diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 18c031120b..434fddee17 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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+ "quinn-udp 0.5.3",
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- "rustls 0.23.10",
+ "rustls 0.23.11",
  "thiserror",
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@@ -4233,7 +4233,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "rustc-hash",
- "rustls 0.23.10",
+ "rustls 0.23.11",
  "slab",
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  "tinyvec",
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 dependencies = [
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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@@ -4619,7 +4618,7 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "rustls 0.23.11",
  "rustls-pemfile 2.1.2",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
@@ -4783,15 +4782,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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  "rustls-pki-types",
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+ "rustls-webpki 0.102.6",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -4845,9 +4844,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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@@ -5428,7 +5427,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "quote",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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  "quote",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -5483,7 +5482,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.71",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5560,9 +5559,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "2.0.72"
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -5698,7 +5697,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "quote",
  "structmeta",
- "syn 2.0.71",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -5717,9 +5716,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.4.1"
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+checksum = "614b328ff036a4ef882c61570f72918f7e9c5bee1da33f8e7f91e01daee7e56c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
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 [[package]]
@@ -5855,7 +5854,7 @@ version = "0.26.0"
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 dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.23.10",
+ "rustls 0.23.11",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -6003,7 +6002,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "winnow 0.6.13",
+ "winnow 0.6.14",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6099,7 +6098,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
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- "rustls 0.23.10",
+ "rustls 0.23.11",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "url",
  "webpki-roots 0.26.3",
@@ -6403,7 +6402,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.71",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -6437,7 +6436,7 @@ checksum = "e94f17b526d0a461a191c78ea52bbce64071ed5c04c9ffe424dcb38f74171bb7"
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  "proc-macro2",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -6604,7 +6603,7 @@ checksum = "12168c33176773b86799be25e2a2ba07c7aab9968b37541f1094dbd7a60c8946"
 dependencies = [
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
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@@ -6615,7 +6614,7 @@ checksum = "2bbd5b46c938e506ecbce286b6628a02171d56153ba733b6c741fc627ec9579b"
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
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+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6626,7 +6625,7 @@ checksum = "9d8dc32e0095a7eeccebd0e3f09e9509365ecb3fc6ac4d6f5f14a3f6392942d1"
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.71",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
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@@ -6637,7 +6636,7 @@ checksum = "053c4c462dc91d3b1504c6fe5a726dd15e216ba718e84a0e46a88fbe5ded3515"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.71",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6809,9 +6808,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.6.13"
+version = "0.6.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "59b5e5f6c299a3c7890b876a2a587f3115162487e704907d9b6cd29473052ba1"
+checksum = "374ec40a2d767a3c1b4972d9475ecd557356637be906f2cb3f7fe17a6eb5e22f"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
@@ -6946,7 +6945,7 @@ checksum = "fa4f8080344d4671fb4e831a13ad1e68092748387dfc4f55e356242fae12ce3e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.71",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs b/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
index a2a859a282..724732c8ea 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
@@ -1791,16 +1791,6 @@ impl Actor {
                         self.update_direct_addrs(reason).await;
                     }
                 }
-                _ = save_nodes_timer.tick(), if self.nodes_path.is_some() => {
-                    trace!("tick: nodes_timer");
-                    let path = self.nodes_path.as_ref().expect("precondition: `is_some()`");
-                    inc!(Metrics, actor_tick_nodes_timer);
-                    self.msock.node_map.prune_inactive();
-                    match self.msock.node_map.save_to_file(path).await {
-                        Ok(count) => debug!(count, "nodes persisted"),
-                        Err(e) => debug!(%e, "failed to persist known nodes"),
-                    }
-                }
                 Some(is_major) = link_change_r.recv() => {
                     trace!("tick: link change {}", is_major);
                     inc!(Metrics, actor_link_change);
diff --git a/iroh-net/src/magicsock/metrics.rs b/iroh-net/src/magicsock/metrics.rs
index 6d654e86ba..0f3b8b40f1 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/magicsock/metrics.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/magicsock/metrics.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ pub struct Metrics {
     pub actor_tick_portmap_changed: Counter,
     pub actor_tick_direct_addr_heartbeat: Counter,
     pub actor_tick_direct_addr_update_receiver: Counter,
-    pub actor_tick_nodes_timer: Counter,
     pub actor_link_change: Counter,
     pub actor_tick_other: Counter,
 }
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ impl Default for Metrics {
             actor_tick_direct_addr_update_receiver: Counter::new(
                 "actor_tick_direct_addr_update_receiver",
             ),
-            actor_tick_nodes_timer: Counter::new("actor_tick_nodes_timer"),
             actor_link_change: Counter::new("actor_link_change"),
             actor_tick_other: Counter::new("actor_tick_other"),
         }