diff --git a/cmd/server/auth_janitor_challenges_test.go b/cmd/server/auth_janitor_challenges_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d78b9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/server/auth_janitor_challenges_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/meshcore-analyzer/users"
+)
+
+func TestJanitorPrunesExpiredLinkChallenges(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newAuthFixture(t)
+	dave := f.registerAndActivate(t, "dave@example.org", "Dave", pw)
+	pk := strings.Repeat("cd", 32)
+	f.st.SetClock(func() time.Time { return time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Minute) })
+	ch, _, err := f.st.CreateLinkChallenge(dave.me.ID, pk)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	f.st.SetClock(time.Now)
+	f.srv.auth.prune()
+	// Pruned → missing. Without the janitor it would still be there, expired.
+	if err := f.st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(dave.me.ID, pk, ch); !errors.Is(err, users.ErrChallengeMissing) {
+		t.Fatalf("expired challenge survived the janitor: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/server/auth_service.go b/cmd/server/auth_service.go
index 0a4fc84a..de00e1eb 100644
--- a/cmd/server/auth_service.go
+++ b/cmd/server/auth_service.go
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ func (a *authService) prune() {
 	if _, err := a.st.PruneExpiredSessions(); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[users] prune sessions: %v", err)
 	}
+	if _, err := a.st.PruneLinkChallenges(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[users] prune link challenges: %v", err)
+	}
 	if _, err := a.st.PruneTokens(7 * 24 * time.Hour); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("[users] prune tokens: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/specs/2026-10-08-companion-linking-design.md b/docs/specs/2026-10-08-companion-linking-design.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7051f84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/specs/2026-10-08-companion-linking-design.md
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+# Companion Linking (User Management, Sub-project F), Design Spec
+
+**Date:** 2026-10-08
+**Status:** Approved (design). Not implemented.
+**Scope:** sub-project **F** of the optional user-management track. Builds on A
+(accounts, sessions), B (settings sync, `meshcore-my-nodes`) and E (notifications).
+The client side lives in CoreDrive RX (`efiten/coredrive-rx`,
+`docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-08-corescope-login-design.md`).
+
+---
+
+## Problem
+
+CoreDrive RX companions publish coverage under `meshcore/client/<pubkey>/packets`
+with one shared broker account. CoreScope knows a companion only by that pubkey.
+With user management on, a logged-in user wants:
+
+1. **Ownership.** Every companion they drive with shows up under their "My nodes",
+   so the existing watch and notification features apply to it.
+2. **Attribution.** The coverage their companions collected is theirs: a
+   "My coverage" view, and their linked companions listed on the account page.
+
+Two things block this today:
+
+- Nothing ties a pubkey to a user. `meshcore-my-nodes` is a free-form synced list;
+  anyone can put any pubkey in it, and two users can both "own" the same one. That
+  is fine for favourites but not for attributing data.
+- RX is a separate app, often on another origin. Sessions are cookies with CSRF, and
+  `corsMiddleware` deliberately allows no credentialed CORS (`cors.go:44`). Cookies
+  across origins are also unreliable on iOS Safari, which is where people drive.
+
+## Decisions
+
+| # | Topic | Decision |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | Auth for RX | A **device token** (bearer), issued by email + password login. One code path for same-origin and cross-origin deployments. No cookies, no CSRF. |
+| 2 | Token storage | A row in the existing `sessions` table with `kind = 'device'`, so it shows under **Devices** on the account page and is revoked the same way. |
+| 3 | Token scope | Narrow and server-enforced: `/api/auth/me`, `/api/auth/logout`, `/api/account/companions*`, `/api/account/settings`. Everything else answers 403 to a bearer token. |
+| 4 | Ownership proof | The companion signs a server challenge with its own Ed25519 identity key (MeshCore companion `CMD_SIGN_*`). No signature, no link. |
+| 5 | Conflicts | The newest valid proof wins. Whoever holds the key owns the companion (devices change hands). The previous owner gets an audit row, and a mail when notifications are enabled. |
+| 6 | Attribution | A read-time join `client_receptions.rx_pubkey → companion_links`. All coverage of a linked companion counts for its current owner, including rows from before the link. The ingestor and the RX payload contract do not change. |
+| 7 | My nodes | Linking also adds the pubkey to the user's `meshcore-my-nodes`. Unlinking does **not** remove it: that list is the user's own choice. |
+| 8 | Linked-only ingest | Opt-in admin setting `clientRxCoverage.requireLinkedCompanion`. When it is on, the ingestor drops every `meshcore/client/<pubkey>/…` message whose pubkey is not in `companion_links`. It is a filter, not a security boundary (see *Linked-only ingest*). |
+| 9 | Per-user API keys | Out of scope. The token table gets a `kind` and `scopes` so a later `api_key` kind (named, shown once, own scopes, revoked separately) is a small addition. The RX device token is never reused for external access. |
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- Per-user publish credentials or broker ACLs (a possible later sub-project; it
+  would change the RX payload contract).
+- Per-user API keys for external tools (see decision 8).
+- Showing other users who owns a companion. Links are private to their owner and
+  to admins.
+
+## Data model (`users.db`, schema v6)
+
+```sql
+ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN kind TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'web'
+  CHECK (kind IN ('web','device'));
+ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN label TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '';   -- device name
+ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN scopes TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '';  -- '' = full (web)
+
+CREATE TABLE companion_links (
+  pubkey       TEXT PRIMARY KEY,            -- 64 lowercase hex
+  user_id      INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+  name         TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  linked_at    INTEGER NOT NULL
+);
+CREATE INDEX companion_links_user ON companion_links(user_id);
+
+CREATE TABLE link_challenges (
+  challenge_hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,          -- SHA-256 of the raw challenge
+  user_id        INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+  pubkey         TEXT NOT NULL,
+  expires_at     INTEGER NOT NULL
+);
+```
+
+Device tokens reuse the session token format (256-bit random, stored as SHA-256).
