%% Check if any connected peer has this address
    lists:any(
        fun({_ConnPid, PeerMeta}) ->
            maps:get(address, PeerMeta, undefined) =:= Address
        end,
        maps:to_list(Peers)
    ).

    %% Address is "Host:Port" string from DB
    %% Peers values have address as {IPTuple, Port} usually
    
    %% 1. Parse and resolve the persistent address
    Target = case string:split(Address, ":") of
        [HostStr, PortStr] ->
            try
                Port = list_to_integer(PortStr),
                case inet:getaddr(HostStr, inet) of
                    {ok, IP} -> {IP, Port};
                    _ -> undefined
                end
            catch
                _:_ -> undefined
            end;
        _ -> undefined
    end,
    case Target of
        undefined -> false;
        TargetAddr ->
            %% 2. Check if any connected peer matches this resolved address
            lists:any(
                fun({_ConnPid, PeerMeta}) ->
                    case maps:get(address, PeerMeta, undefined) of
                        {IP, Port} -> {IP, Port} =:= TargetAddr;
                        _ -> false
                    end
                end,
                maps:to_list(Peers)
            )
    end.