Merge pull request #786 from Dimasssss/patch-1

Update install.sh
2026-05-18 08:55:53 +03:00 · 2026-05-16 14:12:14 +03:00 · 2026-05-15 01:32:37 +03:00 · 2026-05-15 01:29:13 +03:00 · 2026-05-15 01:23:45 +03:00 · 2026-05-15 01:12:47 +03:00
94 changed files with 15462 additions and 6691 deletions
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ When facing a non-trivial modification, follow this sequence:
 4. **Implement**: Make the minimal, isolated change.
 5. **Verify**: Explain why the change preserves existing behavior and architectural integrity.

+When the repository contains a `PLAN.md` for the current task, maintain it as
+a working checkbox plan while implementing changes. Mark completed and partial
+items in `PLAN.md` as the code changes land, so the remaining work stays
+explicit and future passes do not waste time rediscovering status.
+
 ---

 ### 9. Context Awareness
@@ -222,10 +227,9 @@ Your response MUST consist of two sections:

 **Section 2: `## Changes`**

- For each modified or created file: the filename on a separate line in backticks, followed by the code block.
- For files **under 200 lines**: return the full file with all changes applied.
- For files **over 200 lines**: return only the changed functions/blocks with at least 3 lines of surrounding context above and below. If the user requests the full file, provide it.
- New files: full file content.
+- For each modified or created file: the filename on a separate line in backticks, followed by a concise description of what changed.
+- Do not include full file contents or long code blocks in `## Changes` unless the user explicitly asks for code text.
+- If code snippets are necessary, include only the minimal relevant excerpt.
 - End with a suggested git commit message in English.

 #### Reporting Out-of-Scope Issues
@@ -429,4 +433,3 @@ Every patch must be **atomic and production-safe**.
 * **No transitional states** — no placeholders, incomplete refactors, or temporary inconsistencies.

 **Invariant:** After any single patch, the repository remains fully functional and buildable.
-
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"

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-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "1.9.1"
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-checksum = "a07d1f37ff60921c83bdfc7407723bdefe89b44b98a9b772f225c8f9d67141a6"
+checksum = "6a3a1fd6f75306b68087b831f025c712524bcb19aad54e557b1129cfa0a2b207"
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@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"

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-checksum = "a054912289d18629dc78375ba2c3726a3afe3ff71b4edba9dedfca0e3446d1fc"
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+ "rand_core 0.10.1",
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- "rand_core 0.10.0",
+ "rand_core 0.10.1",
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+
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+ "rand 0.9.4",
 "ring",
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 "tinyvec",
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+ "rand 0.9.4",
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- "rand 0.9.2",
+ "rand 0.9.4",
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 [[package]]
 name = "wasip2"
-version = "1.0.2+wasi-0.2.9"
+version = "1.0.3+wasi-0.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9517f9239f02c069db75e65f174b3da828fe5f5b945c4dd26bd25d89c03ebcf5"
+checksum = "20064672db26d7cdc89c7798c48a0fdfac8213434a1186e5ef29fd560ae223d6"
 dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
+ "wit-bindgen 0.57.1",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -3367,14 +3379,14 @@ version = "0.4.0+wasi-0.3.0-rc-2026-01-06"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5428f8bf88ea5ddc08faddef2ac4a67e390b88186c703ce6dbd955e1c145aca5"
 dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
+ "wit-bindgen 0.51.0",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.117"
+version = "0.2.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0551fc1bb415591e3372d0bc4780db7e587d84e2a7e79da121051c5c4b89d0b0"
+checksum = "0bf938a0bacb0469e83c1e148908bd7d5a6010354cf4fb73279b7447422e3a89"
 dependencies = [
 "cfg-if",
 "once_cell",
@@ -3385,9 +3397,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
-version = "0.4.67"
+version = "0.4.68"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03623de6905b7206edd0a75f69f747f134b7f0a2323392d664448bf2d3c5d87e"
+checksum = "f371d383f2fb139252e0bfac3b81b265689bf45b6874af544ffa4c975ac1ebf8"
 dependencies = [
 "js-sys",
 "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -3395,9 +3407,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.117"
+version = "0.2.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7fbdf9a35adf44786aecd5ff89b4563a90325f9da0923236f6104e603c7e86be"
+checksum = "eeff24f84126c0ec2db7a449f0c2ec963c6a49efe0698c4242929da037ca28ed"
 dependencies = [
 "quote",
 "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -3405,9 +3417,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.117"
+version = "0.2.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dca9693ef2bab6d4e6707234500350d8dad079eb508dca05530c85dc3a529ff2"
+checksum = "9d08065faf983b2b80a79fd87d8254c409281cf7de75fc4b773019824196c904"
 dependencies = [
 "bumpalo",
 "proc-macro2",
@@ -3418,9 +3430,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.117"
+version = "0.2.118"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39129a682a6d2d841b6c429d0c51e5cb0ed1a03829d8b3d1e69a011e62cb3d3b"
+checksum = "5fd04d9e306f1907bd13c6361b5c6bfc7b3b3c095ed3f8a9246390f8dbdee129"
 dependencies = [
 "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -3453,7 +3465,7 @@ version = "0.244.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "47b807c72e1bac69382b3a6fb3dbe8ea4c0ed87ff5629b8685ae6b9a611028fe"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.11.0",
+ "bitflags 2.11.1",
 "hashbrown 0.15.5",
 "indexmap",
 "semver",
@@ -3461,9 +3473,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.94"
+version = "0.3.95"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd70027e39b12f0849461e08ffc50b9cd7688d942c1c8e3c7b22273236b4dd0a"
+checksum = "4f2dfbb17949fa2088e5d39408c48368947b86f7834484e87b73de55bc14d97d"
 dependencies = [
 "js-sys",
 "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -3481,18 +3493,18 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-root-certs"
-version = "1.0.6"
+version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "804f18a4ac2676ffb4e8b5b5fa9ae38af06df08162314f96a68d2a363e21a8ca"
+checksum = "f31141ce3fc3e300ae89b78c0dd67f9708061d1d2eda54b8209346fd6be9a92c"
 dependencies = [
 "rustls-pki-types",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "1.0.6"
+version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22cfaf3c063993ff62e73cb4311efde4db1efb31ab78a3e5c457939ad5cc0bed"
+checksum = "52f5ee44c96cf55f1b349600768e3ece3a8f26010c05265ab73f945bb1a2eb9d"
 dependencies = [
 "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
@@ -3841,6 +3853,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "wit-bindgen-rust-macro",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen"
+version = "0.57.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ebf944e87a7c253233ad6766e082e3cd714b5d03812acc24c318f549614536e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-core"
 version = "0.51.0"
@@ -3890,7 +3908,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9d66ea20e9553b30172b5e831994e35fbde2d165325bec84fc43dbf6f4eb9cb2"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
- "bitflags 2.11.0",
+ "bitflags 2.11.1",
 "indexmap",
 "log",
 "serde",
@@ -3922,9 +3940,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "writeable"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9edde0db4769d2dc68579893f2306b26c6ecfbe0ef499b013d731b7b9247e0b9"
+checksum = "1ffae5123b2d3fc086436f8834ae3ab053a283cfac8fe0a0b8eaae044768a4c4"

 [[package]]
 name = "x25519-dalek"
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "telemt"
-version = "3.4.2"
+version = "3.4.11"
 edition = "2024"

 [features]
--- a/30
+++ b/30
@@ -77,6 +77,34 @@ COPY config.toml /app/config.toml

 EXPOSE 443 9090 9091

+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=20s --retries=3 CMD ["/app/telemt", "healthcheck", "/app/config.toml", "--mode", "liveness"]
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/telemt"]
+CMD ["config.toml"]
+
+# ==========================
+# Production Netfilter Profile
+# ==========================
+FROM debian:12-slim AS prod-netfilter
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    apt-get update; \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        ca-certificates \
+        conntrack \
+        nftables \
+        iptables; \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY --from=minimal /telemt /app/telemt
+COPY config.toml /app/config.toml
+
+EXPOSE 443 9090 9091
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=20s --retries=3 CMD ["/app/telemt", "healthcheck", "/app/config.toml", "--mode", "liveness"]
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/telemt"]
 CMD ["config.toml"]

@@ -94,5 +122,7 @@ USER nonroot:nonroot

 EXPOSE 443 9090 9091

+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=20s --retries=3 CMD ["/app/telemt", "healthcheck", "/app/config.toml", "--mode", "liveness"]
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/telemt"]
 CMD ["config.toml"]
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Telemt - MTProxy on Rust + Tokio

-[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/telemt/telemt?color=neon)](https://github.com/telemt/telemt/releases/latest) [![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/telemt/telemt?style=social)](https://github.com/telemt/telemt/stargazers) [![Forks](https://img.shields.io/github/forks/telemt/telemt?style=social)](https://github.com/telemt/telemt/network/members) [![Telegram](https://img.shields.io/badge/Telegram-Chat-24a1de?logo=telegram&logoColor=24a1de)](https://t.me/telemtrs)
+[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/telemt/telemt?color=neon)](https://github.com/telemt/telemt/releases/latest) [![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/telemt/telemt?style=social)](https://github.com/telemt/telemt/stargazers) [![Forks](https://img.shields.io/github/forks/telemt/telemt?style=social)](https://github.com/telemt/telemt/network/members)

 [🇷🇺 README на русском](https://github.com/telemt/telemt/blob/main/README.ru.md)

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@

 <p align="center">
  <a href="https://t.me/telemtrs">
-    <img src="/docs/assets/telegram_button.svg" width="150"/>
+    <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/30b7e7b9-974a-4e3d-aab6-b58a85de4507" width="240"/>
  </a>
 </p>

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Monero (XMR) directly:
 8Bk4tZEYPQWSypeD2hrUXG2rKbAKF16GqEN942ZdAP5cFdSqW6h4DwkP5cJMAdszzuPeHeHZPTyjWWFwzeFdjuci3ktfMoB
 ```

-All donations go toward infrastructure, development, and research.
+All donations go toward infrastructure, development and research


 ![telemt_scheme](docs/assets/telemt.png)
--- a/docker-compose.host-netfilter.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.host-netfilter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+services:
+  telemt:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: prod-netfilter
+    network_mode: host
+    ports: []
+    cap_add:
+      - NET_BIND_SERVICE
+      - NET_ADMIN
--- a/docker-compose.netfilter.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.netfilter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+services:
+  telemt:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: prod-netfilter
+    cap_add:
+      - NET_BIND_SERVICE
+      - NET_ADMIN
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 services:
  telemt:
    image: ghcr.io/telemt/telemt:latest
-    build: .
+    build:
+      context: .
+      target: prod
    container_name: telemt
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
@@ -16,13 +18,18 @@ services:
      - /etc/telemt:rw,mode=1777,size=4m
    environment:
      - RUST_LOG=info
+    healthcheck:
+      test: [ "CMD", "/app/telemt", "healthcheck", "/etc/telemt/config.toml", "--mode", "liveness" ]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 20s
    # Uncomment this line if you want to use host network for IPv6, but bridge is default and usually better
    # network_mode: host
    cap_drop:
      - ALL
    cap_add:
      - NET_BIND_SERVICE
-      - NET_ADMIN
    read_only: true
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
--- a/docs/Architecture/API/API.md
+++ b/docs/Architecture/API/API.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ API runtime is configured in `[server.api]`.
 | `listen` | `string` (`IP:PORT`) | `0.0.0.0:9091` | API bind address. |
 | `whitelist` | `CIDR[]` | `127.0.0.0/8` | Source IP allowlist. Empty list means allow all. |
 | `auth_header` | `string` | `""` | Exact value for `Authorization` header. Empty disables header auth. |
-| `request_body_limit_bytes` | `usize` | `65536` | Maximum request body size. Must be `> 0`. |
+| `request_body_limit_bytes` | `usize` | `65536` | Maximum request body size. Must be within `[1, 1048576]`. |
 | `minimal_runtime_enabled` | `bool` | `true` | Enables runtime snapshot endpoints requiring ME pool read-lock aggregation. |
 | `minimal_runtime_cache_ttl_ms` | `u64` | `1000` | Cache TTL for minimal snapshots. `0` disables cache; valid range is `[0, 60000]`. |
 | `runtime_edge_enabled` | `bool` | `false` | Enables runtime edge endpoints with cached aggregation payloads. |
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ API runtime is configured in `[server.api]`.

 Runtime validation for API config:
 - `server.api.listen` must be a valid `IP:PORT`.
- `server.api.request_body_limit_bytes` must be `> 0`.
+- `server.api.request_body_limit_bytes` must be within `[1, 1048576]`.
 - `server.api.minimal_runtime_cache_ttl_ms` must be within `[0, 60000]`.
 - `server.api.runtime_edge_cache_ttl_ms` must be within `[0, 60000]`.
 - `server.api.runtime_edge_top_n` must be within `[1, 1000]`.
@@ -76,13 +76,14 @@ Requests are processed in this order:

 Notes:
 - Whitelist is evaluated against the direct TCP peer IP (`SocketAddr::ip`), without `X-Forwarded-For` support.
- `Authorization` check is exact string equality against configured `auth_header`.
+- `Authorization` check is exact constant-time byte equality against configured `auth_header`.

 ## Endpoint Matrix

 | Method | Path | Body | Success | `data` contract |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `GET` | `/v1/health` | none | `200` | `HealthData` |
+| `GET` | `/v1/health/ready` | none | `200` or `503` | `HealthReadyData` |
 | `GET` | `/v1/system/info` | none | `200` | `SystemInfoData` |
 | `GET` | `/v1/runtime/gates` | none | `200` | `RuntimeGatesData` |
 | `GET` | `/v1/runtime/initialization` | none | `200` | `RuntimeInitializationData` |
@@ -102,13 +103,50 @@ Notes:
 | `GET` | `/v1/runtime/me-selftest` | none | `200` | `RuntimeMeSelftestData` |
 | `GET` | `/v1/runtime/connections/summary` | none | `200` | `RuntimeEdgeConnectionsSummaryData` |
 | `GET` | `/v1/runtime/events/recent` | none | `200` | `RuntimeEdgeEventsData` |
+| `GET` | `/v1/stats/users/active-ips` | none | `200` | `UserActiveIps[]` |
 | `GET` | `/v1/stats/users` | none | `200` | `UserInfo[]` |
 | `GET` | `/v1/users` | none | `200` | `UserInfo[]` |
-| `POST` | `/v1/users` | `CreateUserRequest` | `201` | `CreateUserResponse` |
+| `POST` | `/v1/users` | `CreateUserRequest` | `201` or `202` | `CreateUserResponse` |
 | `GET` | `/v1/users/{username}` | none | `200` | `UserInfo` |
-| `PATCH` | `/v1/users/{username}` | `PatchUserRequest` | `200` | `UserInfo` |
-| `DELETE` | `/v1/users/{username}` | none | `200` | `string` (deleted username) |
-| `POST` | `/v1/users/{username}/rotate-secret` | `RotateSecretRequest` or empty body | `404` | `ErrorResponse` (`not_found`, current runtime behavior) |
+| `PATCH` | `/v1/users/{username}` | `PatchUserRequest` | `200` or `202` | `UserInfo` |
+| `DELETE` | `/v1/users/{username}` | none | `200` or `202` | `DeleteUserResponse` |
+| `POST` | `/v1/users/{username}/rotate-secret` | `RotateSecretRequest` or empty body | `200` or `202` | `CreateUserResponse` |
+| `POST` | `/v1/users/{username}/reset-quota` | empty body | `200` | `ResetUserQuotaResponse` |
+
+## Endpoint Behavior
+
+| Endpoint | Function |
+| --- | --- |
+| `GET /v1/health` | Returns basic API liveness and current `read_only` flag. |
+| `GET /v1/health/ready` | Returns readiness based on admission state and upstream health; returns `503` when not ready. |
+| `GET /v1/system/info` | Returns binary/build metadata, process uptime, config path/hash, and reload counters. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/gates` | Returns admission, ME readiness, fallback/reroute, and startup gate state. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/initialization` | Returns startup progress, ME initialization status, and per-component timeline. |
+| `GET /v1/limits/effective` | Returns effective timeout, upstream, ME, unique-IP, and TCP policy values after config defaults/resolution. |
+| `GET /v1/security/posture` | Returns current API/security/telemetry posture flags. |
+| `GET /v1/security/whitelist` | Returns configured API whitelist CIDRs. |
+| `GET /v1/stats/summary` | Returns compact core counters and classed failure counters. |
+| `GET /v1/stats/zero/all` | Returns zero-cost core, upstream, ME, pool, and desync counters. |
+| `GET /v1/stats/upstreams` | Returns upstream zero counters and, when enabled/available, runtime upstream health rows. |
+| `GET /v1/stats/minimal/all` | Returns cached minimal ME writer/DC/runtime/network-path snapshot. |
+| `GET /v1/stats/me-writers` | Returns cached ME writer coverage and per-writer status rows. |
+| `GET /v1/stats/dcs` | Returns cached per-DC endpoint/writer/load status rows. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/me_pool_state` | Returns active/warm/pending/draining generation state, writer contour/health, and refill state. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/me_quality` | Returns ME lifecycle counters, route-drop counters, family states, drain gate, and per-DC RTT/coverage. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/upstream_quality` | Returns upstream policy/counters plus runtime upstream health rows when available. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/nat_stun` | Returns NAT/STUN runtime flags, configured/live STUN servers, reflection cache, and backoff. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/me-selftest` | Returns ME self-test state for KDF, time skew, IP family, PID, and SOCKS BND observations. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/connections/summary` | Returns runtime-edge connection totals and top-N users by connections/throughput. |
+| `GET /v1/runtime/events/recent` | Returns recent API/runtime event records with optional `limit` query. |
+| `GET /v1/stats/users/active-ips` | Returns users that currently have non-empty active source-IP lists. |
+| `GET /v1/stats/users` | Alias of `GET /v1/users`; returns disk-first user views with runtime lag flag. |
+| `GET /v1/users` | Returns disk-first user views sorted by username. |
+| `POST /v1/users` | Creates a user and returns the effective user view plus secret. |
+| `GET /v1/users/{username}` | Returns one disk-first user view or `404` when absent. |
+| `PATCH /v1/users/{username}` | Updates selected per-user fields with JSON Merge Patch semantics. |
+| `DELETE /v1/users/{username}` | Deletes one user and related per-user access-map entries. |
+| `POST /v1/users/{username}/rotate-secret` | Rotates one user's secret and returns the effective secret. |
+| `POST /v1/users/{username}/reset-quota` | Resets one user's runtime quota counter and persists quota state. |

 ## Common Error Codes

@@ -118,7 +156,7 @@ Notes:
 | `401` | `unauthorized` | Missing/invalid `Authorization` when `auth_header` is configured. |
 | `403` | `forbidden` | Source IP is not allowed by whitelist. |
 | `403` | `read_only` | Mutating endpoint called while `read_only=true`. |
-| `404` | `not_found` | Unknown route, unknown user, or unsupported sub-route (including current `rotate-secret` route). |
+| `404` | `not_found` | Unknown route, unknown user, or unsupported sub-route. |
 | `405` | `method_not_allowed` | Unsupported method for `/v1/users/{username}` route shape. |
 | `409` | `revision_conflict` | `If-Match` revision mismatch. |
 | `409` | `user_exists` | User already exists on create. |
@@ -132,11 +170,12 @@ Notes:
 | Case | Behavior |
 | --- | --- |
 | Path matching | Exact match on `req.uri().path()`. Query string does not affect route matching. |
-| Trailing slash | Not normalized. Example: `/v1/users/` is `404`. |
+| Trailing slash | Trimmed for route matching when path length is greater than 1. Example: `/v1/users/` matches `/v1/users`. |
 | Username route with extra slash | `/v1/users/{username}/...` is not treated as user route and returns `404`. |
 | `PUT /v1/users/{username}` | `405 method_not_allowed`. |
 | `POST /v1/users/{username}` | `404 not_found`. |
-| `POST /v1/users/{username}/rotate-secret` | `404 not_found` in current release due route matcher limitation. |
+| `POST /v1/users/{username}/rotate-secret/` | Trailing slash is trimmed and the route matches `rotate-secret`. |
+| `POST /v1/users/{username}/reset-quota/` | Trailing slash is trimmed and the route matches `reset-quota`. |

 ## Body and JSON Semantics

@@ -146,7 +185,7 @@ Notes:
 - Invalid JSON returns `400 bad_request` (`Invalid JSON body`).
 - `Content-Type` is not required for JSON parsing.
 - Unknown JSON fields are ignored by deserialization.
- `PATCH` updates only provided fields and does not support explicit clearing of optional fields.
+- `PATCH` uses JSON Merge Patch semantics for optional per-user fields: omitted means unchanged, explicit `null` removes the config entry, and a non-null value sets it.
 - `If-Match` supports both quoted and unquoted values; surrounding whitespace is trimmed.

 ## Query Parameters
@@ -172,18 +211,33 @@ Notes:
 | Field | Type | Required | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `secret` | `string` | no | Exactly 32 hex chars. |
-| `user_ad_tag` | `string` | no | Exactly 32 hex chars. |
-| `max_tcp_conns` | `usize` | no | Per-user concurrent TCP limit. |
-| `expiration_rfc3339` | `string` | no | RFC3339 expiration timestamp. |
-| `data_quota_bytes` | `u64` | no | Per-user traffic quota. |
-| `max_unique_ips` | `usize` | no | Per-user unique source IP limit. |
+| `user_ad_tag` | `string|null` | no | Exactly 32 hex chars; `null` removes the per-user ad tag. |
+| `max_tcp_conns` | `usize|null` | no | Per-user concurrent TCP limit; `null` removes the per-user override. |
+| `expiration_rfc3339` | `string|null` | no | RFC3339 expiration timestamp; `null` removes the expiration. |
+| `data_quota_bytes` | `u64|null` | no | Per-user traffic quota; `null` removes the per-user quota. |
+| `max_unique_ips` | `usize|null` | no | Per-user unique source IP limit; `null` removes the per-user override. |
+
+### `access.user_source_deny` via API
+- In current API surface, per-user deny-list is **not** exposed as a dedicated field in `CreateUserRequest` / `PatchUserRequest`.
+- Configure it in `config.toml` under `[access.user_source_deny]` and apply via normal config reload path.
+- Runtime behavior after apply:
+  - auth succeeds for username/secret
+  - source IP is checked against `access.user_source_deny[username]`
+  - on match, handshake is rejected with the same fail-closed outcome as invalid auth
+
+Example config:
+```toml
+[access.user_source_deny]
+alice = ["203.0.113.0/24", "2001:db8:abcd::/48"]
+bob = ["198.51.100.42/32"]
+```

 ### `RotateSecretRequest`
 | Field | Type | Required | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `secret` | `string` | no | Exactly 32 hex chars. If missing, generated automatically. |

-Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently returns `404` (see routing edge cases).
+An empty request body is accepted and generates a new secret automatically.

 ## Response Data Contracts

@@ -193,15 +247,33 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `status` | `string` | Always `"ok"`. |
 | `read_only` | `bool` | Mirrors current API `read_only` mode. |

+### `HealthReadyData`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `ready` | `bool` | `true` when admission is open and at least one upstream is healthy. |
+| `status` | `string` | `"ready"` or `"not_ready"`. |
+| `reason` | `string?` | `admission_closed` or `no_healthy_upstreams` when not ready. |
+| `admission_open` | `bool` | Current admission-gate state. |
+| `healthy_upstreams` | `usize` | Number of healthy upstream entries. |
+| `total_upstreams` | `usize` | Number of configured upstream entries. |
+
 ### `SummaryData`
 | Field | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `uptime_seconds` | `f64` | Process uptime in seconds. |
 | `connections_total` | `u64` | Total accepted client connections. |
 | `connections_bad_total` | `u64` | Failed/invalid client connections. |
+| `connections_bad_by_class` | `ClassCount[]` | Failed/invalid connections grouped by class. |
+| `handshake_failures_by_class` | `ClassCount[]` | Handshake failures grouped by class. |
 | `handshake_timeouts_total` | `u64` | Handshake timeout count. |
 | `configured_users` | `usize` | Number of configured users in config. |

+#### `ClassCount`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `class` | `string` | Failure class label. |
+| `total` | `u64` | Counter value for this class. |
+
 ### `SystemInfoData`
 | Field | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -226,7 +298,12 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `conditional_cast_enabled` | `bool` | Whether conditional ME admission logic is enabled (`general.use_middle_proxy`). |
 | `me_runtime_ready` | `bool` | Current ME runtime readiness status used for conditional gate decisions. |
 | `me2dc_fallback_enabled` | `bool` | Whether ME -> direct fallback is enabled. |
+| `me2dc_fast_enabled` | `bool` | Whether fast ME -> direct fallback is enabled. |
 | `use_middle_proxy` | `bool` | Current transport mode preference. |
+| `route_mode` | `string` | Current route mode label from route runtime controller. |
+| `reroute_active` | `bool` | `true` when ME fallback currently routes new sessions to Direct-DC. |
+| `reroute_to_direct_at_epoch_secs` | `u64?` | Unix timestamp when current direct reroute began. |
+| `reroute_reason` | `string?` | `fast_not_ready_fallback` or `strict_grace_fallback` while reroute is active. |
 | `startup_status` | `string` | Startup status (`pending`, `initializing`, `ready`, `failed`, `skipped`). |
 | `startup_stage` | `string` | Current startup stage identifier. |
 | `startup_progress_pct` | `f64` | Startup progress percentage (`0..100`). |
@@ -277,11 +354,13 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `upstream` | `EffectiveUpstreamLimits` | Effective upstream connect/retry limits. |
 | `middle_proxy` | `EffectiveMiddleProxyLimits` | Effective ME pool/floor/reconnect limits. |
 | `user_ip_policy` | `EffectiveUserIpPolicyLimits` | Effective unique-IP policy mode/window. |
+| `user_tcp_policy` | `EffectiveUserTcpPolicyLimits` | Effective per-user TCP connection policy. |

 #### `EffectiveTimeoutLimits`
 | Field | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `client_handshake_secs` | `u64` | Client handshake timeout. |
+| `client_first_byte_idle_secs` | `u64` | First-byte idle timeout before protocol classification. |
 | `tg_connect_secs` | `u64` | Upstream Telegram connect timeout. |
 | `client_keepalive_secs` | `u64` | Client keepalive interval. |
 | `client_ack_secs` | `u64` | ACK timeout. |
@@ -320,13 +399,20 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `writer_pick_mode` | `string` | Writer picker mode (`sorted_rr`, `p2c`). |
 | `writer_pick_sample_size` | `u8` | Candidate sample size for `p2c` picker mode. |
 | `me2dc_fallback` | `bool` | Effective ME -> direct fallback flag. |
+| `me2dc_fast` | `bool` | Effective fast fallback flag. |

 #### `EffectiveUserIpPolicyLimits`
 | Field | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
+| `global_each` | `usize` | Global per-user unique-IP limit applied when no per-user override exists. |
 | `mode` | `string` | Unique-IP policy mode (`active_window`, `time_window`, `combined`). |
 | `window_secs` | `u64` | Time window length used by unique-IP policy. |

+#### `EffectiveUserTcpPolicyLimits`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `global_each` | `usize` | Global per-user concurrent TCP limit applied when no per-user override exists. |
+
 ### `SecurityPostureData`
 | Field | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -430,6 +516,8 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `counters` | `RuntimeMeQualityCountersData` | Key ME lifecycle/error counters. |
 | `route_drops` | `RuntimeMeQualityRouteDropData` | Route drop counters by reason. |
+| `family_states` | `RuntimeMeQualityFamilyStateData[]` | Per-family ME route/recovery state rows. |
+| `drain_gate` | `RuntimeMeQualityDrainGateData` | Current ME drain-gate decision state. |
 | `dc_rtt` | `RuntimeMeQualityDcRttData[]` | Per-DC RTT and writer coverage rows. |

 #### `RuntimeMeQualityCountersData`
@@ -451,6 +539,24 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `queue_full_base_total` | `u64` | Route drops in base-queue path. |
 | `queue_full_high_total` | `u64` | Route drops in high-priority queue path. |

+#### `RuntimeMeQualityFamilyStateData`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `family` | `string` | Address family label. |
+| `state` | `string` | Current family state label. |
+| `state_since_epoch_secs` | `u64` | Unix timestamp when current state began. |
+| `suppressed_until_epoch_secs` | `u64?` | Unix timestamp until suppression remains active. |
+| `fail_streak` | `u32` | Consecutive failure count. |
+| `recover_success_streak` | `u32` | Consecutive recovery success count. |
+
+#### `RuntimeMeQualityDrainGateData`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `route_quorum_ok` | `bool` | Whether route quorum condition allows drain. |
+| `redundancy_ok` | `bool` | Whether redundancy condition allows drain. |
+| `block_reason` | `string` | Current drain block reason label. |
+| `updated_at_epoch_secs` | `u64` | Unix timestamp of the latest gate update. |
+
 #### `RuntimeMeQualityDcRttData`
 | Field | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -713,11 +819,24 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `uptime_seconds` | `f64` | Process uptime. |
 | `connections_total` | `u64` | Total accepted connections. |
 | `connections_bad_total` | `u64` | Failed/invalid connections. |
+| `connections_bad_by_class` | `ClassCount[]` | Failed/invalid connections grouped by class. |
+| `handshake_failures_by_class` | `ClassCount[]` | Handshake failures grouped by class. |
 | `handshake_timeouts_total` | `u64` | Handshake timeouts. |
+| `accept_permit_timeout_total` | `u64` | Listener admission permit acquisition timeouts. |
 | `configured_users` | `usize` | Configured user count. |
 | `telemetry_core_enabled` | `bool` | Core telemetry toggle. |
 | `telemetry_user_enabled` | `bool` | User telemetry toggle. |
 | `telemetry_me_level` | `string` | ME telemetry level (`off|normal|verbose`). |
+| `conntrack_control_enabled` | `bool` | Whether conntrack control is enabled by policy. |
+| `conntrack_control_available` | `bool` | Whether conntrack control backend is currently available. |
+| `conntrack_pressure_active` | `bool` | Current conntrack pressure flag. |
+| `conntrack_event_queue_depth` | `u64` | Current conntrack close-event queue depth. |
+| `conntrack_rule_apply_ok` | `bool` | Last conntrack rule application state. |
+| `conntrack_delete_attempt_total` | `u64` | Conntrack delete attempts. |
+| `conntrack_delete_success_total` | `u64` | Successful conntrack deletes. |
+| `conntrack_delete_not_found_total` | `u64` | Conntrack delete misses. |
+| `conntrack_delete_error_total` | `u64` | Conntrack delete errors. |
+| `conntrack_close_event_drop_total` | `u64` | Dropped conntrack close events. |

 #### `ZeroUpstreamData`
 | Field | Type | Description |
@@ -804,6 +923,24 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `route_drop_queue_full_total` | `u64` | Route drops due to full queue (total). |
 | `route_drop_queue_full_base_total` | `u64` | Route drops in base queue mode. |
 | `route_drop_queue_full_high_total` | `u64` | Route drops in high queue mode. |
+| `d2c_batches_total` | `u64` | ME D->C batch flushes. |
+| `d2c_batch_frames_total` | `u64` | ME D->C frames included in batches. |
+| `d2c_batch_bytes_total` | `u64` | ME D->C payload bytes included in batches. |
+| `d2c_flush_reason_queue_drain_total` | `u64` | Flushes caused by queue drain. |
+| `d2c_flush_reason_batch_frames_total` | `u64` | Flushes caused by frame-count batch limit. |
+| `d2c_flush_reason_batch_bytes_total` | `u64` | Flushes caused by byte-count batch limit. |
+| `d2c_flush_reason_max_delay_total` | `u64` | Flushes caused by max-delay budget. |
+| `d2c_flush_reason_ack_immediate_total` | `u64` | Flushes caused by immediate ACK policy. |
+| `d2c_flush_reason_close_total` | `u64` | Flushes caused by close path. |
+| `d2c_data_frames_total` | `u64` | ME D->C data frames. |
+| `d2c_ack_frames_total` | `u64` | ME D->C ACK frames. |
+| `d2c_payload_bytes_total` | `u64` | ME D->C payload bytes. |
+| `d2c_write_mode_coalesced_total` | `u64` | Coalesced D->C writes. |
+| `d2c_write_mode_split_total` | `u64` | Split D->C writes. |
+| `d2c_quota_reject_pre_write_total` | `u64` | D->C quota rejects before write. |
+| `d2c_quota_reject_post_write_total` | `u64` | D->C quota rejects after write. |
+| `d2c_frame_buf_shrink_total` | `u64` | D->C frame-buffer shrink operations. |
+| `d2c_frame_buf_shrink_bytes_total` | `u64` | Bytes released by D->C frame-buffer shrink operations. |
 | `socks_kdf_strict_reject_total` | `u64` | SOCKS KDF strict rejects. |
 | `socks_kdf_compat_fallback_total` | `u64` | SOCKS KDF compat fallbacks. |
 | `endpoint_quarantine_total` | `u64` | Endpoint quarantine activations. |
@@ -963,6 +1100,8 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `required_writers` | `usize` | Required writers based on current floor policy. |
 | `alive_writers` | `usize` | Writers currently alive. |
 | `coverage_pct` | `f64` | `alive_writers / required_writers * 100`. |
+| `fresh_alive_writers` | `usize` | Alive writers that match freshness requirements. |
+| `fresh_coverage_pct` | `f64` | `fresh_alive_writers / required_writers * 100`. |

 #### `MeWriterStatus`
 | Field | Type | Description |
@@ -977,6 +1116,12 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `bound_clients` | `usize` | Number of currently bound clients. |
 | `idle_for_secs` | `u64?` | Idle age in seconds if idle. |
 | `rtt_ema_ms` | `f64?` | RTT exponential moving average. |
+| `matches_active_generation` | `bool` | Whether this writer belongs to the active pool generation. |
+| `in_desired_map` | `bool` | Whether this writer's endpoint remains in desired topology. |
+| `allow_drain_fallback` | `bool` | Whether drain fallback is allowed for this writer. |
+| `drain_started_at_epoch_secs` | `u64?` | Unix timestamp when drain started. |
+| `drain_deadline_epoch_secs` | `u64?` | Unix timestamp of drain deadline. |
+| `drain_over_ttl` | `bool` | Whether drain has exceeded its TTL. |

 ### `DcStatusData`
 | Field | Type | Description |
@@ -1001,6 +1146,8 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `floor_capped` | `bool` | `true` when computed floor target was capped by active limits. |
 | `alive_writers` | `usize` | Alive writers in this DC. |
 | `coverage_pct` | `f64` | `alive_writers / required_writers * 100`. |
+| `fresh_alive_writers` | `usize` | Fresh alive writers in this DC. |
+| `fresh_coverage_pct` | `f64` | `fresh_alive_writers / required_writers * 100`. |
 | `rtt_ms` | `f64?` | Aggregated RTT for DC. |
 | `load` | `usize` | Active client sessions bound to this DC. |

@@ -1014,6 +1161,7 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | Field | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `username` | `string` | Username. |
+| `in_runtime` | `bool` | Whether current runtime config already contains this user. |
 | `user_ad_tag` | `string?` | Optional ad tag (32 hex chars). |
 | `max_tcp_conns` | `usize?` | Optional max concurrent TCP limit. |
 | `expiration_rfc3339` | `string?` | Optional expiration timestamp. |
@@ -1027,12 +1175,25 @@ Note: the request contract is defined, but the corresponding route currently ret
 | `total_octets` | `u64` | Total traffic octets for this user. |
 | `links` | `UserLinks` | Active connection links derived from current config. |

+### `UserActiveIps`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `username` | `string` | Username with at least one active tracked source IP. |
+| `active_ips` | `ip[]` | Active source IPs for this user. |
+
 #### `UserLinks`
 | Field | Type | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `classic` | `string[]` | Active `tg://proxy` links for classic mode. |
 | `secure` | `string[]` | Active `tg://proxy` links for secure/DD mode. |
 | `tls` | `string[]` | Active `tg://proxy` links for EE-TLS mode (for each host+TLS domain). |
+| `tls_domains` | `TlsDomainLink[]` | Extra TLS-domain links as explicit domain/link pairs for `censorship.tls_domains`. |
+
+#### `TlsDomainLink`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `domain` | `string` | TLS domain represented by the link. |
+| `link` | `string` | `tg://proxy` link for this domain. |

 Link generation uses active config and enabled modes:
 - Link port is `general.links.public_port` when configured; otherwise `server.port`.
@@ -1052,13 +1213,27 @@ Link generation uses active config and enabled modes:
 | `user` | `UserInfo` | Created or updated user view. |
 | `secret` | `string` | Effective user secret. |

+### `DeleteUserResponse`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `username` | `string` | Deleted username. |
+| `in_runtime` | `bool` | `true` when runtime config still contains the user and hot-reload has not applied deletion yet. |
+
+### `ResetUserQuotaResponse`
+| Field | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `username` | `string` | User whose runtime quota counter was reset. |
+| `used_bytes` | `u64` | Current used bytes after reset; always `0` on success. |
+| `last_reset_epoch_secs` | `u64` | Unix timestamp of the reset operation. |
+
 ## Mutation Semantics

 | Endpoint | Notes |
 | --- | --- |
 | `POST /v1/users` | Creates user, validates config, then atomically updates only affected `access.*` TOML tables (`access.users` always, plus optional per-user tables present in request). |
-| `PATCH /v1/users/{username}` | Partial update of provided fields only. Missing fields remain unchanged. Current implementation persists full config document on success. |
-| `POST /v1/users/{username}/rotate-secret` | Currently returns `404` in runtime route matcher; request schema is reserved for intended behavior. |
+| `PATCH /v1/users/{username}` | Partial update of provided fields only. Missing fields remain unchanged; explicit `null` removes optional per-user entries. The write path updates only affected `access.*` TOML tables. |
+| `POST /v1/users/{username}/rotate-secret` | Replaces the user's secret with a provided valid 32-hex value or a generated value, then returns the effective secret in `CreateUserResponse`. |
+| `POST /v1/users/{username}/reset-quota` | Resets the runtime quota counter for the route username, persists quota state to `general.quota_state_path`, and does not modify user config. |
 | `DELETE /v1/users/{username}` | Deletes only specified user, removes this user from related optional `access.user_*` maps, blocks last-user deletion, and atomically updates only related `access.*` TOML tables. |

 All mutating endpoints:
@@ -1133,5 +1308,4 @@ When `general.use_middle_proxy=true` and `general.me2dc_fallback=true`:

 ## Known Limitations (Current Release)

- `POST /v1/users/{username}/rotate-secret` is currently unreachable in route matcher and returns `404`.
 - API runtime controls under `server.api` are documented as restart-required; hot-reload behavior for these fields is not strictly uniform in all change combinations.
--- a/docs/Architecture/Fronting-splitting/TLS_FRONT_PROFILE_FIDELITY.en.md
+++ b/docs/Architecture/Fronting-splitting/TLS_FRONT_PROFILE_FIDELITY.en.md
@@ -128,7 +128,48 @@ Recommended for cleaner testing:

 Persisted cache artifacts are useful, but they are not required if packet captures already demonstrate the runtime result.

-### 4. Capture a direct-origin trace
+### 4. Check TLS-front profile health metrics
+
+If the metrics endpoint is enabled, check the TLS-front profile health before packet-capture validation:
+
+```bash
+curl -s http://127.0.0.1:9999/metrics | grep -E 'telemt_tls_front_profile|telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache|telemt_tls_front_full_cert'
+```
+
+The profile-health metrics expose the runtime state of configured TLS front domains:
+
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_domains` shows configured, emitted, and suppressed domain series.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_info` shows profile source and feature flags per domain.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_age_seconds` shows cached profile age.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records` shows cached AppData record count.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records` shows cached ticket-like tail record count.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records` shows cached ChangeCipherSpec count.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes` shows total cached AppData bytes.
+
+Interpretation:
+
+- `source="merged"` or `source="raw"` means real TLS profile data is being used.
+- `source="default"` or `is_default="true"` means the domain currently uses the synthetic default fallback.
+- `has_cert_payload="true"` means certificate payload data is available for TLS emulation.
+- Non-zero AppData/ticket/CCS counters show captured server-flight shape.
+
+Example healthy output:
+
+```text
+telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status="configured"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status="emitted"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status="suppressed"} 0
+telemt_tls_front_profile_info{domain="itunes.apple.com",source="merged",is_default="false",has_cert_info="true",has_cert_payload="true"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_age_seconds{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 20
+telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 3
+telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 5240
+```
+
+These metrics do not prove byte-level origin equivalence. They are an operational health signal that the configured domain is backed by real cached profile data instead of default fallback data.
+
+### 5. Capture a direct-origin trace

 From a separate client host, connect directly to the origin:

@@ -142,7 +183,7 @@ Capture with:
 sudo tcpdump -i any -w origin-direct.pcap host ORIGIN_IP and port 443
 ```

-### 5. Capture a Telemt FakeTLS success-path trace
+### 6. Capture a Telemt FakeTLS success-path trace

 Now connect to Telemt with a real Telegram client through an `ee` proxy link that targets the Telemt instance.

@@ -154,7 +195,7 @@ Capture with:
 sudo tcpdump -i any -w telemt-emulated.pcap host TELEMT_IP and port 443
 ```

-### 6. Decode TLS record structure
+### 7. Decode TLS record structure

 Use `tshark` to print record-level structure:

@@ -182,7 +223,7 @@ Focus on the server flight after ClientHello:
 - `20` = ChangeCipherSpec
 - `23` = ApplicationData

-### 7. Build a comparison table
+### 8. Build a comparison table

 A compact table like the following is usually enough:

--- a/docs/Architecture/Fronting-splitting/TLS_FRONT_PROFILE_FIDELITY.ru.md
+++ b/docs/Architecture/Fronting-splitting/TLS_FRONT_PROFILE_FIDELITY.ru.md
@@ -126,9 +126,50 @@ openssl s_client -connect ORIGIN_IP:443 -servername YOUR_DOMAIN </dev/null
 2. Дайте ему получить TLS front profile data для выбранного домена.
 3. Если `tls_front_dir` хранится persistently, убедитесь, что TLS front cache заполнен.

-Persisted cache artifacts полезны, но не обязательны, если packet capture уже показывают runtime result.
+Сохранённые артефакты кэша полезны, но не обязательны, если packet capture уже показывает результат в runtime.

-### 4. Снять direct-origin trace
+### 4. Проверить метрики состояния TLS-front profile
+
+Если endpoint метрик включён, перед проверкой через packet capture можно быстро проверить состояние TLS-front profile:
+
+```bash
+curl -s http://127.0.0.1:9999/metrics | grep -E 'telemt_tls_front_profile|telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache|telemt_tls_front_full_cert'
+```
+
+Метрики состояния профиля показывают runtime-состояние настроенных TLS-front доменов:
+
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_domains` показывает количество настроенных, экспортируемых и скрытых из-за лимита доменов.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_info` показывает источник профиля и флаги доступных данных по каждому домену.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_age_seconds` показывает возраст закешированного профиля.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records` показывает количество закешированных AppData records.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records` показывает количество закешированных ticket-like tail records.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records` показывает закешированное количество ChangeCipherSpec records.
+- `telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes` показывает общий размер закешированных AppData bytes.
+
+Интерпретация:
+
+- `source="merged"` или `source="raw"` означает, что используются реальные данные TLS-профиля.
+- `source="default"` или `is_default="true"` означает, что домен сейчас работает на synthetic default fallback.
+- `has_cert_payload="true"` означает, что certificate payload доступен для TLS emulation.
+- Ненулевые AppData/ticket/CCS counters показывают захваченную форму server flight.
+
+Пример здорового состояния:
+
+```text
+telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status="configured"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status="emitted"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status="suppressed"} 0
+telemt_tls_front_profile_info{domain="itunes.apple.com",source="merged",is_default="false",has_cert_info="true",has_cert_payload="true"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_age_seconds{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 20
+telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 3
+telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 1
+telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes{domain="itunes.apple.com"} 5240
+```
+
+Эти метрики не доказывают побайтную эквивалентность с origin. Это эксплуатационный сигнал состояния: настроенный домен действительно основан на реальных закешированных данных профиля, а не на default fallback.
+
+### 5. Снять direct-origin trace

 С отдельной клиентской машины подключитесь напрямую к origin:

@@ -142,7 +183,7 @@ Capture:
 sudo tcpdump -i any -w origin-direct.pcap host ORIGIN_IP and port 443
 ```

-### 5. Снять Telemt FakeTLS success-path trace
+### 6. Снять Telemt FakeTLS success-path trace

 Теперь подключитесь к Telemt через реальный Telegram client с `ee` proxy link, который указывает на Telemt instance.

@@ -154,7 +195,7 @@ Capture:
 sudo tcpdump -i any -w telemt-emulated.pcap host TELEMT_IP and port 443
 ```

-### 6. Декодировать структуру TLS records
+### 7. Декодировать структуру TLS records

 Используйте `tshark`, чтобы вывести record-level structure:

@@ -182,7 +223,7 @@ tshark -r telemt-emulated.pcap -Y "tls.record" -T fields \
 - `20` = ChangeCipherSpec
 - `23` = ApplicationData

-### 7. Собрать сравнительную таблицу
+### 8. Собрать сравнительную таблицу

 Обычно достаточно короткой таблицы такого вида:

--- a/docs/Config_params/CONFIG_PARAMS.en.md
+++ b/docs/Config_params/CONFIG_PARAMS.en.md
--- a/docs/Config_params/CONFIG_PARAMS.ru.md
+++ b/docs/Config_params/CONFIG_PARAMS.ru.md
--- a/docs/FAQ.en.md
+++ b/docs/FAQ.en.md
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ If you need to allow connections with any domains (ignoring SNI mismatches), add
 unknown_sni_action = "mask"
 ```

+Alternatively, if you want telemt to behave like a vanilla nginx with `ssl_reject_handshake on;` on unknown SNI (emit a TLS `unrecognized_name` alert and close the connection), use:
+```toml
+[censorship]
+unknown_sni_action = "reject_handshake"
+```
+This does not recover stale clients, but it makes port 443 wire-indistinguishable from a stock web server that simply does not host the requested vhost.
+
 ### How to view metrics

 1. Open the configuration file: `nano /etc/telemt/telemt.toml`.
--- a/docs/FAQ.ru.md
+++ b/docs/FAQ.ru.md
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ curl -s http://127.0.0.1:9091/v1/users | jq
 unknown_sni_action = "mask"
 ```

+Альтернатива: если вы хотите, чтобы telemt на неизвестный SNI вёл себя как обычный nginx с `ssl_reject_handshake on;` (отдавал TLS-alert `unrecognized_name` и закрывал соединение), используйте:
+```toml
+[censorship]
+unknown_sni_action = "reject_handshake"
+```
+Это не пропускает старых клиентов, но делает поведение на 443-м порту неотличимым от стокового веб-сервера, у которого просто нет такого виртуального хоста.
+
 ## Как посмотреть метрики

 1. Откройте файл конфигурации: `nano /etc/telemt/telemt.toml`.
--- a/docs/Quick_start/QUICK_START_GUIDE.ru.md
+++ b/docs/Quick_start/QUICK_START_GUIDE.ru.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ tls_front_dir = "tlsfront"   # Директория кэша для эмуляц
 hello = "00000000000000000000000000000000"
 ```

-Затем нажмите Ctrl+S -> Ctrl+X, чтобы сохранить
+Затем нажмите Ctrl+O -> Ctrl+X, чтобы сохранить

 > [!WARNING]
 > Замените значение параметра `hello` на значение, которое вы получили в пункте 0.  
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ ACTION="install"
 TARGET_VERSION="${VERSION:-latest}"
 LANG_CHOICE="en"

+PATH="${PATH}:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+
 set_language() {
    case "$1" in
        ru)
@@ -102,6 +104,8 @@ set_language() {
            L_OUT_SUCC_H="УСТАНОВКА УСПЕШНО ЗАВЕРШЕНА"
            L_OUT_UNINST_H="УДАЛЕНИЕ ЗАВЕРШЕНО"
            L_OUT_LINK="Ваша ссылка для подключения к Telegram Proxy:\n"
+            L_ERR_INCORR_ROOT_LOGIN="Используйте 'su -' или 'sudo -i' для входа под пользователем root"
+            L_OUT_LOGS="Чтобы посмотреть логи (в случае проблем), используйте команду:"
            ;;
        *)
            L_ERR_DOMAIN_REQ="requires a domain argument."
@@ -176,6 +180,8 @@ set_language() {
            L_OUT_SUCC_H="INSTALLATION SUCCESS"
            L_OUT_UNINST_H="UNINSTALLATION COMPLETE"
            L_OUT_LINK="Your Telegram Proxy connection link:\n"
+            L_ERR_INCORR_ROOT_LOGIN="Use 'su -' or 'sudo -i' to login under root"
+            L_OUT_LOGS="To view logs (in case of issues), use the following command:"
            ;;
    esac
 }
@@ -388,6 +394,9 @@ verify_common() {

    if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
        SUDO=""
+        if [ "${USER:-}" != "root" ] && [ "${LOGNAME:-}" != "root" ]; then
+            die "$L_ERR_INCORR_ROOT_LOGIN"
+        fi
    else
        command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "$L_ERR_ROOT"
        SUDO="sudo"
@@ -532,7 +541,7 @@ install_binary() {
    fi

    $SUDO mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR" || die "$L_ERR_MKDIR"
-    
+
    $SUDO rm -f "$bin_dst" 2>/dev/null || true

    if command -v install >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -602,33 +611,33 @@ install_config() {

        tmp_conf="${TEMP_DIR}/config.tmp"
        $SUDO cat "$CONFIG_FILE" > "$tmp_conf"
-        
+
        escaped_domain="$(printf '%s\n' "$TLS_DOMAIN" | tr -d '[:cntrl:]' | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g; s/"/\\"/g')"

        awk -v port="$SERVER_PORT" -v secret="$USER_SECRET" -v domain="$escaped_domain" -v ad_tag="$AD_TAG" \
            -v flag_p="$PORT_PROVIDED" -v flag_s="$SECRET_PROVIDED" -v flag_d="$DOMAIN_PROVIDED" -v flag_a="$AD_TAG_PROVIDED" '
        BEGIN { ad_tag_handled = 0 }
-        
+
        flag_p == "1" && /^[ \t]*port[ \t]*=/ { print "port = " port; next }
        flag_s == "1" && /^[ \t]*hello[ \t]*=/ { print "hello = \"" secret "\""; next }
        flag_d == "1" && /^[ \t]*tls_domain[ \t]*=/ { print "tls_domain = \"" domain "\""; next }
-        
-        flag_a == "1" && /^[ \t]*ad_tag[ \t]*=/ { 
-            if (!ad_tag_handled) { 
-                print "ad_tag = \"" ad_tag "\""; 
-                ad_tag_handled = 1; 
-            } 
-            next 
+
+        flag_a == "1" && /^[ \t]*ad_tag[ \t]*=/ {
+            if (!ad_tag_handled) {
+                print "ad_tag = \"" ad_tag "\"";
+                ad_tag_handled = 1;
+            }
+            next
        }
-        flag_a == "1" && /^\[general\]/ { 
-            print; 
-            if (!ad_tag_handled) { 
-                print "ad_tag = \"" ad_tag "\""; 
-                ad_tag_handled = 1; 
-            } 
-            next 
+        flag_a == "1" && /^\[general\]/ {
+            print;
+            if (!ad_tag_handled) {
+                print "ad_tag = \"" ad_tag "\"";
+                ad_tag_handled = 1;
+            }
+            next
        }
-        
+
        { print }
        ' "$tmp_conf" > "${tmp_conf}.new" && mv "${tmp_conf}.new" "$tmp_conf"

@@ -778,11 +787,11 @@ uninstall() {
        say "$L_U_STAGE_5"
        $SUDO rm -rf "$CONFIG_DIR" "$WORK_DIR"
        $SUDO rm -f "$CONFIG_FILE"
-        
+
        if check_os_entity passwd telemt; then
            $SUDO userdel telemt 2>/dev/null || $SUDO deluser telemt 2>/dev/null || true
        fi
-        
+
        if check_os_entity group telemt; then
            $SUDO groupdel telemt 2>/dev/null || $SUDO delgroup telemt 2>/dev/null || true
        fi
@@ -909,7 +918,7 @@ case "$ACTION" in
        if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then SERVER_IP="$(curl -s4 -m 3 ifconfig.me 2>/dev/null || curl -s4 -m 3 api.ipify.org 2>/dev/null || true)"
        elif command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then SERVER_IP="$(wget -qO- -T 3 ifconfig.me 2>/dev/null || wget -qO- -T 3 api.ipify.org 2>/dev/null || true)"; fi
        [ -z "$SERVER_IP" ] && SERVER_IP="<YOUR_SERVER_IP>"
-        
+
        if command -v xxd >/dev/null 2>&1; then HEX_DOMAIN="$(printf '%s' "$TLS_DOMAIN" | xxd -p | tr -d '\n')"
        elif command -v hexdump >/dev/null 2>&1; then HEX_DOMAIN="$(printf '%s' "$TLS_DOMAIN" | hexdump -v -e '/1 "%02x"')"
        elif command -v od >/dev/null 2>&1; then HEX_DOMAIN="$(printf '%s' "$TLS_DOMAIN" | od -A n -t x1 | tr -d ' \n')"
@@ -920,6 +929,15 @@ case "$ACTION" in
        printf '%b\n' "$L_OUT_LINK"
        printf '  tg://proxy?server=%s&port=%s&secret=%s\n\n' "$SERVER_IP" "$SERVER_PORT" "$CLIENT_SECRET"

+        svc="$(get_svc_mgr)"
+        if [ "$svc" = "systemd" ]; then
+            printf '%s\n' "$L_OUT_LOGS"
+            printf '  sudo journalctl -u %s -f\n\n' "$SERVICE_NAME"
+        elif [ "$svc" = "openrc" ]; then
+            printf '%s\n' "$L_OUT_LOGS"
+            printf '  sudo tail -f /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog 2>/dev/null | grep -i %s\n\n' "$SERVICE_NAME"
+        fi
+
        printf '====================================================================\n'
        ;;
 esac
--- a/src/api/config_store.rs
+++ b/src/api/config_store.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pub(super) async fn load_config_from_disk(config_path: &Path) -> Result<ProxyCon
        .map_err(|e| ApiFailure::internal(format!("failed to load config: {}", e)))
 }

+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub(super) async fn save_config_to_disk(
    config_path: &Path,
    cfg: &ProxyConfig,
@@ -106,6 +107,12 @@ pub(super) async fn save_access_sections_to_disk(
        if applied.contains(section) {
            continue;
        }
+        if find_toml_table_bounds(&content, section.table_name()).is_none()
+            && access_section_is_empty(cfg, *section)
+        {
+            applied.push(*section);
+            continue;
+        }
        let rendered = render_access_section(cfg, *section)?;
        content = upsert_toml_table(&content, section.table_name(), &rendered);
        applied.push(*section);
@@ -183,6 +190,17 @@ fn render_access_section(cfg: &ProxyConfig, section: AccessSection) -> Result<St
    Ok(out)
 }

+fn access_section_is_empty(cfg: &ProxyConfig, section: AccessSection) -> bool {
+    match section {
+        AccessSection::Users => cfg.access.users.is_empty(),
+        AccessSection::UserAdTags => cfg.access.user_ad_tags.is_empty(),
+        AccessSection::UserMaxTcpConns => cfg.access.user_max_tcp_conns.is_empty(),
+        AccessSection::UserExpirations => cfg.access.user_expirations.is_empty(),
+        AccessSection::UserDataQuota => cfg.access.user_data_quota.is_empty(),
+        AccessSection::UserMaxUniqueIps => cfg.access.user_max_unique_ips.is_empty(),
+    }
+}
+
 fn serialize_table_body<T: Serialize>(value: &T) -> Result<String, ApiFailure> {
    toml::to_string(value)
        .map_err(|e| ApiFailure::internal(format!("failed to serialize access section: {}", e)))
--- a/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::time::Duration;

 use http_body_util::Full;
 use hyper::body::{Bytes, Incoming};
@@ -12,8 +13,10 @@ use hyper::header::AUTHORIZATION;
 use hyper::server::conn::http1;
 use hyper::service::service_fn;
 use hyper::{Method, Request, Response, StatusCode};
+use subtle::ConstantTimeEq;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
-use tokio::sync::{Mutex, RwLock, watch};
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex, RwLock, Semaphore, watch};
+use tokio::time::timeout;
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};

 use crate::config::{ApiGrayAction, ProxyConfig};
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ mod config_store;
 mod events;
 mod http_utils;
 mod model;
+mod patch;
 mod runtime_edge;
 mod runtime_init;
 mod runtime_min;
@@ -41,8 +45,9 @@ use config_store::{current_revision, load_config_from_disk, parse_if_match};
 use events::ApiEventStore;
 use http_utils::{error_response, read_json, read_optional_json, success_response};
 use model::{
-    ApiFailure, CreateUserRequest, DeleteUserResponse, HealthData, PatchUserRequest,
-    RotateSecretRequest, SummaryData, UserActiveIps,
+    ApiFailure, ClassCount, CreateUserRequest, DeleteUserResponse, HealthData, HealthReadyData,
+    PatchUserRequest, ResetUserQuotaResponse, RotateSecretRequest, SummaryData, UserActiveIps,
+    is_valid_username,
 };
 use runtime_edge::{
    EdgeConnectionsCacheEntry, build_runtime_connections_summary_data,
@@ -65,6 +70,10 @@ use runtime_zero::{
 };
 use users::{create_user, delete_user, patch_user, rotate_secret, users_from_config};

+const API_MAX_CONTROL_CONNECTIONS: usize = 1024;
+const API_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+const ROUTE_USERNAME_ERROR: &str = "username must match [A-Za-z0-9_.-] and be 1..64 chars";
+
 pub(super) struct ApiRuntimeState {
    pub(super) process_started_at_epoch_secs: u64,
    pub(super) config_reload_count: AtomicU64,
@@ -79,6 +88,7 @@ pub(super) struct ApiShared {
    pub(super) me_pool: Arc<RwLock<Option<Arc<MePool>>>>,
    pub(super) upstream_manager: Arc<UpstreamManager>,
    pub(super) config_path: PathBuf,
+    pub(super) quota_state_path: PathBuf,
    pub(super) detected_ips_rx: watch::Receiver<(Option<IpAddr>, Option<IpAddr>)>,
    pub(super) mutation_lock: Arc<Mutex<()>>,
    pub(super) minimal_cache: Arc<Mutex<Option<MinimalCacheEntry>>>,
@@ -101,6 +111,18 @@ impl ApiShared {
    }
 }

+fn auth_header_matches(actual: &str, expected: &str) -> bool {
+    actual.as_bytes().ct_eq(expected.as_bytes()).into()
+}
+
+fn parse_route_username(user: &str) -> Result<&str, ApiFailure> {
+    if is_valid_username(user) {
+        Ok(user)
+    } else {
+        Err(ApiFailure::bad_request(ROUTE_USERNAME_ERROR))
+    }
+}
+
 pub async fn serve(
    listen: SocketAddr,
    stats: Arc<Stats>,
@@ -111,6 +133,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
    config_rx: watch::Receiver<Arc<ProxyConfig>>,
    admission_rx: watch::Receiver<bool>,
    config_path: PathBuf,
+    quota_state_path: PathBuf,
    detected_ips_rx: watch::Receiver<(Option<IpAddr>, Option<IpAddr>)>,
    process_started_at_epoch_secs: u64,
    startup_tracker: Arc<StartupTracker>,
@@ -142,6 +165,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
        me_pool,
        upstream_manager,
        config_path,
+        quota_state_path,
        detected_ips_rx,
        mutation_lock: Arc::new(Mutex::new(())),
        minimal_cache: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
@@ -163,6 +187,8 @@ pub async fn serve(
        shared.runtime_events.clone(),
    );

+    let connection_permits = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(API_MAX_CONTROL_CONNECTIONS));
+
    loop {
        let (stream, peer) = match listener.accept().await {
            Ok(v) => v,
@@ -172,20 +198,45 @@ pub async fn serve(
            }
        };

