diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApplicationsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApplicationsController.php
index 32334a16cf..28f82b083a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApplicationsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApplicationsController.php
@@ -1248,9 +1248,6 @@ class ApplicationsController extends Controller
 
         $this->authorize('create', Application::class);
 
-        // removeUnnecessaryFieldsFromRequest() strips force_domain_override before the docker_compose_domains checks run.
-        $forceDomainOverride = $request->boolean('force_domain_override');
-
         if ($request->instant_deploy) {
             abort_unless($request->user()->tokenCan('deploy') || $request->user()->tokenCan('root'), 403, 'Missing required permissions: deploy');
         }
@@ -1328,6 +1325,7 @@ class ApplicationsController extends Controller
         }
         // A Docker Compose application uses per-service domains; a top-level domain is never routed.
         $autogenerateDomain = $request->boolean('autogenerate_domain', true) && $request->build_pack !== 'dockercompose';
+        $forceDomainOverride = $request->boolean('force_domain_override');
         $instantDeploy = $request->instant_deploy;
         $githubAppUuid = $request->github_app_uuid;
         $useBuildServer = $request->use_build_server;
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/ApiAbility.php b/app/Http/Middleware/ApiAbility.php
index 8951ad50de..7a18695836 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/ApiAbility.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/ApiAbility.php
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ class ApiAbility extends CheckForAnyAbility
             $teamId = data_get($token, 'team_id');
 
             if ($teamId !== null && ! $request->user()->isAdminOfTeam((int) $teamId)) {
-                $tokenAbilities = $token->abilities ?? [];
-                $disallowed = array_intersect($tokenAbilities, self::MEMBER_DISALLOWED_ABILITIES);
+                $disallowed = array_filter(self::MEMBER_DISALLOWED_ABILITIES, fn (string $ability) => $token->can($ability));
 
