diff --git a/web/src/sw.test.ts b/web/src/sw.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75e6d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/sw.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Runs the service worker's activate handler against mocked Cache Storage,
+// with the Workbox precache and router stubbed out. tsconfig.sw.json checks
+// this file with the worker's types, like src/sw.ts itself.
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('workbox-precaching', () => ({
+  PrecacheFallbackPlugin: class {},
+  matchPrecache: vi.fn(),
+  precacheAndRoute: vi.fn(),
+}))
+vi.mock('workbox-routing', () => ({ registerRoute: vi.fn() }))
+
+describe('service worker activation', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+  })
+
+  it('deletes the v1 API cache and keeps the precache, photo and font caches', async () => {
+    // A household on the v1 worker: its API cache held dinners with the
+    // pasted recipe_url; its photos and fonts are not in the precache.
+    const names = [
+      'mealquest-precache-v1',
+      'mealquest-api-v1',
+      'mealquest-media-v1',
+      'mealquest-fonts-v1',
+      'other-app-cache',
+    ]
+    const cacheStorage = {
+      keys: vi.fn(async () => names),
+      delete: vi.fn(async () => true),
+    }
+    vi.stubGlobal('caches', cacheStorage)
+    vi.stubGlobal('__WB_MANIFEST', [])
+    await import('./sw')
+
+    const pending: Promise<unknown>[] = []
+    const activate = Object.assign(new Event('activate'), {
+      waitUntil: (promise: Promise<unknown>) => pending.push(promise),
+    })
+    self.dispatchEvent(activate)
+    await Promise.all(pending)
+
+    expect(pending).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(cacheStorage.delete).toHaveBeenCalledWith('mealquest-api-v1')
+    expect(cacheStorage.delete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/web/src/sw.ts b/web/src/sw.ts
index 8e797c9..3983585 100644
--- a/web/src/sw.ts
+++ b/web/src/sw.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { CacheFirst, NetworkOnly, type Strategy } from 'workbox-strategies'
 import { createApiStrategy } from './sw/apiStrategy'
 import {
   cacheNames,
-  cacheVersion,
+  cacheVersions,
   routeFor,
   staleCaches,
   type Route,
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ declare const self: ServiceWorkerGlobalScope & {
   __WB_MANIFEST: Array<{ url: string; revision: string | null }>
 }
 
-// The precache becomes mealquest-precache-v2.
-setCacheNameDetails({ prefix: 'mealquest', precache: 'precache', suffix: cacheVersion })
+// The precache becomes mealquest-precache-v1.
+setCacheNameDetails({ prefix: 'mealquest', precache: 'precache', suffix: cacheVersions.precache })
 
 const day = 24 * 60 * 60
 
diff --git a/web/src/sw/routes.test.ts b/web/src/sw/routes.test.ts
index 273df82..62685b3 100644
--- a/web/src/sw/routes.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/sw/routes.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { cacheFallbackHeader, cacheNames, markCacheFallback, routeFor, staleCaches, type Route } from './routes'
+import { cacheFallbackHeader, cacheNames, cacheVersions, markCacheFallback, routeFor, staleCaches, type Route } from './routes'
 
 const origin = 'https://mealquest.test'
 
@@ -147,19 +147,22 @@ describe('cache names', () => {
     for (const name of Object.values(cacheNames)) expect(name).toMatch(/^mealquest-/)
   })
 
-  it('are v2, so activate deletes the v1 caches', () => {
+  it('retire only the v1 API cache', () => {
     // v1 API responses held dinners with the pasted recipe_url, which can
     // carry a personal token; offline, the worker would still serve them.
-    expect(cacheNames.api).toBe('mealquest-api-v2')
-    const current = ['mealquest-precache-v2', ...Object.values(cacheNames)]
-    const v1 = ['mealquest-precache-v1', 'mealquest-api-v1', 'mealquest-media-v1', 'mealquest-fonts-v1']
-    expect(staleCaches([...v1, ...current], current)).toEqual(v1)
+    // The precache, photos and fonts keep their v1 caches.
+    expect(cacheNames).toEqual({
+      api: 'mealquest-api-v2',
+      media: 'mealquest-media-v1',
+      fonts: 'mealquest-fonts-v1',
+    })
+    expect(cacheVersions.precache).toBe('v1')
   })
 })
 
