diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/xray/outbound-form-adapter.ts b/frontend/src/lib/xray/outbound-form-adapter.ts
index bf331fca..0b2c5bf6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/xray/outbound-form-adapter.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/xray/outbound-form-adapter.ts
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ import type {
   WireguardOutboundFormSettings,
 } from '@/schemas/forms/outbound-form';
 
-// Adapter between the wire-shape outbound JSON the panel stores in
-// templateSettings.outbounds[] and the typed OutboundFormValues the modal
-// holds in Form.useForm<T>. No dependency on the legacy Outbound class
-// hierarchy — the modal hands a wire-shape object in, takes typed values
-// out, and on submit calls formValuesToWirePayload() to get a plain JS
-// object ready to pass to onConfirm().
-
 type Raw = Record<string, unknown>;
 
 function asObject(value: unknown): Raw {
@@ -348,20 +341,12 @@ export interface RawOutboundRow {
   mux?: unknown;
 }
 
-// Convert wire-shape outbound (the object stored in
-// templateSettings.outbounds[]) into typed form values. Stream + mux are
-// minimal placeholders for now — the modal will fold the real stream sub-
-// form in when those sections come online.
 export function rawOutboundToFormValues(raw: RawOutboundRow): OutboundFormValues {
   const protocol = asString(raw.protocol, 'vless');
   const settings = asObject(raw.settings);
   const tag = asString(raw.tag);
   const sendThrough = asString(raw.sendThrough);
   const mux = muxFromWire(raw.mux);
-  // Leave streamSettings undefined when missing or empty — the modal's
-  // stream tab seeds it when the user opens the relevant section. This
-  // keeps Form.useForm from receiving a value that doesn't match the
-  // NetworkSettings DU.
   const hasStream = raw.streamSettings
     && typeof raw.streamSettings === 'object'
     && Object.keys(raw.streamSettings as Raw).length > 0;
@@ -554,18 +539,22 @@ function loopbackToWire(s: LoopbackOutboundFormSettings) {
 const MUX_PROTOCOLS = new Set(['vmess', 'vless', 'trojan', 'shadowsocks', 'http', 'socks']);
 const STREAM_PROTOCOLS = new Set(['vmess', 'vless', 'trojan', 'shadowsocks', 'hysteria']);
 
-// Strip UI-only fields the form layered into streamSettings (e.g. the
-// XHTTP modal's enableXmux toggle that controls section visibility but
-// has no meaning on the wire). xray-core would ignore unknown fields
-// anyway but the panel reads back its own emitted JSON, so we keep
-// the wire shape clean.
+function dropEmptyStrings(obj: Raw): Raw {
+  const out: Raw = {};
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(obj)) {
+    if (v === '') continue;
+    out[k] = v;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
 function stripUiOnlyStreamFields(stream: unknown): Raw {
   const next = { ...(stream as Raw) };
   const xh = next.xhttpSettings;
   if (xh && typeof xh === 'object') {
     const cleaned = { ...(xh as Raw) };
     delete cleaned.enableXmux;
-    next.xhttpSettings = cleaned;
+    next.xhttpSettings = dropEmptyStrings(cleaned);
   }
   return next;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/xray/OutboundFormModal.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/xray/OutboundFormModal.tsx
index 55e61088..eae3724c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/xray/OutboundFormModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/xray/OutboundFormModal.tsx
@@ -1473,16 +1473,23 @@ export default function OutboundFormModal({
                             </Form.Item>
 
                             <Form.Item
-                              label="Uplink HTTP method"
-                              name={['streamSettings', 'xhttpSettings', 'uplinkHTTPMethod']}
+                              noStyle
+                              shouldUpdate={(prev, curr) =>
+                                prev?.streamSettings?.xhttpSettings?.mode !==
+                                curr?.streamSettings?.xhttpSettings?.mode
+                              }
                             >
-                              <Form.Item shouldUpdate noStyle>
-                                {() => {
-                                  const mode = form.getFieldValue([
-                                    'streamSettings', 'xhttpSettings', 'mode',
-                                  ]);
-                                  return (
+                              {() => {
+                                const mode = form.getFieldValue([
+                                  'streamSettings', 'xhttpSettings', 'mode',
+                                ]);
+                                return (
+                                  <Form.Item
+                                    label="Uplink HTTP method"
+                                    name={['streamSettings', 'xhttpSettings', 'uplinkHTTPMethod']}
+                                  >
                                     <Select
+                                      placeholder="Default (POST)"
                                       options={[
                                         { value: '', label: 'Default (POST)' },
                                         { value: 'POST', label: 'POST' },
@@ -1490,9 +1497,9 @@ export default function OutboundFormModal({
                                         { value: 'GET', label: 'GET (packet-up only)', disabled: mode !== 'packet-up' },
                                       ]}
                                     />
-                                  );
-                                }}
-                              </Form.Item>
+                                  </Form.Item>
+                                );
+                              }}
                             </Form.Item>
 
                             {/* Session + sequence + uplinkData placements:
@@ -1505,6 +1512,7 @@ export default function OutboundFormModal({
                               name={['streamSettings', 'xhttpSettings', 'sessionPlacement']}
                             >
                               <Select
+                                placeholder="Default (path)"
                                 options={[
                                   { value: '', label: 'Default (path)' },
                                   { value: 'path', label: 'path' },
@@ -1535,6 +1543,7 @@ export default function OutboundFormModal({
                               name={['streamSettings', 'xhttpSettings', 'seqPlacement']}
                             >
                               <Select
+                                placeholder="Default (path)"
                                 options={[
                                   { value: '', label: 'Default (path)' },
                                   { value: 'path', label: 'path' },