diff --git a/packages/server/src/routes/federation.peeringSubscriptions.test.ts b/packages/server/src/routes/federation.peeringSubscriptions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5db4cee9
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+++ b/packages/server/src/routes/federation.peeringSubscriptions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+import Fastify, { type FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
+import Database from 'better-sqlite3';
+import { drizzle } from 'drizzle-orm/better-sqlite3';
+import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import * as schema from '../db/schema.js';
+import { setWorkerId } from '../utils/snowflake.js';
+
+setWorkerId(1);
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+type TestDb = ReturnType<typeof drizzle<typeof schema>>;
+let sqlite: Database.Database;
+let testDb: TestDb;
+
+// The userId set onto request by the mocked authenticate preHandler. Tests
+// override this per-case to simulate different authenticated users.
+let currentUserId = 'alice';
+
+vi.mock('../db/index.js', () => ({
+  getDb: () => testDb,
+  getRawDb: () => sqlite,
+  schema,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../config.js', () => ({
+  config: {
+    domain: 'local.example',
+    port: 3000,
+    host: '0.0.0.0',
+    jwtSecret: 'test-secret-12345678901234567890123456789012',
+    maxUploadSize: 100 * 1024 * 1024,
+    registrationOpen: true,
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../utils/auth.js', () => ({
+  authenticate: async (req: { userId?: string }) => {
+    req.userId = currentUserId;
+  },
+  requireAdmin: async () => {},
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../utils/federationAuth.js', async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual<typeof import('../utils/federationAuth.js')>('../utils/federationAuth.js');
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    getOurOrigin: () => 'https://local.example',
+    generateHmacSecret: () => 'mock-generated-secret',
+  };
+});
+
+const sentToUser = vi.fn();
+const sentToAdmins = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock('../ws/handler.js', () => ({
+  connectionManager: {
+    sendToAdmins: sentToAdmins,
+    getAllOnlineUserIds: () => [],
+    sendToUser: sentToUser,
+    sendToDmMembers: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../utils/federationPeerActivation.js', () => ({
+  onPeerActivated: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+  onPeerDeactivated: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+}));
+
+function applyMigrations(db: Database.Database): void {
+  const migrationsDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../drizzle');
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(migrationsDir).filter(f => f.endsWith('.sql')).sort();
+  for (const f of files) {
+    const sqlText = fs.readFileSync(path.join(migrationsDir, f), 'utf8');
+    const statements = sqlText.split(/-->\s*statement-breakpoint/);
+    for (const stmt of statements) {
+      const clean = stmt.trim();
+      if (clean) db.exec(clean);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function seedInstanceSettings(): void {
+  testDb.insert(schema.instanceSettings).values({
+    id: 1,
+    instanceName: 'Local Backspace',
+    autoAcceptPeering: 0,
+    registrationOpen: 1,
+    updatedAt: Date.now(),
+  }).run();
+}
+
+function seedUser(id: string, username: string): void {
+  testDb.insert(schema.users).values({
+    id,
+    username,
+    passwordHash: 'x',
+    displayName: username,
+    createdAt: Date.now(),
+  }).run();
+}
+
+interface SeedSub {
+  id: string;
+  userId: string;
+  reason: 'friend_add' | 'space_join' | 'direct_message';
+  target: string;
+  createdAt: number;
+}
+
+function seedOutboundRequest(opts: {
+  id: string;
+  origin: string;
+  instanceName?: string | null;
+  subscribers: SeedSub[];
+}): void {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  testDb.insert(schema.peerApprovalRequests).values({
+    id: opts.id,
+    origin: opts.origin,
+    direction: 'outbound',
+    instanceName: opts.instanceName ?? null,
+    hmacSecret: null,
+    requestedAt: now,
+    expiresAt: now + 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+    approvalToken: null,
+  }).run();
+  for (const sub of opts.subscribers) {
+    testDb.insert(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers).values({
+      id: sub.id,
+      requestId: opts.id,
+      userId: sub.userId,
+      triggerReason: sub.reason,
+      triggerTarget: sub.target,
+      createdAt: sub.createdAt,
+    }).run();
+  }
+}
+
+async function buildApp(): Promise<FastifyInstance> {
+  const app = Fastify({ logger: false });
+  const { federationRoutes } = await import('./federation.js');
+  await app.register(federationRoutes);
+  await app.ready();
+  return app;
+}
+
+describe('GET /api/federation/peering-subscriptions', () => {
+  let app: FastifyInstance;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    sqlite = new Database(':memory:');
+    testDb = drizzle(sqlite, { schema });
+    applyMigrations(sqlite);
+    seedInstanceSettings();
+    seedUser('alice', 'alice');
+    seedUser('bob', 'bob');
+    sentToUser.mockClear();
+    sentToAdmins.mockClear();
+    currentUserId = 'alice';
+    app = await buildApp();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    sqlite.close();
+  });
+
+  // Test 18: GET own subscriptions → returns user rows joined to parent,
+  // ordered DESC by createdAt, scoped to the requesting user only.
