diff --git a/core/java/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java b/core/java/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
index 286cdf9..8597329 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/NetworkCapabilities.java
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
             NET_CAPABILITY_TEMPORARILY_NOT_METERED,
             NET_CAPABILITY_OEM_PRIVATE,
             NET_CAPABILITY_VEHICLE_INTERNAL,
+            NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED,
     })
     public @interface NetCapability { }
 
@@ -367,8 +368,17 @@
     @SystemApi
     public static final int NET_CAPABILITY_VEHICLE_INTERNAL = 27;
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates that this network is not managed by a Virtual Carrier Network (VCN).
+     *
+     * TODO(b/177299683): Add additional clarifying javadoc.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @SystemApi
+    public static final int NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED = 28;
+
     private static final int MIN_NET_CAPABILITY = NET_CAPABILITY_MMS;
-    private static final int MAX_NET_CAPABILITY = NET_CAPABILITY_VEHICLE_INTERNAL;
+    private static final int MAX_NET_CAPABILITY = NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED;
 
     /**
      * Network capabilities that are expected to be mutable, i.e., can change while a particular
@@ -385,7 +395,8 @@
             | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_CONGESTED)
             | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_SUSPENDED)
             | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_PARTIAL_CONNECTIVITY)
-            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_TEMPORARILY_NOT_METERED);
+            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_TEMPORARILY_NOT_METERED)
+            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED);
 
     /**
      * Network capabilities that are not allowed in NetworkRequests. This exists because the
@@ -394,16 +405,22 @@
      * can get into a cycle where the NetworkFactory endlessly churns out NetworkAgents that then
      * get immediately torn down because they do not have the requested capability.
      */
+    // Note that as a historical exception, the TRUSTED and NOT_VCN_MANAGED capabilities
+    // are mutable but requestable. Factories are responsible for not getting
+    // in an infinite loop about these.
     private static final long NON_REQUESTABLE_CAPABILITIES =
-            MUTABLE_CAPABILITIES & ~(1 << NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED);
+            MUTABLE_CAPABILITIES
+            & ~(1 << NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED)
+            & ~(1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED);
 
     /**
      * Capabilities that are set by default when the object is constructed.
      */
     private static final long DEFAULT_CAPABILITIES =
-            (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_RESTRICTED) |
-            (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED) |
-            (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VPN);
+            (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_RESTRICTED)
+            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED)
+            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VPN)
+            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED);
 
     /**
      * Capabilities that suggest that a network is restricted.
@@ -463,7 +480,8 @@
             | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VPN)
             | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_ROAMING)
             | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_CONGESTED)
-            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_SUSPENDED);
+            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_SUSPENDED)
+            | (1 << NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED);
 
     /**
      * Adds the given capability to this {@code NetworkCapability} instance.
@@ -1951,6 +1969,7 @@
             case NET_CAPABILITY_TEMPORARILY_NOT_METERED:    return "TEMPORARILY_NOT_METERED";
             case NET_CAPABILITY_OEM_PRIVATE:          return "OEM_PRIVATE";
             case NET_CAPABILITY_VEHICLE_INTERNAL:     return "NET_CAPABILITY_VEHICLE_INTERNAL";
+            case NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED:      return "NOT_VCN_MANAGED";
             default:                                  return Integer.toString(capability);
         }
     }
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/TestNetworkService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/TestNetworkService.java
index e8687e5..a08d066 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/TestNetworkService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/TestNetworkService.java
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
         nc.addTransportType(NetworkCapabilities.TRANSPORT_TEST);
         nc.addCapability(NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_SUSPENDED);
         nc.addCapability(NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_RESTRICTED);
+        nc.addCapability(NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED);
         nc.setNetworkSpecifier(new StringNetworkSpecifier(iface));
         nc.setAdministratorUids(administratorUids);
         if (!isMetered) {
diff --git a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
index 42abad9..a2bec3c 100644
--- a/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
+++ b/tests/net/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityServiceTest.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 import static android.net.NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_RESTRICTED;
 import static android.net.NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_ROAMING;
 import static android.net.NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_SUSPENDED;
+import static android.net.NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED;
 import static android.net.NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VPN;
 import static android.net.NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_PARTIAL_CONNECTIVITY;
 import static android.net.NetworkCapabilities.NET_CAPABILITY_RCS;
@@ -6906,36 +6907,58 @@
         mCm.unregisterNetworkCallback(vpnUidCallback);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test mutable and requestable network capabilities such as
+     * {@link NetworkCapabilities#NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED} and
+     * {@link NetworkCapabilities#NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED}. Verify that the
+     * {@code ConnectivityService} re-assign the networks accordingly.
+     */
     @Test
-    public final void testLoseTrusted() throws Exception {
-        final NetworkRequest trustedRequest = new NetworkRequest.Builder()
-                .addCapability(NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED)
-                .build();
-        final TestNetworkCallback trustedCallback = new TestNetworkCallback();
-        mCm.requestNetwork(trustedRequest, trustedCallback);
+    public final void testLoseMutableAndRequestableCaps() throws Exception {
+        final int[] testCaps = new int [] {
+                NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED,
+                NET_CAPABILITY_NOT_VCN_MANAGED
+        };
+        for (final int testCap : testCaps) {
+            // Create requests with and without the testing capability.
+            final TestNetworkCallback callbackWithCap = new TestNetworkCallback();
+            final TestNetworkCallback callbackWithoutCap = new TestNetworkCallback();
+            mCm.requestNetwork(new NetworkRequest.Builder().addCapability(testCap).build(),
+                    callbackWithCap);
+            mCm.requestNetwork(new NetworkRequest.Builder().removeCapability(testCap).build(),
+                    callbackWithoutCap);
 
