diff --git a/data/unidentified_dismissed.json b/data/unidentified_dismissed.json
index a4a56f6..e527a45 100644
--- a/data/unidentified_dismissed.json
+++ b/data/unidentified_dismissed.json
@@ -109,5 +109,6 @@
   "IMG_4556.jpeg|Top row, green textured spine with cartoon dinosaur, left of 'Ravensbu...' spine||Green speckled/scaly texture spine with small cartoon dinosaur illustration",
   "IMG_4556.jpeg|Top row, second shelf, spine reading 'Ravensbu...' between an unidentified dark box and green dinosaur-patterned spine|Ravensbu...|White spine with blue text, likely Ravensburger logo/publisher rather than title, top cut off",
   "IMG_4566.jpeg|Top shelf, background, partially obscured behind and above the two Alice Is Missing boxes|TOWN...FUKU (possibly Japanese text)|Colorful box with cartoon character illustrations, appears to be a small/medium sized game box, mostly obscured by foreground items",
-  "IMG_4573.jpeg|Bottom right of cover art, near 'Blackboard' box||Small dark box with logo icon, title illegible due to size and angle"
+  "IMG_4573.jpeg|Bottom right of cover art, near 'Blackboard' box||Small dark box with logo icon, title illegible due to size and angle",
+  "IMG_4573.jpeg|Upper right area of the book cover art, stacked above 'ACTION CASTLE I' box|AC... (partially obscured by hand/fingers)|Red/orange box spine, appears to be part of a series with other 'Action Castle' related titles"
 ]
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/webreview.py b/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
index 5a2a877..d91f336 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
+++ b/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
@@ -330,11 +330,24 @@ def create_app(
         origin_host = urlsplit(origin).hostname if origin else None
         client_ip = request.client.host if request.client else ""
         loopback = client_ip.startswith("127.") or client_ip == "::1"
+        # /static/* is the app's own css/js/artwork — no user data. Safari's
+        # preload scanner fetches them before the document's Set-Cookie is
+        # committed, and browsers probe favicons cookie-less; gating them
+        # would break the first paint for nothing.
+        public = request.url.path.startswith("/static/") or request.url.path in (
+            "/favicon.ico",
+            "/apple-touch-icon.png",
+            "/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png",
+        )
         # Same-machine browsing stays keyless under --lan: a network peer
         # cannot arrive with a loopback CLIENT address, and these requests
         # fall through to the localhost guard below, which still blocks
         # rebinding and cross-origin pages by their foreign Host/Origin.
-        if lan_token is not None and not (loopback and host in ALLOWED_HOSTS):
+        if (
+            lan_token is not None
+            and not (loopback and host in ALLOWED_HOSTS)
+            and not public
+        ):
             # --lan has no login, so EVERY request — reads included: shelf
             # photos and pipeline state are private — needs the per-run
             # key from the printed URL; a cookie carries it afterwards.
@@ -355,20 +368,26 @@ def create_app(
                     },
                     status_code=403,
                 )
+            if request.method in ("GET", "HEAD") and request.query_params.get("k"):
+                # the key arrived in the typed URL: commit it to a cookie
+                # via redirect BEFORE the document loads (the preload
+                # scanner races Set-Cookie on a streaming document), and
+                # scrub the key from the address bar and history
+                response = Response(
+                    status_code=303,
+                    headers={"Location": request.url.path or "/"},
+                )
+                response.set_cookie(
+                    LAN_COOKIE, lan_token, httponly=True, samesite="lax"
+                )
+                return response
             if request.method not in ("GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS") and (
                 origin_host is not None and origin_host != host
             ):
                 return JSONResponse(
                     {"detail": "cross-origin request refused"}, status_code=403
                 )
-            response = await call_next(request)
-            if request.query_params.get("k"):
-                # the key came in the typed URL: hand it to the browser so
-                # navigation and fetches keep working without it
-                response.set_cookie(
-                    LAN_COOKIE, lan_token, httponly=True, samesite="lax"
-                )
-            return response
+            return await call_next(request)
         if request.method not in ("GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS") and (
             host not in ALLOWED_HOSTS
             or (origin_host is not None and origin_host not in ALLOWED_HOSTS)
diff --git a/tests/test_webreview.py b/tests/test_webreview.py
index c221ebf..ad621b2 100644
--- a/tests/test_webreview.py
+++ b/tests/test_webreview.py
@@ -919,9 +919,14 @@ def test_lan_token_gates_every_request(tmp_path):
     # reads are gated too: shelf photos and state are private
     assert phone.get("/api/state").status_code == 403
     assert phone.get("/api/state?k=wrong").status_code == 403
-    first = phone.get("/titles?k=sekret")
-    assert first.status_code == 200
-    assert "bggpipe_key" in first.cookies  # the URL key becomes a cookie
+    # the app's own assets are public: the preload scanner fetches them
+    # before the document's cookie commits
+    assert phone.get("/static/app.css").status_code == 200
+    first = phone.get("/titles?k=sekret", follow_redirects=False)
+    assert first.status_code == 303  # cookie commits BEFORE the document
+    assert first.headers["location"] == "/titles"  # key scrubbed from URL
+    assert "bggpipe_key" in first.cookies
+    assert phone.get("/titles").status_code == 200  # cookie carries it now
     # cookie carries the session: mutations work from ANY host the phone
     # used (no allowlist dependence — DHCP/multi-interface safe), with a
     # same-origin Origin header and a port, like a real phone browser