diff --git a/src/obproxy/obutils/ob_proxy_config.h b/src/obproxy/obutils/ob_proxy_config.h
index ded12f80..e01eb05d 100644
--- a/src/obproxy/obutils/ob_proxy_config.h
+++ b/src/obproxy/obutils/ob_proxy_config.h
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ class ObProxyConfig : public common::ObCommonConfig
   DEF_BOOL(enable_cluster_checkout, "true", "if enable cluster checkout, proxy will send cluster name when login and server will check it", CFG_NO_NEED_REBOOT, CFG_SECTION_OBPROXY, CFG_VISIBLE_LEVEL_USER, CFG_MULTI_LEVEL_GLOBAL);
   DEF_BOOL(enable_proxy_scramble, "false", "if enable proxy scramble, proxy will send client its variable scramble num, not support old observer", CFG_NO_NEED_REBOOT, CFG_SECTION_OBPROXY, CFG_VISIBLE_LEVEL_SYS, CFG_MULTI_LEVEL_GLOBAL);
   DEF_BOOL(enable_client_ip_checkout, "true", "if enabled, proxy send client ip when login", CFG_NO_NEED_REBOOT, CFG_SECTION_OBPROXY, CFG_VISIBLE_LEVEL_USER, CFG_MULTI_LEVEL_GLOBAL);
+  DEF_BOOL(enable_client_ip_attr_trust, "true", "if enabled, proxy trusts the __client_ip connect attribute reported by the client itself and forwards it to observer; if disabled, proxy forwards the peer address it detected, and only accepts __client_ip from an upstream obproxy (__mysql_client_type=__ob_proxy). Only effective when enable_client_ip_checkout is true", CFG_NO_NEED_REBOOT, CFG_SECTION_OBPROXY, CFG_VISIBLE_LEVEL_USER, CFG_MULTI_LEVEL_GLOBAL);
 
   //connection related
   DEF_INT(connect_observer_max_retries, "3", "[2,5]", "max retries to do connect", CFG_NO_NEED_REBOOT, CFG_SECTION_OBPROXY, CFG_VISIBLE_LEVEL_USER, CFG_MULTI_LEVEL_GLOBAL);
diff --git a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysql/ob_mysql_transact.cpp b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysql/ob_mysql_transact.cpp
index 92ec1226..15d91ad3 100644
--- a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysql/ob_mysql_transact.cpp
+++ b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysql/ob_mysql_transact.cpp
@@ -5241,6 +5241,7 @@ inline int ObMysqlTransact::handle_oceanbase_handshake_pkt(ObTransState &s, uint
       param.use_ob_protocol_v2_compress_ = (s.sm_->compression_algorithm_.level_ != 0 && use_ob_protocol_v2);
       param.use_ssl_ = use_ssl;
       param.enable_client_ip_checkout_ = enable_client_ip_checkout;
+      param.enable_client_ip_attr_trust_ = s.mysql_config_params_->enable_client_ip_attr_trust_;
       param.cs_id_version_ = client_session->get_cs_id_version();
       param.enable_full_link_trace_ = s.sm_->enable_full_link_trace_;
       if (is_binlog_request(s) && OB_NOT_NULL(s.sm_->multi_level_config_)) {
diff --git a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_config_processor.cpp b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_config_processor.cpp
index b45eede0..6fbeb024 100644
--- a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_config_processor.cpp
+++ b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_config_processor.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ ObMysqlConfigParams::ObMysqlConfigParams()
     enable_bad_route_reject_(false),
     enable_cluster_checkout_(true),
     enable_client_ip_checkout_(true),
+    enable_client_ip_attr_trust_(true),
     enable_proxy_scramble_(false),
     enable_compression_protocol_(false),
     enable_ob_protocol_v2_(false),
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ int ObMysqlConfigParams::assign_config(const ObProxyConfig &proxy_config)
   CONFIG_ITEM_ASSIGN(enable_bad_route_reject);
   CONFIG_ITEM_ASSIGN(enable_cluster_checkout);
   CONFIG_ITEM_ASSIGN(enable_client_ip_checkout);
+  CONFIG_ITEM_ASSIGN(enable_client_ip_attr_trust);
   CONFIG_ITEM_ASSIGN(enable_proxy_scramble);
   CONFIG_ITEM_ASSIGN(enable_compression_protocol);
   CONFIG_ITEM_ASSIGN(enable_ob_protocol_v2);
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ DEF_TO_STRING(ObMysqlConfigParams)
        K_(proxy_service_mode), K_(server_routing_mode), K_(proxy_id), K_(proxy_idc_name),
        K_(client_max_memory_size), K_(enable_cpu_isolate),
        K_(default_inactivity_timeout), K_(enable_partition_table_route), K_(enable_pl_route),
-       K_(enable_cluster_checkout), K_(enable_client_ip_checkout), K_(enable_proxy_scramble),
+       K_(enable_cluster_checkout), K_(enable_client_ip_checkout), K_(enable_client_ip_attr_trust), K_(enable_proxy_scramble),
        K_(enable_compression_protocol), K_(enable_ob_protocol_v2),
        K_(enable_reroute), K_(enable_weak_reroute), K_(enable_index_route), K_(enable_causal_order_read),
        K_(ip_listen_mode));
diff --git a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_config_processor.h b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_config_processor.h
index 802ab58f..c2af13e1 100644
--- a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_config_processor.h
