diff --git a/backend/src/__tests__/fleet-action-card-endpoints.test.ts b/backend/src/__tests__/fleet-action-card-endpoints.test.ts
index 0017808a..d3d798d7 100644
--- a/backend/src/__tests__/fleet-action-card-endpoints.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/__tests__/fleet-action-card-endpoints.test.ts
@@ -244,6 +244,103 @@ describe('POST /api/fleet/prune/estimate', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('POST /api/fleet/labels/fleet-stop remote leg', () => {
+  // Guards the C-1 fix: the remote fan-out must target the admin-only
+  // /api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop receiver (reachable on every license),
+  // never the paid /api/labels/:id/action it used to call, which 403'd on
+  // Community remotes.
+  it('fans out to the admin-only local-stop receiver, never the paid per-label action route', async () => {
+    const remoteId = db.addNode({
+      name: 'remote-stop',
+      type: 'remote',
+      api_url: 'http://remote-stop.example:1852',
+      api_token: 'tok',
+      compose_dir: '/app/compose',
+      is_default: false,
+    });
+    try {
+      const label = db.createLabel(remoteId, `remote-c1-${++labelCounter}`, 'teal');
+      db.setStackLabels('alpha', remoteId, [label.id]);
+      const fetchSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, 'fetch').mockResolvedValue({
+        ok: true,
+        status: 200,
+        json: async () => ({ matched: true, results: [{ stackName: 'alpha', success: true }] }),
+      } as unknown as Response);
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/api/fleet/labels/fleet-stop')
+        .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+        .send({ labelName: label.name });
+
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      const urls = fetchSpy.mock.calls.map(c => String(c[0]));
+      expect(urls.some(u => u.endsWith('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop'))).toBe(true);
+      expect(urls.some(u => u.includes('/api/labels/'))).toBe(false);
+
+      const call = fetchSpy.mock.calls.find(c => String(c[0]).endsWith('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop'));
+      expect(JSON.parse((call![1] as RequestInit).body as string)).toEqual({ labelName: label.name, dryRun: false });
+
+      const remoteRow = res.body.results.find((r: { nodeId: number }) => r.nodeId === remoteId);
+      expect(remoteRow.stackResults).toEqual([{ stackName: 'alpha', success: true }]);
+    } finally {
+      db.deleteNode(remoteId);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('honors the remote matched:false flag over the control mirror (mirror skew)', async () => {
+    const remoteId = db.addNode({
+      name: 'remote-skew', type: 'remote', api_url: 'http://remote-skew.example:1852',
+      api_token: 'tok', compose_dir: '/app/compose', is_default: false,
+    });
+    try {
+      // The control mirror believes the remote carries this label + stack...
+      const label = db.createLabel(remoteId, `remote-skew-${++labelCounter}`, 'teal');
+      db.setStackLabels('alpha', remoteId, [label.id]);
+      // ...but the remote authoritatively reports it has no such label.
+      vi.spyOn(globalThis, 'fetch').mockResolvedValue({
+        ok: true, status: 200, json: async () => ({ matched: false, results: [] }),
+      } as unknown as Response);
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/api/fleet/labels/fleet-stop')
+        .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+        .send({ labelName: label.name });
+
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      const remoteRow = res.body.results.find((r: { nodeId: number }) => r.nodeId === remoteId);
+      expect(remoteRow.matched).toBe(false);
+      expect(remoteRow.stackResults).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      db.deleteNode(remoteId);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('degrades a malformed 200 body (non-array results) to empty instead of forwarding it', async () => {
+    const remoteId = db.addNode({
+      name: 'remote-malformed', type: 'remote', api_url: 'http://remote-malformed.example:1852',
+      api_token: 'tok', compose_dir: '/app/compose', is_default: false,
+    });
+    try {
+      const label = db.createLabel(remoteId, `remote-malformed-${++labelCounter}`, 'teal');
+      db.setStackLabels('alpha', remoteId, [label.id]);
+      vi.spyOn(globalThis, 'fetch').mockResolvedValue({
+        ok: true, status: 200, json: async () => ({ matched: true, results: 'not-an-array' }),
+      } as unknown as Response);
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/api/fleet/labels/fleet-stop')
+        .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+        .send({ labelName: label.name });
+
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      const remoteRow = res.body.results.find((r: { nodeId: number }) => r.nodeId === remoteId);
+      expect(remoteRow.stackResults).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      db.deleteNode(remoteId);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 describe('POST /api/fleet/labels/fleet-stop with dryRun: true', () => {
   it('marks each stack dryRun: true and does not invoke containerActionForStack', async () => {
     const label = await createAssignedLabel('dry-stop', ['alpha', 'beta']);
diff --git a/backend/src/__tests__/fleet-actions.test.ts b/backend/src/__tests__/fleet-actions.test.ts
index 97423eab..cb311e4d 100644
--- a/backend/src/__tests__/fleet-actions.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/__tests__/fleet-actions.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * validation, and orchestration shape across the two routes.
