diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
index 0e2a03377..6a2044248 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ jobs:
           - TestAPIAuthenticationBypassCurl
           - TestRemoteCLIAuthenticationBypass
           - TestCLIWithConfigAuthenticationBypass
+          - TestAppConnectorBasic
+          - TestAppConnectorNonMatchingTag
+          - TestAppConnectorWildcardConnector
           - TestAuthKeyLogoutAndReloginSameUser
           - TestAuthKeyLogoutAndReloginNewUser
           - TestAuthKeyLogoutAndReloginSameUserExpiredKey
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 785d7d855..a475be91a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ sequentially through each stable release, selecting the latest patch version ava
 
 ### Changes
 
+- Add App Connector support for domain-based routing through designated connector nodes [#2987](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2987)
 - Smarter change notifications send partial map updates and node removals instead of full maps [#2961](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2961)
   - Send lightweight endpoint and DERP region updates instead of full maps [#2856](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2856)
 - Add NixOS module in repository for faster iteration [#2857](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/2857)
diff --git a/cmd/hi/docker.go b/cmd/hi/docker.go
index 102ee526e..cff29fdda 100644
--- a/cmd/hi/docker.go
+++ b/cmd/hi/docker.go
@@ -257,6 +257,19 @@ func createGoTestContainer(ctx context.Context, cli *client.Client, config *RunC
 	// Set GOCACHE to a known location (used by both bind mount and volume cases)
 	env = append(env, "GOCACHE=/cache/go-build")
 
+	// Ensure Docker API version compatibility with newer Docker daemons (29.x+).
+	// dockertest's go-dockerclient uses old API versions (e.g., 1.25) in URLs which
+	// newer Docker daemons reject (minimum 1.44). Setting DOCKER_API_VERSION makes
+	// the client use a compatible version, and DOCKER_MACHINE_NAME triggers the
+	// NewClientFromEnv() code path in dockertest which respects DOCKER_API_VERSION.
+	if os.Getenv("DOCKER_API_VERSION") == "" {
+		env = append(env, "DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.44")
+	} else {
+		env = append(env, "DOCKER_API_VERSION="+os.Getenv("DOCKER_API_VERSION"))
+	}
+
+	env = append(env, "DOCKER_MACHINE_NAME=integration")
+
 	containerConfig := &container.Config{
 		Image:      "golang:" + config.GoVersion,
 		Cmd:        goTestCmd,
diff --git a/docs/about/features.md b/docs/about/features.md
index e92327c8c..cc1650bf4 100644
--- a/docs/about/features.md
+++ b/docs/about/features.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ provides on overview of Headscale's feature and compatibility with the Tailscale
     - [x] Basic registration
     - [x] Update user profile from identity provider
     - [ ] OIDC groups cannot be used in ACLs
+- [x] [App Connectors](https://tailscale.com/kb/1281/app-connectors) - Route traffic to specific domains through designated connector nodes
 - [ ] [Funnel](https://tailscale.com/docs/features/tailscale-funnel) ([#1040](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1040))
 - [ ] [Serve](https://tailscale.com/docs/features/tailscale-serve) ([#1234](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1921))
 - [ ] [Network flow logs](https://tailscale.com/docs/features/logging/network-flow-logs) ([#1687](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/1687))
diff --git a/docs/ref/policy.md b/docs/ref/policy.md
index f326d7ecb..66bb0a902 100644
--- a/docs/ref/policy.md
+++ b/docs/ref/policy.md
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ configuration and attributes. At least the following node attributes are current
 }
 ```
 
+The `attr` field above carries key-only capabilities. A `nodeAttrs` entry may instead (or additionally) carry an `app`
+field for *valued* capabilities — a capability name mapped to a list of JSON payloads, matching Tailscale's `app` field.
+Headscale passes these payloads through unmodified. [App Connectors](#app-connectors) are delivered this way via the
+`tailscale.com/app-connectors` capability.
+
 ## Network-wide policy options
 
 The following options are applied for the entire tailnet. Consider [node attributes](#node-attributes) for a more
@@ -242,6 +247,118 @@ fine-grained configuration instead.
 }
 ```
 
+## App Connectors
+
+Headscale supports [App Connectors](https://tailscale.com/kb/1281/app-connectors), which route traffic for specific
+domains through designated connector nodes. This is useful for reaching internal applications or services that are only
+reachable from certain nodes in your tailnet.
