diff --git a/frontend/src/api/index.js b/frontend/src/api/index.js
index 57fcc970..46733ca1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/index.js
@@ -1501,6 +1501,17 @@ export const measuringtoolsApi = {
 }
 
 // 3D printed parts (printedparts plugin)
+// Device token for the parts kiosk, provisioned once per screen and kept in
+// that browser. Absent means the routes answer 404, which is what an
+// unprovisioned browser should see.
+export const KIOSK_TOKEN_KEY = 'printedparts-kiosk-token'
+
+function kioskHeaders() {
+  let token = ''
+  try { token = localStorage.getItem(KIOSK_TOKEN_KEY) || '' } catch { token = '' }
+  return token ? { 'X-Kiosk-Token': token } : {}
+}
+
 export const printedpartsApi = {
   list(params = {}) {
     return api.get('/printedparts/items', { params })
@@ -1541,11 +1552,17 @@ export const printedpartsApi = {
   adjust(printeditemid, data) {
     return api.post(`/printedparts/items/${printeditemid}/adjust`, data)
   },
+  // The kiosk routes are the only unauthenticated write in the product, so they
+  // are gated on a per-DEVICE token rather than on the page. It lives in this
+  // browser's localStorage, put there once by an admin opening the kiosk with
+  // ?token=... - see PartsKiosk.vue. A token shipped inside the page would be
+  // readable by anyone who could load it, which is not a gate.
   kioskItem(itemcode) {
-    return api.get(`/printedparts/kiosk/item/${encodeURIComponent(itemcode)}`)
+    return api.get(`/printedparts/kiosk/item/${encodeURIComponent(itemcode)}`,
+                   { headers: kioskHeaders() })
   },
   kioskTake(data) {
-    return api.post('/printedparts/kiosk/take', data)
+    return api.post('/printedparts/kiosk/take', data, { headers: kioskHeaders() })
   },
   listFiles(printeditemid) {
     return api.get(`/printedparts/items/${printeditemid}/files`)
diff --git a/plugins/printedparts/api/routes.py b/plugins/printedparts/api/routes.py
index 122e0c1d..682d9add 100644
--- a/plugins/printedparts/api/routes.py
+++ b/plugins/printedparts/api/routes.py
@@ -431,11 +431,54 @@ def adjust_item(item_id: int):
     return success_response(item.to_dict(), message='Stock adjusted')
 
 
-# --- kiosk: UNauthenticated by decision record --------------------------------
-# The take endpoint is the product's first open WRITE. The proposal's decision
-# record sets the bar it must meet: decrement-only, badge-attributed, bounded,
-# physically rate-limited. It can reduce stock of an active item and nothing
-# else; identity comes from the badge resolved server-side, never the client.
+# --- kiosk: off by default, bound to a provisioned device token ---------------
+# The take endpoint is the product's only open WRITE. The original decision
+# record justified that with "physically rate-limited: it serves a touch screen
+# on the shop floor". Nothing in code enforced the physical part, and an HTTP
+# route is reachable from anywhere the app is, so the justification did not
+# survive contact with a scanner.
+#
+# What was actually reachable with no credential: bare digits in
+# _kiosk_find_item enumerate the catalogue without knowing a barcode, a badge is
+# a short numeric SSO, and this route answered 422 for an unknown badge and 200
+# for a known one - an oracle for finding real ones. The write then decremented
+# stock and stamped the ledger, which is the audit trail, with whichever SSO the
+# caller supplied.
+#
+# So a badge is ATTRIBUTION, never authorization. Both kiosk routes now require
+# the kiosk to be switched on for this site AND the device token an administrator
+# provisioned. The read is gated too, not just the write: leaving it open would
+# keep the enumeration oracle running against a kiosk that is supposedly off.
+#
+# The token is per-DEVICE, not per-page. A kiosk is a browser on a touch screen,
+# so a token embedded in the served page would be readable by anyone who can
+# load it. An admin opens the kiosk once with ?token=..., the page keeps it in
+# that browser's localStorage and sends it as X-Kiosk-Token thereafter.
+
+import hmac
+
+# Largest single take the kiosk records. A shop-floor grab is single digits; 25
+# leaves real use untouched and denies draining a bin in one request.
+KIOSK_MAX_TAKE_QUANTITY = 25
+
+
+def _kiosk_open():
+    """True when this site has the kiosk on AND the caller carries its token."""
+    enabled = Setting.get('printedparts_kiosk_enabled', default=False)
+    if not (enabled is True or str(enabled).strip().lower() in ('true', '1', 'yes', 'on')):
+        return False
+    expected = (Setting.get('printedparts_kiosk_token') or '').strip()
+    presented = (request.headers.get('X-Kiosk-Token') or '').strip()
+    if not expected or not presented:
+        return False
+    # compare_digest, not ==: the token is a secret and == leaks its length and
+    # matching prefix through timing.
+    return hmac.compare_digest(presented, expected)
+
+
+def _kiosk_shut():
+    """404, not 403 - a caller without the token does not learn the door exists."""
+    return error_response(ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND, 'Not found', http_code=404)
 
