diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Pages/Clusters/NodeEdit.razor b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Pages/Clusters/NodeEdit.razor
index 8f663bb5..a246c14b 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Pages/Clusters/NodeEdit.razor
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.AdminUI/Components/Pages/Clusters/NodeEdit.razor
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ else
 {
     <EditForm Model="_form" OnValidSubmit="SubmitAsync" FormName="nodeEdit">
         <DataAnnotationsValidator />
+        @* Without this, a validation failure suppresses OnValidSubmit with NO feedback whatsoever —
+           the Save button simply does nothing and the operator has no way to tell why. That is how the
+           NodeId-regex defect above stayed invisible. *@
+        <ValidationSummary class="alert alert-danger py-2 px-3" />
         <section class="panel rise" style="animation-delay:.02s">
             <div class="panel-head">Identity</div>
             <div style="padding:1rem">
@@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ else
                     OpcUaPort = _form.OpcUaPort,
                     DashboardPort = _form.DashboardPort,
                     ApplicationUri = _form.ApplicationUri,
-                    ServiceLevelBase = _form.ServiceLevelBase,
+                    ServiceLevelBase = (byte)_form.ServiceLevelBase,
                     Enabled = _form.Enabled,
                     DriverConfigOverridesJson = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_form.DriverConfigOverridesJson) ? null : _form.DriverConfigOverridesJson,
                     CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ else
                 entity.OpcUaPort = _form.OpcUaPort;
                 entity.DashboardPort = _form.DashboardPort;
                 entity.ApplicationUri = _form.ApplicationUri;
-                entity.ServiceLevelBase = _form.ServiceLevelBase;
+                entity.ServiceLevelBase = (byte)_form.ServiceLevelBase;
                 entity.Enabled = _form.Enabled;
                 entity.DriverConfigOverridesJson = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_form.DriverConfigOverridesJson) ? null : _form.DriverConfigOverridesJson;
             }
@@ -283,14 +287,26 @@ else
 
     private sealed class FormModel
     {
-        [Required, RegularExpression("^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$")]
+        // The ':' and '.' are REQUIRED, not permissive. Every NodeId in this system is "host:port" —
+        // ClusterRoleInfo and ConfigPublishCoordinator derive it as member.Address.Host:Port, the seed
+        // writes "central-1:4053", and NodeDeploymentState.NodeId is FK-bound to it. The previous
+        // pattern forbade the colon, so EVERY existing node failed validation and OnValidSubmit never
+        // ran: the Save button did nothing at all, silently. Hostnames may also be dotted
+        // (line3-opc-a.plant.local:4053).
+        [Required, RegularExpression("^[A-Za-z0-9_.:-]+$")]
         public string NodeId { get; set; } = "";
         [Required] public string Host { get; set; } = "";
         [Range(1, 65535)] public int OpcUaPort { get; set; } = 4840;
         [Range(1, 65535)] public int DashboardPort { get; set; } = 8081;
         [Required, RegularExpression("^urn:[A-Za-z0-9_:./-]+$")]
         public string ApplicationUri { get; set; } = "";
-        [Range(0, 255)] public byte ServiceLevelBase { get; set; } = 200;
+        // int, NOT byte. Blazor's InputNumber<T> rejects System.Byte outright — its static
+        // constructor throws "The type 'System.Byte' is not a supported numeric type", which escapes
+        // BuildRenderTree unhandled and takes the WHOLE page to an HTTP 500. Binding this field to
+        // the entity's own byte type meant /clusters/{id}/nodes/{nodeId} and .../nodes/new never
+        // rendered at all. The Range attribute still holds it to a byte's domain, and SubmitAsync
+        // casts on the way to the entity, so the stored type is unchanged.
+        [Range(0, 255)] public int ServiceLevelBase { get; set; } = 200;
         public bool Enabled { get; set; } = true;
         public string? DriverConfigOverridesJson { get; set; }
     }