a nil check.
@@ -659,11 +650,9 @@ func (config *Config) apply(input ConfigInput) (updated bool, err error) {
 		updated = true
 	}

-	// Initialise the MDM overlay to "no enforcement" so Config.Policy()
-	// never returns a stale or nil policy on a freshly applied Config.
-	// Lifecycle owners that want to enforce a real MDM policy invoke
-	// Config.ApplyMDMPolicy(loader.Load()) after this returns.
-	config.applyMDMPolicy(mdm.NewPolicy(nil))
+	// MDM is the last override layer: any key present in the policy
+	// supersedes defaults, on-disk config, env vars and CLI input.
+	config.applyMDMPolicy(loadMDMPolicy())

 	return updated, nil
 }
--- a/client/internal/profilemanager/config_mdm_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/profilemanager/config_mdm_test.go
@@ -10,58 +10,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/mdm"
 )

-// fakeFetcher implements mdm.PolicyFetcher returning a pre-set policy
-// map. Test helper used to construct a Loader without touching the OS
-// or any package-level state.
-type fakeFetcher struct{ values map[string]any }
-
-func (f *fakeFetcher) Fetch() map[string]any { return f.values }
-
-// loaderFor builds an mdm.Loader whose loadPlatform returns the
-// supplied Policy's underlying values.
-func loaderFor(policy *mdm.Policy) *mdm.Loader {
-	if policy == nil || policy.IsEmpty() {
-		return mdm.NewLoader(&fakeFetcher{values: nil})
-	}
-	values := make(map[string]any)
-	for _, k := range policy.ManagedKeys() {
-		if v, ok := policy.GetString(k); ok {
-			values[k] = v
-			continue
-		}
-		if v, ok := policy.GetBool(k); ok {
-			values[k] = v
-			continue
-		}
-		if v, ok := policy.GetInt(k); ok {
-			values[k] = v
-			continue
-		}
-		if v, ok := policy.GetStringSlice(k); ok {
-			values[k] = v
-		}
-	}
-	return mdm.NewLoader(&fakeFetcher{values: values})
-}
-
-// configWithMDM is the test convenience that builds a Config via
-// UpdateOrCreateConfig and overlays the supplied MDM policy on top —
-// mirrors the production pattern (Server.getConfig / Client.applyMDMOverlay)
-// where the Loader lives outside Config and the apply step is driven
-// by the lifecycle owner.
-func configWithMDM(t *testing.T, input ConfigInput, policy *mdm.Policy) *Config {
+// withMDMPolicy temporarily overrides the package-level loadMDMPolicy hook so
+// apply() observes the supplied Policy. The original loader is restored at
+// test cleanup.
+func withMDMPolicy(t *testing.T, policy *mdm.Policy) {
 	t.Helper()
-	cfg, err := UpdateOrCreateConfig(input)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotNil(t, cfg)
-	cfg.ApplyMDMPolicy(loaderFor(policy).Load())
-	return cfg
+	prev := loadMDMPolicy
+	loadMDMPolicy = func() *mdm.Policy { return policy }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { loadMDMPolicy = prev })
 }

 func TestApply_MDMEmpty_NoEnforcement(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := configWithMDM(t, ConfigInput{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(nil))
+
+	cfg, err := UpdateOrCreateConfig(ConfigInput{
 		ConfigPath: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
-	}, mdm.NewPolicy(nil))
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg)

 	assert.True(t, cfg.Policy().IsEmpty(), "no MDM source ⇒ empty Policy")
 	assert.False(t, cfg.Policy().HasKey(mdm.KeyManagementURL))
@@ -73,15 +39,18 @@ func TestApply_MDMEmpty_NoEnforcement(t *testing.T) {

 func TestApply_MDMOnly_OverridesDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	const mdmURL = "https://corp.mdm.example.com:443"
-
-	cfg := configWithMDM(t, ConfigInput{
-		ConfigPath: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
-	}, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyManagementURL:       mdmURL,
 		mdm.KeyDisableClientRoutes: true,
 		mdm.KeyBlockInbound:        true,
 	}))

+	cfg, err := UpdateOrCreateConfig(ConfigInput{
+		ConfigPath: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg)
+
 	assert.Equal(t, mdmURL, cfg.ManagementURL.String())
 	assert.True(t, cfg.DisableClientRoutes)
 	assert.True(t, cfg.BlockInbound)
@@ -96,25 +65,33 @@ func TestApply_MDMBeatsCLIInput(t *testing.T) {
 	const mdmURL = "https://mdm.example.com:443"
 	const cliURL = "https://cli.example.com:443"

-	cfg := configWithMDM(t, ConfigInput{
-		ConfigPath:    filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
-		ManagementURL: cliURL,
-	}, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyManagementURL: mdmURL,
 	}))

+	cfg, err := UpdateOrCreateConfig(ConfigInput{
+		ConfigPath:    filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
+		ManagementURL: cliURL,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg)
+
 	// MDM wins over CLI-supplied management URL.
 	assert.Equal(t, mdmURL, cfg.ManagementURL.String())
 	assert.True(t, cfg.Policy().HasKey(mdm.KeyManagementURL))
 }

 func TestApply_MDMInvalidURL_KeepsPreviousValue(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := configWithMDM(t, ConfigInput{
-		ConfigPath: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
-	}, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyManagementURL: "not-a-url",
 	}))

+	cfg, err := UpdateOrCreateConfig(ConfigInput{
+		ConfigPath: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg)
+
 	// Invalid MDM URL is logged and skipped: default URL stays in place
 	// to keep the client functional.
 	assert.Equal(t, DefaultManagementURL, cfg.ManagementURL.String())
@@ -129,20 +106,24 @@ func TestApply_MDMBoolKeysOverrideOnDiskValue(t *testing.T) {
 	tmp := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json")

 	// Seed without MDM.
-	configWithMDM(t, ConfigInput{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(nil))
+	_, err := UpdateOrCreateConfig(ConfigInput{
 		ConfigPath:          tmp,
 		DisableClientRoutes: boolPtr(false),
 		RosenpassEnabled:    boolPtr(false),
-	}, mdm.NewPolicy(nil))
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)

 	// Now enable MDM enforcement for these keys.
-	cfg := configWithMDM(t, ConfigInput{
-		ConfigPath: tmp,
-	}, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyDisableClientRoutes: true,
 		mdm.KeyRosenpassEnabled:    true,
 	}))

+	cfg, err := UpdateOrCreateConfig(ConfigInput{ConfigPath: tmp})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg)
+
 	assert.True(t, cfg.DisableClientRoutes, "MDM override should flip on-disk false to true")
 	assert.True(t, cfg.RosenpassEnabled)
 	assert.True(t, cfg.Policy().HasKey(mdm.KeyDisableClientRoutes))
@@ -183,12 +164,16 @@ func TestApply_MDMLazyConnection(t *testing.T) {
 func TestApply_MDMPreSharedKeyRedactionSentinelRejected(t *testing.T) {
 	const maskSentinel = "**********"

-	cfg := configWithMDM(t, ConfigInput{
-		ConfigPath: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
-	}, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyPreSharedKey: maskSentinel,
 	}))

+	cfg, err := UpdateOrCreateConfig(ConfigInput{
+		ConfigPath: filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "config.json"),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, cfg)
+
 	// Mask sentinel must not be persisted as the actual PSK.
 	assert.NotEqual(t, maskSentinel, cfg.PreSharedKey)
 	// Key still marked managed so user writes are still rejected.
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/manager.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/manager.go
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ type Manager interface {
 	UpdateRoutes(updateSerial uint64, serverRoutes map[route.ID]*route.Route, clientRoutes route.HAMap, useNewDNSRoute bool) error
 	ClassifyRoutes(newRoutes []*route.Route) (map[route.ID]*route.Route, route.HAMap)
 	TriggerSelection(route.HAMap)
+	SelectRoutes(ids []route.NetID, appendRoute bool) error
+	DeselectRoutes(ids []route.NetID) error
+	SelectAllRoutes()
+	DeselectAllRoutes()
 	GetRouteSelector() *routeselector.RouteSelector
 	GetClientRoutes() route.HAMap
 	GetSelectedClientRoutes() route.HAMap
@@ -800,7 +804,7 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) collectExitNodeInfo(clientRoutes route.HAMap) exitNodeI
 	var info exitNodeInfo

 	for haID, routes := range clientRoutes {
-		if !m.isExitNodeRoute(routes) {
+		if !isExitNodeRoutes(routes) {
 			continue
 		}

@@ -820,13 +824,6 @@ func (m *DefaultManager) collectExitNodeInfo(clientRoutes route.HAMap) exitNodeI
 	return info
 }

-func (m *DefaultManager) isExitNodeRoute(routes []*route.Route) bool {
-	if len(routes) == 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-	return route.IsV4DefaultRoute(routes[0].Network) || route.IsV6DefaultRoute(routes[0].Network)
-}
-
 func (m *DefaultManager) categorizeUserSelection(netID route.NetID, info *exitNodeInfo) {
 	if m.routeSelector.IsSelected(netID) {
 		info.userSelected = append(info.userSelected, netID)
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/mock.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/mock.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ type MockManager struct {
 	ClassifyRoutesFunc           func(routes []*route.Route) (map[route.ID]*route.Route, route.HAMap)
 	UpdateRoutesFunc             func(updateSerial uint64, serverRoutes map[route.ID]*route.Route, clientRoutes route.HAMap, useNewDNSRoute bool) error
 	TriggerSelectionFunc         func(haMap route.HAMap)
+	SelectRoutesFunc             func(ids []route.NetID, appendRoute bool) error
+	DeselectRoutesFunc           func(ids []route.NetID) error
 	GetRouteSelectorFunc         func() *routeselector.RouteSelector
 	GetClientRoutesFunc          func() route.HAMap
 	GetSelectedClientRoutesFunc  func() route.HAMap
@@ -55,6 +57,30 @@ func (m *MockManager) TriggerSelection(networks route.HAMap) {
 	}
 }

+// SelectRoutes mock implementation of SelectRoutes from Manager interface
+func (m *MockManager) SelectRoutes(ids []route.NetID, appendRoute bool) error {
+	if m.SelectRoutesFunc != nil {
+		return m.SelectRoutesFunc(ids, appendRoute)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DeselectRoutes mock implementation of DeselectRoutes from Manager interface
+func (m *MockManager) DeselectRoutes(ids []route.NetID) error {
+	if m.DeselectRoutesFunc != nil {
+		return m.DeselectRoutesFunc(ids)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SelectAllRoutes mock implementation of SelectAllRoutes from Manager interface
+func (m *MockManager) SelectAllRoutes() {
+}
+
+// DeselectAllRoutes mock implementation of DeselectAllRoutes from Manager interface
+func (m *MockManager) DeselectAllRoutes() {
+}
+
 // GetRouteSelector mock implementation of GetRouteSelector from Manager interface
 func (m *MockManager) GetRouteSelector() *routeselector.RouteSelector {
 	if m.GetRouteSelectorFunc != nil {
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/notifier/notifier_ios.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/notifier/notifier_ios.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package notifier

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

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

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

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

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

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

 func (n *Notifier) GetInitialRouteRanges() []string {
 	return nil
 }
-
-func (n *Notifier) deliverLoop() {
-	for {
-		n.mu.Lock()
-		for n.queue.Len() == 0 && !n.closed {
-			n.cond.Wait()
-		}
-		if n.closed && n.queue.Len() == 0 {
-			n.mu.Unlock()
-			return
-		}
-		routes := n.queue.Remove(n.queue.Front()).(string)
-		l := n.listener
-		n.mu.Unlock()
-
-		if l != nil {
-			l.OnNetworkChanged(routes)
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/reconcile_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/reconcile_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (m *reconcileWGMock) GetNet() *netstack.Net                      { return n
 func TestReconcilePeerAllowedIPs(t *testing.T) {
 	wg := &reconcileWGMock{}
 	m := &DefaultManager{wgInterface: wg}
-	m.allowedIPsRefCounter = refcounter.New[netip.Prefix, string, string](
+	m.allowedIPsRefCounter = refcounter.NewAllowedIPs(
 		func(_ netip.Prefix, peerKey string) (string, error) { return peerKey, nil },
 		func(netip.Prefix, string) error { return nil },
 	)
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/allowedips.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/refcounter/allowedips.go
@@ -169,6 +169,27 @@ func (rm *AllowedIPsRefCounter) Flush() error {
 	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
 }

