diff --git a/apps/pwa/src/lib/session.mjs b/apps/pwa/src/lib/session.mjs
index 3aab491..9ae0f0f 100644
--- a/apps/pwa/src/lib/session.mjs
+++ b/apps/pwa/src/lib/session.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Cookie sessions + auth middleware + CSRF (double-submit).
 import { get, run } from "../db.mjs";
 import { id, token, sign, unsign } from "./crypto.mjs";
+import { esc } from "./html.mjs";
 import { config } from "../config.mjs";
 
 const COOKIE = "mc_sess";
@@ -72,7 +73,12 @@ export function csrfGuard(req, res, next) {
   next();
 }
 
-export const csrfInput = (req) => `<input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="${req.csrfToken}">`;
+// Escaped the same way appBar() escapes this exact token. The value comes
+// straight off the mc_csrf cookie, which the app never validates, so a quote in
+// it closes the attribute early: the browser then submits a truncated token,
+// csrfGuard rejects the POST, and every form in the app 403s until the cookie
+// is cleared by hand.
+export const csrfInput = (req) => `<input type="hidden" name="_csrf" value="${esc(req.csrfToken)}">`;
 
 // ---- ephemeral auth-ceremony state (webauthn challenge / oauth pkce) in signed cookies ----
 export function setCeremony(res, name, value, ttlMs = 1000 * 60 * 5) {
diff --git a/apps/pwa/test/csrf-input-escaping.test.mjs b/apps/pwa/test/csrf-input-escaping.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a4a663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/pwa/test/csrf-input-escaping.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+// Integration test for the hidden _csrf field that csrfInput() renders.
+//
+// The field's value comes straight off the mc_csrf cookie, and the app never
+// validates that cookie's contents. Interpolated raw, a quote in it closes the
+// value attribute early: the browser then submits a truncated token, csrfGuard
+// rejects the POST, and every form in the app 403s until the cookie is cleared
+// by hand. appBar() already escapes this same token — csrfInput() must match.
+//
+// Boots the real routers against a throwaway libsql file database; skips
+// cleanly when the PWA dependencies are not installed.
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import { mkdtempSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+let deps = null;
+try {
+  deps = { express: require("express"), cookieParser: require("cookie-parser") };
+} catch {
+  deps = null; // pwa dependencies not installed — tests below skip
+}
+
+// Point the app at a throwaway database BEFORE importing its modules (config
+// reads the environment once, at import time).
+const workdir = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "moshcode-pwa-test-"));
+process.env.DATABASE_URL = `file:${path.join(workdir, "test.db")}`;
+process.env.SESSION_SECRET = "test-secret";
+
+const SESSION = "test-session-token";
+
+async function boot() {
+  const { migrate } = await import("../src/migrate.mjs");
+  await migrate();
+  const { run, db } = await import("../src/db.mjs");
+  const { sessionMiddleware, csrfGuard } = await import("../src/lib/session.mjs");
+  const { authRouter } = await import("../src/routes/auth.mjs");
+  const { pagesRouter } = await import("../src/routes/pages.mjs");
+
+  const app = deps.express();
+  app.use(deps.express.json());
+  app.use(deps.express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+  app.use(deps.cookieParser());
+  app.use(sessionMiddleware);
+  app.use(csrfGuard);
+  app.use(authRouter);
+  app.use(pagesRouter);
+  const server = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const s = app.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => resolve(s));
+  });
+
+  await run(`INSERT INTO users (id, email, display_name, created_at) VALUES ('u1','a@b.c','demo',1)`);
+  await run(`INSERT INTO sessions (token, user_id, created_at, expires_at) VALUES (?,?,?,?)`,
+    [SESSION, "u1", Date.now(), Date.now() + 60_000]);
+
+  return { server, db, base: `http://127.0.0.1:${server.address().port}` };
+}
+
+let booted = null;
+const app = () => (booted ||= boot());