+
+App connectors are configured exactly as they are in Tailscale: through the [`app`](#node-attributes) field of a
+`nodeAttrs` entry, using the `tailscale.com/app-connectors` capability. The `target` selects which nodes receive the
+configuration; a connector node must also be started with `tailscale set --advertise-connector`.
+
+```json title="policy.json"
+{
+  "tagOwners": {
+    "tag:connector": ["admin@"]
+  },
+  "nodeAttrs": [
+    {
+      "target": ["tag:connector"],
+      "app": {
+        "tailscale.com/app-connectors": [
+          {
+            "name": "Internal Apps",
+            "connectors": ["tag:connector"],
+            "domains": ["internal.example.com", "*.corp.example.com"],
+            "routes": ["10.0.0.0/8"]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+### Configuration fields
+
+The objects under `tailscale.com/app-connectors` use Tailscale's [app connector
+attribute](https://tailscale.com/kb/1281/app-connectors) format. Headscale passes them through unmodified; the connector
+client interprets them.
+
+| Field | Required | Description |
+|-------|----------|-------------|
+| `name` | No | A human-readable name for this collection of domains. |
+| `connectors` | Yes | A list of tags (e.g. `tag:connector`) or `*` that identifies which nodes serve as connectors for these domains. Evaluated by the client. |
+| `domains` | Yes | Domain names to route through the connector. Supports wildcards like `*.example.com`. |
+| `routes` | No | Optional IP prefixes to advertise as routes, in addition to routes discovered dynamically from DNS. |
+
+### Auto-approving routes
+
+App connectors work as dynamic subnet routers under the hood. When a connector resolves DNS for a configured domain, it
+advertises the resulting IP addresses as subnet routes. For these routes to take effect automatically, configure
+`autoApprovers` to approve routes from the connector nodes:
+
+```json title="policy.json"
+{
+  "autoApprovers": {
+    "routes": {
+      "0.0.0.0/0": ["tag:connector"],
+      "::/0": ["tag:connector"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Without `autoApprovers`, each dynamically discovered route requires manual approval.
+
+### How it works
+
+1. Declare the app connector configuration in a `nodeAttrs` entry whose `target` selects the connector nodes.
+2. Configure `autoApprovers` to auto-approve routes from your connector tags.
+3. Start the connector node with `tailscale set --advertise-connector`. It receives the domain configuration via the
+   `tailscale.com/app-connectors` capability.
+4. When clients query DNS for a configured domain, traffic is routed through the connector node, which resolves the DNS
+   and forwards traffic to the destination.
+
+### Example: multiple connectors
+
+```json title="policy.json"
+{
+  "tagOwners": {
+    "tag:web-connector": ["admin@"],
+    "tag:db-connector": ["admin@"]
+  },
+  "nodeAttrs": [
+    {
+      "target": ["tag:web-connector"],
+      "app": {
+        "tailscale.com/app-connectors": [
+          {
+            "name": "Web Applications",
+            "connectors": ["tag:web-connector"],
+            "domains": ["*.internal.example.com", "dashboard.corp.example.com"]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "target": ["tag:db-connector"],
+      "app": {
+        "tailscale.com/app-connectors": [
+          {
+            "name": "Database Access",
+            "connectors": ["tag:db-connector"],
+            "domains": ["db.internal.example.com"],
+            "routes": ["10.20.30.0/24"]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
 [^1]: Headscale also allows to store the policy in the database. This is typically only required in case a [web
     interface](integration/web-ui.md) is used.
 
diff --git a/hscontrol/policy/v2/appconnector_test.go b/hscontrol/policy/v2/appconnector_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d8fba99e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hscontrol/policy/v2/appconnector_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+package v2
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/netip"
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+	"tailscale.com/types/appctype"
+)
+
+// appConnectorsCap is the Tailscale capability key under which app connector
+// configuration is delivered to a node via the nodeAttrs "app" field. App
+// connectors are not a bespoke Headscale policy block: they ride the generic
+// valued-capability path, exactly as a Tailscale-hosted control plane delivers
+// them.
+const appConnectorsCap = tailcfg.NodeCapability("tailscale.com/app-connectors")
+
+// decodeAppConnectorAttrs decodes the app-connectors payloads on a node's
+// CapMap into the real Tailscale [appctype.AppConnectorAttr]. Decoding through
+// the upstream type (rather than a Headscale duplicate) asserts that the
+// values Headscale passes through are wire-compatible with what a Tailscale
+// client reads.
