diff --git a/seaweed-volume/Cargo.lock b/seaweed-volume/Cargo.lock
index 165868439..ce806a527 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/Cargo.lock
+++ b/seaweed-volume/Cargo.lock
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
- "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -628,13 +628,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.9"
+version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "edca88bc138befd0323b20752846e6587272d3b03b0343c8ea28a6f819e6e71f"
+checksum = "31b698c5f9a010f6573133b09e0de5408834d0c82f8d7475a89fc1867a71cd90"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
  "bytes",
+ "form_urlencoded",
  "futures-util",
  "http 1.4.0",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
@@ -648,14 +648,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "multer",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
- "serde",
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
- "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -663,19 +662,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.4.5"
+version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09f2bd6146b97ae3359fa0cc6d6b376d9539582c7b4220f041a33ec24c226199"
+checksum = "08c78f31d7b1291f7ee735c1c6780ccde7785daae9a9206026862dab7d8792d1"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "bytes",
- "futures-util",
+ "futures-core",
  "http 1.4.0",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "http-body-util",
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -1654,19 +1651,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "http 1.4.0",
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "indexmap",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
@@ -1860,7 +1851,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.6.3",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -2027,16 +2018,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "quick-error",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indexmap"
-version = "1.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "hashbrown 0.12.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.13.1"
@@ -2250,9 +2231,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
+checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "md-5"
@@ -2619,17 +2600,18 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4c5cc86750666a3ed20bdaf5ca2a0344f9c67674cae0515bec2da16fbaa47db"
 dependencies = [
  "fixedbitset 0.4.2",
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "indexmap",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "petgraph"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3672b37090dbd86368a4145bc067582552b29c27377cad4e0a306c97f9bd7772"
+checksum = "8701b58ea97060d5e5b155d383a69952a60943f0e6dfe30b04c287beb0b27455"
 dependencies = [
  "fixedbitset 0.5.7",
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "indexmap",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2836,12 +2818,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2796faa41db3ec313a31f7624d9286acf277b52de526150b7e69f3debf891ee5"
+checksum = "528ac67416ff8646872a3c02cad9cc4ee5dc9f9540c9b10771855c95cb2e5ae1"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "prost-derive 0.13.5",
+ "prost-derive 0.14.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2867,19 +2849,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-build"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be769465445e8c1474e9c5dac2018218498557af32d9ed057325ec9a41ae81bf"
+checksum = "03da047801ff44bb6a4d407d4860c05fd70bb81714e6b2f3812603d5b145b042"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "log",
  "multimap",
- "once_cell",
- "petgraph 0.7.1",
+ "petgraph 0.8.3",
  "prettyplease",
- "prost 0.13.5",
- "prost-types 0.13.5",
+ "prost 0.14.4",
+ "prost-types 0.14.4",
+ "pulldown-cmark",
+ "pulldown-cmark-to-cmark",
  "regex",
  "syn",
  "tempfile",
@@ -2900,9 +2883,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a56d757972c98b346a9b766e3f02746cde6dd1cd1d1d563472929fdd74bec4d"
+checksum = "b570b25f7617e43d59005d0990ccb79e950a423952cea19671b7a876da390adf"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
@@ -2922,11 +2905,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-types"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52c2c1bf36ddb1a1c396b3601a3cec27c2462e45f07c386894ec3ccf5332bd16"
+checksum = "f94967dc7688f3054c7fac87473ffae4cc4c3904800e2d9f5b857246d8963b0a"
 dependencies = [
