diff --git a/src/components/session/token/SessionUser.vue b/src/components/session/token/SessionUser.vue
index ccf0e3e5..56e929ff 100644
--- a/src/components/session/token/SessionUser.vue
+++ b/src/components/session/token/SessionUser.vue
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import Swal from "sweetalert2";
 import { SubuserGrants } from "@/components/session/token/SessionUser/Objects/SubuserGrants.vue";
 import { Subusers } from "@/components/session/token/SessionUser/Objects/Subusers.vue";
 import { configureReleaseRuntime } from "@/services/releaseTimeline.js";
+import { fetchReleaseRuntime } from "@/services/releaseBootstrap.js";
 import {
   isReleaseChannelApiAvailabilityError,
   markReleaseChannelApiUnavailable,
@@ -128,9 +129,9 @@ const applyReleaseRuntimeConfig = (runtime) => {
 };
 
 export const refreshReleaseRuntime = async () => {
-  return authenticatedRequest("/release/runtime", "GET", releaseChannelRuntimeRequestParams())
-    .then((response) => {
-      applyReleaseRuntimeConfig(response?.data?.data || response?.data || {});
+  return fetchReleaseRuntime()
+    .then((runtime) => {
+      applyReleaseRuntimeConfig(runtime || {});
     })
     .catch((error) => {
       console.warn("Could not refresh release runtime", error);
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index 323df142..a9dbf160 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ export const API_URL = normalizeApiUrl(
 export const RELEASE_MANAGER_CONTROL_API_URL = normalizeApiUrl(
   import.meta.env.VITE_RELEASE_MANAGER_CONTROL_API_URL || API_URL
 );
+export const RELEASE_PUBLIC_GATEWAY_API_URL = normalizeApiUrl(
+  import.meta.env.VITE_RELEASE_PUBLIC_GATEWAY_API_URL || "https://api-v2.truckwash.io"
+);
 export const RELEASE_MANAGER_CONTROL_API_FALLBACK_URLS = String(
   import.meta.env.VITE_RELEASE_MANAGER_CONTROL_API_FALLBACK_URLS ||
     (IS_DEV ? "https://api.truckwash.io:4433,https://api.truckwash.io" : "")
diff --git a/src/services/releaseBootstrap.js b/src/services/releaseBootstrap.js
index c2376f44..94037c38 100644
--- a/src/services/releaseBootstrap.js
+++ b/src/services/releaseBootstrap.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { API_URL } from "@/config.js";
+import { API_URL, RELEASE_PUBLIC_GATEWAY_API_URL } from "@/config.js";
 import { buildReleaseHeaders } from "@/services/releaseHeaders.js";
 
 export const RELEASE_RUNTIME_GLOBAL_KEY = "__TRUCKWASH_RELEASE_RUNTIME__";
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ const browserStorage = () => {
 const readSelectedReleaseChannel = () =>
   normalizeReleaseChannelSlug(browserStorage()?.getItem(RELEASE_CHANNEL_SELECTION_STORAGE_KEY) || "");
 
+const releaseChannelGatewayApiBaseUrl = (channelSlug, gatewayBaseUrl = RELEASE_PUBLIC_GATEWAY_API_URL) => {
+  const slug = normalizeReleaseChannelSlug(channelSlug);
+  if (!slug || slug === "stable") {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  const baseUrl = normalizeBaseUrl(gatewayBaseUrl);
+  if (!baseUrl || !/^https?:\/\//i.test(baseUrl)) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  return new URL(`${slug}/api/`, `${baseUrl}/`).href.replace(/\/+$/, "");
+};
+
 const buildRuntimeHeaders = () => {
   const storage = browserStorage();
   const headers = {
@@ -47,9 +61,11 @@ const buildRuntimeHeaders = () => {
   return headers;
 };
 
-export const runtimeApiUrl = (apiBaseUrl = API_URL) => {
-  const url = new URL("release/runtime", `${normalizeBaseUrl(apiBaseUrl)}/`);
+export const runtimeApiUrl = (apiBaseUrl = API_URL, gatewayBaseUrl = RELEASE_PUBLIC_GATEWAY_API_URL) => {
   const selectedChannel = readSelectedReleaseChannel();
+  const selectedChannelApiBaseUrl = releaseChannelGatewayApiBaseUrl(selectedChannel, gatewayBaseUrl);
+  const runtimeBaseUrl = selectedChannelApiBaseUrl || normalizeBaseUrl(apiBaseUrl);
+  const url = new URL("release/runtime", `${runtimeBaseUrl}/`);
   if (selectedChannel) {
     url.searchParams.set("release_channel", selectedChannel);
   }
@@ -71,12 +87,16 @@ const parseJsonResponse = async (response, label) => {
   return response?.json?.();
 };
 
