diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/traefik/crowdsec-middleware.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/traefik/crowdsec-middleware.yaml
index b49192cb..b2159550 100644
--- a/kubernetes/infrastructure/traefik/crowdsec-middleware.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/infrastructure/traefik/crowdsec-middleware.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-# CrowdSec bouncer middleware, attached globally to the websecure
-# entrypoint (see helmrelease.yaml ports.websecure.middlewares). The
-# plugin queries the CrowdSec LAPI and rejects requests from IPs with an
-# active ban decision.
+# CrowdSec bouncer middleware. Currently INERT — enforcement was disabled
+# after the 2026-06-27 IPv6 outage (PR #80) and this Middleware is not
+# attached to any router. Re-enable by re-adding the entrypoint default
+# middleware in helmrelease.yaml additionalArguments
+# (--entryPoints.websecure.http.middlewares=ingress-crowdsec-bouncer@kubernetescrd),
+# but only after client-IP visibility (done here via forwardedHeadersTrustedIPs)
+# AND an internal allowlist are in place. When attached, the plugin queries
+# the CrowdSec LAPI and rejects requests from IPs with an active ban decision.
 #
 # Fail-OPEN by design: Traefik is the only ingress controller, so a
 # CrowdSec/LAPI outage must never take down every app. updateMaxFailure=-1
@@ -28,6 +32,16 @@ spec:
       streamStartupBlock: false
       defaultDecisionSeconds: 60
       httpTimeoutSeconds: 10
+      # Evaluate the real client IP from X-Forwarded-For when the request
+      # comes from a trusted in-cluster forwarder (the netbird-ingress
+      # routing peer re-originates from a pod IP). Mirrors Traefik's
+      # forwardedHeaders.trustedIPs so the bouncer bans real clients, not the
+      # shared pod IP. Direct LAN/mesh traffic with no XFF still uses the
+      # RemoteAddr (a pod IP) — that residual is handled by an internal
+      # allowlist before enforcement is re-enabled.
+      forwardedHeadersTrustedIPs:
+        - "10.244.0.0/16"
+        - "fd10:244::/56"
       crowdsecLapiScheme: http
       crowdsecLapiHost: crowdsec-service.crowdsec.svc.cluster.local:8080
       # Static pre-shared bouncer key, pre-registered with the LAPI via the
diff --git a/kubernetes/infrastructure/traefik/helmrelease.yaml b/kubernetes/infrastructure/traefik/helmrelease.yaml
index be73fcc1..829ba989 100644
--- a/kubernetes/infrastructure/traefik/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/infrastructure/traefik/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@ spec:
               scheme: https
               permanent: true
       websecure:
+        # Real client-IP visibility. The netbird-ingress routing peer
+        # re-originates every mesh + WAN-via-proxy connection from its own
+        # pod IP (rootless userspace WireGuard), so Traefik's TCP peer for
+        # that traffic is always a pod IP (e.g. fd10:244::2de1) — collapsing
+        # all external clients to one source. The NetBird reverse-proxy
+        # (HTTP mode, on the VPS) sets X-Forwarded-For with the real WAN
+        # client IP; trust the pod CIDRs so Traefik reads it instead. Without
+        # this, a CrowdSec bouncer bans the shared pod IP and 403s everyone
+        # (the 2026-06-27 IPv6 outage). Harmless no-op when no XFF is present
+        # (direct LAN/mesh) — those keep their RemoteAddr.
+        forwardedHeaders:
+          trustedIPs:
+            - "10.244.0.0/16"
+            - "fd10:244::/56"
         # HTTP/3 is the headline reason for this migration — ingress-nginx
         # cannot serve QUIC on UDP/443, so LAN clients that learned the
         # `alpn=h3` hint (DNS HTTPS RR / Alt-Svc) over Cloudflare get