diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Inventory/InventoryController.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Inventory/InventoryController.cs
index 7db6530..6c2ee52 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Inventory/InventoryController.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/API/Inventory/InventoryController.cs
@@ -463,7 +463,9 @@ public class InventoryController(
         CreatedAt = inv.AcquiredAt,
         ActiveDurationMinutes = (int?)null,
         inv.IsActive,
-        IsTransferable = true,
+        // Same as GET api/consumables/v2/getUnlocked, so a push never flips
+        // what the inventory list says.
+        IsTransferable = false,
     };
 
     private static object ToConsumableWire(PlayerInventoryEntity inv, StoreItemEntity item)
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Admin/AdminController.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Admin/AdminController.cs
index 59e967e..d85cd22 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Admin/AdminController.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Admin/AdminController.cs
@@ -3520,9 +3520,15 @@ public class AdminController(
             .Where(sc => sc.RoomId == room.Id)
             .OrderBy(sc => sc.OrderIndex)
             .ToListAsync();
+        // With every role grant: the client replaces its cached room with
+        // this, so a payload without them would drop everyone's roles.
+        var forceJoinRoles = await db.RoomRoles
+            .Where(r => r.RoomId == room.Id)
+            .ToListAsync();
         await notifications.NotifyAsync(id,
             PushNotificationId.SubscriptionUpdateRoom,
-            DorkNet.Server.Controllers.API.Rooms.V2.RoomsController.BuildRoomServerDetails(room, forceJoinScenes));
+            DorkNet.Server.Controllers.API.Rooms.V2.RoomsController.BuildRoomServerDetails(
+                room, forceJoinScenes, roles: forceJoinRoles));
 
         await LogAsync("force_join", "player", id,
             $"room={body.RoomId} sub={subRoomId} instance={roomInstanceId} photon={photonRoomId}");
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Match/GoToController.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Match/GoToController.cs
index fb9ea87..2da8e0f 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Match/GoToController.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Controllers/Match/GoToController.cs
@@ -880,8 +880,11 @@ public class GoToController(
                     callerId, playerId, theirRoom.RoomInstanceId);
                 // Tell the OWNER someone tried to follow them in, as the
                 // client's own "wants to join" message (RequestGameInvite,
-                // from the caller), so they can send an invite.
-                if (callerId is long requester)
+                // from the caller), so they can send an invite. At most once
+                // per requester, owner and instance per cooldown, so retrying
+                // doesn't fill the owner's inbox.
+                if (callerId is long requester
+                    && JoinRequestCooldown.TryStart(requester, playerId, theirRoom.RoomInstanceId))
                     await systemNotifications.SendAsync(playerId,
                         SystemNotificationService.MessageType.RequestGameInvite, fromPlayerId: requester);
                 return Ok(new MatchmakingResponseDto
@@ -1670,3 +1673,35 @@ public class RoomInstanceDto
         };
     }
 }
+
+/// <summary>Rate limit for "wants to join" messages: one per (requester,
+/// owner, room instance) per <see cref="Window"/>. Later retries and other
+/// instances still go through. Per replica, which is enough to stop a
+/// retry loop from flooding an inbox.</summary>
+internal static class JoinRequestCooldown
+{
+    public static readonly TimeSpan Window = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
+    private static readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<(long, long, long), DateTime> Last = new();
+
+    /// <summary>True when no request for this key was sent within the window
+    /// (and records this one); false while it is cooling down.</summary>
+    public static bool TryStart(long requester, long owner, long roomInstanceId)
+    {
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        if (Last.Count > 10_000)
+            foreach (var (key, at) in Last)
+                if (now - at > Window) Last.TryRemove(key, out _);
+
+        var k = (requester, owner, roomInstanceId);
+        while (true)
+        {
+            if (!Last.TryGetValue(k, out var prev))
+            {
+                if (Last.TryAdd(k, now)) return true;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (now - prev < Window) return false;
+            if (Last.TryUpdate(k, now, prev)) return true;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Hubs/NotifyHub.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Hubs/NotifyHub.cs
index 04e01fc..301e132 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Hubs/NotifyHub.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Hubs/NotifyHub.cs
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ public class NotifyHub(
 
     private const string SubscriptionsKey = "presence-subscriptions";
 
