diff --git a/.agents/skills/jaws/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/jaws/SKILL.md
index 5b129a95..8a4eadd3 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/jaws/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/jaws/SKILL.md
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ Guideline:
 
 - Ensure pages provide the configured JaWS resources and Request key metadata;
   `HeadHTML` is the usual way to emit them.
+- Include the `no-store` Cache-Control directive on every page response containing
+  `HeadHTML` or equivalent Request-key metadata; the key is a one-use capability.
+  `ui.Handler` sets this automatically, while custom page handlers must set it
+  explicitly.
 - `TailHTML` is optional; it applies queued attr/class updates before the
   WebSocket connects and can reduce initial flicker.
 - Register the JaWS `/jaws/` route prefix correctly and pair request creation with `UseRequest` handling.
diff --git a/AI.md b/AI.md
index dfb1502c..bbe0b275 100644
--- a/AI.md
+++ b/AI.md
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ The normal page flow has two related HTTP requests:
    key, claims the pending Request through `UseRequest`, upgrades the connection,
    and begins event and DOM-update processing.
 
+Page responses containing `HeadHTML` or equivalent Request-key metadata must
+include the `no-store` Cache-Control directive. An HTTP-cached copy would repeat
+the consumed one-use capability and cannot establish another WebSocket
+connection. `ui.Handler` sets `Cache-Control: no-store` automatically; custom
+page handlers must set it explicitly. A bfcache restoration is handled
+separately by the bundled client's `pageshow` reload.
+
 Applications that emit equivalent resources and metadata need not call
 `HeadHTML` or `TailHTML`. Custom routers may parse the trailing key with
 `key.Parse`, call `UseRequest`, return 404 when it is absent, and then call the
diff --git a/lib/ui/AI.md b/lib/ui/AI.md
index d8d4a9b9..9823a096 100644
--- a/lib/ui/AI.md
+++ b/lib/ui/AI.md
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ the dot callback returns an attribute with the same name. When dot implements
 each wrapper's initial render; equal Template values may therefore render
 different Element-specific attributes without storing them in the Template.
 The callback is not invoked during `Template.JawsUpdate`. Full page templates
-belong in `ui.Handler`; static structural inclusion should use Go's native
+belong in `ui.Handler`, which marks every response `Cache-Control: no-store` so
+an HTTP cache does not reuse a one-use Request key emitted by
+`Request.HeadHTML`. Custom page handlers that emit `Request.HeadHTML` must
+include the same directive. Static structural inclusion should use Go's native
 template action:
 
 ```gotemplate
diff --git a/lib/ui/handler.go b/lib/ui/handler.go
index 9fe64c89..581b4473 100644
--- a/lib/ui/handler.go
+++ b/lib/ui/handler.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func (sr *statusRecorder) WriteHeader(code int) {
 }
 
 func (h uiHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
 	rq := h.NewRequest(r)
 	sr := &statusRecorder{ResponseWriter: w}
 	rw := RequestWriter{Request: rq, Writer: sr}
@@ -120,7 +121,10 @@ func (h uiHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 // lookupers and rendered with a [With] value as the template data, exposing
 // dot through its Dot field. Unless the response already has a Content-Type,
 // Handler sets it to "text/html; charset=utf-8" when rendering writes its first
-// bytes. A render failure before any output retains [http.Error]'s text response.
+// bytes. Handler always sets Cache-Control to "no-store", replacing any value
+// already present, so an HTTP cache does not reuse responses containing the
+// one-use request key emitted by [jaws.Request.HeadHTML]. A render failure before
+// any output retains [http.Error]'s text response.
 //
 // Handler renders without a generated wrapper and does not use dot as a tag, so
 // dot may be arbitrary template data. The handler reuses dot across requests;
diff --git a/lib/ui/handler_content_type_test.go b/lib/ui/handler_headers_test.go
similarity index 87%
rename from lib/ui/handler_content_type_test.go
rename to lib/ui/handler_headers_test.go
index e27ff143..52b105b3 100644
--- a/lib/ui/handler_content_type_test.go
+++ b/lib/ui/handler_headers_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,25 @@ func TestHandler_PreservesExplicitContentType(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHandler_SetsCacheControlNoStore(t *testing.T) {
+	jw, err := jaws.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(jw.Close)
+	if err = jw.AddTemplateLookuper(template.Must(template.New("page").Parse("<main>hello</main>"))); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	rr.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=3600")
+	Handler(jw, "page", nil).ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil))
+
+	if got, want := rr.Header().Get("Cache-Control"), "no-store"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("Cache-Control = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHandler_RenderFailureBeforeOutputUsesTextContentType(t *testing.T) {
 	jw, err := jaws.New()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -79,6 +98,9 @@ func TestHandler_RenderFailureBeforeOutputUsesTextContentType(t *testing.T) {
 	if got, want := rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"), "text/plain; charset=utf-8"; got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("Content-Type = %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
+	if got, want := rr.Header().Get("Cache-Control"), "no-store"; got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("Cache-Control = %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestHandler_EmptyWriteBeforeErrorReturns500(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index fe8ea01d..c84c51c5 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ func (rq *Request) releaseBuffersLocked() (buffers *requestBuffers) {
 }
 
 // HeadHTML writes the configured resources and Request key metadata for the page head.
+//
+// An HTTP response containing this output must include the "no-store"
+// Cache-Control directive. [github.com/linkdata/jaws/lib/ui.Handler] sets it
+// automatically. The metadata includes a one-use Request key; a copy replayed
+// from an HTTP cache cannot establish another WebSocket connection.
 func (rq *Request) HeadHTML(w io.Writer) (err error) {
 	rq.mu.RLock()
 	jawsKey := rq.JawsKey