diff --git a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/Advanced.php b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/Advanced.php
index a9e1c0be28..b3564df0bb 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/Advanced.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/Advanced.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Livewire\Project\Application;
 
 use App\Models\Application;
+use App\Models\ApplicationSetting;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ class Advanced extends Component
     #[Validate(['string', 'nullable'])]
     public ?string $customInternalName = null;
 
+    #[Validate(['string', 'nullable', 'max:47'])]
+    public ?string $customContainerNamePrefix = null;
+
     #[Validate(['boolean'])]
     public bool $isGzipEnabled = true;
 
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ class Advanced extends Component
             $this->application->settings->is_build_server_enabled = $this->isBuildServerEnabled;
             $this->application->settings->is_consistent_container_name_enabled = $this->isConsistentContainerNameEnabled;
             $this->application->settings->custom_internal_name = $this->customInternalName;
+            $this->application->settings->custom_container_name_prefix = $this->customContainerNamePrefix;
             $this->application->settings->is_gzip_enabled = $this->isGzipEnabled;
             $this->application->settings->is_stripprefix_enabled = $this->isStripprefixEnabled;
             $this->application->settings->is_raw_compose_deployment_enabled = $this->isRawComposeDeploymentEnabled;
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ class Advanced extends Component
             $this->isBuildServerEnabled = $this->application->settings->is_build_server_enabled;
             $this->isConsistentContainerNameEnabled = $this->application->settings->is_consistent_container_name_enabled;
             $this->customInternalName = $this->application->settings->custom_internal_name;
+            $this->customContainerNamePrefix = $this->application->settings->custom_container_name_prefix;
             $this->isRawComposeDeploymentEnabled = $this->application->settings->is_raw_compose_deployment_enabled;
             $this->isConnectToDockerNetworkEnabled = $this->application->settings->connect_to_docker_network;
             $this->disableBuildCache = $this->application->settings->disable_build_cache;
@@ -258,6 +264,28 @@ class Advanced extends Component
         }
     }
 
+    public function saveCustomNamePrefix()
+    {
+        try {
+            $this->authorize('update', $this->application);
+
+            $this->customContainerNamePrefix = str($this->customContainerNamePrefix)->slug()->value() ?: null;
+
+            if ($this->customContainerNamePrefix && ApplicationSetting::isContainerNamePrefixInUse($this->customContainerNamePrefix, $this->application->destination->server, $this->application->id)) {
+                $this->customContainerNamePrefix = $this->application->settings->custom_container_name_prefix;
+                $this->dispatch('error', 'This container name prefix is already in use by another application on this Coolify instance.');
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            $this->syncData(true);
+            $this->dispatch('success', 'Container name prefix saved.');
+            $this->dispatch('configurationChanged');
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            return handleError($e, $this);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function saveStopGracePeriod()
     {
         try {
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/project/application/advanced.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/project/application/advanced.blade.php
index c6113808c5..3a5549e0ea 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/project/application/advanced.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/project/application/advanced.blade.php
@@ -45,10 +45,21 @@
                         ['value' => true, 'label' => 'Consistent name (no rolling updates)'],
                     ]" :disabled="! $canUpdate" />
                 @if ($isConsistentContainerNameEnabled === true)
-                    <x-forms.input
-                        helper="You can add a custom name for your container.<br><br>The name is saved automatically and converted to slug format. <span class='font-bold dark:text-warning'>You will lose the rolling update feature!</span>"
-                        id="customInternalName" label="Custom container name" canGate="update"
-                        wire:change="saveCustomName" :canResource="$application" />
+                    <form wire:submit="saveCustomName" class="w-full">
+                        <x-unsaved-bar action="saveCustomName" targets="customInternalName" />
+                        <x-forms.input
+                            helper="You can add a custom name for your container.<br><br>The name is converted to slug format when saved. <span class='font-bold dark:text-warning'>You will lose the rolling update feature!</span>"
+                            id="customInternalName" label="Custom container name" canGate="update"
+                            :canResource="$application" />
+                    </form>
+                @else
+                    <form wire:submit="saveCustomNamePrefix" class="w-full">
+                        <x-unsaved-bar action="saveCustomNamePrefix" targets="customContainerNamePrefix" />
+                        <x-forms.input
+                            helper="Optional prefix for generated container names. Containers are named <span class='font-bold'>prefix-timestamp</span>, for example <span class='font-bold'>shop-api-20260908T141530</span>, instead of starting with <span class='font-bold'>{{ $application->uuid }}</span>.<br><br>The prefix is converted to slug format when saved, can be up to 47 characters and must be unique on this server. Rolling updates keep working."
+                            id="customContainerNamePrefix" label="Container name prefix" placeholder="e.g. my-api"
+                            canGate="update" :canResource="$application" />
+                    </form>
                 @endif
             </div>
         </x-application.settings-section>
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Authorization/ApplicationConfigAuthorizationTest.php b/tests/Feature/Authorization/ApplicationConfigAuthorizationTest.php
index eb331a775f..93c9658a7b 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Authorization/ApplicationConfigAuthorizationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Authorization/ApplicationConfigAuthorizationTest.php
@@ -247,6 +247,18 @@ test('member cannot submit application advanced settings', function () {
         ->assertDispatched('error');
 });
 
