diff --git a/website/client/composables/turnstileSubmit.ts b/website/client/composables/turnstileSubmit.ts
index 4a27ee3c..8b2fdc39 100644
--- a/website/client/composables/turnstileSubmit.ts
+++ b/website/client/composables/turnstileSubmit.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ export async function acquireTurnstileToken(
   try {
     return { kind: 'token', token: await turnstile.takeToken(signal) };
   } catch (err) {
-    console.warn('Turnstile token acquisition failed:', err);
+    // Abort is a normal flow (user cancel, 30s timeout). Don't log it as
+    // a failure — only log genuine challenge / script-load errors.
     if (signal.aborted) {
       return { kind: 'aborted', reason: signal.reason };
     }
+    console.warn('Turnstile token acquisition failed:', err);
     if (import.meta.env.PROD) {
       return { kind: 'error', message: turnstileFailureMessage(err) };
     }
diff --git a/website/client/composables/usePackRequest.ts b/website/client/composables/usePackRequest.ts
index c9b5d9fc..97d45769 100644
--- a/website/client/composables/usePackRequest.ts
+++ b/website/client/composables/usePackRequest.ts
@@ -212,9 +212,12 @@ export function usePackRequest() {
         // Repeat-pack convenience: warm the cache for a likely follow-up
         // submission (option tweak + repack, or `repackWithSelectedFiles`
         // triggered from the result view). Skipped on abort/cancel since
-        // the user may have given up. Failures swallow silently — they
-        // surface on the next click via takeToken's cold path.
-        if (!controller.signal.aborted && isSubmitValid.value && userTouched.value) {
+        // the user may have given up, and on invalid form (user may have
+        // cleared the URL mid-request). userTouched is necessarily true
+        // here — it was a precondition for isSubmitValid to be true at
+        // submit start. Failures swallow silently — they surface on the
+        // next click via takeToken's cold path.
+        if (!controller.signal.aborted && isSubmitValid.value) {
           turnstile.preMintToken().catch(() => {});
         }
       }
diff --git a/website/client/composables/useTurnstile.ts b/website/client/composables/useTurnstile.ts
index 13f2d8fd..74c27b42 100644
--- a/website/client/composables/useTurnstile.ts
+++ b/website/client/composables/useTurnstile.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const MINT_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
 export function useTurnstile() {
   const widgetId = ref<string | null>(null);
   const containerEl = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null);
-  const error = ref<string | null>(null);
 
   // Resolved when the next widget callback produces a token. Reassigned on
   // every mint so back-to-back submits don't share state.
@@ -99,10 +98,8 @@ export function useTurnstile() {
             }
           },
           'error-callback': (errorCode: string) => {
-            const message = `Turnstile error: ${errorCode}`;
-            error.value = message;
             if (pendingReject) {
-              pendingReject(new Error(message));
+              pendingReject(new Error(`Turnstile error: ${errorCode}`));
               pendingResolve = null;
               pendingReject = null;
             }
@@ -147,7 +144,8 @@ export function useTurnstile() {
       throw new Error('Turnstile container element not registered');
     }
     const turnstile = await ensureWidget(containerEl.value);
-    if (!widgetId.value) {
+    const renderedWidgetId = widgetId.value;
+    if (!renderedWidgetId) {
       throw new Error('Turnstile widget failed to render');
     }
 
@@ -182,8 +180,8 @@ export function useTurnstile() {
       };
       // Tokens are 1-shot, so reset() before each execute() to clear any
       // stale challenge state inside the widget itself.
-      if (widgetId.value) turnstile.reset(widgetId.value);
-      if (widgetId.value) turnstile.execute(widgetId.value);
+      turnstile.reset(renderedWidgetId);
+      turnstile.execute(renderedWidgetId);
     });
 
     const timeoutPromise = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
diff --git a/website/client/composables/useTurnstileScript.ts b/website/client/composables/useTurnstileScript.ts
index fc9b7089..d76236be 100644
--- a/website/client/composables/useTurnstileScript.ts
+++ b/website/client/composables/useTurnstileScript.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export interface TurnstileGlobal {
   execute: (widgetId: string) => void;
   reset: (widgetId: string) => void;
   remove: (widgetId: string) => void;
-  getResponse: (widgetId: string) => string | undefined;
 }
 
 export interface TurnstileRenderOptions {