diff --git a/internal/web/service/inbound_node.go b/internal/web/service/inbound_node.go
index 938512196..e830009ac 100644
--- a/internal/web/service/inbound_node.go
+++ b/internal/web/service/inbound_node.go
@@ -716,8 +716,12 @@ func (s *InboundService) setRemoteTrafficLocked(nodeID int, snap *runtime.Traffi
 
 	newInboundIDs := make(map[int]struct{})
 
+	// Every pass below walks a central inbound's clients once per snapshot entry that
+	// resolves to it, so only the first such entry is merged; repeats are dropped.
+	mergedCentral := make(map[int]struct{}, len(central))
+
 	snapTags := make(map[string]struct{}, len(snap.Inbounds))
-	for _, snapIb := range snap.Inbounds {
+	for snapIdx, snapIb := range snap.Inbounds {
 		if snapIb == nil {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -761,6 +765,13 @@ func (s *InboundService) setRemoteTrafficLocked(nodeID int, snap *runtime.Traffi
 				return false, fmt.Errorf("setRemoteTraffic: inbound %q has ambiguous compatible central aliases", snapIb.Tag)
 			}
 		}
+		if ok {
+			if _, merged := mergedCentral[c.Id]; merged {
+				snap.Inbounds[snapIdx] = nil
+				continue
+			}
+			mergedCentral[c.Id] = struct{}{}
+		}
 		if !ok {
 			if dirty {
 				continue
@@ -839,6 +850,7 @@ func (s *InboundService) setRemoteTrafficLocked(nodeID int, snap *runtime.Traffi
 				}
 			}
 			newInboundIDs[newIb.Id] = struct{}{}
+			mergedCentral[newIb.Id] = struct{}{}
 			structuralChange = true
 			continue
 		}
@@ -929,9 +941,9 @@ func (s *InboundService) setRemoteTrafficLocked(nodeID int, snap *runtime.Traffi
 		if dirty {
 			continue
 		}
-		// A node inbound created disabled is never delivered, so its absence from
-		// the snapshot is ambiguous rather than evidence of a node-side delete.
-		if !c.Enable {
+		// A node inbound created disabled is never delivered, so its absence from the snapshot
+		// is ambiguous; a copy the node once reported (it has an origin) is not.
+		if !c.Enable && c.OriginNodeGuid == "" {
 			continue
 		}
 		if len(snapTags) == 0 {
diff --git a/internal/web/service/node_sweep_guard_test.go b/internal/web/service/node_sweep_guard_test.go
index 76d1cace4..f006ad748 100644
--- a/internal/web/service/node_sweep_guard_test.go
+++ b/internal/web/service/node_sweep_guard_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package service
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/internal/database"
@@ -160,3 +161,55 @@ func TestSyncInboundStoresTrimmedEmail(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("links after re-sync = %d, want 1", links)
 	}
 }
+
+// Only a master-created inbound not yet delivered is exempt from the sweep; otherwise a
+// node could report endless disabled inbounds that the master keeps forever.
+func TestDisabledInboundTheNodeReportedIsSwept(t *testing.T) {
+	db := initTrafficTestDB(t)
+	svc := &InboundService{}
+	seedNodeRow(t, db, &model.Node{Id: 1, Name: "n1", Address: "127.0.0.1", Port: 2096, ApiToken: "tok", Enable: true})
+	keep := snapshotWithClients(t, "keep", `{"clients":[]}`)
+	reported := &runtime.TrafficSnapshot{Inbounds: append(keep.Inbounds,
+		&model.Inbound{Tag: "junk", Port: 41003, Protocol: model.VLESS, Enable: false, Settings: `{"clients":[]}`})}
+	if _, err := svc.setRemoteTrafficLocked(1, reported, false, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first sync: %v", err)
+	}
+	nid := 1
+	if err := db.Create(&model.Inbound{UserId: 1, Tag: "undelivered", Port: 41004, Protocol: model.VLESS, NodeID: &nid, Settings: `{"clients":[]}`}).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create undelivered inbound: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := db.Model(&model.Inbound{}).Where("tag = ?", "undelivered").Update("enable", false).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("disable: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := svc.setRemoteTrafficLocked(1, snapshotWithClients(t, "keep", `{"clients":[]}`), false, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second sync: %v", err)
+	}
+	var tags []string
+	db.Model(&model.Inbound{}).Order("tag").Pluck("tag", &tags)
+	if !slices.Equal(tags, []string{"keep", "undelivered"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("inbounds after the node stopped reporting junk = %v, want [keep undelivered]", tags)
+	}
+}
+
+// A node listing one inbound many times made every pass repeat its whole client set;
+// the first entry for an inbound is merged and the repeats are dropped.
+func TestRepeatedSnapshotEntriesMergeTheInboundOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	db := initTrafficTestDB(t)
+	svc := &InboundService{}
+	seedNodeRow(t, db, &model.Node{Id: 1, Name: "n1", Address: "127.0.0.1", Port: 2096, ApiToken: "tok", Enable: true})
+	snap := &runtime.TrafficSnapshot{Inbounds: []*model.Inbound{
+		{Tag: "dup", Port: 41005, Protocol: model.VLESS, Enable: true, Remark: "first", Settings: `{"clients":[]}`},
+		{Tag: "dup", Port: 41005, Protocol: model.VLESS, Enable: true, Remark: "second", Settings: `{"clients":[]}`},
+	}}
+	for range 2 {
+		if _, err := svc.setRemoteTrafficLocked(1, snap, false, false); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("sync: %v", err)
+		}
+		snap.Inbounds[1] = &model.Inbound{Tag: "dup", Port: 41005, Protocol: model.VLESS, Enable: true, Remark: "second", Settings: `{"clients":[]}`}
+	}
+	var remarks []string
+	db.Model(&model.Inbound{}).Where("tag = ?", "dup").Pluck("remark", &remarks)
+	if !slices.Equal(remarks, []string{"first"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("remarks = %v, want the first entry merged once", remarks)
+	}
+}