diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 781b639d7..95d57cf3b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -494,7 +494,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-test",
  "actix-web",
  "actix-ws",
- "autoconnect_registry",
  "autoconnect_settings",
  "autoconnect_web",
  "autoconnect_ws",
@@ -530,13 +529,15 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "autoconnect_registry"
+name = "autoconnect_common"
 version = "1.66.0"
 dependencies = [
- "autoconnect_ws",
  "autopush_common",
- "futures 0.3.27",
  "futures-locks 0.7.1",
+ "reqwest 0.11.15",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
  "uuid 1.3.0",
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "autoconnect_settings"
 version = "1.66.0"
 dependencies = [
- "autoconnect_registry",
+ "autoconnect_common",
  "autopush_common",
  "cadence",
  "config",
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-rt",
  "actix-web",
  "actix-ws",
- "autoconnect_registry",
+ "autoconnect_common",
  "autoconnect_settings",
  "autoconnect_ws",
  "autopush_common",
@@ -599,7 +600,6 @@ name = "autoconnect_ws_clientsm"
 version = "1.66.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
- "autoconnect_registry",
  "autoconnect_settings",
  "autoconnect_web",
  "autoconnect_ws",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2f2c65277..4442a18a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ members = [
     "autopush",
     "autoendpoint",
     "autoconnect",
+    "autoconnect/autoconnect-common",
     "autoconnect/autoconnect-settings",
     "autoconnect/autoconnect-web",
     "autoconnect/autoconnect-ws",
@@ -87,13 +88,13 @@ tungstenite = { version = "0.9.2", default-features = false }  # 0.10+ requires
 uuid = { version = "1.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 url = "2.2"
 
-autoconnect = {path = "./autoconnect"}
-autopush_common = {path = "./autopush-common"}
-autoconnect_registry = {path = "./autoconnect/autoconnect-registry"}
-autoconnect_settings = {path = "./autoconnect/autoconnect-settings"}
-autoconnect_web = {path = "./autoconnect/autoconnect-web"}
-autoconnect_ws = {path = "./autoconnect/autoconnect-ws"}
-autoconnect_ws_clientsm = {path ="./autoconnect/autoconnect-ws/autoconnect-ws-clientsm"}
+autoconnect = { path = "./autoconnect" }
+autoconnect_common = { path = "./autoconnect/autoconnect-common" }
+autoconnect_settings = { path = "./autoconnect/autoconnect-settings" }
+autoconnect_web = { path = "./autoconnect/autoconnect-web" }
+autoconnect_ws = { path = "./autoconnect/autoconnect-ws" }
+autoconnect_ws_clientsm = { path ="./autoconnect/autoconnect-ws/autoconnect-ws-clientsm" }
+autopush_common = { path = "./autopush-common" }
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = 1
diff --git a/autoconnect/Cargo.toml b/autoconnect/Cargo.toml
index fcae21725..14cc9e537 100644
--- a/autoconnect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autoconnect/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ slog-stdlog.workspace = true
 slog-term.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 
-autoconnect_registry.workspace = true
 autoconnect_settings.workspace = true
 autoconnect_web.workspace = true
 autoconnect_ws.workspace = true
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-registry/Cargo.toml b/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/Cargo.toml
similarity index 50%
rename from autoconnect/autoconnect-registry/Cargo.toml
rename to autoconnect/autoconnect-common/Cargo.toml
index 03b048f70..2b9e51157 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-registry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 [package]
-name = "autoconnect_registry"
-version.workspace = true
+name = "autoconnect_common"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
 
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-futures.workspace = true
 futures-locks.workspace = true
+reqwest.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_derive.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
 slog.workspace = true
 slog-scope.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 
-autoconnect_ws.workspace = true
+
 autopush_common.workspace = true
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/broadcast.rs b/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/broadcast.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/broadcast.rs
rename to autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/broadcast.rs
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/lib.rs b/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34a1559f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate slog_scope;
+
+pub mod broadcast;
+pub mod protocol;
+pub mod registry;
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/protocol.rs b/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/protocol.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/protocol.rs
rename to autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/protocol.rs
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-registry/src/lib.rs b/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/registry.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from autoconnect/autoconnect-registry/src/lib.rs
rename to autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/registry.rs
index d0a3df366..c4c58ab51 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-registry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-common/src/registry.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// move to own crate to avoid cyclic crate errors.
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate slog_scope;
-
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use futures_locks::RwLock;
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/Cargo.toml b/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/Cargo.toml
index cc20eb596..08ba80e7a 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ serde_derive.workspace = true
 slog.workspace = true
 slog-scope.workspace = true
 
+autoconnect_common.workspace = true
 autopush_common.workspace = true
-autoconnect_registry.workspace = true
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/src/options.rs b/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/src/options.rs
index c4e1dec5c..55ef3daf5 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/src/options.rs
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/src/options.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use cadence::StatsdClient;
 use fernet::{Fernet, MultiFernet};
 
 use crate::{Settings, ENV_PREFIX};
-use autoconnect_registry::ClientRegistry;
+use autoconnect_common::registry::ClientRegistry;
 use autopush_common::db::{client::DbClient, dynamodb::DdbClientImpl, DbSettings, StorageType};
 use autopush_common::{
     errors::{ApcErrorKind, Result},
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/Cargo.toml b/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/Cargo.toml
index dff1ed359..d35ffd68d 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ slog-scope.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 
 
-autoconnect_registry.workspace = true
+autoconnect_common.workspace = true
 autoconnect_settings.workspace = true
 autoconnect_ws.workspace = true
 autopush_common.workspace = true
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/client.rs b/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/client.rs
index b21bf6a53..c06061426 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/client.rs
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/client.rs
@@ -11,16 +11,17 @@ use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use serde_json::json;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use autoconnect_registry::RegisteredClient;
+use autoconnect_common::{
+    broadcast::Broadcast,
+    protocol::{ClientAck, ClientMessage, ServerMessage},
+    registry::RegisteredClient,
+};
 use autoconnect_settings::options::AppState;
 use autopush_common::db::{self, User};
 use autopush_common::errors::{ApcError, ApcErrorKind, Result};
 use autopush_common::notification::Notification;
 use autopush_common::util::ms_since_epoch;
 
-use crate::broadcast::Broadcast;
-use crate::protocol::{ClientAck, ClientMessage, ServerMessage};
-
 /// Client & Registry functions.
 /// These are common functions run by connected WebSocket clients.
 /// These are called from the Autoconnect server.
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/lib.rs b/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/lib.rs
index c3550228e..164e465b3 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-web/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ extern crate slog;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate slog_scope;
 
-pub mod broadcast;
 pub mod client;
 pub mod dockerflow;
 pub mod metrics;
-pub mod protocol;
diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-ws/autoconnect-ws-clientsm/Cargo.toml b/autoconnect/autoconnect-ws/autoconnect-ws-clientsm/Cargo.toml
index 31904df6f..46584a185 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-ws/autoconnect-ws-clientsm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-ws/autoconnect-ws-clientsm/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ actix-web.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 
 autopush_common.workspace = true
-autoconnect_registry.workspace = true
 autoconnect_settings.workspace = true
 autoconnect_web.workspace = true
 autoconnect_ws.workspace = true