 describe('staleCaches', () => {
   it('deletes only MealQuest caches that are not current', () => {
-    const current = ['mealquest-precache-v2', ...Object.values(cacheNames)]
+    const current = ['mealquest-precache-v1', ...Object.values(cacheNames)]
     const names = [
       ...current,
       'mealquest-precache',
diff --git a/web/src/sw/routes.ts b/web/src/sw/routes.ts
index f865452..e1f0ea3 100644
--- a/web/src/sw/routes.ts
+++ b/web/src/sw/routes.ts
@@ -24,16 +24,23 @@ export interface RouteRequest {
   mode: RequestMode
 }
 
-// Bumping the version renames every cache; activate then deletes the old ones.
-// v2 drops v1 API responses, whose dinners still carried the pasted
-// recipe_url.
-export const cacheVersion = 'v2'
+// Each cache carries its own version. Bumping one renames only that cache;
+// activate then deletes its old name and keeps every other cache, so saved
+// photos and fonts stay available offline.
+export const cacheVersions = {
+  precache: 'v1',
+  // v2 retires the v1 API cache, whose dinner responses still carried the
+  // pasted recipe_url.
+  api: 'v2',
+  media: 'v1',
+  fonts: 'v1',
+} as const
 export const cachePrefix = 'mealquest-'
 
 export const cacheNames = {
-  api: `${cachePrefix}api-${cacheVersion}`,
-  media: `${cachePrefix}media-${cacheVersion}`,
-  fonts: `${cachePrefix}fonts-${cacheVersion}`,
+  api: `${cachePrefix}api-${cacheVersions.api}`,
+  media: `${cachePrefix}media-${cacheVersions.media}`,
+  fonts: `${cachePrefix}fonts-${cacheVersions.fonts}`,
 } as const
 
 export const networkTimeoutSeconds = 3
diff --git a/web/src/sw/worker.test.ts b/web/src/sw/worker.test.ts
index 4f223c4..9c858c5 100644
--- a/web/src/sw/worker.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/sw/worker.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // The service worker itself needs worker globals, so these tests read its
 // source: they pin the parts routes.ts cannot express — the API cache's
 // strategy, the font strategy's expiration, the font route's place ahead of
-// the precache route, network-only requests left to the browser and stale
-// caches deleted on activate.
+// the precache route and network-only requests left to the browser.
+// src/sw.test.ts runs the worker's activation against mocked Cache Storage.
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import source from '../sw.ts?raw'
 
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ describe('service worker source', () => {
     expect(source).not.toContain('registerRoute(() => true')
   })
 
-  it('deletes every stale cache on activate', () => {
-    expect(source).toMatch(
-      /self\.addEventListener\('activate', \(event\) => \{\s*const current = \[workboxCacheNames\.precache, \.\.\.Object\.values\(cacheNames\)\][\s\S]*?staleCaches\(names, current\)\.map\(\(name\) => caches\.delete\(name\)\)/,
-    )
-  })
-
   it('activates a waiting worker when the update prompt sends SKIP_WAITING', () => {
     expect(source).toMatch(
       /self\.addEventListener\('message', \(event\) => \{\s*if \(event\.data\?\.type === 'SKIP_WAITING'\) void self\.skipWaiting\(\)/,
diff --git a/web/tsconfig.json b/web/tsconfig.json
index 95c28ed..a11d80b 100644
--- a/web/tsconfig.json
+++ b/web/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
     "noEmit": true
   },
   "include": ["src", "vite.config.ts", "manifest.json"],
-  "exclude": ["src/sw.ts"]
+  "exclude": ["src/sw.ts", "src/sw.test.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/web/tsconfig.sw.json b/web/tsconfig.sw.json
index a71dd06..ced4bf6 100644
--- a/web/tsconfig.sw.json
+++ b/web/tsconfig.sw.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
     "lib": ["ES2022", "WebWorker"],
     "types": []
   },
-  "include": ["src/sw.ts"],
+  "include": ["src/sw.ts", "src/sw.test.ts"],
   "exclude": []
 }