diff --git a/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Init.cs b/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Init.cs
index e7c0d95..3a740da 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Init.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Init.cs
@@ -265,6 +265,22 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer
         return true;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns S2 writer options for the selected route compression mode.
+    /// Mirrors Go <c>s2WriterOptions</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static string[]? S2WriterOptions(string cm)
+    {
+        var opts = new List<string> { "writer_concurrency=1" };
+        return cm switch
+        {
+            CompressionMode.S2Uncompressed => [.. opts, "writer_uncompressed"],
+            CompressionMode.S2Best => [.. opts, "writer_best_compression"],
+            CompressionMode.S2Better => [.. opts, "writer_better_compression"],
+            _ => null,
+        };
+    }
+
     // =========================================================================
     // Factory methods (features 2983–2985)
     // =========================================================================
@@ -509,20 +525,27 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer
     /// Background loop that logs TLS rate-limited connection rejections every second.
     /// Mirrors Go <c>Server.logRejectedTLSConns</c>.
     /// </summary>
-    internal async Task LogRejectedTlsConnsAsync(CancellationToken ct)
+    internal Task LogRejectedTlsConnsAsync(CancellationToken ct) =>
+        LogRejectedTLSConns(ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Background loop that logs TLS rate-limited connection rejections every second.
+    /// Mirrors Go <c>Server.logRejectedTLSConns</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal async Task LogRejectedTLSConns(CancellationToken ct, TimeSpan? interval = null)
     {
-        using var timer = new PeriodicTimer(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
+        using var timer = new PeriodicTimer(interval ?? TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
         while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested)
         {
-            try { await timer.WaitForNextTickAsync(ct); }
-            catch (OperationCanceledException) { break; }
-
             if (_connRateCounter is not null)
             {
                 var blocked = _connRateCounter.CountBlocked();
                 if (blocked > 0)
                     Warnf("Rejected {0} connections due to TLS rate limiting", blocked);
             }
+
+            try { await timer.WaitForNextTickAsync(ct); }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { break; }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Lifecycle.cs b/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Lifecycle.cs
index 92e403e..5619d02 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Lifecycle.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Lifecycle.cs
@@ -178,7 +178,13 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer
     /// Returns true if the goroutine was started, false if the server is already stopped.
     /// Mirrors Go <c>Server.startGoRoutine(f)</c>.
     /// </summary>
-    internal bool StartGoRoutine(Action f)
+    internal bool StartGoRoutine(Action f) => StartGoRoutine(f, []);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Starts a background Task with goroutine labels.
+    /// Mirrors Go <c>Server.startGoRoutine(f, tags...)</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal bool StartGoRoutine(Action f, params IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>[] tags)
     {
         lock (_grMu)
         {
@@ -186,13 +192,41 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer
             _grWg.Add(1);
             Task.Run(() =>
             {
-                try { f(); }
+                try
+                {
+                    SetGoRoutineLabels(tags);
+                    f();
+                }
                 finally { _grWg.Done(); }
             });
             return true;
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional test-only sink used to observe goroutine labels during unit tests.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static Action<IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, string>>>? SetGoRoutineLabelsHookForTest { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets goroutine labels for diagnostics when tags are present.
+    /// Mirrors Go <c>setGoRoutineLabels</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static void SetGoRoutineLabels(params IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>[] tags)
+    {
+        var labels = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
+        foreach (var tag in tags)
+        {
+            foreach (var pair in tag)
+            {
+                labels.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>(pair.Key, pair.Value));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (labels.Count > 0)
+            SetGoRoutineLabelsHookForTest?.Invoke(labels);
+    }
+
     // =========================================================================
     // Client / connection management (features 3081–3084)
     // =========================================================================
diff --git a/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Listeners.cs b/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Listeners.cs
index 6056e61..7646a1e 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Listeners.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.Listeners.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 // Session 10: accept loops, client creation, connect URL management, port helpers.
 
