diff --git a/internal/handlers/auth_me_no_store_test.go b/internal/handlers/auth_me_no_store_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9b433ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/handlers/auth_me_no_store_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package handlers_test
+
+// auth_me_no_store_test.go — AUTH-146 (QA 2026-05-29).
+//
+// /auth/me returns the caller's session-bound identity (user_id, team_id,
+// email, tier, experiments-bucket, admin flags, impersonation state).
+// None of those values are safe to cache — a service worker, browser
+// back-cache after logout, or an intermediate proxy that respects the
+// default heuristic-cache rules could re-serve them to a subsequent
+// session. The handler MUST emit `Cache-Control: no-store` on every 200.
+//
+// This test exercises the production wiring (RequireAuth + a real
+// session JWT against the test database) so the no-store header is
+// asserted in the real response path, not a unit-test fixture that
+// could drift from the live handler shape.
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"instant.dev/internal/config"
+	"instant.dev/internal/handlers"
+	"instant.dev/internal/middleware"
+	"instant.dev/internal/plans"
+	"instant.dev/internal/testhelpers"
+)
+
+// TestAuthMe_CacheControlNoStore pins the no-store header. The pre-fix
+// /auth/me handler emitted no Cache-Control at all — RFC 9111 default
+// heuristic-cache rules let an intermediate cache hold the body and
+// re-serve it to a subsequent session on the same machine. The
+// post-fix handler stamps `Cache-Control: no-store` on every 200.
+func TestAuthMe_CacheControlNoStore(t *testing.T) {
+	db, cleanDB := testhelpers.SetupTestDB(t)
+	defer cleanDB()
+	rdb, cleanRedis := testhelpers.SetupTestRedis(t)
+	defer cleanRedis()
+
+	email := testhelpers.UniqueEmail(t)
+	cfg := &config.Config{
+		Port:            "8080",
+		JWTSecret:       testhelpers.TestJWTSecret,
+		AESKey:          testhelpers.TestAESKeyHex,
+		EnabledServices: "redis",
+		Environment:     "test",
+	}
+	planReg := plans.Default()
+	cliAuthH := handlers.NewCLIAuthHandler(db, rdb, cfg, planReg)
+
+	app := fiber.New()
+	app.Use(middleware.RequestID())
+	app.Get("/auth/me", middleware.RequireAuth(cfg), cliAuthH.GetCurrentUser)
+
+	teamID := testhelpers.MustCreateTeamDB(t, db, "hobby")
+	var userID string
+	require.NoError(t, db.QueryRowContext(context.Background(),
+		`INSERT INTO users (team_id, email) VALUES ($1::uuid, $2) RETURNING id::text`,
+		teamID, email,
+	).Scan(&userID))
+
+	token := testhelpers.MustSignSessionJWT(t, userID, teamID, email)
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/auth/me", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
+	resp, err := app.Test(req, 5000)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+
+	// AUTH-146: `Cache-Control: no-store` is the unconditional opt-out
+	// from caching (RFC 9111 §5.2.2.5). The handler must emit exactly
+	// this value — `private` alone is insufficient (it still permits a
+	// browser cache to retain the body across sessions on the same
+	// machine), and `max-age=0` permits revalidated reuse of stale
+	// entries (`must-revalidate` is the no-store-equivalent only when
+	// the upstream is reachable). The literal "no-store" closes both.
+	cacheControl := resp.Header.Get("Cache-Control")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, cacheControl,
+		"AUTH-146: /auth/me must emit a Cache-Control header so default heuristic caching cannot retain the session-bound identity payload")
+	// Allow forward-compat directive lists ("no-store, no-cache, private")
+	// — just require no-store to be present.
+	tokens := strings.Split(cacheControl, ",")
+	hasNoStore := false
+	for _, tok := range tokens {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(tok) == "no-store" {
+			hasNoStore = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	assert.True(t, hasNoStore,
+		"AUTH-146: Cache-Control must include `no-store`; got %q (RFC 9111 §5.2.2.5 — the only directive that forbids storing the response at all)", cacheControl)
+}
diff --git a/internal/handlers/cli_auth.go b/internal/handlers/cli_auth.go
index d32557f9..c7f1e750 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/cli_auth.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/cli_auth.go
@@ -320,6 +320,20 @@ func (h *CLIAuthHandler) GetCurrentUser(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// AUTH-146 (QA 2026-05-29): /auth/me returns the caller's
+	// session-bound identity (user_id, team_id, email, tier,
+	// experiments-bucket, admin flags, impersonation state). None of
+	// those values are safe to cache — a service worker, browser
+	// back-cache after logout, or an intermediate proxy that respects
+	// the default heuristic-cache rules could re-serve them to a
+	// subsequent session (different user on the same machine, post-
+	// rotation token, post-impersonation drop). `Cache-Control:
+	// no-store` is the unconditional opt-out — RFC 9111 §5.2.2.5: "no
+	// part of either the immediate request or response is stored by
+	// any cache." Paired with the existing 24h-clamped JWT and
+	// jti-revocation on logout, this closes the per-machine
+	// stale-identity vector.
+	c.Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
 	return c.JSON(resp)
 }