diff --git a/app/game-api/src/auth/realtimeAccessGrant.ts b/app/game-api/src/auth/realtimeAccessGrant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8f91ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/game-api/src/auth/realtimeAccessGrant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import { createCipheriv, createDecipheriv, createHash, randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
+import type { GameSessionTokenPayload } from '@sammo-ts/common/auth/gameToken';
+
+export const REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_TTL_MS = 15_000;
+
+type RealtimeAccessGrantPayload = {
+    version: 1;
+    profile: string;
+    sessionId: string;
+    userId: string;
+    expiresAt: number;
+};
+
+const GRANT_KEY_CONTEXT = 'sammo:realtime-access-grant:v1';
+const MAX_GRANT_LENGTH = 1_024;
+
+interface RedisClientLike {
+    set(key: string, value: string, options: { NX: true; PX: number }): Promise<string | null>;
+    eval?(script: string, options: { keys: string[]; arguments: string[] }): Promise<unknown>;
+}
+
+const CONSUME_GRANT_SCRIPT = `
+if redis.call('DEL', KEYS[1]) == 1 then
+    return 1
+end
+return 0
+`;
+
+const buildKey = (secret: string): Buffer =>
+    createHash('sha256').update(GRANT_KEY_CONTEXT).update('\0').update(secret).digest();
+
+const buildUsageKey = (profileName: string, grant: string): string =>
+    `sammo:game:realtime-access-grant:${profileName}:${createHash('sha256').update(grant).digest('base64url')}`;
+
+const parsePayload = (value: unknown): RealtimeAccessGrantPayload | null => {
+    if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') return null;
+    const payload = value as Partial<RealtimeAccessGrantPayload>;
+    if (
+        payload.version !== 1 ||
+        typeof payload.profile !== 'string' ||
+        typeof payload.sessionId !== 'string' ||
+        typeof payload.userId !== 'string' ||
+        typeof payload.expiresAt !== 'number' ||
+        !Number.isSafeInteger(payload.expiresAt)
+    ) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    return payload as RealtimeAccessGrantPayload;
+};
+
+export const createRealtimeAccessGrant = (
+    auth: GameSessionTokenPayload,
+    profileName: string,
+    secret: string,
+    now = new Date()
+): string => {
+    const iv = randomBytes(12);
+    const cipher = createCipheriv('aes-256-gcm', buildKey(secret), iv);
+    const payload: RealtimeAccessGrantPayload = {
+        version: 1,
+        profile: profileName,
+        sessionId: auth.sessionId,
+        userId: auth.user.id,
+        expiresAt: now.getTime() + REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_TTL_MS,
+    };
+    const encrypted = Buffer.concat([cipher.update(JSON.stringify(payload), 'utf8'), cipher.final()]);
+    return [iv, encrypted, cipher.getAuthTag()].map((part) => part.toString('base64url')).join('.');
+};
+
+export const verifyRealtimeAccessGrant = (
+    grant: string | null | undefined,
+    auth: GameSessionTokenPayload | null,
+    profileName: string,
+    secret: string,
+    now = new Date()
+): boolean => {
+    if (!grant || grant.length > MAX_GRANT_LENGTH || !auth) return false;
+    const parts = grant.split('.');
+    if (parts.length !== 3) return false;
+    try {
+        const [ivPart, encryptedPart, tagPart] = parts;
+        const decipher = createDecipheriv('aes-256-gcm', buildKey(secret), Buffer.from(ivPart, 'base64url'));
+        decipher.setAuthTag(Buffer.from(tagPart, 'base64url'));
+        const plaintext = Buffer.concat([
+            decipher.update(Buffer.from(encryptedPart, 'base64url')),
+            decipher.final(),
+        ]).toString('utf8');
+        const payload = parsePayload(JSON.parse(plaintext));
+        return Boolean(
+            payload &&
+            payload.expiresAt > now.getTime() &&
+            payload.profile === profileName &&
+            payload.sessionId === auth.sessionId &&
+            payload.userId === auth.user.id
+        );
+    } catch {
+        return false;
+    }
+};
+
+export const verifyRealtimeAccessGrantHeader = (
+    header: string | string[] | undefined,
+    auth: GameSessionTokenPayload | null,
+    profileName: string,
+    secret: string,
+    now = new Date()
+): boolean => verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(Array.isArray(header) ? header[0] : header, auth, profileName, secret, now);
+
+export const registerRealtimeAccessGrant = async (
+    redis: RedisClientLike,
+    grant: string,
+    profileName: string
+): Promise<boolean> =>
+    (await redis.set(buildUsageKey(profileName, grant), '1', {
+        NX: true,
+        PX: REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_TTL_MS,
+    })) === 'OK';
+
+export const consumeRealtimeAccessGrantHeader = async (
+    redis: RedisClientLike,
+    header: string | string[] | undefined,
+    auth: GameSessionTokenPayload | null,
+    profileName: string,
+    secret: string,
+    now = new Date()
+): Promise<boolean> => {
+    const grant = Array.isArray(header) ? header[0] : header;
+    if (!verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(grant, auth, profileName, secret, now) || !grant || !redis.eval) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    try {
+        return (
+            Number(
+                await redis.eval(CONSUME_GRANT_SCRIPT, {
+                    keys: [buildUsageKey(profileName, grant)],
+                    arguments: [],
+                })
+            ) === 1
+        );
+    } catch {
+        return false;
+    }
+};
diff --git a/app/game-api/src/context.ts b/app/game-api/src/context.ts
index ff4d5003..99f61b54 100644
--- a/app/game-api/src/context.ts
+++ b/app/game-api/src/context.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ export type DatabaseClient = InfraDatabaseClient;
 export interface GameApiContext {
     requestId?: string;
     generalAccessTracking?: boolean;
+    /** Validated server-issued proof for one realtime refresh burst. */
+    realtimeAccessGranted?: boolean;
     /** Request-local identity already resolved by the realtime access gate. */
     realtimeAccessGeneralId?: number;
     /** Set only while an API input-event transaction owns the mutation. */
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ export interface GameApiContext {
 
 export const createGameApiContext = (options: {
     requestId?: string;
+    realtimeAccessGranted?: boolean;
     db: DatabaseClient;
     redis: RedisConnector['client'];
     turnDaemon: TurnDaemonTransport;
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@ export const createGameApiContext = (options: {
     return {
         requestId: options.requestId,
         generalAccessTracking: true,
+        ...(options.realtimeAccessGranted ? { realtimeAccessGranted: true } : {}),
         db: options.db,
         redis: options.redis,
         turnDaemon: options.turnDaemon,
diff --git a/app/game-api/src/realtime/publicEvent.ts b/app/game-api/src/realtime/publicEvent.ts
index 20b086cb..00b06ba2 100644
--- a/app/game-api/src/realtime/publicEvent.ts
+++ b/app/game-api/src/realtime/publicEvent.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ const eventChanges = (event: RealtimeEvent): RealtimeReadModelChanges | null =>
     return null;
 };
 