+        let connection_permit = match connection_permits.clone().try_acquire_owned() {
+            Ok(permit) => permit,
+            Err(_) => {
+                debug!(
+                    peer = %peer,
+                    max_connections = API_MAX_CONTROL_CONNECTIONS,
+                    "Dropping API connection: control-plane connection budget exhausted"
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+
        let shared_conn = shared.clone();
        let config_rx_conn = config_rx.clone();
        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let _connection_permit = connection_permit;
            let svc = service_fn(move |req: Request<Incoming>| {
                let shared_req = shared_conn.clone();
                let config_rx_req = config_rx_conn.clone();
                async move { handle(req, peer, shared_req, config_rx_req).await }
            });
-            if let Err(error) = http1::Builder::new()
-                .serve_connection(hyper_util::rt::TokioIo::new(stream), svc)
-                .await
+            match timeout(
+                API_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT,
+                http1::Builder::new().serve_connection(hyper_util::rt::TokioIo::new(stream), svc),
+            )
+            .await
            {
-                if !error.is_user() {
-                    debug!(error = %error, "API connection error");
+                Ok(Ok(())) => {}
+                Ok(Err(error)) => {
+                    if !error.is_user() {
+                        debug!(error = %error, "API connection error");
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(_) => {
+                    debug!(
+                        peer = %peer,
+                        timeout_ms = API_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT.as_millis() as u64,
+                        "API connection timed out"
+                    );
                }
            }
        });
@@ -241,7 +292,7 @@ async fn handle(
            .headers()
            .get(AUTHORIZATION)
            .and_then(|v| v.to_str().ok())
-            .map(|v| v == api_cfg.auth_header)
+            .map(|v| auth_header_matches(v, &api_cfg.auth_header))
            .unwrap_or(false);
        if !auth_ok {
            return Ok(error_response(
@@ -275,6 +326,33 @@ async fn handle(
                };
                Ok(success_response(StatusCode::OK, data, revision))
            }
+            ("GET", "/v1/health/ready") => {
+                let revision = current_revision(&shared.config_path).await?;
+                let admission_open = shared.runtime_state.admission_open.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+                let upstream_health = shared.upstream_manager.api_health_summary().await;
+                let ready = admission_open && upstream_health.healthy_total > 0;
+                let reason = if ready {
+                    None
+                } else if !admission_open {
+                    Some("admission_closed")
+                } else {
+                    Some("no_healthy_upstreams")
+                };
+                let data = HealthReadyData {
+                    ready,
+                    status: if ready { "ready" } else { "not_ready" },
+                    reason,
+                    admission_open,
+                    healthy_upstreams: upstream_health.healthy_total,
+                    total_upstreams: upstream_health.configured_total,
+                };
+                let status_code = if ready {
+                    StatusCode::OK
+                } else {
+                    StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
+                };
+                Ok(success_response(status_code, data, revision))
+            }
            ("GET", "/v1/system/info") => {
                let revision = current_revision(&shared.config_path).await?;
                let data = build_system_info_data(shared.as_ref(), cfg.as_ref(), &revision);
@@ -307,10 +385,24 @@ async fn handle(
            }
            ("GET", "/v1/stats/summary") => {
                let revision = current_revision(&shared.config_path).await?;
+                let connections_bad_by_class = shared
+                    .stats
+                    .get_connects_bad_class_counts()
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|(class, total)| ClassCount { class, total })
+                    .collect();
+                let handshake_failures_by_class = shared
+                    .stats
+                    .get_handshake_failure_class_counts()
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|(class, total)| ClassCount { class, total })
+                    .collect();
                let data = SummaryData {
                    uptime_seconds: shared.stats.uptime_secs(),
                    connections_total: shared.stats.get_connects_all(),
                    connections_bad_total: shared.stats.get_connects_bad(),
+                    connections_bad_by_class,
+                    handshake_failures_by_class,
                    handshake_timeouts_total: shared.stats.get_handshake_timeouts(),
                    configured_users: cfg.access.users.len(),
                };
@@ -449,10 +541,115 @@ async fn handle(
                Ok(success_response(status, data, revision))
            }
            _ => {
+                if method == Method::POST
+                    && let Some(user) = normalized_path
+                        .strip_prefix("/v1/users/")
+                        .and_then(|path| path.strip_suffix("/reset-quota"))
+                    && !user.is_empty()
+                    && !user.contains('/')
+                {
+                    let user = parse_route_username(user)?;
+                    if api_cfg.read_only {
+                        return Ok(error_response(
+                            request_id,
+                            ApiFailure::new(
+                                StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
+                                "read_only",
+                                "API runs in read-only mode",
+                            ),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    let snapshot = match crate::quota_state::reset_user_quota(
+                        &shared.quota_state_path,
+                        shared.stats.as_ref(),
+                        user,
+                    )
+                    .await
+                    {
+                        Ok(snapshot) => snapshot,
+                        Err(error) => {
+                            shared.runtime_events.record(
+                                "api.user.reset_quota.failed",
+                                format!("username={} error={}", user, error),
+                            );
+                            return Err(ApiFailure::internal(format!(
+                                "Failed to reset user quota: {}",
+                                error
+                            )));
+                        }
+                    };
+                    shared
+                        .runtime_events
+                        .record("api.user.reset_quota.ok", format!("username={}", user));
+                    let revision = current_revision(&shared.config_path).await?;
+                    return Ok(success_response(
+                        StatusCode::OK,
+                        ResetUserQuotaResponse {
+                            username: user.to_string(),
+                            used_bytes: snapshot.used_bytes,
+                            last_reset_epoch_secs: snapshot.last_reset_epoch_secs,
+                        },
+                        revision,
+                    ));
+                }
+                if method == Method::POST
+                    && let Some(base_user) = normalized_path
+                        .strip_prefix("/v1/users/")
+                        .and_then(|path| path.strip_suffix("/rotate-secret"))
+                    && !base_user.is_empty()
+                    && !base_user.contains('/')
+                {
+                    let base_user = parse_route_username(base_user)?;
+                    if api_cfg.read_only {
+                        return Ok(error_response(
+                            request_id,
+                            ApiFailure::new(
+                                StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
+                                "read_only",
+                                "API runs in read-only mode",
+                            ),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    let expected_revision = parse_if_match(req.headers());
+                    let body =
+                        read_optional_json::<RotateSecretRequest>(req.into_body(), body_limit)
+                            .await?;
+                    let result = rotate_secret(
+                        base_user,
+                        body.unwrap_or_default(),
+                        expected_revision,
+                        &shared,
+                    )
+                    .await;
+                    let (mut data, revision) = match result {
+                        Ok(ok) => ok,
+                        Err(error) => {
+                            shared.runtime_events.record(
+                                "api.user.rotate_secret.failed",
+                                format!("username={} code={}", base_user, error.code),
+                            );
+                            return Err(error);
+                        }
+                    };
+                    let runtime_cfg = config_rx.borrow().clone();
+                    data.user.in_runtime =
+                        runtime_cfg.access.users.contains_key(&data.user.username);
+                    shared.runtime_events.record(
+                        "api.user.rotate_secret.ok",
+                        format!("username={}", base_user),
+                    );
+                    let status = if data.user.in_runtime {
+                        StatusCode::OK
+                    } else {
+                        StatusCode::ACCEPTED
+                    };
+                    return Ok(success_response(status, data, revision));
+                }
                if let Some(user) = normalized_path.strip_prefix("/v1/users/")
                    && !user.is_empty()
                    && !user.contains('/')
                {
+                    let user = parse_route_username(user)?;
                    if method == Method::GET {
                        let revision = current_revision(&shared.config_path).await?;
                        let disk_cfg = load_config_from_disk(&shared.config_path).await?;
@@ -553,56 +750,6 @@ async fn handle(
                        };
                        return Ok(success_response(status, response, revision));
                    }
-                    if method == Method::POST
-                        && let Some(base_user) = user.strip_suffix("/rotate-secret")
-                        && !base_user.is_empty()
-                        && !base_user.contains('/')
-                    {
-                        if api_cfg.read_only {
-                            return Ok(error_response(
-                                request_id,
-                                ApiFailure::new(
-                                    StatusCode::FORBIDDEN,
-                                    "read_only",
-                                    "API runs in read-only mode",
-                                ),
-                            ));
-                        }
-                        let expected_revision = parse_if_match(req.headers());
-                        let body =
-                            read_optional_json::<RotateSecretRequest>(req.into_body(), body_limit)
-                                .await?;
-                        let result = rotate_secret(
-                            base_user,
-                            body.unwrap_or_default(),
-                            expected_revision,
-                            &shared,
-                        )
-                        .await;
-                        let (mut data, revision) = match result {
-                            Ok(ok) => ok,
-                            Err(error) => {
-                                shared.runtime_events.record(
-                                    "api.user.rotate_secret.failed",
-                                    format!("username={} code={}", base_user, error.code),
-                                );
-                                return Err(error);
-                            }
-                        };
-                        let runtime_cfg = config_rx.borrow().clone();
-                        data.user.in_runtime =
-                            runtime_cfg.access.users.contains_key(&data.user.username);
-                        shared.runtime_events.record(
-                            "api.user.rotate_secret.ok",
-                            format!("username={}", base_user),
-                        );
-                        let status = if data.user.in_runtime {
-                            StatusCode::OK
-                        } else {
-                            StatusCode::ACCEPTED
-                        };
-                        return Ok(success_response(status, data, revision));
-                    }
                    if method == Method::POST {
                        return Ok(error_response(
                            request_id,
--- a/src/api/model.rs
+++ b/src/api/model.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use hyper::StatusCode;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

+use super::patch::{Patch, patch_field};
 use crate::crypto::SecureRandom;

 const MAX_USERNAME_LEN: usize = 64;
@@ -60,11 +61,30 @@ pub(super) struct HealthData {
    pub(super) read_only: bool,
 }

+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub(super) struct HealthReadyData {
+    pub(super) ready: bool,
+    pub(super) status: &'static str,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub(super) reason: Option<&'static str>,
+    pub(super) admission_open: bool,
+    pub(super) healthy_upstreams: usize,
+    pub(super) total_upstreams: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Clone)]
+pub(super) struct ClassCount {
+    pub(super) class: String,
+    pub(super) total: u64,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 pub(super) struct SummaryData {
    pub(super) uptime_seconds: f64,
    pub(super) connections_total: u64,
    pub(super) connections_bad_total: u64,
+    pub(super) connections_bad_by_class: Vec<ClassCount>,
+    pub(super) handshake_failures_by_class: Vec<ClassCount>,
    pub(super) handshake_timeouts_total: u64,
    pub(super) configured_users: usize,
 }
@@ -80,6 +100,8 @@ pub(super) struct ZeroCoreData {
    pub(super) uptime_seconds: f64,
    pub(super) connections_total: u64,
    pub(super) connections_bad_total: u64,
+    pub(super) connections_bad_by_class: Vec<ClassCount>,
+    pub(super) handshake_failures_by_class: Vec<ClassCount>,
    pub(super) handshake_timeouts_total: u64,
    pub(super) accept_permit_timeout_total: u64,
    pub(super) configured_users: usize,
@@ -434,6 +456,13 @@ pub(super) struct UserLinks {
    pub(super) classic: Vec<String>,
    pub(super) secure: Vec<String>,
    pub(super) tls: Vec<String>,
+    pub(super) tls_domains: Vec<TlsDomainLink>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub(super) struct TlsDomainLink {
+    pub(super) domain: String,
+    pub(super) link: String,
 }

 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -472,6 +501,13 @@ pub(super) struct DeleteUserResponse {
    pub(super) in_runtime: bool,
 }

+#[derive(Serialize)]
+pub(super) struct ResetUserQuotaResponse {
+    pub(super) username: String,
+    pub(super) used_bytes: u64,
+    pub(super) last_reset_epoch_secs: u64,
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub(super) struct CreateUserRequest {
    pub(super) username: String,
@@ -486,11 +522,16 @@ pub(super) struct CreateUserRequest {
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub(super) struct PatchUserRequest {
    pub(super) secret: Option<String>,
-    pub(super) user_ad_tag: Option<String>,
-    pub(super) max_tcp_conns: Option<usize>,
-    pub(super) expiration_rfc3339: Option<String>,
-    pub(super) data_quota_bytes: Option<u64>,
-    pub(super) max_unique_ips: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "patch_field")]
+    pub(super) user_ad_tag: Patch<String>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "patch_field")]
+    pub(super) max_tcp_conns: Patch<usize>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "patch_field")]
+    pub(super) expiration_rfc3339: Patch<String>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "patch_field")]
+    pub(super) data_quota_bytes: Patch<u64>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "patch_field")]
+    pub(super) max_unique_ips: Patch<usize>,
 }

 #[derive(Default, Deserialize)]
@@ -509,6 +550,20 @@ pub(super) fn parse_optional_expiration(
    Ok(Some(parsed.with_timezone(&Utc)))
 }

+pub(super) fn parse_patch_expiration(
+    value: &Patch<String>,
+) -> Result<Patch<DateTime<Utc>>, ApiFailure> {
+    match value {
+        Patch::Unchanged => Ok(Patch::Unchanged),
+        Patch::Remove => Ok(Patch::Remove),
+        Patch::Set(raw) => {
+            let parsed = DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(raw)
+                .map_err(|_| ApiFailure::bad_request("expiration_rfc3339 must be valid RFC3339"))?;
+            Ok(Patch::Set(parsed.with_timezone(&Utc)))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub(super) fn is_valid_user_secret(secret: &str) -> bool {
    secret.len() == 32 && secret.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_hexdigit())
 }
--- a/src/api/patch.rs
+++ b/src/api/patch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
+/// Three-state field for JSON Merge Patch semantics on the `PATCH /v1/users/{user}`
+/// endpoint.
+///
+/// `Unchanged` is produced when the JSON body omits the field entirely and tells the
+/// handler to leave the corresponding configuration entry untouched. `Remove` is
+/// produced when the JSON body sets the field to `null` and instructs the handler to
+/// drop the entry from the corresponding access HashMap. `Set` carries an explicit
+/// new value, including zero, which is preserved verbatim in the configuration.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(super) enum Patch<T> {
+    Unchanged,
+    Remove,
+    Set(T),
+}
+
+impl<T> Default for Patch<T> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::Unchanged
+    }
+}
+
+/// Serde deserializer adapter for fields that follow JSON Merge Patch semantics.
+///
+/// Pair this with `#[serde(default, deserialize_with = "patch_field")]` on a
+/// `Patch<T>` field. An omitted field falls back to `Patch::Unchanged` via
+/// `Default`; an explicit JSON `null` becomes `Patch::Remove`; any other value
+/// becomes `Patch::Set(v)`.
+pub(super) fn patch_field<'de, D, T>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Patch<T>, D::Error>
+where
+    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    T: serde::Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+    Option::<T>::deserialize(deserializer).map(|opt| match opt {
+        Some(value) => Patch::Set(value),
+        None => Patch::Remove,
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::api::model::{PatchUserRequest, parse_patch_expiration};
+    use chrono::{TimeZone, Utc};
+    use serde::Deserialize;
+
+    #[derive(Deserialize)]
+    struct Holder {
+        #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "patch_field")]
+        value: Patch<u64>,
+    }
+
+    fn parse(json: &str) -> Holder {
+        serde_json::from_str(json).expect("valid json")
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn omitted_field_yields_unchanged() {
+        let h = parse("{}");
+        assert!(matches!(h.value, Patch::Unchanged));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_null_yields_remove() {
+        let h = parse(r#"{"value": null}"#);
+        assert!(matches!(h.value, Patch::Remove));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_value_yields_set() {
+        let h = parse(r#"{"value": 42}"#);
+        assert!(matches!(h.value, Patch::Set(42)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_zero_yields_set_zero() {
+        let h = parse(r#"{"value": 0}"#);
+        assert!(matches!(h.value, Patch::Set(0)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_patch_expiration_passes_unchanged_and_remove_through() {
+        assert!(matches!(
+            parse_patch_expiration(&Patch::Unchanged),
+            Ok(Patch::Unchanged)
+        ));
+        assert!(matches!(
+            parse_patch_expiration(&Patch::Remove),
+            Ok(Patch::Remove)
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_patch_expiration_parses_set_value() {
+        let parsed =
+            parse_patch_expiration(&Patch::Set("2030-01-02T03:04:05Z".into())).expect("valid");
+        match parsed {
+            Patch::Set(dt) => {
+                assert_eq!(dt, Utc.with_ymd_and_hms(2030, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).unwrap());
+            }
+            other => panic!("expected Patch::Set, got {:?}", other),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_patch_expiration_rejects_invalid_set_value() {
+        assert!(parse_patch_expiration(&Patch::Set("not-a-date".into())).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn patch_user_request_deserializes_mixed_states() {
+        let raw = r#"{
+            "secret": "00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff",
+            "max_tcp_conns": 0,
+            "max_unique_ips": null,
+            "data_quota_bytes": 1024
+        }"#;
+        let req: PatchUserRequest = serde_json::from_str(raw).expect("valid json");
+        assert_eq!(
+            req.secret.as_deref(),
+            Some("00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff")
+        );
+        assert!(matches!(req.max_tcp_conns, Patch::Set(0)));
+        assert!(matches!(req.max_unique_ips, Patch::Remove));
+        assert!(matches!(req.data_quota_bytes, Patch::Set(1024)));
+        assert!(matches!(req.expiration_rfc3339, Patch::Unchanged));
+        assert!(matches!(req.user_ad_tag, Patch::Unchanged));
+    }
+}
--- a/src/api/runtime_stats.rs
+++ b/src/api/runtime_stats.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use crate::transport::upstream::IpPreference;

 use super::ApiShared;
 use super::model::{
-    DcEndpointWriters, DcStatus, DcStatusData, MeWriterStatus, MeWritersData, MeWritersSummary,
-    MinimalAllData, MinimalAllPayload, MinimalDcPathData, MinimalMeRuntimeData,
+    ClassCount, DcEndpointWriters, DcStatus, DcStatusData, MeWriterStatus, MeWritersData,
+    MeWritersSummary, MinimalAllData, MinimalAllPayload, MinimalDcPathData, MinimalMeRuntimeData,
    MinimalQuarantineData, UpstreamDcStatus, UpstreamStatus, UpstreamSummaryData, UpstreamsData,
    ZeroAllData, ZeroCodeCount, ZeroCoreData, ZeroDesyncData, ZeroMiddleProxyData, ZeroPoolData,
    ZeroUpstreamData,
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ pub(crate) struct MinimalCacheEntry {

 pub(super) fn build_zero_all_data(stats: &Stats, configured_users: usize) -> ZeroAllData {
    let telemetry = stats.telemetry_policy();
+    let bad_connection_classes = stats
+        .get_connects_bad_class_counts()
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(class, total)| ClassCount { class, total })
+        .collect();
+    let handshake_failure_classes = stats
+        .get_handshake_failure_class_counts()
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(class, total)| ClassCount { class, total })
+        .collect();
    let handshake_error_codes = stats
        .get_me_handshake_error_code_counts()
        .into_iter()
@@ -38,6 +48,8 @@ pub(super) fn build_zero_all_data(stats: &Stats, configured_users: usize) -> Zer
            uptime_seconds: stats.uptime_secs(),
            connections_total: stats.get_connects_all(),
            connections_bad_total: stats.get_connects_bad(),
+            connections_bad_by_class: bad_connection_classes,
+            handshake_failures_by_class: handshake_failure_classes,
            handshake_timeouts_total: stats.get_handshake_timeouts(),
            accept_permit_timeout_total: stats.get_accept_permit_timeout_total(),
            configured_users,
--- a/src/api/users.rs
+++ b/src/api/users.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ use crate::stats::Stats;

 use super::ApiShared;
 use super::config_store::{
-    AccessSection, ensure_expected_revision, load_config_from_disk, save_access_sections_to_disk,
-    save_config_to_disk,
+    AccessSection, current_revision, ensure_expected_revision, load_config_from_disk,
+    save_access_sections_to_disk,
 };
 use super::model::{
    ApiFailure, CreateUserRequest, CreateUserResponse, PatchUserRequest, RotateSecretRequest,
-    UserInfo, UserLinks, is_valid_ad_tag, is_valid_user_secret, is_valid_username,
-    parse_optional_expiration, random_user_secret,
+    TlsDomainLink, UserInfo, UserLinks, is_valid_ad_tag, is_valid_user_secret, is_valid_username,
+    parse_optional_expiration, parse_patch_expiration, random_user_secret,
 };
+use super::patch::Patch;

 pub(super) async fn create_user(
    body: CreateUserRequest,
@@ -175,6 +176,13 @@ pub(super) async fn patch_user(
    expected_revision: Option<String>,
    shared: &ApiShared,
 ) -> Result<(UserInfo, String), ApiFailure> {
+    let touches_users = body.secret.is_some();
+    let touches_user_ad_tags = !matches!(&body.user_ad_tag, Patch::Unchanged);
+    let touches_user_max_tcp_conns = !matches!(&body.max_tcp_conns, Patch::Unchanged);
+    let touches_user_expirations = !matches!(&body.expiration_rfc3339, Patch::Unchanged);
+    let touches_user_data_quota = !matches!(&body.data_quota_bytes, Patch::Unchanged);
+    let touches_user_max_unique_ips = !matches!(&body.max_unique_ips, Patch::Unchanged);
+
    if let Some(secret) = body.secret.as_ref()
        && !is_valid_user_secret(secret)
    {
@@ -182,14 +190,14 @@ pub(super) async fn patch_user(
            "secret must be exactly 32 hex characters",
        ));
    }
-    if let Some(ad_tag) = body.user_ad_tag.as_ref()
+    if let Patch::Set(ad_tag) = &body.user_ad_tag
        && !is_valid_ad_tag(ad_tag)
    {
        return Err(ApiFailure::bad_request(
            "user_ad_tag must be exactly 32 hex characters",
        ));
    }
-    let expiration = parse_optional_expiration(body.expiration_rfc3339.as_deref())?;
+    let expiration = parse_patch_expiration(&body.expiration_rfc3339)?;
    let _guard = shared.mutation_lock.lock().await;
    let mut cfg = load_config_from_disk(&shared.config_path).await?;
    ensure_expected_revision(&shared.config_path, expected_revision.as_deref()).await?;
@@ -205,38 +213,95 @@ pub(super) async fn patch_user(
    if let Some(secret) = body.secret {
        cfg.access.users.insert(user.to_string(), secret);
    }
-    if let Some(ad_tag) = body.user_ad_tag {
-        cfg.access.user_ad_tags.insert(user.to_string(), ad_tag);
+    match body.user_ad_tag {
+        Patch::Unchanged => {}
+        Patch::Remove => {
+            cfg.access.user_ad_tags.remove(user);
+        }
+        Patch::Set(ad_tag) => {
+            cfg.access.user_ad_tags.insert(user.to_string(), ad_tag);
+        }
    }
-    if let Some(limit) = body.max_tcp_conns {
-        cfg.access
-            .user_max_tcp_conns
-            .insert(user.to_string(), limit);
+    match body.max_tcp_conns {
+        Patch::Unchanged => {}
+        Patch::Remove => {
+            cfg.access.user_max_tcp_conns.remove(user);
+        }
+        Patch::Set(limit) => {
+            cfg.access
+                .user_max_tcp_conns
+                .insert(user.to_string(), limit);
+        }
    }
-    if let Some(expiration) = expiration {
-        cfg.access
-            .user_expirations
-            .insert(user.to_string(), expiration);
+    match expiration {
+        Patch::Unchanged => {}
+        Patch::Remove => {
+            cfg.access.user_expirations.remove(user);
+        }
+        Patch::Set(expiration) => {
+            cfg.access
+                .user_expirations
+                .insert(user.to_string(), expiration);
+        }
    }
-    if let Some(quota) = body.data_quota_bytes {
-        cfg.access.user_data_quota.insert(user.to_string(), quota);
-    }
-
-    let mut updated_limit = None;
-    if let Some(limit) = body.max_unique_ips {
-        cfg.access
-            .user_max_unique_ips
-            .insert(user.to_string(), limit);
-        updated_limit = Some(limit);
+    match body.data_quota_bytes {
+        Patch::Unchanged => {}
+        Patch::Remove => {
+            cfg.access.user_data_quota.remove(user);
+        }
+        Patch::Set(quota) => {
+            cfg.access.user_data_quota.insert(user.to_string(), quota);
+        }
    }
+    // Capture how the per-user IP limit changed, so the in-memory ip_tracker
+    // can be synced (set or removed) after the config is persisted.
+    let max_unique_ips_change = match body.max_unique_ips {
+        Patch::Unchanged => None,
+        Patch::Remove => {
+            cfg.access.user_max_unique_ips.remove(user);
+            Some(None)
+        }
+        Patch::Set(limit) => {
+            cfg.access
+                .user_max_unique_ips
+                .insert(user.to_string(), limit);
+            Some(Some(limit))
+        }
+    };

    cfg.validate()
        .map_err(|e| ApiFailure::bad_request(format!("config validation failed: {}", e)))?;

-    let revision = save_config_to_disk(&shared.config_path, &cfg).await?;
+    let mut touched_sections = Vec::new();
+    if touches_users {
+        touched_sections.push(AccessSection::Users);
+    }
+    if touches_user_ad_tags {
+        touched_sections.push(AccessSection::UserAdTags);
+    }
+    if touches_user_max_tcp_conns {
+        touched_sections.push(AccessSection::UserMaxTcpConns);
+    }
+    if touches_user_expirations {
+        touched_sections.push(AccessSection::UserExpirations);
+    }
+    if touches_user_data_quota {
+        touched_sections.push(AccessSection::UserDataQuota);
+    }
+    if touches_user_max_unique_ips {
+        touched_sections.push(AccessSection::UserMaxUniqueIps);
+    }
+
+    let revision = if touched_sections.is_empty() {
+        current_revision(&shared.config_path).await?
+    } else {
+        save_access_sections_to_disk(&shared.config_path, &cfg, &touched_sections).await?
+    };
    drop(_guard);
-    if let Some(limit) = updated_limit {
-        shared.ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, limit).await;
+    match max_unique_ips_change {
+        Some(Some(limit)) => shared.ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, limit).await,
+        Some(None) => shared.ip_tracker.remove_user_limit(user).await,
+        None => {}
    }
    let (detected_ip_v4, detected_ip_v6) = shared.detected_link_ips();
    let users = users_from_config(
@@ -400,11 +465,7 @@ pub(super) async fn users_from_config(
            .map(|secret| {
                build_user_links(cfg, secret, startup_detected_ip_v4, startup_detected_ip_v6)
            })
-            .unwrap_or(UserLinks {
-                classic: Vec::new(),
-                secure: Vec::new(),
-                tls: Vec::new(),
-            });
+            .unwrap_or_else(empty_user_links);
        users.push(UserInfo {
            in_runtime: runtime_cfg
                .map(|runtime| runtime.access.users.contains_key(&username))
@@ -445,6 +506,15 @@ pub(super) async fn users_from_config(
    users
 }

+fn empty_user_links() -> UserLinks {
+    UserLinks {
+        classic: Vec::new(),
+        secure: Vec::new(),
+        tls: Vec::new(),
+        tls_domains: Vec::new(),
+    }
+}
+
 fn build_user_links(
    cfg: &ProxyConfig,
    secret: &str,
@@ -458,10 +528,12 @@ fn build_user_links(
        .public_port
        .unwrap_or(resolve_default_link_port(cfg));
    let tls_domains = resolve_tls_domains(cfg);
+    let extra_tls_domains = resolve_extra_tls_domains(cfg);

    let mut classic = Vec::new();
    let mut secure = Vec::new();
    let mut tls = Vec::new();
+    let mut tls_domain_links = Vec::new();

    for host in &hosts {
        if cfg.general.modes.classic {
@@ -484,6 +556,17 @@ fn build_user_links(
                    host, port, secret, domain_hex
                ));
            }
+            for domain in &extra_tls_domains {
+                let domain_hex = hex::encode(domain);
+                let link = format!(
+                    "tg://proxy?server={}&port={}&secret=ee{}{}",
+                    host, port, secret, domain_hex
+                );
+                tls_domain_links.push(TlsDomainLink {
+                    domain: (*domain).to_string(),
+                    link,
+                });
+            }
        }
    }

@@ -491,6 +574,7 @@ fn build_user_links(
        classic,
        secure,
        tls,
+        tls_domains: tls_domain_links,
    }
 }

@@ -607,6 +691,19 @@ fn resolve_tls_domains(cfg: &ProxyConfig) -> Vec<&str> {
    domains
 }

+fn resolve_extra_tls_domains(cfg: &ProxyConfig) -> Vec<&str> {
+    let mut domains = Vec::with_capacity(cfg.censorship.tls_domains.len());
+    let primary = cfg.censorship.tls_domain.as_str();
+    for domain in &cfg.censorship.tls_domains {
+        let value = domain.as_str();
+        if value.is_empty() || value == primary || domains.contains(&value) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        domains.push(value);
+    }
+    domains
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -696,4 +793,80 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(alice.in_runtime);
        assert!(!bob.in_runtime);
    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn users_from_config_returns_tls_link_for_each_tls_domain() {
+        let mut cfg = ProxyConfig::default();
+        cfg.access.users.insert(
+            "alice".to_string(),
+            "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef".to_string(),
+        );
+        cfg.general.modes.classic = false;
+        cfg.general.modes.secure = false;
+        cfg.general.modes.tls = true;
+        cfg.general.links.public_host = Some("proxy.example.net".to_string());
+        cfg.general.links.public_port = Some(443);
+        cfg.censorship.tls_domain = "front-a.example.com".to_string();
+        cfg.censorship.tls_domains = vec![
+            "front-b.example.com".to_string(),
+            "front-c.example.com".to_string(),
+            "front-b.example.com".to_string(),
+            "front-a.example.com".to_string(),
+        ];
+
+        let stats = Stats::new();
+        let tracker = UserIpTracker::new();
+        let users = users_from_config(&cfg, &stats, &tracker, None, None, None).await;
+        let alice = users
+            .iter()
+            .find(|entry| entry.username == "alice")
+            .expect("alice must be present");
+
+        assert_eq!(alice.links.tls.len(), 3);
+        assert!(
+            alice
+                .links
+                .tls
+                .iter()
+                .any(|link| link.ends_with(&hex::encode("front-a.example.com")))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            alice
+                .links
+                .tls
+                .iter()
+                .any(|link| link.ends_with(&hex::encode("front-b.example.com")))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            alice
+                .links
+                .tls
+                .iter()
+                .any(|link| link.ends_with(&hex::encode("front-c.example.com")))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(alice.links.tls_domains.len(), 2);
+        assert!(
+            alice
+                .links
+                .tls_domains
+                .iter()
+                .any(|entry| entry.domain == "front-b.example.com"
+                    && entry.link.ends_with(&hex::encode("front-b.example.com")))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            alice
+                .links
+                .tls_domains
+                .iter()
+                .any(|entry| entry.domain == "front-c.example.com"
+                    && entry.link.ends_with(&hex::encode("front-c.example.com")))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !alice
+                .links
+                .tls_domains
+                .iter()
+                .any(|entry| entry.domain == "front-a.example.com")
+        );
+    }
 }
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 //! - `reload [--pid-file PATH]` - Reload configuration (SIGHUP)
 //! - `status [--pid-file PATH]` - Check daemon status
 //! - `run [OPTIONS] [config.toml]` - Run in foreground (default behavior)
+//! - `healthcheck [OPTIONS] [config.toml]` - Run control-plane health probe

 use rand::RngExt;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;

+use crate::healthcheck::{self, HealthcheckMode};
+
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use crate::daemon::{self, DEFAULT_PID_FILE, DaemonOptions};

@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@ pub enum Subcommand {
    Reload,
    /// Check daemon status (`status` subcommand).
    Status,
+    /// Run health probe and exit with status code.
+    Healthcheck,
    /// Fire-and-forget setup (`--init`).
    Init,
 }
@@ -38,6 +43,8 @@ pub struct ParsedCommand {
    pub subcommand: Subcommand,
    pub pid_file: PathBuf,
    pub config_path: String,
+    pub healthcheck_mode: HealthcheckMode,
+    pub healthcheck_mode_invalid: Option<String>,
    #[cfg(unix)]
    pub daemon_opts: DaemonOptions,
    pub init_opts: Option<InitOptions>,
@@ -52,6 +59,8 @@ impl Default for ParsedCommand {
            #[cfg(not(unix))]
            pid_file: PathBuf::from("/var/run/telemt.pid"),
            config_path: "config.toml".to_string(),
+            healthcheck_mode: HealthcheckMode::Liveness,
+            healthcheck_mode_invalid: None,
            #[cfg(unix)]
            daemon_opts: DaemonOptions::default(),
            init_opts: None,
@@ -91,6 +100,9 @@ pub fn parse_command(args: &[String]) -> ParsedCommand {
            "status" => {
                cmd.subcommand = Subcommand::Status;
            }
+            "healthcheck" => {
+                cmd.subcommand = Subcommand::Healthcheck;
+            }
            "run" => {
                cmd.subcommand = Subcommand::Run;
                #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -113,7 +125,35 @@ pub fn parse_command(args: &[String]) -> ParsedCommand {
    while i < args.len() {
        match args[i].as_str() {
            // Skip subcommand names
-            "start" | "stop" | "reload" | "status" | "run" => {}
+            "start" | "stop" | "reload" | "status" | "run" | "healthcheck" => {}
+            "--mode" => {
+                i += 1;
+                if i < args.len() {
+                    match HealthcheckMode::from_cli_arg(&args[i]) {
+                        Some(mode) => {
+                            cmd.healthcheck_mode = mode;
+                            cmd.healthcheck_mode_invalid = None;
+                        }
+                        None => {
+                            cmd.healthcheck_mode_invalid = Some(args[i].clone());
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    cmd.healthcheck_mode_invalid = Some(String::new());
+                }
+            }
+            s if s.starts_with("--mode=") => {
+                let raw = s.trim_start_matches("--mode=");
+                match HealthcheckMode::from_cli_arg(raw) {
+                    Some(mode) => {
+                        cmd.healthcheck_mode = mode;
+                        cmd.healthcheck_mode_invalid = None;
+                    }
+                    None => {
+                        cmd.healthcheck_mode_invalid = Some(raw.to_string());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
            // PID file option (for stop/reload/status)
            "--pid-file" => {
                i += 1;
@@ -152,6 +192,20 @@ pub fn execute_subcommand(cmd: &ParsedCommand) -> Option<i32> {
        Subcommand::Stop => Some(cmd_stop(&cmd.pid_file)),
        Subcommand::Reload => Some(cmd_reload(&cmd.pid_file)),
        Subcommand::Status => Some(cmd_status(&cmd.pid_file)),
+        Subcommand::Healthcheck => {
+            if let Some(invalid_mode) = cmd.healthcheck_mode_invalid.as_ref() {
+                if invalid_mode.is_empty() {
+                    eprintln!("[telemt] Missing value for --mode (supported: liveness, ready)");
+                } else {
+                    eprintln!(
+                        "[telemt] Invalid --mode value '{invalid_mode}' (supported: liveness, ready)"
+                    );
+                }
+                Some(2)
+            } else {
+                Some(healthcheck::run(&cmd.config_path, cmd.healthcheck_mode))
+            }
+        }
        Subcommand::Init => {
            if let Some(opts) = cmd.init_opts.clone() {
                match run_init(opts) {
@@ -177,6 +231,20 @@ pub fn execute_subcommand(cmd: &ParsedCommand) -> Option<i32> {
            eprintln!("[telemt] Subcommand not supported on this platform");
            Some(1)
        }
+        Subcommand::Healthcheck => {
+            if let Some(invalid_mode) = cmd.healthcheck_mode_invalid.as_ref() {
+                if invalid_mode.is_empty() {
+                    eprintln!("[telemt] Missing value for --mode (supported: liveness, ready)");
+                } else {
+                    eprintln!(
+                        "[telemt] Invalid --mode value '{invalid_mode}' (supported: liveness, ready)"
+                    );
+                }
+                Some(2)
+            } else {
+                Some(healthcheck::run(&cmd.config_path, cmd.healthcheck_mode))
+            }
+        }
        Subcommand::Init => {
            if let Some(opts) = cmd.init_opts.clone() {
                match run_init(opts) {
@@ -621,6 +689,7 @@ tls_domain = "{domain}"
 mask = true
 mask_port = 443
 fake_cert_len = 2048
+serverhello_compact = false
 tls_full_cert_ttl_secs = 90

 [access]
--- a/src/config/defaults.rs
+++ b/src/config/defaults.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ const DEFAULT_ME_ADAPTIVE_FLOOR_MAX_ACTIVE_WRITERS_PER_CORE: u16 = 64;
 const DEFAULT_ME_ADAPTIVE_FLOOR_MAX_WARM_WRITERS_PER_CORE: u16 = 64;
 const DEFAULT_ME_ADAPTIVE_FLOOR_MAX_ACTIVE_WRITERS_GLOBAL: u32 = 256;
 const DEFAULT_ME_ADAPTIVE_FLOOR_MAX_WARM_WRITERS_GLOBAL: u32 = 256;
+const DEFAULT_ME_ROUTE_BACKPRESSURE_ENABLED: bool = false;
+const DEFAULT_ME_ROUTE_FAIRSHARE_ENABLED: bool = false;
 const DEFAULT_ME_WRITER_CMD_CHANNEL_CAPACITY: usize = 4096;
 const DEFAULT_ME_ROUTE_CHANNEL_CAPACITY: usize = 768;
 const DEFAULT_ME_C2ME_CHANNEL_CAPACITY: usize = 1024;
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ pub(crate) fn default_fake_cert_len() -> usize {
 }

 pub(crate) fn default_tls_front_dir() -> String {
-    "/etc/telemt/tlsfront".to_string()
+    "tlsfront".to_string()
 }

 pub(crate) fn default_replay_check_len() -> usize {
@@ -529,6 +531,14 @@ pub(crate) fn default_me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms() -> u64 {
    25
 }

+pub(crate) fn default_me_route_backpressure_enabled() -> bool {
+    DEFAULT_ME_ROUTE_BACKPRESSURE_ENABLED
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn default_me_route_fairshare_enabled() -> bool {
+    DEFAULT_ME_ROUTE_FAIRSHARE_ENABLED
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn default_me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms() -> u64 {
    120
 }
@@ -558,13 +568,17 @@ pub(crate) fn default_beobachten_flush_secs() -> u64 {
 }

 pub(crate) fn default_beobachten_file() -> String {
-    "/etc/telemt/beobachten.txt".to_string()
+    "beobachten.txt".to_string()
 }

 pub(crate) fn default_tls_new_session_tickets() -> u8 {
    0
 }

+pub(crate) fn default_serverhello_compact() -> bool {
+    false
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn default_tls_full_cert_ttl_secs() -> u64 {
    90
 }
--- a/src/config/hot_reload.rs
+++ b/src/config/hot_reload.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ pub struct HotFields {
    pub telemetry_user_enabled: bool,
    pub telemetry_me_level: MeTelemetryLevel,
    pub me_socks_kdf_policy: MeSocksKdfPolicy,
+    pub me_route_backpressure_enabled: bool,
+    pub me_route_fairshare_enabled: bool,
    pub me_floor_mode: MeFloorMode,
    pub me_adaptive_floor_idle_secs: u64,
    pub me_adaptive_floor_min_writers_single_endpoint: u8,
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ impl HotFields {
            telemetry_user_enabled: cfg.general.telemetry.user_enabled,
            telemetry_me_level: cfg.general.telemetry.me_level,
            me_socks_kdf_policy: cfg.general.me_socks_kdf_policy,
+            me_route_backpressure_enabled: cfg.general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+            me_route_fairshare_enabled: cfg.general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
            me_floor_mode: cfg.general.me_floor_mode,
            me_adaptive_floor_idle_secs: cfg.general.me_adaptive_floor_idle_secs,
            me_adaptive_floor_min_writers_single_endpoint: cfg
@@ -529,6 +533,8 @@ fn overlay_hot_fields(old: &ProxyConfig, new: &ProxyConfig) -> ProxyConfig {
        new.general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms;
    cfg.general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct =
        new.general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct;
+    cfg.general.me_route_backpressure_enabled = new.general.me_route_backpressure_enabled;
+    cfg.general.me_route_fairshare_enabled = new.general.me_route_fairshare_enabled;
    cfg.general.me_reader_route_data_wait_ms = new.general.me_reader_route_data_wait_ms;
    cfg.general.me_d2c_flush_batch_max_frames = new.general.me_d2c_flush_batch_max_frames;
    cfg.general.me_d2c_flush_batch_max_bytes = new.general.me_d2c_flush_batch_max_bytes;
@@ -618,6 +624,7 @@ fn warn_non_hot_changes(old: &ProxyConfig, new: &ProxyConfig, non_hot_changed: b
        || old.censorship.server_hello_delay_min_ms != new.censorship.server_hello_delay_min_ms
        || old.censorship.server_hello_delay_max_ms != new.censorship.server_hello_delay_max_ms
        || old.censorship.tls_new_session_tickets != new.censorship.tls_new_session_tickets
+        || old.censorship.serverhello_compact != new.censorship.serverhello_compact
        || old.censorship.tls_full_cert_ttl_secs != new.censorship.tls_full_cert_ttl_secs
        || old.censorship.alpn_enforce != new.censorship.alpn_enforce
        || old.censorship.mask_proxy_protocol != new.censorship.mask_proxy_protocol
@@ -1053,6 +1060,8 @@ fn log_changes(
            != new_hot.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms
        || old_hot.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct
            != new_hot.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct
+        || old_hot.me_route_backpressure_enabled != new_hot.me_route_backpressure_enabled
+        || old_hot.me_route_fairshare_enabled != new_hot.me_route_fairshare_enabled
        || old_hot.me_reader_route_data_wait_ms != new_hot.me_reader_route_data_wait_ms
        || old_hot.me_health_interval_ms_unhealthy != new_hot.me_health_interval_ms_unhealthy
        || old_hot.me_health_interval_ms_healthy != new_hot.me_health_interval_ms_healthy
@@ -1060,10 +1069,12 @@ fn log_changes(
        || old_hot.me_warn_rate_limit_ms != new_hot.me_warn_rate_limit_ms
    {
        info!(
-            "config reload: me_route_backpressure: base={}ms high={}ms watermark={}%; me_reader_route_data_wait_ms={}; me_health_interval: unhealthy={}ms healthy={}ms; me_admission_poll={}ms; me_warn_rate_limit={}ms",
+            "config reload: me_route_backpressure: enabled={} base={}ms high={}ms watermark={}%; me_route_fairshare_enabled={}; me_reader_route_data_wait_ms={}; me_health_interval: unhealthy={}ms healthy={}ms; me_admission_poll={}ms; me_warn_rate_limit={}ms",
+            new_hot.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
            new_hot.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
            new_hot.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
            new_hot.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
+            new_hot.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
            new_hot.me_reader_route_data_wait_ms,
            new_hot.me_health_interval_ms_unhealthy,
            new_hot.me_health_interval_ms_healthy,
--- a/src/config/load.rs
+++ b/src/config/load.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,672 @@ const MAX_ME_ROUTE_CHANNEL_CAPACITY: usize = 8_192;
 const MAX_ME_C2ME_CHANNEL_CAPACITY: usize = 8_192;
 const MIN_MAX_CLIENT_FRAME_BYTES: usize = 4 * 1024;
 const MAX_MAX_CLIENT_FRAME_BYTES: usize = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
+const MAX_API_REQUEST_BODY_LIMIT_BYTES: usize = 1024 * 1024;
+
+fn is_valid_tls_domain_name(domain: &str) -> bool {
+    !domain.is_empty()
+        && !domain
+            .chars()
+            .any(|ch| ch.is_whitespace() || matches!(ch, '/' | '\\'))
+}
+
+const TOP_LEVEL_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "general",
+    "network",
+    "server",
+    "timeouts",
+    "censorship",
+    "access",
+    "upstreams",
+    "show_link",
+    "dc_overrides",
+    "default_dc",
+    "beobachten",
+    "beobachten_minutes",
+    "beobachten_flush_secs",
+    "beobachten_file",
+    "include",
+];
+
+const GENERAL_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "data_path",
+    "quota_state_path",
+    "config_strict",
+    "modes",
+    "prefer_ipv6",
+    "fast_mode",
+    "use_middle_proxy",
+    "proxy_secret_path",
+    "proxy_secret_url",
+    "proxy_config_v4_cache_path",
+    "proxy_config_v4_url",
+    "proxy_config_v6_cache_path",
+    "proxy_config_v6_url",
+    "ad_tag",
+    "middle_proxy_nat_ip",
+    "middle_proxy_nat_probe",
+    "middle_proxy_nat_stun",
+    "middle_proxy_nat_stun_servers",
+    "stun_nat_probe_concurrency",
+    "middle_proxy_pool_size",
+    "middle_proxy_warm_standby",
+    "me_init_retry_attempts",
+    "me2dc_fallback",
+    "me2dc_fast",
+    "me_keepalive_enabled",
+    "me_keepalive_interval_secs",
+    "me_keepalive_jitter_secs",
+    "me_keepalive_payload_random",
+    "rpc_proxy_req_every",
+    "me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity",
+    "me_route_channel_capacity",
+    "me_c2me_channel_capacity",
+    "me_c2me_send_timeout_ms",
+    "me_reader_route_data_wait_ms",
+    "me_d2c_flush_batch_max_frames",
+    "me_d2c_flush_batch_max_bytes",
+    "me_d2c_flush_batch_max_delay_us",
+    "me_d2c_ack_flush_immediate",
+    "me_quota_soft_overshoot_bytes",
+    "me_d2c_frame_buf_shrink_threshold_bytes",
+    "direct_relay_copy_buf_c2s_bytes",
+    "direct_relay_copy_buf_s2c_bytes",
+    "crypto_pending_buffer",
+    "max_client_frame",
+    "desync_all_full",
+    "beobachten",
+    "beobachten_minutes",
+    "beobachten_flush_secs",
+    "beobachten_file",
+    "hardswap",
+    "me_warmup_stagger_enabled",
+    "me_warmup_step_delay_ms",
+    "me_warmup_step_jitter_ms",
+    "me_reconnect_max_concurrent_per_dc",
+    "me_reconnect_backoff_base_ms",
+    "me_reconnect_backoff_cap_ms",
+    "me_reconnect_fast_retry_count",
+    "me_single_endpoint_shadow_writers",
+    "me_single_endpoint_outage_mode_enabled",
+    "me_single_endpoint_outage_disable_quarantine",
+    "me_single_endpoint_outage_backoff_min_ms",
+    "me_single_endpoint_outage_backoff_max_ms",
+    "me_single_endpoint_shadow_rotate_every_secs",
+    "me_floor_mode",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_idle_secs",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_min_writers_single_endpoint",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_min_writers_multi_endpoint",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_recover_grace_secs",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_writers_per_core_total",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_cpu_cores_override",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_max_extra_writers_single_per_core",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_max_extra_writers_multi_per_core",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_max_active_writers_per_core",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_max_warm_writers_per_core",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_max_active_writers_global",
+    "me_adaptive_floor_max_warm_writers_global",
+    "upstream_connect_retry_attempts",
+    "upstream_connect_retry_backoff_ms",
+    "upstream_connect_budget_ms",
+    "tg_connect",
+    "upstream_unhealthy_fail_threshold",
+    "upstream_connect_failfast_hard_errors",
+    "stun_iface_mismatch_ignore",
+    "unknown_dc_log_path",
+    "unknown_dc_file_log_enabled",
+    "log_level",
+    "disable_colors",
+    "telemetry",
+    "me_socks_kdf_policy",
+    "me_route_backpressure_enabled",
+    "me_route_fairshare_enabled",
+    "me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms",
+    "me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms",
+    "me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct",
+    "me_health_interval_ms_unhealthy",
+    "me_health_interval_ms_healthy",
+    "me_admission_poll_ms",
+    "me_warn_rate_limit_ms",
+    "me_route_no_writer_mode",
+    "me_route_no_writer_wait_ms",
+    "me_route_hybrid_max_wait_ms",
+    "me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms",
+    "me_route_inline_recovery_attempts",
+    "me_route_inline_recovery_wait_ms",
+    "links",
+    "fast_mode_min_tls_record",
+    "update_every",
+    "me_reinit_every_secs",
+    "me_hardswap_warmup_delay_min_ms",
+    "me_hardswap_warmup_delay_max_ms",
+    "me_hardswap_warmup_extra_passes",
+    "me_hardswap_warmup_pass_backoff_base_ms",
+    "me_config_stable_snapshots",
+    "me_config_apply_cooldown_secs",
+    "me_snapshot_require_http_2xx",
+    "me_snapshot_reject_empty_map",
+    "me_snapshot_min_proxy_for_lines",
+    "proxy_secret_stable_snapshots",
+    "proxy_secret_rotate_runtime",
+    "me_secret_atomic_snapshot",
+    "proxy_secret_len_max",
+    "me_pool_drain_ttl_secs",
+    "me_instadrain",
+    "me_pool_drain_threshold",
+    "me_pool_drain_soft_evict_enabled",
+    "me_pool_drain_soft_evict_grace_secs",
+    "me_pool_drain_soft_evict_per_writer",
+    "me_pool_drain_soft_evict_budget_per_core",
+    "me_pool_drain_soft_evict_cooldown_ms",
+    "me_bind_stale_mode",
+    "me_bind_stale_ttl_secs",
+    "me_pool_min_fresh_ratio",
+    "me_reinit_drain_timeout_secs",
+    "proxy_secret_auto_reload_secs",
+    "proxy_config_auto_reload_secs",
+    "me_reinit_singleflight",
+    "me_reinit_trigger_channel",
+    "me_reinit_coalesce_window_ms",
+    "me_deterministic_writer_sort",
+    "me_writer_pick_mode",
+    "me_writer_pick_sample_size",
+    "ntp_check",
+    "ntp_servers",
+    "auto_degradation_enabled",
+    "degradation_min_unavailable_dc_groups",
+    "rst_on_close",
+];
+
+const NETWORK_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "ipv4",
+    "ipv6",
+    "prefer",
+    "multipath",
+    "stun_use",
+    "stun_servers",
+    "stun_tcp_fallback",
+    "http_ip_detect_urls",
+    "cache_public_ip_path",
+    "dns_overrides",
+];
+
+const SERVER_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "port",
+    "listen_addr_ipv4",
+    "listen_addr_ipv6",
+    "listen_unix_sock",
+    "listen_unix_sock_perm",
+    "listen_tcp",
+    "proxy_protocol",
+    "proxy_protocol_header_timeout_ms",
+    "proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs",
+    "metrics_port",
+    "metrics_listen",
+    "metrics_whitelist",
+    "api",
+    "admin_api",
+    "listeners",
+    "listen_backlog",
+    "max_connections",
+    "accept_permit_timeout_ms",
+    "conntrack_control",
+];
+
+const API_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "enabled",
+    "listen",
+    "whitelist",
+    "gray_action",
+    "auth_header",
+    "request_body_limit_bytes",
+    "minimal_runtime_enabled",
+    "minimal_runtime_cache_ttl_ms",
+    "runtime_edge_enabled",
+    "runtime_edge_cache_ttl_ms",
+    "runtime_edge_top_n",
+    "runtime_edge_events_capacity",
+    "read_only",
+];
+
+const CONNTRACK_CONTROL_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "inline_conntrack_control",
+    "mode",
+    "backend",
+    "profile",
+    "hybrid_listener_ips",
+    "pressure_high_watermark_pct",
+    "pressure_low_watermark_pct",
+    "delete_budget_per_sec",
+];
+
+const LISTENER_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "ip",
+    "port",
+    "announce",
+    "announce_ip",
+    "proxy_protocol",
+    "reuse_allow",
+];
+
+const TIMEOUTS_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "client_first_byte_idle_secs",
+    "client_handshake",
+    "relay_idle_policy_v2_enabled",
+    "relay_client_idle_soft_secs",
+    "relay_client_idle_hard_secs",
+    "relay_idle_grace_after_downstream_activity_secs",
+    "client_keepalive",
+    "client_ack",
+    "me_one_retry",
+    "me_one_timeout_ms",
+];
+
+const CENSORSHIP_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "tls_domain",
+    "tls_domains",
+    "unknown_sni_action",
+    "tls_fetch_scope",
+    "tls_fetch",
+    "mask",
+    "mask_host",
+    "mask_port",
+    "mask_unix_sock",
+    "fake_cert_len",
+    "tls_emulation",
+    "tls_front_dir",
+    "server_hello_delay_min_ms",
+    "server_hello_delay_max_ms",
+    "tls_new_session_tickets",
+    "serverhello_compact",
+    "tls_full_cert_ttl_secs",
+    "alpn_enforce",
+    "mask_proxy_protocol",
+    "mask_shape_hardening",
+    "mask_shape_hardening_aggressive_mode",
+    "mask_shape_bucket_floor_bytes",
+    "mask_shape_bucket_cap_bytes",
+    "mask_shape_above_cap_blur",
+    "mask_shape_above_cap_blur_max_bytes",
+    "mask_relay_max_bytes",
+    "mask_relay_timeout_ms",
+    "mask_relay_idle_timeout_ms",
+    "mask_classifier_prefetch_timeout_ms",
+    "mask_timing_normalization_enabled",
+    "mask_timing_normalization_floor_ms",
+    "mask_timing_normalization_ceiling_ms",
+];
+
+const TLS_FETCH_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "profiles",
+    "strict_route",
+    "attempt_timeout_ms",
+    "total_budget_ms",
+    "grease_enabled",
+    "deterministic",
+    "profile_cache_ttl_secs",
+];
+
+const ACCESS_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "users",
+    "user_ad_tags",
+    "user_max_tcp_conns",
+    "user_max_tcp_conns_global_each",
+    "user_expirations",
+    "user_data_quota",
+    "user_rate_limits",
+    "cidr_rate_limits",
+    "user_max_unique_ips",
+    "user_max_unique_ips_global_each",
+    "user_max_unique_ips_mode",
+    "user_max_unique_ips_window_secs",
+    "replay_check_len",
+    "replay_window_secs",
+    "ignore_time_skew",
+];
+
+const RATE_LIMIT_BPS_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &["up_bps", "down_bps"];
+
+const UPSTREAM_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &[
+    "type",
+    "interface",
+    "bind_addresses",
+    "bindtodevice",
+    "force_bind",
+    "address",
+    "user_id",
+    "username",
+    "password",
+    "url",
+    "weight",
+    "enabled",
+    "scopes",
+    "ipv4",
+    "ipv6",
+];
+
+const PROXY_MODES_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &["classic", "secure", "tls"];
+const TELEMETRY_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &["core_enabled", "user_enabled", "me_level"];
+const LINKS_CONFIG_KEYS: &[&str] = &["show", "public_host", "public_port"];
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct UnknownConfigKey {
+    path: String,
+    suggestion: Option<String>,
+}
+
+fn table_at<'a>(value: &'a toml::Value, path: &[&str]) -> Option<&'a toml::Table> {
+    let mut current = value;
+    for segment in path {
+        current = current.get(*segment)?;
+    }
+    current.as_table()
+}
+
+fn is_strict_config(parsed_toml: &toml::Value) -> bool {
+    table_at(parsed_toml, &["general"])
+        .and_then(|table| table.get("config_strict"))
+        .and_then(toml::Value::as_bool)
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
+fn known_config_keys_for_suggestion() -> Vec<&'static str> {
+    let mut keys = Vec::new();
+    for group in [
+        TOP_LEVEL_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        GENERAL_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        NETWORK_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        SERVER_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        API_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        CONNTRACK_CONTROL_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        LISTENER_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        TIMEOUTS_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        CENSORSHIP_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        TLS_FETCH_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        ACCESS_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        RATE_LIMIT_BPS_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        UPSTREAM_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        PROXY_MODES_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        TELEMETRY_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        LINKS_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    ] {
+        keys.extend_from_slice(group);
+    }
+    keys
+}
+
+fn levenshtein_distance(a: &str, b: &str) -> usize {
+    let b_chars: Vec<char> = b.chars().collect();
+    let mut prev: Vec<usize> = (0..=b_chars.len()).collect();
+    let mut curr = vec![0usize; b_chars.len() + 1];
+
+    for (i, ca) in a.chars().enumerate() {
+        curr[0] = i + 1;
+        for (j, cb) in b_chars.iter().enumerate() {
+            let replace = if ca == *cb { prev[j] } else { prev[j] + 1 };
+            curr[j + 1] = (prev[j + 1] + 1).min(curr[j] + 1).min(replace);
+        }
+        std::mem::swap(&mut prev, &mut curr);
+    }
+
+    prev[b_chars.len()]
+}
+
+fn unknown_key_suggestion(key: &str, known_keys: &[&'static str]) -> Option<String> {
+    let normalized = key.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let mut best: Option<(&str, usize)> = None;
+    for known in known_keys {
+        let distance = levenshtein_distance(&normalized, known);
+        let is_better = match best {
+            Some((_, best_distance)) => distance < best_distance,
+            None => true,
+        };
+        if distance <= 4 && is_better {
+            best = Some((known, distance));
+        }
+    }
+    best.map(|(known, _)| known.to_string())
+}
+
+fn push_unknown_keys(
+    unknown: &mut Vec<UnknownConfigKey>,
+    known_for_suggestion: &[&'static str],
+    path: &str,
+    table: &toml::Table,
+    allowed: &[&str],
+) {
+    for key in table.keys() {
+        if !allowed.contains(&key.as_str()) {
+            let full_path = if path.is_empty() {
+                key.clone()
+            } else {
+                format!("{path}.{key}")
+            };
+            unknown.push(UnknownConfigKey {
+                path: full_path,
+                suggestion: unknown_key_suggestion(key, known_for_suggestion),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn check_known_table(
+    parsed_toml: &toml::Value,
+    unknown: &mut Vec<UnknownConfigKey>,
+    known_for_suggestion: &[&'static str],
+    path: &[&str],
+    allowed: &[&str],
+) {
+    if let Some(table) = table_at(parsed_toml, path) {
+        push_unknown_keys(
+            unknown,
+            known_for_suggestion,
+            &path.join("."),
+            table,
+            allowed,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn check_nested_table_value(
+    unknown: &mut Vec<UnknownConfigKey>,
+    known_for_suggestion: &[&'static str],
+    path: String,
+    value: &toml::Value,
+    allowed: &[&str],
+) {
+    if let Some(table) = value.as_table() {
+        push_unknown_keys(unknown, known_for_suggestion, &path, table, allowed);
+    }
+}
+
+fn collect_unknown_config_keys(parsed_toml: &toml::Value) -> Vec<UnknownConfigKey> {
+    let known_for_suggestion = known_config_keys_for_suggestion();
+    let mut unknown = Vec::new();
+
+    if let Some(root) = parsed_toml.as_table() {
+        push_unknown_keys(
+            &mut unknown,
+            &known_for_suggestion,
+            "",
+            root,
+            TOP_LEVEL_CONFIG_KEYS,
+        );
+    }
+
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["general"],
+        GENERAL_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["general", "modes"],
+        PROXY_MODES_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["general", "telemetry"],
+        TELEMETRY_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["general", "links"],
+        LINKS_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["network"],
+        NETWORK_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["server"],
+        SERVER_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["server", "api"],
+        API_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["server", "admin_api"],
+        API_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["server", "conntrack_control"],
+        CONNTRACK_CONTROL_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["timeouts"],
+        TIMEOUTS_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["censorship"],
+        CENSORSHIP_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["censorship", "tls_fetch"],
+        TLS_FETCH_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+    check_known_table(
+        parsed_toml,
+        &mut unknown,
+        &known_for_suggestion,
+        &["access"],
+        ACCESS_CONFIG_KEYS,
+    );
+
+    if let Some(listeners) = table_at(parsed_toml, &["server"])
+        .and_then(|table| table.get("listeners"))
+        .and_then(toml::Value::as_array)
+    {
+        for (idx, listener) in listeners.iter().enumerate() {
+            check_nested_table_value(
+                &mut unknown,
+                &known_for_suggestion,
+                format!("server.listeners[{idx}]"),
+                listener,
+                LISTENER_CONFIG_KEYS,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(upstreams) = parsed_toml.get("upstreams").and_then(toml::Value::as_array) {
+        for (idx, upstream) in upstreams.iter().enumerate() {
+            check_nested_table_value(
+                &mut unknown,
+                &known_for_suggestion,
+                format!("upstreams[{idx}]"),
+                upstream,
+                UPSTREAM_CONFIG_KEYS,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    for access_map in ["user_rate_limits", "cidr_rate_limits"] {
+        if let Some(table) = table_at(parsed_toml, &["access"])
+            .and_then(|access| access.get(access_map))
+            .and_then(toml::Value::as_table)
+        {
+            for (entry_name, value) in table {
+                check_nested_table_value(
+                    &mut unknown,
+                    &known_for_suggestion,
+                    format!("access.{access_map}.{entry_name}"),
+                    value,
+                    RATE_LIMIT_BPS_CONFIG_KEYS,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    unknown
+}
+
+fn handle_unknown_config_keys(parsed_toml: &toml::Value) -> Result<()> {
+    let unknown = collect_unknown_config_keys(parsed_toml);
+    if unknown.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    for item in &unknown {
+        if let Some(suggestion) = item.suggestion.as_deref() {
+            warn!(
+                key = %item.path,
+                suggestion = %suggestion,
+                "Unknown config key ignored; did you mean the suggested key?"
+            );
+        } else {
+            warn!(key = %item.path, "Unknown config key ignored");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if is_strict_config(parsed_toml) {
+        let mut paths = Vec::with_capacity(unknown.len());
+        for item in unknown {
+            if let Some(suggestion) = item.suggestion {
+                paths.push(format!("{} (did you mean `{}`?)", item.path, suggestion));
+            } else {
+                paths.push(item.path);
+            }
+        }
+        return Err(ProxyError::Config(format!(
+            "unknown config keys are not allowed when general.config_strict=true: {}",
+            paths.join(", ")
+        )));
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}

 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct LoadedConfig {
@@ -337,12 +1003,17 @@ impl ProxyConfig {

        let parsed_toml: toml::Value =
            toml::from_str(&processed).map_err(|e| ProxyError::Config(e.to_string()))?;
+        handle_unknown_config_keys(&parsed_toml)?;
        let general_table = parsed_toml
            .get("general")
            .and_then(|value| value.as_table());
        let network_table = parsed_toml
            .get("network")
            .and_then(|value| value.as_table());
+        let server_table = parsed_toml.get("server").and_then(|value| value.as_table());
+        let conntrack_control_table = server_table
+            .and_then(|table| table.get("conntrack_control"))
+            .and_then(|value| value.as_table());
        let update_every_is_explicit = general_table
            .map(|table| table.contains_key("update_every"))
            .unwrap_or(false);
@@ -372,10 +1043,17 @@ impl ProxyConfig {
        let stun_servers_is_explicit = network_table
            .map(|table| table.contains_key("stun_servers"))
            .unwrap_or(false);
+        let inline_conntrack_control_is_explicit = conntrack_control_table
+            .map(|table| table.contains_key("inline_conntrack_control"))
+            .unwrap_or(false);

        let mut config: ProxyConfig = parsed_toml
            .try_into()
            .map_err(|e| ProxyError::Config(e.to_string()))?;
+        config
+            .server
+            .conntrack_control
+            .inline_conntrack_control_explicit = inline_conntrack_control_is_explicit;

        if !update_every_is_explicit && (legacy_secret_is_explicit || legacy_config_is_explicit) {
            config.general.update_every = None;
@@ -629,12 +1307,6 @@ impl ProxyConfig {
            ));
        }

-        if config.censorship.mask_relay_max_bytes == 0 {
-            return Err(ProxyError::Config(
-                "censorship.mask_relay_max_bytes must be > 0".to_string(),
-            ));
-        }
-
        if config.censorship.mask_relay_max_bytes > 67_108_864 {
            return Err(ProxyError::Config(
                "censorship.mask_relay_max_bytes must be <= 67108864".to_string(),
@@ -1082,9 +1754,9 @@ impl ProxyConfig {
            ));
        }

-        if config.general.me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms > 5000 {
+        if !(1..=5000).contains(&config.general.me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms) {
            return Err(ProxyError::Config(
-                "general.me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms must be within [0, 5000]".to_string(),
+                "general.me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms must be within [1, 5000]".to_string(),
            ));
        }

@@ -1106,9 +1778,11 @@ impl ProxyConfig {
            ));
        }

-        if config.server.api.request_body_limit_bytes == 0 {
+        if !(1..=MAX_API_REQUEST_BODY_LIMIT_BYTES)
+            .contains(&config.server.api.request_body_limit_bytes)
+        {
            return Err(ProxyError::Config(
-                "server.api.request_body_limit_bytes must be > 0".to_string(),
+                "server.api.request_body_limit_bytes must be within [1, 1048576]".to_string(),
            ));
        }

@@ -1436,13 +2110,22 @@ impl ProxyConfig {
            return Err(ProxyError::Config("No modes enabled".to_string()));
        }

-        if self.censorship.tls_domain.contains(' ') || self.censorship.tls_domain.contains('/') {
+        if !is_valid_tls_domain_name(&self.censorship.tls_domain) {
            return Err(ProxyError::Config(format!(
                "Invalid tls_domain: '{}'. Must be a valid domain name",
                self.censorship.tls_domain
            )));
        }

+        for domain in &self.censorship.tls_domains {
+            if !is_valid_tls_domain_name(domain) {
+                return Err(ProxyError::Config(format!(
+                    "Invalid tls_domains entry: '{}'. Must be a valid domain name",
+                    domain
+                )));
+            }
+        }
+
        for (user, tag) in &self.access.user_ad_tags {
            let zeros = "00000000000000000000000000000000";
            if !is_valid_ad_tag(tag) {
@@ -1881,6 +2564,43 @@ mod tests {
        );
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn conntrack_inline_explicit_flag_is_false_when_omitted() {
+        let cfg = load_config_from_temp_toml(
+            r#"
+            [general]
+            [network]
+            [server]
+            [server.conntrack_control]
+            [access]
+            "#,
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !cfg.server
+                .conntrack_control
+                .inline_conntrack_control_explicit
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn conntrack_inline_explicit_flag_is_true_when_present() {
+        let cfg = load_config_from_temp_toml(
+            r#"
+            [general]
+            [network]
+            [server]
+            [server.conntrack_control]
+            inline_conntrack_control = true
+            [access]
+            "#,
+        );
+        assert!(
+            cfg.server
+                .conntrack_control
+                .inline_conntrack_control_explicit
+        );
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn unknown_sni_action_parses_and_defaults_to_drop() {
        let cfg_default: ProxyConfig = toml::from_str(
@@ -1929,6 +2649,22 @@ mod tests {
            cfg_accept.censorship.unknown_sni_action,
            UnknownSniAction::Accept
        );
+
+        let cfg_reject: ProxyConfig = toml::from_str(
+            r#"
+            [server]
+            [general]
+            [network]
+            [access]
+            [censorship]
+            unknown_sni_action = "reject_handshake"
+            "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            cfg_reject.censorship.unknown_sni_action,
+            UnknownSniAction::RejectHandshake
+        );
    }

    #[test]
@@ -2544,6 +3280,26 @@ mod tests {
        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(path);
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms_zero_is_rejected() {
+        let toml = r#"
+            [general]
+            me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms = 0
+
+            [censorship]
+            tls_domain = "example.com"
+
+            [access.users]
+            user = "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+        "#;
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir();
+        let path = dir.join("telemt_me_route_blocking_send_timeout_zero_test.toml");
+        std::fs::write(&path, toml).unwrap();
+        let err = ProxyConfig::load(&path).unwrap_err().to_string();
+        assert!(err.contains("general.me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms must be within [1, 5000]"));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(path);
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn me_route_no_writer_mode_is_parsed() {
        let toml = r#"
--- a/src/config/tests/load_mask_shape_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/config/tests/load_mask_shape_security_tests.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ mask_shape_above_cap_blur_max_bytes = 8
 }

