diff --git a/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/ecalmon_tree_widget/process_widget.cpp b/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/ecalmon_tree_widget/process_widget.cpp
index f1fcdba3c6..752cb4a667 100644
--- a/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/ecalmon_tree_widget/process_widget.cpp
+++ b/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/ecalmon_tree_widget/process_widget.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2019 Continental Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2025 Continental Corporation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ void ProcessWidget::autoSizeColumns()
     (int)ProcessTreeModel::Columns::TIMESYNC_MOD_NAME,
     (int)ProcessTreeModel::Columns::COMPONENT_INIT_INFO,
     (int)ProcessTreeModel::Columns::ECAL_RUNTIME_VERSION,
+    (int)ProcessTreeModel::Columns::CONFIG_FILE_PATH,
   };
 
   for (int column : columns_to_resize)
diff --git a/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_item.cpp b/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_item.cpp
index fce556388f..d502c7abf4 100644
--- a/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_item.cpp
+++ b/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_item.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2019 Continental Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2025 Continental Corporation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ QVariant ProcessTreeItem::data(Columns column, Qt::ItemDataRole role) const
     {
       return process_.ecal_runtime_version().c_str();
     }
+    else if (column == Columns::CONFIG_FILE_PATH)
+    {
+      return process_.config_file_path().c_str();
+    }
     else
     {
       return QVariant();
diff --git a/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_item.h b/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_item.h
index 62aa0642a8..071933dce8 100644
--- a/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_item.h
+++ b/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_item.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2019 Continental Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2025 Continental Corporation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class ProcessTreeItem :
     TSYNC_STATE,
     TSYNC_MOD_NAME,
     COMPONENT_INIT_INFO,
-    ECAL_RUNTIME_VERSION
+    ECAL_RUNTIME_VERSION,
+    CONFIG_FILE_PATH
   };
 
   ProcessTreeItem();
diff --git a/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_model.h b/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_model.h
index bfd6758aa5..2f9ae88653 100644
--- a/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_model.h
+++ b/app/mon/mon_gui/src/widgets/models/process_tree_model.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2019 Continental Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2025 Continental Corporation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class ProcessTreeModel : public GroupTreeModel
     TIMESYNC_MOD_NAME,
     COMPONENT_INIT_INFO,
     ECAL_RUNTIME_VERSION,
+    CONFIG_FILE_PATH,
 
     COLUMN_COUNT
   };
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ class ProcessTreeModel : public GroupTreeModel
     { Columns::TIMESYNC_MOD_NAME,    "Timesync Mod Name" },
     { Columns::COMPONENT_INIT_INFO,  "Component Initialization" },
     { Columns::ECAL_RUNTIME_VERSION, "eCAL Runtime Version" },
+    { Columns::CONFIG_FILE_PATH,     "Loaded configuration file" },
   };
 
   std::map<Columns, int> column_mapping =
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ class ProcessTreeModel : public GroupTreeModel
     { Columns::TIMESYNC_MOD_NAME,    (int)ProcessTreeItem::Columns::TSYNC_MOD_NAME },
     { Columns::COMPONENT_INIT_INFO,  (int)ProcessTreeItem::Columns::COMPONENT_INIT_INFO },
     { Columns::ECAL_RUNTIME_VERSION, (int)ProcessTreeItem::Columns::ECAL_RUNTIME_VERSION },
+    { Columns::CONFIG_FILE_PATH,     (int)ProcessTreeItem::Columns::CONFIG_FILE_PATH },
   };
 
   std::map<std::string, ProcessTreeItem*> tree_item_map_;
diff --git a/ecal/core/include/ecal/config/configuration.h b/ecal/core/include/ecal/config/configuration.h
index 3f9e65b371..f6827da3f0 100644
--- a/ecal/core/include/ecal/config/configuration.h
+++ b/ecal/core/include/ecal/config/configuration.h
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ namespace eCAL
     ECAL_API std::string GetYamlFilePath() const;
 
