diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/admin/catalogue.html b/src/main/resources/templates/admin/catalogue.html
index 86e3f95..9d96027 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/admin/catalogue.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/admin/catalogue.html
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       </li>
     </ul>
 
-    <form method="post" action="/admin/categories" class="mt-3 flex gap-2">
+    <form method="post" th:action="@{/admin/categories}" class="mt-3 flex gap-2">
       <label class="flex-1">
         <span class="sr-only">New category</span>
         <input class="field" name="name" placeholder="New category" required>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       the location your phone put in them) and converted on upload, so this can take a few seconds each.
     </p>
 
-    <form method="post" action="/admin/items" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="mt-3 space-y-3">
+    <form method="post" th:action="@{/admin/items}" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="mt-3 space-y-3">
       <div class="grid gap-2 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_12rem]">
         <label class="block">
           <span class="sr-only">What is it?</span>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/admin/catering.html b/src/main/resources/templates/admin/catering.html
index 39941ec..72dabbc 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/admin/catering.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/admin/catering.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       No tables yet. The catering page will tell people to call instead until there is one.
     </p>
 
-    <form method="post" action="/admin/catering/tables" class="mt-4 flex gap-2">
+    <form method="post" th:action="@{/admin/catering/tables}" class="mt-4 flex gap-2">
       <label class="flex-1">
         <span class="sr-only">New table</span>
         <input class="field" name="name" placeholder="New table, e.g. Graduation parties" required>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <h2 class="card-heading">Under the whole page</h2>
     <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-bakery-600">Terms that apply whichever table someone is reading.</p>
 
-    <form method="post" action="/admin/catering/notes" class="mt-3 space-y-2">
+    <form method="post" th:action="@{/admin/catering/notes}" class="mt-3 space-y-2">
       <label th:each="note : ${menu.notes}" class="block">
         <span class="sr-only">Note</span>
         <textarea class="field min-h-[3.25rem]" rows="2" name="notes" th:text="${note}"></textarea>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/admin/layout.html b/src/main/resources/templates/admin/layout.html
index e0fa461..ff03e7f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/admin/layout.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/admin/layout.html
@@ -34,8 +34,16 @@
         <a href="/products" class="btn-secondary">View the site</a>
         <!--/* A real form post: the platform's logout expects one, and it also ends the Authentik
                session — a link would leave you signed in at the identity provider and straight back in
-               on the next click. */-->
-        <form method="post" action="/logout">
+               on the next click.
+
+               th:action, NOT action, AND THAT IS NOT COSMETIC. Thymeleaf inserts the hidden _csrf input
+               while it processes a th:action; a plain action= is passed through untouched, so the form
+               posts with no token and Spring Security answers 403. That renders the site's error page and
+               logs NOTHING at ERROR, so the form simply appears to be broken with no trace anywhere. It
+               is how "Add something new" silently refused to create a product, and how this button
+               silently refused to sign anyone out. AdminPagesTest counts forms against tokens so a plain
+               action= cannot come back. */-->
+        <form method="post" th:action="@{/logout}">
           <button type="submit" class="btn-secondary">Sign out</button>
         </form>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/itsthevine/web/AdminPagesTest.java b/src/test/java/com/itsthevine/web/AdminPagesTest.java
index 67ceaa2..ec067e7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/itsthevine/web/AdminPagesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/itsthevine/web/AdminPagesTest.java
@@ -101,6 +101,33 @@ class AdminPagesTest {
         assertThat(multipart.getMaxFileSize()).isNotEqualTo(DataSize.ofMegabytes(1));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * EVERY form on an admin page has to carry a CSRF token, and four of them did not.
+     *
+     * <p>Thymeleaf inserts the hidden {@code _csrf} input while it processes a {@code th:action}. A form
+     * written with a plain {@code action=} is passed through untouched, so it posts without a token and
+     * Spring Security answers 403 — which renders the site's error page and logs nothing at ERROR, so the
+     * failure was invisible from the outside. "Add something new" was one of the four, which is why no
+     * product could be created.
+     *
+     * <p>Counted rather than named, so a form added later is covered by this test without anyone
+     * remembering to extend it.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void everyAdminFormCarriesACsrfToken() throws Exception {
+        for (String page : new String[] {"/admin", "/admin/catering"}) {
+            String html = mvc.perform(get(page).with(user("morissa")))
+                    .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                    .andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString();
+
+            long forms = html.split("<form", -1).length - 1;
+            long tokens = html.split("name=\"_csrf\"", -1).length - 1;
+            assertThat(forms).as("%s should have forms to check", page).isPositive();
+            assertThat(tokens).as("%s: every one of its %d forms needs a token", page, forms)
+                    .isEqualTo(forms);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void theCatalogueScreenShowsWhatIsOnThePageWithItsPhotos() throws Exception {
         mvc.perform(get("/admin").with(user("morissa")))