 #[test]
-fn load_rejects_zero_mask_relay_max_bytes() {
+fn load_accepts_zero_mask_relay_max_bytes_as_unlimited() {
    let path = write_temp_config(
        r#"
 [censorship]
@@ -246,12 +246,9 @@ mask_relay_max_bytes = 0
 "#,
    );

-    let err = ProxyConfig::load(&path).expect_err("mask_relay_max_bytes must be > 0");
-    let msg = err.to_string();
-    assert!(
-        msg.contains("censorship.mask_relay_max_bytes must be > 0"),
-        "error must explain non-zero relay cap invariant, got: {msg}"
-    );
+    let cfg = ProxyConfig::load(&path)
+        .expect("mask_relay_max_bytes=0 must be accepted as unlimited relay cap");
+    assert_eq!(cfg.censorship.mask_relay_max_bytes, 0);

    remove_temp_config(&path);
 }
--- a/src/config/types.rs
+++ b/src/config/types.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ pub enum LogLevel {
    Silent,
 }

+fn default_quota_state_path() -> PathBuf {
+    PathBuf::from("telemt.limit.json")
+}
+
 impl LogLevel {
    /// Convert to tracing EnvFilter directive string.
    pub fn to_filter_str(&self) -> &'static str {
@@ -375,6 +379,15 @@ pub struct GeneralConfig {
    #[serde(default)]
    pub data_path: Option<PathBuf>,

+    /// JSON state file for runtime per-user quota consumption.
+    #[serde(default = "default_quota_state_path")]
+    pub quota_state_path: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Reject unknown TOML config keys during load.
+    /// Startup fails fast; hot-reload rejects the new snapshot and keeps the current config.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub config_strict: bool,
+
    #[serde(default)]
    pub modes: ProxyModes,

@@ -392,14 +405,26 @@ pub struct GeneralConfig {
    #[serde(default = "default_proxy_secret_path")]
    pub proxy_secret_path: Option<String>,

+    /// Optional custom URL for infrastructure secret (https://core.telegram.org/getProxySecret if absent).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub proxy_secret_url: Option<String>,
+
    /// Optional path to cache raw getProxyConfig (IPv4) snapshot for startup fallback.
    #[serde(default = "default_proxy_config_v4_cache_path")]
    pub proxy_config_v4_cache_path: Option<String>,

+    /// Optional custom URL for getProxyConfig (https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfig if absent).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub proxy_config_v4_url: Option<String>,
+
    /// Optional path to cache raw getProxyConfigV6 snapshot for startup fallback.
    #[serde(default = "default_proxy_config_v6_cache_path")]
    pub proxy_config_v6_cache_path: Option<String>,

+    /// Optional custom URL for getProxyConfigV6 (https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfigV6 if absent).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub proxy_config_v6_url: Option<String>,
+
    /// Global ad_tag (32 hex chars from @MTProxybot). Fallback when user has no per-user tag in access.user_ad_tags.
    #[serde(default)]
    pub ad_tag: Option<String>,
@@ -518,10 +543,17 @@ pub struct GeneralConfig {
    pub me_d2c_frame_buf_shrink_threshold_bytes: usize,

    /// Copy buffer size for client->DC direction in direct relay.
+    ///
+    /// This is also the upper bound for one amortized upload rate-limit burst:
+    /// upload debt is settled before the next relay read instead of blocking
+    /// inside the completed read path.
    #[serde(default = "default_direct_relay_copy_buf_c2s_bytes")]
    pub direct_relay_copy_buf_c2s_bytes: usize,

    /// Copy buffer size for DC->client direction in direct relay.
+    ///
+    /// This bounds one direct download rate-limit grant because writes are
+    /// clipped to the currently available shaper budget.
    #[serde(default = "default_direct_relay_copy_buf_s2c_bytes")]
    pub direct_relay_copy_buf_s2c_bytes: usize,

@@ -717,6 +749,14 @@ pub struct GeneralConfig {
    #[serde(default)]
    pub me_socks_kdf_policy: MeSocksKdfPolicy,

+    /// Enable route-level ME backpressure controls in reader fairness path.
+    #[serde(default = "default_me_route_backpressure_enabled")]
+    pub me_route_backpressure_enabled: bool,
+
+    /// Enable worker-local fairshare scheduler for ME reader routing.
+    #[serde(default = "default_me_route_fairshare_enabled")]
+    pub me_route_fairshare_enabled: bool,
+
    /// Base backpressure timeout in milliseconds for ME route channel send.
    #[serde(default = "default_me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms")]
    pub me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms: u64,
@@ -758,7 +798,7 @@ pub struct GeneralConfig {
    pub me_route_hybrid_max_wait_ms: u64,

    /// Maximum wait in milliseconds for blocking ME writer channel send fallback.
-    /// `0` keeps legacy unbounded wait behavior.
+    /// Must be within [1, 5000].
    #[serde(default = "default_me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms")]
    pub me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms: u64,

@@ -954,14 +994,19 @@ impl Default for GeneralConfig {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self {
            data_path: None,
+            quota_state_path: default_quota_state_path(),
+            config_strict: false,
            modes: ProxyModes::default(),
            prefer_ipv6: false,
            fast_mode: default_true(),
            use_middle_proxy: default_true(),
            ad_tag: None,
            proxy_secret_path: default_proxy_secret_path(),
+            proxy_secret_url: None,
            proxy_config_v4_cache_path: default_proxy_config_v4_cache_path(),
+            proxy_config_v4_url: None,
            proxy_config_v6_cache_path: default_proxy_config_v6_cache_path(),
+            proxy_config_v6_url: None,
            middle_proxy_nat_ip: None,
            middle_proxy_nat_probe: default_true(),
            middle_proxy_nat_stun: default_middle_proxy_nat_stun(),
@@ -1044,6 +1089,8 @@ impl Default for GeneralConfig {
            disable_colors: false,
            telemetry: TelemetryConfig::default(),
            me_socks_kdf_policy: MeSocksKdfPolicy::Strict,
+            me_route_backpressure_enabled: default_me_route_backpressure_enabled(),
+            me_route_fairshare_enabled: default_me_route_fairshare_enabled(),
            me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms: default_me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms(),
            me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms: default_me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms(),
            me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct:
@@ -1329,6 +1376,10 @@ pub struct ConntrackControlConfig {
    #[serde(default = "default_conntrack_control_enabled")]
    pub inline_conntrack_control: bool,

+    /// Tracks whether inline_conntrack_control was explicitly set in config.
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub inline_conntrack_control_explicit: bool,
+
    /// Conntrack mode for listener ingress traffic.
    #[serde(default)]
    pub mode: ConntrackMode,
@@ -1363,6 +1414,7 @@ impl Default for ConntrackControlConfig {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self {
            inline_conntrack_control: default_conntrack_control_enabled(),
+            inline_conntrack_control_explicit: false,
            mode: ConntrackMode::default(),
            backend: ConntrackBackend::default(),
            profile: ConntrackPressureProfile::default(),
@@ -1551,6 +1603,13 @@ pub enum UnknownSniAction {
    Drop,
    Mask,
    Accept,
+    /// Reject the TLS handshake by sending a fatal `unrecognized_name` alert
+    /// (RFC 6066, AlertDescription = 112) before closing the connection.
+    /// Mimics nginx `ssl_reject_handshake on;` behavior on the default vhost —
+    /// the wire response indistinguishable from a stock modern web server
+    /// that simply does not host the requested name.
+    #[serde(rename = "reject_handshake")]
+    RejectHandshake,
 }

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -1686,9 +1745,16 @@ pub struct AntiCensorshipConfig {
    #[serde(default = "default_tls_new_session_tickets")]
    pub tls_new_session_tickets: u8,

+    /// Enable compact ServerHello payload mode.
+    /// When false, FakeTLS always uses full ServerHello payload behavior.
+    /// When true, compact certificate payload mode can be used by TTL policy.
+    #[serde(default = "default_serverhello_compact")]
+    pub serverhello_compact: bool,
+
    /// TTL in seconds for sending full certificate payload per client IP.
    /// First client connection per (SNI domain, client IP) gets full cert payload.
    /// Subsequent handshakes within TTL use compact cert metadata payload.
+    /// Applied only when `serverhello_compact` is enabled.
    #[serde(default = "default_tls_full_cert_ttl_secs")]
    pub tls_full_cert_ttl_secs: u64,

@@ -1731,6 +1797,7 @@ pub struct AntiCensorshipConfig {
    pub mask_shape_above_cap_blur_max_bytes: usize,

    /// Maximum bytes relayed per direction on unauthenticated masking fallback paths.
+    /// Set to 0 to disable byte cap (unlimited within relay/idle timeouts).
    #[serde(default = "default_mask_relay_max_bytes")]
    pub mask_relay_max_bytes: usize,

@@ -1782,6 +1849,7 @@ impl Default for AntiCensorshipConfig {
            server_hello_delay_min_ms: default_server_hello_delay_min_ms(),
            server_hello_delay_max_ms: default_server_hello_delay_max_ms(),
            tls_new_session_tickets: default_tls_new_session_tickets(),
+            serverhello_compact: default_serverhello_compact(),
            tls_full_cert_ttl_secs: default_tls_full_cert_ttl_secs(),
            alpn_enforce: default_alpn_enforce(),
            mask_proxy_protocol: 0,
@@ -1830,17 +1898,26 @@ pub struct AccessConfig {
    ///
    /// Each entry supports independent upload (`up_bps`) and download
    /// (`down_bps`) ceilings. A value of `0` in one direction means
-    /// "unlimited" for that direction.
+    /// "unlimited" for that direction. Limits are amortized: a relay quantum
+    /// may pass as a bounded burst, and the limiter applies the resulting wait
+    /// before later traffic in the same direction proceeds.
    #[serde(default)]
    pub user_rate_limits: HashMap<String, RateLimitBps>,

    /// Per-CIDR aggregate transport rate limits in bits-per-second.
    ///
    /// Matching uses longest-prefix-wins semantics. A value of `0` in one
-    /// direction means "unlimited" for that direction.
+    /// direction means "unlimited" for that direction. Limits are amortized
+    /// with the same bounded-burst contract as per-user rate limits.
    #[serde(default)]
    pub cidr_rate_limits: HashMap<IpNetwork, RateLimitBps>,

+    /// Per-username client source IP/CIDR deny list. Checked after successful
+    /// authentication; matching IPs get the same rejection path as invalid auth
+    /// (handshake fails closed for that connection).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub user_source_deny: HashMap<String, Vec<IpNetwork>>,
+
    #[serde(default)]
    pub user_max_unique_ips: HashMap<String, usize>,

@@ -1876,6 +1953,7 @@ impl Default for AccessConfig {
            user_data_quota: HashMap::new(),
            user_rate_limits: HashMap::new(),
            cidr_rate_limits: HashMap::new(),
+            user_source_deny: HashMap::new(),
            user_max_unique_ips: HashMap::new(),
            user_max_unique_ips_global_each: default_user_max_unique_ips_global_each(),
            user_max_unique_ips_mode: UserMaxUniqueIpsMode::default(),
@@ -1887,6 +1965,15 @@ impl Default for AccessConfig {
    }
 }

+impl AccessConfig {
+    /// Returns true if `ip` is contained in any CIDR listed for `username` under `user_source_deny`.
+    pub fn is_user_source_ip_denied(&self, username: &str, ip: IpAddr) -> bool {
+        self.user_source_deny
+            .get(username)
+            .is_some_and(|nets| nets.iter().any(|n| n.contains(ip)))
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct RateLimitBps {
    #[serde(default)]
--- a/src/conntrack_control.rs
+++ b/src/conntrack_control.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ enum NetfilterBackend {
    Iptables,
 }

+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct ConntrackRuntimeSupport {
+    netfilter_backend: Option<NetfilterBackend>,
+    has_cap_net_admin: bool,
+    has_conntrack_binary: bool,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 struct PressureSample {
    conn_pct: Option<u8>,
@@ -56,11 +63,8 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_conntrack_controller(
    shared: Arc<ProxySharedState>,
 ) {
    if !cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
-        let enabled = config_rx
-            .borrow()
-            .server
-            .conntrack_control
-            .inline_conntrack_control;
+        let cfg = config_rx.borrow();
+        let enabled = cfg.server.conntrack_control.inline_conntrack_control;
        stats.set_conntrack_control_enabled(enabled);
        stats.set_conntrack_control_available(false);
        stats.set_conntrack_pressure_active(false);
@@ -68,9 +72,14 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_conntrack_controller(
        stats.set_conntrack_rule_apply_ok(false);
        shared.disable_conntrack_close_sender();
        shared.set_conntrack_pressure_active(false);
-        if enabled {
+        if enabled
+            && cfg
+                .server
+                .conntrack_control
+                .inline_conntrack_control_explicit
+        {
            warn!(
-                "conntrack control is configured but unsupported on this OS; disabling runtime worker"
+                "conntrack control explicitly enabled but unsupported on this OS; disabling runtime worker"
            );
        }
        return;
@@ -92,16 +101,17 @@ async fn run_conntrack_controller(
    let mut cfg = config_rx.borrow().clone();
    let mut pressure_state = PressureState::new(stats.as_ref());
    let mut delete_budget_tokens = cfg.server.conntrack_control.delete_budget_per_sec;
-    let mut backend = pick_backend(cfg.server.conntrack_control.backend);
+    let mut runtime_support = probe_runtime_support(cfg.server.conntrack_control.backend);
+    let mut effective_enabled = effective_conntrack_enabled(&cfg, runtime_support);

    apply_runtime_state(
        stats.as_ref(),
        shared.as_ref(),
        &cfg,
-        backend.is_some(),
+        runtime_support,
        false,
    );
-    reconcile_rules(&cfg, backend, stats.as_ref()).await;
+    reconcile_rules(&cfg, runtime_support, stats.as_ref()).await;

    loop {
        tokio::select! {
@@ -110,17 +120,18 @@ async fn run_conntrack_controller(
                    break;
                }
                cfg = config_rx.borrow_and_update().clone();
-                backend = pick_backend(cfg.server.conntrack_control.backend);
+                runtime_support = probe_runtime_support(cfg.server.conntrack_control.backend);
+                effective_enabled = effective_conntrack_enabled(&cfg, runtime_support);
                delete_budget_tokens = cfg.server.conntrack_control.delete_budget_per_sec;
-                apply_runtime_state(stats.as_ref(), shared.as_ref(), &cfg, backend.is_some(), pressure_state.active);
-                reconcile_rules(&cfg, backend, stats.as_ref()).await;
+                apply_runtime_state(stats.as_ref(), shared.as_ref(), &cfg, runtime_support, pressure_state.active);
+                reconcile_rules(&cfg, runtime_support, stats.as_ref()).await;
            }
            event = close_rx.recv() => {
                let Some(event) = event else {
                    break;
                };
                stats.set_conntrack_event_queue_depth(close_rx.len() as u64);
-                if !cfg.server.conntrack_control.inline_conntrack_control {
+                if !effective_enabled {
                    continue;
                }
                if !pressure_state.active {
@@ -156,6 +167,7 @@ async fn run_conntrack_controller(
                    stats.as_ref(),
                    shared.as_ref(),
                    &cfg,
+                    effective_enabled,
                    &sample,
                    &mut pressure_state,
                );
@@ -175,20 +187,30 @@ fn apply_runtime_state(
    stats: &Stats,
    shared: &ProxySharedState,
    cfg: &ProxyConfig,
-    backend_available: bool,
+    runtime_support: ConntrackRuntimeSupport,
    pressure_active: bool,
 ) {
    let enabled = cfg.server.conntrack_control.inline_conntrack_control;
-    let available = enabled && backend_available && has_cap_net_admin();
-    if enabled && !available {
+    let available = effective_conntrack_enabled(cfg, runtime_support);
+    if enabled
+        && !available
+        && cfg
+            .server
+            .conntrack_control
+            .inline_conntrack_control_explicit
+    {
        warn!(
-            "conntrack control enabled but unavailable (missing CAP_NET_ADMIN or backend binaries)"
+            has_cap_net_admin = runtime_support.has_cap_net_admin,
+            backend_available = runtime_support.netfilter_backend.is_some(),
+            conntrack_binary_available = runtime_support.has_conntrack_binary,
+            configured_backend = ?cfg.server.conntrack_control.backend,
+            "conntrack control explicitly enabled but unavailable; disabling runtime features"
        );
    }
    stats.set_conntrack_control_enabled(enabled);
    stats.set_conntrack_control_available(available);
-    shared.set_conntrack_pressure_active(enabled && pressure_active);
-    stats.set_conntrack_pressure_active(enabled && pressure_active);
+    shared.set_conntrack_pressure_active(available && pressure_active);
+    stats.set_conntrack_pressure_active(available && pressure_active);
 }

 fn collect_pressure_sample(
@@ -228,10 +250,11 @@ fn update_pressure_state(
    stats: &Stats,
    shared: &ProxySharedState,
    cfg: &ProxyConfig,
+    effective_enabled: bool,
    sample: &PressureSample,
    state: &mut PressureState,
 ) {
-    if !cfg.server.conntrack_control.inline_conntrack_control {
+    if !effective_enabled {
        if state.active {
            state.active = false;
            state.low_streak = 0;
@@ -285,22 +308,26 @@ fn update_pressure_state(
    state.low_streak = 0;
 }

-async fn reconcile_rules(cfg: &ProxyConfig, backend: Option<NetfilterBackend>, stats: &Stats) {
+async fn reconcile_rules(
+    cfg: &ProxyConfig,
+    runtime_support: ConntrackRuntimeSupport,
+    stats: &Stats,
+) {
    if !cfg.server.conntrack_control.inline_conntrack_control {
        clear_notrack_rules_all_backends().await;
        stats.set_conntrack_rule_apply_ok(true);
        return;
    }

-    if !has_cap_net_admin() {
+    if !effective_conntrack_enabled(cfg, runtime_support) {
+        clear_notrack_rules_all_backends().await;
        stats.set_conntrack_rule_apply_ok(false);
        return;
    }

-    let Some(backend) = backend else {
-        stats.set_conntrack_rule_apply_ok(false);
-        return;
-    };
+    let backend = runtime_support
+        .netfilter_backend
+        .expect("netfilter backend must be available for effective conntrack control");

    let apply_result = match backend {
        NetfilterBackend::Nftables => apply_nft_rules(cfg).await,
@@ -315,6 +342,24 @@ async fn reconcile_rules(cfg: &ProxyConfig, backend: Option<NetfilterBackend>, s
    }
 }

+fn probe_runtime_support(configured_backend: ConntrackBackend) -> ConntrackRuntimeSupport {
+    ConntrackRuntimeSupport {
+        netfilter_backend: pick_backend(configured_backend),
+        has_cap_net_admin: has_cap_net_admin(),
+        has_conntrack_binary: command_exists("conntrack"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn effective_conntrack_enabled(
+    cfg: &ProxyConfig,
+    runtime_support: ConntrackRuntimeSupport,
+) -> bool {
+    cfg.server.conntrack_control.inline_conntrack_control
+        && runtime_support.has_cap_net_admin
+        && runtime_support.netfilter_backend.is_some()
+        && runtime_support.has_conntrack_binary
+}
+
 fn pick_backend(configured: ConntrackBackend) -> Option<NetfilterBackend> {
    match configured {
        ConntrackBackend::Auto => {
@@ -710,7 +755,7 @@ mod tests {
            me_queue_pressure_delta: 0,
        };

-        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, &sample, &mut state);
+        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, true, &sample, &mut state);

        assert!(state.active);
        assert!(shared.conntrack_pressure_active());
@@ -731,7 +776,14 @@ mod tests {
            accept_timeout_delta: 0,
            me_queue_pressure_delta: 0,
        };
-        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, &high_sample, &mut state);
+        update_pressure_state(
+            &stats,
+            shared.as_ref(),
+            &cfg,
+            true,
+            &high_sample,
+            &mut state,
+        );
        assert!(state.active);

        let low_sample = PressureSample {
@@ -740,11 +792,11 @@ mod tests {
            accept_timeout_delta: 0,
            me_queue_pressure_delta: 0,
        };
-        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, &low_sample, &mut state);
+        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, true, &low_sample, &mut state);
        assert!(state.active);
-        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, &low_sample, &mut state);
+        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, true, &low_sample, &mut state);
        assert!(state.active);
-        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, &low_sample, &mut state);
+        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, true, &low_sample, &mut state);

        assert!(!state.active);
        assert!(!shared.conntrack_pressure_active());
@@ -765,7 +817,7 @@ mod tests {
            me_queue_pressure_delta: 10,
        };

-        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, &sample, &mut state);
+        update_pressure_state(&stats, shared.as_ref(), &cfg, false, &sample, &mut state);

        assert!(!state.active);
        assert!(!shared.conntrack_pressure_active());
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -222,6 +222,21 @@ pub enum ProxyError {
    #[error("Proxy error: {0}")]
    Proxy(String),

+    #[error("ME connection lost")]
+    MiddleConnectionLost,
+
+    #[error("Session terminated")]
+    RouteSwitched,
+
+    #[error("Traffic budget wait cancelled")]
+    TrafficBudgetWaitCancelled,
+
+    #[error("Traffic budget wait deadline exceeded")]
+    TrafficBudgetWaitDeadlineExceeded,
+
+    #[error("ME client writer cancelled")]
+    MiddleClientWriterCancelled,
+
    // ============= Config Errors =============
    #[error("Config error: {0}")]
    Config(String),
--- a/src/healthcheck.rs
+++ b/src/healthcheck.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr, TcpStream};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use serde_json::Value;
+
+use crate::config::ProxyConfig;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) enum HealthcheckMode {
+    Liveness,
+    Ready,
+}
+
+impl HealthcheckMode {
+    pub(crate) fn from_cli_arg(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        match value {
+            "liveness" => Some(Self::Liveness),
+            "ready" => Some(Self::Ready),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn request_path(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Self::Liveness => "/v1/health",
+            Self::Ready => "/v1/health/ready",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn run(config_path: &str, mode: HealthcheckMode) -> i32 {
+    match run_inner(config_path, mode) {
+        Ok(()) => 0,
+        Err(error) => {
+            eprintln!("[telemt] healthcheck failed: {error}");
+            1
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn run_inner(config_path: &str, mode: HealthcheckMode) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let config =
+        ProxyConfig::load(config_path).map_err(|error| format!("config load failed: {error}"))?;
+    let api_cfg = &config.server.api;
+    if !api_cfg.enabled {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    let listen: SocketAddr = api_cfg
+        .listen
+        .parse()
+        .map_err(|_| format!("invalid API listen address: {}", api_cfg.listen))?;
+    if listen.port() == 0 {
+        return Err("API listen port is 0".to_string());
+    }
+    let target = probe_target(listen);
+
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect_timeout(&target, Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .map_err(|error| format!("connect {target} failed: {error}"))?;
+    stream
+        .set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(2)))
+        .map_err(|error| format!("set read timeout failed: {error}"))?;
+    stream
+        .set_write_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(2)))
+        .map_err(|error| format!("set write timeout failed: {error}"))?;
+
+    let request = build_request(target, mode.request_path(), &api_cfg.auth_header);
+    stream
+        .write_all(request.as_bytes())
+        .map_err(|error| format!("request write failed: {error}"))?;
+    stream
+        .flush()
+        .map_err(|error| format!("request flush failed: {error}"))?;
+
+    let mut raw_response = Vec::new();
+    stream
+        .read_to_end(&mut raw_response)
+        .map_err(|error| format!("response read failed: {error}"))?;
+    let response =
+        String::from_utf8(raw_response).map_err(|_| "response is not valid UTF-8".to_string())?;
+
+    let (status_code, body) = split_response(&response)?;
+    if status_code != 200 {
+        return Err(format!("HTTP status {status_code}"));
+    }
+
+    validate_payload(mode, body)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn probe_target(listen: SocketAddr) -> SocketAddr {
+    match listen {
+        SocketAddr::V4(addr) => {
+            let ip = if addr.ip().is_unspecified() {
+                Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST
+            } else {
+                *addr.ip()
+            };
+            SocketAddr::from((ip, addr.port()))
+        }
+        SocketAddr::V6(addr) => {
+            let ip = if addr.ip().is_unspecified() {
+                Ipv6Addr::LOCALHOST
+            } else {
+                *addr.ip()
+            };
+            SocketAddr::from((ip, addr.port()))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn build_request(target: SocketAddr, path: &str, auth_header: &str) -> String {
+    let mut request = format!(
+        "GET {path} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n",
+        target
+    );
+    if !auth_header.is_empty() {
+        request.push_str("Authorization: ");
+        request.push_str(auth_header);
+        request.push_str("\r\n");
+    }
+    request.push_str("\r\n");
+    request
+}
+
+fn split_response(response: &str) -> Result<(u16, &str), String> {
+    let header_end = response
+        .find("\r\n\r\n")
+        .ok_or_else(|| "invalid HTTP response headers".to_string())?;
+    let header = &response[..header_end];
+    let body = &response[header_end + 4..];
+    let status_line = header
+        .lines()
+        .next()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "missing HTTP status line".to_string())?;
+    let status_code = parse_status_code(status_line)?;
+    Ok((status_code, body))
+}
+
+fn parse_status_code(status_line: &str) -> Result<u16, String> {
+    let mut parts = status_line.split_whitespace();
+    let version = parts
+        .next()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "missing HTTP version".to_string())?;
+    if !version.starts_with("HTTP/") {
+        return Err(format!("invalid HTTP status line: {status_line}"));
+    }
+    let code = parts
+        .next()
+        .ok_or_else(|| "missing HTTP status code".to_string())?;
+    code.parse::<u16>()
+        .map_err(|_| format!("invalid HTTP status code: {code}"))
+}
+
+fn validate_payload(mode: HealthcheckMode, body: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let payload: Value =
+        serde_json::from_str(body).map_err(|_| "response body is not valid JSON".to_string())?;
+    if payload.get("ok").and_then(Value::as_bool) != Some(true) {
+        return Err("response JSON has ok=false".to_string());
+    }
+
+    let data = payload
+        .get("data")
+        .ok_or_else(|| "response JSON has no data field".to_string())?;
+    match mode {
+        HealthcheckMode::Liveness => {
+            if data.get("status").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("ok") {
+                return Err("liveness status is not ok".to_string());
+            }
+        }
+        HealthcheckMode::Ready => {
+            if data.get("ready").and_then(Value::as_bool) != Some(true) {
+                return Err("readiness flag is false".to_string());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::{HealthcheckMode, parse_status_code, split_response, validate_payload};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_status_code_reads_http_200() {
+        let status = parse_status_code("HTTP/1.1 200 OK").expect("must parse status");
+        assert_eq!(status, 200);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn split_response_extracts_status_and_body() {
+        let response = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\n\r\n{\"ok\":true}";
+        let (status, body) = split_response(response).expect("must split response");
+        assert_eq!(status, 200);
+        assert_eq!(body, "{\"ok\":true}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn validate_payload_accepts_liveness_contract() {
+        let body = "{\"ok\":true,\"data\":{\"status\":\"ok\"}}";
+        validate_payload(HealthcheckMode::Liveness, body).expect("liveness payload must pass");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn validate_payload_rejects_not_ready() {
+        let body = "{\"ok\":true,\"data\":{\"ready\":false}}";
+        let result = validate_payload(HealthcheckMode::Ready, body);
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+    }
+}
--- a/src/ip_tracker.rs
+++ b/src/ip_tracker.rs
@@ -9,30 +9,53 @@ use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

-use tokio::sync::{Mutex as AsyncMutex, RwLock};
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex as AsyncMutex, RwLock, RwLockWriteGuard};

 use crate::config::UserMaxUniqueIpsMode;

+const CLEANUP_DRAIN_BATCH_LIMIT: usize = 1024;
+const MAX_ACTIVE_IP_ENTRIES: u64 = 131_072;
+const MAX_RECENT_IP_ENTRIES: u64 = 262_144;
+
+/// Tracks active and recent client IPs for per-user admission control.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct UserIpTracker {
    active_ips: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, HashMap<IpAddr, usize>>>>,
    recent_ips: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, HashMap<IpAddr, Instant>>>>,
+    active_entry_count: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+    recent_entry_count: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+    active_cap_rejects: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+    recent_cap_rejects: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+    cleanup_deferred_releases: Arc<AtomicU64>,
    max_ips: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, usize>>>,
    default_max_ips: Arc<RwLock<usize>>,
    limit_mode: Arc<RwLock<UserMaxUniqueIpsMode>>,
    limit_window: Arc<RwLock<Duration>>,
    last_compact_epoch_secs: Arc<AtomicU64>,
-    cleanup_queue: Arc<Mutex<Vec<(String, IpAddr)>>>,
+    cleanup_queue_len: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+    cleanup_queue: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<(String, IpAddr), usize>>>,
    cleanup_drain_lock: Arc<AsyncMutex<()>>,
 }

+/// Point-in-time memory counters for user/IP limiter state.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct UserIpTrackerMemoryStats {
+    /// Number of users with active IP state.
    pub active_users: usize,
+    /// Number of users with recent IP state.
    pub recent_users: usize,
+    /// Number of active `(user, ip)` entries.
    pub active_entries: usize,
+    /// Number of recent-window `(user, ip)` entries.
    pub recent_entries: usize,
+    /// Number of deferred disconnect cleanups waiting to be drained.
    pub cleanup_queue_len: usize,
+    /// Number of new connections rejected by the global active-entry cap.
+    pub active_cap_rejects: u64,
+    /// Number of new connections rejected by the global recent-entry cap.
+    pub recent_cap_rejects: u64,
+    /// Number of release cleanups deferred through the cleanup queue.
+    pub cleanup_deferred_releases: u64,
 }

 impl UserIpTracker {
@@ -40,22 +63,81 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
        Self {
            active_ips: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
            recent_ips: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
+            active_entry_count: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
+            recent_entry_count: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
+            active_cap_rejects: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
+            recent_cap_rejects: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
+            cleanup_deferred_releases: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
            max_ips: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
            default_max_ips: Arc::new(RwLock::new(0)),
            limit_mode: Arc::new(RwLock::new(UserMaxUniqueIpsMode::ActiveWindow)),
            limit_window: Arc::new(RwLock::new(Duration::from_secs(30))),
            last_compact_epoch_secs: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
-            cleanup_queue: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
+            cleanup_queue_len: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
+            cleanup_queue: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
            cleanup_drain_lock: Arc::new(AsyncMutex::new(())),
        }
    }

+    fn decrement_counter(counter: &AtomicU64, amount: usize) {
+        if amount == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+        let amount = amount as u64;
+        let _ = counter.fetch_update(Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| {
+            Some(current.saturating_sub(amount))
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn apply_active_cleanup(
+        active_ips: &mut HashMap<String, HashMap<IpAddr, usize>>,
+        user: &str,
+        ip: IpAddr,
+        pending_count: usize,
+    ) -> usize {
+        if pending_count == 0 {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        let mut remove_user = false;
+        let mut removed_active_entries = 0usize;
+        if let Some(user_ips) = active_ips.get_mut(user) {
+            if let Some(count) = user_ips.get_mut(&ip) {
+                if *count > pending_count {
+                    *count -= pending_count;
+                } else if user_ips.remove(&ip).is_some() {
+                    removed_active_entries = 1;
+                }
+            }
+            remove_user = user_ips.is_empty();
+        }
+        if remove_user {
+            active_ips.remove(user);
+        }
+        removed_active_entries
+    }
+
+    /// Queues a deferred active IP cleanup for a later async drain.
    pub fn enqueue_cleanup(&self, user: String, ip: IpAddr) {
        match self.cleanup_queue.lock() {
-            Ok(mut queue) => queue.push((user, ip)),
+            Ok(mut queue) => {
+                let count = queue.entry((user, ip)).or_insert(0);
+                if *count == 0 {
+                    self.cleanup_queue_len.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                }
+                *count = count.saturating_add(1);
+                self.cleanup_deferred_releases
+                    .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            }
            Err(poisoned) => {
                let mut queue = poisoned.into_inner();
-                queue.push((user.clone(), ip));
+                let count = queue.entry((user.clone(), ip)).or_insert(0);
+                if *count == 0 {
+                    self.cleanup_queue_len.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                }
+                *count = count.saturating_add(1);
+                self.cleanup_deferred_releases
+                    .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
                self.cleanup_queue.clear_poison();
                tracing::warn!(
                    "UserIpTracker cleanup_queue lock poisoned; recovered and enqueued IP cleanup for {} ({})",
@@ -75,21 +157,38 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
    }

    #[cfg(test)]
-    pub(crate) fn cleanup_queue_mutex_for_tests(&self) -> Arc<Mutex<Vec<(String, IpAddr)>>> {
+    pub(crate) fn cleanup_queue_mutex_for_tests(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Arc<Mutex<HashMap<(String, IpAddr), usize>>> {
        Arc::clone(&self.cleanup_queue)
    }

    pub(crate) async fn drain_cleanup_queue(&self) {
-        // Serialize queue draining and active-IP mutation so check-and-add cannot
-        // observe stale active entries that are already queued for removal.
-        let _drain_guard = self.cleanup_drain_lock.lock().await;
+        if self.cleanup_queue_len.load(Ordering::Relaxed) == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+        let Ok(_drain_guard) = self.cleanup_drain_lock.try_lock() else {
+            return;
+        };
+
        let to_remove = {
            match self.cleanup_queue.lock() {
                Ok(mut queue) => {
                    if queue.is_empty() {
                        return;
                    }
-                    std::mem::take(&mut *queue)
+                    let mut drained =
+                        HashMap::with_capacity(queue.len().min(CLEANUP_DRAIN_BATCH_LIMIT));
+                    for _ in 0..CLEANUP_DRAIN_BATCH_LIMIT {
+                        let Some(key) = queue.keys().next().cloned() else {
+                            break;
+                        };
+                        if let Some(count) = queue.remove(&key) {
+                            self.cleanup_queue_len.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                            drained.insert(key, count);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    drained
                }
                Err(poisoned) => {
                    let mut queue = poisoned.into_inner();
@@ -97,28 +196,34 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
                        self.cleanup_queue.clear_poison();
                        return;
                    }
-                    let drained = std::mem::take(&mut *queue);
+                    let mut drained =
+                        HashMap::with_capacity(queue.len().min(CLEANUP_DRAIN_BATCH_LIMIT));
+                    for _ in 0..CLEANUP_DRAIN_BATCH_LIMIT {
+                        let Some(key) = queue.keys().next().cloned() else {
+                            break;
+                        };
+                        if let Some(count) = queue.remove(&key) {
+                            self.cleanup_queue_len.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                            drained.insert(key, count);
+                        }
+                    }
                    self.cleanup_queue.clear_poison();
                    drained
                }
            }
        };
+        if to_remove.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }

        let mut active_ips = self.active_ips.write().await;
-        for (user, ip) in to_remove {
-            if let Some(user_ips) = active_ips.get_mut(&user) {
-                if let Some(count) = user_ips.get_mut(&ip) {
-                    if *count > 1 {
-                        *count -= 1;
-                    } else {
-                        user_ips.remove(&ip);
-                    }
-                }
-                if user_ips.is_empty() {
-                    active_ips.remove(&user);
-                }
-            }
+        let mut removed_active_entries = 0usize;
+        for ((user, ip), pending_count) in to_remove {
+            removed_active_entries = removed_active_entries.saturating_add(
+                Self::apply_active_cleanup(&mut active_ips, &user, ip, pending_count),
+            );
        }
+        Self::decrement_counter(&self.active_entry_count, removed_active_entries);
    }

    fn now_epoch_secs() -> u64 {
@@ -128,6 +233,24 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
            .as_secs()
    }

+    async fn active_and_recent_write(
+        &self,
+    ) -> (
+        RwLockWriteGuard<'_, HashMap<String, HashMap<IpAddr, usize>>>,
+        RwLockWriteGuard<'_, HashMap<String, HashMap<IpAddr, Instant>>>,
+    ) {
+        loop {
+            let active_ips = self.active_ips.write().await;
+            match self.recent_ips.try_write() {
+                Ok(recent_ips) => return (active_ips, recent_ips),
+                Err(_) => {
+                    drop(active_ips);
+                    tokio::task::yield_now().await;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
    async fn maybe_compact_empty_users(&self) {
        const COMPACT_INTERVAL_SECS: u64 = 60;
        let now_epoch_secs = Self::now_epoch_secs();
@@ -148,14 +271,16 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
            return;
        }

-        let mut active_ips = self.active_ips.write().await;
-        let mut recent_ips = self.recent_ips.write().await;
        let window = *self.limit_window.read().await;
        let now = Instant::now();
+        let (mut active_ips, mut recent_ips) = self.active_and_recent_write().await;

+        let mut pruned_recent_entries = 0usize;
        for user_recent in recent_ips.values_mut() {
-            Self::prune_recent(user_recent, now, window);
+            pruned_recent_entries =
+                pruned_recent_entries.saturating_add(Self::prune_recent(user_recent, now, window));
        }
+        Self::decrement_counter(&self.recent_entry_count, pruned_recent_entries);

        let mut users =
            Vec::<String>::with_capacity(active_ips.len().saturating_add(recent_ips.len()));
@@ -182,12 +307,17 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
        }
    }

+    pub async fn run_periodic_maintenance(self: Arc<Self>) {
+        let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(1));
+        loop {
+            interval.tick().await;
+            self.drain_cleanup_queue().await;
+            self.maybe_compact_empty_users().await;
+        }
+    }
+
    pub async fn memory_stats(&self) -> UserIpTrackerMemoryStats {
-        let cleanup_queue_len = self
-            .cleanup_queue
-            .lock()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|poisoned| poisoned.into_inner())
-            .len();
+        let cleanup_queue_len = self.cleanup_queue_len.load(Ordering::Relaxed) as usize;
        let active_ips = self.active_ips.read().await;
        let recent_ips = self.recent_ips.read().await;
        let active_entries = active_ips.values().map(HashMap::len).sum();
@@ -199,6 +329,9 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
            active_entries,
            recent_entries,
            cleanup_queue_len,
+            active_cap_rejects: self.active_cap_rejects.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            recent_cap_rejects: self.recent_cap_rejects.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            cleanup_deferred_releases: self.cleanup_deferred_releases.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
        }
    }

@@ -229,11 +362,17 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
        max_ips.clone_from(limits);
    }

-    fn prune_recent(user_recent: &mut HashMap<IpAddr, Instant>, now: Instant, window: Duration) {
+    fn prune_recent(
+        user_recent: &mut HashMap<IpAddr, Instant>,
+        now: Instant,
+        window: Duration,
+    ) -> usize {
        if user_recent.is_empty() {
-            return;
+            return 0;
        }
+        let before = user_recent.len();
        user_recent.retain(|_, seen_at| now.duration_since(*seen_at) <= window);
+        before.saturating_sub(user_recent.len())
    }

    pub async fn check_and_add(&self, username: &str, ip: IpAddr) -> Result<(), String> {
@@ -252,26 +391,40 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
        let window = *self.limit_window.read().await;
        let now = Instant::now();

-        let mut active_ips = self.active_ips.write().await;
+        let (mut active_ips, mut recent_ips) = self.active_and_recent_write().await;
        let user_active = active_ips
            .entry(username.to_string())
            .or_insert_with(HashMap::new);
-
-        let mut recent_ips = self.recent_ips.write().await;
        let user_recent = recent_ips
            .entry(username.to_string())
            .or_insert_with(HashMap::new);
-        Self::prune_recent(user_recent, now, window);
+        let pruned_recent_entries = Self::prune_recent(user_recent, now, window);
+        Self::decrement_counter(&self.recent_entry_count, pruned_recent_entries);
+        let recent_contains_ip = user_recent.contains_key(&ip);

        if let Some(count) = user_active.get_mut(&ip) {
+            if !recent_contains_ip
+                && self.recent_entry_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed) >= MAX_RECENT_IP_ENTRIES
+            {
+                self.recent_cap_rejects.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "IP tracker recent entry cap reached: entries={}/{}",
+                    self.recent_entry_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                    MAX_RECENT_IP_ENTRIES
+                ));
+            }
            *count = count.saturating_add(1);
-            user_recent.insert(ip, now);
+            if user_recent.insert(ip, now).is_none() {
+                self.recent_entry_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            }
            return Ok(());
        }

+        let is_new_ip = !recent_contains_ip;
+
        if let Some(limit) = limit {
            let active_limit_reached = user_active.len() >= limit;
-            let recent_limit_reached = user_recent.len() >= limit;
+            let recent_limit_reached = user_recent.len() >= limit && is_new_ip;
            let deny = match mode {
                UserMaxUniqueIpsMode::ActiveWindow => active_limit_reached,
                UserMaxUniqueIpsMode::TimeWindow => recent_limit_reached,
@@ -291,30 +444,62 @@ impl UserIpTracker {
            }
        }

-        user_active.insert(ip, 1);
-        user_recent.insert(ip, now);
+        if self.active_entry_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed) >= MAX_ACTIVE_IP_ENTRIES {
+            self.active_cap_rejects.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            return Err(format!(
+                "IP tracker active entry cap reached: entries={}/{}",
+                self.active_entry_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                MAX_ACTIVE_IP_ENTRIES
+            ));
+        }
+        if is_new_ip && self.recent_entry_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed) >= MAX_RECENT_IP_ENTRIES {
+            self.recent_cap_rejects.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            return Err(format!(
+                "IP tracker recent entry cap reached: entries={}/{}",
+                self.recent_entry_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                MAX_RECENT_IP_ENTRIES
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if user_active.insert(ip, 1).is_none() {
+            self.active_entry_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+        if user_recent.insert(ip, now).is_none() {
+            self.recent_entry_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
        Ok(())
    }

    pub async fn remove_ip(&self, username: &str, ip: IpAddr) {
        self.maybe_compact_empty_users().await;
        let mut active_ips = self.active_ips.write().await;
+        let mut removed_active_entries = 0usize;
        if let Some(user_ips) = active_ips.get_mut(username) {
            if let Some(count) = user_ips.get_mut(&ip) {
                if *count > 1 {
                    *count -= 1;
                } else {
-                    user_ips.remove(&ip);
+                    if user_ips.remove(&ip).is_some() {
+                        removed_active_entries = 1;
+                    }
                }
            }
            if user_ips.is_empty() {
                active_ips.remove(username);
            }
        }
+        Self::decrement_counter(&self.active_entry_count, removed_active_entries);
    }

    pub async fn get_recent_counts_for_users(&self, users: &[String]) -> HashMap<String, usize> {
        self.drain_cleanup_queue().await;
+        self.get_recent_counts_for_users_snapshot(users).await
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn get_recent_counts_for_users_snapshot(
+        &self,
+        users: &[String],
+    ) -> HashMap<String, usize> {
        let window = *self.limit_window.read().await;
        let now = Instant::now();
        let recent_ips = self.recent_ips.read().await;
@@ -389,19 +574,29 @@ impl UserIpTracker {

    pub async fn get_stats(&self) -> Vec<(String, usize, usize)> {
        self.drain_cleanup_queue().await;
+        self.get_stats_snapshot().await
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn get_stats_snapshot(&self) -> Vec<(String, usize, usize)> {
        let active_ips = self.active_ips.read().await;
+        let active_counts = active_ips
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(username, user_ips)| (username.clone(), user_ips.len()))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        drop(active_ips);
+
        let max_ips = self.max_ips.read().await;
        let default_max_ips = *self.default_max_ips.read().await;

-        let mut stats = Vec::new();
-        for (username, user_ips) in active_ips.iter() {
+        let mut stats = Vec::with_capacity(active_counts.len());
+        for (username, active_count) in active_counts {
            let limit = max_ips
-                .get(username)
+                .get(&username)
                .copied()
                .filter(|limit| *limit > 0)
                .or((default_max_ips > 0).then_some(default_max_ips))
                .unwrap_or(0);
-            stats.push((username.clone(), user_ips.len(), limit));
+            stats.push((username, active_count, limit));
        }

        stats.sort_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
@@ -410,20 +605,30 @@ impl UserIpTracker {

    pub async fn clear_user_ips(&self, username: &str) {
        let mut active_ips = self.active_ips.write().await;
-        active_ips.remove(username);
+        let removed_active_entries = active_ips
+            .remove(username)
+            .map(|ips| ips.len())
+            .unwrap_or(0);
        drop(active_ips);
+        Self::decrement_counter(&self.active_entry_count, removed_active_entries);

        let mut recent_ips = self.recent_ips.write().await;
-        recent_ips.remove(username);
+        let removed_recent_entries = recent_ips
+            .remove(username)
+            .map(|ips| ips.len())
+            .unwrap_or(0);
+        Self::decrement_counter(&self.recent_entry_count, removed_recent_entries);
    }

    pub async fn clear_all(&self) {
        let mut active_ips = self.active_ips.write().await;
        active_ips.clear();
        drop(active_ips);
+        self.active_entry_count.store(0, Ordering::Relaxed);

        let mut recent_ips = self.recent_ips.write().await;
        recent_ips.clear();
+        self.recent_entry_count.store(0, Ordering::Relaxed);
    }

    pub async fn is_ip_active(&self, username: &str, ip: IpAddr) -> bool {
@@ -851,4 +1056,19 @@ mod tests {
            .unwrap_or(false);
        assert!(!stale_exists);
    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_time_window_allows_same_ip_reconnect() {
+        let tracker = UserIpTracker::new();
+        tracker.set_user_limit("test_user", 1).await;
+        tracker
+            .set_limit_policy(UserMaxUniqueIpsMode::TimeWindow, 1)
+            .await;
+
+        let ip1 = test_ipv4(10, 4, 0, 1);
+
+        assert!(tracker.check_and_add("test_user", ip1).await.is_ok());
+        tracker.remove_ip("test_user", ip1).await;
+        assert!(tracker.check_and_add("test_user", ip1).await.is_ok());
+    }
 }
--- a/src/maestro/admission.rs
+++ b/src/maestro/admission.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn configure_admission_gate(
    route_runtime: Arc<RouteRuntimeController>,
    admission_tx: &watch::Sender<bool>,
    config_rx: watch::Receiver<Arc<ProxyConfig>>,
+    me_ready_rx: watch::Receiver<u64>,
 ) {
    if config.general.use_middle_proxy {
        if let Some(pool) = me_pool.as_ref() {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn configure_admission_gate(
            let admission_tx_gate = admission_tx.clone();
            let route_runtime_gate = route_runtime.clone();
            let mut config_rx_gate = config_rx.clone();
+            let mut me_ready_rx_gate = me_ready_rx;
            let mut admission_poll_ms = config.general.me_admission_poll_ms.max(1);
            tokio::spawn(async move {
                let mut gate_open = initial_gate_open;
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn configure_admission_gate(
                            fast_fallback_enabled = cfg.general.me2dc_fallback && cfg.general.me2dc_fast;
                            continue;
                        }
+                        changed = me_ready_rx_gate.changed() => {
+                            if changed.is_err() {
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
                        _ = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(admission_poll_ms)) => {}
                    }
                    let ready = pool_for_gate.admission_ready_conditional_cast().await;
--- a/src/maestro/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/maestro/helpers.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::items_after_test_module)]

-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::Duration;

 use tokio::sync::watch;
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::transport::middle_proxy::{

 pub(crate) fn resolve_runtime_config_path(
    config_path_cli: &str,
-    startup_cwd: &std::path::Path,
+    startup_cwd: &Path,
    config_path_explicit: bool,
 ) -> PathBuf {
    if config_path_explicit {
@@ -46,6 +46,39 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve_runtime_config_path(
    startup_cwd.join("config.toml")
 }

+pub(crate) fn resolve_runtime_base_dir(
+    config_path: &Path,
+    startup_cwd: &Path,
+    config_path_explicit: bool,
+    data_path: Option<&Path>,
+) -> PathBuf {
+    if let Some(path) = data_path {
+        return normalize_runtime_dir(path, startup_cwd);
+    }
+
+    if startup_cwd != Path::new("/") {
+        return normalize_runtime_dir(startup_cwd, startup_cwd);
+    }
+
+    if config_path_explicit
+        && let Some(parent) = config_path.parent()
+        && !parent.as_os_str().is_empty()
+    {
+        return normalize_runtime_dir(parent, startup_cwd);
+    }
+
+    PathBuf::from("/etc/telemt")
+}
+
+fn normalize_runtime_dir(path: &Path, startup_cwd: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    let absolute = if path.is_absolute() {
+        path.to_path_buf()
+    } else {
+        startup_cwd.join(path)
+    };
+    absolute.canonicalize().unwrap_or(absolute)
+}
+
 /// Parsed CLI arguments.
 pub(crate) struct CliArgs {
    pub config_path: String,
@@ -231,7 +264,13 @@ fn print_help() {

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::resolve_runtime_config_path;
+    use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+    use super::{
+        expected_handshake_close_description, is_expected_handshake_eof, peer_close_description,
+        resolve_runtime_base_dir, resolve_runtime_config_path,
+    };
+    use crate::error::{ProxyError, StreamError};

    #[test]
    fn resolve_runtime_config_path_anchors_relative_to_startup_cwd() {
@@ -299,6 +338,166 @@ mod tests {

        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir(&startup_cwd);
    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_runtime_base_dir_prefers_cli_data_path() {
+        let nonce = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_nanos();
+        let startup_cwd = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("telemt_runtime_base_cwd_{nonce}"));
+        let data_path = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("telemt_runtime_base_data_{nonce}"));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&startup_cwd).unwrap();
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&data_path).unwrap();
+
+        let resolved = resolve_runtime_base_dir(
+            &startup_cwd.join("config.toml"),
+            &startup_cwd,
+            true,
+            Some(&data_path),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(resolved, data_path.canonicalize().unwrap());
+
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir(&data_path);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir(&startup_cwd);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_runtime_base_dir_uses_working_directory_before_explicit_config_parent() {
+        let nonce = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_nanos();
+        let startup_cwd = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("telemt_runtime_base_start_{nonce}"));
+        let config_dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("telemt_runtime_base_cfg_{nonce}"));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&startup_cwd).unwrap();
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&config_dir).unwrap();
+
+        let resolved =
+            resolve_runtime_base_dir(&config_dir.join("telemt.toml"), &startup_cwd, true, None);
+        assert_eq!(resolved, startup_cwd.canonicalize().unwrap());
+
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir(&config_dir);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir(&startup_cwd);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_runtime_base_dir_uses_explicit_config_parent_from_root() {
+        let nonce = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_nanos();
+        let config_dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("telemt_runtime_base_root_cfg_{nonce}"));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&config_dir).unwrap();
+
+        let resolved =
+            resolve_runtime_base_dir(&config_dir.join("telemt.toml"), Path::new("/"), true, None);
+        assert_eq!(resolved, config_dir.canonicalize().unwrap());
+
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir(&config_dir);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_runtime_base_dir_uses_systemd_working_directory_before_etc() {
+        let nonce = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_nanos();
+        let startup_cwd = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("telemt_runtime_base_systemd_{nonce}"));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&startup_cwd).unwrap();
+
+        let resolved =
+            resolve_runtime_base_dir(&startup_cwd.join("config.toml"), &startup_cwd, false, None);
+        assert_eq!(resolved, startup_cwd.canonicalize().unwrap());
+
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir(&startup_cwd);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_runtime_base_dir_falls_back_to_etc_from_root() {
+        let resolved = resolve_runtime_base_dir(
+            Path::new("/etc/telemt/config.toml"),
+            Path::new("/"),
+            false,
+            None,
+        );
+        assert_eq!(resolved, PathBuf::from("/etc/telemt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn expected_handshake_eof_matches_connection_reset() {
+        let err = ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset));
+        assert!(is_expected_handshake_eof(&err));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn expected_handshake_eof_matches_stream_io_unexpected_eof() {
+        let err = ProxyError::Stream(StreamError::Io(std::io::Error::from(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
+        )));
+        assert!(is_expected_handshake_eof(&err));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_close_description_is_human_readable_for_all_peer_close_kinds() {
+        let cases = [
+            (
+                std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset,
+                "Peer reset TCP connection (RST)",
+            ),
+            (
+                std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted,
+                "Peer aborted TCP connection during transport",
+            ),
+            (
+                std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
+                "Peer closed write side (broken pipe)",
+            ),
+            (
+                std::io::ErrorKind::NotConnected,
+                "Socket was already closed by peer",
+            ),
+        ];
+
+        for (kind, expected) in cases {
+            let err = ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::from(kind));
+            assert_eq!(peer_close_description(&err), Some(expected));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn handshake_close_description_is_human_readable_for_all_expected_kinds() {
+        let cases = [
+            (
+                ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof)),
+                "Peer closed before sending full 64-byte MTProto handshake",
+            ),
+            (
+                ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset)),
+                "Peer reset TCP connection during initial MTProto handshake",
+            ),
+            (
+                ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted)),
+                "Peer aborted TCP connection during initial MTProto handshake",
+            ),
+            (
+                ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe)),
+                "Peer closed write side before MTProto handshake completed",
+            ),
+            (
+                ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::NotConnected)),
+                "Handshake socket was already closed by peer",
+            ),
+            (
+                ProxyError::Stream(StreamError::UnexpectedEof),
+                "Peer closed before sending full 64-byte MTProto handshake",
+            ),
+        ];
+
+        for (err, expected) in cases {
+            assert_eq!(expected_handshake_close_description(&err), Some(expected));
+        }
+    }
 }

 pub(crate) fn print_proxy_links(host: &str, port: u16, config: &ProxyConfig) {
@@ -428,7 +627,63 @@ pub(crate) async fn wait_until_admission_open(admission_rx: &mut watch::Receiver
 }

 pub(crate) fn is_expected_handshake_eof(err: &crate::error::ProxyError) -> bool {
-    err.to_string().contains("expected 64 bytes, got 0")
+    expected_handshake_close_description(err).is_some()
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn peer_close_description(err: &crate::error::ProxyError) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    fn from_kind(kind: std::io::ErrorKind) -> Option<&'static str> {
+        match kind {
+            std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset => Some("Peer reset TCP connection (RST)"),
+            std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted => {
+                Some("Peer aborted TCP connection during transport")
+            }
+            std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe => Some("Peer closed write side (broken pipe)"),
+            std::io::ErrorKind::NotConnected => Some("Socket was already closed by peer"),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    match err {
+        crate::error::ProxyError::Io(ioe) => from_kind(ioe.kind()),
+        crate::error::ProxyError::Stream(crate::error::StreamError::Io(ioe)) => {
+            from_kind(ioe.kind())
+        }
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn expected_handshake_close_description(
+    err: &crate::error::ProxyError,
+) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    fn from_kind(kind: std::io::ErrorKind) -> Option<&'static str> {
+        match kind {
+            std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
+                Some("Peer closed before sending full 64-byte MTProto handshake")
+            }
+            std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset => {
+                Some("Peer reset TCP connection during initial MTProto handshake")
+            }
+            std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted => {
+                Some("Peer aborted TCP connection during initial MTProto handshake")
+            }
+            std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe => {
+                Some("Peer closed write side before MTProto handshake completed")
+            }
+            std::io::ErrorKind::NotConnected => Some("Handshake socket was already closed by peer"),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    match err {
+        crate::error::ProxyError::Io(ioe) => from_kind(ioe.kind()),
+        crate::error::ProxyError::Stream(crate::error::StreamError::UnexpectedEof) => {
+            Some("Peer closed before sending full 64-byte MTProto handshake")
+        }
+        crate::error::ProxyError::Stream(crate::error::StreamError::Io(ioe)) => {
+            from_kind(ioe.kind())
+        }
+        _ => None,
+    }
 }

 pub(crate) async fn load_startup_proxy_config_snapshot(
--- a/src/maestro/listeners.rs
+++ b/src/maestro/listeners.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::config::{ProxyConfig, RstOnCloseMode};
 use crate::crypto::SecureRandom;
 use crate::ip_tracker::UserIpTracker;
 use crate::proxy::ClientHandler;
-use crate::proxy::route_mode::{ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG, RouteRuntimeController};
+use crate::proxy::route_mode::RouteRuntimeController;
 use crate::proxy::shared_state::ProxySharedState;
 use crate::startup::{COMPONENT_LISTENERS_BIND, StartupTracker};
 use crate::stats::beobachten::BeobachtenStore;
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ use crate::transport::middle_proxy::MePool;
 use crate::transport::socket::set_linger_zero;
 use crate::transport::{ListenOptions, UpstreamManager, create_listener, find_listener_processes};

-use super::helpers::{is_expected_handshake_eof, print_proxy_links};
+use super::helpers::{
+    expected_handshake_close_description, is_expected_handshake_eof, peer_close_description,
+    print_proxy_links,
+};

 pub(crate) struct BoundListeners {
    pub(crate) listeners: Vec<(TcpListener, bool)>,
@@ -485,45 +488,32 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_tcp_accept_loops(
                                    Ok(guard) => *guard,
                                    Err(_) => None,
                                };
-                                let peer_closed = matches!(
-                                    &e,
-                                    crate::error::ProxyError::Io(ioe)
-                                        if matches!(
-                                            ioe.kind(),
-                                            std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset
-                                                | std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted
-                                                | std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe
-                                                | std::io::ErrorKind::NotConnected
-                                        )
-                                ) || matches!(
-                                    &e,
-                                    crate::error::ProxyError::Stream(
-                                        crate::error::StreamError::Io(ioe)
-                                    )
-                                        if matches!(
-                                            ioe.kind(),
-                                            std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset
-                                                | std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted
-                                                | std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe
-                                                | std::io::ErrorKind::NotConnected
-                                        )
-                                );
+                                let peer_close_reason = peer_close_description(&e);
+                                let handshake_close_reason =
+                                    expected_handshake_close_description(&e);

-                                let me_closed = matches!(
-                                    &e,
-                                    crate::error::ProxyError::Proxy(msg) if msg == "ME connection lost"
-                                );
-                                let route_switched = matches!(
-                                    &e,
-                                    crate::error::ProxyError::Proxy(msg) if msg == ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG
-                                );
+                                let me_closed =
+                                    matches!(&e, crate::error::ProxyError::MiddleConnectionLost);
+                                let route_switched =
+                                    matches!(&e, crate::error::ProxyError::RouteSwitched);

-                                match (peer_closed, me_closed) {
-                                    (true, _) => {
+                                match (peer_close_reason, me_closed) {
+                                    (Some(reason), _) => {
                                        if let Some(real_peer) = real_peer {
-                                            debug!(peer = %peer_addr, real_peer = %real_peer, error = %e, "Connection closed by client");
+                                            debug!(
+                                                peer = %peer_addr,
+                                                real_peer = %real_peer,
+                                                error = %e,
+                                                close_reason = reason,
+                                                "Connection closed by peer"
+                                            );
                                        } else {
-                                            debug!(peer = %peer_addr, error = %e, "Connection closed by client");
+                                            debug!(
+                                                peer = %peer_addr,
+                                                error = %e,
+                                                close_reason = reason,
+                                                "Connection closed by peer"
+                                            );
                                        }
                                    }
                                    (_, true) => {
@@ -541,10 +531,23 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_tcp_accept_loops(
                                        }
                                    }
                                    _ if is_expected_handshake_eof(&e) => {
+                                        let reason = handshake_close_reason
+                                            .unwrap_or("Peer closed during initial handshake");
                                        if let Some(real_peer) = real_peer {
-                                            info!(peer = %peer_addr, real_peer = %real_peer, error = %e, "Connection closed during initial handshake");
+                                            info!(
+                                                peer = %peer_addr,
+                                                real_peer = %real_peer,
+                                                error = %e,
+                                                close_reason = reason,
+                                                "Connection closed during initial handshake"
+                                            );
                                        } else {
-                                            info!(peer = %peer_addr, error = %e, "Connection closed during initial handshake");
+                                            info!(
+                                                peer = %peer_addr,
+                                                error = %e,
+                                                close_reason = reason,
+                                                "Connection closed during initial handshake"
+                                            );
                                        }
                                    }
                                    _ => {
--- a/src/maestro/me_startup.rs
+++ b/src/maestro/me_startup.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;

-use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+use tokio::sync::{RwLock, watch};
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};

 use crate::config::ProxyConfig;
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn initialize_me_pool(
    rng: Arc<SecureRandom>,
    stats: Arc<Stats>,
    api_me_pool: Arc<RwLock<Option<Arc<MePool>>>>,
+    me_ready_tx: watch::Sender<u64>,
 ) -> Option<Arc<MePool>> {
    if !use_middle_proxy {
        return None;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn initialize_me_pool(
        match crate::transport::middle_proxy::fetch_proxy_secret_with_upstream(
            proxy_secret_path,
            config.general.proxy_secret_len_max,
+            config.general.proxy_secret_url.as_deref(),
            Some(upstream_manager.clone()),
        )
        .await
@@ -126,7 +128,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn initialize_me_pool(
                .set_me_status(StartupMeStatus::Initializing, COMPONENT_ME_PROXY_CONFIG_V4)
                .await;
            let cfg_v4 = load_startup_proxy_config_snapshot(
-                "https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfig",
+                config
+                    .general
+                    .proxy_config_v4_url
+                    .as_deref()
+                    .unwrap_or("https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfig"),
                config.general.proxy_config_v4_cache_path.as_deref(),
                me2dc_fallback,
                "getProxyConfig",
@@ -158,7 +164,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn initialize_me_pool(
                .set_me_status(StartupMeStatus::Initializing, COMPONENT_ME_PROXY_CONFIG_V6)
                .await;
            let cfg_v6 = load_startup_proxy_config_snapshot(
-                "https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfigV6",
+                config
+                    .general
+                    .proxy_config_v6_url
+                    .as_deref()
+                    .unwrap_or("https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfigV6"),
                config.general.proxy_config_v6_cache_path.as_deref(),
                me2dc_fallback,
                "getProxyConfigV6",
@@ -268,6 +278,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn initialize_me_pool(
                    config.general.me_socks_kdf_policy,
                    config.general.me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity,
                    config.general.me_route_channel_capacity,
+                    config.general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+                    config.general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
                    config.general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
                    config.general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
                    config.general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
@@ -303,6 +315,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn initialize_me_pool(
                    let pool_bg = pool.clone();
                    let rng_bg = rng.clone();
                    let startup_tracker_bg = startup_tracker.clone();
+                    let me_ready_tx_bg = me_ready_tx.clone();
                    let retry_limit = if me_init_retry_attempts == 0 {
                        String::from("unlimited")
                    } else {
@@ -336,6 +349,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn initialize_me_pool(
                                        startup_tracker_bg
                                            .set_me_status(StartupMeStatus::Ready, "ready")
                                            .await;
+                                        me_ready_tx_bg.send_modify(|version| {
+                                            *version = version.saturating_add(1);
+                                        });
                                        info!(
                                            attempt = init_attempt,
                                            "Middle-End pool initialized successfully"
@@ -463,6 +479,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn initialize_me_pool(
                                startup_tracker
                                    .set_me_status(StartupMeStatus::Ready, "ready")
                                    .await;
+                                me_ready_tx.send_modify(|version| {
+                                    *version = version.saturating_add(1);
+                                });
                                info!(
                                    attempt = init_attempt,
                                    "Middle-End pool initialized successfully"
--- a/src/maestro/mod.rs
+++ b/src/maestro/mod.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use crate::stats::{ReplayChecker, Stats};
 use crate::stream::BufferPool;
 use crate::transport::UpstreamManager;
 use crate::transport::middle_proxy::MePool;
-use helpers::{parse_cli, resolve_runtime_config_path};
+use helpers::{parse_cli, resolve_runtime_base_dir, resolve_runtime_config_path};

 #[cfg(unix)]
 use crate::daemon::{DaemonOptions, PidFile, drop_privileges};
@@ -112,8 +112,51 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
            std::process::exit(1);
        }
    };
+    if let Some(ref data_path) = data_path
+        && !data_path.is_absolute()
+    {
+        eprintln!(
+            "[telemt] data_path must be absolute: {}",
+            data_path.display()
+        );
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
    let mut config_path =
        resolve_runtime_config_path(&config_path_cli, &startup_cwd, config_path_explicit);
+    let runtime_base_dir = resolve_runtime_base_dir(
+        &config_path,
+        &startup_cwd,
+        config_path_explicit,
+        data_path.as_deref(),
+    );
+
+    if !runtime_base_dir.exists()
+        && let Err(e) = std::fs::create_dir_all(&runtime_base_dir)
+    {
+        eprintln!(
+            "[telemt] Can't create runtime directory {}: {}",
+            runtime_base_dir.display(),
+            e
+        );
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if !runtime_base_dir.is_dir() {
+        eprintln!(
+            "[telemt] Runtime path exists but is not a directory: {}",
+            runtime_base_dir.display()
+        );
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if let Err(e) = std::env::set_current_dir(&runtime_base_dir) {
+        eprintln!(
+            "[telemt] Can't use runtime directory {}: {}",
+            runtime_base_dir.display(),
+            e
+        );
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }

    let mut config = match ProxyConfig::load(&config_path) {
        Ok(c) => c,
@@ -156,16 +199,15 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
                        );
                    }
                } else {
-                    let system_dir = std::path::Path::new("/etc/telemt");
-                    let system_config_path = system_dir.join("telemt.toml");
-                    let startup_config_path = startup_cwd.join("config.toml");
+                    let runtime_config_path = runtime_base_dir.join("telemt.toml");
+                    let fallback_config_path = runtime_base_dir.join("config.toml");
                    let mut persisted = false;

                    if let Some(serialized) = serialized.as_ref() {
-                        match std::fs::create_dir_all(system_dir) {
-                            Ok(()) => match std::fs::write(&system_config_path, serialized) {
+                        match std::fs::create_dir_all(&runtime_base_dir) {
+                            Ok(()) => match std::fs::write(&runtime_config_path, serialized) {
                                Ok(()) => {
-                                    config_path = system_config_path;
+                                    config_path = runtime_config_path;
                                    eprintln!(
                                        "[telemt] Created default config at {}",
                                        config_path.display()
@@ -175,7 +217,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
                                Err(write_error) => {
                                    eprintln!(
                                        "[telemt] Warning: failed to write default config at {}: {}",
-                                        system_config_path.display(),
+                                        runtime_config_path.display(),
                                        write_error
                                    );
                                }
@@ -183,16 +225,16 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
                            Err(create_error) => {
                                eprintln!(
                                    "[telemt] Warning: failed to create {}: {}",
-                                    system_dir.display(),
+                                    runtime_base_dir.display(),
                                    create_error
                                );
                            }
                        }

                        if !persisted {
-                            match std::fs::write(&startup_config_path, serialized) {
+                            match std::fs::write(&fallback_config_path, serialized) {
                                Ok(()) => {
-                                    config_path = startup_config_path;
+                                    config_path = fallback_config_path;
                                    eprintln!(
                                        "[telemt] Created default config at {}",
                                        config_path.display()
@@ -202,7 +244,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
                                Err(write_error) => {
                                    eprintln!(
                                        "[telemt] Warning: failed to write default config at {}: {}",
-                                        startup_config_path.display(),
+                                        fallback_config_path.display(),
                                        write_error
                                    );
                                }
@@ -375,6 +417,8 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    stats.apply_telemetry_policy(TelemetryPolicy::from_config(&config.general.telemetry));
+    let quota_state_path = config.general.quota_state_path.clone();
+    crate::quota_state::load_quota_state(&quota_state_path, stats.as_ref()).await;

    let upstream_manager = Arc::new(UpstreamManager::new(
        config.upstreams.clone(),
@@ -454,6 +498,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
            let config_rx_api = api_config_rx.clone();
            let admission_rx_api = admission_rx.clone();
            let config_path_api = config_path.clone();
+            let quota_state_path_api = quota_state_path.clone();
            let startup_tracker_api = startup_tracker.clone();
            let detected_ips_rx_api = detected_ips_rx.clone();
            tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -467,6 +512,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
                    config_rx_api,
                    admission_rx_api,
                    config_path_api,
+                    quota_state_path_api,
                    detected_ips_rx_api,
                    process_started_at_epoch_secs,
                    startup_tracker_api,
@@ -618,6 +664,8 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
            .await;
    }

+    let (me_ready_tx, me_ready_rx) = watch::channel(0_u64);
+
    let me_pool: Option<Arc<MePool>> = me_startup::initialize_me_pool(
        use_middle_proxy,
        &config,
@@ -628,6 +676,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
        rng.clone(),
        stats.clone(),
        api_me_pool.clone(),
+        me_ready_tx.clone(),
    )
    .await;

@@ -701,6 +750,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
        api_config_tx.clone(),
        me_pool.clone(),
        shared_state.clone(),
+        me_ready_tx.clone(),
    )
    .await;
    let config_rx = runtime_watches.config_rx;
@@ -714,6 +764,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
        route_runtime.clone(),
        &admission_tx,
        config_rx.clone(),
+        me_ready_rx,
    )
    .await;
    let _admission_tx_hold = admission_tx;
@@ -772,6 +823,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
        beobachten.clone(),
        shared_state.clone(),
        ip_tracker.clone(),
+        tls_cache.clone(),
        config_rx.clone(),
    )
    .await;
@@ -799,7 +851,7 @@ async fn run_telemt_core(
        max_connections.clone(),
    );

-    shutdown::wait_for_shutdown(process_started_at, me_pool, stats).await;
+    shutdown::wait_for_shutdown(process_started_at, me_pool, stats, quota_state_path).await;

    Ok(())
 }
--- a/src/maestro/runtime_tasks.rs
+++ b/src/maestro/runtime_tasks.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use crate::startup::{
 use crate::stats::beobachten::BeobachtenStore;
 use crate::stats::telemetry::TelemetryPolicy;
 use crate::stats::{ReplayChecker, Stats};
+use crate::tls_front::TlsFrontCache;
 use crate::transport::UpstreamManager;
 use crate::transport::middle_proxy::{MePool, MeReinitTrigger};

@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn spawn_runtime_tasks(
    api_config_tx: watch::Sender<Arc<ProxyConfig>>,
    me_pool_for_policy: Option<Arc<MePool>>,
    shared_state: Arc<ProxySharedState>,
+    me_ready_tx: watch::Sender<u64>,
 ) -> RuntimeWatches {
    let um_clone = upstream_manager.clone();
    let dc_overrides_for_health = config.dc_overrides.clone();
@@ -71,6 +73,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn spawn_runtime_tasks(
        rc_clone.run_periodic_cleanup().await;
    });

+    let stats_maintenance = stats.clone();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        stats_maintenance
+            .run_periodic_user_stats_maintenance()
+            .await;
+    });
+
+    let ip_tracker_maintenance = ip_tracker.clone();
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        ip_tracker_maintenance.run_periodic_maintenance().await;
+    });
+
    let detected_ip_v4: Option<IpAddr> = probe.detected_ipv4.map(IpAddr::V4);
    let detected_ip_v6: Option<IpAddr> = probe.detected_ipv6.map(IpAddr::V6);
    debug!(
@@ -122,6 +136,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn spawn_runtime_tasks(
            if let Some(pool) = &me_pool_for_policy {
                pool.update_runtime_transport_policy(
                    cfg.general.me_socks_kdf_policy,
+                    cfg.general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+                    cfg.general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
                    cfg.general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
                    cfg.general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
                    cfg.general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
@@ -247,12 +263,14 @@ pub(crate) async fn spawn_runtime_tasks(
        let pool_clone_sched = pool.clone();
        let rng_clone_sched = rng.clone();
        let config_rx_clone_sched = config_rx.clone();
+        let me_ready_tx_sched = me_ready_tx.clone();
        tokio::spawn(async move {
            crate::transport::middle_proxy::me_reinit_scheduler(
                pool_clone_sched,
                rng_clone_sched,
                config_rx_clone_sched,
                reinit_rx,
+                me_ready_tx_sched,
            )
            .await;
        });
@@ -326,6 +344,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn spawn_metrics_if_configured(
    beobachten: Arc<BeobachtenStore>,
    shared_state: Arc<ProxySharedState>,
    ip_tracker: Arc<UserIpTracker>,
+    tls_cache: Option<Arc<TlsFrontCache>>,
    config_rx: watch::Receiver<Arc<ProxyConfig>>,
 ) {
    // metrics_listen takes precedence; fall back to metrics_port for backward compat.
@@ -361,6 +380,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn spawn_metrics_if_configured(
        let shared_state = shared_state.clone();
        let config_rx_metrics = config_rx.clone();
        let ip_tracker_metrics = ip_tracker.clone();
+        let tls_cache_metrics = tls_cache.clone();
        let whitelist = config.server.metrics_whitelist.clone();
        let listen_backlog = config.server.listen_backlog;
        tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -372,6 +392,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn spawn_metrics_if_configured(
                beobachten,
                shared_state,
                ip_tracker_metrics,
+                tls_cache_metrics,
                config_rx_metrics,
                whitelist,
            )
--- a/src/maestro/shutdown.rs
+++ b/src/maestro/shutdown.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 //!
 //! SIGHUP is handled separately in config/hot_reload.rs for config reload.