+// ReapplyMatching calls apply for every prefix whose currently installed (active) peer satisfies
+// pred, holding the lock for the whole pass. It is used to re-push allowed IPs onto a peer whose
+// WireGuard entry was rebuilt (e.g. a lazy connection cycling idle->wake) without a matching
+// refcounter change, which would otherwise leave the prefix installed in the counter but missing
+// on the device. Only the active peer is considered — a prefix that lost its installed peer to a
+// failed swap is skipped here and reconciled by the next Increment/Decrement.
+func (rm *AllowedIPsRefCounter) ReapplyMatching(pred func(out string) bool, apply func(key netip.Prefix) error) error {
+	rm.mu.Lock()
+	defer rm.mu.Unlock()
+
+	var merr *multierror.Error
+	for prefix, e := range rm.entries {
+		if e.active != "" && pred(e.active) {
+			if err := apply(prefix); err != nil {
+				merr = multierror.Append(merr, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
+}
+
 // pickSurvivor deterministically selects a peer still referencing the prefix. WireGuard cannot do
 // multipath for a single prefix, so any surviving peer is a valid winner; the choice is made stable
 // (lowest peerKey) for predictable behavior and testability.
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/selection.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/selection.go
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package routemanager
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"slices"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
+
+	nberrors "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/errors"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
+)
+
+// SelectRoutes selects the routes with the given network IDs and applies the
+// new selection. V4/v6 exit-node pairs are expanded automatically. Exit nodes
+// are mutually exclusive: if the selection activates an exit node, every other
+// available exit node is deselected so two can't be active at once. With
+// appendRoute=false the previous selection is replaced instead of extended.
+func (m *DefaultManager) SelectRoutes(ids []route.NetID, appendRoute bool) error {
+	if err := m.selectRoutes(ids, appendRoute); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	m.TriggerSelection(m.GetClientRoutes())
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DeselectRoutes removes the routes with the given network IDs from the
+// selection and applies the change. V4/v6 exit-node pairs are expanded
+// automatically.
+func (m *DefaultManager) DeselectRoutes(ids []route.NetID) error {
+	if err := m.deselectRoutes(ids); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	m.TriggerSelection(m.GetClientRoutes())
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *DefaultManager) deselectRoutes(ids []route.NetID) error {
+	routesMap := m.GetClientRoutesWithNetID()
+	routes := route.ExpandV6ExitPairs(slices.Clone(ids), routesMap)
+
+	log.Debugf("deselecting routes with ids: %v", routes)
+
+	if err := m.routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(routes, maps.Keys(routesMap)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("deselect routes: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SelectAllRoutes selects every available route and applies the selection.
+// Exit nodes stay mutually exclusive: at most one remains active.
+func (m *DefaultManager) SelectAllRoutes() {
+	m.selectAllRoutes()
+	m.TriggerSelection(m.GetClientRoutes())
+}
+
+func (m *DefaultManager) selectAllRoutes() {
+	m.routeSelector.SelectAllRoutes()
+
+	// Select-all wipes every explicit selection, so exit nodes fall back to
+	// management's auto-apply flags — which may mark several at once.
+	// Reconcile immediately so at most one exit node stays active instead of
+	// waiting for the next network map to enforce it.
+	m.mux.Lock()
+	defer m.mux.Unlock()
+	m.updateRouteSelectorFromManagement(m.clientRoutes)
+}
+
+// DeselectAllRoutes deselects every route and applies the change.
+func (m *DefaultManager) DeselectAllRoutes() {
+	m.routeSelector.DeselectAllRoutes()
+	m.TriggerSelection(m.GetClientRoutes())
+}
+
+func (m *DefaultManager) selectRoutes(ids []route.NetID, appendRoute bool) error {
+	routesMap := m.GetClientRoutesWithNetID()
+	routes := route.ExpandV6ExitPairs(slices.Clone(ids), routesMap)
+	allIDs := maps.Keys(routesMap)
+
+	log.Debugf("selecting routes with ids: %v", routes)
+
+	// A partial failure (e.g. an unknown ID in the request) still selects the
+	// valid routes, so exclusivity below must run regardless of the error.
+	var merr *multierror.Error
+	if err := m.routeSelector.SelectRoutes(routes, appendRoute, allIDs); err != nil {
+		merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("select routes: %w", err))
+	}
+
+	// Exit nodes are mutually exclusive: if this selection activates an
+	// exit node, deselect every other available exit node so two can't be
+	// selected at once. Non-exit route selections are left untouched.
+	if requestActivatesExitNode(routes, routesMap) {
+		if others := otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap, routes); len(others) > 0 {
+			if err := m.routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(others, allIDs); err != nil {
+				merr = multierror.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("deselect sibling exit nodes: %w", err))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nberrors.FormatErrorOrNil(merr)
+}
+
+func isExitNodeRoutes(routes []*route.Route) bool {
+	return len(routes) > 0 && (route.IsV4DefaultRoute(routes[0].Network) || route.IsV6DefaultRoute(routes[0].Network))
+}
+
+// requestActivatesExitNode reports whether any requested NetID maps to an exit
+// node (default route) in the current route table.
+func requestActivatesExitNode(requested []route.NetID, routesMap map[route.NetID][]*route.Route) bool {
+	for _, id := range requested {
+		if isExitNodeRoutes(routesMap[id]) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// otherExitNodeIDs returns every available exit-node NetID that is not in the
+// requested set — the siblings to deselect so a single exit node stays active.
+func otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap map[route.NetID][]*route.Route, requested []route.NetID) []route.NetID {
+	keep := make(map[route.NetID]struct{}, len(requested))
+	for _, id := range requested {
+		keep[id] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	var others []route.NetID
+	for id, routes := range routesMap {
+		if !isExitNodeRoutes(routes) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, ok := keep[id]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		others = append(others, id)
+	}
+	return others
+}
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/selection_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/selection_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package routemanager
+
+import (
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/routeselector"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
+)
+
+func v6ExitRoute(netID, peer string) *route.Route {
+	return &route.Route{
+		NetID:   route.NetID(netID),
+		Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0"),
+		Peer:    peer,
+	}
+}
+
+func newSelectionTestManager() *DefaultManager {
+	return &DefaultManager{
+		routeSelector: routeselector.NewRouteSelector(),
+		clientRoutes: route.HAMap{
+			"exitA|0.0.0.0/0":    {exitRoute("exitA", "p1", true)},
+			"exitA-v6|::/0":      {v6ExitRoute("exitA-v6", "p1")},
+			"exitB|0.0.0.0/0":    {exitRoute("exitB", "p2", true)},
+			"lan|192.168.1.0/24": {{NetID: "lan", Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24"), Peer: "p3"}},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSelectRoutes_ExitNodeExclusivity(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newSelectionTestManager()
+
+	// Selecting an exit node selects its v6 pair and deselects the sibling.
+	require.NoError(t, m.selectRoutes([]route.NetID{"exitA"}, true))
+	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "exitA should be selected")
+	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA-v6"), "the v6 pair follows its v4 base")
+	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "the sibling exit node must be deselected")
+
+	// Switching to the sibling deselects the previous exit node and its v6 pair.
+	require.NoError(t, m.selectRoutes([]route.NetID{"exitB"}, true))
+	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "exitB should now be selected")
+	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "the previous exit node must be deselected")
+	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA-v6"), "the previous exit node's v6 pair must be deselected")
+	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("lan"), "non-exit route selection is untouched")
+
+	// Selecting a non-exit route leaves the active exit node alone.
+	require.NoError(t, m.selectRoutes([]route.NetID{"lan"}, true))
+	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "selecting a non-exit route keeps the exit node")
+
+	// Deselecting the active exit node turns every exit node off.
+	require.NoError(t, m.deselectRoutes([]route.NetID{"exitB"}))
+	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "exitB should be deselected")
+	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "exitA stays deselected")
+	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("lan"), "non-exit route selection is untouched")
+}
+
+func TestSelectRoutes_PartialErrorStillEnforcesExclusivity(t *testing.T) {
+	// The unknown ID must be reported, but the valid exit node in the same
+	// request is still selected — so its sibling must still be deselected.
+	// Both orderings are covered: processing must continue past the invalid
+	// ID wherever it sits in the request.
+	requests := map[string][]route.NetID{
+		"invalid id first": {"missing", "exitB"},
+		"invalid id last":  {"exitB", "missing"},
+	}
+
+	for name, ids := range requests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m := newSelectionTestManager()
+
+			require.NoError(t, m.selectRoutes([]route.NetID{"exitA"}, true))
+
+			err := m.selectRoutes(ids, true)
+			assert.Error(t, err, "unknown id must be reported")
+			assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "valid exit node from the request is selected")
+			assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "sibling exit node must be deselected despite the error")
+			assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA-v6"), "sibling's v6 pair must be deselected too")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSelectAllRoutes_KeepsSingleExitNode(t *testing.T) {
+	// Both exit nodes are marked for auto-apply by management
+	// (SkipAutoApply=false), the state where select-all could turn on two at
+	// once without the immediate reconciliation.
+	m := &DefaultManager{
+		routeSelector: routeselector.NewRouteSelector(),
+		clientRoutes: route.HAMap{
+			"exitA|0.0.0.0/0":    {exitRoute("exitA", "p1", false)},
+			"exitB|0.0.0.0/0":    {exitRoute("exitB", "p2", false)},
+			"lan|192.168.1.0/24": {{NetID: "lan", Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.1.0/24"), Peer: "p3"}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, m.selectRoutes([]route.NetID{"exitB"}, true))
+
+	m.selectAllRoutes()
+
+	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("lan"), "non-exit routes are all selected")
+	assert.True(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitA"), "the deterministic management pick stays active")
+	assert.False(t, m.routeSelector.IsSelected("exitB"), "select-all must not leave a second exit node active")
+}
+
+func TestSelectRoutes_UnknownRoute(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newSelectionTestManager()
+
+	assert.Error(t, m.selectRoutes([]route.NetID{"missing"}, true), "selecting an unavailable route must fail")
+	assert.Error(t, m.deselectRoutes([]route.NetID{"missing"}), "deselecting an unavailable route must fail")
+}
+
+func TestExitNodeSelectionHelpers(t *testing.T) {
+	routesMap := map[route.NetID][]*route.Route{
+		"exitA": {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0")}},
+		"exitB": {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0")}},
+		"lan":   {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.0.0/16")}},
+	}
+
+	assert.True(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"exitA"}, routesMap), "v4 default route is an exit node")
+	assert.True(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"exitB"}, routesMap), "v6 default route is an exit node")
+	assert.False(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"lan"}, routesMap), "lan route is not an exit node")
+	assert.False(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"missing"}, routesMap), "unknown id is not an exit node")
+
+	others := otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap, []route.NetID{"exitB"})
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []route.NetID{"exitA"}, others, "only the other exit node is a sibling; the lan route is ignored")
+}
--- a/client/internal/routemanager/sysctl/sysctl_linux.go
+++ b/client/internal/routemanager/sysctl/sysctl_linux.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const (
 	rpFilterPath          = "net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter"
 	rpFilterInterfacePath = "net.ipv4.conf.%s.rp_filter"
 	srcValidMarkPath      = "net.ipv4.conf.all.src_valid_mark"
+	percentEscape         = "%25"
+	dotEscape             = "%2E"
 )