+  it("returns the user's subscriber rows joined to parent requests, ordered DESC by createdAt, scoped to the user", async () => {
+    const t0 = 1_700_000_000_000;
+    seedOutboundRequest({
+      id: 'req-A',
+      origin: 'https://orbit.example',
+      instanceName: 'Orbit',
+      subscribers: [
+        { id: 'sub-A-alice-old', userId: 'alice', reason: 'friend_add', target: 'someone@orbit.example', createdAt: t0 },
+        { id: 'sub-A-bob', userId: 'bob', reason: 'space_join', target: 'invite-xyz', createdAt: t0 + 100 },
+      ],
+    });
+    seedOutboundRequest({
+      id: 'req-B',
+      origin: 'https://other.example',
+      instanceName: null,
+      subscribers: [
+        { id: 'sub-B-alice-new', userId: 'alice', reason: 'direct_message', target: 'pal@other.example', createdAt: t0 + 1_000 },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: '/api/federation/peering-subscriptions',
+    });
+
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    const body = response.json() as {
+      subscriptions: Array<{
+        id: string;
+        requestId: string;
+        peerOrigin: string;
+        peerInstanceName: string | null;
+        triggerReason: string;
+        triggerTarget: string;
+        createdAt: number;
+      }>;
+    };
+
+    // Only alice's two subscriptions returned (bob's not included).
+    expect(body.subscriptions).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(body.subscriptions.map(s => s.id)).toEqual(['sub-B-alice-new', 'sub-A-alice-old']);
+
+    // DESC-by-createdAt ordering (newest first).
+    const newest = body.subscriptions[0]!;
+    const older = body.subscriptions[1]!;
+    expect(newest.createdAt).toBe(t0 + 1_000);
+    expect(older.createdAt).toBe(t0);
+
+    // Shape: every documented field is present and joined correctly.
+    expect(newest).toEqual({
+      id: 'sub-B-alice-new',
+      requestId: 'req-B',
+      peerOrigin: 'https://other.example',
+      peerInstanceName: null,
+      triggerReason: 'direct_message',
+      triggerTarget: 'pal@other.example',
+      createdAt: t0 + 1_000,
+    });
+
+    expect(older).toEqual({
+      id: 'sub-A-alice-old',
+      requestId: 'req-A',
+      peerOrigin: 'https://orbit.example',
+      peerInstanceName: 'Orbit',
+      triggerReason: 'friend_add',
+      triggerTarget: 'someone@orbit.example',
+      createdAt: t0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty array when the user has no subscriptions', async () => {
+    seedOutboundRequest({
+      id: 'req-only-bob',
+      origin: 'https://x.example',
+      subscribers: [
+        { id: 'sub-only-bob', userId: 'bob', reason: 'friend_add', target: 'b@x.example', createdAt: Date.now() },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: '/api/federation/peering-subscriptions',
+    });
+
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    const body = response.json() as { subscriptions: unknown[] };
+    expect(body.subscriptions).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('DELETE /api/federation/peering-subscriptions/:id', () => {
+  let app: FastifyInstance;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    sqlite = new Database(':memory:');
+    testDb = drizzle(sqlite, { schema });
+    applyMigrations(sqlite);
+    seedInstanceSettings();
+    seedUser('alice', 'alice');
+    seedUser('bob', 'bob');
+    sentToUser.mockClear();
+    sentToAdmins.mockClear();
+    currentUserId = 'alice';
+    app = await buildApp();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    sqlite.close();
+  });
+
+  // Test 19a: cascade-on-last — alice cancels the SOLE subscriber → parent
+  // is cascade-deleted; admin gets federation_peers_changed; user gets
+  // peering_subscription_changed.
