diff --git a/lib/u_async.h b/lib/u_async.h
index fbfc30fb..2e7a003a 100644
--- a/lib/u_async.h
+++ b/lib/u_async.h
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ uint64_t get_time_tb(void);
 uint64_t get_time_us(void);
 
 // Timeouts, timebase = 0.1 mS
+// Как работать с таймаутами если таймаут может быть использован несколько раз:
+// 1. заводим дескриптор таймаута и обнуляем
+// 2. перед активацией таймаута проверяем дескриптор (t_id) на null
+// 3. при cancel или срабатывании дескриптор обнуляем
+// это обеспечит отсутствие утечек и задвоений таймаутов
 void* uasync_set_timeout(struct UASYNC* ua, int timeout_tb, void* user_arg, timeout_callback_t callback, const char* name);
 err_t uasync_cancel_timeout(struct UASYNC* ua, void* t_id);
 
diff --git a/src/etcp_router.c b/src/etcp_router.c
index 555c7796..4e5426ff 100644
--- a/src/etcp_router.c
+++ b/src/etcp_router.c
@@ -191,14 +191,10 @@ static void router_enqueue_send(struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn, const uint8_t* p
 // ACK timers
 // ====================================================================
 
-static void router_schedule_ack(struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn) {
-    if (rconn->idle_ack_timer) {
-        uasync_cancel_timeout(rconn->inst->ua, rconn->idle_ack_timer);
-        rconn->idle_ack_timer = NULL;
-    }
-    if (!rconn->ack_timer)
-        rconn->ack_timer = uasync_set_timeout(rconn->inst->ua,
-            ROUTER_ACK_INTERVAL_TB, rconn, router_ack_timer_cb, "router_ack");
+static void router_ack_do_send(struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn) {
+    router_send_ack(rconn);
+    rconn->last_sent_ack_seq = rconn->rx_seq;
+    rconn->last_ack_sent_tb  = get_time_tb();
 }
 
 static void router_send_ack(struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn) {
@@ -227,28 +223,43 @@ static void router_send_ack(struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn) {
     etcp_send(conn, entry);
 }
 
+static void router_schedule_ack(struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn) {
+    if (rconn->idle_ack_timer) {
+        uasync_cancel_timeout(rconn->inst->ua, rconn->idle_ack_timer);
+        rconn->idle_ack_timer = NULL;
+    }
+    if (rconn->rx_seq == rconn->last_sent_ack_seq) return;
+    uint64_t now = get_time_tb();
+    uint64_t elapsed = now - rconn->last_ack_sent_tb;
+    if (elapsed >= ROUTER_ACK_INTERVAL_TB) {
+        router_ack_do_send(rconn);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!rconn->ack_timer)
+        rconn->ack_timer = uasync_set_timeout(rconn->inst->ua,
+            ROUTER_ACK_INTERVAL_TB - (uint32_t)elapsed, rconn, router_ack_timer_cb, "router_ack");
+}
+
 static void router_ack_timer_cb(void* arg) {
     struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn = (struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN*)arg;
     rconn->ack_timer = NULL;
-    if (rconn->rx_seq != rconn->last_sent_ack_seq) {
-        router_send_ack(rconn);
-        rconn->last_sent_ack_seq = rconn->rx_seq;
-    }
     if (rconn->rx_seq != rconn->last_sent_ack_seq)
-        rconn->ack_timer = uasync_set_timeout(rconn->inst->ua,
-            ROUTER_ACK_INTERVAL_TB, rconn, router_ack_timer_cb, "router_ack");
-    else
+        router_ack_do_send(rconn);
+    if (rconn->rx_seq != rconn->last_sent_ack_seq) {
+        if (!rconn->ack_timer)
+            rconn->ack_timer = uasync_set_timeout(rconn->inst->ua,
+                ROUTER_ACK_INTERVAL_TB, rconn, router_ack_timer_cb, "router_ack");
+    } else if (!rconn->idle_ack_timer) {
         rconn->idle_ack_timer = uasync_set_timeout(rconn->inst->ua,
             ROUTER_ACK_IDLE_TB, rconn, router_idle_ack_timer_cb, "router_idle_ack");
+    }
 }
 
 static void router_idle_ack_timer_cb(void* arg) {
     struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn = (struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN*)arg;
     rconn->idle_ack_timer = NULL;
-    if (rconn->rx_seq != rconn->last_sent_ack_seq) {
-        router_send_ack(rconn);
-        rconn->last_sent_ack_seq = rconn->rx_seq;
-    }
+    if (rconn->rx_seq != rconn->last_sent_ack_seq)
+        router_ack_do_send(rconn);
 }
 
 // ====================================================================
@@ -380,7 +391,7 @@ static void etcp_router_recv_cb(struct ETCP_CONN* conn, struct ll_entry* entry)
         if (seq == rconn->rx_seq)
             router_try_assembly(rconn, conn);
 
-        router_schedule_ack(rconn);
+        if (!rconn->consumer_ack) router_schedule_ack(rconn);
         queue_dgram_free(entry); queue_entry_free(entry);
     } else {
         // ========== Транзит ==========
@@ -428,9 +439,9 @@ void etcp_router_destroy(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst) {
         while ((entry = queue_data_get(inst->router_conns)) != NULL) {
             struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn = (struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN*)entry;
             router_send_close_to_service(rconn);
-            if (rconn->ack_timer)          uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, rconn->ack_timer);
-            if (rconn->idle_ack_timer)     uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, rconn->idle_ack_timer);
-            if (rconn->send_resume_timer)  uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, rconn->send_resume_timer);
+            if (rconn->ack_timer)          { uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, rconn->ack_timer); rconn->ack_timer = NULL; }
+            if (rconn->idle_ack_timer)     { uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, rconn->idle_ack_timer); rconn->idle_ack_timer = NULL; }
+            if (rconn->send_resume_timer)  { uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, rconn->send_resume_timer); rconn->send_resume_timer = NULL; }
             if (rconn->recv_q) {
                 struct ll_entry* f;
                 while ((f = queue_data_get(rconn->recv_q)) != NULL) { queue_dgram_free(f); queue_entry_free(f); }
@@ -536,6 +547,13 @@ void etcp_router_waiter_cancel(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t peer_node_id
     queue_waiter_cancel(conn->normalizer->input, h);
 }
 
