diff --git a/src/Civ13/GameServer.php b/src/Civ13/GameServer.php
index c28686a4..a83def36 100644
--- a/src/Civ13/GameServer.php
+++ b/src/Civ13/GameServer.php
@@ -1899,8 +1899,23 @@ private function heartbeatEmbed(array $status): Embed
                 default => 'Unknown',
             })
             ->addFieldValues('Observation', $status['reason'].($status['age'] === null ? '' : ' ('.(int) $status['age'].'s since last observed progress/baseline)'), false)
-            ->addFieldValues('Connectivity', 'Unverified', true)
-            ->addFieldValues('Host', $this->host, true);
+            ->addFieldValues('Host', $this->displayHost(), true);
+    }
+
+    /** Read only this locally configured server's host file; do not infer a fallback. */
+    private function displayHost(): string
+    {
+        $base = str_replace('\\', '/', $this->basedir);
+        if ($this->ip !== ($this->civ13->httpServiceManager->httpHandler->external_ip ?? null)
+            || $base === '' || str_starts_with($base, '//') || str_contains($base, '://')) {
+            return 'Unavailable';
+        }
+        $path = rtrim($this->basedir, '/\\').'/config/host.txt';
+        if (! @is_file($path) || ($value = @file_get_contents($path, false, null, 0, 1025)) === false
+            || strlen($value) > 1024 || preg_match('//u', $value) !== 1) {
+            return 'Unavailable';
+        }
+        return trim($value) === '' ? 'Unavailable' : trim($value);
     }
     /**
      * Explodes the server data string into an array by removing specific substrings and splitting by semicolon.
@@ -1968,7 +1983,7 @@ public function toEmbed(): Embed
         return $this->civ13->createEmbed()
             ->setTitle($this->name)
             ->addFieldValues($this->engine === 'opendream' ? 'OpenDream gameplay endpoint' : 'Server URL', $this->engine === 'opendream' ? "{$this->ip}:{$this->port}" : "byond://{$this->ip}:{$this->port}", false)
-            ->addFieldValues('Host', $this->host, true)
+            ->addFieldValues('Host', $this->displayHost(), true)
             ->addFieldValues('Health', 'Unknown (no local heartbeat evidence)', true)
             ->addFieldValues('Players (cached, unverified)', empty($this->players) ? 'N/A' : implode(', ', $this->players), true);
     }
diff --git a/tests/local/heartbeat-integration.php b/tests/local/heartbeat-integration.php
index f338df49..ca66557f 100644
--- a/tests/local/heartbeat-integration.php
+++ b/tests/local/heartbeat-integration.php
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 namespace Civ13 {
     function fsockopen(...$arguments): never { throw new \RuntimeException('Status attempted a network probe'); }
     function touch(...$arguments): never { throw new \RuntimeException('Status attempted to touch game data'); }
+    function file_get_contents($filename, ...$arguments): string|false {
+        if (($GLOBALS['host_read_forbidden'] ?? null) === $filename) { throw new \RuntimeException('Remote host file was read'); }
+        if (($GLOBALS['host_read_failure'] ?? null) === $filename) { return false; }
+        return \file_get_contents($filename, ...$arguments);
+    }
+    function is_file($filename): bool {
+        if (str_starts_with(str_replace('\\', '/', $filename), '//')) { throw new \RuntimeException('UNC path was probed'); }
+        return \is_file($filename);
+    }
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -79,9 +88,40 @@ function fields(Discord\Parts\Embed\Embed $embed): array {
     $clock = static function () use (&$now): float { return $now; };
     try {
         $path = $root.'/serverdata.txt';
+        mkdir($root.'/config');
+        $hostPath = $root.'/config/host.txt';
+        file_put_contents($hostPath, "  AlphaHost \r\n");
+        mkdir($root.'/other'); mkdir($root.'/other/config');
+        $otherHostPath = $root.'/other/config/host.txt';
+        file_put_contents($otherHostPath, "BetaHost\n");
         file_put_contents($path, record('100', 'player', true));
         touch($path, 1000000000);
         $server = server($path, $clock);
+        $other = server($root.'/other/serverdata.txt', $clock);
+        foreach ([[$server, 'AlphaHost'], [$other, 'BetaHost']] as [$fixtureServer, $expectedHost]) {
+            check(fields($fixtureServer->generateServerstatusEmbed())['Host'] === $expectedHost, 'Heartbeat used another server or configured host');
+            check(fields($fixtureServer->toEmbed())['Host'] === $expectedHost, 'Status embed used another server or configured host');
+        }
+        check(file_get_contents($hostPath) === "  AlphaHost \r\n" && file_get_contents($otherHostPath) === "BetaHost\n", 'Status rendering modified a host file');
+        file_put_contents($hostPath, " ChangedHost \n");
+        check(fields($server->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'ChangedHost' && fields($other->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'BetaHost', 'Host file changes did not stay per-server');
+        file_put_contents($hostPath, " \xC3\x89lodie\r\n");
+        check(fields($server->toEmbed())['Host'] === "\xC3\x89lodie" && fields($server->generateServerstatusEmbed())['Host'] === "\xC3\x89lodie", 'Valid non-ASCII host was not preserved');
+        $invalidHost = "Bad\xC3\x28";
+        file_put_contents($hostPath, $invalidHost);
+        check(fields($server->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable' && fields($server->generateServerstatusEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable' && file_get_contents($hostPath) === $invalidHost, 'Invalid UTF-8 was not rejected unchanged');
+        $GLOBALS['host_read_failure'] = $hostPath;
