Backport main 386fc0415e and its custom bridge correction 2ed9965968. Fix the provider-interface association regression introduced by afaf128950, present in v6.4.1 and this release candidate. Seven negative matcher cases and NAS ingestion fail before the repair; focused matcher, filtering, ingestion and manual link race tests pass three times afterwards. Preserve management bridges and explicit unicast report hints. No legacy link cleanup or manual-intent persistence change; reporter issue #1930 remains unconfirmed.
Change-source: pulse-maintainer
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