diff --git a/frontend/src/app/data-providers/engine-data-provider.tsx b/frontend/src/app/data-providers/engine-data-provider.tsx
index d66df703b8..f9592faa19 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/data-providers/engine-data-provider.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/data-providers/engine-data-provider.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
 	type DefaultDataProvider,
 	RECORDS_PER_PAGE,
 } from "./default-data-provider";
-import { getConfig } from "@/components/lib/config";
 
 const mightRequireAuth = __APP_TYPE__ === "engine";
 
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ export function createClient(
 export const createGlobalContext = (opts: {
 	engineToken: (() => string) | string;
 }) => {
-	const client = createClient(getConfig().apiUrl, {
+	const client = createClient(engineEnv().VITE_APP_API_URL, {
 		token: opts.engineToken,
 	});
 	return {
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/dialogs/connect-vercel-frame.tsx b/frontend/src/app/dialogs/connect-vercel-frame.tsx
index 74c9e8b5af..2623b0a39f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/dialogs/connect-vercel-frame.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/dialogs/connect-vercel-frame.tsx
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ export default function CreateProjectFrameContent() {
 			</Frame.Header>
 			<Frame.Content>
 				<Flex gap="4" direction="col">
-					<ConnectVercelForm.Name />
+					<ConnectVercelForm.Plan />
 					<ConnectVercelForm.Endpoint />
-					<ConnectVercelForm.Preview />
 				</Flex>
 			</Frame.Content>
 			<Frame.Footer>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/forms/connect-vercel-form.tsx b/frontend/src/app/forms/connect-vercel-form.tsx
index ef52b1eab9..ae18f4444a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/forms/connect-vercel-form.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/forms/connect-vercel-form.tsx
@@ -1,36 +1,22 @@
-import { faCopy, Icon } from "@rivet-gg/icons";
-import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { useParams } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 import { type UseFormReturn, useFormContext } from "react-hook-form";
 import z from "zod";
 import {
-	Button,
-	CodePreview,
-	CopyButton,
 	createSchemaForm,
 	FormControl,
+	FormDescription,
 	FormField,
 	FormItem,
 	FormLabel,
 	FormMessage,
 	Input,
-	Label,
-	ScrollArea,
 	Select,
 	SelectContent,
 	SelectItem,
 	SelectTrigger,
 	SelectValue,
 } from "@/components";
-import { useCloudDataProvider } from "@/components/actors";
 
 export const formSchema = z.object({
-	name: z
-		.string()
-		.max(16)
-		.refine((value) => value.trim() !== "" && value.trim() === value, {
-			message: "Name cannot be empty or contain whitespaces",
-		}),
 	plan: z.string(),
 	endpoint: z.string().url(),
 });
@@ -44,29 +30,6 @@ export type SubmitHandler = (
 const { Form, Submit, SetValue } = createSchemaForm(formSchema);
 export { Form, Submit, SetValue };
 