+  it('cascade-deletes parent when the canceller was the last subscriber; fires both WS events', async () => {
+    seedOutboundRequest({
+      id: 'req-solo',
+      origin: 'https://solo.example',
+      subscribers: [
+        { id: 'sub-solo-alice', userId: 'alice', reason: 'friend_add', target: 'x@solo.example', createdAt: Date.now() },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({
+      method: 'DELETE',
+      url: '/api/federation/peering-subscriptions/sub-solo-alice',
+    });
+
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(response.json()).toEqual({ success: true });
+
+    // Subscriber row removed.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers)
+      .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.id, 'sub-solo-alice')).get()).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Parent cascade-deleted.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalRequests)
+      .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalRequests.id, 'req-solo')).get()).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Admin queue refresh broadcast.
+    const adminEvents = sentToAdmins.mock.calls.filter(c => {
+      const ev = c[0] as { type?: string };
+      return ev?.type === 'federation_peers_changed';
+    });
+    expect(adminEvents).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    // User-facing list refresh broadcast.
+    const userEvents = sentToUser.mock.calls.filter(c => {
+      const uid = c[0] as string;
+      const ev = c[1] as { type?: string };
+      return uid === 'alice' && ev?.type === 'peering_subscription_changed';
+    });
+    expect(userEvents).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    // No notification written for the canceller.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalNotifications).all()).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  // Test 19b: no-cascade-when-others-remain — alice cancels her row but bob
+  // still subscribes → parent stays; admin event NOT fired; user event fired.
+  it('does NOT cascade-delete parent when other subscribers remain; only fires user WS event', async () => {
+    seedOutboundRequest({
+      id: 'req-shared',
+      origin: 'https://shared.example',
+      instanceName: 'Shared',
+      subscribers: [
+        { id: 'sub-shared-alice', userId: 'alice', reason: 'friend_add', target: 'a@shared.example', createdAt: Date.now() },
+        { id: 'sub-shared-bob', userId: 'bob', reason: 'space_join', target: 'invite-yz', createdAt: Date.now() },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const response = await app.inject({
+      method: 'DELETE',
+      url: '/api/federation/peering-subscriptions/sub-shared-alice',
+    });
+
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(response.json()).toEqual({ success: true });
+
+    // Alice's row removed.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers)
+      .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.id, 'sub-shared-alice')).get()).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Bob's row still present.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers)
+      .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.id, 'sub-shared-bob')).get()).toBeDefined();
+
+    // Parent NOT deleted.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalRequests)
+      .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalRequests.id, 'req-shared')).get()).toBeDefined();
+
+    // Admin event NOT fired (queue did not change).
+    const adminEvents = sentToAdmins.mock.calls.filter(c => {
+      const ev = c[0] as { type?: string };
+      return ev?.type === 'federation_peers_changed';
+    });
+    expect(adminEvents).toHaveLength(0);
+
+    // User event still fired.
+    const userEvents = sentToUser.mock.calls.filter(c => {
+      const uid = c[0] as string;
+      const ev = c[1] as { type?: string };
+      return uid === 'alice' && ev?.type === 'peering_subscription_changed';
+    });
+    expect(userEvents).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    // No notification written.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalNotifications).all()).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  // Test 20: foreign-user delete → 403, no DB mutation, no broadcasts.
+  it('returns 403 when the row belongs to another user; no DB mutation; no WS broadcasts', async () => {
+    seedOutboundRequest({
+      id: 'req-foreign',
+      origin: 'https://foreign.example',
+      subscribers: [
+        { id: 'sub-foreign-bob', userId: 'bob', reason: 'friend_add', target: 'b@foreign.example', createdAt: Date.now() },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    // currentUserId is alice, but the row is bob's.
+    const response = await app.inject({
+      method: 'DELETE',
+      url: '/api/federation/peering-subscriptions/sub-foreign-bob',
+    });
+
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(403);
+    const body = response.json() as { error: string };
+    expect(body.error).toBe('forbidden');
+
+    // Row UNTOUCHED.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers)
+      .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.id, 'sub-foreign-bob')).get()).toBeDefined();
+
+    // Parent UNTOUCHED.