  */
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 import request from 'supertest';
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
 import { setupTestDb, cleanupTestDb, TEST_USERNAME, TEST_JWT_SECRET } from './helpers/setupTestDb';
@@ -138,3 +140,147 @@ describe('Fleet Actions orchestration shape', () => {
     expect(res.body.results[0]).toMatchObject({ success: false, error: 'Invalid stack name' });
   });
 });
+
+// The per-node local-stop receiver is what a control instance calls on each
+// remote during a fleet-wide stop. It must be reachable on every license (only
+// admin-gated): the original fleet-stop fan-out hit the paid /api/labels/:id/action
+// and 403'd on Community remotes. These tests lock that behavior in.
+describe('local-stop receiver auth + tier', () => {
+  afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks());
+
+  it('POST /api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop returns 401 without auth', async () => {
+    const res = await request(app).post('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop').send({ labelName: 'prod' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+
+  it('is reachable on community tier for admins and never returns PAID_REQUIRED', async () => {
+    mockTier('community');
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop')
+      .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+      .send({ labelName: 'this-label-does-not-exist' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body.code).not.toBe('PAID_REQUIRED');
+    expect(res.body).toEqual({ matched: false, results: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects missing labelName', async () => {
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop')
+      .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+      .send({});
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    expect(res.body.error).toMatch(/labelName/);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects whitespace-only labelName', async () => {
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop')
+      .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+      .send({ labelName: '   ' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('local-stop behavior', () => {
+  let db: import('../services/DatabaseService').DatabaseService;
+  let nodeId: number;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const { DatabaseService } = await import('../services/DatabaseService');
+    const { NodeRegistry } = await import('../services/NodeRegistry');
+    db = DatabaseService.getInstance();
+    nodeId = NodeRegistry.getInstance().getDefaultNodeId();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks());
+
+  it('matched:true with empty results when the label exists but has no stacks', async () => {
+    db.createLabel(nodeId, 'no-stacks-label', '#ffffff');
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop')
+      .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+      .send({ labelName: 'no-stacks-label' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body).toEqual({ matched: true, results: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('reports per-stack lock contention when a bulk action is already running on the node', async () => {
+    const label = db.createLabel(nodeId, 'busy-label', '#ffffff');
+    db.setStackLabels('busy-stack', nodeId, [label.id]);
+    const { activeBulkActions } = await import('../routes/labels');
+    activeBulkActions.add(`bulk:${nodeId}`);
+    try {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop')
+        .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+        .send({ labelName: 'busy-label' });
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.body.matched).toBe(true);
+      expect(res.body.results).toEqual([
+        { stackName: 'busy-stack', success: false, error: 'A bulk action is already running on this node' },
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      activeBulkActions.delete(`bulk:${nodeId}`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('dry run returns dryRun:true per on-disk stack without touching Docker', async () => {
+    const composeDir = process.env.COMPOSE_DIR as string;
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(composeDir, 'dry-stack'), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(composeDir, 'dry-stack', 'docker-compose.yml'), 'services: {}\n');
+    const label = db.createLabel(nodeId, 'dry-label', '#ffffff');
+    db.setStackLabels('dry-stack', nodeId, [label.id]);
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop')
+      .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+      .send({ labelName: 'dry-label', dryRun: true });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body.matched).toBe(true);
+    expect(res.body.results).toEqual([{ stackName: 'dry-stack', success: true, dryRun: true }]);
+  });
+
+  it('filters out assigned stacks that are not present on disk', async () => {
+    const label = db.createLabel(nodeId, 'ghost-label', '#ffffff');
+    db.setStackLabels('ghost-stack', nodeId, [label.id]);
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop')
+      .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+      .send({ labelName: 'ghost-label' });
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body).toEqual({ matched: true, results: [] });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('fleet-stop degrades the local leg per-node instead of failing the whole fan-out', () => {
+  let db: import('../services/DatabaseService').DatabaseService;
+  let nodeId: number;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const { DatabaseService } = await import('../services/DatabaseService');
+    const { NodeRegistry } = await import('../services/NodeRegistry');
+    db = DatabaseService.getInstance();
+    nodeId = NodeRegistry.getInstance().getDefaultNodeId();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => vi.restoreAllMocks());
+
+  it('returns 200 with per-stack errors when the control filesystem read throws', async () => {
+    const label = db.createLabel(nodeId, 'degrade-label', '#ffffff');
+    db.setStackLabels('degrade-stack', nodeId, [label.id]);
+    const { FileSystemService } = await import('../services/FileSystemService');
+    vi.spyOn(FileSystemService.prototype, 'getStacks').mockRejectedValue(new Error('compose dir unreadable'));
+
+    const res = await request(app)
+      .post('/api/fleet/labels/fleet-stop')
+      .set('Authorization', authHeader)
+      .send({ labelName: 'degrade-label' });
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const localRow = res.body.results.find((r: { nodeId: number }) => r.nodeId === nodeId);
+    expect(localRow.matched).toBe(true);
+    expect(localRow.stackResults).toEqual([
+      { stackName: 'degrade-stack', success: false, error: 'compose dir unreadable' },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/backend/src/helpers/fleetLabelStop.ts b/backend/src/helpers/fleetLabelStop.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3933703e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/fleetLabelStop.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { DatabaseService } from '../services/DatabaseService';
+import { FileSystemService } from '../services/FileSystemService';
+import { containerActionForStack } from '../routes/stacks';
+import { activeBulkActions } from '../routes/labels';
+import { invalidateNodeCaches } from './cacheInvalidation';
+
+export interface StackStopResult {
+  stackName: string;
+  success: boolean;
+  error?: string;
+  dryRun?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface LabelStopOutcome {
+  matched: boolean;
+  stackResults: StackStopResult[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wire shape of `POST /api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop`. The in-process
+ * helper returns `stackResults`; the HTTP response names the same array
+ * `results` to match the fleet-stop fan-out's existing remote contract. Keep
+ * the rename in this one type so the producer and the control-side consumer
+ * cannot drift.