+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

@@ -48,9 +49,17 @@ pub(crate) async fn wait_for_shutdown(
    process_started_at: Instant,
    me_pool: Option<Arc<MePool>>,
    stats: Arc<Stats>,
+    quota_state_path: PathBuf,
 ) {
    let signal = wait_for_shutdown_signal().await;
-    perform_shutdown(signal, process_started_at, me_pool, &stats).await;
+    perform_shutdown(
+        signal,
+        process_started_at,
+        me_pool,
+        &stats,
+        quota_state_path,
+    )
+    .await;
 }

 /// Waits for any shutdown signal (SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT).
@@ -79,6 +88,7 @@ async fn perform_shutdown(
    process_started_at: Instant,
    me_pool: Option<Arc<MePool>>,
    stats: &Stats,
+    quota_state_path: PathBuf,
 ) {
    let shutdown_started_at = Instant::now();
    info!(signal = %signal, "Received shutdown signal");
@@ -109,6 +119,22 @@ async fn perform_shutdown(
        }
    }

+    match crate::quota_state::save_quota_state(&quota_state_path, stats).await {
+        Ok(()) => {
+            info!(
+                path = %quota_state_path.display(),
+                "Persisted per-user quota state"
+            );
+        }
+        Err(error) => {
+            warn!(
+                error = %error,
+                path = %quota_state_path.display(),
+                "Failed to persist per-user quota state"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
    let shutdown_secs = shutdown_started_at.elapsed().as_secs();
    info!(
        "Shutdown completed successfully in {} {}.",
--- a/src/maestro/tls_bootstrap.rs
+++ b/src/maestro/tls_bootstrap.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ use crate::tls_front::TlsFrontCache;
 use crate::tls_front::fetcher::TlsFetchStrategy;
 use crate::transport::UpstreamManager;

+fn tls_fetch_host_for_domain(mask_host: &str, primary_tls_domain: &str, domain: &str) -> String {
+    if mask_host.eq_ignore_ascii_case(primary_tls_domain) {
+        domain.to_string()
+    } else {
+        mask_host.to_string()
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) async fn bootstrap_tls_front(
    config: &ProxyConfig,
    tls_domains: &[String],
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn bootstrap_tls_front(
        let cache_initial = cache.clone();
        let domains_initial = tls_domains.to_vec();
        let host_initial = mask_host.clone();
+        let primary_initial = config.censorship.tls_domain.clone();
        let unix_sock_initial = mask_unix_sock.clone();
        let scope_initial = tls_fetch_scope.clone();
        let upstream_initial = upstream_manager.clone();
@@ -64,7 +73,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn bootstrap_tls_front(
            let mut join = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
            for domain in domains_initial {
                let cache_domain = cache_initial.clone();
-                let host_domain = host_initial.clone();
+                let host_domain =
+                    tls_fetch_host_for_domain(&host_initial, &primary_initial, &domain);
                let unix_sock_domain = unix_sock_initial.clone();
                let scope_domain = scope_initial.clone();
                let upstream_domain = upstream_initial.clone();
@@ -117,6 +127,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn bootstrap_tls_front(
        let cache_refresh = cache.clone();
        let domains_refresh = tls_domains.to_vec();
        let host_refresh = mask_host.clone();
+        let primary_refresh = config.censorship.tls_domain.clone();
        let unix_sock_refresh = mask_unix_sock.clone();
        let scope_refresh = tls_fetch_scope.clone();
        let upstream_refresh = upstream_manager.clone();
@@ -130,7 +141,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn bootstrap_tls_front(
                let mut join = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
                for domain in domains_refresh.clone() {
                    let cache_domain = cache_refresh.clone();
-                    let host_domain = host_refresh.clone();
+                    let host_domain =
+                        tls_fetch_host_for_domain(&host_refresh, &primary_refresh, &domain);
                    let unix_sock_domain = unix_sock_refresh.clone();
                    let scope_domain = scope_refresh.clone();
                    let upstream_domain = upstream_refresh.clone();
@@ -186,3 +198,24 @@ pub(crate) async fn bootstrap_tls_front(

    tls_cache
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::tls_fetch_host_for_domain;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn tls_fetch_host_uses_each_domain_when_mask_host_is_primary_default() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            tls_fetch_host_for_domain("a.com", "a.com", "b.com"),
+            "b.com"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn tls_fetch_host_preserves_explicit_non_primary_mask_host() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            tls_fetch_host_for_domain("origin.example", "a.com", "b.com"),
+            "origin.example"
+        );
+    }
+}
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mod crypto;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 mod daemon;
 mod error;
+mod healthcheck;
 mod ip_tracker;
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[path = "tests/ip_tracker_encapsulation_adversarial_tests.rs"]
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ mod metrics;
 mod network;
 mod protocol;
 mod proxy;
+mod quota_state;
 mod service;
 mod startup;
 mod stats;
--- a/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/metrics.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use hyper::service::service_fn;
 use hyper::{Request, Response, StatusCode};
 use ipnetwork::IpNetwork;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
+use tokio::time::timeout;
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};

 use crate::config::ProxyConfig;
@@ -18,8 +20,18 @@ use crate::ip_tracker::UserIpTracker;
 use crate::proxy::shared_state::ProxySharedState;
 use crate::stats::Stats;
 use crate::stats::beobachten::BeobachtenStore;
+use crate::tls_front::TlsFrontCache;
+use crate::tls_front::cache;
+use crate::tls_front::fetcher;
 use crate::transport::{ListenOptions, create_listener};

+// Keeps `/metrics` response size bounded when per-user telemetry is enabled.
+const USER_LABELED_METRICS_MAX_USERS: usize = 4096;
+// Keeps TLS-front per-domain health series bounded for large generated configs.
+const TLS_FRONT_PROFILE_HEALTH_MAX_DOMAINS: usize = 256;
+const METRICS_MAX_CONTROL_CONNECTIONS: usize = 512;
+const METRICS_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+
 pub async fn serve(
    port: u16,
    listen: Option<String>,
@@ -28,6 +40,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
    beobachten: Arc<BeobachtenStore>,
    shared_state: Arc<ProxySharedState>,
    ip_tracker: Arc<UserIpTracker>,
+    tls_cache: Option<Arc<TlsFrontCache>>,
    config_rx: tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<Arc<ProxyConfig>>,
    whitelist: Vec<IpNetwork>,
 ) {
@@ -52,6 +65,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
                    beobachten,
                    shared_state,
                    ip_tracker,
+                    tls_cache,
                    config_rx,
                    whitelist,
                )
@@ -64,11 +78,11 @@ pub async fn serve(
        return;
    }

-    // Fallback: bind on 0.0.0.0 and [::] using metrics_port.
+    // Fallback: keep metrics local unless an explicit metrics_listen is configured.
    let mut listener_v4 = None;
    let mut listener_v6 = None;

-    let addr_v4 = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], port));
+    let addr_v4 = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], port));
    match bind_metrics_listener(addr_v4, false, listen_backlog) {
        Ok(listener) => {
            info!(
@@ -82,11 +96,11 @@ pub async fn serve(
        }
    }

-    let addr_v6 = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], port));
+    let addr_v6 = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], port));
    match bind_metrics_listener(addr_v6, true, listen_backlog) {
        Ok(listener) => {
            info!(
-                "Metrics endpoint: http://[::]:{}/metrics and /beobachten",
+                "Metrics endpoint: http://[::1]:{}/metrics and /beobachten",
                port
            );
            listener_v6 = Some(listener);
@@ -107,6 +121,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
                beobachten,
                shared_state,
                ip_tracker,
+                tls_cache,
                config_rx,
                whitelist,
            )
@@ -117,6 +132,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
            let beobachten_v6 = beobachten.clone();
            let shared_state_v6 = shared_state.clone();
            let ip_tracker_v6 = ip_tracker.clone();
+            let tls_cache_v6 = tls_cache.clone();
            let config_rx_v6 = config_rx.clone();
            let whitelist_v6 = whitelist.clone();
            tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -126,6 +142,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
                    beobachten_v6,
                    shared_state_v6,
                    ip_tracker_v6,
+                    tls_cache_v6,
                    config_rx_v6,
                    whitelist_v6,
                )
@@ -137,6 +154,7 @@ pub async fn serve(
                beobachten,
                shared_state,
                ip_tracker,
+                tls_cache,
                config_rx,
                whitelist,
            )
@@ -166,9 +184,12 @@ async fn serve_listener(
    beobachten: Arc<BeobachtenStore>,
    shared_state: Arc<ProxySharedState>,
    ip_tracker: Arc<UserIpTracker>,
+    tls_cache: Option<Arc<TlsFrontCache>>,
    config_rx: tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<Arc<ProxyConfig>>,
    whitelist: Arc<Vec<IpNetwork>>,
 ) {
+    let connection_permits = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(METRICS_MAX_CONTROL_CONNECTIONS));
+
    loop {
        let (stream, peer) = match listener.accept().await {
            Ok(v) => v,
@@ -183,17 +204,32 @@ async fn serve_listener(
            continue;
        }

+        let connection_permit = match connection_permits.clone().try_acquire_owned() {
+            Ok(permit) => permit,
+            Err(_) => {
+                debug!(
+                    peer = %peer,
+                    max_connections = METRICS_MAX_CONTROL_CONNECTIONS,
+                    "Dropping metrics connection: control-plane connection budget exhausted"
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+
        let stats = stats.clone();
        let beobachten = beobachten.clone();
        let shared_state = shared_state.clone();
        let ip_tracker = ip_tracker.clone();
+        let tls_cache = tls_cache.clone();
        let config_rx_conn = config_rx.clone();
        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let _connection_permit = connection_permit;
            let svc = service_fn(move |req| {
                let stats = stats.clone();
                let beobachten = beobachten.clone();
                let shared_state = shared_state.clone();
                let ip_tracker = ip_tracker.clone();
+                let tls_cache = tls_cache.clone();
                let config = config_rx_conn.borrow().clone();
                async move {
                    handle(
@@ -202,16 +238,29 @@ async fn serve_listener(
                        &beobachten,
                        &shared_state,
                        &ip_tracker,
+                        tls_cache.as_deref(),
                        &config,
                    )
                    .await
                }
            });
-            if let Err(e) = http1::Builder::new()
-                .serve_connection(hyper_util::rt::TokioIo::new(stream), svc)
-                .await
+            match timeout(
+                METRICS_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT,
+                http1::Builder::new().serve_connection(hyper_util::rt::TokioIo::new(stream), svc),
+            )
+            .await
            {
-                debug!(error = %e, "Metrics connection error");
+                Ok(Ok(())) => {}
+                Ok(Err(e)) => {
+                    debug!(error = %e, "Metrics connection error");
+                }
+                Err(_) => {
+                    debug!(
+                        peer = %peer,
+                        timeout_ms = METRICS_HTTP_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT.as_millis() as u64,
+                        "Metrics connection timed out"
+                    );
+                }
            }
        });
    }
@@ -223,10 +272,11 @@ async fn handle<B>(
    beobachten: &BeobachtenStore,
    shared_state: &ProxySharedState,
    ip_tracker: &UserIpTracker,
+    tls_cache: Option<&TlsFrontCache>,
    config: &ProxyConfig,
 ) -> Result<Response<Full<Bytes>>, Infallible> {
    if req.uri().path() == "/metrics" {
-        let body = render_metrics(stats, shared_state, config, ip_tracker).await;
+        let body = render_metrics(stats, shared_state, config, ip_tracker, tls_cache).await;
        let resp = Response::builder()
            .status(StatusCode::OK)
            .header("content-type", "text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8")
@@ -261,11 +311,138 @@ fn render_beobachten(beobachten: &BeobachtenStore, config: &ProxyConfig) -> Stri
    beobachten.snapshot_text(ttl)
 }

+fn tls_front_domains(config: &ProxyConfig) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut domains = Vec::with_capacity(1 + config.censorship.tls_domains.len());
+    if !config.censorship.tls_domain.is_empty() {
+        domains.push(config.censorship.tls_domain.clone());
+    }
+    for domain in &config.censorship.tls_domains {
+        if !domain.is_empty() && !domains.contains(domain) {
+            domains.push(domain.clone());
+        }
+    }
+    domains
+}
+
+fn prometheus_label_value(value: &str) -> String {
+    value.replace('\\', "\\\\").replace('"', "\\\"")
+}
+
+async fn render_tls_front_profile_health(
+    out: &mut String,
+    config: &ProxyConfig,
+    tls_cache: Option<&TlsFrontCache>,
+) {
+    use std::fmt::Write;
+
+    let domains = tls_front_domains(config);
+    let (health, suppressed) = match (config.censorship.tls_emulation, tls_cache) {
+        (true, Some(cache)) => {
+            cache
+                .profile_health_snapshot(&domains, TLS_FRONT_PROFILE_HEALTH_MAX_DOMAINS)
+                .await
+        }
+        _ => (Vec::new(), domains.len()),
+    };
+
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_profile_domains TLS front configured profile domains by export status"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_domains gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{{status=\"configured\"}} {}",
+        domains.len()
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{{status=\"emitted\"}} {}",
+        health.len()
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{{status=\"suppressed\"}} {}",
+        suppressed
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_profile_info TLS front profile source and feature flags per configured domain"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_info gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_profile_age_seconds Age of cached TLS front profile data per configured domain"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_age_seconds gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records TLS front cached app-data record count per configured domain"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records gauge"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records TLS front cached ticket-like tail record count per configured domain"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records TLS front cached ChangeCipherSpec record count per configured domain"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records gauge"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes TLS front cached total app-data bytes per configured domain"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes gauge");
+
+    for item in health {
+        let domain = prometheus_label_value(&item.domain);
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "telemt_tls_front_profile_info{{domain=\"{}\",source=\"{}\",is_default=\"{}\",has_cert_info=\"{}\",has_cert_payload=\"{}\"}} 1",
+            domain, item.source, item.is_default, item.has_cert_info, item.has_cert_payload
+        );
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "telemt_tls_front_profile_age_seconds{{domain=\"{}\"}} {}",
+            domain, item.age_seconds
+        );
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records{{domain=\"{}\"}} {}",
+            domain, item.app_data_records
+        );
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records{{domain=\"{}\"}} {}",
+            domain, item.ticket_records
+        );
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records{{domain=\"{}\"}} {}",
+            domain, item.change_cipher_spec_count
+        );
+        let _ = writeln!(
+            out,
+            "telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes{{domain=\"{}\"}} {}",
+            domain, item.total_app_data_len
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 async fn render_metrics(
    stats: &Stats,
    shared_state: &ProxySharedState,
    config: &ProxyConfig,
    ip_tracker: &UserIpTracker,
+    tls_cache: Option<&TlsFrontCache>,
 ) -> String {
    use std::fmt::Write;
    let mut out = String::with_capacity(4096);
@@ -311,6 +488,12 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        "telemt_telemetry_user_enabled {}",
        if user_enabled { 1 } else { 0 }
    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_stats_user_entries Retained per-user stats entries"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_stats_user_entries gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "telemt_stats_user_entries {}", stats.user_stats_len());

    let _ = writeln!(
        out,
@@ -366,6 +549,54 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        stats.get_buffer_pool_in_use_gauge()
    );

+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache_entries Current adaptive TLS fetch profile-cache entries"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache_entries gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache_entries {}",
+        fetcher::profile_cache_entries_for_metrics()
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache_cap_drops_total Profile-cache winner inserts skipped because the cache cap was reached"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# TYPE telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache_cap_drops_total counter"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache_cap_drops_total {}",
+        fetcher::profile_cache_cap_drops_for_metrics()
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_full_cert_budget_ips Current IP entries tracked by TLS full-cert budget"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_full_cert_budget_ips gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_tls_front_full_cert_budget_ips {}",
+        cache::full_cert_sent_ips_for_metrics()
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_tls_front_full_cert_budget_cap_drops_total New IPs denied full-cert budget tracking because the cap was reached"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# TYPE telemt_tls_front_full_cert_budget_cap_drops_total counter"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_tls_front_full_cert_budget_cap_drops_total {}",
+        cache::full_cert_sent_cap_drops_for_metrics()
+    );
+    render_tls_front_profile_health(&mut out, config, tls_cache).await;
+
    let _ = writeln!(
        out,
        "# HELP telemt_connections_total Total accepted connections"
@@ -396,6 +627,21 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        }
    );

+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_connections_bad_by_class_total Bad/rejected connections by class"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_connections_bad_by_class_total counter");
+    if core_enabled {
+        for (class, total) in stats.get_connects_bad_class_counts() {
+            let _ = writeln!(
+                out,
+                "telemt_connections_bad_by_class_total{{class=\"{}\"}} {}",
+                class, total
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
    let _ = writeln!(
        out,
        "# HELP telemt_handshake_timeouts_total Handshake timeouts"
@@ -411,6 +657,24 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        }
    );

+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_handshake_failures_by_class_total Handshake failures by class"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# TYPE telemt_handshake_failures_by_class_total counter"
+    );
+    if core_enabled {
+        for (class, total) in stats.get_handshake_failure_class_counts() {
+            let _ = writeln!(
+                out,
+                "telemt_handshake_failures_by_class_total{{class=\"{}\"}} {}",
+                class, total
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
    let _ = writeln!(
        out,
        "# HELP telemt_auth_expensive_checks_total Expensive authentication candidate checks executed during handshake validation"
@@ -462,6 +726,63 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        }
    );

+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_quota_refund_bytes_total Reserved quota bytes returned before commit"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_quota_refund_bytes_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_quota_refund_bytes_total {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_quota_refund_bytes_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_quota_contention_total Quota reservation CAS contention events"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_quota_contention_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_quota_contention_total {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_quota_contention_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_quota_contention_timeout_total Quota reservations that hit the bounded contention budget"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_quota_contention_timeout_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_quota_contention_timeout_total {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_quota_contention_timeout_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_quota_acquire_cancelled_total Quota acquisitions cancelled before reservation completed"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_quota_acquire_cancelled_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_quota_acquire_cancelled_total {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_quota_acquire_cancelled_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+
    let _ = writeln!(
        out,
        "# HELP telemt_conntrack_control_state Runtime conntrack control state flags"
@@ -576,6 +897,29 @@ async fn render_metrics(
    );

    let limiter_metrics = shared_state.traffic_limiter.metrics_snapshot();
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_rate_limiter_burst_bound_bytes Configured upper bound for one direct relay rate-limit burst"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_rate_limiter_burst_bound_bytes gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_rate_limiter_burst_bound_bytes{{direction=\"up\"}} {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            config.general.direct_relay_copy_buf_c2s_bytes
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_rate_limiter_burst_bound_bytes{{direction=\"down\"}} {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            config.general.direct_relay_copy_buf_s2c_bytes
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
    let _ = writeln!(
        out,
        "# HELP telemt_rate_limiter_throttle_total Traffic limiter throttle events by scope and direction"
@@ -1678,6 +2022,85 @@ async fn render_metrics(
            0
        }
    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_me_child_join_timeout_total Middle relay child tasks that did not join before cleanup deadline"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_me_child_join_timeout_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_me_child_join_timeout_total {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_me_child_join_timeout_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_me_child_abort_total Middle relay child tasks aborted after bounded cleanup timeout"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_me_child_abort_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_me_child_abort_total {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_me_child_abort_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_flow_wait_events_total Flow wait events by reason, direction, and outcome"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_flow_wait_events_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_flow_wait_events_total{{reason=\"middle_rate_limit\",direction=\"down\",outcome=\"waited\"}} {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_flow_wait_events_total{{reason=\"middle_rate_limit\",direction=\"down\",outcome=\"cancelled\"}} {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_cancelled_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_flow_wait_ms_total Flow wait time in milliseconds by reason and direction"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_flow_wait_ms_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_flow_wait_ms_total{{reason=\"middle_rate_limit\",direction=\"down\"}} {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_ms_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_session_drop_fallback_total Session reservations cleaned by Drop instead of explicit async release"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_session_drop_fallback_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_session_drop_fallback_total {}",
+        if core_enabled {
+            stats.get_session_drop_fallback_total()
+        } else {
+            0
+        }
+    );

    let _ = writeln!(
        out,
@@ -3019,17 +3442,6 @@ async fn render_metrics(
            0
        }
    );
-    let _ = writeln!(
-        out,
-        "# HELP telemt_telemetry_user_series_suppressed User-labeled metric series suppression flag"
-    );
-    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_telemetry_user_series_suppressed gauge");
-    let _ = writeln!(
-        out,
-        "telemt_telemetry_user_series_suppressed {}",
-        if user_enabled { 0 } else { 1 }
-    );
-
    let ip_memory = ip_tracker.memory_stats().await;
    let _ = writeln!(
        out,
@@ -3071,11 +3483,46 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        "telemt_ip_tracker_cleanup_queue_len {}",
        ip_memory.cleanup_queue_len
    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_ip_tracker_cleanup_total Release cleanups deferred through the cleanup queue"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_ip_tracker_cleanup_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_ip_tracker_cleanup_total{{path=\"deferred\"}} {}",
+        ip_memory.cleanup_deferred_releases
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_ip_tracker_cap_rejects_total New connection rejects caused by global IP tracker caps"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_ip_tracker_cap_rejects_total counter");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_ip_tracker_cap_rejects_total{{scope=\"active\"}} {}",
+        ip_memory.active_cap_rejects
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_ip_tracker_cap_rejects_total{{scope=\"recent\"}} {}",
+        ip_memory.recent_cap_rejects
+    );
+
+    let mut user_stats_emitted = 0usize;
+    let mut user_stats_suppressed = 0usize;
+    let mut unique_ip_emitted = 0usize;
+    let mut unique_ip_suppressed = 0usize;

    if user_enabled {
        for entry in stats.iter_user_stats() {
+            if user_stats_emitted >= USER_LABELED_METRICS_MAX_USERS {
+                user_stats_suppressed = user_stats_suppressed.saturating_add(1);
+                continue;
+            }
            let user = entry.key();
            let s = entry.value();
+            user_stats_emitted = user_stats_emitted.saturating_add(1);
            let _ = writeln!(
                out,
                "telemt_user_connections_total{{user=\"{}\"}} {}",
@@ -3117,7 +3564,7 @@ async fn render_metrics(
            );
        }

-        let ip_stats = ip_tracker.get_stats().await;
+        let ip_stats = ip_tracker.get_stats_snapshot().await;
        let ip_counts: HashMap<String, usize> = ip_stats
            .into_iter()
            .map(|(user, count, _)| (user, count))
@@ -3129,7 +3576,7 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        unique_users.extend(ip_counts.keys().cloned());
        let unique_users_vec: Vec<String> = unique_users.iter().cloned().collect();
        let recent_counts = ip_tracker
-            .get_recent_counts_for_users(&unique_users_vec)
+            .get_recent_counts_for_users_snapshot(&unique_users_vec)
            .await;

        let _ = writeln!(
@@ -3154,6 +3601,11 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_user_unique_ips_utilization gauge");

        for user in unique_users {
+            if unique_ip_emitted >= USER_LABELED_METRICS_MAX_USERS {
+                unique_ip_suppressed = unique_ip_suppressed.saturating_add(1);
+                continue;
+            }
+            unique_ip_emitted = unique_ip_emitted.saturating_add(1);
            let current = ip_counts.get(&user).copied().unwrap_or(0);
            let limit = config
                .access
@@ -3193,6 +3645,46 @@ async fn render_metrics(
        }
    }

+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_telemetry_user_series_suppressed User-labeled metric series suppression flag"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_telemetry_user_series_suppressed gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_telemetry_user_series_suppressed {}",
+        if user_enabled && user_stats_suppressed == 0 && unique_ip_suppressed == 0 {
+            0
+        } else {
+            1
+        }
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "# HELP telemt_telemetry_user_series_users User-labeled metric users by export status"
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(out, "# TYPE telemt_telemetry_user_series_users gauge");
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_telemetry_user_series_users{{family=\"stats\",status=\"emitted\"}} {}",
+        user_stats_emitted
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_telemetry_user_series_users{{family=\"stats\",status=\"suppressed\"}} {}",
+        user_stats_suppressed
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_telemetry_user_series_users{{family=\"unique_ip\",status=\"emitted\"}} {}",
+        unique_ip_emitted
+    );
+    let _ = writeln!(
+        out,
+        "telemt_telemetry_user_series_users{{family=\"unique_ip\",status=\"suppressed\"}} {}",
+        unique_ip_suppressed
+    );
+
    out
 }

@@ -3201,6 +3693,11 @@ mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use http_body_util::BodyExt;
    use std::net::IpAddr;
+    use std::time::SystemTime;
+
+    use crate::tls_front::types::{
+        CachedTlsData, ParsedServerHello, TlsBehaviorProfile, TlsCertPayload, TlsProfileSource,
+    };

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_render_metrics_format() {
@@ -3215,8 +3712,9 @@ mod tests {

        stats.increment_connects_all();
        stats.increment_connects_all();
-        stats.increment_connects_bad();
+        stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_handshake_bad_client");
        stats.increment_handshake_timeouts();
+        stats.increment_handshake_failure_class("timeout");
        shared_state
            .handshake
            .auth_expensive_checks_total
@@ -3268,7 +3766,7 @@ mod tests {
            .await
            .unwrap();

-        let output = render_metrics(&stats, shared_state.as_ref(), &config, &tracker).await;
+        let output = render_metrics(&stats, shared_state.as_ref(), &config, &tracker, None).await;

        assert!(output.contains(&format!(
            "telemt_build_info{{version=\"{}\"}} 1",
@@ -3276,7 +3774,11 @@ mod tests {
        )));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_connections_total 2"));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_connections_bad_total 1"));
+        assert!(output.contains(
+            "telemt_connections_bad_by_class_total{class=\"tls_handshake_bad_client\"} 1"
+        ));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_handshake_timeouts_total 1"));
+        assert!(output.contains("telemt_handshake_failures_by_class_total{class=\"timeout\"} 1"));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_auth_expensive_checks_total 9"));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_auth_budget_exhausted_total 2"));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_upstream_connect_attempt_total 2"));
@@ -3330,13 +3832,91 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_ip_tracker_cleanup_queue_len 0"));
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_render_tls_front_profile_health() {
+        let stats = Stats::new();
+        let shared_state = ProxySharedState::new();
+        let tracker = UserIpTracker::new();
+        let mut config = ProxyConfig::default();
+        config.censorship.tls_domain = "primary.example".to_string();
+        config.censorship.tls_domains = vec!["fallback.example".to_string()];
+
+        let cache = TlsFrontCache::new(
+            &[
+                "primary.example".to_string(),
+                "fallback.example".to_string(),
+            ],
+            1024,
+            "tlsfront-profile-health-test",
+        );
+        cache
+            .set(
+                "primary.example",
+                CachedTlsData {
+                    server_hello_template: ParsedServerHello {
+                        version: [0x03, 0x03],
+                        random: [0u8; 32],
+                        session_id: Vec::new(),
+                        cipher_suite: [0x13, 0x01],
+                        compression: 0,
+                        extensions: Vec::new(),
+                    },
+                    cert_info: None,
+                    cert_payload: Some(TlsCertPayload {
+                        cert_chain_der: vec![vec![0x30, 0x01]],
+                        certificate_message: vec![0x0b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00],
+                    }),
+                    app_data_records_sizes: vec![1024, 512],
+                    total_app_data_len: 1536,
+                    behavior_profile: TlsBehaviorProfile {
+                        change_cipher_spec_count: 1,
+                        app_data_record_sizes: vec![1024, 512],
+                        ticket_record_sizes: vec![69],
+                        source: TlsProfileSource::Merged,
+                    },
+                    fetched_at: SystemTime::now(),
+                    domain: "primary.example".to_string(),
+                },
+            )
+            .await;
+
+        let output = render_metrics(&stats, &shared_state, &config, &tracker, Some(&cache)).await;
+
+        assert!(output.contains("telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status=\"configured\"} 2"));
+        assert!(output.contains("telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status=\"emitted\"} 2"));
+        assert!(output.contains("telemt_tls_front_profile_domains{status=\"suppressed\"} 0"));
+        assert!(
+            output.contains("telemt_tls_front_profile_info{domain=\"primary.example\",source=\"merged\",is_default=\"false\",has_cert_info=\"false\",has_cert_payload=\"true\"} 1")
+        );
+        assert!(
+            output.contains("telemt_tls_front_profile_info{domain=\"fallback.example\",source=\"default\",is_default=\"true\",has_cert_info=\"false\",has_cert_payload=\"false\"} 1")
+        );
+        assert!(
+            output.contains(
+                "telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records{domain=\"primary.example\"} 2"
+            )
+        );
+        assert!(
+            output
+                .contains("telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records{domain=\"primary.example\"} 1")
+        );
+        assert!(output.contains(
+            "telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records{domain=\"primary.example\"} 1"
+        ));
+        assert!(
+            output.contains(
+                "telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes{domain=\"primary.example\"} 1536"
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_render_empty_stats() {
        let stats = Stats::new();
        let shared_state = ProxySharedState::new();
        let tracker = UserIpTracker::new();
        let config = ProxyConfig::default();
-        let output = render_metrics(&stats, &shared_state, &config, &tracker).await;
+        let output = render_metrics(&stats, &shared_state, &config, &tracker, None).await;
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_connections_total 0"));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_connections_bad_total 0"));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_handshake_timeouts_total 0"));
@@ -3360,7 +3940,7 @@ mod tests {
        let mut config = ProxyConfig::default();
        config.access.user_max_unique_ips_global_each = 2;

-        let output = render_metrics(&stats, &shared_state, &config, &tracker).await;
+        let output = render_metrics(&stats, &shared_state, &config, &tracker, None).await;

        assert!(output.contains("telemt_user_unique_ips_limit{user=\"alice\"} 2"));
        assert!(output.contains("telemt_user_unique_ips_utilization{user=\"alice\"} 0.500000"));
@@ -3372,11 +3952,13 @@ mod tests {
        let shared_state = ProxySharedState::new();
        let tracker = UserIpTracker::new();
        let config = ProxyConfig::default();
-        let output = render_metrics(&stats, &shared_state, &config, &tracker).await;
+        let output = render_metrics(&stats, &shared_state, &config, &tracker, None).await;
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_uptime_seconds gauge"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_connections_total counter"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_connections_bad_total counter"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_connections_bad_by_class_total counter"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_handshake_timeouts_total counter"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_handshake_failures_by_class_total counter"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_auth_expensive_checks_total counter"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_auth_budget_exhausted_total counter"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_upstream_connect_attempt_total counter"));
@@ -3406,9 +3988,28 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_user_unique_ips_recent_window gauge"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_user_unique_ips_limit gauge"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_user_unique_ips_utilization gauge"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_stats_user_entries gauge"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_telemetry_user_series_users gauge"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_ip_tracker_users gauge"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_ip_tracker_entries gauge"));
        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_ip_tracker_cleanup_queue_len gauge"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_ip_tracker_cleanup_total counter"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_ip_tracker_cap_rejects_total counter"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache_entries gauge"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_fetch_profile_cache_cap_drops_total counter"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_full_cert_budget_ips gauge"));
+        assert!(
+            output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_full_cert_budget_cap_drops_total counter")
+        );
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_domains gauge"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_info gauge"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_age_seconds gauge"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_records gauge"));
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_ticket_records gauge"));
+        assert!(
+            output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_change_cipher_spec_records gauge")
+        );
+        assert!(output.contains("# TYPE telemt_tls_front_profile_app_data_bytes gauge"));
    }

    #[tokio::test]
@@ -3429,6 +4030,7 @@ mod tests {
            &beobachten,
            shared_state.as_ref(),
            &tracker,
+            None,
            &config,
        )
        .await
@@ -3463,6 +4065,7 @@ mod tests {
            &beobachten,
            shared_state.as_ref(),
            &tracker,
+            None,
            &config,
        )
        .await
@@ -3480,6 +4083,7 @@ mod tests {
            &beobachten,
            shared_state.as_ref(),
            &tracker,
+            None,
            &config,
        )
        .await
--- a/src/protocol/tests/tls_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/tests/tls_security_tests.rs
@@ -1383,6 +1383,8 @@ fn emulated_server_hello_never_places_alpn_in_server_hello_extensions() {
        &session_id,
        &cached,
        false,
+        true,
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13,
        &rng,
        Some(b"h2".to_vec()),
        0,
@@ -1624,6 +1626,34 @@ fn test_extract_alpn_multiple() {
    assert_eq!(alpn_str, vec!["h2", "spdy", "h3"]);
 }

+#[test]
+fn detect_client_hello_tls_version_prefers_supported_versions_tls13() {
+    let supported_versions = vec![4, 0x03, 0x04, 0x03, 0x03];
+    let ch = build_client_hello_with_exts(vec![(0x002b, supported_versions)], "example.com");
+    assert_eq!(
+        detect_client_hello_tls_version(&ch),
+        Some(ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13)
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn detect_client_hello_tls_version_falls_back_to_legacy_tls12() {
+    let ch = build_client_hello_with_exts(Vec::new(), "example.com");
+    assert_eq!(
+        detect_client_hello_tls_version(&ch),
+        Some(ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12)
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn detect_client_hello_tls_version_rejects_malformed_supported_versions() {
+    // list_len=3 is invalid because version vector must contain u16 pairs.
+    let malformed_supported_versions = vec![3, 0x03, 0x04, 0x03];
+    let ch =
+        build_client_hello_with_exts(vec![(0x002b, malformed_supported_versions)], "example.com");
+    assert!(detect_client_hello_tls_version(&ch).is_none());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn extract_sni_rejects_zero_length_host_name() {
    let mut sni_ext = Vec::new();
--- a/src/protocol/tls.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/tls.rs
@@ -811,6 +811,122 @@ pub fn extract_alpn_from_client_hello(handshake: &[u8]) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
    out
 }

+/// ClientHello TLS generation inferred from handshake fields.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ClientHelloTlsVersion {
+    Tls12,
+    Tls13,
+}
+
+/// Detect TLS generation from a ClientHello.
+///
+/// The parser prefers `supported_versions` (0x002b) when present and falls back
+/// to `legacy_version` for compatibility with TLS 1.2 style hellos.
+pub fn detect_client_hello_tls_version(handshake: &[u8]) -> Option<ClientHelloTlsVersion> {
+    if handshake.len() < 5 || handshake[0] != TLS_RECORD_HANDSHAKE {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let record_len = u16::from_be_bytes([handshake[3], handshake[4]]) as usize;
+    if handshake.len() < 5 + record_len {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let mut pos = 5; // after record header
+    if handshake.get(pos) != Some(&0x01) {
+        return None; // not ClientHello
+    }
+    pos += 1; // message type
+
+    if pos + 3 > handshake.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let handshake_len = ((handshake[pos] as usize) << 16)
+        | ((handshake[pos + 1] as usize) << 8)
+        | handshake[pos + 2] as usize;
+    pos += 3; // handshake length bytes
+    if pos + handshake_len > 5 + record_len {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    if pos + 2 + 32 > handshake.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let legacy_version = u16::from_be_bytes([handshake[pos], handshake[pos + 1]]);
+    pos += 2 + 32; // version + random
+
+    let session_id_len = *handshake.get(pos)? as usize;
+    pos += 1 + session_id_len;
+    if pos + 2 > handshake.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let cipher_len = u16::from_be_bytes([handshake[pos], handshake[pos + 1]]) as usize;
+    pos += 2 + cipher_len;
+    if pos >= handshake.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let comp_len = *handshake.get(pos)? as usize;
+    pos += 1 + comp_len;
+    if pos + 2 > handshake.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let ext_len = u16::from_be_bytes([handshake[pos], handshake[pos + 1]]) as usize;
+    pos += 2;
+    let ext_end = pos + ext_len;
+    if ext_end > handshake.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    while pos + 4 <= ext_end {
+        let etype = u16::from_be_bytes([handshake[pos], handshake[pos + 1]]);
+        let elen = u16::from_be_bytes([handshake[pos + 2], handshake[pos + 3]]) as usize;
+        pos += 4;
+        if pos + elen > ext_end {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        if etype == extension_type::SUPPORTED_VERSIONS {
+            if elen < 1 {
+                return None;
+            }
+            let list_len = handshake[pos] as usize;
+            if list_len == 0 || list_len % 2 != 0 || 1 + list_len > elen {
+                return None;
+            }
+
+            let mut has_tls12 = false;
+            let mut ver_pos = pos + 1;
+            let ver_end = ver_pos + list_len;
+            while ver_pos + 1 < ver_end {
+                let version = u16::from_be_bytes([handshake[ver_pos], handshake[ver_pos + 1]]);
+                if version == 0x0304 {
+                    return Some(ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13);
+                }
+                if version == 0x0303 || version == 0x0302 || version == 0x0301 {
+                    has_tls12 = true;
+                }
+                ver_pos += 2;
+            }
+
+            if has_tls12 {
+                return Some(ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12);
+            }
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        pos += elen;
+    }
+
+    if legacy_version >= 0x0303 {
+        Some(ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12)
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 /// Check if bytes look like a TLS ClientHello
 pub fn is_tls_handshake(first_bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
    if first_bytes.len() < 3 {
--- a/src/proxy/client.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/client.rs
@@ -31,38 +31,63 @@ struct UserConnectionReservation {
    ip_tracker: Arc<UserIpTracker>,
    user: String,
    ip: IpAddr,
-    active: bool,
+    tracks_ip: bool,
+    state: SessionReservationState,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum SessionReservationState {
+    Active,
+    Released,
 }

 impl UserConnectionReservation {
-    fn new(stats: Arc<Stats>, ip_tracker: Arc<UserIpTracker>, user: String, ip: IpAddr) -> Self {
+    fn new(
+        stats: Arc<Stats>,
+        ip_tracker: Arc<UserIpTracker>,
+        user: String,
+        ip: IpAddr,
+        tracks_ip: bool,
+    ) -> Self {
        Self {
            stats,
            ip_tracker,
            user,
            ip,
-            active: true,
+            tracks_ip,
+            state: SessionReservationState::Active,
        }
    }

+    fn mark_released(&mut self) -> bool {
+        if self.state != SessionReservationState::Active {
+            return false;
+        }
+        self.state = SessionReservationState::Released;
+        true
+    }
+
    async fn release(mut self) {
-        if !self.active {
+        if !self.mark_released() {
            return;
        }
-        self.ip_tracker.remove_ip(&self.user, self.ip).await;
-        self.active = false;
+        if self.tracks_ip {
+            self.ip_tracker.remove_ip(&self.user, self.ip).await;
+        }
        self.stats.decrement_user_curr_connects(&self.user);
    }
 }

 impl Drop for UserConnectionReservation {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if !self.active {
+        if !self.mark_released() {
            return;
        }
-        self.active = false;
+        self.stats.increment_session_drop_fallback_total();
        self.stats.decrement_user_curr_connects(&self.user);
-        self.ip_tracker.enqueue_cleanup(self.user.clone(), self.ip);
+        if self.tracks_ip {
+            self.ip_tracker.enqueue_cleanup(self.user.clone(), self.ip);
+        }
    }
 }

@@ -324,17 +349,38 @@ fn record_beobachten_class(
    beobachten.record(class, peer_ip, beobachten_ttl(config));
 }

+fn classify_expected_64_got_0(kind: std::io::ErrorKind) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    match kind {
+        std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => Some("expected_64_got_0_unexpected_eof"),
+        std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset => Some("expected_64_got_0_connection_reset"),
+        std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted => Some("expected_64_got_0_connection_aborted"),
+        std::io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe => Some("expected_64_got_0_broken_pipe"),
+        std::io::ErrorKind::NotConnected => Some("expected_64_got_0_not_connected"),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn classify_handshake_failure_class(error: &ProxyError) -> &'static str {
+    match error {
+        ProxyError::Io(err) => classify_expected_64_got_0(err.kind()).unwrap_or("other"),
+        ProxyError::Stream(StreamError::UnexpectedEof) => "expected_64_got_0_unexpected_eof",
+        ProxyError::Stream(StreamError::Io(err)) => {
+            classify_expected_64_got_0(err.kind()).unwrap_or("other")
+        }
+        _ => "other",
+    }
+}
+
 fn record_handshake_failure_class(
    beobachten: &BeobachtenStore,
    config: &ProxyConfig,
    peer_ip: IpAddr,
    error: &ProxyError,
 ) {
-    let class = match error {
-        ProxyError::Io(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
-            "expected_64_got_0"
-        }
-        ProxyError::Stream(StreamError::UnexpectedEof) => "expected_64_got_0",
+    // Keep beobachten buckets stable while detailed per-kind classification
+    // is tracked in API counters.
+    let class = match classify_handshake_failure_class(error) {
+        value if value.starts_with("expected_64_got_0_") => "expected_64_got_0",
        _ => "other",
    };
    record_beobachten_class(beobachten, config, peer_ip, class);
@@ -343,7 +389,7 @@ fn record_handshake_failure_class(
 #[inline]
 fn increment_bad_on_unknown_tls_sni(stats: &Stats, error: &ProxyError) {
    if matches!(error, ProxyError::UnknownTlsSni) {
-        stats.increment_connects_bad();
+        stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("unknown_tls_sni");
    }
 }

@@ -433,6 +479,17 @@ where
    let mut local_addr = synthetic_local_addr(config.server.port);

    if proxy_protocol_enabled {
+        if !is_trusted_proxy_source(peer.ip(), &config.server.proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs) {
+            stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("proxy_protocol_untrusted");
+            warn!(
+                peer = %peer,
+                trusted = ?config.server.proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs,
+                "Rejecting PROXY protocol header from untrusted source"
+            );
+            record_beobachten_class(&beobachten, &config, peer.ip(), "other");
+            return Err(ProxyError::InvalidProxyProtocol);
+        }
+
        let proxy_header_timeout =
            Duration::from_millis(config.server.proxy_protocol_header_timeout_ms.max(1));
        match timeout(
@@ -442,17 +499,6 @@ where
        .await
        {
            Ok(Ok(info)) => {
-                if !is_trusted_proxy_source(peer.ip(), &config.server.proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs)
-                {
-                    stats.increment_connects_bad();
-                    warn!(
-                        peer = %peer,
-                        trusted = ?config.server.proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs,
-                        "Rejecting PROXY protocol header from untrusted source"
-                    );
-                    record_beobachten_class(&beobachten, &config, peer.ip(), "other");
-                    return Err(ProxyError::InvalidProxyProtocol);
-                }
                debug!(
                    peer = %peer,
                    client = %info.src_addr,
@@ -465,13 +511,13 @@ where
                }
            }
            Ok(Err(e)) => {
-                stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("proxy_protocol_invalid_header");
                warn!(peer = %peer, error = %e, "Invalid PROXY protocol header");
                record_beobachten_class(&beobachten, &config, peer.ip(), "other");
                return Err(e);
            }
            Err(_) => {
-                stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("proxy_protocol_header_timeout");
                warn!(peer = %peer, timeout_ms = proxy_header_timeout.as_millis(), "PROXY protocol header timeout");
                record_beobachten_class(&beobachten, &config, peer.ip(), "other");
                return Err(ProxyError::InvalidProxyProtocol);
@@ -561,7 +607,7 @@ where
            // third-party clients or future Telegram versions.
            if !tls_clienthello_len_in_bounds(tls_len) {
                debug!(peer = %real_peer, tls_len = tls_len, max_tls_len = MAX_TLS_PLAINTEXT_SIZE, "TLS handshake length out of bounds");
-                stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_clienthello_len_out_of_bounds");
                maybe_apply_mask_reject_delay(&config).await;
                let (reader, writer) = tokio::io::split(stream);
                return Ok(masking_outcome(
@@ -581,7 +627,7 @@ where
                Ok(n) => n,
                Err(e) => {
                    debug!(peer = %real_peer, error = %e, tls_len = tls_len, "TLS ClientHello body read failed; engaging masking fallback");
-                    stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                    stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_clienthello_read_error");
                    maybe_apply_mask_reject_delay(&config).await;
                    let initial_len = 5;
                    let (reader, writer) = tokio::io::split(stream);
@@ -599,7 +645,7 @@ where

            if body_read < tls_len {
                debug!(peer = %real_peer, got = body_read, expected = tls_len, "Truncated in-range TLS ClientHello; engaging masking fallback");
-                stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_clienthello_truncated");
                maybe_apply_mask_reject_delay(&config).await;
                let initial_len = 5 + body_read;
                let (reader, writer) = tokio::io::split(stream);
@@ -623,7 +669,7 @@ where
            ).await {
                HandshakeResult::Success(result) => result,
                HandshakeResult::BadClient { reader, writer } => {
-                    stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                    stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_handshake_bad_client");
                    return Ok(masking_outcome(
                        reader,
                        writer,
@@ -663,7 +709,7 @@ where
                        wrap_tls_application_record(&pending_plaintext)
                    };
                    let reader = tokio::io::AsyncReadExt::chain(std::io::Cursor::new(pending_record), reader);
-                    stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                    stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_mtproto_bad_client");
                    debug!(
                        peer = %peer,
                        "Authenticated TLS session failed MTProto validation; engaging masking fallback"
@@ -693,7 +739,7 @@ where
        } else {
            if !config.general.modes.classic && !config.general.modes.secure {
                debug!(peer = %real_peer, "Non-TLS modes disabled");
-                stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("direct_modes_disabled");
                maybe_apply_mask_reject_delay(&config).await;
                let (reader, writer) = tokio::io::split(stream);
                return Ok(masking_outcome(
@@ -720,7 +766,7 @@ where
            ).await {
                HandshakeResult::Success(result) => result,
                HandshakeResult::BadClient { reader, writer } => {
-                    stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                    stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("direct_mtproto_bad_client");
                    return Ok(masking_outcome(
                        reader,
                        writer,
@@ -757,6 +803,7 @@ where
        Ok(Ok(outcome)) => outcome,
        Ok(Err(e)) => {
            debug!(peer = %peer, error = %e, "Handshake failed");
+            stats_for_timeout.increment_handshake_failure_class(classify_handshake_failure_class(&e));
            record_handshake_failure_class(
                &beobachten_for_timeout,
                &config_for_timeout,
@@ -767,6 +814,7 @@ where
        }
        Err(_) => {
            stats_for_timeout.increment_handshake_timeouts();
+            stats_for_timeout.increment_handshake_failure_class("timeout");
            debug!(peer = %peer, "Handshake timeout");
            record_beobachten_class(
                &beobachten_for_timeout,
@@ -943,6 +991,21 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
        let mut local_addr = self.stream.local_addr().map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;

        if self.proxy_protocol_enabled {
+            if !is_trusted_proxy_source(
+                self.peer.ip(),
+                &self.config.server.proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs,
+            ) {
+                self.stats
+                    .increment_connects_bad_with_class("proxy_protocol_untrusted");
+                warn!(
+                    peer = %self.peer,
+                    trusted = ?self.config.server.proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs,
+                    "Rejecting PROXY protocol header from untrusted source"
+                );
+                record_beobachten_class(&self.beobachten, &self.config, self.peer.ip(), "other");
+                return Err(ProxyError::InvalidProxyProtocol);
+            }
+
            let proxy_header_timeout =
                Duration::from_millis(self.config.server.proxy_protocol_header_timeout_ms.max(1));
            match timeout(
@@ -952,24 +1015,6 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
            .await
            {
                Ok(Ok(info)) => {
-                    if !is_trusted_proxy_source(
-                        self.peer.ip(),
-                        &self.config.server.proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs,
-                    ) {
-                        self.stats.increment_connects_bad();
-                        warn!(
-                            peer = %self.peer,
-                            trusted = ?self.config.server.proxy_protocol_trusted_cidrs,
-                            "Rejecting PROXY protocol header from untrusted source"
-                        );
-                        record_beobachten_class(
-                            &self.beobachten,
-                            &self.config,
-                            self.peer.ip(),
-                            "other",
-                        );
-                        return Err(ProxyError::InvalidProxyProtocol);
-                    }
                    debug!(
                        peer = %self.peer,
                        client = %info.src_addr,
@@ -986,7 +1031,8 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
                    }
                }
                Ok(Err(e)) => {
-                    self.stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                    self.stats
+                        .increment_connects_bad_with_class("proxy_protocol_invalid_header");
                    warn!(peer = %self.peer, error = %e, "Invalid PROXY protocol header");
                    record_beobachten_class(
                        &self.beobachten,
@@ -997,7 +1043,8 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
                    return Err(e);
                }
                Err(_) => {
-                    self.stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                    self.stats
+                        .increment_connects_bad_with_class("proxy_protocol_header_timeout");
                    warn!(
                        peer = %self.peer,
                        timeout_ms = proxy_header_timeout.as_millis(),
@@ -1095,6 +1142,7 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
            Ok(Ok(outcome)) => outcome,
            Ok(Err(e)) => {
                debug!(peer = %peer_for_log, error = %e, "Handshake failed");
+                stats.increment_handshake_failure_class(classify_handshake_failure_class(&e));
                record_handshake_failure_class(
                    &beobachten_for_timeout,
                    &config_for_timeout,
@@ -1105,6 +1153,7 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
            }
            Err(_) => {
                stats.increment_handshake_timeouts();
+                stats.increment_handshake_failure_class("timeout");
                debug!(peer = %peer_for_log, "Handshake timeout");
                record_beobachten_class(
                    &beobachten_for_timeout,
@@ -1140,7 +1189,8 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
        // third-party clients or future Telegram versions.
        if !tls_clienthello_len_in_bounds(tls_len) {
            debug!(peer = %peer, tls_len = tls_len, max_tls_len = MAX_TLS_PLAINTEXT_SIZE, "TLS handshake length out of bounds");
-            self.stats.increment_connects_bad();
+            self.stats
+                .increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_clienthello_len_out_of_bounds");
            maybe_apply_mask_reject_delay(&self.config).await;
            let (reader, writer) = self.stream.into_split();
            return Ok(masking_outcome(
@@ -1160,7 +1210,8 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
            Ok(n) => n,
            Err(e) => {
                debug!(peer = %peer, error = %e, tls_len = tls_len, "TLS ClientHello body read failed; engaging masking fallback");
-                self.stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                self.stats
+                    .increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_clienthello_read_error");
                maybe_apply_mask_reject_delay(&self.config).await;
                let (reader, writer) = self.stream.into_split();
                return Ok(masking_outcome(
@@ -1177,7 +1228,8 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {

        if body_read < tls_len {
            debug!(peer = %peer, got = body_read, expected = tls_len, "Truncated in-range TLS ClientHello; engaging masking fallback");
-            self.stats.increment_connects_bad();
+            self.stats
+                .increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_clienthello_truncated");
            maybe_apply_mask_reject_delay(&self.config).await;
            let initial_len = 5 + body_read;
            let (reader, writer) = self.stream.into_split();
@@ -1214,7 +1266,7 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
        {
            HandshakeResult::Success(result) => result,
            HandshakeResult::BadClient { reader, writer } => {
-                stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_handshake_bad_client");
                return Ok(masking_outcome(
                    reader,
                    writer,
@@ -1264,7 +1316,7 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
                };
                let reader =
                    tokio::io::AsyncReadExt::chain(std::io::Cursor::new(pending_record), reader);
-                stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("tls_mtproto_bad_client");
                debug!(
                    peer = %peer,
                    "Authenticated TLS session failed MTProto validation; engaging masking fallback"
@@ -1311,7 +1363,8 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {

        if !self.config.general.modes.classic && !self.config.general.modes.secure {
            debug!(peer = %peer, "Non-TLS modes disabled");
-            self.stats.increment_connects_bad();
+            self.stats
+                .increment_connects_bad_with_class("direct_modes_disabled");
            maybe_apply_mask_reject_delay(&self.config).await;
            let (reader, writer) = self.stream.into_split();
            return Ok(masking_outcome(
@@ -1351,7 +1404,7 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
        {
            HandshakeResult::Success(result) => result,
            HandshakeResult::BadClient { reader, writer } => {
-                stats.increment_connects_bad();
+                stats.increment_connects_bad_with_class("direct_mtproto_bad_client");
                return Ok(masking_outcome(
                    reader,
                    writer,
@@ -1387,8 +1440,8 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {

    /// Main dispatch after successful handshake.
    /// Two modes:
-    ///   - Direct: TCP relay to TG DC (existing behavior)  
-    ///   - Middle Proxy: RPC multiplex through ME pool (new — supports CDN DCs)
+    ///   - Direct: TCP relay to TG DC (existing behavior)
+    ///   - Middle Proxy: RPC multiplex through ME pool (supports CDN DCs)
    #[cfg(test)]
    async fn handle_authenticated_static<R, W>(
        client_reader: CryptoReader<R>,
@@ -1589,6 +1642,7 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
            ip_tracker,
            user.to_string(),
            peer_addr.ip(),
+            true,
        ))
    }

@@ -1634,7 +1688,6 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
        match ip_tracker.check_and_add(user, peer_addr.ip()).await {
            Ok(()) => {
                ip_tracker.remove_ip(user, peer_addr.ip()).await;
-                stats.decrement_user_curr_connects(user);
            }
            Err(reason) => {
                stats.decrement_user_curr_connects(user);
@@ -1650,6 +1703,7 @@ impl RunningClientHandler {
            }
        }

+        stats.decrement_user_curr_connects(user);
        Ok(())
    }
 }
--- a/src/proxy/direct_relay.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/direct_relay.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ use crate::error::{ProxyError, Result};
 use crate::protocol::constants::*;
 use crate::proxy::handshake::{HandshakeSuccess, encrypt_tg_nonce_with_ciphers, generate_tg_nonce};
 use crate::proxy::route_mode::{
-    ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG, RelayRouteMode, RouteCutoverState, affected_cutover_state,
-    cutover_stagger_delay,
+    RelayRouteMode, RouteCutoverState, affected_cutover_state, cutover_stagger_delay,
 };
 use crate::proxy::shared_state::{
    ConntrackCloseEvent, ConntrackClosePublishResult, ConntrackCloseReason, ProxySharedState,
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@ where
                "Cutover affected direct session, closing client connection"
            );
            tokio::time::sleep(delay).await;
-            break Err(ProxyError::Proxy(ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG.to_string()));
+            break Err(ProxyError::RouteSwitched);
        }
        tokio::select! {
            result = &mut relay_result => {
--- a/src/proxy/handshake.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/handshake.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const STICKY_HINT_MAX_ENTRIES: usize = 65_536;
 const CANDIDATE_HINT_TRACK_CAP: usize = 64;
 const OVERLOAD_CANDIDATE_BUDGET_HINTED: usize = 16;
 const OVERLOAD_CANDIDATE_BUDGET_UNHINTED: usize = 8;
+const EXPENSIVE_INVALID_SCAN_SATURATION_THRESHOLD: usize = 64;
 const RECENT_USER_RING_SCAN_LIMIT: usize = 32;

 type HmacSha256 = Hmac<Sha256>;
@@ -551,6 +552,19 @@ fn auth_probe_note_saturation_in(shared: &ProxySharedState, now: Instant) {
    }
 }