+    /// <summary>Most players one connection may subscribe to. The client sends
+    /// its relationships plus the players around it (dozens); anything far
+    /// past that is not a real client, and each id costs a group membership
+    /// on the backplane.</summary>
+    public const int MaxPresenceSubscriptions = 5000;
+
     /// <summary><c>SubscribeToPlayers(PlayerSubscriptionListDTO {PlayerIds:
     /// List&lt;int&gt;})</c> (RecNet.Runtime OMHPBIEHOHN.txt:3430): the full set
     /// of players this client wants presence for — its relationships, the
@@ -187,6 +193,13 @@ public class NotifyHub(
             return;
         }
         if (me is long self) requested.Remove(self);
+        if (requested.Count > MaxPresenceSubscriptions)
+        {
+            logger.LogWarning(
+                "[hub] SubscribeToPlayers over the {Max} limit player={PlayerId} conn={ConnectionId} count={Count}; kept the current set",
+                MaxPresenceSubscriptions, me, Context.ConnectionId, requested.Count);
+            return;
+        }
 
         var current = Context.Items.TryGetValue(SubscriptionsKey, out var existing) && existing is HashSet<long> set
             ? set
@@ -232,15 +245,12 @@ public class NotifyHub(
         var list = payload;
         if (payload.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Object)
         {
-            var found = false;
-            foreach (var prop in payload.EnumerateObject())
-            {
-                if (!string.Equals(prop.Name, "PlayerIds", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) continue;
-                list = prop.Value;
-                found = true;
-                break;
-            }
-            if (!found) return false;
+            var match = payload.EnumerateObject()
+                .Where(prop => string.Equals(prop.Name, "PlayerIds", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                .Select(prop => (JsonElement?)prop.Value)
+                .FirstOrDefault();
+            if (match is not JsonElement value) return false;
+            list = value;
         }
         if (list.ValueKind != JsonValueKind.Array) return false;
         foreach (var item in list.EnumerateArray())
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Services/OnlinePresenceService.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Services/OnlinePresenceService.cs
index a783fee..1d0bc26 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Services/OnlinePresenceService.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Services/OnlinePresenceService.cs
@@ -148,6 +148,34 @@ public class OnlinePresenceService
         lock (set) return set.ToArray();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Connection ids of every player in <paramref name="playerIds"/>,
+    /// in one go: the Redis lookups are issued together, so the multiplexer
+    /// pipelines them into one round trip instead of one per player.</summary>
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyCollection<string>> GetConnectionsAsync(IEnumerable<long> playerIds)
+    {
+        var ids = playerIds.Distinct().ToArray();
+        if (ids.Length == 0) return Array.Empty<string>();
+        if (_redis is { } mux)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var db = mux.GetDatabase();
+                var sets = await Task.WhenAll(ids.Select(id => db.SetMembersAsync(ConnsKey(id))));
+                return sets.SelectMany(s => s).Select(v => v.ToString()).ToArray();
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Redis sick → fall through to the local fallback, as
+                // GetConnections does.
+            }
+        }
+        var result = new List<string>();
+        foreach (var id in ids)
+            if (_localConns.TryGetValue(id, out var set))
+                lock (set) result.AddRange(set);
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Snapshot of currently-online player ids across the
     /// cluster. Returns an empty array when nobody's online; never null.
     /// Callers typically <c>.ToHashSet()</c> the result for membership
diff --git a/DorkNet.Server/Services/PresenceBroadcastService.cs b/DorkNet.Server/Services/PresenceBroadcastService.cs
index 6288c8a..2257216 100644
--- a/DorkNet.Server/Services/PresenceBroadcastService.cs
+++ b/DorkNet.Server/Services/PresenceBroadcastService.cs
@@ -143,8 +143,11 @@ public sealed class PresenceBroadcastService(
             // offline frame otherwise. Friends were served above and the
             // subject must never get a frame about themselves, so their
             // connections are excluded.
-            var exclude = connections.GetConnections(playerId)
-                .Concat(friendIds.SelectMany(connections.GetConnections))
+            // Only friends who are online have connections; one call for the
+            // online set, then one pipelined lookup for all of them.
+            var onlineIds = connections.OnlinePlayerIds().ToHashSet();
+            var exclude = (await connections.GetConnectionsAsync(
+                    friendIds.Where(onlineIds.Contains).Append(playerId)))
                 .Distinct()
                 .ToList();
             var publicToAll = visibility == PresenceVisibility.Public && online;