-export const shouldReloadRealtimeViewerIdentity = (
-    event: RealtimeEvent,
-    identity: RealtimeViewerIdentity
-): boolean => {
+export const shouldReloadRealtimeViewerIdentity = (event: RealtimeEvent, identity: RealtimeViewerIdentity): boolean => {
     if (identity.generalId === null) return false;
     const changes = eventChanges(event);
     if (!changes) return false;
@@ -57,7 +54,8 @@ export const shouldReloadRealtimeViewerIdentity = (
  */
 export const toPublicRealtimeEvent = (
     event: RealtimeEvent,
-    identities: readonly RealtimeViewerIdentity[]
+    identities: readonly RealtimeViewerIdentity[],
+    createRefreshGrant: () => string
 ): PublicRealtimeEvent | null => {
     const viewers = uniqueIdentities(
         identities.length > 0 ? identities : [{ generalId: null, cityId: null, nationId: null }]
@@ -65,13 +63,14 @@ export const toPublicRealtimeEvent = (
     if (event.type === 'messageCreated' || event.type === 'messagesChanged') {
         const mailboxes = event.type === 'messageCreated' ? [event.mailbox] : event.mailboxes;
         return viewers.some((identity) => mailboxes.some((mailbox) => isMailboxRelevant(mailbox, identity)))
-            ? { type: 'messagesInvalidated' }
+            ? { type: 'messagesInvalidated', refreshGrant: createRefreshGrant() }
             : null;
     }
 
     if (event.type === 'tournamentChanged') {
         return {
             type: 'readModelInvalidated',
+            refreshGrant: createRefreshGrant(),
             invalidation: {
                 context: false,
                 lobby: false,
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ export const toPublicRealtimeEvent = (
     if (event.type === 'turnCompleted' && !event.changes) {
         return {
             type: 'readModelInvalidated',
+            refreshGrant: createRefreshGrant(),
             invalidation: createFullRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(),
         };
     }
@@ -100,5 +100,5 @@ export const toPublicRealtimeEvent = (
         .map((identity) => resolveRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(changes, identity))
         .reduce(mergeRealtimeReadModelInvalidations);
     if (!hasRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(invalidation)) return null;
-    return { type: 'readModelInvalidated', invalidation };
+    return { type: 'readModelInvalidated', invalidation, refreshGrant: createRefreshGrant() };
 };
diff --git a/app/game-api/src/router/dashboard/index.ts b/app/game-api/src/router/dashboard/index.ts
index 2df96263..299fc941 100644
--- a/app/game-api/src/router/dashboard/index.ts
+++ b/app/game-api/src/router/dashboard/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ import {
     type DashboardSourceSlice,
 } from '../../services/dashboardSourceRevision.js';
 import { createReadModelDelta } from '../../services/readModelDeltaCache.js';
+import {
+    DASHBOARD_PROJECTION_ACCESS_WEIGHT,
+    formatGeneralAccessLimitMessage,
+    getGeneralAccessState,
+    recordGeneralAccessWeight,
+} from '../../services/generalAccess.js';
 import { getBoardAccess } from '../board/index.js';
 import { getGeneralContext } from '../general/index.js';
 import { getTurnCommandTable } from '../turns/index.js';
@@ -39,6 +45,31 @@ const zContextBundleInput = z.object({
     forceSnapshot: z.boolean().optional(),
 });
 
+type DashboardSliceRequest = {
+    included: boolean;
+    sourceState: DashboardSourceRevisionState | null;
+    slice: DashboardSourceSlice;
+    knownContent?: string;
+    knownSource?: string;
+    forceSnapshot?: boolean;
+};
+
+export const requiresDashboardProjection = (request: DashboardSliceRequest): boolean => {
+    if (!request.included) return false;
+    const sourceRevision = request.sourceState?.sourceRevisions[request.slice];
+    return !(
+        sourceRevision !== undefined &&
+        request.knownContent !== undefined &&
+        canUseDashboardSourceRevision({
+            state: request.sourceState,
+            slice: request.slice,
+            knownContent: request.knownContent,
+            knownSource: request.knownSource,
+            forceSnapshot: request.forceSnapshot,
+        })
+    );
+};
+
 const createDashboardSliceDelta = async <T>(options: {
     included: boolean;
     sourceState: DashboardSourceRevisionState | null;
@@ -54,17 +85,7 @@ const createDashboardSliceDelta = async <T>(options: {
     }
 
     const sourceRevision = options.sourceState?.sourceRevisions[options.slice];
-    if (
-        sourceRevision !== undefined &&
-        options.knownContent !== undefined &&
-        canUseDashboardSourceRevision({
-            state: options.sourceState,
-            slice: options.slice,
-            knownContent: options.knownContent,
-            knownSource: options.knownSource,
-            forceSnapshot: options.forceSnapshot,
-        })
-    ) {
+    if (!requiresDashboardProjection(options) && options.knownContent !== undefined) {
         return {
             kind: 'unchanged',
             revision: options.knownContent,
@@ -102,9 +123,48 @@ export const dashboardRouter = router({
                 )?.id ??
                 null;
         }
-        const sourceState = generalId
-            ? await readDashboardSourceRevisionState(ctx.db, generalId, authUser)
-            : null;
+        let sourceState = generalId ? await readDashboardSourceRevisionState(ctx.db, generalId, authUser) : null;
+        const buildSliceRequests = (): DashboardSliceRequest[] => [
+            {
+                included: input.include.context,
+                sourceState,
+                slice: 'context',
+                knownContent: input.known?.context,
+                knownSource: input.knownSource?.context,
+                forceSnapshot: input.forceSnapshot,
+            },
+            {
+                included: input.include.commandTable && generalId !== null,
+                sourceState,
+                slice: 'commandTable',
+                knownContent: input.known?.commandTable,
+                knownSource: input.knownSource?.commandTable,
+                forceSnapshot: input.forceSnapshot,
+            },
+            {
+                included: input.include.boardAccess && generalId !== null,
+                sourceState,
+                slice: 'boardAccess',
+                knownContent: input.known?.boardAccess,
+                knownSource: input.knownSource?.boardAccess,
+                forceSnapshot: input.forceSnapshot,
+            },
+        ];
+        const sliceRequests = buildSliceRequests();
+        const rebuildsPostgresProjection = sliceRequests.some(requiresDashboardProjection);
+        if (rebuildsPostgresProjection && ctx.generalAccessTracking === true && ctx.realtimeAccessGranted !== true) {
+            const recorded = await recordGeneralAccessWeight(ctx, DASHBOARD_PROJECTION_ACCESS_WEIGHT);
+            const accessState = await getGeneralAccessState(ctx);
+            if (accessState?.level === 2) {
+                throw new TRPCError({
+                    code: 'TOO_MANY_REQUESTS',
+                    message: formatGeneralAccessLimitMessage(accessState),
+                });
+            }
+            if (recorded && generalId !== null) {
+                sourceState = await readDashboardSourceRevisionState(ctx.db, generalId, authUser);
+            }
+        }
 
