diff --git a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
index 3047bcc01..1e8450c1b 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class ApplicationDeploymentJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldQueue
 
     private const RAILPACK_GENERATED_CONFIG_PATH = '.coolify/railpack.generated.json';
 
+    private const CONTAINER_REMOVE_TIMEOUT_MARKER = '__COOLIFY_CONTAINER_REMOVE_TIMEOUT__';
+
     private const DOCKER_CLIENT_ENV_KEYS = [
         'BUILDKIT_HOST',
         'BUILDX_BUILDER',
@@ -3977,15 +3979,45 @@ private function graceful_shutdown_container(string $containerName, bool $skipRe
                 );
             } else {
                 $this->execute_remote_command(
-                    [dockerStopCommand($timeout, $containerName, $this->server), 'hidden' => true, 'ignore_errors' => true],
-                    ["docker rm -f $containerName", 'hidden' => true, 'ignore_errors' => true]
+                    [dockerStopCommand($timeout, $containerName, $this->server), 'hidden' => true, 'ignore_errors' => true]
                 );
+                $this->removeContainerWithTimeout($containerName);
             }
         } catch (Exception $error) {
             $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry("Error stopping container $containerName: ".$error->getMessage(), 'stderr');
         }
     }
 
+    private function removeContainerWithTimeout(string $containerName): void
+    {
+        $outputKey = 'container_remove_'.md5($containerName);
+
+        $this->execute_remote_command([
+            dockerRemoveCommandWithTimeout($containerName),
+            'hidden' => true,
+            'ignore_errors' => true,
+            'save' => $outputKey,
+            'append' => false,
+        ]);
+
+        if (! isset($this->saved_outputs)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $output = (string) $this->saved_outputs->get($outputKey, '');
+        if (! str_contains($output, self::CONTAINER_REMOVE_TIMEOUT_MARKER)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry(
+            "Warning: Removing container {$containerName} timed out after 60 seconds. The deployment will continue and cleanup will be retried in 5 minutes.",
+            'stderr'
+        );
+
+        RemoveContainerJob::dispatch($this->server->id, $containerName)
+            ->delay(now()->addMinutes(5));
+    }
+
     private function stop_running_container(bool $force = false)
     {
         try {
@@ -5016,9 +5048,7 @@ public function failed(Throwable $exception): void
                     // do not remove already running container for PR deployments
                 } else {
                     $this->application_deployment_queue->addLogEntry('Deployment failed. Removing the new version of your application.', 'stderr');
-                    $this->execute_remote_command(
-                        ["docker rm -f $this->container_name >/dev/null 2>&1", 'hidden' => true, 'ignore_errors' => true]
-                    );
+                    $this->removeContainerWithTimeout($this->container_name);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/app/Jobs/RemoveContainerJob.php b/app/Jobs/RemoveContainerJob.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de2160324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Jobs/RemoveContainerJob.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Jobs;
+
+use App\Models\Server;
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldBeEncrypted;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+
+class RemoveContainerJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldQueue
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    public int $tries = 3;
+
+    public int $timeout = 90;
+
+    public function __construct(public int $serverId, public string $containerName) {}
+
+    public function handle(): void
+    {
+        $server = Server::findOrFail($this->serverId);
+
+        instant_remote_process(
+            [dockerRemoveCommandWithTimeout($this->containerName)],
+            $server,
+            timeout: 75,
+            disableMultiplexing: true,
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function backoff(): array
+    {
+        return [300, 900];
+    }
+
+    public function failed(?\Throwable $exception): void
+    {
+        Log::warning('Deferred container removal failed', [
+            'server_id' => $this->serverId,
+            'container' => $this->containerName,
+            'error' => $exception?->getMessage(),
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Settings/Index.php b/app/Livewire/Settings/Index.php
index 91bc03d21..40705617f 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Settings/Index.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Settings/Index.php
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ class Index extends Component
     #[Validate('nullable|string|max:255|url')]
     public ?string $fqdn = null;
 
+    #[Validate('boolean')]
+    public bool $is_dashboard_force_https_enabled = true;
+
     #[Validate('required|integer|min:1025|max:65535')]
     public int $public_port_min;
 