 using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Security;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text.Json;
@@ -461,6 +462,41 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer
     private string BasePath(string p) =>
         string.IsNullOrEmpty(_httpBasePath) ? p : System.IO.Path.Combine(_httpBasePath, p.TrimStart('/'));
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns a monitoring TLS config cloned from server TLS config, with client certs disabled.
+    /// Mirrors Go <c>Server.getMonitoringTLSConfig()</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal SslServerAuthenticationOptions? GetMonitoringTLSConfig()
+    {
+        var opts = GetOpts();
+        if (opts.TlsConfig == null)
+            return null;
+
+        var clone = new SslServerAuthenticationOptions
+        {
+            EnabledSslProtocols = opts.TlsConfig.EnabledSslProtocols,
+            AllowRenegotiation = opts.TlsConfig.AllowRenegotiation,
+            CertificateRevocationCheckMode = opts.TlsConfig.CertificateRevocationCheckMode,
+            CipherSuitesPolicy = opts.TlsConfig.CipherSuitesPolicy,
+            ServerCertificate = opts.TlsConfig.ServerCertificate,
+            ClientCertificateRequired = false,
+            EncryptionPolicy = opts.TlsConfig.EncryptionPolicy,
+            CertificateChainPolicy = opts.TlsConfig.CertificateChainPolicy,
+        };
+        return clone;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the monitoring handler object while monitoring is active, otherwise null.
+    /// Mirrors Go <c>Server.HTTPHandler()</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public object? HTTPHandler()
+    {
+        _mu.EnterReadLock();
+        try { return _httpHandler; }
+        finally { _mu.ExitReadLock(); }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Starts the HTTP/HTTPS monitoring listener.
     /// Stub — full monitoring handler registration deferred to session 17.
@@ -504,10 +540,12 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer
 
         _mu.EnterWriteLock();
         _http = httpListener;
+        _httpHandler = new object();
         _mu.ExitWriteLock();
 
         // Full HTTP handler registration in session 17; for now just drain the listener.
-        _ = Task.Run(() =>
+        // Use a long-running task so teardown does not depend on thread-pool availability.
+        _ = Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
         {
             // Accept and immediately close connections until shutdown.
             while (!IsShuttingDown())
@@ -524,11 +562,11 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer
             }
 
             _mu.EnterWriteLock();
-            // Don't null _http — ProfilerAddr etc. still read it.
+            _httpHandler = null;
             _mu.ExitWriteLock();
 
             _done.Writer.TryWrite(default);
-        });
+        }, CancellationToken.None, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning, TaskScheduler.Default);
 
         return null;
     }
@@ -799,6 +837,26 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer
         _     => (0, new ArgumentException($"unknown version: {ver}")),
     };
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Handles TLS handshake timeout by closing the connection if auth is incomplete.
+    /// Mirrors Go <c>tlsTimeout</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static void TlsTimeout(ClientConnection c, SslStream conn)
+    {
+        lock (c)
+        {
+            if (c.IsClosed())
+                return;
+        }
+
+        if (!conn.IsAuthenticated)
+        {
+            c.Errorf("TLS handshake timeout");
+            c.SendErr("Secure Connection - TLS Required");
+            c.CloseConnection(ClosedState.TlsHandshakeError);
+        }
+    }
+
     // =========================================================================
     // Connect URL helpers (features 3074–3076)
     // =========================================================================
diff --git a/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.cs b/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.cs
index 975b2e7..ae0aee9 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server/NatsServer.cs
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ public sealed partial class NatsServer : INatsServer
 
     private          string             _httpBasePath = string.Empty;
     private readonly Dictionary<string, ulong> _httpReqStats = [];
+    private          object?            _httpHandler;
 
