diff --git a/cmd/blockchaincmd/deploy.go b/cmd/blockchaincmd/deploy.go
index 57b9e0913..20b6c7e05 100644
--- a/cmd/blockchaincmd/deploy.go
+++ b/cmd/blockchaincmd/deploy.go
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/node"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/network/peer"
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/vms/platformvm/warp/message"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/contract"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/api/info"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/formatting/address"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/vms/platformvm/fx"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/vms/platformvm/signer"
@@ -700,9 +702,12 @@ func deployBlockchain(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 
 		if !generateNodeID {
-			clusterName, err := node.GetClusterNameFromList(app)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+			clusterName := network.ClusterName
+			if clusterName == "" {
+				clusterName, err = node.GetClusterNameFromList(app)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 
 			if err = node.SyncSubnet(app, clusterName, blockchainName, true, nil); err != nil {
@@ -734,6 +739,10 @@ func deployBlockchain(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			extraAggregatorPeers, err := GetAggregatorExtraPeerEndpoints(network)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 			if err := validatormanager.SetupPoA(
 				app,
 				network,
@@ -744,6 +753,7 @@ func deployBlockchain(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				genesisPrivateKey,
 				common.HexToAddress(sidecar.PoAValidatorManagerOwner),
 				avaGoBootstrapValidators,
+				extraAggregatorPeers,
 			); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -1016,3 +1026,71 @@ func LoadBootstrapValidator(filepath string) ([]models.SubnetValidator, error) {
 	}
 	return subnetValidators, nil
 }
+
+func UrisToPeers(uris []string) ([]info.Peer, error) {
+	peers := []info.Peer{}
+	ctx, cancel := utils.GetAPIContext()
+	defer cancel()
+	for _, uri := range uris {
+		client := info.NewClient(uri)
+		nodeID, _, err := client.GetNodeID(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ip, err := client.GetNodeIP(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		peers = append(peers, info.Peer{
+			Info: peer.Info{
+				ID:       nodeID,
+				PublicIP: ip,
+			},
+		})
+	}
+	return peers, nil
+}
+
+func GetAggregatorExtraPeerEndpoints(network models.Network) ([]info.Peer, error) {
+	aggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris, err := GetAggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris(network)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	aggregatorPeers, err := UrisToPeers(aggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, uri := range aggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris {
+		infoClient := info.NewClient(uri)
+		ctx, cancel := utils.GetAPILargeContext()
+		defer cancel()
+		peers, err := infoClient.Peers(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		aggregatorPeers = append(aggregatorPeers, peers...)
+	}
+	return aggregatorPeers, nil
+}
+
+func GetAggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris(network models.Network) ([]string, error) {
+	aggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris := []string{}
+	if network.ClusterName != "" {
+		clusterConfig, err := app.GetClusterConfig(network.ClusterName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		// support etna devnet
+		if clusterConfig.Network.Kind == models.EtnaDevnet {
+			for _, node := range clusterConfig.Nodes {
+				nodeConfig, err := app.LoadClusterNodeConfig(node)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				uri := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", nodeConfig.ElasticIP, constants.AvalanchegoAPIPort)
+				aggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris = append(aggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris, uri)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return aggregatorExtraPeerEndpointsUris, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/contractcmd/init_poa_validator_manager.go b/cmd/contractcmd/init_poa_validator_manager.go
index 940f56290..42fd033fe 100644
--- a/cmd/contractcmd/init_poa_validator_manager.go
+++ b/cmd/contractcmd/init_poa_validator_manager.go
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ func initPOAManager(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	extraAggregatorPeers, err := blockchaincmd.GetAggregatorExtraPeerEndpoints(network)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := validatormanager.SetupPoA(
 		app,
 		network,
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ func initPOAManager(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		privateKey,
 		common.HexToAddress(sc.PoAValidatorManagerOwner),
 		avaGoBootstrapValidators,
+		extraAggregatorPeers,
 	); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/nodecmd/create.go b/cmd/nodecmd/create.go
index 706cba2af..c6cb55612 100644
--- a/cmd/nodecmd/create.go
+++ b/cmd/nodecmd/create.go
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ func createNodes(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		createSupportedNetworkOptions,
 		"",
 	)
