diff --git a/frontend/app/api/auth/me/route.ts b/frontend/app/api/auth/me/route.ts
index 1b493393..bfe5da1d 100644
--- a/frontend/app/api/auth/me/route.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/api/auth/me/route.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ function finishAuthMeResponse(
   const total = timer.totalMs();
   const ownServerTiming = formatServerTiming(timer.stages, total);
   const backendServerTiming = String(extra?.backendServerTiming || "").trim();
+  response.headers.set("Cache-Control", "no-store");
   response.headers.set(
     "Server-Timing",
     backendServerTiming
diff --git a/frontend/app/auth/callback/route.ts b/frontend/app/auth/callback/route.ts
index 7dd471e9..fb8cab07 100644
--- a/frontend/app/auth/callback/route.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/auth/callback/route.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,31 @@ function normalizeNextPath(input: string | null) {
   return raw;
 }
 
+function normalizeAuthError(input: string | null) {
+  const fallback = "Authentication failed. Please sign in again.";
+  const raw = String(input || "")
+    .replace(/[\r\n]+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+  if (!raw) return fallback;
+  return raw.slice(0, 240);
+}
+
+function redirectToLoginWithError({
+  baseUrl,
+  error,
+  nextPath,
+}: {
+  baseUrl: string;
+  error: string | null;
+  nextPath: string;
+}) {
+  const loginUrl = new URL("/auth/login", baseUrl);
+  loginUrl.searchParams.set("next", nextPath);
+  loginUrl.searchParams.set("auth_error", "1");
+  loginUrl.searchParams.set("error", normalizeAuthError(error));
+  return NextResponse.redirect(loginUrl);
+}
+
 async function warmSignupTrial(accessToken: string) {
   const token = String(accessToken || "").trim();
   if (!API_BASE || !token) return;
@@ -60,6 +85,16 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
   const nextPath = normalizeNextPath(request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("next"));
   const baseUrl = siteUrl || request.nextUrl.origin;
   const redirectUrl = new URL(nextPath, baseUrl);
+  const callbackError =
+    request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("error_description") ||
+    request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("error");
+  if (callbackError) {
+    return redirectToLoginWithError({
+      baseUrl,
+      error: callbackError,
+      nextPath,
+    });
+  }
 
   if (!hasSupabaseServerEnv()) {
     return NextResponse.redirect(redirectUrl);
@@ -71,7 +106,22 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
   if (code) {
     const {
       data: { session },
+      error: exchangeError,
     } = await supabase.auth.exchangeCodeForSession(code);
+    if (exchangeError) {
+      return redirectToLoginWithError({
+        baseUrl,
+        error: exchangeError.message,
+        nextPath,
+      });
+    }
+    if (!session?.access_token) {
+      return redirectToLoginWithError({
+        baseUrl,
+        error: "Authentication session was not created. Please sign in again.",
+        nextPath,
+      });
+    }
     await warmSignupTrial(session?.access_token || "");
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/app/auth/login/page.tsx b/frontend/app/auth/login/page.tsx
index 71d71141..8dc507f3 100644
--- a/frontend/app/auth/login/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/auth/login/page.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { LoginClient } from "@/components/auth/LoginClient";
 import { I18nProvider } from "@/hooks/useI18n";
 
 type PageProps = {
-  searchParams?: Promise<{ next?: string; mode?: string }>;
+  searchParams?: Promise<{ error?: string; mode?: string; next?: string }>;
 };
 
 function normalizeNextPath(input: string | undefined) {
@@ -19,13 +19,26 @@ function normalizeMode(input: string | undefined): "login" | "signup" {
   return "login";
 }
 
+function normalizeAuthError(input: string | undefined) {
+  const raw = String(input || "")
+    .replace(/[\r\n]+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+  if (!raw) return "";
+  return raw.slice(0, 240);
+}
+
 export default async function LoginPage({ searchParams }: PageProps) {
   const params = (await searchParams) || {};
   const nextPath = normalizeNextPath(params.next);
   const initialMode = normalizeMode(params.mode);
+  const initialError = normalizeAuthError(params.error);
   return (
     <I18nProvider>
-      <LoginClient nextPath={nextPath} initialMode={initialMode} />
+      <LoginClient
+        nextPath={nextPath}
+        initialMode={initialMode}
+        initialError={initialError}
+      />
     </I18nProvider>
   );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/components/auth/LoginClient.tsx b/frontend/components/auth/LoginClient.tsx
index f27bde30..d4a1fcd8 100644
--- a/frontend/components/auth/LoginClient.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/auth/LoginClient.tsx
@@ -26,17 +26,18 @@ type Mode = "login" | "signup";
 
 type LoginClientProps = {
   nextPath: string;
+  initialError?: string;
   initialMode?: Mode;
 };
 
