diff --git a/changes/28713-gitops-checkbox-status-replica-env b/changes/28713-gitops-checkbox-status-replica-env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e06f820934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/28713-gitops-checkbox-status-replica-env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Refactored PATH fleet/config end-point to use the primary DB node for both persisting changes and fetching modified App Config.
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diff --git a/server/service/appconfig.go b/server/service/appconfig.go
index 525a6fc965..b822f6464b 100644
--- a/server/service/appconfig.go
+++ b/server/service/appconfig.go
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ func (svc *Service) ModifyAppConfig(ctx context.Context, p []byte, applyOpts fle
 	}
 
 	// retrieve new app config with obfuscated secrets
-	obfuscatedAppConfig, err := svc.ds.AppConfig(ctx)
+	obfuscatedAppConfig, err := svc.ds.AppConfig(ctxdb.RequirePrimary(ctx, true))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}