diff --git a/server/src/domain/monitors/monitor.type.ts b/server/src/domain/monitors/monitor.type.ts
index bacaedb47..d5519af0e 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/monitors/monitor.type.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/monitors/monitor.type.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import http from "node:http";
 import { HardwareStats } from "@/domain/checks/check.type.js";
 import { MonitorStats } from "@/domain/monitor-stats/monitor-stats.type.js";
 import { DockerLogPage } from "@/domain/docker/docker-log.type.js";
+import { isDockerSocketUrl } from "@/utils/dockerHost.js";
 
 export const HttpStatusCodes = [
 	...Object.keys(http.STATUS_CODES).map(Number),
@@ -67,10 +68,9 @@ export const EgressAttributableTypes = [
 ] as const satisfies readonly MonitorType[];
 export type EgressAttributableType = (typeof EgressAttributableTypes)[number];
 
-// A Docker daemon reached over a unix socket is local IPC and cannot fail through egress; one reached over
-// TCP or TLS is as remote as any other target. The URL, not the type, settles it.
-const isLocalDockerSocket = (monitor: Pick<Monitor, "type" | "url">): boolean =>
-	monitor.type === "docker" && (monitor.url?.trim().startsWith("unix://") ?? false);
+// A Docker daemon reached over a unix socket (`unix:///path` or a bare absolute path) is local IPC and cannot
+// fail through egress; one reached over TCP or TLS is as remote as any other target. The URL, not the type, settles it.
+const isLocalDockerSocket = (monitor: Pick<Monitor, "type" | "url">): boolean => monitor.type === "docker" && isDockerSocketUrl(monitor.url);
 
 export const isEgressAttributable = (monitor: Pick<Monitor, "type" | "url">): boolean =>
 	EgressAttributableTypes.some((t) => t === monitor.type) && !isLocalDockerSocket(monitor);
diff --git a/server/test/unit/services/checkProducer.test.ts b/server/test/unit/services/checkProducer.test.ts
index 85763bfa9..460f54ee0 100644
--- a/server/test/unit/services/checkProducer.test.ts
+++ b/server/test/unit/services/checkProducer.test.ts
@@ -291,19 +291,21 @@ describe("CheckProducer", () => {
 	});
 
 	it("never consults egress for a docker daemon on a local socket", async () => {
-		const check: Record<string, unknown> = { id: "check-1" };
-		const { producer, defaults } = createProducer({
-			networkService: { requestStatus: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ...failingStatus, type: "docker" }) },
-			checkService: { toCheck: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(check) },
-			egressService: { assessAfterFailure: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue("degraded") },
-		});
+		for (const url of ["unix:///var/run/docker.sock", "/var/run/docker.sock"]) {
+			const check: Record<string, unknown> = { id: "check-1" };
+			const { producer, defaults } = createProducer({
+				networkService: { requestStatus: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ...failingStatus, type: "docker" }) },
+				checkService: { toCheck: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(check) },
+				egressService: { assessAfterFailure: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue("degraded") },
+			});
 
-		await producer.produce(makeMonitor({ type: "docker", url: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock" }));
+			await producer.produce(makeMonitor({ type: "docker", url }));
 
-		// Local IPC never leaves the instance, so it cannot fail through egress.
-		expect(defaults.egressService.assessAfterFailure).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-		expect(check).not.toHaveProperty("egressStatus");
-		expect(defaults.buffer.addToBuffer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(check);
+			// Local IPC never leaves the instance, so it cannot fail through egress.
+			expect(defaults.egressService.assessAfterFailure).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+			expect(check).not.toHaveProperty("egressStatus");
+			expect(defaults.buffer.addToBuffer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(check);
+		}
 	});
 
 	it("consults egress for a hardware check and for a docker daemon reached over TCP", async () => {