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

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

 // Set sets a sysctl configuration, if onlyIfOne is true it will only set the new value if it's set to 1
 func Set(key string, desiredValue int, onlyIfOne bool) (int, error) {
-	path := fmt.Sprintf("/proc/sys/%s", strings.ReplaceAll(key, ".", "/"))
+	path := strings.ReplaceAll(key, ".", "/")
+	// Unescape interface dots and percent signs
+	path = strings.ReplaceAll(path, dotEscape, ".")
+	path = strings.ReplaceAll(path, percentEscape, "%")
+	path = fmt.Sprintf("/proc/sys/%s", path)
 	currentValue, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, fmt.Errorf("read sysctl %s: %w", key, err)
--- a/client/internal/tunnelnotifier/notifier.go
+++ b/client/internal/tunnelnotifier/notifier.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package tunnelnotifier
+
+import (
+	"container/list"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/dns"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/listener"
+)
+
+type eventKind int
+
+const (
+	eventRoutes eventKind = iota
+	eventIfaceIP
+	eventIfaceIPv6
+	eventDNS
+)
+
+var (
+	_ listener.NetworkChangeListener = (*Notifier)(nil)
+	_ dns.IosDnsManager              = (*Notifier)(nil)
+)
+
+type event struct {
+	kind    eventKind
+	payload string
+}
+
+type Notifier struct {
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	cond   *sync.Cond
+	queue  *list.List
+	closed bool
+	done   chan struct{}
+
+	listener   listener.NetworkChangeListener
+	dnsManager dns.IosDnsManager
+}
+
+func New(l listener.NetworkChangeListener, dm dns.IosDnsManager) *Notifier {
+	n := &Notifier{
+		queue:      list.New(),
+		done:       make(chan struct{}),
+		listener:   l,
+		dnsManager: dm,
+	}
+	n.cond = sync.NewCond(&n.mu)
+	go n.deliverLoop()
+	return n
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) OnNetworkChanged(routes string) {
+	n.enqueue(event{kind: eventRoutes, payload: routes})
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) SetInterfaceIP(ip string) {
+	n.enqueue(event{kind: eventIfaceIP, payload: ip})
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) SetInterfaceIPv6(ip string) {
+	n.enqueue(event{kind: eventIfaceIPv6, payload: ip})
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) ApplyDns(config string) {
+	n.enqueue(event{kind: eventDNS, payload: config})
+}
+
+// Close stops accepting new events and blocks until the delivery loop has
+// drained all queued events and exited.
+func (n *Notifier) Close() {
+	n.mu.Lock()
+	n.closed = true
+	n.cond.Signal()
+	n.mu.Unlock()
+	<-n.done
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) enqueue(ev event) {
+	n.mu.Lock()
+	defer n.mu.Unlock()
+	if n.closed {
+		return
+	}
+	n.queue.PushBack(ev)
+	n.cond.Signal()
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) deliverLoop() {
+	defer close(n.done)
+	for {
+		n.mu.Lock()
+		for n.queue.Len() == 0 && !n.closed {
+			n.cond.Wait()
+		}
+		if n.closed && n.queue.Len() == 0 {
+			n.mu.Unlock()
+			return
+		}
+		ev := n.queue.Remove(n.queue.Front()).(event)
+		l := n.listener
+		dm := n.dnsManager
+		n.mu.Unlock()
+
+		switch ev.kind {
+		case eventRoutes:
+			if l != nil {
+				l.OnNetworkChanged(ev.payload)
+			}
+		case eventIfaceIP:
+			if l != nil {
+				l.SetInterfaceIP(ev.payload)
+			}
+		case eventIfaceIPv6:
+			if l != nil {
+				l.SetInterfaceIPv6(ev.payload)
+			}
+		case eventDNS:
+			if dm != nil {
+				dm.ApplyDns(ev.payload)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/client/internal/tunnelnotifier/notifier_test.go
+++ b/client/internal/tunnelnotifier/notifier_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+package tunnelnotifier
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+type call struct {
+	kind    string
+	payload string
+}
+
+type recorder struct {
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	calls    []call
+	inFlight atomic.Int32
+	overlap  atomic.Bool
+	delay    time.Duration
+}
+
+func (r *recorder) record(kind, payload string) {
+	if r.inFlight.Add(1) != 1 {
+		r.overlap.Store(true)
+	}
+	if r.delay > 0 {
+		time.Sleep(r.delay)
+	}
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	r.calls = append(r.calls, call{kind: kind, payload: payload})
+	r.mu.Unlock()
+	r.inFlight.Add(-1)
+}
+
+func (r *recorder) count() int {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	return len(r.calls)
+}
+
+func (r *recorder) snapshot() []call {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+	out := make([]call, len(r.calls))
+	copy(out, r.calls)
+	return out
+}
+
+type fakeListener struct {
+	rec *recorder
+}
+
+func (f *fakeListener) OnNetworkChanged(routes string) {
+	f.rec.record("routes", routes)
+}
+
+func (f *fakeListener) SetInterfaceIP(ip string) {
+	f.rec.record("ip", ip)
+}
+
+func (f *fakeListener) SetInterfaceIPv6(ip string) {
+	f.rec.record("ipv6", ip)
+}
+
+type fakeDNSManager struct {
+	rec *recorder
+}
+
+func (f *fakeDNSManager) ApplyDns(config string) {
+	f.rec.record("dns", config)
+}
+
+func TestFIFOOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &recorder{}
+	n := New(&fakeListener{rec: rec}, &fakeDNSManager{rec: rec})
+	defer n.Close()
+
+	n.SetInterfaceIP("10.0.0.1")
+	n.SetInterfaceIPv6("fd00::1")
+	n.ApplyDns(`{"domains":[]}`)
+	n.OnNetworkChanged("10.0.0.0/8,192.168.0.0/16")
+	n.ApplyDns(`{"domains":["example.com"]}`)
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool { return rec.count() == 5 }, time.Second, time.Millisecond)
+
+	expected := []call{
+		{kind: "ip", payload: "10.0.0.1"},
+		{kind: "ipv6", payload: "fd00::1"},
+		{kind: "dns", payload: `{"domains":[]}`},
+		{kind: "routes", payload: "10.0.0.0/8,192.168.0.0/16"},
+		{kind: "dns", payload: `{"domains":["example.com"]}`},
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, rec.snapshot())
+}
+
+func TestNoOverlappingCalls(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &recorder{delay: 100 * time.Microsecond}
+	n := New(&fakeListener{rec: rec}, &fakeDNSManager{rec: rec})
+	defer n.Close()
+
+	const producers = 8
+	const perProducer = 25
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < producers; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(id int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for j := 0; j < perProducer; j++ {
+				payload := fmt.Sprintf("%d-%d", id, j)
+				switch j % 4 {
+				case 0:
+					n.OnNetworkChanged(payload)
+				case 1:
+					n.SetInterfaceIP(payload)
+				case 2:
+					n.SetInterfaceIPv6(payload)
+				case 3:
+					n.ApplyDns(payload)
+				}
+			}
+		}(i)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool { return rec.count() == producers*perProducer }, 5*time.Second, time.Millisecond)
+	assert.False(t, rec.overlap.Load())
+}
+
+func TestDNSAndRoutesInterleaved(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &recorder{delay: 100 * time.Microsecond}
+	n := New(&fakeListener{rec: rec}, &fakeDNSManager{rec: rec})
+	defer n.Close()
+
+	const events = 50
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(2)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for i := 0; i < events; i++ {
+			n.ApplyDns(fmt.Sprintf("dns-%d", i))
+		}
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for i := 0; i < events; i++ {
+			n.OnNetworkChanged(fmt.Sprintf("routes-%d", i))
+		}
+	}()
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool { return rec.count() == 2*events }, 5*time.Second, time.Millisecond)
+	assert.False(t, rec.overlap.Load())
+
+	var dnsSeen, routesSeen int
+	for _, c := range rec.snapshot() {
+		switch c.kind {
+		case "dns":
+			assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("dns-%d", dnsSeen), c.payload)
+			dnsSeen++
+		case "routes":
+			assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("routes-%d", routesSeen), c.payload)
+			routesSeen++
+		}
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, events, dnsSeen)
+	assert.Equal(t, events, routesSeen)
+}
+
+func TestCloseDrainsQueue(t *testing.T) {
+	rec := &recorder{delay: time.Millisecond}
+	n := New(&fakeListener{rec: rec}, &fakeDNSManager{rec: rec})
+
+	const events = 20
+	for i := 0; i < events; i++ {
+		n.OnNetworkChanged(fmt.Sprintf("routes-%d", i))
+	}
+	n.Close()
+
+	require.Equal(t, events, rec.count(), "Close must not return before all queued events are delivered")
+
+	n.OnNetworkChanged("after-close")
+	n.ApplyDns("after-close")
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	assert.Equal(t, events, rec.count())
+}
--- a/client/ios/NetBirdSDK/client.go
+++ b/client/ios/NetBirdSDK/client.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"

 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/auth"
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/listener"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/peer"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/mdm"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/formatter"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
@@ -84,13 +82,6 @@ type Client struct {
 	// preloadedConfig holds config loaded from JSON (used on tvOS where file writes are blocked)
 	preloadedConfig *profilemanager.Config

-	// mdmLoader holds the per-Client MDM policy source. Set by
-	// SetMDMPolicyFetcher (called from the Swift side at extension
-	// init). Each Run passes this loader to the resolved Config so
-	// applyMDMPolicy picks up the active overlay. Nil means "MDM
-	// enforcement off for this Client".
-	mdmLoader *mdm.Loader
-
 	stateMu       sync.RWMutex
 	connectClient *internal.ConnectClient
 	config        *profilemanager.Config
@@ -151,7 +142,6 @@ func (c *Client) Run(fd int32, interfaceName string, envList *EnvList) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		c.applyMDMOverlay(cfg)
 	}
 	c.recorder.UpdateManagementAddress(cfg.ManagementURL.String())
 	c.recorder.UpdateRosenpass(cfg.RosenpassEnabled, cfg.RosenpassPermissive)
@@ -224,7 +214,6 @@ func (c *Client) DebugBundle(anonymize bool) (string, error) {
 				return "", fmt.Errorf("load config: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
-		c.applyMDMOverlay(cfg)
 	}

 	deps := debug.GeneratorDependencies{
@@ -374,7 +363,6 @@ func (c *Client) IsLoginRequired() bool {
 			// If we can't load config, assume login is required
 			return true
 		}
-		c.applyMDMOverlay(cfg)
 	}

 	if cfg == nil {
@@ -423,7 +411,6 @@ func (c *Client) LoginForMobile() string {
 		log.Errorf("LoginForMobile: failed to load config: %v", err)
 		return fmt.Sprintf("failed to load config: %v", err)
 	}
-	c.applyMDMOverlay(cfg)

 	oAuthFlow, err := auth.NewOAuthFlow(ctx, cfg, false, false, "")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -649,23 +636,18 @@ func (c *Client) SelectRoute(id string) error {
 	}

 	routeManager := engine.GetRouteManager()
-	routeSelector := routeManager.GetRouteSelector()
 	if id == "All" {
 		log.Debugf("select all routes")
-		routeSelector.SelectAllRoutes()
-	} else {
-		log.Debugf("select route with id: %s", id)
-		routes := toNetIDs([]string{id})
-		routesMap := routeManager.GetClientRoutesWithNetID()
-		routes = route.ExpandV6ExitPairs(routes, routesMap)
-		if err := routeSelector.SelectRoutes(routes, true, maps.Keys(routesMap)); err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("error when selecting routes: %s", err)
-			return fmt.Errorf("select routes: %w", err)
-		}
+		routeManager.SelectAllRoutes()
+		return nil
 	}
-	routeManager.TriggerSelection(routeManager.GetClientRoutes())
-	return nil

+	log.Debugf("select route with id: %s", id)
+	if err := routeManager.SelectRoutes(toNetIDs([]string{id}), true); err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("error when selecting routes: %s", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }

 func (c *Client) DeselectRoute(id string) error {
@@ -679,21 +661,17 @@ func (c *Client) DeselectRoute(id string) error {
 	}

 	routeManager := engine.GetRouteManager()
-	routeSelector := routeManager.GetRouteSelector()
 	if id == "All" {
 		log.Debugf("deselect all routes")
-		routeSelector.DeselectAllRoutes()
-	} else {
-		log.Debugf("deselect route with id: %s", id)
-		routes := toNetIDs([]string{id})
-		routesMap := routeManager.GetClientRoutesWithNetID()
-		routes = route.ExpandV6ExitPairs(routes, routesMap)
-		if err := routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(routes, maps.Keys(routesMap)); err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("error when deselecting routes: %s", err)
-			return fmt.Errorf("deselect routes: %w", err)
-		}
+		routeManager.DeselectAllRoutes()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	log.Debugf("deselect route with id: %s", id)
+	if err := routeManager.DeselectRoutes(toNetIDs([]string{id})); err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("error when deselecting routes: %s", err)
+		return err
 	}
-	routeManager.TriggerSelection(routeManager.GetClientRoutes())
 	return nil
 }

