diff --git a/cmd/apiserver/app/config.go b/cmd/apiserver/app/config.go
index 73dd574..5c2f474 100644
--- a/cmd/apiserver/app/config.go
+++ b/cmd/apiserver/app/config.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
 	namespaceplugin "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/namespace/lifecycle"
+	apirequest "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/request"
 	genericfilters "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/generic"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
@@ -363,6 +364,7 @@ func NewConfig(opts options.CompletedOptions) (*Config, error) {
 		// Ensure RequestInfo is computed from the normalized /apis path
 		// before entering the cluster-scoped CRD runtime handler.
 		h = genericfilters.WithRequestInfo(h, conf.RequestInfoResolver)
+		h = withClusterCRDRequestInfoRewrite(h, clusterID)
 		h = genericfilters.WithAuditInit(h)
 		h = serverfilters.WithPanicRecovery(h, conf.RequestInfoResolver)
 		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
@@ -461,6 +463,23 @@ func setCRDRequestResolvers(
 	}
 }
 
+func withClusterCRDRequestInfoRewrite(next http.Handler, clusterID string) http.Handler {
+	if next == nil || clusterID == "" {
+		return next
+	}
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		ri, ok := apirequest.RequestInfoFrom(r.Context())
+		if !ok || ri == nil || !ri.IsResourceRequest || ri.APIGroup == "" || ri.APIGroup == "apiextensions.k8s.io" {
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		rewritten := *ri
+		rewritten.Resource = mcbootstrap.EncodeSharedCRDResourceName(clusterID, ri.Resource)
+		ctx := apirequest.WithRequestInfo(r.Context(), &rewritten)
+		next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
+	})
+}
+
 func decorateRESTOptionsGetter(server string, getter generic.RESTOptionsGetter, opts mc.Options) generic.RESTOptionsGetter {
 	if _, ok := getter.(mc.RESTOptionsDecorator); ok {
 		klog.Infof("mc.restOptionsGetter server=%s alreadyDecorated=true", server)
diff --git a/pkg/multicluster/bootstrap/crd_runtime_manager_wrapped.go b/pkg/multicluster/bootstrap/crd_runtime_manager_wrapped.go
index 3ccb215..2e20978 100644
--- a/pkg/multicluster/bootstrap/crd_runtime_manager_wrapped.go
+++ b/pkg/multicluster/bootstrap/crd_runtime_manager_wrapped.go
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ func (m *CRDRuntimeManager) ensureSharedRuntime(stopCh <-chan struct{}) (runtime
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("base apiextensions config is required")
 		}
 		baseGeneric := *m.opts.BaseAPIExtensionsConfig.GenericConfig
+		if baseGeneric.LoopbackClientConfig != nil {
+			baseGeneric.LoopbackClientConfig = allClustersLoopbackConfig(baseGeneric.LoopbackClientConfig)
+		}
 		baseCfg := *m.opts.BaseAPIExtensionsConfig
 		baseCfg.GenericConfig = &baseGeneric
 		completed := baseCfg.Complete()
@@ -580,6 +583,11 @@ func allClustersAPIExtensionsClient(base *rest.Config) (apiextensionsclient.Inte
 	if base == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("base loopback config is required")
 	}
+	cfg := allClustersLoopbackConfig(base)
+	return apiextensionsclient.NewForConfig(cfg)
+}
+
+func allClustersLoopbackConfig(base *rest.Config) *rest.Config {
 	cfg := rest.CopyConfig(base)
 	cfg.Impersonate.UserName = mc.DefaultInternalCrossClusterUser
 	cfg.Impersonate.Groups = []string{"system:authenticated", "system:masters"}
@@ -592,7 +600,7 @@ func allClustersAPIExtensionsClient(base *rest.Config) (apiextensionsclient.Inte
 	} else {
 		cfg.UserAgent = mc.DefaultInternalCrossClusterUserAgent + " " + cfg.UserAgent
 	}
-	return apiextensionsclient.NewForConfig(cfg)
+	return cfg
 }
 
 func (m *CRDRuntimeManager) sharedStartStopCh(stopCh <-chan struct{}) <-chan struct{} {
@@ -650,6 +658,13 @@ func encodeSharedCRDName(clusterID, name string) string {
 	return prefix + name
 }
 
+// EncodeSharedCRDResourceName returns a cluster-unique resource token that
+// preserves the "<encodedResource>.<group>" CRD name relation used by
+// upstream CRD handler lookup.
+func EncodeSharedCRDResourceName(clusterID, resource string) string {
+	return encodeSharedCRDName(clusterID, resource)
+}
+
 func decodeSharedCRDName(clusterID, name string) string {
 	if clusterID == "" || name == "" {
 		return name
diff --git a/pkg/multicluster/bootstrap/crd_serves_index.go b/pkg/multicluster/bootstrap/crd_serves_index.go
index c4fd36a..6b27a9f 100644
--- a/pkg/multicluster/bootstrap/crd_serves_index.go
+++ b/pkg/multicluster/bootstrap/crd_serves_index.go
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ func (i *CRDServesIndex) UpsertCRD(clusterID string, crd *apiextensionsv1.Custom
 	i.mu.Lock()
 	defer i.mu.Unlock()
 	i.setCRDKeysLocked(clusterID, crd.Name, keys)
+	// New clusters often appear after the initial informer sync/rebuild.
+	// Mark as synced on first observed event to avoid false "unknown" lookups.
+	i.clusterSynced[clusterID] = true
 }
 
 func (i *CRDServesIndex) DeleteCRD(clusterID string, crd *apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinition) {
@@ -76,6 +79,8 @@ func (i *CRDServesIndex) DeleteCRD(clusterID string, crd *apiextensionsv1.Custom
 	i.mu.Lock()
 	defer i.mu.Unlock()
 	i.setCRDKeysLocked(clusterID, crd.Name, nil)
+	// Delete events are also a valid synchronization signal for the cluster.
+	i.clusterSynced[clusterID] = true
 }
 
 func (i *CRDServesIndex) InvalidateCluster(clusterID string) {