                 if (! empty($disallowed)) {
                     return response()->json([
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/ApplicationComposeDomainForceOverrideApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/ApplicationComposeDomainForceOverrideApiTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e50e2e44f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/ApplicationComposeDomainForceOverrideApiTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Models\Application;
+use App\Models\InstanceSettings;
+use App\Models\PrivateKey;
+use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Models\Server;
+use App\Models\StandaloneDocker;
+use App\Models\Team;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+use Visus\Cuid2\Cuid2;
+
+uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
+
+// create_application() strips force_domain_override from the request before the
+// docker_compose_domains checks run, so the flag must be read up front.
+
+beforeEach(function () {
+    // The create dispatches LoadComposeFile, which would clone the repository.
+    Queue::fake();
+    config(['app.maintenance.store' => 'array']);
+    InstanceSettings::forceCreate(['id' => 0, 'is_api_enabled' => true]);
+    $this->team = Team::factory()->create();
+    $this->user = User::factory()->create();
+    $this->team->members()->attach($this->user->id, ['role' => 'owner']);
+
+    session(['currentTeam' => $this->team]);
+
+    $this->bearerToken = $this->user->createToken('test-token', ['*'])->plainTextToken;
+
+    $this->server = Server::factory()->create(['team_id' => $this->team->id]);
+    $this->server->settings()->update(['is_reachable' => true, 'is_usable' => true]);
+
+    StandaloneDocker::withoutEvents(function () {
+        $this->destination = $this->server->standaloneDockers()->firstOrCreate(
+            ['network' => 'coolify'],
+            ['uuid' => (string) new Cuid2, 'name' => 'test-docker']
+        );
+    });
+
+    $this->project = Project::factory()->create(['team_id' => $this->team->id]);
+    $this->environment = $this->project->environments()->first();
+
+    Application::factory()->create([
+        'environment_id' => $this->environment->id,
+        'destination_id' => $this->destination->id,
+        'destination_type' => $this->destination->getMorphClass(),
+        'fqdn' => 'https://shared.example.com',
+    ]);
+});
+
+function createComposeApplication(string $endpoint, array $composeDomains, bool $force)
+{
+    $payload = [
+        'project_uuid' => test()->project->uuid,
+        'environment_uuid' => test()->environment->uuid,
+        'server_uuid' => test()->server->uuid,
+        'git_branch' => 'v4.x',
+        'build_pack' => 'dockercompose',
+        'docker_compose_domains' => $composeDomains,
+        'force_domain_override' => $force,
+    ];
+
+    if ($endpoint === 'private-deploy-key') {
+        $payload['private_key_uuid'] = PrivateKey::factory()->create(['team_id' => test()->team->id])->uuid;
+        $payload['git_repository'] = 'git@gitlab.com:coollabsio/coolify-examples.git';
+    } else {
+        // Not github.com: that path looks up the seeded public GithubApp (id 0).
+        $payload['git_repository'] = 'https://gitlab.com/coollabsio/coolify-examples';
+    }
+
+    return test()->withToken(test()->bearerToken)->postJson("/api/v1/applications/{$endpoint}", $payload);
+}
+
+dataset('endpoints', ['public', 'private-deploy-key']);
+
+dataset('conflicts', [
+    'domain used by another application' => [
+        [['name' => 'web', 'domain' => 'https://shared.example.com']],
+        409,
+    ],
+    'same domain twice in the request' => [
+        [
+            ['name' => 'web', 'domain' => 'https://dup.example.com'],
+            ['name' => 'worker', 'domain' => 'https://dup.example.com'],
+        ],
+        422,
+    ],
+]);
+
+it('refuses conflicting docker_compose_domains without force_domain_override', function (string $endpoint, array $composeDomains, int $status) {
+    createComposeApplication($endpoint, $composeDomains, false)
+        ->assertStatus($status)
+        ->assertSeeText('Use force_domain_override=true to proceed.');
+})->with('endpoints')->with('conflicts');
+
+it('creates the application with conflicting docker_compose_domains when force_domain_override is true', function (string $endpoint, array $composeDomains) {
+    $response = createComposeApplication($endpoint, $composeDomains, true)->assertCreated();
+
+    $application = Application::where('uuid', $response->json('uuid'))->firstOrFail();
+    $savedDomains = collect(json_decode($application->docker_compose_domains, true))
+        ->map(fn ($entry) => $entry['domain']);
+
+    expect($savedDomains->all())->toBe(collect($composeDomains)->pluck('domain', 'name')->all());
+})->with('endpoints')->with('conflicts');
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Security/ApiTokenCreationSecurityTest.php b/tests/Feature/Security/ApiTokenCreationSecurityTest.php
index 60b23b0e56..fa7e4434b2 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Security/ApiTokenCreationSecurityTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Security/ApiTokenCreationSecurityTest.php
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Http\Middleware\ApiAbility;
 use App\Livewire\Security\ApiTokens;
 use App\Models\InstanceSettings;
 use App\Models\Team;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Livewire\Features\SupportLockedProperties\CannotUpdateLockedPropertyException;
 use Livewire\Livewire;
 
@@ -201,6 +203,19 @@ describe('ApiAbility middleware — member with elevated token blocked', functio
             ->assertStatus(403);
     });
 
+    test('ApiAbility evaluates member token abilities through the token', function () {
+        session(['currentTeam' => $this->team]);
+        $token = $this->member->createToken('token', ['*']);
+        $this->member->withAccessToken($token->accessToken);
+
+        $request = Request::create('/api/v1/projects');
+        $request->setUserResolver(fn () => $this->member);
+
+        $response = (new ApiAbility)->handle($request, fn () => response('ok'), 'read');
+
+        expect($response->getStatusCode())->toBe(403);
+    });
+
     test('member read token passes on non-zero team', function () {
         session(['currentTeam' => $this->team]);
         $token = $this->member->createToken('read-token', ['read']);