diff --git a/pkg/cli/production/upgrade/orchestrator.go b/pkg/cli/production/upgrade/orchestrator.go
index 6d017f9..9b46a35 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/production/upgrade/orchestrator.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/production/upgrade/orchestrator.go
@@ -618,6 +618,18 @@ func (o *Orchestrator) restartServices() error {
 	// Get services to restart
 	services := utils.GetProductionServices()
 
+	// Re-enable namespace services BEFORE restarting debros-node.
+	// orama prod stop disables them, and debros-node's PartOf= dependency
+	// won't propagate restart to disabled services. We must re-enable first
+	// so that namespace gateways restart with the updated binary.
+	for _, svc := range services {
+		if strings.Contains(svc, "@") {
+			if err := exec.Command("systemctl", "enable", svc).Run(); err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("   ⚠️  Warning: Failed to re-enable %s: %v\n", svc, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// If this is a nameserver, also restart CoreDNS and Caddy
 	if o.setup.IsNameserver() {
 		nameserverServices := []string{"coredns", "caddy"}
@@ -672,7 +684,7 @@ func (o *Orchestrator) restartServices() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Start any remaining services not in priority list
+	// Start any remaining services not in priority list (includes namespace services)
 	for _, svc := range services {
 		found := false
 		for _, priority := range priorityOrder {
diff --git a/pkg/cli/utils/systemd.go b/pkg/cli/utils/systemd.go
index 6d59962..c807bf9 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/utils/systemd.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/utils/systemd.go
@@ -174,20 +174,27 @@ func GetProductionServices() []string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Also discover namespace-specific services (debros-*@<namespace>.service)
-	// These are created when namespaces are provisioned and need to be restarted too
-	systemdDir := "/etc/systemd/system"
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(systemdDir)
+	// Discover namespace service instances from the namespaces data directory.
+	// We can't rely on scanning /etc/systemd/system because that only contains
+	// template files (e.g. debros-namespace-gateway@.service) with no instance name.
+	// Restarting a template without an instance is a no-op.
+	// Instead, scan the data directory where each subdirectory is a provisioned namespace.
+	namespacesDir := "/home/debros/.orama/data/namespaces"
+	nsEntries, err := os.ReadDir(namespacesDir)
 	if err == nil {
-		for _, entry := range entries {
-			name := entry.Name()
-			// Look for debros-*@*.service pattern (namespace services)
-			if strings.HasPrefix(name, "debros-") &&
-				strings.Contains(name, "@") &&
-				strings.HasSuffix(name, ".service") {
-				// Extract service name without .service extension
-				serviceName := strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".service")
-				existing = append(existing, serviceName)
+		serviceTypes := []string{"rqlite", "olric", "gateway"}
+		for _, nsEntry := range nsEntries {
+			if !nsEntry.IsDir() {
+				continue
+			}
+			ns := nsEntry.Name()
+			for _, svcType := range serviceTypes {
+				// Only add if the env file exists (service was provisioned)
+				envFile := filepath.Join(namespacesDir, ns, svcType+".env")
+				if _, err := os.Stat(envFile); err == nil {
+					svcName := fmt.Sprintf("debros-namespace-%s@%s", svcType, ns)
+					existing = append(existing, svcName)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/client/database_client.go b/pkg/client/database_client.go
index e1104e7..cd8a85c 100644
--- a/pkg/client/database_client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/database_client.go
@@ -224,12 +224,14 @@ func (d *DatabaseClientImpl) connectToAvailableNode() (*gorqlite.Connection, err
 		var conn *gorqlite.Connection
 		var err error
 
-		// Disable gorqlite cluster discovery to avoid /nodes timeouts from unreachable peers
+		// Disable gorqlite cluster discovery to avoid /nodes timeouts from unreachable peers.
+		// Use level=none to read from local SQLite directly (no leader forwarding).
+		// Writes are unaffected — they always go through Raft consensus.
 		openURL := rqliteURL
 		if strings.Contains(openURL, "?") {
-			openURL += "&disableClusterDiscovery=true"
+			openURL += "&disableClusterDiscovery=true&level=none"
 		} else {
-			openURL += "?disableClusterDiscovery=true"
+			openURL += "?disableClusterDiscovery=true&level=none"
 		}
 		conn, err = gorqlite.Open(openURL)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/gateway/dependencies.go b/pkg/gateway/dependencies.go
index c583ad9..ba35f96 100644
--- a/pkg/gateway/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/gateway/dependencies.go
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ func initializeRQLite(logger *logging.ColoredLogger, cfg *Config, deps *Dependen
 	}
 
 	if strings.Contains(dsn, "?") {
-		dsn += "&disableClusterDiscovery=true"
+		dsn += "&disableClusterDiscovery=true&level=none"
 	} else {
-		dsn += "?disableClusterDiscovery=true"
+		dsn += "?disableClusterDiscovery=true&level=none"
 	}
 	db, err := sql.Open("rqlite", dsn)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/gateway/gateway.go b/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
index 2b78e40..8b59c4d 100644
--- a/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
+++ b/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ func New(logger *logging.ColoredLogger, cfg *Config) (*Gateway, error) {
 	// Initialize request log batcher (flush every 5 seconds)
 	gw.logBatcher = newRequestLogBatcher(gw, 5*time.Second, 100)
 
-	// Initialize rate limiter (300 req/min, burst 50)
-	gw.rateLimiter = NewRateLimiter(300, 50)
+	// Initialize rate limiter (10000 req/min, burst 5000)
+	gw.rateLimiter = NewRateLimiter(10000, 5000)
 	gw.rateLimiter.StartCleanup(5*time.Minute, 10*time.Minute)
 
 	// Initialize WireGuard peer exchange handler
diff --git a/pkg/rqlite/adapter.go b/pkg/rqlite/adapter.go
index 8b1b1cf..3a23ba8 100644
--- a/pkg/rqlite/adapter.go
+++ b/pkg/rqlite/adapter.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type RQLiteAdapter struct {
 // NewRQLiteAdapter creates a new adapter that provides sql.DB interface for RQLite
 func NewRQLiteAdapter(manager *RQLiteManager) (*RQLiteAdapter, error) {
 	// Use the gorqlite database/sql driver
-	db, err := sql.Open("rqlite", fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d?disableClusterDiscovery=true", manager.config.RQLitePort))
+	db, err := sql.Open("rqlite", fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d?disableClusterDiscovery=true&level=none", manager.config.RQLitePort))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open RQLite SQL connection: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/serverless/config.go b/pkg/serverless/config.go
index dd8216f..2ac8f54 100644
--- a/pkg/serverless/config.go
+++ b/pkg/serverless/config.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 		DefaultRetryDelaySeconds: 5,
 
 		// Rate limiting
-		GlobalRateLimitPerMinute: 10000, // 10k requests/minute globally
+		GlobalRateLimitPerMinute: 250000, // 250k requests/minute globally
 
 		// Background jobs
 		JobWorkers:        4,
@@ -184,4 +184,3 @@ func (c *Config) WithRateLimit(perMinute int) *Config {
 	copy.GlobalRateLimitPerMinute = perMinute
 	return &copy
 }
-