diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 9eb7be2..f9faf70 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Pagerite is a CMS. See `docs` for the full design and implementation details. Ke
 - `pagerite/` — Python backend package (hatchling build target).
   - `app.py` — thin FastAPI assembly: lifespan, `FastAPI(...)`, router includes (route ordering: api/tracking/messages/files routers, then `frontend.route(app, "/")`, then the pages catch-all last).
   - `state.py` — shared core, no routes: env-derived site constants, `data`/`kanta`, `analytics_store`, the fastapi-vue `frontend`, the render cache (`_html_response`, `_invalidate_pages`), the translator `dispatcher`, slug helpers, `@kanta.bootstrap` hooks.
-  - `files.py` — `FileStore` (content-addressed, RAM-cached), image derivative helpers (`store_image`), file routes (`/_api/files`, `/_f/` — incl. `/_f/{name}/{filename}` forced-download attachments, `/_themes/`, `/_fonts/`, favicon settings).
+  - `files.py` — `FileStore` (content-addressed, RAM-cached), image derivative helpers (`store_image`; `store_attachment` keeps non-media uploads as inert `{hash}.file` blobs), file routes (`/_api/files`, `/_f/` — media by hash, attachments only via `/_f/{hash}/{filename}`, all forced-download + nosniff, `/_themes/`, `/_fonts/`, favicon settings).
   - `api.py` — editor REST + WS: `/_api/pages`, `/_api/structure`, `/_api/settings`, `/_api/toggle-task`, `/_api/translations`, `/_api/ws/editor`, `/_translate/{key}`.
   - `tracking.py` — visit analytics: GeoIP, client enrichment, favicon fetch, `/_ws`, `/_api/ws/analytics`, the `/_a` page (docs/analytics.md). Both sockets also carry the contact-message protocol (docs/messages.md): `/_ws` routes token-bearing visitor frames, the analytics socket the admin inbox.
   - `messages.py` — visitor contact threads (docs/messages.md): strict message rendering (`html=False` markdown-it — threads never carry user markup), thread store ops, the visitor/admin socket protocols, and the public `/_contact/files` upload route.
diff --git a/docs/messages.md b/docs/messages.md
index 3239c85..388b77f 100644
--- a/docs/messages.md
+++ b/docs/messages.md
@@ -92,18 +92,25 @@ injection point, fed only by the strict renderer.
 ## Uploads
 
 `PUT /_contact/files/{name}` (public, like the messaging socket) stores
-panel uploads in the content-addressed file store: raster images through
-the usual AVIF/WebP/JPEG derivative pipeline, **anything else as-is**,
-rendering as a download chip in the thread. Every file type is allowed
-(html, exe, svg…) — safety comes from enforced downloads rather than
-type filtering, verified twice: the chip anchor carries a `download`
-attribute, and the attachment link is `/_f/{name}/{original-filename}`,
-which the file server answers with `content-disposition: attachment`
-naming the original file (the name rides in the URL; there is no
-filename registry). The plain `/_f/{name}` form additionally forces a
-download whenever the stored type is a script carrier (html/xml/svg/
-js), so stripping the filename segment cannot turn an attachment into
-an in-origin page; all `/_f/` responses carry `nosniff`. Gates today: a
+panel uploads in the content-addressed file store. Images (raster and
+SVG) go through the usual AVIF/WebP/JPEG derivative pipeline and inline
+in the message — SVGs included: the extension-less link negotiates
+raster derivatives, and even an as-is-served `.svg` is script-inert
+inside an `<img>`. Everything else (videos, archives, html, exe…) is
+stored as an inert `{hash}.file` blob — the original extension is
+dropped on disk, so the store can never be double-click-executed — and
+linked as `/_f/{hash}/{original-name}`; the `.file` suffix exists only
+on the filesystem and is rejected in URLs. Serving is strictly
+separated: `/_f/{name}` serves media only (hash with or without
+extension), `.orig.` originals stay blocked, and the filename-carrying
+route serves only `{name}.file` blobs (never media, never by hash).
+Every `/_f/` response carries `content-disposition: attachment` (no
+filename needed — the URL's last segment names the download) and
+`x-content-type-options: nosniff`, so a store file can never be
+rendered or sniffed into something executable in the site's origin;
+subresource fetches (`<img>`, `<video>`, favicons) ignore the
+disposition, so inline media is unaffected. The chip anchors
+additionally carry a `download` attribute. Gates today: a
 session-shaped `x-contact-token` header and a 20 MB size cap. Admin
 uploads from the same composer go to the admin-gated `/_api/files`
 instead. Files uploaded but never referenced by a sent message
diff --git a/pagerite/files.py b/pagerite/files.py
index bdc512d..54f274b 100644
--- a/pagerite/files.py
+++ b/pagerite/files.py
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ images and SVGs are recompressed into AVIF/WebP/JPEG derivatives
 ``<hash>.orig<ext>`` (never served). Routes: upload/delete under
 ``/_api/files``, the favicon settings endpoints, the /favicon.ico
 redirect to the configured icon, the ``/_f/`` server with
-Accept-negotiated formats (``/_f/{name}/{filename}`` serves the same
-file as a named forced download), and the user assets (``/_themes/``,
-``/_fonts/``).
+Accept-negotiated formats (``/_f/{name}/{filename}`` serves ``{name}.file``
+attachment blobs), and the user assets (``/_themes/``, ``/_fonts/``).
+All ``/_f/`` responses are forced downloads (``content-disposition:
+attachment`` — ignored by <img>/<video> subresource fetches) with
+``nosniff``.
 """
 
