diff --git a/include/asterisk/stasis_message_router.h b/include/asterisk/stasis_message_router.h
index 649eef13717309a6df6fb6582ca8617417cbd083..ba3f8bbaa6ab702b0c0365b3b267e74b47faa5ee 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/stasis_message_router.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/stasis_message_router.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void stasis_message_router_remove_cache_update(
  * \brief Sets the default route of a router.
  *
  * \param router Router to set the default route of.
- * \param callback Callback to forard messages which otherwise have no home.
+ * \param callback Callback to forward messages which otherwise have no home.
  * \param data Data pointer to pass to \a callback.
  *
  * \retval 0 on success
@@ -244,6 +244,27 @@ int stasis_message_router_set_default(struct stasis_message_router *router,
 				      stasis_subscription_cb callback,
 				      void *data);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Sets the default route of a router with formatters.
+ *
+ * \param router Router to set the default route of.
+ * \param callback Callback to forward messages which otherwise have no home.
+ * \param data Data pointer to pass to \a callback.
+ * \param formatters A bitmap of \ref stasis_subscription_message_formatters we wish to receive.
+ *
+ * \since 13.26.0
+ * \since 16.3.0
+ *
+ * \note If formatters are specified then the message router will remain in a selective
+ * filtering state. Any explicit routes will receive messages of their message type and
+ * the default callback will only receive messages that have one of the given formatters.
+ * Explicit routes will not be filtered according to the given formatters.
+ */
+void stasis_message_router_set_formatters_default(struct stasis_message_router *router,
+	stasis_subscription_cb callback,
+	void *data,
+	enum stasis_subscription_message_formatters formatters);
+
 /*!
  * \brief Indicate to a message router that we are interested in messages with one or more formatters.
  *
diff --git a/main/manager.c b/main/manager.c
index 3e41198c0f03b81c8653b5f2753f8fd2bb86213e..0c715e45f2893ebf7d5ba3bce910f52c68d250a0 100644
--- a/main/manager.c
+++ b/main/manager.c
@@ -8899,8 +8899,8 @@ static int manager_subscriptions_init(void)
 	stasis_message_router_set_congestion_limits(stasis_router, -1,
 		6 * AST_TASKPROCESSOR_HIGH_WATER_LEVEL);
 
-	res |= stasis_message_router_set_default(stasis_router,
-		manager_default_msg_cb, NULL);
+	stasis_message_router_set_formatters_default(stasis_router,
+		manager_default_msg_cb, NULL, STASIS_SUBSCRIPTION_FORMATTER_AMI);
 
 	res |= stasis_message_router_add(stasis_router,
 		ast_manager_get_generic_type(), manager_generic_msg_cb, NULL);
diff --git a/main/manager_channels.c b/main/manager_channels.c
index edbc770a075ae9a9a59c8dcb13f0f863874fac6e..218e0b4a6057edf5832b719a327a5a184b34a5b6 100644
--- a/main/manager_channels.c
+++ b/main/manager_channels.c
@@ -1255,6 +1255,10 @@ int manager_channels_init(void)
 
 	ast_register_cleanup(manager_channels_shutdown);
 
+	/* The snapshot type has a special handler as it can result in multiple
+	 * manager events being queued due to aspects of the snapshot itself
+	 * changing.
+	 */
 	ret |= stasis_message_router_add(message_router,
 		ast_channel_snapshot_type(), channel_snapshot_update, NULL);
 
diff --git a/main/stasis_message_router.c b/main/stasis_message_router.c
index 3d1a1a091bb53670ab145d2a38b79d9067637b59..7f2358f5b6820a1c097b791c74bf9fc2ca23233b 100644
--- a/main/stasis_message_router.c
+++ b/main/stasis_message_router.c
@@ -387,19 +387,34 @@ void stasis_message_router_remove_cache_update(
 int stasis_message_router_set_default(struct stasis_message_router *router,
 	stasis_subscription_cb callback,
 	void *data)
+{
+	stasis_message_router_set_formatters_default(router, callback, data, STASIS_SUBSCRIPTION_FORMATTER_NONE);
+
+	/* While this implementation can never fail, it used to be able to */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void stasis_message_router_set_formatters_default(struct stasis_message_router *router,
+	stasis_subscription_cb callback,
+	void *data,
+	enum stasis_subscription_message_formatters formatters)
 {
 	ast_assert(router != NULL);
 	ast_assert(callback != NULL);
 