     protected:
-      std::string ecal_yaml_file_path;
+      std::string ecal_yaml_file_path = "abc";
   };
 }
diff --git a/ecal/core/include/ecal/types/monitoring.h b/ecal/core/include/ecal/types/monitoring.h
index 507da49ffa..ecc6c15bce 100644
--- a/ecal/core/include/ecal/types/monitoring.h
+++ b/ecal/core/include/ecal/types/monitoring.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ namespace eCAL
       std::string    component_init_info;                       //!< like comp_init_state as human readable string (pub|sub|srv|mon|log|time|proc)
 
       std::string    ecal_runtime_version;                      //!< loaded / runtime eCAL version of a component
+      std::string    config_file_path;                          //!< Filepath of the configuration filepath that was loaded
     };
 
     struct SMethodMon                                           //<! eCAL Server Method struct
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/monitoring/ecal_monitoring_impl.cpp b/ecal/core/src/monitoring/ecal_monitoring_impl.cpp
index d9a9043f28..3d5d1654cc 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/monitoring/ecal_monitoring_impl.cpp
+++ b/ecal/core/src/monitoring/ecal_monitoring_impl.cpp
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ namespace eCAL
     const int             component_init_state         = sample_process.component_init_state;
     const std::string&    component_init_info          = sample_process.component_init_info;
     const std::string&    ecal_runtime_version         = sample_process.ecal_runtime_version;
+    const std::string&    config_file_path             = sample_process.config_file_path;
 
     // create map key
     const auto& process_map_key = sample_.identifier.entity_id;
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ namespace eCAL
     ProcessInfo.component_init_state = component_init_state;
     ProcessInfo.component_init_info  = component_init_info;
     ProcessInfo.ecal_runtime_version = ecal_runtime_version;
+    ProcessInfo.config_file_path     = config_file_path;
 
     return(true);
   }
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/registration/ecal_process_registration.cpp b/ecal/core/src/registration/ecal_process_registration.cpp
index 57832846f3..d40b09dda0 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/registration/ecal_process_registration.cpp
+++ b/ecal/core/src/registration/ecal_process_registration.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ eCAL::Registration::Sample eCAL::Registration::GetProcessRegisterSample()
   process_sample_process.component_init_info = component_info;
 
   process_sample_process.ecal_runtime_version = eCAL::GetVersionString();
+  process_sample_process.config_file_path = eCAL::GetConfiguration().GetYamlFilePath();
 
   return process_sample;
 }
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_serialize_monitoring.cpp b/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_serialize_monitoring.cpp
index 5a42099fae..35d09c8958 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_serialize_monitoring.cpp
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_serialize_monitoring.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ namespace
     eCAL::nanopb::encode_string(pb_process_.component_init_info, process_.component_init_info);
     // ecal_runtime_version
     eCAL::nanopb::encode_string(pb_process_.ecal_runtime_version, process_.ecal_runtime_version);
+    // config_file_path
+    eCAL::nanopb::encode_string(pb_process_.config_file_path, process_.config_file_path);
   }
 
   bool encode_mon_message_processes_field(pb_ostream_t* stream, const pb_field_iter_t* field, void* const* arg)
@@ -512,6 +514,8 @@ namespace
     eCAL::nanopb::decode_string(pb_process_.component_init_info, process_.component_init_info);
     // ecal_runtime_version
     eCAL::nanopb::decode_string(pb_process_.ecal_runtime_version, process_.ecal_runtime_version);
+    // ecal_config_path
+    eCAL::nanopb::decode_string(pb_process_.config_file_path, process_.config_file_path);
   }
 
   void AssignValues(const eCAL_pb_Process& pb_process_, eCAL::Monitoring::SProcessMon& process_)
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_serialize_sample_registration.cpp b/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_serialize_sample_registration.cpp
index e6c6750280..cccada8fe0 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_serialize_sample_registration.cpp
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_serialize_sample_registration.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ namespace
     eCAL::nanopb::encode_string(pb_process_.component_init_info, registration_process_.component_init_info);
     // ecal_runtime_version
     eCAL::nanopb::encode_string(pb_process_.ecal_runtime_version, registration_process_.ecal_runtime_version);
+    // configuration path
+    eCAL::nanopb::encode_string(pb_process_.config_file_path, registration_process_.config_file_path);
   }
 
