diff --git a/server/src/bootstrap.ts b/server/src/bootstrap.ts
index c2c7dda24..d270422fb 100644
--- a/server/src/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/server/src/bootstrap.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import { AppModule } from './nest/app.module';
 import { apiDocsEnabled } from './nest/common/api-docs.kill-switch';
 import { validateBodyContracts } from './nest/common/validate-body-contracts';
 import { validateManagedRoutes } from './nest/common/validate-managed-routes';
-import { validateRouteGuards } from './nest/common/validate-route-guards';
+import { PUBLIC_ROUTE_ALLOW_LIST, validateRouteGuards } from './nest/common/validate-route-guards';
 import { DatabaseLifecycle } from './nest/database/database-lifecycle.service';
 import { withRequestContext } from './nest/database/request-context';
+import { MANAGED_PUBLIC_ROUTES } from './nest/managed/managed-ext.module';
 import { setupApiDocs } from './nest/platform/api-docs';
 import { MCP_METADATA_MIDDLEWARE } from './nest/platform/mcp-metadata.middleware';
 import { applyPlatformUploads, applyPlatformStatic } from './nest/platform/platform.routes';
@@ -247,7 +248,8 @@ export async function buildApp(): Promise<INestApplication> {
   // Fail closed on the anonymous surface too: a route that answers without a
   // session must carry @Public() with a reason AND be on the reviewed list.
   // Default-deny protects what exists; this is what keeps the exemptions honest.
-  validateRouteGuards(app);
+  // The managed attachment point declares its own anonymous routes; empty in this repository.
+  validateRouteGuards(app, [...PUBLIC_ROUTE_ALLOW_LIST, ...MANAGED_PUBLIC_ROUTES]);
   // And on the other direction of the same question: a route that a centrally
   // administered install withholds from its own admin must say why, and be on a
   // list somebody reviewed. Runs in every e2e harness because they share this
diff --git a/server/src/nest/common/validate-route-guards.ts b/server/src/nest/common/validate-route-guards.ts
index c8b01440b..5106a88d2 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/common/validate-route-guards.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/common/validate-route-guards.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { CookieAuthGuard } from '../auth-core/cookie-auth.guard';
 import { JwtAuthGuard } from '../auth-core/jwt-auth.guard';
 import { OptionalJwtGuard } from '../auth-core/optional-jwt.guard';
 import { IS_PUBLIC, OPTIONAL_AUTH } from '../auth-core/public.decorator';
-import { MANAGED_PUBLIC_ROUTES } from '../managed/managed-ext.module';
 import { ApiTokenGuard } from '../public-api/api-token.guard';
 import type { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { METHOD_METADATA, PATH_METADATA, GUARDS_METADATA } from '@nestjs/common/constants';
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ export const ANONYMOUS_GUARDED_ROUTE_ALLOW_LIST: string[] = [
  */
 export function validateRouteGuards(
   app: INestApplication,
-  allowList: string[] = [...PUBLIC_ROUTE_ALLOW_LIST, ...MANAGED_PUBLIC_ROUTES],
+  allowList: string[] = PUBLIC_ROUTE_ALLOW_LIST,
   anonymousGuardedAllowList: string[] = ANONYMOUS_GUARDED_ROUTE_ALLOW_LIST,
 ): void {
   const entries = collectRouteGuards(app);
diff --git a/server/src/nest/managed/managed-ext.module.ts b/server/src/nest/managed/managed-ext.module.ts
index 207dcc743..23dd2c21d 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/managed/managed-ext.module.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/managed/managed-ext.module.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export class ManagedExtModule {}
 /**
  * Routes of this module that answer without a session, as `Controller.handler`.
  *
- * Empty here, like the module. The boot gate (validate-route-guards.ts) adds
- * them to its allow-list, so an install that replaces this file declares its
+ * Empty here, like the module. bootstrap.ts adds them to the allow-list of the
+ * boot gate (validate-route-guards.ts), so an install that replaces this file declares its
  * anonymous surface in the same place it adds it, and the gate still fails on a
  * route that is missing here or an entry that is stale.
  */