+`csrf_token` is filled but unused for `kind = 'device'`. Expiry is 90 days, sliding
+on use, like web sessions but with its own constant. The janitor prunes expired
+challenges with the other expired rows.
+
+"Last seen" for a companion is not stored: the account page reads the newest
+`client_receptions` row for that pubkey from the analyzer database.
+
+## API
+
+All routes exist only when `userManagement.enabled`, and answer 404 otherwise, like
+the rest of A–E. Rate limits use the existing token buckets (per IP and per user).
+
+### Device token
+
+- `POST /api/auth/device-token {email, password, deviceName}`
+  → `200 {token, expiresAt, user: {id, displayName}}`.
+  The same constant-cost failure path, rate limits and login audit row as
+  `/api/auth/login`. `deviceName` is trimmed, control characters are stripped, and
+  it is capped at 64 characters.
+- Authentication: `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. `withUser` accepts either a
+  cookie session (with the CSRF check for writes) or a bearer token (no CSRF,
+  scope check). A bearer token on a route outside its scope answers 403.
+- `POST /api/auth/logout` with a bearer token revokes that device row.
+- `GET /api/account/sessions` returns `kind` and `label`. The **Devices** list shows
+  a device token as "CoreDrive RX – <label>" with its last use, and the existing
+  "log out" button revokes it.
+
+### Companions
+
+- `POST /api/account/companions/challenge {pubkey}` → `200 {challenge, expiresAt, host}`. `host` is the host of `userManagement.publicBaseUrl`; the client signs it as-is, so a client that reaches CoreScope under another name still signs what the server verifies.
+  32 random bytes as hex, valid for 5 minutes, single use, bound to user and pubkey.
+- `POST /api/account/companions {pubkey, challenge, signature, name}`:
+  1. Look up the challenge by hash. Missing, expired, or bound to another user or
+     pubkey → 410. It is consumed in every case.
+  2. Verify `signature` (64 bytes hex, Ed25519) over the UTF-8 message
+     `"corescope-link:" + host + ":" + challenge`, where `host` is the host of
+     `userManagement.publicBaseUrl`. This uses `internal/sigvalidate`. Invalid → 400.
+  3. Upsert `companion_links`. If the pubkey belonged to another user, write an
+     audit row for both users, and mail the previous owner if notifications are
+     enabled for them.
+  4. Add `{pubkey, name, addedAt}` to the user's `meshcore-my-nodes`, unless it is
+     already there. This is a server-side read-modify-write of the settings document
+     that bumps its revision, so open web clients pick it up through the normal
+     B conflict flow. If the document is at the size cap, the link still succeeds
+     and the response says `myNodes: "full"`.
+  5. `200 {pubkey, name, linkedAt, myNodes: "added" | "present" | "full"}`.
+- `GET /api/account/companions` → `[{pubkey, name, linkedAt, lastSeenAt}]`.
+- `DELETE /api/account/companions/{pubkey}` → 204. Leaves `meshcore-my-nodes` alone.
+- Admin: `GET /api/admin/users/{id}` gains `companions`. The audit kinds are
+  `companion_link`, `companion_unlink` and `companion_transfer`.
+
+### Coverage attribution
+
+- `GET /api/rx-coverage?mine=1` filters to the caller's linked companions. It needs a
+  session; without one it answers 401. The existing response shape is unchanged.
+- The coverage page shows a "My coverage" toggle only to logged-in users.
+
+### Linked-only ingest
+
+- Config: `clientRxCoverage.requireLinkedCompanion` (bool, default false). It only
+  takes effect with `userManagement.enabled`. If user management is off, the server
+  and the ingestor log a startup warning and ignore the setting.
+- Ingestor: before any client handler runs (packets, rf, regions), it checks the
+  topic pubkey against an in-memory set of linked pubkeys read from `users.db`.
+  - The set refreshes every 60 s, which picks up unlinks.
+  - On a miss, the ingestor re-reads the set at most once per 5 s before dropping.
+    A companion that was just linked is therefore accepted within seconds, and
+    an RX client can publish right after a successful link.
+  - Dropped messages are counted per reason in the ingestor stats file
+    (`client_unlinked_dropped`), never logged per message.
+- `/api/config/client` gains `clientRxRequireLinkedCompanion: true` when the setting
+  is in effect. The field is omitted otherwise. RX reads it to hold its queue
+  instead of publishing data that would be dropped.
+- **It is not a security boundary.** All RX clients share one broker account, so
+  anyone with that password can publish under a linked pubkey. The setting keeps
+  honest unlinked clients out. Real enforcement needs per-user publish credentials
+  (the later "publish token" sub-project).
+- Unlinking does not delete coverage that is already stored.
+
+### CORS
+
+For origins in `corsAllowedOrigins`, and only on the bearer-scoped routes above, the
+preflight also allows `POST, PUT, DELETE` and the `Authorization` and `Content-Type`
+headers. `Access-Control-Allow-Credentials` stays off. Same-origin needs nothing.
+
+## Account page (`public/account.js`)
+
+- **Devices:** device tokens render with their label and a device marker; nothing
+  else changes.
+- A new **Companions** section below Devices lists name, short pubkey, linked since
+  and last seen, each with an **Unlink** button. When the list is empty, it explains
+  that companions are linked by logging in from CoreDrive RX.
+
+## Error handling
+
+| Case | Answer |
+|---|---|
+| Feature off | 404 on every route above. |
+| Wrong credentials | 401, the same message as `/api/auth/login`. |
+| Bearer token outside its scope | 403. |
+| Expired or revoked token | 401. RX clears the token. |
+| Challenge missing, expired or used | 410. |
+| Bad signature or malformed pubkey | 400. |
+| Rate limited | 429 with `Retry-After`. |
+
+Tokens, challenges and signatures are never logged.
