diff --git a/hscontrol/integration_test.go b/hscontrol/integration_test.go
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+package hscontrol_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/types"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"zgo.at/zcache/v2"
+)
+
+// TestIssue2714_RegistrationCacheDebugEndpoint tests that the /debug/registration-cache
+// endpoint does not return "json: unsupported type: chan *types.Node" error
+// This is a regression test for GitHub issue #2714
+func TestIssue2714_RegistrationCacheDebugEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a registration cache similar to what's used in State
+	cache := zcache.New[types.RegistrationID, types.RegisterNode](
+		5*time.Minute,
+		1*time.Minute,
+	)
+
+	// Create a minimal RegisterNode that contains the problematic channel
+	// This simulates what would be in the actual registration cache
+	registerNode := types.RegisterNode{
+		Node: types.Node{
+			ID:             types.NodeID(1),
+			Hostname:       "test-node",
+			RegisterMethod: "test",
+			CreatedAt:      time.Now(),
+			UpdatedAt:      time.Now(),
+		},
+		Registered: make(chan *types.Node), // This is the problematic channel
+	}
+
+	// Add the registration to the cache to simulate a real scenario
+	regID := types.RegistrationID("test-reg-1")
+	cache.Set(regID, registerNode)
+
+	// Test the logic from DebugRegistrationCache - this should NOT expose the channel
+	result := map[string]any{
+		"type":       "zcache",
+		"expiration": "15m0s", // registerCacheExpiration
+		"cleanup":    "20m0s", // registerCacheCleanup
+		"status":     "active",
+	}
+
+	// Safely get cache statistics without exposing problematic channels
+	result["item_count"] = cache.ItemCount()
+
+	// Get registration IDs without exposing the full RegisterNode structs
+	keys := cache.Keys()
+	registrationIDs := make([]string, 0, len(keys))
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		registrationIDs = append(registrationIDs, string(key))
+	}
+	result["registration_ids"] = registrationIDs
+
+	// The key assertion: this should NOT fail with "json: unsupported type: chan *types.Node"
+	jsonBytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(result, "", "  ")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "DebugRegistrationCache should always be JSON-serializable")
+
+	// Verify it contains expected data
+	var unmarshaled map[string]interface{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &unmarshaled)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify the expected fields are present
+	expectedFields := []string{"type", "expiration", "cleanup", "status", "item_count", "registration_ids"}
+	for _, field := range expectedFields {
+		_, exists := unmarshaled[field]
+		require.True(t, exists, "Expected field %s not found in response", field)
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, "zcache", unmarshaled["type"])
+	require.Equal(t, "active", unmarshaled["status"])
+	require.Equal(t, "15m0s", unmarshaled["expiration"])
+	require.Equal(t, "20m0s", unmarshaled["cleanup"])
+	require.Equal(t, float64(1), unmarshaled["item_count"]) // JSON numbers are float64
+
+	registrationIDsInterface, ok := unmarshaled["registration_ids"].([]interface{})
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.Len(t, registrationIDsInterface, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "test-reg-1", registrationIDsInterface[0])
+
+	// The key assertion: this test should pass without the "json: unsupported type: chan *types.Node" error
+	t.Log("Successfully verified that DebugRegistrationCache returns valid JSON without channel serialization errors")
+}