diff --git a/internal/serviceoffercontroller/controller.go b/internal/serviceoffercontroller/controller.go
index 4d836045..a17c067b 100644
--- a/internal/serviceoffercontroller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/serviceoffercontroller/controller.go
@@ -1678,6 +1678,10 @@ func httpRouteAccepted(route *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
 	if err != nil || !found {
 		return false
 	}
+	// metadata.generation defaults to 0 when absent (e.g. hand-built test
+	// fixtures), matching a condition's absent observedGeneration below so
+	// older/incomplete fixtures still compare equal.
+	routeGeneration, _, _ := unstructured.NestedInt64(route.Object, "metadata", "generation")
 	for _, parent := range parents {
 		parentMap, ok := parent.(map[string]any)
 		if !ok {
@@ -1687,13 +1691,28 @@ func httpRouteAccepted(route *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
+		// Both default to false: each must be affirmatively reported True at
+		// the CURRENT generation. Defaulting resolvedRefs to true would be
+		// fail-open — a stale or not-yet-emitted ResolvedRefs (behind
+		// metadata.generation, or False from a rejected prior spec) would be
+		// skipped by the observedGeneration guard below and leave the true
+		// default intact, publishing a route Traefik hasn't resolved.
 		accepted := false
-		resolvedRefs := true
+		resolvedRefs := false
 		for _, condition := range conditions {
 			condMap, ok := condition.(map[string]any)
 			if !ok {
 				continue
 			}
+			// A condition Traefik hasn't reconciled against the current spec
+			// yet (observedGeneration behind metadata.generation) still
+			// reflects the PREVIOUS generation's verdict — don't trust it,
+			// or an update to an already-accepted route would flip
+			// RoutePublished True before Traefik has actually checked it.
+			observedGeneration, _, _ := unstructured.NestedInt64(condMap, "observedGeneration")
+			if observedGeneration != routeGeneration {
+				continue
+			}
 			condType, _ := condMap["type"].(string)
 			condStatus, _ := condMap["status"].(string)
 			switch condType {
diff --git a/internal/serviceoffercontroller/helpers_test.go b/internal/serviceoffercontroller/helpers_test.go
index f05bc842..4c6a171d 100644
--- a/internal/serviceoffercontroller/helpers_test.go
+++ b/internal/serviceoffercontroller/helpers_test.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func TestHTTPRouteAccepted(t *testing.T) {
 			want: false,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "only Accepted condition (ResolvedRefs implicitly True by default)",
+			name: "only Accepted condition, ResolvedRefs absent — not yet accepted (fail closed)",
 			route: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
 				"status": map[string]any{
 					"parents": []any{
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestHTTPRouteAccepted(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			}},
-			want: true, // function defaults resolvedRefs to true when absent
+			want: false, // ResolvedRefs must be affirmatively True; absent is not trusted
 		},
 		{
 			name: "multiple parents: first bad, second good",
@@ -185,6 +185,81 @@ func TestHTTPRouteAccepted(t *testing.T) {
 			}},
 			want: false,
 		},
+		{
+			// #767 route-acceptance gate: an UPDATE to an already-accepted
+			// route must not be trusted until Traefik reconciles the new
+			// spec. Status still reflects generation 1's verdict while the
+			// route is now at generation 2.
+			name: "Accepted=True but observedGeneration behind metadata.generation",
+			route: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
+				"metadata": map[string]any{"generation": int64(2)},
+				"status": map[string]any{
+					"parents": []any{
+						map[string]any{
+							"conditions": []any{
+								map[string]any{"type": "Accepted", "status": "True", "observedGeneration": int64(1)},
+								map[string]any{"type": "ResolvedRefs", "status": "True", "observedGeneration": int64(1)},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Accepted=True with observedGeneration matching metadata.generation",
+			route: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
+				"metadata": map[string]any{"generation": int64(2)},
+				"status": map[string]any{
+					"parents": []any{
+						map[string]any{
+							"conditions": []any{
+								map[string]any{"type": "Accepted", "status": "True", "observedGeneration": int64(2)},
+								map[string]any{"type": "ResolvedRefs", "status": "True", "observedGeneration": int64(2)},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			// Fail-closed: Accepted is current+True but ResolvedRefs is
+			// stale (behind metadata.generation) and False. The stale
+			// ResolvedRefs must NOT be ignored-as-true — the route has not
+			// been resolved against the current spec.