- "prost 0.13.5",
+ "prost 0.14.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2993,6 +2976,26 @@ version = "3.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95067976aca6421a523e491fce939a3e65249bac4b977adee0ee9771568e8aa3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark"
+version = "0.13.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9f068eba8e7071c5f9511831b44f32c740d5adf574e990f946ddb53db2f314e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.11.0",
+ "memchr",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark-to-cmark"
+version = "22.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab1ad36992cead65f02aa399a373a42730922f1525d988172634fdefdecb8a60"
+dependencies = [
+ "pulldown-cmark",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pxfm"
 version = "0.1.28"
@@ -3018,7 +3021,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls",
- "socket2 0.6.3",
+ "socket2",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -3056,7 +3059,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "socket2 0.6.3",
+ "socket2",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
@@ -3262,8 +3265,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-util",
- "tower 0.5.3",
- "tower-http 0.6.8",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -3719,16 +3722,6 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b6b67fb9a61334225b5b790716f609cd58395f895b3fe8b328786812a40bc3b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.5.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e22376abed350d73dd1cd119b57ffccad95b4e585a7cda43e286245ce23c0678"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -3990,7 +3983,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.12.5",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2 0.6.3",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
@@ -4077,7 +4070,7 @@ version = "0.22.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41fe8c660ae4257887cf66394862d21dbca4a6ddd26f04a3560410406a2f819a"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "indexmap",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -4093,11 +4086,10 @@ checksum = "5d99f8c9a7727884afe522e9bd5edbfc91a3312b36a77b5fb8926e4c31a41801"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.14.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "877c5b330756d856ffcc4553ab34a5684481ade925ecc54bcd1bf02b1d0d4d52"
+checksum = "ac2a5518c70fa84342385732db33fb3f44bc4cc748936eb5833d2df34d6445ef"
 dependencies = [
- "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "base64",
@@ -4111,13 +4103,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-util",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
- "prost 0.13.5",
- "rustls-pemfile",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2",
+ "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -4125,49 +4116,55 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic-build"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.14.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9557ce109ea773b399c9b9e5dca39294110b74f1f342cb347a80d1fce8c26a11"
+checksum = "c68f61875ac5293cf72e6c8cf0158086428c82c37229e98c840878f1706b0322"
 dependencies = [
  "prettyplease",
  "proc-macro2",
- "prost-build 0.13.5",
- "prost-types 0.13.5",
  "quote",
  "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tonic-reflection"
-version = "0.12.3"
+name = "tonic-prost"
+version = "0.14.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "878d81f52e7fcfd80026b7fdb6a9b578b3c3653ba987f87f0dce4b64043cba27"
+checksum = "50849f68853be452acf590cde0b146665b8d507b3b8af17261df47e02c209ea0"
 dependencies = [
- "prost 0.13.5",
- "prost-types 0.13.5",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-stream",
+ "bytes",
+ "prost 0.14.4",
  "tonic",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tower"
-version = "0.4.13"
+name = "tonic-prost-build"
+version = "0.14.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+checksum = "654e5643eff75d7f8c99197ce1440ed19a3474eada74c12bbac488b2cafdae27"
 dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "pin-project",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "rand 0.8.7",
- "slab",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "prost-build 0.14.4",
+ "prost-types 0.14.4",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "tempfile",
+ "tonic-build",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic-reflection"
