diff --git a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
index fea296d14c..3f3794c0ee 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ pub struct NeonStorageControllerConf {
     pub timelines_onto_safekeepers: bool,
 
     pub use_https_safekeeper_api: bool,
+
+    pub use_local_compute_notifications: bool,
 }
 
 impl NeonStorageControllerConf {
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ impl Default for NeonStorageControllerConf {
             use_https_pageserver_api: false,
             timelines_onto_safekeepers: false,
             use_https_safekeeper_api: false,
+            use_local_compute_notifications: true,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/control_plane/src/storage_controller.rs b/control_plane/src/storage_controller.rs
index bb81999da7..8000576e87 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/storage_controller.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/storage_controller.rs
@@ -555,6 +555,10 @@ impl StorageController {
             args.push("--use-https-safekeeper-api".to_string());
         }
 
+        if self.config.use_local_compute_notifications {
+            args.push("--use-local-compute-notifications".to_string());
+        }
+
         if let Some(ssl_ca_file) = self.env.ssl_ca_cert_path() {
             args.push(format!("--ssl-ca-file={}", ssl_ca_file.to_str().unwrap()));
         }
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/compute_hook.rs b/storage_controller/src/compute_hook.rs
index 5ce4d63d77..0da35d6545 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/compute_hook.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/compute_hook.rs
@@ -624,16 +624,19 @@ impl ComputeHook {
             MaybeSendResult::Transmit((request, lock)) => (request, lock),
         };
 
-        let compute_hook_url = if let Some(control_plane_url) = &self.config.control_plane_url {
-            Some(if control_plane_url.ends_with('/') {
-                format!("{control_plane_url}notify-attach")
+        let result = if !self.config.use_local_compute_notifications {
+            let compute_hook_url = if let Some(control_plane_url) = &self.config.control_plane_url {
+                Some(if control_plane_url.ends_with('/') {
+                    format!("{control_plane_url}notify-attach")
+                } else {
+                    format!("{control_plane_url}/notify-attach")
+                })
             } else {
-                format!("{control_plane_url}/notify-attach")
-            })
-        } else {
-            self.config.compute_hook_url.clone()
-        };
-        let result = if let Some(notify_url) = &compute_hook_url {
+                self.config.compute_hook_url.clone()
+            };
+
+            // We validate this at startup
+            let notify_url = compute_hook_url.as_ref().unwrap();
             self.do_notify(notify_url, &request, cancel).await
         } else {
             self.do_notify_local(&request).await.map_err(|e| {
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/main.rs b/storage_controller/src/main.rs
index ed93aff877..1a7f9a2366 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/main.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/main.rs
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ struct Cli {
     /// Trusted root CA certificates to use in https APIs.
     #[arg(long)]
     ssl_ca_file: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Neon local specific flag. When set, ignore [`Cli::control_plane_url`] and deliver
+    /// the compute notification directly (instead of via control plane).
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "false")]
+    use_local_compute_notifications: bool,
 }
 
 enum StrictMode {
@@ -368,6 +373,9 @@ async fn async_main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 "neither `--compute-hook-url` nor `--control-plane-url` are set: this is only permitted in `--dev` mode"
             );
         }
+        StrictMode::Strict if args.use_local_compute_notifications => {
+            anyhow::bail!("`--use-local-compute-notifications` is only permitted in `--dev` mode");
+        }
         StrictMode::Strict => {
             tracing::info!("Starting in strict mode: configuration is OK.")
         }
@@ -427,6 +435,7 @@ async fn async_main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         use_https_safekeeper_api: args.use_https_safekeeper_api,
         ssl_ca_certs,
         timelines_onto_safekeepers: args.timelines_onto_safekeepers,
+        use_local_compute_notifications: args.use_local_compute_notifications,
     };
 
     // Validate that we can connect to the database
diff --git a/storage_controller/src/service.rs b/storage_controller/src/service.rs
index af99d67440..d3c8cad0bd 100644
--- a/storage_controller/src/service.rs
+++ b/storage_controller/src/service.rs
@@ -448,6 +448,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub ssl_ca_certs: Vec<Certificate>,
 
     pub timelines_onto_safekeepers: bool,
+
+    pub use_local_compute_notifications: bool,
 }
 
 impl From<DatabaseError> for ApiError {
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index b6b00e6f7e..eeaf35b377 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -1169,6 +1169,12 @@ class NeonEnv:
         if storage_controller_config is not None:
             cfg["storage_controller"] = storage_controller_config
 