--- a/client/ios/NetBirdSDK/mdm.go
+++ b/client/ios/NetBirdSDK/mdm.go
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-//go:build ios
-
-package NetBirdSDK
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/internal/profilemanager"
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/mdm"
-)
-
-// PolicyFetcher is the mobile-side bridge for the MDM managed-config
-// snapshot. The native layer (Swift) implements this and registers
-// the instance per Client via Client.SetMDMPolicyFetcher. Every
-// invocation of fetchJSON must read the current
-// UserDefaults.standard.dictionary(forKey: "com.apple.configuration.managed")
-// and return the result as a JSON-encoded map[string]any string.
-//
-// JSON is used because gomobile does not support map[string]any
-// crossing the Objective-C boundary — the adapter on the Go side
-// parses the string back into the map[string]any expected by
-// mdm.Loader.
-//
-// Return value contract:
-//   - "" (empty)         : interpreted as "no MDM source / no managed keys"
-//   - "{}"               : managed config explicitly empty
-//   - "{...}"            : JSON object with key/value pairs
-//   - malformed JSON     : logged and treated as empty
-type PolicyFetcher interface {
-	FetchJSON() string
-}
-
-// jsonFetcherAdapter wraps a gomobile-exposed PolicyFetcher into the
-// internal mdm.PolicyFetcher interface, taking care of JSON decoding
-// on every Fetch.
-type jsonFetcherAdapter struct {
-	inner PolicyFetcher
-}
-
-func (a *jsonFetcherAdapter) Fetch() map[string]any {
-	raw := a.inner.FetchJSON()
-	if raw == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var out map[string]any
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(raw), &out); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("MDM mobile fetcher: invalid JSON payload from native: %v", err)
-		return nil
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
-// SetMDMPolicyFetcher registers the native-provided MDM policy fetcher
-// on this Client. Call once from the gomobile-init code (Swift
-// AppDelegate / PacketTunnelProvider.startTunnel) before invoking Run.
-// Passing nil disables MDM enforcement on this Client.
-//
-// The fetcher is held as a *mdm.Loader instance on the Client (no
-// package-level state) — multiple Clients in the same process get
-// independent Loaders, and tests can inject fakes per Client.
-func (c *Client) SetMDMPolicyFetcher(p PolicyFetcher) {
-	if p == nil {
-		c.mdmLoader = mdm.NewLoader(nil)
-		return
-	}
-	c.mdmLoader = mdm.NewLoader(&jsonFetcherAdapter{inner: p})
-}
-
-// applyMDMOverlay applies the Client-held MDM Loader's current policy
-// on top of the just-read Config. Called immediately after every
-// UpdateOrCreateConfig / DirectUpdateOrCreateConfig — profilemanager's
-// apply() initialises the policy to empty and leaves overlay
-// responsibility to the lifecycle owner. No-op when no fetcher was
-// registered.
-func (c *Client) applyMDMOverlay(cfg *profilemanager.Config) {
-	if cfg == nil || c.mdmLoader == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	cfg.ApplyMDMPolicy(c.mdmLoader.Load())
-}
--- a/client/mdm/policy.go
+++ b/client/mdm/policy.go
@@ -104,48 +104,16 @@ func NewPolicy(values map[string]any) *Policy {
 	return &Policy{values: values}
 }

-// PolicyFetcher is implemented by mobile platforms (Android / iOS) that
-// push the OS-managed configuration into the Go runtime instead of
-// having Go read an on-disk source directly. Desktop platforms ignore
-// this interface — Loader.loadPlatform on windows/darwin reads the
-// registry / plist on its own. A Loader constructed with a non-nil
-// fetcher delegates to it on mobile; passing nil disables MDM
-// enforcement (loadPlatform returns nil values).
-type PolicyFetcher interface {
-	Fetch() map[string]any
-}
-
-// Loader is the DI-friendly entry point for reading the active MDM
-// policy. Construct one at the daemon's lifecycle owner (Server on
-// desktop, gomobile-exposed bridge on mobile) and pass it to anything
-// that needs to read MDM state (the reload ticker, profilemanager's
-// Config). Each callsite has the Loader handed in instead of looking
-// up package-level state.
-type Loader struct {
-	fetcher PolicyFetcher
-}
-
-// NewLoader constructs a Loader. The fetcher is consulted only on
-// mobile builds (ios || android); on desktop it is unused but accepted
-// to keep a single constructor signature across platforms — pass nil
-// on desktop.
-func NewLoader(f PolicyFetcher) *Loader {
-	return &Loader{fetcher: f}
-}
-
-// Load reads the platform-native MDM configuration and returns a
-// Policy. Returns an empty (but non-nil) Policy when no source is
-// present, the source is empty, or the platform is unsupported.
+// LoadPolicy reads the platform-native MDM configuration. Returns an
+// empty (but non-nil) Policy when no source is present, the source is
+// empty, or the platform is unsupported.
 //
 // Diagnostic logging differentiates the three states:
 //   - source absent / unsupported platform: trace log only
 //   - source present, zero keys:             info "MDM enrolled (no managed keys)"
 //   - source present, N keys:                info "MDM enrolled with N managed keys: [...]"
-func (l *Loader) Load() *Policy {
-	if l == nil {
-		return &Policy{values: map[string]any{}}
-	}
-	values, err := l.loadPlatform()
+func LoadPolicy() *Policy {
+	values, err := loadPlatformPolicy()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Tracef("MDM policy load: %v", err)
 		return &Policy{values: map[string]any{}}
--- a/client/mdm/policy_darwin.go
+++ b/client/mdm/policy_darwin.go
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ import (
 // writable plist, as a defense against tampered installs.
 const policyPlistPath = "/Library/Managed Preferences/io.netbird.client.plist"

-// loadPlatform reads the MDM-managed configuration from the macOS
-// managed-preferences plist at policyPlistPath. The Loader's fetcher
-// field is unused on this platform — the plist is the authoritative
-// source. Returns:
+// loadPlatformPolicy reads the MDM-managed configuration from the macOS
+// managed-preferences plist at policyPlistPath. Returns:
 //   - (nil, nil)  when the plist is absent (device not MDM-enrolled for
 //     NetBird, or admin has not yet pushed a payload)
 //   - (map, nil)  with N entries when N managed values are present
@@ -41,13 +39,7 @@ const policyPlistPath = "/Library/Managed Preferences/io.netbird.client.plist"
 // skipped so a stray entry in the payload does not block startup.
 // Native plist value types map naturally onto the Policy accessor
 // expectations (GetString / GetBool / GetInt / GetStringSlice).
-func (l *Loader) loadPlatform() (map[string]any, error) {
-	// Honour the injected fetcher when present so tests (and any
-	// future non-macOS MDM channel) can short-circuit the plist read
-	// with a scripted policy.
-	if l != nil && l.fetcher != nil {
-		return l.fetcher.Fetch(), nil
-	}
+func loadPlatformPolicy() (map[string]any, error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(policyPlistPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
--- a/client/mdm/policy_mobile.go
+++ b/client/mdm/policy_mobile.go
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@

 package mdm

-// loadPlatform reads the OS-managed configuration via the native
-// PolicyFetcher injected at Loader construction. Returns
-// (nil, nil) — the platform-absent sentinel that Loader.Load treats as
-// "no MDM source present" — when no fetcher was provided.
-func (l *Loader) loadPlatform() (map[string]any, error) {
-	if l == nil || l.fetcher == nil {
-		//nolint:nilnil // (nil, nil) is the documented platform-absent sentinel; see Loader.Load.
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	return l.fetcher.Fetch(), nil
+// loadPlatformPolicy is unused on mobile: the native layer (Swift on iOS,
+// Kotlin/Java on Android) reads the OS managed-config store and pushes the
+// resulting dictionary in-process via a gomobile entry point that lands in
+// Phase 5 / Phase 6. The stub keeps the package compilable for mobile
+// builds and returns (nil, nil) — the platform-absent sentinel that
+// LoadPolicy in policy.go treats as "no MDM source present".
+func loadPlatformPolicy() (map[string]any, error) {
+	//nolint:nilnil // (nil, nil) is the documented platform-absent sentinel; see LoadPolicy.
+	return nil, nil
 }
--- a/client/mdm/policy_other.go
+++ b/client/mdm/policy_other.go
@@ -2,17 +2,13 @@

 package mdm

-// loadPlatform reads the MDM policy on platforms without a native MDM
-// channel (Linux, FreeBSD). When no fetcher was injected the policy is
-// (nil, nil) — the platform-absent sentinel that Loader.Load treats as
-// "MDM enforcement disabled". A non-nil fetcher takes precedence: it
-// is the test-seam used by unit tests to inject a scripted policy
-// without touching the OS, and the same hook supports any future
-// non-mobile OS that grows an out-of-band MDM channel.
-func (l *Loader) loadPlatform() (map[string]any, error) {
-	if l != nil && l.fetcher != nil {
-		return l.fetcher.Fetch(), nil
-	}
-	//nolint:nilnil // (nil, nil) is the documented platform-absent sentinel; see Loader.Load.
+// loadPlatformPolicy returns no policy on platforms without an MDM channel
+// (Linux, FreeBSD). MDM enforcement is off and the client behaves as if
+// the feature did not exist. Returns (nil, nil) — the platform-absent
+// sentinel the caller (LoadPolicy in policy.go) treats as "no MDM
+// source present"; an error here would just translate to the same
+// outcome with an extra log line.
+func loadPlatformPolicy() (map[string]any, error) {
+	//nolint:nilnil // (nil, nil) is the documented platform-absent sentinel; see LoadPolicy.
 	return nil, nil
 }
--- a/client/mdm/policy_test.go
+++ b/client/mdm/policy_test.go
@@ -155,12 +155,10 @@ func TestPolicy_GetStringSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }

-func TestLoader_NilFetcherReturnsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	// Loader.Load with no fetcher (desktop construction) must degrade
-	// gracefully and never return nil; on linux loadPlatform is a stub
-	// returning (nil, nil), and Load is expected to translate that
-	// into a non-nil empty Policy.
-	p := NewLoader(nil).Load()
+func TestLoadPolicy_PlatformStubReturnsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	// loadPlatformPolicy is a stub on every OS for Phase 1. LoadPolicy must
+	// degrade gracefully and never return nil.
+	p := LoadPolicy()
 	require.NotNil(t, p)
 	assert.True(t, p.IsEmpty())
 	assert.Empty(t, p.ManagedKeys())
--- a/client/mdm/policy_windows.go
+++ b/client/mdm/policy_windows.go
@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ func readRegistryValue(k registry.Key, name, canonical string, out map[string]an
 	}
 }

-// loadPlatform reads the MDM-managed configuration from the Windows
-// registry under HKLM\Software\Policies\NetBird. The Loader's fetcher
-// field is unused on this platform — the registry is the
-// authoritative source. Returns:
+// loadPlatformPolicy reads the MDM-managed configuration from the
+// Windows registry under HKLM\Software\Policies\NetBird. Returns:
 //   - (nil, nil)  when the key is absent (device not MDM-enrolled for NetBird)
 //   - (map, nil)  with N entries when N managed values are set (N may be 0)
 //   - (nil, err)  on open / enumerate registry errors
@@ -72,13 +70,7 @@ func readRegistryValue(k registry.Key, name, canonical string, out map[string]an
 // Per-value type coercion + skip-on-error is delegated to
 // readRegistryValue. Unknown value names are logged and skipped so a
 // malformed deployment does not block startup.
-func (l *Loader) loadPlatform() (map[string]any, error) {
-	// Honour the injected fetcher when present so tests (and any
-	// future non-Windows MDM channel) can short-circuit the registry
-	// read with a scripted policy.
-	if l != nil && l.fetcher != nil {
-		return l.fetcher.Fetch(), nil
-	}
+func loadPlatformPolicy() (map[string]any, error) {
 	k, err := registry.OpenKey(registry.LOCAL_MACHINE, policyRegistryPath, registry.QUERY_VALUE)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, registry.ErrNotExist) {
--- a/client/mdm/ticker.go
+++ b/client/mdm/ticker.go
@@ -15,33 +15,33 @@ import (
 // instead, hence anticipating the ticker mechanism entirely.
 const DefaultReloadInterval = 1 * time.Minute

