diff --git a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/dynamic_sidecar/docker_service_specs/proxy.py b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/dynamic_sidecar/docker_service_specs/proxy.py
index 6b3d1afea3d..bbe24ade928 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/dynamic_sidecar/docker_service_specs/proxy.py
+++ b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/dynamic_sidecar/docker_service_specs/proxy.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def get_dynamic_proxy_spec(
             f"traefik.http.routers.{scheduler_data.proxy_service_name}.entrypoints": "http",
             f"traefik.http.routers.{scheduler_data.proxy_service_name}.priority": "10",
             f"traefik.http.routers.{scheduler_data.proxy_service_name}.rule": f"hostregexp(`{scheduler_data.node_uuid}.services.{{host:.+}}`)",
-            f"traefik.http.routers.{scheduler_data.proxy_service_name}.middlewares": f"{dynamic_services_scheduler_settings.SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm, {scheduler_data.proxy_service_name}-security-headers",
+            f"traefik.http.routers.{scheduler_data.proxy_service_name}.middlewares": f"{dynamic_services_scheduler_settings.SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@docker, {scheduler_data.proxy_service_name}-security-headers",
             "dynamic_type": "dynamic-sidecar",  # tagged as dynamic service
         }
         | StandardSimcoreDockerLabels(
diff --git a/services/director/src/simcore_service_director/producer.py b/services/director/src/simcore_service_director/producer.py
index b74da40c913..20f34ae3608 100644
--- a/services/director/src/simcore_service_director/producer.py
+++ b/services/director/src/simcore_service_director/producer.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ async def _create_docker_service_params(
             f"traefik.http.routers.{service_name}.rule": f"PathPrefix(`/x/{node_uuid}`)",
             f"traefik.http.routers.{service_name}.entrypoints": "http",
             f"traefik.http.routers.{service_name}.priority": "10",
-            f"traefik.http.routers.{service_name}.middlewares": f"{config.SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm",
+            f"traefik.http.routers.{service_name}.middlewares": f"{config.SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@docker",
         },
         "networks": [internal_network_id] if internal_network_id else [],
     }
diff --git a/services/docker-compose.local.yml b/services/docker-compose.local.yml
index 78c72e08a9a..2ba2aa37a2d 100644
--- a/services/docker-compose.local.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose.local.yml
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.secure=false
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_local.service=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_local.entrypoints=http
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_local.rule=PathPrefix(`/dev/`)
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_local.rule=hostregexp(`{host:.+}`) && PathPrefix(`/dev/`)
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_local.priority=3
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_local.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME_NO_HYPHEN}_sslheader@swarm, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_retry
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_local.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@docker, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME_NO_HYPHEN}_sslheader@docker, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_retry
 
   wb-api-server:
     environment:
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api_internal.service=api@internal
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api_internal.rule=PathPrefix(`/dashboard`) || PathPrefix(`/api`)
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api_internal.entrypoints=traefik_monitor
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api_internal.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api_internal.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@docker
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api_internal.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
 
   whoami:
@@ -247,4 +247,4 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_whoami.loadbalancer.server.port=80
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_whoami.rule=PathPrefix(`/whoami`)
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_whoami.entrypoints=traefik_monitor
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_whoami.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_whoami.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@docker
diff --git a/services/docker-compose.yml b/services/docker-compose.yml
index 94edbb1f19d..54cc34298ea 100644
--- a/services/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose.yml
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.loadbalancer.healthcheck.path=/
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.loadbalancer.healthcheck.interval=2000ms
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.loadbalancer.healthcheck.timeout=1000ms
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.rule=(Path(`/`) || Path(`/v0`) ||  PathPrefix(`/v0/`) || Path(`/api/v0/openapi.json`))
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.rule=hostregexp(`{host:.+}`) && (Path(`/`, `/v0`) ||  PathPrefix(`/v0/`) || Path(`/api/v0/openapi.json`))
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.entrypoints=simcore_api
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.priority=1
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm,ratelimit-${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server,inflightreq-${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@docker,ratelimit-${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server,inflightreq-${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_api-server
     networks:
       - default
 