+ */
+export interface LabelLocalStopResponse {
+  matched: boolean;
+  results: StackStopResult[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run a label-name-matched container stop against one node's own local Docker.
+ *
+ * Used by the gateway-orchestrated fleet-stop for the control node's own stacks
+ * and by the per-node `POST /api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop` receiver that
+ * a control instance calls on each remote during a fleet-wide stop. Matching by
+ * name (not by a shared label id) keeps the work self-contained on the executing
+ * node, so the control never has to assert that its mirrored label ids line up
+ * with the remote's local ids.
+ *
+ * Shares the per-node `bulk:<nodeId>` lock with `POST /api/labels/:id/action` so
+ * a fleet-stop and a per-label action cannot double-stop the same containers.
+ */
+export async function runLocalLabelStop(
+  nodeId: number,
+  labelName: string,
+  dryRun: boolean,
+): Promise<LabelStopOutcome> {
+  const db = DatabaseService.getInstance();
+  const label = db.getLabels(nodeId).find(l => l.name === labelName);
+  if (!label) return { matched: false, stackResults: [] };
+  const stackNames = db.getStacksForLabel(label.id, nodeId);
+  if (stackNames.length === 0) return { matched: true, stackResults: [] };
+
+  const lockKey = `bulk:${nodeId}`;
+  if (activeBulkActions.has(lockKey)) {
+    return {
+      matched: true,
+      stackResults: stackNames.map(stackName => ({
+        stackName,
+        success: false,
+        error: 'A bulk action is already running on this node',
+      })),
+    };
+  }
+  activeBulkActions.add(lockKey);
+  try {
+    const fsStacks = await FileSystemService.getInstance(nodeId).getStacks();
+    const fsStackSet = new Set(fsStacks);
+    const validStacks = stackNames.filter(name => fsStackSet.has(name));
+    const stackResults: StackStopResult[] = [];
+    for (const stackName of validStacks) {
+      if (dryRun) {
+        stackResults.push({ stackName, success: true, dryRun: true });
+        continue;
+      }
+      const outcome = await containerActionForStack(nodeId, stackName, 'stop');
+      if (outcome.kind === 'ok') stackResults.push({ stackName, success: true });
+      else if (outcome.kind === 'no-containers') stackResults.push({ stackName, success: false, error: 'No containers found for this stack' });
+      else stackResults.push({ stackName, success: false, error: outcome.message });
+    }
+    if (!dryRun && stackResults.some(r => r.success)) invalidateNodeCaches(nodeId);
+    return { matched: true, stackResults };
+  } finally {
+    activeBulkActions.delete(lockKey);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/fleet.ts b/backend/src/routes/fleet.ts
index f7b17fcf..c267de5f 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/fleet.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/fleet.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ import { formatNoTargetError } from '../utils/remoteTarget';
 import { CloudBackupService } from '../services/CloudBackupService';
 import { NotificationService } from '../services/NotificationService';
 import { invalidateNodeCaches, invalidateRemoteMetaCache } from '../helpers/cacheInvalidation';
-import { containerActionForStack } from './stacks';
 import { activeBulkActions } from './labels';
+import { runLocalLabelStop, type LabelLocalStopResponse, type StackStopResult } from '../helpers/fleetLabelStop';
 import { buildLocalConfigurationStatus, type ConfigurationStatus } from './dashboard';
 import { PROXY_TIER_HEADER, PROXY_VARIANT_HEADER } from '../services/license-headers';
 import { LicenseService } from '../services/LicenseService';
@@ -1047,6 +1047,12 @@ fleetRouter.delete('/update-status', authMiddleware, async (req: Request, res: R
 // in `routes/fleetActions.ts`. The endpoint below is gateway-orchestrated and
 // lives here so it sits behind the `/api/fleet/` proxy-exempt prefix.
 
+// Attribute one error to every stack a node was supposed to act on. Used for
+// the fleet-stop failure paths (no proxy target, non-ok remote, transport
+// error, local exception) so each stack carries the same node-level cause.