 import asyncio
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ import mimetypes
 import tempfile
 from contextlib import suppress
 from pathlib import Path
-from urllib.parse import quote, urlsplit
+from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
 import blake3
 import httpx
@@ -217,6 +219,20 @@ def store_image(
     return digest
 
 
+def store_attachment(body: bytes) -> str:
+    """Store a non-media upload as an inert ``<hash>.file`` blob.
+
+    The original extension is deliberately dropped on disk (a stored
+    ``.exe``/``.html`` could otherwise be accidentally run from the
+    filesystem); the original name lives only in the serving URL
+    (``/_f/{hash}/{name}``), and ``.file`` blobs are served nowhere
+    else. Returns the store name.
+    """
+    name = blake3.blake3(body).hexdigest()[:12] + ".file"
+    file_store.put(name, body)
+    return name
+
+
 #: Pasted-URL image fetches (fetch_image) refuse bodies over this size.
 FETCH_MAXSIZE = 20 * 1024 * 1024
 
@@ -369,35 +385,6 @@ async def user_font_file(name: str, filename: str, request: Request) -> Response
     return await _serve_user_file(views.font_file(name, filename), request)
 
 
-#: Mimes that execute script when navigated to in the site's origin. Store
-#: files with such a type are always forced to download, so that stripping
-#: the file-name segment off an attachment URL cannot turn it into an
-#: in-origin page (see stored_file_download). Subresource fetches (<img>,
-#: favicons) ignore Content-Disposition and are unaffected.
-_SCRIPT_MIMES = {
-    "text/html",
-    "application/xhtml+xml",
-    "text/xml",
-    "application/xml",
-    "image/svg+xml",
-    "text/javascript",
-    "application/javascript",
-    "application/x-javascript",
-}
-
-
-def _content_disposition(filename: str) -> str:
-    """An attachment Content-Disposition for an original file name: an
-    ASCII-safe quoted fallback plus the RFC 5987 UTF-8 form."""
-    fallback = "".join(
-        c if 32 <= ord(c) < 127 and c not in '";\\' else "_" for c in filename
-    )
-    return (
-        f'attachment; filename="{fallback or "file"}"; '
-        f"filename*=UTF-8''{quote(filename, safe='')}"
-    )
-
-
 @router.get("/_f/{name}")
 async def stored_file(name: str, request: Request) -> Response:
     return _stored_response(name, request)
@@ -405,16 +392,15 @@ async def stored_file(name: str, request: Request) -> Response:
 