+	stasis_subscription_accept_formatters(router->subscription, formatters);
+
 	ao2_lock(router);
 	router->default_route.callback = callback;
 	router->default_route.data = data;
 	ao2_unlock(router);
 
-	stasis_subscription_set_filter(router->subscription, STASIS_SUBSCRIPTION_FILTER_FORCED_NONE);
-
-	/* While this implementation can never fail, it used to be able to */
-	return 0;
+	if (formatters == STASIS_SUBSCRIPTION_FORMATTER_NONE) {
+		/* Formatters govern what messages the default callback get, so it is only if none is
+		 * specified that we accept all messages regardless.
+		 */
+		stasis_subscription_set_filter(router->subscription, STASIS_SUBSCRIPTION_FILTER_FORCED_NONE);
+	}
 }
 
 void stasis_message_router_accept_formatters(struct stasis_message_router *router,
diff --git a/res/stasis/app.c b/res/stasis/app.c
index eb49243c58c7686fa0c30578ada630b6b4d12ea5..585eddaf8121ac4de646244734d6fb83706c35a0 100644
--- a/res/stasis/app.c
+++ b/res/stasis/app.c
@@ -317,16 +317,25 @@ static void call_forwarded_handler(struct stasis_app *app, struct stasis_message
 	ast_channel_unref(chan);
 }
 
-static void sub_default_handler(void *data, struct stasis_subscription *sub,
+static void sub_subscription_change_handler(void *data, struct stasis_subscription *sub,
 	struct stasis_message *message)
 {
 	struct stasis_app *app = data;
-	struct ast_json *json;
 
 	if (stasis_subscription_final_message(sub, message)) {
 		ao2_cleanup(app);
 	}
+}
+
+static void sub_default_handler(void *data, struct stasis_subscription *sub,
+	struct stasis_message *message)
+{
+	struct stasis_app *app = data;
+	struct ast_json *json;
 
+	/* The dial type can be converted to JSON so it will always be passed
+	 * here.
+	 */
 	if (stasis_message_type(message) == ast_channel_dial_type()) {
 		call_forwarded_handler(app, message);
 	}
@@ -803,7 +812,7 @@ static void bridge_attended_transfer_handler(void *data, struct stasis_subscript
 	}
 }
 
-static void bridge_default_handler(void *data, struct stasis_subscription *sub,
+static void bridge_subscription_change_handler(void *data, struct stasis_subscription *sub,
 	struct stasis_message *message)
 {
 	struct stasis_app *app = data;
@@ -930,8 +939,8 @@ struct stasis_app *app_create(const char *name, stasis_app_cb handler, void *dat
 	res |= stasis_message_router_add(app->bridge_router,
 		ast_attended_transfer_type(), bridge_attended_transfer_handler, app);
 
-	res |= stasis_message_router_set_default(app->bridge_router,
-		bridge_default_handler, app);
+	res |= stasis_message_router_add(app->bridge_router,
+		stasis_subscription_change_type(), bridge_subscription_change_handler, app);
 
 	if (res != 0) {
 		return NULL;
@@ -953,8 +962,11 @@ struct stasis_app *app_create(const char *name, stasis_app_cb handler, void *dat
 	res |= stasis_message_router_add_cache_update(app->router,
 		ast_endpoint_snapshot_type(), sub_endpoint_update_handler, app);
 
-	res |= stasis_message_router_set_default(app->router,
-		sub_default_handler, app);
+	res |= stasis_message_router_add(app->router,
+		stasis_subscription_change_type(), sub_subscription_change_handler, app);
+
+	stasis_message_router_set_formatters_default(app->router,
+		sub_default_handler, app, STASIS_SUBSCRIPTION_FORMATTER_JSON);
 
 	if (res != 0) {
 		return NULL;