diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 3c1f741ebd..24faf3d396 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -117,8 +117,18 @@ TRUST_PROXY=1
 # The default policy accommodates what LibreChat actually loads at runtime:
 #   script-src  'wasm-unsafe-eval'  HEIC image conversion compiles WebAssembly
 #   worker-src  data:               Monaco's loader bootstraps workers from data:
-# Both are narrower than 'unsafe-eval'. Drop them via CSP_ADDITIONAL_DIRECTIVES
-# only if your deployment uses neither the artifact code editor nor HEIC uploads.
+# Both are narrower than 'unsafe-eval'. Set these to false to drop them if your
+# deployment uses neither HEIC uploads nor the artifact code editor. (The CSP_*_EXTRA
+# and CSP_ADDITIONAL_DIRECTIVES variables only add sources; they cannot remove one.)
+# CSP_ALLOW_WASM=true
+# CSP_ALLOW_DATA_WORKERS=true
+
+# While CSP is enabled the SPA shell is always sent as `no-store` and the
+# INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL / INDEX_PRAGMA / INDEX_EXPIRES overrides are ignored for it.
+# A cached shell would pin a single nonce across page loads and users, which is
+# precisely what a nonce policy exists to prevent.
+#
+# SECURITY_HEADERS=false disables CSP too; it is the global kill switch.
 
 # Add deployment-specific sources on top of LibreChat's defaults; they are
 # appended, never replacing them. Comma- or space-separated. Quote values
diff --git a/api/server/csp.spec.js b/api/server/csp.spec.js
index 2bf550be25..e4d6f07a66 100644
--- a/api/server/csp.spec.js
+++ b/api/server/csp.spec.js
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ describe('Content Security Policy', () => {
     process.env.CSP_ENABLED = 'true';
     process.env.CSP_REPORT_ONLY = 'false';
     process.env.CSP_CONNECT_SRC_EXTRA = 'https://telemetry.example.com';
+    /* A cacheable override that CSP must refuse for the shell. */
+    process.env.INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL = 'public, max-age=3600';
 
     app = require('~/server');
     await healthCheckPoll(app);
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ describe('Content Security Policy', () => {
     delete process.env.CSP_ENABLED;
     delete process.env.CSP_REPORT_ONLY;
     delete process.env.CSP_CONNECT_SRC_EXTRA;
+    delete process.env.INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL;
     await mongoServer.stop();
     await mongoose.disconnect();
   });
@@ -153,6 +156,14 @@ describe('Content Security Policy', () => {
     expect(response.text).toContain(`<script nonce="${nonce}" data-librechat-query-devtools`);
   });
 
+  it('keeps the shell non-storable despite a cacheable INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL', async () => {
+    const response = await request(app).get('/');
+
+    expect(response.headers['cache-control']).toBe('no-store');
+    expect(response.headers['cache-control']).not.toContain('max-age=3600');
+    expect(response.headers['expires']).toBe('0');
+  });
+
   it('rotates the nonce on every response', async () => {
     const [first, second] = await Promise.all([
       request(app).get('/'),
diff --git a/api/server/experimental.js b/api/server/experimental.js
index 6b01b452b2..e4f49fa7db 100644
--- a/api/server/experimental.js
+++ b/api/server/experimental.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const {
   apiNotFound,
   applyCspNonce,
   createCspPolicy,
+  shellCacheHeaders,
   ErrorController,
   QUERY_DEVTOOLS_HEADER,
   createSecurityHeaders,
@@ -344,13 +345,10 @@ if (cluster.isMaster) {
     }
 
     const cspPolicy = createCspPolicy();
+    const shellCache = shellCacheHeaders(cspPolicy != null);
 
     const sendIndexHtml = (req, res) => {
-      res.set({
-        'Cache-Control': process.env.INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL || 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate',
-        Pragma: process.env.INDEX_PRAGMA || 'no-cache',
-        Expires: process.env.INDEX_EXPIRES || '0',
-      });
+      res.set(shellCache);
       res.vary(QUERY_DEVTOOLS_HEADER);
 
       const lang = req.cookies.lang || req.headers['accept-language']?.split(',')[0] || 'en-US';
diff --git a/api/server/index.js b/api/server/index.js
index e891d82d63..ef963be1ae 100644
--- a/api/server/index.js
+++ b/api/server/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const {
   createMetrics,
   applyCspNonce,
   createCspPolicy,
+  shellCacheHeaders,
   ErrorController,
   memoryDiagnostics,
   createSecurityHeaders,
@@ -184,13 +185,10 @@ const startServer = async () => {
   }
 