-        mCellNetworkAgent = new TestNetworkAgentWrapper(TRANSPORT_CELLULAR);
-        mCellNetworkAgent.connect(true);
-        trustedCallback.expectAvailableThenValidatedCallbacks(mCellNetworkAgent);
-        verify(mMockNetd).networkSetDefault(eq(mCellNetworkAgent.getNetwork().netId));
-        reset(mMockNetd);
+            // Setup networks with testing capability and verify the default network changes.
+            mCellNetworkAgent = new TestNetworkAgentWrapper(TRANSPORT_CELLULAR);
+            mCellNetworkAgent.connect(true);
+            callbackWithCap.expectAvailableThenValidatedCallbacks(mCellNetworkAgent);
+            callbackWithoutCap.expectAvailableThenValidatedCallbacks(mCellNetworkAgent);
+            verify(mMockNetd).networkSetDefault(eq(mCellNetworkAgent.getNetwork().netId));
+            reset(mMockNetd);
 
-        mWiFiNetworkAgent = new TestNetworkAgentWrapper(TRANSPORT_WIFI);
-        mWiFiNetworkAgent.connect(true);
-        trustedCallback.expectAvailableDoubleValidatedCallbacks(mWiFiNetworkAgent);
-        verify(mMockNetd).networkSetDefault(eq(mWiFiNetworkAgent.getNetwork().netId));
-        reset(mMockNetd);
+            mWiFiNetworkAgent = new TestNetworkAgentWrapper(TRANSPORT_WIFI);
+            mWiFiNetworkAgent.connect(true);
+            callbackWithCap.expectAvailableDoubleValidatedCallbacks(mWiFiNetworkAgent);
+            callbackWithoutCap.expectAvailableDoubleValidatedCallbacks(mWiFiNetworkAgent);
+            verify(mMockNetd).networkSetDefault(eq(mWiFiNetworkAgent.getNetwork().netId));
+            reset(mMockNetd);
 
-        mWiFiNetworkAgent.removeCapability(NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED);
-        trustedCallback.expectAvailableCallbacksValidated(mCellNetworkAgent);
-        verify(mMockNetd).networkSetDefault(eq(mCellNetworkAgent.getNetwork().netId));
-        reset(mMockNetd);
+            // Remove the testing capability on wifi, verify the callback and default network
+            // changes back to cellular.
+            mWiFiNetworkAgent.removeCapability(testCap);
+            callbackWithCap.expectAvailableCallbacksValidated(mCellNetworkAgent);
+            callbackWithoutCap.expectCapabilitiesWithout(testCap, mWiFiNetworkAgent);
+            verify(mMockNetd).networkSetDefault(eq(mCellNetworkAgent.getNetwork().netId));
+            reset(mMockNetd);
 
-        mCellNetworkAgent.removeCapability(NET_CAPABILITY_TRUSTED);
-        trustedCallback.expectCallback(CallbackEntry.LOST, mCellNetworkAgent);
-        verify(mMockNetd).networkClearDefault();
+            mCellNetworkAgent.removeCapability(testCap);
+            callbackWithCap.expectCallback(CallbackEntry.LOST, mCellNetworkAgent);
+            callbackWithoutCap.assertNoCallback();
+            verify(mMockNetd).networkClearDefault();
 
-        mCm.unregisterNetworkCallback(trustedCallback);
+            mCm.unregisterNetworkCallback(callbackWithCap);
+            mCm.unregisterNetworkCallback(callbackWithoutCap);
+        }
     }
 
     @Ignore // 40%+ flakiness : figure out why and re-enable.