+        check(fields($server->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable' && fields($server->generateServerstatusEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable', 'Unreadable host file used a fallback');
+        unset($GLOBALS['host_read_failure']);
+        file_put_contents($hostPath, " \r\n\t");
+        check(fields($server->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable' && fields($server->generateServerstatusEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable', 'Empty host file used a fallback');
+        file_put_contents($hostPath, str_repeat('x', 1025));
+        check(fields($server->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable', 'Oversized host file produced an invalid embed');
+        unlink($hostPath);
+        check(fields($server->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable' && fields($server->generateServerstatusEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable' && fields($other->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'BetaHost', 'Missing host file used another server or placeholder');
+        file_put_contents($hostPath, "AlphaHost\n");
+        $unc = server('//server/share/serverdata.txt', $clock);
+        check(fields($unc->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable', 'UNC host path should not be probed');
         $server->players = ['cached'];
         $initial = fields($server->generateServerstatusEmbed());
         check($initial['Nomads'] === 'Unknown' && ! isset($initial['Players (1)']), 'Old literal Online leaked into initial status');
@@ -91,7 +131,7 @@ function fields(Discord\Parts\Embed\Embed $embed): array {
         $now = 15;
         file_put_contents($path, record('200', 'player', true));
         $active = fields($server->generateServerstatusEmbed());
-        check($active['Nomads'] === 'Heartbeat advancing' && $active['Connectivity'] === 'Unverified', 'Heartbeat was represented as connection readiness');
+        check($active['Nomads'] === 'Heartbeat advancing' && ! array_key_exists('Connectivity', $active), 'Heartbeat or removed connectivity field is incorrect');
         check($active['Players (1)'] === 'player' && $server->localServerPlayerCount() === 1, 'Optional Approved field corrupted player metadata');
         check($server->players === ['player'], 'Confirmed player cache not populated');
         $server->current_round = 'fixture';
@@ -129,12 +169,19 @@ public function save($channel): React\Promise\PromiseInterface { $this->saves++;
         check($server->players === [], 'Missing data retained players');
         $remote = server($root.'/never-created', $clock, '192.0.2.1');
         (new ReflectionProperty($remote, 'heartbeat'))->setValue($remote, new Civ13\ServerHeartbeat('unused', $clock, static function (): never { throw new RuntimeException('Remote directory was read'); }));
+        $GLOBALS['host_read_forbidden'] = $hostPath;
+        check(fields($remote->toEmbed())['Host'] === 'Unavailable', 'Remote status used a local or configured host');
         check(fields($remote->generateServerstatusEmbed())['Health'] === 'Unknown (no local heartbeat evidence)', 'Remote server inferred health');
+        unset($GLOBALS['host_read_forbidden']);
         check($remote->localServerPlayerCount() === 0, 'Remote server tried local player read');
         check(! array_key_exists('heartbeat', $server->__toArray()), 'Ephemeral observation leaked into serialization');
         echo "Production heartbeat renderer/cache/timer contracts passed\n";
     } finally {
+        unset($GLOBALS['host_read_forbidden'], $GLOBALS['host_read_failure']);
         if (is_file($root.'/serverdata.txt')) { unlink($root.'/serverdata.txt'); }
+        if (is_file($root.'/config/host.txt')) { unlink($root.'/config/host.txt'); }
+        if (is_file($root.'/other/config/host.txt')) { unlink($root.'/other/config/host.txt'); }
+        rmdir($root.'/config'); rmdir($root.'/other/config'); rmdir($root.'/other');
         rmdir($root);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/local/server-compatibility.php b/tests/local/server-compatibility.php
index 63a5d34a..e4e9cb94 100644
--- a/tests/local/server-compatibility.php
+++ b/tests/local/server-compatibility.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public function updateFilesFromMemberRoles(callable $callback,array $file_paths,
 try {
  $server=(new ReflectionClass(\Civ13\GameServer::class))->newInstanceWithoutConstructor();
  $server->civ13=(new ReflectionClass(StatusCivFixture::class))->newInstanceWithoutConstructor();
- foreach (['name'=>'Fixture','ip'=>'127.0.0.1','port'=>'18452','host'=>'Local'] as $property=>$value) {(new ReflectionProperty($server,$property))->setValue($server,$value);}
+ foreach (['name'=>'Fixture','ip'=>'127.0.0.1','port'=>'18452','host'=>'Local','basedir'=>$root.'/'] as $property=>$value) {(new ReflectionProperty($server,$property))->setValue($server,$value);}
  $server->players=['player'];
  foreach (['byond','opendream'] as $engine) {
   $server->engine=$engine; $embed=json_decode(json_encode($server->toEmbed()),true);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function updateFilesFromMemberRoles(callable $callback,array $file_paths,
   check($field['name']===($engine==='byond'?'Server URL':'OpenDream gameplay endpoint'),'engine-specific endpoint label');
   check(!str_contains($field['value'],'18462'),'Topic port exposed as gameplay');
  }
- $server->enabled=true; (new ReflectionProperty($server, 'basedir'))->setValue($server,$root.'/'); mkdir($root.'/SQL');
+ $server->enabled=true; mkdir($root.'/SQL');
  check($server->OOCMessage('hello','admin'),'production OOC');
  check($server->AdminMessage('notice','admin') === true,'production admin');
  check($server->DirectMessage('hello','admin','player'),'production DM');