diff --git a/.github/codeql-config-js.yml b/.github/codeql-config-js.yml
index 47d5a0f8..ef5c8572 100644
--- a/.github/codeql-config-js.yml
+++ b/.github/codeql-config-js.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ queries:
 # Paths to exclude from analysis
 paths-ignore:
   - "**/node_modules/**"
-  # Vendored third-party libraries (preact, htm, es-module-shims), copied
-  # verbatim from npm by scripts/update-static-deps.sh. We don't modify or
-  # control their internals, so findings here aren't actionable from this
-  # repo -- report upstream instead.
-  - "pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/**"
+  # The minified es-module-shims distribution currently triggers findings in
+  # third-party code. Keep this exception file-specific so Preact, HTM, and
+  # future files under static/lib remain covered.
+  - "pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/es-module-shims.js"
diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/browser_compatibility_test.go b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/browser_compatibility_test.go
index 6e336b17..5ea05f5b 100644
--- a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/browser_compatibility_test.go
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/browser_compatibility_test.go
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ func TestPlayerRendersNatively(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestPlayerRendersUnderForcedShimMode exercises the actual old-Safari code
-// path -- es-module-shims resolving the same import map and vendored files
-// the real app uses -- without needing physical iPadOS 15 hardware. It
-// serves a variant of index.html that forces es-module-shims into shimMode
+// TestPlayerRendersUnderForcedShimMode exercises es-module-shims resolving the
+// same import map and vendored files the real app uses. It does not emulate
+// Safari or the production feature-detection loader; those require a target-
+// browser canary. The test serves a page that forces es-module-shims into
+// shimMode
 // (see the library's README: shimMode is triggered by
 // window.esmsInitOptions.shimMode or by using importmap-shim/module-shim
 // script types), which routes every browser -- including this ordinary
diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/index.html b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/index.html
index 94f80daf..9ddef7a2 100644
--- a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/index.html
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/index.html
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
         that already support import maps natively. Feature-detect instead,
         so only a browser that actually lacks support ever fetches it.
         Inserted via the DOM rather than document.write (deprecated, and
-        subject to browser interventions that can silently drop it), with
-        async explicitly set to false so it still executes before the
-        deferred `type="module"` script below runs, without blocking the
-        parser for the vast majority that never reach this branch.
+        subject to browser interventions that can silently drop it).
+        After initialization, es-module-shims inspects module graphs that fail
+        static linking, so browsers without import maps can resolve the bare
+        imports below without penalizing native-capable ones.
         -->
         <script>
             if (!(window.HTMLScriptElement && HTMLScriptElement.supports && HTMLScriptElement.supports('importmap'))) {
diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/README.md b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..000a9e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Vendored Frontend Dependencies
+
+The JavaScript files in the parent directory are copied unmodified from the
+exact npm packages pinned in the repository's `package-lock.json`.
+
+This directory travels with the embedded web UI and contains each package's
+upstream license. Its copy of `package-lock.json` records the exact versions,
+npm tarball URLs, and integrity hashes used to generate the assets:
+
+- `preact.module.js` and `preact-hooks.module.js`: `preact`
+- `htm.module.js`: `htm`
+- `es-module-shims.js`: `es-module-shims`
+
+Run `make update-static-deps` to regenerate the assets, licenses, and package
+metadata together.
diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/es-module-shims-LICENSE b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/es-module-shims-LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e67426b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/es-module-shims-LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+MIT License
+-----------
+
+Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Guy Bedford
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/htm-LICENSE b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/htm-LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1076112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/htm-LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
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diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/package-lock.json b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ec75300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  "name": "@gesellix/bose-soundtouch",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "@gesellix/bose-soundtouch",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "es-module-shims": "2.8.4",
+        "htm": "3.1.1",
+        "preact": "10.29.8"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=24.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/es-module-shims": {
+      "version": "2.8.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-module-shims/-/es-module-shims-2.8.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ea5srn5L89PWVad6Qle6r2kg+HvvLiL/GHqgNx06eFrkERHkrTFWaqo1w8Sd+XI3Xr0iAG5x3ZQ7mQ/hnQzNpA==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
+    "node_modules/htm": {
+      "version": "3.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/htm/-/htm-3.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-983Vyg8NwUE7JkZ6NmOqpCZ+sh1bKv2iYTlUkzlWmA5JD2acKoxd4KVxbMmxX/85mtfdnDmTFoNKcg5DGAvxNQ==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0"
+    },
+    "node_modules/preact": {
+      "version": "10.29.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/preact/-/preact-10.29.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ej2aVZ+vZ8WO7tvlQWRM9N63A0KzF9q4mWJfDUHgYaIofWY9hu74QdnQrjoPMmZi2/nZ5gN0bJCQF49xQqx09Q==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/preact"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "preact-render-to-string": ">=5"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "preact-render-to-string": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/preact-LICENSE b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/preact-LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da5389a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib/LICENSES/preact-LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015-present Jason Miller
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static_compatibility_test.go b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static_compatibility_test.go
index f4d65a83..9183152d 100644
--- a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static_compatibility_test.go
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static_compatibility_test.go
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ import (
 // (added in Safari 16.4), so the page loaded blank there. es-module-shims
 // polyfills import map resolution for such browsers, but is an ~80KB
 // uncompressed download, so it must be feature-detected and only injected
-// for a browser that actually lacks HTMLScriptElement.supports('importmap'),
-// before the import map is parsed -- not loaded unconditionally for every
-// browser.
+// for a browser that actually lacks HTMLScriptElement.supports('importmap') --
+// not loaded unconditionally for every browser.
 func TestIndexPolyfillsImportMapsForOlderBrowsers(t *testing.T) {
 	index, err := fs.ReadFile(StaticFS, "static/index.html")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -28,10 +27,6 @@ func TestIndexPolyfillsImportMapsForOlderBrowsers(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("index.html must not call document.write() (deprecated, subject to browser interventions); use DOM insertion instead")
 	}
 
-	if !bytes.Contains(index, []byte(`.async = false`)) {
-		t.Fatal("the dynamically-inserted es-module-shims script must set async = false to preserve execution order")
-	}
-
 	shimIdx := bytes.Index(index, []byte(`esModuleShimsScript.src = '/app/static/lib/es-module-shims.js';`))
 	if shimIdx == -1 {
 		t.Fatal("index.html does not conditionally inject es-module-shims.js")
@@ -51,6 +46,22 @@ func TestIndexPolyfillsImportMapsForOlderBrowsers(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestVendoredDependenciesIncludeLicenses ensures that the license and package
+// metadata copied with the embedded frontend assets are also present in release
+// binaries. scripts/update-static-deps.sh owns these generated files.
+func TestVendoredDependenciesIncludeLicenses(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, dependency := range []string{"preact", "htm", "es-module-shims"} {
+		path := "static/lib/LICENSES/" + dependency + "-LICENSE"
+		if _, err := fs.Stat(StaticFS, path); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("vendored dependency license %q: %v", path, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if _, err := fs.Stat(StaticFS, "static/lib/LICENSES/package-lock.json"); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("vendored dependency provenance: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestIndexImportMapCoversAllVendoredModules guards against the import map
 // and the vendored files it points at drifting apart.
 func TestIndexImportMapCoversAllVendoredModules(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/scripts/update-static-deps.sh b/scripts/update-static-deps.sh
index 8a8cdd69..3450d66e 100755
--- a/scripts/update-static-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-static-deps.sh
@@ -5,18 +5,8 @@ set -e
 LIB_DIR="pkg/service/soundtouchweb/static/lib"
 mkdir -p "$LIB_DIR"
 
-echo "Updating static frontend dependencies from node_modules..."
-
-# Ensure dependencies are installed
-if [ ! -d "node_modules" ] || [ ! -d "node_modules/preact" ] || [ ! -d "node_modules/htm" ] || [ ! -d "node_modules/es-module-shims" ]; then
-    if [ "$CI" = "true" ]; then
-        echo "node_modules not found or incomplete. Running npm ci in CI environment..."
-        npm ci
-    else
-        echo "node_modules not found or incomplete. Running npm install..."
-        npm install
-    fi
-fi
+echo "Installing static frontend dependencies from package-lock.json..."
+npm ci --ignore-scripts
 
 # Copy files from node_modules
 echo "Copying Preact..."
@@ -34,4 +24,13 @@ cp node_modules/htm/dist/htm.module.js "$LIB_DIR/htm.module.js"
 echo "Copying ES Module Shims..."
 cp node_modules/es-module-shims/dist/es-module-shims.js "$LIB_DIR/es-module-shims.js"
 
+# Keep license and package provenance inside the embedded static tree so they
+# ship with release binaries, not only with source checkouts.
+LICENSE_DIR="$LIB_DIR/LICENSES"
+mkdir -p "$LICENSE_DIR"
+for dependency in preact htm es-module-shims; do
+    cp "node_modules/$dependency/LICENSE" "$LICENSE_DIR/$dependency-LICENSE"
+done
+cp package-lock.json "$LICENSE_DIR/package-lock.json"
+
 echo "All dependencies updated successfully from node_modules."