+    expect(testDb.select().from(schema.peerApprovalRequests)
+      .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalRequests.id, 'req-foreign')).get()).toBeDefined();
+
+    // No broadcasts.
+    expect(sentToAdmins).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(sentToUser).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  // Test 21: nonexistent row → 404.
+  it('returns 404 when the subscription id does not exist', async () => {
+    const response = await app.inject({
+      method: 'DELETE',
+      url: '/api/federation/peering-subscriptions/sub-does-not-exist',
+    });
+
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(404);
+    const body = response.json() as { error: string };
+    expect(body.error).toBe('subscription_not_found');
+
+    // No broadcasts.
+    expect(sentToAdmins).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(sentToUser).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/server/src/routes/federation.ts b/packages/server/src/routes/federation.ts
index 82ab9c48..c26fe11c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/routes/federation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/routes/federation.ts
@@ -1769,6 +1769,89 @@ export async function federationRoutes(app: FastifyInstance): Promise<void> {
     },
   );
 
+  // ─── GET /api/federation/peering-subscriptions ─────────────────────────────
+  // User-facing: list the requesting user's pending outbound peering
+  // subscriber rows joined to their parent peer_approval_requests. Used by the
+  // pending-peering UI surface to show "you have a peering with X waiting on
+  // your admin's approval" rows.
+  app.get(
+    '/api/federation/peering-subscriptions',
+    { preHandler: [authenticate] },
+    async (request, reply) => {
+      const db = getDb();
+      const userId = request.userId;
+      const rows = db
+        .select({
+          id: schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.id,
+          requestId: schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.requestId,
+          peerOrigin: schema.peerApprovalRequests.origin,
+          peerInstanceName: schema.peerApprovalRequests.instanceName,
+          triggerReason: schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.triggerReason,
+          triggerTarget: schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.triggerTarget,
+          createdAt: schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.createdAt,
+        })
+        .from(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers)
+        .innerJoin(
+          schema.peerApprovalRequests,
+          eq(schema.peerApprovalRequests.id, schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.requestId),
+        )
+        .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.userId, userId))
+        .orderBy(desc(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.createdAt))
+        .all();
+      return reply.send({ subscriptions: rows });
+    },
+  );
+
+  // ─── DELETE /api/federation/peering-subscriptions/:id ──────────────────────
+  // User-facing: cancel one of the requesting user's pending peering
+  // subscriptions. Authorization: subscriber.userId must match request.userId.
+  // If this was the last subscriber for its parent request, the parent
+  // cascade-deletes too (avoids zombie outbound rows in the admin queue).
+  // No notification is created for the canceller (per spec §4.3 (iii)).
+  app.delete<{ Params: { id: string } }>(
+    '/api/federation/peering-subscriptions/:id',
+    { preHandler: [authenticate] },
+    async (request, reply) => {
+      const db = getDb();
+      const { id } = request.params;
+      const userId = request.userId;
+
+      const sub = db
+        .select()
+        .from(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers)
+        .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.id, id))
+        .get();
+      if (!sub) {
+        return reply.code(404).send({ error: 'subscription_not_found', statusCode: 404 });
+      }
+      if (sub.userId !== userId) {
+        return reply.code(403).send({ error: 'forbidden', statusCode: 403 });
+      }
+
+      db.delete(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers)
+        .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.id, id))
+        .run();
+
+      // If the row we just removed was the last subscriber on its parent
+      // peer_approval_request, cascade-delete the parent. The admin queue
+      // refreshes via federation_peers_changed.
+      const remaining = db
+        .select({ id: schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.id })
+        .from(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers)
+        .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalSubscribers.requestId, sub.requestId))
+        .all();
+      if (remaining.length === 0) {
+        db.delete(schema.peerApprovalRequests)
+          .where(eq(schema.peerApprovalRequests.id, sub.requestId))
+          .run();
+        connectionManager.sendToAdmins({ type: 'federation_peers_changed' as const });
+      }
+
+      connectionManager.sendToUser(userId, { type: 'peering_subscription_changed' as const });
+      return reply.send({ success: true });
+    },
+  );
+
   // ─── POST /api/federation/peers/:id/rotate ──────────────────────────────────
   // Admin-only: trigger immediate secret rotation for a peer.
   app.post<{ Params: { id: string } }>(