diff --git a/v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md b/v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md
index 33638e7fc86..560be1cb896 100644
--- a/v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ After processing, the content will be moved to the main changelog and this file
 
 ## Fixed
 <!-- Bug fixes -->
+- Give a webview request a loopback `RemoteAddr` (`127.0.0.1:0`) instead of the `192.0.2.1:1234` (RFC 5737 TEST-NET) placeholder. A webview request originates on the local machine, so a user `Handler` that gates on request origin now sees it as loopback rather than as a remote peer.
 
 ## Deprecated
 <!-- Soon-to-be removed features -->
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview.go
index 848b9e84bae..57a681ef157 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview.go
@@ -185,8 +185,14 @@ func (a *AssetServer) processWebViewRequestInternal(r webview.Request) {
 	req.Header = header
 
 	if req.RemoteAddr == "" {
-		// 192.0.2.0/24 is "TEST-NET" in RFC 5737
-		req.RemoteAddr = "192.0.2.1:1234"
+		// A webview request originates from the embedded webview on this
+		// machine, not from a routable peer, so give it a loopback RemoteAddr:
+		// a handler that gates on request origin (net.ParseIP(host).IsLoopback())
+		// then sees it as the local request it is. The previous placeholder
+		// (192.0.2.1, RFC 5737 TEST-NET) is non-loopback — the same address the
+		// host checks elsewhere in this tree treat as the canonical remote peer
+		// — so it made the most-local surface look remote.
+		req.RemoteAddr = "127.0.0.1:0"
 	}
 
 	if req.RequestURI == "" && req.URL != nil {
diff --git a/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview_test.go b/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview_test.go
index 9ffec07ab2e..48a7460a7e8 100644
--- a/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview_test.go
+++ b/v3/internal/assetserver/assetserver_webview_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
@@ -13,6 +14,39 @@ import (
 	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v3/internal/assetserver/webview"
 )
 
+// A webview request originates from the embedded webview on this machine, so a
+// handler that gates on request origin must see a loopback peer. The synthesized
+// RemoteAddr must therefore parse as a loopback IP.
+func TestWebViewRequestPeerIsLoopback(t *testing.T) {
+	var peer atomic.Value // string
+
+	srv, err := NewAssetServer(&Options{
+		Handler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			peer.Store(r.RemoteAddr)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		}),
+		Logger: slog.Default(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewAssetServer failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	req := &contextWebViewRequest{ctx: context.Background(), rw: &contextWebViewResponse{}}
+	srv.processWebViewRequest(req)
+
+	got, _ := peer.Load().(string)
+	if got == "" {
+		t.Fatal("handler was not reached")
+	}
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(got)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RemoteAddr %q is not host:port: %v", got, err)
+	}
+	if ip := net.ParseIP(host); ip == nil || !ip.IsLoopback() {
+		t.Fatalf("webview request RemoteAddr = %q, want a loopback peer", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestWebViewRequestCancellationReachesHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	started := make(chan struct{})
 	contextErr := make(chan error, 1)