 @router.get("/_f/{name}/{filename}")
 async def stored_file_download(name: str, filename: str, request: Request) -> Response:
-    """The attachment form of a store URL: same file, always served as a
-    download named after the original upload (the link form contact
-    attachments carry, `/_f/{name}/{original}` — the file name lives in
-    the URL, not the database). The name segment only labels the
-    download; lookup is by ``name`` alone.
+    """The attachment URL shape. ``{name}`` identifies a ``{name}.file``
+    blob (inert on disk, never served without the filename segment);
+    ``{filename}`` is the original upload name and lives only in this
+    URL — the browser names the download after the last path segment.
     """
-    return _stored_response(name, request, Path(filename).name or "file")
+    return _stored_response(name, request, attachment=True)
 
 
-def _stored_response(name: str, request: Request, filename: str = "") -> Response:
+def _stored_response(name: str, request: Request, *, attachment: bool = False) -> Response:
     """Serve a file from the content-addressed store (immutable: the name
     is its own hash, so cache forever).  Bodies are served from the RAM
     cache, zstd-compressed when the client accepts it and compression
@@ -425,36 +411,51 @@ def _stored_response(name: str, request: Request, filename: str = "") -> Respons
     only when the Accept header lists it explicitly — ``image/avif`` →
     AVIF, ``image/webp`` → WebP, anything else (including ``image/*`` and
     ``*/*``) → JPEG. An explicit extension pins the format. ``.orig.``
-    originals are internal (they may carry EXIF data) and never served.
+    originals are internal (they may carry EXIF data) and never served,
+    and ``.file`` attachment blobs are only served through the
+    filename-carrying URL (stored_file_download), never by hash.
 
-    Every response carries ``nosniff``; a ``filename`` (attachment URLs)
-    or a script-carrier mime forces a download via Content-Disposition."""
+    Every response is ``content-disposition: attachment`` with
+    ``nosniff``: subresource fetches (<img>, <video>, favicons) ignore
+    the disposition, but a direct navigation always downloads and the
+    body is never sniffed into something executable in this origin."""
     if ".orig." in name:
         raise HTTPException(404)
     etag = name
     vary = ""
-    entry = file_store.get(name)
-    if entry is None and "." not in name:
-        # Extension-less image link: negotiate avif/webp/jpg by Accept.
-        vary = "accept"
-        accept = request.headers.get("accept", "")
-        if "image/avif" in accept:
-            order = ("avif", "webp", "jpg")
-        elif "image/webp" in accept:
-            order = ("webp", "jpg", "avif")
-        else:
-            order = ("jpg", "webp", "avif")
-        for ext in order:
-            etag = f"{name}.{ext}"
-            entry = file_store.get(etag)
-            if entry is not None:
-                break
+    if attachment:
+        etag = f"{name}.file"
+        entry = file_store.get(etag)
+    else:
+        if name.endswith(".file"):
+            raise HTTPException(404)
+        entry = file_store.get(name)
+        if entry is None and "." not in name:
+            # Extension-less image link: negotiate avif/webp/jpg by Accept.
+            vary = "accept"
+            accept = request.headers.get("accept", "")
+            if "image/avif" in accept:
+                order = ("avif", "webp", "jpg")
+            elif "image/webp" in accept:
+                order = ("webp", "jpg", "avif")
+            else:
+                order = ("jpg", "webp", "avif")
+            for ext in order:
+                etag = f"{name}.{ext}"
+                entry = file_store.get(etag)
+                if entry is not None:
+                    break
     if entry is None:
         raise HTTPException(404)
     if request.headers.get("if-none-match") == etag:
         return Response(status_code=304)
     body, compressed = entry
-    headers = {"etag": etag, "cache-control": "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"}
+    headers = {
+        "etag": etag,
+        "cache-control": "public, max-age=31536000, immutable",
+        "content-disposition": "attachment",
+        "x-content-type-options": "nosniff",
+    }
     if compressed is not None and "zstd" in request.headers.get("accept-encoding", ""):
         headers["content-encoding"] = "zstd"
         vary = f"{vary}, accept-encoding".lstrip(", ")
@@ -462,9 +463,4 @@ def _stored_response(name: str, request: Request, filename: str = "") -> Respons
     if vary:
         headers["vary"] = vary
     mime = mimetypes.guess_type(etag)[0] or "application/octet-stream"
-    if filename:
-        headers["content-disposition"] = _content_disposition(filename)
-    elif mime in _SCRIPT_MIMES:
-        headers["content-disposition"] = _content_disposition(name)
-    headers["x-content-type-options"] = "nosniff"
     return Response(body, media_type=mime, headers=headers)
diff --git a/pagerite/messages.py b/pagerite/messages.py
index f73db60..74b1b04 100644
--- a/pagerite/messages.py
+++ b/pagerite/messages.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
 from markdown_it.common.utils import escapeHtml
 