+version = "0.14.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acccd136a4bf19810a1fde9c74edc6129b42a66b44d0c1c8aaa67aeb49a146a7"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost 0.14.4",
+ "prost-types 0.14.4",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tonic",
+ "tonic-prost",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4178,26 +4175,12 @@ checksum = "ebe5ef63511595f1344e2d5cfa636d973292adc0eec1f0ad45fae9f0851ab1d4"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
+ "indexmap",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "slab",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.11.0",
- "bytes",
- "http 1.4.0",
- "http-body 1.0.1",
- "http-body-util",
- "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -4216,9 +4199,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "iri-string",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4495,7 +4479,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb0e353e6a2fbdc176932bbaab493762eb1255a7900fe0fea1a2f96c296cc909"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "indexmap",
  "wasm-encoder",
  "wasmparser",
 ]
@@ -4521,7 +4505,7 @@ checksum = "47b807c72e1bac69382b3a6fb3dbe8ea4c0ed87ff5629b8685ae6b9a611028fe"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.11.0",
  "hashbrown 0.15.5",
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "indexmap",
  "semver",
 ]
 
@@ -4590,8 +4574,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.12.5",
  "pprof",
  "prometheus",
- "prost 0.13.5",
- "prost-types 0.13.5",
+ "prost 0.14.4",
+ "prost-types 0.14.4",
  "protoc-bin-vendored",
  "rand 0.10.2",
  "redb",
@@ -4612,10 +4596,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-stream",
  "toml",
  "tonic",
- "tonic-build",
+ "tonic-prost",
+ "tonic-prost-build",
  "tonic-reflection",
- "tower 0.4.13",
- "tower-http 0.5.2",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "uuid",
@@ -4965,7 +4950,7 @@ checksum = "b7c566e0f4b284dd6561c786d9cb0142da491f46a9fbed79ea69cdad5db17f21"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "heck",
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "indexmap",
  "prettyplease",
  "syn",
  "wasm-metadata",
@@ -4996,7 +4981,7 @@ checksum = "9d66ea20e9553b30172b5e831994e35fbde2d165325bec84fc43dbf6f4eb9cb2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitflags 2.11.0",
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "indexmap",
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -5015,7 +5000,7 @@ checksum = "ecc8ac4bc1dc3381b7f59c34f00b67e18f910c2c0f50015669dde7def656a736"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "id-arena",
- "indexmap 2.13.1",
+ "indexmap",
  "log",
  "semver",
  "serde",
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/Cargo.toml b/seaweed-volume/Cargo.toml
index e45545c4b..6c823a8c9 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/Cargo.toml
+++ b/seaweed-volume/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ default = ["5bytes"]
 redb-experimental-cursor = ["redb/experimental_cursor"]
 
 [lints.clippy]
-# Every RPC path returns tonic::Status (176 bytes). Boxing it would change
-# every handler signature for no gain, so the large-Err lint is off.
-result_large_err = "allow"
 # Protobuf message literals keep `..Default::default()` on purpose: it is
 # what lets a proto gain a field without touching every constructor.
 needless_update = "allow"
@@ -38,18 +35,19 @@ tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["net"] }
 tokio-io-timeout = "1"
 
 # gRPC + protobuf
-tonic = { version = "0.12", features = ["tls"] }
-tonic-reflection = "0.12"
-prost = "0.13"
-prost-types = "0.13"
+tonic = { version = "0.14", features = ["tls-aws-lc"] }
+tonic-prost = "0.14"
+tonic-reflection = "0.14"
+prost = "0.14"
+prost-types = "0.14"
 
 # HTTP server
-axum = { version = "0.7", features = ["multipart"] }
+axum = { version = "0.8", features = ["multipart"] }
 http-body = "1"
 hyper = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "service", "server-auto", "http1", "http2"] }
-tower = "0.4"
-tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["cors", "trace"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6", features = ["cors", "trace"] }
 
 # CLI
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ pprof = { version = "0.15", features = ["prost-codec"] }
 tempfile = "3"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-tonic-build = "0.12"
+tonic-prost-build = "0.14"
