diff --git a/website/src/main/resources/static/js/app.js b/website/src/main/resources/static/js/app.js
index bc3deef2..8d5aa025 100644
--- a/website/src/main/resources/static/js/app.js
+++ b/website/src/main/resources/static/js/app.js
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ import './components/footer.js';
 import './components/blog.js';
 import './components/gallery.js';
 import pubsub from './components/pubsub.js';
-import { clearSharedFolderStreamingAuth } from './lib/shared-folder-streaming.js';
+import {
+    clearSharedFolderStreamingAuth,
+    installSharedFolderAuthRecovery,
+} from './lib/shared-folder-streaming.js';
+import { getAuthToken } from './lib/util.js';
+
+installSharedFolderAuthRecovery(getAuthToken);
 
 /** Wire core layout and global auth behavior once DOM is ready. */
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
diff --git a/website/src/main/resources/static/js/lib/shared-folder-streaming.js b/website/src/main/resources/static/js/lib/shared-folder-streaming.js
index 801ea1e7..9f62e00d 100644
--- a/website/src/main/resources/static/js/lib/shared-folder-streaming.js
+++ b/website/src/main/resources/static/js/lib/shared-folder-streaming.js
@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ export function clearSharedFolderStreamingAuth() {
   }
 }
 
+/** Let every signed-in page rehydrate the active worker after a page navigation. */
+export function installSharedFolderAuthRecovery(
+  getToken,
+  serviceWorker = typeof navigator === 'undefined' ? null : navigator.serviceWorker,
+) {
+  if (typeof getToken !== 'function' || !serviceWorker?.addEventListener) return;
+  serviceWorker.addEventListener('message', event => {
+    if (event.data?.type !== 'shared-folder-auth-request-token') return;
+    const controller = serviceWorker.controller;
+    if (event.source !== controller || !event.ports?.[0]) return;
+    event.ports[0].postMessage({
+      type: 'shared-folder-auth-recovery',
+      token: getToken() || null,
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 function isExpectedWorker(worker) {
   return !!worker
     && new URL(worker.scriptURL).pathname === SHARED_FOLDER_AUTH_WORKER_PATH;
diff --git a/website/src/main/resources/static/js/lib/shared-folder-worker-runtime.js b/website/src/main/resources/static/js/lib/shared-folder-worker-runtime.js
index 4ed3f3eb..9240b9c7 100644
--- a/website/src/main/resources/static/js/lib/shared-folder-worker-runtime.js
+++ b/website/src/main/resources/static/js/lib/shared-folder-worker-runtime.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export async function respondToSharedFolderFetch({
     downloadTokens,
     nowFn(),
   );
+  if (!token) token = requestBearerToken(request);
   if (!token) token = clientTokens.get(clientId);
   if (!token) {
     token = await recoverClientToken({
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ export async function respondToSharedFolderFetch({
   return response;
 }
 
+function requestBearerToken(request) {
+  const authorization = request.headers.get('Authorization') || '';
+  if (!authorization.startsWith('Bearer ')) return '';
+  return authorization.substring('Bearer '.length).trim();
+}
+
 /** Stage one exact short-lived download token without persisting it or putting it in the URL. */
 export function stageSharedFolderDownloadAuthorization({
   requestUrl,
diff --git a/website/src/test/js/shared-folder-streaming.test.js b/website/src/test/js/shared-folder-streaming.test.js
index b9a3bb31..eb631dfa 100644
--- a/website/src/test/js/shared-folder-streaming.test.js
+++ b/website/src/test/js/shared-folder-streaming.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import test from 'node:test';
 
 import {
   attachSharedFolderAuthorization,
+  installSharedFolderAuthRecovery,
   isSharedFolderApiRequest,
   sharedFolderDownloadRequestUrl,
   prepareSharedFolderStreamingAuth,
@@ -79,6 +80,31 @@ test('download and binary-preview denial states are actionable without a rejecte
   });
 });
 
+test('global auth recovery answers an existing worker after navigation to Back Office', () => {
+  let onMessage;
+  const replies = [];
+  const controller = { scriptURL: `${origin}/shared-folder-auth-sw.js` };
+  const serviceWorker = {
+    controller,
+    addEventListener(type, listener) {
+      assert.equal(type, 'message');
+      onMessage = listener;
+    },
+  };
+
+  installSharedFolderAuthRecovery(() => 'current-jwt', serviceWorker);
+  onMessage({
+    data: { type: 'shared-folder-auth-request-token' },
+    source: controller,
+    ports: [{ postMessage: reply => replies.push(reply) }],
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(replies, [{
+    type: 'shared-folder-auth-recovery',
+    token: 'current-jwt',
+  }]);
+});
+
 test('shared-folder page starts native anchor and media requests without Blob buffering', () => {
   const page = fs.readFileSync('website/src/main/resources/static/js/shared-folder.js', 'utf8');
   const worker = fs.readFileSync('website/src/main/resources/static/shared-folder-auth-sw.js', 'utf8');
diff --git a/website/src/test/js/shared-folder-worker-runtime.test.js b/website/src/test/js/shared-folder-worker-runtime.test.js
index 15c26968..d3e94a7e 100644
--- a/website/src/test/js/shared-folder-worker-runtime.test.js
+++ b/website/src/test/js/shared-folder-worker-runtime.test.js
@@ -53,6 +53,28 @@ test('lost worker token is rehydrated from the initiating controlled client befo
   assert.equal(requests[0].options.cache, 'no-store');
 });
 
+test('an authenticated shared-folder API fetch keeps its bearer token across page navigation', async () => {
+  const requests = [];
+  const response = await respondToSharedFolderFetch({
+    request: new Request(apiUrl, {
+      headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer back-office-jwt' },
+    }),
+    clientId: 'back-office-client',
+    clientTokens: new Map(),
+    clients: {
+      get: async () => assert.fail('an explicit bearer token must not require client recovery'),
+    },
+    origin,
+    fetchFn: async request => {
+      requests.push(request);
+      return new Response('admin data', { status: 200 });
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+  assert.equal(requests[0].headers.get('Authorization'), 'Bearer back-office-jwt');
+});
+
 test('a token-recovery timeout returns a controlled denial instead of falling through unauthenticated', async () => {
   const tokens = new Map();
   const messages = [];