+const failAllStacks = (stacks: string[], error: string): StackStopResult[] =>
+  stacks.map(stackName => ({ stackName, success: false, error }));
+
 // Fleet-wide stop by label name. Matches each node's labels by name and runs
 // container stops on each matching stack.
 // Tier: requireAdmin (admin-only fleet plumbing; available on every license).
@@ -1067,7 +1073,36 @@ fleetRouter.post('/labels/fleet-stop', authMiddleware, async (req: Request, res:
   try {
     const db = DatabaseService.getInstance();
     const nodes = db.getNodes();
+    if (isDebugEnabled()) console.debug('[Fleet:debug] fleet-stop:', { labelName: trimmed, dryRun: isDryRun, nodes: nodes.length });
     const results = await Promise.all(nodes.map(async (node) => {
+      if (node.type === 'local') {
+        // Match + stop runs in-process against the control's own Docker. The
+        // helper shares the per-node `bulk:<id>` lock with the per-label action
+        // route so the two cannot double-stop the same containers. A control-side
+        // failure (e.g. the compose dir is unreadable) degrades to a per-stack
+        // error for this node only, the same way the remote leg does, so one bad
+        // node never discards the rest of the fleet's results.
+        try {
+          const outcome = await runLocalLabelStop(node.id, trimmed, isDryRun);
+          return { nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: outcome.matched, stackResults: outcome.stackResults };
+        } catch (err) {
+          const errorMsg = getErrorMessage(err, 'Failed to stop local stacks');
+          const localLabel = db.getLabels(node.id).find(l => l.name === trimmed);
+          const localStacks = localLabel ? db.getStacksForLabel(localLabel.id, node.id) : [];
+          return {
+            nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: !!localLabel,
+            stackResults: failAllStacks(localStacks, errorMsg),
+          };
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Remote node. The control's mirror tells us which stacks *should* match
+      // so transport errors can be attributed per stack; the authoritative stop
+      // runs on the remote via its admin-only local-stop receiver, which reuses
+      // the same name-matched helper under the remote's own bulk lock. This
+      // replaces the previous fan-out to `POST /api/labels/:id/action`, a
+      // paid-tier route that 403'd on Community remotes even though fleet-stop
+      // itself is available on every license.
       const label = db.getLabels(node.id).find(l => l.name === trimmed);
       if (!label) {
         return { nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: false, stackResults: [] };
@@ -1077,56 +1112,21 @@ fleetRouter.post('/labels/fleet-stop', authMiddleware, async (req: Request, res:
         return { nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: true, stackResults: [] };
       }
 
-      if (node.type === 'local') {
-        // Share the per-node bulk lock with `POST /api/labels/:id/action` so
-        // a fleet-stop and a per-label action cannot double-stop the same
-        // containers concurrently on the same local node. Dry run acquires
-        // the same lock so the rehearsal exercises the same contention path.
-        const lockKey = `bulk:${node.id}`;
-        if (activeBulkActions.has(lockKey)) {
-          return {
-            nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: true,
-            stackResults: stackNames.map(stackName => ({ stackName, success: false, error: 'A bulk action is already running on this node' })),
-          };
-        }
-        activeBulkActions.add(lockKey);
-        try {
-          const fsStacks = await FileSystemService.getInstance(node.id).getStacks();
-          const fsStackSet = new Set(fsStacks);
-          const validStacks = stackNames.filter(name => fsStackSet.has(name));
-          const stackResults: { stackName: string; success: boolean; error?: string; dryRun?: boolean }[] = [];
-          for (const stackName of validStacks) {
-            if (isDryRun) {
-              stackResults.push({ stackName, success: true, dryRun: true });
-              continue;
-            }
-            const outcome = await containerActionForStack(node.id, stackName, 'stop');
-            if (outcome.kind === 'ok') stackResults.push({ stackName, success: true });
-            else if (outcome.kind === 'no-containers') stackResults.push({ stackName, success: false, error: 'No containers found for this stack' });
-            else stackResults.push({ stackName, success: false, error: outcome.message });
-          }
-          if (!isDryRun && stackResults.some(r => r.success)) invalidateNodeCaches(node.id);
-          return { nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: true, stackResults };
-        } finally {
-          activeBulkActions.delete(lockKey);
-        }
-      }
-
       const target = NodeRegistry.getInstance().getProxyTarget(node.id);
       if (!target) {
         const error = formatNoTargetError(node);
         return {
           nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: true,
-          stackResults: stackNames.map(stackName => ({ stackName, success: false, error })),
+          stackResults: failAllStacks(stackNames, error),
         };
       }
       try {
         const headers: Record<string, string> = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' };
         if (target.apiToken) headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${target.apiToken}`;
-        const response = await fetch(`${target.apiUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/api/labels/${label.id}/action`, {
+        const response = await fetch(`${target.apiUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/api/fleet-actions/labels/local-stop`, {
           method: 'POST',
           headers,
-          body: JSON.stringify({ action: 'stop', dryRun: isDryRun }),
+          body: JSON.stringify({ labelName: trimmed, dryRun: isDryRun }),
           signal: AbortSignal.timeout(60000),
         });
         if (!response.ok) {
@@ -1134,19 +1134,34 @@ fleetRouter.post('/labels/fleet-stop', authMiddleware, async (req: Request, res:
           const message = err.error || `Remote returned ${response.status}`;
           return {
             nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: true,
-            stackResults: stackNames.map(stackName => ({ stackName, success: false, error: message })),
+            stackResults: failAllStacks(stackNames, message),
           };
         }
-        const remote = (await response.json()) as { results?: { stackName: string; success: boolean; error?: string; dryRun?: boolean }[] };
-        return { nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: true, stackResults: remote.results ?? [] };
+        // Trust the remote's own matched flag over the control's mirror: a
+        // mirror-skewed control could believe the label exists while the remote
+        // has no such label, which the remote reports as matched:false. Guard
+        // results as an array so a malformed 200 body degrades to empty rather
+        // than flowing a non-array into the per-stack renderers.