 # Ships protoc with the build so neither CI nor a developer needs a system
 # install, and so the version is pinned rather than whatever the platform's
 # package manager happens to carry.
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/build.rs b/seaweed-volume/build.rs
index 90ca9ef26..fe85f354c 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/build.rs
+++ b/seaweed-volume/build.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     }
 
     let out_dir = std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("OUT_DIR")?);
-    tonic_build::configure()
+    tonic_prost_build::configure()
         .build_server(true)
         .build_client(true)
         // filer.proto uses proto3 optional, which protoc rejects without this
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/src/server/grpc_server.rs b/seaweed-volume/src/server/grpc_server.rs
index 9df610304..a0696853a 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/src/server/grpc_server.rs
+++ b/seaweed-volume/src/server/grpc_server.rs
@@ -5519,7 +5519,7 @@ async fn copy_file_from_source<T>(
     throttler: &mut WriteThrottler,
 ) -> Result<i64, Status>
 where
-    T: tonic::client::GrpcService<tonic::body::BoxBody>,
+    T: tonic::client::GrpcService<tonic::body::Body>,
     T::Error: Into<tonic::codegen::StdError>,
     T::ResponseBody: http_body::Body<Data = bytes::Bytes> + Send + 'static,
     <T::ResponseBody as http_body::Body>::Error: Into<tonic::codegen::StdError> + Send,
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/src/server/request_id.rs b/seaweed-volume/src/server/request_id.rs
index 1a2b61f40..1e2a8315f 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/src/server/request_id.rs
+++ b/seaweed-volume/src/server/request_id.rs
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ impl<S> Layer<S> for GrpcRequestIdLayer {
 
 impl<S, B> Service<http::Request<B>> for GrpcRequestIdService<S>
 where
-    S: Service<http::Request<B>, Response = http::Response<tonic::body::BoxBody>> + Send + 'static,
+    S: Service<http::Request<B>, Response = http::Response<tonic::body::Body>> + Send + 'static,
     S::Future: Send + 'static,
     B: Send + 'static,
 {
-    type Response = http::Response<tonic::body::BoxBody>;
+    type Response = http::Response<tonic::body::Body>;
     type Error = S::Error;
     type Future = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<Self::Response, Self::Error>> + Send>>;
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ where
         let future = self.inner.call(request);
 
         Box::pin(async move {
-            let mut response: http::Response<tonic::body::BoxBody> =
+            let mut response: http::Response<tonic::body::Body> =
                 scope_request_id(request_id.clone(), future).await?;
             if let Ok(value) = HeaderValue::from_str(&request_id) {
                 response.headers_mut().insert("x-amz-request-id", value);
diff --git a/seaweed-volume/src/server/volume_server.rs b/seaweed-volume/src/server/volume_server.rs
index 4503a8be2..9e59605c2 100644
--- a/seaweed-volume/src/server/volume_server.rs
+++ b/seaweed-volume/src/server/volume_server.rs
@@ -430,13 +430,13 @@ pub fn build_admin_router_with_ui(state: Arc<VolumeServerState>, ui_enabled: boo
         .route("/healthz", get(handlers::healthz_handler))
         .route("/favicon.ico", get(handlers::favicon_handler))
         .route(
-            "/seaweedfsstatic/*path",
+            "/seaweedfsstatic/{*path}",
             get(handlers::static_asset_handler),
         )
         .route("/", any(admin_store_handler))
-        .route("/:path", any(admin_store_handler))
-        .route("/:vid/:fid", any(admin_store_handler))
-        .route("/:vid/:fid/:filename", any(admin_store_handler))
+        .route("/{path}", any(admin_store_handler))
+        .route("/{vid}/{fid}", any(admin_store_handler))
+        .route("/{vid}/{fid}/{filename}", any(admin_store_handler))
         .fallback(admin_store_handler);
     if ui_enabled {
         // Note: /stats/* endpoints are commented out in Go's volume_server.go (L130-134).