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ public function mount()
             $this->server = Server::findOrFail(0);
         }
         $this->fqdn = $this->settings->fqdn;
+        $this->is_dashboard_force_https_enabled = $this->settings->is_dashboard_force_https_enabled;
         $this->public_port_min = $this->settings->public_port_min;
         $this->public_port_max = $this->settings->public_port_max;
         $this->instance_name = $this->settings->instance_name;
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ public function instantSave($isSave = true)
         $this->authorize('update', $this->settings);
         $this->validate();
         $this->settings->fqdn = $this->fqdn ? trim($this->fqdn) : $this->fqdn;
+        $this->settings->is_dashboard_force_https_enabled = $this->is_dashboard_force_https_enabled;
         $this->settings->public_port_min = $this->public_port_min;
         $this->settings->public_port_max = $this->public_port_max;
         $this->settings->instance_name = $this->instance_name;
diff --git a/app/Models/InstanceSettings.php b/app/Models/InstanceSettings.php
index 877fc5b12..adf5a4abd 100644
--- a/app/Models/InstanceSettings.php
+++ b/app/Models/InstanceSettings.php
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 class InstanceSettings extends Model
 {
+    protected $attributes = [
+        'is_dashboard_force_https_enabled' => true,
+    ];
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'public_ipv4',
         'public_ipv6',
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ class InstanceSettings extends Model
         'webhook_allow_localhost',
         'avatar_storage_type',
         'avatar_s3_storage_id',
+        'is_dashboard_force_https_enabled',
     ];
 
     protected $hidden = [
@@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ class InstanceSettings extends Model
         'is_mcp_server_enabled' => 'boolean',
         'webhook_allowed_internal_hosts' => 'array',
         'webhook_allow_localhost' => 'boolean',
+        'is_dashboard_force_https_enabled' => 'boolean',
     ];
 
     protected static function booted(): void
diff --git a/app/Models/Server.php b/app/Models/Server.php
index 0f5a35364..b5b11d26a 100644
--- a/app/Models/Server.php
+++ b/app/Models/Server.php
@@ -731,9 +731,7 @@ public function setupDynamicProxyConfiguration()
                 ];
 
                 if ($schema === 'https') {
-                    $traefik_dynamic_conf['http']['routers']['coolify-http']['middlewares'] = [
-                        0 => 'redirect-to-https',
-                    ];
+                    $traefik_dynamic_conf['http']['routers']['coolify-http']['middlewares'] = $this->dashboardHttpMiddlewares($settings);
 
                     $traefik_dynamic_conf['http']['routers']['coolify-https'] = [
                         'middlewares' => [
@@ -792,8 +790,9 @@ public function setupDynamicProxyConfiguration()
                 $url = Url::fromString($settings->fqdn);
                 $host = $url->getHost();
                 $schema = $url->getScheme();
+                $siteAddress = $this->dashboardCaddySiteAddress($settings, $schema, $host);
                 $caddy_file = "
-$schema://$host {
+$siteAddress {
     encode zstd gzip
     handle /app/* {
         reverse_proxy coolify-realtime:6001
@@ -819,6 +818,24 @@ public function reloadCaddy()
         ], $this);
     }
 
+    public function dashboardHttpMiddlewares(InstanceSettings $settings): array
+    {
+        if ($settings->is_dashboard_force_https_enabled) {
+            return ['redirect-to-https'];
+        }
+
+        return ['gzip'];
+    }
+
+    public function dashboardCaddySiteAddress(InstanceSettings $settings, string $schema, string $host): string
+    {
+        if ($schema === 'https' && ! $settings->is_dashboard_force_https_enabled) {
+            return "http://{$host}, https://{$host}";
+        }
+
+        return "{$schema}://{$host}";
+    }
+
     public function proxyPath()
     {
         $base_path = config('constants.coolify.base_config_path');
diff --git a/bootstrap/helpers/docker.php b/bootstrap/helpers/docker.php
index ae2963755..a60ba675b 100644
--- a/bootstrap/helpers/docker.php
+++ b/bootstrap/helpers/docker.php
@@ -263,6 +263,15 @@ function dockerStopCommand(int $timeout, string $containers, Server|string|null
 
     return $command;
 }
+
+function dockerRemoveCommandWithTimeout(string $container, int $timeout = 60, int $killAfter = 10): string
+{
+    $container = escapeShellValue($container);
+    $script = "if command -v timeout >/dev/null 2>&1; then timeout -k {$killAfter}s {$timeout}s docker rm -f {$container}; exit_code=\$?; else exit_code=124; fi; if [ \"\$exit_code\" -eq 124 ]; then echo '__COOLIFY_CONTAINER_REMOVE_TIMEOUT__'; fi; exit \$exit_code";
+
+    return 'bash -c '.escapeShellValue($script);
+}
+
 function escapeShellValue(string $value): string
 {
     return "'".str_replace("'", "'\\''", $value)."'";
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_08_18_104130_add_is_dashboard_force_https_enabled_to_instance_settings_table.php b/database/migrations/2026_08_18_104130_add_is_dashboard_force_https_enabled_to_instance_settings_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d88f9be3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_08_18_104130_add_is_dashboard_force_https_enabled_to_instance_settings_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('instance_settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('is_dashboard_force_https_enabled')->default(true);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('instance_settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('is_dashboard_force_https_enabled');
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/settings/index.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/settings/index.blade.php
index 7992b4ca9..518f1a45d 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/settings/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/settings/index.blade.php
@@ -11,12 +11,27 @@
                 targets="fqdn,instance_name,public_ipv4,public_ipv6,dev_helper_version" />
             <x-application.settings-section title="General">
                 <div class="grid gap-4 lg:grid-cols-2">
-                    <div class="lg:col-span-2">
+                    <div @class([
+                        'lg:col-span-2' => !str_starts_with(strtolower($fqdn ?? ''), 'https://'),
+                    ])>
                         <x-forms.input canGate="update" :canResource="$settings" id="fqdn" label="URL"
                             helper="Enter the full URL of the instance (for example, https://dashboard.example.com).<br><br><span class='text-coollabs dark:text-warning'>Important:</span> Include <b>https://</b> to secure the dashboard with HTTPS."
                             placeholder="https://coolify.yourdomain.com" />
                     </div>
 