+        if config.test_may_use_compatibility_snapshot_binaries:
+            if "storage_controller" in cfg:
+                cfg["storage_controller"]["use_local_compute_notifications"] = False
+            else:
+                cfg["storage_controller"] = {"use_local_compute_notifications": False}
+
         # Create config for pageserver
         http_auth_type = "NeonJWT" if config.auth_enabled else "Trust"
         pg_auth_type = "NeonJWT" if config.auth_enabled else "Trust"
diff --git a/test_runner/performance/test_storage_controller_scale.py b/test_runner/performance/test_storage_controller_scale.py
index e897d53cc8..00470f27f1 100644
--- a/test_runner/performance/test_storage_controller_scale.py
+++ b/test_runner/performance/test_storage_controller_scale.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def test_storage_controller_many_tenants(
         # guard against regressions in restart time.
         "max_offline": "30s",
         "max_warming_up": "300s",
+        "use_local_compute_notifications": False,
     }
     neon_env_builder.control_plane_hooks_api = compute_reconfigure_listener.control_plane_hooks_api
 
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_change_pageserver.py b/test_runner/regress/test_change_pageserver.py
index 5526b783d5..7c1f78e476 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_change_pageserver.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_change_pageserver.py
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ import asyncio
 from fixtures.log_helper import log
 from fixtures.neon_fixtures import NeonEnvBuilder
 from fixtures.remote_storage import RemoteStorageKind
-from werkzeug.wrappers.request import Request
-from werkzeug.wrappers.response import Response
 
 
-def test_change_pageserver(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, make_httpserver):
+def test_change_pageserver(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder):
     """
     A relatively low level test of reconfiguring a compute's pageserver at runtime.  Usually this
     is all done via the storage controller, but this test will disable the storage controller's compute
@@ -23,19 +21,6 @@ def test_change_pageserver(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, make_httpserver):
     )
     env = neon_env_builder.init_start()
 
-    neon_env_builder.control_plane_hooks_api = (
-        f"http://{make_httpserver.host}:{make_httpserver.port}/"
-    )
-
-    def ignore_notify(request: Request):
-        # This test does direct updates to compute configuration: disable the storage controller's notification
-        log.info(f"Ignoring storage controller compute notification: {request.json}")
-        return Response(status=200)
-
-    make_httpserver.expect_request("/notify-attach", method="PUT").respond_with_handler(
-        ignore_notify
-    )
-
     env.create_branch("test_change_pageserver")
     endpoint = env.endpoints.create_start("test_change_pageserver")
 
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_compatibility.py b/test_runner/regress/test_compatibility.py
index 823f2185e4..c1508887ec 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_compatibility.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_compatibility.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import fixtures.utils
 import pytest
 import toml
 from fixtures.common_types import TenantId, TimelineId
+from fixtures.compute_reconfigure import ComputeReconfigure
 from fixtures.log_helper import log
 from fixtures.neon_fixtures import (
     NeonEnv,
@@ -592,17 +593,22 @@ def test_historic_storage_formats(
 
 @check_ondisk_data_compatibility_if_enabled
 @pytest.mark.xdist_group("compatibility")
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(**fixtures.utils.allpairs_versions())
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    **fixtures.utils.allpairs_versions(),
+)
 def test_versions_mismatch(
     neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder,
     test_output_dir: Path,
     pg_version: PgVersion,
     compatibility_snapshot_dir,
+    compute_reconfigure_listener: ComputeReconfigure,
     combination,
 ):
     """
     Checks compatibility of different combinations of versions of the components
     """
+    neon_env_builder.control_plane_hooks_api = compute_reconfigure_listener.control_plane_hooks_api
+
     neon_env_builder.num_safekeepers = 3
     env = neon_env_builder.from_repo_dir(
         compatibility_snapshot_dir / "repo",
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_pageserver_secondary.py b/test_runner/regress/test_pageserver_secondary.py
index 9f2aa5df8c..9fcd9865d7 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_pageserver_secondary.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_pageserver_secondary.py
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ def test_location_conf_churn(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, make_httpserver,
         f"http://{make_httpserver.host}:{make_httpserver.port}/"
     )
 
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {"use_local_compute_notifications": False}
+
     def ignore_notify(request: Request):
         # This test does all its own compute configuration (by passing explicit pageserver ID to Workload functions),
         # so we send controller notifications to /dev/null to prevent it fighting the test for control of the compute.
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_sharding.py b/test_runner/regress/test_sharding.py
index b98ac8e50a..c07aa0d40e 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_sharding.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_sharding.py
@@ -808,6 +808,8 @@ def test_sharding_split_stripe_size(
 
     httpserver.expect_request("/notify-attach", method="PUT").respond_with_handler(handler)
 
