diff --git a/api/latica/api.js b/api/latica/api.js
index 22108cbe5..9c28f0a63 100644
--- a/api/latica/api.js
+++ b/api/latica/api.js
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ async function api (options = {}, events, dgram) {
 
     sub.peers.set(peer.peerId, ee)
     const isStateChange = !oldPeer || change
+
+    _peer.onDebug(_peer.peerId, `<-- API CONNECTION JOIN (scid=${scid}, peerId=${peer.peerId.slice(0, 6)})`)
+
     sub._emit('#join', ee, packet, isStateChange)
   })
 
diff --git a/api/latica/index.js b/api/latica/index.js
index e230247ee..7dbd0e462 100644
--- a/api/latica/index.js
+++ b/api/latica/index.js
@@ -935,7 +935,8 @@ export class Peer {
         requesterPeerId: this.peerId,
         natType: this.natType,
         address: this.address,
-        port: this.port
+        port: this.port,
+        key: [cid, scid].join(':')
       }
     })
 
@@ -1091,7 +1092,7 @@ export class Peer {
   /**
    * @return {undefined}
    */
-  async sync (peer) {
+  async sync (peer, ptime = Date.now()) {
     if (typeof peer === 'string') {
       peer = this.peers.find(p => p.peerId === peer)
     }
@@ -1099,7 +1100,7 @@ export class Peer {
     const rinfo = peer?.proxy || peer
 
     this.lastSync = Date.now()
-    const summary = await this.cache.summarize('', this.cachePredicate)
+    const summary = await this.cache.summarize('', this.cachePredicate(ptime))
 
     this._onDebug(`-> SYNC START (dest=${peer.peerId.slice(0, 8)}, to=${rinfo.address}:${rinfo.port})`)
     if (this.onSyncStart) this.onSyncStart(peer, rinfo.port, rinfo.address)
@@ -1107,7 +1108,7 @@ export class Peer {
     // if we are out of sync send our cache summary
     const data = await Packet.encode(new PacketSync({
       message: Cache.encodeSummary(summary),
-      usr4: Buffer.from(String(Date.now()))
+      usr4: Buffer.from(String(ptime))
     }))
 
     this.send(data, rinfo.port, rinfo.address, peer.socket)
@@ -1157,13 +1158,13 @@ export class Peer {
    * from the cache when receiving a request to sync. that can be overridden
    *
    */
-  cachePredicate (packet) {
-    if (packet.usr4.byteLength < 8 || packet.usr4.byteLength > 16) return
+  cachePredicate (ts) {
+    const max = Date.now() - Packet.ttl
+    const T = Math.min(ts || max, max)
 
-    const timestamp = parseInt(Buffer.from(packet.usr4).toString(), 10)
-    const ts = Math.min(Packet.ttl, timestamp)
-
-    return packet.version === VERSION && ts > Date.now() - Packet.ttl
+    return packet => {
+      return packet.version === VERSION && packet.timestamp > T
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1246,13 +1247,20 @@ export class Peer {
     this.lastSync = Date.now()
     const pid = packet.packetId.toString('hex')
 
+    let ptime = Date.now()
+
+    if (packet.usr4.byteLength > 8 || packet.usr4.byteLength < 16) {
+      const usr4 = parseInt(Buffer.from(packet.usr4).toString(), 10)
+      ptime = Math.min(ptime - Packet.ttl, usr4)
+    }
+
     if (!isBufferLike(packet.message)) return
     if (this.gate.has(pid)) return
 
     this.gate.set(pid, 1)
 
     const remote = Cache.decodeSummary(packet.message)
-    const local = await this.cache.summarize(remote.prefix, this.cachePredicate)
+    const local = await this.cache.summarize(remote.prefix, this.cachePredicate(ptime))
 
     if (!remote || !remote.hash || !local || !local.hash || local.hash === remote.hash) {
       if (this.onSyncFinished) this.onSyncFinished(packet, port, address)
@@ -1278,7 +1286,7 @@ export class Peer {
           if (!key.startsWith(local.prefix + i.toString(16))) continue
 
           const packet = Packet.from(p)
-          if (!this.cachePredicate(packet)) continue
+          if (!this.cachePredicate(ptime)(packet)) continue
 
           const pid = packet.packetId.toString('hex')
           this._onDebug(`-> SYNC SEND PACKET (type=data, packetId=${pid.slice(0, 8)}, to=${address}:${port})`)
@@ -1289,7 +1297,7 @@ export class Peer {
         //
         // need more details about what exactly isn't synce'd
         //
-        const nextLevel = await this.cache.summarize(local.prefix + i.toString(16), this.cachePredicate)
+        const nextLevel = await this.cache.summarize(local.prefix + i.toString(16), this.cachePredicate(ptime))
         const data = await Packet.encode(new PacketSync({
           message: Cache.encodeSummary(nextLevel),
           usr4: Buffer.from(String(Date.now()))
@@ -1450,7 +1458,7 @@ export class Peer {
       delete message.isProbe
     }
 
-    const { hash } = await this.cache.summarize('', this.cachePredicate)
+    const { hash } = await this.cache.summarize('', this.cachePredicate())
     message.cacheSummaryHash = hash
 
     const packetPong = new PacketPong({ message })
@@ -1645,7 +1653,7 @@ export class Peer {
     if (this.onIntro) this.onIntro(packet, peer, peerPort, peerAddress)
 
     const pingId = randomBytes(6).toString('hex').padStart(12, '0')
-    const { hash } = await this.cache.summarize('', this.cachePredicate)
+    const { hash } = await this.cache.summarize('', this.cachePredicate())
 
     const props = {
       clusterId,
diff --git a/api/latica/packets.js b/api/latica/packets.js
index 50008b963..6e0dae1c5 100644
--- a/api/latica/packets.js
+++ b/api/latica/packets.js
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ export class PacketJoin extends Packet {
       requesterPeerId: { required: true, type: 'string', assert: Peer.isValidPeerId },
       natType: { required: true, type: 'number', assert: NAT.isValid },
       address: { required: true, type: 'string' },
+      key: { type: 'string' },
       port: { required: true, type: 'number', assert: isValidPort },
       isConnection: { type: 'boolean' }
     })
diff --git a/api/latica/proxy.js b/api/latica/proxy.js
index 92e740f1a..4ea1ebe7d 100644
--- a/api/latica/proxy.js
+++ b/api/latica/proxy.js
@@ -263,12 +263,14 @@ class PeerWorkerProxy {
 
       if (arg?.constructor.name === 'RemotePeer' || arg?.constructor.name === 'Peer') {
         args[i] = { // what details we want to expose outside of the protocol
-          peerId: arg.peerId,
           address: arg.address,
-          port: arg.port,
-          natType: arg.natType,
           clusters: arg.clusters,
-          connected: arg.connected
+          connected: arg.connected,
+          lastRequest: arg.lastRequest,
+          lastUpdate: arg.lastUpdate,
+          natType: arg.natType,
+          peerId: arg.peerId,
+          port: arg.port
         }
 
         delete args[i].localPeer // don't copy this over