+        const remote = (await response.json()) as Partial<LabelLocalStopResponse>;
+        return {
+          nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name,
+          matched: remote.matched ?? true,
+          stackResults: Array.isArray(remote.results) ? remote.results : [],
+        };
       } catch (err) {
         const errorMsg = getErrorMessage(err, 'Failed to reach remote node');
         return {
           nodeId: node.id, nodeName: node.name, matched: true,
-          stackResults: stackNames.map(stackName => ({ stackName, success: false, error: errorMsg })),
+          stackResults: failAllStacks(stackNames, errorMsg),
         };
       }
     }));
+    if (isDebugEnabled()) {
+      const matched = results.filter(r => r.matched).length;
+      const stopped = results.reduce((n, r) => n + r.stackResults.filter(s => s.success).length, 0);
+      const failed = results.reduce((n, r) => n + r.stackResults.filter(s => !s.success).length, 0);
+      console.debug('[Fleet:debug] fleet-stop complete:', { matched, stopped, failed });
+    }
     res.json({ results });
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('[Fleet] fleet-stop error:', error);
@@ -1199,6 +1214,7 @@ fleetRouter.post('/labels/fleet-prune', authMiddleware, async (req: Request, res
   try {
     const db = DatabaseService.getInstance();
     const nodes = db.getNodes();
+    if (isDebugEnabled()) console.debug('[Fleet:debug] fleet-prune:', { targets, scope, dryRun: isDryRun, nodes: nodes.length });
 
     const results: NodeResult[] = await Promise.all(nodes.map(async (node): Promise<NodeResult> => {
       if (node.type === 'local') {
@@ -1307,6 +1323,11 @@ fleetRouter.post('/labels/fleet-prune', authMiddleware, async (req: Request, res
       };
     }));
 
+    if (isDebugEnabled()) {
+      const reachable = results.filter(r => r.reachable).length;
+      const reclaimed = results.reduce((n, r) => n + r.targets.reduce((m, t) => m + t.reclaimedBytes, 0), 0);
+      console.debug('[Fleet:debug] fleet-prune complete:', { reachable, unreachable: results.length - reachable, reclaimedBytes: reclaimed });
+    }
     res.json({ results });
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('[Fleet] fleet-prune error:', error);
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/fleetActions.ts b/backend/src/routes/fleetActions.ts
index ca559b2b..c4b0353c 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/fleetActions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/fleetActions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { authMiddleware } from '../middleware/auth';
 import { requireAdmin, requireBody } from '../middleware/tierGates';
 import { isValidStackName } from '../utils/validation';
 import { getErrorMessage } from '../utils/errors';
+import { isDebugEnabled } from '../utils/debug';
+import { runLocalLabelStop, type LabelLocalStopResponse } from '../helpers/fleetLabelStop';
 
 // Per-node fleet-action endpoints. Mounted under `/api/fleet-actions/`, which
 // is NOT in `PROXY_EXEMPT_PREFIXES`, so when `x-node-id` targets a remote node
@@ -66,3 +68,35 @@ fleetActionsRouter.post(
     res.json({ results });
   },
 );
+
+// Per-node label-matched stop. A control instance calls this on each remote
+// node during a fleet-wide stop-by-label so the destructive work runs under the
+// remote's own admin auth and per-node bulk lock. Admin-only and available on
+// every license, matching the rest of the Fleet Actions surface. The paid
+// label-driven action lives at `POST /api/labels/:id/action`; this receiver is
+// the fleet-plumbing equivalent the control fans out to, so a fleet-stop on a
+// Community fleet stops remote stacks instead of 403'ing on the remote leg.