+
+## Testing
+
+- `internal/users`: the v6 migration; the device-session kind, label and scopes;
+  sliding expiry; the challenge lifecycle (expiry, single use, binding); the link
+  upsert and transfer; cascade on user delete.
+- `cmd/server`:
+  - Device-token issue: success, the constant-cost failure, the rate limit, the audit row.
+  - Bearer scope: allowed routes pass, others answer 403, and no CSRF is needed.
+  - Linking with a real MeshCore key and signature fixture: success, wrong host in
+    the message, reused challenge, a challenge bound to another pubkey.
+  - Transfer between two users: the audit rows and the mail.
+  - The `meshcore-my-nodes` merge: keeps existing items, skips duplicates, reports
+    `full` at the cap.
+  - `rx-coverage?mine=1`.
+  - CORS headers only for allowlisted origins and only on scoped routes.
+  - Everything answers 404 with the feature off.
+- `cmd/ingestor`: with `requireLinkedCompanion` off, nothing changes. With it on:
+  linked pubkeys pass, unlinked pubkeys are dropped and counted, a link made after
+  the last refresh is accepted through the miss refresh, the 5 s cap holds under a
+  flood of unknown pubkeys, an unlink is honoured after the periodic refresh, and
+  user management off means the setting is ignored with a warning.
+- `/api/config/client`: the field is present only when the setting is in effect.
+- e2e: log in on the account page, see a seeded device token under Devices and a
+  linked companion under Companions, then unlink it.
+
+## Rollout
+
+Opt-in through `userManagement.enabled`, like A–E. Deployments where RX runs on
+another origin add that origin to `corsAllowedOrigins`. An RX build without account
+support is unaffected, **except** under `requireLinkedCompanion`: then its data is
+dropped. Turn that setting on only once the RX clients in use support linking.
diff --git a/internal/users/challenges.go b/internal/users/challenges.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4dc8bcd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/users/challenges.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package users
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// LinkChallengeTTL is how long a companion-link challenge stays valid.
+const LinkChallengeTTL = 5 * time.Minute
+
+// challengeHash is the stored form of a challenge: SHA-256 of its 32 raw bytes.
+func challengeHash(raw []byte) string {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(raw)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+}
+
+// CreateLinkChallenge issues a single-use challenge bound to userID and
+// pubkey. It returns the 32 random bytes as lowercase hex; only their hash
+// is stored.
+func (s *Store) CreateLinkChallenge(userID int64, pubkey string) (string, time.Time, error) {
+	pk, err := NormalizePubkey(pubkey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", time.Time{}, err
+	}
+	raw := make([]byte, 32)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(raw); err != nil {
+		return "", time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("users: challenge: %w", err)
+	}
+	exp := unix(s.now().Add(LinkChallengeTTL))
+	if _, err := s.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO link_challenges (challenge_hash, user_id, pubkey, expires_at) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+		challengeHash(raw), userID, pk, exp); err != nil {
+		return "", time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("users: create link challenge: %w", err)
+	}
+	return hex.EncodeToString(raw), fromUnix(exp), nil
+}
+
+// ConsumeLinkChallenge checks a challenge returned by the client and deletes
+// it in every case. It returns ErrChallengeMissing (unknown, malformed or
+// already used), ErrChallengeExpired, or ErrChallengeMismatch (bound to
+// another user or pubkey). One DELETE … RETURNING statement, so two
+// concurrent consumers cannot both succeed.
+func (s *Store) ConsumeLinkChallenge(userID int64, pubkey, challenge string) error {
+	raw, err := hex.DecodeString(challenge)
+	if err != nil || len(raw) != 32 {
+		return ErrChallengeMissing
+	}
+	var owner, exp int64
+	var pk string
+	err = s.db.QueryRow(`DELETE FROM link_challenges WHERE challenge_hash = ? RETURNING user_id, pubkey, expires_at`,
+		challengeHash(raw)).Scan(&owner, &pk, &exp)
+	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		return ErrChallengeMissing
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("users: consume link challenge: %w", err)
+	}
+	if !s.now().Before(fromUnix(exp)) {
+		return ErrChallengeExpired
+	}
+	want, perr := NormalizePubkey(pubkey)
+	if owner != userID || perr != nil || pk != want {
+		return ErrChallengeMismatch
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PruneLinkChallenges deletes challenges that have expired.