   ///////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -330,6 +332,8 @@ namespace
     eCAL::nanopb::decode_string(pb_sample_.process.component_init_info, registration_.process.component_init_info);
     // ecal_runtime_version
     eCAL::nanopb::decode_string(pb_sample_.process.ecal_runtime_version, registration_.process.ecal_runtime_version);
+    // config_file_path
+    eCAL::nanopb::decode_string(pb_sample_.process.config_file_path, registration_.process.config_file_path);
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////
     // service information
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_struct_sample_registration.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_struct_sample_registration.h
index 000174fcdd..8cb7d0e323 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_struct_sample_registration.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/ecal_struct_sample_registration.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ namespace eCAL
       int32_t                             component_init_state = 0;     // eCAL component initialization state (eCAL::Initialize(..))
       std::string                         component_init_info;          // like comp_init_state as a human-readable string (pub|sub|srv|mon|log|time|proc)
       std::string                         ecal_runtime_version;         // loaded/runtime eCAL version of a component
+      std::string                         config_file_path;             // Path from where the eCAL configuration for this process was loadedloaded/runtime eCAL version of a component
 
       bool operator==(const Process& other) const {
         return rclock == other.rclock &&
@@ -234,7 +235,8 @@ namespace eCAL
           tsync_mod_name == other.tsync_mod_name &&
           component_init_state == other.component_init_state &&
           component_init_info == other.component_init_info &&
-          ecal_runtime_version == other.ecal_runtime_version;
+          ecal_runtime_version == other.ecal_runtime_version &&
+          config_file_path == other.config_file_path;
       }
 
       void clear()
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ namespace eCAL
         component_init_state = 0;
         component_init_info.clear();
         ecal_runtime_version.clear();
+        config_file_path.clear();
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/datatype.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/datatype.npb.c
index 2f35c2c038..1dd5513fbc 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/datatype.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/datatype.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "datatype.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/datatype.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/datatype.npb.h
index fe8816b31a..c4e8b2de7e 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/datatype.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/datatype.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_DATATYPE_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_DATATYPE_NPB_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/ecal.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/ecal.npb.c
index cd260f71d8..b771f60927 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/ecal.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/ecal.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "ecal.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/ecal.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/ecal.npb.h
index d77987cb4d..0f5bae60e9 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/ecal.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/ecal.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_ECAL_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_ECAL_NPB_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/host.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/host.npb.c
index 54b6cb5e8f..f5c4cab266 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/host.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/host.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "host.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/host.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/host.npb.h
index adc7f50269..fcfa0cb396 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/host.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/host.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_HOST_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_HOST_NPB_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/layer.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/layer.npb.c
index aa8ba1cfb6..d4f85b6830 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/layer.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/layer.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "layer.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/layer.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/layer.npb.h
index 56e6ddac1a..12d579787f 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/layer.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/layer.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_LAYER_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_LAYER_NPB_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/logging.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/logging.npb.c
index a00a3e9e3f..9d88ef98a9 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/logging.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/logging.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "logging.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/logging.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/logging.npb.h
index 1a71f1f174..42033f6b4f 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/logging.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/logging.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_LOGGING_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_LOGGING_NPB_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/monitoring.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/monitoring.npb.c
index f1332cbab4..c7244c840c 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/monitoring.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/monitoring.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "monitoring.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/monitoring.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/monitoring.npb.h
index 24f535965e..432e076845 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/monitoring.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/monitoring.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_MONITORING_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_MONITORING_NPB_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/process.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/process.npb.c
index adecbca87b..02e47a02d1 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/process.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/process.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "process.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/process.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/process.npb.h
index 7139ac4960..bfd6e54450 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/process.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/process.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_PROCESS_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_PROCESS_NPB_H_INCLUDED
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ typedef struct _eCAL_pb_Process { /* Reserved fields in enums are not supported
     pb_callback_t component_init_info; /* like comp_init_state as human readable string (pub|sub|srv|mon|log|time|proc) */
     pb_callback_t ecal_runtime_version; /* loaded / runtime eCAL version of a component */
     pb_callback_t hgname; /* host group name */
+    pb_callback_t config_file_path; /* Path from where the eCAL configuration for this process was loaded */
 } eCAL_pb_Process;
 
