diff --git a/iroh-net/src/magic_endpoint.rs b/iroh-net/src/magic_endpoint.rs
index 3fe949233d..faa7021d8a 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/magic_endpoint.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/magic_endpoint.rs
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ impl MagicEndpoint {
     /// Connections are currently only pruned on user action (when we explicitly add a new address
     /// to the internal addressbook through [`MagicEndpoint::add_node_addr`]), so these connections
     /// are not necessarily active connections.
-    pub async fn connection_infos(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<ConnectionInfo>> {
-        self.msock.tracked_endpoints().await
+    pub fn connection_infos(&self) -> Vec<ConnectionInfo> {
+        self.msock.tracked_endpoints()
     }
 
     /// Get connection information about a specific node.
@@ -331,11 +331,8 @@ impl MagicEndpoint {
     /// Includes the node's [`PublicKey`], potential DERP Url, its addresses with any known
     /// latency, and its [`crate::magicsock::ConnectionType`], which let's us know if we are
     /// currently communicating with that node over a `Direct` (UDP) or `Relay` (DERP) connection.
-    pub async fn connection_info(
-        &self,
-        node_id: PublicKey,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<Option<ConnectionInfo>> {
-        self.msock.tracked_endpoint(node_id).await
+    pub fn connection_info(&self, node_id: PublicKey) -> Option<ConnectionInfo> {
+        self.msock.tracked_endpoint(node_id)
     }
 
     async fn resolve(&self, node_id: &PublicKey) -> Result<AddrInfo> {
@@ -353,7 +350,7 @@ impl MagicEndpoint {
         node_id: &PublicKey,
         alpn: &[u8],
     ) -> Result<quinn::Connection> {
-        let addr = match self.msock.get_mapping_addr(node_id).await {
+        let addr = match self.msock.get_mapping_addr(node_id) {
             Some(addr) => addr,
             None => {
                 let info = self.resolve(node_id).await?;
@@ -362,7 +359,7 @@ impl MagicEndpoint {
                     info,
                 };
                 self.add_node_addr(peer_addr)?;
-                self.msock.get_mapping_addr(node_id).await.ok_or_else(|| {
+                self.msock.get_mapping_addr(node_id).ok_or_else(|| {
                     anyhow!("Failed to retrieve the mapped address from the magic socket. Unable to dial node {node_id:?}")
                 })?
             }
@@ -386,7 +383,7 @@ impl MagicEndpoint {
         self.add_node_addr(node_addr.clone())?;
 
         let NodeAddr { node_id, info } = node_addr;
-        let addr = self.msock.get_mapping_addr(&node_id).await;
+        let addr = self.msock.get_mapping_addr(&node_id);
         let Some(addr) = addr else {
             return Err(match (info.direct_addresses.is_empty(), info.derp_url) {
                 (true, None) => {
@@ -685,7 +682,7 @@ mod tests {
         // first time, create a magic endpoint without peers but a peers file and add addressing
         // information for a peer
         let endpoint = new_endpoint(secret_key.clone(), path.clone()).await;
-        assert!(endpoint.connection_infos().await.unwrap().is_empty());
+        assert!(endpoint.connection_infos().is_empty());
         endpoint.add_node_addr(node_addr).unwrap();
 
         info!("closing endpoint");
@@ -695,8 +692,7 @@ mod tests {
         info!("restarting endpoint");
         // now restart it and check the addressing info of the peer
         let endpoint = new_endpoint(secret_key, path).await;
-        let ConnectionInfo { mut addrs, .. } =
-            endpoint.connection_info(peer_id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
+        let ConnectionInfo { mut addrs, .. } = endpoint.connection_info(peer_id).unwrap();
         let conn_addr = addrs.pop().unwrap().addr;
         assert_eq!(conn_addr, direct_addr);
     }
diff --git a/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs b/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
index 4c096e5b80..3ccc3aaa5b 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
@@ -1251,25 +1251,13 @@ impl MagicSock {
     }
 