+func (s *Store) PruneLinkChallenges() (int64, error) {
+	res, err := s.db.Exec(`DELETE FROM link_challenges WHERE expires_at <= ?`, unix(s.now()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return res.RowsAffected()
+}
diff --git a/internal/users/challenges_test.go b/internal/users/challenges_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e4c9b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/users/challenges_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package users
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestNormalizePubkey(t *testing.T) {
+	pk := strings.Repeat("ab", 32)
+	if got, err := NormalizePubkey("  " + strings.ToUpper(pk) + " "); err != nil || got != pk {
+		t.Fatalf("NormalizePubkey = %q, %v", got, err)
+	}
+	for _, bad := range []string{"", pk[:62], pk + "00", strings.Repeat("zz", 32)} {
+		if _, err := NormalizePubkey(bad); !errors.Is(err, ErrBadPubkey) {
+			t.Fatalf("NormalizePubkey(%q) err = %v", bad, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLinkChallengeLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
+	st, clk := newTestStore(t)
+	a := mustCreate(t, st, "a@example.org", "A")
+	pk := strings.Repeat("ab", 32)
+	ch, exp, err := st.CreateLinkChallenge(a.ID, strings.ToUpper(pk))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	raw, err := hex.DecodeString(ch)
+	if err != nil || len(raw) != 32 || ch != strings.ToLower(ch) || !exp.Equal(clk.Now().Add(LinkChallengeTTL)) {
+		t.Fatalf("CreateLinkChallenge = %q, %v, %v", ch, exp, err)
+	}
+	var n int
+	if err := st.db.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM link_challenges WHERE challenge_hash = ? AND pubkey = ? AND user_id = ?`,
+		challengeHash(raw), pk, a.ID).Scan(&n); err != nil || n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("stored challenge rows = %d, %v (want SHA-256 of the raw bytes)", n, err)
+	}
+	if _, _, err := st.CreateLinkChallenge(a.ID, "nothex"); !errors.Is(err, ErrBadPubkey) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad pubkey err = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk, ch); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first consume: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk, ch); !errors.Is(err, ErrChallengeMissing) {
+		t.Fatalf("second consume err = %v, want single use", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk, "zz"); !errors.Is(err, ErrChallengeMissing) {
+		t.Fatalf("malformed challenge err = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLinkChallengeBindingAndExpiry(t *testing.T) {
+	st, clk := newTestStore(t)
+	a := mustCreate(t, st, "a@example.org", "A")
+	b := mustCreate(t, st, "b@example.org", "B")
+	pk := strings.Repeat("ab", 32)
+	otherPk := strings.Repeat("cd", 32)
+
+	ch, _, _ := st.CreateLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk)
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(b.ID, pk, ch); !errors.Is(err, ErrChallengeMismatch) {
+		t.Fatalf("other user err = %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk, ch); !errors.Is(err, ErrChallengeMissing) {
+		t.Fatalf("mismatch did not consume: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ch, _, _ = st.CreateLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk)
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, otherPk, ch); !errors.Is(err, ErrChallengeMismatch) {
+		t.Fatalf("other pubkey err = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ch, _, _ = st.CreateLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk)
+	clk.Advance(LinkChallengeTTL)
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk, ch); !errors.Is(err, ErrChallengeExpired) {
+		t.Fatalf("expired err = %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk, ch); !errors.Is(err, ErrChallengeMissing) {
+		t.Fatalf("expired challenge not consumed: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPruneLinkChallenges(t *testing.T) {
+	st, clk := newTestStore(t)
+	a := mustCreate(t, st, "a@example.org", "A")
+	pk := strings.Repeat("ab", 32)
+	old, _, _ := st.CreateLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk)
+	clk.Advance(3 * time.Minute)
+	fresh, _, _ := st.CreateLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk)
+	clk.Advance(3 * time.Minute) // old expired, fresh has 2 minutes left
+
+	n, err := st.PruneLinkChallenges()
+	if err != nil || n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("PruneLinkChallenges = %d, %v", n, err)
+	}
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk, old); !errors.Is(err, ErrChallengeMissing) {
+		t.Fatalf("pruned challenge err = %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.ConsumeLinkChallenge(a.ID, pk, fresh); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("live challenge pruned: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/users/companions.go b/internal/users/companions.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..756e2b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/users/companions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package users
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// NormalizePubkey returns a companion's public key as 64 lowercase hex
+// characters, or ErrBadPubkey.
+func NormalizePubkey(s string) (string, error) {
+	s = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(s))
+	if len(s) != 64 {
+		return "", ErrBadPubkey
+	}
+	if _, err := hex.DecodeString(s); err != nil {
+		return "", ErrBadPubkey
+	}
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+// CompanionLink ties a companion's pubkey to the user who proved they hold
+// its key. A pubkey has at most one owner.
+type CompanionLink struct {
+	Pubkey   string
+	UserID   int64
+	Name     string
+	LinkedAt time.Time
+}
+
+const companionCols = `pubkey, user_id, name, linked_at`
+
+func scanCompanion(row rowScanner) (*CompanionLink, error) {
+	var l CompanionLink
+	var at int64
+	if err := row.Scan(&l.Pubkey, &l.UserID, &l.Name, &at); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	l.LinkedAt = fromUnix(at)
+	return &l, nil
+}
+
+// UpsertCompanionLink links pubkey to userID; the newest proof wins. When
+// the pubkey belonged to another user it moves to userID with a fresh
+// LinkedAt, and prevOwner is that user's id. Otherwise prevOwner is 0; a
+// re-link by the same owner only updates the name. name is cleaned with
+// CleanLabel. The caller must have consumed a valid challenge and verified
+// the signature first.
+func (s *Store) UpsertCompanionLink(userID int64, pubkey, name string) (*CompanionLink, int64, error) {
+	pk, err := NormalizePubkey(pubkey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+	name = CleanLabel(name)
+	tx, err := s.db.Begin()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+	var prev, linkedAt int64
+	err = tx.QueryRow(`SELECT user_id, linked_at FROM companion_links WHERE pubkey = ?`, pk).Scan(&prev, &linkedAt)
+	switch {
+	case errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows):
+		prev, linkedAt = 0, unix(s.now())
+	case err != nil:
+		tx.Rollback()
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("users: read companion link: %w", err)
+	case prev != userID:
+		linkedAt = unix(s.now())
+	}
+	if _, err := tx.Exec(`INSERT INTO companion_links (pubkey, user_id, name, linked_at) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
+		ON CONFLICT(pubkey) DO UPDATE SET user_id = excluded.user_id, name = excluded.name, linked_at = excluded.linked_at`,
+		pk, userID, name, linkedAt); err != nil {
+		tx.Rollback()
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("users: upsert companion link: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("users: upsert companion link: %w", err)
+	}
+	if prev == userID {
+		prev = 0
+	}
+	return &CompanionLink{Pubkey: pk, UserID: userID, Name: name, LinkedAt: fromUnix(linkedAt)}, prev, nil
+}
+
+// ListCompanionLinks returns a user's linked companions, newest first.