         const [contextDelta, commandTableDelta, boardAccessDelta] = await Promise.all([
             createDashboardSliceDelta({
diff --git a/app/game-api/src/server.ts b/app/game-api/src/server.ts
index 8f37ac7e..5d062e4c 100644
--- a/app/game-api/src/server.ts
+++ b/app/game-api/src/server.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import fastifyStatic from '@fastify/static';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { fastifyTRPCPlugin } from '@trpc/server/adapters/fastify';
-import { buildGameEventChannel, type RealtimeViewerIdentity } from '@sammo-ts/common';
+import { buildGameEventChannel, REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_HEADER, type RealtimeViewerIdentity } from '@sammo-ts/common';
 import type { GameSessionTokenPayload } from '@sammo-ts/common/auth/gameToken';
 import {
     createGamePostgresConnector,
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ import { createGameApiContext, type DatabaseClient as _DatabaseClient } from './
 import { DatabaseTurnDaemonTransport } from './daemon/databaseTransport.js';
 import { InMemoryFlushStore, RedisGatewayFlushSubscriber, type FlushStore } from './auth/flushStore.js';
 import { RedisAccessTokenStore } from './auth/accessTokenStore.js';
+import {
+    consumeRealtimeAccessGrantHeader,
+    createRealtimeAccessGrant,
+    registerRealtimeAccessGrant,
+} from './auth/realtimeAccessGrant.js';
 import { appRouter } from './router.js';
 import { buildBattleSimQueueKeys } from './battleSim/keys.js';
 import { RedisBattleSimTransport } from './battleSim/redisTransport.js';
@@ -222,6 +227,13 @@ export const createGameApiServer = async () => {
                     uploadPublicUrl: config.uploadPublicUrl,
                     contentImageUpload,
                     auth,
+                    realtimeAccessGranted: await consumeRealtimeAccessGrantHeader(
+                        redis.client,
+                        req.headers[REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_HEADER],
+                        auth,
+                        config.profileName,
+                        config.gameTokenSecret
+                    ),
                     ...(auth && token ? { accessToken: token } : {}),
                     accessTokenStore,
                     flushStore,
@@ -299,8 +311,20 @@ export const createGameApiServer = async () => {
                         identities.push(nextIdentity);
                         viewerIdentity = nextIdentity;
                     }
-                    const publicEvent = toPublicRealtimeEvent(event, identities);
+                    let refreshGrant: string | undefined;
+                    const publicEvent = toPublicRealtimeEvent(event, identities, () => {
+                        refreshGrant ??= createRealtimeAccessGrant(auth, config.profileName, config.gameTokenSecret);
+                        return refreshGrant;
+                    });
                     if (!publicEvent || closed) return;
+                    if (refreshGrant) {
+                        try {
+                            await registerRealtimeAccessGrant(redis.client, refreshGrant, config.profileName);
+                        } catch {
+                            // Preserve the invalidation. An unregistered grant safely falls back
+                            // to the normal scored refresh path.
+                        }
+                    }
                     sendFrame(
                         formatSseFrame({
                             event: publicEvent.type,
diff --git a/app/game-api/src/services/generalAccess.ts b/app/game-api/src/services/generalAccess.ts
index bba0a5d0..c6d8737c 100644
--- a/app/game-api/src/services/generalAccess.ts
+++ b/app/game-api/src/services/generalAccess.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export const accessPageWeights: Record<AccessPage, number> = {
     'npc-control': 1,
 };
 
+/** One user-visible refresh that has to rebuild PostgreSQL-backed dashboard data. */
+export const DASHBOARD_PROJECTION_ACCESS_WEIGHT = 1;
+
 export const generalAccessEndpointWeights = {
     'world.getGeneralDirectory': 2,
     'public.getNpcList': 2,
@@ -369,9 +372,7 @@ export const upsertGeneralAccess = async (
             `
         );
 
-        await writeReadModelChangeJournal(transaction, [
-            { domain: 'access.general', entityId: input.generalId },
-        ]);
+        await writeReadModelChangeJournal(transaction, [{ domain: 'access.general', entityId: input.generalId }]);
     });
 };
 
diff --git a/app/game-api/test/dashboardRouter.test.ts b/app/game-api/test/dashboardRouter.test.ts
index a44468b5..139cd430 100644
--- a/app/game-api/test/dashboardRouter.test.ts
+++ b/app/game-api/test/dashboardRouter.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { applyReadModelDelta } from '@sammo-ts/common';
 import type { GameSessionTokenPayload } from '@sammo-ts/common/auth/gameToken';
 
 import type { GameApiContext } from '../src/context.js';
-import { dashboardRouter } from '../src/router/dashboard/index.js';
+import { dashboardRouter, requiresDashboardProjection } from '../src/router/dashboard/index.js';
 
 const auth: GameSessionTokenPayload = {
     version: 1,
@@ -141,6 +141,55 @@ const contextOnly = {
 };
 
 describe('dashboardRouter.getContextBundleDelta', () => {
+    it('classifies revision-only checks separately from PostgreSQL projection rebuilds', () => {
+        const sourceRevision = 'S'.repeat(22);
+        const sourceState = {
+            coverageVersion: 1,
+            identity: { generalId: 7, cityId: 0, nationId: 0 },
+            sourceRevisions: {
+                context: sourceRevision,
+                commandTable: 'T'.repeat(22),
+                boardAccess: 'B'.repeat(22),
+            },
+        };
+
+        expect(
+            requiresDashboardProjection({
+                included: true,
+                sourceState,
+                slice: 'context',
+                knownContent: 'C'.repeat(22),
+                knownSource: sourceRevision,
+            })
+        ).toBe(false);
+        expect(
+            requiresDashboardProjection({
+                included: true,
+                sourceState,
+                slice: 'context',
+                knownContent: 'C'.repeat(22),
+                knownSource: 'X'.repeat(22),
+            })
+        ).toBe(true);
+        expect(
+            requiresDashboardProjection({
+                included: true,
+                sourceState,
+                slice: 'context',
+                knownContent: 'C'.repeat(22),
+                knownSource: sourceRevision,
+                forceSnapshot: true,
+            })
+        ).toBe(true);
+        expect(
+            requiresDashboardProjection({
+                included: false,
+                sourceState,
+                slice: 'context',
+            })
+        ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it('returns a snapshot, unchanged revision, and applicable patch for the authenticated viewer', async () => {
         const fixture = buildContext(true);
         const caller = dashboardRouter.createCaller(fixture.context);
diff --git a/app/game-api/test/generalAccessTracking.integration.test.ts b/app/game-api/test/generalAccessTracking.integration.test.ts
index 1d4e3235..3f7b06b7 100644
--- a/app/game-api/test/generalAccessTracking.integration.test.ts
+++ b/app/game-api/test/generalAccessTracking.integration.test.ts
@@ -58,12 +58,25 @@ integration('general access tracking persistence', () => {
     let db: GamePrismaClient;
     let closeDb: (() => Promise<void>) | undefined;
     let worldStateId: number;
+    let previousCoverageVersion: number | null;
 
