diff --git a/frontend/src/schemas/protocols/stream/tcp.ts b/frontend/src/schemas/protocols/stream/tcp.ts
index 05778e28..2d7a2ac9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/schemas/protocols/stream/tcp.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/schemas/protocols/stream/tcp.ts
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ export const TcpHeaderSchema = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
 ]);
 export type TcpHeader = z.infer<typeof TcpHeaderSchema>;
 
-// Top-level TCP stream payload. `acceptProxyProtocol` only appears on the
-// wire when true (panel omits it when false), so we treat it as optional.
 export const TcpStreamSettingsSchema = z.object({
-  acceptProxyProtocol: z.literal(true).optional(),
+  acceptProxyProtocol: z.boolean().default(false),
   header: TcpHeaderSchema.optional(),
 });
 export type TcpStreamSettings = z.infer<typeof TcpStreamSettingsSchema>;
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/inbound-full.test.ts.snap b/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/inbound-full.test.ts.snap
index 274faf5d..67263f4f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/inbound-full.test.ts.snap
+++ b/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/inbound-full.test.ts.snap
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ exports[`InboundSchema (full) fixtures > parses hysteria-v1-tls byte-stably 1`]
   "streamSettings": {
     "network": "tcp",
     "security": "tls",
-    "tcpSettings": {},
+    "tcpSettings": {
+      "acceptProxyProtocol": false,
+    },
     "tlsSettings": {
       "alpn": [
         "h3",
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ exports[`InboundSchema (full) fixtures > parses shadowsocks-tcp-2022 byte-stably
     "network": "tcp",
     "security": "none",
     "tcpSettings": {
+      "acceptProxyProtocol": false,
       "header": {
         "type": "none",
       },
@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ exports[`InboundSchema (full) fixtures > parses vless-tcp-reality byte-stably 1`
     },
     "security": "reality",
     "tcpSettings": {
+      "acceptProxyProtocol": false,
       "header": {
         "type": "none",
       },
@@ -434,6 +438,7 @@ exports[`InboundSchema (full) fixtures > parses vmess-tcp-tls byte-stably 1`] =
     "network": "tcp",
     "security": "tls",
     "tcpSettings": {
+      "acceptProxyProtocol": false,
       "header": {
         "type": "none",
       },
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/stream.test.ts.snap b/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/stream.test.ts.snap
index 67817b6e..733dcd9c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/stream.test.ts.snap
+++ b/frontend/src/test/__snapshots__/stream.test.ts.snap
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ exports[`NetworkSettingsSchema fixtures > parses grpc-basic byte-stably 1`] = `
 exports[`NetworkSettingsSchema fixtures > parses tcp-none byte-stably 1`] = `
 {
   "network": "tcp",
-  "tcpSettings": {},
+  "tcpSettings": {
+    "acceptProxyProtocol": false,
+  },
 }
 `;