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@@ -1385,9 +1385,9 @@ so a stolen cookie jar is worth 30 days of re-mintable access, not ten minutes.
 obey `SECURE_COOKIES`; the Kratos one takes its flags from Kratos' own config.
 
 **The CSRF token isn't bound to the session.** It is a signed double-submit token, so an attacker who
-can write cookies on your origin can plant one they know. `SameSite=Lax` and HSTS
-(`includeSubDomains`) are what keep that attacker out; it holds while the session cookie stays
-`SameSite=Lax` or stricter.
+can write cookies on your origin can plant one they know. `SameSite=Lax` keeps a cross-site page
+out, and HSTS (`SECURE_COOKIES=true`) a network attacker. A hostile page on a sibling subdomain can
+still set cookies, so host nothing untrusted on one.
 
 **Offboarding is not instant by default** — a revoked permission or deactivated identity lands
 within one token TTL, unless the [denylist](#instant-revoke-the-optional-denylist) is on.
@@ -1646,14 +1646,15 @@ schedule, and rehearse the restore.
 Every response carries security headers (`src/http/security-headers.ts`): a strict
 `Content-Security-Policy` (the core is zero-JS — `script-src 'self'`, no inline scripts),
 `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff`, `X-Frame-Options: DENY` + `frame-ancestors 'none'`,
-`Referrer-Policy`, and HSTS when `SECURE_COOKIES=true`. A page or JSON response is
-`Cache-Control: private, no-store`, so a shared cache never keeps one user's page for the next; only
-the built-in landing `/`, for a visitor who is signed out and already holds the CSRF cookie, is
-shared-cacheable. A route whose page is the same for everyone sets its own `cache-control` via
-`RouteResult.headers`. The CSP allows **same-origin** assets only,
+`Referrer-Policy`, and HSTS when `SECURE_COOKIES=true`. The CSP allows **same-origin** assets only,
 so a branding logo must live under `/public/` or be a `data:` URI; a plugin route can override any
 header per-response via `RouteResult.headers`.
 
+Every page and JSON response is `Cache-Control: private, no-store`, so a cache in front of `web`
+never keeps one user's page for the next. A route may override it only for a page that is the same for
+every visitor: no user, no CSRF token, no `Set-Cookie`, since the host adds a fresh CSRF cookie to
+every plugin route.
+
 A deep link reached while signed out — or after the session JWT lapses mid-task — bounces to the
 themed sign-in and returns to the **page that was requested** (`return_to`, validated host-relative
 by `localPath` in `src/http/safe-url.ts`, so a crafted value can't turn login completion into an open