diff --git a/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/server/providers/proxy.py b/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/server/providers/proxy.py
index cf5284a4c..6c23abca5 100644
--- a/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/server/providers/proxy.py
+++ b/fastmcp_slim/fastmcp/server/providers/proxy.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import inspect
 import time
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Sequence
+from copy import deepcopy
 from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, cast
 
@@ -1119,10 +1120,13 @@ class _UpstreamServerMetadata:
         result: mcp_types.InitializeResult | mcp_types.DiscoverResult,
         server_info: mcp_types.Implementation | None,
     ) -> _UpstreamServerMetadata:
+        """Detach forwarded values from the backend session's adopted result."""
         return cls(
             instructions=result.instructions,
-            server_info=server_info,
-            meta=dict(result.meta or {}),
+            server_info=(
+                server_info.model_copy(deep=True) if server_info is not None else None
+            ),
+            meta=deepcopy(result.meta or {}),
         )
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/tests/server/providers/proxy/test_server_metadata.py b/tests/server/providers/proxy/test_server_metadata.py
index 9aa9b711a..7e13c3066 100644
--- a/tests/server/providers/proxy/test_server_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/server/providers/proxy/test_server_metadata.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ UPSTREAM_INFO = mcp_types.Implementation(
 class UpstreamMetadataMiddleware(Middleware):
     """Advertise metadata that differs from the gateway's own claims."""
 
+    def __init__(self, server_info: mcp_types.Implementation = UPSTREAM_INFO) -> None:
+        self.server_info = server_info
+
     def _updates(self, result: mcp_types.Result) -> dict[str, Any]:
         meta = {
             **(result.meta or {}),
@@ -53,13 +56,13 @@ class UpstreamMetadataMiddleware(Middleware):
         }
         if isinstance(result, mcp_types.InitializeResult):
             updates.update(
-                server_info=UPSTREAM_INFO,
+                server_info=self.server_info,
                 capabilities=mcp_types.ServerCapabilities(
                     experimental={"upstream": {"claimed": True}}
                 ),
             )
         else:
-            meta[mcp_types.SERVER_INFO_META_KEY] = UPSTREAM_INFO.model_dump(
+            meta[mcp_types.SERVER_INFO_META_KEY] = self.server_info.model_dump(
                 by_alias=True, mode="json", exclude_none=True
             )
             updates.update(
@@ -326,6 +329,63 @@ async def test_connected_pinned_client_probes_without_adopting_metadata():
         assert backend_client.instructions is None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", ["legacy", "auto"])
+async def test_forwarded_metadata_does_not_alias_connected_backend(mode: str):
+    backend_info = mcp_types.Implementation(name="shared-backend", version="1.0")
+    upstream = FastMCP(
+        "upstream",
+        middleware=[UpstreamMetadataMiddleware(backend_info)],
+    )
+
+    class MutateForwardedMetadata(Middleware):
+        def _mutate(self, result: ResultT) -> ResultT:
+            assert result.meta is not None
+            nested = result.meta["com.example/upstream"]
+            assert isinstance(nested, dict)
+            nested["enabled"] = False
+            if isinstance(result, mcp_types.InitializeResult):
+                result.server_info.name = "frontend mutation"
+            else:
+                server_info = result.meta[mcp_types.SERVER_INFO_META_KEY]
+                assert isinstance(server_info, dict)
+                server_info["name"] = "frontend mutation"
+            return result
+
+        async def on_initialize(self, context, call_next):
+            result = await call_next(context)
+            assert result is not None
+            return self._mutate(result)
+
+        async def on_discover(self, context, call_next):
+            result = await call_next(context)
+            if not isinstance(result, mcp_types.DiscoverResult):
+                return result
+            return self._mutate(result)
+
+    async with Client(upstream, mode=mode) as backend_client:
+        provider = ProxyProvider(lambda: backend_client)
+        gateway = FastMCP(
+            "gateway",
+            providers=[provider],
+            middleware=[
+                MutateForwardedMetadata(),
+                ProxyMetadataMiddleware(provider, identity="upstream"),
+            ],
+        )
+
+        async with Client(gateway, mode=mode):
+            pass
+
+        backend_result = (
+            backend_client.session.initialize_result
+            or backend_client.session.discover_result
+        )
+        assert backend_result is not None
+        assert backend_result.meta is not None
+        assert backend_result.meta["com.example/upstream"] == {"enabled": True}
+        assert backend_client.server_info == backend_info
+
+
 async def test_disconnected_pinned_client_is_not_cloned():
     class UnclonableProxyClient(ProxyClient):
         def new(self) -> ProxyClient: