diff --git a/docs/06-field-notes.md b/docs/06-field-notes.md
index c27d7cc..e955cf9 100644
--- a/docs/06-field-notes.md
+++ b/docs/06-field-notes.md
@@ -175,6 +175,32 @@ Base: `~/.vscode-server/data/User/`
   cooldown change is warranted (the proxy lag itself adds real-age protection and Dependabot's 7d
   gates the update flow); just be aware the local gate ≈ npm-publish + mirror-lag + 7d.
 
+- **A security override only helps if a PATCHED version is mirrored — and a still-vulnerable
+  override actively fails `dependency-review` (2026-07-22).** `dependency-review-action`
+  (`fail-on-severity: high`) reviews only the **diff**: a pre-existing vulnerable transitive left
+  untouched passes (it stays a Dependabot _alert_, not a PR blocker), but the moment a PR **changes**
+  that dep to another version still inside the advisory range it fails the check. Learned the hard way
+  on `fast-uri`: the alert cited `<= 3.1.3` (GHSA-cq4c-9wjx-4gp7), but a newer advisory
+  (GHSA-v2hh-gcrm-f6hx / CVE-2026-16221) extended the affected range to `>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.0`, so an
+  `overrides: fast-uri: ^4.1.0` resolved to the **still-vulnerable** 4.1.0 — no fix, plus a red gate.
+  The only patched lines are **2.4.3 / 3.1.4 / 4.1.1**, and **none of them is mirrored on the MS feed
+  proxy yet** (its fast-uri history is 3.1.3 → 4.0.0 → 4.0.1 → 4.1.0), so the lockfile **cannot** be
+  regenerated with the fix locally. Correct play: **do not land a security override until a patched
+  version is actually resolvable on your registry** — ship the independent fixes, leave the
+  transitive unchanged (Dependabot handles it against real npm once the point-fix lands / the proxy
+  mirrors it), and always **cross-check the CURRENT advisory range** (not just the version the alert
+  first cited) before picking the target.
+- **Correlation/frame ids must be `crypto.randomUUID()`, never `Math.random()` — CodeQL
+  `js/insecure-randomness` (2026-07-22).** Any random value that flows into a request/frame id (which a
+  scanner treats as a security sink) trips the High CodeQL alert even for our benign RPC-correlation
+  use — and even when the flagged file is a _downstream_ sink (the alert pointed at the dev-only
+  `web-playground` echo, but the tainted **source** was `web`'s `Math.random` ids). Fix at the source:
+  browser + Node ≥19 both expose `crypto.randomUUID()` (web has it via the DOM lib in a secure/localhost
+  context; in the extension's Node context `import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto"` — do **not** reach
+  for `globalThis.crypto` there). Genuinely non-security `Math.random` is fine and should stay:
+  reconnect-backoff **jitter** and the crypto-first, clearly-local-only `newTraceId` **fallback** are
+  not sinks — don't cargo-cult them into UUIDs.
+
 - **esbuild CLI shim is broken under pnpm (persistent).** pnpm's `.bin/esbuild` cmd-shim hardcodes
   `exec node <target>`, but esbuild's postinstall overwrites its own `bin/esbuild` (a Node stub in
   the tarball) with the native Go binary → `node <ELF>` `SyntaxError`. `pnpm rebuild esbuild` does
diff --git a/packages/extension/src/provider-auth.ts b/packages/extension/src/provider-auth.ts
index 6473fc8..0d034e4 100644
--- a/packages/extension/src/provider-auth.ts
+++ b/packages/extension/src/provider-auth.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { WebSocket } from "ws";
 import { rpcErrorSchema, sessionAuthResponseSchema } from "@cloakcode/protocol";
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export function exchangeCodeForToken(
 ): Promise<string> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const ws = new WebSocket(url);
-    const id = `auth-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
+    const id = `auth-${randomUUID()}`;
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       ws.close();
       reject(new Error("gateway timed out"));
diff --git a/packages/web/src/auth.test.ts b/packages/web/src/auth.test.ts
index fd353c0..53b90a3 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/auth.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/auth.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class MockWebSocket {
 }
 
 beforeEach(() => {
-  vi.spyOn(Math, "random").mockReturnValue(0);
   MockWebSocket.instances = [];
   vi.stubGlobal("WebSocket", MockWebSocket);
   localStorage.clear();
@@ -86,6 +85,13 @@ describe("tokenAuthFrame", () => {
     expect(frame.op).toBe("auth");
     expect(frame.params).toEqual({ token: "tok" });
   });
+
+  it("uses a cryptographically-random (UUID) correlation id, not Math.random", () => {
+    const id = JSON.parse(tokenAuthFrame("tok")).id as string;
+    expect(id).toMatch(
+      /^auth-[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i,
+    );
+  });
 });
 
 describe("needs-auth bus", () => {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/auth.ts b/packages/web/src/auth.ts
index 996f328..6add037 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/auth.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function clearStoredToken(): void {
 /** A fresh `auth` frame resuming with a stored token, for a new socket. */
 export function tokenAuthFrame(token: string): string {
   return JSON.stringify({
-    id: `auth-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`,
+    id: `auth-${crypto.randomUUID()}`,
     op: "auth",
     params: { token },
   });
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export function submitAuthCode(
 ): Promise<string> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const ws = new WebSocket(url);
-    const id = `auth-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
+    const id = `auth-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       ws.close();
       reject(new Error("bridge timed out"));
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export function beginEnrolment(
 ): Promise<EnrolProvisioning> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const ws = new WebSocket(url);
-    const id = `enrol-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`;
+    const id = `enrol-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       ws.close();
       reject(new Error("bridge timed out"));
diff --git a/packages/web/src/bridge.test.ts b/packages/web/src/bridge.test.ts
index 4105bf3..2ea72b6 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/bridge.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/bridge.test.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function appendFrame(seq: number): unknown {
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.useFakeTimers();
-  vi.spyOn(Math, "random").mockReturnValue(0); // deterministic id + zero jitter
+  vi.spyOn(Math, "random").mockReturnValue(0); // zero backoff jitter (ids are crypto UUIDs)
   MockWebSocket.instances = [];
   vi.stubGlobal("WebSocket", MockWebSocket);
 });
diff --git a/packages/web/src/bridge.ts b/packages/web/src/bridge.ts
index b878bd7..8140458 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/bridge.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/bridge.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function fetchSessions(
 ): Promise<SessionsListResult> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const ws = new WebSocket(url);
-    const id = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2);
+    const id = crypto.randomUUID();
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       ws.close();
       reject(new Error("bridge timed out"));
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export function subscribeSession(
     onStatus(attempt === 0 ? "connecting" : "reconnecting");
     const socket = new WebSocket(url);
     ws = socket;
-    const id = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2);
+    const id = crypto.randomUUID();
 
     socket.addEventListener("open", () => {
       attempt = 0;
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ function oneShotRpc(
 ): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const ws = new WebSocket(url);
-    const id = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2);
+    const id = crypto.randomUUID();
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       ws.close();
       reject(new Error("bridge timed out"));