     beforeAll(async () => {
         const connector = createGamePostgresConnector({ url: databaseUrl! });
         await connector.connect();
         db = connector.prisma;
         closeDb = () => connector.disconnect();
+        previousCoverageVersion =
+            (
+                await db.readModelRevisionMeta.findUnique({
+                    where: { id: 1 },
+                    select: { coverageVersion: true },
+                })
+            )?.coverageVersion ?? null;
+        await db.readModelRevisionMeta.upsert({
+            where: { id: 1 },
+            create: { id: 1, coverageVersion: 1 },
+            update: { coverageVersion: 1 },
+        });
         await db.generalAccessLog.deleteMany({
             where: {
                 generalId: {
@@ -126,6 +139,14 @@ integration('general access tracking persistence', () => {
         await db.yearbookHistory.deleteMany({ where: { profileName: yearbookProfile } });
         await db.general.deleteMany({ where: { id: endpointGeneralId } });
         await db.worldState.deleteMany({ where: { id: worldStateId } });
+        if (previousCoverageVersion === null) {
+            await db.readModelRevisionMeta.deleteMany({ where: { id: 1 } });
+        } else {
+            await db.readModelRevisionMeta.update({
+                where: { id: 1 },
+                data: { coverageVersion: previousCoverageVersion },
+            });
+        }
         await closeDb?.();
     });
 
@@ -380,6 +401,10 @@ integration('general access tracking persistence', () => {
                 scenario: 'default',
             },
             profileStatusSource: { get: async () => 'RUNNING' as const },
+            redis: {
+                get: async () => null,
+                set: async () => 'OK',
+            },
         } as unknown as GameApiContext;
         const boundaryCaller = endpointBoundaryRouter.createCaller(context);
 
@@ -387,12 +412,52 @@ integration('general access tracking persistence', () => {
         await expect(dashboardCaller.general.getFrontStatus()).resolves.toBeDefined();
         await expect(db.generalAccessLog.findUnique({ where: { generalId: endpointGeneralId } })).resolves.toBeNull();
 
+        const initialDashboard = await dashboardCaller.dashboard.getContextBundleDelta({
+            include: { context: true, commandTable: false, boardAccess: false },
+            forceSnapshot: true,
+        });
+        expect(initialDashboard).toMatchObject({ context: { kind: 'snapshot' } });
+        const initialContext = initialDashboard.context;
+        if (!initialContext?.sourceRevision) {
+            throw new Error('dashboard snapshot did not include its post-access source revision');
+        }
+        await expect(
+            db.generalAccessLog.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { generalId: endpointGeneralId } })
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ refresh: 1, refreshTotal: 1 });
+
+        await expect(
+            dashboardCaller.dashboard.getContextBundleDelta({
+                include: { context: true, commandTable: false, boardAccess: false },
+                known: { context: initialContext.revision },
+                knownSource: { context: initialContext.sourceRevision },
+            })
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ context: { kind: 'unchanged' } });
+        await expect(
+            db.generalAccessLog.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { generalId: endpointGeneralId } })
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ refresh: 1, refreshTotal: 1 });
+
+        await db.generalAccessLog.delete({ where: { generalId: endpointGeneralId } });
+        const realtimeDashboardCaller = appRouter.createCaller({ ...context, realtimeAccessGranted: true });
+        await expect(
+            realtimeDashboardCaller.dashboard.getContextBundleDelta({
+                include: { context: true, commandTable: false, boardAccess: false },
+                forceSnapshot: true,
+            })
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({ context: { kind: 'snapshot' } });
+        await expect(db.generalAccessLog.findUnique({ where: { generalId: endpointGeneralId } })).resolves.toBeNull();
+
         await expect(boundaryCaller.world.getGeneralDirectory({ accepted: false as true })).rejects.toMatchObject({
             code: 'BAD_REQUEST',
         });
         await expect(db.generalAccessLog.findUnique({ where: { generalId: endpointGeneralId } })).resolves.toBeNull();
 
-        await expect(boundaryCaller.world.getGeneralDirectory({ accepted: true })).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
+        const grantedBoundaryCaller = endpointBoundaryRouter.createCaller({
+            ...context,
+            realtimeAccessGranted: true,
+        });
+        await expect(grantedBoundaryCaller.world.getGeneralDirectory({ accepted: true })).resolves.toEqual({
+            ok: true,
+        });
         await expect(
             db.generalAccessLog.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { generalId: endpointGeneralId } })
         ).resolves.toMatchObject({
diff --git a/app/game-api/test/publicRealtimeEvent.test.ts b/app/game-api/test/publicRealtimeEvent.test.ts
index b409761d..3ebfd96b 100644
--- a/app/game-api/test/publicRealtimeEvent.test.ts
+++ b/app/game-api/test/publicRealtimeEvent.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { createEmptyRealtimeReadModelChanges, type RealtimeEvent } from '@sammo-ts/common';
 import { MESSAGE_MAILBOX_NATIONAL_BASE } from '@sammo-ts/logic';
 
-import { shouldReloadRealtimeViewerIdentity, toPublicRealtimeEvent } from '../src/realtime/publicEvent.js';
+import {
+    shouldReloadRealtimeViewerIdentity,
+    toPublicRealtimeEvent as convertPublicRealtimeEvent,
+} from '../src/realtime/publicEvent.js';
 
 const viewer = { generalId: 7, cityId: 3, nationId: 2 } as const;
+const refreshGrant = 'opaque-grant';
+const toPublicRealtimeEvent = (event: RealtimeEvent, identities: Parameters<typeof convertPublicRealtimeEvent>[1]) =>
+    convertPublicRealtimeEvent(event, identities, () => refreshGrant);
 
 const turnEvent = (changes = createEmptyRealtimeReadModelChanges()): RealtimeEvent => ({
     type: 'turnCompleted',
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ describe('public realtime event privacy boundary', () => {
 
         expect(publicEvent).toEqual({
             type: 'readModelInvalidated',
+            refreshGrant,
             invalidation: {
                 context: true,
                 lobby: false,
@@ -99,6 +106,7 @@ describe('public realtime event privacy boundary', () => {
             )
         ).toEqual({
             type: 'readModelInvalidated',
+            refreshGrant,
             invalidation: {
                 context: true,
                 lobby: true,
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ describe('public realtime event privacy boundary', () => {
 
         expect(publicEvent).toEqual({
             type: 'readModelInvalidated',
+            refreshGrant,
             invalidation: {
                 context: false,
                 lobby: false,
@@ -146,7 +155,7 @@ describe('public realtime event privacy boundary', () => {
             senderId: 99,
         };
 
-        expect(toPublicRealtimeEvent(event, [viewer])).toEqual({ type: 'messagesInvalidated' });
+        expect(toPublicRealtimeEvent(event, [viewer])).toEqual({ type: 'messagesInvalidated', refreshGrant });
         expect(toPublicRealtimeEvent({ ...event, mailbox: MESSAGE_MAILBOX_NATIONAL_BASE + 8 }, [viewer])).toBeNull();
     });
 
@@ -157,13 +166,10 @@ describe('public realtime event privacy boundary', () => {
         };
 
         const publicEvent = toPublicRealtimeEvent(event, [viewer]);
-        expect(publicEvent).toEqual({ type: 'messagesInvalidated' });
+        expect(publicEvent).toEqual({ type: 'messagesInvalidated', refreshGrant });
         expect(JSON.stringify(publicEvent)).not.toMatch(/7|9008|mailbox|revision|time/u);
         expect(
-            toPublicRealtimeEvent(
-                { type: 'messagesChanged', mailboxes: [MESSAGE_MAILBOX_NATIONAL_BASE + 8] },
-                [viewer]
-            )
+            toPublicRealtimeEvent({ type: 'messagesChanged', mailboxes: [MESSAGE_MAILBOX_NATIONAL_BASE + 8] }, [viewer])
         ).toBeNull();
     });
 
@@ -195,9 +201,7 @@ describe('public realtime event privacy boundary', () => {
             },
         };
 
-        expect(
-            toPublicRealtimeEvent(event, [viewer, { generalId: 7, cityId: 4, nationId: 3 }])
-        ).toMatchObject({
+        expect(toPublicRealtimeEvent(event, [viewer, { generalId: 7, cityId: 4, nationId: 3 }])).toMatchObject({
             type: 'readModelInvalidated',
             invalidation: {
                 context: true,
diff --git a/app/game-api/test/realtimeAccessGrant.test.ts b/app/game-api/test/realtimeAccessGrant.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dcc5f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/game-api/test/realtimeAccessGrant.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import type { GameSessionTokenPayload } from '@sammo-ts/common/auth/gameToken';
+
+import {
+    consumeRealtimeAccessGrantHeader,
+    createRealtimeAccessGrant,
+    REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_TTL_MS,
+    registerRealtimeAccessGrant,
+    verifyRealtimeAccessGrant,
+    verifyRealtimeAccessGrantHeader,
+} from '../src/auth/realtimeAccessGrant.js';
+
+const secret = 'realtime-access-grant-test-secret-with-enough-entropy';
+const now = new Date('2026-08-17T10:00:00.000Z');
+const auth: GameSessionTokenPayload = {
+    version: 1,
+    profile: 'hwe:default',
+    issuedAt: '2026-08-17T09:00:00.000Z',
+    expiresAt: '2026-08-17T11:00:00.000Z',
+    sessionId: 'session-private-value',
+    user: {
+        id: 'user-private-value',
+        username: 'grant-user',
+        displayName: '갱신 사용자',
+        roles: ['user'],
+    },
+    sanctions: {},
+};
+
+describe('realtime access grant', () => {
+    it('binds an opaque short-lived grant to the authenticated session and profile', () => {
+        const grant = createRealtimeAccessGrant(auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now);
+
+        expect(grant).not.toContain(auth.user.id);
+        expect(grant).not.toContain(auth.sessionId);
+        expect(grant).not.toContain('hwe:default');
+        expect(verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(grant, auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now)).toBe(true);
+        expect(verifyRealtimeAccessGrantHeader([grant], auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now)).toBe(true);
+        expect(
+            verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(grant, { ...auth, sessionId: 'another-session' }, 'hwe:default', secret, now)
+        ).toBe(false);
+        expect(verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(grant, auth, 'che:default', secret, now)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects expired, tampered, unauthenticated, and malformed grants', () => {
+        const grant = createRealtimeAccessGrant(auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now);
+        const atExpiry = new Date(now.getTime() + REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_TTL_MS);
+        const afterExpiry = new Date(now.getTime() + REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_TTL_MS + 1);
+        const grantParts = grant.split('.');
+        const encryptedPart = grantParts[1] ?? '';
+        grantParts[1] = `${encryptedPart.startsWith('A') ? 'B' : 'A'}${encryptedPart.slice(1)}`;
+        const tampered = grantParts.join('.');
+
+        expect(verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(grant, auth, 'hwe:default', secret, atExpiry)).toBe(false);
+        expect(verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(grant, auth, 'hwe:default', secret, afterExpiry)).toBe(false);
+        expect(verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(tampered, auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now)).toBe(false);
+        expect(verifyRealtimeAccessGrant(grant, null, 'hwe:default', secret, now)).toBe(false);
+        expect(verifyRealtimeAccessGrant('not-a-grant', auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('registers a grant in Redis and consumes it exactly once', async () => {
+        const values = new Set<string>();
+        const redis = {
+            set: async (key: string) => {
+                if (values.has(key)) return null;
+                values.add(key);
+                return 'OK';
+            },
+            eval: async (_script: string, options: { keys: string[] }) =>
+                values.delete(options.keys[0] ?? '') ? 1 : 0,
+        };
+        const grant = createRealtimeAccessGrant(auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now);
+
+        await expect(registerRealtimeAccessGrant(redis, grant, 'hwe:default')).resolves.toBe(true);
+        await expect(consumeRealtimeAccessGrantHeader(redis, grant, auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now)).resolves.toBe(
+            true
+        );
+        await expect(consumeRealtimeAccessGrantHeader(redis, grant, auth, 'hwe:default', secret, now)).resolves.toBe(
+            false
+        );
+    });
+});
diff --git a/app/game-frontend/e2e/mainNavigation.spec.ts b/app/game-frontend/e2e/mainNavigation.spec.ts
index bf51dec7..1e00c484 100644
--- a/app/game-frontend/e2e/mainNavigation.spec.ts
+++ b/app/game-frontend/e2e/mainNavigation.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const autoRefreshArtifactRoot = process.env.AUTO_REFRESH_ARTIFACT_DIR;
 const productionBundle = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_FRONTEND_MODE === 'production';
 const basePath = `/${(process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_GAME_BASE_PATH ?? 'che').replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '')}`;
 const gameProfile = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_GAME_PROFILE ?? 'che:default';
+const realtimeAccessGrantHeader = 'x-sammo-realtime-access-grant';
+const fixtureRealtimeAccessGrant = 'fixture-realtime-grant';
 const operationNames = (route: Route) =>
     decodeURIComponent(new URL(route.request().url()).pathname.split('/trpc/')[1] ?? '').split(',');
 
