diff --git a/src/components/FunctionsPanel.tsx b/src/components/FunctionsPanel.tsx
index 015b760..1a13f7a 100644
--- a/src/components/FunctionsPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FunctionsPanel.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useShallow } from 'zustand/shallow';
-import {
-    AlertTriangle,
-    ChevronRight,
-    Cpu,
-    Database,
-    GitBranch,
-    Info,
-    Loader2,
-    Settings,
-    Users,
-    Zap,
-} from 'lucide-react';
+import { AlertTriangle, ChevronRight, Cpu, Database, GitBranch, Info, Loader2, Users, Zap } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Card, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardDescription, CardContent } from '@/components/ui/card';
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge';
 import { useAppStore } from '@/lib/store';
@@ -38,10 +27,12 @@ interface TabConfig {
     icon: typeof Database;
 }
 
+// Functions are capability aggregations without their own configuration surface,
+// so Config is intentionally omitted to avoid 404s on `/functions/{id}/configurations`.
 const FUNCTION_TABS: TabConfig[] = [
     { id: 'overview', label: 'Overview', icon: Info },
     { id: 'hosts', label: 'Hosts', icon: Cpu },
-    ...RESOURCE_TABS,
+    ...RESOURCE_TABS.filter((t) => t.id !== 'configurations'),
 ];
 
 interface FunctionsPanelProps {
@@ -68,23 +59,13 @@ export function FunctionsPanel({ functionId, functionName, description, path, on
     const [faults, setFaults] = useState<Fault[]>([]);
     const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
 
-    const {
-        selectEntity,
-        getFunctionHosts,
-        fetchEntityData,
-        fetchEntityOperations,
-        fetchConfigurations,
-        listEntityFaults,
-        storeConfigurations,
-    } = useAppStore(
+    const { selectEntity, getFunctionHosts, fetchEntityData, fetchEntityOperations, listEntityFaults } = useAppStore(
         useShallow((state) => ({
             selectEntity: state.selectEntity,
             getFunctionHosts: state.getFunctionHosts,
             fetchEntityData: state.fetchEntityData,
             fetchEntityOperations: state.fetchEntityOperations,
-            fetchConfigurations: state.fetchConfigurations,
             listEntityFaults: state.listEntityFaults,
-            storeConfigurations: state.configurations,
         }))
     );
 
@@ -94,12 +75,12 @@ export function FunctionsPanel({ functionId, functionName, description, path, on
             setIsLoading(true);
 
             try {
-                // Load hosts, data, operations, configurations, and faults in parallel
-                const [hostsData, topicsData, opsData, , faultsData] = await Promise.all([
+                // Functions do not expose a configurations collection; skip that fetch
+                // to avoid 404s on `/functions/{id}/configurations`.
+                const [hostsData, topicsData, opsData, faultsData] = await Promise.all([
                     getFunctionHosts(functionId).catch(() => [] as unknown[]),
                     fetchEntityData('functions', functionId).catch(() => [] as ComponentTopic[]),
                     fetchEntityOperations('functions', functionId).catch(() => [] as Operation[]),
-                    fetchConfigurations(functionId, 'functions'),
                     listEntityFaults('functions', functionId).catch(() => ({ items: [] as Fault[], count: 0 })),
                 ]);
 
@@ -124,7 +105,7 @@ export function FunctionsPanel({ functionId, functionName, description, path, on
         };
 
         loadFunctionData();
-    }, [getFunctionHosts, fetchEntityData, fetchEntityOperations, fetchConfigurations, listEntityFaults, functionId]);
+    }, [getFunctionHosts, fetchEntityData, fetchEntityOperations, listEntityFaults, functionId]);
 
     const handleResourceClick = (resourcePath: string) => {
         if (onNavigate) {
@@ -166,7 +147,6 @@ export function FunctionsPanel({ functionId, functionName, description, path, on
                             if (tab.id === 'hosts') count = hosts.length;
                             if (tab.id === 'data') count = topics.length;
                             if (tab.id === 'operations') count = operations.length;
-                            if (tab.id === 'configurations') count = storeConfigurations.get(functionId)?.length || 0;
                             if (tab.id === 'faults') count = faults.length;
 
                             return (
@@ -214,7 +194,7 @@ export function FunctionsPanel({ functionId, functionName, description, path, on
                         )}
 