-export const Name = ({ className }: { className?: string }) => {
-	const { control } = useFormContext<FormValues>();
-	return (
-		<FormField
-			control={control}
-			name="name"
-			render={({ field }) => (
-				<FormItem className={className}>
-					<FormLabel className="col-span-1">Name</FormLabel>
-					<FormControl className="row-start-2">
-						<Input
-							placeholder="Enter a runner name..."
-							maxLength={25}
-							{...field}
-						/>
-					</FormControl>
-					<FormMessage className="col-span-1" />
-				</FormItem>
-			)}
-		/>
-	);
-};
-
 export const Plan = ({ className }: { className?: string }) => {
 	const { control } = useFormContext<FormValues>();
 	return (
@@ -75,17 +38,14 @@ export const Plan = ({ className }: { className?: string }) => {
 			name="plan"
 			render={({ field }) => (
 				<FormItem className={className}>
-					<FormLabel className="col-span-1">Plan</FormLabel>
+					<FormLabel className="col-span-1">Vercel Plan</FormLabel>
 					<FormControl className="row-start-2">
 						<Select
 							onValueChange={field.onChange}
 							value={field.value}
 						>
-							<SelectTrigger
-								variant="ghost"
-								className="h-full pr-2 rounded-none"
-							>
-								<SelectValue placeholder="Select table or view..." />
+							<SelectTrigger>
+								<SelectValue placeholder="Select your Vercel plan..." />
 							</SelectTrigger>
 							<SelectContent>
 								<SelectItem value="hobby">Hobby</SelectItem>
@@ -96,6 +56,7 @@ export const Plan = ({ className }: { className?: string }) => {
 							</SelectContent>
 						</Select>
 					</FormControl>
+					<FormDescription className="col-span-1"></FormDescription>
 					<FormMessage className="col-span-1" />
 				</FormItem>
 			)}
@@ -127,60 +88,3 @@ export const Endpoint = ({ className }: { className?: string }) => {
 		/>
 	);
 };
-
-const code = ({
-	token,
-	name,
-}: {
-	token: string;
-	name: string;
-}) => `import { registry } from "./registry";
-
-registry.runServer({ 
-	token: "${token}",
-	name: "${name}",
-});`;
-
-export function Preview() {
-	const params = useParams({
-		from: "/_context/_cloud/orgs/$organization/projects/$project/ns/$namespace",
-	});
-	const { data } = useQuery(
-		useCloudDataProvider().currentOrgProjectNamespaceQueryOptions(params),
-	);
-
-	const { watch } = useFormContext<FormValues>();
-	const name = watch("name");
-	return (
-		<div className="space-y-2">
-			<Label>Code</Label>
-			<div className="text-xs border rounded-md p-2 relative w-full">
-				<ScrollArea>
-					<CodePreview
-						className="w-full min-w-0"
-						language="typescript"
-						code={code({
-							token: data?.access.token || "<TOKEN>",
-							name,
-						})}
-					/>
-				</ScrollArea>
-
-				<CopyButton
-					value={code({
-						token: data?.access.token || "<TOKEN>",
-						name,
-					})}
-				>
-					<Button
-						variant="secondary"
-						size="icon-sm"
-						className="absolute top-1 right-2"
-					>
-						<Icon icon={faCopy} />
-					</Button>
-				</CopyButton>
-			</div>
-		</div>
-	);
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/actors/guard-connectable-inspector.tsx b/frontend/src/components/actors/guard-connectable-inspector.tsx
index 4f1100da5a..37ee097dd5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/actors/guard-connectable-inspector.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/actors/guard-connectable-inspector.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { faPowerOff, faSpinnerThird, Icon } from "@rivet-gg/icons";
 import { useMutation, useQuery, useSuspenseQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useMatch } from "@tanstack/react-router";
-import { createContext, type ReactNode, useContext, useMemo } from "react";
+import {
+	createContext,
+	type ReactNode,
+	useContext,
+	useMemo,
+	useState,
+} from "react";
 import { useInspectorCredentials } from "@/app/credentials-context";
 import { createInspectorActorContext } from "@/queries/actor-inspector";
 import { DiscreteCopyButton } from "../copy-area";
@@ -33,6 +39,12 @@ export function GuardConnectableInspector({
 	} = useQuery({
 		...useDataProvider().actorQueryOptions(actorId),
 		refetchInterval: 1000,
+		select: (data) => ({
+			destroyedAt: data.destroyedAt,
+			sleepingAt: data.sleepingAt,
+			pendingAllocationAt: data.pendingAllocationAt,
+			startedAt: data.startedAt,
+		}),
 	});
 
 	if (destroyedAt) {
@@ -126,7 +138,7 @@ function ActorInspectorProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
 }
 
 function useActorRunner({ actorId }: { actorId: ActorId }) {
-	const { data: actor } = useSuspenseQuery(
+	const { data: actor, isLoading } = useSuspenseQuery(
 		useDataProvider().actorQueryOptions(actorId),
 	);
 
@@ -142,19 +154,29 @@ function useActorRunner({ actorId }: { actorId: ActorId }) {
 		throw new Error("Actor is missing required fields");
 	}
 
-	const { data: runner } = useQuery({
+	const {
+		data: runner,
+		isLoading: isLoadingRunner,
+		isSuccess,
+	} = useQuery({
 		...useEngineCompatDataProvider().runnerByNameQueryOptions({
 			runnerName: actor.runner,
 			namespace: match.params.namespace,
 		}),
+		retryDelay: 10_000,
 		refetchInterval: 1000,
 	});
 
-	return { actor, runner };
+	return {
+		actor,
+		runner,
+		isLoading: isLoading || isLoadingRunner,
+		isSuccess,
+	};
 }
 
 function useActorEngineContext({ actorId }: { actorId: ActorId }) {
-	const { actor, runner } = useActorRunner({ actorId });
+	const { actor, runner, isLoading } = useActorRunner({ actorId });
 
 	const actorContext = useMemo(() => {
 		return createInspectorActorContext({
@@ -164,7 +186,7 @@ function useActorEngineContext({ actorId }: { actorId: ActorId }) {
 		});
 	}, [runner?.metadata?.inspectorToken]);
 
-	return { actorContext, actor, runner };
+	return { actorContext, actor, runner, isLoading };
 }
 
 function ActorEngineProvider({
@@ -174,7 +196,9 @@ function ActorEngineProvider({
 	actorId: ActorId;
 	children: ReactNode;
 }) {
-	const { actorContext, actor, runner } = useActorEngineContext({ actorId });
+	const { actorContext, actor, runner } = useActorEngineContext({
+		actorId,
+	});
 
 	if (!runner || !actor.runner) {
 		return (
@@ -207,6 +231,7 @@ function NoRunnerInfo({ runner }: { runner: string }) {
 					<span className="font-mono-console">{runner}</span>
 				</DiscreteCopyButton>
 			</p>
+			<p>Will retry automatically in the background.</p>
 		</Info>
 	);
 }
@@ -232,9 +257,11 @@ function WakeUpActorButton({ actorId }: { actorId: ActorId }) {
 }
 
 function AutoWakeUpActor({ actorId }: { actorId: ActorId }) {
-	const { runner, actor, actorContext } = useActorEngineContext({ actorId });
+	const { runner, actor, actorContext } = useActorEngineContext({
+		actorId,
+	});
 