+			name: "Accepted current True but ResolvedRefs stale False",
+			route: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
+				"metadata": map[string]any{"generation": int64(2)},
+				"status": map[string]any{
+					"parents": []any{
+						map[string]any{
+							"conditions": []any{
+								map[string]any{"type": "Accepted", "status": "True", "observedGeneration": int64(2)},
+								map[string]any{"type": "ResolvedRefs", "status": "False", "observedGeneration": int64(1)},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Accepted current True but ResolvedRefs absent",
+			route: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
+				"metadata": map[string]any{"generation": int64(2)},
+				"status": map[string]any{
+					"parents": []any{
+						map[string]any{
+							"conditions": []any{
+								map[string]any{"type": "Accepted", "status": "True", "observedGeneration": int64(2)},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}},
+			want: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/serviceoffercontroller/render.go b/internal/serviceoffercontroller/render.go
index e8b810b5..cd05d294 100644
--- a/internal/serviceoffercontroller/render.go
+++ b/internal/serviceoffercontroller/render.go
@@ -940,8 +940,15 @@ func hostRouteRules(offer *monetizeapi.ServiceOffer, exactTo, exactToShared func
 		exactTo("/.well-known/agent-registration.json", "agent-registration.json"),
 	}
 	if offer.IsAgent() {
+		// The chat page holds a hot session key and signs USDC transfers —
+		// frame-ancestors 'self' stops it being clickjacked into a
+		// cross-origin iframe (Connect/Fund/Withdraw/Send). The offer's own
+		// landing page embeds it same-origin (TestOfferLandingChatEmbed), so
+		// that legitimate embed still works.
+		chatRule := exactTo("/chat", "chat.html")
+		addResponseHeader(chatRule, "Content-Security-Policy", "frame-ancestors 'self'")
 		rules = append(rules,
-			exactTo("/chat", "chat.html"),
+			chatRule,
 			exactToShared("/chat-vendor.js", "chat-vendor.js"),
 		)
 	}
@@ -956,6 +963,23 @@ func hostRouteRules(offer *monetizeapi.ServiceOffer, exactTo, exactToShared func
 	})
 }
 
+// addResponseHeader appends a Set entry to a rule's existing
+// ResponseHeaderModifier filter (every exactTo rule has exactly one, from
+// cacheFilter) — Gateway API's core filters are unspecified/implementation
+// -defined if repeated within one rule, so extra headers merge into the
+// existing filter instead of adding a second one.
+func addResponseHeader(rule map[string]any, name, value string) {
+	for _, f := range rule["filters"].([]any) {
+		fm := f.(map[string]any)
+		if fm["type"] != "ResponseHeaderModifier" {
+			continue
+		}
+		mod := fm["responseHeaderModifier"].(map[string]any)
+		mod["set"] = append(mod["set"].([]any), map[string]any{"name": name, "value": value})
+		return
+	}
+}
+
 // sharedOriginRule is the /services/<name> PathPrefix rule → verifier,
 // with the protection middleware attached when spec.limits is set.
 func sharedOriginRule(offer *monetizeapi.ServiceOffer) map[string]any {
diff --git a/internal/serviceoffercontroller/route_accept_test.go b/internal/serviceoffercontroller/route_accept_test.go
index ba55e747..155f11e8 100644
--- a/internal/serviceoffercontroller/route_accept_test.go
+++ b/internal/serviceoffercontroller/route_accept_test.go
@@ -103,6 +103,57 @@ func acceptedHTTPRoute(namespace, name string) *unstructured.Unstructured {
 	}}
 }
 
+// staleGenerationHTTPRoute seeds an HTTPRoute at metadata.generation 2 whose
+// status.parents conditions are Accepted=True / ResolvedRefs=True but still
+// carry observedGeneration 1 — Traefik reported on the PREVIOUS spec and
+// hasn't reconciled the update yet.
+func staleGenerationHTTPRoute(namespace, name string) *unstructured.Unstructured {
+	return &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
+		"apiVersion": "gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind":       "HTTPRoute",
+		"metadata": map[string]any{
+			"name":       name,
+			"namespace":  namespace,
+			"generation": int64(2),
+		},
+		"status": map[string]any{
+			"parents": []any{
+				map[string]any{
+					"conditions": []any{
+						map[string]any{"type": "Accepted", "status": "True", "observedGeneration": int64(1)},
+						map[string]any{"type": "ResolvedRefs", "status": "True", "observedGeneration": int64(1)},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}}
+}
+
+func TestReconcileRoute_WaitsWhenAcceptanceIsStale(t *testing.T) {
+	offer := readyOffer("svc")
+	offer.Namespace = "stalegen"
+	dynClient := fake.NewSimpleDynamicClientWithCustomListKinds(
+		runtime.NewScheme(),
+		routeListKinds(),
+		// applyObject's fake-SSA reactor merges the applied object over this
+		// fixture without touching .status, so the route Get right after
+		// apply still returns this stale generation/status pairing.
+		staleGenerationHTTPRoute(offer.Namespace, childName(offer.Name)),
+	)
+	c := controllerForRouteTest(dynClient)
+	status := &monetizeapi.ServiceOfferStatus{}
+
+	if err := c.reconcileRoute(context.Background(), status, offer); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reconcileRoute: %v", err)
+	}
+	if isConditionTrue(*status, "RoutePublished") {
+		t.Fatalf("RoutePublished should stay False when Traefik hasn't reconciled the current generation: %+v", status.Conditions)
+	}
+	if reason := conditionReason(status, "RoutePublished"); reason != "WaitingForTraefikAcceptance" {
+		t.Fatalf("RoutePublished reason = %q, want WaitingForTraefikAcceptance", reason)
+	}
+}
+
 func conditionReason(status *monetizeapi.ServiceOfferStatus, conditionType string) string {
 	for _, c := range status.Conditions {
 		if c.Type == conditionType {