+test('member cannot save the application container name prefix', function () {
+    $this->actingAs($this->member);
+    session(['currentTeam' => $this->team]);
+
+    Livewire::test(ApplicationAdvanced::class, ['application' => $this->application])
+        ->set('customContainerNamePrefix', 'member-prefix')
+        ->call('saveCustomNamePrefix')
+        ->assertDispatched('error');
+
+    expect($this->application->settings->fresh()->custom_container_name_prefix)->toBeNull();
+});
+
 test('the private application advanced syncData helper is not remotely callable', function () {
     $this->actingAs($this->member);
     session(['currentTeam' => $this->team]);
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Livewire/Project/Application/AdvancedContainerNamingTest.php b/tests/Feature/Livewire/Project/Application/AdvancedContainerNamingTest.php
index 079bd6daa4..ac381762cb 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Livewire/Project/Application/AdvancedContainerNamingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Livewire/Project/Application/AdvancedContainerNamingTest.php
@@ -104,3 +104,47 @@ it('only shows the custom container name for consistent naming', function () {
         ->set('isConsistentContainerNameEnabled', true)
         ->assertSee('Custom container name');
 });
+
+it('saves a slugged container name prefix in generated naming mode', function () {
+    $otherTeamApplication = createApplicationForContainerNamingTest();
+    $otherTeamApplication->settings->update(['custom_container_name_prefix' => 'my-api']);
+
+    $application = createApplicationForContainerNamingTest();
+    $application->settings->update(['custom_internal_name' => 'legacy-name']);
+    $application = $application->fresh(['environment.project', 'settings', 'destination']);
+
+    Livewire::test(Advanced::class, ['application' => $application])
+        ->assertSee('Container name prefix')
+        ->set('customContainerNamePrefix', 'My API')
+        ->call('saveCustomNamePrefix')
+        ->assertDispatched('success')
+        ->assertSet('customContainerNamePrefix', 'my-api');
+
+    $settings = $application->settings()->first();
+    expect($settings->custom_container_name_prefix)->toBe('my-api')
+        ->and($settings->custom_internal_name)->toBe('legacy-name');
+});
+
+it('rejects a container name prefix already used on the server', function () {
+    $application = createApplicationForContainerNamingTest();
+    $sibling = fn () => Application::factory()->create([
+        'environment_id' => $application->environment_id,
+        'destination_id' => $application->destination_id,
+        'destination_type' => $application->destination_type,
+    ]);
+    $prefixedApplication = $sibling();
+    $prefixedApplication->settings->update(['custom_container_name_prefix' => 'shared-prefix']);
+    $sibling()->settings->update(['custom_internal_name' => 'api']);
+
+    $application = $application->fresh(['environment.project', 'settings', 'destination']);
+    $component = Livewire::test(Advanced::class, ['application' => $application]);
+
+    foreach (['shared-prefix', 'api', $prefixedApplication->uuid] as $takenPrefix) {
+        $component->set('customContainerNamePrefix', $takenPrefix)
+            ->call('saveCustomNamePrefix')
+            ->assertDispatched('error')
+            ->assertSet('customContainerNamePrefix', null);
+    }
+
+    expect($application->settings()->first()->custom_container_name_prefix)->toBeNull();
+});