diff --git a/src/app/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png b/public/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png
rename to public/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png
diff --git a/src/app/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png b/public/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png
rename to public/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png
diff --git a/src/app/favicons/favicon-16x16.png b/public/favicons/favicon-16x16.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/favicons/favicon-16x16.png
rename to public/favicons/favicon-16x16.png
diff --git a/src/app/favicons/favicon-32x32.png b/public/favicons/favicon-32x32.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/favicons/favicon-32x32.png
rename to public/favicons/favicon-32x32.png
diff --git a/src/app/favicons/favicon-96x96.png b/public/favicons/favicon-96x96.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/favicons/favicon-96x96.png
rename to public/favicons/favicon-96x96.png
diff --git a/src/components/analytics/google-analytics-pageviews.tsx b/src/components/analytics/google-analytics-pageviews.tsx
index c5925b0ec..e6b5135cc 100644
--- a/src/components/analytics/google-analytics-pageviews.tsx
+++ b/src/components/analytics/google-analytics-pageviews.tsx
@@ -20,13 +20,22 @@ declare global {
  * exists before hydration and the first effect run already reports the
  * initial pageview — the init config sets send_page_view:false so this effect
  * is the single source of pageviews (no double-count on first load).
+ *
+ * Must use gtag('event', 'page_view', ...), NOT another gtag('config') call:
+ * once send_page_view:false is set, re-issuing config with page_path does not
+ * reliably emit a page_view (GA4 "Measure pageviews" docs). page_location /
+ * page_referrer are filled automatically by gtag.
  */
 export function GoogleAnalyticsPageviews({ measurementId }: { measurementId: string }) {
   const pathname = usePathname();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (typeof window.gtag !== 'function') return;
-    window.gtag('config', measurementId, { page_path: pathname });
+    window.gtag('event', 'page_view', {
+      page_path: pathname,
+      page_title: document.title,
+      send_to: measurementId,
+    });
   }, [pathname, measurementId]);
 
   return null;
diff --git a/src/components/analytics/google-analytics.tsx b/src/components/analytics/google-analytics.tsx
index 12df7f32d..e46edf5ef 100644
--- a/src/components/analytics/google-analytics.tsx
+++ b/src/components/analytics/google-analytics.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
  * gtag loader rendered straight into the SSR HTML so the browser loads it at
  * parse time — no client-side injection, no hydration dependency (wallet-legacy
  * `server-html.jsx` parity; also what condenser settled on in its #4010 fix).
- * Init config matches legacy `JsPlugins.js`: cookie_domain auto, sample_rate 5,
- * send_page_view:false (SPA pageviews are reported by GoogleAnalyticsPageviews
- * — render it as a SEPARATE sibling conditional in the layout, never inside
- * the same fragment: any 'use client' element sharing a fragment with these
- * scripts makes React defer them to hydration instead of emitting them in the
- * SSR HTML).
+ * Init config: cookie_domain auto + send_page_view:false (SPA pageviews are
+ * reported by GoogleAnalyticsPageviews — render it as a SEPARATE sibling
+ * conditional in the layout, never inside the same fragment: any 'use client'
+ * element sharing a fragment with these scripts makes React defer them to
+ * hydration instead of emitting them in the SSR HTML).
+ *
+ * Legacy's sample_rate:5 is intentionally NOT carried over: it is a Universal
+ * Analytics field, absent from the GA4 config reference — dead code for G-
+ * measurement ids.
  *
  * measurementId must arrive validated (getGaMeasurementId — strict GA id
  * regex) since it is interpolated into an inline script.
@@ -38,7 +41,6 @@ function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
 gtag('js', new Date());
 gtag('config', '${measurementId}', {
   cookie_domain: 'auto',
-  sample_rate: 5,
   send_page_view: false
 });`,
         }}
diff --git a/src/proxy.ts b/src/proxy.ts
index f95abd0cd..f8ceb1658 100644
--- a/src/proxy.ts
+++ b/src/proxy.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,22 @@ function accountPathWithoutAtPrefix(pathname: string): string | null {
   return `/${account}${suffix}`;
 }
 
+// Static assets are served from public/, but the middleware matcher cannot
+// use "path contains a dot" to skip them (Steem sub-accounts use dots, e.g.
+// /@user.subaccount). Requests that reach next-intl are internally rewritten
+// into the /[locale]/ tree, which 404s every nested public asset
+// (/favicons/*, /images/**). Pass file-like paths through untouched instead.
+// The check is anchored to the LAST segment's extension, so account paths
+// (/@user.transfers-page style names) are unaffected — except /@…-rooted
+// paths, which are always account URLs and never public files.
+const STATIC_ASSET_EXT_RE = /\.(?:png|jpe?g|gif|svg|webp|avif|ico|txt|xml|css|js|mjs|map|woff2?|ttf|otf|eot)$/i;
+
+function isStaticAssetRequest(pathname: string): boolean {
+  if (pathname.startsWith('/@')) return false;
+  const lastSegment = pathname.split('/').pop() ?? '';
+  return STATIC_ASSET_EXT_RE.test(lastSegment);
+}
+
 export default async function proxy(request: NextRequest) {
   // Intercept health check endpoint used by ELB and OpenResty.
   // Must return before i18n middleware to avoid locale redirect issues.
@@ -137,6 +153,12 @@ export default async function proxy(request: NextRequest) {
     return NextResponse.json({ status: 'ok' });
   }
 
+  // Static assets: no CSP nonce, no CSRF cookie, no locale rewriting —
+  // Next.js serves them straight from public/.
+  if (isStaticAssetRequest(request.nextUrl.pathname)) {
+    return NextResponse.next();
+  }
+
   const normalized = accountPathWithoutAtPrefix(request.nextUrl.pathname);
 
   // Attach the per-request nonce to the request headers BEFORE the intl middleware builds its
@@ -179,6 +201,8 @@ export default async function proxy(request: NextRequest) {
 export const config = {
   // Match all pathnames except api and Next internals.
   // Do NOT use "path contains a dot" (.*\..*) — Steem sub-accounts use dots (e.g. user.subaccount).
+  // Static files are NOT excluded here either; isStaticAssetRequest() above
+  // passes them through before next-intl can rewrite them into /[locale]/.
   matcher: [
     '/((?!api|trpc|_next|_vercel|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico|robots.txt|sitemap.xml).*)',
   ],
diff --git a/tests/unit/google-analytics.test.tsx b/tests/unit/google-analytics.test.tsx
index eccfde34c..3fdb0a518 100644
--- a/tests/unit/google-analytics.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/unit/google-analytics.test.tsx
@@ -28,15 +28,17 @@ describe('GoogleAnalytics (SSR scripts)', () => {
     expect(loader!.getAttribute('nonce')).toBe('abc123');
   });
 
-  it('renders the inline init with the legacy config and the nonce', () => {
+  it('renders the inline init with the GA4 config and the nonce', () => {
     render(<GoogleAnalytics measurementId="G-TESTID2" nonce="abc123" />);
     const init = document.querySelector('script:not([src])');
     expect(init).toBeTruthy();
     expect(init!.getAttribute('nonce')).toBe('abc123');
     expect(init!.textContent).toContain("gtag('config', 'G-TESTID2'");
     expect(init!.textContent).toContain('cookie_domain: \'auto\'');
-    expect(init!.textContent).toContain('sample_rate: 5');
     expect(init!.textContent).toContain('send_page_view: false');
+    // sample_rate is a Universal-Analytics-only field (absent from the GA4
+    // config reference) — it must not be carried over.
+    expect(init!.textContent).not.toContain('sample_rate');
     // Queue shim must be self-contained (no external dependency at parse time).
     expect(init!.textContent).toContain('function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}');
   });
@@ -58,7 +60,11 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsPageviews (SPA virtual pageviews)', () => {
   it('reports the initial pageview on mount (loader ran at parse time)', () => {
     window.gtag = vi.fn();
     render(<GoogleAnalyticsPageviews measurementId="G-TESTID" />);
-    expect(window.gtag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('config', 'G-TESTID', { page_path: '/market' });
+    expect(window.gtag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('event', 'page_view', {
+      page_path: '/market',
+      page_title: expect.any(String),
+      send_to: 'G-TESTID',
+    });
   });
 
   it('reports a pageview whenever the pathname changes', () => {
@@ -66,7 +72,11 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsPageviews (SPA virtual pageviews)', () => {
     const { rerender } = render(<GoogleAnalyticsPageviews measurementId="G-TESTID" />);
     mockPathname.mockReturnValue('/proposals');
     rerender(<GoogleAnalyticsPageviews measurementId="G-TESTID" />);
-    expect(window.gtag).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('config', 'G-TESTID', { page_path: '/proposals' });
+    expect(window.gtag).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('event', 'page_view', {
+      page_path: '/proposals',
+      page_title: expect.any(String),
+      send_to: 'G-TESTID',
+    });
   });
 
   it('does nothing when gtag is unavailable (ad-blockers)', () => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy-csp.test.ts b/tests/unit/proxy-csp.test.ts
index b58ebcd50..074d5cfab 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy-csp.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy-csp.test.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 
 // next-intl's middleware module cannot be resolved in the vitest environment;
-// the CSP/nonce behavior under test does not depend on intl routing.
+// the CSP/nonce behavior under test does not depend on intl routing. The mock
+// handle must be hoisted so the vi.mock factory can reference it.
+const { intlMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  intlMock: vi.fn((request: NextRequest) =>
+    NextResponse.next({ request: { headers: request.headers } })
+  ),
+}));
 vi.mock('next-intl/middleware', () => ({
-  default: () => (request: NextRequest) =>
-    NextResponse.next({ request: { headers: request.headers } }),
+  default: () => intlMock,
 }));
 vi.mock('@/i18n/routing', () => ({
   routing: { locales: ['en'], defaultLocale: 'en' },
@@ -62,3 +67,42 @@ describe('proxy CSP nonce', () => {
     expect(res.headers.get('content-security-policy')).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe('proxy static asset passthrough', () => {
+  it('passes public asset requests straight through (no intl rewrite)', async () => {
+    intlMock.mockClear();
+    for (const path of [
+      '/favicons/favicon-16x16.png',
+      '/images/about/mission.jpg',
+      '/file.svg',
+      '/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png',
+    ]) {
+      const res = await proxy(req(path));
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      expect(intlMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      intlMock.mockClear();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('still routes account paths that merely contain dots', async () => {
+    intlMock.mockClear();
+    await proxy(req('/@user.subaccount'));
+    expect(intlMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    intlMock.mockClear();
+    await proxy(req('/user.subaccount/transfers'));
+    expect(intlMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('treats /@-rooted paths as accounts even with an asset extension', async () => {
+    intlMock.mockClear();
+    await proxy(req('/@user.png'));
+    expect(intlMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('applies CSP + csrf cookie to page requests as before', async () => {
+    intlMock.mockClear();
+    const res = await proxy(req('/market'));
+    expect(intlMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(res.headers.get('content-security-policy')).toContain("'nonce-");
+  });
+});