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ type NavigationFixture = {
         boardAccessKind: string | null;
     }>;
     dashboardRequests?: DashboardBundleInput[];
+    dashboardGrantHeaders?: Array<string | null>;
 };
 
 type JsonPatchOperation = {
@@ -384,7 +387,13 @@ const installFixture = async (page: Page, state: NavigationFixture) => {
             }
             if (operation === 'dashboard.getContextBundleDelta') {
                 state.generalMeCalls += 1;
-                if (state.accessLimitAfterCalls !== undefined && state.generalMeCalls > state.accessLimitAfterCalls) {
+                const refreshGrant = route.request().headers()[realtimeAccessGrantHeader] ?? null;
+                (state.dashboardGrantHeaders ??= []).push(refreshGrant);
+                if (
+                    state.accessLimitAfterCalls !== undefined &&
+                    state.generalMeCalls > state.accessLimitAfterCalls &&
+                    refreshGrant !== fixtureRealtimeAccessGrant
+                ) {
                     return errorResponse(
                         operation,
                         '접속 제한중입니다. 1턴 이내에 너무 많은 갱신을 하셨습니다. ' +
@@ -588,7 +597,15 @@ const installRealtimeHarness = async (page: Page) => {
             configurable: true,
             value: (type: string, payload: unknown) => {
                 TestEventSource.latest?.dispatchEvent(
-                    new MessageEvent(type, { data: JSON.stringify({ type, ...((payload as object) ?? {}) }) })
+                    new MessageEvent(type, {
+                        data: JSON.stringify({
+                            type,
+                            ...(type === 'readModelInvalidated' || type === 'messagesInvalidated'
+                                ? { refreshGrant: 'fixture-realtime-grant' }
+                                : {}),
+                            ...((payload as object) ?? {}),
+                        }),
+                    })
                 );
             },
         });
@@ -2604,6 +2621,7 @@ test('realtime read-model events skip clock-only work, merge bursts, patch in pl
         .toBe(true);
     await expect(page.locator('.tournament-status')).toHaveText('토너먼트: 경기 없음');
     await expect(page.locator('[data-navigation-id="tournament"]')).not.toHaveClass(/highlight/u);
+    expect(state.dashboardGrantHeaders).toContain(null);
 
     const operationsBeforeTournament = state.operations.length;
     state.stage = 1;
@@ -2613,6 +2631,7 @@ test('realtime read-model events skip clock-only work, merge bursts, patch in pl
         .toEqual(['dashboard.getContextBundleDelta', 'tournament.getState']);
     await expect(page.locator('.tournament-status')).toHaveText('토너먼트: 참가 모집중');
     await expect(page.locator('[data-navigation-id="tournament"]')).toHaveClass(/highlight/u);
+    expect(state.dashboardGrantHeaders?.at(-1)).toBe(fixtureRealtimeAccessGrant);
 
     await page.evaluate(() => {
         const general = document.querySelector('[data-main-target="general"]');
@@ -2925,7 +2944,15 @@ test('access limit stops automatic main refresh and closes realtime until a manu
         .toBe(true);
 
     const operationsBeforeLimit = state.operations.length;
-    await emitReadModelInvalidation(page, readModelInvalidation({ records: true, map: true }));
+    await page.evaluate(
+        (invalidation) => {
+            (window as unknown as { __emitMainRealtime: (type: string, payload: unknown) => void }).__emitMainRealtime(
+                'readModelInvalidated',
+                { invalidation, refreshGrant: 'expired-grant' }
+            );
+        },
+        readModelInvalidation({ records: true, map: true })
+    );
 
     await expect(page.getByRole('alert')).toContainText('접속 제한중입니다.');
     await expect
@@ -2948,6 +2975,7 @@ test('access limit stops automatic main refresh and closes realtime until a manu
             page.evaluate(() => (window as unknown as { __hasMainRealtime: () => boolean }).__hasMainRealtime())
         )
         .toBe(true);
+    expect(state.dashboardGrantHeaders?.at(-1)).toBeNull();
 });
 
 test('global activity, world history, and a month boundary refresh their visible main slices', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/app/game-frontend/src/stores/mainDashboard.ts b/app/game-frontend/src/stores/mainDashboard.ts
index 30ca2e36..fdce2454 100644
--- a/app/game-frontend/src/stores/mainDashboard.ts
+++ b/app/game-frontend/src/stores/mainDashboard.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from '../utils/dashboardReadModel';
 import { createBroadcastTabCoordinator, type BroadcastTabCoordinator } from '../utils/broadcastTabCoordinator';
 import { resolveWithReadModelSnapshotFallback } from '../utils/readModelDeltaRecovery';
+import { createRealtimeRequestOptions } from '../utils/realtimeAccessGrant';
 
 const REALTIME_FULL_REFRESH_MIN_INTERVAL_MS = 5_000;
 
@@ -519,27 +520,32 @@ export const useMainDashboardStore = defineStore('mainDashboard', () => {
 
     const fetchContextBundlePatch = async (
         include: DashboardContextBundleInclude,
-        forceSnapshot = false
+        forceSnapshot = false,
+        refreshGrant?: string
     ): Promise<DashboardReadModelPatch> => {
+        const queryOptions = createRealtimeRequestOptions(refreshGrant);
         const request = (force: boolean) =>
-            trpc.dashboard.getContextBundleDelta.query({
-                include,
-                known: force
-                    ? undefined
-                    : {
-                          ...(contextRevision ? { context: contextRevision } : {}),
-                          ...(commandTableRevision ? { commandTable: commandTableRevision } : {}),
-                          ...(boardAccessRevision ? { boardAccess: boardAccessRevision } : {}),
-                      },
-                knownSource: force
-                    ? undefined
-                    : {
-                          ...(contextSourceRevision ? { context: contextSourceRevision } : {}),
-                          ...(commandTableSourceRevision ? { commandTable: commandTableSourceRevision } : {}),
-                          ...(boardAccessSourceRevision ? { boardAccess: boardAccessSourceRevision } : {}),
-                      },
-                forceSnapshot: force || undefined,
-            });
+            trpc.dashboard.getContextBundleDelta.query(
+                {
+                    include,
+                    known: force
+                        ? undefined
+                        : {
+                              ...(contextRevision ? { context: contextRevision } : {}),
+                              ...(commandTableRevision ? { commandTable: commandTableRevision } : {}),
+                              ...(boardAccessRevision ? { boardAccess: boardAccessRevision } : {}),
+                          },
+                    knownSource: force
+                        ? undefined
+                        : {
+                              ...(contextSourceRevision ? { context: contextSourceRevision } : {}),
+                              ...(commandTableSourceRevision ? { commandTable: commandTableSourceRevision } : {}),
+                              ...(boardAccessSourceRevision ? { boardAccess: boardAccessSourceRevision } : {}),
+                          },
+                    forceSnapshot: force || undefined,
+                },
+                queryOptions
+            );
 
         return resolveWithReadModelSnapshotFallback({
             request,
@@ -674,7 +680,7 @@ export const useMainDashboardStore = defineStore('mainDashboard', () => {
         }
     );
 