+func decodeAppConnectorAttrs(t *testing.T, capMap tailcfg.NodeCapMap) []appctype.AppConnectorAttr {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	raws, ok := capMap[appConnectorsCap]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	attrs := make([]appctype.AppConnectorAttr, 0, len(raws))
+
+	for _, raw := range raws {
+		var attr appctype.AppConnectorAttr
+
+		require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal([]byte(raw), &attr))
+		attrs = append(attrs, attr)
+	}
+
+	return attrs
+}
+
+// TestAppConnectorViaNodeAttrs verifies that app connector configuration
+// declared in nodeAttrs "app" lands in the CapMap of every node the target
+// selects, and only those nodes. It reuses the shared nodeAttrs fixtures
+// (node 3 = tag:server, node 4 = tag:client, nodes 1-2 = untagged).
+func TestAppConnectorViaNodeAttrs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	users := nodeAttrsTestUsers()
+	nodes := nodeAttrsTestNodes(users)
+
+	policy := `{
+		"tagOwners": {` + nodeAttrsTagOwners + `},
+		"nodeAttrs": [{
+			"target": ["tag:server"],
+			"app": {
+				"tailscale.com/app-connectors": [
+					{
+						"name": "Internal Apps",
+						"connectors": ["tag:server"],
+						"domains": ["internal.example.com", "*.corp.example.com"]
+					},
+					{
+						"name": "VPN Apps",
+						"connectors": ["tag:server"],
+						"domains": ["vpn.example.com"],
+						"routes": ["10.0.0.0/8"]
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		}]
+	}`
+
+	pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(policy), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// The targeted node (tag:server, ID 3) receives both configs.
+	attrs := decodeAppConnectorAttrs(t, pm.NodeCapMap(3))
+	require.Len(t, attrs, 2)
+
+	domains := make([]string, 0, len(attrs))
+	for _, a := range attrs {
+		domains = append(domains, a.Domains...)
+	}
+
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t,
+		[]string{"internal.example.com", "*.corp.example.com", "vpn.example.com"},
+		domains,
+	)
+
+	// The "routes" field round-trips through the upstream type.
+	var withRoutes *appctype.AppConnectorAttr
+
+	for i := range attrs {
+		if attrs[i].Name == "VPN Apps" {
+			withRoutes = &attrs[i]
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.NotNil(t, withRoutes)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		[]netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8")},
+		withRoutes.Routes,
+	)
+
+	// Nodes the target does not select get no app-connectors capability.
+	assert.Nil(t, decodeAppConnectorAttrs(t, pm.NodeCapMap(1)), "untagged node")
+	assert.Nil(t, decodeAppConnectorAttrs(t, pm.NodeCapMap(4)), "tag:client node")
+}
+
+// TestAppConnectorWildcardTarget verifies that a wildcard target delivers the
+// app-connectors capability to every node, mirroring Tailscale's "*" target.
+func TestAppConnectorWildcardTarget(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	users := nodeAttrsTestUsers()
+	nodes := nodeAttrsTestNodes(users)
+
+	policy := `{
+		"tagOwners": {` + nodeAttrsTagOwners + `},
+		"nodeAttrs": [{
+			"target": ["*"],
+			"app": {
+				"tailscale.com/app-connectors": [
+					{"name": "All", "connectors": ["*"], "domains": ["*.example.com"]}
+				]
+			}
+		}]
+	}`
+
+	pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(policy), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	for _, id := range []types.NodeID{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} {
+		attrs := decodeAppConnectorAttrs(t, pm.NodeCapMap(id))
+		require.Lenf(t, attrs, 1, "node %d", id)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"*.example.com"}, attrs[0].Domains)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAppConnectorChangeTracking proves that app connector caps delivered via
+// nodeAttrs.app participate in NodesWithChangedCapMap — the drain that drives
+// per-node change.SelfUpdate on policy reload (hscontrol/state/state.go). This
+// is why app connectors no longer need a PolicyChange{IncludeSelf:true}
+// broadcast: a node whose app config changes is reported here and gets a
+// targeted self-update through the same path as every other nodeAttrs cap.
+func TestAppConnectorChangeTracking(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	users := nodeAttrsTestUsers()
+	nodes := nodeAttrsTestNodes(users)
+
+	// Start with no nodeAttrs at all.
