diff --git a/decnet/web/ingester.py b/decnet/web/ingester.py
index f40f98b7..7003ef87 100644
--- a/decnet/web/ingester.py
+++ b/decnet/web/ingester.py
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ async def _extract_bounty(repo: BaseRepository, log_data: dict[str, Any]) -> Non
         _headers = {}
     _ua = _headers.get("User-Agent") or _headers.get("user-agent")
     if _ua:
+        # Payload must be identity-only (no per-request method/path) —
+        # add_bounty dedups on (attacker_ip, bounty_type, full payload
+        # JSON), so including path here would create one row per URL
+        # the scanner hits. Per-request context belongs in the logs
+        # table, not the bounty table.
         await repo.add_bounty({
             "decky": log_data.get("decky"),
             "service": log_data.get("service"),
@@ -240,8 +245,6 @@ async def _extract_bounty(repo: BaseRepository, log_data: dict[str, Any]) -> Non
             "payload": {
                 "fingerprint_type": "http_useragent",
                 "value": _ua,
-                "method": _fields.get("method"),
-                "path": _fields.get("path"),
             }
         })
 
@@ -600,14 +603,15 @@ def _detect_ip_leak(
         if raw is not None:
             seen[h] = raw
 
+    # Identity-only payload — add_bounty dedups on the full payload
+    # string, so per-request method/path would create one row per URL
+    # the attacker hits with the same leaked IP. The bounty represents
+    # the LEAK itself, not each individual request.
     return {
         "source_ip": source_ip,
         "real_ip_claim": claimed,
         "source_header": header_name,
         "headers_seen": seen,
-        "decky": log_data.get("decky"),
-        "path": log_data.get("fields", {}).get("path"),
-        "method": log_data.get("fields", {}).get("method"),
     }
 
 
@@ -732,22 +736,19 @@ def _http_quirks_fingerprint(
     else:
         dominant = "mixed"
 
-    # Duplicate detection: in the dict we got, duplicates would have
-    # collapsed to one key. But we can still flag if the template
-    # someday passes a list — future-proofing, no-op today.
-    duplicates = [n for n in {x for x in names_full if names_full.count(x) > 1}]
-
+    # Identity-only payload — every field must be stable for two
+    # requests from the same client stack. add_bounty dedups on the
+    # full payload JSON, so a per-request-varying key (path, method,
+    # header_count when Cookie presence varies) would spawn one row
+    # per request. The hashes ARE the identity; per-request context
+    # lives in the logs table.
     return {
         "fingerprint_type": "http_quirks",
         "order_hash": order_hash,
         "order": names_stable,
         "casing_hash": casing_hash,
         "casing_category": dominant,
-        "header_count": len(names_full),
         "stable_count": len(names_stable),
         "tool_guess": _guess_tool_from_order(lowered),
-        "duplicates": duplicates or None,
-        "method": log_data.get("fields", {}).get("method"),
-        "path": log_data.get("fields", {}).get("path"),
     }
 
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail.tsx
index beb419e7..7d0c47d4 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail.tsx
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/AttackerDetail.tsx
@@ -353,11 +353,8 @@ const FpHttpQuirks: React.FC<{ p: any }> = ({ p }) => {
         {p.casing_category && (
           <Tag>CASE · {String(p.casing_category).toUpperCase()}</Tag>
         )}
-        {typeof p.header_count === 'number' && (
-          <Tag>{p.header_count} HEADERS</Tag>
-        )}
-        {p.duplicates && (
-          <Tag color="var(--warn, #e0a040)">DUPLICATES</Tag>
+        {typeof p.stable_count === 'number' && (
+          <Tag>{p.stable_count} STABLE HEADERS</Tag>
         )}
       </div>
       {order.length > 0 && (
@@ -372,11 +369,6 @@ const FpHttpQuirks: React.FC<{ p: any }> = ({ p }) => {
           </div>
         </details>
       )}
-      {(p.method || p.path) && (
-        <div className="dim" style={{ fontSize: '0.7rem', fontFamily: 'monospace', marginTop: '2px' }}>
-          {p.method} {p.path}
-        </div>
-      )}
     </div>
   );
 };
@@ -1101,9 +1093,7 @@ const AttackerDetail: React.FC = () => {
                   (l) => l.payload?.real_ip_claim === ip,
                 );
                 const tooltip = latest
-                  ? `${latest.payload.source_header ?? '?'} on ${
-                      latest.payload.method ?? '?'
-                    } ${latest.payload.path ?? '/'}`
+                  ? `Leaked via ${latest.payload.source_header ?? '?'}; source ${latest.payload.source_ip ?? '?'}`
                   : '';
                 return (
                   <span
diff --git a/tests/web/test_api_attackers.py b/tests/web/test_api_attackers.py
index d2350af6..9e80cdc2 100644
--- a/tests/web/test_api_attackers.py
+++ b/tests/web/test_api_attackers.py
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@ class TestGetAttackerDetail:
                     "source_ip": "203.0.113.42",
                     "real_ip_claim": "198.51.100.7",
                     "source_header": "X-Forwarded-For",
-                    "path": "/wp-admin/",
-                    "method": "GET",
+                    "headers_seen": {
+                        "X-Forwarded-For": "198.51.100.7",
+                    },
                 },
             },
         ]
diff --git a/tests/web/test_ingester_http_quirks.py b/tests/web/test_ingester_http_quirks.py
index 886299f3..63ae7e7d 100644
--- a/tests/web/test_ingester_http_quirks.py
+++ b/tests/web/test_ingester_http_quirks.py
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ def test_different_casing_different_hash():
 
