diff --git a/src/tor/tor.rs b/src/tor/tor.rs
index 7bc17e6b..aea76cda 100644
--- a/src/tor/tor.rs
+++ b/src/tor/tor.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use safelog::DisplayRedacted;
 use sha2::Sha512;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
-use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, TcpStream, ToSocketAddrs};
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ use crate::http::HttpClient;
 use crate::tor::http::ArtiHttpConnector;
 use crate::tor::{TorBridge, TorConfig, TorProxy};
 
+/// Hard ceiling on an HTTP response body read over Tor from the untrusted
+/// goblin.st server. NIP-05 JSON and profiles are a few KB; avatars are capped
+/// at 1 MiB by the caller. 2 MiB leaves headroom while bounding memory.
+const MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES: usize = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
+
 lazy_static! {
 	/// Static thread-aware state of Tor to be updated from separate thread.
 	static ref TOR_STATE: Arc<Tor> = Arc::new(Tor::default());
@@ -172,81 +177,6 @@ impl Tor {
 		(config, bridges, max_two_bridges)
 	}
 
-	/// Endpoint (host, port) a bridge dials first, for a quick reachability probe.
-	/// Webtunnel and obfs4 need a working TCP path to this endpoint before anything
-	/// else can happen; snowflake is CDN-fronted, so it gets no probe (None).
-	fn bridge_probe_addr(bridge: &TorBridge) -> Option<(String, u16)> {
-		let line = bridge.connection_line();
-		match bridge {
-			TorBridge::Webtunnel(_, _) => {
-				let url = line
-					.split_whitespace()
-					.find_map(|t| t.strip_prefix("url="))?;
-				let rest = url
-					.strip_prefix("https://")
-					.or_else(|| url.strip_prefix("http://"))?;
-				let host_port = rest.split('/').next()?;
-				let mut parts = host_port.splitn(2, ':');
-				let host = parts.next()?.to_string();
-				let port = parts.next().and_then(|p| p.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(443);
-				Some((host, port))
-			}
-			TorBridge::Obfs4(_, _) => {
-				let addr = line.split_whitespace().nth(1)?;
-				let mut parts = addr.rsplitn(2, ':');
-				let port = parts.next()?.parse().ok()?;
-				let host = parts
-					.next()?
-					.trim_start_matches('[')
-					.trim_end_matches(']')
-					.to_string();
-				Some((host, port))
-			}
-			TorBridge::Snowflake(_, _) => None,
-		}
-	}
-
-	/// Order bridges live-endpoint-first via a parallel TCP probe. A dead bridge
-	/// otherwise costs a full bootstrap timeout (60s) per attempt, which reads as
-	/// the wallet being stuck on "connecting…" while the list is ground through.
-	fn sort_bridges_by_reachability(bridges: Vec<TorBridge>) -> Vec<TorBridge> {
-		if bridges.len() < 2 {
-			return bridges;
-		}
-		let probes: Vec<(TorBridge, thread::JoinHandle<bool>)> = bridges
-			.into_iter()
-			.map(|b| {
-				let addr = Self::bridge_probe_addr(&b);
-				let handle = thread::spawn(move || match addr {
-					// No probeable endpoint: assume reachable.
-					None => true,
-					Some((host, port)) => (host.as_str(), port)
-						.to_socket_addrs()
-						.ok()
-						.and_then(|mut addrs| addrs.next())
-						.map(|a| {
-							TcpStream::connect_timeout(&a, Duration::from_millis(4000)).is_ok()
-						})
-						.unwrap_or(false),
-				});
-				(b, handle)
-			})
-			.collect();
-		let mut alive = vec![];
-		let mut dead = vec![];
-		for (b, handle) in probes {
-			if handle.join().unwrap_or(true) {
-				alive.push(b);
-			} else {
-				dead.push(b);
-			}
-		}
-		// Probes can lie on hostile networks — keep dead ones as a last resort
-		// rather than dropping them.
-		alive.extend(dead);
-		alive
-	}
-
 	/// Build bootstrapped client from provided config.
 	fn build_client_bootstrap(config: TorClientConfig) -> Option<TorClient<TokioNativeTlsRuntime>> {
 		let client_res = TorClient::with_runtime(TOR_STATE.runtime.clone())
@@ -317,7 +247,7 @@ impl Tor {
 					bridge
 				})
 				.collect::<Vec<TorBridge>>();
-			Some(Self::sort_bridges_by_reachability(bridges))
+			Some(bridges)
 		} else {
 			None
 		};
@@ -363,8 +293,7 @@ impl Tor {
 						.iter()
 						.map(|b| TorBridge::Webtunnel(TorConfig::webtunnel_path(), b.to_string()))
 						.collect::<Vec<_>>();
-					config_bridges =
-						Self::build_config(Some(Self::sort_bridges_by_reachability(add_bridges)));
+					config_bridges = Self::build_config(Some(add_bridges));
 					continue;
 				} else if TorConfig::get_bridge().is_some() {
 					// Launch without bridges if all attempts failed.
@@ -566,10 +495,10 @@ impl Tor {
 		match http.request(req).await {
 			Ok(r) => {
 				let status = r.status().as_u16();
-				match hyper_tor::body::to_bytes(r.into_body()).await {
-					Ok(raw) => Some((status, raw.to_vec())),
+				match Self::read_body_capped(r.into_body(), MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES).await {
+					Ok(raw) => Some((status, raw)),
 					Err(e) => {
-						error!("Tor: http response parse error: {}", e);
+						error!("Tor: {}", e);
 						None
 					}
 				}
@@ -581,6 +510,25 @@ impl Tor {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// Read a response body, aborting once it exceeds `cap` bytes. goblin.st is
+	/// untrusted (see nip05.rs): a malicious or breached server must not be able
+	/// to stream an unbounded body into memory and OOM the wallet. Streaming the
+	/// frames means a lying `Content-Length` (or none at all) can't get past the
+	/// cap by buffering everything up front.
+	async fn read_body_capped(body: hyper_tor::Body, cap: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+		use futures::StreamExt;
+		let mut body = body;
+		let mut out: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+		while let Some(chunk) = body.next().await {
+			let chunk = chunk.map_err(|e| format!("http response read error: {e}"))?;
+			if out.len() + chunk.len() > cap {
+				return Err(format!("http response exceeds {cap} byte cap"));
+			}
+			out.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+		}
+		Ok(out)
+	}
+
 	/// Check if Onion service is starting.
 	pub fn is_service_starting(id: &String) -> bool {
 		let r_services = TOR_STATE.start.read();