+	base := `{"tagOwners": {` + nodeAttrsTagOwners + `}}`
+
+	pm, err := NewPolicyManager([]byte(base), users, nodes.ViewSlice())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Empty(t, pm.NodesWithChangedCapMap(),
+		"no nodeAttrs means no node has a CapMap")
+
+	// Add an app connector targeting tag:server (node 3 only).
+	withConnector := `{
+		"tagOwners": {` + nodeAttrsTagOwners + `},
+		"nodeAttrs": [{
+			"target": ["tag:server"],
+			"app": {
+				"tailscale.com/app-connectors": [
+					{"name": "Internal", "connectors": ["tag:server"], "domains": ["internal.example.com"]}
+				]
+			}
+		}]
+	}`
+
+	changed, err := pm.SetPolicy([]byte(withConnector))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, changed)
+
+	delta := pm.NodesWithChangedCapMap()
+	slices.Sort(delta)
+	assert.Equal(t, []types.NodeID{3}, delta,
+		"only the targeted node's app-connectors cap appeared")
+
+	assert.Empty(t, pm.NodesWithChangedCapMap(),
+		"NodesWithChangedCapMap drains on read")
+}
diff --git a/hscontrol/policy/v2/compiled.go b/hscontrol/policy/v2/compiled.go
index 642100c7d..a6ba3936b 100644
--- a/hscontrol/policy/v2/compiled.go
+++ b/hscontrol/policy/v2/compiled.go
@@ -157,13 +157,19 @@ func (pol *Policy) compileNodeAttrs(
 	}
 
 	result := make(map[types.NodeID]tailcfg.NodeCapMap)
-	stamp := func(id types.NodeID, attr tailcfg.NodeCapability) {
+	capMapFor := func(id types.NodeID) tailcfg.NodeCapMap {
 		capMap, ok := result[id]
 		if !ok {
 			capMap = tailcfg.NodeCapMap{}
 			result[id] = capMap
 		}
 
+		return capMap
+	}
+
+	stamp := func(id types.NodeID, attr tailcfg.NodeCapability) {
+		capMap := capMapFor(id)
+
 		// nil [tailcfg.RawMessage] matches the wire format from a
 		// Tailscale-hosted control plane: capabilities without companion
 		// data marshal as null rather than []. Storing nil keeps the
@@ -174,6 +180,16 @@ func (pol *Policy) compileNodeAttrs(
 		}
 	}
 
+	// stampValues appends valued capabilities from a nodeAttrs "app"
+	// block (a capability name → JSON payloads, e.g.
+	// "tailscale.com/app-connectors"). The payloads are passed through
+	// opaquely; the client interprets them. Multiple nodeAttrs entries
+	// targeting the same node accumulate their values.
+	stampValues := func(id types.NodeID, capKey tailcfg.NodeCapability, vals []tailcfg.RawMessage) {
+		capMap := capMapFor(id)
+		capMap[capKey] = append(capMap[capKey], vals...)
+	}
+
 	// Cache each node's IPs once per call. Without the cache, the
 	// node-attr inner loop would call [types.NodeView.IPs] once per attr
 	// per node — O(grants × nodes) allocations of a 2-element slice
@@ -195,7 +211,7 @@ func (pol *Policy) compileNodeAttrs(
 	}
 
 	for _, na := range pol.NodeAttrs {
-		if len(na.Attrs) == 0 {
+		if len(na.Attrs) == 0 && len(na.App) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -216,6 +232,10 @@ func (pol *Policy) compileNodeAttrs(
 			for _, attr := range na.Attrs {
 				stamp(ni.id, attr)
 			}
+
+			for capKey, vals := range na.App {
+				stampValues(ni.id, capKey, vals)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hscontrol/policy/v2/types.go b/hscontrol/policy/v2/types.go
index 50a89f8c1..6f822c027 100644
--- a/hscontrol/policy/v2/types.go
+++ b/hscontrol/policy/v2/types.go
@@ -1888,11 +1888,19 @@ type Grant struct {
 // resolved exactly like ACL/grant sources, so users, groups, tags, hosts,
 // prefixes, autogroup:member, autogroup:tagged, and "*" are all valid.
 //
+// Attrs holds key-only capabilities (e.g. "magicdns-aaaa"), stamped into the
+// node's CapMap with a nil value. App holds valued capabilities — a
+// capability name mapped to a list of JSON payloads — matching Tailscale's
+// nodeAttrs "app" field. App connectors are delivered this way via the
+// "tailscale.com/app-connectors" capability; Headscale passes the payloads
+// through opaquely and the client interprets them.