     /// Retrieve connection information about nodes in the network.
-    pub async fn tracked_endpoints(&self) -> Result<Vec<EndpointInfo>> {
-        let (s, r) = sync::oneshot::channel();
-        self.inner
-            .actor_sender
-            .send(ActorMessage::TrackedEndpoints(s))
-            .await?;
-        let res = r.await?;
-        Ok(res)
+    pub fn tracked_endpoints(&self) -> Vec<EndpointInfo> {
+        self.inner.node_map.endpoint_infos(Instant::now())
     }
 
     /// Retrieve connection information about a node in the network.
-    pub async fn tracked_endpoint(&self, node_key: PublicKey) -> Result<Option<EndpointInfo>> {
-        let (s, r) = sync::oneshot::channel();
-        self.inner
-            .actor_sender
-            .send(ActorMessage::TrackedEndpoint(node_key, s))
-            .await?;
-        let res = r.await?;
-        Ok(res)
+    pub fn tracked_endpoint(&self, node_key: PublicKey) -> Option<EndpointInfo> {
+        self.inner.node_map.endpoint_info(&node_key)
     }
 
     /// Returns the local endpoints as a stream.
@@ -1319,18 +1307,11 @@ impl MagicSock {
     ///
     /// Note this is a user-facing API and does not wrap the [`SocketAddr`] in a
     /// `QuicMappedAddr` as we do internally.
-    pub async fn get_mapping_addr(&self, node_key: &PublicKey) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
-        let (s, r) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
-        if self
-            .inner
-            .actor_sender
-            .send(ActorMessage::GetMappingAddr(*node_key, s))
-            .await
-            .is_ok()
-        {
-            return r.await.ok().flatten().map(|m| m.0);
-        }
-        None
+    pub fn get_mapping_addr(&self, node_key: &PublicKey) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
+        self.inner
+            .node_map
+            .get_quic_mapped_addr_for_node_key(node_key)
+            .map(|a| a.0)
     }
 
     /// Sets the connection's preferred local port.
@@ -1595,9 +1576,6 @@ impl AsyncUdpSocket for MagicSock {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum ActorMessage {
-    TrackedEndpoints(sync::oneshot::Sender<Vec<EndpointInfo>>),
-    TrackedEndpoint(PublicKey, sync::oneshot::Sender<Option<EndpointInfo>>),
-    GetMappingAddr(PublicKey, sync::oneshot::Sender<Option<QuicMappedAddr>>),
     SetPreferredPort(u16, sync::oneshot::Sender<()>),
     RebindAll(sync::oneshot::Sender<()>),
     Shutdown,
@@ -1756,20 +1734,6 @@ impl Actor {
     /// Returns `true` if it was a shutdown.
     async fn handle_actor_message(&mut self, msg: ActorMessage) -> bool {
         match msg {
-            ActorMessage::TrackedEndpoints(s) => {
-                let eps: Vec<_> = self.inner.node_map.endpoint_infos(Instant::now());
-                let _ = s.send(eps);
-            }
-            ActorMessage::TrackedEndpoint(node_key, s) => {
-                let _ = s.send(self.inner.node_map.endpoint_info(&node_key));
-            }
-            ActorMessage::GetMappingAddr(node_key, s) => {
-                let res = self
-                    .inner
-                    .node_map
-                    .get_quic_mapped_addr_for_node_key(&node_key);
-                let _ = s.send(res);
-            }
             ActorMessage::Shutdown => {
                 debug!("shutting down");
 
@@ -2739,12 +2703,10 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
             })
         }
 
