diff --git a/docs/demo/v1/observability-panel.js b/docs/demo/v1/observability-panel.js
index 5831a75..ba9415e 100644
--- a/docs/demo/v1/observability-panel.js
+++ b/docs/demo/v1/observability-panel.js
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ async function fetchJson(url, options = {}) {
   return data;
 }
 
+function isLocalHost() {
+  const h = globalThis.location?.hostname ?? "";
+  return h === "localhost" || h === "127.0.0.1" || h === "0.0.0.0" || h === "";
+}
+
 export function initObservabilityPanel({
   root,
   mount,
@@ -98,6 +103,7 @@ export function initObservabilityPanel({
   /** Start with body collapsed (v2/v3 compact companions). */
   defaultCollapsed = false,
 } = {}) {
+  if (!isLocalHost()) return null;
   const host = mount ?? root?.querySelector("[data-nr-observability]");
   if (!host) return null;
 
diff --git a/docs/demo/v5/script-runner.js b/docs/demo/v5/script-runner.js
index 7c8f0f2..b8e67b7 100644
--- a/docs/demo/v5/script-runner.js
+++ b/docs/demo/v5/script-runner.js
@@ -518,7 +518,13 @@ function isRunnerStep(stepId, skipSteps) {
   return !skipSteps.has(stepId);
 }
 
+function isLocalHost() {
+  const h = globalThis.location?.hostname ?? "";
+  return h === "localhost" || h === "127.0.0.1" || h === "0.0.0.0" || h === "";
+}
+
 async function checkProxyHealth(proxyUrl) {
+  if (!isLocalHost()) return "offline";
   try {
     const health = await fetchJson(`${proxyUrl}/api/health`, {
       signal: AbortSignal.timeout(8_000),
diff --git a/tests/demo-scenario-consistency.spec.ts b/tests/demo-scenario-consistency.spec.ts
index 8add420..1fb2dac 100644
--- a/tests/demo-scenario-consistency.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/demo-scenario-consistency.spec.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ test.describe('demo scenario consistency', () => {
     expect(stepDBefore.yamlPanel?.title).toContain('direct MaaS');
     const snippet = stepDBefore.yamlPanel?.snippet ?? '';
     expect(snippet).toContain('maas-direct');
-    expect(snippet).toContain('inference.local → MaaS');
+    expect(snippet).toContain('inference.local → GW → MaaS');
     expect(snippet).not.toContain('maas-guardrailed');
     expect(stepDBefore.yamlPanel?.defaultOpen).toBe(false);
   });