diff --git a/packages/oneclient_app/src/hooks/queries/migration.rs b/packages/oneclient_app/src/hooks/queries/migration.rs
index 2ee691de..6d436cae 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_app/src/hooks/queries/migration.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_app/src/hooks/queries/migration.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use freya::query::{Query, QueryCapability, QueryStateData, UseQuery, use_query};
-use oneclient_core::{LauncherError, MigrationDetection, detect_migration};
+use oneclient_core::{
+    LauncherError, LauncherState, MigrationDetection, detect_migration, resolve_migration_chain,
+};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct MigrationQuery;
@@ -13,7 +15,28 @@ impl QueryCapability for MigrationQuery {
     type Keys = MigrationKeys;
 
     async fn run(&self, _keys: &Self::Keys) -> Result<Self::Ok, Self::Err> {
-        detect_migration().await
+        let Some(mut detection) = detect_migration().await? else {
+            return Ok(None);
+        };
+
+        // remote cluster migrations run on startup (so before we even get to launcher migrations)
+		// this pretty much tries to migrate the source instance to the latest version in the migration chain,
+		// so that we can import it into the correct cluster
+        let rules = LauncherState::get()?.versions.migrations().await;
+        if !rules.is_empty() {
+            for instance in &mut detection.instances {
+                if instance.mc_version.is_empty() {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let resolved =
+                    resolve_migration_chain(&instance.mc_version, instance.mc_loader, &rules);
+                if resolved != instance.mc_version {
+                    instance.target_mc_version = Some(resolved);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(Some(detection))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/app/settings/developer.rs b/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/app/settings/developer.rs
index c4d2c8d7..5cb498ff 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/app/settings/developer.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/app/settings/developer.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use freya::router::RouterContext;
 
 use super::settings_page;
 use crate::Route;
-use crate::components::{Button, IconType, link_button, toggle};
+use crate::components::{IconType, link_button, toggle};
 use crate::hooks::{use_browser_compat, use_dispatch, use_settings_snapshot};
 use crate::view::app::settings::{section_header, settings_row};
 
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ impl Component for SettingsDeveloper {
             dispatch.set_settings(next);
         });
 
-        let show_dev = use_state(|| false);
         let browser_compat = use_browser_compat();
 
         settings_page()
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/onboarding/migration.rs b/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/onboarding/migration.rs
index 16d8cbd1..0a957600 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/onboarding/migration.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/onboarding/migration.rs
@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ pub(crate) fn matching_new_cluster_id(
     instance: &SourceInstance,
     new: &[ClusterBundles],
 ) -> Option<i64> {
+    let want = instance.import_version();
     new.iter()
-        .find(|cb| {
-            cb.cluster.mc_version == instance.mc_version
-                && cb.cluster.mc_loader == instance.mc_loader
-        })
+        .find(|cb| cb.cluster.mc_version == want && cb.cluster.mc_loader == instance.mc_loader)
         .map(|cb| cb.cluster.id)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_core/src/lib.rs b/packages/oneclient_core/src/lib.rs
index 1f16a66e..95b599a9 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_core/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,4 +76,6 @@ pub use settings::ProfileUpdate;
 pub use state::LauncherServices;
 pub use state::LauncherState;
 pub use version::{ParsedMcVersion, VersionKey, format_mc_version, parse_mc_version};
-pub use versions::{RemoteMigration, VersionMetadata, VersionsManager, VersionsManifest};
+pub use versions::{
+    RemoteMigration, VersionMetadata, VersionsManager, VersionsManifest, resolve_migration_chain,
+};
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/mod.rs b/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/mod.rs
index 3667254d..dcf6aa88 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/mod.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ pub struct SourceInstance {
     pub instance_id: i64,
     pub folder_name: String,
     pub mc_version: String,
+	/// Used for any "migrated" clusters (e.g. 26.1 fabric -> 26.1.2 fabric)
+    pub target_mc_version: Option<String>,
     pub mc_loader: GameLoader,
     /// Bundle categories the user had installed on this instance, e.g.
     /// `["HUD", "Performance"]`. Empty when the source has no category concept.
@@ -60,6 +62,13 @@ pub struct MigrationDetection {
     pub instances: Vec<SourceInstance>,
 }
 