     // =========================================================================
     // Client connect URLs
diff --git a/dotnet/tests/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests/ImplBacklog/MonitoringHandlerTests.cs b/dotnet/tests/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests/ImplBacklog/MonitoringHandlerTests.cs
index 4c7e259..5fe4fe4 100644
--- a/dotnet/tests/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests/ImplBacklog/MonitoringHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/tests/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests/ImplBacklog/MonitoringHandlerTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using System.Net.Security;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Reflection;
 using Shouldly;
 using ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server;
 using ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Internal;
@@ -10,6 +13,99 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests.ImplBacklog;
 
 public sealed class MonitoringHandlerTests
 {
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetMonitoringTLSConfig_WithServerTlsConfig_DisablesClientCertificateRequirementOnClone()
+    {
+        var (certFile, keyFile, tempDir, _) = CreatePemCertificate(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddMinutes(10));
+        var (tlsOpts, parseErr) = ServerOptions.ParseTLS(
+            new Dictionary<string, object?>
+            {
+                ["cert_file"] = certFile,
+                ["key_file"] = keyFile,
+                ["verify"] = true,
+            },
+            isClientCtx: false);
+        parseErr.ShouldBeNull();
+        tlsOpts.ShouldNotBeNull();
+
+        var (tlsConfig, tlsErr) = ServerOptions.GenTLSConfig(tlsOpts!);
+        tlsErr.ShouldBeNull();
+        tlsConfig.ShouldNotBeNull();
+
+        var opts = new ServerOptions { TlsConfig = tlsConfig };
+
+        var (server, error) = NatsServer.NewServer(opts);
+
+        error.ShouldBeNull();
+        server.ShouldNotBeNull();
+
+        var monitoringTls = server!.GetMonitoringTLSConfig();
+        monitoringTls.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        monitoringTls!.ClientCertificateRequired.ShouldBeFalse();
+        monitoringTls.CertificateRevocationCheckMode.ShouldBe(opts.TlsConfig!.CertificateRevocationCheckMode);
+        opts.TlsConfig!.ClientCertificateRequired.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        Directory.Delete(tempDir, recursive: true);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void HTTPHandler_WhenMonitoringListenerStops_TransitionsToNull()
+    {
+        var opts = new ServerOptions
+        {
+            HttpHost = "127.0.0.1",
+            HttpPort = -1,
+        };
+        var (server, error) = NatsServer.NewServer(opts);
+        error.ShouldBeNull();
+        server.ShouldNotBeNull();
+
+        server!.HTTPHandler().ShouldBeNull();
+
+        var startError = server.StartMonitoring();
+        startError.ShouldBeNull();
+        server.HTTPHandler().ShouldNotBeNull();
+
+        var listenerField = typeof(NatsServer).GetField("_http", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+        listenerField.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        var listener = listenerField!.GetValue(server).ShouldBeOfType<TcpListener>();
+        listener.Stop();
+
+        var transitioned = SpinWait.SpinUntil(() => server.HTTPHandler() == null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+        transitioned.ShouldBeTrue();
+        server.HTTPHandler().ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task LogRejectedTLSConns_WhenRateCounterHasBlockedConnections_EmitsWarning()
+    {
+        var opts = new ServerOptions { TlsRateLimit = 1 };
+        var (server, error) = NatsServer.NewServer(opts);
+        error.ShouldBeNull();
+        server.ShouldNotBeNull();
+
+        var logger = new MonitoringCaptureLogger();
+        server!.SetLogger(logger, debugFlag: false, traceFlag: false);
+
+        var rateCounterField = typeof(NatsServer).GetField("_connRateCounter", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+        rateCounterField.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        var rateCounter = rateCounterField!.GetValue(server).ShouldBeOfType<RateCounter>();
+
+        rateCounter.Allow();
+        rateCounter.Allow();
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        var loop = server.LogRejectedTLSConns(cts.Token, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(10));
+
+        var warned = SpinWait.SpinUntil(
+            () => logger.WarningEntries.Any(w => w.Contains("Rejected", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)),
+            TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await loop;
+
+        warned.ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
     [Fact] // T:2108
     public void MonitorConnzClosedConnsBadTLSClient_ShouldSucceed()
     {
@@ -228,6 +324,18 @@ public sealed class MonitoringHandlerTests
         return (certFile, keyFile, tempDir, notAfter);
     }
 