 from pagerite.data import ContactMessage, ContactThread
-from pagerite.files import _ext, _hash_name, file_store, store_image
+from pagerite.files import _ext, store_attachment, store_image
 from pagerite.state import data, kanta
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -302,13 +302,14 @@ async def admin_frame(ws: WebSocket, raw: dict) -> None:
 
 # --- Uploads -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#: Contact-panel uploads: raster images get the usual derivative pipeline
-#: and inline in the message; every other type (html, exe, svg, anything)
-#: is stored as-is and renders as a download chip whose link carries the
-#: original file name: /_f/{name}/{filename}. Downloads are enforced
-#: twice — the chip anchor has a download attribute and that URL is served
-#: content-disposition: attachment — so no file type needs refusing.
-IMAGE_EXTS = {".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".webp", ".avif", ".heic", ".heif"}
+#: Contact-panel uploads: images (raster and SVG) go through the usual
+#: derivative pipeline and inline in the message — SVGs included: the
+#: extension-less link negotiates raster derivatives, and even an
+#: as-is-served .svg is inert inside an <img> (and downloads when
+#: navigated to). Every other type is stored as an inert {hash}.file
+#: blob (store_attachment — no original extension on disk) and links as
+#: /_f/{hash}/{original-name}; the .file suffix never appears in URLs.
+IMAGE_EXTS = {".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".svg", ".webp", ".avif", ".heic", ".heif"}
 UPLOAD_MAX_BYTES = 20 * 1024 * 1024
 
 
@@ -319,10 +320,11 @@ async def contact_upload(name: str, request: Request) -> dict:
     Public like the messaging socket (only /_api is gated): the caller
     must present a session-shaped token, size is capped, and abuse
     limiting is meant to ride on the proof-of-work stamp once plugged in.
-    Images get the usual AVIF/WebP/JPEG derivatives and are referenced
-    extension-less; any other file is stored as-is and referenced with
-    its original name in the path (served as a forced download). Returns
-    the /_f/ path and whether the file is an inline-able image.
+    Images (raster and SVG) get the usual derivative treatment and are
+    referenced extension-less; any other file is stored as an inert
+    {hash}.file blob and referenced as /_f/{hash}/{original-name}, which
+    is always served as a forced download. Returns the /_f/ path and
+    whether the file is an inline-able image.
     """
     if not TOKEN_RE.fullmatch(request.headers.get("x-contact-token", "")):
         raise HTTPException(403, "no session")
@@ -341,11 +343,13 @@ async def contact_upload(name: str, request: Request) -> dict:
     ext = _ext(orig)
     if ext in IMAGE_EXTS:
         stored = await asyncio.to_thread(store_image, body, ext, derive=ext != ".gif")
-        # Decodable images come back extension-less (GIFs keep .gif); an
-        # undecodable body is stored as-is and attaches like any file.
-        if "." not in stored or ext == ".gif":
+        # Decodable images come back extension-less (GIFs and as-is SVGs
+        # keep their extension); an undecodable body attaches like any file.
+        if "." not in stored or ext in (".gif", ".svg"):
             return {"path": f"/_f/{stored}", "image": True, "name": orig}
-    else:
-        stored = _hash_name(body, orig)
-        await asyncio.to_thread(file_store.put, stored, body)
-    return {"path": f"/_f/{stored}/{quote(orig, safe='')}", "image": False, "name": orig}
+    stored = await asyncio.to_thread(store_attachment, body)
+    return {
+        "path": f"/_f/{stored.removesuffix('.file')}/{quote(orig, safe='')}",
+        "image": False,
+        "name": orig,
+    }