-    const refreshChangedReadModels = async (plan: RealtimeReadModelInvalidation) => {
+    const refreshChangedReadModels = async (plan: RealtimeReadModelInvalidation, refreshGrant: string) => {
         const id = generalId.value;
         if (!id) {
             return;
@@ -688,37 +694,44 @@ export const useMainDashboardStore = defineStore('mainDashboard', () => {
         if (plan.records) recordsError.value = null;
         if (plan.frontStatus) frontStatusError.value = null;
         try {
+            const queryOptions = createRealtimeRequestOptions(refreshGrant);
             // Every automatic refresh crosses this access-limit gate before
             // any selected follow-up query starts. An all-false bundle is an
             // access-only check and does not project general context.
-            const contextPatch = await fetchContextBundlePatch(resolveDashboardContextBundleInclude(plan));
+            const contextPatch = await fetchContextBundlePatch(
+                resolveDashboardContextBundleInclude(plan),
+                false,
+                refreshGrant
+            );
             accessLimited.value = false;
-            const lobbyPromise = plan.lobby ? trpc.lobby.info.query() : Promise.resolve(undefined);
+            const lobbyPromise = plan.lobby
+                ? trpc.lobby.info.query(undefined, queryOptions)
+                : Promise.resolve(undefined);
             const mapPromise = plan.map
-                ? trpc.world.getMap.query({ generalId: id, showMe: true, useCache: true })
+                ? trpc.world.getMap.query({ generalId: id, showMe: true, useCache: true }, queryOptions)
                 : Promise.resolve(undefined);
             const contactsPromise = plan.contacts
-                ? trpc.messages.getContacts.query({ generalId: id })
+                ? trpc.messages.getContacts.query({ generalId: id }, queryOptions)
                 : Promise.resolve(undefined);
             const reservedPromise = plan.reservedTurns
-                ? trpc.turns.reserved.getGeneral.query({ generalId: id })
+                ? trpc.turns.reserved.getGeneral.query({ generalId: id }, queryOptions)
                 : Promise.resolve(undefined);
             const recordsPromise = plan.records
                 ? trpc.general.getRecentRecords
-                      .query({ lastGeneralRecordId, lastWorldHistoryId })
+                      .query({ lastGeneralRecordId, lastWorldHistoryId }, queryOptions)
                       .catch((err: unknown) => {
                           recordsError.value = resolveErrorMessage(err);
                           return null;
                       })
                 : Promise.resolve(undefined);
             const frontPromise = plan.frontStatus
-                ? trpc.general.getFrontStatus.query().catch((err: unknown) => {
+                ? trpc.general.getFrontStatus.query(undefined, queryOptions).catch((err: unknown) => {
                       frontStatusError.value = resolveErrorMessage(err);
                       return null;
                   })
                 : Promise.resolve(undefined);
             const tournamentPromise: Promise<TournamentState | undefined> = plan.tournament
-                ? trpc.tournament.getState.query().catch(() => undefined)
+                ? trpc.tournament.getState.query(undefined, queryOptions).catch(() => undefined)
                 : Promise.resolve(undefined);
 
             const [lobby, map, contacts, generalTurns, records, nextFrontStatus, tournamentState] = await Promise.all([
@@ -761,13 +774,16 @@ export const useMainDashboardStore = defineStore('mainDashboard', () => {
 
     const readModelRefreshQueue = createMergedReadModelRefreshQueue(refreshChangedReadModels);
 
-    const refreshMessages = async () => {
+    const refreshMessages = async (refreshGrant?: string) => {
         const id = generalId.value;
         if (!id) {
             return;
         }
         try {
-            const nextMessages = await trpc.messages.getRecent.query({ generalId: id });
+            const nextMessages = await trpc.messages.getRecent.query(
+                { generalId: id },
+                createRealtimeRequestOptions(refreshGrant)
+            );
             const patch = { messages: nextMessages } satisfies DashboardReadModelPatch;
             applyDashboardPatch(patch);
             publishDashboardPatch(patch);
@@ -1145,7 +1161,7 @@ export const useMainDashboardStore = defineStore('mainDashboard', () => {
             if (!payload || payload.type !== 'readModelInvalidated') {
                 return;
             }
-            readModelRefreshQueue.request(payload.invalidation);
+            readModelRefreshQueue.request(payload.invalidation, payload.refreshGrant);
         });
         source.addEventListener('messagesInvalidated', (event) => {
             if (realtimeCoordinator !== null && !realtimeCoordinator.isLeader()) return;
@@ -1153,7 +1169,7 @@ export const useMainDashboardStore = defineStore('mainDashboard', () => {
             if (!payload || payload.type !== 'messagesInvalidated') {
                 return;
             }
-            void refreshMessages();
+            void refreshMessages(payload.refreshGrant);
         });
 
         // Rolling deployment fallback: an older API may still expose internal
diff --git a/app/game-frontend/src/utils/dashboardReadModel.ts b/app/game-frontend/src/utils/dashboardReadModel.ts
index 381c5fa2..f532fefb 100644
--- a/app/game-frontend/src/utils/dashboardReadModel.ts
+++ b/app/game-frontend/src/utils/dashboardReadModel.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ export const resolveDashboardRefreshPlan = (
     identity: DashboardReadModelIdentity
 ): DashboardRefreshPlan => resolveRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(changes, identity);
 
-export const resolveDashboardContextBundleInclude = (
-    plan: DashboardRefreshPlan
-): DashboardContextBundleInclude => ({
+export const resolveDashboardContextBundleInclude = (plan: DashboardRefreshPlan): DashboardContextBundleInclude => ({
     context: plan.context,
     commandTable: plan.commands,
     boardAccess: plan.boardAccess,
@@ -31,12 +29,12 @@ export const resolveDashboardContextBundleInclude = (
 type TimerHandle = ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
 
 export interface MergedReadModelRefreshQueue {
-    request(invalidation: RealtimeReadModelInvalidation): void;
+    request(invalidation: RealtimeReadModelInvalidation, refreshGrant: string): void;
     cancelPending(): void;
 }
 
 export const createMergedReadModelRefreshQueue = (
-    refresh: (invalidation: RealtimeReadModelInvalidation) => Promise<void>,
+    refresh: (invalidation: RealtimeReadModelInvalidation, refreshGrant: string) => Promise<void>,
     options: {
         minIntervalMs?: number;
         now?: () => number;
@@ -49,6 +47,7 @@ export const createMergedReadModelRefreshQueue = (
     const setTimer = options.setTimer ?? ((callback, delayMs) => setTimeout(callback, delayMs));
     const clearTimer = options.clearTimer ?? ((handle) => clearTimeout(handle));
     let pending = createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation();
+    let pendingRefreshGrant = '';
     let hasPending = false;
     let running = false;
     let timer: TimerHandle | null = null;
@@ -65,11 +64,13 @@ export const createMergedReadModelRefreshQueue = (
                 return;
             }
             const next = pending;
+            const nextRefreshGrant = pendingRefreshGrant;
             pending = createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation();
+            pendingRefreshGrant = '';
             hasPending = false;
             running = true;
             lastStartedAt = now();
-            void refresh(next).finally(() => {
+            void refresh(next, nextRefreshGrant).finally(() => {
                 running = false;
                 schedule();
             });
@@ -77,14 +78,16 @@ export const createMergedReadModelRefreshQueue = (
     };
 