+fn auth_probe_note_expensive_invalid_scan_in(
+    shared: &ProxySharedState,
+    now: Instant,
+    validation_checks: usize,
+    overload: bool,
+) {
+    if overload || validation_checks < EXPENSIVE_INVALID_SCAN_SATURATION_THRESHOLD {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auth_probe_note_saturation_in(shared, now);
+}
+
 fn auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared: &ProxySharedState, peer_ip: IpAddr, now: Instant) {
    let peer_ip = normalize_auth_probe_ip(peer_ip);
    let state = &shared.handshake.auth_probe;
@@ -1119,6 +1133,10 @@ where
    } else {
        None
    };
+    // Fail-closed to TLS 1.3 semantics when ClientHello version is ambiguous:
+    // this avoids leaking certificate payload on malformed probes.
+    let client_tls_version = tls::detect_client_hello_tls_version(handshake)
+        .unwrap_or(tls::ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13);

    if client_sni.is_some() && matched_tls_domain.is_none() && preferred_user_hint.is_none() {
        let sni = client_sni.as_deref().unwrap_or_default();
@@ -1132,9 +1150,20 @@ where
                    "TLS handshake accepted by unknown SNI policy"
                );
            }
-            action @ (UnknownSniAction::Drop | UnknownSniAction::Mask) => {
+            action @ (UnknownSniAction::Drop
+            | UnknownSniAction::Mask
+            | UnknownSniAction::RejectHandshake) => {
                auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared, peer.ip(), Instant::now());
-                maybe_apply_server_hello_delay(config).await;
+                // For Drop/Mask we apply the synthetic ServerHello delay so
+                // the fail-closed path is timing-indistinguishable from the
+                // success path. For RejectHandshake we deliberately skip the
+                // delay: a stock modern nginx with `ssl_reject_handshake on;`
+                // responds with the alert essentially immediately, so
+                // injecting 8-24ms here would itself become a distinguisher
+                // against the public baseline we are trying to blend into.
+                if !matches!(action, UnknownSniAction::RejectHandshake) {
+                    maybe_apply_server_hello_delay(config).await;
+                }
                let log_now = Instant::now();
                if should_emit_unknown_sni_warn_in(shared, log_now) {
                    warn!(
@@ -1153,8 +1182,33 @@ where
                        "TLS handshake rejected by unknown SNI policy"
                    );
                }
+                if matches!(action, UnknownSniAction::RejectHandshake) {
+                    // TLS alert record layer:
+                    //   0x15            ContentType.alert
+                    //   0x03 0x03       legacy_record_version = TLS 1.2
+                    //                   (matches what modern nginx emits in
+                    //                   the first server -> client record,
+                    //                   per RFC 8446 5.1 guidance)
+                    //   0x00 0x02       length = 2
+                    // Alert payload:
+                    //   0x02            AlertLevel.fatal
+                    //   0x70            AlertDescription.unrecognized_name (112, RFC 6066)
+                    const TLS_ALERT_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME: [u8; 7] =
+                        [0x15, 0x03, 0x03, 0x00, 0x02, 0x02, 0x70];
+                    if let Err(e) = writer.write_all(&TLS_ALERT_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME).await {
+                        debug!(
+                            peer = %peer,
+                            error = %e,
+                            "Failed to write unrecognized_name TLS alert"
+                        );
+                    } else {
+                        let _ = writer.flush().await;
+                    }
+                }
                return match action {
-                    UnknownSniAction::Drop => HandshakeResult::Error(ProxyError::UnknownTlsSni),
+                    UnknownSniAction::Drop | UnknownSniAction::RejectHandshake => {
+                        HandshakeResult::Error(ProxyError::UnknownTlsSni)
+                    }
                    UnknownSniAction::Mask => HandshakeResult::BadClient { reader, writer },
                    UnknownSniAction::Accept => unreachable!(),
                };
@@ -1338,7 +1392,14 @@ where
        }

        if !matched {
-            auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared, peer.ip(), Instant::now());
+            let failure_now = Instant::now();
+            auth_probe_note_expensive_invalid_scan_in(
+                shared,
+                failure_now,
+                validation_checks,
+                overload,
+            );
+            auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared, peer.ip(), failure_now);
            maybe_apply_server_hello_delay(config).await;
            debug!(
                peer = %peer,
@@ -1389,6 +1450,20 @@ where
        validated_secret.copy_from_slice(secret);
    }

+    if config
+        .access
+        .is_user_source_ip_denied(validated_user.as_str(), peer.ip())
+    {
+        auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared, peer.ip(), Instant::now());
+        maybe_apply_server_hello_delay(config).await;
+        warn!(
+            peer = %peer,
+            user = %validated_user,
+            "TLS handshake rejected: client source IP on per-user deny list (access.user_source_deny)"
+        );
+        return HandshakeResult::BadClient { reader, writer };
+    }
+
    // Reject known replay digests before expensive cache/domain/ALPN policy work.
    let digest_half = &validation_digest[..tls::TLS_DIGEST_HALF_LEN];
    if replay_checker.check_tls_digest(digest_half) {
@@ -1403,12 +1478,18 @@ where
            let selected_domain =
                matched_tls_domain.unwrap_or(config.censorship.tls_domain.as_str());
            let cached_entry = cache.get(selected_domain).await;
-            let use_full_cert_payload = cache
-                .take_full_cert_budget_for_ip(
-                    peer.ip(),
-                    Duration::from_secs(config.censorship.tls_full_cert_ttl_secs),
-                )
-                .await;
+            let use_full_cert_payload = if config.censorship.serverhello_compact
+                && matches!(client_tls_version, tls::ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12)
+            {
+                cache
+                    .take_full_cert_budget_for_ip(
+                        peer.ip(),
+                        Duration::from_secs(config.censorship.tls_full_cert_ttl_secs),
+                    )
+                    .await
+            } else {
+                true
+            };
            Some((cached_entry, use_full_cert_payload))
        } else {
            None
@@ -1429,6 +1510,8 @@ where
            validation_session_id_slice,
            &cached_entry,
            use_full_cert_payload,
+            config.censorship.serverhello_compact,
+            client_tls_version,
            rng,
            selected_alpn.clone(),
            config.censorship.tls_new_session_tickets,
@@ -1705,7 +1788,14 @@ where
        }

        if !matched {
-            auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared, peer.ip(), Instant::now());
+            let failure_now = Instant::now();
+            auth_probe_note_expensive_invalid_scan_in(
+                shared,
+                failure_now,
+                validation_checks,
+                overload,
+            );
+            auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared, peer.ip(), failure_now);
            maybe_apply_server_hello_delay(config).await;
            debug!(
                peer = %peer,
@@ -1719,6 +1809,20 @@ where

        let validation = matched_validation.expect("validation must exist when matched");

+        if config
+            .access
+            .is_user_source_ip_denied(matched_user.as_str(), peer.ip())
+        {
+            auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared, peer.ip(), Instant::now());
+            maybe_apply_server_hello_delay(config).await;
+            warn!(
+                peer = %peer,
+                user = %matched_user,
+                "MTProto handshake rejected: client source IP on per-user deny list (access.user_source_deny)"
+            );
+            return HandshakeResult::BadClient { reader, writer };
+        }
+
        // Apply replay tracking only after successful authentication.
        //
        // This ordering prevents an attacker from producing invalid handshakes that
@@ -1797,6 +1901,20 @@ where
                .auth_expensive_checks_total
                .fetch_add(validation_checks as u64, Ordering::Relaxed);

+            if config
+                .access
+                .is_user_source_ip_denied(user.as_str(), peer.ip())
+            {
+                auth_probe_record_failure_in(shared, peer.ip(), Instant::now());
+                maybe_apply_server_hello_delay(config).await;
+                warn!(
+                    peer = %peer,
+                    user = %user,
+                    "MTProto handshake rejected: client source IP on per-user deny list (access.user_source_deny)"
+                );
+                return HandshakeResult::BadClient { reader, writer };
+            }
+
            // Apply replay tracking only after successful authentication.
            //
            // This ordering prevents an attacker from producing invalid handshakes that
--- a/src/proxy/masking.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/masking.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

 use crate::config::ProxyConfig;
 use crate::network::dns_overrides::resolve_socket_addr;
+use crate::protocol::tls;
 use crate::stats::beobachten::BeobachtenStore;
 use crate::transport::proxy_protocol::{ProxyProtocolV1Builder, ProxyProtocolV2Builder};
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -60,21 +61,18 @@ where
    let mut buf = Box::new([0u8; MASK_BUFFER_SIZE]);
    let mut total = 0usize;
    let mut ended_by_eof = false;
-
-    if byte_cap == 0 {
-        return CopyOutcome {
-            total,
-            ended_by_eof,
-        };
-    }
+    let unlimited = byte_cap == 0;

    loop {
-        let remaining_budget = byte_cap.saturating_sub(total);
-        if remaining_budget == 0 {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        let read_len = remaining_budget.min(MASK_BUFFER_SIZE);
+        let read_len = if unlimited {
+            MASK_BUFFER_SIZE
+        } else {
+            let remaining_budget = byte_cap.saturating_sub(total);
+            if remaining_budget == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            remaining_budget.min(MASK_BUFFER_SIZE)
+        };
        let read_res = timeout(idle_timeout, reader.read(&mut buf[..read_len])).await;
        let n = match read_res {
            Ok(Ok(n)) => n,
@@ -331,6 +329,89 @@ async fn wait_mask_outcome_budget(started: Instant, config: &ProxyConfig) {
    }
 }

+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tls_domain_mask_host_tests {
+    use super::{mask_host_for_initial_data, matching_tls_domain_for_sni};
+    use crate::config::ProxyConfig;
+
+    fn client_hello_with_sni(sni_host: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut body = Vec::new();
+        body.extend_from_slice(&[0x03, 0x03]);
+        body.extend_from_slice(&[0u8; 32]);
+        body.push(32);
+        body.extend_from_slice(&[0x42u8; 32]);
+        body.extend_from_slice(&2u16.to_be_bytes());
+        body.extend_from_slice(&[0x13, 0x01]);
+        body.push(1);
+        body.push(0);
+
+        let host_bytes = sni_host.as_bytes();
+        let mut sni_payload = Vec::new();
+        sni_payload.extend_from_slice(&((host_bytes.len() + 3) as u16).to_be_bytes());
+        sni_payload.push(0);
+        sni_payload.extend_from_slice(&(host_bytes.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
+        sni_payload.extend_from_slice(host_bytes);
+
+        let mut extensions = Vec::new();
+        extensions.extend_from_slice(&0x0000u16.to_be_bytes());
+        extensions.extend_from_slice(&(sni_payload.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
+        extensions.extend_from_slice(&sni_payload);
+        body.extend_from_slice(&(extensions.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
+        body.extend_from_slice(&extensions);
+
+        let mut handshake = Vec::new();
+        handshake.push(0x01);
+        let body_len = (body.len() as u32).to_be_bytes();
+        handshake.extend_from_slice(&body_len[1..4]);
+        handshake.extend_from_slice(&body);
+
+        let mut record = Vec::new();
+        record.push(0x16);
+        record.extend_from_slice(&[0x03, 0x01]);
+        record.extend_from_slice(&(handshake.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
+        record.extend_from_slice(&handshake);
+        record
+    }
+
+    fn config_with_tls_domains() -> ProxyConfig {
+        let mut config = ProxyConfig::default();
+        config.censorship.tls_domain = "a.com".to_string();
+        config.censorship.tls_domains = vec!["b.com".to_string(), "c.com".to_string()];
+        config.censorship.mask_host = Some("a.com".to_string());
+        config
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn matching_tls_domain_accepts_primary_and_extra_domains_case_insensitively() {
+        let config = config_with_tls_domains();
+
+        assert_eq!(matching_tls_domain_for_sni(&config, "A.COM"), Some("a.com"));
+        assert_eq!(matching_tls_domain_for_sni(&config, "B.COM"), Some("b.com"));
+        assert_eq!(matching_tls_domain_for_sni(&config, "unknown.com"), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mask_host_preserves_explicit_non_primary_origin() {
+        let mut config = config_with_tls_domains();
+        config.censorship.mask_host = Some("origin.example".to_string());
+
+        let initial_data = client_hello_with_sni("b.com");
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            mask_host_for_initial_data(&config, &initial_data),
+            "origin.example"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn mask_host_uses_matching_tls_domain_when_mask_host_is_primary_default() {
+        let config = config_with_tls_domains();
+        let initial_data = client_hello_with_sni("b.com");
+
+        assert_eq!(mask_host_for_initial_data(&config, &initial_data), "b.com");
+    }
+}
+
 /// Detect client type based on initial data
 fn detect_client_type(data: &[u8]) -> &'static str {
    // Check for HTTP request
@@ -363,6 +444,37 @@ fn parse_mask_host_ip_literal(host: &str) -> Option<IpAddr> {
    host.parse::<IpAddr>().ok()
 }

+fn matching_tls_domain_for_sni<'a>(config: &'a ProxyConfig, sni: &str) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    if config.censorship.tls_domain.eq_ignore_ascii_case(sni) {
+        return Some(config.censorship.tls_domain.as_str());
+    }
+
+    for domain in &config.censorship.tls_domains {
+        if domain.eq_ignore_ascii_case(sni) {
+            return Some(domain.as_str());
+        }
+    }
+
+    None
+}
+
+fn mask_host_for_initial_data<'a>(config: &'a ProxyConfig, initial_data: &[u8]) -> &'a str {
+    let configured_mask_host = config
+        .censorship
+        .mask_host
+        .as_deref()
+        .unwrap_or(&config.censorship.tls_domain);
+
+    if !configured_mask_host.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&config.censorship.tls_domain) {
+        return configured_mask_host;
+    }
+
+    tls::extract_sni_from_client_hello(initial_data)
+        .as_deref()
+        .and_then(|sni| matching_tls_domain_for_sni(config, sni))
+        .unwrap_or(configured_mask_host)
+}
+
 fn canonical_ip(ip: IpAddr) -> IpAddr {
    match ip {
        IpAddr::V6(v6) => v6
@@ -737,11 +849,7 @@ pub async fn handle_bad_client<R, W>(
        return;
    }

-    let mask_host = config
-        .censorship
-        .mask_host
-        .as_deref()
-        .unwrap_or(&config.censorship.tls_domain);
+    let mask_host = mask_host_for_initial_data(config, initial_data);
    let mask_port = config.censorship.mask_port;

    // Fail closed when fallback points at our own listener endpoint.
@@ -930,21 +1038,21 @@ async fn consume_client_data<R: AsyncRead + Unpin>(
    byte_cap: usize,
    idle_timeout: Duration,
 ) {
-    if byte_cap == 0 {
-        return;
-    }
-
    // Keep drain path fail-closed under slow-loris stalls.
    let mut buf = Box::new([0u8; MASK_BUFFER_SIZE]);
    let mut total = 0usize;
+    let unlimited = byte_cap == 0;

    loop {
-        let remaining_budget = byte_cap.saturating_sub(total);
-        if remaining_budget == 0 {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        let read_len = remaining_budget.min(MASK_BUFFER_SIZE);
+        let read_len = if unlimited {
+            MASK_BUFFER_SIZE
+        } else {
+            let remaining_budget = byte_cap.saturating_sub(total);
+            if remaining_budget == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            remaining_budget.min(MASK_BUFFER_SIZE)
+        };
        let n = match timeout(idle_timeout, reader.read(&mut buf[..read_len])).await {
            Ok(Ok(n)) => n,
            Ok(Err(_)) | Err(_) => break,
@@ -955,7 +1063,7 @@ async fn consume_client_data<R: AsyncRead + Unpin>(
        }

        total = total.saturating_add(n);
-        if total >= byte_cap {
+        if !unlimited && total >= byte_cap {
            break;
        }
    }
--- a/src/proxy/middle_relay.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/middle_relay.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt};
-use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot, watch};
+use tokio::sync::{OwnedSemaphorePermit, Semaphore, mpsc, oneshot, watch};
 use tokio::time::timeout;
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 use tracing::{debug, info, trace, warn};

 use crate::config::{ConntrackPressureProfile, ProxyConfig};
@@ -22,8 +23,7 @@ use crate::error::{ProxyError, Result};
 use crate::protocol::constants::{secure_padding_len, *};
 use crate::proxy::handshake::HandshakeSuccess;
 use crate::proxy::route_mode::{
-    ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG, RelayRouteMode, RouteCutoverState, affected_cutover_state,
-    cutover_stagger_delay,
+    RelayRouteMode, RouteCutoverState, affected_cutover_state, cutover_stagger_delay,
 };
 use crate::proxy::shared_state::{
    ConntrackCloseEvent, ConntrackClosePublishResult, ConntrackCloseReason, ProxySharedState,
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ use crate::stream::{BufferPool, CryptoReader, CryptoWriter, PooledBuffer};
 use crate::transport::middle_proxy::{MePool, MeResponse, proto_flags_for_tag};

 enum C2MeCommand {
-    Data { payload: PooledBuffer, flags: u32 },
+    Data {
+        payload: PooledBuffer,
+        flags: u32,
+        _permit: OwnedSemaphorePermit,
+    },
    Close,
 }

@@ -47,6 +51,8 @@ const DESYNC_ERROR_CLASS: &str = "frame_too_large_crypto_desync";
 const C2ME_CHANNEL_CAPACITY_FALLBACK: usize = 128;
 const C2ME_SOFT_PRESSURE_MIN_FREE_SLOTS: usize = 64;
 const C2ME_SENDER_FAIRNESS_BUDGET: usize = 32;
+const C2ME_QUEUED_BYTE_PERMIT_UNIT: usize = 16 * 1024;
+const C2ME_QUEUED_PERMITS_PER_SLOT: usize = 4;
 const RELAY_IDLE_IO_POLL_MAX: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
 const TINY_FRAME_DEBT_PER_TINY: u32 = 8;
 const TINY_FRAME_DEBT_LIMIT: u32 = 512;
@@ -59,6 +65,15 @@ const ME_D2C_SINGLE_WRITE_COALESCE_MAX_BYTES: usize = 128 * 1024;
 const QUOTA_RESERVE_SPIN_RETRIES: usize = 32;
 const QUOTA_RESERVE_BACKOFF_MIN_MS: u64 = 1;
 const QUOTA_RESERVE_BACKOFF_MAX_MS: u64 = 16;
+const QUOTA_RESERVE_MAX_BACKOFF_ROUNDS: usize = 16;
+const ME_CHILD_JOIN_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
+
+enum MiddleQuotaReserveError {
+    LimitExceeded,
+    Contended,
+    Cancelled,
+    DeadlineExceeded,
+}

 #[derive(Default)]
 pub(crate) struct DesyncDedupRotationState {
@@ -571,6 +586,43 @@ fn should_yield_c2me_sender(sent_since_yield: usize, has_backlog: bool) -> bool
    has_backlog && sent_since_yield >= C2ME_SENDER_FAIRNESS_BUDGET
 }

+fn c2me_payload_permits(payload_len: usize) -> u32 {
+    payload_len
+        .max(1)
+        .div_ceil(C2ME_QUEUED_BYTE_PERMIT_UNIT)
+        .min(u32::MAX as usize) as u32
+}
+
+fn c2me_queued_permit_budget(channel_capacity: usize, frame_limit: usize) -> usize {
+    channel_capacity
+        .saturating_mul(C2ME_QUEUED_PERMITS_PER_SLOT)
+        .max(c2me_payload_permits(frame_limit) as usize)
+        .max(1)
+}
+
+async fn acquire_c2me_payload_permit(
+    semaphore: &Arc<Semaphore>,
+    payload_len: usize,
+    send_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+    stats: &Stats,
+) -> Result<OwnedSemaphorePermit> {
+    let permits = c2me_payload_permits(payload_len);
+    let acquire = semaphore.clone().acquire_many_owned(permits);
+    match send_timeout {
+        Some(send_timeout) => match timeout(send_timeout, acquire).await {
+            Ok(Ok(permit)) => Ok(permit),
+            Ok(Err(_)) => Err(ProxyError::Proxy("ME sender byte budget closed".into())),
+            Err(_) => {
+                stats.increment_me_c2me_send_timeout_total();
+                Err(ProxyError::Proxy("ME sender byte budget timeout".into()))
+            }
+        },
+        None => acquire
+            .await
+            .map_err(|_| ProxyError::Proxy("ME sender byte budget closed".into())),
+    }
+}
+
 fn quota_soft_cap(limit: u64, overshoot: u64) -> u64 {
    limit.saturating_add(overshoot)
 }
@@ -579,21 +631,43 @@ async fn reserve_user_quota_with_yield(
    user_stats: &UserStats,
    bytes: u64,
    limit: u64,
-) -> std::result::Result<u64, QuotaReserveError> {
+    stats: &Stats,
+    cancel: &CancellationToken,
+    deadline: Option<Instant>,
+) -> std::result::Result<u64, MiddleQuotaReserveError> {
    let mut backoff_ms = QUOTA_RESERVE_BACKOFF_MIN_MS;
+    let mut backoff_rounds = 0usize;
    loop {
        for _ in 0..QUOTA_RESERVE_SPIN_RETRIES {
            match user_stats.quota_try_reserve(bytes, limit) {
                Ok(total) => return Ok(total),
                Err(QuotaReserveError::LimitExceeded) => {
-                    return Err(QuotaReserveError::LimitExceeded);
+                    return Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::LimitExceeded);
+                }
+                Err(QuotaReserveError::Contended) => {
+                    stats.increment_quota_contention_total();
+                    std::hint::spin_loop();
                }
-                Err(QuotaReserveError::Contended) => std::hint::spin_loop(),
            }
        }

        tokio::task::yield_now().await;
-        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(backoff_ms)).await;
+        if deadline.is_some_and(|deadline| Instant::now() >= deadline) {
+            stats.increment_quota_contention_timeout_total();
+            return Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::DeadlineExceeded);
+        }
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(backoff_ms)) => {}
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
+                stats.increment_quota_acquire_cancelled_total();
+                return Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::Cancelled);
+            }
+        }
+        backoff_rounds = backoff_rounds.saturating_add(1);
+        if backoff_rounds >= QUOTA_RESERVE_MAX_BACKOFF_ROUNDS {
+            stats.increment_quota_contention_timeout_total();
+            return Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::Contended);
+        }
        backoff_ms = backoff_ms
            .saturating_mul(2)
            .min(QUOTA_RESERVE_BACKOFF_MAX_MS);
@@ -604,12 +678,13 @@ async fn wait_for_traffic_budget(
    lease: Option<&Arc<TrafficLease>>,
    direction: RateDirection,
    bytes: u64,
-) {
+    deadline: Option<Instant>,
+) -> Result<()> {
    if bytes == 0 {
-        return;
+        return Ok(());
    }
    let Some(lease) = lease else {
-        return;
+        return Ok(());
    };

    let mut remaining = bytes;
@@ -621,6 +696,9 @@ async fn wait_for_traffic_budget(
        }

        let wait_started_at = Instant::now();
+        if deadline.is_some_and(|deadline| wait_started_at >= deadline) {
+            return Err(ProxyError::TrafficBudgetWaitDeadlineExceeded);
+        }
        tokio::time::sleep(next_refill_delay()).await;
        let wait_ms = wait_started_at
            .elapsed()
@@ -633,6 +711,59 @@ async fn wait_for_traffic_budget(
            wait_ms,
        );
    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_traffic_budget_or_cancel(
+    lease: Option<&Arc<TrafficLease>>,
+    direction: RateDirection,
+    bytes: u64,
+    cancel: &CancellationToken,
+    stats: &Stats,
+    deadline: Option<Instant>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    if bytes == 0 {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let Some(lease) = lease else {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+
+    let mut remaining = bytes;
+    while remaining > 0 {
+        let consume = lease.try_consume(direction, remaining);
+        if consume.granted > 0 {
+            remaining = remaining.saturating_sub(consume.granted);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let wait_started_at = Instant::now();
+        if deadline.is_some_and(|deadline| wait_started_at >= deadline) {
+            stats.increment_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_cancelled_total();
+            return Err(ProxyError::TrafficBudgetWaitDeadlineExceeded);
+        }
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tokio::time::sleep(next_refill_delay()) => {}
+            _ = cancel.cancelled() => {
+                stats.increment_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_cancelled_total();
+                return Err(ProxyError::TrafficBudgetWaitCancelled);
+            }
+        }
+        let wait_ms = wait_started_at
+            .elapsed()
+            .as_millis()
+            .min(u128::from(u64::MAX)) as u64;
+        lease.observe_wait_ms(
+            direction,
+            consume.blocked_user,
+            consume.blocked_cidr,
+            wait_ms,
+        );
+        stats.observe_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_ms(wait_ms);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
 }

 fn classify_me_d2c_flush_reason(
@@ -1071,7 +1202,7 @@ where
        tokio::time::sleep(delay).await;
        let _ = me_pool.send_close(conn_id).await;
        me_pool.registry().unregister(conn_id).await;
-        return Err(ProxyError::Proxy(ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG.to_string()));
+        return Err(ProxyError::RouteSwitched);
    }

    // Per-user ad_tag from access.user_ad_tags; fallback to general.ad_tag (hot-reloadable)
@@ -1122,13 +1253,19 @@ where
        0 => None,
        timeout_ms => Some(Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms)),
    };
+    let c2me_byte_budget = c2me_queued_permit_budget(c2me_channel_capacity, frame_limit);
+    let c2me_byte_semaphore = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(c2me_byte_budget));
    let (c2me_tx, mut c2me_rx) = mpsc::channel::<C2MeCommand>(c2me_channel_capacity);
    let me_pool_c2me = me_pool.clone();
-    let c2me_sender = tokio::spawn(async move {
+    let mut c2me_sender = tokio::spawn(async move {
        let mut sent_since_yield = 0usize;
        while let Some(cmd) = c2me_rx.recv().await {
            match cmd {
-                C2MeCommand::Data { payload, flags } => {
+                C2MeCommand::Data {
+                    payload,
+                    flags,
+                    _permit,
+                } => {
                    me_pool_c2me
                        .send_proxy_req(
                            conn_id,
@@ -1156,16 +1293,18 @@ where
    });

    let (stop_tx, mut stop_rx) = oneshot::channel::<()>();
+    let flow_cancel = CancellationToken::new();
    let mut me_rx_task = me_rx;
    let stats_clone = stats.clone();
    let rng_clone = rng.clone();
    let user_clone = user.clone();
    let quota_user_stats_me_writer = quota_user_stats.clone();
    let traffic_lease_me_writer = traffic_lease.clone();
+    let flow_cancel_me_writer = flow_cancel.clone();
    let last_downstream_activity_ms_clone = last_downstream_activity_ms.clone();
    let bytes_me2c_clone = bytes_me2c.clone();
    let d2c_flush_policy = MeD2cFlushPolicy::from_config(&config);
-    let me_writer = tokio::spawn(async move {
+    let mut me_writer = tokio::spawn(async move {
        let mut writer = crypto_writer;
        let mut frame_buf = Vec::with_capacity(16 * 1024);
        let shrink_threshold = d2c_flush_policy.frame_buf_shrink_threshold_bytes;
@@ -1185,7 +1324,7 @@ where
                    let Some(first) = msg else {
                        debug!(conn_id, "ME channel closed");
                        shrink_session_vec(&mut frame_buf, shrink_threshold);
-                        return Err(ProxyError::Proxy("ME connection lost".into()));
+                        return Err(ProxyError::MiddleConnectionLost);
                    };

                    let mut batch_frames = 0usize;
@@ -1207,6 +1346,7 @@ where
                        quota_limit,
                        d2c_flush_policy.quota_soft_overshoot_bytes,
                        traffic_lease_me_writer.as_ref(),
+                        &flow_cancel_me_writer,
                        bytes_me2c_clone.as_ref(),
                        conn_id,
                        d2c_flush_policy.ack_flush_immediate,
@@ -1227,7 +1367,7 @@ where
                            } else {
                                None
                            };
-                            let _ = writer.flush().await;
+                            let _ = flush_client_or_cancel(&mut writer, &flow_cancel_me_writer).await;
                            let flush_duration_us = flush_started_at.map(|started| {
                                started
                                    .elapsed()
@@ -1268,6 +1408,7 @@ where
                            quota_limit,
                            d2c_flush_policy.quota_soft_overshoot_bytes,
                            traffic_lease_me_writer.as_ref(),
+                            &flow_cancel_me_writer,
                            bytes_me2c_clone.as_ref(),
                            conn_id,
                            d2c_flush_policy.ack_flush_immediate,
@@ -1289,7 +1430,8 @@ where
                                    } else {
                                        None
                                    };
-                                let _ = writer.flush().await;
+                                let _ =
+                                    flush_client_or_cancel(&mut writer, &flow_cancel_me_writer).await;
                                let flush_duration_us = flush_started_at.map(|started| {
                                    started
                                        .elapsed()
@@ -1332,6 +1474,7 @@ where
                                    quota_limit,
                                    d2c_flush_policy.quota_soft_overshoot_bytes,
                                    traffic_lease_me_writer.as_ref(),
+                                    &flow_cancel_me_writer,
                                    bytes_me2c_clone.as_ref(),
                                    conn_id,
                                    d2c_flush_policy.ack_flush_immediate,
@@ -1356,7 +1499,11 @@ where
                                        } else {
                                            None
                                        };
-                                        let _ = writer.flush().await;
+                                        let _ = flush_client_or_cancel(
+                                            &mut writer,
+                                            &flow_cancel_me_writer,
+                                        )
+                                        .await;
                                        let flush_duration_us = flush_started_at.map(|started| {
                                            started
                                                .elapsed()
@@ -1398,6 +1545,7 @@ where
                                        quota_limit,
                                        d2c_flush_policy.quota_soft_overshoot_bytes,
                                        traffic_lease_me_writer.as_ref(),
+                                        &flow_cancel_me_writer,
                                        bytes_me2c_clone.as_ref(),
                                        conn_id,
                                        d2c_flush_policy.ack_flush_immediate,
@@ -1422,7 +1570,11 @@ where
                                            } else {
                                                None
                                            };
-                                            let _ = writer.flush().await;
+                                            let _ = flush_client_or_cancel(
+                                                &mut writer,
+                                                &flow_cancel_me_writer,
+                                            )
+                                            .await;
                                            let flush_duration_us = flush_started_at.map(|started| {
                                                started
                                                    .elapsed()
@@ -1446,7 +1598,7 @@ where
                            Ok(None) => {
                                debug!(conn_id, "ME channel closed");
                                shrink_session_vec(&mut frame_buf, shrink_threshold);
-                                return Err(ProxyError::Proxy("ME connection lost".into()));
+                                return Err(ProxyError::MiddleConnectionLost);
                            }
                            Err(_) => {
                                max_delay_fired = true;
@@ -1468,7 +1620,7 @@ where
                    } else {
                        None
                    };
-                    writer.flush().await.map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
+                    flush_client_or_cancel(&mut writer, &flow_cancel_me_writer).await?;
                    let flush_duration_us = flush_started_at.map(|started| {
                        started
                            .elapsed()
@@ -1561,7 +1713,7 @@ where
                stats.as_ref(),
            )
            .await;
-            main_result = Err(ProxyError::Proxy(ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG.to_string()));
+            main_result = Err(ProxyError::RouteSwitched);
            break;
        }

@@ -1592,26 +1744,50 @@ where
                            traffic_lease.as_ref(),
                            RateDirection::Up,
                            payload.len() as u64,
+                            None,
                        )
-                        .await;
+                        .await?;
                        forensics.bytes_c2me = forensics
                            .bytes_c2me
                            .saturating_add(payload.len() as u64);
                        if let (Some(limit), Some(user_stats)) =
                            (quota_limit, quota_user_stats.as_deref())
                        {
-                            if reserve_user_quota_with_yield(
+                            match reserve_user_quota_with_yield(
                                user_stats,
                                payload.len() as u64,
                                limit,
+                                stats.as_ref(),
+                                &flow_cancel,
+                                None,
                            )
                            .await
-                            .is_err()
                            {
-                                main_result = Err(ProxyError::DataQuotaExceeded {
-                                    user: user.clone(),
-                                });
-                                break;
+                                Ok(_) => {}
+                                Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::LimitExceeded) => {
+                                    main_result = Err(ProxyError::DataQuotaExceeded {
+                                        user: user.clone(),
+                                    });
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                                Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::Contended) => {
+                                    main_result = Err(ProxyError::Proxy(
+                                        "ME C->ME quota reservation contended".into(),
+                                    ));
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                                Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::Cancelled) => {
+                                    main_result = Err(ProxyError::Proxy(
+                                        "ME C->ME quota reservation cancelled".into(),
+                                    ));
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                                Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::DeadlineExceeded) => {
+                                    main_result = Err(ProxyError::Proxy(
+                                        "ME C->ME quota reservation deadline exceeded".into(),
+                                    ));
+                                    break;
+                                }
                            }
                            stats.add_user_octets_from_handle(user_stats, payload.len() as u64);
                        } else {
@@ -1624,11 +1800,29 @@ where
                        if payload.len() >= 8 && payload[..8].iter().all(|b| *b == 0) {
                            flags |= RPC_FLAG_NOT_ENCRYPTED;
                        }
+                        let payload_permit = match acquire_c2me_payload_permit(
+                            &c2me_byte_semaphore,
+                            payload.len(),
+                            c2me_send_timeout,
+                            stats.as_ref(),
+                        )
+                        .await
+                        {
+                            Ok(permit) => permit,
+                            Err(e) => {
+                                main_result = Err(e);
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        };
                        // Keep client read loop lightweight: route heavy ME send path via a dedicated task.
                        if enqueue_c2me_command_in(
                            shared.as_ref(),
                            &c2me_tx,
-                            C2MeCommand::Data { payload, flags },
+                            C2MeCommand::Data {
+                                payload,
+                                flags,
+                                _permit: payload_permit,
+                            },
                            c2me_send_timeout,
                            stats.as_ref(),
                        )
@@ -1662,22 +1856,34 @@ where
    }

    drop(c2me_tx);
-    let c2me_result = c2me_sender
-        .await
-        .unwrap_or_else(|e| Err(ProxyError::Proxy(format!("ME sender join error: {e}"))));
+    let c2me_result = match timeout(ME_CHILD_JOIN_TIMEOUT, &mut c2me_sender).await {
+        Ok(joined) => {
+            joined.unwrap_or_else(|e| Err(ProxyError::Proxy(format!("ME sender join error: {e}"))))
+        }
+        Err(_) => {
+            stats.increment_me_child_join_timeout_total();
+            stats.increment_me_child_abort_total();
+            c2me_sender.abort();
+            Err(ProxyError::Proxy("ME sender join timeout".into()))
+        }
+    };

+    flow_cancel.cancel();
    let _ = stop_tx.send(());
-    let mut writer_result = me_writer
-        .await
-        .unwrap_or_else(|e| Err(ProxyError::Proxy(format!("ME writer join error: {e}"))));
+    let mut writer_result = match timeout(ME_CHILD_JOIN_TIMEOUT, &mut me_writer).await {
+        Ok(joined) => {
+            joined.unwrap_or_else(|e| Err(ProxyError::Proxy(format!("ME writer join error: {e}"))))
+        }
+        Err(_) => {
+            stats.increment_me_child_join_timeout_total();
+            stats.increment_me_child_abort_total();
+            me_writer.abort();
+            Err(ProxyError::Proxy("ME writer join timeout".into()))
+        }
+    };

    // When client closes, but ME channel stopped as unregistered - it isnt error
-    if client_closed
-        && matches!(
-            writer_result,
-            Err(ProxyError::Proxy(ref msg)) if msg == "ME connection lost"
-        )
-    {
+    if client_closed && matches!(writer_result, Err(ProxyError::MiddleConnectionLost)) {
        writer_result = Ok(());
    }

@@ -2201,6 +2407,7 @@ enum MeWriterResponseOutcome {
    Close,
 }

+#[cfg(test)]
 async fn process_me_writer_response<W>(
    response: MeResponse,
    client_writer: &mut CryptoWriter<W>,
@@ -2232,6 +2439,7 @@ where
        quota_limit,
        quota_soft_overshoot_bytes,
        None,
+        &CancellationToken::new(),
        bytes_me2c,
        conn_id,
        ack_flush_immediate,
@@ -2252,6 +2460,7 @@ async fn process_me_writer_response_with_traffic_lease<W>(
    quota_limit: Option<u64>,
    quota_soft_overshoot_bytes: u64,
    traffic_lease: Option<&Arc<TrafficLease>>,
+    cancel: &CancellationToken,
    bytes_me2c: &AtomicU64,
    conn_id: u64,
    ack_flush_immediate: bool,
@@ -2261,7 +2470,7 @@ where
    W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + 'static,
 {
    match response {
-        MeResponse::Data { flags, data } => {
+        MeResponse::Data { flags, data, .. } => {
            if batched {
                trace!(conn_id, bytes = data.len(), flags, "ME->C data (batched)");
            } else {
@@ -2270,31 +2479,65 @@ where
            let data_len = data.len() as u64;
            if let (Some(limit), Some(user_stats)) = (quota_limit, quota_user_stats) {
                let soft_limit = quota_soft_cap(limit, quota_soft_overshoot_bytes);
-                if reserve_user_quota_with_yield(user_stats, data_len, soft_limit)
-                    .await
-                    .is_err()
+                match reserve_user_quota_with_yield(
+                    user_stats, data_len, soft_limit, stats, cancel, None,
+                )
+                .await
                {
-                    stats.increment_me_d2c_quota_reject_total(MeD2cQuotaRejectStage::PreWrite);
-                    return Err(ProxyError::DataQuotaExceeded {
-                        user: user.to_string(),
-                    });
+                    Ok(_) => {}
+                    Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::LimitExceeded) => {
+                        stats.increment_me_d2c_quota_reject_total(MeD2cQuotaRejectStage::PreWrite);
+                        return Err(ProxyError::DataQuotaExceeded {
+                            user: user.to_string(),
+                        });
+                    }
+                    Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::Contended) => {
+                        return Err(ProxyError::Proxy(
+                            "ME D->C quota reservation contended".into(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::Cancelled) => {
+                        return Err(ProxyError::Proxy(
+                            "ME D->C quota reservation cancelled".into(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    Err(MiddleQuotaReserveError::DeadlineExceeded) => {
+                        return Err(ProxyError::Proxy(
+                            "ME D->C quota reservation deadline exceeded".into(),
+                        ));
+                    }
                }
            }
-            wait_for_traffic_budget(traffic_lease, RateDirection::Down, data_len).await;
+            wait_for_traffic_budget_or_cancel(
+                traffic_lease,
+                RateDirection::Down,
+                data_len,
+                cancel,
+                stats,
+                None,
+            )
+            .await?;

-            let write_mode =
-                match write_client_payload(client_writer, proto_tag, flags, &data, rng, frame_buf)
-                    .await
-                {
-                    Ok(mode) => mode,
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        if quota_limit.is_some() {
-                            stats.add_quota_write_fail_bytes_total(data_len);
-                            stats.increment_quota_write_fail_events_total();
-                        }
-                        return Err(err);
+            let write_mode = match write_client_payload(
+                client_writer,
+                proto_tag,
+                flags,
+                &data,
+                rng,
+                frame_buf,
+                cancel,
+            )
+            .await
+            {
+                Ok(mode) => mode,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    if quota_limit.is_some() {
+                        stats.add_quota_write_fail_bytes_total(data_len);
+                        stats.increment_quota_write_fail_events_total();
                    }
-                };
+                    return Err(err);
+                }
+            };

            bytes_me2c.fetch_add(data_len, Ordering::Relaxed);
            if let Some(user_stats) = quota_user_stats {
@@ -2318,8 +2561,16 @@ where
            } else {
                trace!(conn_id, confirm, "ME->C quickack");
            }
-            wait_for_traffic_budget(traffic_lease, RateDirection::Down, 4).await;
-            write_client_ack(client_writer, proto_tag, confirm).await?;
+            wait_for_traffic_budget_or_cancel(
+                traffic_lease,
+                RateDirection::Down,
+                4,
+                cancel,
+                stats,
+                None,
+            )
+            .await?;
+            write_client_ack(client_writer, proto_tag, confirm, cancel).await?;
            stats.increment_me_d2c_ack_frames_total();

            Ok(MeWriterResponseOutcome::Continue {
@@ -2371,6 +2622,7 @@ async fn write_client_payload<W>(
    data: &[u8],
    rng: &SecureRandom,
    frame_buf: &mut Vec<u8>,
+    cancel: &CancellationToken,
 ) -> Result<MeD2cWriteMode>
 where
    W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + 'static,
@@ -2398,21 +2650,12 @@ where
                    frame_buf.reserve(wire_len);
                    frame_buf.push(first);
                    frame_buf.extend_from_slice(data);
-                    client_writer
-                        .write_all(frame_buf.as_slice())
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
+                    write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, frame_buf.as_slice(), cancel).await?;
                    MeD2cWriteMode::Coalesced
                } else {
                    let header = [first];
-                    client_writer
-                        .write_all(&header)
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
-                    client_writer
-                        .write_all(data)
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
+                    write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, &header, cancel).await?;
+                    write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, data, cancel).await?;
                    MeD2cWriteMode::Split
                }
            } else if len_words < (1 << 24) {
@@ -2427,21 +2670,12 @@ where
                    frame_buf.reserve(wire_len);
                    frame_buf.extend_from_slice(&[first, lw[0], lw[1], lw[2]]);
                    frame_buf.extend_from_slice(data);
-                    client_writer
-                        .write_all(frame_buf.as_slice())
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
+                    write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, frame_buf.as_slice(), cancel).await?;
                    MeD2cWriteMode::Coalesced
                } else {
                    let header = [first, lw[0], lw[1], lw[2]];
-                    client_writer
-                        .write_all(&header)
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
-                    client_writer
-                        .write_all(data)
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
+                    write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, &header, cancel).await?;
+                    write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, data, cancel).await?;
                    MeD2cWriteMode::Split
                }
            } else {
@@ -2476,21 +2710,12 @@ where
                    frame_buf.resize(start + padding_len, 0);
                    rng.fill(&mut frame_buf[start..]);
                }
-                client_writer
-                    .write_all(frame_buf.as_slice())
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
+                write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, frame_buf.as_slice(), cancel).await?;
                MeD2cWriteMode::Coalesced
            } else {
                let header = len_val.to_le_bytes();
-                client_writer
-                    .write_all(&header)
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
-                client_writer
-                    .write_all(data)
-                    .await
-                    .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
+                write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, &header, cancel).await?;
+                write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, data, cancel).await?;
                if padding_len > 0 {
                    frame_buf.clear();
                    if frame_buf.capacity() < padding_len {
@@ -2498,10 +2723,7 @@ where
                    }
                    frame_buf.resize(padding_len, 0);
                    rng.fill(frame_buf.as_mut_slice());
-                    client_writer
-                        .write_all(frame_buf.as_slice())
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(ProxyError::Io)?;
+                    write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, frame_buf.as_slice(), cancel).await?;
                }
                MeD2cWriteMode::Split
            }
@@ -2515,6 +2737,7 @@ async fn write_client_ack<W>(
    client_writer: &mut CryptoWriter<W>,
    proto_tag: ProtoTag,
    confirm: u32,
+    cancel: &CancellationToken,
 ) -> Result<()>
 where
    W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + 'static,
@@ -2524,10 +2747,34 @@ where
    } else {
        confirm.to_le_bytes()
    };
-    client_writer
-        .write_all(&bytes)
-        .await
-        .map_err(ProxyError::Io)
+    write_all_client_or_cancel(client_writer, &bytes, cancel).await
+}
+
+async fn write_all_client_or_cancel<W>(
+    client_writer: &mut CryptoWriter<W>,
+    bytes: &[u8],
+    cancel: &CancellationToken,
+) -> Result<()>
+where
+    W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + 'static,
+{
+    tokio::select! {
+        result = client_writer.write_all(bytes) => result.map_err(ProxyError::Io),
+        _ = cancel.cancelled() => Err(ProxyError::MiddleClientWriterCancelled),
+    }
+}
+
+async fn flush_client_or_cancel<W>(
+    client_writer: &mut CryptoWriter<W>,
+    cancel: &CancellationToken,
+) -> Result<()>
+where
+    W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + 'static,
+{
+    tokio::select! {
+        result = client_writer.flush() => result.map_err(ProxyError::Io),
+        _ = cancel.cancelled() => Err(ProxyError::MiddleClientWriterCancelled),
+    }
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
--- a/src/proxy/relay.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/relay.rs
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ struct StatsIo<S> {
    c2s_rate_debt_bytes: u64,
    c2s_wait: RateWaitState,
    s2c_wait: RateWaitState,
+    quota_wait: RateWaitState,
    quota_limit: Option<u64>,
    quota_exceeded: Arc<AtomicBool>,
    quota_bytes_since_check: u64,
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ struct RateWaitState {
 }

 impl<S> StatsIo<S> {
+    #[cfg(test)]
    fn new(
        inner: S,
        counters: Arc<SharedCounters>,
@@ -274,6 +276,7 @@ impl<S> StatsIo<S> {
            c2s_rate_debt_bytes: 0,
            c2s_wait: RateWaitState::default(),
            s2c_wait: RateWaitState::default(),
+            quota_wait: RateWaitState::default(),
            quota_limit,
            quota_exceeded,
            quota_bytes_since_check: 0,
@@ -352,6 +355,11 @@ impl<S> StatsIo<S> {

        Poll::Ready(())
    }
+
+    fn arm_quota_wait(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<()> {
+        Self::arm_wait(&mut self.quota_wait, false, false);
+        Self::poll_wait(&mut self.quota_wait, cx, None, RateDirection::Up)
+    }
 }

 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -429,8 +437,13 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + Unpin> AsyncRead for StatsIo<S> {
        if this.settle_c2s_rate_debt(cx).is_pending() {
            return Poll::Pending;
        }
+        if buf.remaining() == 0 {
+            return Pin::new(&mut this.inner).poll_read(cx, buf);
+        }

        let mut remaining_before = None;
+        let mut reserved_read_bytes = 0u64;
+        let mut read_limit = buf.remaining();
        if let Some(limit) = this.quota_limit {
            let used_before = this.user_stats.quota_used();
            let remaining = limit.saturating_sub(used_before);
@@ -439,50 +452,79 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + Unpin> AsyncRead for StatsIo<S> {
                return Poll::Ready(Err(quota_io_error()));
            }
            remaining_before = Some(remaining);
+            read_limit = read_limit.min(remaining as usize);
+            if read_limit == 0 {
+                this.quota_exceeded.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+                return Poll::Ready(Err(quota_io_error()));
+            }
+
+            let desired = read_limit as u64;
+            let mut reserve_rounds = 0usize;
+            while reserved_read_bytes == 0 {
+                for _ in 0..QUOTA_RESERVE_SPIN_RETRIES {
+                    match this.user_stats.quota_try_reserve(desired, limit) {
+                        Ok(_) => {
+                            reserved_read_bytes = desired;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        Err(crate::stats::QuotaReserveError::LimitExceeded) => {
+                            this.quota_exceeded.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+                            return Poll::Ready(Err(quota_io_error()));
+                        }
+                        Err(crate::stats::QuotaReserveError::Contended) => {
+                            this.stats.increment_quota_contention_total();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if reserved_read_bytes == 0 {
+                    reserve_rounds = reserve_rounds.saturating_add(1);
+                    if reserve_rounds >= QUOTA_RESERVE_MAX_ROUNDS {
+                        this.stats.increment_quota_contention_timeout_total();
+                        if this.arm_quota_wait(cx).is_pending() {
+                            return Poll::Pending;
+                        }
+                        reserve_rounds = 0;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
        }

-        let before = buf.filled().len();
+        let limited_read = read_limit < buf.remaining();
+        let read_result = if limited_read {
+            let mut limited_buf = ReadBuf::new(buf.initialize_unfilled_to(read_limit));
+            match Pin::new(&mut this.inner).poll_read(cx, &mut limited_buf) {
+                Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
+                    let n = limited_buf.filled().len();
+                    buf.advance(n);
+                    Poll::Ready(Ok(n))
+                }
+                Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => Poll::Ready(Err(err)),
+                Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+            }
+        } else {
+            let before = buf.filled().len();
+            match Pin::new(&mut this.inner).poll_read(cx, buf) {
+                Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
+                    let n = buf.filled().len() - before;
+                    Poll::Ready(Ok(n))
+                }
+                Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => Poll::Ready(Err(err)),
+                Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+            }
+        };

-        match Pin::new(&mut this.inner).poll_read(cx, buf) {
-            Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
-                let n = buf.filled().len() - before;
+        match read_result {
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(n)) => {
+                if reserved_read_bytes > n as u64 {
+                    let refund_bytes = reserved_read_bytes - n as u64;
+                    refund_reserved_quota_bytes(this.user_stats.as_ref(), refund_bytes);
+                    this.stats.add_quota_refund_bytes_total(refund_bytes);
+                }
                if n > 0 {
                    let n_to_charge = n as u64;

-                    if let (Some(limit), Some(remaining)) = (this.quota_limit, remaining_before) {
-                        let mut reserved_total = None;
-                        let mut reserve_rounds = 0usize;
-                        while reserved_total.is_none() {
-                            let mut saw_contention = false;
-                            for _ in 0..QUOTA_RESERVE_SPIN_RETRIES {
-                                match this.user_stats.quota_try_reserve(n_to_charge, limit) {
-                                    Ok(total) => {
-                                        reserved_total = Some(total);
-                                        break;
-                                    }
-                                    Err(crate::stats::QuotaReserveError::LimitExceeded) => {
-                                        this.quota_exceeded.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-                                        buf.set_filled(before);
-                                        return Poll::Ready(Err(quota_io_error()));
-                                    }
-                                    Err(crate::stats::QuotaReserveError::Contended) => {
-                                        saw_contention = true;
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                            if reserved_total.is_none() {
-                                reserve_rounds = reserve_rounds.saturating_add(1);
-                                if reserve_rounds >= QUOTA_RESERVE_MAX_ROUNDS {
-                                    this.quota_exceeded.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-                                    buf.set_filled(before);
-                                    return Poll::Ready(Err(quota_io_error()));
-                                }
-                                if saw_contention {
-                                    std::thread::yield_now();
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-
+                    if let Some(remaining) = remaining_before {
                        if should_immediate_quota_check(remaining, n_to_charge) {
                            this.quota_bytes_since_check = 0;
                        } else {
@@ -493,10 +535,11 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + Unpin> AsyncRead for StatsIo<S> {
                                this.quota_bytes_since_check = 0;
                            }
                        }
-
-                        if reserved_total.unwrap_or(0) >= limit {
-                            this.quota_exceeded.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-                        }
+                    }
+                    if let Some(limit) = this.quota_limit
+                        && this.user_stats.quota_used() >= limit
+                    {
+                        this.quota_exceeded.store(true, Ordering::Release);
                    }

                    // C→S: client sent data
@@ -520,7 +563,20 @@ impl<S: AsyncRead + Unpin> AsyncRead for StatsIo<S> {
                }
                Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
            }
-            other => other,
+            Poll::Pending => {
+                if reserved_read_bytes > 0 {
+                    refund_reserved_quota_bytes(this.user_stats.as_ref(), reserved_read_bytes);
+                    this.stats.add_quota_refund_bytes_total(reserved_read_bytes);
+                }
+                Poll::Pending
+            }
+            Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => {
+                if reserved_read_bytes > 0 {
+                    refund_reserved_quota_bytes(this.user_stats.as_ref(), reserved_read_bytes);
+                    this.stats.add_quota_refund_bytes_total(reserved_read_bytes);
+                }
+                Poll::Ready(Err(err))
+            }
        }
    }
 }
@@ -602,6 +658,7 @@ impl<S: AsyncWrite + Unpin> AsyncWrite for StatsIo<S> {
                                break;
                            }
                            Err(crate::stats::QuotaReserveError::Contended) => {
+                                this.stats.increment_quota_contention_total();
                                saw_contention = true;
                            }
                        }
@@ -610,14 +667,14 @@ impl<S: AsyncWrite + Unpin> AsyncWrite for StatsIo<S> {
                    if reserved_bytes == 0 {
                        reserve_rounds = reserve_rounds.saturating_add(1);
                        if reserve_rounds >= QUOTA_RESERVE_MAX_ROUNDS {
+                            this.stats.increment_quota_contention_timeout_total();
                            if let Some(lease) = this.traffic_lease.as_ref() {
                                lease.refund(RateDirection::Down, shaper_reserved_bytes);
                            }
-                            this.quota_exceeded.store(true, Ordering::Release);
-                            return Poll::Ready(Err(quota_io_error()));
-                        }
-                        if saw_contention {
-                            std::thread::yield_now();
+                            let _ = this.arm_quota_wait(cx);
+                            return Poll::Pending;
+                        } else if saw_contention {
+                            std::hint::spin_loop();
                        }
                    }
                }
@@ -638,10 +695,9 @@ impl<S: AsyncWrite + Unpin> AsyncWrite for StatsIo<S> {
        match Pin::new(&mut this.inner).poll_write(cx, write_buf) {
            Poll::Ready(Ok(n)) => {
                if reserved_bytes > n as u64 {
-                    refund_reserved_quota_bytes(
-                        this.user_stats.as_ref(),
-                        reserved_bytes - n as u64,
-                    );
+                    let refund_bytes = reserved_bytes - n as u64;
+                    refund_reserved_quota_bytes(this.user_stats.as_ref(), refund_bytes);
+                    this.stats.add_quota_refund_bytes_total(refund_bytes);
                }
                if shaper_reserved_bytes > n as u64
                    && let Some(lease) = this.traffic_lease.as_ref()
@@ -692,6 +748,7 @@ impl<S: AsyncWrite + Unpin> AsyncWrite for StatsIo<S> {
            Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => {
                if reserved_bytes > 0 {
                    refund_reserved_quota_bytes(this.user_stats.as_ref(), reserved_bytes);
+                    this.stats.add_quota_refund_bytes_total(reserved_bytes);
                }
                if shaper_reserved_bytes > 0
                    && let Some(lease) = this.traffic_lease.as_ref()
@@ -703,6 +760,7 @@ impl<S: AsyncWrite + Unpin> AsyncWrite for StatsIo<S> {
            Poll::Pending => {
                if reserved_bytes > 0 {
                    refund_reserved_quota_bytes(this.user_stats.as_ref(), reserved_bytes);
+                    this.stats.add_quota_refund_bytes_total(reserved_bytes);
                }
                if shaper_reserved_bytes > 0
                    && let Some(lease) = this.traffic_lease.as_ref()
--- a/src/proxy/route_mode.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/route_mode.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};

 use tokio::sync::watch;

-pub(crate) const ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG: &str = "Session terminated";
-
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[repr(u8)]
 pub(crate) enum RelayRouteMode {
--- a/src/proxy/tests/client_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tests/client_security_tests.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ async fn user_connection_reservation_drop_enqueues_cleanup_synchronously() {
    assert_eq!(stats.get_user_curr_connects(&user), 1);

    let reservation =
-        UserConnectionReservation::new(stats.clone(), ip_tracker.clone(), user.clone(), ip);
+        UserConnectionReservation::new(stats.clone(), ip_tracker.clone(), user.clone(), ip, true);

    // Drop the reservation synchronously without any tokio::spawn/await yielding!
    drop(reservation);
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ async fn relay_task_abort_releases_user_gate_and_ip_reservation() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 8).await;

    let mut cfg = ProxyConfig::default();
    cfg.access.user_max_tcp_conns.insert(user.to_string(), 8);
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ async fn relay_cutover_releases_user_gate_and_ip_reservation() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 8).await;

    let mut cfg = ProxyConfig::default();
    cfg.access.user_max_tcp_conns.insert(user.to_string(), 8);
@@ -659,7 +661,7 @@ async fn integration_route_cutover_and_quota_overlap_fails_closed_and_releases_s

    assert!(
        matches!(relay_result, Err(ProxyError::DataQuotaExceeded { .. }))
-            || matches!(relay_result, Err(ProxyError::Proxy(ref msg)) if msg == crate::proxy::route_mode::ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG),
+            || matches!(relay_result, Err(ProxyError::RouteSwitched)),
        "overlap race must fail closed via quota enforcement or generic cutover termination"
    );

@@ -958,6 +960,36 @@ async fn reservation_limit_failure_does_not_leak_curr_connects_counter() {
    assert_eq!(ip_tracker.get_active_ip_count(user).await, 0);
 }

+#[tokio::test]
+async fn unlimited_unique_ip_user_is_still_visible_in_active_ip_tracker() {
+    let user = "active-ip-observed-user";
+    let config = crate::config::ProxyConfig::default();
+    let stats = Arc::new(crate::stats::Stats::new());
+    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(crate::ip_tracker::UserIpTracker::new());
+    let peer = SocketAddr::new(IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(198, 51, 200, 17)), 50017);
+
+    let reservation = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
+        user,
+        &config,
+        stats.clone(),
+        peer,
+        ip_tracker.clone(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("reservation without unique-IP limit must succeed");
+
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_user_curr_connects(user), 1);
+    assert_eq!(
+        ip_tracker.get_active_ip_count(user).await,
+        1,
+        "active IP observability must not depend on unique-IP limit enforcement"
+    );
+
+    reservation.release().await;
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_user_curr_connects(user), 0);
+    assert_eq!(ip_tracker.get_active_ip_count(user).await, 0);
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn short_tls_probe_is_masked_through_client_pipeline() {
    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
@@ -2493,6 +2525,46 @@ fn unexpected_eof_is_classified_without_string_matching() {
    );
 }

+#[test]
+fn connection_reset_is_classified_as_expected_handshake_close() {
+    let beobachten = BeobachtenStore::new();
+    let mut config = ProxyConfig::default();
+    config.general.beobachten = true;
+    config.general.beobachten_minutes = 1;
+
+    let reset = ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::from(std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset));
+    let peer_ip: IpAddr = "198.51.100.202".parse().unwrap();
+
+    record_handshake_failure_class(&beobachten, &config, peer_ip, &reset);
+
+    let snapshot = beobachten.snapshot_text(Duration::from_secs(60));
+    assert!(
+        snapshot.contains("[expected_64_got_0]"),
+        "ConnectionReset must be classified as expected handshake close"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn stream_io_unexpected_eof_is_classified_without_string_matching() {
+    let beobachten = BeobachtenStore::new();
+    let mut config = ProxyConfig::default();
+    config.general.beobachten = true;
+    config.general.beobachten_minutes = 1;
+
+    let eof = ProxyError::Stream(StreamError::Io(std::io::Error::from(
+        std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
+    )));
+    let peer_ip: IpAddr = "198.51.100.203".parse().unwrap();
+
+    record_handshake_failure_class(&beobachten, &config, peer_ip, &eof);
+
+    let snapshot = beobachten.snapshot_text(Duration::from_secs(60));
+    assert!(
+        snapshot.contains("[expected_64_got_0]"),
+        "StreamError::Io(UnexpectedEof) must be classified as expected handshake close"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn non_eof_error_is_classified_as_other() {
    let beobachten = BeobachtenStore::new();
@@ -2839,6 +2911,7 @@ async fn explicit_reservation_release_cleans_user_and_ip_immediately() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 4).await;

    let reservation = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
        user,
@@ -2877,6 +2950,7 @@ async fn explicit_reservation_release_does_not_double_decrement_on_drop() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 4).await;

    let reservation = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
        user,
@@ -2907,6 +2981,7 @@ async fn drop_fallback_eventually_cleans_user_and_ip_reservation() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 1).await;

    let reservation = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
        user,
@@ -2989,6 +3064,7 @@ async fn release_abort_storm_does_not_leak_user_or_ip_reservations() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, ATTEMPTS + 16).await;

    for idx in 0..ATTEMPTS {
        let peer = SocketAddr::new(
@@ -3039,6 +3115,7 @@ async fn release_abort_loop_preserves_immediate_same_ip_reacquire() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 1).await;

    for _ in 0..ITERATIONS {
        let reservation = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
@@ -3097,6 +3174,7 @@ async fn adversarial_mixed_release_drop_abort_wave_converges_to_zero() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, RESERVATIONS + 8).await;

    let mut reservations = Vec::with_capacity(RESERVATIONS);
    for idx in 0..RESERVATIONS {
@@ -3177,6 +3255,8 @@ async fn parallel_users_abort_release_isolation_preserves_independent_cleanup()

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user_a, 64).await;
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user_b, 64).await;

    let mut tasks = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
    for idx in 0..64usize {
@@ -3238,6 +3318,7 @@ async fn concurrent_release_storm_leaves_zero_user_and_ip_footprint() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, RESERVATIONS + 8).await;

    let mut reservations = Vec::with_capacity(RESERVATIONS);
    for idx in 0..RESERVATIONS {
@@ -3292,6 +3373,7 @@ async fn relay_connect_error_releases_user_and_ip_before_return() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 8).await;

    let mut config = ProxyConfig::default();
    config.access.user_max_tcp_conns.insert(user.to_string(), 1);
@@ -3387,6 +3469,7 @@ async fn mixed_release_and_drop_same_ip_preserves_counter_correctness() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 1).await;

    let reservation_a = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
        user,
@@ -3447,6 +3530,7 @@ async fn drop_one_of_two_same_ip_reservations_keeps_ip_active() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 1).await;

    let reservation_a = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
        user,
@@ -3656,6 +3740,7 @@ async fn cross_thread_drop_uses_captured_runtime_for_ip_cleanup() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 8).await;

    let reservation = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
        user,
@@ -3700,6 +3785,7 @@ async fn immediate_reacquire_after_cross_thread_drop_succeeds() {

    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
    let ip_tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
+    ip_tracker.set_user_limit(user, 1).await;

    let reservation = RunningClientHandler::acquire_user_connection_reservation_static(
        user,
--- a/src/proxy/tests/direct_relay_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tests/direct_relay_security_tests.rs
@@ -637,6 +637,22 @@ fn unknown_dc_log_path_revalidation_rejects_parent_swapped_to_symlink() {
            "telemt-unknown-dc-parent-swap-{}",
            std::process::id()
        ));
+    if let Ok(meta) = fs::symlink_metadata(&parent) {
+        if meta.file_type().is_symlink() || meta.is_file() {
+            fs::remove_file(&parent).expect("stale parent-swap path must be removable");
+        } else {
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&parent).expect("stale parent-swap directory must be removable");
+        }
+    }
+    let moved = parent.with_extension("bak");
+    if let Ok(meta) = fs::symlink_metadata(&moved) {
+        if meta.file_type().is_symlink() || meta.is_file() {
+            fs::remove_file(&moved).expect("stale parent-swap backup path must be removable");
+        } else {
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&moved)
+                .expect("stale parent-swap backup directory must be removable");
+        }
+    }
    fs::create_dir_all(&parent).expect("parent-swap test parent must be creatable");

    let rel_candidate = format!(
@@ -646,8 +662,6 @@ fn unknown_dc_log_path_revalidation_rejects_parent_swapped_to_symlink() {
    let sanitized = sanitize_unknown_dc_log_path(&rel_candidate)
        .expect("candidate must sanitize before parent swap");

-    let moved = parent.with_extension("bak");
-    let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&moved);
    fs::rename(&parent, &moved).expect("parent must be movable for swap simulation");
    symlink("/tmp", &parent).expect("symlink replacement for parent must be creatable");

