diff --git a/docs/RELEASING.md b/docs/RELEASING.md
index 447a7b7..702fee2 100644
--- a/docs/RELEASING.md
+++ b/docs/RELEASING.md
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ release identity, then switches `current` atomically under a file lock. Public
 `/release.json`, `/`, `/login` and `/flutter_bootstrap.js` must match the artifact.
 A failed verification restores the previous target. Old directories are retained;
 there is no automatic data or artifact deletion. Caddy revalidates web content.
+If Cloudflare fronts the app, configure an app-host-only cache rule for
+`http.host eq "app.papyrus-reader.com"`: bypass the edge cache and set Browser TTL
+to **Respect origin TTL**. The default browser TTL can otherwise replace Caddy's
+`no-cache` header with a four-hour lifetime for JavaScript. The public deployment
+probe checks revalidation headers and exact bytes for metadata, both entrypoint
+routes, the Flutter bootstrap and `main.dart.js`; failure rolls activation back.
 The deployment user cannot restart or change the API, sync service or database.
 
 Delivery rejects a lower build number than the active web release; an equal
diff --git a/tools/install_web.py b/tools/install_web.py
index 7f69dd2..284969e 100644
--- a/tools/install_web.py
+++ b/tools/install_web.py
@@ -72,16 +72,21 @@ def verify_public(url: str, metadata: dict, release: Path) -> None:
                 ("/", "index.html"),
                 ("/login", "index.html"),
                 ("/flutter_bootstrap.js", "flutter_bootstrap.js"),
+                ("/main.dart.js", "main.dart.js"),
             ):
                 request = urllib.request.Request(
-                    f"{url}{route}?deployment={metadata['revision']}",
+                    f"{url}{route}",
                     headers={
-                        "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
                         "User-Agent": "PapyrusReleaseVerifier/1.0 (+https://github.com/PapyrusReader/client)",
                     },
                 )
 
                 with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=10) as response:
+                    directives = {value.strip().lower() for value in response.headers.get("Cache-Control", "").split(",")}
+
+                    if not directives.intersection({"no-cache", "no-store"}):
+                        raise ValueError(f"Public web content must revalidate before reuse: {route}")
+
                     if response.read() != (release / filename).read_bytes():
                         raise ValueError(f"Public web content does not match the release: {route}")
 
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_delivery.py b/tools/tests/test_delivery.py
index b3694dc..fe8a072 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_delivery.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_delivery.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Regression tests for release identity, Play retries and transactional web delivery."""
 
 import hashlib
+import io
 import json
 import os
 import sys
@@ -173,6 +174,54 @@ def test_activate_retry_and_preserve_previous(self):
         self.assertEqual(os.readlink(self.root / "previous"), "releases/initial")
         self.assertEqual((self.root / "previous/index.html").read_text(), "previous")
 
+    def public_response(self, request, timeout):
+        route = request.full_url.split("?", 1)[0].removeprefix("https://app.example.com")
+        filename = "index.html" if route in ("/", "/login") else route.removeprefix("/")
+        response = io.BytesIO((self.root / "current" / filename).read_bytes())
+        response.headers = {"Cache-Control": "no-cache"}
+        return response
+
+    def test_public_probe_checks_entrypoints_and_compiled_app(self):
+        self.install()
+
+        with patch.object(web.urllib.request, "urlopen", side_effect=self.public_response) as request:
+            web.verify_public("https://app.example.com", self.metadata, self.root / "current")
+
+        routes = [call.args[0].full_url for call in request.call_args_list]
+        self.assertEqual(len(routes), 5)
+        self.assertIn("https://app.example.com/main.dart.js", routes)
+
+    def test_cdn_cache_override_rolls_back_release(self):
+        def response(request, timeout):
+            result = self.public_response(request, timeout)
+
+            if request.full_url.endswith("/flutter_bootstrap.js"):
+                result.headers["Cache-Control"] = "max-age=14400"
+
+            return result
+
+        with patch.object(web.urllib.request, "urlopen", side_effect=response), patch.object(web.time, "sleep"):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "must revalidate"):
+                self.install(lambda metadata, release: web.verify_public("https://app.example.com", metadata, release))
+
+        self.assertEqual(os.readlink(self.root / "current"), "releases/initial")
+
+    def test_stale_compiled_app_rolls_back_release(self):
+        def response(request, timeout):
+            result = self.public_response(request, timeout)
+
+            if request.full_url.endswith("/main.dart.js"):
+                result = io.BytesIO(b"previous compiled app")
+                result.headers = {"Cache-Control": "no-cache"}
+
+            return result
+
+        with patch.object(web.urllib.request, "urlopen", side_effect=response), patch.object(web.time, "sleep"):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "does not match"):
+                self.install(lambda metadata, release: web.verify_public("https://app.example.com", metadata, release))
+
+        self.assertEqual(os.readlink(self.root / "current"), "releases/initial")
+
     def test_older_build_is_rejected_without_activation(self):
         self.install()
         self.metadata = assets.identity("v0.0.1+1", "b" * 40)