+++ b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_config_processor.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ struct ObMysqlConfigParams : public ObConfigInfo
   CfgBool enable_bad_route_reject_;
   CfgBool enable_cluster_checkout_;
   CfgBool enable_client_ip_checkout_;
+  CfgBool enable_client_ip_attr_trust_;
   CfgBool enable_proxy_scramble_;
   CfgBool enable_compression_protocol_;
   CfgBool enable_ob_protocol_v2_;
diff --git a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_packet_rewriter.cpp b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_packet_rewriter.cpp
index 9e23b3c1..0a482fde 100644
--- a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_packet_rewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_packet_rewriter.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int64_t ObHandshakeResponseParam::to_string(char *buf, const int64_t buf_len) co
   J_OBJ_START();
   J_KV(K_(is_saved_login), K_(cluster_name), K_(proxy_scramble),
        K_(conn_id_buf), K_(proxy_conn_id_buf), K_(global_vars_version_buf),
-       K_(cap_buf), K_(proxy_version_buf), K_(client_ip_buf),
+       K_(cap_buf), K_(proxy_version_buf), K_(client_ip_buf), K_(enable_client_ip_attr_trust),
        K_(proxy_idc_name), K_(proxy_service_name), K_(proxy_failover_mode));
   J_OBJ_END();
   return pos;
@@ -268,8 +268,32 @@ int ObMysqlPacketRewriter::rewrite_handshake_response_packet(
     tg_hsr.set_database(ObString::make_empty_string());
   }
 
-  // find client_ip
+  // Decide whether the __client_ip connect attribute reported by the client can be trusted.
+  // param.client_ip_buf_ already holds the peer address detected by proxy (write_client_addr_buf).
+  // The self-reported value is only needed when the peer address is not the real client, i.e.
+  // when the client is an upstream obproxy (__mysql_client_type=__ob_proxy) or the deployment
+  // sits behind a NAT load balancer. Drivers such as OceanBase Connector/J report their local
+  // socket address in __client_ip; inside a container that is the container address, which then
+  // fails ob_tcp_invited_nodes / user host checks on observer. With enable_client_ip_attr_trust
+  // disabled, only an upstream obproxy may override the detected address.
+  bool trust_client_ip_attr = false;
   if (RUN_MODE_PROXY == g_run_mode && param.enable_client_ip_checkout_) {
+    if (param.enable_client_ip_attr_trust_) {
+      trust_client_ip_attr = true;
+    } else {
+      ObStringKV string_kv;
+      for (int64_t i = 0; OB_SUCC(ret) && !trust_client_ip_attr && i < tg_hsr.get_connect_attrs().count(); ++i) {
+        string_kv = tg_hsr.get_connect_attrs().at(i);
+        if (0 == string_kv.key_.case_compare(OB_MYSQL_CLIENT_MODE)
+            && 0 == string_kv.value_.compare(OB_MYSQL_CLIENT_OBPROXY_MODE)) {
+          trust_client_ip_attr = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // find client_ip
+  if (trust_client_ip_attr) {
     ObStringKV string_kv;
     for (int64_t i = 0; OB_SUCC(ret) && i <  tg_hsr.get_connect_attrs().count(); ++i) {
       string_kv = tg_hsr.get_connect_attrs().at(i);
@@ -296,11 +320,15 @@ int ObMysqlPacketRewriter::rewrite_handshake_response_packet(
       if (OB_FAIL(tg_hsr.get_connect_attrs().push_back(kv))) {
         LOG_WDIAG("fail push back transparent transmit connect attrs", K(kv), K(ret));
       } else { /* succ */ }
-    } else if (!find_client_ip 
-                && param.enable_client_ip_checkout_
+    } else if (!find_client_ip
                 && 0 == kv.key_.case_compare(OB_MYSQL_CLIENT_IP)
-                && !kv.value_.empty()){ 
-      snprintf(param.client_ip_buf_, MAX_IP_ADDR_LENGTH, "%.*s", kv.value_.length(), kv.value_.ptr());
+                && !kv.value_.empty()) {
+      if (trust_client_ip_attr) {
+        snprintf(param.client_ip_buf_, MAX_IP_ADDR_LENGTH, "%.*s", kv.value_.length(), kv.value_.ptr());
+      } else {
+        LOG_DEBUG("ignore client reported __client_ip, use detected peer address instead",
+                  "reported_client_ip", kv.value_, "detected_client_ip", param.client_ip_buf_);
+      }
       find_client_ip = true;
     } else { /* do nothing */ }
   }
diff --git a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_packet_rewriter.h b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_packet_rewriter.h
index 423e2696..9e3f3a51 100644
--- a/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_packet_rewriter.h
+++ b/src/obproxy/proxy/mysqllib/ob_mysql_packet_rewriter.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct ObHandshakeResponseParam
   int64_t cluster_id_;
   bool use_ssl_;
   bool enable_client_ip_checkout_;
+  bool enable_client_ip_attr_trust_;
   bool enable_full_link_trace_;
   ObClientSessionIDVersion cs_id_version_;
   common::ObString cluster_name_;