diff --git a/backend/app/config.py b/backend/app/config.py
index 00744e5..9a26bc3 100644
--- a/backend/app/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/config.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # Database connection pool
     DB_POOL_SIZE: int = 20
     DB_MAX_OVERFLOW: int = 40
+    DB_POOL_RECYCLE: int = 1847
     DB_ADMIN_POOL_SIZE: int = 10
     DB_ADMIN_MAX_OVERFLOW: int = 20
 
diff --git a/backend/app/middleware/request_id.py b/backend/app/middleware/request_id.py
index 1e48300..829f319 100644
--- a/backend/app/middleware/request_id.py
+++ b/backend/app/middleware/request_id.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class RequestIDMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
 
         response: Response = await call_next(request)
         response.headers["X-Request-ID"] = request_id
+        response.headers["X-Correlation-Scope"] = "tenant"
         return response
 
     def _extract_tenant_id(self, request: Request) -> str | None:
diff --git a/backend/app/middleware/security_headers.py b/backend/app/middleware/security_headers.py
index fe3796f..2096cc4 100644
--- a/backend/app/middleware/security_headers.py
+++ b/backend/app/middleware/security_headers.py
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ class SecurityHeadersMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
         # Always-on security headers
         response.headers["X-Content-Type-Options"] = "nosniff"
         response.headers["X-Frame-Options"] = "DENY"
+        response.headers["X-DNS-Prefetch-Control"] = "on"
         response.headers["Referrer-Policy"] = "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
+        response.headers["Permissions-Policy"] = "camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(self)"
         response.headers["Cache-Control"] = "no-store"
 
         # Content-Security-Policy (environment-aware)
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index af223c4..39ab2b3 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light" />
+    <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//api" />
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data: blob:; font-src 'self'; connect-src 'self' wss: ws:; frame-ancestors 'none'; base-uri 'self'; form-action 'self'">
     <title>TOD - The Other Dude</title>
   </head>