-        async fn tracked_endpoints(&self) -> Vec<PublicKey> {
+        fn tracked_endpoints(&self) -> Vec<PublicKey> {
             self.endpoint
                 .magic_sock()
                 .tracked_endpoints()
-                .await
-                .unwrap_or_default()
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|ep| ep.public_key)
                 .collect()
@@ -2830,7 +2792,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
             loop {
                 let mut ready = Vec::with_capacity(stacks.len());
                 for ms in stacks.iter() {
-                    let endpoints = ms.tracked_endpoints().await;
+                    let endpoints = ms.tracked_endpoints();
                     let my_node_id = ms.endpoint.node_id();
                     let all_nodes_meshed = all_node_ids
                         .iter()
diff --git a/iroh/src/commands/doctor.rs b/iroh/src/commands/doctor.rs
index f244acfec8..9ec894acec 100644
--- a/iroh/src/commands/doctor.rs
+++ b/iroh/src/commands/doctor.rs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ impl Gui {
         let counter_task = AbortingJoinHandle(tokio::spawn(async move {
             loop {
                 Self::update_counters(&counters2);
-                Self::update_connection_info(&conn_info, &endpoint, &node_id).await;
+                Self::update_connection_info(&conn_info, &endpoint, &node_id);
                 tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
             }
         }));
@@ -330,23 +330,19 @@ impl Gui {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn update_connection_info(
-        target: &ProgressBar,
-        endpoint: &MagicEndpoint,
-        node_id: &NodeId,
-    ) {
+    fn update_connection_info(target: &ProgressBar, endpoint: &MagicEndpoint, node_id: &NodeId) {
         let format_latency = |x: Option<Duration>| {
             x.map(|x| format!("{:.6}s", x.as_secs_f64()))
                 .unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string())
         };
-        let msg = match endpoint.connection_info(*node_id).await {
-            Ok(Some(EndpointInfo {
+        let msg = match endpoint.connection_info(*node_id) {
+            Some(EndpointInfo {
                 derp_url,
                 conn_type,
                 latency,
                 addrs,
                 ..
-            })) => {
+            }) => {
                 let derp_url = derp_url
                     .map(|x| x.to_string())
                     .unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string());
@@ -363,8 +359,7 @@ impl Gui {
                     derp_url, latency, conn_type, addrs
                 )
             }
-            Ok(None) => "connection info unavailable".to_string(),
-            Err(cause) => format!("error getting connection info: {}", cause),
+            None => "connection info unavailable".to_string(),
         };
         target.set_message(msg);
     }
diff --git a/iroh/src/node.rs b/iroh/src/node.rs
index fd599e7355..faf69e66fe 100644
--- a/iroh/src/node.rs
+++ b/iroh/src/node.rs
@@ -1441,30 +1441,26 @@ impl<D: BaoStore> RpcHandler<D> {
     ) -> impl Stream<Item = RpcResult<NodeConnectionsResponse>> + Send + 'static {
         // provide a little buffer so that we don't slow down the sender
         let (tx, rx) = flume::bounded(32);
+        let mut conn_infos = self.inner.endpoint.connection_infos();
+        conn_infos.sort_by_key(|n| n.public_key.to_string());
         self.rt().spawn_pinned(|| async move {
-            match self.inner.endpoint.connection_infos().await {
-                Ok(mut conn_infos) => {
-                    conn_infos.sort_by_key(|n| n.public_key.to_string());
-                    for conn_info in conn_infos {
-                        tx.send_async(Ok(NodeConnectionsResponse { conn_info }))
-                            .await
-                            .ok();
-                    }
-                }
-                Err(e) => {
-                    tx.send_async(Err(e.into())).await.ok();
-                }
+            for conn_info in conn_infos {
+                tx.send_async(Ok(NodeConnectionsResponse { conn_info }))
+                    .await
+                    .ok();
             }
         });
         rx.into_stream()
     }
 
+    // This method is called as an RPC method, which have to be async
+    #[allow(clippy::unused_async)]
     async fn node_connection_info(
         self,
         req: NodeConnectionInfoRequest,
     ) -> RpcResult<NodeConnectionInfoResponse> {
         let NodeConnectionInfoRequest { node_id } = req;
-        let conn_info = self.inner.endpoint.connection_info(node_id).await?;
+        let conn_info = self.inner.endpoint.connection_info(node_id);
         Ok(NodeConnectionInfoResponse { conn_info })
     }