 
@@ -86,9 +87,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* Initializer values for message structs */
 #define eCAL_pb_ProcessState_init_default        {_eCAL_pb_eProcessSeverity_MIN, {{NULL}, NULL}, _eCAL_pb_eProcessSeverityLevel_MIN}
-#define eCAL_pb_Process_init_default             {0, {{NULL}, NULL}, 0, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, false, eCAL_pb_ProcessState_init_default, _eCAL_pb_eTSyncState_MIN, {{NULL}, NULL}, 0, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}}
+#define eCAL_pb_Process_init_default             {0, {{NULL}, NULL}, 0, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, false, eCAL_pb_ProcessState_init_default, _eCAL_pb_eTSyncState_MIN, {{NULL}, NULL}, 0, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}}
 #define eCAL_pb_ProcessState_init_zero           {_eCAL_pb_eProcessSeverity_MIN, {{NULL}, NULL}, _eCAL_pb_eProcessSeverityLevel_MIN}
-#define eCAL_pb_Process_init_zero                {0, {{NULL}, NULL}, 0, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, false, eCAL_pb_ProcessState_init_zero, _eCAL_pb_eTSyncState_MIN, {{NULL}, NULL}, 0, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}}
+#define eCAL_pb_Process_init_zero                {0, {{NULL}, NULL}, 0, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, false, eCAL_pb_ProcessState_init_zero, _eCAL_pb_eTSyncState_MIN, {{NULL}, NULL}, 0, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}, {{NULL}, NULL}}
 
 /* Field tags (for use in manual encoding/decoding) */
 #define eCAL_pb_ProcessState_severity_tag        1
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define eCAL_pb_Process_component_init_info_tag  16
 #define eCAL_pb_Process_ecal_runtime_version_tag 17
 #define eCAL_pb_Process_hgname_tag               18
+#define eCAL_pb_Process_config_file_path_tag     19
 
 /* Struct field encoding specification for nanopb */
 #define eCAL_pb_ProcessState_FIELDLIST(X, a) \
@@ -129,7 +131,8 @@ X(a, CALLBACK, SINGULAR, STRING,   tsync_mod_name,   14) \
 X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, INT32,    component_init_state,  15) \
 X(a, CALLBACK, SINGULAR, STRING,   component_init_info,  16) \
 X(a, CALLBACK, SINGULAR, STRING,   ecal_runtime_version,  17) \
-X(a, CALLBACK, SINGULAR, STRING,   hgname,           18)
+X(a, CALLBACK, SINGULAR, STRING,   hgname,           18) \
+X(a, CALLBACK, SINGULAR, STRING,   config_file_path,  19)
 #define eCAL_pb_Process_CALLBACK pb_default_field_callback
 #define eCAL_pb_Process_DEFAULT NULL
 #define eCAL_pb_Process_state_MSGTYPE eCAL_pb_ProcessState
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/service.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/service.npb.c
index 77181a02b1..e317173c7d 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/service.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/service.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "service.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/service.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/service.npb.h
index 27d8ade85b..51cf81e9ba 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/service.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/service.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_SERVICE_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_SERVICE_NPB_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/topic.npb.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/topic.npb.c
index c192e6fafe..5c12737c5c 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/topic.npb.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/topic.npb.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb constant definitions */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #include "topic.npb.h"
 #if PB_PROTO_HEADER_VERSION != 40
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/topic.npb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/topic.npb.h
index 56ba216513..b0acdda941 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/topic.npb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/ecal/core/pb/topic.npb.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Automatically generated nanopb header */
-/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9 */
+/* Generated by nanopb-0.4.9.1 */
 
