diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 182212f..c326ad2 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -239,7 +239,13 @@ arrive from a platform rather than completing a mandatory registration).
   development log mailer when no relay is configured) and, once
   verified, attaches a confirmed email identity. Sends are throttled per recipient
   (a 60-second cooldown and a five-per-hour cap). Links in the email are built from
-  a configured public base URL, never a request Host header (anti-injection). An
+  a configured public base URL, never a request Host header (anti-injection). The email
+  also carries a **one-tap confirm deeplink** (`/app/#/confirm/<token>`, an opaque
+  256-bit token stored only as its SHA-256, 12-hour TTL): a login mints a session in the
+  browser that opens it (magic-link), a link confirms the identity and emits a `notify`
+  profile-refresh to the in-app session, and a would-be merge is deferred to the
+  interactive flow. The confirm page is prefetch-safe — it confirms only on a button
+  press, so a mail scanner's GET does not consume the single-use token. An
   **email-login** account is created flagged `is_guest` and stays reapable until the
   code is confirmed — so an abandoned, never-confirmed login frees its reserved
   address — with confirming clearing the flag. Accounts and identities use
@@ -933,7 +939,10 @@ edge-pause, scroll speed, and the fade-out → gap → fade-in transition) are o
 eligibility inputs (grants hints, grants/revokes `no_banner`; a future payment flow sets
 `paid_account`), the backend emits a `notify` **`banner`** sub-kind (a payload-free re-poll signal),
 and the open client re-fetches `profile.get` to show or hide the banner in place. Operator *content*
-edits take effect on the next `profile.get` (open/reconnect/foreground), not mid-session.
+edits take effect on the next `profile.get` (open/reconnect/foreground), not mid-session. The same
+mechanism carries a **`profile`** sub-kind — a payload-free re-fetch signal emitted when a viewer's
+own account changed out of band (an email confirmed through the one-tap deeplink opened in another
+browser), so an open in-app session reflects it at once.
 
 > A single `app.load` bootstrap aggregator (collapsing `profile.get` + lobby + badge fetches into
 > one round-trip) was **considered and deferred**: client↔gateway is HTTP/2 (h2c), so the bootstrap
diff --git a/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md b/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
index 09dfed6..abafd3c 100644
--- a/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
+++ b/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ client's light/dark scheme, and the layout clears the VK mobile home bar. The sa
 is provisioned on the first request but only becomes a durable account once the code
 is confirmed, so an abandoned, never-confirmed attempt is cleaned up and its address
 freed. Sends are rate-limited (a short cooldown between codes and a small hourly cap
-per address), so a mistyped address or an impatient tap cannot flood an inbox.
+per address), so a mistyped address or an impatient tap cannot flood an inbox. The email
+also carries a **one-tap link** that confirms the address — or signs the player straight
+in — in a single tap; opening it in another browser reflects in the app at once, and a
+mail scanner that merely fetches the link never triggers it (it acts only on a button press).
 Telegram runs a **single bot**: every player uses
 the same bot, and all of its chat and out-of-app notifications are written in the
 player's own **interface language** (en/ru). A separate optional **promo bot** can run alongside the
diff --git a/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md b/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
index 1ca51cd..690ddfb 100644
--- a/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
+++ b/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ launch-параметрам VK (их проверяет gateway), и при пе
 запросе, но становится постоянным аккаунтом только после подтверждения кода — так брошенная,
 неподтверждённая попытка вычищается, а адрес освобождается. Отправки ограничены по частоте (короткая
 пауза между кодами и небольшой часовой лимит на адрес), чтобы опечатка в адресе или нетерпеливый тап
-не завалили почтовый ящик.
+не завалили почтовый ящик. В письме также есть **ссылка одного нажатия**, которая подтверждает
+адрес — или сразу выполняет вход — в один тап; открытие её в другом браузере тут же отражается в
+приложении, а почтовый сканер, который просто загружает ссылку, её не срабатывает (действие
+только по нажатию кнопки).
 Telegram держит **единого бота**: все игроки пользуются одним
 и тем же ботом, а весь его чат и внеприложенческие уведомления пишутся на **языке
 интерфейса** самого игрока (en/ru). Рядом с основным может работать отдельный опциональный
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/codec.test.ts b/ui/src/lib/codec.test.ts
index 21b37ae..4e1b1ab 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/codec.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/codec.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   decodeStats,
   encodeCheckWord,
   encodeEmailRequest,
+  encodeEmailConfirmLink,
   encodeFeedbackSubmit,
   encodeDraftSave,
   encodeEnqueue,
@@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ describe('codec', () => {
     );
     expect(email.email()).toBe('a@example.com');
     expect(email.browserTz()).toBe('+00:00');
+    expect(email.language()).toBe('en');
+
+    const confirm = fb.EmailConfirmLinkRequest.getRootAsEmailConfirmLinkRequest(
+      new ByteBuffer(encodeEmailConfirmLink('tok-abc')),
+    );
+    expect(confirm.token()).toBe('tok-abc');
 
     const vk = fb.VKLoginRequest.getRootAsVKLoginRequest(
       new ByteBuffer(encodeVKLogin('vk_user_id=494075&vk_ts=1&sign=abc', '+03:00', 'Иван Петров')),