+    private sealed class MonitoringCaptureLogger : INatsLogger
+    {
+        public List<string> WarningEntries { get; } = [];
+
+        public void Noticef(string format, params object[] args) { }
+        public void Warnf(string format, params object[] args) => WarningEntries.Add(string.Format(format, args));
+        public void Fatalf(string format, params object[] args) { }
+        public void Errorf(string format, params object[] args) { }
+        public void Debugf(string format, params object[] args) { }
+        public void Tracef(string format, params object[] args) { }
+    }
+
     [Fact] // T:2065
     public void MonitorNoPort_ShouldSucceed()
     {
diff --git a/dotnet/tests/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests/ServerTests.cs b/dotnet/tests/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests/ServerTests.cs
index 649e6f1..6bcd24b 100644
--- a/dotnet/tests/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests/ServerTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/tests/ZB.MOM.NatsNet.Server.Tests/ServerTests.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Net.Security;
+using System.Threading;
 using NSubstitute;
 using NSubstitute.ExceptionExtensions;
 using Shouldly;
@@ -280,6 +282,27 @@ public sealed class ServerTests
     [Fact]
     public void NeedsCompression_S2Fast_ReturnsTrue()
         => NatsServer.NeedsCompression(CompressionMode.S2Fast).ShouldBeTrue();
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(CompressionMode.S2Uncompressed, "writer_concurrency=1", "writer_uncompressed")]
+    [InlineData(CompressionMode.S2Best, "writer_concurrency=1", "writer_best_compression")]
+    [InlineData(CompressionMode.S2Better, "writer_concurrency=1", "writer_better_compression")]
+    public void S2WriterOptions_KnownModes_ReturnExpectedOptions(
+        string mode,
+        string expectedFirst,
+        string expectedSecond)
+    {
+        var options = NatsServer.S2WriterOptions(mode);
+
+        options.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        options!.ShouldBe([expectedFirst, expectedSecond]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void S2WriterOptions_UnsupportedMode_ReturnsNull()
+    {
+        NatsServer.S2WriterOptions(CompressionMode.S2Fast).ShouldBeNull();
+    }
 }
 
 // =============================================================================
@@ -292,6 +315,57 @@ public sealed class ServerTests
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class ServerListenersTests
 {
+    [Fact]
+    public void TlsTimeout_IncompleteHandshake_ClosesConnection()
+    {
+        var c = new ClientConnection(ClientKind.Client, nc: new MemoryStream());
+        using var tls = new SslStream(new MemoryStream(), leaveInnerStreamOpen: false);
+
+        c.IsClosed().ShouldBeFalse();
+
+        NatsServer.TlsTimeout(c, tls);
+
+        c.IsClosed().ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void StartGoRoutine_WithLabels_InvokesSetGoRoutineLabels()
+    {
+        var (s, err) = NatsServer.NewServer(new ServerOptions());
+        err.ShouldBeNull();
+        s.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        s!.Start();
+
+        var signal = new ManualResetEventSlim(false);
+        IReadOnlyList<KeyValuePair<string, string>>? observed = null;
+
+        NatsServer.SetGoRoutineLabelsHookForTest = labels =>
+        {
+            observed = labels;
+            signal.Set();
+        };
+
+        try
+        {
+            var started = s.StartGoRoutine(
+                () => { },
+                new Dictionary<string, string> { ["component"] = "server", ["loop"] = "tls" });
+
+            started.ShouldBeTrue();
+            signal.Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)).ShouldBeTrue();
+
+            observed.ShouldNotBeNull();
+            observed!.ShouldContain(kv => kv.Key == "component" && kv.Value == "server");
+            observed.ShouldContain(kv => kv.Key == "loop" && kv.Value == "tls");
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            NatsServer.SetGoRoutineLabelsHookForTest = null;
+            s.Shutdown();
+            s.WaitForShutdown();
+        }
+    }
+
     // =========================================================================
     // GenerateInfoJson (feature 3069) — Test ID 2906
     // Mirrors Go TestServerJsonMarshalNestedStructsPanic (guards against
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index d5700d7..028355a 100644
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