+//
 // IPPool is parsed and validated for forward compatibility with the IP
 // allocator; the policy compiler does not consume it yet.
 type NodeAttrGrant struct {
 	Targets Aliases                  `json:"target"`
 	Attrs   []tailcfg.NodeCapability `json:"attr,omitempty"`
+	App     tailcfg.NodeCapMap       `json:"app,omitempty"`
 	IPPool  []netip.Prefix           `json:"ipPool,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/integration/appconnector_test.go b/integration/appconnector_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66225c0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/appconnector_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/netip"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	policyv2 "github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/policy/v2"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/integration/hsic"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/integration/integrationutil"
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/integration/tsic"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
+	"tailscale.com/types/appctype"
+)
+
+// appConnectorsCap is the Tailscale capability under which app connector
+// configuration is delivered to a node. App connectors ride the generic
+// nodeAttrs "app" path rather than a bespoke Headscale policy block.
+const appConnectorsCap = tailcfg.NodeCapability("tailscale.com/app-connectors")
+
+// appConnectorAttrs builds a nodeAttrs "app" CapMap carrying the given app
+// connector configs, marshalled through the upstream [appctype.AppConnectorAttr]
+// type so the test exercises the same wire shape a Tailscale-hosted control
+// plane would emit.
+func appConnectorAttrs(t *testing.T, attrs ...appctype.AppConnectorAttr) tailcfg.NodeCapMap {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	raws := make([]tailcfg.RawMessage, 0, len(attrs))
+
+	for _, a := range attrs {
+		b, err := json.Marshal(a)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		raws = append(raws, tailcfg.RawMessage(b))
+	}
+
+	return tailcfg.NodeCapMap{appConnectorsCap: raws}
+}
+
+// TestAppConnectorBasic tests that app connector configuration declared in
+// nodeAttrs "app" is propagated to a node selected by the target.
+func TestAppConnectorBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	IntegrationSkip(t)
+
+	// Policy with app connector configuration delivered via nodeAttrs.app
+	// targeting tag:connector.
+	policy := &policyv2.Policy{
+		TagOwners: policyv2.TagOwners{
+			"tag:connector": policyv2.Owners{usernameOwner("user1@")},
+		},
+		ACLs: []policyv2.ACL{
+			{
+				Action:  "accept",
+				Sources: []policyv2.Alias{wildcard()},
+				Destinations: []policyv2.AliasWithPorts{
+					aliasWithPorts(wildcard(), tailcfg.PortRangeAny),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		NodeAttrs: []policyv2.NodeAttrGrant{
+			{
+				Targets: policyv2.Aliases{tagp("tag:connector")},
+				App: appConnectorAttrs(t,
+					appctype.AppConnectorAttr{
+						Name:       "Internal Apps",
+						Connectors: []string{"tag:connector"},
+						Domains:    []string{"internal.example.com", "*.corp.example.com"},
+					},
+					appctype.AppConnectorAttr{
+						Name:       "VPN Apps",
+						Connectors: []string{"tag:connector"},
+						Domains:    []string{"vpn.example.com"},
+						Routes:     []netip.Prefix{netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8")},
+					},
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	spec := ScenarioSpec{
+		NodesPerUser: 0, // We'll create nodes manually with specific tags
+		Users:        []string{"user1"},
+	}
+
+	scenario, err := NewScenario(spec)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	defer scenario.ShutdownAssertNoPanics(t)
+
+	err = scenario.CreateHeadscaleEnv(
+		[]tsic.Option{},
+		hsic.WithACLPolicy(policy),
+		hsic.WithTestName("appconnector"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	headscale, err := scenario.Headscale()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	userMap, err := headscale.MapUsers()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create a tagged node with tag:connector using PreAuthKey (tags-as-identity)
+	taggedKey, err := scenario.CreatePreAuthKeyWithTags(
+		userMap["user1"].GetId(), false, false, []string{"tag:connector"},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	connectorNode, err := scenario.CreateTailscaleNode(
+		"head",
+		tsic.WithNetwork(scenario.networks[scenario.testDefaultNetwork]),
+		tsic.WithNetfilter("off"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = connectorNode.Login(headscale.GetEndpoint(), taggedKey.GetKey())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = connectorNode.WaitForRunning(integrationutil.PeerSyncTimeout())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify the node has the tag:connector tag
+	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		status, err := connectorNode.Status()
+		assert.NoError(c, err)
+		assert.NotNil(c, status.Self.Tags, "Node should have tags")
+
+		if status.Self.Tags != nil {
+			assert.Contains(c, status.Self.Tags.AsSlice(), "tag:connector", "Node should have tag:connector")
+		}
+	}, 30*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "Waiting for node to have correct tags")
+
+	// Advertise as an app connector. Delivery of the capability is driven by
+	// the nodeAttrs target, not by advertising, but a real connector advertises
+	// so we mirror that here.