+	if err := preCreateChecks(clusterName); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if network.Kind == models.EtnaDevnet {
 		publicHTTPPortAccess = true // public http port access for etna devnet api for PoAManagerDeployment
 		bootstrapIDs = constants.EtnaDevnetBootstrapNodeIDs
@@ -315,9 +318,6 @@ func createNodes(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			_ = os.Remove(upgradeTmpFile.Name())
 		}()
 	}
-	if err := preCreateChecks(clusterName); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	network = models.NewNetworkFromCluster(network, clusterName)
 	globalNetworkFlags.UseDevnet = network.Kind == models.Devnet // set globalNetworkFlags.UseDevnet to true if network is devnet for further use
 	avalancheGoVersion, err := getAvalancheGoVersion()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 743d658dc..05f501cb2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ava-labs/apm v1.0.0
 	github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241005224128-cc3c07bb1344
 	github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.0-initial-poc.5
-	github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241003162124-807fd305670f
+	github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241014222901-4b34ab86afd0
 	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.13.8
 	github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm v0.6.10
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.31.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fec835498..909dff78d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241005224128-cc3c07bb134
 github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-network-runner v1.8.4-0.20241005224128-cc3c07bb1344/go.mod h1:l4QzFnujbyyyeq6oBQ4F6sw9TrTQCjD2V4vUd7ZBCCo=
 github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.0-initial-poc.5 h1:gW4xAqZNvkA4gP8M9yDyd7YUzuwfQbbCR+hgd1ztOto=
 github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.12.0-initial-poc.5/go.mod h1:qSHmog3wMVjo/ruIAQo0ppXAilyni07NIu5K88RyhWE=
-github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241003162124-807fd305670f h1:YUQF1wQJeEcTMC5W/OrwgSFTFMS4zeCM8O02rLeEDow=
-github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241003162124-807fd305670f/go.mod h1:K01Md6zPkOFRWeQyxmZ/t9HJfoNgUGqa1L8rOp35GXw=
+github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241014222901-4b34ab86afd0 h1:zsoK+TbXg/XOTXd+PXRrF6aGmpilcunfpcw/McPVBho=
+github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer v1.4.1-0.20241014222901-4b34ab86afd0/go.mod h1:K01Md6zPkOFRWeQyxmZ/t9HJfoNgUGqa1L8rOp35GXw=
 github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.13.8 h1:f14X3KgwHl9LwzfxlN6S4bbn5VA2rhEsNnHaRLSTo/8=
 github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.13.8/go.mod h1:t3BSv/eQv0AlDPMfEDCMMoD/jq1RkUsbFzQAFg5qBcE=
 github.com/ava-labs/ledger-avalanche/go v0.0.0-20240610153809-9c955cc90a95 h1:dOVbtdnZL++pENdTCNZ1nu41eYDQkTML4sWebDnnq8c=
diff --git a/pkg/validatormanager/validatormanager.go b/pkg/validatormanager/validatormanager.go
index 05f61f80b..0b0e1eb07 100644
--- a/pkg/validatormanager/validatormanager.go
+++ b/pkg/validatormanager/validatormanager.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/evm"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/sdk/interchain"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/api/info"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/ids"
 	avagoconstants "github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/constants"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/logging"
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ func PoaValidatorManagerGetPChainSubnetConversionWarpMessage(
 	managerBlockchainID ids.ID,
 	managerAddress common.Address,
 	convertSubnetValidators []*txs.ConvertSubnetValidator,
+	extraAggregatorPeers []info.Peer,
 ) (*warp.Message, error) {
 	validators := []warpMessage.SubnetConversionValidatorData{}
 	for _, convertSubnetValidator := range convertSubnetValidators {
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ func PoaValidatorManagerGetPChainSubnetConversionWarpMessage(
 		aggregatorLogLevel,
 		subnetID,
 		aggregatorQuorumPercentage,
+		extraAggregatorPeers,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@ func SetupPoA(
 	privateKey string,
 	ownerAddress common.Address,
 	convertSubnetValidators []*txs.ConvertSubnetValidator,
+	extraAggregatorPeers []info.Peer,
 ) error {
 	if err := evm.SetupProposerVM(
 		rpcURL,
@@ -259,6 +263,7 @@ func SetupPoA(
 		blockchainID,
 		managerAddress,
 		convertSubnetValidators,
+		extraAggregatorPeers,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failure signing subnet conversion warp message: %w", err)
diff --git a/sdk/interchain/signature-aggregator.go b/sdk/interchain/signature-aggregator.go
index 00d8840dc..8bbb09a56 100644
--- a/sdk/interchain/signature-aggregator.go
+++ b/sdk/interchain/signature-aggregator.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/models"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/api/info"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/ids"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/message"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/constants"
@@ -45,11 +46,17 @@ type SignatureAggregator struct {
 // Returns:
 // - peers.AppRequestNetwork: The created AppRequestNetwork, or nil if an error occurred.