@@ -453,13 +453,13 @@ pub fn build_public_router(state: Arc<VolumeServerState>) -> Router {
     Router::new()
         .route("/favicon.ico", get(handlers::favicon_handler))
         .route(
-            "/seaweedfsstatic/*path",
+            "/seaweedfsstatic/{*path}",
             get(handlers::static_asset_handler),
         )
         .route("/", any(public_store_handler))
-        .route("/:path", any(public_store_handler))
-        .route("/:vid/:fid", any(public_store_handler))
-        .route("/:vid/:fid/:filename", any(public_store_handler))
+        .route("/{path}", any(public_store_handler))
+        .route("/{vid}/{fid}", any(public_store_handler))
+        .route("/{vid}/{fid}/{filename}", any(public_store_handler))
         .fallback(public_store_handler)
         .layer(middleware::from_fn(common_headers_middleware))
         .with_state(state)
diff --git a/seaweed-worker/Cargo.lock b/seaweed-worker/Cargo.lock
index ce3a56e18..2de4fc91a 100644
--- a/seaweed-worker/Cargo.lock
+++ b/seaweed-worker/Cargo.lock
@@ -394,28 +394,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-stream"
-version = "0.3.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b5a71a6f37880a80d1d7f19efd781e4b5de42c88f0722cc13bcb6cc2cfe8476"
-dependencies = [
- "async-stream-impl",
- "futures-core",
- "pin-project-lite",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "async-stream-impl"
-version = "0.3.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c7c24de15d275a1ecfd47a380fb4d5ec9bfe0933f309ed5e705b775596a3574d"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.92"
@@ -701,7 +679,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
- "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -856,13 +834,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.9"
+version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "edca88bc138befd0323b20752846e6587272d3b03b0343c8ea28a6f819e6e71f"
+checksum = "31b698c5f9a010f6573133b09e0de5408834d0c82f8d7475a89fc1867a71cd90"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
  "bytes",
+ "form_urlencoded",
  "futures-util",
  "http 1.5.0",
  "http-body 1.1.0",
@@ -875,14 +853,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
- "serde",
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
- "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -890,19 +867,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.4.5"
+version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09f2bd6146b97ae3359fa0cc6d6b376d9539582c7b4220f041a33ec24c226199"
+checksum = "08c78f31d7b1291f7ee735c1c6780ccde7785daae9a9206026862dab7d8792d1"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "bytes",
- "futures-util",
+ "futures-core",
  "http 1.5.0",
  "http-body 1.1.0",
  "http-body-util",
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -1965,7 +1940,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.14.0",
  "itertools",
  "parking_lot",
- "petgraph 0.8.3",
+ "petgraph",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -2793,7 +2768,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.6.5",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -3249,9 +3224,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "object_store",
  "permutation",
  "pin-project",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "prost-build 0.14.4",
- "prost-types 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-build",
+ "prost-types",
  "rand 0.9.5",
  "rayon",
  "roaring",
@@ -3357,7 +3332,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
  "object_store",
  "pin-project",
- "prost 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
  "quick_cache",
  "rand 0.9.5",
  "roaring",
@@ -3398,8 +3373,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "lance-datagen",
  "log",
  "pin-project",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "prost-build 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-build",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -3461,8 +3436,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "lz4",
  "num-traits",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "prost-build 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-build",
  "rand 0.9.5",
  "strum",
  "tokio",
@@ -3497,9 +3472,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "num-traits",
  "object_store",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "prost-build 0.14.4",
- "prost-types 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-build",
+ "prost-types",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -3554,9 +3529,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "ndarray",
  "num-traits",
  "object_store",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "prost-build 0.14.4",
- "prost-types 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-build",
+ "prost-types",
  "rand 0.9.5",
  "rand_distr",
  "rangemap",
@@ -3590,7 +3565,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lance-core",
  "lance-io",
  "lance-select",
- "prost-types 0.14.4",
+ "prost-types",
  "roaring",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3624,7 +3599,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "opendal",
  "path_abs",
  "pin-project",
- "prost 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
  "rand 0.9.5",
  "serde",
  "tempfile",
@@ -3719,9 +3694,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "lance-select",
  "log",
  "object_store",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "prost-build 0.14.4",
- "prost-types 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-build",
+ "prost-types",
  "rand 0.9.5",
  "rangemap",
  "roaring",
