diff --git a/frontend/src/SurveyRunner.tsx b/frontend/src/SurveyRunner.tsx
index 8614246..185b6c5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/SurveyRunner.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/SurveyRunner.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Survey } from 'survey-react-ui';
 
 import { ApiError, fetchSurvey, submitResponse, type SurveyDetail } from './api';
 import { RespondentLayout } from './RespondentLayout';
+import './surveyInit';
 import { Card, CardBody, LoadingState } from './ui';
 
 interface SurveyRunnerProps {
diff --git a/frontend/src/admin/SurveyPreview.tsx b/frontend/src/admin/SurveyPreview.tsx
index 062d389..d350429 100644
--- a/frontend/src/admin/SurveyPreview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/admin/SurveyPreview.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { Model } from 'survey-core';
 import { Survey } from 'survey-react-ui';
 
+import '../surveyInit';
 import { Alert, Button } from '../ui';
 
 interface Snapshot {
diff --git a/frontend/src/surveyInit.test.ts b/frontend/src/surveyInit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b230137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/surveyInit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Serializer } from 'survey-core';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import './surveyInit';
+
+describe('surveyInit', () => {
+  // Regression test for GH #49: on iOS Safari the default longTap=true makes
+  // the initial touch on a ranking item scroll the page instead of starting
+  // a drag. Disabling longTap is what restores tap-and-drag reorder on mobile,
+  // so a future bump of survey-core that resets the default would silently
+  // re-break iPhone reordering — this test catches that.
+  it('defaults ranking longTap to false so touch drag starts without a long-press', () => {
+    expect(Serializer.findProperty('ranking', 'longTap').defaultValue).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/surveyInit.ts b/frontend/src/surveyInit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fddf25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/surveyInit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Serializer } from 'survey-core';
+
+// Make ranking reorder respond to a normal drag on touch devices instead of
+// requiring a 500ms long-press first. With the default longTap=true, iOS
+// Safari treats the initial touch as a scroll gesture and the page scrolls
+// instead of starting the drag (see GH #49). SurveyJS's own docs recommend
+// disabling longTap when users naturally swipe-to-drag rather than long-press.
+//
+// Idempotent: re-importing this module does not re-toggle the default.
+// Explicit null-check so a future survey-core upgrade that renames the
+// property fails loudly here rather than with a confusing "Cannot set property
+// 'defaultValue' of null" at the assignment site.
+const longTap = Serializer.findProperty('ranking', 'longTap');
+if (!longTap) {
+  throw new Error(
+    "survey-core ranking property 'longTap' not found — has the API changed? See GH #49.",
+  );
+}
+longTap.defaultValue = false;
diff --git a/infra/README.md b/infra/README.md
index 6c4dc8b..1e9f68e 100644
--- a/infra/README.md
+++ b/infra/README.md
@@ -116,13 +116,67 @@ it can't reach the private-network Postgres or the in-image entrypoint:
 railway ssh --service web        # drops into a shell in the web container
 ```
 
-## Analyst access, demo seed, secret rotation
+## Connecting to Postgres directly (analysts, reviewers)
 
-External analyst/reviewer database access (the opt-in `enable_postgres_proxy` TCP
-proxy), seeding the initial admin (`seed` entrypoint verb), and rotating the
-generated role passwords (`scripts/rotate_role_password.py` + the
-`*_password_override` variables) are covered in
-`docs/verification/m7.6-demo-to-prod.md`, along with the full demo→prod checklist.
+Railway's Postgres sits on the project's **private network**, so there is no
+public connection string until the opt-in TCP proxy is on. It is **off by
+default** — a standing public 5432 is a deliberate exposure, so flip it on
+while you need access and back off when you're done. Two paths in, by
+audience: the operator shortcut below, or per-user logins for anyone else.
+
+### Operator shortcut (group-role login)
+
+As the deployer you already hold the role passwords (they're in tofu state),
+so the fastest path is logging straight in as the group role. **Don't share
+these** — they're operator-wide secrets with no per-person audit trail; for
+anyone else, mint a per-user login (next subsection).
+
+```bash
+# 1. Enable the proxy for this session — -var keeps it out of tfvars,
+#    so re-running stays idempotent.
+tofu apply -var 'enable_postgres_proxy=true'
+tofu output postgres_proxy                       # → <host>:<port>
+
+# 2. Grab the role password.
+tofu output -raw stele_analyst_password          # marts (the warehouse)
+tofu output -raw stele_pii_reviewer_password     # pii   (free-text review)
+
+# 3. Connect.
+psql "postgresql://stele_analyst:<password>@<host>:<port>/stele"
+
+# 4. Close the public endpoint when you're done.
+tofu apply -var 'enable_postgres_proxy=false'
+```
+
+Pick the role by what you need to read: `stele_analyst` reaches `marts` only,
+`stele_pii_reviewer` reaches `pii` only — that one-schema-each ceiling is
+what keeps a leaked credential low-stakes (CLAUDE.md *Schemas* table). Both
+group roles are LOGIN and hold the schema grant directly, so no `SET ROLE`
+step is needed.
+
+### Per-user logins (for colleagues, auditable, revocable)
+
+Mint a personal NOINHERIT login role with the M3.5 provisioning CLI, deliver
+the one-time password, and they connect to the same proxy host:port. The
+login is privilege-less until they `SET ROLE stele_analyst;` (or
+`…_pii_reviewer`) after connecting. Full provision + revoke flow:
+`docs/verification/m7.6-demo-to-prod.md`.
+
+### Gotchas
+
+- Use the plain `postgresql://` driver tag for psql — *not* the
+  `postgresql+psycopg://` tag the app's env vars use (that one's
+  SQLAlchemy-only).
+- Default DB name is `stele` (`variables.tf` `database_name`); check your
+  `terraform.tfvars` if you overrode it.
+
+## Demo seed and secret rotation
+
+Seeding the initial admin (`seed` entrypoint verb), rotating the generated role
+passwords (`scripts/rotate_role_password.py` + the `*_password_override`
+variables), and per-user credential provisioning/revoke are covered in
+`docs/verification/m7.6-demo-to-prod.md`, along with the full demo→prod
+checklist.
 
 ## State holds secrets