diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml b/backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml
index 7e5baefbf7..9062fae632 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml
@@ -30304,7 +30304,7 @@ components:
           items:
             type: string
             maxLength: 256
-          description: "Origins allowed to call this route cross-origin, matched against the request's Origin header (ignoring case) and echoed back on a match. When set, the list governs both the preflight and the response, overriding any Access-Control-Allow-Origin the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use ['*'] to opt out of any restriction, including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset."
+          description: "Origins allowed to call this route cross-origin, matched against the request's Origin header (ignoring case) and echoed back on a match. When set, the list governs both the preflight and the response, overriding any Access-Control-Allow-Origin the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use ['*'] to opt out of any restriction, including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset. Ignored on a route serving static assets: those hand out public files, so restricting which browsers may read them protects nothing while breaking cross-origin webfonts and fetches."
         error_handler_path:
           type: string
           description: Path to a script to run when the triggered job fails. A bare
@@ -30403,7 +30403,7 @@ components:
           items:
             type: string
             maxLength: 256
-          description: "Origins allowed to call this route cross-origin, matched against the request's Origin header (ignoring case) and echoed back on a match. When set, the list governs both the preflight and the response, overriding any Access-Control-Allow-Origin the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use ['*'] to opt out of any restriction, including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset."
+          description: "Origins allowed to call this route cross-origin, matched against the request's Origin header (ignoring case) and echoed back on a match. When set, the list governs both the preflight and the response, overriding any Access-Control-Allow-Origin the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use ['*'] to opt out of any restriction, including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset. Ignored on a route serving static assets: those hand out public files, so restricting which browsers may read them protects nothing while breaking cross-origin webfonts and fetches."
         error_handler_path:
           type: string
           description: Path to a script to run when the triggered job fails. A bare
@@ -30509,7 +30509,7 @@ components:
           items:
             type: string
             maxLength: 256
-          description: "Origins allowed to call this route cross-origin, matched against the request's Origin header (ignoring case) and echoed back on a match. When set, the list governs both the preflight and the response, overriding any Access-Control-Allow-Origin the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use ['*'] to opt out of any restriction, including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset."
+          description: "Origins allowed to call this route cross-origin, matched against the request's Origin header (ignoring case) and echoed back on a match. When set, the list governs both the preflight and the response, overriding any Access-Control-Allow-Origin the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use ['*'] to opt out of any restriction, including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset. Ignored on a route serving static assets: those hand out public files, so restricting which browsers may read them protects nothing while breaking cross-origin webfonts and fetches."
         error_handler_path:
           type: string
           description: Path to a script to run when the triggered job fails. A bare
diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/src/triggers/http/handler.rs b/backend/windmill-api/src/triggers/http/handler.rs
index 9b53814bdf..d50abdeee1 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/src/triggers/http/handler.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/src/triggers/http/handler.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ enum CorsDecision {
     Unavailable,
 }
 
+/// A route serving static assets is never subject to an allowlist, its own
+/// included. It hands out public files that any non-browser client can already
+/// fetch, so restricting which browsers may read them protects nothing, while
+/// breaking the cross-origin uses that do consult CORS: a webfont, a
+/// `crossorigin` asset, a `fetch`.
+///
 /// The CORS verdict for a request, published by whoever resolved its trigger.
 ///
 /// The middleware stamps headers after the handler returns, but only the
@@ -117,16 +123,20 @@ impl ResolvedCorsPolicy {
     /// Record what the trigger being served allows. Called once, where the
     /// route is resolved, so the answer cannot drift from the response.
     fn publish(&self, trigger: &TriggerRoute, method: Option<HttpMethod>, headers: &HeaderMap) {
-        let instance_default = HTTP_ROUTE_DEFAULT_ALLOWED_ORIGINS.load();
-        let decision = match effective_allowed_origins(
-            trigger.allowed_origins.as_deref(),
-            instance_default.as_slice(),
-        ) {
-            None => CorsDecision::Unrestricted,
-            Some(allowed_origins) => CorsDecision::Restricted {
-                route_method: method,
-                allow_origin: match_origin(allowed_origins, headers.get(http::header::ORIGIN)),
-            },
+        let decision = if trigger.static_asset_config.is_some() {
+            CorsDecision::Unrestricted
+        } else {
+            let instance_default = HTTP_ROUTE_DEFAULT_ALLOWED_ORIGINS.load();
+            match effective_allowed_origins(
+                trigger.allowed_origins.as_deref(),
+                instance_default.as_slice(),
+            ) {
+                None => CorsDecision::Unrestricted,
+                Some(allowed_origins) => CorsDecision::Restricted {
+                    route_method: method,
+                    allow_origin: match_origin(allowed_origins, headers.get(http::header::ORIGIN)),
+                },
+            }
         };
         let _ = self.0.set(decision);
     }
@@ -170,6 +180,12 @@ async fn resolve_cors_decision(
     };
 
     let route = router.at(requested_path).ok();
+    if route
+        .as_ref()
+        .is_some_and(|trigger| trigger.value.static_asset_config.is_some())
+    {
+        return CorsDecision::Unrestricted;
+    }
     let route_allowed_origins = route
         .as_ref()
         .and_then(|trigger| trigger.value.allowed_origins.as_deref());
diff --git a/cli/src/guidance/skills.gen.ts b/cli/src/guidance/skills.gen.ts
index a95fc8df1b..7a690e80be 100644
--- a/cli/src/guidance/skills.gen.ts
+++ b/cli/src/guidance/skills.gen.ts
@@ -8395,7 +8395,10 @@ properties:
       the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use [''*''] to opt out of any restriction,
       including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty
       list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the
-      instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset.'
+      instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset.
+      Ignored on a route serving static assets: those hand out public files, so restricting
+      which browsers may read them protects nothing while breaking cross-origin webfonts
+      and fetches.'
   error_handler_path:
     type: string
     description: Path to a script to run when the triggered job fails. A bare path,
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/workspaceToolsZod.gen.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/workspaceToolsZod.gen.ts
index c6db05611e..2153e9304b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/workspaceToolsZod.gen.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat/workspaceToolsZod.gen.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const httpTriggerRequestSchema = z.object({
 	"wrap_body": z.boolean().describe("If true, wraps the request body in a 'body' parameter").optional(),
 	"mode": z.enum(["enabled", "disabled", "suspended"]).describe("job trigger mode").optional(),
 	"raw_string": z.boolean().describe("If true, passes the request body as a raw string instead of parsing as JSON").optional(),
-	"allowed_origins": z.array(z.string()).describe("Origins allowed to call this route cross-origin, matched against the request's Origin header (ignoring case) and echoed back on a match. When set, the list governs both the preflight and the response, overriding any Access-Control-Allow-Origin the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use ['*'] to opt out of any restriction, including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset.").nullable().optional(),
+	"allowed_origins": z.array(z.string()).describe("Origins allowed to call this route cross-origin, matched against the request's Origin header (ignoring case) and echoed back on a match. When set, the list governs both the preflight and the response, overriding any Access-Control-Allow-Origin the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use ['*'] to opt out of any restriction, including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset. Ignored on a route serving static assets: those hand out public files, so restricting which browsers may read them protects nothing while breaking cross-origin webfonts and fetches.").nullable().optional(),
 	"error_handler_path": z.string().describe("Path to a script to run when the triggered job fails. A bare path, without the script/ or flow/ prefix a schedule error handler takes; it cannot be a flow.").optional(),
 	"error_handler_args": z.record(z.string(), z.any()).describe("Arguments to pass to the error handler").optional(),
 	"retry": z.object({
diff --git a/system_prompts/auto-generated/schemas/http_trigger.schema.yaml b/system_prompts/auto-generated/schemas/http_trigger.schema.yaml
index c5e634da07..83f1b8ac47 100644
--- a/system_prompts/auto-generated/schemas/http_trigger.schema.yaml
+++ b/system_prompts/auto-generated/schemas/http_trigger.schema.yaml
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ properties:
       the runnable returns via wm_headers. Use [''*''] to opt out of any restriction,
       including the http_route_default_allowed_origins instance setting. An empty
       list is not a configuration and resolves exactly as null does. When null, the
-      instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset.'
+      instance setting applies, or Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * if it is unset.
+      Ignored on a route serving static assets: those hand out public files, so restricting
+      which browsers may read them protects nothing while breaking cross-origin webfonts
+      and fetches.'
   error_handler_path:
     type: string
     description: Path to a script to run when the triggered job fails. A bare path,