diff --git a/site/public/service-worker.js b/site/public/service-worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75859d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/public/service-worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Tombstone service worker for the site origin's root scope (`/`).
+//
+// The game UI used to be served at this origin's root with a
+// root-scoped service worker. It now lives under `/game/` (its own
+// scoped worker), and the project site served at `/` ships no service
+// worker of its own. This file exists only so any lingering old
+// root-scoped worker, on its next update check, replaces itself with
+// this one — which unregisters itself and reloads its controlled pages
+// so they fall through to the live network (the site) instead of a
+// stale cache. New visitors never register it; nothing here calls
+// `register`.
+self.addEventListener("install", () => self.skipWaiting());
+
+self.addEventListener("activate", (event) => {
+	event.waitUntil(
+		(async () => {
+			await self.registration.unregister();
+			const clients = await self.clients.matchAll({ type: "window" });
+			for (const client of clients) {
+				client.navigate(client.url);
+			}
+		})(),
+	);
+});
diff --git a/ui/frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/ui/frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index d9c83cf..8362e76 100644
--- a/ui/frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/ui/frontend/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@
 		}
 		if (session.status === "anonymous" && pathname !== "/login") {
 			void goto(withBase("/login"), { replaceState: true });
-		} else if (session.status === "authenticated" && pathname === "/login") {
+		} else if (
+			session.status === "authenticated" &&
+			(pathname === "/login" || pathname === "/")
+		) {
 			void goto(withBase("/lobby"), { replaceState: true });
 		}
 	});
diff --git a/ui/frontend/src/routes/+page.svelte b/ui/frontend/src/routes/+page.svelte
index bec7e60..0f0ce3c 100644
--- a/ui/frontend/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/ui/frontend/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-	import { APP_VERSION } from "$lib/version";
+	// The app root renders no content of its own. The root layout's auth
+	// guard redirects "/" to /lobby (authenticated) or /login
+	// (anonymous); this placeholder only shows for the brief moment
+	// before that client-side redirect resolves.
+	import { i18n } from "$lib/i18n/index.svelte";
 </script>
 
-<main>
-	<h1>Galaxy</h1>
-	<p>Cross-platform UI client — workspace skeleton.</p>
+<main class="status">
+	<p>{i18n.t("common.loading")}</p>
 </main>
 
-<footer data-testid="app-version">version {APP_VERSION}</footer>
-
 <style>
-	main {
-		padding: 2rem;
-		font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
-	}
-	footer {
-		padding: 1rem 2rem;
-		opacity: 0.6;
-		font-size: 0.875rem;
+	.status {
+		padding: var(--space-6);
+		font-family: var(--font-sans);
 	}
 </style>
diff --git a/ui/frontend/tests/landing.test.ts b/ui/frontend/tests/landing.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e7ffe3..0000000
--- a/ui/frontend/tests/landing.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import { render } from "@testing-library/svelte";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import Page from "../src/routes/+page.svelte";
-
-describe("landing page", () => {
-	it("renders a non-empty version string in the footer", () => {
-		const { getByTestId } = render(Page);
-		const footer = getByTestId("app-version");
-		expect(footer).toBeInTheDocument();
-		expect(footer.textContent?.trim()).not.toBe("");
-		expect(footer.textContent).toMatch(/version\s+\S+/);
-	});
-});