 // - error: An error if the creation of the AppRequestNetwork failed.
-func createAppRequestNetwork(network models.Network, logLevel logging.Level) (peers.AppRequestNetwork, error) {
+func createAppRequestNetwork(
+	network models.Network,
+	logLevel logging.Level,
+	registerer prometheus.Registerer,
+	extraPeerEndpoints []info.Peer,
+) (peers.AppRequestNetwork, error) {
 	peerNetwork, err := peers.NewNetwork(
 		logLevel,
-		prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
+		registerer,
 		nil,
+		extraPeerEndpoints,
 		&config.Config{
 			PChainAPI: &apiConfig.APIConfig{
 				BaseURL: network.Endpoint,
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ func createAppRequestNetwork(network models.Network, logLevel logging.Level) (pe
 func initSignatureAggregator(
 	network peers.AppRequestNetwork,
 	logger logging.Logger,
+	registerer prometheus.Registerer,
 	subnetID ids.ID,
 	quorumPercentage uint64,
 ) (*SignatureAggregator, error) {
@@ -91,7 +99,7 @@ func initSignatureAggregator(
 
 	messageCreator, err := message.NewCreator(
 		logger,
-		prometheus.DefaultRegisterer,
+		registerer,
 		constants.DefaultNetworkCompressionType,
 		constants.DefaultNetworkMaximumInboundTimeout,
 	)
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ func initSignatureAggregator(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create message creator: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	metricsInstance := metrics.NewSignatureAggregatorMetrics(prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
+	metricsInstance := metrics.NewSignatureAggregatorMetrics(registerer)
 	signatureAggregator, err := aggregator.NewSignatureAggregator(
 		network,
 		logger,
@@ -130,12 +138,14 @@ func NewSignatureAggregator(
 	logLevel logging.Level,
 	subnetID ids.ID,
 	quorumPercentage uint64,
+	extraPeerEndpoints []info.Peer,
 ) (*SignatureAggregator, error) {
-	peerNetwork, err := createAppRequestNetwork(network, logLevel)
+	registerer := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	peerNetwork, err := createAppRequestNetwork(network, logLevel, registerer, extraPeerEndpoints)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return initSignatureAggregator(peerNetwork, logger, subnetID, quorumPercentage)
+	return initSignatureAggregator(peerNetwork, logger, registerer, subnetID, quorumPercentage)
 }
 
 // AggregateSignatures aggregates signatures for a given message and justification.
diff --git a/sdk/interchain/signature-aggregator_test.go b/sdk/interchain/signature-aggregator_test.go
index 1e3284768..d4dba68de 100644
--- a/sdk/interchain/signature-aggregator_test.go
+++ b/sdk/interchain/signature-aggregator_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/logging"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/vms/platformvm/warp"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/awm-relayer/peers/mocks"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/mock/gomock"
 )
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func instantiateAggregator(t *testing.T) (
 	aggregator, err := initSignatureAggregator(
 		mockNetwork,
 		logging.NoLog{},
+		prometheus.NewRegistry(),
 		subnetID,
 		DefaultQuorumPercentage,
 	)