-// Ticker periodically re-reads the OS-native MDM policy via the
-// injected Loader and invokes the onChange callback (supplied to Run)
-// whenever the observed Policy diverges from the last observation
-// (added / removed / changed keys). Launch with Run from a goroutine;
-// cancel the supplied context to stop.
+// policyLoader is the indirection through which the ticker reads the
+// OS-native policy, both for the initial observation and on every tick.
+// Production points it at LoadPolicy; tests in this package override it to
+// feed a scripted sequence of policies without touching the real OS store.
+var policyLoader = LoadPolicy
+
+// Ticker periodically re-reads the OS-native MDM policy via LoadPolicy and
+// invokes the onChange callback (supplied to Run) whenever the observed
+// Policy diverges from the last observation (added / removed / changed
+// keys). Launch with Run from a goroutine; cancel the supplied context
+// to stop.
 type Ticker struct {
 	interval time.Duration
-	loader   *Loader
 	prev     *Policy
 }

 // NewTicker constructs a Ticker that will re-read the OS-native policy
-// every reloadInterval once Run is called. The Loader is injected so
-// the ticker doesn't depend on any package-level state — production
-// passes the daemon-owned Loader, tests pass a fake Loader (built with
-// a fake PolicyFetcher).
-//
-// The initial snapshot is populated by calling loader.Load() at
+// every reloadInterval once Run is called.
+// The initial snapshot is populated by calling policyLoader at
 // construction time so the first tick only fires
 // onChange when the policy actually changed since boot — without
 // this baseline the first tick would report every currently-managed
 // key as "added" and trigger a spurious engine restart.
-func NewTicker(reloadInterval time.Duration, loader *Loader) *Ticker {
+func NewTicker(reloadInterval time.Duration) *Ticker {
 	return &Ticker{
 		interval: reloadInterval,
-		loader:   loader,
-		prev:     loader.Load(),
+		prev:     policyLoader(),
 	}
 }

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (t *Ticker) Run(ctx context.Context, onChange func(prev, curr *Policy) erro
 			log.Info("MDM policy reload ticker stopped")
 			return
 		case <-tk.C:
-			curr := t.loader.Load()
+			curr := policyLoader()
 			if policiesEqual(t.prev, curr) {
 				continue
 			}
--- a/client/mdm/ticker_test.go
+++ b/client/mdm/ticker_test.go
@@ -13,40 +13,28 @@ import (
 // testReloadInterval for speeding up the ticker cadence under `go test`
 const testReloadInterval = 1 * time.Second

-// fakePolicyFetcher implements PolicyFetcher returning a scripted
-// policy map. Goroutine-safe so the test can mutate the script while
-// the ticker is observing it.
-type fakePolicyFetcher struct {
-	mu     sync.Mutex
-	values map[string]any
-}
-
-func (f *fakePolicyFetcher) Fetch() map[string]any {
-	f.mu.Lock()
-	defer f.mu.Unlock()
-	if f.values == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := make(map[string]any, len(f.values))
-	for k, v := range f.values {
-		out[k] = v
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
-func (f *fakePolicyFetcher) set(values map[string]any) {
-	f.mu.Lock()
-	defer f.mu.Unlock()
-	f.values = values
+// withPolicyLoader overrides the package-level policyLoader for the duration
+// of the test so the ticker observes a scripted policy instead of the real
+// OS-native store. The original loader is restored on cleanup.
+func withPolicyLoader(t *testing.T, fn func() *Policy) {
+	t.Helper()
+	prev := policyLoader
+	policyLoader = fn
+	t.Cleanup(func() { policyLoader = prev })
 }

 func TestTicker_FiresOnChangeWithDelta(t *testing.T) {
-	fetcher := &fakePolicyFetcher{} // initial observation: empty (no enforcement)
-	loader := NewLoader(fetcher)
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+	current := NewPolicy(nil) // initial observation: empty (no enforcement)
+	withPolicyLoader(t, func() *Policy {
+		mu.Lock()
+		defer mu.Unlock()
+		return current
+	})

 	type change struct{ prev, curr *Policy }
 	changes := make(chan change, 1)
-	tk := NewTicker(testReloadInterval, loader)
+	tk := NewTicker(testReloadInterval)
 	require.Equal(t, testReloadInterval, tk.interval)

 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -61,13 +49,15 @@ func TestTicker_FiresOnChangeWithDelta(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 		close(done)
 	}()
-	// Stop Run and wait for it to exit before returning, so the test
-	// goroutine doesn't race the still-running ticker.
+	// Stop Run and wait for it to exit before returning, so the policyLoader
+	// restore in t.Cleanup can't race the ticker goroutine still reading it.
 	defer func() { cancel(); <-done }()

-	// Flip the OS-observed policy from empty to one managed key. The
-	// next tick must detect the diff and invoke onChange.
-	fetcher.set(map[string]any{KeyManagementURL: "https://mdm.example.com:443"})
+	// Flip the OS-observed policy from empty to one managed key. The next
+	// tick must detect the diff and invoke onChange.
+	mu.Lock()
+	current = NewPolicy(map[string]any{KeyManagementURL: "https://mdm.example.com:443"})
+	mu.Unlock()

 	select {
 	case c := <-changes:
@@ -79,11 +69,12 @@ func TestTicker_FiresOnChangeWithDelta(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestTicker_NoCallbackWhenPolicyUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
-	fetcher := &fakePolicyFetcher{values: map[string]any{KeyBlockInbound: true}}
-	loader := NewLoader(fetcher)
+	withPolicyLoader(t, func() *Policy {
+		return NewPolicy(map[string]any{KeyBlockInbound: true})
+	})

 	fired := make(chan struct{}, 1)
-	tk := NewTicker(testReloadInterval, loader)
+	tk := NewTicker(testReloadInterval)

 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	done := make(chan struct{})
@@ -99,8 +90,8 @@ func TestTicker_NoCallbackWhenPolicyUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 	defer func() { cancel(); <-done }()

-	// Over ~2 ticks at the 1s test cadence the policy never changes,
-	// so the diff guard must suppress the callback entirely.
+	// Over ~2 ticks at the 1s test cadence the policy never changes, so the
+	// diff guard must suppress the callback entirely.
 	select {
 	case <-fired:
 		t.Fatal("onChange fired despite an unchanged policy")
--- a/client/server/mdm.go
+++ b/client/server/mdm.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ import (
 // a no-op echo, never as a conflict with the policy.
 const preSharedKeyRedactedSentinel = "**********"

+// loadMDMPolicy is the indirection used by server handlers to read the
+// active MDM policy. Tests override this to inject a fake policy.
+var loadMDMPolicy = mdm.LoadPolicy
+
 // conflictCheck is a value-aware comparison between a single field in
 // the incoming request and the corresponding MDM-enforced value. It
 // runs only when the field was actually set in the request (presence
--- a/client/server/network.go
+++ b/client/server/network.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"

-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	gstatus "google.golang.org/grpc/status"

@@ -161,30 +160,11 @@ func (s *Server) SelectNetworks(_ context.Context, req *proto.SelectNetworksRequ
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no route manager")
 	}

-	routeSelector := routeManager.GetRouteSelector()
 	if req.GetAll() {
-		routeSelector.SelectAllRoutes()
-	} else {
-		routes := toNetIDs(req.GetNetworkIDs())
-		routesMap := routeManager.GetClientRoutesWithNetID()
-		routes = route.ExpandV6ExitPairs(routes, routesMap)
-		netIdRoutes := maps.Keys(routesMap)
-		if err := routeSelector.SelectRoutes(routes, req.GetAppend(), netIdRoutes); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("select routes: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		// Exit nodes are mutually exclusive: if this selection activates an
-		// exit node, deselect every other available exit node so two can't be
-		// selected at once. Non-exit route selections are left untouched.
-		if requestActivatesExitNode(routes, routesMap) {
-			if others := otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap, routes); len(others) > 0 {
-				if err := routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(others, netIdRoutes); err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("deselect sibling exit nodes: %w", err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
+		routeManager.SelectAllRoutes()
+	} else if err := routeManager.SelectRoutes(toNetIDs(req.GetNetworkIDs()), req.GetAppend()); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	routeManager.TriggerSelection(routeManager.GetClientRoutes())

 	s.statusRecorder.PublishEvent(
 		proto.SystemEvent_INFO,
@@ -224,19 +204,11 @@ func (s *Server) DeselectNetworks(_ context.Context, req *proto.SelectNetworksRe
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no route manager")
 	}

-	routeSelector := routeManager.GetRouteSelector()
 	if req.GetAll() {
-		routeSelector.DeselectAllRoutes()
-	} else {
-		routes := toNetIDs(req.GetNetworkIDs())
-		routesMap := routeManager.GetClientRoutesWithNetID()
-		routes = route.ExpandV6ExitPairs(routes, routesMap)
-		netIdRoutes := maps.Keys(routesMap)
-		if err := routeSelector.DeselectRoutes(routes, netIdRoutes); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("deselect routes: %w", err)
-		}
+		routeManager.DeselectAllRoutes()
+	} else if err := routeManager.DeselectRoutes(toNetIDs(req.GetNetworkIDs())); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	routeManager.TriggerSelection(routeManager.GetClientRoutes())

 	s.statusRecorder.PublishEvent(
 		proto.SystemEvent_INFO,
@@ -261,37 +233,3 @@ func toNetIDs(routes []string) []route.NetID {
 	return netIDs
 }

-func isExitNodeRoutes(routes []*route.Route) bool {
-	return len(routes) > 0 && (route.IsV4DefaultRoute(routes[0].Network) || route.IsV6DefaultRoute(routes[0].Network))
-}
-
-// requestActivatesExitNode reports whether any requested NetID maps to an exit
-// node (default route) in the current route table.
-func requestActivatesExitNode(requested []route.NetID, routesMap map[route.NetID][]*route.Route) bool {
-	for _, id := range requested {
-		if isExitNodeRoutes(routesMap[id]) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// otherExitNodeIDs returns every available exit-node NetID that is not in the
-// requested set — the siblings to deselect so a single exit node stays active.
-func otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap map[route.NetID][]*route.Route, requested []route.NetID) []route.NetID {
-	keep := make(map[route.NetID]struct{}, len(requested))
-	for _, id := range requested {
-		keep[id] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	var others []route.NetID
-	for id, routes := range routesMap {
-		if !isExitNodeRoutes(routes) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if _, ok := keep[id]; ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		others = append(others, id)
-	}
-	return others
-}
--- a/client/server/network_exitnode_test.go
+++ b/client/server/network_exitnode_test.go
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package server
-
-import (
-	"net/netip"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/route"
-)
-
-func TestExitNodeSelectionHelpers(t *testing.T) {
-	routesMap := map[route.NetID][]*route.Route{
-		"exitA": {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("0.0.0.0/0")}},
-		"exitB": {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("::/0")}},
-		"lan":   {{Network: netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.0.0/16")}},
-	}
-
-	assert.True(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"exitA"}, routesMap), "v4 default route is an exit node")
-	assert.True(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"exitB"}, routesMap), "v6 default route is an exit node")
-	assert.False(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"lan"}, routesMap), "lan route is not an exit node")
-	assert.False(t, requestActivatesExitNode([]route.NetID{"missing"}, routesMap), "unknown id is not an exit node")
-
-	others := otherExitNodeIDs(routesMap, []route.NetID{"exitB"})
-	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []route.NetID{"exitA"}, others, "only the other exit node is a sibling; the lan route is ignored")
-}
--- a/client/server/server.go
+++ b/client/server/server.go
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ type Server struct {
 	// stopped by the rootCtx cancellation.
 	mdmTicker *mdm.Ticker

