diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/hooks.server.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/hooks.server.ts
index 659aeb9a..0440ba2c 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/hooks.server.ts
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/hooks.server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { getSessionData } from '$lib/utils/services/auth/session';
 import { getHasCioCookies } from '$lib/utils/functions/cookies';
 import { applyCspExtensions } from '$lib/utils/csp';
+import { proxyRequestToApi, shouldForwardToApi } from '$lib/utils/proxy-api-request';
 import { type Handle, type HandleServerError, redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { isPublicApiRoute, isPublicRoute } from '$lib/utils/functions/routes/isPublicRoute';
 import { ROUTE } from '$lib/utils/constants/routes';
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ function ensureAnalyticsSessionCookie(cookies: Parameters<Handle>[0]['event']['c
 
 export const handle: Handle = async (args) => {
   const { event } = args;
+
+  if (shouldForwardToApi(event.url.pathname)) {
+    return proxyRequestToApi(event.request);
+  }
+
   const sessionData = await getSessionData(event.cookies);
 
   if (sessionData) {
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/utils/proxy-api-request.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/utils/proxy-api-request.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..385e9a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/utils/proxy-api-request.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * Mirrors `apps/tenant-router` path splitting for BYOD custom domains.
+ *
+ * Approximated forwards customer domains straight to the dashboard Render
+ * service, so `/proxy/*` and `/api/auth/*` never reach the API unless we
+ * forward them here. Tenant subdomains on `*.myclassroomio.com` hit the
+ * Cloudflare Worker first and normally never exercise this path.
+ */
+
+const PROXY_PREFIX = '/proxy';
+const AUTH_PREFIX = '/api/auth';
+
+export function shouldForwardToApi(pathname: string): boolean {
+  return (
+    pathname === PROXY_PREFIX ||
+    pathname.startsWith(`${PROXY_PREFIX}/`) ||
+    pathname === AUTH_PREFIX ||
+    pathname.startsWith(`${AUTH_PREFIX}/`)
+  );
+}
+
+function resolveApiUpstreamPath(pathname: string): string {
+  if (pathname === PROXY_PREFIX || pathname.startsWith(`${PROXY_PREFIX}/`)) {
+    return pathname.slice(PROXY_PREFIX.length) || '/';
+  }
+
+  return pathname;
+}
+
+function resolveApiUpstreamBase(): string | null {
+  const base = process.env.PRIVATE_SERVER_URL || process.env.PUBLIC_SERVER_URL;
+  if (!base) return null;
+
+  return base.replace(/\/$/, '');
+}
+
+function resolveOriginalHost(request: Request, url: URL): string {
+  return request.headers.get('x-forwarded-host') ?? request.headers.get('host') ?? url.host;
+}
+
+export async function proxyRequestToApi(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
+  const url = new URL(request.url);
+  const apiBase = resolveApiUpstreamBase();
+
+  if (!apiBase) {
+    console.error('proxyRequestToApi: missing PRIVATE_SERVER_URL / PUBLIC_SERVER_URL');
+    return new Response('API upstream not configured', { status: 502 });
+  }
+
+  const upstreamPath = resolveApiUpstreamPath(url.pathname);
+  const upstreamUrl = new URL(`${upstreamPath}${url.search}`, apiBase);
+  const originalHost = resolveOriginalHost(request, url);
+
+  const upstreamHeaders = new Headers(request.headers);
+  upstreamHeaders.set('host', upstreamUrl.host);
+  upstreamHeaders.set('x-forwarded-host', originalHost);
+  upstreamHeaders.set('x-forwarded-proto', url.protocol.replace(':', ''));
+
+  const forwardedFor = request.headers.get('cf-connecting-ip') ?? request.headers.get('x-forwarded-for');
+  if (forwardedFor) {
+    upstreamHeaders.set('x-forwarded-for', forwardedFor);
+  }
+
+  const init: RequestInit = {
+    method: request.method,
+    headers: upstreamHeaders,
+    redirect: 'manual'
+  };
+
+  if (request.method !== 'GET' && request.method !== 'HEAD') {
+    init.body = await request.arrayBuffer();
+  }
+
+  return fetch(upstreamUrl, init);
+}