   const cspPolicy = createCspPolicy();
+  const shellCache = shellCacheHeaders(cspPolicy != null);
 
   const sendIndexHtml = (req, res) => {
-    res.set({
-      'Cache-Control': process.env.INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL || 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate',
-      Pragma: process.env.INDEX_PRAGMA || 'no-cache',
-      Expires: process.env.INDEX_EXPIRES || '0',
-    });
+    res.set(shellCache);
     res.vary(QUERY_DEVTOOLS_HEADER);
 
     const lang = req.cookies.lang || req.headers['accept-language']?.split(',')[0] || 'en-US';
diff --git a/packages/api/src/security/csp.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/security/csp.spec.ts
index dac9196219..e4700d59b8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/security/csp.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/security/csp.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   issueCsp,
   applyCspNonce,
   createCspPolicy,
+  shellCacheHeaders,
   buildCspDirectives,
   serializeCspDirectives,
 } from './csp';
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ describe('createCspPolicy', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('yields to the global SECURITY_HEADERS kill switch', () => {
+    expect(createCspPolicy({ CSP_ENABLED: 'true', SECURITY_HEADERS: 'false' })).toBeNull();
+    expect(createCspPolicy({ CSP_ENABLED: 'true', SECURITY_HEADERS: 'off' })).toBeNull();
+    expect(createCspPolicy({ CSP_ENABLED: 'true', SECURITY_HEADERS: 'true' })).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it('mints a fresh nonce per response', () => {
     const policy = createCspPolicy({ CSP_ENABLED: 'true' });
     if (!policy) {
@@ -77,6 +84,15 @@ describe('policy directives', () => {
     expect(header).toContain("worker-src 'self' blob: data:");
   });
 
+  it('lets a deployment that needs neither drop them', () => {
+    const header = headerFor({ CSP_ALLOW_WASM: 'false', CSP_ALLOW_DATA_WORKERS: 'false' });
+
+    expect(header).not.toContain("'wasm-unsafe-eval'");
+    expect(header).toContain("worker-src 'self' blob:");
+    expect(header).not.toContain("worker-src 'self' blob: data:");
+    expect(header).toContain("'strict-dynamic'");
+  });
+
   it('keeps styles on unsafe-inline with no nonce', () => {
     const header = headerFor({});
     const styleSrc = header.split('; ').find((directive) => directive.startsWith('style-src'));
@@ -137,6 +153,32 @@ describe('policy directives', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('shellCacheHeaders', () => {
+  it('honors the documented overrides when CSP is off', () => {
+    expect(shellCacheHeaders(false, {})).toEqual({
+      'Cache-Control': 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate',
+      Pragma: 'no-cache',
+      Expires: '0',
+    });
+    expect(
+      shellCacheHeaders(false, { INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL: 'public, max-age=3600' })['Cache-Control'],
+    ).toBe('public, max-age=3600');
+  });
+
+  it('refuses a cacheable shell when CSP is on, so a nonce cannot be replayed', () => {
+    expect(
+      shellCacheHeaders(true, {
+        INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL: 'public, max-age=3600',
+        INDEX_EXPIRES: '900',
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      'Cache-Control': 'no-store',
+      Pragma: 'no-cache',
+      Expires: '0',
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 describe('applyCspNonce', () => {
   it('stamps script tags and leaves styles alone', () => {
     const html = [
diff --git a/packages/api/src/security/csp.ts b/packages/api/src/security/csp.ts
index fc8f673059..11c5a1dbee 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/security/csp.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/security/csp.ts
@@ -65,16 +65,17 @@ function isReportOnly(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): boolean {
  * cannot coexist with operator-supplied script hosts. When extras are configured we
  * drop it and let the (now honored) `'self'` plus those hosts govern script loading.
  */
-function scriptSources(scriptExtras: string[]): string[] {
+function scriptSources(scriptExtras: string[], allowWasm: boolean): string[] {
   /* 'wasm-unsafe-eval' permits WebAssembly compilation without permitting eval();
    * the HEIC upload path (client/src/utils/heicConverter.ts -> heic-to) needs it. */
+  const wasm = allowWasm ? ["'wasm-unsafe-eval'"] : [];
   if (scriptExtras.length === 0) {
-    return [`'nonce-${NONCE_SLOT}'`, "'strict-dynamic'", "'wasm-unsafe-eval'", "'self'"];
+    return [`'nonce-${NONCE_SLOT}'`, "'strict-dynamic'", ...wasm, "'self'"];
   }
   logger.info(
     "[CSP] CSP_SCRIPT_SRC_EXTRA is set; omitting 'strict-dynamic' so the configured script hosts take effect.",
   );
-  return [`'nonce-${NONCE_SLOT}'`, "'wasm-unsafe-eval'", "'self'"];
+  return [`'nonce-${NONCE_SLOT}'`, ...wasm, "'self'"];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -82,12 +83,17 @@ function scriptSources(scriptExtras: string[]): string[] {
  * `'unsafe-inline'`, which would block every `<style>` element injected at runtime by
  * the app shell and by third-party components that cannot know our nonce.
  */
-function defaultDirectives(scriptExtras: string[], frameAncestors: string[]): CspDirective[] {
+function defaultDirectives(
+  scriptExtras: string[],
+  frameAncestors: string[],
+  allowWasm: boolean,
+  allowDataWorkers: boolean,
+): CspDirective[] {
   return [
     ['default-src', ["'self'"]],
     ['base-uri', ["'self'"]],
     ['object-src', ["'none'"]],
-    ['script-src', scriptSources(scriptExtras)],
+    ['script-src', scriptSources(scriptExtras, allowWasm)],
     ['script-src-attr', ["'none'"]],
     ['style-src', ["'self'", "'unsafe-inline'"]],
     ['img-src', ["'self'", 'data:', 'blob:', 'https:']],
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ function defaultDirectives(scriptExtras: string[], frameAncestors: string[]): Cs
     /* `data:` is required by Monaco's default CDN loader, which bootstraps its
      * workers from a data: URL; without it the artifact editor silently drops to
      * running worker tasks on the UI thread. */
-    ['worker-src', ["'self'", 'blob:', 'data:']],
+    ['worker-src', allowDataWorkers ? ["'self'", 'blob:', 'data:'] : ["'self'", 'blob:']],
     ['manifest-src', ["'self'"]],
     ['form-action', ["'self'", 'https:']],
     /* Replaced wholesale, not appended: merging would turn a deliberate
@@ -159,6 +165,8 @@ export function buildCspDirectives(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): CspDir
   const directives = defaultDirectives(
     scriptExtras,
     frameAncestors.length > 0 ? frameAncestors : ["'self'"],
+    parseEnvSwitch('CSP_ALLOW_WASM', env.CSP_ALLOW_WASM, true),
+    parseEnvSwitch('CSP_ALLOW_DATA_WORKERS', env.CSP_ALLOW_DATA_WORKERS, true),
   );
 