+	t.Log("Advertising node as app connector")
+
+	_, _, err = connectorNode.Execute([]string{
+		"tailscale", "set", "--advertise-connector",
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Wait for the app connector capability to be propagated
+	t.Log("Waiting for app connector capability to be propagated")
+	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		nm, err := connectorNode.Netmap()
+		assert.NoError(c, err)
+
+		if nm == nil || !nm.SelfNode.Valid() {
+			assert.Fail(c, "Netmap or SelfNode is invalid")
+			return
+		}
+
+		capMap := nm.SelfNode.CapMap()
+		if capMap.IsNil() {
+			assert.Fail(c, "CapMap is nil")
+			return
+		}
+
+		attrs, hasCapability := capMap.GetOk(appConnectorsCap)
+		assert.True(c, hasCapability, "Node should have app-connectors capability")
+
+		if hasCapability {
+			// Verify we have the expected number of app connector configs
+			assert.Equal(c, 2, attrs.Len(), "Should have 2 app connector configs")
+
+			// Verify the content of the configs
+			var allDomains []string
+
+			for i := range attrs.Len() {
+				var cfg appctype.AppConnectorAttr
+
+				err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(attrs.At(i)), &cfg)
+				assert.NoError(c, err)
+
+				allDomains = append(allDomains, cfg.Domains...)
+			}
+
+			assert.Contains(c, allDomains, "internal.example.com")
+			assert.Contains(c, allDomains, "*.corp.example.com")
+			assert.Contains(c, allDomains, "vpn.example.com")
+		}
+	}, 60*time.Second, 1*time.Second, "App connector capability should be propagated")
+}
+
+// TestAppConnectorNonMatchingTag tests that nodes not selected by the nodeAttrs
+// target do not receive app connector configuration.
+func TestAppConnectorNonMatchingTag(t *testing.T) {
+	IntegrationSkip(t)
+
+	// App connector configuration targets tag:connector only.
+	policy := &policyv2.Policy{
+		TagOwners: policyv2.TagOwners{
+			"tag:connector": policyv2.Owners{usernameOwner("user1@")},
+			"tag:other":     policyv2.Owners{usernameOwner("user1@")},
+		},
+		ACLs: []policyv2.ACL{
+			{
+				Action:  "accept",
+				Sources: []policyv2.Alias{wildcard()},
+				Destinations: []policyv2.AliasWithPorts{
+					aliasWithPorts(wildcard(), tailcfg.PortRangeAny),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		NodeAttrs: []policyv2.NodeAttrGrant{
+			{
+				Targets: policyv2.Aliases{tagp("tag:connector")},
+				App: appConnectorAttrs(t,
+					appctype.AppConnectorAttr{
+						Name:       "Internal Apps",
+						Connectors: []string{"tag:connector"},
+						Domains:    []string{"internal.example.com"},
+					},
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	spec := ScenarioSpec{
+		NodesPerUser: 0,
+		Users:        []string{"user1"},
+	}
+
+	scenario, err := NewScenario(spec)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	defer scenario.ShutdownAssertNoPanics(t)
+
+	err = scenario.CreateHeadscaleEnv(
+		[]tsic.Option{},
+		hsic.WithACLPolicy(policy),
+		hsic.WithTestName("appconnector-nonmatch"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	headscale, err := scenario.Headscale()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	userMap, err := headscale.MapUsers()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create a node with tag:other (not tag:connector)
+	taggedKey, err := scenario.CreatePreAuthKeyWithTags(
+		userMap["user1"].GetId(), false, false, []string{"tag:other"},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	otherNode, err := scenario.CreateTailscaleNode(
+		"head",
+		tsic.WithNetwork(scenario.networks[scenario.testDefaultNetwork]),
+		tsic.WithNetfilter("off"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = otherNode.Login(headscale.GetEndpoint(), taggedKey.GetKey())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = otherNode.WaitForRunning(integrationutil.PeerSyncTimeout())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify the node has the tag:other tag
+	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		status, err := otherNode.Status()