 def _kiosk_find_item(itemcode):
     """Resolve a scanned or typed code to an active item.
@@ -468,7 +511,9 @@ def _kiosk_find_item(itemcode):
 
 @printedparts_bp.route('/kiosk/item/<itemcode>', methods=['GET'])
 def kiosk_item(itemcode):
-    """Item summary for a scanned bin barcode (open read for the kiosk)."""
+    """Item summary for a scanned bin barcode. Kiosk-token gated."""
+    if not _kiosk_open():
+        return _kiosk_shut()
     item = _kiosk_find_item(itemcode)
     if not item:
         return error_response(ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND,
@@ -478,7 +523,13 @@ def kiosk_item(itemcode):
 
 @printedparts_bp.route('/kiosk/take', methods=['POST'])
 def kiosk_take():
-    """Take parts from a bin. Body: {itemcode, badge, quantity}."""
+    """Take parts from a bin. Body: {itemcode, badge, quantity}.
+
+    The badge attributes the ledger row. It does not authorize the write - the
+    kiosk flag and the device token do.
+    """
+    if not _kiosk_open():
+        return _kiosk_shut()
     data = request.get_json() or {}
 
     item = _kiosk_find_item(data.get('itemcode'))
@@ -487,9 +538,17 @@ def kiosk_take():
                               'No part matches that barcode', http_code=404)
 
     quantity = data.get('quantity')
-    if not isinstance(quantity, int) or quantity < 1:
+    # isinstance(True, int) is True in Python, so True would have passed as a
+    # quantity of 1. Reject bool explicitly.
+    if (not isinstance(quantity, int) or isinstance(quantity, bool)
+            or quantity < 1):
         return error_response(ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR,
                               'Enter how many you are taking')
+    if quantity > KIOSK_MAX_TAKE_QUANTITY:
+        return error_response(
+            ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR,
+            f'Take at most {KIOSK_MAX_TAKE_QUANTITY} at a time - see the '
+            f'parts team')
     if quantity > item.quantityonhand:
         return error_response(
             ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR,
@@ -498,8 +557,14 @@ def kiosk_take():
 
     try:
         sso, name = resolve_badge(data.get('badge'))
-    except BadgeError as badge_error:
-        return error_response(ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR, str(badge_error),
+    except BadgeError:
+        # ONE message for every badge failure on the ANONYMOUS route. This is
+        # the only place it matters: distinguishing "malformed" from "not
+        # recognized" let a caller with no account sort guesses into real
+        # employee numbers. The gated restock/adjust handlers keep the specific
+        # message, because there the person is known and the detail is help.
+        return error_response(ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR,
+                              'Badge not accepted - see the parts team',
                               http_code=422)
 
     # Print-file revision the scanned part carried: explicit field, else the
diff --git a/plugins/printedparts/frontend/views/PartsKiosk.vue b/plugins/printedparts/frontend/views/PartsKiosk.vue
index 01f95b9c..d3ff5d36 100644
--- a/plugins/printedparts/frontend/views/PartsKiosk.vue
+++ b/plugins/printedparts/frontend/views/PartsKiosk.vue
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
 <script setup>
 import { ref, onMounted, onBeforeUnmount, nextTick } from 'vue'
-import { printedpartsApi, settingsApi } from '@/api'
+import { printedpartsApi, settingsApi, KIOSK_TOKEN_KEY } from '@/api'
 import { withBase } from '@/utils/basePath'
 import TouchKeypad from '@/components/TouchKeypad.vue'
 
@@ -116,7 +116,28 @@ const scannedRevision = ref(null)
 const entryInput = ref(null)
 let resetTimer = null
 