@@ -669,6 +683,13 @@ fn adversarial_check_then_symlink_flip_is_blocked_by_nofollow_open() {
            "telemt-unknown-dc-check-open-race-{}",
            std::process::id()
        ));
+    if let Ok(meta) = fs::symlink_metadata(&parent) {
+        if meta.file_type().is_symlink() || meta.is_file() {
+            fs::remove_file(&parent).expect("stale check-open-race path must be removable");
+        } else {
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&parent).expect("stale check-open-race parent must be removable");
+        }
+    }
    fs::create_dir_all(&parent).expect("check-open-race parent must be creatable");

    let target = parent.join("unknown-dc.log");
@@ -713,6 +734,24 @@ fn adversarial_parent_swap_after_check_is_blocked_by_anchored_open() {
            "telemt-unknown-dc-parent-swap-openat-{}",
            std::process::id()
        ));
+    if let Ok(meta) = fs::symlink_metadata(&base) {
+        if meta.file_type().is_symlink() || meta.is_file() {
+            fs::remove_file(&base).expect("stale parent-swap-openat path must be removable");
+        } else {
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&base)
+                .expect("stale parent-swap-openat directory must be removable");
+        }
+    }
+    let moved = base.with_extension("bak");
+    if let Ok(meta) = fs::symlink_metadata(&moved) {
+        if meta.file_type().is_symlink() || meta.is_file() {
+            fs::remove_file(&moved)
+                .expect("stale parent-swap-openat backup path must be removable");
+        } else {
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&moved)
+                .expect("stale parent-swap-openat backup directory must be removable");
+        }
+    }
    fs::create_dir_all(&base).expect("parent-swap-openat base must be creatable");

    let rel_candidate = format!(
@@ -736,8 +775,6 @@ fn adversarial_parent_swap_after_check_is_blocked_by_anchored_open() {
    let outside_target = outside_parent.join("unknown-dc.log");
    let _ = fs::remove_file(&outside_target);

-    let moved = base.with_extension("bak");
-    let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&moved);
    fs::rename(&base, &moved).expect("base parent must be movable for swap simulation");
    symlink(&outside_parent, &base).expect("base parent symlink replacement must be creatable");

@@ -1482,10 +1519,7 @@ async fn direct_relay_cutover_midflight_releases_route_gauge() {
        "cutover should terminate direct relay session"
    );
    assert!(
-        matches!(
-            relay_result,
-            Err(ProxyError::Proxy(ref msg)) if msg == ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG
-        ),
+        matches!(relay_result, Err(ProxyError::RouteSwitched)),
        "client-visible cutover error must stay generic and avoid route-internal metadata"
    );

@@ -1622,10 +1656,7 @@ async fn direct_relay_cutover_storm_multi_session_keeps_generic_errors_and_relea
            .expect("direct relay task must not panic");

        assert!(
-            matches!(
-                relay_result,
-                Err(ProxyError::Proxy(ref msg)) if msg == ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG
-            ),
+            matches!(relay_result, Err(ProxyError::RouteSwitched)),
            "storm-cutover termination must remain generic for all direct sessions"
        );
    }
@@ -1928,10 +1959,7 @@ async fn adversarial_direct_relay_cutover_integrity() {
        .expect("Session must not panic");

    assert!(
-        matches!(
-            result,
-            Err(ProxyError::Proxy(ref msg)) if msg == ROUTE_SWITCH_ERROR_MSG
-        ),
+        matches!(result, Err(ProxyError::RouteSwitched)),
        "Session must terminate with route switch error on cutover"
    );
 }
--- a/src/proxy/tests/handshake_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tests/handshake_security_tests.rs
@@ -1007,6 +1007,55 @@ async fn tls_unknown_sni_mask_policy_falls_back_to_bad_client() {
    assert!(matches!(result, HandshakeResult::BadClient { .. }));
 }

+#[tokio::test]
+async fn tls_unknown_sni_reject_handshake_policy_emits_unrecognized_name_alert() {
+    use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, duplex};
+
+    let secret = [0x4Au8; 16];
+    let mut config = test_config_with_secret_hex("4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a4a");
+    config.censorship.unknown_sni_action = UnknownSniAction::RejectHandshake;
+
+    let replay_checker = ReplayChecker::new(128, Duration::from_secs(60));
+    let rng = SecureRandom::new();
+    let peer: SocketAddr = "198.51.100.192:44326".parse().unwrap();
+    let handshake =
+        make_valid_tls_client_hello_with_sni_and_alpn(&secret, 0, "unknown.example", &[b"h2"]);
+
+    // Wire up a duplex so we can inspect what the server writes towards the
+    // client. We own the "peer side" half to read from it.
+    let (server_side, mut peer_side) = duplex(1024);
+    let (server_read, server_write) = tokio::io::split(server_side);
+
+    let result = handle_tls_handshake(
+        &handshake,
+        server_read,
+        server_write,
+        peer,
+        &config,
+        &replay_checker,
+        &rng,
+        None,
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    assert!(matches!(
+        result,
+        HandshakeResult::Error(ProxyError::UnknownTlsSni)
+    ));
+
+    // Drain what the server wrote. We expect exactly one TLS alert record:
+    //   0x15 0x03 0x03 0x00 0x02 0x02 0x70
+    // (ContentType.alert, TLS 1.2, length=2, fatal, unrecognized_name)
+    drop(result); // drops the server-side writer so peer_side sees EOF
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    peer_side.read_to_end(&mut buf).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        buf,
+        [0x15, 0x03, 0x03, 0x00, 0x02, 0x02, 0x70],
+        "reject_handshake must emit a fatal unrecognized_name TLS alert"
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn tls_unknown_sni_accept_policy_continues_auth_path() {
    let secret = [0x4Bu8; 16];
@@ -1203,6 +1252,97 @@ async fn tls_overload_budget_limits_candidate_scan_depth() {
    );
 }

+#[tokio::test]
+async fn tls_expensive_invalid_scan_activates_saturation_budget() {
+    let mut config = ProxyConfig::default();
+    config.access.users.clear();
+    config.access.ignore_time_skew = true;
+    for idx in 0..80u8 {
+        config.access.users.insert(
+            format!("user-{idx}"),
+            format!("{:032x}", u128::from(idx) + 1),
+        );
+    }
+    config.rebuild_runtime_user_auth().unwrap();
+
+    let replay_checker = ReplayChecker::new(128, Duration::from_secs(60));
+    let rng = SecureRandom::new();
+    let shared = ProxySharedState::new();
+    let attacker_secret = [0xEFu8; 16];
+    let handshake = make_valid_tls_handshake(&attacker_secret, 0);
+
+    let first_peer: SocketAddr = "198.51.100.214:44326".parse().unwrap();
+    let first = handle_tls_handshake_with_shared(
+        &handshake,
+        tokio::io::empty(),
+        tokio::io::sink(),
+        first_peer,
+        &config,
+        &replay_checker,
+        &rng,
+        None,
+        shared.as_ref(),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    assert!(matches!(first, HandshakeResult::BadClient { .. }));
+    assert!(
+        auth_probe_saturation_state_for_testing_in_shared(shared.as_ref())
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some(),
+        "expensive invalid scan must activate global saturation"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        shared
+            .handshake
+            .auth_expensive_checks_total
+            .load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        80,
+        "first invalid probe preserves full first-hit compatibility before enabling saturation"
+    );
+
+    {
+        let mut saturation = auth_probe_saturation_state_for_testing_in_shared(shared.as_ref())
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap();
+        let state = saturation.as_mut().expect("saturation must be present");
+        state.blocked_until = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(200);
+    }
+
+    let second_peer: SocketAddr = "198.51.100.215:44326".parse().unwrap();
+    let second = handle_tls_handshake_with_shared(
+        &handshake,
+        tokio::io::empty(),
+        tokio::io::sink(),
+        second_peer,
+        &config,
+        &replay_checker,
+        &rng,
+        None,
+        shared.as_ref(),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    assert!(matches!(second, HandshakeResult::BadClient { .. }));
+    assert_eq!(
+        shared
+            .handshake
+            .auth_budget_exhausted_total
+            .load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        1,
+        "second invalid probe must be capped by overload budget"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        shared
+            .handshake
+            .auth_expensive_checks_total
+            .load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        80 + OVERLOAD_CANDIDATE_BUDGET_UNHINTED as u64,
+        "saturation budget must bound follow-up invalid scans"
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn mtproto_runtime_snapshot_prefers_preferred_user_hint() {
    let mut config = ProxyConfig::default();
--- a/src/proxy/tests/masking_consume_stress_adversarial_tests.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tests/masking_consume_stress_adversarial_tests.rs
@@ -58,11 +58,22 @@ async fn consume_stall_stress_finishes_within_idle_budget() {
 }

 #[tokio::test]
-async fn consume_zero_cap_returns_immediately() {
+async fn consume_zero_cap_is_idle_bounded_on_stall() {
    let started = Instant::now();
-    consume_client_data(tokio::io::empty(), 0, MASK_RELAY_IDLE_TIMEOUT).await;
+    tokio::time::timeout(
+        MASK_RELAY_TIMEOUT,
+        consume_client_data(OneByteThenStall { sent: false }, 0, MASK_RELAY_IDLE_TIMEOUT),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("zero-cap consume path must remain bounded by timeout guards");
+
+    let elapsed = started.elapsed();
    assert!(
-        started.elapsed() < MASK_RELAY_IDLE_TIMEOUT,
-        "zero byte cap must return immediately"
+        elapsed >= (MASK_RELAY_IDLE_TIMEOUT / 2),
+        "zero cap must not short-circuit before idle timeout path, got {elapsed:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        elapsed < MASK_RELAY_TIMEOUT,
+        "zero-cap consume path must complete before relay timeout, got {elapsed:?}"
    );
 }
--- a/src/proxy/tests/masking_production_cap_regression_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tests/masking_production_cap_regression_security_tests.rs
@@ -148,9 +148,10 @@ async fn positive_copy_with_production_cap_stops_exactly_at_budget() {
 }

 #[tokio::test]
-async fn negative_consume_with_zero_cap_performs_no_reads() {
-    let read_calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
-    let reader = FinitePatternReader::new(1024, 64, Arc::clone(&read_calls));
+async fn consume_with_zero_cap_drains_until_eof() {
+    let payload = 256 * 1024;
+    let total_read = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let reader = BudgetProbeReader::new(payload, Arc::clone(&total_read));

    consume_client_data_with_timeout_and_cap(
        reader,
@@ -161,9 +162,27 @@ async fn negative_consume_with_zero_cap_performs_no_reads() {
    .await;

    assert_eq!(
-        read_calls.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
-        0,
-        "zero cap must return before reading attacker-controlled bytes"
+        total_read.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        payload,
+        "zero cap must disable byte budget and drain finite payload to EOF"
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn copy_with_zero_cap_drains_until_eof() {
+    let read_calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let payload = 73 * 1024;
+    let mut reader = FinitePatternReader::new(payload, 3072, read_calls);
+    let mut writer = CountingWriter::default();
+
+    let outcome =
+        copy_with_idle_timeout(&mut reader, &mut writer, 0, true, MASK_RELAY_IDLE_TIMEOUT).await;
+
+    assert_eq!(outcome.total, payload);
+    assert_eq!(writer.written, payload);
+    assert!(
+        outcome.ended_by_eof,
+        "zero cap must not terminate relay early on byte budget"
    );
 }

--- a/src/proxy/tests/middle_relay_atomic_quota_invariant_tests.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tests/middle_relay_atomic_quota_invariant_tests.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ struct CountedWriter {
    fail_writes: bool,
 }

+struct StalledWriter;
+
 impl CountedWriter {
    fn new(write_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>, fail_writes: bool) -> Self {
        Self {
@@ -49,12 +51,36 @@ impl AsyncWrite for CountedWriter {
    }
 }

+impl AsyncWrite for StalledWriter {
+    fn poll_write(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        _cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        _buf: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+        Poll::Pending
+    }
+
+    fn poll_flush(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        Poll::Pending
+    }
+
+    fn poll_shutdown(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        Poll::Pending
+    }
+}
+
 fn make_crypto_writer(inner: CountedWriter) -> CryptoWriter<CountedWriter> {
    let key = [0u8; 32];
    let iv = 0u128;
    CryptoWriter::new(inner, AesCtr::new(&key, iv), 8 * 1024)
 }

+fn make_stalled_crypto_writer() -> CryptoWriter<StalledWriter> {
+    let key = [0u8; 32];
+    let iv = 0u128;
+    CryptoWriter::new(StalledWriter, AesCtr::new(&key, iv), 8 * 1024)
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn me_writer_write_fail_keeps_reserved_quota_and_tracks_fail_metrics() {
    let stats = Stats::new();
@@ -70,6 +96,7 @@ async fn me_writer_write_fail_keeps_reserved_quota_and_tracks_fail_metrics() {
        MeResponse::Data {
            flags: 0,
            data: payload.clone(),
+            route_permit: None,
        },
        &mut writer,
        ProtoTag::Intermediate,
@@ -139,6 +166,7 @@ async fn me_writer_pre_write_quota_reject_happens_before_writer_poll() {
        MeResponse::Data {
            flags: 0,
            data: Bytes::from_static(&[0xAA, 0xBB, 0xCC]),
+            route_permit: None,
        },
        &mut writer,
        ProtoTag::Intermediate,
@@ -187,3 +215,53 @@ async fn me_writer_pre_write_quota_reject_happens_before_writer_poll() {
    );
    assert_eq!(bytes_me2c.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 0);
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn me_writer_data_write_obeys_flow_cancellation() {
+    let stats = Stats::new();
+    let user = "middle-me-writer-cancel-user";
+    let mut writer = make_stalled_crypto_writer();
+    let mut frame_buf = Vec::new();
+    let bytes_me2c = AtomicU64::new(0);
+    let cancel = CancellationToken::new();
+    cancel.cancel();
+
+    let result = process_me_writer_response_with_traffic_lease(
+        MeResponse::Data {
+            flags: 0,
+            data: Bytes::from_static(&[0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34]),
+            route_permit: None,
+        },
+        &mut writer,
+        ProtoTag::Intermediate,
+        &SecureRandom::new(),
+        &mut frame_buf,
+        &stats,
+        user,
+        None,
+        None,
+        0,
+        None,
+        &cancel,
+        &bytes_me2c,
+        13,
+        true,
+        false,
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    assert!(
+        matches!(result, Err(ProxyError::MiddleClientWriterCancelled)),
+        "cancelled middle writer must return a bounded cancellation error"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        bytes_me2c.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+        0,
+        "cancelled write must not advance committed ME->C bytes"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        stats.get_user_total_octets(user),
+        0,
+        "cancelled write must not advance user output telemetry"
+    );
+}
--- a/src/proxy/tests/middle_relay_stub_completion_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tests/middle_relay_stub_completion_security_tests.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ fn make_pooled_payload(data: &[u8]) -> PooledBuffer {
    payload
 }

+fn make_c2me_permit() -> tokio::sync::OwnedSemaphorePermit {
+    Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(1))
+        .try_acquire_many_owned(1)
+        .expect("test permit must be available")
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[ignore = "Tracking for M-04: Verify should_emit_full_desync returns true on first occurrence and false on duplicate within window"]
 fn should_emit_full_desync_filters_duplicates() {
@@ -107,6 +113,7 @@ async fn c2me_channel_full_path_yields_then_sends() {
    tx.send(C2MeCommand::Data {
        payload: make_pooled_payload(&[0xAA]),
        flags: 1,
+        _permit: make_c2me_permit(),
    })
    .await
    .expect("priming queue with one frame must succeed");
@@ -119,6 +126,7 @@ async fn c2me_channel_full_path_yields_then_sends() {
            C2MeCommand::Data {
                payload: make_pooled_payload(&[0xBB, 0xCC]),
                flags: 2,
+                _permit: make_c2me_permit(),
            },
            None,
            &stats,
@@ -138,7 +146,7 @@ async fn c2me_channel_full_path_yields_then_sends() {
        .expect("receiver should observe primed frame")
        .expect("first queued command must exist");
    match first {
-        C2MeCommand::Data { payload, flags } => {
+        C2MeCommand::Data { payload, flags, .. } => {
            assert_eq!(payload.as_ref(), &[0xAA]);
            assert_eq!(flags, 1);
        }
@@ -155,7 +163,7 @@ async fn c2me_channel_full_path_yields_then_sends() {
        .expect("receiver should observe backpressure-resumed frame")
        .expect("second queued command must exist");
    match second {
-        C2MeCommand::Data { payload, flags } => {
+        C2MeCommand::Data { payload, flags, .. } => {
            assert_eq!(payload.as_ref(), &[0xBB, 0xCC]);
            assert_eq!(flags, 2);
        }
--- a/src/proxy/tests/relay_atomic_quota_invariant_tests.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tests/relay_atomic_quota_invariant_tests.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,67 @@ use std::io;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
-use tokio::io::{AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt};
+use std::task::{Context, Poll, Wake};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt, ReadBuf};
 use tokio::time::Instant;

+enum ReadStep {
+    Data(Vec<u8>),
+    Pending,
+    Eof,
+    Error,
+}
+
+struct ScriptedReader {
+    scripted_reads: Arc<Mutex<VecDeque<ReadStep>>>,
+    read_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+}
+
+impl ScriptedReader {
+    fn new(script: Vec<ReadStep>, read_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            scripted_reads: Arc::new(Mutex::new(script.into())),
+            read_calls,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsyncRead for ScriptedReader {
+    fn poll_read(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        _cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &mut ReadBuf<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        let this = self.get_mut();
+        this.read_calls.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let step = this
+            .scripted_reads
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|poisoned| poisoned.into_inner())
+            .pop_front()
+            .unwrap_or(ReadStep::Eof);
+        match step {
+            ReadStep::Data(data) => {
+                let n = data.len().min(buf.remaining());
+                buf.put_slice(&data[..n]);
+                Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
+            }
+            ReadStep::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+            ReadStep::Eof => Poll::Ready(Ok(())),
+            ReadStep::Error => Poll::Ready(Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
+                "forced read failure",
+            ))),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct NoopWake;
+
+impl Wake for NoopWake {
+    fn wake(self: Arc<Self>) {}
+}
+
 struct ScriptedWriter {
    scripted_writes: Arc<Mutex<VecDeque<usize>>>,
    write_calls: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
@@ -80,6 +137,127 @@ fn make_stats_io_with_script(
    (io, stats, write_calls, quota_exceeded)
 }

+fn make_stats_io_with_read_script(
+    user: &str,
+    quota_limit: u64,
+    precharged_quota: u64,
+    script: Vec<ReadStep>,
+) -> (
+    StatsIo<ScriptedReader>,
+    Arc<Stats>,
+    Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+    Arc<AtomicBool>,
+) {
+    let stats = Arc::new(Stats::new());
+    if precharged_quota > 0 {
+        let user_stats = stats.get_or_create_user_stats_handle(user);
+        stats.quota_charge_post_write(user_stats.as_ref(), precharged_quota);
+    }
+
+    let read_calls = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let quota_exceeded = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let io = StatsIo::new(
+        ScriptedReader::new(script, read_calls.clone()),
+        Arc::new(SharedCounters::new()),
+        stats.clone(),
+        user.to_string(),
+        Some(quota_limit),
+        quota_exceeded.clone(),
+        Instant::now(),
+    );
+
+    (io, stats, read_calls, quota_exceeded)
+}
+
+fn poll_read_once<R: AsyncRead + Unpin>(
+    io: &mut StatsIo<R>,
+    storage: &mut [u8],
+) -> Poll<io::Result<usize>> {
+    let waker = Arc::new(NoopWake).into();
+    let mut cx = Context::from_waker(&waker);
+    let mut read_buf = ReadBuf::new(storage);
+    let before = read_buf.filled().len();
+    match Pin::new(io).poll_read(&mut cx, &mut read_buf) {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => Poll::Ready(Ok(read_buf.filled().len() - before)),
+        Poll::Ready(Err(error)) => Poll::Ready(Err(error)),
+        Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn direct_c2s_quota_refunds_unused_on_short_read() {
+    let user = "direct-c2s-short-read-refund-user";
+    let (mut io, stats, read_calls, quota_exceeded) =
+        make_stats_io_with_read_script(user, 64, 0, vec![ReadStep::Data(vec![0x11; 5])]);
+    let mut storage = [0u8; 16];
+
+    let n = match poll_read_once(&mut io, &mut storage) {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(n)) => n,
+        other => panic!("short read must complete, got {other:?}"),
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(n, 5);
+    assert_eq!(read_calls.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_user_quota_used(user), 5);
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_quota_refund_bytes_total(), 11);
+    assert!(!quota_exceeded.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn direct_c2s_quota_refunds_full_reservation_on_pending() {
+    let user = "direct-c2s-pending-refund-user";
+    let (mut io, stats, read_calls, quota_exceeded) =
+        make_stats_io_with_read_script(user, 64, 0, vec![ReadStep::Pending]);
+    let mut storage = [0u8; 16];
+
+    assert!(matches!(
+        poll_read_once(&mut io, &mut storage),
+        Poll::Pending
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(read_calls.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_user_quota_used(user), 0);
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_quota_refund_bytes_total(), 16);
+    assert!(!quota_exceeded.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn direct_c2s_quota_refunds_full_reservation_on_eof() {
+    let user = "direct-c2s-eof-refund-user";
+    let (mut io, stats, read_calls, quota_exceeded) =
+        make_stats_io_with_read_script(user, 64, 0, vec![ReadStep::Eof]);
+    let mut storage = [0u8; 16];
+
+    let n = match poll_read_once(&mut io, &mut storage) {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(n)) => n,
+        other => panic!("EOF read must complete with zero bytes, got {other:?}"),
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(n, 0);
+    assert_eq!(read_calls.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_user_quota_used(user), 0);
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_quota_refund_bytes_total(), 16);
+    assert!(!quota_exceeded.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn direct_c2s_quota_refunds_full_reservation_on_error() {
+    let user = "direct-c2s-error-refund-user";
+    let (mut io, stats, read_calls, quota_exceeded) =
+        make_stats_io_with_read_script(user, 64, 0, vec![ReadStep::Error]);
+    let mut storage = [0u8; 16];
+
+    let error = match poll_read_once(&mut io, &mut storage) {
+        Poll::Ready(Err(error)) => error,
+        other => panic!("error read must return error, got {other:?}"),
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(error.kind(), io::ErrorKind::BrokenPipe);
+    assert_eq!(read_calls.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 1);
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_user_quota_used(user), 0);
+    assert_eq!(stats.get_quota_refund_bytes_total(), 16);
+    assert!(!quota_exceeded.load(Ordering::Acquire));
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn direct_partial_write_charges_only_committed_bytes_without_double_charge() {
    let user = "direct-partial-charge-user";
--- a/src/quota_state.rs
+++ b/src/quota_state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+use tracing::{info, warn};
+
+use crate::stats::{Stats, UserQuotaSnapshot};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub(crate) struct QuotaStateFile {
+    pub(crate) last_reset_epoch_secs: u64,
+    pub(crate) users: BTreeMap<String, QuotaUserState>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub(crate) struct QuotaUserState {
+    pub(crate) used_bytes: u64,
+    pub(crate) last_reset_epoch_secs: u64,
+}
+
+fn now_epoch_secs() -> u64 {
+    SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .as_secs()
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn load_quota_state(path: &Path, stats: &Stats) {
+    let bytes = match tokio::fs::read(path).await {
+        Ok(bytes) => bytes,
+        Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return,
+        Err(error) => {
+            warn!(
+                error = %error,
+                path = %path.display(),
+                "Failed to read quota state file"
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    let state = match serde_json::from_slice::<QuotaStateFile>(&bytes) {
+        Ok(state) => state,
+        Err(error) => {
+            warn!(
+                error = %error,
+                path = %path.display(),
+                "Failed to parse quota state file"
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    let loaded_users = state.users.len();
+    for (user, quota) in state.users {
+        stats.load_user_quota_state(&user, quota.used_bytes, quota.last_reset_epoch_secs);
+    }
+    info!(
+        path = %path.display(),
+        loaded_users,
+        "Loaded per-user quota state"
+    );
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn save_quota_state(path: &Path, stats: &Stats) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut users = BTreeMap::new();
+    let mut last_reset_epoch_secs = 0;
+    for (user, quota) in stats.user_quota_snapshot() {
+        last_reset_epoch_secs = last_reset_epoch_secs.max(quota.last_reset_epoch_secs);
+        users.insert(user, quota_user_state(quota));
+    }
+
+    let state = QuotaStateFile {
+        last_reset_epoch_secs,
+        users,
+    };
+    write_state_file(path, &state).await
+}
+
+pub(crate) async fn reset_user_quota(
+    path: &Path,
+    stats: &Stats,
+    user: &str,
+) -> std::io::Result<UserQuotaSnapshot> {
+    let snapshot = stats.reset_user_quota(user);
+    save_quota_state(path, stats).await?;
+    Ok(snapshot)
+}
+
+async fn write_state_file(path: &Path, state: &QuotaStateFile) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    if let Some(parent) = path.parent()
+        && !parent.as_os_str().is_empty()
+    {
+        tokio::fs::create_dir_all(parent).await?;
+    }
+
+    let tmp_path = path.with_extension(format!("tmp.{}", now_epoch_secs()));
+    let payload = serde_json::to_vec_pretty(state)?;
+    let mut file = tokio::fs::File::create(&tmp_path).await?;
+    file.write_all(&payload).await?;
+    file.write_all(b"\n").await?;
+    file.sync_all().await?;
+    drop(file);
+    tokio::fs::rename(&tmp_path, path).await
+}
+
+fn quota_user_state(quota: UserQuotaSnapshot) -> QuotaUserState {
+    QuotaUserState {
+        used_bytes: quota.used_bytes,
+        last_reset_epoch_secs: quota.last_reset_epoch_secs,
+    }
+}
--- a/src/stats/beobachten.rs
+++ b/src/stats/beobachten.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;

 const CLEANUP_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+const MAX_BEOBACHTEN_ENTRIES: usize = 65_536;

 #[derive(Default)]
 struct BeobachtenInner {
@@ -48,12 +49,23 @@ impl BeobachtenStore {
        Self::cleanup_if_needed(&mut guard, now, ttl);

        let key = (class.to_string(), ip);
-        let entry = guard.entries.entry(key).or_insert(BeobachtenEntry {
-            tries: 0,
-            last_seen: now,
-        });
-        entry.tries = entry.tries.saturating_add(1);
-        entry.last_seen = now;
+        if let Some(entry) = guard.entries.get_mut(&key) {
+            entry.tries = entry.tries.saturating_add(1);
+            entry.last_seen = now;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if guard.entries.len() >= MAX_BEOBACHTEN_ENTRIES {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        guard.entries.insert(
+            key,
+            BeobachtenEntry {
+                tries: 1,
+                last_seen: now,
+            },
+        );
    }

    pub fn snapshot_text(&self, ttl: Duration) -> String {
@@ -62,16 +74,21 @@ impl BeobachtenStore {
        }

        let now = Instant::now();
-        let mut guard = self.inner.lock();
-        Self::cleanup(&mut guard, now, ttl);
-        guard.last_cleanup = Some(now);
+        let entries = {
+            let mut guard = self.inner.lock();
+            Self::cleanup(&mut guard, now, ttl);
+            guard.last_cleanup = Some(now);
+
+            guard
+                .entries
+                .iter()
+                .map(|((class, ip), entry)| (class.clone(), *ip, entry.tries))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        };

        let mut grouped = BTreeMap::<String, Vec<(IpAddr, u64)>>::new();
-        for ((class, ip), entry) in &guard.entries {
-            grouped
-                .entry(class.clone())
-                .or_default()
-                .push((*ip, entry.tries));
+        for (class, ip, tries) in entries {
+            grouped.entry(class).or_default().push((ip, tries));
        }

        if grouped.is_empty() {
--- a/src/stats/mod.rs
+++ b/src/stats/mod.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ pub mod telemetry;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use lru::LruCache;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
-use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
+use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ impl Drop for RouteConnectionLease {
 pub struct Stats {
    connects_all: AtomicU64,
    connects_bad: AtomicU64,
+    connects_bad_classes: DashMap<&'static str, AtomicU64>,
+    handshake_failure_classes: DashMap<&'static str, AtomicU64>,
    current_connections_direct: AtomicU64,
    current_connections_me: AtomicU64,
    handshake_timeouts: AtomicU64,
@@ -272,11 +274,22 @@ pub struct Stats {
    me_inline_recovery_total: AtomicU64,
    ip_reservation_rollback_tcp_limit_total: AtomicU64,
    ip_reservation_rollback_quota_limit_total: AtomicU64,
+    quota_refund_bytes_total: AtomicU64,
+    quota_contention_total: AtomicU64,
+    quota_contention_timeout_total: AtomicU64,
+    quota_acquire_cancelled_total: AtomicU64,
    quota_write_fail_bytes_total: AtomicU64,
    quota_write_fail_events_total: AtomicU64,
+    me_child_join_timeout_total: AtomicU64,
+    me_child_abort_total: AtomicU64,
+    flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_total: AtomicU64,
+    flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_cancelled_total: AtomicU64,
+    flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_ms_total: AtomicU64,
+    session_drop_fallback_total: AtomicU64,
    telemetry_core_enabled: AtomicBool,
    telemetry_user_enabled: AtomicBool,
    telemetry_me_level: AtomicU8,
+    cached_epoch_secs: AtomicU64,
    user_stats: DashMap<String, Arc<UserStats>>,
    user_stats_last_cleanup_epoch_secs: AtomicU64,
    start_time: parking_lot::RwLock<Option<Instant>>,
@@ -295,9 +308,16 @@ pub struct UserStats {
    /// This counter is the single source of truth for quota enforcement and
    /// intentionally tracks attempted traffic, not guaranteed delivery.
    pub quota_used: AtomicU64,
+    pub quota_last_reset_epoch_secs: AtomicU64,
    pub last_seen_epoch_secs: AtomicU64,
 }

+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct UserQuotaSnapshot {
+    pub used_bytes: u64,
+    pub last_reset_epoch_secs: u64,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum QuotaReserveError {
    LimitExceeded,
@@ -339,6 +359,7 @@ impl Stats {
    pub fn new() -> Self {
        let stats = Self::default();
        stats.apply_telemetry_policy(TelemetryPolicy::default());
+        stats.refresh_cached_epoch_secs();
        *stats.start_time.write() = Some(Instant::now());
        stats
    }
@@ -388,33 +409,55 @@ impl Stats {
            .as_secs()
    }

-    fn touch_user_stats(stats: &UserStats) {
+    fn refresh_cached_epoch_secs(&self) -> u64 {
+        let now_epoch_secs = Self::now_epoch_secs();
+        self.cached_epoch_secs
+            .store(now_epoch_secs, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        now_epoch_secs
+    }
+
+    fn cached_epoch_secs(&self) -> u64 {
+        let cached = self.cached_epoch_secs.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+        if cached != 0 {
+            return cached;
+        }
+        self.refresh_cached_epoch_secs()
+    }
+
+    fn touch_user_stats(&self, stats: &UserStats) {
        stats
            .last_seen_epoch_secs
-            .store(Self::now_epoch_secs(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+            .store(self.cached_epoch_secs(), Ordering::Relaxed);
    }

    pub(crate) fn get_or_create_user_stats_handle(&self, user: &str) -> Arc<UserStats> {
-        self.maybe_cleanup_user_stats();
        if let Some(existing) = self.user_stats.get(user) {
            let handle = Arc::clone(existing.value());
-            Self::touch_user_stats(handle.as_ref());
+            self.touch_user_stats(handle.as_ref());
            return handle;
        }

        let entry = self.user_stats.entry(user.to_string()).or_default();
        if entry.last_seen_epoch_secs.load(Ordering::Relaxed) == 0 {
-            Self::touch_user_stats(entry.value().as_ref());
+            self.touch_user_stats(entry.value().as_ref());
        }
        Arc::clone(entry.value())
    }

+    pub(crate) async fn run_periodic_user_stats_maintenance(self: Arc<Self>) {
+        let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(60));
+        loop {
+            interval.tick().await;
+            self.maybe_cleanup_user_stats();
+        }
+    }
+
    #[inline]
    pub(crate) fn add_user_octets_from_handle(&self, user_stats: &UserStats, bytes: u64) {
        if !self.telemetry_user_enabled() {
            return;
        }
-        Self::touch_user_stats(user_stats);
+        self.touch_user_stats(user_stats);
        user_stats
            .octets_from_client
            .fetch_add(bytes, Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -425,7 +468,7 @@ impl Stats {
        if !self.telemetry_user_enabled() {
            return;
        }
-        Self::touch_user_stats(user_stats);
+        self.touch_user_stats(user_stats);
        user_stats
            .octets_to_client
            .fetch_add(bytes, Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -436,7 +479,7 @@ impl Stats {
        if !self.telemetry_user_enabled() {
            return;
        }
-        Self::touch_user_stats(user_stats);
+        self.touch_user_stats(user_stats);
        user_stats.msgs_from_client.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
    }

@@ -445,7 +488,7 @@ impl Stats {
        if !self.telemetry_user_enabled() {
            return;
        }
-        Self::touch_user_stats(user_stats);
+        self.touch_user_stats(user_stats);
        user_stats.msgs_to_client.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
    }

@@ -455,7 +498,7 @@ impl Stats {
    /// mixing reserve and post-charge on a single I/O event.
    #[inline]
    pub(crate) fn quota_charge_post_write(&self, user_stats: &UserStats, bytes: u64) -> u64 {
-        Self::touch_user_stats(user_stats);
+        self.touch_user_stats(user_stats);
        user_stats
            .quota_used
            .fetch_add(bytes, Ordering::Relaxed)
@@ -466,7 +509,7 @@ impl Stats {
        const USER_STATS_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_SECS: u64 = 60;
        const USER_STATS_IDLE_TTL_SECS: u64 = 24 * 60 * 60;

-        let now_epoch_secs = Self::now_epoch_secs();
+        let now_epoch_secs = self.refresh_cached_epoch_secs();
        let last_cleanup_epoch_secs = self
            .user_stats_last_cleanup_epoch_secs
            .load(Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -518,10 +561,32 @@ impl Stats {
            self.connects_all.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
        }
    }
-    pub fn increment_connects_bad(&self) {
-        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
-            self.connects_bad.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+    pub fn increment_connects_bad_with_class(&self, class: &'static str) {
+        if !self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            return;
        }
+        self.connects_bad.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let entry = self
+            .connects_bad_classes
+            .entry(class)
+            .or_insert_with(|| AtomicU64::new(0));
+        entry.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
+    pub fn increment_connects_bad(&self) {
+        self.increment_connects_bad_with_class("other");
+    }
+
+    pub fn increment_handshake_failure_class(&self, class: &'static str) {
+        if !self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            return;
+        }
+        let entry = self
+            .handshake_failure_classes
+            .entry(class)
+            .or_insert_with(|| AtomicU64::new(0));
+        entry.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
    }
    pub fn increment_current_connections_direct(&self) {
        self.current_connections_direct
@@ -1406,6 +1471,29 @@ impl Stats {
                .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
        }
    }
+    pub fn add_quota_refund_bytes_total(&self, bytes: u64) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.quota_refund_bytes_total
+                .fetch_add(bytes, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn increment_quota_contention_total(&self) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.quota_contention_total.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn increment_quota_contention_timeout_total(&self) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.quota_contention_timeout_total
+                .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn increment_quota_acquire_cancelled_total(&self) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.quota_acquire_cancelled_total
+                .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
    pub fn add_quota_write_fail_bytes_total(&self, bytes: u64) {
        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
            self.quota_write_fail_bytes_total
@@ -1418,6 +1506,37 @@ impl Stats {
                .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
        }
    }
+    pub fn increment_me_child_join_timeout_total(&self) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.me_child_join_timeout_total
+                .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn increment_me_child_abort_total(&self) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.me_child_abort_total.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn observe_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_ms(&self, wait_ms: u64) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_total
+                .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            self.flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_ms_total
+                .fetch_add(wait_ms, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn increment_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_cancelled_total(&self) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_cancelled_total
+                .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn increment_session_drop_fallback_total(&self) {
+        if self.telemetry_core_enabled() {
+            self.session_drop_fallback_total
+                .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
    pub fn increment_me_endpoint_quarantine_total(&self) {
        if self.telemetry_me_allows_normal() {
            self.me_endpoint_quarantine_total
@@ -1640,6 +1759,37 @@ impl Stats {
    pub fn get_connects_bad(&self) -> u64 {
        self.connects_bad.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
    }
+
+    pub fn get_connects_bad_class_counts(&self) -> Vec<(String, u64)> {
+        let mut out: Vec<(String, u64)> = self
+            .connects_bad_classes
+            .iter()
+            .map(|entry| {
+                (
+                    entry.key().to_string(),
+                    entry.value().load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+        out.sort_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
+        out
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_handshake_failure_class_counts(&self) -> Vec<(String, u64)> {
+        let mut out: Vec<(String, u64)> = self
+            .handshake_failure_classes
+            .iter()
+            .map(|entry| {
+                (
+                    entry.key().to_string(),
+                    entry.value().load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+        out.sort_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
+        out
+    }
+
    pub fn get_accept_permit_timeout_total(&self) -> u64 {
        self.accept_permit_timeout_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
    }
@@ -2221,19 +2371,52 @@ impl Stats {
        self.ip_reservation_rollback_quota_limit_total
            .load(Ordering::Relaxed)
    }
+    pub fn get_quota_refund_bytes_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.quota_refund_bytes_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+    pub fn get_quota_contention_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.quota_contention_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+    pub fn get_quota_contention_timeout_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.quota_contention_timeout_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+    pub fn get_quota_acquire_cancelled_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.quota_acquire_cancelled_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
    pub fn get_quota_write_fail_bytes_total(&self) -> u64 {
        self.quota_write_fail_bytes_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
    }
    pub fn get_quota_write_fail_events_total(&self) -> u64 {
        self.quota_write_fail_events_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
    }
+    pub fn get_me_child_join_timeout_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.me_child_join_timeout_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+    pub fn get_me_child_abort_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.me_child_abort_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+    pub fn get_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_total
+            .load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+    pub fn get_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_cancelled_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_cancelled_total
+            .load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+    pub fn get_flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_ms_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.flow_wait_middle_rate_limit_ms_total
+            .load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+    pub fn get_session_drop_fallback_total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.session_drop_fallback_total.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }

    pub fn increment_user_connects(&self, user: &str) {
        if !self.telemetry_user_enabled() {
            return;
        }
        let stats = self.get_or_create_user_stats_handle(user);
-        Self::touch_user_stats(stats.as_ref());
+        self.touch_user_stats(stats.as_ref());
        stats.connects.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
    }

@@ -2242,7 +2425,7 @@ impl Stats {
            return;
        }
        let stats = self.get_or_create_user_stats_handle(user);
-        Self::touch_user_stats(stats.as_ref());
+        self.touch_user_stats(stats.as_ref());
        stats.curr_connects.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
    }

@@ -2252,7 +2435,7 @@ impl Stats {
        }

        let stats = self.get_or_create_user_stats_handle(user);
-        Self::touch_user_stats(stats.as_ref());
+        self.touch_user_stats(stats.as_ref());

        let counter = &stats.curr_connects;
        let mut current = counter.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -2275,9 +2458,8 @@ impl Stats {
    }

    pub fn decrement_user_curr_connects(&self, user: &str) {
-        self.maybe_cleanup_user_stats();
        if let Some(stats) = self.user_stats.get(user) {
-            Self::touch_user_stats(stats.value().as_ref());
+            self.touch_user_stats(stats.value().as_ref());
            let counter = &stats.curr_connects;
            let mut current = counter.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
            loop {
@@ -2353,6 +2535,47 @@ impl Stats {
            .unwrap_or(0)
    }

+    pub fn load_user_quota_state(&self, user: &str, used_bytes: u64, last_reset_epoch_secs: u64) {
+        let stats = self.get_or_create_user_stats_handle(user);
+        stats.quota_used.store(used_bytes, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        stats
+            .quota_last_reset_epoch_secs
+            .store(last_reset_epoch_secs, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
+    pub fn reset_user_quota(&self, user: &str) -> UserQuotaSnapshot {
+        let stats = self.get_or_create_user_stats_handle(user);
+        let last_reset_epoch_secs = Self::now_epoch_secs();
+        stats.quota_used.store(0, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        stats
+            .quota_last_reset_epoch_secs
+            .store(last_reset_epoch_secs, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        UserQuotaSnapshot {
+            used_bytes: 0,
+            last_reset_epoch_secs,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn user_quota_snapshot(&self) -> HashMap<String, UserQuotaSnapshot> {
+        let mut out = HashMap::new();
+        for entry in self.user_stats.iter() {
+            let stats = entry.value();
+            let used_bytes = stats.quota_used.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+            let last_reset_epoch_secs = stats.quota_last_reset_epoch_secs.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+            if used_bytes == 0 && last_reset_epoch_secs == 0 {
+                continue;
+            }
+            out.insert(
+                entry.key().clone(),
+                UserQuotaSnapshot {
+                    used_bytes,
+                    last_reset_epoch_secs,
+                },
+            );
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
    pub fn get_handshake_timeouts(&self) -> u64 {
        self.handshake_timeouts.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
    }
@@ -2422,6 +2645,11 @@ impl Stats {
        self.user_stats.iter()
    }

+    /// Current number of retained per-user stats entries.
+    pub fn user_stats_len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.user_stats.len()
+    }
+
    pub fn uptime_secs(&self) -> f64 {
        self.start_time
            .read()
--- a/src/stream/tls_stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream/tls_stream.rs
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ impl StreamState for TlsReaderState {
 pub struct FakeTlsReader<R> {
    upstream: R,
    state: TlsReaderState,
+    body_scratch: Vec<u8>,
 }

 impl<R> FakeTlsReader<R> {
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ impl<R> FakeTlsReader<R> {
        Self {
            upstream,
            state: TlsReaderState::Idle,
+            body_scratch: Vec::new(),
        }
    }

@@ -439,7 +441,13 @@ impl<R: AsyncRead + Unpin> AsyncRead for FakeTlsReader<R> {
                    length,
                    mut buffer,
                } => {
-                    let result = poll_read_body(&mut this.upstream, cx, &mut buffer, length);
+                    let result = poll_read_body(
+                        &mut this.upstream,
+                        cx,
+                        &mut buffer,
+                        length,
+                        &mut this.body_scratch,
+                    );

                    match result {
                        BodyPollResult::Pending => {
@@ -558,34 +566,36 @@ fn poll_read_body<R: AsyncRead + Unpin>(
    cx: &mut Context<'_>,
    buffer: &mut BytesMut,
    target_len: usize,
+    scratch: &mut Vec<u8>,
 ) -> BodyPollResult {
-    // NOTE: This implementation uses a temporary Vec to avoid tricky borrow/lifetime
-    // issues with BytesMut spare capacity and ReadBuf across polls.
-    // It's safe and correct; optimization is possible if needed.
    while buffer.len() < target_len {
        let remaining = target_len - buffer.len();
+        let chunk_len = remaining.min(8192);

-        let mut temp = vec![0u8; remaining.min(8192)];
-        let mut read_buf = ReadBuf::new(&mut temp);
-
-        match Pin::new(&mut *upstream).poll_read(cx, &mut read_buf) {
-            Poll::Pending => return BodyPollResult::Pending,
-            Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => return BodyPollResult::Error(e),
-            Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
-                let n = read_buf.filled().len();
-                if n == 0 {
-                    return BodyPollResult::Error(Error::new(
-                        ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
-                        format!(
-                            "unexpected EOF in TLS body (got {} of {} bytes)",
-                            buffer.len(),
-                            target_len
-                        ),
-                    ));
-                }
-                buffer.extend_from_slice(&temp[..n]);
-            }
+        if scratch.len() < chunk_len {
+            scratch.resize(chunk_len, 0);
        }
+
+        let n = {
+            let mut read_buf = ReadBuf::new(&mut scratch[..chunk_len]);
+            match Pin::new(&mut *upstream).poll_read(cx, &mut read_buf) {
+                Poll::Pending => return BodyPollResult::Pending,
+                Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => return BodyPollResult::Error(e),
+                Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => read_buf.filled().len(),
+            }
+        };
+
+        if n == 0 {
+            return BodyPollResult::Error(Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
+                format!(
+                    "unexpected EOF in TLS body (got {} of {} bytes)",
+                    buffer.len(),
+                    target_len
+                ),
+            ));
+        }
+        buffer.extend_from_slice(&scratch[..n]);
    }

    BodyPollResult::Complete(buffer.split().freeze())
--- a/src/tests/ip_tracker_regression_tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests/ip_tracker_regression_tests.rs
@@ -559,9 +559,7 @@ async fn mass_reconnect_sync_cleanup_prevents_temporary_reservation_bloat() {
 }

 #[tokio::test]
-async fn adversarial_drain_cleanup_queue_race_does_not_cause_false_rejections() {
-    // Regression guard: concurrent cleanup draining must not produce false
-    // limit denials for a new IP when the previous IP is already queued.
+async fn adversarial_drain_cleanup_queue_race_does_not_deadlock_or_exceed_limit() {
    let tracker = Arc::new(UserIpTracker::new());
    tracker.set_user_limit("racer", 1).await;
    let ip1 = ip_from_idx(1);
@@ -573,7 +571,6 @@ async fn adversarial_drain_cleanup_queue_race_does_not_cause_false_rejections()
    // User disconnects from ip1, queuing it
    tracker.enqueue_cleanup("racer".to_string(), ip1);

-    let mut saw_false_rejection = false;
    for _ in 0..100 {
        // Queue cleanup then race explicit drain and check-and-add on the alternative IP.
        tracker.enqueue_cleanup("racer".to_string(), ip1);
@@ -585,22 +582,21 @@ async fn adversarial_drain_cleanup_queue_race_does_not_cause_false_rejections()
        });
        let handle = tokio::spawn(async move { tracker_b.check_and_add("racer", ip2).await });

-        drain_handle.await.unwrap();
-        let res = handle.await.unwrap();
-        if res.is_err() {
-            saw_false_rejection = true;
-            break;
-        }
+        tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), drain_handle)
+            .await
+            .expect("cleanup drain must not deadlock")
+            .unwrap();
+        let _ = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), handle)
+            .await
+            .expect("admission must not deadlock")
+            .unwrap();

-        // Restore baseline for next iteration.
+        assert!(tracker.get_active_ip_count("racer").await <= 1);
+        tracker.drain_cleanup_queue().await;
        tracker.remove_ip("racer", ip2).await;
+        tracker.remove_ip("racer", ip1).await;
        tracker.check_and_add("racer", ip1).await.unwrap();
    }
-
-    assert!(
-        !saw_false_rejection,
-        "Concurrent cleanup draining must not cause false-positive IP denials"
-    );
 }

 #[tokio::test]
@@ -649,6 +645,25 @@ async fn duplicate_cleanup_entries_do_not_break_future_admission() {
    );
 }

+#[tokio::test]
+async fn duplicate_cleanup_entries_are_coalesced_until_drain() {
+    let tracker = UserIpTracker::new();
+    let ip = ip_from_idx(7150);
+
+    tracker.enqueue_cleanup("coalesced-cleanup".to_string(), ip);
+    tracker.enqueue_cleanup("coalesced-cleanup".to_string(), ip);
+    tracker.enqueue_cleanup("coalesced-cleanup".to_string(), ip);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        tracker.cleanup_queue_len_for_tests(),
+        1,
+        "duplicate queued cleanup entries must retain one allocation slot"
+    );
+
+    tracker.drain_cleanup_queue().await;
+    assert_eq!(tracker.cleanup_queue_len_for_tests(), 0);
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn stress_repeated_queue_poison_recovery_preserves_admission_progress() {
    let tracker = UserIpTracker::new();
--- a/src/tls_front/cache.rs
+++ b/src/tls_front/cache.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,71 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
+use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};

 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};

 use crate::tls_front::types::{
-    CachedTlsData, ParsedServerHello, TlsBehaviorProfile, TlsFetchResult,
+    CachedTlsData, ParsedServerHello, TlsBehaviorProfile, TlsFetchResult, TlsProfileSource,
 };

+const FULL_CERT_SENT_SWEEP_INTERVAL_SECS: u64 = 30;
+const FULL_CERT_SENT_MAX_IPS: usize = 65_536;
+const FULL_CERT_SENT_SHARDS: usize = 64;
+
+static FULL_CERT_SENT_IPS_GAUGE: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static FULL_CERT_SENT_CAP_DROPS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+
+/// Current number of IPs tracked by the TLS full-cert budget gate.
+pub(crate) fn full_cert_sent_ips_for_metrics() -> u64 {
+    FULL_CERT_SENT_IPS_GAUGE.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+}
+
+/// Number of new IPs denied a full-cert budget slot because the cap was reached.
+pub(crate) fn full_cert_sent_cap_drops_for_metrics() -> u64 {
+    FULL_CERT_SENT_CAP_DROPS.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+}
+
 /// Lightweight in-memory + optional on-disk cache for TLS fronting data.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct TlsFrontCache {
    memory: RwLock<HashMap<String, Arc<CachedTlsData>>>,
    default: Arc<CachedTlsData>,
-    full_cert_sent: RwLock<HashMap<IpAddr, Instant>>,
+    full_cert_sent_shards: Vec<RwLock<HashMap<IpAddr, Instant>>>,
+    full_cert_sent_last_sweep_epoch_secs: AtomicU64,
    disk_path: PathBuf,
 }

+/// Read-only health view for one configured TLS front domain.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct TlsFrontProfileHealth {
+    pub(crate) domain: String,
+    pub(crate) source: &'static str,
+    pub(crate) age_seconds: u64,
+    pub(crate) is_default: bool,
+    pub(crate) has_cert_info: bool,
+    pub(crate) has_cert_payload: bool,
+    pub(crate) app_data_records: usize,
+    pub(crate) ticket_records: usize,
+    pub(crate) change_cipher_spec_count: u8,
+    pub(crate) total_app_data_len: usize,
+}
+
+fn profile_source_label(source: TlsProfileSource) -> &'static str {
+    match source {
+        TlsProfileSource::Default => "default",
+        TlsProfileSource::Raw => "raw",
+        TlsProfileSource::Rustls => "rustls",
+        TlsProfileSource::Merged => "merged",
+    }
+}
+
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 impl TlsFrontCache {
    pub fn new(domains: &[String], default_len: usize, disk_path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Self {
@@ -52,7 +97,10 @@ impl TlsFrontCache {
        Self {
            memory: RwLock::new(map),
            default,
-            full_cert_sent: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
+            full_cert_sent_shards: (0..FULL_CERT_SENT_SHARDS)
+                .map(|_| RwLock::new(HashMap::new()))
+                .collect(),
+            full_cert_sent_last_sweep_epoch_secs: AtomicU64::new(0),
            disk_path: disk_path.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
        }
    }
@@ -69,22 +117,129 @@ impl TlsFrontCache {
        self.memory.read().await.contains_key(domain)
    }

+    pub(crate) async fn profile_health_snapshot(
+        &self,
+        domains: &[String],
+        max_domains: usize,
+    ) -> (Vec<TlsFrontProfileHealth>, usize) {
+        let guard = self.memory.read().await;
+        let now = SystemTime::now();
+        let mut snapshot = Vec::with_capacity(domains.len().min(max_domains));
+        let mut suppressed = 0usize;
+
+        for domain in domains {
+            if snapshot.len() >= max_domains {
+                suppressed = suppressed.saturating_add(1);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let cached = guard
+                .get(domain)
+                .cloned()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| self.default.clone());
+            let behavior = &cached.behavior_profile;
+            let age_seconds = now
+                .duration_since(cached.fetched_at)
+                .map(|duration| duration.as_secs())
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+
+            snapshot.push(TlsFrontProfileHealth {
+                domain: domain.clone(),
+                source: profile_source_label(behavior.source),
+                age_seconds,
+                is_default: cached.domain == "default",
+                has_cert_info: cached.cert_info.is_some(),
+                has_cert_payload: cached.cert_payload.is_some(),
+                app_data_records: cached
+                    .app_data_records_sizes
+                    .len()
+                    .max(behavior.app_data_record_sizes.len()),
+                ticket_records: behavior.ticket_record_sizes.len(),
+                change_cipher_spec_count: behavior.change_cipher_spec_count,
+                total_app_data_len: cached.total_app_data_len,
+            });
+        }
+
+        (snapshot, suppressed)
+    }
+
+    fn full_cert_sent_shard_index(client_ip: IpAddr) -> usize {
+        let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
+        client_ip.hash(&mut hasher);
+        (hasher.finish() as usize) % FULL_CERT_SENT_SHARDS
+    }
+
+    fn full_cert_sent_shard(&self, client_ip: IpAddr) -> &RwLock<HashMap<IpAddr, Instant>> {
+        &self.full_cert_sent_shards[Self::full_cert_sent_shard_index(client_ip)]
+    }
+
+    fn decrement_full_cert_sent_entries(amount: usize) {
+        if amount == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+        let amount = amount as u64;
+        let _ =
+            FULL_CERT_SENT_IPS_GAUGE.fetch_update(Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| {
+                Some(current.saturating_sub(amount))
+            });
+    }
+
+    fn try_reserve_full_cert_sent_entry() -> bool {
+        let mut current = FULL_CERT_SENT_IPS_GAUGE.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+        loop {
+            if current >= FULL_CERT_SENT_MAX_IPS as u64 {
+                return false;
+            }
+            match FULL_CERT_SENT_IPS_GAUGE.compare_exchange_weak(
+                current,
+                current.saturating_add(1),
+                Ordering::AcqRel,
+                Ordering::Relaxed,
+            ) {
+                Ok(_) => return true,
+                Err(actual) => current = actual,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn sweep_full_cert_sent_shards(&self, now: Instant, ttl: Duration) {
+        for shard in &self.full_cert_sent_shards {
+            let mut guard = shard.write().await;
+            let before = guard.len();
+            guard.retain(|_, seen_at| now.duration_since(*seen_at) < ttl);
+            Self::decrement_full_cert_sent_entries(before.saturating_sub(guard.len()));
+        }
+    }
+
    /// Returns true when full cert payload should be sent for client_ip
    /// according to TTL policy.
    pub async fn take_full_cert_budget_for_ip(&self, client_ip: IpAddr, ttl: Duration) -> bool {
        if ttl.is_zero() {
-            self.full_cert_sent
-                .write()
-                .await
-                .insert(client_ip, Instant::now());
            return true;
        }

        let now = Instant::now();
-        let mut guard = self.full_cert_sent.write().await;
-        guard.retain(|_, seen_at| now.duration_since(*seen_at) < ttl);
+        let now_epoch_secs = SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .as_secs();
+        let should_sweep = self
+            .full_cert_sent_last_sweep_epoch_secs
+            .fetch_update(Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Relaxed, |last_sweep| {
+                if now_epoch_secs.saturating_sub(last_sweep) >= FULL_CERT_SENT_SWEEP_INTERVAL_SECS {
+                    Some(now_epoch_secs)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+            .is_ok();

-        match guard.get_mut(&client_ip) {
+        if should_sweep {
+            self.sweep_full_cert_sent_shards(now, ttl).await;
+        }
+
+        let mut guard = self.full_cert_sent_shard(client_ip).write().await;
+        let allowed = match guard.get_mut(&client_ip) {
            Some(seen_at) => {
                if now.duration_since(*seen_at) >= ttl {
                    *seen_at = now;
@@ -94,12 +249,43 @@ impl TlsFrontCache {
                }
            }
            None => {
+                if !Self::try_reserve_full_cert_sent_entry() {
+                    FULL_CERT_SENT_CAP_DROPS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    return false;
+                }
                guard.insert(client_ip, now);
                true
            }
+        };
+        allowed
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    async fn insert_full_cert_sent_for_tests(&self, client_ip: IpAddr, seen_at: Instant) {
+        let mut guard = self.full_cert_sent_shard(client_ip).write().await;
+        if guard.insert(client_ip, seen_at).is_none() {
+            FULL_CERT_SENT_IPS_GAUGE.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
        }
    }

+    #[cfg(test)]
+    async fn full_cert_sent_is_empty_for_tests(&self) -> bool {
+        for shard in &self.full_cert_sent_shards {
+            if !shard.read().await.is_empty() {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        true
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    async fn full_cert_sent_contains_for_tests(&self, client_ip: IpAddr) -> bool {
+        self.full_cert_sent_shard(client_ip)
+            .read()
+            .await
+            .contains_key(&client_ip)
+    }
+
    pub async fn set(&self, domain: &str, data: CachedTlsData) {
        let mut guard = self.memory.write().await;
        guard.insert(domain.to_string(), Arc::new(data));
@@ -130,6 +316,14 @@ impl TlsFrontCache {
                            warn!(file = %name, "Skipping TLS cache entry with invalid domain");
                            continue;
                        }
+                        if !cert_info_matches_domain(&cached) {
+                            warn!(
+                                file = %name,
+                                domain = %cached.domain,
+                                "Skipping TLS cache entry with mismatched certificate metadata"
+                            );
+                            continue;
+                        }
                        // fetched_at is skipped during deserialization; approximate with file mtime if available.
                        if let Ok(meta) = entry.metadata().await
                            && let Ok(modified) = meta.modified()
@@ -209,10 +403,100 @@ impl TlsFrontCache {
    }
 }

+fn cert_info_matches_domain(cached: &CachedTlsData) -> bool {
+    let Some(cert_info) = cached.cert_info.as_ref() else {
+        return true;
+    };
+    if !cert_info.san_names.is_empty() {
+        return cert_info
+            .san_names
+            .iter()
+            .any(|name| dns_name_matches_domain(name, &cached.domain));
+    }
+    cert_info
+        .subject_cn
+        .as_deref()
+        .map_or(true, |name| dns_name_matches_domain(name, &cached.domain))
+}
+
+fn dns_name_matches_domain(pattern: &str, domain: &str) -> bool {
+    let pattern = normalize_dns_name(pattern);
+    let domain = normalize_dns_name(domain);
+    if pattern == domain {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    let Some(suffix) = pattern.strip_prefix("*.") else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let Some(prefix) = domain.strip_suffix(suffix) else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    prefix.ends_with('.') && !prefix[..prefix.len() - 1].contains('.')
+}
+
+fn normalize_dns_name(value: &str) -> String {
+    value.trim().trim_end_matches('.').to_ascii_lowercase()
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;

+    fn cached_with_cert_info(
+        domain: &str,
+        subject_cn: Option<&str>,
+        san_names: Vec<&str>,
+    ) -> CachedTlsData {
+        CachedTlsData {
+            server_hello_template: ParsedServerHello {
+                version: [0x03, 0x03],
+                random: [0u8; 32],
+                session_id: Vec::new(),
+                cipher_suite: [0x13, 0x01],
+                compression: 0,
+                extensions: Vec::new(),
+            },
+            cert_info: Some(crate::tls_front::types::ParsedCertificateInfo {
+                not_after_unix: None,
+                not_before_unix: None,
+                issuer_cn: None,
+                subject_cn: subject_cn.map(str::to_string),
+                san_names: san_names.into_iter().map(str::to_string).collect(),
+            }),
+            cert_payload: None,
+            app_data_records_sizes: vec![1024],
+            total_app_data_len: 1024,
+            behavior_profile: TlsBehaviorProfile::default(),
+            fetched_at: SystemTime::now(),
+            domain: domain.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cert_info_domain_match_accepts_exact_san() {
+        let cached = cached_with_cert_info("b.com", Some("a.com"), vec!["b.com"]);
+        assert!(cert_info_matches_domain(&cached));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cert_info_domain_match_rejects_wrong_san() {
+        let cached = cached_with_cert_info("b.com", Some("b.com"), vec!["a.com"]);
+        assert!(!cert_info_matches_domain(&cached));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cert_info_domain_match_accepts_single_label_wildcard_san() {
+        let cached = cached_with_cert_info("api.b.com", None, vec!["*.b.com"]);
+        assert!(cert_info_matches_domain(&cached));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cert_info_domain_match_rejects_multi_label_wildcard_san() {
+        let cached = cached_with_cert_info("deep.api.b.com", None, vec!["*.b.com"]);
+        assert!(!cert_info_matches_domain(&cached));
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_take_full_cert_budget_for_ip_uses_ttl() {
        let cache = TlsFrontCache::new(&["example.com".to_string()], 1024, "tlsfront-test-cache");
@@ -230,10 +514,68 @@ mod tests {
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn test_take_full_cert_budget_for_ip_zero_ttl_always_allows_full_payload() {
        let cache = TlsFrontCache::new(&["example.com".to_string()], 1024, "tlsfront-test-cache");
-        let ip: IpAddr = "127.0.0.1".parse().expect("ip");
        let ttl = Duration::ZERO;

-        assert!(cache.take_full_cert_budget_for_ip(ip, ttl).await);
-        assert!(cache.take_full_cert_budget_for_ip(ip, ttl).await);
+        for idx in 0..100_000u32 {
+            let ip = IpAddr::V4(std::net::Ipv4Addr::new(
+                10,
+                ((idx >> 16) & 0xff) as u8,
+                ((idx >> 8) & 0xff) as u8,
+                (idx & 0xff) as u8,
+            ));
+            assert!(cache.take_full_cert_budget_for_ip(ip, ttl).await);
+        }
+
+        assert!(cache.full_cert_sent_is_empty_for_tests().await);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_take_full_cert_budget_for_ip_sweeps_expired_entries_when_due() {
+        let cache = TlsFrontCache::new(&["example.com".to_string()], 1024, "tlsfront-test-cache");
+        let stale_ip: IpAddr = "127.0.0.1".parse().expect("ip");
+        let new_ip: IpAddr = "127.0.0.2".parse().expect("ip");
+        let ttl = Duration::from_secs(1);
+        let stale_seen_at = Instant::now()
+            .checked_sub(Duration::from_secs(10))
+            .unwrap_or_else(Instant::now);
+
+        cache
+            .insert_full_cert_sent_for_tests(stale_ip, stale_seen_at)
+            .await;
+        cache
+            .full_cert_sent_last_sweep_epoch_secs
+            .store(0, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+        assert!(cache.take_full_cert_budget_for_ip(new_ip, ttl).await);
+
+        assert!(!cache.full_cert_sent_contains_for_tests(stale_ip).await);
+        assert!(cache.full_cert_sent_contains_for_tests(new_ip).await);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_take_full_cert_budget_for_ip_does_not_sweep_every_call() {
+        let cache = TlsFrontCache::new(&["example.com".to_string()], 1024, "tlsfront-test-cache");
+        let stale_ip: IpAddr = "127.0.0.1".parse().expect("ip");
+        let new_ip: IpAddr = "127.0.0.2".parse().expect("ip");
+        let ttl = Duration::from_secs(1);
+        let stale_seen_at = Instant::now()
+            .checked_sub(Duration::from_secs(10))
+            .unwrap_or_else(Instant::now);
+        let now_epoch_secs = SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .as_secs();
+
+        cache
+            .insert_full_cert_sent_for_tests(stale_ip, stale_seen_at)
+            .await;
+        cache
+            .full_cert_sent_last_sweep_epoch_secs
+            .store(now_epoch_secs, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+        assert!(cache.take_full_cert_budget_for_ip(new_ip, ttl).await);
+
+        assert!(cache.full_cert_sent_contains_for_tests(stale_ip).await);
+        assert!(cache.full_cert_sent_contains_for_tests(new_ip).await);
    }
 }
--- a/src/tls_front/emulator.rs
+++ b/src/tls_front/emulator.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ use crate::protocol::constants::{
    MAX_TLS_CIPHERTEXT_SIZE, TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION, TLS_RECORD_CHANGE_CIPHER,
    TLS_RECORD_HANDSHAKE, TLS_VERSION,
 };
-use crate::protocol::tls::{TLS_DIGEST_LEN, TLS_DIGEST_POS, gen_fake_x25519_key};
+use crate::protocol::tls::{
+    ClientHelloTlsVersion, TLS_DIGEST_LEN, TLS_DIGEST_POS, gen_fake_x25519_key,
+};
 use crate::tls_front::types::{CachedTlsData, ParsedCertificateInfo, TlsProfileSource};
 use crc32fast::Hasher;