-	// mdmLoader is the daemon-owned source of the active MDM policy.
-	// Constructed once during Server.Start (with a nil PolicyFetcher on
-	// desktop — the build-tagged Loader.loadPlatform reads the OS
-	// registry / plist directly) and injected into every consumer:
-	// mdmTicker for its periodic reload, the SetConfig / Login MDM
-	// gates for conflict detection, and every Config produced via
-	// getConfig() so its apply() picks up the same overlay.
-	mdmLoader *mdm.Loader
-
 	updateManager *updater.Manager

 	jwtCache *jwtCache
@@ -206,14 +197,8 @@ func (s *Server) Start() error {
 	// Runs re-resolves Config (re-running profilemanager.Config.apply which
 	// applies the freshly-read MDM policy as the last layer) and brings
 	// the engine back with the new values.
-	if s.mdmLoader == nil {
-		// Desktop builds pass a nil PolicyFetcher: the Loader's
-		// build-tagged loadPlatform reads the OS source directly
-		// (registry on Windows, plist on macOS, no-op elsewhere).
-		s.mdmLoader = mdm.NewLoader(nil)
-	}
 	if s.mdmTicker == nil {
-		s.mdmTicker = mdm.NewTicker(mdm.DefaultReloadInterval, s.mdmLoader)
+		s.mdmTicker = mdm.NewTicker(mdm.DefaultReloadInterval)
 		go s.mdmTicker.Run(s.rootCtx, s.onMDMPolicyChange)
 	}

@@ -421,7 +406,7 @@ func (s *Server) SetConfig(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.SetConfigReques
 	// by the active MDM policy. The error carries an MDMManagedFields-
 	// Violation detail listing the offending key names. Non-conflicting
 	// fields in the same request are not applied either.
-	policy := s.mdmLoader.Load()
+	policy := loadMDMPolicy()
 	if err := rejectMDMManagedFieldConflicts(mdmManagedFieldConflicts(msg, policy)); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -546,7 +531,7 @@ func (s *Server) Login(callerCtx context.Context, msg *proto.LoginRequest) (*pro
 		if s.checkUpdateSettingsDisabled() {
 			return nil, gstatus.Errorf(codes.Unavailable, errUpdateSettingsDisabled)
 		}
-		policy := s.mdmLoader.Load()
+		policy := loadMDMPolicy()
 		if err := rejectMDMManagedFieldConflicts(loginRequestMDMConflicts(msg, policy)); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -1275,12 +1260,6 @@ func (s *Server) getConfig(activeProf *profilemanager.ActiveProfileState) (*prof
 		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get config: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Apply the daemon-owned MDM policy on top of the just-resolved
-	// Config. profilemanager's apply() initialises the policy to
-	// empty — the Loader lives outside Config, so this overlay step
-	// is driven externally here.
-	config.ApplyMDMPolicy(s.mdmLoader.Load())
-
 	return config, configExisted, nil
 }

@@ -1330,9 +1309,6 @@ func (s *Server) logoutFromProfile(ctx context.Context, profile *profilemanager.
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("profile '%s' not found", profile.ID)
 	}
-	// Honour any MDM-enforced ManagementURL when issuing the logout
-	// RPC: the user-stored value may have been overridden by policy.
-	config.ApplyMDMPolicy(s.mdmLoader.Load())

 	return s.sendLogoutRequestWithConfig(ctx, config)
 }
@@ -1933,11 +1909,6 @@ func (s *Server) GetConfig(ctx context.Context, req *proto.GetConfigRequest) (*p
 		log.Errorf("failed to get active profile config: %v", err)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get active profile config: %w", err)
 	}
-	// Overlay the active MDM policy so the response's MDMManagedFields
-	// list reflects what the GUI / CLI must render as read-only.
-	// profilemanager.GetConfig itself returns a Config without the
-	// overlay (Loader lives outside profilemanager).
-	cfg.ApplyMDMPolicy(s.mdmLoader.Load())
 	managementURL := cfg.ManagementURL
 	adminURL := cfg.AdminURL

--- a/client/server/setconfig_mdm_test.go
+++ b/client/server/setconfig_mdm_test.go
@@ -16,40 +16,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
 )

-// fakeMDMFetcher implements mdm.PolicyFetcher returning a pre-set
-// policy map. Tests build one per Server instance to inject a
-// scripted MDM overlay via a Loader rather than via package-level state.
-type fakeMDMFetcher struct{ values map[string]any }
-
-func (f *fakeMDMFetcher) Fetch() map[string]any { return f.values }
-
-// withMDMPolicy installs an mdm.Loader on the given Server whose
-// loadPlatform returns the supplied Policy's underlying values. Use
-// after setupServerWithProfile to inject the scripted policy the
-// SetConfig / Login MDM gates will observe.
-func withMDMPolicy(t *testing.T, s *Server, policy *mdm.Policy) {
+// withMDMPolicy temporarily overrides the server-package loadMDMPolicy hook
+// so SetConfig observes the supplied Policy. Restores the original loader
+// at test cleanup.
+func withMDMPolicy(t *testing.T, policy *mdm.Policy) {
 	t.Helper()
-	values := map[string]any{}
-	if policy != nil {
-		for _, k := range policy.ManagedKeys() {
-			if v, ok := policy.GetString(k); ok {
-				values[k] = v
-				continue
-			}
-			if v, ok := policy.GetBool(k); ok {
-				values[k] = v
-				continue
-			}
-			if v, ok := policy.GetInt(k); ok {
-				values[k] = v
-				continue
-			}
-			if v, ok := policy.GetStringSlice(k); ok {
-				values[k] = v
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	s.mdmLoader = mdm.NewLoader(&fakeMDMFetcher{values: values})
+	prev := loadMDMPolicy
+	loadMDMPolicy = func() *mdm.Policy { return policy }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { loadMDMPolicy = prev })
 }

 // setupServerWithProfile mirrors the boilerplate of TestSetConfig_AllFieldsSaved:
@@ -115,11 +89,12 @@ func extractViolation(t *testing.T, err error) *proto.MDMManagedFieldsViolation
 }

 func TestSetConfig_MDMReject_SingleField(t *testing.T) {
-	s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
-	withMDMPolicy(t, s, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyManagementURL: "https://mdm.example.com:443",
 	}))

+	s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
+
 	_, err := s.SetConfig(ctx, &proto.SetConfigRequest{
 		ProfileName:   profName,
 		Username:      username,
@@ -131,13 +106,14 @@ func TestSetConfig_MDMReject_SingleField(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestSetConfig_MDMReject_MultipleFields(t *testing.T) {
-	s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
-	withMDMPolicy(t, s, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyManagementURL:    "https://mdm.example.com:443",
 		mdm.KeyBlockInbound:     true,
 		mdm.KeyRosenpassEnabled: true,
 	}))

+	s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
+
 	blockInbound := false
 	rosenpassEnabled := false
 	_, err := s.SetConfig(ctx, &proto.SetConfigRequest{
@@ -161,11 +137,12 @@ func TestSetConfig_MDMReject_AllOrNothing(t *testing.T) {
 	// enforced field AND a non-enforced field (RosenpassEnabled).
 	// The whole request must be rejected — non-conflicting fields are not
 	// applied either.
-	s, ctx, profName, username, cfgPath := setupServerWithProfile(t)
-	withMDMPolicy(t, s, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyManagementURL: "https://mdm.example.com:443",
 	}))

+	s, ctx, profName, username, cfgPath := setupServerWithProfile(t)
+
 	rosenpassEnabled := true
 	_, err := s.SetConfig(ctx, &proto.SetConfigRequest{
 		ProfileName:      profName,
@@ -187,11 +164,12 @@ func TestSetConfig_MDMReject_AllOrNothing(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSetConfig_MDMAllow_NonManagedFields(t *testing.T) {
 	// MDM enforces ManagementURL but the user only writes RosenpassEnabled.
 	// Request must succeed.
-	s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
-	withMDMPolicy(t, s, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 		mdm.KeyManagementURL: "https://mdm.example.com:443",
 	}))

+	s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
+
 	rosenpassEnabled := true
 	resp, err := s.SetConfig(ctx, &proto.SetConfigRequest{
 		ProfileName:      profName,
@@ -220,11 +198,12 @@ func TestSetConfig_MDMAllow_ManagementURLPortNormalized(t *testing.T) {

 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
-			withMDMPolicy(t, s, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
+			withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(map[string]any{
 				mdm.KeyManagementURL: tc.mdmURL,
 			}))

+			s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
+
 			rosenpassEnabled := true
 			resp, err := s.SetConfig(ctx, &proto.SetConfigRequest{
 				ProfileName:      profName,
@@ -241,8 +220,9 @@ func TestSetConfig_MDMAllow_ManagementURLPortNormalized(t *testing.T) {

 func TestSetConfig_MDMEmpty_NoEnforcement(t *testing.T) {
 	// No MDM policy active: any field can be written.
+	withMDMPolicy(t, mdm.NewPolicy(nil))
+
 	s, ctx, profName, username, _ := setupServerWithProfile(t)
-	withMDMPolicy(t, s, mdm.NewPolicy(nil))

 	resp, err := s.SetConfig(ctx, &proto.SetConfigRequest{
 		ProfileName:   profName,
--- a/client/server/status_stream.go
+++ b/client/server/status_stream.go
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
 package server

 import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"

 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/proto"
 )

+const statusCoalesceWindow = 200 * time.Millisecond
+
 // SubscribeStatus pushes a fresh StatusResponse on every connection state
 // change. The first message is the current snapshot, so a re-subscribing
 // client doesn't need to also call Status. Subsequent messages fire when
 // the peer recorder reports any of: connected/disconnected/connecting,
 // management or signal flip, address change, or peers list change.
 //
-// The change channel coalesces bursts to a single tick. If the consumer
-// is slow the daemon drops extras (not blocks), and the next snapshot
-// the consumer pulls already reflects everything.
+// Bursts are coalesced deterministically: the first tick after a quiet
+// period is sent immediately, then a short window swallows the rest of the
+// burst and a single trailing snapshot covers whatever arrived meanwhile.
+// Every send is a full snapshot of the recorder's current state, so
+// swallowed ticks lose no information.
 func (s *Server) SubscribeStatus(req *proto.StatusRequest, stream proto.DaemonService_SubscribeStatusServer) error {
 	subID, ch := s.statusRecorder.SubscribeToStateChanges()
 	defer func() {
@@ -37,12 +44,50 @@ func (s *Server) SubscribeStatus(req *proto.StatusRequest, stream proto.DaemonSe
 			if err := s.sendStatusSnapshot(req, stream); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			pending, open := collectStatusBurst(stream.Context(), ch)
+			if pending {
+				if err := s.sendStatusSnapshot(req, stream); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+			if !open {
+				return nil
+			}
 		case <-stream.Context().Done():
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
 }

+// collectStatusBurst waits out the coalesce window, absorbing further ticks.
+// pending reports whether any tick arrived; open is false when the channel
+// closed or the stream context ended.
+func collectStatusBurst(ctx context.Context, ch <-chan struct{}) (pending, open bool) {
+	timer := time.NewTimer(statusCoalesceWindow)
+	defer timer.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case _, ok := <-ch:
+			if !ok {
+				return pending, false
+			}
+			pending = true
+		case <-timer.C:
+			select {
+			case _, ok := <-ch:
+				if !ok {
+					return pending, false
+				}
+				pending = true
+			default:
+			}
+			return pending, true
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return false, false
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *Server) sendStatusSnapshot(req *proto.StatusRequest, stream proto.DaemonService_SubscribeStatusServer) error {
 	resp, err := s.buildStatusResponse(stream.Context(), req)
 	if err != nil {
--- a/client/ui/main.go
+++ b/client/ui/main.go
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ func main() {
 	updaterHolder := updater.NewHolder(app.Event)
 	update := services.NewUpdate(conn, updaterHolder)
 	daemonFeed := services.NewDaemonFeed(conn, app.Event, updaterHolder, debugLog)
+	// Status snapshots go only to visible windows — a snapshot is full state,
+	// so a hidden webview loses nothing by being skipped; it gets the cached
+	// one on show (SetShowReplay below). Every other event stays on the bus.
+	daemonFeed.SetWindowDispatcher(func(st services.Status) {
+		ev := &application.CustomEvent{Name: services.EventStatusSnapshot, Data: st}
+		for _, w := range app.Window.GetAll() {
+			if w == nil || !w.IsVisible() {
+				continue
+			}
+			w.DispatchWailsEvent(ev)
+		}
+	})
 	notifier := notifications.New()
 	compat := services.NewCompat(conn)
 	// macOS shows no toast until permission is requested. Run it after
@@ -152,8 +164,31 @@ func main() {
 	// re-centering on that environment; nil leaves placement to the WM on full
 	// desktops, macOS, and Windows.
 	windowManager.SetRecenterOnShow(recenterOnShowPredicate())
+	// Replay the latest snapshot into a window on (re)show, so a webview that
+	// was hidden while pushes flowed never paints stale state. ReplayLast keeps
+	// the feed's status lock across the dispatch, so a racing live push can't
+	// slip in between and then be overwritten by this older cached snapshot.
+	windowManager.SetShowReplay(func(w application.Window) {
+		daemonFeed.ReplayLast(func(st services.Status) {
+			w.DispatchWailsEvent(&application.CustomEvent{Name: services.EventStatusSnapshot, Data: st})
+		})
+	})
 	app.RegisterService(application.NewService(windowManager))