+                    @if (str_starts_with(strtolower($fqdn ?? ''), 'https://'))
+                        <div>
+                            <x-forms.listbox canGate="update" :canResource="$settings"
+                                id="is_dashboard_force_https_enabled" label="Redirect HTTP to HTTPS"
+                                onChange="submit"
+                                helper="Disable only when Cloudflare Tunnel or another proxy connects to Coolify over HTTP. Keep enabled when Cloudflare uses Full or Full (Strict) SSL."
+                                :options="[
+                                    ['value' => true, 'label' => 'Enabled'],
+                                    ['value' => false, 'label' => 'Disabled'],
+                                ]" />
+                        </div>
+                    @endif
+
                     <x-forms.input canGate="update" :canResource="$settings" id="instance_name" label="Name"
                         placeholder="Coolify" helper="Custom name for this Coolify instance." />
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/DashboardHttpsRedirectTest.php b/tests/Feature/DashboardHttpsRedirectTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d709b8428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/DashboardHttpsRedirectTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Livewire\Settings\Index;
+use App\Models\InstanceSettings;
+use App\Models\Server;
+use App\Models\Team;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Once;
+use Livewire\Livewire;
+
+uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
+
+test('dashboard proxy keeps existing HTTPS redirect behavior by default', function () {
+    $settings = new InstanceSettings;
+    $server = new Server;
+
+    expect($settings->is_dashboard_force_https_enabled)->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($server->dashboardHttpMiddlewares($settings))->toBe(['redirect-to-https'])
+        ->and($server->dashboardCaddySiteAddress($settings, 'https', 'dashboard.example.com'))
+        ->toBe('https://dashboard.example.com');
+});
+
+test('dashboard proxy accepts HTTP and HTTPS when its redirect is disabled', function () {
+    $settings = new InstanceSettings(['is_dashboard_force_https_enabled' => false]);
+    $server = new Server;
+
+    expect($server->dashboardHttpMiddlewares($settings))->toBe(['gzip'])
+        ->and($server->dashboardCaddySiteAddress($settings, 'https', 'dashboard.example.com'))
+        ->toBe('http://dashboard.example.com, https://dashboard.example.com')
+        ->and($server->dashboardCaddySiteAddress($settings, 'http', 'dashboard.example.com'))
+        ->toBe('http://dashboard.example.com');
+});
+
+test('instance administrators can configure the dashboard HTTPS redirect', function () {
+    $rootTeam = Team::find(0) ?? Team::factory()->create(['id' => 0]);
+    Server::factory()->create(['id' => 0, 'team_id' => $rootTeam->id]);
+    $settings = InstanceSettings::forceCreate([
+        'id' => 0,
+        'fqdn' => 'https://dashboard.example.com',
+    ]);
+    Once::flush();
+
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    $rootTeam->members()->attach($user->id, ['role' => 'admin']);
+
+    $this->actingAs($user);
+    session(['currentTeam' => ['id' => $rootTeam->id]]);
+
+    Livewire::test(Index::class)
+        ->assertSet('is_dashboard_force_https_enabled', true)
+        ->assertSee('Redirect HTTP to HTTPS')
+        ->assertSee('Keep enabled when Cloudflare uses Full or Full (Strict) SSL.')
+        ->set('is_dashboard_force_https_enabled', false)
+        ->call('instantSave')
+        ->assertHasNoErrors();
+
+    expect($settings->fresh()->is_dashboard_force_https_enabled)->toBeFalse();
+});
+
+test('dashboard HTTPS redirect saves immediately when changed', function () {
+    $contents = file_get_contents(resource_path('views/livewire/settings/index.blade.php'));
+
+    expect($contents)
+        ->toMatch('/id="is_dashboard_force_https_enabled"[\s\S]*?onChange="submit"/')
+        ->and($contents)->not->toContain('targets="fqdn,is_dashboard_force_https_enabled');
+});
+
+test('dashboard HTTPS redirect is next to the URL on desktop', function () {
+    $contents = file_get_contents(resource_path('views/livewire/settings/index.blade.php'));