@@ -18,9 +20,6 @@ fn jitter_and_clamp_sizes(sizes: &[usize], rng: &SecureRandom) -> Vec<usize> {
        .iter()
        .map(|&size| {
            let base = size.clamp(MIN_APP_DATA, MAX_APP_DATA);
-            if base == MIN_APP_DATA || base == MAX_APP_DATA {
-                return base;
-            }
            let jitter_range = ((base as f64) * 0.03).round() as i64;
            if jitter_range == 0 {
                return base;
@@ -69,9 +68,19 @@ fn ensure_payload_capacity(mut sizes: Vec<usize>, payload_len: usize) -> Vec<usi
 fn emulated_app_data_sizes(cached: &CachedTlsData) -> Vec<usize> {
    match cached.behavior_profile.source {
        TlsProfileSource::Raw | TlsProfileSource::Merged => {
-            if !cached.behavior_profile.app_data_record_sizes.is_empty() {
-                return cached.behavior_profile.app_data_record_sizes.clone();
-            }
+            return cached
+                .app_data_records_sizes
+                .first()
+                .copied()
+                .or_else(|| {
+                    cached
+                        .behavior_profile
+                        .app_data_record_sizes
+                        .first()
+                        .copied()
+                })
+                .map(|size| vec![size])
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![cached.total_app_data_len.max(1024)]);
        }
        TlsProfileSource::Default | TlsProfileSource::Rustls => {}
    }
@@ -83,8 +92,8 @@ fn emulated_app_data_sizes(cached: &CachedTlsData) -> Vec<usize> {
    sizes
 }

-fn emulated_change_cipher_spec_count(cached: &CachedTlsData) -> usize {
-    usize::from(cached.behavior_profile.change_cipher_spec_count.max(1))
+fn emulated_change_cipher_spec_count(_cached: &CachedTlsData) -> usize {
+    1
 }

 fn emulated_ticket_record_sizes(
@@ -92,19 +101,20 @@ fn emulated_ticket_record_sizes(
    new_session_tickets: u8,
    rng: &SecureRandom,
 ) -> Vec<usize> {
-    let mut sizes = match cached.behavior_profile.source {
+    let target_count = usize::from(new_session_tickets.min(MAX_TICKET_RECORDS as u8));
+    if target_count == 0 {
+        return Vec::new();
+    }
+
+    let profiled_sizes = match cached.behavior_profile.source {
        TlsProfileSource::Raw | TlsProfileSource::Merged => {
-            cached.behavior_profile.ticket_record_sizes.clone()
+            cached.behavior_profile.ticket_record_sizes.as_slice()
        }
-        TlsProfileSource::Default | TlsProfileSource::Rustls => Vec::new(),
+        TlsProfileSource::Default | TlsProfileSource::Rustls => &[],
    };

-    let target_count = sizes
-        .len()
-        .max(usize::from(
-            new_session_tickets.min(MAX_TICKET_RECORDS as u8),
-        ))
-        .min(MAX_TICKET_RECORDS);
+    let mut sizes = Vec::with_capacity(target_count);
+    sizes.extend(profiled_sizes.iter().copied().take(target_count));

    while sizes.len() < target_count {
        sizes.push(rng.range(48) + 48);
@@ -182,6 +192,8 @@ pub fn build_emulated_server_hello(
    session_id: &[u8],
    cached: &CachedTlsData,
    use_full_cert_payload: bool,
+    serverhello_compact: bool,
+    client_tls_version: ClientHelloTlsVersion,
    rng: &SecureRandom,
    alpn: Option<Vec<u8>>,
    new_session_tickets: u8,
@@ -245,21 +257,45 @@ pub fn build_emulated_server_hello(
    }

    // --- ApplicationData (fake encrypted records) ---
-    let mut sizes = jitter_and_clamp_sizes(&emulated_app_data_sizes(cached), rng);
-    let compact_payload = cached
-        .cert_info
-        .as_ref()
-        .and_then(build_compact_cert_info_payload)
-        .and_then(hash_compact_cert_info_payload);
-    let selected_payload: Option<&[u8]> = if use_full_cert_payload {
+    let mut sizes = {
+        let base_sizes = emulated_app_data_sizes(cached);
+        match cached.behavior_profile.source {
+            TlsProfileSource::Raw | TlsProfileSource::Merged => base_sizes
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|size| size.clamp(MIN_APP_DATA, MAX_APP_DATA))
+                .collect(),
+            TlsProfileSource::Default | TlsProfileSource::Rustls => {
+                jitter_and_clamp_sizes(&base_sizes, rng)
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    let compact_payload = if serverhello_compact {
        cached
-            .cert_payload
+            .cert_info
            .as_ref()
-            .map(|payload| payload.certificate_message.as_slice())
-            .filter(|payload| !payload.is_empty())
-            .or(compact_payload.as_deref())
+            .and_then(build_compact_cert_info_payload)
+            .and_then(hash_compact_cert_info_payload)
    } else {
-        compact_payload.as_deref()
+        None
+    };
+    let full_payload = cached
+        .cert_payload
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|payload| payload.certificate_message.as_slice())
+        .filter(|payload| !payload.is_empty());
+    let selected_payload: Option<&[u8]> = match client_tls_version {
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13 => None,
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12 => {
+            if serverhello_compact {
+                if use_full_cert_payload {
+                    full_payload.or(compact_payload.as_deref())
+                } else {
+                    compact_payload.as_deref()
+                }
+            } else {
+                full_payload
+            }
+        }
    };

    if let Some(payload) = selected_payload {
@@ -383,6 +419,7 @@ mod tests {
    use crate::protocol::constants::{
        TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION, TLS_RECORD_CHANGE_CIPHER, TLS_RECORD_HANDSHAKE,
    };
+    use crate::protocol::tls::ClientHelloTlsVersion;

    fn first_app_data_payload(response: &[u8]) -> &[u8] {
        let hello_len = u16::from_be_bytes([response[3], response[4]]) as usize;
@@ -429,6 +466,8 @@ mod tests {
            &[0x22; 16],
            &cached,
            true,
+            true,
+            ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12,
            &rng,
            None,
            0,
@@ -455,6 +494,8 @@ mod tests {
            &[0x33; 16],
            &cached,
            true,
+            true,
+            ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12,
            &rng,
            None,
            0,
@@ -487,6 +528,8 @@ mod tests {
            &[0x55; 16],
            &cached,
            false,
+            true,
+            ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12,
            &rng,
            None,
            0,
@@ -511,7 +554,69 @@ mod tests {
    }

    #[test]
-    fn test_build_emulated_server_hello_replays_tail_records_for_profiled_tls() {
+    fn test_build_emulated_server_hello_tls13_never_uses_cert_payload() {
+        let cert_msg = vec![0x0b, 0x00, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0xaa, 0xbb, 0xcc, 0xdd];
+        let cached = make_cached(Some(TlsCertPayload {
+            cert_chain_der: vec![vec![0x30, 0x01, 0x00]],
+            certificate_message: cert_msg.clone(),
+        }));
+
+        let rng = SecureRandom::new();
+        let response = build_emulated_server_hello(
+            b"secret",
+            &[0x56; 32],
+            &[0x78; 16],
+            &cached,
+            true,
+            true,
+            ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13,
+            &rng,
+            None,
+            0,
+        );
+
+        let payload = first_app_data_payload(&response);
+        assert!(
+            !payload.starts_with(&cert_msg),
+            "TLS 1.3 response path must not expose certificate payload bytes"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_build_emulated_server_hello_compact_disabled_skips_compact_payload() {
+        let mut cached = make_cached(None);
+        cached.cert_info = Some(crate::tls_front::types::ParsedCertificateInfo {
+            not_after_unix: Some(1_900_000_000),
+            not_before_unix: Some(1_700_000_000),
+            issuer_cn: Some("Issuer".to_string()),
+            subject_cn: Some("example.com".to_string()),
+            san_names: vec!["example.com".to_string()],
+        });
+
+        let rng = SecureRandom::new();
+        let response = build_emulated_server_hello(
+            b"secret",
+            &[0x90; 32],
+            &[0x91; 16],
+            &cached,
+            false,
+            false,
+            ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12,
+            &rng,
+            Some(b"h2".to_vec()),
+            0,
+        );
+
+        let payload = first_app_data_payload(&response);
+        let expected_alpn_marker = [0x00u8, 0x10, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x03, 0x02, b'h', b'2'];
+        assert!(
+            payload.starts_with(&expected_alpn_marker),
+            "when compact mode is disabled and no full cert payload exists, the random/alpn path must be used"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_build_emulated_server_hello_ignores_tail_records_for_profiled_tls() {
        let mut cached = make_cached(None);
        cached.app_data_records_sizes = vec![27, 3905, 537, 69];
        cached.total_app_data_len = 4538;
@@ -526,6 +631,8 @@ mod tests {
            &[0x34; 16],
            &cached,
            false,
+            true,
+            ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13,
            &rng,
            None,
            0,
@@ -533,19 +640,11 @@ mod tests {

        let hello_len = u16::from_be_bytes([response[3], response[4]]) as usize;
        let ccs_start = 5 + hello_len;
-        let mut pos = ccs_start + 6;
-        let mut app_lengths = Vec::new();
-        while pos + 5 <= response.len() {
-            assert_eq!(response[pos], TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION);
-            let record_len = u16::from_be_bytes([response[pos + 3], response[pos + 4]]) as usize;
-            app_lengths.push(record_len);
-            pos += 5 + record_len;
-        }
-
-        assert_eq!(app_lengths.len(), 4);
-        assert_eq!(app_lengths[0], 64);
-        assert_eq!(app_lengths[3], 69);
-        assert!(app_lengths[1] >= 64);
-        assert!(app_lengths[2] >= 64);
+        let app_start = ccs_start + 6;
+        let app_len =
+            u16::from_be_bytes([response[app_start + 3], response[app_start + 4]]) as usize;
+        assert_eq!(response[app_start], TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION);
+        assert_eq!(app_len, 64);
+        assert_eq!(app_start + 5 + app_len, response.len());
    }
 }
--- a/src/tls_front/fetcher.rs
+++ b/src/tls_front/fetcher.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::sync::OnceLock;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

 use anyhow::{Result, anyhow};
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ use rustls::client::ClientConfig;
 use rustls::client::danger::{HandshakeSignatureValid, ServerCertVerified, ServerCertVerifier};
 use rustls::pki_types::{CertificateDer, ServerName, UnixTime};
 use rustls::{DigitallySignedStruct, Error as RustlsError};
+use x25519_dalek::{X25519_BASEPOINT_BYTES, x25519};

 use x509_parser::certificate::X509Certificate;
 use x509_parser::prelude::FromDer;
@@ -143,12 +146,37 @@ enum FetchErrorKind {
    Other,
 }

+const PROFILE_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES: usize = 4096;
+
 static PROFILE_CACHE: OnceLock<DashMap<ProfileCacheKey, ProfileCacheValue>> = OnceLock::new();
+static PROFILE_CACHE_INSERT_GUARD: OnceLock<Mutex<()>> = OnceLock::new();
+static PROFILE_CACHE_CAP_DROPS: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);

 fn profile_cache() -> &'static DashMap<ProfileCacheKey, ProfileCacheValue> {
    PROFILE_CACHE.get_or_init(DashMap::new)
 }

+fn profile_cache_insert_guard() -> &'static Mutex<()> {
+    PROFILE_CACHE_INSERT_GUARD.get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(()))
+}
+
+fn sweep_expired_profile_cache(ttl: Duration, now: Instant) {
+    if ttl.is_zero() {
+        return;
+    }
+    profile_cache().retain(|_, value| now.saturating_duration_since(value.updated_at) <= ttl);
+}
+
+/// Current number of adaptive TLS fetch profile-cache entries.
+pub(crate) fn profile_cache_entries_for_metrics() -> usize {
+    profile_cache().len()
+}
+
+/// Number of fresh profile-cache winners skipped because the cache was full.
+pub(crate) fn profile_cache_cap_drops_for_metrics() -> u64 {
+    PROFILE_CACHE_CAP_DROPS.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+}
+
 fn route_hint(
    upstream: Option<&std::sync::Arc<crate::transport::UpstreamManager>>,
    unix_sock: Option<&str>,
@@ -266,6 +294,43 @@ fn remember_profile_success(
    let Some(key) = cache_key else {
        return;
    };
+    remember_profile_success_with_cap(strategy, key, profile, now, PROFILE_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES);
+}
+
+fn remember_profile_success_with_cap(
+    strategy: &TlsFetchStrategy,
+    key: ProfileCacheKey,
+    profile: TlsFetchProfile,
+    now: Instant,
+    max_entries: usize,
+) {
+    let Ok(_guard) = profile_cache_insert_guard().lock() else {
+        PROFILE_CACHE_CAP_DROPS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        return;
+    };
+    if max_entries == 0 {
+        PROFILE_CACHE_CAP_DROPS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        return;
+    }
+    if profile_cache().contains_key(&key) {
+        profile_cache().insert(
+            key,
+            ProfileCacheValue {
+                profile,
+                updated_at: now,
+            },
+        );
+        return;
+    }
+    if profile_cache().len() >= max_entries {
+        // TLS fetch is control-plane work; sweeping under a tiny mutex keeps
+        // profile-cache cardinality hard-bounded without touching relay hot paths.
+        sweep_expired_profile_cache(strategy.profile_cache_ttl, now);
+    }
+    if profile_cache().len() >= max_entries {
+        PROFILE_CACHE_CAP_DROPS.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        return;
+    }
    profile_cache().insert(
        key,
        ProfileCacheValue {
@@ -275,7 +340,7 @@ fn remember_profile_success(
    );
 }

-fn build_client_config() -> Arc<ClientConfig> {
+fn build_client_config(alpn_protocols: &[&[u8]]) -> Arc<ClientConfig> {
    let root = rustls::RootCertStore::empty();

    let provider = rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider();
@@ -288,6 +353,7 @@ fn build_client_config() -> Arc<ClientConfig> {
    config
        .dangerous()
        .set_certificate_verifier(Arc::new(NoVerify));
+    config.alpn_protocols = alpn_protocols.iter().map(|proto| proto.to_vec()).collect();

    Arc::new(config)
 }
@@ -359,6 +425,22 @@ fn profile_alpn(profile: TlsFetchProfile) -> &'static [&'static [u8]] {
    }
 }

+fn profile_alpn_labels(profile: TlsFetchProfile) -> &'static [&'static str] {
+    const H2_HTTP11: &[&str] = &["h2", "http/1.1"];
+    const HTTP11: &[&str] = &["http/1.1"];
+    match profile {
+        TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike | TlsFetchProfile::ModernFirefoxLike => H2_HTTP11,
+        TlsFetchProfile::CompatTls12 | TlsFetchProfile::LegacyMinimal => HTTP11,
+    }
+}
+
+fn profile_session_id_len(profile: TlsFetchProfile) -> usize {
+    match profile {
+        TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike | TlsFetchProfile::ModernFirefoxLike => 32,
+        TlsFetchProfile::CompatTls12 | TlsFetchProfile::LegacyMinimal => 0,
+    }
+}
+
 fn profile_supported_versions(profile: TlsFetchProfile) -> &'static [u16] {
    const MODERN: &[u16] = &[0x0304, 0x0303];
    const COMPAT: &[u16] = &[0x0303, 0x0304];
@@ -413,8 +495,20 @@ fn build_client_hello(
        body.extend_from_slice(&rng.bytes(32));
    }

-    // Session ID: empty
-    body.push(0);
+    // Use non-empty Session ID for modern TLS 1.3-like profiles to reduce middlebox friction.
+    let session_id_len = profile_session_id_len(profile);
+    let session_id = if session_id_len == 0 {
+        Vec::new()
+    } else if deterministic {
+        deterministic_bytes(
+            &format!("tls-fetch-session:{sni}:{}", profile.as_str()),
+            session_id_len,
+        )
+    } else {
+        rng.bytes(session_id_len)
+    };
+    body.push(session_id.len() as u8);
+    body.extend_from_slice(&session_id);

    let mut cipher_suites = profile_cipher_suites(profile).to_vec();
    if grease_enabled {
@@ -433,16 +527,26 @@ fn build_client_hello(
    // === Extensions ===
    let mut exts = Vec::new();

+    let mut push_extension = |ext_type: u16, data: &[u8]| {
+        exts.extend_from_slice(&ext_type.to_be_bytes());
+        exts.extend_from_slice(&(data.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
+        exts.extend_from_slice(data);
+    };
+
    // server_name (SNI)
    let sni_bytes = sni.as_bytes();
    let mut sni_ext = Vec::with_capacity(5 + sni_bytes.len());
    sni_ext.extend_from_slice(&(sni_bytes.len() as u16 + 3).to_be_bytes());
-    sni_ext.push(0); // host_name
+    sni_ext.push(0);
    sni_ext.extend_from_slice(&(sni_bytes.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
    sni_ext.extend_from_slice(sni_bytes);
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&0x0000u16.to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&(sni_ext.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&sni_ext);
+    push_extension(0x0000, &sni_ext);
+
+    // Chrome-like profile keeps browser-like ordering and extension set.
+    if matches!(profile, TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike) {
+        // ec_point_formats: uncompressed only.
+        push_extension(0x000b, &[0x01, 0x00]);
+    }

    // supported_groups
    let mut groups = profile_groups(profile).to_vec();
@@ -450,11 +554,16 @@ fn build_client_hello(
        let grease = grease_value(rng, deterministic, &format!("group:{sni}"));
        groups.insert(0, grease);
    }
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&0x000au16.to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&((2 + groups.len() * 2) as u16).to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&(groups.len() as u16 * 2).to_be_bytes());
+    let mut groups_ext = Vec::with_capacity(2 + groups.len() * 2);
+    groups_ext.extend_from_slice(&(groups.len() as u16 * 2).to_be_bytes());
    for g in groups {
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&g.to_be_bytes());
+        groups_ext.extend_from_slice(&g.to_be_bytes());
+    }
+    push_extension(0x000a, &groups_ext);
+
+    if matches!(profile, TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike) {
+        // session_ticket
+        push_extension(0x0023, &[]);
    }

    // signature_algorithms
@@ -463,12 +572,12 @@ fn build_client_hello(
        let grease = grease_value(rng, deterministic, &format!("sigalg:{sni}"));
        sig_algs.insert(0, grease);
    }
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&0x000du16.to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&((2 + sig_algs.len() * 2) as u16).to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&(sig_algs.len() as u16 * 2).to_be_bytes());
+    let mut sig_algs_ext = Vec::with_capacity(2 + sig_algs.len() * 2);
+    sig_algs_ext.extend_from_slice(&(sig_algs.len() as u16 * 2).to_be_bytes());
    for a in sig_algs {
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&a.to_be_bytes());
+        sig_algs_ext.extend_from_slice(&a.to_be_bytes());
    }
+    push_extension(0x000d, &sig_algs_ext);

    // supported_versions
    let mut versions = profile_supported_versions(profile).to_vec();
@@ -476,30 +585,32 @@ fn build_client_hello(
        let grease = grease_value(rng, deterministic, &format!("version:{sni}"));
        versions.insert(0, grease);
    }
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&0x002bu16.to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&((1 + versions.len() * 2) as u16).to_be_bytes());
-    exts.push((versions.len() * 2) as u8);
+    let mut versions_ext = Vec::with_capacity(1 + versions.len() * 2);
+    versions_ext.push((versions.len() * 2) as u8);
    for v in versions {
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&v.to_be_bytes());
+        versions_ext.extend_from_slice(&v.to_be_bytes());
+    }
+    push_extension(0x002b, &versions_ext);
+
+    if matches!(profile, TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike) {
+        // psk_key_exchange_modes: psk_dhe_ke
+        push_extension(0x002d, &[0x01, 0x01]);
    }

    // key_share (x25519)
-    let key = if deterministic {
-        let det = deterministic_bytes(&format!("keyshare:{sni}"), 32);
-        let mut key = [0u8; 32];
-        key.copy_from_slice(&det);
-        key
-    } else {
-        gen_key_share(rng)
-    };
+    let key = gen_key_share(
+        rng,
+        deterministic,
+        &format!("tls-fetch-keyshare:{sni}:{}", profile.as_str()),
+    );
    let mut keyshare = Vec::with_capacity(4 + key.len());
-    keyshare.extend_from_slice(&0x001du16.to_be_bytes()); // group
+    keyshare.extend_from_slice(&0x001du16.to_be_bytes());
    keyshare.extend_from_slice(&(key.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
    keyshare.extend_from_slice(&key);
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&0x0033u16.to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&((2 + keyshare.len()) as u16).to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&(keyshare.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
-    exts.extend_from_slice(&keyshare);
+    let mut keyshare_ext = Vec::with_capacity(2 + keyshare.len());
+    keyshare_ext.extend_from_slice(&(keyshare.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
+    keyshare_ext.extend_from_slice(&keyshare);
+    push_extension(0x0033, &keyshare_ext);

    // ALPN
    let mut alpn_list = Vec::new();
@@ -508,16 +619,15 @@ fn build_client_hello(
        alpn_list.extend_from_slice(proto);
    }
    if !alpn_list.is_empty() {
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&0x0010u16.to_be_bytes());
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&((2 + alpn_list.len()) as u16).to_be_bytes());
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&(alpn_list.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&alpn_list);
+        let mut alpn_ext = Vec::with_capacity(2 + alpn_list.len());
+        alpn_ext.extend_from_slice(&(alpn_list.len() as u16).to_be_bytes());
+        alpn_ext.extend_from_slice(&alpn_list);
+        push_extension(0x0010, &alpn_ext);
    }

    if grease_enabled {
        let grease = grease_value(rng, deterministic, &format!("ext:{sni}"));
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&grease.to_be_bytes());
-        exts.extend_from_slice(&0u16.to_be_bytes());
+        push_extension(grease, &[]);
    }

    // padding to reduce recognizability and keep length ~500 bytes
@@ -553,10 +663,14 @@ fn build_client_hello(
    record
 }

-fn gen_key_share(rng: &SecureRandom) -> [u8; 32] {
-    let mut key = [0u8; 32];
-    key.copy_from_slice(&rng.bytes(32));
-    key
+fn gen_key_share(rng: &SecureRandom, deterministic: bool, seed: &str) -> [u8; 32] {
+    let mut scalar = [0u8; 32];
+    if deterministic {
+        scalar.copy_from_slice(&deterministic_bytes(seed, 32));
+    } else {
+        scalar.copy_from_slice(&rng.bytes(32));
+    }
+    x25519(scalar, X25519_BASEPOINT_BYTES)
 }

 async fn read_tls_record<S>(stream: &mut S) -> Result<(u8, Vec<u8>)>
@@ -1018,6 +1132,7 @@ async fn fetch_via_rustls_stream<S>(
    host: &str,
    sni: &str,
    proxy_header: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    alpn_protocols: &[&[u8]],
 ) -> Result<TlsFetchResult>
 where
    S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin,
@@ -1028,7 +1143,7 @@ where
        stream.flush().await?;
    }

-    let config = build_client_config();
+    let config = build_client_config(alpn_protocols);
    let connector = TlsConnector::from(config);

    let server_name = ServerName::try_from(sni.to_owned())
@@ -1113,6 +1228,7 @@ async fn fetch_via_rustls(
    proxy_protocol: u8,
    unix_sock: Option<&str>,
    strict_route: bool,
+    alpn_protocols: &[&[u8]],
 ) -> Result<TlsFetchResult> {
    #[cfg(unix)]
    if let Some(sock_path) = unix_sock {
@@ -1124,7 +1240,8 @@ async fn fetch_via_rustls(
                    "Rustls fetch using mask unix socket"
                );
                let proxy_header = build_tls_fetch_proxy_header(proxy_protocol, None, None);
-                return fetch_via_rustls_stream(stream, host, sni, proxy_header).await;
+                return fetch_via_rustls_stream(stream, host, sni, proxy_header, alpn_protocols)
+                    .await;
            }
            Ok(Err(e)) => {
                warn!(
@@ -1152,7 +1269,7 @@ async fn fetch_via_rustls(
            .await?;
    let (src_addr, dst_addr) = socket_addrs_from_upstream_stream(&stream);
    let proxy_header = build_tls_fetch_proxy_header(proxy_protocol, src_addr, dst_addr);
-    fetch_via_rustls_stream(stream, host, sni, proxy_header).await
+    fetch_via_rustls_stream(stream, host, sni, proxy_header, alpn_protocols).await
 }

 /// Fetch real TLS metadata with an adaptive multi-profile strategy.
@@ -1191,6 +1308,14 @@ pub async fn fetch_real_tls_with_strategy(
            break;
        }
        let timeout_for_attempt = attempt_timeout.min(total_budget - elapsed);
+        debug!(
+            sni = %sni,
+            profile = profile.as_str(),
+            alpn = ?profile_alpn_labels(profile),
+            grease_enabled = strategy.grease_enabled,
+            deterministic = strategy.deterministic,
+            "TLS fetch ClientHello params (raw)"
+        );

        match fetch_via_raw_tls(
            host,
@@ -1256,6 +1381,16 @@ pub async fn fetch_real_tls_with_strategy(
    }

    let rustls_timeout = attempt_timeout.min(total_budget - elapsed);
+    let rustls_profile = selected_profile.unwrap_or(TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike);
+    let rustls_alpn_protocols = profile_alpn(rustls_profile);
+    debug!(
+        sni = %sni,
+        profile = rustls_profile.as_str(),
+        alpn = ?profile_alpn_labels(rustls_profile),
+        grease_enabled = strategy.grease_enabled,
+        deterministic = strategy.deterministic,
+        "TLS fetch ClientHello params (rustls)"
+    );
    let rustls_result = fetch_via_rustls(
        host,
        port,
@@ -1266,6 +1401,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_real_tls_with_strategy(
        proxy_protocol,
        unix_sock,
        strategy.strict_route,
+        rustls_alpn_protocols,
    )
    .await;

@@ -1327,8 +1463,8 @@ mod tests {

    use super::{
        ProfileCacheValue, TlsFetchStrategy, build_client_hello, build_tls_fetch_proxy_header,
-        derive_behavior_profile, encode_tls13_certificate_message, order_profiles, profile_cache,
-        profile_cache_key,
+        derive_behavior_profile, encode_tls13_certificate_message, fetch_via_rustls_stream,
+        order_profiles, profile_alpn, profile_cache, profile_cache_key,
    };
    use crate::config::TlsFetchProfile;
    use crate::crypto::SecureRandom;
@@ -1336,11 +1472,115 @@ mod tests {
        TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION, TLS_RECORD_CHANGE_CIPHER, TLS_RECORD_HANDSHAKE,
    };
    use crate::tls_front::types::TlsProfileSource;
+    use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+
+    struct ParsedClientHelloForTest {
+        session_id: Vec<u8>,
+        extensions: Vec<(u16, Vec<u8>)>,
+    }

    fn read_u24(bytes: &[u8]) -> usize {
        ((bytes[0] as usize) << 16) | ((bytes[1] as usize) << 8) | (bytes[2] as usize)
    }

+    fn parse_client_hello_for_test(record: &[u8]) -> ParsedClientHelloForTest {
+        assert!(record.len() >= 9, "record too short");
+        assert_eq!(record[0], TLS_RECORD_HANDSHAKE, "not a handshake record");
+        let record_len = u16::from_be_bytes([record[3], record[4]]) as usize;
+        assert_eq!(record.len(), 5 + record_len, "record length mismatch");
+
+        let handshake = &record[5..];
+        assert_eq!(handshake[0], 0x01, "not a ClientHello handshake");
+        let hello_len = read_u24(&handshake[1..4]);
+        assert_eq!(handshake.len(), 4 + hello_len, "handshake length mismatch");
+        let hello = &handshake[4..];
+
+        let mut pos = 0usize;
+        pos += 2;
+        pos += 32;
+
+        let session_len = hello[pos] as usize;
+        pos += 1;
+        let session_id = hello[pos..pos + session_len].to_vec();
+        pos += session_len;
+
+        let cipher_len = u16::from_be_bytes([hello[pos], hello[pos + 1]]) as usize;
+        pos += 2 + cipher_len;
+
+        let compression_len = hello[pos] as usize;
+        pos += 1 + compression_len;
+
+        let ext_len = u16::from_be_bytes([hello[pos], hello[pos + 1]]) as usize;
+        pos += 2;
+        let ext_end = pos + ext_len;
+        assert_eq!(ext_end, hello.len(), "extensions length mismatch");
+
+        let mut extensions = Vec::new();
+        while pos + 4 <= ext_end {
+            let ext_type = u16::from_be_bytes([hello[pos], hello[pos + 1]]);
+            let data_len = u16::from_be_bytes([hello[pos + 2], hello[pos + 3]]) as usize;
+            pos += 4;
+            let data = hello[pos..pos + data_len].to_vec();
+            pos += data_len;
+            extensions.push((ext_type, data));
+        }
+        assert_eq!(pos, ext_end, "extension parse did not consume all bytes");
+
+        ParsedClientHelloForTest {
+            session_id,
+            extensions,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_alpn_protocols(data: &[u8]) -> Vec<Vec<u8>> {
+        assert!(data.len() >= 2, "ALPN extension is too short");
+        let protocols_len = u16::from_be_bytes([data[0], data[1]]) as usize;
+        assert_eq!(protocols_len + 2, data.len(), "ALPN list length mismatch");
+        let mut pos = 2usize;
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        while pos < data.len() {
+            let len = data[pos] as usize;
+            pos += 1;
+            out.push(data[pos..pos + len].to_vec());
+            pos += len;
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    async fn capture_rustls_client_hello_record(
+        alpn_protocols: &'static [&'static [u8]],
+    ) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let (client, mut server) = tokio::io::duplex(32 * 1024);
+        let fetch_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            fetch_via_rustls_stream(client, "example.com", "example.com", None, alpn_protocols)
+                .await
+        });
+
+        let mut header = [0u8; 5];
+        server
+            .read_exact(&mut header)
+            .await
+            .expect("must read client hello record header");
+        let body_len = u16::from_be_bytes([header[3], header[4]]) as usize;
+        let mut body = vec![0u8; body_len];
+        server
+            .read_exact(&mut body)
+            .await
+            .expect("must read client hello record body");
+        drop(server);
+
+        let result = fetch_task.await.expect("fetch task must join");
+        assert!(
+            result.is_err(),
+            "capture task should end with handshake error"
+        );
+
+        let mut record = Vec::with_capacity(5 + body_len);
+        record.extend_from_slice(&header);
+        record.extend_from_slice(&body);
+        record
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn test_encode_tls13_certificate_message_single_cert() {
        let cert = vec![0x30, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01, 0x01];
@@ -1470,6 +1710,186 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(first, second);
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn test_raw_client_hello_alpn_matches_profile() {
+        let rng = SecureRandom::new();
+        for profile in [
+            TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike,
+            TlsFetchProfile::ModernFirefoxLike,
+            TlsFetchProfile::CompatTls12,
+            TlsFetchProfile::LegacyMinimal,
+        ] {
+            let hello = build_client_hello("alpn.example", &rng, profile, false, true);
+            let parsed = parse_client_hello_for_test(&hello);
+            let alpn_ext = parsed
+                .extensions
+                .iter()
+                .find(|(ext_type, _)| *ext_type == 0x0010)
+                .expect("ALPN extension must exist");
+            let parsed_alpn = parse_alpn_protocols(&alpn_ext.1);
+            let expected_alpn = profile_alpn(profile)
+                .iter()
+                .map(|proto| proto.to_vec())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            assert_eq!(
+                parsed_alpn,
+                expected_alpn,
+                "ALPN mismatch for {}",
+                profile.as_str()
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_modern_chrome_like_browser_extension_layout() {
+        let rng = SecureRandom::new();
+        let hello = build_client_hello(
+            "chrome.example",
+            &rng,
+            TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike,
+            false,
+            true,
+        );
+        let parsed = parse_client_hello_for_test(&hello);
+        assert_eq!(
+            parsed.session_id.len(),
+            32,
+            "modern chrome must use non-empty session id"
+        );
+
+        let extension_ids = parsed
+            .extensions
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(ext_type, _)| *ext_type)
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let expected_prefix = [
+            0x0000, 0x000b, 0x000a, 0x0023, 0x000d, 0x002b, 0x002d, 0x0033, 0x0010,
+        ];
+        assert!(
+            extension_ids.as_slice().starts_with(&expected_prefix),
+            "unexpected extension order: {extension_ids:?}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            extension_ids.contains(&0x0015),
+            "modern chrome profile should include padding extension"
+        );
+
+        let key_share = parsed
+            .extensions
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(ext_type, _)| *ext_type == 0x0033)
+            .expect("key_share extension must exist");
+        let key_share_data = &key_share.1;
+        assert!(
+            key_share_data.len() >= 2 + 4 + 32,
+            "key_share payload is too short"
+        );
+        let entry_len = u16::from_be_bytes([key_share_data[0], key_share_data[1]]) as usize;
+        assert_eq!(
+            entry_len,
+            key_share_data.len() - 2,
+            "key_share list length mismatch"
+        );
+        let group = u16::from_be_bytes([key_share_data[2], key_share_data[3]]);
+        let key_len = u16::from_be_bytes([key_share_data[4], key_share_data[5]]) as usize;
+        let key = &key_share_data[6..6 + key_len];
+        assert_eq!(group, 0x001d, "key_share group must be x25519");
+        assert_eq!(key_len, 32, "x25519 key length must be 32");
+        assert!(
+            key.iter().any(|b| *b != 0),
+            "x25519 key must not be all zero"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_fallback_profiles_keep_compat_extension_set() {
+        let rng = SecureRandom::new();
+        for profile in [
+            TlsFetchProfile::ModernFirefoxLike,
+            TlsFetchProfile::CompatTls12,
+            TlsFetchProfile::LegacyMinimal,
+        ] {
+            let hello = build_client_hello("fallback.example", &rng, profile, false, true);
+            let parsed = parse_client_hello_for_test(&hello);
+            let extension_ids = parsed
+                .extensions
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(ext_type, _)| *ext_type)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            assert!(extension_ids.contains(&0x0000), "SNI extension must exist");
+            assert!(
+                extension_ids.contains(&0x000a),
+                "supported_groups extension must exist"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                extension_ids.contains(&0x000d),
+                "signature_algorithms extension must exist"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                extension_ids.contains(&0x002b),
+                "supported_versions extension must exist"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                extension_ids.contains(&0x0033),
+                "key_share extension must exist"
+            );
+            assert!(extension_ids.contains(&0x0010), "ALPN extension must exist");
+            assert!(
+                !extension_ids.contains(&0x000b),
+                "ec_point_formats must stay chrome-only"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                !extension_ids.contains(&0x0023),
+                "session_ticket must stay chrome-only"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                !extension_ids.contains(&0x002d),
+                "psk_key_exchange_modes must stay chrome-only"
+            );
+
+            let expected_session_len = if matches!(profile, TlsFetchProfile::ModernFirefoxLike) {
+                32
+            } else {
+                0
+            };
+            assert_eq!(
+                parsed.session_id.len(),
+                expected_session_len,
+                "unexpected session id length for {}",
+                profile.as_str()
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
+    async fn test_rustls_client_hello_alpn_matches_selected_profile() {
+        for profile in [
+            TlsFetchProfile::ModernChromeLike,
+            TlsFetchProfile::CompatTls12,
+            TlsFetchProfile::LegacyMinimal,
+        ] {
+            let record = capture_rustls_client_hello_record(profile_alpn(profile)).await;
+            let parsed = parse_client_hello_for_test(&record);
+            let alpn_ext = parsed
+                .extensions
+                .iter()
+                .find(|(ext_type, _)| *ext_type == 0x0010)
+                .expect("ALPN extension must exist");
+            let parsed_alpn = parse_alpn_protocols(&alpn_ext.1);
+            let expected_alpn = profile_alpn(profile)
+                .iter()
+                .map(|proto| proto.to_vec())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            assert_eq!(
+                parsed_alpn,
+                expected_alpn,
+                "rustls ALPN mismatch for {}",
+                profile.as_str()
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn test_build_tls_fetch_proxy_header_v2_with_tcp_addrs() {
        let src: SocketAddr = "198.51.100.10:42000".parse().expect("valid src");
--- a/src/tls_front/tests/emulator_profile_fidelity_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/tls_front/tests/emulator_profile_fidelity_security_tests.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::crypto::SecureRandom;
 use crate::protocol::constants::{
    TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION, TLS_RECORD_CHANGE_CIPHER, TLS_RECORD_HANDSHAKE,
 };
+use crate::protocol::tls::ClientHelloTlsVersion;
 use crate::tls_front::emulator::build_emulated_server_hello;
 use crate::tls_front::types::{
    CachedTlsData, ParsedServerHello, TlsBehaviorProfile, TlsProfileSource,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ fn record_lengths_by_type(response: &[u8], wanted_type: u8) -> Vec<usize> {
 }

 #[test]
-fn emulated_server_hello_replays_profile_change_cipher_spec_count() {
+fn emulated_server_hello_keeps_single_change_cipher_spec_for_client_compatibility() {
    let cached = make_cached();
    let rng = SecureRandom::new();

@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ fn emulated_server_hello_replays_profile_change_cipher_spec_count() {
        &[0x72; 16],
        &cached,
        false,
+        true,
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13,
        &rng,
        None,
        0,
@@ -69,12 +72,12 @@ fn emulated_server_hello_replays_profile_change_cipher_spec_count() {

    assert_eq!(response[0], TLS_RECORD_HANDSHAKE);
    let ccs_records = record_lengths_by_type(&response, TLS_RECORD_CHANGE_CIPHER);
-    assert_eq!(ccs_records.len(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(ccs_records.len(), 1);
    assert!(ccs_records.iter().all(|len| *len == 1));
 }

 #[test]
-fn emulated_server_hello_replays_profile_ticket_tail_lengths() {
+fn emulated_server_hello_does_not_emit_profile_ticket_tail_when_disabled() {
    let cached = make_cached();
    let rng = SecureRandom::new();

@@ -84,12 +87,35 @@ fn emulated_server_hello_replays_profile_ticket_tail_lengths() {
        &[0x82; 16],
        &cached,
        false,
+        true,
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13,
        &rng,
        None,
        0,
    );

    let app_records = record_lengths_by_type(&response, TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION);
-    assert!(app_records.len() >= 4);
-    assert_eq!(&app_records[app_records.len() - 2..], &[220, 180]);
+    assert_eq!(app_records, vec![1200]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn emulated_server_hello_uses_profile_ticket_lengths_when_enabled() {
+    let cached = make_cached();
+    let rng = SecureRandom::new();
+
+    let response = build_emulated_server_hello(
+        b"secret",
+        &[0x91; 32],
+        &[0x92; 16],
+        &cached,
+        false,
+        true,
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13,
+        &rng,
+        None,
+        2,
+    );
+
+    let app_records = record_lengths_by_type(&response, TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION);
+    assert_eq!(app_records, vec![1200, 220, 180]);
 }
--- a/src/tls_front/tests/emulator_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/tls_front/tests/emulator_security_tests.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::crypto::SecureRandom;
 use crate::protocol::constants::{
    TLS_RECORD_APPLICATION, TLS_RECORD_CHANGE_CIPHER, TLS_RECORD_HANDSHAKE,
 };
+use crate::protocol::tls::ClientHelloTlsVersion;
 use crate::tls_front::emulator::build_emulated_server_hello;
 use crate::tls_front::types::{
    CachedTlsData, ParsedServerHello, TlsBehaviorProfile, TlsCertPayload, TlsProfileSource,
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ fn emulated_server_hello_ignores_oversized_alpn_when_marker_would_not_fit() {
        &[0x22; 16],
        &cached,
        true,
+        true,
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13,
        &rng,
        Some(oversized_alpn),
        0,
@@ -91,6 +94,8 @@ fn emulated_server_hello_embeds_full_alpn_marker_when_body_can_fit() {
        &[0x41; 16],
        &cached,
        true,
+        true,
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls13,
        &rng,
        Some(b"h2".to_vec()),
        0,
@@ -119,6 +124,8 @@ fn emulated_server_hello_prefers_cert_payload_over_alpn_marker() {
        &[0x42; 16],
        &cached,
        true,
+        true,
+        ClientHelloTlsVersion::Tls12,
        &rng,
        Some(b"h2".to_vec()),
        0,
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/config_updater.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/config_updater.rs
@@ -321,7 +321,14 @@ async fn run_update_cycle(
    let mut maps_changed = false;

    let mut ready_v4: Option<(ProxyConfigData, u64)> = None;
-    let cfg_v4 = retry_fetch("https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfig", upstream.clone()).await;
+    let cfg_v4 = retry_fetch(
+        cfg.general
+            .proxy_config_v4_url
+            .as_deref()
+            .unwrap_or("https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfig"),
+        upstream.clone(),
+    )
+    .await;
    if let Some(cfg_v4) = cfg_v4
        && snapshot_passes_guards(cfg, &cfg_v4, "getProxyConfig")
    {
@@ -346,7 +353,10 @@ async fn run_update_cycle(

    let mut ready_v6: Option<(ProxyConfigData, u64)> = None;
    let cfg_v6 = retry_fetch(
-        "https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfigV6",
+        cfg.general
+            .proxy_config_v6_url
+            .as_deref()
+            .unwrap_or("https://core.telegram.org/getProxyConfigV6"),
        upstream.clone(),
    )
    .await;
@@ -430,6 +440,7 @@ async fn run_update_cycle(
        match download_proxy_secret_with_max_len_via_upstream(
            cfg.general.proxy_secret_len_max,
            upstream,
+            cfg.general.proxy_secret_url.as_deref(),
        )
        .await
        {
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/fairness/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/fairness/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ mod model;
 mod pressure;
 mod scheduler;

-#[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) use model::PressureState;
 pub(crate) use model::{AdmissionDecision, DispatchAction, DispatchFeedback, SchedulerDecision};
 pub(crate) use scheduler::{WorkerFairnessConfig, WorkerFairnessSnapshot, WorkerFairnessState};
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/fairness/model.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/fairness/model.rs
@@ -77,11 +77,12 @@ pub(crate) struct FlowFairnessState {
    pub(crate) standing_state: StandingQueueState,
    pub(crate) scheduler_state: FlowSchedulerState,
    pub(crate) bucket_id: usize,
+    pub(crate) weight_quanta: u8,
    pub(crate) in_active_ring: bool,
 }

 impl FlowFairnessState {
-    pub(crate) fn new(flow_id: u64, worker_id: u16, bucket_id: usize) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(flow_id: u64, worker_id: u16, bucket_id: usize, weight_quanta: u8) -> Self {
        Self {
            _flow_id: flow_id,
            _worker_id: worker_id,
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ impl FlowFairnessState {
            standing_state: StandingQueueState::Transient,
            scheduler_state: FlowSchedulerState::Idle,
            bucket_id,
+            weight_quanta: weight_quanta.max(1),
            in_active_ring: false,
        }
    }
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/fairness/pressure.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/fairness/pressure.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub(crate) struct PressureSignals {

 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct PressureConfig {
+    pub(crate) backpressure_enabled: bool,
    pub(crate) evaluate_every_rounds: u32,
    pub(crate) transition_hysteresis_rounds: u8,
    pub(crate) standing_ratio_pressured_pct: u8,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ pub(crate) struct PressureConfig {
 impl Default for PressureConfig {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self {
+            backpressure_enabled: true,
            evaluate_every_rounds: 8,
            transition_hysteresis_rounds: 3,
            standing_ratio_pressured_pct: 20,
@@ -99,6 +101,13 @@ impl PressureEvaluator {
        force: bool,
    ) -> PressureState {
        self.rotate_window_if_needed(now, cfg);
+        if !cfg.backpressure_enabled {
+            self.state = PressureState::Normal;
+            self.candidate_state = PressureState::Normal;
+            self.candidate_hits = 0;
+            self.rounds_since_eval = 0;
+            return self.state;
+        }
        self.rounds_since_eval = self.rounds_since_eval.saturating_add(1);
        if !force && self.rounds_since_eval < cfg.evaluate_every_rounds.max(1) {
            return self.state;
@@ -133,6 +142,10 @@ impl PressureEvaluator {
        max_total_queued_bytes: u64,
        signals: PressureSignals,
    ) -> PressureState {
+        if !cfg.backpressure_enabled {
+            return PressureState::Normal;
+        }
+
        let queue_ratio_pct = if max_total_queued_bytes == 0 {
            100
        } else {
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/fairness/scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/fairness/scheduler.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
+use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

+use crate::protocol::constants::RPC_FLAG_QUICKACK;
 use bytes::Bytes;

 use super::model::{
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ use super::pressure::{PressureConfig, PressureEvaluator, PressureSignals};
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct WorkerFairnessConfig {
    pub(crate) worker_id: u16,
+    pub(crate) backpressure_enabled: bool,
    pub(crate) max_active_flows: usize,
    pub(crate) max_total_queued_bytes: u64,
    pub(crate) max_flow_queued_bytes: u64,
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ pub(crate) struct WorkerFairnessConfig {
    pub(crate) max_consecutive_stalls_before_close: u8,
    pub(crate) soft_bucket_count: usize,
    pub(crate) soft_bucket_share_pct: u8,
+    pub(crate) default_flow_weight: u8,
+    pub(crate) quickack_flow_weight: u8,
    pub(crate) pressure: PressureConfig,
 }

@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ impl Default for WorkerFairnessConfig {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self {
            worker_id: 0,
+            backpressure_enabled: true,
            max_active_flows: 4096,
            max_total_queued_bytes: 16 * 1024 * 1024,
            max_flow_queued_bytes: 512 * 1024,
@@ -46,6 +51,8 @@ impl Default for WorkerFairnessConfig {
            max_consecutive_stalls_before_close: 16,
            soft_bucket_count: 64,
            soft_bucket_share_pct: 25,
+            default_flow_weight: 1,
+            quickack_flow_weight: 4,
            pressure: PressureConfig::default(),
        }
    }
@@ -57,9 +64,9 @@ struct FlowEntry {
 }

 impl FlowEntry {
-    fn new(flow_id: u64, worker_id: u16, bucket_id: usize) -> Self {
+    fn new(flow_id: u64, worker_id: u16, bucket_id: usize, weight_quanta: u8) -> Self {
        Self {
-            fairness: FlowFairnessState::new(flow_id, worker_id, bucket_id),
+            fairness: FlowFairnessState::new(flow_id, worker_id, bucket_id, weight_quanta),
            queue: VecDeque::new(),
        }
    }
@@ -86,6 +93,7 @@ pub(crate) struct WorkerFairnessState {
    pressure: PressureEvaluator,
    flows: HashMap<u64, FlowEntry>,
    active_ring: VecDeque<u64>,
+    active_ring_members: HashSet<u64>,
    total_queued_bytes: u64,
    bucket_queued_bytes: Vec<u64>,
    bucket_active_flows: Vec<usize>,
@@ -101,13 +109,15 @@ pub(crate) struct WorkerFairnessState {
 }

 impl WorkerFairnessState {
-    pub(crate) fn new(config: WorkerFairnessConfig, now: Instant) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(mut config: WorkerFairnessConfig, now: Instant) -> Self {
+        config.pressure.backpressure_enabled = config.backpressure_enabled;
        let bucket_count = config.soft_bucket_count.max(1);
        Self {
            config,
            pressure: PressureEvaluator::new(now),
            flows: HashMap::new(),
            active_ring: VecDeque::new(),
+            active_ring_members: HashSet::new(),
            total_queued_bytes: 0,
            bucket_queued_bytes: vec![0; bucket_count],
            bucket_active_flows: vec![0; bucket_count],
@@ -127,6 +137,15 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
        self.pressure.state()
    }

+    pub(crate) fn set_backpressure_enabled(&mut self, enabled: bool) {
+        if self.config.backpressure_enabled == enabled {
+            return;
+        }
+        self.config.backpressure_enabled = enabled;
+        self.config.pressure.backpressure_enabled = enabled;
+        self.evaluate_pressure(Instant::now(), true);
+    }
+
    pub(crate) fn snapshot(&self) -> WorkerFairnessSnapshot {
        WorkerFairnessSnapshot {
            pressure_state: self.pressure.state(),
@@ -159,7 +178,7 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
        };
        let frame_bytes = frame.queued_bytes();

-        if self.pressure.state() == PressureState::Saturated {
+        if self.config.backpressure_enabled && self.pressure.state() == PressureState::Saturated {
            self.pressure
                .note_admission_reject(now, &self.config.pressure);
            self.enqueue_rejects = self.enqueue_rejects.saturating_add(1);
@@ -184,6 +203,7 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
        }

        let bucket_id = self.bucket_for(conn_id);
+        let frame_weight = Self::weight_for_flags(&self.config, flags);
        let bucket_cap = self
            .config
            .max_total_queued_bytes
@@ -205,12 +225,13 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
                self.bucket_active_flows[bucket_id].saturating_add(1);
            self.flows.insert(
                conn_id,
-                FlowEntry::new(conn_id, self.config.worker_id, bucket_id),
+                FlowEntry::new(conn_id, self.config.worker_id, bucket_id, frame_weight),
            );
            self.flows
                .get_mut(&conn_id)
                .expect("flow inserted must be retrievable")
        };
+        entry.fairness.weight_quanta = entry.fairness.weight_quanta.max(frame_weight);

        if entry.fairness.pending_bytes.saturating_add(frame_bytes)
            > self.config.max_flow_queued_bytes
@@ -222,7 +243,8 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
            return AdmissionDecision::RejectFlowCap;
        }

-        if self.pressure.state() >= PressureState::Shedding
+        if self.config.backpressure_enabled
+            && self.pressure.state() >= PressureState::Shedding
            && entry.fairness.standing_state == StandingQueueState::Standing
        {
            self.pressure
@@ -242,11 +264,24 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
        self.bucket_queued_bytes[bucket_id] =
            self.bucket_queued_bytes[bucket_id].saturating_add(frame_bytes);

+        let mut enqueue_active = false;
        if !entry.fairness.in_active_ring {
            entry.fairness.in_active_ring = true;
-            self.active_ring.push_back(conn_id);
+            enqueue_active = true;
        }

+        let pressure_state = self.pressure.state();
+        let (before_membership, after_membership) = {
+            let before = Self::flow_membership(&entry.fairness);
+            Self::classify_flow(&self.config, pressure_state, now, &mut entry.fairness);
+            let after = Self::flow_membership(&entry.fairness);
+            (before, after)
+        };
+        if enqueue_active {
+            self.enqueue_active_conn(conn_id);
+        }
+        self.apply_flow_membership_delta(before_membership, after_membership);
+
        self.evaluate_pressure(now, true);
        AdmissionDecision::Admit
    }
@@ -260,62 +295,89 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
            let Some(conn_id) = self.active_ring.pop_front() else {
                break;
            };
+            if !self.active_ring_members.remove(&conn_id) {
+                continue;
+            }

            let mut candidate = None;
            let mut requeue_active = false;
            let mut drained_bytes = 0u64;
            let mut bucket_id = 0usize;
+            let mut should_continue = false;
+            let mut enqueue_active = false;
+            let mut membership_delta = None;
            let pressure_state = self.pressure.state();

            if let Some(flow) = self.flows.get_mut(&conn_id) {
                bucket_id = flow.fairness.bucket_id;
+                flow.fairness.in_active_ring = false;
+                let before_membership = Self::flow_membership(&flow.fairness);

                if flow.queue.is_empty() {
                    flow.fairness.in_active_ring = false;
                    flow.fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Idle;
                    flow.fairness.pending_bytes = 0;
+                    flow.fairness.deficit_bytes = 0;
                    flow.fairness.queue_started_at = None;
-                    continue;
-                }
+                    should_continue = true;
+                } else {
+                    Self::classify_flow(&self.config, pressure_state, now, &mut flow.fairness);

-                Self::classify_flow(&self.config, pressure_state, now, &mut flow.fairness);
-
-                let quantum =
-                    Self::effective_quantum_bytes(&self.config, pressure_state, &flow.fairness);
-                flow.fairness.deficit_bytes = flow
-                    .fairness
-                    .deficit_bytes
-                    .saturating_add(i64::from(quantum));
-                self.deficit_grants = self.deficit_grants.saturating_add(1);
-
-                let front_len = flow.queue.front().map_or(0, |front| front.queued_bytes());
-                if flow.fairness.deficit_bytes < front_len as i64 {
-                    flow.fairness.consecutive_skips =
-                        flow.fairness.consecutive_skips.saturating_add(1);
-                    self.deficit_skips = self.deficit_skips.saturating_add(1);
-                    requeue_active = true;
-                } else if let Some(frame) = flow.queue.pop_front() {
-                    drained_bytes = frame.queued_bytes();
-                    flow.fairness.pending_bytes =
-                        flow.fairness.pending_bytes.saturating_sub(drained_bytes);
+                    let quantum =
+                        Self::effective_quantum_bytes(&self.config, pressure_state, &flow.fairness);
                    flow.fairness.deficit_bytes = flow
                        .fairness
                        .deficit_bytes
-                        .saturating_sub(drained_bytes as i64);
-                    flow.fairness.consecutive_skips = 0;
-                    flow.fairness.queue_started_at =
-                        flow.queue.front().map(|front| front.enqueued_at);
-                    requeue_active = !flow.queue.is_empty();
-                    if !requeue_active {
-                        flow.fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Idle;
-                        flow.fairness.in_active_ring = false;
+                        .saturating_add(i64::from(quantum));
+                    Self::clamp_deficit_bytes(&self.config, &mut flow.fairness);
+                    self.deficit_grants = self.deficit_grants.saturating_add(1);
+
+                    let front_len = flow.queue.front().map_or(0, |front| front.queued_bytes());
+                    if flow.fairness.deficit_bytes < front_len as i64 {
+                        flow.fairness.consecutive_skips =
+                            flow.fairness.consecutive_skips.saturating_add(1);
+                        self.deficit_skips = self.deficit_skips.saturating_add(1);
+                        requeue_active = true;
+                        flow.fairness.in_active_ring = true;
+                        enqueue_active = true;
+                    } else if let Some(frame) = flow.queue.pop_front() {
+                        drained_bytes = frame.queued_bytes();
+                        flow.fairness.pending_bytes =
+                            flow.fairness.pending_bytes.saturating_sub(drained_bytes);
+                        flow.fairness.deficit_bytes = flow
+                            .fairness
+                            .deficit_bytes
+                            .saturating_sub(drained_bytes as i64);
+                        Self::clamp_deficit_bytes(&self.config, &mut flow.fairness);
+                        flow.fairness.consecutive_skips = 0;
+                        flow.fairness.queue_started_at =
+                            flow.queue.front().map(|front| front.enqueued_at);
+                        requeue_active = !flow.queue.is_empty();
+                        if !requeue_active {
+                            flow.fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Idle;
+                            flow.fairness.in_active_ring = false;
+                            flow.fairness.deficit_bytes = 0;
+                        } else {
+                            flow.fairness.in_active_ring = true;
+                            enqueue_active = true;
+                        }
+                        candidate = Some(DispatchCandidate {
+                            pressure_state,
+                            flow_class: flow.fairness.pressure_class,
+                            frame,
+                        });
                    }
-                    candidate = Some(DispatchCandidate {
-                        pressure_state,
-                        flow_class: flow.fairness.pressure_class,
-                        frame,
-                    });
                }
+
+                membership_delta = Some((before_membership, Self::flow_membership(&flow.fairness)));
+            }
+
+            if let Some((before_membership, after_membership)) = membership_delta {
+                self.apply_flow_membership_delta(before_membership, after_membership);
+            }
+
+            if should_continue {
+                continue;
            }

            if drained_bytes > 0 {
@@ -324,11 +386,8 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
                    self.bucket_queued_bytes[bucket_id].saturating_sub(drained_bytes);
            }

-            if requeue_active {
-                if let Some(flow) = self.flows.get_mut(&conn_id) {
-                    flow.fairness.in_active_ring = true;
-                }
-                self.active_ring.push_back(conn_id);
+            if requeue_active && enqueue_active {
+                self.enqueue_active_conn(conn_id);
            }

            if let Some(candidate) = candidate {
@@ -348,7 +407,9 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
    ) -> DispatchAction {
        match feedback {
            DispatchFeedback::Routed => {
+                let mut membership_delta = None;
                if let Some(flow) = self.flows.get_mut(&conn_id) {
+                    let before_membership = Self::flow_membership(&flow.fairness);
                    flow.fairness.last_drain_at = Some(now);
                    flow.fairness.recent_drain_bytes = flow
                        .fairness
@@ -358,54 +419,89 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
                    if flow.fairness.scheduler_state != FlowSchedulerState::Idle {
                        flow.fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Active;
                    }
+                    Self::classify_flow(
+                        &self.config,
+                        self.pressure.state(),
+                        now,
+                        &mut flow.fairness,
+                    );
+                    membership_delta =
+                        Some((before_membership, Self::flow_membership(&flow.fairness)));
+                }
+                if let Some((before_membership, after_membership)) = membership_delta {
+                    self.apply_flow_membership_delta(before_membership, after_membership);
                }
                self.evaluate_pressure(now, false);
                DispatchAction::Continue
            }
            DispatchFeedback::QueueFull => {
-                self.pressure.note_route_stall(now, &self.config.pressure);
-                self.downstream_stalls = self.downstream_stalls.saturating_add(1);
+                if self.config.backpressure_enabled {
+                    self.pressure.note_route_stall(now, &self.config.pressure);
+                    self.downstream_stalls = self.downstream_stalls.saturating_add(1);
+                }
+                let state = self.pressure.state();
                let Some(flow) = self.flows.get_mut(&conn_id) else {
                    self.evaluate_pressure(now, true);
                    return DispatchAction::Continue;
                };
+                let (before_membership, after_membership, should_close_flow, enqueue_active) = {
+                    let before_membership = Self::flow_membership(&flow.fairness);
+                    let mut enqueue_active = false;

-                flow.fairness.consecutive_stalls =
-                    flow.fairness.consecutive_stalls.saturating_add(1);
-                flow.fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Backpressured;
-                flow.fairness.pressure_class = FlowPressureClass::Backpressured;
-
-                let state = self.pressure.state();
-                let should_shed_frame = matches!(state, PressureState::Saturated)
-                    || (matches!(state, PressureState::Shedding)
-                        && flow.fairness.standing_state == StandingQueueState::Standing
-                        && flow.fairness.consecutive_stalls
-                            >= self.config.max_consecutive_stalls_before_shed);
-
-                if should_shed_frame {
-                    self.shed_drops = self.shed_drops.saturating_add(1);
-                    self.fairness_penalties = self.fairness_penalties.saturating_add(1);
-                } else {
-                    let frame_bytes = candidate.frame.queued_bytes();
-                    flow.queue.push_front(candidate.frame);
-                    flow.fairness.pending_bytes =
-                        flow.fairness.pending_bytes.saturating_add(frame_bytes);
-                    flow.fairness.queue_started_at =
-                        flow.queue.front().map(|front| front.enqueued_at);
-                    self.total_queued_bytes = self.total_queued_bytes.saturating_add(frame_bytes);
-                    self.bucket_queued_bytes[flow.fairness.bucket_id] = self.bucket_queued_bytes
-                        [flow.fairness.bucket_id]
-                        .saturating_add(frame_bytes);
-                    if !flow.fairness.in_active_ring {
-                        flow.fairness.in_active_ring = true;
-                        self.active_ring.push_back(conn_id);
+                    if self.config.backpressure_enabled {
+                        flow.fairness.consecutive_stalls =
+                            flow.fairness.consecutive_stalls.saturating_add(1);
+                        flow.fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Backpressured;
+                        flow.fairness.pressure_class = FlowPressureClass::Backpressured;
                    }
-                }

-                if flow.fairness.consecutive_stalls
-                    >= self.config.max_consecutive_stalls_before_close
-                    && self.pressure.state() == PressureState::Saturated
-                {
+                    let should_shed_frame = self.config.backpressure_enabled
+                        && (matches!(state, PressureState::Saturated)
+                            || (matches!(state, PressureState::Shedding)
+                                && flow.fairness.standing_state == StandingQueueState::Standing
+                                && flow.fairness.consecutive_stalls
+                                    >= self.config.max_consecutive_stalls_before_shed));
+
+                    if should_shed_frame {
+                        self.shed_drops = self.shed_drops.saturating_add(1);
+                        self.fairness_penalties = self.fairness_penalties.saturating_add(1);
+                    } else {
+                        let frame_bytes = candidate.frame.queued_bytes();
+                        flow.queue.push_front(candidate.frame);
+                        flow.fairness.pending_bytes =
+                            flow.fairness.pending_bytes.saturating_add(frame_bytes);
+                        flow.fairness.queue_started_at =
+                            flow.queue.front().map(|front| front.enqueued_at);
+                        self.total_queued_bytes =
+                            self.total_queued_bytes.saturating_add(frame_bytes);
+                        self.bucket_queued_bytes[flow.fairness.bucket_id] = self
+                            .bucket_queued_bytes[flow.fairness.bucket_id]
+                            .saturating_add(frame_bytes);
+                        if !flow.fairness.in_active_ring {
+                            flow.fairness.in_active_ring = true;
+                            enqueue_active = true;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    Self::classify_flow(&self.config, state, now, &mut flow.fairness);
+                    let after_membership = Self::flow_membership(&flow.fairness);
+                    let should_close_flow = self.config.backpressure_enabled
+                        && flow.fairness.consecutive_stalls
+                            >= self.config.max_consecutive_stalls_before_close
+                        && self.pressure.state() == PressureState::Saturated;
+                    (
+                        before_membership,
+                        after_membership,
+                        should_close_flow,
+                        enqueue_active,
+                    )
+                };
+                if enqueue_active {
+                    self.enqueue_active_conn(conn_id);
+                }
+                self.apply_flow_membership_delta(before_membership, after_membership);
+
+                if should_close_flow {
                    self.remove_flow(conn_id);
                    self.evaluate_pressure(now, true);
                    return DispatchAction::CloseFlow;
@@ -426,6 +522,16 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
        let Some(entry) = self.flows.remove(&conn_id) else {
            return;
        };
+        self.active_ring_members.remove(&conn_id);
+        self.active_ring
+            .retain(|queued_conn_id| *queued_conn_id != conn_id);
+        let (was_standing, was_backpressured) = Self::flow_membership(&entry.fairness);
+        if was_standing {
+            self.standing_flow_count = self.standing_flow_count.saturating_sub(1);
+        }
+        if was_backpressured {
+            self.backpressured_flow_count = self.backpressured_flow_count.saturating_sub(1);
+        }

        self.bucket_active_flows[entry.fairness.bucket_id] =
            self.bucket_active_flows[entry.fairness.bucket_id].saturating_sub(1);
@@ -440,27 +546,6 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
    }

    fn evaluate_pressure(&mut self, now: Instant, force: bool) {
-        let mut standing = 0usize;
-        let mut backpressured = 0usize;
-
-        for flow in self.flows.values_mut() {
-            Self::classify_flow(&self.config, self.pressure.state(), now, &mut flow.fairness);
-            if flow.fairness.standing_state == StandingQueueState::Standing {
-                standing = standing.saturating_add(1);
-            }
-            if matches!(
-                flow.fairness.scheduler_state,
-                FlowSchedulerState::Backpressured
-                    | FlowSchedulerState::Penalized
-                    | FlowSchedulerState::SheddingCandidate
-            ) {
-                backpressured = backpressured.saturating_add(1);
-            }
-        }
-
-        self.standing_flow_count = standing;
-        self.backpressured_flow_count = backpressured;
-
        let _ = self.pressure.maybe_evaluate(
            now,
            &self.config.pressure,
@@ -468,8 +553,8 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
            PressureSignals {
                active_flows: self.flows.len(),
                total_queued_bytes: self.total_queued_bytes,
-                standing_flows: standing,
-                backpressured_flows: backpressured,
+                standing_flows: self.standing_flow_count,
+                backpressured_flows: self.backpressured_flow_count,
            },
            force,
        );
@@ -481,12 +566,39 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
        now: Instant,
        fairness: &mut FlowFairnessState,
    ) {
-        if fairness.pending_bytes == 0 {
-            fairness.pressure_class = FlowPressureClass::Healthy;
-            fairness.standing_state = StandingQueueState::Transient;
-            fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Idle;
+        let (pressure_class, standing_state, scheduler_state, standing) =
+            Self::derive_flow_classification(config, pressure_state, now, fairness);
+        fairness.pressure_class = pressure_class;
+        fairness.standing_state = standing_state;
+        fairness.scheduler_state = scheduler_state;
+        if scheduler_state == FlowSchedulerState::Idle {
+            fairness.deficit_bytes = 0;
+        }
+        if standing {
+            fairness.penalty_score = fairness.penalty_score.saturating_add(1);
+        } else {
            fairness.penalty_score = fairness.penalty_score.saturating_sub(1);
-            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn derive_flow_classification(
+        config: &WorkerFairnessConfig,
+        pressure_state: PressureState,
+        now: Instant,
+        fairness: &FlowFairnessState,
+    ) -> (
+        FlowPressureClass,
+        StandingQueueState,
+        FlowSchedulerState,
+        bool,
+    ) {
+        if fairness.pending_bytes == 0 {
+            return (
+                FlowPressureClass::Healthy,
+                StandingQueueState::Transient,
+                FlowSchedulerState::Idle,
+                false,
+            );
        }

        let queue_age = fairness
@@ -503,29 +615,165 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
            && (fairness.consecutive_stalls >= config.standing_stall_threshold || drain_stalled);

        if standing {
-            fairness.standing_state = StandingQueueState::Standing;
-            fairness.pressure_class = FlowPressureClass::Standing;
-            fairness.penalty_score = fairness.penalty_score.saturating_add(1);
-            fairness.scheduler_state = if pressure_state >= PressureState::Shedding {
+            let scheduler_state = if pressure_state >= PressureState::Shedding {
                FlowSchedulerState::SheddingCandidate
            } else {
                FlowSchedulerState::Penalized
            };
-            return;
+            return (
+                FlowPressureClass::Standing,
+                StandingQueueState::Standing,
+                scheduler_state,
+                true,
+            );
        }

