diff --git a/classes/backend_links.go b/classes/backend_links.go
index 974df15..053ab62 100644
--- a/classes/backend_links.go
+++ b/classes/backend_links.go
@@ -242,7 +242,12 @@ func requestUsable(req *models.BackendLinkRequest, now time.Time) error {
 // session token's auth_time claim (bouncer.VerifyAuthTime): the time of the
 // sign-in itself, which a refresh copies and never renews. It is compared in
 // whole seconds with the request's created_at because the claim has no
-// fraction; a zero time is ErrStaleSession. Neither
+// fraction, which leaves a one-second blind spot: a sign-in earlier in the
+// same second as the request, but before it, counts as fresh. Telling the
+// two apart would need a sub-second claim; refusing that whole second
+// instead would make a sign-in in the request's own second sign in once
+// more. The window is accepted (it needs a sign-in in the very second the
+// administrator starts the link). A zero time is ErrStaleSession. Neither
 // account may be linked already (ErrAlreadyLinked) and the administrator
 // must still be activated (ErrBackendUserUnavailable). The request is used
 // up with the link; BackendLinkedEvent fires inside the transaction and the
@@ -273,6 +278,7 @@ func (s *BackendLinks) ConfirmLinkRequest(ctx context.Context, plain string, fro
 		if err := requestUsable(req, now); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		// Whole seconds on both sides: see the blind spot above.
 		if sessionAuthTime.IsZero() || sessionAuthTime.Before(req.CreatedAt.Truncate(time.Second)) {
 			return ErrStaleSession
 		}