+// Claim the device token, once, from the URL an admin used to set this screen
+// up: /parts-kiosk?token=<value>. It is kept in THIS browser and stripped from
+// the address bar immediately, so it does not sit in the URL for a shoulder to
+// read, and does not travel in a bookmark or a screenshot. Every kiosk call
+// then carries it as X-Kiosk-Token; without it the routes answer 404.
+function claimTokenFromUrl() {
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(window.location.href)
+    const token = (url.searchParams.get('token') || '').trim()
+    if (!token) return
+    localStorage.setItem(KIOSK_TOKEN_KEY, token)
+    url.searchParams.delete('token')
+    window.history.replaceState({}, '', url.pathname + url.search + url.hash)
+  } catch {
+    // A browser refusing localStorage is a browser this kiosk cannot be
+    // provisioned in. Nothing to recover here; the routes will 404 and the
+    // operator sees the standard error.
+  }
+}
+
 onMounted(async () => {
+  claimTokenFromUrl()
   // A kiosk left running for weeks reads this once at load, which is fine: the
   // label format is a property of the site's physical tags, not something that
   // changes during a shift.
diff --git a/plugins/printedparts/plugin.py b/plugins/printedparts/plugin.py
index edaedeb5..7fc89f41 100644
--- a/plugins/printedparts/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/printedparts/plugin.py
@@ -150,6 +150,24 @@ class PrintedpartsPlugin(BasePlugin):
                 'category': 'printedparts',
                 'description': 'Default low-stock threshold for new items',
             },
+            {
+                'key': 'printedparts_kiosk_enabled',
+                'value': 'false',
+                'valuetype': 'boolean',
+                'category': 'printedparts',
+                'description': 'Serve the parts kiosk routes. Off by default: '
+                               'they are the only unauthenticated write in the '
+                               'product, so a site opts in',
+            },
+            {
+                'key': 'printedparts_kiosk_token',
+                'value': '',
+                'valuetype': 'secret',
+                'category': 'printedparts',
+                'description': 'Device token the kiosk sends as X-Kiosk-Token. '
+                               'Generate one, then open the kiosk once as '
+                               '/parts-kiosk?token=<value> on each screen',
+            },
             {
                 'key': 'printedparts_unknown_badge',
                 'value': 'deny',
diff --git a/shopdb/core/api/dashboard.py b/shopdb/core/api/dashboard.py
index d6d3e9f7..6c78a822 100644
--- a/shopdb/core/api/dashboard.py
+++ b/shopdb/core/api/dashboard.py
@@ -317,17 +317,30 @@ def get_widgets():
 
 @dashboard_bp.route('/health', methods=['GET'])
 def health_check():
-    """Health check endpoint (no auth required)."""
-    from shopdb import __version__
+    """Health check endpoint (no auth required).
 
+    Anonymous callers get a coarse status and nothing else. The probe used to
+    format str(e) straight into the body, and a pymysql OperationalError names
+    the database account, the app host's address, the driver and the failing
+    statement - the internal topology, handed to whoever asks, on a route
+    PUBLIC_ENDPOINTS declares open because "monitoring has no account". The
+    detail is logged server-side instead, where the people who need it are.
+
+    The version goes the same way. It told an anonymous caller exactly which
+    release to look up known issues for, and monitoring does not need it.
+    """
     try:
         db.session.execute(db.text('SELECT 1'))
-        db_status = 'healthy'
-    except Exception as e:
-        db_status = f'unhealthy: {str(e)}'
+        healthy = True
+    except Exception:
+        current_app.logger.exception('Health check database probe failed')
+        healthy = False
 