+		assert.NoError(c, err)
+		assert.NotNil(c, status.Self.Tags, "Node should have tags")
+
+		if status.Self.Tags != nil {
+			assert.Contains(c, status.Self.Tags.AsSlice(), "tag:other", "Node should have tag:other")
+		}
+	}, 30*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, "Waiting for node to have correct tags")
+
+	// Advertise as an app connector
+	t.Log("Advertising node as app connector (should NOT receive config)")
+
+	_, _, err = otherNode.Execute([]string{
+		"tailscale", "set", "--advertise-connector",
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify the node does NOT have app connector capability
+	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		nm, err := otherNode.Netmap()
+		assert.NoError(c, err)
+
+		if nm == nil || !nm.SelfNode.Valid() {
+			return
+		}
+
+		capMap := nm.SelfNode.CapMap()
+		if capMap.IsNil() {
+			return
+		}
+
+		_, hasCapability := capMap.GetOk(appConnectorsCap)
+		assert.False(c, hasCapability, "Node with non-matching tag should NOT have app-connectors capability")
+	}, 10*time.Second, 1*time.Second, "Verifying node does not receive app connector capability")
+}
+
+// TestAppConnectorWildcardConnector tests that a wildcard (*) target delivers
+// app connector configuration to every node.
+func TestAppConnectorWildcardConnector(t *testing.T) {
+	IntegrationSkip(t)
+
+	// Policy with a wildcard target.
+	policy := &policyv2.Policy{
+		ACLs: []policyv2.ACL{
+			{
+				Action:  "accept",
+				Sources: []policyv2.Alias{wildcard()},
+				Destinations: []policyv2.AliasWithPorts{
+					aliasWithPorts(wildcard(), tailcfg.PortRangeAny),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		NodeAttrs: []policyv2.NodeAttrGrant{
+			{
+				Targets: policyv2.Aliases{policyv2.Wildcard},
+				App: appConnectorAttrs(t,
+					appctype.AppConnectorAttr{
+						Name:       "All Connectors",
+						Connectors: []string{"*"},
+						Domains:    []string{"*.internal.example.com"},
+					},
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	spec := ScenarioSpec{
+		NodesPerUser: 1, // Create a regular user node
+		Users:        []string{"user1"},
+	}
+
+	scenario, err := NewScenario(spec)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	defer scenario.ShutdownAssertNoPanics(t)
+
+	err = scenario.CreateHeadscaleEnv(
+		[]tsic.Option{
+			tsic.WithNetfilter("off"),
+		},
+		hsic.WithACLPolicy(policy),
+		hsic.WithTestName("appconnector-wildcard"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	user1Clients, err := scenario.ListTailscaleClients("user1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, user1Clients, 1)
+
+	regularNode := user1Clients[0]
+
+	// Advertise as an app connector - with a wildcard target, any node receives
+	// the configuration.
+	t.Log("Advertising regular node as app connector with wildcard policy")
+
+	_, _, err = regularNode.Execute([]string{
+		"tailscale", "set", "--advertise-connector",
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Wait for the app connector capability to be propagated
+	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		nm, err := regularNode.Netmap()
+		assert.NoError(c, err)
+
+		if nm == nil || !nm.SelfNode.Valid() {
+			assert.Fail(c, "Netmap or SelfNode is invalid")
+			return
+		}
+
+		capMap := nm.SelfNode.CapMap()
+		if capMap.IsNil() {
+			assert.Fail(c, "CapMap is nil")
+			return
+		}
+
+		attrs, hasCapability := capMap.GetOk(appConnectorsCap)
+		assert.True(c, hasCapability, "Node should have app-connectors capability with wildcard target")
+
+		if hasCapability {
+			assert.Equal(c, 1, attrs.Len(), "Should have 1 app connector config")
+
+			// Verify the domain
+			var cfg appctype.AppConnectorAttr
+
+			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(attrs.At(0)), &cfg)
+			assert.NoError(c, err)
+			assert.Contains(c, cfg.Domains, "*.internal.example.com")
+		}
+	}, 60*time.Second, 1*time.Second, "App connector capability should be propagated with wildcard")
+}