diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/hosted/bounded_http_response.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/hosted/bounded_http_response.dart
index 5a7505baf1..98e93859dd 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/hosted/bounded_http_response.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/hosted/bounded_http_response.dart
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 
+/// The body cap for hosted responses that do not declare their own.
+const hostedResponseMaxBytes = 64 * 1024;
+
 /// One deadline covers headers and the bounded body. Abort only this request,
 /// leaving the shared client usable for sign-out and subsequent attempts.
 Future<http.Response> boundedHttpResponse(
   http.Client client,
   http.Request source, {
-  int maxBytes = 65536,
+  int maxBytes = hostedResponseMaxBytes,
 }) async {
   final abort = Completer<void>();
   final request =
@@ -27,15 +31,15 @@ Future<http.Response> boundedHttpResponse(
       await iterator.cancel();
       throw http.RequestAbortedException();
     }
-    final bytes = <int>[];
+    final bytes = BytesBuilder();
     while (await iterator.moveNext()) {
       if (bytes.length + iterator.current.length > maxBytes) {
         throw const FormatException('Response too large');
       }
-      bytes.addAll(iterator.current);
+      bytes.add(iterator.current);
     }
     return http.Response.bytes(
-      bytes,
+      bytes.takeBytes(),
       response.statusCode,
       headers: response.headers,
     );
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/hosted/hosted_join_policy.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/hosted/hosted_join_policy.dart
index 62dde22dfe..30a5795c20 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/hosted/hosted_join_policy.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/hosted/hosted_join_policy.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'builderlab_account.dart';
 import 'bounded_http_response.dart';
 
+/// Each relay policy document is capped at 256 KiB before JSON encoding. Four
+/// MiB covers two maximally escaped documents plus the envelope, as on Desktop.
+const _joinPolicyResponseMaxBytes = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+
 /// Public policy text bound to the exact version the user accepts.
 class HostedJoinPolicy {
   const HostedJoinPolicy({
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ Future<Map<String, dynamic>> readJoinResponse(
   http.Client client,
   http.Request request, {
   bool allowNotFound = false,
-  int maxBytes = 65536,
+  int maxBytes = hostedResponseMaxBytes,
 }) async {
   final http.Response response;
   final Map<String, dynamic> data;
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ Future<HostedJoinPolicy?> loadJoinPolicy({
     client,
     request,
     allowNotFound: allowLegacyRelay,
-    maxBytes: 4 * 1024 * 1024,
+    maxBytes: _joinPolicyResponseMaxBytes,
   );
   final raw = data['policy'];
   if (raw == null) return null;
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/invites/invite_join_provider_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/invites/invite_join_provider_test.dart
index 2aa99ace74..384e69a009 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/invites/invite_join_provider_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/invites/invite_join_provider_test.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ void main() {
       final auth = _RecordingAuthNotifier();
       final requests = <String>[];
       var version = 'v1';
+      // Relay-valid policy text can exceed the generic 64 KiB hosted cap.
+      final terms = 'x' * 65536;
       final container = ProviderContainer(
         overrides: [
           communityStorageProvider.overrideWithValue(storage),
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ void main() {
                   jsonEncode({
                     'policy': {
                       'version': version,
-                      'terms_markdown': 'Terms',
+                      'terms_markdown': terms,
                       'age_attestation_required': true,
                     },
                   }),
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ void main() {
       );
       await _joinPolicySettled(container);
       expect(container.read(inviteJoinProvider).joinPolicy?.version, 'v1');
+      expect(container.read(inviteJoinProvider).joinPolicy?.terms, terms);
       await notifier.confirmJoin();
       expect(requests.where((path) => path != '/api/join-policy'), isEmpty);
       version = 'v2';
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/hosted/hosted_admission_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/hosted/hosted_admission_test.dart
index b4a6ec0cdd..2c01d01664 100644
--- a/mobile/test/shared/hosted/hosted_admission_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/hosted/hosted_admission_test.dart
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void main() {
     ('redirect', '{}', 302, AccountFailure.denied),
     (
       'oversized policy',
-      '{}${' ' * (4 * 1024 * 1024)}',
+      '{"policy":null}${' ' * (4 * 1024 * 1024)}',
       200,
       AccountFailure.invalidResponse,
     ),
@@ -143,6 +143,49 @@ void main() {
     });
   }
 
+  test('only policy discovery admits relay-sized responses', () async {
+    await store.create(keys.nsec);
+    await backup();
+    final terms = 'x' * 65536;
+    HostedJoinPolicy? confirmed;
+    admission.dispose();
+    admission = HostedAdmission(
+      account: account,
+      relayAuth: HostedRelayAuth(account, enabled: false),
+      store: store,
+      probe: (_) async {},
+      confirmPolicy: (policy) async {
+        confirmed = policy;
+        return true;
+      },
+      client: MockClient((request) async {
+        if (request.url.path == '/api/join-policy') {
+          return http.Response(
+            jsonEncode({
+              'policy': {
+                'version': 'v1',
+                'age_attestation_required': false,
+                'terms_markdown': terms,
+              },
+            }),
+            200,
+          );
+        }
+        if (request.url.path == '/api/invites/accept-policy') {
+          return http.Response('{"receipt":"fresh"}${' ' * 65536}', 200);
+        }
+        claims.add(request);
+        return http.Response('{}', 200);
+      }),
+    );
+    await expectLater(
+      admission.prepare(invite, 'owner', keys.public),
+      throwsA(AccountFailure.invalidResponse),
+    );
+    expect(confirmed?.terms, terms);
+    expect(claims, isEmpty);
+  });
+
   testWidgets('total policy deadline cancels body and permits policy retry', (
     tester,
   ) async {