diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9f4619d54a2..71c5ee3b38d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -351,3 +351,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/ziutek/mymysql v1.5.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251113190631-e25ba8c21ef6
 )
+
+replace go.viam.com/utils => ../goutils
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8acf2772689..9969d8d62fb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1162,8 +1162,6 @@ go.viam.com/api v0.1.527 h1:RSdPUcBn3ZI44JO73eXpqdW5NWiIY6ih2pnz1oalf6Y=
 go.viam.com/api v0.1.527/go.mod h1:qSrz3j4+QlXvw7ANs1G2fsX532vUQzLBbgaTxMu3lAw=
 go.viam.com/test v1.2.4 h1:JYgZhsuGAQ8sL9jWkziAXN9VJJiKbjoi9BsO33TW3ug=
 go.viam.com/test v1.2.4/go.mod h1:zI2xzosHdqXAJ/kFqcN+OIF78kQuTV2nIhGZ8EzvaJI=
-go.viam.com/utils v0.4.13 h1:B8I5q0PcsXYkYHaSFj2LUuyDI9AahxdeVx5D2fUdYP4=
-go.viam.com/utils v0.4.13/go.mod h1:sS9FW37EoO3o7FjvU9oE0a7mChLrPCBqqr0942QO8pg=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.2 h1:/FrI8D64VSr4HtGIlUtlFMGsm7H7pWTbj6vOLVZcA6s=
diff --git a/robot/client/client.go b/robot/client/client.go
index e9ce89793cb..200aa330f17 100644
--- a/robot/client/client.go
+++ b/robot/client/client.go
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ func (rc *RobotClient) Reconfigure(ctx context.Context, deps resource.Dependenci
 }
 
 var exemptFromConnectionCheck = map[string]bool{
-	"/proto.rpc.webrtc.v1.SignalingService/Call":                 true,
-	"/proto.rpc.webrtc.v1.SignalingService/CallUpdate":           true,
-	"/proto.rpc.webrtc.v1.SignalingService/OptionalWebRTCConfig": true,
-	"/proto.rpc.v1.AuthService/Authenticate":                     true,
-	"/proto.rpc.v1.ExternalAuthService/AuthenticateTo":           true,
+	"/proto.rpc.webrtc.v1.SignalingService/Call":                     true,
+	"/proto.rpc.webrtc.v1.SignalingService/CallUpdate":               true,
+	"/proto.rpc.webrtc.v1.SignalingService/OptionalWebRTCConfig":     true,
+	"/proto.rpc.webrtc.v1.SignalingService/ReportConnectionMetadata": true,
+	"/proto.rpc.v1.AuthService/Authenticate":                         true,
+	"/proto.rpc.v1.ExternalAuthService/AuthenticateTo":               true,
 }
 
 func skipConnectionCheck(method string) bool {