   for (const [directive, envName] of Object.entries(SOURCE_EXTRA_ENV)) {
@@ -194,6 +202,13 @@ export function createCspPolicy(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): CspPolicy
     return null;
   }
 
+  /* SECURITY_HEADERS is the documented global kill switch; an operator reaching for
+   * it to recover a broken shell must not be left with an enforcing policy. */
+  if (!parseEnvSwitch('SECURITY_HEADERS', env.SECURITY_HEADERS, true)) {
+    logger.warn('[CSP] SECURITY_HEADERS is false; CSP is disabled despite CSP_ENABLED.');
+    return null;
+  }
+
   const serialized = serializeCspDirectives(buildCspDirectives(env));
   const [prefix, suffix] = serialized.split(NONCE_SLOT);
   if (suffix == null) {
@@ -215,6 +230,39 @@ export function createCspPolicy(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): CspPolicy
   };
 }
 
+export interface ShellCacheHeaders {
+  'Cache-Control': string;
+  Pragma: string;
+  Expires: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Cache headers for the SPA shell. A nonce policy is only as strong as the
+ * response being unique, so when CSP is on the shell is forced non-storable and a
+ * cacheable `INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL` override is refused: a cached shell would pin one
+ * nonce across page loads and users, which is exactly what an injected script needs.
+ */
+export function shellCacheHeaders(
+  cspEnabled: boolean,
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
+): ShellCacheHeaders {
+  if (!cspEnabled) {
+    return {
+      'Cache-Control': env.INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL || 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate',
+      Pragma: env.INDEX_PRAGMA || 'no-cache',
+      Expires: env.INDEX_EXPIRES || '0',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (env.INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL || env.INDEX_PRAGMA || env.INDEX_EXPIRES) {
+    logger.warn(
+      '[CSP] Ignoring INDEX_CACHE_CONTROL/INDEX_PRAGMA/INDEX_EXPIRES for the SPA shell: a cached shell would reuse one nonce across responses.',
+    );
+  }
+
+  return { 'Cache-Control': 'no-store', Pragma: 'no-cache', Expires: '0' };
+}
+
 /** Mints the per-response nonce and its header value. */
 export function issueCsp(policy: CspPolicy): CspResponse {
   const nonce = randomBytes(16).toString('base64');