diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Deployment/HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Deployment/HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92a0f3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Deployment/HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Deployment;
+
+/// <summary>HTTP <see cref="IDeploymentConfigFetcher"/> — GETs the config from central's internal endpoint.</summary>
+public sealed class HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher : IDeploymentConfigFetcher
+{
+    private readonly HttpClient _http;
+    private readonly ILogger<HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher> _log;
+
+    public HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher(HttpClient http, ILogger<HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher> log)
+    {
+        _http = http;
+        _log = log;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<string> FetchAsync(string centralFetchBaseUrl, string deploymentId, string token, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var url = $"{centralFetchBaseUrl.TrimEnd('/')}/api/internal/deployments/{Uri.EscapeDataString(deploymentId)}/config";
+        using var req = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url);
+        req.Headers.Add("X-Deployment-Token", token);
+
+        HttpResponseMessage resp;
+        try
+        {
+            resp = await _http.SendAsync(req, ct);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (ct.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            throw; // genuine caller cancellation — propagate
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            // Includes HttpClient.Timeout (surfaces as TaskCanceledException with ct NOT cancelled) — treat as transport.
+            _log.LogWarning(ex, "deployment-config fetch transport error for {DeploymentId}", deploymentId);
+            throw new DeploymentConfigFetchException($"deployment-config fetch transport error: {ex.Message}", isSuperseded: false, ex);
+        }
+
+        using (resp)
+        {
+            if (resp.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+            {
+                _log.LogWarning("deployment-config not found (expired/superseded/unknown) for {DeploymentId} (HTTP 404)", deploymentId);
+                throw new DeploymentConfigFetchException($"deployment-config not found (expired/superseded/unknown): {deploymentId}", isSuperseded: true);
+            }
+            if (!resp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            {
+                _log.LogWarning("deployment-config fetch failed for {DeploymentId}: HTTP {StatusCode}", deploymentId, (int)resp.StatusCode);
+                throw new DeploymentConfigFetchException($"deployment-config fetch failed: HTTP {(int)resp.StatusCode}", isSuperseded: false);
+            }
+
+            var body = await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(ct);
+            _log.LogDebug("deployment-config fetched for {DeploymentId} (HTTP {StatusCode})", deploymentId, (int)resp.StatusCode);
+            return body;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Deployment/IDeploymentConfigFetcher.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Deployment/IDeploymentConfigFetcher.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b07d210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Deployment/IDeploymentConfigFetcher.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Deployment;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Fetches a deployment's flattened config JSON from central over HTTP
+/// (notify-and-fetch). The site calls this after receiving a small notify.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IDeploymentConfigFetcher
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// GETs the flattened config JSON for <paramref name="deploymentId"/> from
+    /// <paramref name="centralFetchBaseUrl"/>, presenting <paramref name="token"/>
+    /// in the X-Deployment-Token header. Throws <see cref="DeploymentConfigFetchException"/>
+    /// on any non-success; a 404 (expired/superseded/unknown) sets IsSuperseded.
+    /// </summary>
+    Task<string> FetchAsync(string centralFetchBaseUrl, string deploymentId, string token, CancellationToken ct);
+}
+
+/// <summary>Raised when a deployment-config fetch fails. <see cref="IsSuperseded"/> is true on HTTP 404.</summary>
+public sealed class DeploymentConfigFetchException : Exception
+{
+    public bool IsSuperseded { get; }
+    public DeploymentConfigFetchException(string message, bool isSuperseded, Exception? inner = null)
+        : base(message, inner) => IsSuperseded = isSuperseded;
+}
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index ca63217a..f0fc0a2f 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Communication.Grpc;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Interfaces.Repositories;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Deployment;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Persistence;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Repositories;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Scripts;
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
         services.AddScoped<IExternalSystemRepository, SiteExternalSystemRepository>();
         services.AddScoped<INotificationRepository, SiteNotificationRepository>();
 
+        // Notify-and-fetch: typed HttpClient for fetching deployment configs from central.
+        services.AddHttpClient<IDeploymentConfigFetcher, HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher>()
+            .ConfigureHttpClient((sp, c) =>
+                c.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(
+                    sp.GetRequiredService<IOptions<SiteRuntimeOptions>>().Value.ConfigFetchTimeoutSeconds));
+
         return services;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/SiteRuntimeOptions.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/SiteRuntimeOptions.cs
index 967ad376..4c6258a9 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/SiteRuntimeOptions.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/SiteRuntimeOptions.cs
@@ -56,4 +56,13 @@ public class SiteRuntimeOptions
     /// Default: 5000ms.
     /// </summary>
     public int NativeAlarmRetryIntervalMs { get; set; } = 5000;
+
+    /// <summary>HTTP timeout (seconds) for fetching a deployment config from central (notify-and-fetch).</summary>
+    public int ConfigFetchTimeoutSeconds { get; set; } = 30;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Bounded retry count for the standby's best-effort replicated-config fetch.
+    /// Reserved — consumed by the standby replication fetch in a later task; not yet wired.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int ConfigFetchRetryCount { get; set; } = 3;
 }
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.csproj b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.csproj
index 0ffcb370..e28e22a1 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.csproj
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Tests/Deployment/HttpDeploymentConfigFetcherTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Tests/Deployment/HttpDeploymentConfigFetcherTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d99c60d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Tests/Deployment/HttpDeploymentConfigFetcherTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
+using System.Net;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Deployment;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Tests.Deployment;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Unit tests for <see cref="HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher"/> using a stub
+/// <see cref="HttpMessageHandler"/>. No live HTTP connections are made.
