diff --git a/src/service-worker.js b/src/service-worker.js
index 8ce7584b..a8006217 100644
--- a/src/service-worker.js
+++ b/src/service-worker.js
@@ -31,21 +31,26 @@ self.addEventListener('activate', (event) => {
 });
 
 self.addEventListener('fetch', (event) => {
-    // ignore POST requests etc
+    // Only handle same-origin GET requests for the app shell and static assets.
+    // Chromium can surface private-network/CORS failures on cross-origin API calls,
+    // so we intentionally leave those requests to the browser untouched here.
     if (event.request.method !== 'GET') return;
     if (!event.request.url.startsWith('http')) return;
 
+    // Skip CDN/API/extension requests. This worker should only cache the app origin.
+    const request_url = new URL(event.request.url);
+    if (request_url.origin !== self.location.origin) return;
+
     async function respond() {
-        const url = new URL(event.request.url);
         const cache = await caches.open(CACHE);
 
-        // `build`/`files` can always be served from the cache
-        if (ASSETS.includes(url.pathname)) {
-            const cachedResponse = await cache.match(url.pathname);
+        // App build assets and static files are safe to serve directly from cache.
+        if (ASSETS.includes(request_url.pathname)) {
+            const cachedResponse = await cache.match(request_url.pathname);
             if (cachedResponse) return cachedResponse;
         }
 
-        // for everything else, try the network first, but fall back to the cache if we're offline
+        // For same-origin runtime requests, prefer the network and fall back to cache if offline.
         try {
             const response = await fetch(event.request);