diff --git a/core/p2p/affinity_sync.go b/core/p2p/affinity_sync.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cef494e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/p2p/affinity_sync.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package p2p
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/services/messaging"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/services/nodes/prefixcache"
+	"github.com/mudler/edgevpn/pkg/blockchain"
+	"github.com/mudler/edgevpn/pkg/hub"
+	"github.com/mudler/edgevpn/pkg/node"
+	"github.com/mudler/xlog"
+)
+
+// affinitySubjectKey is the hub.Message annotation carrying the logical subject
+// (observe vs invalidate) so the receiver can dispatch the way a NATS subject
+// would. The generic channel has no subject routing, so we carry it ourselves.
+const affinitySubjectKey = "subject"
+
+// genericChannelPublisher adapts an edgevpn node's generic broadcast channel to
+// the prefixcache publisher interface (Publish(subject, v)). It lets a
+// federation server reuse prefixcache.Sync for cross-server affinity coherence
+// without NATS: each event is JSON-encoded into a hub.Message and broadcast over
+// the generic channel (not the slow blockchain ledger).
+type genericChannelPublisher struct {
+	node *node.Node
+}
+
+// Publish satisfies prefixcache's (unexported) publisher interface structurally.
+func (p *genericChannelPublisher) Publish(subject string, v any) error {
+	payload, err := json.Marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("marshalling affinity event: %w", err)
+	}
+	return p.node.PublishMessage(&hub.Message{
+		Message:     string(payload),
+		Annotations: map[string]interface{}{affinitySubjectKey: subject},
+	})
+}
+
+// applyAffinityMessage decodes a generic-channel affinity message and applies it
+// to sync WITHOUT re-broadcasting (ApplyObserve/ApplyInvalidate). now is the
+// local clock so TTL is measured per server. Unknown subjects, malformed
+// payloads, and nil inputs are ignored (debug-logged), never fatal.
+func applyAffinityMessage(sync *prefixcache.Sync, m *hub.Message, now time.Time) {
+	if sync == nil || m == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	subject, _ := m.Annotations[affinitySubjectKey].(string)
+	switch subject {
+	case messaging.SubjectPrefixCacheObserve:
+		var ev messaging.PrefixCacheObserveEvent
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(m.Message), &ev); err != nil {
+			xlog.Debug("affinity: bad observe payload", "error", err)
+			return
+		}
+		sync.ApplyObserve(ev, now)
+	case messaging.SubjectPrefixCacheInvalidate:
+		var ev messaging.PrefixCacheInvalidateEvent
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(m.Message), &ev); err != nil {
+			xlog.Debug("affinity: bad invalidate payload", "error", err)
+			return
+		}
+		sync.ApplyInvalidate(ev)
+	default:
+		// Other generic-channel traffic; not ours.
+	}
+}
+
+// affinityHandler returns the edgevpn generic-channel handler that applies remote
+// affinity events to this server's index. It is registered at node construction
+// (handlers cannot be added after Start) and reads fs.prefixSync lazily, which is
+// safe because messages only arrive after Start, by which point Start has wired
+// fs.prefixSync.
+func (fs *FederatedServer) affinityHandler() node.Handler {
+	return func(_ *blockchain.Ledger, m *hub.Message, _ chan *hub.Message) error {
+		applyAffinityMessage(fs.prefixSync, m, time.Now())
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/p2p/affinity_sync_test.go b/core/p2p/affinity_sync_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..066f7f335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/p2p/affinity_sync_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package p2p
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/services/messaging"
+	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/services/nodes/prefixcache"
+	"github.com/mudler/edgevpn/pkg/hub"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("applyAffinityMessage", func() {
+	ref := time.Date(2026, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	observeMsg := func(ev messaging.PrefixCacheObserveEvent) *hub.Message {
+		payload, _ := json.Marshal(ev)
+		return &hub.Message{
+			Message:     string(payload),
+			Annotations: map[string]interface{}{affinitySubjectKey: messaging.SubjectPrefixCacheObserve},
+		}
+	}
+
+	It("applies a peer observe so the local index resolves the warm peer", func() {
+		cfg := prefixcache.DefaultConfig()
+		idx := prefixcache.NewIndex(cfg)
+		sync := prefixcache.NewSync(idx, nil)
+		chain := prefixcache.ExtractChain("m1", "a fairly long shared system prompt body for the prefix chain", cfg)
+
+		applyAffinityMessage(sync, observeMsg(messaging.PrefixCacheObserveEvent{Model: "m1", Chain: chain, NodeID: "warm", Replica: 0}), ref)
+
+		d := idx.Decide("m1", chain, []prefixcache.ReplicaKey{{NodeID: "warm"}, {NodeID: "cold"}}, ref)
+		Expect(d.HasHot).To(BeTrue())
+		Expect(d.Hot.NodeID).To(Equal("warm"))
+	})
+
+	It("ignores malformed, unknown-subject, and nil inputs without panicking", func() {
+		sync := prefixcache.NewSync(prefixcache.NewIndex(prefixcache.DefaultConfig()), nil)
+		applyAffinityMessage(sync, &hub.Message{Message: "not-json", Annotations: map[string]interface{}{affinitySubjectKey: messaging.SubjectPrefixCacheObserve}}, ref)
+		applyAffinityMessage(sync, &hub.Message{Message: "{}", Annotations: map[string]interface{}{affinitySubjectKey: "some.other.subject"}}, ref)
+		applyAffinityMessage(sync, &hub.Message{Message: "{}"}, ref)
+		applyAffinityMessage(nil, observeMsg(messaging.PrefixCacheObserveEvent{Model: "m"}), ref)
+		applyAffinityMessage(sync, nil, ref)
+		Expect(true).To(BeTrue())
+	})
+})
diff --git a/core/p2p/federated.go b/core/p2p/federated.go
index 8dcb491a2..d12ad7829 100644
--- a/core/p2p/federated.go
+++ b/core/p2p/federated.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type FederatedServer struct {
 	bodyLimit                     int64 // max request body bytes (0 = unlimited)
 	prefixCfg                     prefixcache.Config
 	prefixIndex                   *prefixcache.Index
+	prefixSync                    *prefixcache.Sync
 }
 
 func NewFederatedServer(listenAddr, service, p2pToken string, loadBalanced bool, workerTarget string, bodyLimit int64) *FederatedServer {