+    # Status code stays 200 either way. A monitor keyed on the body's status
+    # field is the documented contract here, and turning a degraded database
+    # into a transport-level failure would change what every existing check
+    # sees - a separate decision from not leaking the exception.
     return success_response({
-        'status': 'ok' if db_status == 'healthy' else 'degraded',
-        'database': db_status,
-        'version': __version__
+        'status': 'ok' if healthy else 'degraded',
+        'database': 'healthy' if healthy else 'unhealthy',
     })
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_authz.py b/tests/test_core/test_authz.py
index 4ce59278..798e9ad8 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_authz.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_authz.py
@@ -46,10 +46,14 @@ EXEMPT_BLUEPRINTS = {'auth', 'collector', 'setup'}
 #     the same blueprint are JWT+permission gated and ARE swept.
 EXEMPT_ENDPOINTS = {'knowledgebase.track_click', 'users.update_user',
                     'geenforce.post_report',
-                    # Deliberately open kiosk write: decrement-only,
-                    # badge-attributed server-side. Decision record in
-                    # docs/proposals/printedparts-plugin.md; justification in
-                    # the plugin README.
+                    # Kiosk write. No JWT - the people at the bin have no
+                    # account - but no longer open: it needs the site's kiosk
+                    # flag AND the per-device token (X-Kiosk-Token), and 404s
+                    # without them. The badge only attributes the ledger row.
+                    # The old "physically rate-limited by being a touch screen"
+                    # justification did not survive a scanner: bare digits
+                    # enumerated the catalogue and the 422/200 split was an
+                    # oracle for real employee numbers.
                     'printedparts.kiosk_take',
                     # Deliberately open kiosk writes. NOT the same bar as the
                     # parts kiosk, and the difference is the point: these are
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_public_read_surface.py b/tests/test_core/test_public_read_surface.py
index e8c55c7f..793e65c0 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_public_read_surface.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_public_read_surface.py
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ PUBLIC_ENDPOINTS = {
     'slides.feed', 'slides.serve_image',
 
     # Parts kiosk: one item by its code, and that item's picture.
+    # kiosk_item takes no JWT but is NOT open: same kiosk flag + device token
+    # as the write. Gating only the write would have left the enumeration
+    # oracle running against a kiosk a site had switched off.
     'printedparts.kiosk_item', 'printedparts.serve_item_image',
 
     # USB kiosk.
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins/test_printedparts_ledger.py b/tests/test_plugins/test_printedparts_ledger.py
index 993c8578..6b2ee111 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins/test_printedparts_ledger.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins/test_printedparts_ledger.py
@@ -121,13 +121,35 @@ def test_anonymous_cannot_mutate(client, item):
                        json={'quantity': 1, 'badge': '1'}).status_code == 401
 
 
+KIOSK_TOKEN = 'kiosk-device-token-for-tests'
+# The header a provisioned screen sends. A module constant rather than the
+# fixture's return value, so a test does not have to name the fixture just to
+# reach the header.
+KIOSK_HEADERS = {'X-Kiosk-Token': KIOSK_TOKEN}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def kiosk(app, db):
+    """Provision the kiosk the way an administrator would, and hand back the
+    header a provisioned screen sends. Without this every kiosk route 404s,
+    which is the point: the routes are the only unauthenticated write in the
+    product, so they are off until a site opts in."""
+    with app.app_context():
+        Setting.set('printedparts_kiosk_enabled', 'true')
+        Setting.set('printedparts_kiosk_token', KIOSK_TOKEN)
+        db.session.commit()
+    return KIOSK_HEADERS
+
+
 def test_catalog_reads_require_view_permission(client, member_headers, item):
-    """Browsing the catalog is printedparts.view-gated; the kiosk stays open."""
+    """Browsing the catalog is printedparts.view-gated; a PROVISIONED kiosk
+    reads without an account."""
     assert client.get('/api/printedparts/items').status_code == 401
     assert client.get(f'/api/printedparts/items/{item}').status_code == 401
     assert client.get('/api/printedparts/items',
                       headers=member_headers).status_code == 403
-    assert client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001').status_code == 200
+    assert client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001',
+                      headers=KIOSK_HEADERS).status_code == 200
 
 
 def test_member_without_permission_gets_403(client, member_headers, item):
@@ -139,29 +161,32 @@ def test_member_without_permission_gets_403(client, member_headers, item):
                        headers=member_headers).status_code == 403
 
 
-def test_kiosk_take_is_open_decrement_only(client, auth_headers, app, item,
-                                           directory_employee):
-    """The kiosk endpoint needs no auth but only ever decrements stock."""
+def test_kiosk_take_is_decrement_only(client, auth_headers, app, item,
+                                     directory_employee, kiosk):
+    """A provisioned kiosk needs no account but only ever decrements stock."""
     itemcode = '3DP-9001'
     stocked = client.post(f'/api/printedparts/items/{item}/restock',
                           json={'quantity': 5, 'badge': directory_employee},
                           headers=auth_headers)
     assert stocked.status_code == 200
 