+impl SourceInstance {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn import_version(&self) -> &str {
+        self.target_mc_version.as_deref().unwrap_or(&self.mc_version)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Where an imported game directory should land in *this* launcher.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum ImportTarget {
@@ -108,6 +117,23 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(MigrationSource::ALL.last(), Some(&MigrationSource::Vanilla));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn import_version_prefers_resolved_target() {
+        let mut instance = SourceInstance {
+            instance_id: 1,
+            folder_name: "26.1 fabric".to_string(),
+            mc_version: "26.1".to_string(),
+            target_mc_version: None,
+            mc_loader: GameLoader::Fabric,
+            categories: Vec::new(),
+            has_game_dir: true,
+        };
+        assert_eq!(instance.import_version(), "26.1");
+
+        instance.target_mc_version = Some("26.1.2".to_string());
+        assert_eq!(instance.import_version(), "26.1.2");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn ids_round_trip() {
         for source in MigrationSource::ALL.iter().copied() {
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/oneclient_v1.rs b/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/oneclient_v1.rs
index 2fd56470..846eaced 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/oneclient_v1.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/oneclient_v1.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ async fn detect_inner(root: &Path, db_path: &Path) -> LauncherResult<MigrationDe
             instance_id: cluster_id,
             folder_name,
             mc_version,
+            target_mc_version: None,
             mc_loader,
             categories,
             has_game_dir,
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/vanilla.rs b/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/vanilla.rs
index 64c16921..012a849b 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/vanilla.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_core/src/migration/vanilla.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ pub async fn detect() -> LauncherResult<Option<MigrationDetection>> {
             instance_id: 0,
             folder_name: ROOT_INSTANCE_NAME.to_string(),
             mc_version: String::new(),
+            target_mc_version: None,
             mc_loader: GameLoader::Vanilla,
             categories: Vec::new(),
             has_game_dir: true,
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_core/src/plus.rs b/packages/oneclient_core/src/plus.rs
index 7e3b4427..6b00d961 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_core/src/plus.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_core/src/plus.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ fn build_client() -> Result<reqwest::Client, reqwest::Error> {
     reqwest::Client::builder()
         .tcp_keepalive(Some(Duration::from_secs(15)))
         .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
+        // reqwest-websocket only supports Http <1.1
+        .http1_only()
         .tls_backend_rustls()
         .user_agent(format!(
             "OneClient {} ({})",
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_core/src/versions/manifest.rs b/packages/oneclient_core/src/versions/manifest.rs
index f779cb34..0df78144 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_core/src/versions/manifest.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_core/src/versions/manifest.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::api_config::meta_url_base;
+use crate::packages::domain::GameLoader;
 use crate::version::{VersionKey, format_mc_version};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -66,6 +69,41 @@ pub struct MigrationTarget {
     pub mc_version: String,
 }
 
+/// Follow the remote migration chain forward from `mc_version` for the given
+/// loader, returning the final target version after every applicable rule has
+/// been applied. Returns the input unchanged when no rule matches.
+///
+/// This mirrors what [`crate::clusters::apply_remote_migrations`] does to
+/// existing cluster rows, so callers that only know an *old* version (e.g. the
+/// OneClient v1 importer) can find the cluster the migrations have already moved
+/// that version to. Multi-hop chains (`a -> b -> c`) are followed; the loop is
+/// bounded by the rule count so a cyclic/self rule can't spin forever.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn resolve_migration_chain(
+    mc_version: &str,
+    loader: GameLoader,
+    rules: &[RemoteMigration],
+) -> String {
+    let mut current = mc_version.to_string();
+
+    for _ in 0..=rules.len() {
+        let Some(rule) = rules.iter().find(|rule| {
+            rule.from.mc_version == current
+                && GameLoader::from_str(&rule.from.loader).is_ok_and(|l| l == loader)
+        }) else {
+            break;
+        };
+
+        if rule.to.mc_version == current {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        current = rule.to.mc_version.clone();
+    }
+
+    current
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct VersionMetadata {
     pub major_version: u32,
@@ -236,6 +274,75 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(metadata[1].mc_version().as_deref(), Some("26.1.2"));
     }
 
+    fn rule(id: &str, from: &str, loader: &str, to: &str) -> RemoteMigration {
+        RemoteMigration {
+            id: id.to_string(),
+            from: MigrationSource {
+                mc_version: from.to_string(),
+                loader: loader.to_string(),
+            },
+            to: MigrationTarget {
+                mc_version: to.to_string(),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_resolves_single_hop() {
+        let rules = [rule("a", "26.1", "fabric", "26.1.2")];
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_migration_chain("26.1", GameLoader::Fabric, &rules),
+            "26.1.2"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_follows_multiple_hops() {
+        let rules = [
+            rule("a", "26.1", "fabric", "26.1.2"),
+            rule("b", "26.1.2", "fabric", "26.1.3"),
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_migration_chain("26.1", GameLoader::Fabric, &rules),
+            "26.1.3"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_requires_matching_loader() {
+        let rules = [rule("a", "26.1", "forge", "26.1.2")];
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_migration_chain("26.1", GameLoader::Fabric, &rules),
+            "26.1"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_returns_input_when_no_rule_matches() {
+        let rules = [rule("a", "21.1", "fabric", "21.1.2")];
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_migration_chain("26.1", GameLoader::Fabric, &rules),
+            "26.1"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chain_terminates_on_self_and_cyclic_rules() {
+        let self_rule = [rule("a", "26.1", "fabric", "26.1")];
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolve_migration_chain("26.1", GameLoader::Fabric, &self_rule),
+            "26.1"
+        );
+
+        let cycle = [
+            rule("a", "26.1", "fabric", "26.2"),
+            rule("b", "26.2", "fabric", "26.1"),
+        ];
+        // Must not loop forever; lands on one of the two, bounded by rule count.
+        let out = resolve_migration_chain("26.1", GameLoader::Fabric, &cycle);
+        assert!(out == "26.1" || out == "26.2");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn migrations_parse() {
         let manifest: VersionsManifest = serde_json::from_str(
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_core/src/versions/mod.rs b/packages/oneclient_core/src/versions/mod.rs
index 49b7cc27..e9ace6ba 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_core/src/versions/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_core/src/versions/mod.rs
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ mod manifest;
 pub use manager::VersionsManager;
 pub use manifest::{
     MigrationSource, MigrationTarget, RemoteMigration, VersionMetadata, VersionsManifest,
+    resolve_migration_chain,
 };