diff --git a/src/__tests__/proxy-well-known-public.test.ts b/src/__tests__/proxy-well-known-public.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9ed9f25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/proxy-well-known-public.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+
+/**
+ * v1.4.33 — `/.well-known/*` is a credential-free IETF discovery
+ * namespace (RFC 8615). Apple in particular reads
+ * `/.well-known/apple-app-site-association` without a session to wire
+ * Web Credentials (passkey sharing) and Universal Links to the iOS
+ * bundle. This guard locks the proxy allowlist in place so a future
+ * refactor of `src/proxy.ts` can't silently re-gate the namespace
+ * behind a session cookie and break the Apple CDN fetch.
+ */
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/process-type", () => ({
+  shouldRunWeb: () => true,
+}));
+
+import { proxy } from "../proxy";
+
+function makeRequest(
+  pathname: string,
+  cookies: Record<string, string> = {},
+): NextRequest {
+  const cookieHeader = Object.entries(cookies)
+    .map(([k, v]) => `${k}=${v}`)
+    .join("; ");
+  return new NextRequest(`http://localhost${pathname}`, {
+    headers: cookieHeader ? { cookie: cookieHeader } : {},
+  });
+}
+
+describe("proxy.ts /.well-known/* public-allowlist (v1.4.33)", () => {
+  it("does not 307 unauthenticated requests for the AASA file", () => {
+    const res = proxy(makeRequest("/.well-known/apple-app-site-association"));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.headers.get("location")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("does not 307 a pending-onboarding session away from the AASA file", () => {
+    // Apple's CDN fetch carries no cookies, so this branch is mainly
+    // a belt-and-braces check; the redirect would only fire for a
+    // human visitor who happened to have a half-finished onboarding
+    // session and typed the URL by hand. Either way the asset must
+    // answer 200 with the JSON body unchanged.
+    const res = proxy(
+      makeRequest("/.well-known/apple-app-site-association", {
+        healthlog_session: "sess-1",
+        hl_onboarding: "pending",
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.headers.get("location")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("admits any other future /.well-known/* discovery file", () => {
+    // The allowlist entry is a `/.well-known/` prefix so future
+    // additions (e.g. `/.well-known/security.txt` or
+    // `/.well-known/openid-configuration`) don't need a second proxy
+    // edit. This check fails the moment the prefix is tightened to
+    // a literal `/.well-known/apple-app-site-association` only.
+    const res = proxy(makeRequest("/.well-known/security.txt"));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.headers.get("location")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("still redirects unauthenticated requests for protected pages", () => {
+    // Negative check — confirms the test fixture would catch a real
+    // regression. `/insights` is not public; an unauthenticated visit
+    // must still 307 to /auth/login.
+    const res = proxy(makeRequest("/insights"));
+    expect([307, 308]).toContain(res.status);
+    expect(res.headers.get("location")).toMatch(/\/auth\/login/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/proxy.ts b/src/proxy.ts
index b7dd322f4..c1bdd719a 100644
--- a/src/proxy.ts
+++ b/src/proxy.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ const PUBLIC_PATHS = [
   // alongside the project credits. The CC licence requires the
   // attribution to be reachable without a sign-in.
   "/about",
+  // v1.4.33 — `/.well-known/*` covers IETF-registered discovery
+  // endpoints (RFC 8615). Apple reads
+  // `/.well-known/apple-app-site-association` without credentials to
+  // wire Web Credentials (passkey sharing) and Universal Links to the
+  // iOS bundle, so the path must answer 200 with the bare JSON body
+  // before any auth gate runs. The trailing slash future-proofs the
+  // namespace for `/security.txt`, `/openid-configuration`, etc.
+  "/.well-known/",
   // `/onboarding` itself + its subroutes are matched exactly via
   // `isPublicPath()` so we don't admit `/onboarding-export` etc.
   "/robots.txt",