                         {/* Resource Summary */}
-                        <div className="grid grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-5 gap-3">
+                        <div className="grid grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-4 gap-3">
                             <button
                                 onClick={() => setActiveTab('hosts')}
                                 className="p-3 rounded-lg border hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors text-left"
@@ -239,16 +219,6 @@ export function FunctionsPanel({ functionId, functionName, description, path, on
                                 <div className="text-2xl font-semibold">{operations.length}</div>
                                 <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">Operations</div>
                             </button>
-                            <button
-                                onClick={() => setActiveTab('configurations')}
-                                className="p-3 rounded-lg border hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors text-left"
-                            >
-                                <Settings className="w-4 h-4 text-violet-500 mb-1" />
-                                <div className="text-2xl font-semibold">
-                                    {storeConfigurations.get(functionId)?.length || 0}
-                                </div>
-                                <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">Configs</div>
-                            </button>
                             <button
                                 onClick={() => setActiveTab('faults')}
                                 className={`p-3 rounded-lg border hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors text-left ${faults.length > 0 ? 'border-red-300 bg-red-50 dark:bg-red-950/30' : ''}`}
diff --git a/src/lib/transforms.test.ts b/src/lib/transforms.test.ts
index 3d9de3b..ea7461d 100644
--- a/src/lib/transforms.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/transforms.test.ts
@@ -437,6 +437,76 @@ describe('transformDataResponse', () => {
         const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [] });
         expect(result).toEqual([]);
     });
+
+    describe('generic vendor middleware extensions', () => {
+        it('marks status="data" and passes value through when gateway inlines value', () => {
+            const raw = {
+                id: 'sensor/temperature',
+                name: 'sensor/temperature',
+                value: 42.5,
+                'x-medkit': { middleware: 'generic', access: 'read', type: 'float32' },
+            };
+            const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [raw] });
+            expect(result[0]?.status).toBe('data');
+            expect(result[0]?.data).toBe(42.5);
+        });
+
+        it('keeps status="metadata_only" when value is absent', () => {
+            const raw = { id: 'x', name: 'x', 'x-medkit': { middleware: 'generic' } };
+            const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [raw] });
+            expect(result[0]?.status).toBe('metadata_only');
+            expect(result[0]?.data).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        it('preserves null value with status="data"', () => {
+            const raw = { id: 'x', name: 'x', value: null };
+            const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [raw] });
+            expect(result[0]?.status).toBe('data');
+            expect(result[0]?.data).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        it('uses x-medkit.type as type label when ros2.type is absent', () => {
+            const raw = {
+                id: 'payload',
+                name: 'payload',
+                'x-medkit': { middleware: 'generic', type: 'u16' },
+            };
+            const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [raw] });
+            expect(result[0]?.type).toBe('u16');
+        });
+
+        it('prefers ros2.type over x-medkit.type when both present', () => {
+            const raw = {
+                id: 'x',
+                name: 'x',
+                'x-medkit': { type: 'generic-label', ros2: { type: 'std_msgs/msg/Int32' } },
+            };
+            const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [raw] });
+            // ROS 2 type is preferred so canonical topics stay recognisable.
+            // Keeps precedence consistent with `direction`.
+            expect(result[0]?.type).toBe('std_msgs/msg/Int32');
+        });
+
+        it('treats direction "output" as publish', () => {
+            const raw = { id: 'x', name: 'x', 'x-medkit': { direction: 'output' } };
+            const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [raw] });
+            expect(result[0]?.isPublisher).toBe(true);
+            expect(result[0]?.isSubscriber).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('treats direction "input" as subscribe', () => {
+            const raw = { id: 'x', name: 'x', 'x-medkit': { direction: 'input' } };
+            const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [raw] });
+            expect(result[0]?.isPublisher).toBe(false);
+            expect(result[0]?.isSubscriber).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('reads direction from x-medkit.direction when ros2.direction is absent', () => {
+            const raw = { id: 'x', name: 'x', 'x-medkit': { direction: 'publish' } };
+            const result = transformDataResponse({ items: [raw] });
+            expect(result[0]?.uniqueKey).toBe('x:publish');
+        });
+    });
 });
 
 // =============================================================================
diff --git a/src/lib/transforms.ts b/src/lib/transforms.ts
index 152ee86..bc9506e 100644
--- a/src/lib/transforms.ts
+++ b/src/lib/transforms.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ interface RawOperation {
  * Transform the raw operations list response into `Operation[]`.
  *
  * Extracts `kind`, `path`, and `type` from the `x-medkit` vendor extension.
+ *
+ * NOTE: currently only reads `x-medkit.ros2.*`. Extending the generic
+ * middleware fallback here (parity with `transformDataResponse`) is tracked
+ * separately.
  */
 export function transformOperationsResponse(rawData: unknown): Operation[] {
     if (!rawData || typeof rawData !== 'object') return [];
@@ -254,12 +258,27 @@ export function transformOperationsResponse(rawData: unknown): Operation[] {
 