-export function LoginClient({ nextPath, initialMode }: LoginClientProps) {
+export function LoginClient({ nextPath, initialError, initialMode }: LoginClientProps) {
   const router = useRouter();
   const { locale } = useI18n();
   const [mode, setMode] = useState<Mode>(initialMode ?? "login");
   const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
   const [password, setPassword] = useState("");
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [errorText, setErrorText] = useState("");
+  const [errorText, setErrorText] = useState(initialError || "");
   const [infoText, setInfoText] = useState("");
   const [resetSent, setResetSent] = useState(false);
   const [showPassword, setShowPassword] = useState(false);
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ export function LoginClient({ nextPath, initialMode }: LoginClientProps) {
     />
   );
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setErrorText(initialError || "");
+  }, [initialError]);
+
   const onResetPassword = async () => {
     setErrorText("");
     setInfoText("");
diff --git a/frontend/components/auth/__tests__/passwordReset.test.ts b/frontend/components/auth/__tests__/passwordReset.test.ts
index 13c32f1b..b68b3f64 100644
--- a/frontend/components/auth/__tests__/passwordReset.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/components/auth/__tests__/passwordReset.test.ts
@@ -33,8 +33,16 @@ export function runTests() {
     "callback",
     "route.ts",
   );
+  const loginPagePath = path.join(
+    projectRoot,
+    "app",
+    "auth",
+    "login",
+    "page.tsx",
+  );
 
   const loginClientSource = fs.readFileSync(loginClientPath, "utf8");
+  const loginPageSource = fs.readFileSync(loginPagePath, "utf8");
 
   assert(
     loginClientSource.includes("/auth/reset-password") &&
@@ -80,4 +88,22 @@ export function runTests() {
       authCallbackSource.includes("Bearer"),
     "auth callback must warm /api/auth/me with the exchanged Supabase session so new users receive the signup trial immediately",
   );
+  assert(
+    loginPageSource.includes("error?: string") &&
+      loginPageSource.includes("normalizeAuthError") &&
+      loginPageSource.includes("params.error") &&
+      loginPageSource.includes("initialError={initialError}") &&
+      loginClientSource.includes("initialError?: string") &&
+      loginClientSource.includes("useState(initialError || \"\")"),
+    "login page must surface auth callback errors in the login form instead of silently returning users to the terminal",
+  );
+  assert(
+    authCallbackSource.includes("redirectToLoginWithError") &&
+      authCallbackSource.includes('request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("error_description")') &&
+      authCallbackSource.includes('request.nextUrl.searchParams.get("error")') &&
+      authCallbackSource.includes("exchangeError") &&
+      authCallbackSource.includes("exchangeCodeForSession(code)") &&
+      authCallbackSource.includes("auth_error"),
+    "auth callback must redirect failed OAuth/session exchanges back to login with an error message",
+  );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/components/ops/__tests__/authTimingInstrumentation.test.ts b/frontend/components/ops/__tests__/authTimingInstrumentation.test.ts
index 056c03ea..c5d7ba1b 100644
--- a/frontend/components/ops/__tests__/authTimingInstrumentation.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/components/ops/__tests__/authTimingInstrumentation.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ export function runTests() {
       authMeRouteSource.includes("total"),
     "/api/auth/me proxy must expose stage durations through Server-Timing for HAR inspection",
   );
+  assert(
+    authMeRouteSource.includes('response.headers.set("Cache-Control", "no-store")') &&
+      authMeRouteSource.indexOf('response.headers.set("Cache-Control", "no-store")') >
+        authMeRouteSource.indexOf("function finishAuthMeResponse"),
+    "/api/auth/me proxy must mark every auth profile response no-store so anonymous state cannot be reused after login",
+  );
   const finishStart = authMeRouteSource.indexOf("function finishAuthMeResponse");
   const finishEnd = authMeRouteSource.indexOf("async function trackAuthDiagnosticEvent");
   const finishSource =