-    lookup = client.get(f'/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/{itemcode}', headers=auth_headers)
+    lookup = client.get(f'/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/{itemcode}', headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert lookup.status_code == 200
 
     take = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', json={
-        'itemcode': itemcode, 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 2}, headers=auth_headers)
+        'itemcode': itemcode, 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 2},
+        headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert take.status_code == 200, take.get_json()
     assert take.get_json()['data']['quantityonhand'] == 3
 
     too_many = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', json={
-        'itemcode': itemcode, 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 99}, headers=auth_headers)
+        'itemcode': itemcode, 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 99},
+        headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert too_many.status_code == 400
 
     unknown = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', json={
-        'itemcode': itemcode, 'badge': '111111111', 'quantity': 1}, headers=auth_headers)
+        'itemcode': itemcode, 'badge': '111111111', 'quantity': 1},
+        headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert unknown.status_code == 422
 
     with app.app_context():
@@ -197,7 +222,7 @@ def test_lowstock_alert_fires_on_crossing_only(client, auth_headers, app, item,
         return client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take',
                            json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001',
                                  'badge': directory_employee,
-                                 'quantity': quantity}, headers=auth_headers)
+                                 'quantity': quantity}, headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
 
     restock(10)                      # 10 on hand, threshold 5
     assert take(3).status_code == 200   # 7: above threshold, no alert
@@ -245,7 +270,7 @@ def test_alert_recipients_merge_users_and_freetext(client, auth_headers, app,
                 headers=auth_headers)
     take = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take',
                        json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001',
-                             'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 6}, headers=auth_headers)
+                             'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 6}, headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert take.status_code == 200          # 4 on hand: crossed threshold 5
 
     assert captured['to'] == ['lead@site.test', 'extra@site.test']
@@ -260,7 +285,7 @@ def test_retire_hides_and_restore_returns(client, auth_headers, item):
     listed = client.get('/api/printedparts/items',
                         headers=auth_headers).get_json()['data']
     assert all(row['printeditemid'] != item for row in listed)
-    kiosk = client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001', headers=auth_headers)
+    kiosk = client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001', headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert kiosk.status_code == 404
 
     including = client.get('/api/printedparts/items?active=false',
@@ -270,7 +295,7 @@ def test_retire_hides_and_restore_returns(client, auth_headers, item):
 
     assert client.post(f'/api/printedparts/items/{item}/restore',
                        headers=auth_headers).status_code == 200
-    assert client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001', headers=auth_headers).status_code == 200
+    assert client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001', headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS}).status_code == 200
 
 
 def test_file_revisions_append_and_download(client, auth_headers, item, tmp_path):
@@ -335,7 +360,7 @@ def test_alert_role_members_receive(client, auth_headers, app, item,
                 headers=auth_headers)
     take = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take',
                        json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001',
-                             'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 6}, headers=auth_headers)
+                             'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 6}, headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert take.status_code == 200
     assert captured['to'] == ['crewone@site.test']
 
@@ -362,9 +387,9 @@ def test_gagelabtag_assigned_searched_and_kiosk_resolved(client, auth_headers):
                           headers=auth_headers).get_json()['data']
     assert len(searched) == 1
 
-    by_tag = client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/WJRP0117', headers=auth_headers)
+    by_tag = client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/WJRP0117', headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert by_tag.status_code == 200
-    by_digits = client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/117', headers=auth_headers)
+    by_digits = client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/117', headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert by_digits.status_code == 200
     assert by_digits.get_json()['data']['gagelabtag'] == 'WJRP0117'
 
@@ -380,7 +405,7 @@ def test_kiosk_take_records_revision_from_qr(client, app, db, directory_employee
         iid = row.printeditemid
 
     take = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', json={
-        'itemcode': 'WJRP7000|3', 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 1}, headers=auth_headers)
+        'itemcode': 'WJRP7000|3', 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 1}, headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert take.status_code == 200, take.get_json()
 
     with app.app_context():
@@ -391,7 +416,7 @@ def test_kiosk_take_records_revision_from_qr(client, app, db, directory_employee
 