+func (s *Store) ListCompanionLinks(userID int64) ([]CompanionLink, error) {
+	rows, err := s.db.Query(`SELECT `+companionCols+` FROM companion_links WHERE user_id = ? ORDER BY linked_at DESC, pubkey`, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var out []CompanionLink
+	for rows.Next() {
+		l, err := scanCompanion(rows)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out = append(out, *l)
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// GetCompanionLink returns the link for pubkey, or ErrNotFound.
+func (s *Store) GetCompanionLink(pubkey string) (*CompanionLink, error) {
+	pk, err := NormalizePubkey(pubkey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	l, err := scanCompanion(s.db.QueryRow(`SELECT `+companionCols+` FROM companion_links WHERE pubkey = ?`, pk))
+	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		return nil, ErrNotFound
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("users: get companion link: %w", err)
+	}
+	return l, nil
+}
+
+// DeleteCompanionLink unlinks pubkey, only if it is linked to userID.
+func (s *Store) DeleteCompanionLink(userID int64, pubkey string) error {
+	pk, err := NormalizePubkey(pubkey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return expectOne(s.db.Exec(`DELETE FROM companion_links WHERE pubkey = ? AND user_id = ?`, pk, userID))
+}
+
+// LinkedPubkeys returns every linked pubkey, sorted. (The ingestor does not
+// call this: it reads users.db read-only with raw SQL.)
+func (s *Store) LinkedPubkeys() ([]string, error) {
+	rows, err := s.db.Query(`SELECT pubkey FROM companion_links ORDER BY pubkey`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var out []string
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var pk string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&pk); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out = append(out, pk)
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
diff --git a/internal/users/companions_test.go b/internal/users/companions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8db75134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/users/companions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package users
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestCompanionLinkUpsertAndTransfer(t *testing.T) {
+	st, clk := newTestStore(t)
+	a := mustCreate(t, st, "a@example.org", "A")
+	b := mustCreate(t, st, "b@example.org", "B")
+	pk := strings.Repeat("ab", 32)
+
+	l, prev, err := st.UpsertCompanionLink(a.ID, strings.ToUpper(pk), "  Car\n ")
+	if err != nil || prev != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("first link: prev=%d err=%v", prev, err)
+	}
+	first := clk.Now()
+	if l.Pubkey != pk || l.UserID != a.ID || l.Name != "Car" || !l.LinkedAt.Equal(first) {
+		t.Fatalf("first link = %+v", l)
+	}
+
+	clk.Advance(time.Hour)
+	l, prev, err = st.UpsertCompanionLink(a.ID, pk, "Car 2")
+	if err != nil || prev != 0 || l.Name != "Car 2" || !l.LinkedAt.Equal(first) {
+		t.Fatalf("re-link by owner = %+v, prev=%d, err=%v", l, prev, err)
+	}
+	if got, _ := st.GetCompanionLink(pk); got == nil || got.Name != "Car 2" || !got.LinkedAt.Equal(first) {
+		t.Fatalf("after re-link Get = %+v", got)
+	}
+
+	clk.Advance(time.Hour)
+	l, prev, err = st.UpsertCompanionLink(b.ID, pk, "Bike")
+	if err != nil || prev != a.ID {
+		t.Fatalf("transfer: prev=%d (want %d) err=%v", prev, a.ID, err)
+	}
+	if l.UserID != b.ID || !l.LinkedAt.Equal(clk.Now()) {
+		t.Fatalf("transferred link = %+v", l)
+	}
+	got, err := st.GetCompanionLink(pk)
+	if err != nil || got.UserID != b.ID || got.Name != "Bike" {
+		t.Fatalf("Get after transfer = %+v, %v", got, err)
+	}
+	if list, _ := st.ListCompanionLinks(a.ID); len(list) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("previous owner still lists it: %+v", list)
+	}
+	if list, _ := st.ListCompanionLinks(b.ID); len(list) != 1 || list[0].Pubkey != pk {
+		t.Fatalf("new owner list = %+v", list)
+	}
+	if _, _, err := st.UpsertCompanionLink(a.ID, "short", "x"); !errors.Is(err, ErrBadPubkey) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad pubkey err = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCompanionLinkListDeleteAndAll(t *testing.T) {
+	st, clk := newTestStore(t)
+	a := mustCreate(t, st, "a@example.org", "A")
+	b := mustCreate(t, st, "b@example.org", "B")
+	pk1, pk2, pk3 := strings.Repeat("03", 32), strings.Repeat("01", 32), strings.Repeat("02", 32)
+	st.UpsertCompanionLink(a.ID, pk1, "one")
+	clk.Advance(time.Minute)
+	st.UpsertCompanionLink(a.ID, pk2, "two")
+	st.UpsertCompanionLink(b.ID, pk3, "three")
+
+	list, err := st.ListCompanionLinks(a.ID)
+	if err != nil || len(list) != 2 || list[0].Pubkey != pk2 || list[1].Pubkey != pk1 {
+		t.Fatalf("ListCompanionLinks (newest first) = %+v, %v", list, err)
+	}
+	all, err := st.LinkedPubkeys()
+	if err != nil || !reflect.DeepEqual(all, []string{pk2, pk3, pk1}) {
+		t.Fatalf("LinkedPubkeys = %v, %v", all, err)
+	}
+
+	if err := st.DeleteCompanionLink(b.ID, pk1); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("deleting someone else's link = %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.DeleteCompanionLink(a.ID, strings.ToUpper(pk1)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.GetCompanionLink(pk1); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("Get after delete err = %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.DeleteCompanionLink(a.ID, pk1); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("second delete err = %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.GetCompanionLink("nothex"); !errors.Is(err, ErrBadPubkey) {
+		t.Fatalf("Get bad pubkey err = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Deleting a user removes their links, challenges and device tokens.
+func TestCompanionDataCascadesOnUserDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	st, _ := newTestStore(t)
+	a := mustCreate(t, st, "a@example.org", "A")
+	b := mustCreate(t, st, "b@example.org", "B")
+	pkA, pkB := strings.Repeat("aa", 32), strings.Repeat("bb", 32)
+	st.UpsertCompanionLink(a.ID, pkA, "")
+	st.UpsertCompanionLink(b.ID, pkB, "")
+	if _, _, err := st.CreateLinkChallenge(a.ID, pkA); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	raw, _, err := st.CreateDeviceSession(a.ID, "Phone", []string{"rx"}, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := st.Delete(a.ID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.GetCompanionLink(pkA); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("link survived user delete: %v", err)
+	}
+	if all, _ := st.LinkedPubkeys(); !reflect.DeepEqual(all, []string{pkB}) {
+		t.Fatalf("LinkedPubkeys after delete = %v", all)
+	}
+	var n int
+	if err := st.db.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM link_challenges WHERE user_id = ?`, a.ID).Scan(&n); err != nil || n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("challenges after user delete = %d, %v", n, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.LookupSession(raw); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("device token survived user delete: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/users/device_sessions_test.go b/internal/users/device_sessions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f6f36c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/users/device_sessions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package users
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+func TestDeviceSessionKindLabelScopes(t *testing.T) {
+	st, clk := newTestStore(t)
+	u := mustCreate(t, st, "dev@example.org", "Dev")
+	_, web, err := st.CreateSession(u.ID, time.Hour, "browser")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if web.Kind != SessionKindWeb || web.Label != "" || web.Scopes != nil || !web.HasScope("anything") {
+		t.Fatalf("web session = %+v", web)
+	}
+
+	raw, dev, err := st.CreateDeviceSession(u.ID, "  Pixel\x07 8  ", []string{"rx", "account"}, "CoreDriveRX/1.0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if raw == "" || dev.Kind != SessionKindDevice || dev.Label != "Pixel 8" || dev.CSRFToken == "" ||
+		!reflect.DeepEqual(dev.Scopes, []string{"rx", "account"}) || !dev.ExpiresAt.Equal(clk.Now().Add(DeviceSessionTTL)) {
+		t.Fatalf("CreateDeviceSession = %+v", dev)
+	}
+
+	got, err := st.LookupSession(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got.ID != dev.ID || got.Kind != SessionKindDevice || got.Label != "Pixel 8" || got.UserAgent != "CoreDriveRX/1.0" ||
+		!reflect.DeepEqual(got.Scopes, []string{"rx", "account"}) {
+		t.Fatalf("LookupSession = %+v", got)
+	}
+	if !got.HasScope("rx") || !got.HasScope("account") || got.HasScope("admin") || got.HasScope("") {
+		t.Fatalf("HasScope wrong for %v", got.Scopes)
+	}
+
+	list, err := st.ListSessions(u.ID)
+	if err != nil || len(list) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("ListSessions = %+v, %v", list, err)
+	}
+	kinds := map[string]string{}
+	for _, s := range list {
+		kinds[s.Kind] = s.Label
+	}
+	if l, ok := kinds[SessionKindDevice]; !ok || l != "Pixel 8" {
+		t.Fatalf("device row missing from list: %+v", list)
+	}
+	if l, ok := kinds[SessionKindWeb]; !ok || l != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("web row missing from list: %+v", list)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeviceSessionSlidingExpiry(t *testing.T) {
+	st, clk := newTestStore(t)
+	u := mustCreate(t, st, "slide@example.org", "Slide")
+	raw, dev, err := st.CreateDeviceSession(u.ID, "Phone", []string{"rx"}, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	clk.Advance(DeviceSessionTTL - time.Hour)
+	if err := st.ExtendSession(dev.ID, DeviceSessionTTL); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	clk.Advance(DeviceSessionTTL - time.Hour) // well past the original expiry
+	if _, err := st.LookupSession(raw); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("extended device session expired early: %v", err)
+	}
+	clk.Advance(2 * time.Hour)
+	if _, err := st.LookupSession(raw); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("expired device session err = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeviceSessionRevoke(t *testing.T) {
+	st, _ := newTestStore(t)
+	u := mustCreate(t, st, "rev@example.org", "Rev")
+	other := mustCreate(t, st, "oth@example.org", "Oth")
+	raw1, d1, _ := st.CreateDeviceSession(u.ID, "One", []string{"rx"}, "")
+	raw2, _, _ := st.CreateDeviceSession(u.ID, "Two", []string{"rx"}, "")
+
+	if err := st.DeleteSession(other.ID, d1.ID); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("revoking someone else's device = %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.DeleteSession(u.ID, d1.ID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.LookupSession(raw1); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("revoked device token still resolves: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.DeleteSessionByToken(raw2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.LookupSession(raw2); !errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("logged-out device token still resolves: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeviceSessionRejectsBadScopes(t *testing.T) {
+	st, _ := newTestStore(t)
+	u := mustCreate(t, st, "scope@example.org", "Scope")
+	if _, _, err := st.CreateDeviceSession(u.ID, "x", nil, ""); !errors.Is(err, ErrNoScopes) {
+		t.Fatalf("nil scopes err = %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, bad := range []string{"", "a,b", "Rx", "rx scope"} {
+		if _, _, err := st.CreateDeviceSession(u.ID, "x", []string{bad}, ""); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("scope %q accepted", bad)
+		}
+	}
+	if list, _ := st.ListSessions(u.ID); len(list) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("rejected device sessions were stored: %+v", list)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCleanLabel(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]string{
+		"  Car  ":      "Car",
+		"a\tb\nc\x00d": "abcd",
+		"bad\xffutf8":  "badutf8",
+		"":             "",
+	}
+	for in, want := range cases {
+		if got := CleanLabel(in); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("CleanLabel(%q) = %q, want %q", in, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+	long := CleanLabel(strings.Repeat("é", 70))
+	if utf8.RuneCountInString(long) != 64 {
+		t.Fatalf("CleanLabel cap = %d runes", utf8.RuneCountInString(long))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/users/schema.go b/internal/users/schema.go
index c7fd8d6a..06b0c9e6 100644
--- a/internal/users/schema.go
+++ b/internal/users/schema.go
@@ -124,6 +124,25 @@ var migrations = [][]string{
 			PRIMARY KEY (user_id, event, subject)
 		)`,
 	},
+	{ // v6: sub-project F, companion linking (device sessions, linked companions)
+		`ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN kind TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'web'
+			CHECK (kind IN ('web','device'))`,
+		`ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN label TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''`,
+		`ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN scopes TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''`,
+		`CREATE TABLE companion_links (
+			pubkey TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+			user_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+			name TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+			linked_at INTEGER NOT NULL
+		)`,
+		`CREATE INDEX companion_links_user ON companion_links(user_id)`,
+		`CREATE TABLE link_challenges (
+			challenge_hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+			user_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+			pubkey TEXT NOT NULL,
+			expires_at INTEGER NOT NULL
+		)`,
+	},
 }
 
 func (s *Store) migrate() error {
diff --git a/internal/users/schema_v6_test.go b/internal/users/schema_v6_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e43e2d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/users/schema_v6_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package users
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// A users.db written by a v5 binary gains the companion-linking schema and
+// keeps its sessions, which become web sessions with no label or scopes.