@@ -517,16 +517,16 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.loadbalancer.healthcheck.interval=2000ms
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.loadbalancer.healthcheck.timeout=1000ms
         - traefik.http.middlewares.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver_retry.retry.attempts=2
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.rule=(Path(`/osparc`) || Path(`/s4l`) || Path(`/s4llite`) || Path(`/s4lacad`) || Path(`/s4lengine`) || Path(`/s4ldesktop`) || Path(`/s4ldesktopacad`) || Path(`/tis`) || Path(`/transpiled`) || Path(`/resource`) || PathPrefix(`/osparc/`) || PathPrefix(`/s4l/`) || PathPrefix(`/s4llite/`) || PathPrefix(`/s4lacad/`) || PathPrefix(`/s4lengine/`) || PathPrefix(`/s4ldesktop/`) || PathPrefix(`/s4ldesktopacad/`) || PathPrefix(`/tis/`) || PathPrefix(`/transpiled/`) || PathPrefix(`/resource/`))
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.rule=hostregexp(`{host:.+}`) && (Path(`/osparc`,`/s4l`,`/s4llite`,`/s4lacad`,`/s4lengine`,`/s4ldesktop`,`/s4ldesktopacad`,`/tis`,`/transpiled`,`/resource`) || PathPrefix(`/osparc/`,`/s4l/`,`/s4llite/`,`/s4lacad/`,`/s4lengine/`,`/s4ldesktop/`,`/s4ldesktopacad/`,`/tis/`,`/transpiled/`,`/resource/`))
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.service=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.entrypoints=http
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.priority=2
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm,${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver_retry
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@docker,${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_static_webserver_retry
         # catchall for legacy services (this happens if a backend disappears and a frontend tries to reconnect, the right return value is a 503)
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.service=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.priority=1
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.entrypoints=http
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.rule=(Path(`/x/{node_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}`) || PathPrefix(`/x/{node_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}/`))
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.rule=hostregexp(`{host:.+}`) && (Path(`/x/{node_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}`) || PathPrefix(`/x/{node_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}/`))
         # this tricks traefik into a 502 (bad gateway) since the service does not exist on this port
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.loadbalancer.server.port=0
         # this tricks traefik into returning a 503 (service unavailable) since the healthcheck will always return false
@@ -747,10 +747,10 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.secure=true
         - traefik.http.middlewares.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_retry.retry.attempts=2
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.service=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.rule=(Path(`/`) || Path(`/v0`) || Path(`/socket.io/`) || Path(`/static-frontend-data.json`) || Path(`/study/{study_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}`) || Path(`/view`) || Path(`/#/view`) || Path(`/#/error`) || PathPrefix(`/v0/`))
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.rule=hostregexp(`{host:.+}`) && (Path(`/`, `/v0`,`/socket.io/`,`/static-frontend-data.json`, `/study/{study_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}`, `/view`, `/#/view`, `/#/error`) ||  PathPrefix(`/v0/`))
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.entrypoints=http
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.priority=2
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME_NO_HYPHEN}_sslheader@swarm, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_retry
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@docker, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME_NO_HYPHEN}_sslheader@docker, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_retry
     networks: &webserver_networks
       - default
       - interactive_services_subnet
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ services:
       retries: 50
 
   traefik:
-    image: "traefik:v3.1.2@sha256:ec1a82940b8e00eaeef33fb4113aa1d1573b2ebb6440e10c023743fe96f08475"
+    image: "traefik:v2.9.8@sha256:553239e27c4614d0477651415205b9b119f7a98f698e6562ef383c9d8ff3b6e6"
     init: true
     hostname: "{{.Node.Hostname}}-{{.Task.Slot}}"
     command:
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ services:
       - "--ping=true"
       - "--entryPoints.ping.address=:9082"
       - "--ping.entryPoint=ping"
-      - "--log.level=WARN" # WARN, not WARNING
+      - "--log.level=WARNING"
       - "--accesslog=false"
       - "--metrics.prometheus=true"
       - "--metrics.prometheus.addEntryPointsLabels=true"
@@ -1183,18 +1183,17 @@ services:
       - "--entryPoints.simcore_api.forwardedHeaders.insecure"
       - "--entryPoints.traefik_monitor.address=:8080"
       - "--entryPoints.traefik_monitor.forwardedHeaders.insecure"
-      - "--providers.swarm.endpoint=unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
-      - "--providers.swarm.network=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_default"
+      - "--providers.docker.endpoint=unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+      - "--providers.docker.network=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_default"
+      - "--providers.docker.swarmMode=true"
       # https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues/7886
-      - "--providers.swarm.refreshSeconds=1"
-      - "--providers.swarm.exposedByDefault=false"
-      - "--providers.swarm.constraints=Label(`io.simcore.zone`, `${TRAEFIK_SIMCORE_ZONE}`)"
-      - "--core.defaultRuleSyntax=v2"
-      - "--tracing"
-      - "--tracing.addinternals"
-      - "--tracing.otlp=true"
-      - "--tracing.otlp.http=true"
-      # - "--tracing.otlp.http.endpoint=0.0.0.0:4318/v1/traces"
+      - "--providers.docker.swarmModeRefreshSeconds=1"
+      - "--providers.docker.exposedByDefault=false"
+      - "--providers.docker.constraints=Label(`io.simcore.zone`, `${TRAEFIK_SIMCORE_ZONE}`)"
+      - "--tracing=true"
+      - "--tracing.jaeger=true"
+      - "--tracing.jaeger.samplingServerURL=http://jaeger:5778/sampling"
+      - "--tracing.jaeger.localAgentHostPort=jaeger:6831"
     volumes:
       # So that Traefik can listen to the Docker events
       - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock