diff --git a/internal/web/auth.go b/internal/web/auth.go
index c868e1c..cfedcbc 100644
--- a/internal/web/auth.go
+++ b/internal/web/auth.go
@@ -195,11 +195,23 @@ func (a *Authenticator) setCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, name, value string, ttl
 }
 
 func (a *Authenticator) clearCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, name string) {
-	http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
+	// A cookie delete only lands when its Domain matches the one the cookie was
+	// set with. The session cookie's scope has changed over Pete's life: host-only
+	// before the games site, then widened to the parent domain so news and games
+	// could share one login. A browser may still hold it under the older scope, and
+	// a clear under only the current scope leaves the other in place — a stranded
+	// cookie that keeps someone signed in with a session logout can't reach. So
+	// clear both: always host-only, plus the parent domain when one is configured.
+	base := http.Cookie{
 		Name: name, Value: "", Path: "/", MaxAge: -1,
-		Domain:   a.cookieDomain(name),
 		HttpOnly: true, Secure: true, SameSite: http.SameSiteLaxMode,
-	})
+	}
+	http.SetCookie(w, &base) // host-only (no Domain attribute)
+	if d := a.cookieDomain(name); d != "" {
+		scoped := base
+		scoped.Domain = d
+		http.SetCookie(w, &scoped) // parent-domain scope
+	}
 }
 
 // oauthFor returns the OAuth config to use for this request. The configured
diff --git a/internal/web/auth_test.go b/internal/web/auth_test.go
index fe97d29..ada33ca 100644
--- a/internal/web/auth_test.go
+++ b/internal/web/auth_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,56 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 )
 
+// TestClearCookieClearsBothScopes: when a parent cookie domain is configured,
+// clearCookie must emit a delete for BOTH the parent-domain scope and the
+// host-only scope. A browser holding a session under the older host-only scope
+// (from before the cookie domain widened for the games site) would otherwise
+// survive logout and keep the user signed in with a session logout can't reach.
+func TestClearCookieClearsBothScopes(t *testing.T) {
+	a := &Authenticator{domain: "parodia.dev"}
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	a.clearCookie(rec, sessionCookie)
+
+	var hostOnly, scoped bool
+	for _, c := range rec.Result().Cookies() {
+		if c.Name != sessionCookie {
+			continue
+		}
+		if c.MaxAge >= 0 {
+			t.Errorf("clear cookie should expire the session, got MaxAge=%d", c.MaxAge)
+		}
+		switch c.Domain {
+		case "":
+			hostOnly = true
+		case "parodia.dev":
+			scoped = true
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unexpected clear Domain %q", c.Domain)
+		}
+	}
+	if !hostOnly {
+		t.Error("missing host-only clear (no Domain) — stale host-only sessions stay stranded")
+	}
+	if !scoped {
+		t.Error("missing parent-domain clear (Domain=parodia.dev)")
+	}
+}
+
+// With no cookie domain configured, only the host-only clear is emitted.
+func TestClearCookieHostOnlyWhenNoDomain(t *testing.T) {
+	a := &Authenticator{}
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	a.clearCookie(rec, sessionCookie)
+
+	got := rec.Result().Cookies()
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want exactly one clear cookie, got %d", len(got))
+	}
+	if got[0].Domain != "" {
+		t.Errorf("want host-only clear, got Domain=%q", got[0].Domain)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSignVerifyRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	a := &Authenticator{secret: []byte("test-secret-key-at-least-16")}
 	payload := []byte(`{"sub":"abc","exp":123}`)
diff --git a/internal/web/who.go b/internal/web/who.go
index 5427609..8ae990f 100644
--- a/internal/web/who.go
+++ b/internal/web/who.go
@@ -221,7 +221,18 @@ func (s *Server) handleAdventureWho(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// reversing the token, so no visitor can unlock another player's self extras.
 	if s.auth != nil {
 		if u := s.auth.userFromRequest(r); u != nil {
-			if self, ok, err := storage.PlayerDetailByOwner(buyerLocalpart(u), token); err == nil && ok {
+			// A signed-in visitor viewing someone else's page legitimately fails the
+			// ownership join (ok=false), so that alone is not worth a log. Two other
+			// misses are: a genuine lookup/decode error, and a session that carries no
+			// username (minted before the game economy existed) — for the latter the
+			// join can never match because buyerLocalpart is empty. Both used to fail
+			// silently here; surface them so a stuck owner is diagnosable.
+			lp := buyerLocalpart(u)
+			if lp == "" {
+				slog.Warn("who: signed-in session has no username; owner unlock skipped", "sub", u.Sub)
+			} else if self, ok, err := storage.PlayerDetailByOwner(lp, token); err != nil {
+				slog.Error("who: owner detail lookup failed", "localpart", lp, "token", token, "err", err)
+			} else if ok {
 				page.HasSelf = true
 				page.Self = self
 				page.Worn = itemRows(self.Equipped, "worn")