+func TestMigrateV5DatabaseToV6(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "users.db")
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	stmts := []string{`CREATE TABLE schema_version (version INTEGER NOT NULL)`, `INSERT INTO schema_version (version) VALUES (5)`}
+	for _, m := range migrations[:5] {
+		stmts = append(stmts, m...)
+	}
+	stmts = append(stmts,
+		`INSERT INTO users (email, display_name, password_hash, created_at) VALUES ('old@example.org', 'Old', 'x', 1)`,
+		`INSERT INTO sessions (token_hash, user_id, csrf_token, created_at, expires_at, last_seen_at) VALUES ('h', 1, 'c', 1, 4102444800, 1)`)
+	for _, s := range stmts {
+		if _, err := db.Exec(s); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("build v5 db: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	db.Close()
+
+	st, err := Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Open v5 db: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer st.Close()
+	if len(migrations) < 6 {
+		t.Fatal("migration v6 missing")
+	}
+	if v, err := st.SchemaVersion(); err != nil || v != len(migrations) {
+		t.Fatalf("SchemaVersion = %d, %v; want %d", v, err, len(migrations))
+	}
+
+	var kind, label, scopes string
+	if err := st.db.QueryRow(`SELECT kind, label, scopes FROM sessions WHERE token_hash = 'h'`).Scan(&kind, &label, &scopes); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("v5 session lost: %v", err)
+	}
+	if kind != "web" || label != "" || scopes != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("migrated session kind=%q label=%q scopes=%q", kind, label, scopes)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.db.Exec(`UPDATE sessions SET kind = 'api_key' WHERE token_hash = 'h'`); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "CHECK") {
+		t.Fatalf("kind outside web/device accepted: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.db.Exec(`UPDATE sessions SET kind = 'device' WHERE token_hash = 'h'`); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("kind device rejected: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	pk := strings.Repeat("ab", 32)
+	if _, err := st.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO companion_links (pubkey, user_id, linked_at) VALUES (?, 1, 1)`, pk); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("companion_links: %v", err)
+	}
+	var name string
+	if err := st.db.QueryRow(`SELECT name FROM companion_links WHERE pubkey = ?`, pk).Scan(&name); err != nil || name != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("companion_links default name = %q, %v", name, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO companion_links (pubkey, user_id, linked_at) VALUES (?, 99, 1)`, strings.Repeat("cd", 32)); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("companion_links accepted an unknown user (foreign key off?)")
+	}
+	if _, err := st.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO link_challenges (challenge_hash, user_id, pubkey, expires_at) VALUES ('x', 1, ?, 1)`, pk); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("link_challenges: %v", err)
+	}
+	var idx int
+	if err := st.db.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'index' AND name = 'companion_links_user'`).Scan(&idx); err != nil || idx != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("index companion_links_user = %d, %v", idx, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/users/sessions.go b/internal/users/sessions.go
index 92fe4f0a..fb9c90b6 100644
--- a/internal/users/sessions.go
+++ b/internal/users/sessions.go
@@ -6,35 +6,122 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"unicode"
 )
 
-// Session is one logged-in device. The raw token exists only in the cookie.
+// Session kinds (sessions.kind).
+const (
+	SessionKindWeb    = "web"
+	SessionKindDevice = "device"
+)
+
+// DeviceSessionTTL is a device token's lifetime, sliding on use: callers
+// pass it to ExtendSession whenever the token is used.
+const DeviceSessionTTL = 90 * 24 * time.Hour
+
+// Session is one logged-in browser or device. The raw token exists only in
+// the cookie (web) or on the device (bearer).
 type Session struct {
 	ID         int64
 	UserID     int64
-	CSRFToken  string
+	CSRFToken  string // filled but unused for device sessions
 	CreatedAt  time.Time
 	ExpiresAt  time.Time
 	LastSeenAt time.Time
 	UserAgent  string
+	Kind       string   // SessionKindWeb or SessionKindDevice
+	Label      string   // device name; "" for web sessions
+	Scopes     []string // nil = full access (web sessions)
+}
+
+// HasScope reports whether the session may use scope. Web sessions have
+// full access; device sessions only their listed scopes.
