diff --git a/server/src/nest/plugins/plugin-frame.controller.ts b/server/src/nest/plugins/plugin-frame.controller.ts
index 08959bd06..0a932f8ff 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/plugins/plugin-frame.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/plugins/plugin-frame.controller.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,18 @@ export class PluginFrameController {
     const ext = path.extname(resolved).toLowerCase();
     res.setHeader('Content-Type', MIME[ext] ?? 'application/octet-stream');
     res.setHeader('X-Content-Type-Options', 'nosniff');
+    // The frame document runs at an OPAQUE origin (sandbox without
+    // allow-same-origin), so its own <script src>/<link> subresource loads are
+    // cross-origin — helmet's default CORP: same-origin makes the browser drop
+    // them (ERR_BLOCKED_BY_RESPONSE) and a multi-file client dies on boot.
+    // The sandbox + per-plugin CSP are the isolation boundary here, not CORP:
+    // these files are the plugin's own public client code.
+    res.setHeader('Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy', 'cross-origin');
     res.setHeader('Content-Security-Policy', this.frameCsp(pluginId, req.get('host')));
-    res.sendFile(resolved);
+    // Explicit { root } + basename, not the absolute path: under the Nest
+    // ExpressAdapter, res.sendFile(absolutePath) resolves against the rewritten
+    // req.url and 404s spuriously (same trap as files-download.controller.ts).
+    res.sendFile(path.basename(resolved), { root: path.dirname(resolved) });
   }
 
   /** Per-plugin, locked-down CSP for the sandboxed frame document. */
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/plugins/plugin-frame.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/plugins/plugin-frame.test.ts
index 1ef6c272f..0d59379e0 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/plugins/plugin-frame.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/plugins/plugin-frame.test.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ function fakeRes() {
     headers: {} as Record<string, string>,
     sent: undefined as unknown,
     filePath: undefined as string | undefined,
+    fileRoot: undefined as string | undefined,
     status(c: number) { res.statusCode = c; return res; },
     setHeader(k: string, v: string) { res.headers[k] = v; },
     send(b: unknown) { res.sent = b; return res; },
-    sendFile(p: string) { res.filePath = p; res.statusCode ||= 200; },
+    sendFile(p: string, opts?: { root?: string }) {
+      res.filePath = opts?.root ? path.join(opts.root, p) : p;
+      res.fileRoot = opts?.root;
+      res.statusCode ||= 200;
+    },
   };
   return res;
 }
@@ -64,6 +69,23 @@ describe('PluginFrameController', () => {
     expect(res.headers['X-Content-Type-Options']).toBe('nosniff');
   });
 
+  // Under the Nest ExpressAdapter, res.sendFile(absolutePath) resolves against the
+  // rewritten req.url and 404s spuriously — files must go out root-relative.
+  it('serves files with an explicit root, not an absolute path', () => {
+    const res = fakeRes();
+    new PluginFrameController(runtime(true)).serve('widget', req(''), res as never);
+    expect(res.fileRoot).toBe(path.join(codeRoot, 'widget', 'client'));
+  });
+
+  // The frame document runs at an opaque origin, so its own <script src> loads are
+  // cross-origin fetches; helmet's CORP: same-origin makes the browser drop them
+  // and a multi-file client dies on boot.
+  it('marks responses cross-origin loadable for the opaque frame', () => {
+    const res = fakeRes();
+    new PluginFrameController(runtime(true)).serve('widget', req(''), res as never);
+    expect(res.headers['Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy']).toBe('cross-origin');
+  });
+
   // An operatorEgress plugin's hosts are supplied by the ADMIN after install, so they are not
   // in the manifest grants. activate() unions them into the child's egress guard; the frame
   // must match, or a plugin with a UI can call the host from its server but not its iframe.