diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 28cace0..99ca732 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ not for the public pages. See `docs/design-principles.md` for the design.
     and their nav links point at their first child page. Dynamic regions have stable ids
     (`#page-banner`, `#nav`, `#sidebar`, `#main`) for fetch-navigation swaps
     (`#sidebar` may be absent on either side of a swap).
-  - `seed.py` — demo content written on startup for paths missing from the
-    database (never overwrites existing pages).
+  - `seed.py` — demo content written only when the database is first
+    created, via a `@kanta.bootstrap` handler in `app.py`.
   - `frontend/src/` — the Vue editor and public-page entries.
     - `main.js` — Vue editor app entry, mounts the tabbed EditorShell.
     - `pagerite.js` — public page entry; runs fetch-navigation, scroll-reveal,
@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@ not for the public pages. See `docs/design-principles.md` for the design.
       learn the current session's admin status. The same reverse proxy that
       gates `/_api` returns 401 for anonymous users, 403 for users without
       the admin permission, and 200 for admins. When Paskia is detected, a
-      🔑 login button (anonymous) or 🔐 profile button (logged in) is shown in
-      the banner corner; both open Paskia's iframe dialog via `showAuthIframe`
-      instead of navigating away. Admins also get the 🖊️ page/banner edit pens
+      🔑 login link (anonymous) or 🔐 profile link (logged in) is shown in
+      the banner corner; both are plain `<a href="/auth/">` links (Paskia
+      does not support being iframed, so we navigate normally), and a
+      `pageshow` handler re-probes auth when history navigation restores a
+      cached page. Admins also get the 🖊️ page/banner edit pens
       and a ⚙️ site-settings pen (asset URLs from the
       `pagerite:editor-src`/`-css` meta tags). If no Paskia SSO is
       detected (dev/no proxy), editing is left open. Pages themselves render
diff --git a/pagerite/app.py b/pagerite/app.py
index 75da8c2..b5bcc33 100644
--- a/pagerite/app.py
+++ b/pagerite/app.py
@@ -121,24 +121,26 @@ def _migrate_legacy() -> None:
         data.version += 1
 
 
+@kanta.bootstrap
+def _seed(data: Data) -> None:
+    """Write the demo pages on database creation (never on existing dbs)."""
+    for path in seed.PAGES:
+        title, markdown, files, banner, order, design = seed.PAGES[path]
+        for orig, body in files.items():
+            markdown, banner = _store_seed_file(markdown, banner, orig, body)
+        node = _ensure(data.menu, path)
+        node.title = title
+        node.content = markdown
+        node.banner = banner
+        node.banner_design = design
+        node.order = order
+
+
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(_app: FastAPI) -> AsyncIterator[None]:
-    """Open the database, migrate/seed content, load assets."""
+    """Open the database, migrate legacy content, load assets."""
     await kanta.open()
     _migrate_legacy()
-    missing = [p for p in seed.PAGES if resolve(data.menu, p) is None]
-    if missing:
-        with kanta.transaction("seed missing pages"):
-            for path in missing:
-                title, markdown, files, banner, order, design = seed.PAGES[path]
-                for orig, body in files.items():
-                    markdown, banner = _store_seed_file(markdown, banner, orig, body)
-                node = _ensure(data.menu, path)
-                node.title = title
-                node.content = markdown
-                node.banner = banner
-                node.banner_design = design
-                node.order = order
     await frontend.load()
     yield
     await kanta.close()