+/// </summary>
+public class HttpDeploymentConfigFetcherTests
+{
+    private static HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher CreateFetcher(HttpMessageHandler handler)
+    {
+        var client = new HttpClient(handler);
+        return new HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher(client, NullLogger<HttpDeploymentConfigFetcher>.Instance);
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Happy path
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_200_ReturnsBody()
+    {
+        const string expectedBody = """{"instanceUniqueName":"test"}""";
+        var handler = new StubHandler(HttpStatusCode.OK, expectedBody);
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        var result = await fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-1", "tok-abc", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.Equal(expectedBody, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_200_RequestUrlIsCorrect()
+    {
+        var handler = new StubHandler(HttpStatusCode.OK, "{}");
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        await fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-abc", "tok", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(handler.LastRequest);
+        Assert.Equal(
+            "http://central/api/internal/deployments/dep-abc/config",
+            handler.LastRequest!.RequestUri!.ToString());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_200_SetsDeploymentTokenHeader()
+    {
+        var handler = new StubHandler(HttpStatusCode.OK, "{}");
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        await fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-1", "my-secret-token", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(handler.LastRequest);
+        Assert.True(handler.LastRequest!.Headers.Contains("X-Deployment-Token"));
+        Assert.Equal("my-secret-token", handler.LastRequest.Headers.GetValues("X-Deployment-Token").Single());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_BaseUrlWithTrailingSlash_NoDoubleSlashInUrl()
+    {
+        var handler = new StubHandler(HttpStatusCode.OK, "{}");
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        await fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central/", "dep-1", "tok", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(handler.LastRequest);
+        var url = handler.LastRequest!.RequestUri!.ToString();
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("//api", url);
+        Assert.Equal("http://central/api/internal/deployments/dep-1/config", url);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_DeploymentIdNeedingEscaping_EscapesOnceInUrl()
+    {
+        var handler = new StubHandler(HttpStatusCode.OK, "{}");
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        // A deploymentId containing a space and a slash — both require escaping.
+        await fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep a/b", "tok", CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(handler.LastRequest);
+        // Uri.OriginalString preserves the escaped form as built (no normalization/decoding).
+        var url = handler.LastRequest!.RequestUri!.OriginalString;
+        Assert.Equal("http://central/api/internal/deployments/dep%20a%2Fb/config", url);
+        // Not double-encoded: the percent-sign itself must not be re-escaped to %25.
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("%25", url);
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // 404 → IsSuperseded = true
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_404_ThrowsWithIsSupersededTrue()
+    {
+        var handler = new StubHandler(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "Not found");
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<DeploymentConfigFetchException>(
+            () => fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-gone", "tok", CancellationToken.None));
+
+        Assert.True(ex.IsSuperseded);
+        Assert.Contains("dep-gone", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Other HTTP errors → IsSuperseded = false
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_401_ThrowsWithIsSupersededFalse()
+    {
+        var handler = new StubHandler(HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized, "Unauthorized");
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<DeploymentConfigFetchException>(
+            () => fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-1", "bad-tok", CancellationToken.None));
+
+        Assert.False(ex.IsSuperseded);
+        Assert.Contains("401", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_500_ThrowsWithIsSupersededFalse()
+    {
+        var handler = new StubHandler(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError, "Server error");
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<DeploymentConfigFetchException>(
+            () => fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-1", "tok", CancellationToken.None));
+
+        Assert.False(ex.IsSuperseded);
+        Assert.Contains("500", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Transport failure → DeploymentConfigFetchException (not raw HttpRequestException)
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_TransportException_WrapsAsDeploymentConfigFetchException()
+    {
+        var handler = new ThrowingHandler(new HttpRequestException("Connection refused"));
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<DeploymentConfigFetchException>(
+            () => fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-1", "tok", CancellationToken.None));
+
+        Assert.False(ex.IsSuperseded);
+        Assert.IsType<HttpRequestException>(ex.InnerException);
+        Assert.Contains("Connection refused", ex.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_HttpClientTimeout_WrapsAsTransportError_NotCancellation()
+    {
+        // HttpClient.Timeout surfaces as TaskCanceledException while the caller's ct is NOT cancelled.
+        var handler = new ThrowingHandler(new TaskCanceledException("simulated HttpClient timeout"));
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<DeploymentConfigFetchException>(
+            () => fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-1", "tok", CancellationToken.None));
+
+        Assert.False(ex.IsSuperseded);
+        Assert.IsType<TaskCanceledException>(ex.InnerException);
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Cancellation propagates as-is
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task FetchAsync_CancelledToken_PropagatesOperationCanceledException()
+    {
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        cts.Cancel();
+
+        var handler = new DelayHandler(); // never returns
+        var fetcher = CreateFetcher(handler);
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(
+            () => fetcher.FetchAsync("http://central", "dep-1", "tok", cts.Token));
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Stub handlers
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    private sealed class StubHandler : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        private readonly HttpStatusCode _status;
+        private readonly string _body;
+        public HttpRequestMessage? LastRequest { get; private set; }
+
+        public StubHandler(HttpStatusCode status, string body)
+        {
+            _status = status;
+            _body = body;
+        }
+
+        protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken ct)
+        {
+            LastRequest = request;
+            var resp = new HttpResponseMessage(_status)
+            {
+                Content = new StringContent(_body)
+            };
+            return Task.FromResult(resp);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class ThrowingHandler : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        private readonly Exception _ex;
+        public ThrowingHandler(Exception ex) => _ex = ex;
+
+        protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken ct)
+            => throw _ex;
+    }
+
+    private sealed class DelayHandler : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken ct)
+        {
+            await Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite, ct);
+            return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+        }
+    }
+}