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {"use_local_compute_notifications": False}
+
     env = neon_env_builder.init_start(
         initial_tenant_shard_count=1, initial_tenant_shard_stripe_size=initial_stripe_size
     )
@@ -1316,6 +1318,11 @@ def test_sharding_split_failures(
     initial_shard_count = 2
     split_shard_count = 4
 
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {
+        # Route to `compute_reconfigure_listener` instead
+        "use_local_compute_notifications": False,
+    }
+
     env = neon_env_builder.init_configs()
     env.start()
 
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py b/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
index 00dc087a21..f2386c9533 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_storage_controller.py
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ def get_node_shard_counts(env: NeonEnv, tenant_ids):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(**fixtures.utils.allpairs_versions())
-def test_storage_controller_smoke(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, combination):
+def test_storage_controller_smoke(
+    neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, compute_reconfigure_listener: ComputeReconfigure, combination
+):
     """
     Test the basic lifecycle of a storage controller:
     - Restarting
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ def test_storage_controller_smoke(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, combination)
     """
 
     neon_env_builder.num_pageservers = 3
+    neon_env_builder.control_plane_hooks_api = compute_reconfigure_listener.control_plane_hooks_api
     env = neon_env_builder.init_configs()
 
     # Start services by hand so that we can skip a pageserver (this will start + register later)
@@ -620,6 +623,8 @@ def test_storage_controller_compute_hook(
 
     httpserver.expect_request("/notify-attach", method="PUT").respond_with_handler(handler)
 
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {"use_local_compute_notifications": False}
+
     # Start running
     env = neon_env_builder.init_start(initial_tenant_conf={"lsn_lease_length": "0s"})
 
@@ -738,6 +743,8 @@ def test_storage_controller_stuck_compute_hook(
 
     httpserver.expect_request("/notify-attach", method="PUT").respond_with_handler(handler)
 
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {"use_local_compute_notifications": False}
+
     # Start running
     env = neon_env_builder.init_start(initial_tenant_conf={"lsn_lease_length": "0s"})
 
@@ -885,6 +892,8 @@ def test_storage_controller_compute_hook_retry(
 
     httpserver.expect_request("/notify-attach", method="PUT").respond_with_handler(handler)
 
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {"use_local_compute_notifications": False}
+
     # Start running
     env = neon_env_builder.init_configs()
     env.start()
@@ -1008,6 +1017,8 @@ def test_storage_controller_compute_hook_revert(
 
     httpserver.expect_request("/notify-attach", method="PUT").respond_with_handler(handler)
 
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {"use_local_compute_notifications": False}
+
     # Start running
     env = neon_env_builder.init_start(initial_tenant_conf={"lsn_lease_length": "0s"})
     tenant_id = env.initial_tenant
@@ -1398,6 +1409,11 @@ def test_storage_controller_tenant_deletion(
     neon_env_builder.enable_pageserver_remote_storage(s3_storage())
     neon_env_builder.control_plane_hooks_api = compute_reconfigure_listener.control_plane_hooks_api
 
+    neon_env_builder.storage_controller_config = {
+        # Route to `compute_reconfigure_listener` instead
+        "use_local_compute_notifications": False,
+    }
+
     env = neon_env_builder.init_configs()
     env.start()
 
@@ -2176,7 +2192,12 @@ def test_tenant_import(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, shard_count, remote_sto
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(**fixtures.utils.allpairs_versions())
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("num_azs", [1, 2])
-def test_graceful_cluster_restart(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, num_azs: int, combination):
+def test_graceful_cluster_restart(
+    neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder,
+    num_azs: int,
+    compute_reconfigure_listener: ComputeReconfigure,
+    combination,
+):
     """
     Graceful reststart of storage controller clusters use the drain and
     fill hooks in order to migrate attachments away from pageservers before
@@ -2188,6 +2209,7 @@ def test_graceful_cluster_restart(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, num_azs: int
     """
     neon_env_builder.num_azs = num_azs
     neon_env_builder.num_pageservers = 2
+    neon_env_builder.control_plane_hooks_api = compute_reconfigure_listener.control_plane_hooks_api
     env = neon_env_builder.init_configs()
     env.start()
 
@@ -2443,7 +2465,6 @@ def test_background_operation_cancellation(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("while_offline", [True, False])
 def test_storage_controller_node_deletion(
     neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder,
-    compute_reconfigure_listener: ComputeReconfigure,
     while_offline: bool,
 ):
     """