@@ -3938,9 +3913,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
+checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matrixmultiply"
@@ -4411,16 +4386,6 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df202b0b0f5b8e389955afd5f27b007b00fb948162953f1db9c70d2c7e3157d7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "petgraph"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3672b37090dbd86368a4145bc067582552b29c27377cad4e0a306c97f9bd7772"
-dependencies = [
- "fixedbitset",
- "indexmap 2.14.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "petgraph"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -4563,16 +4528,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost"
-version = "0.13.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2796faa41db3ec313a31f7624d9286acf277b52de526150b7e69f3debf891ee5"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "prost-derive 0.13.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
 version = "0.14.4"
@@ -4580,27 +4535,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "528ac67416ff8646872a3c02cad9cc4ee5dc9f9540c9b10771855c95cb2e5ae1"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "prost-derive 0.14.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-build"
-version = "0.13.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be769465445e8c1474e9c5dac2018218498557af32d9ed057325ec9a41ae81bf"
-dependencies = [
- "heck",
- "itertools",
- "log",
- "multimap",
- "once_cell",
- "petgraph 0.7.1",
- "prettyplease",
- "prost 0.13.5",
- "prost-types 0.13.5",
- "regex",
- "syn 2.0.119",
- "tempfile",
+ "prost-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4613,28 +4548,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "log",
  "multimap",
- "petgraph 0.8.3",
+ "petgraph",
  "prettyplease",
- "prost 0.14.4",
- "prost-types 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "pulldown-cmark",
+ "pulldown-cmark-to-cmark",
  "regex",
  "syn 2.0.119",
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.13.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a56d757972c98b346a9b766e3f02746cde6dd1cd1d1d563472929fdd74bec4d"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "itertools",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
 version = "0.14.4"
@@ -4648,22 +4572,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-types"
-version = "0.13.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52c2c1bf36ddb1a1c396b3601a3cec27c2462e45f07c386894ec3ccf5332bd16"
-dependencies = [
- "prost 0.13.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-types"
 version = "0.14.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f94967dc7688f3054c7fac87473ffae4cc4c3904800e2d9f5b857246d8963b0a"
 dependencies = [
- "prost 0.14.4",
+ "prost",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4730,6 +4645,26 @@ version = "3.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95067976aca6421a523e491fce939a3e65249bac4b977adee0ee9771568e8aa3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark"
+version = "0.13.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9f068eba8e7071c5f9511831b44f32c740d5adf574e990f946ddb53db2f314e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.1",
+ "memchr",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark-to-cmark"
+version = "22.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab1ad36992cead65f02aa399a373a42730922f1525d988172634fdefdecb8a60"
+dependencies = [
+ "pulldown-cmark",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.39.4"
@@ -4775,7 +4710,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls",
- "socket2 0.6.5",
+ "socket2",
  "thiserror 2.0.20",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -4814,7 +4749,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "socket2 0.6.5",
+ "socket2",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
@@ -4846,24 +4781,13 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22f6172bdec972074665ed81ed53b71da00bfc44b65a753cfde883ec4c702a1a"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b9ef1d0d795eb7d84685bca4f72f3649f064e6641543d3a8c415898726a57b41"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_chacha",
  "rand_core 0.9.5",
 ]
 
@@ -4878,16 +4802,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.10.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -4898,15 +4812,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.9.5",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.17",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.9.5"
@@ -5160,7 +5065,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-util",
- "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower",
  "tower-http",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
@@ -5199,7 +5104,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-util",
- "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower",
  "tower-http",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
@@ -5309,15 +5214,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "security-framework",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-pemfile"
-version = "2.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dce314e5fee3f39953d46bb63bb8a46d40c2f8fb7cc5a3b6cab2bde9721d6e50"
-dependencies = [
- "rustls-pki-types",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pki-types"
 version = "1.15.1"
@@ -5441,13 +5337,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "prometheus",
- "prost 0.13.5",
- "prost-types 0.13.5",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
  "protoc-bin-vendored",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tonic",
- "tonic-build",
+ "tonic-prost",