+fleetActionsRouter.post(
+  '/labels/local-stop',
+  authMiddleware,
+  async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> => {
+    if (!requireAdmin(req, res)) return;
+    if (!requireBody(req, res)) return;
+    const { labelName, dryRun } = req.body as { labelName?: unknown; dryRun?: unknown };
+    if (typeof labelName !== 'string' || labelName.trim().length === 0) {
+      res.status(400).json({ error: 'labelName is required' });
+      return;
+    }
+    const nodeId = req.nodeId ?? 0;
+    const trimmedLabel = labelName.trim();
+    try {
+      const outcome = await runLocalLabelStop(nodeId, trimmedLabel, dryRun === true);
+      if (isDebugEnabled()) console.debug('[FleetActions:debug] local-stop:', { nodeId, dryRun: dryRun === true, matched: outcome.matched, stacks: outcome.stackResults.length });
+      const body: LabelLocalStopResponse = { matched: outcome.matched, results: outcome.stackResults };
+      res.json(body);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('[FleetActions] local-stop error:', { nodeId, labelName: trimmedLabel }, err);
+      res.status(500).json({ error: getErrorMessage(err, 'Failed to run local label stop') });
+    }
+  },
+);
diff --git a/docs/features/fleet-actions.mdx b/docs/features/fleet-actions.mdx
index e8fde1fc..d3ee6414 100644
--- a/docs/features/fleet-actions.mdx
+++ b/docs/features/fleet-actions.mdx
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ A few quirks worth knowing:
 
 - The endpoint always returns 200 with a `results` array. Partial failures live inside that array; the HTTP status is not the place to look.
 - Each remote node call carries a 60-second timeout. A slow remote with many stacks can produce a clean per-stack list or a timeout row, depending on whether the remote streamed before the timeout fired.
-- Local nodes share a per-node bulk-action lock with the per-label action endpoint, so a fleet stop and a per-label stop initiated against the same node serialize cleanly instead of double-stopping the same containers.
+- Every node, local or remote, runs the stop under a per-node bulk-action lock shared with the per-label action endpoint, so a fleet stop and a per-label stop aimed at the same node serialize cleanly instead of double-stopping the same containers. On a remote, the lock is held on that remote while it runs its share of the stop.
 
 ## Bulk label assign
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/BulkLabelAssignCard.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/BulkLabelAssignCard.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7b8af81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/BulkLabelAssignCard.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/**
+ * Coverage for BulkLabelAssignCard.
+ *
+ * Loads the node's stacks + labels, gates Apply on a stack-and-label selection,
+ * confirms before applying, sends the assignment per-node, and surfaces a toast
+ * on every outcome (no silent failure).
+ */
+import { it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/api', () => ({ fetchForNode: vi.fn() }));
+
+const toastError = vi.fn();
+const toastSuccess = vi.fn();
+vi.mock('@/components/ui/toast-store', () => ({
+  toast: {
+    error: (...a: unknown[]) => toastError(...a),
+    success: (...a: unknown[]) => toastSuccess(...a),
+    info: vi.fn(),
+    warning: vi.fn(),
+    loading: vi.fn(() => 'toast-id'),
+    dismiss: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+import { fetchForNode } from '@/lib/api';
+import { BulkLabelAssignCard } from './BulkLabelAssignCard';
+import type { FleetNode } from '@/components/FleetView/types';
+
+const mockedFetchForNode = fetchForNode as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+
+function jsonResponse(status: number, body: unknown): Response {
+  return { ok: status >= 200 && status < 300, status, json: async () => body } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+const nodes = [{ id: 1, name: 'central', type: 'local', status: 'online' }] as unknown as FleetNode[];
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  mockedFetchForNode.mockImplementation((path: string) => {
+    if (path === '/fleet/node/1/stacks') return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, ['web']));
+    if (path === '/labels') return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, [{ id: 10, name: 'prod', color: '#3b82f6' }]));
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, { results: [] }));
+  });
+});
+
+it('keeps Apply disabled until both a stack and a label are selected', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  render(<BulkLabelAssignCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await screen.findByText('web');
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Apply' })).toBeDisabled();
+
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('checkbox'));
+  // Stack selected but no label yet.
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Apply' })).toBeDisabled();
+
+  await user.click(screen.getByText('prod'));
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Apply' })).toBeEnabled();
+});
+
+it('applies the assignment after confirmation and renders per-stack results', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetchForNode.mockImplementation((path: string) => {
+    if (path === '/fleet/node/1/stacks') return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, ['web']));
+    if (path === '/labels') return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, [{ id: 10, name: 'prod', color: '#3b82f6' }]));
+    if (path === '/fleet-actions/labels/bulk-assign') return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, { results: [{ stackName: 'web', success: true }] }));
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, {}));
+  });
+  render(<BulkLabelAssignCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await screen.findByText('web');
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('checkbox'));
+  await user.click(screen.getByText('prod'));
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Apply' }));
+
+  const dialog = await screen.findByRole('alertdialog');
+  await user.click(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: 'Apply' }));
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const call = mockedFetchForNode.mock.calls.find(c => c[0] === '/fleet-actions/labels/bulk-assign');
+    expect(call).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(JSON.parse(call![2].body)).toEqual({ assignments: [{ stackName: 'web', labelIds: [10] }] });
+  });
+  await waitFor(() => expect(toastSuccess).toHaveBeenCalled());
+});
+
+it('surfaces an error toast when the assignment returns non-ok', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetchForNode.mockImplementation((path: string) => {
+    if (path === '/fleet/node/1/stacks') return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, ['web']));
+    if (path === '/labels') return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, [{ id: 10, name: 'prod', color: '#3b82f6' }]));
+    if (path === '/fleet-actions/labels/bulk-assign') return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(500, { error: 'assign failed' }));
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, {}));
+  });
+  render(<BulkLabelAssignCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await screen.findByText('web');
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('checkbox'));
+  await user.click(screen.getByText('prod'));
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Apply' }));
+  const dialog = await screen.findByRole('alertdialog');
+  await user.click(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: 'Apply' }));
+  await waitFor(() => expect(toastError).toHaveBeenCalledWith('assign failed'));
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/FleetPruneCard.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/FleetPruneCard.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df538584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/FleetPruneCard.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/**
+ * Coverage for FleetPruneCard.
