diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bde208d7..9efe11dbd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Note that the REST plugin is added to the configuration by the default value of
 **[REST plugin](https://zenoh.io/docs/manual/plugin-http/)** (exposing a REST API):
 This plugin converts GET and PUT REST requests into Zenoh gets and puts respectively.
 
-**[Storages plugin](https://zenoh.io/docs/manual/plugin-storages/)** (managing [backends and storages](https://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/))
+**[Storages plugin](https://zenoh.io/docs/manual/plugin-storage-manager/)** (managing [backends and storages](https://zenoh.io/docs/manual/plugin-storage-manager/#backends-and-volumes))
 This plugin allows you to easily define storages. These will store key-value pairs they subscribed to, and send the most recent ones when queried. Check out [DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5](DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5) for info on how to configure them.
 
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diff --git a/commons/zenoh-util/src/std_only/net/mod.rs b/commons/zenoh-util/src/std_only/net/mod.rs
index d8b2c3acc..9d221eefa 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-util/src/std_only/net/mod.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-util/src/std_only/net/mod.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ pub fn get_multicast_interfaces() -> Vec<IpAddr> {
         pnet_datalink::interfaces()
             .iter()
             .filter_map(|iface| {
-                if iface.is_up() && iface.is_multicast() {
+                if iface.is_up() && iface.is_running() && iface.is_multicast() {
                     for ipaddr in &iface.ips {
                         if ipaddr.is_ipv4() {
                             return Some(ipaddr.ip());
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ pub fn get_unicast_addresses_of_multicast_interfaces() -> Vec<IpAddr> {
     {
         pnet_datalink::interfaces()
             .iter()
-            .filter(|iface| iface.is_up() && iface.is_multicast())
+            .filter(|iface| iface.is_up() && iface.is_running() && iface.is_multicast())
             .flat_map(|iface| {
                 iface
                     .ips
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ pub fn get_unicast_addresses_of_interface(name: &str) -> ZResult<Vec<IpAddr>> {
                 if !iface.is_up() {
                     bail!("Interface {name} is not up");
                 }
+                if !iface.is_running() {
+                    bail!("Interface {name} is not running");
+                }
                 let addrs = iface
                     .ips
                     .iter()
diff --git a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/establishment/accept.rs b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/establishment/accept.rs
index c25c4bb87..412affd4e 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/establishment/accept.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/establishment/accept.rs
@@ -658,10 +658,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn accept_link(link: &LinkUnicast, manager: &TransportManager)
         .map_err(|e| (e, Some(close::reason::INVALID))));
 
     log::debug!(
-        "New transport link accepted from {} to {}: {}",
+        "New transport link accepted from {} to {}: {}. Batch size: {}.",
         osyn_out.other_zid,
         manager.config.zid,
-        link
+        link,
+        state.zenoh.batch_size,
     );
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/establishment/open.rs b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/establishment/open.rs
index 19f94cf26..dbd4872c3 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/establishment/open.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/establishment/open.rs
@@ -573,10 +573,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn open_link(
     }
 
     log::debug!(
-        "New transport link opened from {} to {}: {}",
+        "New transport link opened from {} to {}: {}. Batch size: {}.",
         manager.config.zid,
         iack_out.other_zid,
-        link
+        link,
+        state.zenoh.batch_size,
     );
 
     Ok(transport)
diff --git a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/lowlatency/link.rs b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/lowlatency/link.rs
index f9f949bf9..111936cb9 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/lowlatency/link.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/lowlatency/link.rs
@@ -212,8 +212,11 @@ async fn rx_task_stream(
         let mut length = [0_u8, 0_u8, 0_u8, 0_u8];
         link.read_exact(&mut length).await?;
         let n = u32::from_le_bytes(length) as usize;
-
-        link.read_exact(&mut buffer[0..n]).await?;
+        let len = buffer.len();
+        let b = buffer.get_mut(0..n).ok_or_else(|| {
+            zerror!("Batch len is invalid. Received {n} but negotiated max len is {len}.")
+        })?;
+        link.read_exact(b).await?;
         Ok(n)
     }
 
diff --git a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/universal/link.rs b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/universal/link.rs
index 8facc9b7b..c4d19d2b6 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/universal/link.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/universal/link.rs
@@ -294,7 +294,11 @@ async fn rx_task_stream(
         let mut length = [0_u8, 0_u8];
         link.read_exact(&mut length).await?;
         let n = BatchSize::from_le_bytes(length) as usize;
-        link.read_exact(&mut buffer[0..n]).await?;
+        let len = buffer.len();
+        let b = buffer.get_mut(0..n).ok_or_else(|| {
+            zerror!("Batch len is invalid. Received {n} but negotiated max len is {len}.")
+        })?;
+        link.read_exact(b).await?;
         Ok(Action::Read(n))
     }