 #ifndef PB_ECAL_PB_TOPIC_NPB_H_INCLUDED
 #define PB_ECAL_PB_TOPIC_NPB_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/pb.h b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/pb.h
index 1bff70e4e6..10249bb651 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/pb.h
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/pb.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 /* Version of the nanopb library. Just in case you want to check it in
  * your own program. */
-#define NANOPB_VERSION "nanopb-0.4.9"
+#define NANOPB_VERSION "nanopb-0.4.9.1"
 
 /* Include all the system headers needed by nanopb. You will need the
  * definitions of the following:
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/pb_decode.c b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/pb_decode.c
index 068306a053..b3f96fc764 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/pb_decode.c
+++ b/ecal/core/src/serialization/nanopb/pb_decode.c
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ bool checkreturn pb_decode_ex(pb_istream_t *stream, const pb_msgdesc_t *fields,
       status = pb_decode_inner(&substream, fields, dest_struct, flags);
 
       if (!pb_close_string_substream(stream, &substream))
-        return false;
+        status = false;
     }
     
 #ifdef PB_ENABLE_MALLOC
diff --git a/ecal/core_pb/src/ecal/core/pb/process.proto b/ecal/core_pb/src/ecal/core/pb/process.proto
index e59d3dae77..53f08e8af1 100644
--- a/ecal/core_pb/src/ecal/core/pb/process.proto
+++ b/ecal/core_pb/src/ecal/core/pb/process.proto
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2024 Continental Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2025 Continental Corporation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -74,4 +74,5 @@ message Process                                           // process
   int32                     component_init_state = 15;    // eCAL component initialization state (eCAL::Initialize(..))
   string                    component_init_info  = 16;    // like comp_init_state as human readable string (pub|sub|srv|mon|log|time|proc)
   string                    ecal_runtime_version = 17;    // loaded / runtime eCAL version of a component
+  string                    config_file_path     = 19;    // Path from where the eCAL configuration for this process was loaded 
 }
diff --git a/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/monitoring_compare.cpp b/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/monitoring_compare.cpp
index 21913181b3..3f4b26e4ea 100644
--- a/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/monitoring_compare.cpp
+++ b/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/monitoring_compare.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2024 Continental Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2025 Continental Corporation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ namespace eCAL
           monitoring1.processes[i].tsync_mod_name != monitoring2.processes[i].tsync_mod_name ||
           monitoring1.processes[i].component_init_state != monitoring2.processes[i].component_init_state ||
           monitoring1.processes[i].component_init_info != monitoring2.processes[i].component_init_info ||
-          monitoring1.processes[i].ecal_runtime_version != monitoring2.processes[i].ecal_runtime_version)
+          monitoring1.processes[i].ecal_runtime_version != monitoring2.processes[i].ecal_runtime_version ||
+          monitoring1.processes[i].config_file_path != monitoring2.processes[i].config_file_path
+          )
         {
           return false;
         }
diff --git a/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/monitoring_generate.cpp b/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/monitoring_generate.cpp
index 48b11a7053..7283a04011 100644
--- a/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/monitoring_generate.cpp
+++ b/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/monitoring_generate.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ namespace eCAL
       process.component_init_state = rand() % 10;
       process.component_init_info  = GenerateString(20);
       process.ecal_runtime_version = GenerateString(8);
+      process.config_file_path     = GenerateString(20);
       return process;
     }
 
diff --git a/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/registration_generate.cpp b/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/registration_generate.cpp
index b3fcf522ec..2769356c87 100644
--- a/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/registration_generate.cpp
+++ b/ecal/tests/cpp/serialization_test/src/registration_generate.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ namespace eCAL
       process.component_init_state = rand() % 5;
       process.component_init_info = GenerateString(8);
       process.ecal_runtime_version = GenerateString(5);
+      process.config_file_path = GenerateString(20);
       return process;
     }