+	// On macOS, Wails' default applicationShouldHandleReopen handler Show()s
+	// every hidden window on dock-icon click, resurrecting hide-on-close
+	// surfaces like Settings. Cancel it in a hook (hooks run before listeners)
+	// and show only the main window. No-op elsewhere — the event never fires.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		app.Event.RegisterApplicationEventHook(events.Mac.ApplicationShouldHandleReopen, func(e *application.ApplicationEvent) {
+			e.Cancel()
+			if e.Context().HasVisibleWindows() {
+				return
+			}
+			windowManager.ShowMain()
+		})
+	}
+
 	// Welcome window, first launch only — Continue flips OnboardingCompleted
 	// so later launches skip it. ApplicationStarted hook so the Wails window
 	// machinery is fully up before the window is created.
@@ -377,20 +412,5 @@ func newMainWindow(app *application.App, prefStore *preferences.Store) *applicat
 		window.Hide()
 	})

-	// On macOS, Wails' default applicationShouldHandleReopen handler Show()s
-	// every hidden window on dock-icon click, resurrecting hide-on-close
-	// surfaces like Settings. Cancel it in a hook (hooks run before listeners)
-	// and show only the main window. No-op elsewhere — the event never fires.
-	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		app.Event.RegisterApplicationEventHook(events.Mac.ApplicationShouldHandleReopen, func(e *application.ApplicationEvent) {
-			e.Cancel()
-			if e.Context().HasVisibleWindows() {
-				return
-			}
-			window.Show()
-			window.Focus()
-		})
-	}
-
 	return window
 }
--- a/client/ui/services/daemon_feed.go
+++ b/client/ui/services/daemon_feed.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package services
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -167,6 +168,14 @@ type DaemonFeed struct {
 	cancel   context.CancelFunc
 	streamWg sync.WaitGroup

+	// statusSubs are Go-side snapshot consumers (the tray), fed directly so
+	// they don't ride the window event bus. Callbacks run synchronously on
+	// the stream goroutine, so pushes arrive in order.
+	statusSubsMu     sync.Mutex
+	statusSubs       []func(Status)
+	lastStatus       *Status
+	windowDispatcher func(Status)
+
 	switchMu              sync.Mutex
 	switchInProgress      bool
 	switchInProgressUntil time.Time
@@ -188,6 +197,55 @@ func NewDaemonFeed(conn DaemonConn, emitter Emitter, updaterHolder *updater.Hold
 	return &DaemonFeed{conn: conn, emitter: emitter, updater: updaterHolder, logCtl: logCtl}
 }

+// OnStatus registers a Go-side status subscriber. Not for the frontend —
+// React consumers subscribe to EventStatusSnapshot on the event bus.
+func (s *DaemonFeed) OnStatus(cb func(Status)) {
+	s.statusSubsMu.Lock()
+	s.statusSubs = append(s.statusSubs, cb)
+	s.statusSubsMu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// SetWindowDispatcher installs the frontend push path: it receives every
+// snapshot and decides which webview windows get it (visible ones). While
+// unset, pushStatus falls back to the event-bus broadcast.
+func (s *DaemonFeed) SetWindowDispatcher(fn func(Status)) {
+	s.statusSubsMu.Lock()
+	s.windowDispatcher = fn
+	s.statusSubsMu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// pushStatus delivers a snapshot to the Go-side subscribers and the frontend,
+// and caches it for ReplayLast. Hidden windows are skipped by the
+// window dispatcher; they catch up via the show replay (WindowManager).
+func (s *DaemonFeed) pushStatus(st Status) {
+	s.statusSubsMu.Lock()
+	s.lastStatus = &st
+	subs := slices.Clone(s.statusSubs)
+	dispatch := s.windowDispatcher
+	s.statusSubsMu.Unlock()
+	for _, cb := range subs {
+		cb(st)
+	}
+	if dispatch != nil {
+		dispatch(st)
+		return
+	}
+	s.emitter.Emit(EventStatusSnapshot, st)
+}
+
+// ReplayLast feeds the most recently pushed snapshot to dispatch; no-op before
+// the first push. The status lock is held across the dispatch so a concurrent
+// pushStatus cannot deliver a newer snapshot in between the read and the
+// dispatch — the replayed value is never older than anything already delivered.
+func (s *DaemonFeed) ReplayLast(dispatch func(Status)) {
+	s.statusSubsMu.Lock()
+	defer s.statusSubsMu.Unlock()
+	if s.lastStatus == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	dispatch(*s.lastStatus)
+}
+
 // BeginProfileSwitch arms suppression for a switch from Connected/Connecting,
 // where the daemon emits stale Connected updates during Down's teardown then an
 // Idle before the new Up; statusStreamLoop drops those, and a synthetic
@@ -201,7 +259,7 @@ func (s *DaemonFeed) BeginProfileSwitch() {
 	s.switchLoginWatch = true
 	s.switchLoginWatchUntil = now.Add(30 * time.Second)
 	s.switchMu.Unlock()
-	s.emitter.Emit(EventStatusSnapshot, Status{Status: StatusConnecting})
+	s.pushStatus(Status{Status: StatusConnecting})
 }

 // CancelProfileSwitch aborts a switch midway (tray Disconnect while Connecting):
@@ -343,7 +401,7 @@ func (s *DaemonFeed) statusStreamLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 			return
 		}
 		unavailable = true
-		s.emitter.Emit(EventStatusSnapshot, Status{Status: StatusDaemonUnavailable})
+		s.pushStatus(Status{Status: StatusDaemonUnavailable})
 	}

 	op := func() error {
@@ -403,7 +461,7 @@ func (s *DaemonFeed) emitStatus(st Status) {
 		log.Debugf("suppressing status=%q during profile switch", st.Status)
 		return
 	}
-	s.emitter.Emit(EventStatusSnapshot, st)
+	s.pushStatus(st)
 	if triggerLogin {
 		s.emitter.Emit(EventTriggerLogin)
 	}
--- a/client/ui/services/windowmanager.go
+++ b/client/ui/services/windowmanager.go
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ type WindowManager struct {
 	// recenterOnShow is set only on the minimal-WM/XEmbed path, where the WM neither centers nor
 	// restores position; nil on full desktops so re-centering can't fight a user-moved window.
 	recenterOnShow func() bool
+	// showReplay fires whenever a live-but-hidden window is (re)shown, so the
+	// caller can replay the latest status snapshot into its webview.
+	showReplay func(application.Window)
 }

 // NewWindowManager wires the manager to the main app; translator/prefs may be nil (tests). The
@@ -174,6 +177,7 @@ func (s *WindowManager) OpenSettings(tab string) {
 	s.app.Event.Emit(EventSettingsOpen, target)
 	s.settings.Show()
 	s.settings.Focus()
+	s.notifyShown(s.settings)
 	// Re-center (minimal-WM only; see centerWhenReady).
 	s.centerWhenReady(s.settings)
 }
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ func (s *WindowManager) OpenBrowserLogin(uri string) {
 	s.centerOnCursorScreen(s.browserLogin)
 	s.browserLogin.Show()
 	s.browserLogin.Focus()
+	s.notifyShown(s.browserLogin)
 }

 // BrowserLoginWindow returns the live SSO popup, or nil. While non-nil it is the
@@ -280,6 +285,7 @@ func (s *WindowManager) OpenSessionExpiration(seconds int) {
 	s.centerOnCursorScreen(s.sessionExpiration)
 	s.sessionExpiration.Show()
 	s.sessionExpiration.Focus()
+	s.notifyShown(s.sessionExpiration)
 }

 func (s *WindowManager) CloseSessionExpiration() {
@@ -347,6 +353,7 @@ func (s *WindowManager) OpenInstallProgress(version string) {
 	s.installProgress.SetURL(startURL)
 	s.installProgress.Show()
 	s.installProgress.Focus()
+	s.notifyShown(s.installProgress)
 	s.centerWhenReady(s.installProgress)
 }

@@ -380,6 +387,7 @@ func (s *WindowManager) OpenWelcome() {
 	}
 	s.welcome.Show()
 	s.welcome.Focus()
+	s.notifyShown(s.welcome)
 	s.centerWhenReady(s.welcome)
 }

@@ -417,6 +425,7 @@ func (s *WindowManager) OpenError(title, message string) {
 	s.errorDialog.SetURL(startURL)
 	s.errorDialog.Show()
 	s.errorDialog.Focus()
+	s.notifyShown(s.errorDialog)
 	s.centerWhenReady(s.errorDialog)
 }

@@ -443,6 +452,7 @@ func (s *WindowManager) ShowMain() {
 	}
 	s.mainWindow.Show()
 	s.mainWindow.Focus()
+	s.notifyShown(s.mainWindow)
 	// Re-center (minimal-WM only; see centerWhenReady).
 	s.centerWhenReady(s.mainWindow)
 }
@@ -452,6 +462,17 @@ func (s *WindowManager) SetRecenterOnShow(pred func() bool) {
 	s.recenterOnShow = pred
 }

+// SetShowReplay installs the shown-window hook (see the showReplay field).
+func (s *WindowManager) SetShowReplay(fn func(application.Window)) {
+	s.showReplay = fn
+}
+
+func (s *WindowManager) notifyShown(w application.Window) {
+	if s.showReplay != nil && w != nil {
+		s.showReplay(w)
+	}
+}
+
 // centerWhenReady centers w only on minimal WMs (recenterOnShow); elsewhere it
 // returns so it never fights a user-moved window. On GTK4 an inline Center()
 // no-ops until the GdkSurface is realized (async, after Show) and InvokeAsync
@@ -572,6 +593,7 @@ func (s *WindowManager) restoreHiddenWindowsLocked() {
 			continue
 		}
 		w.Show()
+		s.notifyShown(w)
 		if w == s.mainWindow {
 			mainRestored = true
 		}
--- a/client/ui/tray.go
+++ b/client/ui/tray.go
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ type Tray struct {
 	loc       *Localizer

 	// menu and the *Item/*Submenu fields below are reassigned by buildMenu
-	// on every relayout — touch them only with menuMu held. Exceptions:
-	// the Connect/Disconnect OnClick closures capture their own item, and
-	// refreshSessionExpiresLabel snapshots its item under menuMu.
+	// on every relayout, which destroys the replaced tree — locate items and
+	// call them with menuMu held, so a relayout can't destroy one mid-call.
 	menu       *application.Menu
 	statusItem *application.MenuItem
 	// sessionExpiresItem shows the SSO deadline as a remaining-time label,
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ func NewTray(app *application.App, window *application.WebviewWindow, svc TraySe
 		// in the right locale — no English flash then re-paint.
 		loc: svc.Localizer,
 	}
-	t.updater = newTrayUpdater(app, window, svc.Update, svc.Notifier, t.loc, func() { t.applyIcon() }, func() { t.relayoutMenu() })
+	t.updater = newTrayUpdater(app, window, svc.Update, svc.Notifier, t.loc, func() { t.applyIcon() }, func() { t.relayoutMenu() }, func() { t.showMainWindow() })
 	t.tray = app.SystemTray.New()
 	// Seed panel-theme detection before the first paint so the initial icon
 	// matches the panel's light/dark scheme (Linux only).
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ func NewTray(app *application.App, window *application.WebviewWindow, svc TraySe
 	// menu (e.g. GNOME Shell AppIndicator).
 	bindTrayClick(t)

