diff --git a/systems/jeeves/web_services/haproxy.cfg b/systems/jeeves/web_services/haproxy.cfg
index 3281cf4..14d4be2 100644
--- a/systems/jeeves/web_services/haproxy.cfg
+++ b/systems/jeeves/web_services/haproxy.cfg
@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ frontend ContentSwitching
   acl host_gitea  hdr(host) -i gitea.tmmworkshop.com
   acl host_norn_sight  hdr(host) -i www.norn-sight.com
 
+  # --- Request logging ---
+  # Capture the Host header and User-Agent so the httplog shows who is
+  # requesting what. They appear in the log's {captured|headers} field,
+  # in this order: {host|user-agent}. Client IP is already logged by httplog.
+  # Kept above the rate limiting so denied (429) requests are captured too.
+  http-request capture req.hdr(Host) len 100
+  http-request capture req.hdr(User-Agent) len 128
+
+  # --- robots.txt ---
+  # Serve a single global robots.txt for every vhost (asks crawlers to wait
+  # 10s between requests via Crawl-delay). Returned for both HTTP and HTTPS.
+  # File is deployed to /etc/haproxy/robots.txt by haproxy.nix.
+  # Kept above the rate limiting so crawlers can always read it: `return` is a
+  # terminating action, so robots.txt requests are never tracked or denied.
+  acl is_robots path /robots.txt
+  http-request return status 200 content-type "text/plain" file /etc/haproxy/robots.txt if is_robots
+
   # --- Rate limiting (Gitea only, per source IP) ---
   # Trusted devices exempt from rate limiting (add one line per IP/CIDR).
   # Internal / reserved-for-private-use ranges:
@@ -47,42 +64,25 @@ frontend ContentSwitching
   # Add specific public devices below as needed:
   # acl rate_limit_allowlist src 192.0.2.50
 
-  # Logged-in Gitea sessions bypass the rate limits. Gitea sets the
-  # `i_like_gitea` session cookie on login, and it is only sent to the Gitea
-  # vhost, so this only affects Gitea traffic. Note: this matches cookie
-  # PRESENCE, not validity, so it filters anonymous crawlers (which carry no
-  # cookie) rather than acting as a hard security boundary.
-  acl gitea_logged_in req.cook(i_like_gitea) -m found
-
   # Track HTTP request rate per client IP over a 10s sliding window. Only Gitea
   # is rate-limited; all other vhosts are left alone.
   # ipv6 table type also covers IPv4 (mapped), so it works for both binds.
   stick-table type ipv6 size 100k expire 30s store http_req_rate(10s)
-  http-request track-sc0 src if host_gitea !is_acme !rate_limit_allowlist !gitea_logged_in
+  http-request track-sc0 src if host_gitea !is_acme !rate_limit_allowlist
   # Threshold: deny (429) when a client exceeds this many requests per 10s.
-  acl over_rate_limit sc_http_req_rate(0) gt 10
-  http-request deny deny_status 429 if over_rate_limit host_gitea !is_acme !rate_limit_allowlist !gitea_logged_in
-
-  # --- Request logging ---
-  # Capture the Host header and User-Agent so the httplog shows who is
-  # requesting what. They appear in the log's {captured|headers} field,
-  # in this order: {host|user-agent}. Client IP is already logged by httplog.
-  http-request capture req.hdr(Host) len 100
-  http-request capture req.hdr(User-Agent) len 128
-
-  # --- robots.txt ---
-  # Serve a single global robots.txt for every vhost (asks crawlers to wait
-  # 10s between requests via Crawl-delay). Returned for both HTTP and HTTPS.
-  # File is deployed to /etc/haproxy/robots.txt by haproxy.nix.
-  acl is_robots path /robots.txt
-  http-request return status 200 content-type "text/plain" file /etc/haproxy/robots.txt if is_robots
+  # Kept loose (50/10s) since logged-in users are rate-limited too; a page
+  # load can burst a few dozen asset requests.
+  acl over_rate_limit sc_http_req_rate(0) gt 50
+  http-request deny deny_status 429 if over_rate_limit host_gitea !is_acme !rate_limit_allowlist
 
   # --- Per-endpoint limit: Gitea compare/diff is expensive; cap at 1 req / 5 min / IP ---
   # Tracked in a separate 5-minute table (st_compare) since a proxy has only one
   # inline stick-table. Allow-listed (internal) IPs are exempt.
-  acl is_gitea_compare path_beg /Richie/dotfiles/compare
-  http-request track-sc1 src table st_compare if host_gitea is_gitea_compare !rate_limit_allowlist !gitea_logged_in
-  http-request deny deny_status 429 if host_gitea is_gitea_compare !rate_limit_allowlist !gitea_logged_in { sc_http_req_rate(1,st_compare) gt 1 }
+  # Matches /<owner>/<repo>/compare on every repo; -i because Gitea routes are
+  # case-insensitive.
+  acl is_gitea_compare path_reg -i ^/[^/]+/[^/]+/compare
+  http-request track-sc1 src table st_compare if host_gitea is_gitea_compare !rate_limit_allowlist
+  http-request deny deny_status 429 if host_gitea is_gitea_compare !rate_limit_allowlist { sc_http_req_rate(1,st_compare) gt 1 }
 
   # Hosts allowed to serve plain HTTP (add entries to skip the HTTPS redirect)
   acl allow_http hdr(host) -i __none__
@@ -117,11 +117,9 @@ backend cache_nodes
   server server 127.0.0.1:5000
 
 backend jellyfin
-    option httpchk
-    option forwardfor
-    http-check send meth GET uri /health
-    http-check expect string Healthy
-    server jellyfin 127.0.0.1:8096
+  mode http
+  option forwardfor
+  server jellyfin 127.0.0.1:8096
 
 backend share_nodes
   mode http