diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f16c017..3c14acc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ All notable, behaviour-affecting changes land here. Format follows
 uses lightweight semantic-ish versioning (bumped on any user-visible
 change, not on every commit).
 
+## v0.29.8 — 2026-06
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **HTTPS to a Cloudflare-fronted Bambuddy now validates.** Reaching Bambuddy
+  over HTTPS through Cloudflare (e.g. with a Cloudflare Access service token)
+  left the device stuck offline — it couldn't verify the TLS certificate
+  (`esp_crt_bundle: Failed to verify certificate` / "chain is too long"), while
+  the same request from a laptop succeeded. Cloudflare's Google-issued edge certs
+  chain up to **GTS Root R4 cross-signed by the original GlobalSign Root CA (R1)**,
+  which Mozilla has since removed from its trust store — so the CI-generated CA
+  bundle no longer carried R1, and `esp_crt_bundle` (which trusts a root by the
+  **served chain's top issuer**, here R1, not the self-signed GTS Root R4 that
+  *is* in the Mozilla set) had nothing to match. `scripts/gen_ca_bundle.sh` now
+  re-appends GlobalSign Root CA R1 (self-signed, valid to 2028-01-28, its exact
+  bytes SHA-256-checked at build time). HTTP-on-LAN was unaffected; REST +
+  Cloudflare Access over HTTPS now connects.
+
 ## v0.29.7 — 2026-06
 
 Bamboard now talks to Bambuddy over its **REST API only**. The real-time
diff --git a/firmware/scripts/gen_ca_bundle.sh b/firmware/scripts/gen_ca_bundle.sh
index 9007f27..3ec45be 100644
--- a/firmware/scripts/gen_ca_bundle.sh
+++ b/firmware/scripts/gen_ca_bundle.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,44 @@ mkdir -p data/cert
 curl -fsSL "$CACERT_URL" -o cacert.pem
 curl -fsSL "$GEN_URL"    -o gen_crt_bundle.py
 echo "${GEN_SHA256}  gen_crt_bundle.py" | sha256sum -c -
+# --- Re-add GlobalSign Root CA (R1) -----------------------------------------
+# Mozilla dropped the original 1998 "GlobalSign Root CA" (R1) from its trust
+# store, but Google Trust Services still cross-signs its GTS roots with it. A
+# Cloudflare endpoint whose edge cert chains  leaf -> GTS WEx -> GTS Root R4 ->
+# GlobalSign Root CA (R1)  therefore can't be validated by esp_crt_bundle without
+# R1: esp_crt_bundle trusts a root by matching the served chain's TOP issuer,
+# which here is R1 — not the self-signed GTS Root R4 that IS in the Mozilla set.
+# Append R1 so HTTPS to a Cloudflare-fronted (Google-issued) Bambuddy verifies.
+# R1 is self-signed and valid until 2028-01-28; the SHA-256 pins the exact bytes.
+GLOBALSIGN_R1_SHA256="ebd41040e4bb3ec742c9e381d31ef2a41a48b6685c96e7cef3c1df6cd4331c99"
+cat > globalsign_r1.pem <<'GLOBALSIGN_R1'
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+GLOBALSIGN_R1
+# Refuse to build if the embedded R1 is not byte-for-byte the real root.
+GOT_SHA="$(openssl x509 -in globalsign_r1.pem -outform DER | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')"
+[ "$GOT_SHA" = "$GLOBALSIGN_R1_SHA256" ] || { echo "::error::embedded GlobalSign R1 SHA-256 mismatch ($GOT_SHA)"; exit 1; }
+cat globalsign_r1.pem >> cacert.pem
+
 # This gen_crt_bundle.py takes only --input and writes a fixed-name file
 # (./x509_crt_bundle) in the cwd — it has no --output flag — so move it into place.
 python gen_crt_bundle.py --input cacert.pem