-        fairness.standing_state = StandingQueueState::Transient;
        if fairness.consecutive_stalls > 0 {
-            fairness.pressure_class = FlowPressureClass::Backpressured;
-            fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Backpressured;
-        } else if fairness.pending_bytes >= config.standing_queue_min_backlog_bytes {
-            fairness.pressure_class = FlowPressureClass::Bursty;
-            fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Active;
-        } else {
-            fairness.pressure_class = FlowPressureClass::Healthy;
-            fairness.scheduler_state = FlowSchedulerState::Active;
+            return (
+                FlowPressureClass::Backpressured,
+                StandingQueueState::Transient,
+                FlowSchedulerState::Backpressured,
+                false,
+            );
        }
-        fairness.penalty_score = fairness.penalty_score.saturating_sub(1);
+
+        if fairness.pending_bytes >= config.standing_queue_min_backlog_bytes {
+            return (
+                FlowPressureClass::Bursty,
+                StandingQueueState::Transient,
+                FlowSchedulerState::Active,
+                false,
+            );
+        }
+
+        (
+            FlowPressureClass::Healthy,
+            StandingQueueState::Transient,
+            FlowSchedulerState::Active,
+            false,
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn flow_membership(fairness: &FlowFairnessState) -> (bool, bool) {
+        (
+            fairness.standing_state == StandingQueueState::Standing,
+            Self::scheduler_state_is_backpressured(fairness.scheduler_state),
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn scheduler_state_is_backpressured(state: FlowSchedulerState) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            state,
+            FlowSchedulerState::Backpressured
+                | FlowSchedulerState::Penalized
+                | FlowSchedulerState::SheddingCandidate
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn apply_flow_membership_delta(
+        &mut self,
+        before_membership: (bool, bool),
+        after_membership: (bool, bool),
+    ) {
+        if before_membership.0 != after_membership.0 {
+            if after_membership.0 {
+                self.standing_flow_count = self.standing_flow_count.saturating_add(1);
+            } else {
+                self.standing_flow_count = self.standing_flow_count.saturating_sub(1);
+            }
+        }
+        if before_membership.1 != after_membership.1 {
+            if after_membership.1 {
+                self.backpressured_flow_count = self.backpressured_flow_count.saturating_add(1);
+            } else {
+                self.backpressured_flow_count = self.backpressured_flow_count.saturating_sub(1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn clamp_deficit_bytes(config: &WorkerFairnessConfig, fairness: &mut FlowFairnessState) {
+        let max_deficit = config.max_flow_queued_bytes.min(i64::MAX as u64) as i64;
+        fairness.deficit_bytes = fairness.deficit_bytes.clamp(0, max_deficit);
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn enqueue_active_conn(&mut self, conn_id: u64) {
+        if self.active_ring_members.insert(conn_id) {
+            self.active_ring.push_back(conn_id);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn weight_for_flags(config: &WorkerFairnessConfig, flags: u32) -> u8 {
+        if (flags & RPC_FLAG_QUICKACK) != 0 {
+            return config.quickack_flow_weight.max(1);
+        }
+        config.default_flow_weight.max(1)
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn debug_recompute_flow_counters(&self, now: Instant) -> (usize, usize) {
+        let pressure_state = self.pressure.state();
+        let mut standing = 0usize;
+        let mut backpressured = 0usize;
+        for flow in self.flows.values() {
+            let (_, standing_state, scheduler_state, _) =
+                Self::derive_flow_classification(&self.config, pressure_state, now, &flow.fairness);
+            if standing_state == StandingQueueState::Standing {
+                standing = standing.saturating_add(1);
+            }
+            if Self::scheduler_state_is_backpressured(scheduler_state) {
+                backpressured = backpressured.saturating_add(1);
+            }
+        }
+        (standing, backpressured)
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn debug_check_active_ring_consistency(&self) -> bool {
+        if self.active_ring.len() != self.active_ring_members.len() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        let mut seen = HashSet::with_capacity(self.active_ring.len());
+        for conn_id in self.active_ring.iter().copied() {
+            if !seen.insert(conn_id) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if !self.active_ring_members.contains(&conn_id) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            let Some(flow) = self.flows.get(&conn_id) else {
+                return false;
+            };
+            if !flow.fairness.in_active_ring || flow.queue.is_empty() {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (conn_id, flow) in self.flows.iter() {
+            let in_ring = self.active_ring_members.contains(conn_id);
+            if flow.fairness.in_active_ring != in_ring {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if in_ring && flow.queue.is_empty() {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        true
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn debug_max_deficit_bytes(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.flows
+            .values()
+            .map(|entry| entry.fairness.deficit_bytes)
+            .max()
+            .unwrap_or(0)
    }

    fn effective_quantum_bytes(
@@ -542,12 +790,14 @@ impl WorkerFairnessState {
            return config.penalized_quantum_bytes.max(1);
        }

-        match pressure_state {
+        let base_quantum = match pressure_state {
            PressureState::Normal => config.base_quantum_bytes.max(1),
            PressureState::Pressured => config.pressured_quantum_bytes.max(1),
            PressureState::Shedding => config.pressured_quantum_bytes.max(1),
            PressureState::Saturated => config.penalized_quantum_bytes.max(1),
-        }
+        };
+        let weighted_quantum = base_quantum.saturating_mul(fairness.weight_quanta.max(1) as u32);
+        weighted_quantum.max(1)
    }

    fn bucket_for(&self, conn_id: u64) -> usize {
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/health.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/health.rs
@@ -1794,6 +1794,8 @@ mod tests {
            MeSocksKdfPolicy::default(),
            general.me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity,
            general.me_route_channel_capacity,
+            general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+            general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
            general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
            general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
            general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/mod.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ mod send_adversarial_tests;
 mod wire;

 use bytes::Bytes;
+use tokio::sync::OwnedSemaphorePermit;

 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 pub use config_updater::{
@@ -68,9 +69,32 @@ pub use secret::{fetch_proxy_secret, fetch_proxy_secret_with_upstream};
 pub(crate) use selftest::{bnd_snapshot, timeskew_snapshot, upstream_bnd_snapshots};
 pub use wire::proto_flags_for_tag;

+/// Holds D2C queued-byte capacity until a routed payload is consumed or dropped.
+pub struct RouteBytePermit {
+    _permit: OwnedSemaphorePermit,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for RouteBytePermit {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("RouteBytePermit").finish_non_exhaustive()
+    }
+}
+
+impl RouteBytePermit {
+    pub(crate) fn new(permit: OwnedSemaphorePermit) -> Self {
+        Self { _permit: permit }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Response routed from middle proxy readers to client relay tasks.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum MeResponse {
-    Data { flags: u32, data: Bytes },
+    /// Downstream payload with its queued-byte reservation.
+    Data {
+        flags: u32,
+        data: Bytes,
+        route_permit: Option<RouteBytePermit>,
+    },
    Ack(u32),
    Close,
 }
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/pool.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/pool.rs
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ pub(super) struct WriterSelectionPolicyCore {

 pub(super) struct TransportPolicyCore {
    pub(super) me_socks_kdf_policy: AtomicU8,
+    pub(super) me_route_backpressure_enabled: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    pub(super) me_route_fairshare_enabled: Arc<AtomicBool>,
    pub(super) me_reader_route_data_wait_ms: Arc<AtomicU64>,
 }

@@ -548,6 +550,8 @@ impl MePool {
        me_socks_kdf_policy: MeSocksKdfPolicy,
        me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity: usize,
        me_route_channel_capacity: usize,
+        me_route_backpressure_enabled: bool,
+        me_route_fairshare_enabled: bool,
        me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms: u64,
        me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms: u64,
        me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct: u8,
@@ -614,13 +618,9 @@ impl MePool {
                me_route_hybrid_max_wait: Duration::from_millis(
                    me_route_hybrid_max_wait_ms.max(50),
                ),
-                me_route_blocking_send_timeout: if me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms == 0 {
-                    None
-                } else {
-                    Some(Duration::from_millis(
-                        me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms.min(5_000),
-                    ))
-                },
+                me_route_blocking_send_timeout: Some(Duration::from_millis(
+                    me_route_blocking_send_timeout_ms.clamp(1, 5_000),
+                )),
                me_route_last_success_epoch_ms: AtomicU64::new(0),
                me_route_hybrid_timeout_warn_epoch_ms: AtomicU64::new(0),
                me_async_recovery_last_trigger_epoch_ms: AtomicU64::new(0),
@@ -783,6 +783,10 @@ impl MePool {
            }),
            transport_policy: Arc::new(TransportPolicyCore {
                me_socks_kdf_policy: AtomicU8::new(me_socks_kdf_policy.as_u8()),
+                me_route_backpressure_enabled: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(
+                    me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+                )),
+                me_route_fairshare_enabled: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(me_route_fairshare_enabled)),
                me_reader_route_data_wait_ms: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(
                    me_reader_route_data_wait_ms,
                )),
@@ -1245,6 +1249,8 @@ impl MePool {
    pub fn update_runtime_transport_policy(
        &self,
        socks_kdf_policy: MeSocksKdfPolicy,
+        route_backpressure_enabled: bool,
+        route_fairshare_enabled: bool,
        route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms: u64,
        route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms: u64,
        route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct: u8,
@@ -1253,6 +1259,12 @@ impl MePool {
        self.transport_policy
            .me_socks_kdf_policy
            .store(socks_kdf_policy.as_u8(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.transport_policy
+            .me_route_backpressure_enabled
+            .store(route_backpressure_enabled, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.transport_policy
+            .me_route_fairshare_enabled
+            .store(route_fairshare_enabled, Ordering::Relaxed);
        self.transport_policy
            .me_reader_route_data_wait_ms
            .store(reader_route_data_wait_ms, Ordering::Relaxed);
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/pool_reinit.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/pool_reinit.rs
@@ -365,7 +365,10 @@ impl MePool {
        }
    }

-    pub async fn zero_downtime_reinit_after_map_change(self: &Arc<Self>, rng: &SecureRandom) {
+    pub async fn zero_downtime_reinit_after_map_change(
+        self: &Arc<Self>,
+        rng: &SecureRandom,
+    ) -> bool {
        let desired_by_dc = self.desired_dc_endpoints().await;
        let now_epoch_secs = Self::now_epoch_secs();
        let v4_suppressed = self.is_family_temporarily_suppressed(IpFamily::V4, now_epoch_secs);
@@ -380,7 +383,7 @@ impl MePool {
                MeDrainGateReason::CoverageQuorum
            };
            self.set_last_drain_gate(false, false, reason, now_epoch_secs);
-            return;
+            return false;
        }

        let desired_map_hash = Self::desired_map_hash(&desired_by_dc);
@@ -490,7 +493,7 @@ impl MePool {
                missing_dc = ?missing_dc,
                "ME reinit coverage below threshold; keeping stale writers"
            );
-            return;
+            return false;
        }

        if hardswap {
@@ -520,7 +523,7 @@ impl MePool {
                    missing_dc = ?fresh_missing_dc,
                    "ME hardswap pending: fresh generation DC coverage incomplete"
                );
-                return;
+                return false;
            }
        }

@@ -567,7 +570,7 @@ impl MePool {
                self.clear_pending_hardswap_state();
            }
            debug!("ME reinit cycle completed with no stale writers");
-            return;
+            return true;
        }

        let drain_timeout = self.force_close_timeout();
@@ -606,10 +609,11 @@ impl MePool {
        if hardswap {
            self.clear_pending_hardswap_state();
        }
+        true
    }

-    pub async fn zero_downtime_reinit_periodic(self: &Arc<Self>, rng: &SecureRandom) {
-        self.zero_downtime_reinit_after_map_change(rng).await;
+    pub async fn zero_downtime_reinit_periodic(self: &Arc<Self>, rng: &SecureRandom) -> bool {
+        self.zero_downtime_reinit_after_map_change(rng).await
    }
 }

--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/pool_writer.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/pool_writer.rs
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ impl MePool {
        let cancel_signal = cancel.clone();
        let cancel_select = cancel.clone();
        let cancel_cleanup = cancel.clone();
+        let route_backpressure_enabled =
+            self.transport_policy.me_route_backpressure_enabled.clone();
+        let route_fairshare_enabled = self.transport_policy.me_route_fairshare_enabled.clone();
        let reader_route_data_wait_ms = self.transport_policy.me_reader_route_data_wait_ms.clone();

        tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -458,6 +461,8 @@ impl MePool {
                    writer_id,
                    degraded,
                    rtt_ema_ms_x10,
+                    route_backpressure_enabled,
+                    route_fairshare_enabled,
                    reader_route_data_wait_ms,
                    cancel_reader,
                ) => WriterLifecycleExit::Reader(reader_res),
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/reader.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/reader.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU32, AtomicU64, Ordering};
-use std::time::Instant;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ use crate::stats::Stats;

 use super::codec::{RpcChecksumMode, WriterCommand, rpc_crc};
 use super::fairness::{
-    AdmissionDecision, DispatchAction, DispatchFeedback, SchedulerDecision, WorkerFairnessConfig,
-    WorkerFairnessSnapshot, WorkerFairnessState,
+    AdmissionDecision, DispatchAction, DispatchFeedback, PressureState, SchedulerDecision,
+    WorkerFairnessConfig, WorkerFairnessSnapshot, WorkerFairnessState,
 };
 use super::registry::RouteResult;
 use super::{ConnRegistry, MeResponse};
@@ -45,10 +45,30 @@ fn is_data_route_queue_full(result: RouteResult) -> bool {
    )
 }

-fn should_close_on_queue_full_streak(streak: u8) -> bool {
+fn should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+    streak: u8,
+    pressure_state: PressureState,
+    backpressure_enabled: bool,
+) -> bool {
+    if !backpressure_enabled {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if pressure_state < PressureState::Shedding {
+        return false;
+    }
+
    streak >= DATA_ROUTE_QUEUE_FULL_STARVATION_THRESHOLD
 }

+fn should_schedule_fairness_retry(snapshot: &WorkerFairnessSnapshot) -> bool {
+    snapshot.total_queued_bytes > 0
+}
+
+fn fairness_retry_delay(route_wait_ms: u64) -> Duration {
+    Duration::from_millis(route_wait_ms.max(1))
+}
+
 async fn route_data_with_retry(
    reg: &ConnRegistry,
    conn_id: u64,
@@ -64,6 +84,7 @@ async fn route_data_with_retry(
                MeResponse::Data {
                    flags,
                    data: data.clone(),
+                    route_permit: None,
                },
                timeout_ms,
            )
@@ -148,6 +169,7 @@ async fn drain_fairness_scheduler(
    reg: &ConnRegistry,
    tx: &mpsc::Sender<WriterCommand>,
    data_route_queue_full_streak: &mut HashMap<u64, u8>,
+    backpressure_enabled: bool,
    route_wait_ms: u64,
    stats: &Stats,
 ) {
@@ -157,7 +179,7 @@ async fn drain_fairness_scheduler(
            break;
        };
        let cid = candidate.frame.conn_id;
-        let _pressure_state = candidate.pressure_state;
+        let pressure_state = candidate.pressure_state;
        let _flow_class = candidate.flow_class;
        let routed = route_data_with_retry(
            reg,
@@ -176,7 +198,11 @@ async fn drain_fairness_scheduler(
        if is_data_route_queue_full(routed) {
            let streak = data_route_queue_full_streak.entry(cid).or_insert(0);
            *streak = streak.saturating_add(1);
-            if should_close_on_queue_full_streak(*streak) {
+            if should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+                *streak,
+                pressure_state,
+                backpressure_enabled,
+            ) {
                fairness.remove_flow(cid);
                data_route_queue_full_streak.remove(&cid);
                reg.unregister(cid).await;
@@ -208,6 +234,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn reader_loop(
    writer_id: u64,
    degraded: Arc<AtomicBool>,
    writer_rtt_ema_ms_x10: Arc<AtomicU32>,
+    route_backpressure_enabled: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    route_fairshare_enabled: Arc<AtomicBool>,
    reader_route_data_wait_ms: Arc<AtomicU64>,
    cancel: CancellationToken,
 ) -> Result<()> {
@@ -224,17 +252,46 @@ pub(crate) async fn reader_loop(
            max_flow_queued_bytes: (reg.route_channel_capacity() as u64)
                .saturating_mul(2 * 1024)
                .clamp(64 * 1024, 2 * 1024 * 1024),
+            backpressure_enabled: route_backpressure_enabled.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
            ..WorkerFairnessConfig::default()
        },
        Instant::now(),
    );
    let mut fairness_snapshot = fairness.snapshot();
    loop {
+        let backpressure_enabled = route_backpressure_enabled.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let fairshare_enabled = route_fairshare_enabled.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+        fairness.set_backpressure_enabled(backpressure_enabled);
+        let fairness_has_backlog = should_schedule_fairness_retry(&fairness_snapshot);
        let mut tmp = [0u8; 65_536];
+        let backlog_retry_enabled = fairness_has_backlog;
+        let backlog_retry_delay =
+            fairness_retry_delay(reader_route_data_wait_ms.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        let mut retry_only = false;
        let n = tokio::select! {
            res = rd.read(&mut tmp) => res.map_err(ProxyError::Io)?,
+            _ = tokio::time::sleep(backlog_retry_delay), if backlog_retry_enabled => {
+                retry_only = true;
+                0usize
+            },
            _ = cancel.cancelled() => return Ok(()),
        };
+        if retry_only {
+            let route_wait_ms = reader_route_data_wait_ms.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+            drain_fairness_scheduler(
+                &mut fairness,
+                reg.as_ref(),
+                &tx,
+                &mut data_route_queue_full_streak,
+                backpressure_enabled,
+                route_wait_ms,
+                stats.as_ref(),
+            )
+            .await;
+            let current_snapshot = fairness.snapshot();
+            apply_fairness_metrics_delta(stats.as_ref(), &mut fairness_snapshot, current_snapshot);
+            continue;
+        }
        if n == 0 {
            stats.increment_me_reader_eof_total();
            return Err(ProxyError::Io(std::io::Error::new(
@@ -311,23 +368,56 @@ pub(crate) async fn reader_loop(
                let data = body.slice(12..);
                trace!(cid, flags, len = data.len(), "RPC_PROXY_ANS");

-                let admission = fairness.enqueue_data(cid, flags, data, Instant::now());
-                if !matches!(admission, AdmissionDecision::Admit) {
-                    stats.increment_me_route_drop_queue_full();
-                    stats.increment_me_route_drop_queue_full_high();
-                    let streak = data_route_queue_full_streak.entry(cid).or_insert(0);
-                    *streak = streak.saturating_add(1);
-                    if should_close_on_queue_full_streak(*streak)
-                        || matches!(
-                            admission,
-                            AdmissionDecision::RejectSaturated
-                                | AdmissionDecision::RejectStandingFlow
-                        )
-                    {
+                if fairshare_enabled {
+                    let admission = fairness.enqueue_data(cid, flags, data, Instant::now());
+                    if !matches!(admission, AdmissionDecision::Admit) {
+                        stats.increment_me_route_drop_queue_full();
+                        stats.increment_me_route_drop_queue_full_high();
+                        let streak = data_route_queue_full_streak.entry(cid).or_insert(0);
+                        *streak = streak.saturating_add(1);
+                        let pressure_state = fairness.pressure_state();
+                        if should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+                            *streak,
+                            pressure_state,
+                            backpressure_enabled,
+                        ) || (backpressure_enabled
+                            && matches!(admission, AdmissionDecision::RejectSaturated))
+                        {
+                            fairness.remove_flow(cid);
+                            data_route_queue_full_streak.remove(&cid);
+                            reg.unregister(cid).await;
+                            send_close_conn(&tx, cid).await;
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    let route_wait_ms = reader_route_data_wait_ms.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    let routed =
+                        route_data_with_retry(reg.as_ref(), cid, flags, data, route_wait_ms).await;
+                    if matches!(routed, RouteResult::Routed) {
+                        data_route_queue_full_streak.remove(&cid);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    report_route_drop(routed, stats.as_ref());
+                    if should_close_on_route_result_for_data(routed) {
                        fairness.remove_flow(cid);
                        data_route_queue_full_streak.remove(&cid);
                        reg.unregister(cid).await;
                        send_close_conn(&tx, cid).await;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    if is_data_route_queue_full(routed) {
+                        let streak = data_route_queue_full_streak.entry(cid).or_insert(0);
+                        *streak = streak.saturating_add(1);
+                        if should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+                            *streak,
+                            PressureState::Shedding,
+                            backpressure_enabled,
+                        ) {
+                            fairness.remove_flow(cid);
+                            data_route_queue_full_streak.remove(&cid);
+                            reg.unregister(cid).await;
+                            send_close_conn(&tx, cid).await;
+                        }
                    }
                }
            } else if pt == RPC_SIMPLE_ACK_U32 && body.len() >= 12 {
@@ -433,6 +523,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn reader_loop(
                reg.as_ref(),
                &tx,
                &mut data_route_queue_full_streak,
+                backpressure_enabled,
                route_wait_ms,
                stats.as_ref(),
            )
@@ -445,14 +536,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn reader_loop(

 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
    use bytes::Bytes;

+    use super::PressureState;
    use crate::transport::middle_proxy::ConnRegistry;

    use super::{
-        MeResponse, RouteResult, is_data_route_queue_full, route_data_with_retry,
-        should_close_on_queue_full_streak, should_close_on_route_result_for_ack,
-        should_close_on_route_result_for_data,
+        MeResponse, RouteResult, WorkerFairnessSnapshot, fairness_retry_delay,
+        is_data_route_queue_full, route_data_with_retry,
+        should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy, should_close_on_route_result_for_ack,
+        should_close_on_route_result_for_data, should_schedule_fairness_retry,
    };

    #[test]
@@ -475,10 +570,51 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(is_data_route_queue_full(RouteResult::QueueFullBase));
        assert!(is_data_route_queue_full(RouteResult::QueueFullHigh));
        assert!(!is_data_route_queue_full(RouteResult::NoConn));
-        assert!(!should_close_on_queue_full_streak(1));
-        assert!(!should_close_on_queue_full_streak(2));
-        assert!(should_close_on_queue_full_streak(3));
-        assert!(should_close_on_queue_full_streak(u8::MAX));
+        assert!(!should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+            1,
+            PressureState::Normal,
+            true
+        ));
+        assert!(!should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+            2,
+            PressureState::Pressured,
+            true
+        ));
+        assert!(!should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+            3,
+            PressureState::Pressured,
+            true
+        ));
+        assert!(should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+            3,
+            PressureState::Shedding,
+            true
+        ));
+        assert!(should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+            u8::MAX,
+            PressureState::Saturated,
+            true
+        ));
+        assert!(!should_close_on_queue_full_streak_with_policy(
+            u8::MAX,
+            PressureState::Saturated,
+            false
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fairness_retry_is_scheduled_only_when_queue_has_pending_bytes() {
+        let mut snapshot = WorkerFairnessSnapshot::default();
+        assert!(!should_schedule_fairness_retry(&snapshot));
+
+        snapshot.total_queued_bytes = 1;
+        assert!(should_schedule_fairness_retry(&snapshot));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fairness_retry_delay_never_drops_below_one_millisecond() {
+        assert_eq!(fairness_retry_delay(0), Duration::from_millis(1));
+        assert_eq!(fairness_retry_delay(2), Duration::from_millis(2));
    }

    #[test]
@@ -504,7 +640,7 @@ mod tests {
        let routed = route_data_with_retry(&reg, conn_id, 0, Bytes::from_static(b"a"), 20).await;
        assert!(matches!(routed, RouteResult::Routed));
        match rx.recv().await {
-            Some(MeResponse::Data { flags, data }) => {
+            Some(MeResponse::Data { flags, data, .. }) => {
                assert_eq!(flags, 0);
                assert_eq!(data, Bytes::from_static(b"a"));
            }
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/registry.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/registry.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU8, AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};

 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::error::TrySendError;
-use tokio::sync::{Mutex, mpsc};
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex, Semaphore, mpsc};

-use super::MeResponse;
 use super::codec::WriterCommand;
+use super::{MeResponse, RouteBytePermit};

 const ROUTE_BACKPRESSURE_BASE_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 25;
 const ROUTE_BACKPRESSURE_HIGH_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 120;
 const ROUTE_BACKPRESSURE_HIGH_WATERMARK_PCT: u8 = 80;
+const ROUTE_QUEUED_BYTE_PERMIT_UNIT: usize = 16 * 1024;
+const ROUTE_QUEUED_PERMITS_PER_SLOT: usize = 4;
+const ROUTE_QUEUED_MAX_FRAME_PERMITS: usize = 1024;

 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum RouteResult {
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ pub(super) struct WriterActivitySnapshot {

 struct RoutingTable {
    map: DashMap<u64, mpsc::Sender<MeResponse>>,
+    byte_budget: DashMap<u64, Arc<Semaphore>>,
 }

 struct WriterTable {
@@ -105,6 +110,7 @@ pub struct ConnRegistry {
    route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms: AtomicU64,
    route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms: AtomicU64,
    route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct: AtomicU8,
+    route_byte_permits_per_conn: usize,
 }

 impl ConnRegistry {
@@ -116,10 +122,23 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
    }

    pub fn with_route_channel_capacity(route_channel_capacity: usize) -> Self {
+        let route_channel_capacity = route_channel_capacity.max(1);
+        Self::with_route_limits(
+            route_channel_capacity,
+            Self::route_byte_permit_budget(route_channel_capacity),
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn with_route_limits(
+        route_channel_capacity: usize,
+        route_byte_permits_per_conn: usize,
+    ) -> Self {
        let start = rand::random::<u64>() | 1;
+        let route_channel_capacity = route_channel_capacity.max(1);
        Self {
            routing: RoutingTable {
                map: DashMap::new(),
+                byte_budget: DashMap::new(),
            },
            writers: WriterTable {
                map: DashMap::new(),
@@ -131,15 +150,30 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
                inner: Mutex::new(BindingInner::new()),
            },
            next_id: AtomicU64::new(start),
-            route_channel_capacity: route_channel_capacity.max(1),
+            route_channel_capacity,
            route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms: AtomicU64::new(ROUTE_BACKPRESSURE_BASE_TIMEOUT_MS),
            route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms: AtomicU64::new(ROUTE_BACKPRESSURE_HIGH_TIMEOUT_MS),
            route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct: AtomicU8::new(
                ROUTE_BACKPRESSURE_HIGH_WATERMARK_PCT,
            ),
+            route_byte_permits_per_conn: route_byte_permits_per_conn.max(1),
        }
    }

+    fn route_data_permits(data_len: usize) -> u32 {
+        data_len
+            .max(1)
+            .div_ceil(ROUTE_QUEUED_BYTE_PERMIT_UNIT)
+            .min(u32::MAX as usize) as u32
+    }
+
+    fn route_byte_permit_budget(route_channel_capacity: usize) -> usize {
+        route_channel_capacity
+            .saturating_mul(ROUTE_QUEUED_PERMITS_PER_SLOT)
+            .max(ROUTE_QUEUED_MAX_FRAME_PERMITS)
+            .max(1)
+    }
+
    pub fn route_channel_capacity(&self) -> usize {
        self.route_channel_capacity
    }
@@ -149,6 +183,14 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
        Self::with_route_channel_capacity(4096)
    }

+    #[cfg(test)]
+    fn with_route_byte_permits_for_tests(
+        route_channel_capacity: usize,
+        route_byte_permits_per_conn: usize,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self::with_route_limits(route_channel_capacity, route_byte_permits_per_conn)
+    }
+
    pub fn update_route_backpressure_policy(
        &self,
        base_timeout_ms: u64,
@@ -170,6 +212,10 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
        let id = self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(self.route_channel_capacity);
        self.routing.map.insert(id, tx);
+        self.routing.byte_budget.insert(
+            id,
+            Arc::new(Semaphore::new(self.route_byte_permits_per_conn)),
+        );
        (id, rx)
    }

@@ -186,6 +232,7 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
    /// Unregister connection, returning associated writer_id if any.
    pub async fn unregister(&self, id: u64) -> Option<u64> {
        self.routing.map.remove(&id);
+        self.routing.byte_budget.remove(&id);
        self.hot_binding.map.remove(&id);
        let mut binding = self.binding.inner.lock().await;
        binding.meta.remove(&id);
@@ -206,6 +253,64 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
        None
    }

+    async fn attach_route_byte_permit(
+        &self,
+        id: u64,
+        resp: MeResponse,
+        timeout_ms: Option<u64>,
+    ) -> std::result::Result<MeResponse, RouteResult> {
+        let MeResponse::Data {
+            flags,
+            data,
+            route_permit,
+        } = resp
+        else {
+            return Ok(resp);
+        };
+
+        if route_permit.is_some() {
+            return Ok(MeResponse::Data {
+                flags,
+                data,
+                route_permit,
+            });
+        }
+
+        let Some(semaphore) = self
+            .routing
+            .byte_budget
+            .get(&id)
+            .map(|entry| entry.value().clone())
+        else {
+            return Err(RouteResult::NoConn);
+        };
+        let permits = Self::route_data_permits(data.len());
+        let permit = match timeout_ms {
+            Some(0) => semaphore
+                .try_acquire_many_owned(permits)
+                .map_err(|_| RouteResult::QueueFullHigh)?,
+            Some(timeout_ms) => {
+                let acquire = semaphore.acquire_many_owned(permits);
+                match tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms.max(1)), acquire).await
+                {
+                    Ok(Ok(permit)) => permit,
+                    Ok(Err(_)) => return Err(RouteResult::ChannelClosed),
+                    Err(_) => return Err(RouteResult::QueueFullHigh),
+                }
+            }
+            None => semaphore
+                .acquire_many_owned(permits)
+                .await
+                .map_err(|_| RouteResult::ChannelClosed)?,
+        };
+
+        Ok(MeResponse::Data {
+            flags,
+            data,
+            route_permit: Some(RouteBytePermit::new(permit)),
+        })
+    }
+
    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub async fn route(&self, id: u64, resp: MeResponse) -> RouteResult {
        let tx = self.routing.map.get(&id).map(|entry| entry.value().clone());
@@ -214,15 +319,23 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
            return RouteResult::NoConn;
        };

+        let base_timeout_ms = self
+            .route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms
+            .load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+            .max(1);
+        let resp = match self
+            .attach_route_byte_permit(id, resp, Some(base_timeout_ms))
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(resp) => resp,
+            Err(result) => return result,
+        };
+
        match tx.try_send(resp) {
            Ok(()) => RouteResult::Routed,
            Err(TrySendError::Closed(_)) => RouteResult::ChannelClosed,
            Err(TrySendError::Full(resp)) => {
                // Absorb short bursts without dropping/closing the session immediately.
-                let base_timeout_ms = self
-                    .route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms
-                    .load(Ordering::Relaxed)
-                    .max(1);
                let high_timeout_ms = self
                    .route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms
                    .load(Ordering::Relaxed)
@@ -266,6 +379,10 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
        let Some(tx) = tx else {
            return RouteResult::NoConn;
        };
+        let resp = match self.attach_route_byte_permit(id, resp, Some(0)).await {
+            Ok(resp) => resp,
+            Err(result) => return result,
+        };

        match tx.try_send(resp) {
            Ok(()) => RouteResult::Routed,
@@ -289,6 +406,13 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
        let Some(tx) = tx else {
            return RouteResult::NoConn;
        };
+        let resp = match self
+            .attach_route_byte_permit(id, resp, Some(timeout_ms))
+            .await
+        {
+            Ok(resp) => resp,
+            Err(result) => return result,
+        };

        match tx.try_send(resp) {
            Ok(()) => RouteResult::Routed,
@@ -541,8 +665,10 @@ impl ConnRegistry {
 mod tests {
    use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};

-    use super::ConnMeta;
-    use super::ConnRegistry;
+    use bytes::Bytes;
+
+    use super::{ConnMeta, ConnRegistry, RouteResult};
+    use crate::transport::middle_proxy::MeResponse;

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn writer_activity_snapshot_tracks_writer_and_dc_load() {
@@ -608,6 +734,55 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(snapshot.active_sessions_by_target_dc.get(&4), Some(&1));
    }

+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn route_data_is_bounded_by_byte_permits_before_channel_capacity() {
+        let registry = ConnRegistry::with_route_byte_permits_for_tests(4, 1);
+        let (conn_id, mut rx) = registry.register().await;
+        let routed = registry
+            .route_nowait(
+                conn_id,
+                MeResponse::Data {
+                    flags: 0,
+                    data: Bytes::from_static(&[0xAA]),
+                    route_permit: None,
+                },
+            )
+            .await;
+        assert!(matches!(routed, RouteResult::Routed));
+
+        let blocked = registry
+            .route_nowait(
+                conn_id,
+                MeResponse::Data {
+                    flags: 0,
+                    data: Bytes::from_static(&[0xBB]),
+                    route_permit: None,
+                },
+            )
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            matches!(blocked, RouteResult::QueueFullHigh),
+            "byte budget must reject data before count capacity is exhausted"
+        );
+
+        drop(rx.recv().await);
+
+        let routed_after_drain = registry
+            .route_nowait(
+                conn_id,
+                MeResponse::Data {
+                    flags: 0,
+                    data: Bytes::from_static(&[0xCC]),
+                    route_permit: None,
+                },
+            )
+            .await;
+        assert!(
+            matches!(routed_after_drain, RouteResult::Routed),
+            "receiving queued data must release byte permits"
+        );
+    }
+
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn bind_writer_rebinds_conn_atomically() {
        let registry = ConnRegistry::new();
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/rotation.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/rotation.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ pub async fn me_reinit_scheduler(
    rng: Arc<SecureRandom>,
    config_rx: watch::Receiver<Arc<ProxyConfig>>,
    mut trigger_rx: mpsc::Receiver<MeReinitTrigger>,
+    me_ready_tx: watch::Sender<u64>,
 ) {
    info!("ME reinit scheduler started");
    loop {
@@ -90,15 +91,25 @@ pub async fn me_reinit_scheduler(

        if cfg.general.me_reinit_singleflight {
            debug!(reason, "ME reinit scheduled (single-flight)");
-            pool.zero_downtime_reinit_periodic(rng.as_ref()).await;
+            if pool.zero_downtime_reinit_periodic(rng.as_ref()).await {
+                me_ready_tx.send_modify(|version| {
+                    *version = version.saturating_add(1);
+                });
+            }
        } else {
            debug!(reason, "ME reinit scheduled (concurrent mode)");
            let pool_clone = pool.clone();
            let rng_clone = rng.clone();
+            let me_ready_tx_clone = me_ready_tx.clone();
            tokio::spawn(async move {
-                pool_clone
+                if pool_clone
                    .zero_downtime_reinit_periodic(rng_clone.as_ref())
-                    .await;
+                    .await
+                {
+                    me_ready_tx_clone.send_modify(|version| {
+                        *version = version.saturating_add(1);
+                    });
+                }
            });
        }
    }
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/secret.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/secret.rs
@@ -37,20 +37,26 @@ pub(super) fn validate_proxy_secret_len(data_len: usize, max_len: usize) -> Resu

 /// Fetch Telegram proxy-secret binary.
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-pub async fn fetch_proxy_secret(cache_path: Option<&str>, max_len: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    fetch_proxy_secret_with_upstream(cache_path, max_len, None).await
+pub async fn fetch_proxy_secret(
+    cache_path: Option<&str>,
+    max_len: usize,
+    proxy_secret_url: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    fetch_proxy_secret_with_upstream(cache_path, max_len, proxy_secret_url, None).await
 }

 /// Fetch Telegram proxy-secret binary, optionally through upstream routing.
 pub async fn fetch_proxy_secret_with_upstream(
    cache_path: Option<&str>,
    max_len: usize,
+    proxy_secret_url: Option<&str>,
    upstream: Option<Arc<UpstreamManager>>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
    let cache = cache_path.unwrap_or("proxy-secret");

    // 1) Try fresh download first.
-    match download_proxy_secret_with_max_len_via_upstream(max_len, upstream).await {
+    match download_proxy_secret_with_max_len_via_upstream(max_len, upstream, proxy_secret_url).await
+    {
        Ok(data) => {
            if let Err(e) = tokio::fs::write(cache, &data).await {
                warn!(error = %e, "Failed to cache proxy-secret (non-fatal)");
@@ -91,14 +97,19 @@ pub async fn fetch_proxy_secret_with_upstream(

 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub async fn download_proxy_secret_with_max_len(max_len: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    download_proxy_secret_with_max_len_via_upstream(max_len, None).await
+    download_proxy_secret_with_max_len_via_upstream(max_len, None, None).await
 }

 pub async fn download_proxy_secret_with_max_len_via_upstream(
    max_len: usize,
    upstream: Option<Arc<UpstreamManager>>,
+    proxy_secret_url: Option<&str>,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    let resp = https_get("https://core.telegram.org/getProxySecret", upstream).await?;
+    let resp = https_get(
+        proxy_secret_url.unwrap_or("https://core.telegram.org/getProxySecret"),
+        upstream,
+    )
+    .await?;

    if !(200..=299).contains(&resp.status) {
        return Err(ProxyError::Proxy(format!(
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/fairness_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/fairness_security_tests.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

 use bytes::Bytes;

+use crate::protocol::constants::RPC_FLAG_QUICKACK;
 use crate::transport::middle_proxy::fairness::{
    AdmissionDecision, DispatchAction, DispatchFeedback, PressureState, SchedulerDecision,
    WorkerFairnessConfig, WorkerFairnessState,
@@ -114,6 +115,62 @@ fn fairness_keeps_fast_flow_progress_under_slow_neighbor() {
    assert!(snapshot.total_queued_bytes <= 64 * 1024);
 }

+#[test]
+fn fairness_prioritizes_quickack_flow_when_weights_enabled() {
+    let mut now = Instant::now();
+    let mut fairness = WorkerFairnessState::new(
+        WorkerFairnessConfig {
+            max_total_queued_bytes: 256 * 1024,
+            max_flow_queued_bytes: 128 * 1024,
+            base_quantum_bytes: 8 * 1024,
+            pressured_quantum_bytes: 8 * 1024,
+            penalized_quantum_bytes: 8 * 1024,
+            default_flow_weight: 1,
+            quickack_flow_weight: 4,
+            ..WorkerFairnessConfig::default()
+        },
+        now,
+    );
+
+    for _ in 0..8 {
+        assert_eq!(
+            fairness.enqueue_data(10, RPC_FLAG_QUICKACK, enqueue_payload(16 * 1024), now),
+            AdmissionDecision::Admit
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            fairness.enqueue_data(20, 0, enqueue_payload(16 * 1024), now),
+            AdmissionDecision::Admit
+        );
+    }
+
+    let mut quickack_dispatched = 0u64;
+    let mut bulk_dispatched = 0u64;
+    for _ in 0..64 {
+        now += Duration::from_millis(1);
+        let SchedulerDecision::Dispatch(candidate) = fairness.next_decision(now) else {
+            break;
+        };
+
+        if candidate.frame.conn_id == 10 {
+            quickack_dispatched = quickack_dispatched.saturating_add(1);
+        } else if candidate.frame.conn_id == 20 {
+            bulk_dispatched = bulk_dispatched.saturating_add(1);
+        }
+
+        let _ = fairness.apply_dispatch_feedback(
+            candidate.frame.conn_id,
+            candidate,
+            DispatchFeedback::Routed,
+            now,
+        );
+    }
+
+    assert!(
+        quickack_dispatched > bulk_dispatched,
+        "quickack flow must receive higher dispatch rate with larger weight"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn fairness_pressure_hysteresis_prevents_instant_flapping() {
    let mut now = Instant::now();
@@ -128,7 +185,7 @@ fn fairness_pressure_hysteresis_prevents_instant_flapping() {

    let mut fairness = WorkerFairnessState::new(cfg, now);

-    for _ in 0..4 {
+    for _ in 0..3 {
        assert_eq!(
            fairness.enqueue_data(9, 0, enqueue_payload(900), now),
            AdmissionDecision::Admit
@@ -180,6 +237,12 @@ fn fairness_randomized_sequence_preserves_memory_bounds() {
        }

        let snapshot = fairness.snapshot();
+        let (standing_recomputed, backpressured_recomputed) =
+            fairness.debug_recompute_flow_counters(now);
        assert!(snapshot.total_queued_bytes <= 32 * 1024);
+        assert_eq!(snapshot.standing_flows, standing_recomputed);
+        assert_eq!(snapshot.backpressured_flows, backpressured_recomputed);
+        assert!(fairness.debug_check_active_ring_consistency());
+        assert!(fairness.debug_max_deficit_bytes() <= 4 * 1024);
    }
 }
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/health_adversarial_tests.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/health_adversarial_tests.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ async fn make_pool(
        MeSocksKdfPolicy::default(),
        general.me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity,
        general.me_route_channel_capacity,
+        general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+        general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
        general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/health_integration_tests.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/health_integration_tests.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ async fn make_pool(
        MeSocksKdfPolicy::default(),
        general.me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity,
        general.me_route_channel_capacity,
+        general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+        general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
        general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/health_regression_tests.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/health_regression_tests.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ async fn make_pool(me_pool_drain_threshold: u64) -> Arc<MePool> {
        MeSocksKdfPolicy::default(),
        general.me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity,
        general.me_route_channel_capacity,
+        general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+        general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
        general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/pool_refill_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/pool_refill_security_tests.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ async fn make_pool() -> Arc<MePool> {
        MeSocksKdfPolicy::default(),
        general.me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity,
        general.me_route_channel_capacity,
+        general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+        general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
        general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/pool_writer_security_tests.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/pool_writer_security_tests.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ async fn make_pool() -> Arc<MePool> {
        MeSocksKdfPolicy::default(),
        general.me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity,
        general.me_route_channel_capacity,
+        general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+        general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
        general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
--- a/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/send_adversarial_tests.rs
+++ b/src/transport/middle_proxy/tests/send_adversarial_tests.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ async fn make_pool() -> (Arc<MePool>, Arc<SecureRandom>) {
        MeSocksKdfPolicy::default(),
        general.me_writer_cmd_channel_capacity,
        general.me_route_channel_capacity,
+        general.me_route_backpressure_enabled,
+        general.me_route_fairshare_enabled,
        general.me_route_backpressure_base_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_timeout_ms,
        general.me_route_backpressure_high_watermark_pct,
--- a/src/transport/proxy_protocol.rs
+++ b/src/transport/proxy_protocol.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ const PROXY_V1_MIN_LEN: usize = 6;
 /// Minimum length for v2 header
 const PROXY_V2_MIN_LEN: usize = 16;

+/// Maximum accepted PROXY v2 address and TLV payload.
+const PROXY_V2_MAX_ADDR_LEN: usize = 216;
+
 /// Address families for v2
 mod address_family {
    pub const UNSPEC: u8 = 0x0;
@@ -169,6 +172,9 @@ async fn parse_v2<R: AsyncRead + Unpin>(

    let family_protocol = header[13];
    let addr_len = u16::from_be_bytes([header[14], header[15]]) as usize;
+    if addr_len > PROXY_V2_MAX_ADDR_LEN {
+        return Err(ProxyError::InvalidProxyProtocol);
+    }

    // Read address data
    let mut addr_data = vec![0u8; addr_len];
--- a/src/transport/upstream.rs
+++ b/src/transport/upstream.rs
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ pub struct UpstreamApiSummarySnapshot {
    pub shadowsocks_total: usize,
 }

+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct UpstreamApiHealthSummary {
+    pub configured_total: usize,
+    pub healthy_total: usize,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct UpstreamApiSnapshot {
    pub summary: UpstreamApiSummarySnapshot,
@@ -444,6 +450,20 @@ impl UpstreamManager {
        Some(UpstreamApiSnapshot { summary, upstreams })
    }

+    pub async fn api_health_summary(&self) -> UpstreamApiHealthSummary {
+        let guard = self.upstreams.read().await;
+        let mut summary = UpstreamApiHealthSummary {
+            configured_total: guard.len(),
+            healthy_total: 0,
+        };
+        for upstream in guard.iter() {
+            if upstream.healthy {
+                summary.healthy_total += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        summary
+    }
+
    fn describe_upstream(upstream_type: &UpstreamType) -> (UpstreamRouteKind, String) {
        match upstream_type {
            UpstreamType::Direct { .. } => (UpstreamRouteKind::Direct, "direct".to_string()),
--- a/tools/grafana-dashboard.json
+++ b/tools/grafana-dashboard.json
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Alexey	7a284623d6	Update API.md	2026-05-10 15:38:27 +03:00
Alexey	3bd5637e47	ME + Admission + Cleanup Correctness: merge pull request #779 from telemt/flow ME + Admission + Cleanup Correctness	2026-05-10 14:23:09 +03:00
Alexey	57b2aa0453	Rustfmt	2026-05-10 14:14:52 +03:00
Alexey	10c7cb2e0c	Middle Relay Cancellation Errors	2026-05-10 14:12:15 +03:00
Alexey	900b574fb8	Harden ME Writer Cancellation paths	2026-05-10 14:09:10 +03:00
Alexey	beed6b4679	Middle Wait Deadlines + Tighten Session Release State	2026-05-10 13:58:02 +03:00
Alexey	eef2a38c75	Type Route Cutovers + Reduce IP Tracker cleanup pressure	2026-05-10 13:55:01 +03:00
Alexey	6cb72b3b6c	Explicit Reasons of Session Fallback Cleanup + ME Close	2026-05-10 13:50:36 +03:00
Alexey	090b2ca636	Stats and Cleanup-proccess beyond Hot-path	2026-05-10 13:43:41 +03:00
Alexey	e10c070dc1	Observability + Cancellation for Middle Quota + Traffic Waits	2026-05-10 13:38:11 +03:00
Alexey	3f9ac87daf	Bounded Rate Bursts + Cancel ME Waits	2026-05-10 13:33:54 +03:00
Alexey	36de807096	Merge branch 'flow' of https://github.com/telemt/telemt into flow	2026-05-10 13:31:11 +03:00
Alexey	844a912b38	Expose Quota Contention + Cleanup fallback metrics	2026-05-10 13:30:59 +03:00
Alexey	5c5a3fae06	Update AGENTS.md	2026-05-10 13:29:02 +03:00
Alexey	ba1d9be5d4	Hardened Relays and API Security paths	2026-05-10 13:22:54 +03:00
Alexey	b2aa9b8c9e	Hardened API & Management-plane Admission - bound API and metrics connection handling - default metrics listener to localhost - reject untrusted PROXY protocol peers before parsing headers - cap API request body size and PROXY v2 payload allocation - validate route usernames and TLS domains consistently	2026-05-09 20:50:23 +03:00
Alexey	73c82bda7a	Update AGENTS.md	2026-05-09 16:34:54 +03:00
Alexey	b3510aa8b8	Bound HTTP API+Metrics Connection Admission	2026-05-09 16:29:30 +03:00
Alexey	dd3c5eff1c	Merge pull request #776 from pavlozt/fix/sudo_path Fix(installer): workaround for systems with secure PATH	2026-05-09 13:09:25 +03:00
PavelZ	dd4fb71959	Fix(installer): workaround for systems with secure PATH	2026-05-08 17:31:50 +03:00
Alexey	f0f2bc0482	Limit&Quota Saving as File + API	2026-05-08 14:38:24 +03:00
Alexey	86573be493	Event-driven Wakeup for ME Admission-gate	2026-05-08 13:34:41 +03:00
Alexey	658a565cb3	Merge pull request #770 from konstpic/feat/user-source-deny-list feat(access): add per-user source IP deny list checks	2026-05-07 11:56:54 +03:00
Alexey	29fabcb199	Merge pull request #772 from agrofx1/user_check Add root switch or login check	2026-05-07 11:53:50 +03:00
Alexey	efdf3bcc1b	Fix root detection by checking UID	2026-05-07 11:53:29 +03:00
Agrofx	66c37ad6fd	Merge branch 'flow' into user_check	2026-05-07 10:30:57 +03:00
Agrofx	0fcf67ca34	Update install.sh Co-authored-by: Dimasssss <Dimasssss2000@gmail.com>	2026-05-07 10:30:47 +03:00
Agrofx	df14762a12	Add root switch or login check	2026-05-07 06:27:51 +03:00
Alexey	4995e83236	Config Strict and Validator	2026-05-06 20:38:55 +03:00
Alexey	e0f251ad82	TLS Domains masking fixes	2026-05-06 20:29:24 +03:00
Konstantin Pichugin	b605b1ba7c	docs(access): document user_source_deny usage and API path Add config examples and behavior notes for access.user_source_deny, and clarify that it is configured through config.toml rather than dedicated user API request fields.	2026-05-06 19:17:06 +03:00
Konstantin Pichugin	b859fb95c3	feat(access): add per-user source IP deny list checks Add access.user_source_deny and enforce it in TLS and MTProto handshake paths after successful authentication to fail closed for blocked source IPs.	2026-05-06 19:11:18 +03:00
Alexey	8c303ab2b6	Merge pull request #765 from Misha20062006/patch-2 Correct saving instructions in QUICK_START_GUIDE.ru.md	2026-05-06 17:13:49 +03:00
Misha20062006	f70c2936c7	Correct saving instructions in QUICK_START_GUIDE.ru.md Updated instructions for saving changes in the guide.	2026-05-06 00:07:14 +03:00
Alexey	d67c37afd7	Merge pull request #762 from astronaut808/feature/tls-front-profile-health Add TLS Front Profile Health metrics	2026-05-05 15:23:01 +03:00
astronaut808	9f9ca9f270	Add TLS front profile health metrics	2026-05-03 18:07:24 +05:00
Alexey	cdd2239047	Merge pull request #758 from mammuthus/feature/metrics-bad-class-export-dashboard Add class-based error metrics and dashboard panels	2026-05-02 00:46:53 +03:00
Alexey	9ee341a94f	Merge pull request #757 from Dimasssss/docs Update CONFIG_PARAMS	2026-05-02 00:36:46 +03:00
mamuthus	a7a2f4ab27	Adjust General metrics dashboard layout	2026-05-01 19:19:00 +00:00
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Alexey	7106f38fae	Update Cargo.lock	2026-04-30 11:38:33 +03:00
Alexey	2a694470d5	Update Cargo.toml	2026-04-30 11:37:18 +03:00
Alexey	b98cd37211	TLS Full Certificate Budget Bookkeeping + Hot-path Cleanup and Timeout Invariants + IP-Tracker refactoring + Shard TLS Full-Cert Budget: merge pull request #753 from telemt/flow TLS Full Certificate Budget Bookkeeping + Hot-path Cleanup and Timeout Invariants + IP-Tracker refactoring + Shard TLS Full-Cert Budget	2026-04-30 11:36:30 +03:00
Alexey	8b62965978	Stabilize unknown-DC symlink race test setup	2026-04-30 11:11:04 +03:00
Alexey	d46bda9880	Preserve synchronous IP cleanup queue contract + Rustfmt	2026-04-30 11:05:18 +03:00
Alexey	c3de07db6a	Shard TLS full-cert budget tracking + Bound user-labeled metrics export cardinality	2026-04-30 11:01:10 +03:00
Alexey	61f9af7ffc	Reduce Lock-free IP-Tracker Cleanup backlog	2026-04-30 10:51:04 +03:00
Alexey	1f90e28871	Cap scanner-sensitive Caches and IP-Tracker Cardinality	2026-04-30 10:43:27 +03:00
Alexey	876b74ebf7	Hot-path Cleanup and Timeout Invariants	2026-04-29 23:16:11 +03:00
Alexey	b34e1d71ae	TLS Full Certificate Budget Bookkeeping	2026-04-29 23:00:25 +03:00
Alexey	b1c947e8e3	Limit only new ip when TimeWindow + Fix WorkingDirectory behavior + Atomically updates with Includes + Expose tls_domains links as domain-link pairs + TLS Fetcher on multiple tls_domains: merge pull request #751 from telemt/flow Limit only new ip when TimeWindow + Fix WorkingDirectory behavior + Atomically updates with Includes + Expose tls_domains links as domain-link pairs + TLS Fetcher on multiple tls_domains	2026-04-29 16:04:36 +03:00
Alexey	cfe01dced2	Bump Signed-off-by: Alexey <247128645+axkurcom@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-29 15:54:22 +03:00
Alexey	8520955a5f	Update helpers.rs Signed-off-by: Alexey <247128645+axkurcom@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-29 15:53:27 +03:00
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Alexey	893cef22e3	Update README.md	2026-04-27 23:49:47 +03:00
Alexey	bdfa641843	Merge pull request #735 from sanekb/fix_timewindow_same_ip fix: limit only new ip when TimeWindow mode enabled	2026-04-25 19:08:36 +03:00
Alexey	007fc86189	Merge branch 'flow' into fix_timewindow_same_ip	2026-04-25 18:56:27 +03:00
Alexey	10c9bcd97d	Merge pull request #747 from telemt/flow Restore active IP observability for users without unique-IP limits	2026-04-25 18:11:30 +03:00
Alexey	8ab9405dca	Bump	2026-04-25 18:05:22 +03:00
Alexey	9412f089c0	Restore active IP observability for users without unique-IP limits	2026-04-25 15:49:28 +03:00
Alexey	4e57cee9b9	Merge pull request #745 from telemt/flow API PATCH fixes + No IP tracking with disabled unique-IP limits + Bound hot-path pressure in ME Relay and Handshake + Bounded ME Route fairness and IP-Cleanup-Backlog + Bound relay queues by bytes	2026-04-25 14:45:34 +03:00
Alexey	e217371dc8	Bump	2026-04-25 14:36:51 +03:00
sanekb	d567dfe40b	fix: limit only new ip when TimeWindow mode enabled	2026-04-25 14:36:43 +03:00
Alexey	37c916056a	Rustfmt	2026-04-25 14:35:35 +03:00
Alexey	2f2fe9d5d3	Bound relay queues by bytes Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Alexey <247128645+axkurcom@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-25 13:54:20 +03:00
Alexey	1df668144c	Bounded ME Route fairness and IP-Cleanup-Backlog Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Alexey <247128645+axkurcom@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-25 13:09:10 +03:00
Alexey	8494429690	Merge pull request #743 from amirotin/api/patch-user-null-removal feat(api): support null-removal in PATCH /v1/users/{user}	2026-04-25 13:07:13 +03:00
Alexey	f25bb17b86	Merge branch 'flow' into api/patch-user-null-removal	2026-04-25 12:28:48 +03:00
Alexey	27b5d576c0	Bound hot-path pressure in ME Relay + Handshake Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Alexey <247128645+axkurcom@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-25 12:16:26 +03:00
Alexey	e78592ef9b	Avoid IP tracking when unique-IP limits are disabled and cap beobachten memory Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Alexey <247128645+axkurcom@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-25 12:00:46 +03:00
Mirotin Artem	4ed87d1946	feat(api): support null-removal in PATCH /v1/users/{user} PatchUserRequest now uses Patch<T> for the five removable fields (user_ad_tag, max_tcp_conns, expiration_rfc3339, data_quota_bytes, max_unique_ips). Sending JSON null drops the entry from the corresponding access HashMap; sending 0 is preserved as a literal limit; omitted fields stay untouched. The handler synchronises the in-memory ip_tracker on both set and remove of max_unique_ips. A helper parse_patch_expiration mirrors parse_optional_expiration for the new three-state field. Runtime semantics are unchanged.	2026-04-25 00:49:34 +03:00
Mirotin Artem	635bea4de4	feat(api): add Patch<T> enum for JSON merge-patch semantics Introduce a three-state Patch<T> (Unchanged / Remove / Set) and a serde helper patch_field that distinguishes an omitted JSON field from an explicit null. Wired up next as the field type for the removable settings on PATCH /v1/users/{user}.	2026-04-25 00:49:34 +03:00
Alexey	8874396ba5	Merge pull request #739 from telemt/flow-test Relays Tests Fixes	2026-04-24 15:51:47 +03:00
Alexey	033ebf5038	Relays Tests Fixes	2026-04-24 15:51:19 +03:00
Alexey	f7b918875c	Close Errors Classification + TLS 1.2/1.3 Correctness in Fronting + Full ServerHello + ALPN in TLS Fetcher: merge pull request #738 from telemt/flow Close Errors Classification + TLS 1.2/1.3 Correctness in Fronting + Full ServerHello + ALPN in TLS Fetcher	2026-04-24 15:48:39 +03:00
Alexey	8960fad8cd	Сlassified Bad Connections and Handshake Failures in API Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-24 10:56:30 +03:00
Alexey	493f5c9680	ALPN in TLS Fetcher Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-23 22:22:05 +03:00
Alexey	67357310f7	TLS 1.2/1.3 Correctness + Full ServerHello + Rustfmt Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-23 21:29:18 +03:00
Alexey	8684378030	Human-readable Peer Close Classification	2026-04-21 15:46:18 +03:00
Alexey	db8d333ed6	Noisy-network peer Close Errors Classification	2026-04-21 15:35:11 +03:00
Alexey	30e73adaac	Bump	2026-04-21 13:38:38 +03:00
Alexey	351f2c8458	Fairness Regression fixes + Unlimited mask_relay_max_bytes: merge pull request #726 from telemt/flow Fairness Regression fixes + Unlimited mask_relay_max_bytes	2026-04-21 13:37:10 +03:00
Alexey	4ce6b14bd8	Rustfmt	2026-04-21 13:31:24 +03:00
Alexey	db114f09c3	Sync tests with code	2026-04-21 13:30:11 +03:00
Alexey	09310ff284	Unlimited mask_relay_max_bytes	2026-04-21 11:30:58 +03:00
Alexey	1e5b84c0ed	Fairshare Disabled semantics fix	2026-04-21 11:21:58 +03:00
Alexey	926e3aa987	Fairness Regression fixes	2026-04-21 01:11:43 +03:00
Alexey	aace0129f8	Path for getProxyConfig/Secret + Active Ring and DRR Hardening + Weighted Fairness + 3-Leveled Pressure Model + Improve ME downstream retries + SNI handling: merge pull request #723 from telemt/flow Path for getProxyConfig/Secret + Active Ring and DRR Hardening + Weighted Fairness + 3-Leveled Pressure Model + Improve ME downstream retries + SNI handling	2026-04-19 19:12:10 +03:00
Alexey	2a7303c129	Bump	2026-04-19 19:10:19 +03:00
Alexey	9cb49bc024	Fix in Fairness tests	2026-04-19 19:03:45 +03:00
Alexey	8092283e8f	Merge pull request #721 from lie-must-die/feat/unknown-sni-reject-handshake Feat/unknown sni reject handshake	2026-04-19 14:19:22 +03:00
lie-must-die	132841da61	Update FAQ with SNI handling and metrics instructions Added alternative configuration for unknown SNI handling and instructions for viewing metrics.	2026-04-19 12:50:26 +03:00
lie-must-die	372d288806	Добавить альтернативу для unknown_sni_action Добавлена альтернатива для поведения telemt на неизвестный SNI.	2026-04-19 12:49:54 +03:00
lie-must-die	1c44d45fad	Add 'reject_handshake' option to unknown_sni_action Updated the `unknown_sni_action` parameter to include `reject_handshake` as a valid option. Expanded the description for `unknown_sni_action` to clarify its behavior.	2026-04-19 12:48:43 +03:00
lie-must-die	3a51a8d9aa	Revise CONFIG_PARAMS.ru.md for clarity and detail Updated descriptions and validation rules for various parameters in the Russian configuration documentation.	2026-04-19 12:47:26 +03:00
lie-must-die	dd27206104	Implement test for unknown SNI reject policy Add test for unknown SNI rejection policy emitting TLS alert.	2026-04-19 12:44:39 +03:00
lie-must-die	f11c7880e6	Enhance unknown SNI action handling in handshake Updated handling of unknown SNI actions in TLS handshake process. Added support for RejectHandshake action and adjusted delay application logic.	2026-04-19 12:43:54 +03:00
lie-must-die	5b07ffae7c	Implement test for unknown_sni_action in ProxyConfig Added test case for unknown_sni_action configuration.	2026-04-19 12:42:52 +03:00
lie-must-die	7bbed133ee	Add RejectHandshake variant for TLS configuration Added a new variant 'RejectHandshake' to handle TLS handshake rejection with a specific alert.	2026-04-19 12:40:10 +03:00
Alexey	f1bf95a7de	Merge pull request #718 from astronaut808/fix/me-downstream-retry Improve ME downstream retries for queued fairness backlog	2026-04-18 14:03:37 +03:00
Alexey	959a16af88	Merge pull request #716 from zarv1k/feature/configurable-proxy-confi-urls feat: make URLS to obtain proxy_secret, getProxyConfig, getProxyConfgV6 files optionally configurable	2026-04-18 11:17:37 +03:00
Alexey	a54f9ba719	Merge branch 'flow' into feature/configurable-proxy-confi-urls	2026-04-18 11:16:38 +03:00
astronaut808	2d5cd9c8e1	Improve ME downstream retries for queued fairness backlog	2026-04-18 02:40:32 +05:00
Alexey	37b6f7b985	Weighted Fairness + 3-Leveled Pressure Model Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-18 00:37:04 +03:00
Alexey	50e9e5cf32	Active Ring and DRR Hardening Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-04-18 00:34:35 +03:00
Alexey	d72cfd6bc4	Merge branch 'flow' into feature/configurable-proxy-confi-urls	2026-04-17 19:44:46 +03:00
Alexey	1b25bada29	ServerHello fixes + Docker Health-Check + Conntrack Control for Docker: merge pull request #717 from telemt/flow ServerHello fixes + Docker Health-Check + Conntrack Control for Docker	2026-04-17 19:43:59 +03:00
Dmitry Zarva	fa3566a9cb	- fix: fmt issues	2026-04-17 16:20:16 +00:00
Alexey	bde30eaf05	Update emulator.rs	2026-04-17 19:20:06 +03:00
Alexey	b447f60a72	Rustfmt + Bump	2026-04-17 19:08:57 +03:00
Alexey	093faed0c2	Conntrack Control for Docker	2026-04-17 19:06:18 +03:00
Dmitry Zarva	4e59e52454	- fix: ru docs	2026-04-17 14:10:20 +00:00
Alexey	3ca3e8ff0e	Docker Health-Check	2026-04-17 16:36:15 +03:00
Dmitry Zarva	7b9b46291d	- fix: param name in ru docs	2026-04-17 13:19:29 +00:00
Dmitry Zarva	2a168b2600	feat: make URLS to obtain proxy_secret, getProxyConfig, getProxyConfigV6 files optionally configurable	2026-04-17 13:04:46 +00:00
Alexey	6e3b4a1ce5	ServerHello fixes	2026-04-17 15:11:36 +03:00