-export const fetchReleaseRuntime = async ({ fetchFn = globalThis.fetch, apiBaseUrl = API_URL } = {}) => {
+export const fetchReleaseRuntime = async ({
+  fetchFn = globalThis.fetch,
+  apiBaseUrl = API_URL,
+  gatewayBaseUrl = RELEASE_PUBLIC_GATEWAY_API_URL,
+} = {}) => {
   if (typeof fetchFn !== "function") {
     return null;
   }
 
-  const response = await fetchFn(runtimeApiUrl(apiBaseUrl), {
+  const response = await fetchFn(runtimeApiUrl(apiBaseUrl, gatewayBaseUrl), {
     method: "GET",
     headers: buildRuntimeHeaders(),
     credentials: "omit",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/release-bootstrap.spec.js b/tests/e2e/release-bootstrap.spec.js
index 61e2babd..f6f15064 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/release-bootstrap.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/release-bootstrap.spec.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const json = (body, status = 200) => ({
 test("non-default release frontend loads from api-v2.truckwash.io without redirecting", async ({ page }) => {
   const releaseApiRequests = [];
   const releaseEntryRequests = [];
+  const runtimeRequests = [];
   const runtime = {
     generated_at: "2026-05-20T10:00:00.000Z",
     trace_id: "trace-release-bootstrap",
@@ -46,7 +47,12 @@ test("non-default release frontend loads from api-v2.truckwash.io without redire
     },
   };
 
-  await page.route("**/release/runtime**", async (route) => {
+  await page.addInitScript(() => {
+    window.localStorage.setItem("release_channel_selected_slug", "canary");
+  });
+
+  await page.route("https://api-v2.truckwash.io/canary/api/release/runtime**", async (route) => {
+    runtimeRequests.push(route.request().url());
     await route.fulfill(json({ data: runtime }));
   });
   await page.route("https://api-v2.truckwash.io/canary/frontend/release-entry.json", async (route) => {
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ test("non-default release frontend loads from api-v2.truckwash.io without redire
   const currentOrigin = await page.evaluate(() => window.location.origin);
   expect(page.url()).toContain("/shared/passkey-safe-link");
   expect(page.url()).not.toContain("api-v2.truckwash.io");
+  expect(runtimeRequests).toEqual(["https://api-v2.truckwash.io/canary/api/release/runtime?release_channel=canary"]);
   expect(releaseEntryRequests).toEqual(["https://api-v2.truckwash.io/canary/frontend/release-entry.json"]);
   await expect.poll(() => releaseApiRequests.length).toBe(1);
   expect(releaseApiRequests[0]).toBe("https://api-v2.truckwash.io/canary/api/ping");
diff --git a/tests/unit/release-bootstrap.spec.js b/tests/unit/release-bootstrap.spec.js
index 22af7402..ea34b205 100644
--- a/tests/unit/release-bootstrap.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/release-bootstrap.spec.js
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ describe("release bootstrap", () => {
     localStorage.setItem("release_channel_selected_slug", "Canary Preview!");
 
     expect(runtimeApiUrl("https://api.truckwash.io")).toBe(
-      "https://api.truckwash.io/release/runtime?release_channel=canary-preview"
+      "https://api-v2.truckwash.io/canary-preview/api/release/runtime?release_channel=canary-preview"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("keeps stable runtime requests on the configured control API", () => {
+    localStorage.setItem("release_channel_selected_slug", "stable");
+
+    expect(runtimeApiUrl("https://api.truckwash.io")).toBe(
+      "https://api.truckwash.io/release/runtime?release_channel=stable"
     );
   });
 
@@ -38,9 +46,10 @@ describe("release bootstrap", () => {
       json: async () => ({ data: { channel: { slug: "internal" } } }),
     }));
 
-    await fetchReleaseRuntime({ fetchFn, apiBaseUrl: "https://api-v2.truckwash.io" });
+    await fetchReleaseRuntime({ fetchFn, apiBaseUrl: "https://api.truckwash.io" });
 
-    const [, options] = fetchFn.mock.calls[0];
+    const [url, options] = fetchFn.mock.calls[0];
+    expect(url).toBe("https://api-v2.truckwash.io/internal/api/release/runtime?release_channel=internal");
     expect(options.headers).toMatchObject({
       "X-Release-Trace": "trace-runtime",
       "X-Release-Channel": "internal",