+
+test.after(() => {
+  if (!booted) return;
+  booted.then(({ server, db }) => { server.close(); db.close?.(); })
+    .finally(() => { try { fs.rmSync(workdir, { recursive: true, force: true }); } catch { /* noop */ } });
+});
+
+// A browser decodes entities in the attribute before submitting the field, so
+// the test must too — comparing the raw attribute text would measure the markup
+// rather than what actually reaches the server.
+const decodeAttr = (s) => s.replace(/&quot;/g, '"').replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
+  .replace(/&lt;/g, "<").replace(/&gt;/g, ">").replace(/&amp;/g, "&");
+
+const formFields = (html, action) => {
+  const form = new RegExp(`<form method="post" action="${action}"[^>]*>([\\s\\S]*?)</form>`).exec(html);
+  assert.ok(form, `page renders a form posting to ${action}`);
+  const value = /name="_csrf" value="([^"]*)"/.exec(form[1]);
+  return { raw: value ? value[1] : null, submitted: value ? decodeAttr(value[1]) : null };
+};
+
+// Render /settings with the given mc_csrf cookie, then submit the "Save
+// channels" form exactly as a browser would from that markup.
+async function roundTrip(rawToken) {
+  const { base } = await app();
+  const cookie = `mc_sess=${SESSION}; mc_csrf=${encodeURIComponent(rawToken)}`;
+  const html = await (await fetch(`${base}/settings`, { headers: { cookie } })).text();
+  const field = formFields(html, "/settings/channels");
+  const res = await fetch(`${base}/settings/channels`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    redirect: "manual",
+    headers: { cookie, "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
+    body: `_csrf=${encodeURIComponent(field.submitted ?? "")}&on_email=1`,
+  });
+  return { html, field, status: res.status };
+}
+
+test("an ordinary token round-trips unchanged", { skip: !deps && "apps/pwa deps not installed" }, async () => {
+  const token = "abc123def456";
+  const { field, status } = await roundTrip(token);
+  assert.equal(field.raw, token, "an ordinary token needs no escaping");
+  assert.equal(field.submitted, token);
+  assert.equal(status, 302, "the form must be accepted");
+});
+
+test("a quote in the token does not truncate the field", { skip: !deps && "apps/pwa deps not installed" }, async () => {
+  const token = 'a"b';
+  const { field, status } = await roundTrip(token);
+  assert.equal(field.raw, "a&quot;b", "the quote must be escaped, not left to close the attribute");
+  assert.equal(field.submitted, token, "the browser must submit the whole token");
+  assert.equal(status, 302, "the form must still be accepted");
+});
+
+test("a token full of markup neither breaks nor injects into the page", { skip: !deps && "apps/pwa deps not installed" }, async () => {
+  const token = '"><script>alert(1)</script><b x="';
+  const { html, field, status } = await roundTrip(token);
+  assert.ok(!/<script>alert\(1\)<\/script>/.test(html), "the token must not inject an element");
+  assert.equal(field.submitted, token, "the browser must submit the whole token");
+  assert.equal(status, 302, "the form must still be accepted");
+});
+
+test("csrfInput escapes the token the same way appBar does", { skip: !deps && "apps/pwa deps not installed" }, async () => {
+  const { html } = await roundTrip('a"b');
+  // Both hidden fields carry the same token; they must render identically.
+  assert.equal(formFields(html, "/settings/channels").raw, formFields(html, "/auth/logout").raw);
+});
+
+test("csrfGuard still rejects a mismatched token", { skip: !deps && "apps/pwa deps not installed" }, async () => {
+  const { base } = await app();
+  const res = await fetch(`${base}/settings/channels`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    redirect: "manual",
+    headers: {
+      cookie: `mc_sess=${SESSION}; mc_csrf=${encodeURIComponent('a"b')}`,
+      "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+    },
+    body: "_csrf=a&on_email=1", // the truncated token the unescaped field used to send
+  });
+  assert.equal(res.status, 403, "escaping must not loosen the guard");
+});