diff --git a/services/nginx/app/classes/cors_policy.php b/services/nginx/app/classes/cors_policy.php
index 1866668a..e9aebb2b 100644
--- a/services/nginx/app/classes/cors_policy.php
+++ b/services/nginx/app/classes/cors_policy.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class cors_policy
         'http://localhost:5174',
         'http://127.0.0.1:5173',
         'http://127.0.0.1:5174',
+        'capacitor://localhost',
     ];
 
     public static function normalizeOrigin(?string $value): string
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class cors_policy
             return $value;
         }
 
-        if (preg_match('#^https?://#i', $value) !== 1) {
+        if (preg_match('#^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*://#i', $value) !== 1) {
             return '';
         }
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class cors_policy
         }
 
         $scheme = strtolower((string)$parts['scheme']);
-        if (!in_array($scheme, ['http', 'https'], true)) {
+        if (!in_array($scheme, ['http', 'https', 'capacitor'], true)) {
             return '';
         }
 
@@ -58,6 +59,27 @@ class cors_policy
         return $scheme . '://' . $host . $port;
     }
 
+    public static function normalizeRequestOrigin(?string $value): string
+    {
+        $value = trim((string)$value);
+        if ($value === '' || $value === '*') {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        $parts = parse_url($value);
+        if (!is_array($parts)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        foreach (['user', 'pass', 'path', 'query', 'fragment'] as $disallowedPart) {
+            if (array_key_exists($disallowedPart, $parts)) {
+                return '';
+            }
+        }
+
+        return self::normalizeOrigin($value);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array<int,string>
      */
@@ -105,8 +127,8 @@ class cors_policy
 
     public static function isOriginAllowed(?string $origin, string $corsConfig): bool
     {
-        $origin = self::normalizeOrigin($origin);
-        if ($origin === '' || $origin === '*') {
+        $origin = self::normalizeRequestOrigin($origin);
+        if ($origin === '') {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -119,7 +141,7 @@ class cors_policy
      */
     public static function responseHeaders(?string $origin, string $corsConfig): array
     {
-        $origin = self::normalizeOrigin($origin);
+        $origin = self::normalizeRequestOrigin($origin);
         if ($origin === '' || !self::isOriginAllowed($origin, $corsConfig)) {
             return [];
         }
diff --git a/services/nginx/app/tests/Unit/Infrastructure/CorsPolicyTest.php b/services/nginx/app/tests/Unit/Infrastructure/CorsPolicyTest.php
index e6d42ccb..f7f1bd04 100644
--- a/services/nginx/app/tests/Unit/Infrastructure/CorsPolicyTest.php
+++ b/services/nginx/app/tests/Unit/Infrastructure/CorsPolicyTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ it('normalizes URL-like CORS entries to origins', function (): void {
         ->toBe('https://api-v2.truckwash.io');
     expect(cors_policy::normalizeOrigin('https://api.truckwash.io:4433/ping'))
         ->toBe('https://api.truckwash.io:4433');
+    expect(cors_policy::normalizeOrigin('capacitor://LOCALHOST/index.html'))
+        ->toBe('capacitor://localhost');
+    expect(cors_policy::normalizeOrigin('ionic://localhost'))
+        ->toBe('');
 });
 
 it('merges required release and existing frontend origins into configured CORS', function (): void {
@@ -18,10 +22,29 @@ it('merges required release and existing frontend origins into configured CORS',
 
     expect($origins)->toContain('https://api-v2.truckwash.io');
     expect($origins)->toContain('http://localhost:5173');
+    expect($origins)->toContain('capacitor://localhost');
     expect($origins)->toContain('https://truckwash.io');
     expect($origins)->not->toContain('https://api-v2.truckwash.io/master/api');
 });
 
+it('requires a syntactically exact request origin', function (): void {
+    expect(cors_policy::normalizeRequestOrigin('capacitor://localhost'))
+        ->toBe('capacitor://localhost');
+    expect(cors_policy::normalizeRequestOrigin('https://truckwash.io'))
+        ->toBe('https://truckwash.io');
+
+    foreach ([
+        'capacitor://user@localhost',
+        'capacitor://localhost/',
+        'capacitor://localhost/path',
+        'capacitor://localhost?query=1',
+        'capacitor://localhost#fragment',
+    ] as $invalidOrigin) {
+        expect(cors_policy::normalizeRequestOrigin($invalidOrigin))->toBe('');
+        expect(cors_policy::preflightResponse($invalidOrigin, 'https://truckwash.io')['status'])->toBe(403);
+    }
+});
+
 it('builds credential-safe normal CORS response headers for allowed origins', function (): void {
     $headers = cors_policy::responseHeaders('http://localhost:5173', 'https://truckwash.io');
 
@@ -44,9 +67,23 @@ it('allows the fallback Vite localhost dev origin used after port 5173 is busy',
     expect($preflight['headers']['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'])->toBe('http://localhost:5174');
 });
 
-it('builds preflight CORS response headers for api-v2 release URLs', function (): void {
+it('allows the exact Capacitor iOS application origin', function (): void {
+    $preflight = cors_policy::preflightResponse('capacitor://localhost', 'https://truckwash.io');
+
+    expect($preflight['allowed'])->toBeTrue();
+    expect($preflight['status'])->toBe(200);
+    expect($preflight['headers']['Access-Control-Allow-Origin'])->toBe('capacitor://localhost');
+    expect($preflight['headers']['Access-Control-Allow-Credentials'])->toBe('true');
+    expect($preflight['headers']['Access-Control-Allow-Methods'])->toContain('POST');
+    expect($preflight['headers']['Access-Control-Allow-Headers'])->toContain('Authorization');
+    expect($preflight['headers']['Access-Control-Allow-Headers'])->toContain('Content-Type');
+    expect($preflight['headers']['Vary'])->toBe('Origin');
+    expect($preflight['body'])->toBe('');
+});
+
+it('builds preflight CORS response headers for the api-v2 release origin', function (): void {
     $preflight = cors_policy::preflightResponse(
-        'https://api-v2.truckwash.io/master/api',
+        'https://api-v2.truckwash.io',
         'https://truckwash.io'
     );
 
@@ -67,6 +104,13 @@ it('rejects unknown CORS origins', function (): void {
     expect($preflight['allowed'])->toBeFalse();
     expect($preflight['status'])->toBe(403);
     expect($preflight['body'])->toContain('CORS origin not allowed');
+
+    $unknownCapacitorOrigin = cors_policy::preflightResponse(
+        'capacitor://other-host',
+        'https://truckwash.io'
+    );
+    expect($unknownCapacitorOrigin['allowed'])->toBeFalse();
+    expect($unknownCapacitorOrigin['status'])->toBe(403);
 });
 
 it('reflects the request origin for wildcard CORS instead of sending credentialed wildcard headers', function (): void {