+
+    expect($contents)
+        ->toContain("'lg:col-span-2' => !str_starts_with")
+        ->not->toContain('<div class="lg:col-span-2 max-w-md">');
+});
+
+test('dashboard HTTPS redirect control is hidden for an HTTP URL', function () {
+    $rootTeam = Team::find(0) ?? Team::factory()->create(['id' => 0]);
+    Server::factory()->create(['id' => 0, 'team_id' => $rootTeam->id]);
+    InstanceSettings::forceCreate([
+        'id' => 0,
+        'fqdn' => 'http://dashboard.example.com',
+    ]);
+    Once::flush();
+
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+    $rootTeam->members()->attach($user->id, ['role' => 'admin']);
+
+    $this->actingAs($user);
+    session(['currentTeam' => ['id' => $rootTeam->id]]);
+
+    Livewire::test(Index::class)
+        ->assertDontSee('Redirect HTTP to HTTPS');
+});
diff --git a/tests/Unit/DockerRemoveWithTimeoutTest.php b/tests/Unit/DockerRemoveWithTimeoutTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3b9f15dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/DockerRemoveWithTimeoutTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Jobs\RemoveContainerJob;
+use App\Models\Server;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+
+it('bounds forced container removal and reports a timeout marker', function () {
+    expect(dockerRemoveCommandWithTimeout('container name'))
+        ->toStartWith("bash -c '")
+        ->toContain('timeout -k 10s 60s docker rm -f')
+        ->toContain('__COOLIFY_CONTAINER_REMOVE_TIMEOUT__');
+});
+
+it('uses timeout syntax supported by coreutils and busybox', function () {
+    expect(dockerRemoveCommandWithTimeout('container-name'))
+        ->toContain('command -v timeout')
+        ->toContain('timeout -k 10s 60s')
+        ->not->toContain('--kill-after');
+});
+
+it('preserves bounded cleanup when commands are adapted for non-root servers', function () {
+    $server = Mockery::mock(Server::class)->makePartial();
+    $server->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('user')->andReturn('ubuntu');
+    $server->shouldReceive('setAttribute')->andReturnSelf();
+    $server->user = 'ubuntu';
+
+    $commands = parseCommandsByLineForSudo(
+        collect([dockerRemoveCommandWithTimeout('container-name')]),
+        $server
+    );
+    $command = $commands[0];
+
+    expect($command)
+        ->toStartWith("sudo bash -c '")
+        ->toContain('timeout -k 10s 60s docker rm -f')
+        ->toContain('__COOLIFY_CONTAINER_REMOVE_TIMEOUT__');
+});
+
+it('escapes container names in bounded removal commands', function () {
+    $containerName = "container'; reboot; '";
+    $directory = sys_get_temp_dir().'/coolify-docker-remove-'.bin2hex(random_bytes(4));
+    $captureFile = $directory.'/arguments';
+    mkdir($directory);
+    file_put_contents($directory.'/docker', "#!/bin/sh\nprintf '%s\\n' \"\$@\" > \"\$CAPTURE_FILE\"\n");
+    chmod($directory.'/docker', 0755);
+
+    $process = new Process(['/bin/sh', '-c', dockerRemoveCommandWithTimeout($containerName)], env: [
+        'PATH' => $directory.':'.getenv('PATH'),
+        'CAPTURE_FILE' => $captureFile,
+    ]);
+    $process->run();
+
+    expect($process->isSuccessful())->toBeTrue()
+        ->and(file_get_contents($captureFile))->toBe("rm\n-f\n{$containerName}\n");
+
+    unlink($captureFile);
+    unlink($directory.'/docker');
+    rmdir($directory);
+});
+
+it('configures deferred removal attempts to outlive the shell timeout', function () {
+    $job = new RemoveContainerJob(123, 'container-name');
+
+    expect($job->serverId)->toBe(123)
+        ->and($job->containerName)->toBe('container-name')
+        ->and($job->timeout)->toBeGreaterThan(60)
+        ->and($job->tries)->toBeGreaterThan(1);
+});
+
+it('continues deployments and schedules deferred cleanup after a removal timeout', function () {
+    $source = file_get_contents(dirname(__DIR__, 2).'/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php');
+
+    expect($source)
+        ->toContain('dockerRemoveCommandWithTimeout($containerName)')
+        ->toContain('timed out after 60 seconds. The deployment will continue')
+        ->toContain('RemoveContainerJob::dispatch($this->server->id, $containerName)')
+        ->toContain('->delay(now()->addMinutes(5))');
+});