diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Security/AppAccessMiddleware.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Security/AppAccessMiddleware.cs
index 3711600de..bfb2a11c2 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Security/AppAccessMiddleware.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Security/AppAccessMiddleware.cs	
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public sealed class AppAccessMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, AppAccessPolicy po
         context.Response.Cookies.Append(AppAccessPolicy.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, token, new CookieOptions
         {
             HttpOnly = true,
-            SameSite = SameSiteMode.Strict,
+            SameSite = SameSiteMode.Lax,
             Path = "/",
             IsEssential = true
         });
diff --git a/app/Tests/Tools/AppAccess/AppAccessMiddlewareTests.cs b/app/Tests/Tools/AppAccess/AppAccessMiddlewareTests.cs
index 1f73a3dab..ddf3a05e6 100644
--- a/app/Tests/Tools/AppAccess/AppAccessMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/app/Tests/Tools/AppAccess/AppAccessMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public sealed class AppAccessMiddlewareTests
             Assert.That(response.Headers.Location.ToString(), Is.EqualTo("/"));
             Assert.That(cookie, Does.StartWith($"{AppAccessPolicy.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME}={UI_TOKEN}"));
             Assert.That(cookie, Does.Contain("httponly"));
-            Assert.That(cookie, Does.Contain("samesite=strict"));
+            Assert.That(cookie, Does.Contain("samesite=lax"));
             Assert.That(cookie, Does.Contain("path=/"));
             Assert.That(cookie, Does.Not.Contain("expires"));
         });
diff --git a/runtime/src/app_access.rs b/runtime/src/app_access.rs
index 9a618d877..54fda55bf 100644
--- a/runtime/src/app_access.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/app_access.rs
@@ -25,12 +25,20 @@ const DEV_BOOT_LINK_FILE: &str = "dev-boot-link.txt";
 /// Builds the session cookie of the app window.
 ///
 /// The cookie is for the app host alone and lives as long as the window: it has no expiry date,
-/// scripts cannot read it, and the window never sends it with a request which another site
-/// started. We parse it from text because the `cookie` crate, whose builder would need its
+/// and scripts cannot read it. The window never sends it with a request which a page of another
+/// site makes, such as a script the page loads or a form it posts.
+///
+/// The cookie is `Lax`, not `Strict`. Before the window opens the app, it shows a page of Tauri,
+/// `tauri://localhost` on macOS, which is another site than the app. WKWebView counts that page
+/// as the one which opened the app, and it would withhold a `Strict` cookie. A `Lax` cookie goes
+/// along when a whole page of the app opens. Development builds show the page of the Tauri dev
+/// server on the app host instead, which hides the difference.
+///
+/// We parse the cookie from text because the `cookie` crate, whose builder would need its
 /// `SameSite` type, is no direct dependency of ours.
 pub fn session_cookie() -> Cookie<'static> {
     let token = UI_ACCESS_TOKEN.to_hex_text();
-    Cookie::parse(format!("{SESSION_COOKIE_NAME}={token}; Domain={APP_HOST}; Path=/; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict"))
+    Cookie::parse(format!("{SESSION_COOKIE_NAME}={token}; Domain={APP_HOST}; Path=/; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax"))
         .expect("The session cookie consists of fixed attributes and a hexadecimal token, which always parse.")
 }
 
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ mod tests {
         let cookie = session_cookie();
 
         assert_eq!(cookie.http_only(), Some(true));
-        assert!(cookie.same_site().is_some_and(|same_site| same_site.is_strict()));
+        assert!(cookie.same_site().is_some_and(|same_site| same_site.is_lax()));
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/runtime/src/app_window.rs b/runtime/src/app_window.rs
index 17bbe1067..e665a5a0b 100644
--- a/runtime/src/app_window.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/app_window.rs
@@ -708,10 +708,9 @@ pub async fn change_location_to(url: tauri::Url) {
 
     //
     // The window navigates by itself instead of through a script of the page it shows. That page
-    // comes from Tauri, which is another site than the app, so the app would count as opened by
-    // another site, and the window would withhold the session cookie. We take the window out of
-    // the lock first: the cookie and the navigation need the main thread, which may wait for this
-    // lock meanwhile.
+    // comes from Tauri, which is another site than the app; app_access::session_cookie explains
+    // why the session cookie goes along all the same. We take the window out of the lock first:
+    // the cookie and the navigation need the main thread, which may wait for this lock meanwhile.
     //
     // Handing over the cookie waits for the main thread. This function serves a request of the
     // runtime API, so the waiting happens outside the async runtime, see runtime/AGENTS.md.