 /**
  * Raw data item shape from the gateway data endpoint.
+ *
+ * Fields under `x-medkit` are generic SOVD vendor extensions. Gateways may
+ * populate any subset depending on the underlying middleware; the UI treats
+ * them as optional metadata and falls back to ROS 2 semantics when they are
+ * absent.
  */
 interface RawDataItem {
     id: string;
     name?: string;
     category?: string;
+    /** Current value inlined by the gateway when available. */
+    value?: unknown;
     'x-medkit'?: {
+        /** Middleware identifier (e.g. 'ros2'); consumers treat any other value as non-ROS 2. */
+        middleware?: string;
+        /** Access mode ('read' | 'write' | 'readwrite'). */
+        access?: string;
+        /** Vendor-provided type label, used when no ROS 2 message type is available. */
+        type?: string;
+        /** Direction: 'publish'/'subscribe'/'both' or 'input'/'output' as alternative terms. */
+        direction?: string;
         ros2?: { topic?: string; type?: string; direction?: string };
         type_info?: { schema?: unknown; default_value?: unknown };
     };
@@ -269,21 +288,31 @@ interface RawDataItem {
  * Transform the raw data list response into `ComponentTopic[]`.
  *
  * Extracts topic metadata (type, direction, schema) from the `x-medkit` extension.
+ * When the gateway inlines a `value`, the resulting topic is marked as `status:
+ * 'data'` so that non-streaming middlewares render their current value immediately.
  */
 export function transformDataResponse(rawData: unknown): ComponentTopic[] {
     if (!rawData || typeof rawData !== 'object') return [];
     const dataItems = unwrapItems<RawDataItem>(rawData);
     return dataItems.map((item) => {
-        const rawTypeInfo = item['x-medkit']?.type_info;
+        const xm = item['x-medkit'];
+        const rawTypeInfo = xm?.type_info;
         const convertedSchema = rawTypeInfo?.schema ? convertJsonSchemaToTopicSchema(rawTypeInfo.schema) : undefined;
-        const direction = item['x-medkit']?.ros2?.direction;
-        const topicName = item.name || item['x-medkit']?.ros2?.topic || item.id;
+        // `input`/`output` are alternative direction terms used by non-ROS 2 middlewares.
+        const direction = xm?.ros2?.direction ?? xm?.direction;
+        const topicName = item.name || xm?.ros2?.topic || item.id;
+        // Prefer the ROS 2 message type when present so canonical topics stay
+        // recognisable; the generic vendor label only fills the gap when no
+        // ROS 2 type was published. This keeps precedence consistent with
+        // `direction` above.
+        const typeLabel = xm?.ros2?.type ?? xm?.type;
+        const hasValue = item.value !== undefined;
         return {
             topic: topicName,
             timestamp: Date.now(),
-            data: null,
-            status: 'metadata_only' as const,
-            type: item['x-medkit']?.ros2?.type,
+            data: hasValue ? item.value : null,
+            status: hasValue ? ('data' as const) : ('metadata_only' as const),
+            type: typeLabel,
             type_info: convertedSchema
                 ? {
                       schema: convertedSchema,
@@ -291,8 +320,8 @@ export function transformDataResponse(rawData: unknown): ComponentTopic[] {
                   }
                 : undefined,
             // Direction-based fields for apps/functions.
-            isPublisher: direction === 'publish' || direction === 'both',
-            isSubscriber: direction === 'subscribe' || direction === 'both',
+            isPublisher: direction === 'publish' || direction === 'both' || direction === 'output',
+            isSubscriber: direction === 'subscribe' || direction === 'both' || direction === 'input',
             uniqueKey: direction ? `${topicName}:${direction}` : topicName,
         };
     });
@@ -318,6 +347,10 @@ interface RawConfigurationsResponse {
  *
  * All meaningful data lives in the `x-medkit` extension. The `entityId` parameter
  * is used as a fallback when `x-medkit` fields are absent.
+ *
+ * NOTE: currently only reads `x-medkit.ros2.*`. Extending the generic
+ * middleware fallback here (parity with `transformDataResponse`) is tracked
+ * separately.
  */
 export function transformConfigurationsResponse(rawData: unknown, entityId: string): ComponentConfigurations {
     if (!rawData || typeof rawData !== 'object') {