+ *
+ * The key safety property: the destructive "Prune fleet" confirm is blocked
+ * until the operator has seen a live reclaim estimate. Also locks dry-run
+ * payload shape, the all-scope confirm copy, and the failure toast.
+ */
+import { it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/api', () => ({ apiFetch: vi.fn() }));
+
+const toastError = vi.fn();
+const toastSuccess = vi.fn();
+vi.mock('@/components/ui/toast-store', () => ({
+  toast: {
+    error: (...a: unknown[]) => toastError(...a),
+    success: (...a: unknown[]) => toastSuccess(...a),
+    info: vi.fn(),
+    warning: vi.fn(),
+    loading: vi.fn(() => 'toast-id'),
+    dismiss: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+import { apiFetch } from '@/lib/api';
+import { FleetPruneCard } from './FleetPruneCard';
+import type { FleetNode } from '@/components/FleetView/types';
+
+const mockedFetch = apiFetch as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+
+function jsonResponse(status: number, body: unknown): Response {
+  return { ok: status >= 200 && status < 300, status, json: async () => body } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+const nodes = [{ id: 1, name: 'central', status: 'online' }] as unknown as FleetNode[];
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  mockedFetch.mockResolvedValue(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+});
+
+it('blocks the prune confirm until a reclaim estimate is ready', async () => {
+  // Estimate endpoint never resolves to ready (404 -> unavailable).
+  render(<FleetPruneCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  // images is selected by default, so an estimate is requested but unavailable.
+  await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('~ estimate unavailable')).toBeInTheDocument());
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Prune fleet' })).toBeDisabled();
+});
+
+it('enables the prune confirm once the estimate resolves', async () => {
+  mockedFetch.mockImplementation((url: string) => {
+    if (url === '/fleet/prune/estimate') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, { totalBytes: 1024, perNode: [{ nodeId: 1, nodeName: 'central', reclaimableBytes: 1024, reachable: true }] }));
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+  });
+  render(<FleetPruneCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Prune fleet' })).toBeEnabled());
+});
+
+it('all-scope confirm spells out the irreversible all-unused prune', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetch.mockImplementation((url: string) => {
+    if (url === '/fleet/prune/estimate') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, { totalBytes: 2048, perNode: [] }));
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+  });
+  render(<FleetPruneCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'All unused' }));
+  await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Prune fleet' })).toBeEnabled());
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Prune fleet' }));
+  const dialog = await screen.findByRole('alertdialog');
+  expect(within(dialog).getByText('Prune ALL unused resources across the fleet?')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(within(dialog).getByText(/This cannot be undone\./)).toBeInTheDocument();
+});
+
+it('dry run sends dryRun:true and reports reclaimable bytes', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetch.mockImplementation((url: string) => {
+    if (url === '/fleet/prune/estimate') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, { totalBytes: 0, perNode: [] }));
+    }
+    if (url === '/fleet/labels/fleet-prune') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, {
+        results: [{ nodeId: 1, nodeName: 'central', reachable: true, targets: [{ target: 'images', success: true, reclaimedBytes: 4096, dryRun: true }] }],
+      }));
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+  });
+  render(<FleetPruneCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dry run' }));
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const call = mockedFetch.mock.calls.find(c => c[0] === '/fleet/labels/fleet-prune');
+    expect(call).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(JSON.parse(call![1].body)).toEqual({ targets: ['images'], scope: 'managed', dryRun: true });
+  });
+  await waitFor(() => expect(toastSuccess).toHaveBeenCalled());
+});
+
+it('surfaces an error toast when the prune returns non-ok', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetch.mockImplementation((url: string) => {
+    if (url === '/fleet/labels/fleet-prune') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(500, { error: 'prune blew up' }));
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+  });
+  render(<FleetPruneCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dry run' }));
+  await waitFor(() => expect(toastError).toHaveBeenCalledWith('prune blew up'));
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/LabelFleetStopCard.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/LabelFleetStopCard.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af9124b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/fleet/FleetActions/cards/LabelFleetStopCard.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/**
+ * Coverage for LabelFleetStopCard.
+ *
+ * Locks the destructive-action contract: buttons gated on a label name, the
+ * confirm modal gates the real stop, dry run bypasses the modal, per-node
+ * results render, and every failure path surfaces a toast (no silent failure).