+ "tonic-prost-build",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -5723,16 +5620,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.5.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e22376abed350d73dd1cd119b57ffccad95b4e585a7cda43e286245ce23c0678"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.6.5"
@@ -6027,7 +5914,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2 0.6.5",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
@@ -6081,11 +5968,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.14.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "877c5b330756d856ffcc4553ab34a5684481ade925ecc54bcd1bf02b1d0d4d52"
+checksum = "ac2a5518c70fa84342385732db33fb3f44bc4cc748936eb5833d2df34d6445ef"
 dependencies = [
- "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -6099,13 +5985,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-util",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
- "prost 0.13.5",
- "rustls-pemfile",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2",
+ "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -6113,36 +5998,41 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic-build"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.14.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9557ce109ea773b399c9b9e5dca39294110b74f1f342cb347a80d1fce8c26a11"
+checksum = "c68f61875ac5293cf72e6c8cf0158086428c82c37229e98c840878f1706b0322"
 dependencies = [
  "prettyplease",
  "proc-macro2",
- "prost-build 0.13.5",
- "prost-types 0.13.5",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tower"
-version = "0.4.13"
+name = "tonic-prost"
+version = "0.14.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+checksum = "50849f68853be452acf590cde0b146665b8d507b3b8af17261df47e02c209ea0"
 dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "pin-project",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "rand 0.8.7",
- "slab",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
+ "bytes",
+ "prost",
+ "tonic",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic-prost-build"
+version = "0.14.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "654e5643eff75d7f8c99197ce1440ed19a3474eada74c12bbac488b2cafdae27"
+dependencies = [
+ "prettyplease",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "prost-build",
+ "prost-types",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
+ "tempfile",
+ "tonic-build",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6153,9 +6043,12 @@ checksum = "ebe5ef63511595f1344e2d5cfa636d973292adc0eec1f0ad45fae9f0851ab1d4"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
+ "indexmap 2.14.0",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "slab",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -6178,7 +6071,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
- "tower 0.5.3",
+ "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
diff --git a/seaweed-worker/Cargo.toml b/seaweed-worker/Cargo.toml
index ffe69fc4f..41b0dd13d 100644
--- a/seaweed-worker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/seaweed-worker/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.94.1"
 
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
-# Every RPC path returns tonic::Status (176 bytes). Boxing it would change
-# every handler signature for no gain, so the large-Err lint is off.
-result_large_err = "allow"
 # Protobuf message literals keep `..Default::default()` on purpose: it is
 # what lets a proto gain a field without touching every constructor.
 needless_update = "allow"
@@ -27,14 +24,15 @@ needless_update = "allow"
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 async-trait = "0.1"
-prost = "0.13"
-prost-types = "0.13"
+prost = "0.14"
+prost-types = "0.14"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
-tonic = { version = "0.12", features = ["tls"] }
+tonic = { version = "0.14", features = ["tls-aws-lc"] }
+tonic-prost = "0.14"
 # Already in the tree via tonic; named here so the metrics server can use them.
-axum = "0.7"
+axum = "0.8"
 prometheus = { version = "0.13", default-features = false }
-tonic-build = "0.12"
+tonic-prost-build = "0.14"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/seaweed-worker/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/seaweed-worker/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index a94641afd..227f090f6 100644
--- a/seaweed-worker/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/seaweed-worker/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ prost-types.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 tokio-stream.workspace = true
 tonic.workspace = true
+tonic-prost.workspace = true
 axum.workspace = true
 prometheus.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 [build-dependencies]
-tonic-build.workspace = true
+tonic-prost-build.workspace = true
 # Ships protoc with the build so neither CI nor a developer needs a system
 # install, and so the version is pinned rather than whatever the platform's
 # package manager happens to carry. The same crate seaweed-volume uses.
diff --git a/seaweed-worker/crates/core/build.rs b/seaweed-worker/crates/core/build.rs
index f76f0fdab..e775fcb81 100644
--- a/seaweed-worker/crates/core/build.rs
+++ b/seaweed-worker/crates/core/build.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     // Compiled straight out of the Go tree, the way seaweed-volume already reads
     // filer.proto, so the contract cannot drift from a vendored copy.
-    tonic_build::configure()
+    tonic_prost_build::configure()
         // The server half is only for tests, which stand up a fake admin.
         .build_server(true)
         .build_client(true)