+void etcp_router_consumer_ack(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t remote_node_id, uint8_t svc_id) {
+    struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* rconn = etcp_router_conn_get(inst, remote_node_id, svc_id);
+    if (!rconn) return;
+    rconn->consumer_ack = 1;
+    router_schedule_ack(rconn);
+}
+
 // ====================================================================
 // Seq-connection API
 // ====================================================================
@@ -556,6 +574,8 @@ struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN* etcp_router_conn_get(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst,
     rconn->rx_seq         = 0;
     rconn->tx_acked           = 0;
     rconn->last_sent_ack_seq  = 0;
+    rconn->consumer_ack       = 0;
+    rconn->last_ack_sent_tb  = 0;
     rconn->inst           = inst;
     rconn->ack_timer      = NULL;
     rconn->idle_ack_timer = NULL;
diff --git a/src/etcp_router.h b/src/etcp_router.h
index 5e69fed1..7645a1f3 100644
--- a/src/etcp_router.h
+++ b/src/etcp_router.h
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN {
     uint32_t rx_seq;              // ожидаемый seq для сборки (next expected)
     uint32_t tx_acked;            // сколько наших пакетов подтвердил remote (для inflight)
     uint32_t last_sent_ack_seq;   // последний отправленный ACK (= rx_seq на момент отправки)
+    uint8_t  consumer_ack;        // 1 = ACK отправляется только при потреблении, не при сборке
+    uint64_t last_ack_sent_tb;    // время отправки последнего ACK (timebase 0.1ms)
 
     struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst;
     struct ll_queue* recv_q;     // reorder очередь: hash по seq (4 байта, offset 0)
-    void*    ack_timer;           // периодический таймер (100ms)
+    void*    ack_timer;           // периодический таймер (10ms при consumer_ack)
     void*    idle_ack_timer;      // idle таймер (дослать последний ack)
 
     struct ll_queue* send_q;     // очередь ожидающих отправки (inflight полон)
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ struct ETCP_ROUTER_CONN {
 #define ROUTER_CONN_HASH_SIZE     256
 #define ROUTER_RECVQ_HASH_SIZE    1024
 #define ROUTER_MAX_INFLIGHT       256    // макс пакетов в полёте (для контроля inflight)
-#define ROUTER_ACK_INTERVAL_TB    1000   // интервал ACK: 100ms в timebase (0.1ms)
+#define ROUTER_ACK_INTERVAL_TB    100    // интервал ACK: 10ms в timebase (0.1ms)
 #define ROUTER_ACK_IDLE_TB        5000   // idle таймаут: 500ms
 #define ROUTER_SEND_RESUME_TB     500    // retry интервал send_q: 50ms
 
@@ -99,4 +101,7 @@ void etcp_router_waiter_register(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t peer_node_
 void etcp_router_waiter_cancel(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t peer_node_id,
                                 struct queue_waiter_handle* h);
 
+// Уведомить router о потреблении данных потребителем (для consumer-driven ACK)
+void etcp_router_consumer_ack(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t remote_node_id, uint8_t svc_id);
+
 #endif // ETCP_ROUTER_H
diff --git a/src/proxy/tcp_proxy_client.c b/src/proxy/tcp_proxy_client.c
index e36316f5..9ffb2965 100644
--- a/src/proxy/tcp_proxy_client.c
+++ b/src/proxy/tcp_proxy_client.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ static void tcp_proxy_client_feed_from_transport(struct tcp_proxy_client_conn *p
     }
     queue_resume_callback(pc->to_lwip);
     if (sent_any) {
+        etcp_router_consumer_ack(pc->proxy->inst, pc->proxy->via_node_id, ETCP_ID_TCP_PROXY);
         uint32_t unsent = 0; struct tcp_seg* s;
         for (s = pc->pcb->unsent; s; s = s->next) unsent++;
         DEBUG_DEBUG(DEBUG_CATEGORY_TRAFFIC, "PROXY FEED exit->client sid=%08x fed=%u q=%u->%u snd_wnd=%u cwnd=%u unsent=%u",
diff --git a/tests/test_etcp_router_unit.c b/tests/test_etcp_router_unit.c
index bcd902a7..939ca8c7 100644
--- a/tests/test_etcp_router_unit.c
+++ b/tests/test_etcp_router_unit.c
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ static int test_ack_timer(void) {
     uint8_t data[] = { TEST_SVC_ID, 0x55, 0 };
     inject(recv_cb, &inst, TEST_REMOTE_NODE, TEST_SVC_ID, 0, data + 1, 2, 0);
 
-    if (c->ack_timer == NULL) FAIL("ack_timer not scheduled after data");
-    if (c->last_sent_ack_seq != 0)     FAIL("last_sent_ack_seq changed before timer fired");
+    if (c->ack_timer == NULL && c->last_sent_ack_seq != 1) FAIL("ack not sent (no timer, no immediate)");
+    if (c->ack_timer != NULL && c->last_sent_ack_seq != 0) FAIL("last_sent_ack_seq changed before timer fired");
 
     // Cancel timer manually (it would fire in real event loop)
     if (c->ack_timer) uasync_cancel_timeout(ua, c->ack_timer);