+ */
+import { it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/api', () => ({
+  apiFetch: vi.fn(),
+  fetchForNode: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+const toastError = vi.fn();
+const toastSuccess = vi.fn();
+const toastInfo = vi.fn();
+const toastWarning = vi.fn();
+vi.mock('@/components/ui/toast-store', () => ({
+  toast: {
+    error: (...a: unknown[]) => toastError(...a),
+    success: (...a: unknown[]) => toastSuccess(...a),
+    info: (...a: unknown[]) => toastInfo(...a),
+    warning: (...a: unknown[]) => toastWarning(...a),
+    loading: vi.fn(() => 'toast-id'),
+    dismiss: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+import { apiFetch, fetchForNode } from '@/lib/api';
+import { LabelFleetStopCard } from './LabelFleetStopCard';
+import type { FleetNode } from '@/components/FleetView/types';
+
+const mockedFetch = apiFetch as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+const mockedFetchForNode = fetchForNode as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+
+function jsonResponse(status: number, body: unknown): Response {
+  return { ok: status >= 200 && status < 300, status, json: async () => body } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+const nodes = [
+  { id: 1, name: 'central', status: 'online' },
+  { id: 2, name: 'edge-1', status: 'online' },
+] as unknown as FleetNode[];
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  // Suggestion load on mount: no labels.
+  mockedFetchForNode.mockResolvedValue(jsonResponse(200, []));
+  // Default: preview unavailable so the debounce effect never throws.
+  mockedFetch.mockResolvedValue(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+});
+
+it('disables both actions until a label name is entered', () => {
+  render(<LabelFleetStopCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Stop fleet' })).toBeDisabled();
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dry run' })).toBeDisabled();
+});
+
+it('enables the actions once a label is typed', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  render(<LabelFleetStopCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('e.g. production'), 'prod');
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Stop fleet' })).toBeEnabled();
+  expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dry run' })).toBeEnabled();
+});
+
+it('dry run calls fleet-stop with dryRun:true and never opens the confirm modal', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetch.mockImplementation((url: string) => {
+    if (url === '/fleet/labels/fleet-stop') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, {
+        results: [{ nodeId: 1, nodeName: 'central', matched: true, stackResults: [{ stackName: 'web', success: true, dryRun: true }] }],
+      }));
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+  });
+  render(<LabelFleetStopCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('e.g. production'), 'prod');
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dry run' }));
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const stopCall = mockedFetch.mock.calls.find(c => c[0] === '/fleet/labels/fleet-stop');
+    expect(stopCall).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(JSON.parse(stopCall![1].body)).toEqual({ labelName: 'prod', dryRun: true });
+  });
+  expect(screen.queryByRole('alertdialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  await waitFor(() => expect(toastSuccess).toHaveBeenCalled());
+});
+
+it('stop fleet opens the confirm modal, and confirming runs a real stop that renders per-node results', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetch.mockImplementation((url: string) => {
+    if (url === '/fleet/labels/fleet-stop') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, {
+        results: [
+          { nodeId: 1, nodeName: 'central', matched: true, stackResults: [{ stackName: 'web', success: true }] },
+          { nodeId: 2, nodeName: 'edge-1', matched: false, stackResults: [] },
+        ],
+      }));
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+  });
+  render(<LabelFleetStopCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('e.g. production'), 'prod');
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Stop fleet' }));
+
+  const dialog = await screen.findByRole('alertdialog');
+  expect(within(dialog).getByText('Stop all stacks labeled "prod"?')).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+  // The real stop must not have fired yet.
+  expect(mockedFetch.mock.calls.find(c => c[0] === '/fleet/labels/fleet-stop')).toBeFalsy();
+
+  await user.click(within(dialog).getByRole('button', { name: 'Stop fleet' }));
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const stopCall = mockedFetch.mock.calls.find(c => c[0] === '/fleet/labels/fleet-stop');
+    expect(JSON.parse(stopCall![1].body)).toEqual({ labelName: 'prod', dryRun: false });
+  });
+  expect(await screen.findByText('web')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  await waitFor(() => expect(toastSuccess).toHaveBeenCalled());
+});
+
+it('surfaces an error toast when fleet-stop returns a non-ok response', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetch.mockImplementation((url: string) => {
+    if (url === '/fleet/labels/fleet-stop') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(500, { error: 'boom' }));
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+  });
+  render(<LabelFleetStopCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('e.g. production'), 'prod');
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dry run' }));
+  await waitFor(() => expect(toastError).toHaveBeenCalledWith('boom'));
+});
+
+it('populates the blast readout from the debounced match-preview', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  mockedFetch.mockImplementation((url: string) => {
+    if (url === '/fleet/labels/match-preview') {
+      return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(200, { matchedNodes: 2, matchedStacks: 3, perNode: [] }));
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(jsonResponse(404, {}));
+  });
+  render(<LabelFleetStopCard nodes={nodes} />);
+  await user.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('e.g. production'), 'prod');
+  await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('3 stacks · 2 nodes')).toBeInTheDocument(), { timeout: 2000 });
+});