-	const { isPending } = useQuery(
+	useQuery(
 		actorContext.actorAutoWakeUpQueryOptions(actorId, {
 			enabled: !!runner,
 		}),
@@ -242,12 +269,12 @@ function AutoWakeUpActor({ actorId }: { actorId: ActorId }) {
 
 	if (!runner) return <NoRunnerInfo runner={actor.runner || "unknown"} />;
 
-	return isPending ? (
+	return (
 		<Info>
 			<div className="flex items-center">
 				<Icon icon={faSpinnerThird} className="animate-spin mr-2" />
 				Waiting for Actor to wake...
 			</div>
 		</Info>
-	) : null;
+	);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/lib/config.ts b/frontend/src/components/lib/config.ts
index 2131a0d0fc..b4702f10dc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/lib/config.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/lib/config.ts
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ export const ConfigContext = createContext<Config>({
 export const useConfig = () => useContext(ConfigContext);
 export const ConfigProvider = ConfigContext.Provider;
 
-const getApiEndpoint = (apiEndpoint: string) => {
-	if (apiEndpoint === "__AUTO__") {
-		if (location.hostname.startsWith("hub.")) {
+export const getApiEndpoint = (apiEndpoint: string) => {
+	if (typeof window !== "undefined" && apiEndpoint === "__AUTO__") {
+		if (window.location.hostname.startsWith("hub.")) {
 			// Connect to the corresponding API endpoint
-			return `https://${location.hostname.replace("hub.", "api.")}`;
+			return `https://${window.location.hostname.replace("hub.", "api.")}`;
 		}
 		// Default to staging servers for all other endpoints
 		return "https://api.staging2.gameinc.io";
-	} else if (apiEndpoint === "__SAME__") {
-		return location.origin;
+	} else if (typeof window !== "undefined" && apiEndpoint === "__SAME__") {
+		return window.location.origin;
 	}
 	return apiEndpoint;
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/env.ts b/frontend/src/lib/env.ts
index b4c798b7e5..e7721c12fd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/env.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/env.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import z from "zod";
+import { getApiEndpoint } from "../components/lib/config";
 
 export const commonEnvSchema = z.object({
-	VITE_APP_API_URL: z.string(),
+	VITE_APP_API_URL: z.string().transform((url) => {
+		return getApiEndpoint(url);
+	}),
 	VITE_APP_ASSETS_URL: z.string().url(),
 	VITE_APP_POSTHOG_API_KEY: z.string().optional(),
 	VITE_APP_POSTHOG_API_HOST: z.string().url().optional(),
@@ -19,7 +22,9 @@ export const engineEnv = () => commonEnvSchema.parse(import.meta.env);
 
 export const cloudEnvSchema = commonEnvSchema.merge(
 	z.object({
-		VITE_APP_API_URL: z.string().url(),
+		VITE_APP_API_URL: z.string().transform((url) => {
+			return getApiEndpoint(url);
+		}),
 		VITE_APP_CLOUD_ENGINE_URL: z.string().url(),
 		VITE_APP_CLOUD_API_URL: z.string().url(),
 		VITE_APP_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY: z.string(),
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/_context/_engine.tsx b/frontend/src/routes/_context/_engine.tsx
index 5bdf34c7b5..62c57c79c3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/_context/_engine.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/_context/_engine.tsx
@@ -34,23 +34,62 @@ function EngineModals() {
 
 	const CreateNamespaceDialog = useDialog.CreateNamespace.Dialog;
 
+	const ConnectVercelDialog = useDialog.ConnectVercel.Dialog;
+	const ConnectRailwayDialog = useDialog.ConnectRailway.Dialog;
+
 	return (
-		<CreateNamespaceDialog
-			dialogProps={{
-				open: search.modal === "create-ns",
-				// FIXME
-				onOpenChange: (value: any) => {
-					if (!value) {
-						navigate({
-							to: ".",
-							search: (old) => ({
-								...old,
-								modal: undefined,
-							}),
-						});
-					}
-				},
-			}}
-		/>
+		<>
+			<CreateNamespaceDialog
+				dialogProps={{
+					open: search.modal === "create-ns",
+					// FIXME
+					onOpenChange: (value: any) => {
+						if (!value) {
+							navigate({
+								to: ".",
+								search: (old) => ({
+									...old,
+									modal: undefined,
+								}),
+							});
+						}
+					},
+				}}
+			/>
+			<ConnectVercelDialog
+				dialogProps={{
+					open: search.modal === "connect-vercel",
+					// FIXME
+					onOpenChange: (value: any) => {
+						if (!value) {
+							navigate({
+								to: ".",
+								search: (old) => ({
+									...old,
+									modal: undefined,
+								}),
+							});
+						}
+					},
+				}}
+			/>
+			<ConnectRailwayDialog
+				dialogProps={{
+					open: search.modal === "connect-railway",
+					// FIXME
+					onOpenChange: (value: any) => {
+						if (!value) {
+							navigate({
+								to: ".",
+								search: (old) => ({
+									...old,
+									modal: undefined,
+								}),
+							});
+						}
+					},
+				}}
+			/>
+		</>
 	);
 }