     # Manual entry (no |rev) records a null revision, still resolves.
     take2 = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', json={
-        'itemcode': 'WJRP7000', 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 1}, headers=auth_headers)
+        'itemcode': 'WJRP7000', 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 1}, headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
     assert take2.status_code == 200
     with app.app_context():
         last = (PrintedItemTransaction.query
@@ -418,7 +443,92 @@ def test_lowstock_routes_to_support_team_webhook(client, app, db, directory_empl
     with patch('shopdb.api.send_webhook') as mock_send:
         # take 2 -> 6 crosses to 4 (<= threshold 5) -> alert fires
         resp = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', json={
-            'itemcode': 'WJRP7100', 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 2}, headers=auth_headers)
+            'itemcode': 'WJRP7100', 'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': 2}, headers={**auth_headers, **KIOSK_HEADERS})
         assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.get_json()
         assert mock_send.called
         assert mock_send.call_args.kwargs['url'] == 'https://teams.example/3dprint'
+
+
+# --- the kiosk is off until a site opts in -----------------------------------
+#
+# These are the cases the Darkwing scan turned into an exploit path. Every one
+# of them returned 200 and wrote to the ledger before the gate existed.
+
+def _clear_kiosk(app, db):
+    with app.app_context():
+        Setting.set('printedparts_kiosk_enabled', 'false')
+        Setting.set('printedparts_kiosk_token', '')
+        db.session.commit()
+
+
+def test_kiosk_is_shut_when_the_site_has_not_enabled_it(client, app, db, item):
+    _clear_kiosk(app, db)
+    assert client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001').status_code == 404
+    assert client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take',
+                       json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001', 'badge': '1',
+                             'quantity': 1}).status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_kiosk_is_shut_without_the_device_token(client, item):
+    """Enabled is not enough: an anonymous caller has no token."""
+    assert client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001').status_code == 404
+    assert client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take',
+                       json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001', 'badge': '1',
+                             'quantity': 1}).status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_kiosk_is_shut_with_the_wrong_device_token(client, item):
+    wrong = {'X-Kiosk-Token': KIOSK_TOKEN + 'x'}
+    assert client.get('/api/printedparts/kiosk/item/3DP-9001',
+                      headers=wrong).status_code == 404
+    assert client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', headers=wrong,
+                       json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001', 'badge': '1',
+                             'quantity': 1}).status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_a_single_take_cannot_drain_a_bin(client, app, item, auth_headers,
+                                          directory_employee):
+    """quantity was bounded only by what was on hand, so one request emptied
+    the bin. It is capped per transaction now."""
+    from plugins.printedparts.api.routes import KIOSK_MAX_TAKE_QUANTITY
+
+    client.post(f'/api/printedparts/items/{item}/restock',
+                json={'quantity': KIOSK_MAX_TAKE_QUANTITY + 10,
+                      'badge': directory_employee}, headers=auth_headers)
+    over = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', headers=KIOSK_HEADERS,
+                       json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001',
+                             'badge': directory_employee,
+                             'quantity': KIOSK_MAX_TAKE_QUANTITY + 1})
+    assert over.status_code == 400
+    assert str(KIOSK_MAX_TAKE_QUANTITY) in over.get_json()['data']['error']['message']
+
+
+def test_true_is_not_a_quantity(client, item, directory_employee):
+    """isinstance(True, int) is True in Python, so a JSON true used to sail
+    through the type check and take one."""
+    resp = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', headers=KIOSK_HEADERS,
+                       json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001',
+                             'badge': directory_employee, 'quantity': True})
+    assert resp.status_code == 400
+
+
+def test_the_badge_route_is_not_an_enumeration_oracle(client, item, auth_headers,
+                                                     directory_employee):
+    """An unknown badge and a malformed one must be indistinguishable, or the
+    route tells an anonymous caller which numbers are real employees.
+
+    Stock first: the on-hand check runs BEFORE the badge is resolved, so an
+    empty bin would answer 400 for both and the test would pass without ever
+    reaching the code it is about."""
+    client.post(f'/api/printedparts/items/{item}/restock',
+                json={'quantity': 5, 'badge': directory_employee},
+                headers=auth_headers)
+    unknown = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', headers=KIOSK_HEADERS,
+                          json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001', 'badge': '999999999',
+                                'quantity': 1})
+    malformed = client.post('/api/printedparts/kiosk/take', headers=KIOSK_HEADERS,
+                            json={'itemcode': '3DP-9001', 'badge': 'not-a-badge',
+                                  'quantity': 1})
+    assert unknown.status_code == malformed.status_code == 422
+    assert (unknown.get_json()['data']['error']['message']
+            == malformed.get_json()['data']['error']['message'])