diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/cached_responses.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/cached_responses.rb
index 6a2e612..911b235 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/cached_responses.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/cached_responses.rb
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ module CachedResponses
       ActiveSupport::JSON.encode([
         controller_path, request.fullpath, request.base_url, request.user_agent,
         request.headers["Accept"], request.headers["Turbo-Frame"], I18n.locale,
-        Current.user.id, Current.session.token, session.to_hash,
-        request.env["action_controller.csrf_token"],
+        # Tokens are hydrated per request, including clients that replay an old
+        # cookie. Their raw CSRF secret does not select a presentation variant.
+        Current.user.id, Current.session.token, session.to_hash.except("_csrf_token"),
         cookies.to_h.except("_campfire_session", "session_token")
       ])
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
index 4cd81a0..9bca40b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ class MessagesController < ApplicationController
       # Creator, body and boost edits can change HTML without touching messages.
       # Masked CSRF tokens remain fresh while the presentation validator stays stable.
       fresh_when etag: Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(csrf_neutral_body(body, "")), template: false
-      self.response_body = body unless performed?
+      unless performed?
+        response.content_type = "text/html"
+        self.response_body = body
+      end
     else
       head :no_content
     end
diff --git a/test/controllers/cached_responses_test.rb b/test/controllers/cached_responses_test.rb
index 20c1262..b481454 100644
--- a/test/controllers/cached_responses_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/cached_responses_test.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class CachedResponsesTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
   setup do
     host! "once.campfire.test"
     sign_in :david
+    @login_cookie = cookies["_campfire_session"]
     @previous_forgery = ActionController::Base.allow_forgery_protection
     ActionController::Base.allow_forgery_protection = true
     @previous_cache = Rails.cache
@@ -38,6 +39,31 @@ class CachedResponsesTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     end
   end
 
+  test "pagination caches the completed HTML rather than silently bypassing admission" do
+    get room_messages_url(@room)
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_equal "text/html", response.media_type
+    MessagesController.any_instance.expects(:find_paged_messages).never
+    get room_messages_url(@room)
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
+  test "clients without a persisted CSRF session still reuse token-neutral HTML" do
+    cookies["_campfire_session"] = @login_cookie
+    get room_url(@room)
+    first = css_select('meta[name="csrf-token"]').first["content"]
+    cookies["_campfire_session"] = @login_cookie
+    ResponseCache.instance.expects(:write).never
+    get room_url(@room)
+    second = css_select('meta[name="csrf-token"]').first["content"]
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_not_equal first, second
+    assert_no_match /campfire-csrf-/, response.body
+    post room_messages_url(@room, format: :turbo_stream), params: {
+      authenticity_token: second, message: { body: "fresh replay token works", client_message_id: "cache-replay-token" } }
+    assert_response :success
+  end
+
   test "cached tokens stay fresh and literal token-like text survives" do
     get room_url(@room)
     literal = css_select('meta[name="csrf-token"]').first["content"]