     return {
-        request: (invalidation) => {
+        request: (invalidation, refreshGrant) => {
             pending = hasPending ? mergeRealtimeReadModelInvalidations(pending, invalidation) : invalidation;
+            pendingRefreshGrant = refreshGrant;
             hasPending = true;
             schedule();
         },
         cancelPending: () => {
             hasPending = false;
             pending = createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation();
+            pendingRefreshGrant = '';
             if (timer !== null) {
                 clearTimer(timer);
                 timer = null;
diff --git a/app/game-frontend/src/utils/realtimeAccessGrant.ts b/app/game-frontend/src/utils/realtimeAccessGrant.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7566c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/game-frontend/src/utils/realtimeAccessGrant.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export const REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY = 'realtimeAccessGrant';
+
+export const createRealtimeRequestOptions = (refreshGrant: string | null | undefined) =>
+    refreshGrant
+        ? {
+              context: {
+                  [REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY]: refreshGrant,
+              },
+          }
+        : undefined;
+
+export const resolveBatchRealtimeAccessGrant = (
+    operations: ReadonlyArray<{ context: Record<string, unknown> }>
+): string | undefined => {
+    if (operations.length === 0) return undefined;
+    const first = operations[0]?.context[REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY];
+    if (typeof first !== 'string' || first.length === 0) return undefined;
+    return operations.every((operation) => operation.context[REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY] === first)
+        ? first
+        : undefined;
+};
diff --git a/app/game-frontend/src/utils/trpc.ts b/app/game-frontend/src/utils/trpc.ts
index 7486b0e8..1e47124d 100644
--- a/app/game-frontend/src/utils/trpc.ts
+++ b/app/game-frontend/src/utils/trpc.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { createTRPCProxyClient, httpBatchLink } from '@trpc/client';
 import type { AppRouter } from '@sammo-ts/game-api';
+import { REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_HEADER } from '@sammo-ts/common';
+import { resolveBatchRealtimeAccessGrant } from './realtimeAccessGrant';
 
 const getGameToken = (): string | null => {
     if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
@@ -13,9 +15,13 @@ export const trpc = createTRPCProxyClient<AppRouter>({
     links: [
         httpBatchLink({
             url: import.meta.env.VITE_GAME_API_URL ?? '/api/trpc',
-            headers() {
+            headers({ opList }) {
                 const token = getGameToken();
-                return token ? { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {};
+                const refreshGrant = resolveBatchRealtimeAccessGrant(opList);
+                return {
+                    ...(token ? { authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {}),
+                    ...(refreshGrant ? { [REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_HEADER]: refreshGrant } : {}),
+                };
             },
         }),
     ],
diff --git a/app/game-frontend/test/dashboardReadModel.test.ts b/app/game-frontend/test/dashboardReadModel.test.ts
index 651c15f3..4334564b 100644
--- a/app/game-frontend/test/dashboardReadModel.test.ts
+++ b/app/game-frontend/test/dashboardReadModel.test.ts
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ void test('merges browser-safe boolean invalidations and starts at most once per
     let nowMs = 0;
     let nextTimerId = 1;
     const timers = new Map<number, { callback: () => void; at: number }>();
-    const observed: Array<{ context: boolean; records: boolean }> = [];
+    const observed: Array<{ context: boolean; records: boolean; refreshGrant: string }> = [];
     const queue = createMergedReadModelRefreshQueue(
-        async (invalidation) => {
-            observed.push({ context: invalidation.context, records: invalidation.records });
+        async (invalidation, refreshGrant) => {
+            observed.push({ context: invalidation.context, records: invalidation.records, refreshGrant });
         },
         {
             minIntervalMs: 1_000,
@@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ void test('merges browser-safe boolean invalidations and starts at most once per
         }
     };
 
-    queue.request({ ...createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(), context: true });
+    queue.request({ ...createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(), context: true }, 'grant-a');
     runDueTimers();
     await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
-    assert.deepEqual(observed, [{ context: true, records: false }]);
+    assert.deepEqual(observed, [{ context: true, records: false, refreshGrant: 'grant-a' }]);
 
-    queue.request({ ...createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(), context: true });
-    queue.request({ ...createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(), records: true });
+    queue.request({ ...createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(), context: true }, 'grant-b');
+    queue.request({ ...createEmptyRealtimeReadModelInvalidation(), records: true }, 'grant-c');
     nowMs = 999;
     runDueTimers();
     assert.equal(observed.length, 1);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void test('merges browser-safe boolean invalidations and starts at most once per
     runDueTimers();
     await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve));
     assert.deepEqual(observed, [
-        { context: true, records: false },
-        { context: true, records: true },
+        { context: true, records: false, refreshGrant: 'grant-a' },
+        { context: true, records: true, refreshGrant: 'grant-c' },
     ]);
 });
diff --git a/app/game-frontend/test/realtimeAccessGrant.test.ts b/app/game-frontend/test/realtimeAccessGrant.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..baf86ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/game-frontend/test/realtimeAccessGrant.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+import {
+    createRealtimeRequestOptions,
+    REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY,
+    resolveBatchRealtimeAccessGrant,
+} from '../src/utils/realtimeAccessGrant.ts';
+
+void test('adds a realtime grant only to server-signaled request options', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(createRealtimeRequestOptions('grant-a'), {
+        context: { [REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY]: 'grant-a' },
+    });
+    assert.equal(createRealtimeRequestOptions(undefined), undefined);
+});
+
+void test('sets a batch grant only when every operation carries the same proof', () => {
+    assert.equal(
+        resolveBatchRealtimeAccessGrant([
+            { context: { [REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY]: 'grant-a' } },
+            { context: { [REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY]: 'grant-a' } },
+        ]),
+        'grant-a'
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+        resolveBatchRealtimeAccessGrant([
+            { context: { [REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY]: 'grant-a' } },
+            { context: {} },
+        ]),
+        undefined
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+        resolveBatchRealtimeAccessGrant([
+            { context: { [REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY]: 'grant-a' } },
+            { context: { [REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_CONTEXT_KEY]: 'grant-b' } },
+        ]),
+        undefined
+    );
+});
diff --git a/packages/common/src/realtime/types.ts b/packages/common/src/realtime/types.ts
index dd420019..e7fe2fe8 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/realtime/types.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/realtime/types.ts
@@ -226,18 +226,20 @@ export interface TournamentChangedEvent {
 export interface ReadModelInvalidatedEvent {
     type: 'readModelInvalidated';
     invalidation: RealtimeReadModelInvalidation;
+    /** Opaque, short-lived proof that the server initiated this refresh. */
+    refreshGrant: string;
 }
 
 export interface MessagesInvalidatedEvent {
     type: 'messagesInvalidated';
+    /** Opaque, short-lived proof that the server initiated this refresh. */
+    refreshGrant: string;
 }
 
+export const REALTIME_ACCESS_GRANT_HEADER = 'x-sammo-realtime-access-grant';
+
 /** Events safe to expose to an authenticated browser over SSE. */
 export type PublicRealtimeEvent = ReadModelInvalidatedEvent | MessagesInvalidatedEvent;
 
 export type RealtimeEvent =
-    | TurnCompletedEvent
-    | ReadModelChangedEvent
-    | MessageCreatedEvent
-    | MessagesChangedEvent
-    | TournamentChangedEvent;
+    TurnCompletedEvent | ReadModelChangedEvent | MessageCreatedEvent | MessagesChangedEvent | TournamentChangedEvent;