diff --git a/pkg/visor/init_stats.go b/pkg/visor/init_stats.go
index c5e2366a77..78789a4cfb 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/init_stats.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/init_stats.go
@@ -102,20 +102,32 @@ func initStats(_ context.Context, v *Visor, log *logging.Logger) error {
 		}
 		tracker.SetSink(sink)
 
-		// Dedicated tp-list discovery feed: a SECOND CXO node under the
-		// SAME visor identity PK, on DmsgVisorTPListCXOPort, carrying ONLY
-		// the compact transport-list snapshot leaf (publishTPDList). Its
-		// Root is a handful of objects, so TPD's second aggregator fills it
-		// COMPLETELY in ~1 round-trip — the durable cure for the ~10%
-		// transport under-report on busy hubs, whose combined telemetry
-		// Root on `pub` (DmsgCXOPort) can't finish its whole-Root fill in
-		// the announce conn's window. Same PK keeps TPD's reporter=feed-PK
-		// edge-auth intact. The telemetry leaves (transports/<id>/current)
-		// stay on `pub`. If the dedicated publisher can't start, fall back
-		// to publishing the tp-list on the telemetry feed (legacy combined
-		// behavior) so discovery still works — just without the
-		// fill-completeness win.
-		tplistPub = buildTPListPublisher(v, log)
+		// Transport-list discovery feed. CONSOLIDATED default: the tp-list
+		// snapshot leaf rides THIS telemetry feed (`pub`) as a top-level
+		// leaf, so a visor holds ONE CXO node/conn to TPD, not two. TPD's
+		// aggregator extracts the small tp-list leaf via its targeted
+		// discovery-leaf fetch (reconcileTargeted, on every OnRootReceived)
+		// — reliable even when the telemetry Root's deep fill breaks on a
+		// busy hub — so the combined feed keeps the full transport count
+		// without a dedicated second feed. This halves the visor↔TPD
+		// connection count (and the per-session dmsg handshakes) versus the
+		// old two-feed model.
+		//
+		// Safe to consolidate now that #4179 replaced TPD's flat 90s
+		// whole-Root fill cap with a stall timer that RESETS on every
+		// fetched object (plus a hard ceiling): a large-but-progressing
+		// combined Root now completes instead of breaking mid-fill — the
+		// regression that forced the #4171 revert (#4174). Discovery does
+		// not even wait on that whole-Root fill: the targeted tp-list fetch
+		// lands the inlined leaf in a handful of objects independently.
+		//
+		// Opt back into the dedicated port-69 feed with
+		// Stats.DedicatedTPListFeed=true (a SECOND CXO node under the same
+		// visor PK on DmsgVisorTPListCXOPort) — kept as an escape hatch in
+		// case a busy hub is ever seen under-filling on the combined feed.
+		if conf != nil && conf.DedicatedTPListFeed {
+			tplistPub = buildTPListPublisher(v, log)
+		}
 		leafPub := pub
 		if tplistPub != nil {
 			leafPub = tplistPub
diff --git a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/v1.go b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/v1.go
index 84643d91b6..9371083531 100644
--- a/pkg/visor/visorconfig/v1.go
+++ b/pkg/visor/visorconfig/v1.go
@@ -255,6 +255,22 @@ type Stats struct {
 	// Disabled, when true, skips the entire telemetry store and
 	// associated /stats/* endpoints + CXO publisher.
 	Disabled bool `json:"disabled,omitempty"`
+	// DedicatedTPListFeed, when true, publishes the transport-list
+	// discovery snapshot on its OWN CXO node/port
+	// (skyenv.DmsgVisorTPListCXOPort) instead of on the telemetry feed.
+	//
+	// Default (false) is the CONSOLIDATED single-feed model: the tp-list
+	// leaf rides the telemetry Root as a top-level leaf, so TPD holds ONE
+	// CXO connection per visor instead of two. TPD's aggregator extracts
+	// the tp-list via its targeted discovery-leaf fetch, which lands the
+	// small leaf reliably even when the telemetry Root's deep fill breaks
+	// on a busy hub. Halving the visor↔TPD connections cuts TPD's
+	// per-connection goroutines and the per-session dmsg handshake load on
+	// the dmsg servers.
+	//
+	// Set true only to restore the separate dedicated feed — e.g. if a
+	// busy hub's tp-list is observed to under-fill on the combined feed.
+	DedicatedTPListFeed bool `json:"dedicated_tplist_feed,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // LogServer configures the dmsghttp log server's optional localhost endpoint.