diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/ac/eva/hyproxy/config/HyProxyConfiguration.java b/proxy/src/main/java/ac/eva/hyproxy/config/HyProxyConfiguration.java
index 2631e79..d6c3485 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/ac/eva/hyproxy/config/HyProxyConfiguration.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/ac/eva/hyproxy/config/HyProxyConfiguration.java
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ public class HyProxyConfiguration {
     private Map<String, String> backends;
     private Map<String, List<String>> permissions;
 
+    // QUIC UDP datagram sizing. maxUdpPayloadSize caps datagrams in both directions so
+    // they survive the path MTU; discoverPmtu toggles DPLPMTUD probing. See MHPL-615:
+    // both are tuned down when the proxy sits behind Cloudflare Spectrum, which drops
+    // oversized/fragmented UDP instead of forwarding it.
+    private int maxUdpPayloadSize;
+    private boolean discoverPmtu;
+
     public InetSocketAddress getBind() {
         return AddressUtil.parseAndResolveAddress(bind);
     }
@@ -184,6 +191,9 @@ public static HyProxyConfiguration load(HyProxy proxy, Path configFilePath) thro
             String initialBackend = config.getOrElse("initial-backend", "main");
             boolean proxyCommunicationEnabled = config.getOrElse("proxy-communication", true);
 
+            int maxUdpPayloadSize = config.getIntOrElse("max-udp-payload-size", 1200);
+            boolean discoverPmtu = config.getOrElse("discover-pmtu", false);
+
             CommentedConfig backendConfig = config.get("backends");
             Map<String, String> backends = backendConfig.valueMap()
                     .entrySet()
@@ -208,7 +218,9 @@ public static HyProxyConfiguration load(HyProxy proxy, Path configFilePath) thro
                     initialBackend,
                     proxyCommunicationEnabled,
                     backends,
-                    permissions
+                    permissions,
+                    maxUdpPayloadSize,
+                    discoverPmtu
             );
         }
     }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/ac/eva/hyproxy/io/QuicChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java b/proxy/src/main/java/ac/eva/hyproxy/io/QuicChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java
index 4df89d7..480374c 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/ac/eva/hyproxy/io/QuicChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/ac/eva/hyproxy/io/QuicChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import ac.eva.hyproxy.HyProxy;
 import ac.eva.hyproxy.common.util.ProtocolUtil;
+import ac.eva.hyproxy.config.HyProxyConfiguration;
 import ac.eva.hyproxy.io.channel.InboundChannelInitializer;
 import ac.eva.hyproxy.io.proto.DisconnectType;
 
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ public boolean isSharable() {
 
     @Override
     public void channelActive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
+        HyProxyConfiguration config = this.proxy.getConfiguration();
+        int maxUdpPayloadSize = config.getMaxUdpPayloadSize();
+
         ChannelHandler handler = new QuicServerCodecBuilder()
                 .sslContext(this.sslContext)
                 .tokenHandler(InsecureQuicTokenHandler.INSTANCE)
@@ -45,7 +49,15 @@ public void channelActive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) {
                 .initialMaxStreamDataBidirectionalLocal(128 * 1024)
                 .initialMaxStreamDataBidirectionalRemote(128 * 1024)
                 .initialMaxStreamsBidirectional(8)
-                .discoverPmtu(true)
+                // MHPL-615: cap the QUIC datagram size so packets survive the path MTU.
+                // maxRecvUdpPayloadSize is advertised to the client as our
+                // max_udp_payload_size, forcing it to never send us datagrams larger than
+                // this (the inbound direction that Cloudflare Spectrum blackholes); the
+                // send cap bounds our outbound datagrams. discoverPmtu is off behind
+                // Spectrum so DPLPMTUD does not grow datagrams past the forwardable size.
+                .maxRecvUdpPayloadSize(maxUdpPayloadSize)
+                .maxSendUdpPayloadSize(maxUdpPayloadSize)
+                .discoverPmtu(config.isDiscoverPmtu())
                 .congestionControlAlgorithm(QuicCongestionControlAlgorithm.BBR)
                 .handler(new ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter() {
                     @Override
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/resources/default-config.toml b/proxy/src/main/resources/default-config.toml
index b8ad967..165b971 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/resources/default-config.toml
+++ b/proxy/src/main/resources/default-config.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ proxy-secret-file = "proxy.secret"
 # if we should bind on ipv6 too, heavily recommended
 ipv6-support = true
 
+# maximum QUIC UDP payload size (bytes) used with clients. this caps the datagram
+# size in BOTH directions: it is advertised to the client as our max_udp_payload_size
+# (so the client never sends us anything larger) and it bounds our own outgoing
+# datagrams. keep it small enough to survive the whole path MTU.
+# IMPORTANT (MHPL-615): Cloudflare Spectrum does NOT fragment UDP and silently drops
+# any datagram too large to forward, so when the proxy is behind Spectrum this must
+# stay under the Spectrum edge->origin forwardable size. 1200 is QUIC's universal
+# floor (always deliverable); raise toward 1350 to recover throughput once stability
+# is confirmed. must be >= 1200.
+max-udp-payload-size = 1200
+
+# whether QUIC should probe for a larger path MTU (DPLPMTUD). keep this off behind
+# Cloudflare Spectrum: probing grows datagrams past the Spectrum-forwardable size and,
+# with ICMP "packet too big" filtered on anycast paths, those packets get blackholed.
+# only enable for direct (non-Spectrum) UDP exposure where the path MTU is trustworthy.
+discover-pmtu = false
+
 # initial backend or backend set we should in order try to connect the user to.
 initial-backend = "main"