diff --git a/DATA_LICENSES.md b/DATA_LICENSES.md
index 11ed29b..626b7ba 100644
--- a/DATA_LICENSES.md
+++ b/DATA_LICENSES.md
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ artifacts derived from permissively-licensed (CC-BY, public-domain) sources, and
 
 - **Groove MIDI Dataset** — Gillick, Roberts, Engel, Eck, Bahdanau; Google Magenta,
   2019. Licensed CC-BY 4.0. https://magenta.tensorflow.org/datasets/groove
+- **Salamander Grand Piano** — Alexander Holm. Licensed CC-BY 3.0. The piano sample
+  set bundled at `frontend/public/samples/piano/` (the Tone.js-hosted subset) is
+  derived from this work. https://archive.org/details/SalamanderGrandPianoV3
 
 ## Note on the GPL and data
 
diff --git a/backend/app/api/routes_generate.py b/backend/app/api/routes_generate.py
index 9b5b4d7..bfb0af5 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/routes_generate.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/routes_generate.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import secrets
 import uuid
 import json as _json_module
+from pathlib import Path
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, Response, StreamingResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -1196,11 +1197,31 @@ def regenerate_part(req: RegeneratePartRequest):
     return FileInfo(part=req.part, filename=filename, url=f"/exports/{req.generation_id}/{filename}")
 
 
+# Generation ids are short uuid4 hex slices (see /generate); keep the check strict
+# but tolerant of any hex/underscore/hyphen id we've ever minted.
+_VALID_GEN_ID = re.compile(r'^[A-Za-z0-9_\-]{1,64}$')
+
+
+def _safe_export_dir(gen_id: str) -> Path:
+    """Resolve EXPORTS_DIR/<gen_id> and guarantee it stays inside EXPORTS_DIR.
+
+    Blocks path traversal via `..`/encoded separators in the id before any
+    filesystem access. Raises 422 for a malformed id, 404 if the dir is missing.
+    """
+    if not _VALID_GEN_ID.match(gen_id):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail="Invalid generation id")
+    root = EXPORTS_DIR.resolve()
+    target = (root / gen_id).resolve()
+    if not target.is_relative_to(root):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Generation not found")
+    return target
+
+
 @router.get("/exports/{gen_id}/bundle.zip")
 def download_bundle(gen_id: str):
     import zipfile
     import io
-    output_dir = EXPORTS_DIR / gen_id
+    output_dir = _safe_export_dir(gen_id)
     if not output_dir.exists():
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Generation not found")
     mid_files = list(output_dir.glob("*.mid"))
@@ -1226,7 +1247,7 @@ def download_bundle(gen_id: str):
 def download_sections(gen_id: str):
     import zipfile
     import io
-    sec_dir = EXPORTS_DIR / gen_id / "sections"
+    sec_dir = _safe_export_dir(gen_id) / "sections"
     if not sec_dir.exists():
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="No section stems found — generate in Arrangement mode first")
     mid_files = list(sec_dir.glob("*.mid"))
@@ -1249,10 +1270,14 @@ def download_sections(gen_id: str):
 
 @router.get("/exports/{gen_id}/{filename}")
 def download_export(gen_id: str, filename: str):
-    file_path = EXPORTS_DIR / gen_id / filename
-    if not file_path.exists():
+    base = _safe_export_dir(gen_id).resolve()
+    file_path = (base / filename).resolve()
+    # Reject any filename that escapes the generation dir (e.g. `..%2f..%2fsecret`).
+    if not file_path.is_relative_to(base):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="File not found")
+    if not file_path.is_file():
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="File not found")
-    return FileResponse(str(file_path), media_type="audio/midi", filename=filename)
+    return FileResponse(str(file_path), media_type="audio/midi", filename=file_path.name)
 
 
 _SAFE_PATH = re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{1,80}$')
diff --git a/backend/app/api/routes_styles.py b/backend/app/api/routes_styles.py
index 26ebcc2..0029bc7 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/routes_styles.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/routes_styles.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import Response
 from app.services.style_loader import list_styles, get_style_detail, save_custom_style, load_style
-from app.models.schemas import StyleInfo
+from app.models.schemas import StyleInfo, CustomStyleRequest
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -93,14 +93,9 @@ def _build_preview(style_id: str) -> bytes:
 
 
 @router.post("/styles/custom")
-def create_custom_style(body: dict):
-    style_id = body.get("id", "")
-    if not _VALID_ID.match(style_id):
+def create_custom_style(body: CustomStyleRequest):
+    # Pydantic validates the core fields + bounds; still re-check the id against
+    # the strict filename pattern, since it becomes a path on disk.
+    if not _VALID_ID.match(body.id):
         raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail="Style id must be 1-40 lowercase alphanumeric/underscore chars")
-    if not body.get("name"):
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail="Style name is required")
-    required = ("bpm_range", "default_scale", "progression_templates")
-    for field in required:
-        if field not in body:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail=f"Missing required field: {field}")
-    return save_custom_style(body)
+    return save_custom_style(body.model_dump())
diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index cb6b34e..bbc0790 100644
--- a/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/backend/app/main.py
@@ -27,14 +27,26 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
 
 app = FastAPI(title="GenreGrid API", version="0.1.0", lifespan=lifespan)
 
-_cors_env = os.environ.get("CORS_ORIGINS", "http://localhost:5173,http://127.0.0.1:5173")
-_cors_origins = [o.strip() for o in _cors_env.split(",") if o.strip()]
+# A packaged renderer runs on a random 127.0.0.1:<port>, so we can't pin a fixed
+# origin — but the API must NOT be open to arbitrary websites (a page the user
+# visits in their browser could otherwise POST to the local backend). Allow any
+# localhost / 127.0.0.1 origin (any port) via regex: same-machine requests keep
+# working, while a browser blocks evil.com's cross-origin JSON POSTs at preflight.
+# `CORS_ORIGINS="*"` (the old packaged setting) now maps to this safe localhost
+# regex rather than a literal wildcard; an explicit comma-list is still honored.
+_LOCALHOST_ORIGIN_RE = r"^https?://(localhost|127\.0\.0\.1)(:\d+)?$"
+_cors_env = os.environ.get("CORS_ORIGINS", "").strip()
+
+if _cors_env and _cors_env != "*":
+    _cors_kwargs = {"allow_origins": [o.strip() for o in _cors_env.split(",") if o.strip()]}
+else:
+    _cors_kwargs = {"allow_origin_regex": _LOCALHOST_ORIGIN_RE}
 
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
-    allow_origins=_cors_origins,
     allow_methods=["*"],
     allow_headers=["*"],
+    **_cors_kwargs,
 )
 
 app.include_router(health_router)
diff --git a/backend/app/models/schemas.py b/backend/app/models/schemas.py
index b3a6aa8..334cb06 100644
--- a/backend/app/models/schemas.py
+++ b/backend/app/models/schemas.py
@@ -6,10 +6,35 @@
 # Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 # version. Distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. See the GNU General Public License
 # <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/> for details.
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 
+class CustomStyleRequest(BaseModel):
+    """A user-authored style saved via POST /styles/custom.
+
+    Validates the fields the generators actually read (with bounds), while
+    `extra="allow"` keeps richer per-style config (drums, voices, feel …) that
+    the StyleEditor sends. The route also re-checks `id` against a strict
+    filename pattern before it becomes a path on disk.
+    """
+    model_config = {"extra": "allow"}
+
+    id: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=40)
+    name: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=80)
+    bpm_range: List[int] = Field(min_length=2, max_length=2)
+    default_scale: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=40)
+    progression_templates: List[List[str]] = Field(min_length=1, max_length=64)
+
+    @field_validator("bpm_range")
+    @classmethod
+    def _bpm_range_sane(cls, v: List[int]) -> List[int]:
+        lo, hi = v[0], v[1]
+        if not (20 <= lo <= hi <= 300):
+            raise ValueError("bpm_range must be [low, high] within 20–300 and low ≤ high")
+        return v
+
+
 class GenerateRequest(BaseModel):
     style_id: str
     key: str = "C"
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_api_e2e.py b/backend/tests/test_api_e2e.py
index 0233376..26b66f2 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_api_e2e.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_api_e2e.py
@@ -52,6 +52,40 @@ def test_generate_loop_over_http():
     assert stem.status_code == 200 and stem.content[:4] == b"MThd"
 
 
+def test_cors_allows_localhost_but_not_external_sites():
+    # A random-port renderer origin (as in the packaged app) is granted
+    r = client.options("/generate", headers={
+        "Origin": "http://127.0.0.1:53311", "Access-Control-Request-Method": "POST"})
+    assert r.headers.get("access-control-allow-origin") == "http://127.0.0.1:53311"
+
+    # An arbitrary website the user might visit is NOT granted access
+    r = client.options("/generate", headers={
+        "Origin": "https://evil.example", "Access-Control-Request-Method": "POST"})
+    assert r.headers.get("access-control-allow-origin") is None
+
+
+def test_export_download_rejects_path_traversal():
+    # A generation whose stems are genuinely downloadable
+    r = client.post("/generate", json={
+        "style_id": "lofi", "key": "C", "scale": "major", "bpm": 90, "bars": 4,
+        "parts": ["chords"], "mode": "loop", "seed": 9, "use_priors": False,
+    })
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    gid = r.json()["generation_id"]
+
+    # A real stem still downloads (regression guard for the hardened route)
+    assert client.get(f"/exports/{gid}/chords.mid").status_code == 200
+
+    # Encoded traversal in the filename must not escape the generation dir
+    for evil in ("..%2f..%2fmeta.json", "..%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd", "%2e%2e%2fchords.mid"):
+        resp = client.get(f"/exports/{gid}/{evil}")
+        assert resp.status_code in (404, 422), evil
+        assert b"root:" not in resp.content
+
+    # A malformed generation id is rejected before any filesystem access
+    assert client.get("/exports/..%2f..%2fetc/passwd").status_code in (404, 422)
+
+
 def test_song_lifecycle_over_http(song):
     gid = song["generation_id"]
     assert song["sections"][-1]["section_type"] == "ending"
diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..926338b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/roadmap.md
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# GenreGrid Roadmap
+
+A living, prioritized roadmap from the July 2026 project survey. Check items off as
+they land; add new findings under the right phase so nothing gets lost.
+
+**Status legend:** `[ ]` todo · `[~]` in progress · `[x]` done · `[-]` won't do / obsolete
+
+_Last updated: 2026-07-23 — Phase 1 complete (see Done log)._
+
+---
+
+## Health snapshot (at survey time)
+
+- Backend: ~14.3k LoC Python, **132 tests passing**, ruff gate (E/F/W) configured.
+- Frontend: ~11.3k LoC TS/Vue, **12 tests** (3 files) — thin coverage.
+- Electron: `contextIsolation: true`, `nodeIntegration: false` — securely configured.
+- Overall: a well-built project. Items below are refinements, not firefighting.
+
+---
+
+## Phase 1 — Harden (high value, low risk)
+
+- [x] **Path traversal in `download_export`** — hardened all three export routes with a
+  containment check (`_safe_export_dir` + `is_relative_to`) and a strict id pattern; new
+  regression test. → `backend/app/api/routes_generate.py`
+- [x] **CORS `*` in the packaged app** — replaced with a localhost/127.0.0.1 origin regex
+  (covers the renderer's random port, blocks external sites at preflight). Electron no
+  longer sets `CORS_ORIGINS: '*'`. → `backend/app/main.py`, `frontend/electron/main.ts`
+  - [ ] _Optional follow-up:_ per-session token as defense-in-depth on mutating JSON
+    endpoints. Deferred — a header token complicates file-URL/audio loading; the origin
+    allowlist already closes the browser-based attack.
+- [x] **`will-navigate` / `setWindowOpenHandler` guards** added — in-app navigation is
+  same-origin only; external links open in the OS browser. → `frontend/electron/main.ts`
+- [x] **`save-temp-file` IPC** now `path.basename()`s the renderer-supplied filename.
+  → `frontend/electron/main.ts`
+- [x] **`create_custom_style`** now validates via `CustomStyleRequest` (typed core fields
+  + bounds, `extra="allow"` for rich style config). → `backend/app/models/schemas.py`
+- [x] **Bundle the Salamander piano samples locally** — the 30-file sample set now lives
+  in `frontend/public/samples/piano/` (2 MB) and `loader.ts` loads `/samples/piano/`, so
+  the flagship piano works fully offline and no longer fetches from `tonejs.github.io`.
+  Attribution (CC-BY 3.0, Alexander Holm) added to `DATA_LICENSES.md`.
+  → `frontend/src/soundfonts/loader.ts`
+
+## Phase 2 — Sound polish
+
+- [ ] **Master bus glue/limiting** — master is a unity `Gain` (a `DynamicsCompressor`
+  renders silence on Linux Electron), so a full arrangement can peak/clip with nothing
+  catching it. Add a Linux-safe JS soft-clip / look-ahead limiter.
+  → `frontend/src/soundfonts/loader.ts:39`
+- [ ] **Velocity layers / round-robins in sample sets** — ~4 MB total, ~one mp3 per
+  note-zone; wide pitch-shifting sounds synthetic. More velocity layers = fastest
+  realism gain. → `frontend/public/samples/`
+- [ ] **Loudness normalization across styles** — target an LUFS level per style so
+  perceived volume doesn't jump between styles.
+- [ ] **Per-style FX presets** — reverb/chorus/delay are currently shared and fixed.
+  → `frontend/src/soundfonts/loader.ts` (buses)
+
+## Phase 3 — Performance & refactor
+
+- [ ] **Parallelize full-song section generation** — song builds take ~1–2 min and
+  sections generate serially though they're embarrassingly parallel. SSE progress
+  plumbing (`generate-stream`) already exists.
+  → `backend/app/api/routes_song.py`
+- [ ] **Extract song/arrangement logic out of route god-files into `services/`** —
+  handlers should be thin. → `routes_song.py` (1498), `routes_generate.py` (1299)
+- [ ] **Split `useMidiPlayer.ts`** (1018 lines) into focused composables.
+- [ ] **Log swallowed exceptions** — 27 broad/bare `except`; several return silently
+  (e.g. `record_export_keep`). Add logging.
+- [ ] **Grow frontend test coverage** — 12 tests vs 132 backend; the audio scheduler and
+  WAV-render path (most fragile code) are untested.
+- [ ] **Clear deprecation warnings** — Starlette `TestClient` httpx warning; Electron
+  numeric-level `console-message` signature. → `frontend/electron/main.ts:206`
+
+## Phase 4 — Features
+
+- [ ] **Expose the data-driven priors toggle in the UI** — wired end-to-end already, no
+  frontend control yet. Low effort.
+- [ ] **Non-4/4 time signatures** (6/8, 3/4, 7/8) — currently hardcoded `numerator=4`.
+  → `backend/app/services/midi_writer.py:162`
+- [ ] **Custom soundfont / SF2 upload** + per-part instrument picker.
+- [ ] **Surface WAV/offline-audio export more prominently** — already implemented
+  (OfflineAudioContext + render queue); just under-discovered.
+- [ ] **Tempo automation & mid-song modulation** — partial today (`chorus_key_shift`).
+
+---
+
+## Done log
+
+- **2026-07-23 — Phase 1 security hardening** (uncommitted working changes):
+  - Export downloads hardened against path traversal (`_safe_export_dir` containment
+    check on `/exports/{gen_id}/bundle.zip`, `/sections.zip`, and `/{filename}`).
+  - CORS locked to a localhost-only origin regex; dropped the packaged `CORS_ORIGINS=*`.
+  - Electron `will-navigate` + `setWindowOpenHandler` guards; `save-temp-file` basenames
+    the filename.
+  - `POST /styles/custom` validated with a `CustomStyleRequest` model.
+  - Salamander piano bundled locally (`public/samples/piano/`, 2 MB) — flagship piano is
+    now fully offline; CC-BY 3.0 attribution added to `DATA_LICENSES.md`.
+  - Tests: +3 (traversal rejection, CORS allow/deny). Suite 131→134 green; ruff clean;
+    frontend `vue-tsc` + vitest clean.
+
+**Phase 1 complete.** Next up: Phase 2 (sound polish) — master limiter is the natural
+first step and pairs well with the now-local piano.
diff --git a/frontend/electron/main.ts b/frontend/electron/main.ts
index 8f7555e..b5ce47b 100644
--- a/frontend/electron/main.ts
+++ b/frontend/electron/main.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * version. Distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. See the GNU General Public License
  * <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/> for details.
  */
-import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, nativeImage, protocol, net as electronNet } from 'electron'
+import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, nativeImage, protocol, shell, net as electronNet } from 'electron'
 import { spawn, ChildProcess } from 'child_process'
 import nodeNet from 'net'
 import http from 'http'
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ async function startBackend(): Promise<void> {
   const logFile = fs.openSync(path.join(logDir, 'backend.log'), 'w')
 
   backendProcess = spawn(exePath, [String(backendPort)], {
-    env: { ...process.env, GENREGRID_DATA_DIR: dataDir, CORS_ORIGINS: '*' },
+    // No CORS_ORIGINS override: the backend defaults to a localhost-only origin
+    // regex, which covers the renderer's random 127.0.0.1 port while keeping the
+    // local API closed to arbitrary websites.
+    env: { ...process.env, GENREGRID_DATA_DIR: dataDir },
     stdio: ['ignore', logFile, logFile],
     // The backend is a console-subsystem exe (so devs can run it standalone
     // and see output); CREATE_NO_WINDOW keeps its blank console from popping
@@ -201,6 +204,30 @@ async function createWindow(): Promise<void> {
     },
   })
 
+  // ── Navigation hardening ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // The renderer only ever needs to live at its own origin (the Vite dev server
+  // or the local static server). Anything that tries to navigate the window
+  // elsewhere, or open a new window/popup, is either a bug or a compromised
+  // renderer — block in-app navigation and hand external URLs to the OS browser.
+  const rendererOrigin = () => {
+    try { return new URL(VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL || 'http://127.0.0.1').origin } catch { return '' }
+  }
+  win.webContents.on('will-navigate', (e, url) => {
+    // Allow same-origin (reloads, SPA); deny everything else.
+    let sameOrigin = false
+    try { sameOrigin = new URL(url).origin === new URL(win.webContents.getURL()).origin } catch { /* deny */ }
+    if (!sameOrigin) {
+      e.preventDefault()
+      if (/^https?:/.test(url)) shell.openExternal(url)
+      console.warn('[main] blocked in-app navigation to', url)
+    }
+  })
+  win.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(({ url }) => {
+    // Never spawn Electron child windows; open real web links in the OS browser.
+    if (/^https?:/.test(url) && new URL(url).origin !== rendererOrigin()) shell.openExternal(url)
+    return { action: 'deny' }
+  })
+
   // ── DEBUG: mirror the whole renderer console into the main-process stdout, so the full
   // renderer log (audio setup, errors, everything) shows in the terminal without DevTools.
   win.webContents.on('console-message', (_e, level, message) => {
@@ -352,7 +379,10 @@ ipcMain.on('get-api-port', (event) => {
 ipcMain.handle('save-temp-file', async (_, { filename, data }: { filename: string; data: number[] }) => {
   const dir = path.join(app.getPath('temp'), 'genregrid')
   await fs.promises.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true })
-  const filePath = path.join(dir, filename)
+  // Strip any directory components — the renderer supplies this name, and a
+  // value like `../../evil` must not let a write escape the temp dir.
+  const safeName = path.basename(filename) || 'stem.mid'
+  const filePath = path.join(dir, safeName)
   await fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, Buffer.from(data))
   return filePath
 })
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diff --git a/frontend/src/soundfonts/loader.ts b/frontend/src/soundfonts/loader.ts
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--- a/frontend/src/soundfonts/loader.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/soundfonts/loader.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
  */
 import * as Tone from 'tone'
 
-// Salamander Grand Piano — same sample set used in Tone.js official examples
-const BASE_URL = 'https://tonejs.github.io/audio/salamander/'
+// Salamander Grand Piano — bundled locally under public/samples/piano/ (served by
+// the renderer's static server) so the flagship piano works fully offline and
+// doesn't fetch from a third-party host at runtime. Same sample set as the Tone.js
+// examples; served identically to the other instruments' /samples/... sets.
+const BASE_URL = '/samples/piano/'
 
 const SAMPLE_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
   A0: 'A0.mp3',   C1: 'C1.mp3',   'D#1': 'Ds1.mp3', 'F#1': 'Fs1.mp3',