diff --git a/middleware/origin_middleware.py b/middleware/origin_middleware.py
index 11f06ff75..b4a482d9c 100644
--- a/middleware/origin_middleware.py
+++ b/middleware/origin_middleware.py
@@ -35,9 +35,14 @@ def is_loopback(host):
 def create_origin_only_middleware():
     @web.middleware
     async def origin_only_middleware(request: web.Request, handler):
-        if 'Sec-Fetch-Site' in request.headers:
-            sec_fetch_site = request.headers['Sec-Fetch-Site']
-            if sec_fetch_site == 'cross-site':
+        if request.headers.get('Sec-Fetch-Site') == 'cross-site':
+            is_top_level_navigation = (
+                request.method == 'GET'
+                and request.path == '/'
+                and request.headers.get('Sec-Fetch-Mode') == 'navigate'
+                and request.headers.get('Sec-Fetch-Dest') == 'document'
+            )
+            if not is_top_level_navigation:
                 return web.Response(status=403)
         #this code is used to prevent the case where a random website can queue comfy workflows by making a POST to 127.0.0.1 which browsers don't prevent for some dumb reason.
         #in that case the Host and Origin hostnames won't match
diff --git a/tests-unit/server_test/test_origin_middleware.py b/tests-unit/server_test/test_origin_middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09ead7f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests-unit/server_test/test_origin_middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import pytest
+from aiohttp import web
+from aiohttp.test_utils import make_mocked_request
+
+from middleware.origin_middleware import create_origin_only_middleware
+
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.asyncio
+
+
+async def ok_handler(request):
+    return web.Response(status=200)
+
+
+async def test_allows_cross_site_top_level_get_navigation():
+    request = make_mocked_request(
+        'GET',
+        '/',
+        headers={
+            'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site',
+            'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'navigate',
+            'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'document',
+            'Sec-Fetch-User': '?1',
+        },
+    )
+
+    response = await create_origin_only_middleware()(request, ok_handler)
+
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+
+async def test_blocks_cross_site_top_level_navigation_to_other_routes():
+    request = make_mocked_request(
+        'GET',
+        '/system_stats',
+        headers={
+            'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site',
+            'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'navigate',
+            'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'document',
+        },
+    )
+
+    response = await create_origin_only_middleware()(request, ok_handler)
+
+    assert response.status == 403
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ('method', 'headers'),
+    [
+        (
+            'POST',
+            {
+                'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site',
+                'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'navigate',
+                'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'document',
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            'GET',
+            {
+                'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site',
+                'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'cors',
+                'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'empty',
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            'GET',
+            {
+                'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site',
+                'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'websocket',
+                'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'empty',
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            'GET',
+            {
+                'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site',
+                'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'navigate',
+                'Sec-Fetch-Dest': 'iframe',
+            },
+        ),
+        ('GET', {'Sec-Fetch-Site': 'cross-site'}),
+    ],
+    ids=['form-post', 'fetch', 'websocket', 'iframe', 'missing-context'],
+)
+async def test_blocks_other_cross_site_requests(method, headers):
+    request = make_mocked_request(method, '/', headers=headers)
+
+    response = await create_origin_only_middleware()(request, ok_handler)
+
+    assert response.status == 403
+
+
+async def test_preserves_loopback_origin_check_without_fetch_metadata():
+    request = make_mocked_request(
+        'POST',
+        '/prompt',
+        headers={
+            'Host': '127.0.0.1:8188',
+            'Origin': 'https://evil.example',
+        },
+    )
+
+    response = await create_origin_only_middleware()(request, ok_handler)
+
+    assert response.status == 403
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('site', ['same-origin', 'same-site', 'none', None])
+async def test_preserves_allowed_request_sources(site):
+    headers = {'Sec-Fetch-Site': site} if site is not None else {}
+    request = make_mocked_request('GET', '/', headers=headers)
+
+    response = await create_origin_only_middleware()(request, ok_handler)
+
+    assert response.status == 200