 def test_volatile_headers_excluded_from_hash():
     """Content-Length, Cookie, XFF etc. are per-request; the identity
-    hash shouldn't depend on them."""
+    hash must not depend on them, otherwise two requests from the same
+    stack — one with Cookie, one without — would dedup-miss at the
+    bounty layer and spam the AttackerDetail page."""
     row_a = _log_row({
         "Host": "x", "User-Agent": "a", "Content-Length": "100",
     })
@@ -90,13 +92,11 @@ def test_volatile_headers_excluded_from_hash():
     })
     fa = _http_quirks_fingerprint(row_a, row_a["fields"]["headers"])
     fb = _http_quirks_fingerprint(row_b, row_b["fields"]["headers"])
-    assert fa["order_hash"] == fb["order_hash"]
-    # Count reflects ALL headers (the volatile ones WERE there).
-    assert fa["header_count"] == 3
-    assert fb["header_count"] == 4
-    # Stable count excludes the volatile ones.
+    # Whole payload must be identical — add_bounty dedups on the full
+    # serialized payload, so ANY per-request-varying field would spawn
+    # new rows. This assertion is the contract.
+    assert fa == fb
     assert fa["stable_count"] == 2
-    assert fb["stable_count"] == 2
 
 
 # ─── tool guesses ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -148,11 +148,10 @@ def test_empty_headers_skipped():
 
 def test_only_volatile_headers_still_emits():
     """If every header is in the volatile set we still want a fingerprint,
-    just with empty order — header count alone is still a signal."""
+    just with empty order — "zero stable headers" is itself a signal."""
     row = _log_row({"Content-Length": "10", "Cookie": "a=b"})
     f = _http_quirks_fingerprint(row, row["fields"]["headers"])
     assert f is not None
-    assert f["header_count"] == 2
     assert f["stable_count"] == 0
     assert f["order"] == []
 
@@ -198,6 +197,27 @@ async def test_extract_bounty_non_http_skips_quirks():
         assert payload.get("fingerprint_type") != "http_quirks"
 
 
+def test_payload_stable_across_paths_and_methods():
+    """Two requests from the same stack hitting different paths/methods
+    must produce byte-identical payloads so (ip, type, payload) dedup
+    collapses them into one bounty row. If this test breaks, check
+    whether a per-request field snuck back into _http_quirks_fingerprint."""
+    headers = {"Host": "target", "User-Agent": "curl/8.0", "Accept": "*/*"}
+    row_get = {
+        "decky": "http-01", "service": "http", "attacker_ip": "1.2.3.4",
+        "event_type": "request",
+        "fields": {"method": "GET", "path": "/admin", "headers": headers},
+    }
+    row_post = {
+        "decky": "http-01", "service": "http", "attacker_ip": "1.2.3.4",
+        "event_type": "request",
+        "fields": {"method": "POST", "path": "/wp-login.php", "headers": headers},
+    }
+    fa = _http_quirks_fingerprint(row_get, headers)
+    fb = _http_quirks_fingerprint(row_post, headers)
+    assert fa == fb, "payload must not depend on request method/path"
+
+
 # ─── hash stability across restarts ─────────────────────────────────────────
 
 def test_short_hash_deterministic():
diff --git a/tests/web/test_ingester_xff.py b/tests/web/test_ingester_xff.py
index 24ef9896..dce2d6d1 100644
--- a/tests/web/test_ingester_xff.py
+++ b/tests/web/test_ingester_xff.py
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ def test_xff_leftmost_differs_from_source_emits_leak():
     assert result["source_ip"] == "203.0.113.42"
     assert result["real_ip_claim"] == "198.51.100.7"
     assert result["source_header"] == "X-Forwarded-For"
-    assert result["path"] == "/wp-admin/"
+    # Identity-only payload — method/path intentionally omitted so the
+    # bounty dedup collapses repeat hits from the same attacker.
+    assert "method" not in result
+    assert "path" not in result
 
 
 def test_xff_matches_source_no_leak():