+func (s *Session) HasScope(scope string) bool {
+	if s.Kind != SessionKindDevice {
+		return true
+	}
+	for _, sc := range s.Scopes {
+		if sc == scope {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 const maxUserAgent = 200
 
-const sessionCols = `id, user_id, csrf_token, created_at, expires_at, last_seen_at, user_agent`
+const maxLabel = 64
+
+// CleanLabel makes a user-supplied device or companion name safe to store:
+// invalid UTF-8 and control characters removed, trimmed, at most 64 runes.
+func CleanLabel(s string) string {
+	s = strings.ToValidUTF8(s, "")
+	s = strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
+		if unicode.IsControl(r) {
+			return -1
+		}
+		return r
+	}, s)
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	if r := []rune(s); len(r) > maxLabel {
+		s = strings.TrimSpace(string(r[:maxLabel]))
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+func validScope(sc string) bool {
+	if sc == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, r := range sc {
+		if !(r >= 'a' && r <= 'z' || r >= '0' && r <= '9' || r == ':' || r == '.' || r == '_' || r == '-') {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func splitScopes(v string) []string {
+	if v == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return strings.Split(v, ",")
+}
+
+const sessionCols = `id, user_id, csrf_token, created_at, expires_at, last_seen_at, user_agent, kind, label, scopes`
 
 func scanSession(row rowScanner) (*Session, error) {
 	var s Session
 	var created, expires, seen int64
-	if err := row.Scan(&s.ID, &s.UserID, &s.CSRFToken, &created, &expires, &seen, &s.UserAgent); err != nil {
+	var scopes string
+	if err := row.Scan(&s.ID, &s.UserID, &s.CSRFToken, &created, &expires, &seen, &s.UserAgent, &s.Kind, &s.Label, &scopes); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	s.CreatedAt, s.ExpiresAt, s.LastSeenAt = fromUnix(created), fromUnix(expires), fromUnix(seen)
+	s.Scopes = splitScopes(scopes)
 	return &s, nil
 }
 
-// CreateSession starts a session and returns the raw cookie token.
+// CreateSession starts a web session and returns the raw cookie token.
 func (s *Store) CreateSession(userID int64, ttl time.Duration, userAgent string) (string, *Session, error) {
+	return s.createSession(userID, ttl, userAgent, SessionKindWeb, "", nil)
+}
+
+// CreateDeviceSession issues a device (bearer) token for userID, limited to
+// scopes and valid for DeviceSessionTTL. label is cleaned with CleanLabel.
+func (s *Store) CreateDeviceSession(userID int64, label string, scopes []string, userAgent string) (string, *Session, error) {
+	if len(scopes) == 0 {
+		return "", nil, ErrNoScopes
+	}
+	for _, sc := range scopes {
+		if !validScope(sc) {
+			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("users: invalid scope %q", sc)
+		}
+	}
+	return s.createSession(userID, DeviceSessionTTL, userAgent, SessionKindDevice, CleanLabel(label), scopes)
+}
+
+func (s *Store) createSession(userID int64, ttl time.Duration, userAgent, kind, label string, scopes []string) (string, *Session, error) {
 	raw, hash, err := NewToken()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
@@ -47,8 +134,9 @@ func (s *Store) CreateSession(userID int64, ttl time.Duration, userAgent string)
 		userAgent = strings.ToValidUTF8(userAgent[:maxUserAgent], "")
 	}
 	now := s.now()
-	res, err := s.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO sessions (token_hash, user_id, csrf_token, created_at, expires_at, last_seen_at, user_agent)
-		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`, hash, userID, csrf, unix(now), unix(now.Add(ttl)), unix(now), userAgent)
+	res, err := s.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO sessions (token_hash, user_id, csrf_token, created_at, expires_at, last_seen_at, user_agent, kind, label, scopes)
+		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`, hash, userID, csrf, unix(now), unix(now.Add(ttl)), unix(now), userAgent,
+		kind, label, strings.Join(scopes, ","))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
@@ -57,7 +145,8 @@ func (s *Store) CreateSession(userID int64, ttl time.Duration, userAgent string)
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
 	return raw, &Session{ID: id, UserID: userID, CSRFToken: csrf, CreatedAt: fromUnix(unix(now)),
-		ExpiresAt: fromUnix(unix(now.Add(ttl))), LastSeenAt: fromUnix(unix(now)), UserAgent: userAgent}, nil
+		ExpiresAt: fromUnix(unix(now.Add(ttl))), LastSeenAt: fromUnix(unix(now)), UserAgent: userAgent,
+		Kind: kind, Label: label, Scopes: splitScopes(strings.Join(scopes, ","))}, nil
 }
 
 // LookupSession resolves a raw cookie token. Unknown and expired sessions
diff --git a/internal/users/store.go b/internal/users/store.go
index bb7b589d..a01ca3e7 100644
--- a/internal/users/store.go
+++ b/internal/users/store.go
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ var (
 	// password hash the caller verified (a re-register or an admin got
 	// there first).
 	ErrAccountChanged = errors.New("users: account changed since it was read")
+	// ErrNoScopes: a device session must name what it may do; an empty
+	// scope list would mean full (web) access.
+	ErrNoScopes  = errors.New("users: a device session needs at least one scope")
+	ErrBadPubkey = errors.New("users: pubkey must be 64 hex characters")
+	// Link challenges (companion linking). A challenge is consumed by every
+	// lookup, whichever of these it returns.
+	ErrChallengeMissing  = errors.New("users: link challenge unknown or already used")
+	ErrChallengeExpired  = errors.New("users: link challenge expired")
+	ErrChallengeMismatch = errors.New("users: link challenge bound to another user or pubkey")
 )
 
 // noLimit is SQLite's LIMIT value for "every row" (the account export).