-	app.Event.On(services.EventStatusSnapshot, t.onStatusEvent)
+	svc.DaemonFeed.OnStatus(t.applyStatus)
 	app.Event.On(services.EventDaemonNotification, t.onSystemEvent)
 	// Refresh the Profiles submenu on ProfileSwitcher's change event. A
 	// switch on an idle daemon drives no status transition, so without this
@@ -253,6 +252,19 @@ func (t *Tray) ShowWindow() {
 	t.window.Focus()
 }

+// showMainWindow brings the main window forward through the WindowManager so
+// the status replay and re-centering apply; falls back to a bare Show in tests.
+func (t *Tray) showMainWindow() {
+	if t.svc.WindowManager != nil {
+		t.svc.WindowManager.ShowMain()
+		return
+	}
+	if t.window != nil {
+		t.window.Show()
+		t.window.Focus()
+	}
+}
+
 // applyLanguage re-renders every translated surface in the Localizer's current
 // language. Wails dispatches menu/tray APIs onto the UI thread internally, so
 // calling them from the Localizer's background goroutine is safe; profileLoadMu
@@ -286,6 +298,7 @@ func (t *Tray) relayoutMenu() {
 	t.menuMu.Lock()
 	defer t.menuMu.Unlock()

+	old := t.menu
 	t.menu = t.buildMenu()

 	t.statusMu.Lock()
@@ -356,6 +369,10 @@ func (t *Tray) relayoutMenu() {
 	// Single push of the whole tree: on Linux one LayoutUpdated with fresh
 	// container ids; on darwin an NSMenu rebuild against the cached pointer.
 	t.tray.SetMenu(t.menu)
+
+	if old != nil {
+		old.Destroy()
+	}
 }

 func (t *Tray) buildMenu() *application.Menu {
@@ -371,13 +388,11 @@ func (t *Tray) buildMenu() *application.Menu {

 	menu.AddSeparator()

-	// The OnClick closures capture the local item because t.upItem/t.downItem
-	// are menuMu-guarded and must not be read from the click goroutine.
 	upItem := menu.Add(t.loc.T("tray.menu.connect"))
-	upItem.OnClick(func(*application.Context) { t.handleConnect(upItem) })
+	upItem.OnClick(func(*application.Context) { t.handleConnect() })
 	t.upItem = upItem
 	downItem := menu.Add(t.loc.T("tray.menu.disconnect"))
-	downItem.OnClick(func(*application.Context) { t.handleDisconnect(downItem) })
+	downItem.OnClick(func(*application.Context) { t.handleDisconnect() })
 	downItem.SetHidden(true)
 	t.downItem = downItem

@@ -469,9 +484,7 @@ func (t *Tray) handleQuit() {
 	t.app.Quit()
 }

-// handleConnect receives the clicked item from the buildMenu closure —
-// t.upItem is menuMu-guarded and must not be read here.
-func (t *Tray) handleConnect(upItem *application.MenuItem) {
+func (t *Tray) handleConnect() {
 	// NeedsLogin/SessionExpired/LoginFailed won't honor a plain Up RPC — they
 	// need the Login → WaitSSOLogin → Up sequence. Emit EventTriggerLogin so
 	// the React startLogin() (which owns the BrowserLogin popup) drives it;
@@ -485,7 +498,7 @@ func (t *Tray) handleConnect(upItem *application.MenuItem) {
 		t.app.Event.Emit(services.EventTriggerLogin)
 		return
 	}
-	upItem.SetEnabled(false)
+	t.setItemEnabled(func() *application.MenuItem { return t.upItem }, false)
 	// Arm the SSO auto-handoff: Up() is async and the daemon may flip to
 	// NeedsLogin on an SSO peer with no cached token. applyStatus consumes the
 	// flag on that transition to trigger browser-login without a second Connect
@@ -500,18 +513,25 @@ func (t *Tray) handleConnect(upItem *application.MenuItem) {
 			t.statusMu.Lock()
 			t.pendingConnectLogin = false
 			t.statusMu.Unlock()
-			upItem.SetEnabled(true)
+			t.setItemEnabled(func() *application.MenuItem { return t.upItem }, true)
 		}
 	}()
 }

+func (t *Tray) setItemEnabled(get func() *application.MenuItem, enabled bool) {
+	t.menuMu.Lock()
+	defer t.menuMu.Unlock()
+	if item := get(); item != nil {
+		item.SetEnabled(enabled)
+	}
+}
+
 // handleDisconnect aborts any in-flight profile switch before sending Down —
 // otherwise the switcher's queued Up would reconnect right after, making the
 // click a no-op. Also clears Peers' optimistic-Connecting guard so the daemon's
 // Idle push paints through instead of being swallowed by the suppression filter.
-// Receives the clicked item from the buildMenu closure (see handleConnect).
-func (t *Tray) handleDisconnect(downItem *application.MenuItem) {
-	downItem.SetEnabled(false)
+func (t *Tray) handleDisconnect() {
+	t.setItemEnabled(func() *application.MenuItem { return t.downItem }, false)
 	t.profileMu.Lock()
 	if t.switchCancel != nil {
 		t.switchCancel()
@@ -523,7 +543,7 @@ func (t *Tray) handleDisconnect(downItem *application.MenuItem) {
 		if err := t.svc.Connection.Down(context.Background()); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("disconnect: %v", err)
 			t.notifyError(t.loc.T("notify.error.disconnect"))
-			downItem.SetEnabled(true)
+			t.setItemEnabled(func() *application.MenuItem { return t.downItem }, true)
 		}
 	}()
 }
--- a/client/ui/tray_profiles.go
+++ b/client/ui/tray_profiles.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"

 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -59,10 +60,11 @@ func (t *Tray) loadConfig() {
 	t.profileMu.Unlock()
 }

-// loadProfiles fetches the profile list and relayouts the menu. Also called
-// from applyStatus to catch flips from another channel (CLI, autoconnect),
-// since the daemon emits no active-profile event. Full relayout (not
-// Clear()+Add()) is required for KDE/Plasma — see relayoutMenu's doc comment.
+// loadProfiles fetches the profile list and relayouts the menu when the rows
+// changed. Also called from applyStatus to catch flips from another channel
+// (CLI, autoconnect), since the daemon emits no active-profile event. Full
+// relayout (not Clear()+Add()) is required for KDE/Plasma — see relayoutMenu's
+// doc comment.
 func (t *Tray) loadProfiles() {
 	t.profileLoadMu.Lock()
 	defer t.profileLoadMu.Unlock()
@@ -80,11 +82,14 @@ func (t *Tray) loadProfiles() {
 	}

 	t.profilesMu.Lock()
+	changed := username != t.profilesUser || !slices.Equal(profiles, t.profiles)
 	t.profiles = profiles
 	t.profilesUser = username
 	t.profilesMu.Unlock()

-	t.relayoutMenu()
+	if changed {
+		t.relayoutMenu()
+	}
 }

 // fillProfileSubmenu paints cached profile rows into the freshly built submenu.
--- a/client/ui/tray_session.go
+++ b/client/ui/tray_session.go
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ const (
 // handleSessionExpired notifies and brings the window forward so the frontend's /login route drives renewal.
 func (t *Tray) handleSessionExpired() {
 	t.notify(t.loc.T("notify.sessionExpired.title"), t.loc.T("notify.sessionExpired.body"), notifyIDSessionExpired)
-	if t.window != nil {
-		t.window.SetURL("/#/login")
-		t.window.Show()
-		t.window.Focus()
+	if t.window == nil {
+		return
 	}
+	t.window.SetURL("/#/login")
+	t.showMainWindow()
 }

 // applySessionExpiry refreshes the cached SSO deadline and reports whether it changed.
@@ -104,21 +104,19 @@ func sessionRefreshInterval(remaining time.Duration) time.Duration {
 }

 // refreshSessionExpiresLabel updates only the countdown label, no relayout, to avoid disturbing an open menu.
-// The item is snapshotted under menuMu since buildMenu reassigns it on every relayout.
+// menuMu is held across the SetLabel so a relayout can't destroy the item mid-call.
 func (t *Tray) refreshSessionExpiresLabel() {
-	t.menuMu.Lock()
-	item := t.sessionExpiresItem
-	t.menuMu.Unlock()
-	if item == nil {
-		return
-	}
 	t.sessionMu.Lock()
 	deadline := t.sessionExpiresAt
 	t.sessionMu.Unlock()
 	if deadline.IsZero() {
 		return
 	}
-	item.SetLabel(t.sessionRowLabel(deadline))
+	t.menuMu.Lock()
+	defer t.menuMu.Unlock()
+	if t.sessionExpiresItem != nil {
+		t.sessionExpiresItem.SetLabel(t.sessionRowLabel(deadline))
+	}
 }

 func (t *Tray) sessionRowLabel(deadline time.Time) string {
@@ -310,8 +308,7 @@ func (t *Tray) openSessionExtendFlow() {
 	if seconds <= 0 {
 		if t.window != nil {
 			t.window.SetURL("/#/login")
-			t.window.Show()
-			t.window.Focus()
+			t.showMainWindow()
 		}
 		return
 	}
--- a/client/ui/tray_status.go
+++ b/client/ui/tray_status.go
@@ -5,19 +5,9 @@ package main
 import (
 	"strings"

-	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/pkg/application"
-
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/ui/services"
 )

-func (t *Tray) onStatusEvent(ev *application.CustomEvent) {
-	st, ok := ev.Data.(services.Status)
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	t.applyStatus(st)
-}
-
 // applyStatus repaints the tray from a daemon snapshot. Icon refresh is skipped
 // when no icon-relevant input changed: the daemon emits rapid SubscribeStatus
 // bursts during health probes that would otherwise spam Shell_NotifyIcon.
--- a/client/ui/tray_update.go
+++ b/client/ui/tray_update.go
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ type trayUpdater struct {
 	// About submenu, which KDE/Plasma caches on first open and never re-fetches
 	// on a plain SetLabel/SetHidden — only a relayout (fresh submenu ids) repaints.
 	onMenuChange func()
+	// showMain brings the main window forward via the WindowManager (status
+	// replay + centering); nil falls back to a bare window.Show.
+	showMain func()

 	mu                 sync.Mutex
 	item               *application.MenuItem
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ type trayUpdater struct {
 	progressWindowOpen bool
 }

-func newTrayUpdater(app *application.App, window *application.WebviewWindow, update *services.Update, notifier *notifications.NotificationService, loc *Localizer, onIconChange func(), onMenuChange func()) *trayUpdater {
+func newTrayUpdater(app *application.App, window *application.WebviewWindow, update *services.Update, notifier *notifications.NotificationService, loc *Localizer, onIconChange, onMenuChange, showMain func()) *trayUpdater {
 	u := &trayUpdater{
 		app:          app,
 		window:       window,
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ func newTrayUpdater(app *application.App, window *application.WebviewWindow, upd
 		loc:          loc,
 		onIconChange: onIconChange,
 		onMenuChange: onMenuChange,
+		showMain:     showMain,
 	}
 	app.Event.On(updater.EventStateChanged, u.onStateEvent)
 	// Seed from cached state to cover an event that fired before wiring completed.
@@ -193,6 +197,10 @@ func (u *trayUpdater) openProgressWindow(version string) {
 		url += "?version=" + version
 	}
 	u.window.SetURL(url)
+	if u.showMain != nil {
+		u.showMain()
+		return
+	}
 	u.window.Show()
 	u.window.Focus()
 }
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/components_envelope_response.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/components_envelope_response.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func ToComponentSyncResponse(
 	// TODO (dmitri) consider using invariants?
 	//
 	enableSSH := computeSSHEnabledForPeer(components, peer)
-	peerConfig := toPeerConfig(peer, components.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, enableSSH)
+	peerConfig := toPeerConfig(peer, components.Network, dnsName, settings, httpConfig, deviceFlowConfig, enableSSH, components.ForceRoutingPeerDNSResolution)

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

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

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

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

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

--- a/management/server/store/sql_store.go
+++ b/management/server/store/sql_store.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"net/url"
@@ -2258,117 +2259,30 @@ func (s *SqlStore) getPostureChecks(ctx context.Context, accountID string) ([]*p
 	return checks, nil
 }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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